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Subject: [3830] CQWW CW EA6FO(EA3M) SOAB HP
From: webform@b4h.net
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:14:37 +0000
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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2021

Call: EA6FO
Operator(s): EA3M
Station: EA6FO

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ibiza
Operating Time (hrs): 40.5
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  510    12       51
   80: 1525    19       71
   40: 2326    28       85
   20: 2029    31       79
   15: 1459    26       76
   10:  379    15       47
------------------------------
Total: 8228   131      409  Total Score = 8,063,820

Club: CCC

Comments:

This was the second occasion doing this contest in SOAB from EA6, the first time
as non-assisted. Having the experience of the previous year helped me to correct
some aspects and identify some further weak points to improve. Hopefully in
2022.

The preparation for the contest started a couple of weeks before when I flew to
Ibiza. The idea of this short trip was to perform a few major changes to the
station and install the first of the Beverages, as I didn’t want to load too
much the days previous to the contest. In my mind that what a very nice idea,
and when I left the island everything was basically ready. However I didn’t
take into account the very well known Murphy’s law and by the time I came back
we had an issue in a box of LP filters (still to be further investigated), the
80/160 vertical had infinite SWR in both bands due to two different problems,
and one of the legs of a 40m long V towards NA was broken. Not a bad start.
Luckily we managed to fix everything in time.

In terms of operation, I went for a full-contest 2BSIQ operating mode: so much
fun, so much concentration required, and still so many situations to learn how
to properly manage (which of course motivates me to keep doing this)! I have a
couple of random thoughts that I think are worth mentioning: 

- Pileup management and QRM. Especially on the first night, there were moments
with heavy pileups on both radios. On many many occasions (like in >30 QSOs
only during the first hour) I had to repeat the “599” messages at least
twice, as the operator being answered was basically QRMed by other callers who
repeatedly kept sending and sending their callsigns, which only resulted in
headache, angriness from my side and my QSO rate being drastically decreased...

- Having the (bad) experience from last year in terms of sleep deprivation, I
decided to go completely the opposite this year and stop for 3h around the
middle of the contest. This was definitely not the best time to stop, but I
really felt very well until the last couple of hours. I’ll try to go until the
second morning next time if I manage to rest well on Friday.

- I love having the scores online and I encourage everyone to do so, it keeps
things way more interesting. Ah, how I miss those hours when I really thought I
would manage to catch Filipe CT1ILT :)))

Previous points and jokes aside, it would have been a very good contest... But
on Sunday around 15z (right at the beginning of the 10m opening towards NA) the
computer that I was using spontaneously switched off. Kaput. Impossible to
switch it on again. Since we were using a very old PC as an auxiliary computer
the log could be recovered. At this point though, a lot of time had already been
lost and I was feeling so disappointed that I really felt like stopping. Lucky
for me, first Julio and then my dad EA3AVV by phone, convinced me to continue
(which, once full of energy again, I really appreciate: Thanks!). After the
incident (and not without problems), we managed to set up this very old computer
so that I could continue. To summarize, I lost almost 5 hours and when I
operated again I started first with only one radio while Julio fixed everything
for me on the second one. 

But here we are, ready to learn from the mistakes and continue improving. In the
end, this is what a hobby like this is about, right? We all love this game!

Thanks to everyone who called and many thanks to Vicenç (EA6FO), and very
especially to Julio (EA3AIR) and Patro (XYL) for their hospitality and their
great help before, during, and after the contest.

See you in the next one.
Roger EA3M

=========

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

CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW
CALLSIGN: EA6FO
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: EA3M


-------------- 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    133    145      0      0      0    278    278    3.4
0100       0    153    149      0      0      0    302    580    7.1
0200      75     47    139      0      0      0    261    841   10.2
0300      56     70    164      0      0      0    290   1131   13.7
0400       2    131    153      0      0      0    286   1417   17.2
0500      58     51    116      0      0      0    225   1642   20.0
0600       0    119     90      0      0      0    209   1851   22.5
0700       0     39     75     49      8      0    171   2022   24.6
0800       0      0      0    145    146      0    291   2313   28.1
0900       0      0      0    135    104     23    262   2575   31.3
1000       0      0      0     64    136     42    242   2817   34.2
1100       0      0      0     37    139     69    245   3062   37.2
1200       0      0      0    144    129      0    273   3335   40.5
1300       0      0      0     84    104      7    195   3530   42.9
1400       0      0      0    140    140      0    280   3810   46.3
1500       0      0      0     79    119      2    200   4010   48.7
1600       0      0      0    151    122      0    273   4283   52.1
1700       0      0     32    111     44      0    187   4470   54.3
1800       0      0    112     84      0      0    196   4666   56.7
1900      18     67     97      2      0      0    184   4850   59.0
2000       3      0      4      0      0      0      7   4857   59.0
2100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   4857   59.0
2200      15      0     14      0      0      0     29   4886   59.4
2300     116      0    105      0      0      0    221   5107   62.1
0000      10     85    113      0      0      0    208   5315   64.6
0100       0     99    112      0      0      0    211   5526   67.2
0200      33     59     92      0      0      0    184   5710   69.4
0300      29     67     79      0      0      0    175   5885   71.5
0400       0     63     80      0      0      0    143   6028   73.3
0500       0     68     57      0      0      0    125   6153   74.8
0600      26     49     72      0      0      0    147   6300   76.6
0700       0      8     38     99      6      0    151   6451   78.4
0800       0      0      0     96     63      0    159   6610   80.4
0900       0      0      0    116     45     18    179   6789   82.5
1000       0      0      0     50      0    151    201   6990   85.0
1100       0      0      0     93     67      7    167   7157   87.0
1200       0      0      0    101     49      0    150   7307   88.8
1300       0      0      0     69     38      0    107   7414   90.1
1400       0      0      0     60      0     60    120   7534   91.6
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   7534   91.6
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   7534   91.6
1700       0      0      0     47      0      0     47   7581   92.2
1800       0      0      0     72      0      0     72   7653   93.0
1900       0      0      1      0      0      0      1   7654   93.0
2000       0     89     97      0      0      0    186   7840   95.3
2100       0     62     92      0      0      0    154   7994   97.2
2200      34     45     49      0      0      0    128   8122   98.7
2300      35     21     48      0      0      0    104   8226  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    510   1525   2325   2028   1459    379   8226

Gross QSOs=8344        Dupes=118        Net QSOs=8226

Unique callsigns worked = 4676

The best 60 minute rate was 310/hour from 0029 to 0128
The best 30 minute rate was 322/hour from 0335 to 0404
The best 10 minute rate was 360/hour from 0139 to 0148

The best 1 minute rates were:
 8 QSOs/minute   10 times.
 7 QSOs/minute   53 times.
 6 QSOs/minute  188 times.
 5 QSOs/minute  384 times.
 4 QSOs/minute  479 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  555 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  439 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  268 times.

There were 5179 bandchanges and 3589 (43.6%) 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     81    509    944    735    507     50   2826   34.4
South America      2      8     15     13     19      8     65    0.8
Europe           416    961   1238   1131    818    307   4871   59.2
Asia               9     42    112    133     97     11    404    4.9
Africa             2      5     10     10      5      2     34    0.4
Oceania            0      0      5      6     12      1     24    0.3
???                0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total            510   1525   2325   2028   1459    379   8226

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        64
   4      3535
   5      2927
   6      1660
   7        17
   8        11
   9        11
  10         1

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3B8              0      1      1      1      0      0      3    0.0
3D2              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
4J               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
4L               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
*4U1V            0      1      0      0      0      0      1    0.0
4X               0      4      5      2      3      6     20    0.2
5B               1      1      0      2      3      3     10    0.1
9A               7     13     24     18      8      4     74    0.9
9M2              0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
9X               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
A6               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
BV               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
BY               0      3     14      5      9      0     31    0.4
C5               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
C6               0      1      1      0      0      0      2    0.0
CM               0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.0
CT               1      2      4      2      1      1     11    0.1
CT3              2      3      4      1      3      1     14    0.2
CX               0      0      1      1      0      1      3    0.0
DL             100    170    211    209    128     86    904   11.0
DU               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
E7               3      6     11      5      2      1     28    0.3
EA              14     37     27     21      8      5    112    1.4
EA6              1      1      0      2      0      0      4    0.0
EA8              0      0      4      6      2      1     13    0.2
EA9              0      1      1      0      0      0      2    0.0
EI               1      1      3      5      0      1     11    0.1
ER               1      2      2      1      3      1     10    0.1
ES               1      3      3      4      2      0     13    0.2
EU               6     12     14     15     15      2     64    0.8
F               13     34     28     20     21     11    127    1.5
FM               0      1      0      1      0      0      2    0.0
FY               0      1      0      1      1      0      3    0.0
G               10     37     43     40     26     10    166    2.0
GD               0      0      2      0      1      0      3    0.0
GI               1      3      2      0      1      0      7    0.1
GM               5      5      7      6      5      0     28    0.3
GW               2      3      3      5      0      0     13    0.2
HA              11     30     50     33     23      9    156    1.9
HB               7     19     14     15     10      5     70    0.9
HB0              1      0      1      0      1      0      3    0.0
HI               0      1      1      1      2      0      5    0.1
HK               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
HL               0      0      3      0      0      0      3    0.0
HP               0      0      2      0      1      0      3    0.0
HR               0      1      1      1      1      0      4    0.0
HS               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
HZ               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
I               26     60     72     59     14      5    236    2.9
*IT9             0      3      6      7      4      1     21    0.3
JA               0      5     38     60     14      0    117    1.4
JT               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
K               70    471    882    665    464     47   2599   31.6
KG4              0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.0
KH2              0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
KH6              0      0      0      3      0      0      3    0.0
KL               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
KP2              1      0      2      0      0      0      3    0.0
KP4              2      2      3      2      2      0     11    0.1
LA               1      8     11      8      7      0     35    0.4
LU               0      0      1      3      5      2     11    0.1
LX               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
LY              10     19     27     24     32      0    112    1.4
LZ               3     15     26     20     14      1     79    1.0
OA               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
OE               3      6     14     13      3      3     42    0.5
OH              10     18     18     19     31      3     99    1.2
OH0              1      1      0      0      1      0      3    0.0
OK              19     46     53     60     33     15    226    2.7
OM               8     17     26     20      9      3     83    1.0
ON               4     15     11     13      7      1     51    0.6
OZ               9     10     10     11      9      0     49    0.6
P4               0      2      2      1      1      0      6    0.1
PA               8     34     49     60     19     17    187    2.3
PJ2              0      1      1      0      0      1      3    0.0
PJ4              2      2      2      1      2      1     10    0.1
PY               0      2      7      6      8      2     25    0.3
S5              11     22     29     24     11      2     99    1.2
SM               9     27     23     23     29      1    112    1.4
SP              26     58     70     66     37      8    265    3.2
SV               3      7     10      3      3      1     27    0.3
SV5              0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
SV9              1      1      2      1      0      0      5    0.1
TA               0      2      2      2      4      0     10    0.1
*TA1             0      1      2      0      2      0      5    0.1
TF               0      1      0      2      0      0      3    0.0
TI               0      1      1      0      1      0      3    0.0
TK               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
UA              40    105    158    158    156     60    677    8.2
UA2              0      3      4      4      2      0     13    0.2
UA9              8     25     38     52     49      0    172    2.1
UN               0      2      5      5     12      0     24    0.3
UR              19     62     91     82    105     45    404    4.9
V3               0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
V4               0      1      0      0      0      1      2    0.0
VE               6     28     42     59     32      2    169    2.1
VK               0      0      2      0      1      0      3    0.0
VR               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
VU               0      0      2      1      0      1      4    0.0
XE               0      0      2      3      0      0      5    0.1
YB               0      0      1      1      8      0     10    0.1
YL               8      8      7      9     13      1     46    0.6
YO               3     15     32     23     13      1     87    1.1
YU               6     17     28     13      5      2     71    0.9
Z3               2      2      8      5      2      0     19    0.2
ZA               0      0      0      2      0      0      2    0.0
ZF               2      2      2      2      2      0     10    0.1
ZL               0      0      2      1      2      0      5    0.1
ZP               0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
???              0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total          510   1525   2325   2028   1459    379   8226

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
14       187    406    450    441    274    138   1896   23.0
15       153    334    452    386    233     58   1616   19.6
05        50    320    519    371    270     47   1577   19.2
16        66    183    270    255    281    108   1163   14.1
04        25    153    332    264    184      2    960   11.7
20        11     46     80     53     42     12    244    3.0
03         1     24     73     88     41      0    227    2.8
17         6     17     25     37     41      0    126    1.5
25         0      5     41     60     14      0    120    1.5
18         2      8     10     18     16      0     54    0.7
08         5      8     11      6      6      1     37    0.4
24         0      3     13      5     10      1     32    0.4
33         2      4      9      7      5      2     29    0.4
11         0      2      8      6      9      2     27    0.3
09         2      6      5      3      5      2     23    0.3
13         0      0      2      4      5      3     14    0.2
07         0      2      5      1      4      0     12    0.1
28         0      0      2      1      9      0     12    0.1
02         0      2      2      1      1      0      6    0.1
21         0      0      3      3      0      0      6    0.1
32         0      0      2      2      2      0      6    0.1
06         0      0      2      3      0      0      5    0.1
19         0      0      2      2      1      0      5    0.1
22         0      0      2      1      0      1      4    0.0
30         0      0      2      0      1      0      3    0.0
27         0      0      0      0      2      1      3    0.0
26         0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
40         0      1      0      2      0      0      3    0.0
39         0      1      1      1      0      0      3    0.0
31         0      0      0      3      0      0      3    0.0
23         0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
01         0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
36         0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
35         0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
10         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    510   1525   2325   2028   1459    379   8226

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands    2849
2 bands     847
3 bands     467
4 bands     332
5 bands     132
6 bands      49

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

UA4S        LZ5R        K3LR        KC1XX       K1LZ        W3LPL       
IR4M        TM6M        DP7D        HG6N        DA2X        DK9IP       
DQ1A        RT2C        DM2M        TK0C        E7DX        OM7M        
F8CRS       K2QMF       OK5Z        DJ4MX       DF0CI       K1TTT       
DJ9DZ       RT4F        EW2A        DF7EE       HG7T        PA9M        
F6KOP       W9SN        N1DG        UT5C        EA4KD       N4WW        
RT4D        DL1BUG      UW6E        DL3MXX      F8KCF       DR4A        
DD4A        NU4E        DP8M        OL3Z        DK5TX       DL4HRM      
R5DT        

------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs    177    433    897    756    486    100


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