[3830] ARRL 10 K5TR(WM5R) SO SSB HP

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Mon Dec 14 20:54:22 PST 2009


                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: K5TR
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5TR

Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   CW:           
  SSB: 1148    50
-------------------
Total: 1148    50  Total Score = 114,800

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Station K5TR:
   http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/k5tr_station.html
   Elecraft K3
   Kenwood TS-850SAT
   Ameritron AL-1500
   Ameritron AL-1500
   24' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 60' rotatable
   24' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 30' fixed NE
   4-element Yagi @ 40' fixed SE
   3-element Yagi @ 20' fixed W
   Half wave vertical, base @ 20'
   Ameritron RCS-8V antenna switches
   Heil Proset HC-4
   W9XT contest card
   TR Log 6.78

The week before this contest, I mentioned to XE1KK that I had so
far never failed to make 1000 QSOs in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.
Up until Sunday afternoon, it seemed like a thousand contacts
was going to elude me after all.  My running QSO totals were well
below what they were in the 2008 contest, and I was running out of
time.  My multiplier total was also quite low, and I had yet to
even hear a South American station (in the end I would not have
any in the log).  In the end, I finished with about 90 more
contacts this year than last year, so my streak is unbroken.

The big run on Sunday did not start going for me until about
1840 UTC, and was really underway only by about 1900 UTC.  There
were a lot of 2x3 call signs in the pileup, some of whom were
clearly uncertain about how to respond with their state.
The skip started getting a little bit long toward the end, which
helped me pick up most of the W1 and W2 multipliers that I still
had not yet worked.

I picked up seven multipliers in the final two hours of the
contest.  I missed Ak, Hi, Nm, Or, Id, Mt, Ri, and all of Canada
except On.  I did work a mobile in Dc, and N2NL/MM called in for
the R2 multiplier, which was cool.  I worked a surprisingly large
number of Sd and Wy stations.  All of my DX were in Central
America except for one Australian station on Friday night, my
only intercontinental QSO.  I worked half as many Mexican stations
as last year.  I should do a better job of DX hunting.

Everything in George's station (including the Elecraft K3 on
loan from Larry K5OT) worked great except for the Heil headset I
brought with me.  I'm not sure if it is a connection in the
headset or in the 1/4" to 1/8" adaptor, but as the temperature
in the room went up on Saturday, the headphones kept cutting
out.  I eventually had to swap mine out for George's Sony
headset, which involved re-attaching the boom mic with several
small screws (he'd taken it off for the ARRL 160 Meter Contest).
Fortunately, the problem occurred during a very slow time in the
contest.  Maybe next time I'll bring a spare headset.

-------------- 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       0      0      0      0      0     18     18     18    1.5
0100       0      0      0      0      0      9      9     27    0.8
0200       0      0      0      0      0     12     12     39    1.0
0300       0      0      0      0      0      1      1     40    0.1
0400       0      0      0      0      0      2      2     42    0.2
0500       0      0      0      0      0      4      4     46    0.3
0600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     46    0.0
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     46    0.0
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     46    0.0
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     46    0.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     46    0.0
1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     46    0.0
1200       0      0      0      0      0      3      3     49    0.3
1300       0      0      0      0      0     10     10     59    0.9
1400       0      0      0      0      0     15     15     74    1.3
1500       0      0      0      0      0     12     12     86    1.0
1600       0      0      0      0      0     10     10     96    0.9
1700       0      0      0      0      0     47     47    143    4.0
1800       0      0      0      0      0     23     23    166    2.0
1900       0      0      0      0      0      3      3    169    0.3
2000       0      0      0      0      0      6      6    175    0.5
2100       0      0      0      0      0      5      5    180    0.4
2200       0      0      0      0      0      6      6    186    0.5
2300       0      0      0      0      0      5      5    191    0.4
0000       0      0      0      0      0      1      1    192    0.1
0100       0      0      0      0      0     10     10    202    0.9
0200       0      0      0      0      0      6      6    208    0.5
0300       0      0      0      0      0      4      4    212    0.3
0400       0      0      0      0      0      8      8    220    0.7
0500       0      0      0      0      0      7      7    227    0.6
0600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    227    0.0
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    227    0.0
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    227    0.0
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    227    0.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    227    0.0
1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    227    0.0
1200       0      0      0      0      0      4      4    231    0.3
1300       0      0      0      0      0     16     16    247    1.4
1400       0      0      0      0      0     28     28    275    2.4
1500       0      0      0      0      0     20     20    295    1.7
1600       0      0      0      0      0     38     38    333    3.2
1700       0      0      0      0      0     37     37    370    3.2
1800       0      0      0      0      0     68     68    438    5.8
1900       0      0      0      0      0    190    190    628   16.2
2000       0      0      0      0      0    137    137    765   11.7
2100       0      0      0      0      0    126    126    891   10.8
2200       0      0      0      0      0    124    124   1015   10.6
2300       0      0      0      0      0    133    133   1148   11.3
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0      0      0      0   1148   1148

Gross QSO's=1172        Dupes=24        Net QSO's=1148

Unique callsigns worked = 1148

The best 60 minute rate was 193/hour from 1858 to 1957
The best 30 minute rate was 212/hour from 1925 to 1954
The best 10 minute rate was 234/hour from 1925 to 1934

The best 1 minute rates were:
 7 QSO's/minute    1 times.
 6 QSO's/minute    2 times.
 5 QSO's/minute   16 times.
 4 QSO's/minute   45 times.
 3 QSO's/minute   74 times.
 2 QSO's/minute  148 times.
 1 QSO's/minute  351 times.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   4       335
   5       467
   6       344
   7         1
   8         1

Multiplier Distribution
-----------------------
   1.    Il  132
   2.    Oh  128
   3.    Mi   98
   4.    Tx   83
   5.    In   78
   6.    Wi   69
   7.    Mn   42
   8.    Ia   38
   9.    Mo   37
  10.    Ca   33
  11.    Fl   31
  12.    Pa   30
  13.    Az   29
  14.    Ga   25
  15.    Tn   25
  16.    Co   24
  17.    Va   21
  18.    Nc   20
  19.    Ky   20
  20.    Md   19
  21.    Ne   15
  22.    On   14
  23.    Sc   13
  24.    Sd   13
  25.    Wv   12
  26.    Ks   11
  27.    Al   10
  28.    Ar    9
  29.    Ms    8
  30.    Wy    8
  31.    La    6
  32.    Wa    6
  33.    XE    5
  34.    Ny    5
  35.    Ut    4
  36.    Nv    4
  37.    Ct    4
  38.    Ok    3
  39.    Ma    3
  40.    Nj    2
  41.    Me    2
  42.    VK    1
  43.    Nd    1
  44.    HR    1
  45.    R2    1
  46.    TG    1
  47.    Dc    1
  48.    Vt    1
  49.    De    1
  50.    Nh    1


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