CQWW WPX Contest, SSB - 2022
Call: NR6O
Operator(s): N6RO K3EST VA7RR N6WM K6AW WD6T WX5S W6DMW KK6PXT
Station: N6RO
Class: M/M HP
QTH: N. CA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
OpMode: SO2R
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 84
80: 295
40: 1713
20: 1462
15: 1607
10: 739
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Total: 5900 Prefixes = 1196 Total Score = 15,372,188
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
After many mostly-remote operations over the last two years, we finally were
able to do a real MM with the gang, contest chili and all, augmented with
several remote operators. Propagation also showed up to the party in spades;
in fact, we had to scrap our original band plan, which called for a station to
switch from 15 meters to 80 meters, when it became apparent that 15 was not
going gently into that good night. There were times when the log was showing Qs
being made on all 6 bands at once (0300-0600z the first night); it's been a long
time since all six N6RO stations have been active at once.
This operation featured a special guest, Gary VA6RR, a long-time alum of the
original N6RO team; as well as Greg KK6PXT, making his debut at Radio Oakley.
Ken N6RO reports... "Excellent work by both our experienced ops and
newbies. Greg is enthusiastic and a quick learner. The high point for me was
hired gun VA7RR, who had the highest Q total on the team, mostly 20, despite
being new to both the K3 and N1MM. Gary first operated my San Jose station as a
teenager. Other than several Flex reboots and a mysterious loss of the network,
no hardware issues. A fine weekend score up 50%+, over last year."
Compared to recent years, the center of gravity has clearly shifted higher in
frequency, with more operators spending more time there, at the expense of the
lower bands. This was reflected in lower 160m and 80m numbers, and much higher
numbers on 15/10m. 40m had nearly the same number of Qs as last year, and 20m
had EXACTLY the same number!
Some comments about the bands:
160 meters: (N6RO) Ken reports, "160 was as bad as ever, even taking into
account that summer is coming. Very few Qs east of the Rockies, except PJ2T! 2
JAs Sat morning. Bad condx led to little participation stateside and certainly
by DX. More than a dozen Qs and a few new mults on the SREETCORNER frequency,
all my weeknight buddies."
80m: (W6DMW, KK6PXT, +N6RO)
The band was fruitful the first night even with its late start, as everyone was
still on the higher bands until well after dark. No EU, but a fair number of
Asia/Pac. The second night was plagued with weak signals, noise and an anemic JA
opening.
40m: (WD6T (evening/morning/day), WX5S (night), KK6PXT (day), +N6RO)
We kept 40 meters on the air for nearly the entire 48 hours. EU was audible
from the start, but not workable from here, so focused on running US, with some
fun rates. Around 0330, checked the EU spots and found it wide open; was able to
work most on the first call. The JA opening was decent, much better than in ARRL
DX SSB. YBs were plentiful and much appreciated. On Sunday morning, YBs
continued to be worked until as late as 1530z, when they seemed not to hear us.
But then several 10-over-S9 ZS's made their appearance. The days were spent with
throwing out friendly CQs and chatting with non-contesters who were kind enough
to stop by and throw us a bone.
20m: (VE7CC, K3EST, K6AW, +WD6T (last 2 hr.))
The workhorse DX band played its part as scripted, open to the world, with lots
of domestic action as well, with our veteran 20m DX ops at the helm.
15m: (N6WM, VE7CC)
Chris N6WM reports, "Friday/Saturday was an unprecedented experience, with
the band open well after 0500 on Friday, and incredible propagation worldwide,
leading to very strong EU most of the day, and culminated into a combined JA EU
simultaneous opening, not a regular event from W6. Great rates and great
propagation = great time!"
10m: (K3EST, VA7RR)
Friday night, 10 meters was amazing E2A, HS5, BA, JA in until about 10pm
local... a strange enhancement of sorts. On Saturday, nothing but 10 Ws until
about 2200z, then between 3-4pm 130+, then nothing! A small hard rain followed
by a drought... The VKs were loud and plentiful maybe 50+ of them worked even a
VK8. Then Saturday night, 10m Dead!
Many thanks to Ken for hosting us, and to all whom we worked. Stats below.
73,
Dave WD6T, for the NR6O/N6RO team
Hour by Band Statistics
Day Hr 1.8 3.5 7 14 21 28 Tot Accum
2022-03-26 00 0 0 43 110 156 66 375 375
2022-03-26 01 0 0 75 167 82 25 349 724
2022-03-26 02 6 0 137 125 84 33 385 1109
2022-03-26 03 1 16 100 85 80 9 291 1400
2022-03-26 04 10 28 68 28 10 4 148 1548
2022-03-26 05 9 36 67 18 2 2 134 1682
2022-03-26 06 7 21 43 15 0 0 86 1768
2022-03-26 07 4 16 37 3 0 0 60 1828
2022-03-26 08 2 13 84 0 0 0 99 1927
2022-03-26 09 7 13 34 0 0 0 54 1981
2022-03-26 10 2 10 76 0 0 0 88 2069
2022-03-26 11 9 15 75 0 0 0 99 2168
2022-03-26 12 3 20 54 0 0 0 77 2245
2022-03-26 13 2 9 44 16 4 0 75 2320
2022-03-26 14 0 2 21 68 50 0 141 2461
2022-03-26 15 0 0 0 54 27 3 84 2545
2022-03-26 16 0 0 6 19 34 7 66 2611
2022-03-26 17 0 0 14 29 85 8 136 2747
2022-03-26 18 0 0 23 24 119 22 188 2935
2022-03-26 19 0 0 22 22 113 38 195 3130
2022-03-26 20 0 0 16 46 57 25 144 3274
2022-03-26 21 0 0 18 43 92 103 256 3530
2022-03-26 22 0 0 37 39 83 61 220 3750
2022-03-26 23 0 0 6 48 48 50 152 3902
2022-03-27 00 0 0 10 77 65 13 165 4067
2022-03-27 01 0 0 32 46 59 5 142 4209
2022-03-27 02 0 2 48 114 46 0 210 4419
2022-03-27 03 4 14 71 65 33 0 187 4606
2022-03-27 04 10 23 49 18 0 0 100 4706
2022-03-27 05 4 7 46 38 0 0 95 4801
2022-03-27 06 3 12 33 23 0 0 71 4872
2022-03-27 07 1 7 49 4 0 0 61 4933
2022-03-27 08 0 5 39 0 0 0 44 4977
2022-03-27 09 0 6 30 0 0 0 36 5013
2022-03-27 10 0 17 34 0 0 0 51 5064
2022-03-27 11 0 0 41 0 0 0 41 5105
2022-03-27 12 0 3 22 0 0 0 25 5130
2022-03-27 13 0 0 30 2 1 0 33 5163
2022-03-27 14 0 0 24 13 6 1 44 5207
2022-03-27 15 0 0 13 6 15 10 44 5251
2022-03-27 16 0 0 3 8 31 4 46 5297
2022-03-27 17 0 0 3 16 36 3 58 5355
2022-03-27 18 0 0 16 1 28 11 56 5411
2022-03-27 19 0 0 5 5 26 28 64 5475
2022-03-27 20 0 0 1 3 46 54 104 5579
2022-03-27 21 0 0 0 5 36 92 133 5712
2022-03-27 22 0 0 0 21 24 33 78 5790
2022-03-27 23 0 0 14 38 29 29 110 5900
Total 0 84 295 1713 1462 1607 739 5900 5900
CountryPrefix by Band Statistics
CountryPrefix 1.8 3.5 7 14 21 28 Tot Accum
0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2
3W 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 5
4L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
4X 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8
5B 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 11
6W 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 13
8P 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14
9A 0 0 2 3 4 0 9 23
9K 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 25
9M2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 28
9M6 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 33
9V 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 35
A4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 36
A7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 38
BV 0 0 1 0 8 0 9 47
BY 0 2 4 3 19 1 29 76
C6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 77
CE 0 0 1 8 3 27 39 116
CM 0 0 2 3 1 2 8 124
CT 0 0 3 5 7 1 16 140
CT3 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 145
CU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 146
CX 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 154
D4 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 160
D6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 161
DL 0 0 3 15 15 0 33 194
DU 0 0 12 3 12 4 31 225
E7 0 0 1 2 3 0 6 231
EA 0 0 6 10 33 1 50 281
EA8 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 286
EI 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 291
ES 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 296
EU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 297
F 0 0 3 6 13 0 22 319
FG 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 325
FK 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 331
FM 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 335
FO/A 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 338
FR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 339
FW 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 341
FY 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 346
G 0 0 1 4 12 0 17 363
GD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 364
GM 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 367
GW 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 368
HA 0 0 4 9 3 0 16 384
HB 0 0 1 1 4 0 6 390
HC 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 393
HH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 394
HI 0 0 2 0 3 4 9 403
HK 0 1 1 2 2 5 11 414
HL 0 0 7 1 21 0 29 443
HP 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 446
HS 0 0 1 0 4 2 7 453
HZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 454
I 0 0 9 24 15 0 48 502
IT9 0 0 2 3 7 0 12 514
J6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 515
JA 3 37 295 112 440 37 924 1439
JT 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1440
JW 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1442
K 69 210 1071 896 669 295 3210 4652
KH2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4655
KH6 2 2 13 13 14 8 52 4707
KL 1 4 8 14 8 0 35 4742
KP2 0 1 3 2 0 3 9 4751
KP4 0 1 4 3 3 13 24 4775
LA 0 0 0 5 3 0 8 4783
LU 0 0 1 8 7 41 57 4840
LY 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 4843
LZ 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 4849
OA 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 4852
OE 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4854
OH 0 0 2 5 13 0 20 4874
OH0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4876
OK 0 0 1 9 2 0 12 4888
OM 0 0 3 3 3 0 9 4897
ON 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 4902
OZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4903
P4 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4906
PA 0 0 0 4 5 0 9 4915
PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4921
PJ4 0 1 2 1 2 3 9 4930
PJ5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4931
PY 0 0 6 22 20 132 180 5111
PZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5112
S5 0 0 3 6 4 0 13 5125
SM 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 5130
SP 0 0 2 15 3 0 20 5150
SV 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 5155
SV9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5156
T7 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 5159
TA 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5161
TF 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5163
TG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5164
TI 0 2 3 1 2 5 13 5177
UA9 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5179
UN 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5181
V3 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 5186
V4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 5191
V5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5194
V8 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5196
VE 8 26 88 124 72 7 325 5521
VK 0 0 19 27 26 70 142 5663
VK9N 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5664
VP5 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 5667
VP8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5668
VR 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5669
XE 0 1 2 6 7 10 26 5695
YB 0 0 73 0 52 9 134 5829
YO 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 5833
YU 0 0 2 5 0 0 7 5840
YV 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 5845
ZF 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 5850
ZL 0 0 3 4 10 20 37 5887
ZP 0 0 1 2 1 3 7 5894
ZS 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 5900
Total 84 295 1713 1462 1607 739 5900 5900
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