[3830] CQWW CW K3CR(LZ4AX) SOAB HP

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Tue Nov 27 18:17:28 EST 2007


                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: K3CR
Operator(s): LZ4AX
Station: K3CR

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: State College, PA
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  112    18       61
   80:  672    28      100
   40:  572    30      111
   20: 1186    32      123
   15:  473    26       96
   10:   35    10       24
------------------------------
Total: 3050   144      515  Total Score = 5,608,749

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

That was my attempt to make US top 3 in CQWW CW for the 5th time in a row since
2003. Although it looks like I might have made it, with K1LZ having virtually
the same score 6 hours before the end, KQ2M and probably someone else, chances
are that it will be a very close call. No matter how it's going to turn out,
however, I'm quite happy with the outcome. Partially because I fulfilled one of
my childish dreams - 80 meters CW DXCC in 48 hours without using THAT thing,
partially because I really don't see how I could've done better. Of course, I
did make some mistakes here and there but 6M seems to be the practical limit
for me in this one.

Preparations started immediately after CQWW Phone. WA3FET and I spent most of
the weekends working on the station. We got at least one rotating antenna on
each 20, 15 and 10, got all of the beverages working and what was the most
important - we found the problem with the main 40 meters antenna that was
plaguing us for the last two years. It immediately showed up in the score - my
40 numbers are finally up to pair with the other W3 landers. Friday afternoon
everything looked great - the station was just perfect, I was really motivated
and ready to go and it seemed that nothing could spoil my weekend. Then, an
hour before the contest, I started feeling my throat sore. Two hours later it
became obvious that I caught some cold while working on the beverages under the
rain on Thursday. As strange as it might sound, this really did help a lot.
Having to blow my nose off every two minutes kept me awake all 48 hours. I did
take an hour off on Sunday morning not because I was tired but just to get rid
of the headphones for awhile. The only time I felt like I don't know what I was
doing was in the early Sunday afternoon. K1LZ called to chat for a while and
then it turned out I was having troubles sending with the paddle. Getting
outside for a smoke and a short run did freshen up my head a bit and after that
I just kept the shack temperature equal to the outside one. This definitely took
care of my sleep deprivation but it felt REALLY cold.

Anyway, it was a great contest with all of its downfalls and great moments.
Congratulations to K5ZD for the fantastic score and to everyone who made it
through the end despite the operator's fatigue and equipment failures.

My sincere thanks to Jim, WA3FET for letting me operate his station and all the
help and encouragement !

73, Alex LZ4AX

-------------- 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     27     18     14      0      0     59    1.9
0100      14     13      0     15      0      0     42    1.4
0200       9     56     12      0      0      0     77    2.5
0300      11     19      1      0      0      0     31    1.0
0400       0     50     28      0      0      0     78    2.5
0500      21      0     21      0      0      0     42    1.4
0600       3     92      8      0      0      0    103    3.3
0700      16     56      2      0      0      0     74    2.4
0800       0     17     28      0      0      0     45    1.5
0900       7      6     16      0      0      0     29    0.9
1000       7     10     11      0      0      0     28    0.9
1100       3      7      2     12      0      0     24    0.8
1200       0      0      1    154      0      0    155    5.0
1300       0      0      0    169      1      0    170    5.5
1400       0      0      0     50     90      0    140    4.5
1500       0      0      0      8    113      0    121    3.9
1600       0      0      0      6     36      0     42    1.4
1700       0      0      0    122      6      0    128    4.1
1800       0      0      0     96      5      1    102    3.3
1900       0      0      0     31     12      0     43    1.4
2000       0      0      0     34     11      0     45    1.5
2100       0      0     57      0      1      0     58    1.9
2200       0      0    114      1      1      0    116    3.8
2300       0      2     39     13      0      0     54    1.7
0000       0     36     24      0      0      0     60    1.9
0100       6     28      0      0      0      0     34    1.1
0200       0     34      9      0      0      0     43    1.4
0300       3     27      3      0      0      0     33    1.1
0400       3     26      0      0      0      0     29    0.9
0500       0     53      1      0      0      0     54    1.7
0600       6     18      3      0      0      0     27    0.9
0700       0     74      0      0      0      0     74    2.4
0800       1      8     12      0      0      0     21    0.7
0900       0      1      4      0      0      0      5    0.2
1000       1      4      0      0      0      0      5    0.2
1100       0      1      7     10      0      0     18    0.6
1200       0      0      2     93      0      0     95    3.1
1300       0      0      0    121      8      0    129    4.2
1400       0      0      0     62     48      4    114    3.7
1500       0      0      0      0    111      5    116    3.8
1600       0      0      0      9      7     21     37    1.2
1700       0      0      0     86     12      0     98    3.2
1800       0      0      0     34      7      4     45    1.5
1900       0      0      1     28      4      0     33    1.1
2000       0      0     19      2      0      0     21    0.7
2100       0      0     38      2      0      0     40    1.3
2200       0      0     49      8      0      0     57    1.8
2300       0      6     42      6      0      0     54    1.7
------------------------------------------------------
Total    112    672    572   1186    473     35   3050


The best 60 minute rate was 182/hour from 1253 to 1352
The best 30 minute rate was 194/hour from 1253 to 1322
The best 10 minute rate was 204/hour from 1258 to 1307

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
14        22    249    172    441    150      0   1034   33.5
15        23    184    171    361    181      0    920   29.8
16         2     42     31    119      3      0    197    6.4
04        15     44     30     29     10      2    130    4.2
20         2     19     20     48     20      0    109    3.5
05         7     38     21     25     12      3    106    3.4
08        16     19     22     16     14      8     95    3.1
33         4     11     13     14     11      0     53    1.7
09         5      6     12     11      7      4     45    1.5
03         2     15      5     13      6      0     41    1.3
07         3      6      7      9      8      4     37    1.2
13         1      3      6      8      7      6     31    1.0
25         0      2      3     24      0      0     29    0.9
11         0      2      5      7      9      3     26    0.8
31         3      6      5      5      7      0     26    0.8
35         2      2      4      6      5      2     21    0.7
06         1      4      7      4      4      0     20    0.6
38         1      2      1      9      4      1     18    0.6
32         0      4      9      2      3      0     18    0.6
21         0      3      6      4      2      0     15    0.5
17         0      1      1     10      1      0     13    0.4
10         1      2      2      3      2      2     12    0.4
30         0      1      8      1      1      0     11    0.4
02         2      2      2      2      1      0      9    0.3
37         0      0      0      3      3      0      6    0.2
40         0      0      0      4      1      0      5    0.2
12         0      0      2      1      1      0      4    0.1
18         0      1      3      0      0      0      4    0.1
39         0      1      0      2      0      0      3    0.1
01         0      2      0      1      0      0      3    0.1
27         0      1      0      1      0      0      2    0.1
36         0      0      0      2      0      0      2    0.1
23         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
24         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
26         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
29         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
22         0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    112    672    572   1186    473     35   3050

Multi-band QSO's
----------------
1 bands    1629
2 bands     314
3 bands     138
4 bands      54
5 bands      17
6 bands      13

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

P40W        VP5W        HC8N        LT1F        ZF1A        J3A         
3X5A        TI5N        PJ4A        PJ2T        V47NT       HI3A        
H7/K9NW


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