[3830] ARRLDX SSB N5AW SOAB LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: N5AW
Operator(s): N5AW
Station: N5AW

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   23    21
   80:   64    46
   40:  117    45
   20:  246    69
   15:  155    44
   10:   71    15
-------------------
Total:  676   240  Total Score = 486,720

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

This year's score is almost an embarrassment considering the investment in
equipment and antennas I've made over the past eight years. Excluding a couple
of single band efforts, it is by far the lowest score in ARRL Phone for me in
the last 10 years. 

Even from Texas one expects Europe to provide the bulk of your contacts. This
year South Americans made up 35%, North America and Europe both 24%. Over 95%
of my contacts were S&P. A "run" of on 15 JAs and one DU on 15 meters Saturday
afternoon was the only time I had more than 3 consecutive QSOs from CQing. 

Last year I was frustrated on 40 because the DX stations couldn't hear me. This
year with a much improved antenna I think I worked nearly every multiplier I
heard and ended up with only two more than last year.

These are my lowest multiplier totals on 10 and 15 in 20 years. Only one
European worked on 15 (TM6M). We actually had a pretty good opening on 10 both
days but to the same areas - deep South America and Central America. Made 60
contacts Saturday and think I could have worked most of the same 60 Sunday -
only found 11 new stations and one new multiplier.

Like N4TZ I have found you can double your score at the end of 24 hours and
usually get a pretty good estimate of your final score. In 2007 I had 320K the
first 24 and ended up with 650K. This year I had 290K after 24 hours but
finished with just 487K. Conditions weren't noticeably different on Sunday -
just couldn't find enough new guys to work. My big hour Sunday was 14. I had 6
hours with less than 10 with a low of 4 between 1400 and 1500 - normally one of
the best hours.

I decided before the contest started I would limit myself to 36 hours operating
time. The analysis program says I only had 32 - that is because some hours were
so slow it thought I was off! Actual was close to 36. I spent about 9 of my 12
off hours sleeping, the others on food or shower breaks. I did end up feeling
much better physically than I do after a 42+ hour marathon and even was able to
accompany the xyl to a social event Sunday evening without being a total
“zombie”. I wish the ARRL and CQWW DX Contests both had a 36 hour limit for
single ops. In my opinion it would increase the number of serious participants.

Some numbers:

Equipment: Orion & Icom 746PRO 100 watts (limited SO2R capability - no
automated switching of audio input - DVK only on Orion)
Antennas: 10/15/20 meters - 3L SteppIR @ 41m, 4L SteppIR @ 23m, Stack of 2 C3s
@ 31 and 24m fixed NE, TH3jr @ 13m fixed SE; 40 meters: Moxon @ 42m, Lazy H @ 3
38m beaming NW-SE; 80 meters: array of 5 sloping dipoles from 41m tower; 160
meters 42m tower w/elevated radials; Receiving - one 160m long beverage NE



     Continent List  2008 ARRL DX PHONE  - N5AW
                   160    80    40    20    15    10    ALL
                   ---    --    --    --    --    --     --  
  N.A. calls  =     14    31    30    45    38     7    165
  S.A. calls  =      6     8    31    50    79    61    235
  Euro calls  =      1    16    33   111     1     0    162
  Afrc calls  =      1     2     5     4     4     0     16
  Asia calls  =      0     0     0     0     0     0      0    
  JA calls    =      0     4    10    24    21     0     59
  Ocen calls  =      1     3     8    12    12     3     39
  Total calls =     23    64   117   246   155    71    676

-------------- 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     58      4      0     62    9.1
0100       0      0     24     10      0      0     34    5.0
0200       0     13      8      5      0      0     26    3.8
0300       6      4     12      0      0      0     22    3.2
0400       0      6      8      0      0      0     14    2.1
0500       3      3      3      0      0      0      9    1.3
0600       2      8      9      0      0      0     19    2.8
0700       3      2      8      0      0      0     13    1.9
0800       3      2      0      0      0      0      5    0.7
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1200       1      1      4      7      0      0     13    1.9
1300       0      0      0     18     18      0     36    5.3
1400       0      0      0     19     12      0     31    4.5
1500       0      0      0     17     11      0     28    4.1
1600       0      0      0      5     14      2     21    3.1
1700       0      0      0     16      4      5     25    3.7
1800       0      0      0      7      4      5     16    2.3
1900       0      0      0      0     13     20     33    4.8
2000       0      0      0      9      3     16     28    4.1
2100       0      0      0      0      6      9     15    2.2
2200       0      0      0      6      1      1      8    1.2
2300       0      0      6      0     24      0     30    4.4
0000       0      0      6     13      0      0     19    2.8
0100       0      2      7      2      0      0     11    1.6
0200       1      2      8      0      0      0     11    1.6
0300       2      1      3      0      0      0      6    0.9
0400       0      2      6      0      0      0      8    1.2
0500       1      6      1      0      0      0      8    1.2
0600       1      7      1      0      0      0      9    1.3
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      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
1200       0      4      2      8      0      0     14    2.1
1300       0      1      0      4      3      0      8    1.2
1400       0      0      0      1      3      0      4    0.6
1500       0      0      0      2      6      0      8    1.2
1600       0      0      0     11      2      0     13    1.9
1700       0      0      0      1      2      2      5    0.7
1800       0      0      0      3      2      1      6    0.9
1900       0      0      0      1     11      2     14    2.1
2000       0      0      0      3      6      3     12    1.8
2100       0      0      0      2      2      5      9    1.3
2200       0      0      0     10      4      0     14    2.1
2300       0      0      1      8      0      0      9    1.3
------------------------------------------------------
Total     23     64    117    246    155     71    676

Gross QSO's=682        Dupes=6        Net QSO's=676

Unique callsigns worked = 415

The best 60 minute rate was 65/hour from 0015 to 0114
The best 30 minute rate was 84/hour from 0029 to 0058
The best 10 minute rate was 102/hour from 0035 to 0044

The best 1 minute rates were:
 3 QSO's/minute    5 times.
 2 QSO's/minute   62 times.
 1 QSO's/minute  537 times.

There were 113 band changes and 15 probable 2nd radio QSO's.

Multi-band QSO's
----------------
1 bands     291
2 bands      54
3 bands      28
4 bands      23
5 bands      13
6 bands       6

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

HC8A        P40A        PJ4G        8P1A        KH7X        TI50DX      


----- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O ' s  -----
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs      4     18     32    140     69     28


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