ARRL Digital Contest - 2023
Call: K6OK
Operator(s): K6OK
Station: K6OK
Class: SO1R-24 LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 6
40: 66
20: 192
15: 300
10: 44
6:
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Total: 608 Total Score = 9,521
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Contest: ARRLIDC
Band Mode QSOs Pts Mul Pt/Q
3.5 FT8 6 34 0 5.7
7 FT4 2 15 0 7.5
7 FT8 64 1144 0 17.9
14 FT4 63 525 0 8.3
14 FT8 129 2194 0 17.0
21 FT4 53 804 0 15.2
21 FT8 247 4004 0 16.2
28 FT8 44 801 0 18.2
Total Both 608 9521 0 15.7
Score: 9,521
1 Mult = 1.0 Q's
NCCC Team "Paint Watchers" (they say FT8 is like watching paint dry,
get it?)
Many thanks to NN6U for organizing the club teams!
A little bit disappointing, my score is down about 15% from last year. One
reason is propagation: it's not that the propagation was poor this year, it was
good, but not splendid like it was in 2022. This year's Kp ranged from 2 to 4,
which is good, but not stellar like last years Kp of 0.3 to 1.0. For example,
last year I worked 3B9; this year, I saw FR was spotted but I never heard them.
In 2023 average Pt/Q: 15.7 (implied distance = 7350 km per Q)
In 2022 average Pt/Q: 16.6 (implied distance = 7800 km per Q)
My strategy was simple -- there are no mults, its 100 percent distance-based, so
the whole game is maximizing kilometers per Q. Used clusters to monitor
propagation to select the band that was open the farthest. With every decode
cycle I chose the most distant station that had a reasonbly workable signal.
Reflecting that my mode mix was 80% FT8, 20% FT4. Consistently FT8 was where
the best DX was.
Good contest, I liked it. See you August 26 for WW DIGI!
Icom 7300, tribander and 40CD2 at 65 feet. Software: MSHV.
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