CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: 4O3A
Operator(s): 9A3A/E73A
Station: 4O3A
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: ObosnikJN92hj
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 291 10 54
80: 842 24 75
40: 2246 35 105
20: 1670 35 107
15: 886 32 99
10: 474 27 82
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Total: 6409 163 522 Total Score = 8,312,475
Club: SKY Contest Club
Comments:
Another 50+ hours without sleep managed with only 3 one-minute ‘leak
breaks’. The weather was OK, allowing full time operation so after the SSB
part I spend yet another weekend in the chair. This time it was not full time
live streaming because we have been focusing on station reconfiguration on
Friday, but on Saturday 4O3A video was available live to the whole world.
General comments are again that propagation was normal (for me that means
nothing extraordinary, I have not experienced excellent openings for quite some
time) resulting in less pile ups than I was hoping for. Ten was almost dead on
Saturday morning, low activity, a couple of hours opening to NA in the
afternoon. 20m slowed down very early, forcing me to QSY full time to low bands
too early, between 1800-1900 hours, thus keeping the average points below 2. The
rest was regular hard work, finishing first day with 3700+ Qs and 4,8 million
points. Sunday propagation was even worst, very few Qs on 10/15m and low
response to my QSY requests, so multiplier total was below planned 550+/170+-.
Missed too many easy ones, expected some during the last hours but somehow
neither could I find them nor they called me, despite my moves from band to
band. The rates were below expected, resulting with only 6409 Qs in the log
(excluding 178 dupes!). Looking at other scores, including M/S from the region,
at the end totals are not too bad, considering that high bands were marginally
open and closed very early, so no long lasting NA pile ups without EU callers.
With poor propagation and not much practice, I had to focus on weak signals so
SO2R was mainly used in the old fashioned way, however, just for fun I had a
few simultaneous runs on both radios. After reading ZF2MJ/N6MJ comments one
can only admire what Dan has done! Great job, showing us the way forward.
Ranko, you are leader in the hardware contesting innovations, but hats off to
Dan on operating technique innovations.
As this time I was piloting a full time test of the new SO2R Genius Interface
�" Modem Some, I wish to share feedback on the new toys. I’ve enjoyed
simplicity and flexibility. As a firmware guru, also known as ‘Spider’ was
on the site, after the initial test on Friday my additional wishes have been
within minutes converted into a new firmware. A quick reset of the Genius and
new SO2R features were there! Except two Yaesu radios, all other automation
and switching devices were from the ‘4O3A Signature’ production line and
worked like a charm. The whole station is now on the LAN network, offering full
configuration and reconfiguration using a customized Win application, showing
status on the monitor. The SO2R or Multi Op. setup can now be configured
without a need for re-cabling the shack. Using the tools was really easy, not
many buttons to mess around, easy to read large fonts showing actual status of
each radio, ability to quickly switch between the Genius pre-programed focuses
(heavy/plain pile up, manual) or to switch to Win Test focuses with a press on
the button. Latest CQ WW recording requirement has been also added, with
separate potentiometer on the front panel for each channel. There is also built
in key with a speed knob and that’s it. Those sitting for a 48 hours will
appreciate less gadgets and knobs without reduced features. As I had two LAN
connected interfaces/modems, I could set different speed for R2 and change it
quickly based on what I hear.
Thanks to Ranko and his team for the efforts done to keep 4O3A super station
even better and all who called me during the contest.
73 Ivo I7/9A3A, E73A
CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW
CALLSIGN: 4O3A (9A3A/E73A op)
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: 9A3A/E73A
-------------- 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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0000 0 4 185 0 0 0 189 189 2.9
0100 0 2 186 0 0 0 188 377 5.9
0200 0 1 190 0 0 0 191 568 8.9
0300 0 3 155 0 0 0 158 726 11.3
0400 0 4 161 0 0 0 165 891 13.9
0500 3 107 46 0 0 0 156 1047 16.3
0600 3 88 42 0 1 0 134 1181 18.4
0700 0 0 107 28 3 0 138 1319 20.6
0800 0 0 0 174 1 1 176 1495 23.3
0900 0 0 0 164 3 0 167 1662 25.9
1000 0 0 0 0 171 13 184 1846 28.8
1100 0 0 0 113 3 42 158 2004 31.3
1200 0 0 0 150 8 0 158 2162 33.7
1300 0 0 0 48 84 10 142 2304 35.9
1400 0 0 0 1 3 187 191 2495 38.9
1500 0 0 0 0 22 144 166 2661 41.5
1600 0 0 0 0 152 2 154 2815 43.9
1700 40 1 1 52 31 0 125 2940 45.9
1800 13 0 64 34 0 0 111 3051 47.6
1900 0 43 111 0 0 0 154 3205 50.0
2000 2 140 0 0 0 0 142 3347 52.2
2100 82 31 15 0 0 0 128 3475 54.2
2200 0 5 105 0 0 0 110 3585 55.9
2300 0 7 115 0 0 0 122 3707 57.8
0000 0 0 126 0 0 0 126 3833 59.8
0100 1 2 113 0 0 0 116 3949 61.6
0200 0 1 120 0 0 0 121 4070 63.5
0300 5 105 24 0 0 0 134 4204 65.6
0400 12 149 0 0 0 0 161 4365 68.1
0500 39 2 74 0 0 0 115 4480 69.9
0600 0 2 69 42 1 0 114 4594 71.7
0700 0 0 0 24 66 20 110 4704 73.4
0800 0 0 0 0 55 37 92 4796 74.8
0900 0 0 0 107 4 0 111 4907 76.6
1000 0 0 0 138 4 0 142 5049 78.8
1100 0 0 0 110 3 5 118 5167 80.6
1200 0 0 0 96 2 3 101 5268 82.2
1300 0 0 0 0 73 6 79 5347 83.4
1400 0 0 0 36 99 1 136 5483 85.6
1500 0 0 0 82 35 1 118 5601 87.4
1600 0 0 0 48 61 0 109 5710 89.1
1700 0 0 0 137 0 1 138 5848 91.2
1800 0 0 0 83 0 0 83 5931 92.5
1900 0 0 98 0 0 1 99 6030 94.1
2000 0 1 93 1 0 0 95 6125 95.6
2100 0 111 14 0 0 0 125 6250 97.5
2200 55 10 1 2 1 0 69 6319 98.6
2300 36 23 31 0 0 0 90 6409 100.0
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Total 291 842 2246 1670 886 474 6409
Gross QSOs=6587 Dupes=178 Net QSOs=6409
Unique callsigns worked = 3987
The best 60 minute rate was 204/hour from 1407 to 1506
The best 30 minute rate was 212/hour from 0815 to 0844
The best 10 minute rate was 246/hour from 0830 to 0839
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 4 times.
5 QSOs/minute 73 times.
4 QSOs/minute 345 times.
3 QSOs/minute 791 times.
2 QSOs/minute 875 times.
1 QSOs/minute 517 times.
There were 322 bandchanges and 141 (2.2%) 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
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North America 11 155 832 492 328 195 2013 31.4
South America 2 5 22 18 28 19 94 1.5
Europe 258 598 1114 944 415 212 3541 55.3
Asia 13 72 251 186 93 29 644 10.0
Africa 7 9 15 13 17 17 78 1.2
Oceania 0 3 12 17 5 2 39 0.6
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Total 291 842 2246 1670 886 474 6409
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