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Subject: [3830] RTTY WPX KY0W(W0YK) SOAB HP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: ed@w0yk.com
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:05:01 +0000
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                    CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2021

Call: KY0W
Operator(s): W0YK
Station: W0YK

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: ca
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
   80:  113
   40:  611
   20:  677
   15:  423
   10:   12
------------
Total: 1836  Prefixes = 536  Total Score = 2,017,504

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

5 decades ago, I thought these CQ WPX events were the dumbest contest design
ever.  It made no sense to me that call sign prefixes were multipliers.  Over
time, WPXs became some of my favorite contests.  There are new multipliers every
few QSOs through the operating period.  The score goes up exponentially, the
longer you stay in the chair.  This adds a lot of interest and incentive to
power through the weekend.

Until this year all my WPX RTTY contests have been as P49X, so I had low
expectations for operating with wires from the west coast of NA.  Those
expectations were greatly exceeded though.  I didn't think I could get to 1
million points, let alone 2 million.  Two thirds of the QSOs were domestic for a
QSO/point average of 2.05, even lower than with reasonable antennas here in CA. 
Less than half the QSO rate than in Aruba and less than 15% of the scores there.
 But still enough activity to enjoy the weekend contesting.

Most of the very few EU QSOs were arduous S&P to even be heard by them, let
alone passing a serial number.  A handful of the big EU stations did find me
CQing, surely with Packet help.  Dipoles are a challenge for working Europe. 
OTOH, operating from a coastal ridge top, 2,600' above the Pacific Ocean, does
fine into Oceania and eastern Asia.  Even the side of the 15-meter Yagi does
great with the sloping foreground in that direction.

I CQ'd a bit on 10m mid-day and Packet help bag a few QSOs.  Thanks to Max KH6ZM
and the NR6O remote multi-op team for working me on all 5 bands.  Also, the 15
4-band QSOs were much appreciated.  Ten was open to parts of NA during the day,
as evidenced by the RBN.  More people just need to get on during the day.

Can't wait to get back to P4 to soothe the withdrawal pain.  I'm half-way
through the vaccine regimen, so hopefully soon.  We just completed an all-new
tower/antenna rebuild there a year ago when the pandemic hit.  Need to put the
new hardware through the paces now.

Thanks for the QSOs.

Ed

*******************************************************

- Elecraft K3S/K-Pod, K4D/K-Pod and KPA1500 plus Alpha 87A
- TinyFSK keying
- WriteLog 12.57A on two networked PCs, each with 2 instances MMTTY and 4
instances 2Tone

Antennas: 10: 3-el Yagi fixed SE, 5-el Yagi fixed NE
          15: 5-el Yagi fixed NE
          20: Inverted-V wire
          40: Inverted-V wire
          80: Defective (horizontal) Sigma-80 dipole

********************************************************
           80M    40M    20M    15M    10M   Total      %

    NA     110    499    548    305      9    1471    80.1
    OC       1     25     16     24      1      67     3.6
    AS       2     77     69     74      0     222    12.1
    SA       0      4     13     16      2      35     1.9
    EU       0      6     30      0      0      36     2.0
    AF       0      0      1      4      0       5     0.3


    8P              1                            1
    9A              1                            1
   9M6              1                            1
    BV              1             1              2
    BY              1                            1
    CE              1      1      2              4
    CM              2      2                     4
    CT              1      2                     3
    CX                     2      1              3
    DL                     4                     4
    DU              4      1      2              7
    E7              1                            1
    EA                     4                     4
   EA8                     1      3              4
     F              1      1                     2
     G                     2                     2
    GM                     1                     1
    GW                     1                     1
    HA                     1                     1
    HI              1      2                     3
    HK                            1              1
    HL              2                            2
    HP                            1              1
    HS              2                            2
     I                     4                     4
    J7                            1              1
    JA       1     65     67     73            206
     K      98    444    469    274      9    1294
   KH6       1      4      7      6      1      19
    KL       2      4      3      4             13
   KP2              1      1      1              3
   KP4              3                            3
    LA                     2                     2
    LU              1      2      3      2       8
    LY                     1                     1
    OK              1      1                     2
    ON                     2                     2
    PY              1      8      8             17
    PZ                            1              1
    S5              1      1                     2
    SM                     1                     1
    TG                     1                     1
    TI              1      2      1              4
    UA                     1                     1
   UA9       1      5      1                     7
    V3              1                            1
    V5                            1              1
    VE       9     35     60     19            123
    VK              3      4      6             13
    VR              1      1                     2
    XE              5      7      3             15
    YB             12      3      5             20
    YU                     1                     1
    YV              1                            1
    ZF       1      1      1      1              4
    ZL              1      1      5              7

********************************************************

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: KY0W
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CONTEST: CQ-WPX-RTTY
OPERATORS: KY0W

-------------- 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      4     67     26      0     97     97    5.3
0100       0      0     62     37      0      0     99    196   10.7
0200       0      0     58     33      0      0     91    287   15.6
0300       0     12     42      5      0      0     59    346   18.8
0400       0     12     42      0      0      0     54    400   21.8
0500       0     14     42      0      0      0     56    456   24.8
0600       0      5     21      0      0      0     26    482   26.3
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    482   26.3
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    482   26.3
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    482   26.3
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    482   26.3
1100       0      0     20      0      0      0     20    502   27.3
1200       0      5     71      0      0      0     76    578   31.5
1300       0     12     35      0      0      0     47    625   34.0
1400       0      2     37      0      0      0     39    664   36.2
1500       0      0     17     13      0      0     30    694   37.8
1600       0      0      0     18     15      0     33    727   39.6
1700       0      0      0     37     50      0     87    814   44.3
1800       0      0      0     37     55      4     96    910   49.6
1900       0      0      0     32     48      0     80    990   53.9
2000       0      0      0     41     36      4     81   1071   58.3
2100       0      0      0     52     31      4     87   1158   63.1
2200       0      0      0     60     31      0     91   1249   68.0
2300       0      0      0     53     40      0     93   1342   73.1
0000       0      0      0     29     36      0     65   1407   76.6
0100       0      1     24     11      1      0     37   1444   78.6
0200       0      0     40      0      0      0     40   1484   80.8
0300       0      0      3      0      0      0      3   1487   81.0
0400       0     15      0      0      0      0     15   1502   81.8
0500       0     17     17      0      0      0     34   1536   83.7
0600       0      0     15      0      0      0     15   1551   84.5
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1551   84.5
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1551   84.5
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1551   84.5
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1551   84.5
1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1551   84.5
1200       0     14     17      0      0      0     31   1582   86.2
1300       0      4     26      0      0      0     30   1612   87.8
1400       0      0     14      0      0      0     14   1626   88.6
1500       0      0      2      0      0      0      2   1628   88.7
1600       0      0      2     20      0      0     22   1650   89.9
1700       0      0      0     27      9      0     36   1686   91.8
1800       0      0      0     10      6      0     16   1702   92.7
1900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1702   92.7
2000       0      0      0     30     18      0     48   1750   95.3
2100       0      0      0     24     10      0     34   1784   97.2
2200       0      0      0     26      8      0     34   1818   99.0
2300       0      0      0     15      3      0     18   1836  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0    113    611    677    423     12   1836

Gross QSOs=1878        Dupes=42        Net QSOs=1836

Unique callsigns worked = 1268

The best 60 minute rate was 111/hour from 0026 to 0125
The best 30 minute rate was 132/hour from 0055 to 0124
The best 10 minute rate was 162/hour from 0211 to 0220

The best 1 minute rates were:
 4 QSOs/minute   27 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  108 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  352 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  700 times.

There were 716 bandchanges and 405 (22.1%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3         2
   4       729
   5       615
   6       482
   7         1
   8         5
   9         2

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands     839
2 bands     309
3 bands     103
4 bands      15
5 bands       2
6 bands       0

------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs      0     39    303    336    157      4


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