ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: P49X
Operator(s): P49X
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FK52al
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 249
40: 657
20: 767
15: 1222
10: 600
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Total: 3495 State/Prov = 58 Countries = 77 Total Score = 471,825
Club: Loma Prieta Contest Club
Comments:
This was my ninth straight RTTY Round-Up from Aruba and I still love it. What a
rush ... like a 24-hour sprint! Thanks to everyone who got on, even if it was
only for a short time, because that makes the contest fun for all of us. I'm
amazed at how many people operate these RTTY contests, noting that they all
deal with the paraphernalia that goes along with it!
The Aruba power grid went down four hours prior to the start, but fortunately
came back two hours later and was solid throughout the weekend. I had no
solution for that, so anxiety was high for a couple hours. Other problems came
up in my preparation, but were either solved or lived with. I'm humbled every
time I do a major contest here, realizing how many hardware, software and
operator details have to all work reliably in order to run the contest
successfully. Certainly makes the hobby interesting and challenging.
Leading up the contest, I had written off 10 meters, but then got (falsely)
excited late last week as the solar activity soared right up through the
forecast. With 821 QSOs on 10 meters last year, I thought the band might be
the change agent this year. Not so, as I ended up with just 600 contacts there
this year. 15 meters was the money band, with 20 and 40 strong supporters. 80
wasn't as poor as it looks in the summary, given that I was running 50 watts
due to inadvertently bypassing the amp. I stayed up an hour later than I
expected, due to 40 and 80 maintening good rate the 07z hour. I started up
again when 15 and 20 were open enough to run and then moved the 20 radio to 10
when it (sort of) opened. Since I didn't spend any time there on Saturday, I
wanted to give it a chance on Sunday. I stayed there until I thought the rate
was lower than what was possible on 20 given that I had 600+ 20m contacts
already in the log. Based on Saturday's band openings, I figured I would stay
on 10 and 20 until my 24 hours ran out. Not quite. With 30 minutes left, both
10 AND 15 died suddenly and I moved to 20 and 40. In retrospect I should have
gone 30 minutes earlier.
I hope to be back for WPX RTTY next month followed by ARRL DX CW with W6LD for
our third MS. Thanks again to all who called in, especially the multi-banders
noted in the detail below. Thanks to John W6LD/P40L and Andy AE6Y/P49Y for
sharing their station with me.
Ed P49X
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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1800 0 0 0 72 105 0 177 177 5.1
1900 0 0 0 98 102 0 200 377 10.8
2000 0 0 0 100 109 0 209 586 16.8
2100 0 0 0 88 77 0 165 751 21.5
2200 0 0 0 73 88 0 161 912 26.1
2300 0 0 46 62 32 0 140 1052 30.1
0000 0 0 105 79 0 0 184 1236 35.4
0100 0 0 89 65 0 0 154 1390 39.8
0200 0 42 90 6 0 0 138 1528 43.7
0300 0 47 74 0 0 0 121 1649 47.2
0400 0 8 85 0 0 0 93 1742 49.8
0500 0 58 69 0 0 0 127 1869 53.5
0600 0 58 62 0 0 0 120 1989 56.9
0700 0 36 24 0 0 0 60 2049 58.6
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2049 58.6
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2049 58.6
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2049 58.6
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2049 58.6
1200 0 0 0 42 86 0 128 2177 62.3
1300 0 0 0 42 81 0 123 2300 65.8
1400 0 0 0 11 87 61 159 2459 70.4
1500 0 0 0 0 92 96 188 2647 75.7
1600 0 0 0 0 80 90 170 2817 80.6
1700 0 0 0 0 63 102 165 2982 85.3
1800 0 0 0 0 55 89 144 3126 89.4
1900 0 0 0 0 59 71 130 3256 93.2
2000 0 0 0 0 52 44 96 3352 95.9
2100 0 0 0 0 54 43 97 3449 98.7
2200 0 0 13 29 0 4 46 3495 100.0
2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3495 100.0
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Total 0 249 657 767 1222 600 3495
Gross QSOs=3537 Dupes=42 Net QSOs=3495
Unique callsigns worked = 2049
The best 60 minute rate was 211/hour from 1958 to 2057
The best 30 minute rate was 220/hour from 2030 to 2059
The best 10 minute rate was 246/hour from 2144 to 2153
The best 1 minute rates were:
7 QSOs/minute 1 times.
6 QSOs/minute 10 times.
5 QSOs/minute 46 times.
4 QSOs/minute 213 times.
3 QSOs/minute 395 times.
2 QSOs/minute 458 times.
1 QSOs/minute 245 times.
There were 2210 bandchanges and 1496 (42.8%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
----------------- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y -----------------
160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America 0 193 469 564 884 576 2686 76.9
South America 0 1 4 4 7 10 26 0.7
Europe 0 55 176 118 279 8 636 18.2
Asia 0 0 5 69 43 0 117 3.3
Africa 0 0 1 5 5 5 16 0.5
Oceania 0 0 2 7 4 1 14 0.4
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Total 0 249 657 767 1222 600 3495
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
4 1321
5 1359
6 789
7 9
8 9
9 2
10 6
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
4X 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
9A 0 2 1 0 3 0 6 0.2
C6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
CE 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1
CM 0 0 2 3 3 1 9 0.3
CN 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
CT 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
CT3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
CU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
CX 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1
DL 0 7 17 24 45 1 94 2.7
DU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
E7 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
EA 0 1 2 12 12 1 28 0.8
EA6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
EA8 0 0 1 4 3 2 10 0.3
EI 0 0 3 3 3 0 9 0.3
ER 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1
ES 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1
EU 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0.1
F 0 5 10 11 15 0 41 1.2
G 0 2 6 8 21 3 40 1.1
GI 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1
GM 0 2 5 4 1 2 14 0.4
GU 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1
GW 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0.1
HA 0 1 6 0 9 0 16 0.5
HB 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
HC 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.1
HI 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0.2
HL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HR 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
HS 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
HZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
I 0 5 18 12 24 0 59 1.7
IS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
*IT9 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.1
J6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
JA 0 0 0 62 35 0 97 2.8
K 0 182 445 512 815 528 2482 71.0
KG4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
KH6 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.1
KL 0 0 1 3 6 3 13 0.4
KP2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.1
KP4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1
LA 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0.1
LU 0 0 0 3 3 4 10 0.3
LX 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
LY 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1
LZ 0 1 1 2 3 0 7 0.2
OE 0 1 3 1 3 0 8 0.2
OH 0 6 1 4 10 0 21 0.6
OK 0 4 11 4 12 0 31 0.9
OM 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0.2
ON 0 0 7 7 10 0 24 0.7
OZ 0 2 3 0 3 0 8 0.2
P4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
PA 0 0 4 7 10 0 21 0.6
PY 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 0.1
S5 0 1 5 2 2 0 10 0.3
SM 0 5 5 1 8 0 19 0.5
SP 0 1 6 1 12 0 20 0.6
SV 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 0.1
TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
UA 0 0 16 4 22 0 42 1.2
UA9 0 0 2 5 4 0 11 0.3
UN 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
UR 0 2 21 3 18 0 44 1.3
VE 0 8 17 35 55 37 152 4.3
VK 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.1
VP9 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
XE 0 1 1 2 3 3 10 0.3
YB 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.1
YL 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0.2
YO 0 2 4 0 3 0 9 0.3
YU 0 1 3 1 3 0 8 0.2
YV 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
ZL 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
ZS 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 249 657 767 1222 600 3495
------------ M u l t i p l i e r S u m m a r y ------------
Mult 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
-DX- 0 59 195 219 351 34 858 24.5
CA 0 28 50 25 71 33 207 5.9
NY 0 11 23 37 44 32 147 4.2
VA 0 9 31 35 38 23 136 3.9
OH 0 3 22 31 38 37 131 3.7
PA 0 8 21 24 39 30 122 3.5
TX 0 8 30 19 28 27 112 3.2
NC 0 6 16 28 43 11 104 3.0
IL 0 5 12 18 27 34 96 2.7
MN 0 8 12 17 33 21 91 2.6
FL 0 7 13 21 42 6 89 2.5
TN 0 7 13 17 28 20 85 2.4
WA 0 4 17 14 33 16 84 2.4
NJ 0 4 12 20 19 19 74 2.1
ON 0 4 11 16 21 20 72 2.1
MD 0 5 12 16 23 15 71 2.0
MA 0 6 10 13 19 18 66 1.9
MI 0 4 7 15 19 14 59 1.7
AL 0 1 10 14 22 11 58 1.7
MO 0 2 11 12 16 17 58 1.7
CO 0 5 10 6 21 10 52 1.5
AZ 0 5 11 11 17 1 45 1.3
KY 0 4 5 9 10 13 41 1.2
WI 0 2 4 6 16 11 39 1.1
CT 0 2 6 13 10 8 39 1.1
GA 0 2 7 9 12 8 38 1.1
OR 0 3 4 4 15 7 33 0.9
IN 0 2 7 6 9 9 33 0.9
NH 0 1 4 11 11 5 32 0.9
SC 0 0 4 7 13 6 30 0.9
LA 0 6 7 2 9 5 29 0.8
WV 0 0 6 6 5 6 23 0.7
RI 0 0 3 7 6 7 23 0.7
ID 0 1 3 6 9 3 22 0.6
OK 0 4 3 3 7 4 21 0.6
AR 0 1 5 1 8 5 20 0.6
KS 0 4 5 2 5 4 20 0.6
MS 0 2 3 2 7 6 20 0.6
QC 0 2 2 6 5 4 19 0.5
BC 0 1 1 3 11 3 19 0.5
IA 0 2 4 2 4 5 17 0.5
AB 0 0 0 4 10 2 16 0.5
DE 0 1 4 5 5 0 15 0.4
UT 0 1 4 3 4 2 14 0.4
NV 0 2 2 3 5 1 13 0.4
ME 0 1 2 3 2 5 13 0.4
NE 0 1 1 1 5 4 12 0.3
VT 0 0 1 3 2 5 11 0.3
NM 0 2 1 1 5 2 11 0.3
MT 0 0 2 1 5 1 9 0.3
SD 0 1 2 1 4 1 9 0.3
NB 0 1 1 2 2 2 8 0.2
NS 0 0 1 3 1 2 7 0.2
SK 0 0 1 0 4 2 7 0.2
WY 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 0.2
DC 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
MB 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
ND 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
PE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
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Total 0 249 657 767 1222 600 3495
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 260 7.4
1 204 5.8
2 262 7.5
3 232 6.6
4 468 13.4
5 229 6.6
6 213 6.1
7 198 5.7
8 232 6.6
9 184 5.3
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Total 2482 71.0
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1180
2 bands 476
3 bands 242
4 bands 118
5 bands 33
6 bands 0
------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 0 53 216 278 486 147
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