ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: P49X
Operator(s): W0YK
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 231
40: 661
20: 709
15: 1249
10: 958
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Total: 3808 State/Prov = 60 Countries = 67 Total Score = 483,616
Club: Loma Prieta Contest Club
Comments:
2015 ARRL RTTY Round-Up �" P49X
3830 Soapbox
5 January 2015
Solar conditions were, on average, pretty good from Aruba. The word
“average” is key. At several times during the contest, it seemed like my
previous best in this contest would be far exceeded. Then, an hour later I
wondered if it might end up my personal worst! At times signals were strong
and solid. There seemed to be endless callers. At other times, it felt like
most participants had left the game and the bands were noisy with weak,
marginal signals. There was also a huge noise source that appeared Saturday
morning prior to the start, went away, then returned again Sunday afternoon.
I’m not sure if was locally man-made or an artifact of unstable solar
conditions, or perhaps both.
I really appreciate the multipliers who answer my CQs. Especially so, because
I’m not finding as many on my own as I think I should. DX mults were down to
one of my lower historic numbers. Fortunately, the QSO total was up nearly 6%
from the prior high. I still think 4000 QSOs and 500K points is achievable by
a single-op. Something to strive for!
One of my goals going into this contest was to improve my searching for
unworked stations and mults. This is doable while running on the same band,
thanks to the RTTY decoder. But, it still takes attention and mine is still
pretty much fully consumed at the 160 QSO/hour average rate. There are times
when the rate is lower than average, of course, but I’m usually too winded
from the higher rate periods to have the energy to tune another receiver. At
the end of the weekend, I can’t really say I made much improvement in this
area, and my DX mult total reflects that.
I also appreciate the many stations who worked me on 4-5 bands even though a
multiplier only counts once across all bands. Many stations went immediately
to my other band when I announced it. Some were amazingly quick!
My off-time choice worked out pretty good. In retrospect, I should have
started 30-60 minutes earlier Sunday morning, in order to avoid the severe
drop-off in rate late Sunday afternoon. But, one never knows until the contest
is over. I’ve experienced solar blackouts, power outages and station problems
in the past that destroyed a well-conceived plan.
One of the best parts of a contest like this is the momentary connections made
with hundreds of friends around the world. Also, the vast majority of
participants who are not serious about the contest itself, but nonetheless are
the mainstay of the statistics in our logs. It is really gratifying Sunday
afternoon to see so many getting on for the first time to join the fun. It
seems like every ham is able to get on the RTTY modes these days, whether they
care much about it or not.
Thanks to everyone who got on a played radio with me this weekend!
Ed
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-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1800 0 0 0 83 73 0 156 156 4.1
1900 0 0 0 92 104 0 196 352 9.2
2000 0 0 0 108 87 0 195 547 14.4
2100 0 0 0 103 84 0 187 734 19.3
2200 0 0 0 74 98 0 172 906 23.8
2300 0 0 82 71 9 0 162 1068 28.0
0000 0 0 88 93 0 0 181 1249 32.8
0100 0 0 96 64 0 0 160 1409 37.0
0200 0 51 83 0 0 0 134 1543 40.5
0300 0 59 79 0 0 0 138 1681 44.1
0400 0 56 90 0 0 0 146 1827 48.0
0500 0 42 89 0 0 0 131 1958 51.4
0600 0 23 33 0 0 0 56 2014 52.9
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 52.9
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 52.9
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 52.9
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 52.9
1100 0 0 0 0 21 19 40 2054 53.9
1200 0 0 0 0 81 105 186 2240 58.8
1300 0 0 0 0 83 111 194 2434 63.9
1400 0 0 0 0 81 102 183 2617 68.7
1500 0 0 0 0 65 85 150 2767 72.7
1600 0 0 0 0 73 97 170 2937 77.1
1700 0 0 0 0 84 104 188 3125 82.1
1800 0 0 0 0 52 100 152 3277 86.1
1900 0 0 0 0 40 59 99 3376 88.7
2000 0 0 0 0 68 97 165 3541 93.0
2100 0 0 0 0 78 67 145 3686 96.8
2200 0 0 7 21 50 12 90 3776 99.2
2300 0 0 14 0 18 0 32 3808 100.0
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Total 0 231 661 709 1249 958 3808
Gross QSOs=3839 Dupes=31 Net QSOs=3808
Unique callsigns worked = 2118
The best 60 minute rate was 209/hour from 1918 to 2017
The best 30 minute rate was 232/hour from 2001 to 2030
The best 10 minute rate was 252/hour from 2011 to 2020
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 8 times.
5 QSOs/minute 75 times.
4 QSOs/minute 288 times.
3 QSOs/minute 410 times.
2 QSOs/minute 397 times.
1 QSOs/minute 209 times.
There were 2494 bandchanges and 1715 (45.0%) 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 0 207 491 544 841 608 2691 70.7
South America 0 2 3 0 8 10 23 0.6
Europe 0 22 165 115 358 331 991 26.0
Asia 0 0 2 43 34 3 82 2.2
Africa 0 0 0 5 2 2 9 0.2
Oceania 0 0 0 2 6 4 12 0.3
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Total 0 231 661 709 1249 958 3808
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 1
4 1375
5 1506
6 900
7 12
8 8
9 3
10 3
------------------ 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 0 0 0 2 2 0.1
9A 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.2
CE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
CM 0 1 1 2 2 1 7 0.2
CN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
CT 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
DL 0 4 12 14 44 49 123 3.2
E7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
EA 0 1 5 14 17 13 50 1.3
EA8 0 0 0 4 2 2 8 0.2
EI 0 1 2 2 2 2 9 0.2
ER 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1
EU 0 0 2 0 4 4 10 0.3
F 0 0 6 7 15 18 46 1.2
G 0 2 9 12 21 20 64 1.7
GI 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1
GM 0 0 3 3 4 2 12 0.3
GU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
GW 0 0 1 1 2 3 7 0.2
H4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HA 0 0 4 0 6 7 17 0.4
HB 0 0 0 1 2 5 8 0.2
HC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
HK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
HL 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1
I 0 1 28 24 57 36 146 3.8
IS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
*IT9 0 1 2 2 2 2 9 0.2
JA 0 0 0 38 31 0 69 1.8
K 0 190 455 499 780 570 2494 65.5
KG4 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.1
KH6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
KL 0 0 1 3 2 0 6 0.2
KP2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
KP4 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0.1
LA 0 0 1 3 5 4 13 0.3
LU 0 1 1 0 3 4 9 0.2
LX 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1
LY 0 1 2 0 6 3 12 0.3
LZ 0 0 1 0 4 1 6 0.2
OE 0 0 4 1 4 2 11 0.3
OH 0 2 0 1 13 10 26 0.7
OK 0 1 5 0 14 13 33 0.9
OM 0 0 2 1 4 5 12 0.3
ON 0 0 4 5 4 6 19 0.5
OZ 0 0 1 0 5 3 9 0.2
PA 0 1 10 7 17 22 57 1.5
PY 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0.2
S5 0 0 3 5 2 6 16 0.4
SM 0 1 3 2 12 8 26 0.7
SP 0 3 12 4 27 25 71 1.9
SV 0 0 3 1 3 3 10 0.3
SV5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
UA 0 0 8 1 21 14 44 1.2
UA2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
UA9 0 0 2 2 1 1 6 0.2
UN 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1
UR 0 3 22 0 16 22 63 1.7
VE 0 15 30 35 53 32 165 4.3
VK 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
VP9 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
XE 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 0.2
YB 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 0.2
YL 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 0.2
YO 0 0 5 0 6 8 19 0.5
YU 0 0 2 0 5 3 10 0.3
YV 0 1 1 0 2 1 5 0.1
Z3 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
ZL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
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Total 0 231 661 709 1249 958 3808
------------ 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
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-DX- 0 26 175 173 415 355 1144 30.0
CA 0 8 31 23 64 50 176 4.6
PA 0 7 31 31 44 37 150 3.9
MN 0 7 24 24 44 28 127 3.3
VA 0 12 21 27 35 30 125 3.3
TX 0 10 22 19 44 25 120 3.2
IL 0 14 28 24 33 12 111 2.9
FL 0 7 17 22 37 28 111 2.9
NY 0 9 21 25 31 21 107 2.8
OH 0 4 19 28 33 19 103 2.7
NJ 0 8 21 20 24 24 97 2.5
WA 0 5 11 16 28 25 85 2.2
MA 0 4 18 16 27 17 82 2.2
ON 0 8 15 18 26 13 80 2.1
TN 0 10 11 17 21 18 77 2.0
AZ 0 5 10 12 25 25 77 2.0
NC 0 9 15 17 19 16 76 2.0
MD 0 11 10 14 22 18 75 2.0
AL 0 5 10 10 18 16 59 1.5
CT 0 5 10 11 11 15 52 1.4
MI 0 3 12 11 18 4 48 1.3
CO 0 3 7 10 17 11 48 1.3
WI 0 1 7 13 16 10 47 1.2
MO 0 1 12 11 15 7 46 1.2
GA 0 2 8 8 17 9 44 1.2
OR 0 3 4 7 16 10 40 1.1
SC 0 5 5 8 9 8 35 0.9
IN 0 2 6 10 11 3 32 0.8
KY 0 4 5 3 8 8 28 0.7
QC 0 5 8 7 5 3 28 0.7
NH 0 1 5 7 9 6 28 0.7
BC 0 1 2 3 9 10 25 0.7
LA 0 3 6 4 6 6 25 0.7
RI 0 1 4 5 8 6 24 0.6
IA 0 4 2 6 6 6 24 0.6
KS 0 2 4 3 6 4 19 0.5
NE 0 2 4 3 4 4 17 0.4
UT 0 1 4 4 5 3 17 0.4
WV 0 0 5 4 4 3 16 0.4
MS 0 1 2 3 5 5 16 0.4
ID 0 1 1 3 5 6 16 0.4
ME 0 2 4 3 4 2 15 0.4
MT 0 1 2 3 5 3 14 0.4
AR 0 3 3 1 5 1 13 0.3
NV 0 1 3 3 3 3 13 0.3
SD 0 0 0 2 6 3 11 0.3
VT 0 0 3 2 3 1 9 0.2
DE 0 1 1 1 3 3 9 0.2
OK 0 1 1 3 1 3 9 0.2
AB 0 0 2 1 3 3 9 0.2
DC 0 1 1 2 2 2 8 0.2
WY 0 0 2 1 2 2 7 0.2
SK 0 1 1 2 3 0 7 0.2
NM 0 0 2 1 1 3 7 0.2
PE 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 0.1
MB 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.1
ND 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.1
NB 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.1
NS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
NU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
NF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 231 661 709 1249 958 3808
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 291 7.6
1 232 6.1
2 238 6.3
3 262 6.9
4 432 11.3
5 176 4.6
6 196 5.1
7 267 7.0
8 198 5.2
9 202 5.3
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Total 2494 65.5
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1110
2 bands 546
3 bands 277
4 bands 150
5 bands 35
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 34 171 208 422 275
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