CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: N4TZ/9
Operator(s): N4TZ
Station: N4TZ/9
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 39
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 24 7 9
80: 62 15 31
40: 127 24 63
20: 235 24 83
15: 351 31 99
10: 591 28 103
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Total: 1390 129 388 Total Score = 2,018,368
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
SOFTWARE: TR4W v.4.244c http://www.tr4w.com
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
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160SSB 24 24 42 9 7
80SSB 63 62 144 31 15
40SSB 127 127 348 63 24
20SSB 235 235 657 83 24
15SSB 351 351 998 99 31
10SSB 594 591 1715 103 28
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Totals 1394 1390 3904 388 129
Final Score = 2018368 points.
First 24 hours almost a carbon copy of last year QSO and
score-wise. Second 24 hours not so good here. This contest
was 100% prerecorded messages - no realtime voice capability.
I needed to use 20dB preamp to record some new messages -
that is, my voice is 20dB down from last year, when I could
barely talk. When trying to use the preamp inline with the
rig, had some bad feedback problems, so could only record
offline. Only had 174 QSOs running on 10meters - had real
difficulty finding a frequency that people would come back
to my CQs, even above 29MHz. The real killer was that every
few QSOs that the DVP would act up and send partial messages;
that is, instead of sending AB1CDE it would send B C E; the
only fix for that was to exit TR4W and re-launch it.
This started Saturday morning; it got so bad that combined
with the problems on 20/40 Saturday night (see below about
rotor) that I QRT went to bed early Saturday night and
turned off the computer. Even with a cold boot Sunday
morning, the problem with the DVP kept recurring.
And, when the DVP didn't work correctly in the CQ mode,
then the ALT-D second radio command didn't work properly,
either. A pretty frustrating Sunday here.
Some of the signals heard here on 80 & 160 were the best
ever - like HK1NA and LU2DXT on 160 - but there was a big-time
lack of activity from zones 8 & 9 compared to past years.
There were way too many stations from there I only heard
on five bands. Thanks to KH1NA, KP2M and VP2MDG for
providing 6 band opportunities.
I noticed Sunday afternoon that the broadband noise (hiss)
was S4 on 10meters (it was S0 on the dummy load) in every
direction. It is generally S1 on a deadband here, so I
wonder if that was the residual level of QRM from all the
activity worldwide??
My prop pitch rotor turns the 20 & 40 meter beams FB, but
by the end of the contest I found that the antennas were
90 degrees off; not wind blown (the antennas and mast are
pinned and show no signs of budging even in the big winds);
seems to be a problem with the reed switch counting pulses
differently in different directions - been fighting this
problem for over a year now. It is nearly a ten minute
round trip to the bottom of the tower to check out the
direction so eye-ball calibration is not an option
during the contest. Hard to work guys with 100w
when they are off the ends of the elements!
Thank goodness I don't need a DVP for the CW weekend next
month!
2012 CQ-WW-SSB N4TZ
Continent List
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
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USA calls = 4 1 2 1 1 3 12
Canada calls = 13 24 11 14 22 16 100
NA calls = 5 16 16 31 30 33 131
SA calls = 2 6 12 42 43 78 183
Euro calls = 0 12 70 133 185 425 825
African calls = 0 4 4 7 10 14 39
Asian calls = 0 0 2 1 9 5 17
Japan calls = 0 0 3 2 40 12 57
Ocean calls = 0 0 7 4 11 8 30
Total calls = 24 63 127 235 351 594 1394
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