Although most of you will probably see it on the CQ-Contesting or 3830
reflector, I'm attaching my comments which include observations relative to
SO2R from the other end. John, not sure if you were SO2R from 8P6 but would
appreciate any insights you have from that end.
Enjoying the Aruban sun!
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CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: P40Q
Operator(s): K0DQ
Station: P49V
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 52 11 23
80: 431 17 66
40: 1109 26 88
20: 1371 36 102
15: 1362 30 102
10: 2243 29 101
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Total: 6568 482 149 Total Score = 12,327,216
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
44 hour effort from P49V QTH (sleep: 3 hrs, repairs: 1 hr)
Well, the Great Iguana Shootout of ?02 is history. Based on initial
reports, it
appears that 3 of the top 4 or 5 in the ?Heavyweight? SOABHP class will be
P40?s. Jose, CT1BOH, operating from Jacky, P43P?s station, was the clear
and
undisputed champion as P40E. Jose?s superb score reflects his talent,
stamina
and the value of SO2R done right, as opposed to SO2R done poorly (me) or not
at
all (John, P40W).
This was my third operation from P4, and the second CQWW CW. Executed the
?Run
and Pass? game plan this year better than last year which turned into ?Run
and
Fumble.? Low band conditions poor and noisy, with only one European on 160
(CT8T).
Got an e-mail from Steve, N8BJQ, the Monday before contest advising that I?d
won
the CQ WPX CW 02 contest in SOAB HP, a great encouragement and, more
importantly, the penultimate step in my personal goal of winning the world
in
all of what I consider the ?Big Six? (both modes, SOAB HP, of CQWW, CQWPX
and
ARRL DX). Never mind that four of the victories were 30 years old (XE1IIJ
and
aliases). Thus, winning this one would have completed the Grand Slam.
It was not to be. In fact, it wasn?t even close.
Stripping away the difference in hours spent on the air, the major factor in
Jose?s margin of victory was multipliers. John, P40W, and I were roughly
equal
in multipliers while Jose had 100+ more multipliers. The difference was
SO2R.
I started the contest as ?SO1.5R? (two transceivers, no linear on second
radio).
Plan was to use second radio for passing easy multipliers and finding big
signal multipliers. Did that reasonably well, although didn?t do much
passing
first day. Due to antenna switch problems and what turned to be cockpit
problems (yes, the spot switch on the FT1000D stays ON if your keyboard
presses
it), I ended up SO1R for the second half of the contest.
The story is in the stats. In all, I had a total of 22 second-radio QSO?s,
of
which half were passes from another band or P4/PJ2 local multipliers. John
presumably had none, but Jose had about 130 second radio multipliers, NOT
INCLUDING passes from other bands. ALL were multipliers.
My 20 odd second radio contacts were theoretically worth about 300K points,
but
the dark side of that theory is that SO2R done poorly can be negative
influence,
i.e. a tremendous distraction, which manifests itself most notably in less
than
optimum rates on the first radio.
Frankly, on Sunday night, I was about ready to give it up, cede the field to
youth and energy and join the Multi-op ranks as 160M op where I could sleep.
I
could see making a few hundred more QSO?s and a few more multipliers but
could
not envision improvements of the magnitude needed to give the Jose?s of the
world a run for their money.
However, Jose graciously sat down with me Monday night and ran through how
he
does SO2R. Having ?done? SO2R from the states in 70?s and 80?s, I thought I
knew how to do it. But doing it at 180-200 per hour rates from DX is a very
different ball game. In particular, my homemade audio switching doesn?t
hack
it. Now, thanks to Jose?s tutorial, I can see my way forward to more
improvement and a shot at the win. Hope springs eternal and wait ?til next
year.
Other than that, as Jose noted the four hours from European to Aruban
sunrise
are notable mostly for their temptation to sleep. Waiting to hear from the
zone
33 crews.
Blessings and 73 from Aruba, where we?re having a family reunion! One Happy
Island, Mon!
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Scott Redd
Vice Admiral, U. S. Navy (Retired)
Chairman and President, JSR Associates, Inc.
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:58:24 -0500
From: John Laney <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
To: secc@contesting.com, k4qpl@bellsouth.net
Subject: [SECC] W4AN 2002 CQ WW CW
Hello all:
A review of the CQ WW file brought just a few downward adjustments in
the claimed score. Two times I managed to log the same station on both
rig and rig 2 on different bands. I am quite sure that I worked these
stations only on the run rig. Apparently I worked someone else on rig
#2 and didn't notice that the computer logged the wrong call. Bill's
computer monitor is too high up for me to comfortably view it through my
bifocals. So, I had to delete those two claimed QSOs and I have no way
of knowing who I actually worked on rig #2 those two times. I'll have
to be much more careful next time.
Also, I had made a couple of typos that I hadn't caught. I had a spare
"6" in front of someone's call (fat fingers mistake, I guess) and it had
been counted as a mult that I hadn't actually worked. Also, I had
logged L59 (a special call for a LW9 station) as W59 instead of L59.
That actually added three points, since otherwise not only would it have
been a busted call, but it would have been a zero point US QSO if it had
somehow been counted as a unique.
So, this appears to be the actual claimed score:
2697 QSOs, 144 zones, 481 countries, score: 7,761, 250.
Already it is clear that I am way down in the middle teens of the high
claimed scores, so it is likely it may not even make the top 20. The
only higher score reported from the fourth call area so far is K4ZW,
Ken, but a lot haven't been reported yet that I have seen.
I did the analysis of second radio QSOs. It appears that I made 171
true second radio QSOs. That is, 171 QSOs on another band, while
running CQs on rig #1. Many of these were new multipliers. So, there
is no doubt that it is a big help. Had it been possible to run more--to
run on 20 and 80--there would have been more second radio QSOs. Just to
be clear to those who aren't familiar with SO2R, the software is set up
so that it never transmits on more than one band at the time, but you
can listen to both frequencies.
73,
John, K4BAI.
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