[3830] CQWW CW A73A M/S HP
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Fri Dec 12 11:53:16 EST 2008
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: A73A
Operator(s): A71BX, A71EM, K5GN
Station: A73A
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Qatar
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 88 9 41
80: 461 27 82
40: 2045 31 109
20: 1310 33 107
15: 1149 31 105
10: 46 8 25
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Total: 5099 139 469 Total Score = 8,446,944
Club:
Comments:
This was a very successful expedition from Doha to a beach location at the north
end of the peninsula. Our antennas were verticals over salt water at high tide
and within a quarter wavelength or so at low tide. CQ WW DX CW, Field Day
style!
We now call the 80m vertical The Rainmaker, since it rains every time we try to
set it up at the beach. It almost never rains here in the desert, but Murphy
had other plans. We had rain on Friday and thunderstorms all around until
Sunday night after sunset, so our time on 80 and 160 was not as productive as
we had hoped. Next time we will use some listening antennas, as we had none
for this contest. Condx appeared very good, but between the noise and the poor
pileup behavior from Europe, rates were not enough to stay there.
A71EM, BX, CV, CO, and K5GN did all the setup and takedown starting Thursday
morning and finishing Monday night. The contest started here at 3AM Friday.
BX and GN carried most of the operating, as EM was recalled from leave to work
on Saturday and Sunday. This meant that the two guys with the least sleep
prior to the start were left to keep the run and mult stations busy for nearly
the full 48 hours. It has taken us a while to get back to normal since we had
to get right back to our day jobs!
Condx on 40m were amazing. Ali said, "the pileup never stops!" as we struggled
to keep going Sunday night. We worked North American stations on 40m in all
hours from 13Z-06Z, and probably could have found more if we had stayed there
full time. K1AR called in at 1730Z, quite amazing. We looked hard for Zones 4
and 3 on the long path on 80 and 160, but with no luck. Missed Zones 2, 6, and
34 for WAZ.
10m refused to really open. We CQ'd there when we found signals, but never
could get anything going. No Zone 14, for example. 20m was interesting, we
could hear some signals at nearly all hours, though things were very slim at
night. 15 was not as good as in the SSB contest, but having full-size antennas
for the low bands was very cool.
Station: Two Tents at Al-Mafjar
Radio A: FT-1000MP, AL-811, 600W
Radio B: FT-847, replaced later by IC-746ProIII, IC-2KL, 400W
160: Inverted L, 20m aluminum tubing vertical plus wire, two elevated radials
80: full-size quarter-wave aluminum tubing vertical, two elevated radials
40: full-size quarter-wave wire verticals, two radials apiece, driven element
and reflector
20: full-size half-wave wire dipoles, driven ele. and reflector
15: full-size half-wave wire dipoles, driven ele. and reflector
10: full-size half-wave wire dipoles, driven ele. and reflector
Win-Test
We used the Skimmer software with a QS1R SDR sharing the MP's receive antenna
line. We also put a switch into the second station's feedline to take the
transceiver out of line and substitute the SDR. This didn't work as well as it
meant being off the air with that station while the SDR was skimming. We chose
to try Skimmer since we had no easy way to establish a reliable connection to
any DX clusters, being so far from the city.
We found that a good operator could find at least as much on the band that the
Skimmer missed as the Skimmer found, but it was a help. The biggest problem
with finding mults was our fatigue in the second 24 hours.
The antennas were somewhat directive, but really have a broad pattern. Next
time we may have some listening antennas to help sort out Asia from Europe, LP
from SP, etc.
We are all looking forward to the next opportunity to do this again!
Especially with a little more of Cycle 24.
Statistics follow
73
Dave K5GN
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 06g) by K5KA
Contest: CQ-WW-CW
Callsign: A73A
Category: MULTI-OP
Operators: A71BX, A71EM, K5GN
-------------- 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 8 26 92 0 0 0 126 126 2.5
0100 3 22 65 6 0 0 96 222 1.9
0200 7 0 92 1 0 0 100 322 1.9
0300 0 1 45 64 5 0 115 437 2.2
0400 0 0 12 100 1 0 113 550 2.2
0500 0 0 1 143 10 0 154 704 3.0
0600 0 0 0 80 50 0 130 834 2.5
0700 0 0 0 32 118 0 150 984 2.9
0800 0 0 0 9 132 3 144 1128 2.8
0900 0 0 0 5 152 2 159 1287 3.1
1000 0 0 0 131 12 0 143 1430 2.8
1100 0 0 0 39 74 0 113 1543 2.2
1200 0 0 0 74 55 0 129 1672 2.5
1300 0 4 5 119 3 0 131 1803 2.5
1400 48 3 3 32 0 0 86 1889 1.7
1500 0 65 26 0 4 0 95 1984 1.8
1600 0 0 126 0 0 0 126 2110 2.5
1700 0 3 113 0 0 0 116 2226 2.3
1800 0 0 128 0 0 0 128 2354 2.5
1900 4 0 126 0 0 0 130 2484 2.5
2000 0 3 111 1 0 0 115 2599 2.2
2100 0 2 108 0 0 0 110 2709 2.1
2200 0 1 145 0 0 0 146 2855 2.8
2300 0 0 116 1 0 0 117 2972 2.3
0000 0 0 103 0 0 0 103 3075 2.0
0100 0 23 49 0 0 0 72 3147 1.4
0200 0 44 6 0 0 0 50 3197 1.0
0300 0 47 32 1 0 0 80 3277 1.6
0400 0 0 32 20 0 0 52 3329 1.0
0500 0 0 8 94 0 0 102 3431 2.0
0600 0 0 0 107 5 0 112 3543 2.2
0700 0 0 0 57 70 1 128 3671 2.5
0800 0 0 0 1 166 1 168 3839 3.3
0900 0 0 0 0 159 2 161 4000 3.1
1000 0 0 0 0 107 13 120 4120 2.3
1100 0 0 0 34 1 20 55 4175 1.1
1200 0 0 0 8 24 4 36 4211 0.7
1300 0 0 1 79 1 0 81 4292 1.6
1400 0 10 0 68 0 0 78 4370 1.5
1500 0 20 68 4 0 0 92 4462 1.8
1600 0 5 83 0 0 0 88 4550 1.7
1700 0 51 47 0 0 0 98 4648 1.9
1800 0 1 79 0 0 0 80 4728 1.6
1900 0 0 70 0 0 0 70 4798 1.4
2000 8 1 76 0 0 0 85 4883 1.7
2100 6 52 40 0 0 0 98 4981 1.9
2200 2 15 37 0 0 0 54 5035 1.1
2300 2 62 0 0 0 0 64 5099 1.2
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Total 88 461 2045 1310 1149 46 5099
Gross QSO's=5142 Dupes=43 Net QSO's=5099
Unique callsigns worked = 3580
The best 60 minute rate was 178/hour from 0829 to 0928
The best 30 minute rate was 182/hour from 0859 to 0928
The best 10 minute rate was 198/hour from 0555 to 0604
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSO's/minute 13 times.
4 QSO's/minute 145 times.
3 QSO's/minute 549 times.
2 QSO's/minute 1015 times.
1 QSO's/minute 777 times.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 38
4 1119
5 2393
6 1511
7 16
8 9
9 12
10 1
------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3A 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
3V 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
3W 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
3X 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
4J 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
4L 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 0.1
4O 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 0.1
4X 1 2 9 6 4 1 23 0.5
5B 1 5 4 3 3 2 18 0.4
5H 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1
5X 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
6W 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
6Y 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1
7Q 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
8P 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
8Q 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1
9A 0 7 21 21 21 2 72 1.4
9H 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.1
9J 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
9K 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
9M2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1
9M6 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0.1
9Q 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
A4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
BV 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0
BY 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0.1
C6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
CE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
CN 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
CT 0 2 2 1 2 0 7 0.1
CT3 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 0.1
CU 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 0.1
CX 0 0 2 2 3 0 7 0.1
D4 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
DL 1 25 230 117 73 0 446 8.7
DU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
E7 1 3 19 4 8 1 36 0.7
EA 1 4 25 11 16 0 57 1.1
EA6 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.1
EA8 0 2 2 1 3 0 8 0.2
EI 0 0 4 1 1 0 6 0.1
EK 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
EL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
ER 1 2 10 4 9 1 27 0.5
ES 1 1 8 6 4 0 20 0.4
EU 1 3 15 17 17 0 53 1.0
EX 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.1
EY 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
F 0 5 38 18 11 0 72 1.4
FM 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0.0
FR 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0.1
FS 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.0
G 1 4 49 19 11 0 84 1.6
GI 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
GM 0 1 9 3 3 0 16 0.3
GU 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
GW 0 1 4 2 1 0 8 0.2
H4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
HA 1 9 40 32 37 6 125 2.5
HB 1 3 19 7 6 0 36 0.7
HB0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
HC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
HC8 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
HI 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
HL 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 0.1
HP 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
HS 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1
HZ 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
I 1 7 73 29 43 1 154 3.0
*IG9 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0
IS 0 0 3 1 2 0 6 0.1
*IT9 0 1 5 3 7 0 16 0.3
J2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
J3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
J6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
JA 1 34 61 22 36 0 154 3.0
JT 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
JW 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.1
K 0 40 213 57 5 0 315 6.2
KG4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
KH0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
KH2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
KH6 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.1
KL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
KP2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
KP4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
LA 2 1 10 10 3 0 26 0.5
LU 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 0.1
LX 1 2 3 2 2 0 10 0.2
LY 2 7 25 21 15 0 70 1.4
LZ 1 7 24 20 24 3 79 1.5
OA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
OE 0 2 12 10 16 1 41 0.8
OH 3 13 40 27 12 0 95 1.9
OH0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.1
OK 1 14 88 47 42 2 194 3.8
OM 1 6 24 12 17 2 62 1.2
ON 1 1 11 9 2 0 24 0.5
OX 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
OY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
OZ 1 2 15 8 2 0 28 0.5
P4 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
PA 1 2 39 18 10 0 70 1.4
PJ2 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 0.1
PY 0 1 8 4 5 0 18 0.4
PZ 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
S5 1 8 38 20 21 3 91 1.8
SM 1 4 24 15 3 0 47 0.9
SP 1 17 89 48 38 2 195 3.8
SU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
SV 0 2 7 7 10 0 26 0.5
SV5 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1
SV9 0 1 2 4 3 0 10 0.2
T8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
TA 1 1 2 2 2 0 8 0.2
*TA1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
TK 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
UA 29 82 276 229 227 1 844 16.6
UA2 0 1 5 7 3 0 16 0.3
UA9 13 34 111 130 98 1 387 7.6
UK 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
UN 1 4 11 11 15 0 42 0.8
UR 3 33 144 127 109 0 416 8.2
V2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
V3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
V4 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
V5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1
VE 0 3 17 4 2 0 26 0.5
VK 0 1 2 6 2 0 11 0.2
VP5 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
VQ9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
VU 0 1 1 5 2 1 10 0.2
XW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
YB 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 0.1
YL 2 2 17 12 6 0 39 0.8
YN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
YO 1 4 33 21 41 5 105 2.1
YU 0 10 27 18 25 3 83 1.6
YV 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
Z2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
Z3 0 1 5 2 3 0 11 0.2
ZA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
ZC4 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
ZF 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
ZL 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0.1
ZS 0 1 0 3 3 1 8 0.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
16 36 123 455 391 373 3 1381 26.9
15 15 115 541 321 321 23 1336 26.0
14 12 58 494 247 149 0 960 18.7
17 8 22 77 86 85 0 278 5.4
20 5 24 82 65 89 11 276 5.4
05 0 35 175 41 7 0 258 5.0
25 1 34 64 23 37 0 159 3.1
18 7 11 34 38 18 0 108 2.1
04 0 8 44 20 0 0 72 1.4
08 0 6 12 5 5 0 28 0.5
33 2 3 6 4 6 0 21 0.4
11 0 1 8 4 5 0 18 0.4
22 0 2 2 7 3 2 16 0.3
28 0 2 0 8 6 0 16 0.3
21 2 4 3 2 3 0 14 0.3
38 0 1 0 4 5 4 14 0.3
19 0 1 4 6 1 0 12 0.2
13 0 0 3 3 6 0 12 0.2
09 0 0 7 3 2 0 12 0.2
35 0 2 3 3 3 0 11 0.2
03 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 0.2
37 0 1 0 3 4 1 9 0.2
26 0 1 2 3 2 1 9 0.2
24 0 1 1 2 4 0 8 0.2
27 0 0 2 1 4 0 7 0.1
40 0 1 2 3 1 0 7 0.1
32 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0.1
10 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 0.1
30 0 0 1 4 1 0 6 0.1
31 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.1
29 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0.1
39 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0.1
23 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.1
36 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.1
07 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1
12 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
01 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 88 461 2045 1310 1149 46 5099
Multi-band QSO's
----------------
1 bands 2627
2 bands 554
3 bands 267
4 bands 99
5 bands 31
6 bands 2
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
LZ9W P3F
----- 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 47 178 1248 658 490 6
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