[3830] ARRLDX SSB N5AW SOAB LP
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Mon Mar 8 08:31:05 PST 2010
ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N5AW
Operator(s): N5AW
Station: N5AW
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 20 18
80: 70 50
40: 158 64
20: 286 82
15: 365 87
10: 62 16
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Total: 961 317 Total Score = 913,911
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
This was a serious but not all out effort. I missed the first five+ hours of the
contest due to a social engagement. I've been a proponent of a 36 hour time
limit for single ops in this contest so I decided to go one further. I got
four+ hours sleep both nights, stopped to have dinner with the XYL Saturday
evening and took several 30 to 60 minute breaks. Net result was just under 30
hours on the air (compared to 40 in 2009). I still beat last years score by
150K (20 percent).
Better overall conditions this year were certainly a factor in my improved
score. For me “better†was the quality of the fifteen meter openings to
Europe and JA and longer European openings on 20 (actually fifteen was much
better the CW weekend). The low bands were about the same as last year but ten
was a disappointment - actually had more Q's and mults there last year.
Getting more rest and breaks made the contest more enjoyable. I also found
myself making far fewer fatigue induced errors late in the contest. When the
contest was over I felt good enough to take my wife out to dinner. Spending a
little time with her over the weekend also made her feel she hadn't been
totally abandoned. The experience reinforced my feeling, shared by some but not
all of my contesting friends, that this contest would be more popular if single
operators (at least in the un-assisted class) were limited to 36 hours
operating time.
Marv, N5AW
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Radios: Tentec Orion, Elecraft K3 – 100 watts
Antennas:
160m: 42m tower with 6 elevated radials @ 22m
80m: 5 sloping dipole array from 41m tower
40m: Moxon @ 42m
Lazy H @ 40m NW-SE
10/15/20m: 3L SteppIR @ 41m
C3/C3 @ 31m & 25m fixed NE (no 20 mtr reflector on top C3)
TH3jr @ 13m fixed SE
204BA @ 18m fixed NW
Beverages: 230m NE, 160m NW
Other: Homebrew SO2R box, TR4W log
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Continent List 2010 ARRL DX SSB - N5AW
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
--- -- -- -- -- -- --
N.A. calls = 13 22 20 38 30 8 131
S.A. calls = 2 9 13 40 65 53 182
Euro calls = 3 27 88 151 199 0 468
Afrc calls = 1 2 1 5 6 1 16
Asia calls = 0 1 3 17 10 0 31
JA calls = 0 4 25 30 46 0 105
Ocen calls = 1 5 8 5 9 0 28
Total calls = 20 70 158 286 365 62 961
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RATES - 2010 ARRL DX SSB - N5AW
HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL
SCORE
-- ----- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ---------
-----
5 --- --- 11/11 --- --- --- 11/11 11/11
0.00M
6 --- 13/13 40/20 --- --- --- 53/33 64/44
0.01M
7 2/2 2/1 23/10 --- --- --- 27/13 91/57
0.02M
8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 91/57
0.02M
9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 91/57
0.02M
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 91/57
0.02M
11 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 91/57
0.02M
12 --- 2/1 --- 22/17 --- --- 24/18 115/75
0.03M
13 --- 2/1 --- 4/3 38/30 --- 44/34 159/109
0.05M
14 --- --- --- 31/12 --- --- 31/12 190/121
0.07M
15 --- --- --- 32/6 4/2 2/1 38/9 228/130
0.09M
16 --- --- --- --- 28/14 --- 28/14 256/144
0.11M
17 --- --- --- 3/2 28/8 6/2 37/12 293/156
0.14M
18 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 293/156
0.14M
19 --- --- --- --- 26/3 4/0 30/3 323/159
0.15M
20 --- --- --- 23/5 1/0 13/2 37/7 360/166
0.18M
21 --- --- --- 19/8 --- 9/3 28/11 388/177
0.21M
22 --- --- --- --- 26/4 13/3 39/7 427/184
0.24M
23 --- --- 11/4 --- 20/3 4/2 35/9 462/193
0.27M
0 --- --- 7/1 21/7 --- --- 28/8 490/201
0.30M
1 --- --- --- 22/2 --- --- 22/2 512/203
0.31M
2 --- 1/1 9/4 24/1 --- --- 34/6 546/209
0.34M
3 3/3 18/14 --- --- --- --- 21/17 567/226
0.38M
4 1/1 13/10 5/2 --- --- --- 19/13 586/239
0.42M
5 6/6 6/2 1/0 --- --- --- 13/8 599/247
0.44M
6 6/4 4/4 7/2 --- --- --- 17/10 616/257
0.47M
7 1/1 6/2 13/4 --- --- --- 20/7 636/264
0.50M
8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 636/264
0.50M
9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 636/264
0.50M
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 636/264
0.50M
11 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 636/264
0.50M
12 1/1 3/1 1/1 5/0 --- --- 10/3 646/267
0.52M
13 --- --- 26/4 --- 33/11 --- 59/15 705/282
0.60M
14 --- --- --- 3/0 54/2 --- 57/2 762/284
0.65M
15 --- --- --- 1/0 41/4 --- 42/4 804/288
0.69M
16 --- --- --- --- 22/2 2/1 24/3 828/291
0.72M
17 --- --- --- 11/1 5/0 3/0 19/1 847/292
0.74M
18 --- --- --- 4/1 4/0 1/1 9/2 856/294
0.75M
19 --- --- --- 2/1 9/0 1/1 12/2 868/296
0.77M
20 --- --- --- 13/2 1/0 2/0 16/2 884/298
0.79M
21 --- --- --- 21/8 1/1 --- 22/9 906/307
0.83M
22 --- --- --- 8/3 14/0 2/0 24/3 930/310
0.86M
23 --- --- 4/1 17/3 10/3 --- 31/7 961/317
0.91M
D1 2/2 19/16 85/45 134/53 171/64 51/13 462/193
D2 18/16 51/34 73/19 152/29 194/23 11/3 499/124
TO 20/18 70/50 158/64 286/82 365/87 62/16 961/317
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