WAE DX Contest, CW - 2019
Call: KD4D
Operator(s): KD4D
Station: W3LPL
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 178 100 152
40: 450 517 129
20: 746 853 98
15: 159 60 70
10:
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Total: 1533 1530 449 Total Score = 1,375,287
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
First of all, thanks to Frank Donovan, W3LPL, for letting me take his
super-station for a spin! After I did IARU low power, Frank suggested that it
would be easier to connect to the existing station with high-power, using the
existing single-band amplifiers. The catch is that I needed not only transmit
antenna switching for two radios, but also receive antenna switching and PTT
switching.
I build up the switching, got lots of long coax jumpers, and took the
opportunity to automate the antenna switching with two Top Ten Devices Band Aide
decoders. I use the N1MM broadcast feature for radio frequencies, a short
Python script, and a USB board with 16 SPDT relays for the PTT switching. This
all worked well.
Conditions on 80 would have been good if it hadn't been so noisy. Pulling out
callsigns and exchanges was often a struggle Friday and Saturday nights. On 15,
and to some extent 20, I had very rapid QSB on signals - often, I would lose a
digit or two of a serial number. This caused lots of requests for repeats!
I am always impressed at how good the European operators are at receiving QTCs.
Sending them with N1MM+ is easy but I've never had the chance to try receiving
them.
Hourly rates and QSOs by country follow. Thanks for the QSOs, QTCs, and moves
for multipliers!
73,
Mark, KD4D
Day Hr 3.5 7 14 21 Tot Accum
2019-08-10 00 0 60 26 0 86 86
2019-08-10 01 54 14 0 0 68 154
2019-08-10 02 41 9 0 0 50 204
2019-08-10 03 24 36 0 0 60 264
2019-08-10 04 3 38 0 0 41 305
2019-08-10 05 0 50 0 0 50 355
2019-08-10 06 0 1 0 0 1 356
2019-08-10 10 0 0 62 1 63 419
2019-08-10 11 0 0 49 9 58 477
2019-08-10 12 0 0 46 36 82 559
2019-08-10 13 0 0 17 26 43 602
2019-08-10 14 0 0 44 0 44 646
2019-08-10 15 0 0 38 1 39 685
2019-08-10 16 0 0 28 6 34 719
2019-08-10 17 0 0 36 5 41 760
2019-08-10 18 0 0 49 1 50 810
2019-08-10 19 0 0 54 0 54 864
2019-08-10 20 0 0 55 1 56 920
2019-08-10 21 0 6 43 0 49 969
2019-08-10 22 0 37 7 0 44 1013
2019-08-10 23 3 33 2 0 38 1051
2019-08-11 00 17 14 0 0 31 1082
2019-08-11 01 14 14 0 0 28 1110
2019-08-11 02 2 23 0 0 25 1135
2019-08-11 03 9 20 0 0 29 1164
2019-08-11 04 8 25 0 0 33 1197
2019-08-11 05 2 36 0 0 38 1235
2019-08-11 10 0 0 6 0 6 1241
2019-08-11 11 0 0 38 0 38 1279
2019-08-11 12 0 0 36 5 41 1320
2019-08-11 13 0 0 5 21 26 1346
2019-08-11 14 0 0 7 10 17 1363
2019-08-11 15 0 0 8 18 26 1389
2019-08-11 16 0 0 2 8 10 1399
2019-08-11 17 0 0 10 11 21 1420
2019-08-11 18 0 0 1 0 1 1421
2019-08-11 19 0 1 42 0 43 1464
2019-08-11 20 0 0 6 0 6 1470
2019-08-11 21 0 4 18 0 22 1492
2019-08-11 22 0 14 9 0 23 1515
2019-08-11 23 1 15 2 0 18 1533
Total 178 450 746 159 1533 1533
CountryPrefix 3.5 7 14 21 Tot Accum
3A 0 1 0 0 1 1
4O 1 2 2 1 6 7
4U1V 1 1 1 0 3 10
9A 2 7 12 3 24 34
C3 0 0 1 0 1 35
CT 1 2 7 1 11 46
DL 59 139 220 45 463 509
E7 1 4 5 1 11 520
EA 4 12 13 6 35 555
EA6 0 1 1 0 2 557
EI 1 4 4 1 10 567
ES 1 2 3 1 7 574
EU 6 7 12 3 28 602
F 7 18 32 11 68 670
G 4 15 30 4 53 723
GI 0 0 1 0 1 724
GM 0 2 7 1 10 734
GW 1 2 3 3 9 743
HA 4 12 20 3 39 782
HB 1 9 15 1 26 808
I 5 19 33 13 70 878
IS 0 1 1 0 2 880
IT9 1 1 3 2 7 887
LA 2 4 7 0 13 900
LX 1 1 1 1 4 904
LY 3 3 9 1 16 920
LZ 5 11 14 3 33 953
OE 3 8 7 0 18 971
OH 1 8 14 4 27 998
OK 3 12 29 0 44 1042
OM 5 9 11 3 28 1070
ON 2 7 11 4 24 1094
OZ 1 5 10 0 16 1110
PA 2 13 32 9 56 1166
S5 11 12 19 4 46 1212
SM 1 9 15 2 27 1239
SP 7 19 28 3 57 1296
SV 2 4 5 2 13 1309
SV9 0 0 1 0 1 1310
TA1 0 1 1 0 2 1312
TF 0 0 2 0 2 1314
TK 0 0 1 1 2 1316
UA 7 14 32 4 57 1373
UA2 3 4 3 2 12 1385
UR 11 24 31 8 74 1459
YL 1 2 8 2 13 1472
YO 3 14 16 4 37 1509
YU 4 4 10 2 20 1529
Z3 0 1 2 0 3 1532
Z6 0 0 1 0 1 1533
Total 178 450 746 159 1533 1533
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