[3830] ARRLDX CW K5TR M/S HP

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Mon Mar 21 11:23:48 PDT 2011


                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5OT, K5PI, K5TR
Station: K5TR

Class: M/S HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   55    52
   80:  184    84
   40:  965   112
   20:  670   107
   15:  974   112
   10:   82    60
-------------------
Total: 2930   527  Total Score = 4,554,861

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Comments from K5PI:

Thanks to George for having K5OT and me out this weekend.  It was startling
how much conditions were improved from the "bad old days" of the solar
minimum.  We saw the flux reported at 109, so I guess that explains it.  We
ran Europe for several hours both mornings on 15M.  On Saturday morning, we   
essentially went from 40 to 15.  We also had very nice JA runs on 15M both
afternoons as well.  While we didn't have enough 10M propagation to run, we
were able to work a LOT of countries.  We worked Japan on 10M, and I think
that's the first time I've done that in years.

Low band conditions were good, too, and we didn't have much noise.
    
The buzz about conditions must have gotten around in Japan, because JA
stations were out in force!  In addition to the high bands, we had great
runs on 40 both nights.  We took a quick look at the breakout, and I believe
we worked something like 50% more Asian stations than Europeans on 40.

George was a bit under the weather, so he mostly worked the "mult station"  
and acted as spiritual guide.  :-)  I don't think Larry and I drifted too
far from the straight and narrow, but I always appreciate his sage advice on
band selection, etc.

I continue to marvel at all the changes that Skimmer hath wrought.  K6VVA
posted a comment on CQ Contest that zero beat packet pileups seem to have
dramatically increased.  I noticed that at ZF1A during CQWW.  This weekend,
when I'd take off on a point-and-shoot expedition, I'd just turn on a bit of
XIT and leave it on as I moved from spot to spot.  I think that helped a
lot.

Also, Skimmer means that DX can run but can't really hide anymore.  I guess
they can move way, way, way up the band or maybe send a CQ that doesn't
include "CQ" or "TEST", but a lot of the old strategies for thinning the
pile just don't work any more.

Want to clean up your spot screen?  You can't just delete the spots, because
Skimmer will dutifully spot those stations again in no time.  Time to learn
those spot filtering commands.

On the positive side, however, it's now more possible to get a feel for
propagation by looking at a screen of Skimmer spots.  Sure, your mileage
will vary, especially if the Skimmer is a few states away, but you don't
have to consider a lot of the vagaries human spotters will introduce.


Station:
http://www.k5tr.net/

2x Elecraft K3 radios (tnx k5ot)
2x AL-1500 amps

160     - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west
        - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long

80      - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'.
        - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long

40      - Force 12 240N at 120'
        - Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
        - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long

20      - 6 element yagi at 80' fixed NE
        - 6 element yagi at 80'
        - 6 element yagi 40' fixed NW
        - 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE

15      - 6 element yagi at 70'
        - 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE
        - 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE

10      - 6 element yagi at 60'
        - 6 element yagi at 30' fixed NE
        - 4 element yagi at 40' fixed SE


                           Continent List  
                 160    80    40    20    15    10     ALL
                 ---    --    --    --    --    --     ---
USA calls   =      0     0     3     9     2     0      14
VE calls    =      0     0     2     1     0     0       3
N.A. calls  =     16    23    42    42    37    23     183
S.A. calls  =      6    14    29    35    50    25     159
Euro calls  =     24    93   362   409   552    17    1457
Afrc calls  =      4     6    16    16    18    10      70
Asia calls  =      1     1    36    34    22     0      94
JA calls    =      2    36   414   110   257     1     820
Ocen calls  =      2    11    42    13    24     6      98

Total calls =     55   184   946   669   962    82    2898



Cabrillo Statistics      (Version 06g)         by K5KA

Callsign: K5TR
Contest: ARRL-DX-CW
Category: MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH CW
Operators: K5OT, K5PI, K5TR

-------------- 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      5     40      2     47     47    1.6
0100       0      0      0     66      3      0     69    116    2.4
0200       0      9     43      9      0      0     61    177    2.1
0300       0     14     29      5      0      0     48    225    1.6
0400       9      0     38      0      0      0     47    272    1.6
0500      13     36      2      0      0      0     51    323    1.7
0600       4     18     31      0      0      0     53    376    1.8
0700       0      0     66      0      0      0     66    442    2.3
0800       0      0     62      0      0      0     62    504    2.1
0900       2      2     75      0      0      0     79    583    2.7
1000       5      4     61      0      0      0     70    653    2.4
1100       3     10     38      0      0      0     51    704    1.7
1200       0     15     20     26      0      0     61    765    2.1
1300       0      0      0     64     28      0     92    857    3.1
1400       0      0      0      0    105      2    107    964    3.7
1500       0      0      0      0     45     19     64   1028    2.2
1600       0      0      0      0    102      4    106   1134    3.6
1700       0      0      0      0     78      2     80   1214    2.7
1800       0      0      0      4     41     10     55   1269    1.9
1900       0      0      0     14     10      2     26   1295    0.9
2000       0      0      0     50      2      4     56   1351    1.9
2100       0      0      0     15     39      0     54   1405    1.8
2200       0      0      0      1     69      1     71   1476    2.4
2300       0      0      0      4     54      3     61   1537    2.1
0000       0      1      0      3     73      0     77   1614    2.6
0100       1      1      4     39      8      0     53   1667    1.8
0200       0     28      0     43      0      0     71   1738    2.4
0300       7     16     45      0      0      0     68   1806    2.3
0400       3      1     51      0      0      0     55   1861    1.9
0500       1      3     40      0      0      0     44   1905    1.5
0600       6      1     43      0      0      0     50   1955    1.7
0700       1      3     52      0      0      0     56   2011    1.9
0800       0      2     71      0      0      0     73   2084    2.5
0900       0      0     74      0      0      0     74   2158    2.5
1000       0      0     46      0      0      0     46   2204    1.6
1100       0     11     27      0      0      0     38   2242    1.3
1200       0      8     10     42      0      0     60   2302    2.0
1300       0      1      0     75     29      0    105   2407    3.6
1400       0      0      0      0     85      0     85   2492    2.9
1500       0      0      0     41     19      5     65   2557    2.2
1600       0      0      0      0     53      8     61   2618    2.1
1700       0      0      0     51      7      3     61   2679    2.1
1800       0      0      0     41      9      0     50   2729    1.7
1900       0      0      0     27      1      1     29   2758    1.0
2000       0      0      0     17      1     15     33   2791    1.1
2100       0      0      5     11      8      1     25   2816    0.9
2200       0      0     10     16     14      0     40   2856    1.4
2300       0      0      4      0     39      0     43   2899    1.5
------------------------------------------------------
Total     55    184    947    669    962     82   2899

Gross QSO's=2930        Dupes=31        Net QSO's=2899

Unique callsigns worked = 1897

The best 60 minute rate was 114/hour from 1604 to 1703
The best 30 minute rate was 126/hour from 1604 to 1633
The best 10 minute rate was 168/hour from 1604 to 1613

The best 1 minute rates were:
 4 QSO's/minute    8 times.
 3 QSO's/minute   82 times.
 2 QSO's/minute  340 times.
 1 QSO's/minute  579 times.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        18
   4       609
   5       938
   6      1250
   7        21
   8        44
   9         2
  10        17

------------ C o u n t r y         S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
BY               1      5      6      7     11      1     31    1.1
HP               0      1      3      2      1      0      7    0.2
JA               2      6     15     10     18      4     55    1.9
K                0      0      3      2      1      0      6    0.2
KH0              0      0      1      1      2      0      4    0.1
KH2              0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
KH6              2      5      6      3      5      2     23    0.8
KL               1      3      4     11      6      1     26    0.9
KP2              0      1      5      3      2      1     12    0.4
KP4              2      1      2      3      3      2     13    0.4
LA               0      1      1      3      3      0      8    0.3
LU               0      1      3      4     11      5     24    0.8
LX               0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.1
LY               0      4      5      6      2      0     17    0.6
LZ               0      2      8      5     16      0     31    1.1
OA               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.2
OE               1      2      2      5      8      1     19    0.7
OH               0      1      3     10      8      0     22    0.8
OH0              0      0      2      1      1      0      4    0.1
OK               1     10     23     22     30      2     88    3.0
OM               1      4     13     15     13      1     47    1.6
ON               1      2      8     13      7      0     31    1.1
OX               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
OY               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
OZ               1      2      3      2      4      0     12    0.4
P2               0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.1
P4               1      2      2      2      1      2     10    0.3
PA               1      1      4     14     22      1     43    1.5
PJ2              1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.2
PJ4              1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.2
PJ5              0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.2
PY               1      2     11     16     23      7     60    2.1
PZ               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.2
R1FJ             0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
S5               1      3     18     17     25      0     64    2.2
SM               0      1      3     18     11      0     33    1.1
SP               0      3     13     12     14      0     42    1.4
SV               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
T30              0      1      1      1      1      0      4    0.1
TA               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
TF               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
TG               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.1
TI               1      1      2      1      2      1      8    0.3
TJ               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
TK               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
UA               0      4     23     18     13      0     58    2.0
UA2              0      1      2      1      0      0      4    0.1
UA9              1      1     20     24     12      0     58    2.0
UN               0      0      1      2      0      0      3    0.1
UR               1      2     32     14     17      0     66    2.3
V3               1      1      2      1      1      1      7    0.2
V4               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.2
V5               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
VE               0      0      2      1      0      0      3    0.1
VK               0      1     15      2      5      1     24    0.8
VP2M             1      0      1      1      1      1      5    0.2
VP5              1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.2
VP9              1      1      1      1      1      0      5    0.2
VR               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
XE               1      1      4      2      2      1     11    0.4
XU               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
YB               0      0      3      1      1      0      5    0.2
YL               0      1      3      3      2      0      9    0.3
YN               0      0      2      1      1      2      6    0.2
YO               1      1     12      9     13      0     36    1.2
YS               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
YU               1      3      7      7      8      0     26    0.9
YV               0      1      0      2      1      1      5    0.2
Z3               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
ZC4              0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
ZF               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.2
ZL               0      2      8      2      3      1     16    0.6
ZS               0      0      3      2      1      1      7    0.2
???             23     91    617    349    611     31   1722   59.4
-------------------------------------------------------------------

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
           0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0      0      0      0      0   2899

Callareas   Worked
Area   QSOs    Pct
------------------
   0     0     0.0
   1     0     0.0
   2     0     0.0
   3     0     0.0
   4     0     0.0
   5     0     0.0
   6     0     0.0
   7     0     0.0
   8     0     0.0
   9     0     0.0

Multi-band QSO's
----------------
1 bands    1328
2 bands     320
3 bands     135
4 bands      66
5 bands      26
6 bands      22

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

JA3YBK      KH6LC       TI5A        8P3A        V31RR       PZ5P        
ZF2AM       PJ2T        PJ4A        CR3L        HC2/KF6ZWD  CS2C        
OE3K        9A1A        CN3A        E7DX        V48M        DL6FBL      
TM6M        C6AGU       4O3A        VQ5D        

----- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O ' s  -----
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs     11     44    506    264    484     19


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