CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: ZF2MJ
Operator(s): N6MJ
Station: ZF1A
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: ZF
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 336 16 39
80: 1293 27 87
40: 2612 34 108
20: 2874 34 114
15: 2363 30 101
10: 423 17 26
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Total: 9901 158 475 Total Score = 14,931,837
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
I knew going into this year that the competition would be at a whole new level.
There were so many guys coming to the Caribbean (and CT3,) and I knew each of
them had a decent shot at winning. In order to prepare for the contest, I
started practicing with DXLog, which has Morserunner built in, back in July. I
would usually do several 10 minute sessions a week. Chris, KL9A, was doing the
same thing, and we would go back and forth with new high claimed scores. This
little competition before the contest was fun, and it really helped with
getting my mind mentally prepared for what was going to happen during the
contest.
My wife Kelly, KK6SCE, joined me again on this trip. We left at 1 AM Tuesday
morning, and arrived at the station around 4pm the same day. I was travelling
with a pair of IC-7851's, and having her along helped make it easy to transport
the radios. Bringing 2 95lb cases is not easy by any means, but it is well
worth it. The radios are top of the line, and having all the advanced DSP and
filtering options really help out.
Setting up the station went relatively smoothly, however I couldnt have done it
without some assistance. The laptops that we use down there are really old,
and the software hasnt been updated in a long time. The IC7851 didnt show up
as an option, so I attempted to use the settings for the IC7800. This didn't
work as I expected, so I reached out to TV Bob, N6TV. After explaining the
situation, he came up with a work around and we were all set to go. There were
still some issues with station set up, and after speaking to John, K6AM, for a
few hours, we were able to work out all the kinks. Station set up was complete
by Wednesday night, and the only thing left was to set up the beverages. We use
a short beverage for the US/JA and a long one for EU. I used the beverages for
virtually every Q I made on 80 and 160, so getting these set up were essential.
Luckily Andrew, ZF1EJ, and Russel were available on Thursday to assist with
putting them up. I made a few q's on Thursday night and the beverages were
working great. Last year, I was so amped up and excited about the contest I
could barely sleep Thursday night, and taking a nap on Friday was out of the
question. I felt much better going in this year, and I got a full 8 hours
sleep, and even managed a nap Friday afternoon.
One of the biggest issues I ran into last year was fatigue and hallucinations,
which really created a problem on Sunday. I was having a difficult time doing
SO2R by the end of the contest. With the help of Chris, KL9A, I came up with a
plan on how to try to avoid the hallucinations. With the help of my wife, I
stuck to a strict diet during the contest, and even took 2 quick 30 minute naps
on Saturday night. I swore up and down before the contest that I would go the
full 48 hours, but I think it was the right move to nap for a little bit. I
took the first nap right as the hallucinations started, and they never came
back. I felt fresh and in full control right up until the end of the contest.
The biggest addition to the arsenal this year was a new audio switch that was
custom built for me by John, K6AM. Last year, in order to do SO2R, I would
have the audio from Radio A in the left ear, and Radio B in the right ear. It
worked fine, but it was very draining having to concentrate on every Q I made.
This year, after some prodding from Chris, I decided to opt for hearing the
opposite radio in both ears while the other radio was transmitting. This was a
huge improvement over last year.
This is the best contest of the year and I feel very privileged to have the
opportunity to compete against some of the best talent there is out there.
Congrats to all the high scorers!
73,
Dan N6MJ
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW
CALLSIGN: ZF2MJ
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS:
--> TX8F has an unknown country prefix.
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0000 0 0 171 202 0 0 373 373 3.8
0100 0 0 170 177 0 0 347 720 7.3
0200 0 160 24 147 0 0 331 1051 10.6
0300 0 136 152 0 0 0 288 1339 13.5
0400 59 59 108 0 0 0 226 1565 15.8
0500 64 35 77 17 0 0 193 1758 17.8
0600 0 111 135 0 0 0 246 2004 20.2
0700 9 61 143 0 0 0 213 2217 22.4
0800 0 71 115 0 0 0 186 2403 24.3
0900 0 36 107 13 0 0 156 2559 25.8
1000 0 65 97 5 0 0 167 2726 27.5
1100 23 65 98 59 0 0 245 2971 30.0
1200 0 0 37 168 110 0 315 3286 33.2
1300 0 0 0 162 168 0 330 3616 36.5
1400 0 0 0 138 186 0 324 3940 39.8
1500 0 0 0 2 182 111 295 4235 42.8
1600 0 0 0 0 194 81 275 4510 45.6
1700 0 0 0 54 161 23 238 4748 48.0
1800 0 0 0 55 151 82 288 5036 50.9
1900 0 0 0 0 145 122 267 5303 53.6
2000 0 0 0 122 93 0 215 5518 55.7
2100 0 0 0 143 125 0 268 5786 58.4
2200 0 0 64 154 4 0 222 6008 60.7
2300 0 0 91 96 0 0 187 6195 62.6
0000 0 64 56 10 0 0 130 6325 63.9
0100 35 79 55 0 0 0 169 6494 65.6
0200 66 2 79 0 0 0 147 6641 67.1
0300 46 6 153 0 0 0 205 6846 69.1
0400 2 46 111 0 0 0 159 7005 70.8
0500 9 24 97 0 0 0 130 7135 72.1
0600 16 0 30 0 0 0 46 7181 72.5
0700 7 25 106 0 0 0 138 7319 73.9
0800 0 62 92 0 0 0 154 7473 75.5
0900 0 41 38 0 0 0 79 7552 76.3
1000 0 34 28 0 0 0 62 7614 76.9
1100 0 74 66 8 0 0 148 7762 78.4
1200 0 9 75 119 0 0 203 7965 80.4
1300 0 0 21 81 118 0 220 8185 82.7
1400 0 0 0 64 92 2 158 8343 84.3
1500 0 0 0 74 104 0 178 8521 86.1
1600 0 0 0 70 102 1 173 8694 87.8
1700 0 0 0 62 84 1 147 8841 89.3
1800 0 0 0 120 92 0 212 9053 91.4
1900 0 0 0 111 64 0 175 9228 93.2
2000 0 0 1 111 75 0 187 9415 95.1
2100 0 0 0 91 67 0 158 9573 96.7
2200 0 0 0 113 45 0 158 9731 98.3
2300 0 28 15 126 1 0 170 9901 100.0
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Total 336 1293 2612 2874 2363 423 9901
Gross QSOs=10180 Dupes=279 Net QSOs=9901
Unique callsigns worked = 5507
The best 60 minute rate was 385/hour from 0010 to 0109
The best 30 minute rate was 418/hour from 0013 to 0042
The best 10 minute rate was 444/hour from 0014 to 0023
The best 1 minute rates were:
9 QSOs/minute 10 times.
8 QSOs/minute 44 times.
7 QSOs/minute 134 times.
6 QSOs/minute 235 times.
5 QSOs/minute 378 times.
4 QSOs/minute 530 times.
3 QSOs/minute 612 times.
2 QSOs/minute 494 times.
1 QSOs/minute 277 times.
There were 5630 bandchanges and 3768 (38.1%) 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 297 816 1279 1752 1568 394 6106 61.7
South America 8 21 32 27 46 18 152 1.5
Europe 23 265 902 817 641 0 2648 26.7
Asia 1 170 363 245 71 0 850 8.6
Africa 4 9 18 22 18 6 77 0.8
Oceania 3 12 18 10 19 5 67 0.7
??? 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 336 1293 2612 2874 2363 423 9901
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 51
4 4394
5 3301
6 2104
7 16
8 21
9 10
10 4
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3B9 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0
4J 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0
4L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
4O 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
4X 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 0.1
5B 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 0.1
5H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
6Y 1 2 1 2 1 2 9 0.1
8P 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.0
8Q 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
9A 1 4 23 17 14 0 59 0.6
9H 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0.0
9J 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
9M6 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0
9Y 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
A4 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 0.1
A6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
A9 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.0
BY 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.1
CE 0 2 4 2 3 1 12 0.1
CE9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
CM 0 2 4 1 1 0 8 0.1
CN 1 2 2 3 2 0 10 0.1
CT 0 3 4 3 9 0 19 0.2
CT3 0 2 4 6 2 0 14 0.1
CU 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0.1
CX 0 1 2 1 5 2 11 0.1
D4 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.0
DL 5 43 155 131 120 0 454 4.6
E7 0 2 8 6 6 0 22 0.2
EA 2 15 36 34 63 0 150 1.5
EA6 0 1 4 1 1 0 7 0.1
EA8 2 4 7 9 7 3 32 0.3
EI 0 2 3 4 4 0 13 0.1
ER 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 0.1
ES 0 1 1 4 1 0 7 0.1
EU 0 2 1 10 3 0 16 0.2
F 2 17 35 37 52 0 143 1.4
FG 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
FM 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
FO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
FY 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
G 1 15 33 33 34 0 116 1.2
GD 0 2 2 2 2 0 8 0.1
GI 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 0.1
GM 0 1 1 5 2 0 9 0.1
*GM/s 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
GU 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.1
GW 1 0 1 3 1 0 6 0.1
HA 2 11 31 21 18 0 83 0.8
HB 0 3 15 11 14 0 43 0.4
HB0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HC 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0.0
HI 1 3 3 2 1 0 10 0.1
HK 1 2 2 2 3 0 10 0.1
HL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HP 2 2 1 2 2 0 9 0.1
HR 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0.0
HS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
HZ 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
I 0 10 84 53 63 0 210 2.1
IS 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0
*IT9 2 2 4 4 5 0 17 0.2
J3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
J6 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.0
J7 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.1
JA 1 165 345 221 64 0 796 8.0
JY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
K 263 733 1155 1599 1417 346 5513 55.7
KG4 0 1 2 3 3 1 10 0.1
KH0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0
KH2 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0.0
KH6 3 3 5 6 5 4 26 0.3
KL 0 1 2 4 1 0 8 0.1
KP2 3 4 3 3 1 0 14 0.1
KP4 4 6 8 4 8 0 30 0.3
LA 0 2 6 8 0 0 16 0.2
LU 0 2 5 4 4 1 16 0.2
LX 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.0
LY 1 4 12 12 4 0 33 0.3
LZ 0 6 26 11 14 0 57 0.6
OA 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0.1
OE 0 0 11 9 12 0 32 0.3
OH 0 3 16 18 0 0 37 0.4
OH0 0 2 3 2 0 0 7 0.1
OK 0 11 38 28 36 0 113 1.1
OM 0 4 15 13 7 0 39 0.4
ON 0 8 18 13 16 0 55 0.6
OX 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
OZ 0 0 3 11 2 0 16 0.2
P4 2 2 3 1 1 1 10 0.1
PA 2 12 23 28 19 0 84 0.8
PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1
PJ4 2 2 2 2 1 2 11 0.1
PY 0 3 7 6 20 6 42 0.4
PZ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1
S5 0 12 38 31 28 0 109 1.1
SM 0 4 9 18 5 0 36 0.4
SP 0 9 30 34 18 0 91 0.9
SU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
SV 0 2 9 6 9 0 26 0.3
SV5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
SV9 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 0.1
TA 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.0
*TA1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TG 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
TI 1 2 2 1 0 1 7 0.1
TK 0 2 2 2 2 0 8 0.1
TY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
UA 2 13 62 80 6 0 163 1.6
UA2 0 2 4 3 1 0 10 0.1
UA9 0 2 3 10 0 0 15 0.2
UR 2 12 74 52 10 0 150 1.5
V2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
V3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
V4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
V6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
VE 14 47 84 115 118 32 410 4.1
VK 0 3 2 1 2 0 8 0.1
VK9N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
VP2E 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.0
VP2V 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.0
VP5 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.1
VP8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
VP9 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.0
VU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
XE 1 4 4 5 6 8 28 0.3
YB 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.0
YL 0 5 2 9 1 0 17 0.2
YN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
YO 0 3 24 16 11 0 54 0.5
YU 0 11 22 14 12 0 59 0.6
YV 0 1 3 2 4 1 11 0.1
Z3 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0.1
ZA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
ZD8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
ZF 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.0
ZL 0 5 6 0 6 0 17 0.2
ZP 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0
ZS 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 0.1
??? 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 336 1293 2612 2874 2363 423 9901
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
05 137 405 537 701 637 111 2528 25.5
04 120 264 485 654 639 161 2323 23.5
14 13 130 355 351 349 0 1198 12.1
03 19 110 219 359 263 107 1077 10.9
15 6 96 346 287 234 0 969 9.8
25 1 165 345 222 64 0 797 8.0
16 4 28 140 144 20 0 336 3.4
20 0 13 67 38 41 0 159 1.6
08 16 24 25 19 19 6 109 1.1
09 7 10 12 11 12 7 59 0.6
33 3 8 13 18 11 3 56 0.6
11 0 4 8 6 20 6 44 0.4
13 0 3 7 5 11 3 29 0.3
06 1 4 4 5 6 8 28 0.3
07 3 6 6 5 3 1 24 0.2
31 3 2 5 6 4 3 23 0.2
32 0 5 6 1 7 1 20 0.2
21 0 1 7 4 3 0 15 0.2
12 0 2 4 2 3 1 12 0.1
02 1 2 2 3 1 1 10 0.1
27 0 1 1 2 4 0 8 0.1
30 0 3 2 1 2 0 8 0.1
10 1 2 1 2 1 1 8 0.1
01 0 2 1 5 0 0 8 0.1
19 0 1 1 6 0 0 8 0.1
38 0 1 2 2 2 0 7 0.1
28 0 0 4 1 1 0 6 0.1
36 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1
17 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 0.1
35 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0.1
24 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.1
39 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0
40 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.0
22 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
34 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
37 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
26 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
18 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 336 1293 2612 2874 2363 423 9901
Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands 3258
2 bands 1076
3 bands 561
4 bands 336
5 bands 192
6 bands 84
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
NR3X N5AW N1LN K0KX N0NI N6WM
N1MM W0MU N2MM VE3EJ W3LL K2LE
W9OP K9IMM K5WA KR4F WE3C K4TCG
K3LR ED8X K9PG K1ZZ AC4G KC1XX
VA3DF WY3A W2FU W1HIS AA2A WB9Z
K2XR K3PA W3LPL K9CT NR4M K1LT
K5TR NR5M N5NU KB1EFS N3RS W5JR
NY4A N2NS AA9A K6LL W0AIH WX0B
W3OA K6NA W2VJN N7AT W6PH NA5G
K1DG K0MD KD9MS AB3CX N9RV PJ4A
K4AB W4AAW VA2AM VP5M N4TZ KH6LC
AI4GR KE3X WE9V EF8R W8TK PJ2T
NN5T K7BV W1TO K9MMS AC0W N7NG
N5FO KH6J PZ5V W3GQ AD8J KD8SKO
------- 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 85 336 1046 1025 705 61
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