ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2023
Call: P49X
Operator(s): W0YK
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FK52al
Operating Time (hrs): 24
OpMode: 2BSIQ
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 144
40: 548
20: 560
15: 979
10: 787
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Total: 3018 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 62 Total Score = 359,142
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
This was a fun 24 hours contesting with not nearly the number and severity of
issues I encountered in the September CQ WW RTTY Contest. Thanks to all
participants, serious or otherwise, because it makes it great for everyone. I
appreciate all callers, many of whom worked me on multiple bands despite not
having per-band mults. 38 of you are in the log on all 5 bands.
I started on 15 and 20 which was, of course, a mistake. I should have been on
10 instead of 20 which was very muted. At 19 UTC, I moved the 20-meter radio to
10 and its rate increased 250% (see CBS data below). In good years, I enjoy
200+ rates in the first four hours of RU. This year, I finished the first 4
hours with just 761 QSOs, discouraging. It looked like I was headed for one of
the worst results of my 18 years doing this contest from Aruba. It seemed I
might have the lowest total QSOs ever, excluding the first couple of years.
Certainly, it looked as though it would be below 3,000 as it has been since
2018. So, after the dismal start, I set 3,000 as a stretch goal, pretty sure I
wouldn’t reach it, but it kept me motivated. At the end, I barely made it, to
3,016.
One high point was logging all 49 US mults by the 4th hour. As typical, my VE
mults are lacking. My mult totals are mediocre because it’s hard (for me) to
tune for mults on the second receivers while running rate on two radios,
occasionally dealing with inevitable operational glitches. I can interleave
S&P QSOs well enough in the two runs, but finding the mults to work is the
issue. Packet is ideal for that task.
It seemed that participation was lower than prior years, based on a lower
incoming rate of callers and historic QSO totals from this QTH. Of course,
various band conditions were very different than the last several years, notably
with a fully-functional 10 meters. My records of the past 18 years of Roundup
from here indicate a downward trend despite cycle variation. 20 meters was
down, perhaps because 10 and 15 attracted so much activity. My plan to work 20
for a while, perhaps never going to 10 on Saturday, was clearly ill-conceived.
Opposite of what worked in recent years.
Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. See everyone on a few weeks for CQ WPX
RTTY.
Ed W0YK
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K3S/P3/KPod, Alpha 91B and Alpha 86
FilterMax low power bandpass filters, SixPak, two StackMatches, Green Heron
rotor controllers
3 Networked ThinkPad X220s, BT mice and keyboards, 19” 4:3 displays
WriteLog 12.69B, 2xMMTTY 1.70K, 4x2Tone 16.02a encoder/decoders, Mortty 2.0 with
modified TinyFSK 1.1.0 for each radio/PC
Tower 1: 80’ with 2-element shorty-forty, 5-el 20m Yagi, 80m Inverted-V, 2-el
SteppIR at 35’ due north and double-L vertical for 160m
Tower 2: 55’ with single boom interlaced 5-el 15m and 5-el 10m Yagi
Tower 3: 45’ with JK Mid-Tri tribander
Beverages (4): West US, East US, Europe, un-terminated Africa/VK/ZL with
versatile K9AY switch
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Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: P49X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CONTEST: ARRL-RTTY
OPERATORS: W0YK
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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1800 0 0 0 48 108 0 156 156 5.2
1900 0 0 0 0 97 121 218 374 12.4
2000 0 0 0 23 109 69 201 575 19.1
2100 0 0 0 101 85 0 186 761 25.2
2200 0 0 0 88 74 0 162 923 30.6
2300 0 0 36 59 48 0 143 1066 35.3
0000 0 0 89 69 0 0 158 1224 40.6
0100 0 20 93 18 0 0 131 1355 44.9
0200 0 17 81 0 0 0 98 1453 48.1
0300 0 35 50 0 0 0 85 1538 51.0
0400 0 24 59 0 0 0 83 1621 53.7
0500 0 17 46 0 0 0 63 1684 55.8
0600 0 31 32 0 0 0 63 1747 57.9
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1747 57.9
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1747 57.9
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1747 57.9
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1747 57.9
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1747 57.9
1200 0 0 0 16 27 0 43 1790 59.3
1300 0 0 0 6 74 55 135 1925 63.8
1400 0 0 0 0 61 90 151 2076 68.8
1500 0 0 0 0 50 98 148 2224 73.7
1600 0 0 0 0 37 82 119 2343 77.6
1700 0 0 0 0 40 77 117 2460 81.5
1800 0 0 0 0 49 56 105 2565 85.0
1900 0 0 0 0 45 63 108 2673 88.6
2000 0 0 0 0 44 59 103 2776 92.0
2100 0 0 4 27 31 17 79 2855 94.6
2200 0 0 31 72 0 0 103 2958 98.0
2300 0 0 27 33 0 0 60 3018 100.0
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Total 0 144 548 560 979 787 3018
Gross QSOs=3065 Dupes=47 Net QSOs=3018
Unique callsigns worked = 1571
The best 60-minute rate was 219/hour from 1901 to 2000
The best 30-minute rate was 236/hour from 1856 to 1925
The best 10-minute rate was 264/hour from 1904 to 1913
The best 1-minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 9 times.
5 QSOs/minute 38 times.
4 QSOs/minute 153 times.
3 QSOs/minute 299 times.
2 QSOs/minute 457 times.
1 QSOs/minute 351 times.
There were 1638 band changes and 1048 (34.7%) 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
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North America 0 126 430 516 775 677 2524 83.6
South America 0 0 5 2 11 12 30 1.0
Europe 0 18 112 27 162 96 415 13.8
Asia 0 0 1 11 25 0 37 1.2
Africa 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
Oceania 0 0 0 4 5 1 10 0.3
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Total 0 144 548 560 979 787 3018
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 10
4 1303
5 1079
6 621
7 1
9 4
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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9A 0 2 2 1 3 2 10 0.3
BY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
CM 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.1
CT 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1
DL 0 3 10 2 28 20 63 2.1
E7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
EA 0 0 5 2 2 1 10 0.3
EA6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
EA8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
EI 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.1
EU 0 1 3 1 3 2 10 0.3
F 0 0 5 2 5 5 17 0.6
G 0 1 6 0 14 9 30 1.0
GI 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1
GM 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1
GU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
GW 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.2
HA 0 1 2 0 3 1 7 0.2
HB 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
HC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HI 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0.1
HK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
I 0 1 17 1 22 13 54 1.8
IS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
*IT9 0 2 4 0 1 1 8 0.3
JA 0 0 0 10 25 0 35 1.2
K 0 118 394 486 722 640 2360 78.2
KG4 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1
KH2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
KL 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
KP4 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1
LA 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1
LU 0 0 1 0 4 5 10 0.3
LX 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
LY 0 0 2 0 3 1 6 0.2
LZ 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0.1
OA 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
OE 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 0.2
OH 0 2 3 2 4 2 13 0.4
OK 0 2 5 0 6 0 13 0.4
OM 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 0.2
ON 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.2
OZ 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.1
PA 0 0 5 4 12 13 34 1.1
PY 0 0 2 0 6 6 14 0.5
PZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
S5 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 0.2
SM 0 0 2 3 3 3 11 0.4
SP 0 0 5 0 9 2 16 0.5
SV 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.1
SV9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.2
TG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
TI 0 1 2 2 3 0 8 0.3
UA 0 0 4 1 11 0 16 0.5
UR 0 0 2 1 2 3 8 0.3
VE 0 6 25 24 47 33 135 4.5
VK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
VU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
XE 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1
YB 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0.2
YL 0 2 1 0 4 2 9 0.3
YO 0 0 7 0 2 0 9 0.3
YU 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 0.2
YV 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
ZF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
ZL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 144 548 560 979 787 3018
------------ 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
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-DX- 0 20 128 48 209 112 517 17.1
CA 0 7 23 29 40 43 142 4.7
NY 0 4 23 26 39 38 130 4.3
PA 0 7 20 29 40 31 127 4.2
IL 0 8 17 25 37 38 125 4.1
VA 0 6 21 24 38 32 121 4.0
MD 0 6 22 20 24 31 103 3.4
OH 0 4 17 22 26 32 101 3.3
TN 0 5 15 23 29 26 98 3.2
NJ 0 7 22 15 25 27 96 3.2
FL 0 5 18 22 31 20 96 3.2
MN 0 4 10 20 36 24 94 3.1
WA 0 6 10 20 27 18 81 2.7
TX 0 7 12 18 20 24 81 2.7
NC 0 5 14 10 29 21 79 2.6
MA 0 1 11 14 22 19 67 2.2
ON 0 4 13 11 21 17 66 2.2
OR 0 3 10 10 22 15 60 2.0
MI 0 4 11 11 15 14 55 1.8
CO 0 2 8 11 20 12 53 1.8
AZ 0 2 10 10 15 13 50 1.7
GA 0 3 7 9 15 13 47 1.6
WI 0 1 9 10 17 10 47 1.6
MO 0 3 7 7 12 15 44 1.5
CT 0 2 9 7 12 13 43 1.4
IN 0 4 5 9 12 11 41 1.4
AL 0 0 7 10 12 9 38 1.3
KY 0 1 6 8 6 7 28 0.9
BC 0 1 3 5 10 6 25 0.8
SC 0 1 2 4 10 7 24 0.8
IA 0 2 6 5 4 5 22 0.7
DE 0 2 3 5 5 6 21 0.7
ME 0 0 3 5 6 5 19 0.6
ID 0 0 3 3 7 5 18 0.6
OK 0 0 6 2 7 2 17 0.6
RI 0 0 3 4 5 5 17 0.6
MT 0 0 2 3 7 5 17 0.6
NE 0 0 3 3 7 4 17 0.6
QC 0 1 3 3 5 5 17 0.6
MS 0 1 2 4 7 2 16 0.5
KS 0 0 1 5 6 4 16 0.5
LA 0 1 4 3 4 4 16 0.5
AR 0 1 2 4 3 4 14 0.5
UT 0 0 2 3 4 5 14 0.5
NH 0 1 0 3 5 4 13 0.4
NV 0 0 2 4 2 5 13 0.4
SD 0 1 2 3 3 2 11 0.4
AB 0 0 2 3 3 2 10 0.3
VT 0 0 3 2 1 3 9 0.3
NM 0 0 0 2 4 2 8 0.3
NS 0 0 2 2 3 1 8 0.3
WV 0 0 1 2 1 3 7 0.2
SK 0 0 2 0 3 2 7 0.2
DC 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 0.2
WY 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.1
ND 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
MB 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
PE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 144 548 560 979 787 3018
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 271 9.0
1 191 6.3
2 263 8.7
3 301 10.0
4 351 11.6
5 167 5.5
6 168 5.6
7 226 7.5
8 193 6.4
9 229 7.6
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Total 2360 78.2
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 757
2 bands 392
3 bands 249
4 bands 135
5 bands 38
6 bands 0
------- 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 0 11 137 128 288 193
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