[3830] CQWW CW K2UA SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: K2UA
Operator(s): K2UA
Station: K2UA

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Western New York
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   45    10       30
   80:  139    18       61
   40:  346    29       96
   20:  444    29      102
   15:  773    30      104
   10:  199    24       71
------------------------------
Total: 1946   140      464  Total Score = 3,322,000

Club: Team Horizontal

Comments:

Because of a family outing Friday, from which we got home at 0335Z, I missed the
first four hours of the contest. Lacking a chance at the top ten, I decided to
operate as much as possible without totally depriving myself of sleep coming
into a new work week with some deadlines. This strategy resulted in weak
low-band numbers, but I enjoyed getting some sleep! I also took time here and
there to shower and have a couple of meals with my family. That made the weekend
a lot nicer than the usual "dungeon mode" SOAB efforts. My wife didn't call me
"the man from the basement" even once during the contest (as in, "Look, kids,
it's the man from the basement!")

I found 20 meters to be generally not very productive, except for multipliers,
which CQWW always produces in abundance. When I could do it, I was running on 15
meters instead, and when I couldn't, 20 was just too poor for productive
CQing--especially Saturday afternoon. I also completely missed the usual 6 AM to
7 AM (local) 20-meter run, which is usally quite good, on Saturday morning--the
band just didn't open until just a few minutes before 15 broke loose. Fifteen
meters was stunning for this time in the cycle. Ten meters, too, just won't
quit! The Qs weren't there, but I had some fun CQing there Saturday morning and
was impressed by the variety of stuff that was there to work at different
times.

The second radio made the weekend a lot more enjoyable. It would have been
B-o-r-i-n-g without it!

The contest was a lot of fun, and I'll be back in dungeon mode next year!

-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y --------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
0000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0300       0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.1
0400       2      4     62      0      0      0     68    3.5
0500      20     19      0      0      0      0     39    2.0
0600       8     37      1      0      0      0     46    2.4
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1100       0      3     11      4      8      0     26    1.3
1200       0      0      0     10    126      0    136    7.0
1300       0      0      0      0    159      2    161    8.3
1400       0      0      0      0     30     69     99    5.1
1500       0      0      0      0     46     43     89    4.6
1600       0      0      0      0     24     36     60    3.1
1700       0      0      0     30     53      0     83    4.3
1800       0      0      0     18     26     10     54    2.8
1900       0      0      0      4      0      5      9    0.5
2000       0      0      0     26      0      0     26    1.3
2100       0      0     45      8     11      1     65    3.3
2200       0      0     36     10      0      0     46    2.4
2300       0      0     16      2      3      0     21    1.1
0000       0      3     59      2      0      0     64    3.3
0100       0     21     23      0      0      0     44    2.3
0200       5     12     19      0      0      0     36    1.8
0300       4     22      8      0      0      0     34    1.7
0400       5     14      6      0      0      0     25    1.3
0500       1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
0600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1000       0      2     12      4      0      0     18    0.9
1100       0      2      1     23      0      0     26    1.3
1200       0      0      0     57      9      0     66    3.4
1300       0      0      0     51      5      6     62    3.2
1400       0      0      0      1     99      2    102    5.2
1500       0      0      0      9     86      1     96    4.9
1600       0      0      0     27     20      1     48    2.5
1700       0      0      0     75      1      1     77    3.9
1800       0      0      0     48      4      4     56    2.9
1900       0      0      0     15      0     15     30    1.5
2000       0      0      2      9     11      2     24    1.2
2100       0      0      3      7      5      0     15    0.8
2200       0      0     27      4      2      0     33    1.7
2300       0      0     14      0     45      0     59    3.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total     45    139    346    444    773    198   1945

Gross QSOs=1950        Dupes=5        Net QSOs=1945

Unique callsigns worked = 1439

The best 60 minute rate was 172/hour from 1245 to 1344
The best 30 minute rate was 184/hour from 1309 to 1338
The best 10 minute rate was 192/hour from 1320 to 1329

The best 1 minute rates were:
 4 QSOs/minute   20 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  127 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  374 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  736 times.

366 bandchanges and 167 probable 2nd radio QSOs.


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