ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2023
Call: OK7W
Operator(s): OK7W
Station: OK7W
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: OL7M
Operating Time (hrs): 37
OpMode: 2BSIQ
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160: 87 27
80: 325 40
40: 1156 59
20: 597 54
15: 1080 56
10: 1199 59
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Total: 4444 295 Total Score = 3,932,940
Club:
Comments:
This was my first serious CW 2BSIQ operation in HP and it was simply amazing.
But the whole story starts few years back when OK2ZAW introduced in OL7M the
2BSIQ RTTY operation. When I tried it, it piqued my interest - the added
dimension of synchronization is a greater challenge for operator skills. The
next step was to try it on CW as inspired by CT1BOH. One year ago, I started
training/improving my cw skills with the goal of 2BSIQ. And I told myself I want
decode CW touchtyping - without looking on keyboard. This was also new
challenge. It took me 9 months to adapt the touchtyping skill and start real
2BSIQ one-keyboard touch typing training on N1MM/MorserunnerMode. I must say I
still have limitations at around 37WPM and the operation is not yet smooth. In
training, I am able to achieve an hourly rate of around 280. I don't understand
the guys making 400 rates and 10k QSO in the CQWW. My respect.
Returning to the contest, just before it started, I had some issues with setting
up the N1MM for one keyboard 2BSIQ. Finally, the AHK script helped me out, and
it was all ready in time. The test itself went well from the beginning. The
conditions were nice on low bands and excellent on high bands :-D. The 2BSIQ was
going well, but at times when there were multiple stations of the same tone and
same strength, it was sometimes too difficult for me, so please forgive me for
my hesitations and repeated requests. The best 60m rate was 230 QSOs, which
pales in comparison to the rates achieved by the 400+ guys, but it's still a
nice success for me. Also, OK is not a rare multiplier, so even in peak hours, I
made many CQ calls.
In the end, I must say it was a great coincidence, one of the best propagation
conditions I have experienced together with one year of preparations. I was very
pleased with this. This is my personal QSO record together with best hourly rate
record. However, I lost around 100 QSOs on the second night due to a COM port
problem and 100 QSOs on the first evening when taking a break too early, so
there is still room for next time improvements - as always :-).
I would like to thank all the callers for their patience with a 2BSIQ beginner.
I will continue my training to get even better for next time. Also, thanks to
Pavel OK1MU for the whole weekend support and to Honza OK2ZAW for the reliable
technical solution provided by his QRO.CZ ham parts company.
See you on the bands! 73, Standa OK1CID - OK7W
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: OK7W
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: OK7W
==> CTY.DAT not found. Country Stats will not be produced.
-------------- 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 18 85 0 0 0 103 103 2.3
0100 0 26 103 0 0 0 129 232 5.2
0200 0 42 106 0 0 0 148 380 8.5
0300 18 17 89 0 0 0 124 504 11.3
0400 0 23 81 0 0 0 104 608 13.7
0500 35 8 79 0 0 0 122 730 16.4
0600 0 6 56 0 0 0 62 792 17.8
0700 0 0 25 0 0 0 25 817 18.4
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 817 18.4
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 817 18.4
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 817 18.4
1100 0 0 0 35 16 0 51 868 19.5
1200 0 0 0 47 61 0 108 976 22.0
1300 0 0 0 7 76 80 163 1139 25.6
1400 0 0 0 0 78 126 204 1343 30.2
1500 0 0 0 0 78 127 205 1548 34.8
1600 0 0 0 0 83 135 218 1766 39.7
1700 0 0 0 0 73 101 174 1940 43.6
1800 0 0 0 29 102 74 205 2145 48.3
1900 0 0 0 106 95 0 201 2346 52.8
2000 0 0 0 61 7 0 68 2414 54.3
2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2414 54.3
2200 0 0 25 0 0 0 25 2439 54.9
2300 0 2 54 0 0 0 56 2495 56.1
0000 0 34 70 0 0 0 104 2599 58.5
0100 0 72 96 0 0 0 168 2767 62.2
0200 5 15 54 0 0 0 74 2841 63.9
0300 6 14 71 0 0 0 91 2932 66.0
0400 0 23 59 0 0 0 82 3014 67.8
0500 23 1 43 0 0 0 67 3081 69.3
0600 0 24 14 0 0 0 38 3119 70.2
0700 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3120 70.2
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3120 70.2
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3120 70.2
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3120 70.2
1100 0 0 0 34 10 0 44 3164 71.2
1200 0 0 0 30 19 0 49 3213 72.3
1300 0 0 0 0 35 76 111 3324 74.8
1400 0 0 0 3 24 101 128 3452 77.7
1500 0 0 0 0 49 101 150 3602 81.0
1600 0 0 0 0 41 103 144 3746 84.3
1700 0 0 0 0 75 89 164 3910 88.0
1800 0 0 0 10 74 87 171 4081 91.8
1900 0 0 0 102 76 0 178 4259 95.8
2000 0 0 0 76 8 0 84 4343 97.7
2100 0 0 4 56 0 0 60 4403 99.1
2200 0 0 18 1 0 0 19 4422 99.5
2300 0 0 23 0 0 0 23 4445 100.0
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Total 87 325 1156 597 1080 1200 4445
Gross QSOs=4614 Dupes=169 Net QSOs=4445
Unique callsigns worked = 2177
The best 60 minute rate was 230/hour from 1551 to 1650
The best 30 minute rate was 236/hour from 1614 to 1643
The best 10 minute rate was 270/hour from 1625 to 1634
The best 1 minute rates were:
7 QSOs/minute 6 times.
6 QSOs/minute 26 times.
5 QSOs/minute 96 times.
4 QSOs/minute 229 times.
3 QSOs/minute 398 times.
2 QSOs/minute 570 times.
1 QSOs/minute 517 times.
There were 2085 bandchanges and 1246 (28.0%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
4 2603
5 1359
6 468
7 3
8 12
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
87 325 1156 597 1080 1200 4445 100.0
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Total 87 325 1156 597 1080 1200 4445
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1116
2 bands 390
3 bands 318
4 bands 198
5 bands 127
6 bands 28
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
K3LR K1LZ K3PH W3LPL N4UU N2BA
WY3A VE3JM AA3B K9CT WG3J AB3CX
K2AX W8FJ N2AA NE3F W2YC K4PI
VA2WA N4WW W1DX K1TTT AA5JF K1RX
K1ZZ W4RM W1QK W3RE
------- 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 15 49 315 68 279 390
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