CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: KZ5MM
Operator(s): W5PR
Station: W5PR
Class: SOSB10 HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 835
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Total: 835 Prefixes = 401 Total Score = 767,514
Club: Texas DX Society
Comments:
I had high hopes that the 10 meter band would be open a little more than it was.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy that it was a lot better than it has been foe
several years, but ARRL DX SSB got my hopes up for more than we had. There
were loud EUs but they were not deep. There were loud VK/ZLs, but they were
not deep either. What I mean is I would be grinding along with a slow QSO per
hour rate and loud VKs or loud EUs that I had already worked would come by and
tell me I was still loud there, but few others were calling. No sporadic E
propagation within the US. Usually, our rate in this contest is high because
of Es. All of the stateside QSOs were on scatter. Even the locals! I had no
Es propagation and, unlike ARRL DX SSB, I had no long path QSOs. However, it
was still way better than last year. Last year I did single band 80 and I was
glad I did. This year I’m glad I came back to 10.
Best rate was first hour with only 87 Qs. But it tapered off to 3 Qs in the
0200 hour and 118 Qs on the books. Highlights were a few JAs on skew path.
The next morning, forgetting the time change, I jumped into action at 5:30 a.m.
local time. Trouble was, I didn’t consult the propagation gods and the band
did not jump into action until 1344 GMT or 8:44 local time (Thank you LU1UM!)
It was mostly SA with a sprinkle of US on scatter and an occasional ZS. First
EU, EA3EVL finally came at 1610. Way later than usual. However, the EU path
would stay in until 2150, way later than usual and well after the VK/ZL/KH6s
started at 2030. Last EU was CR2T at 2150. Band closed second night at 0315
with VK2YY. Better than the first night and 604 Qs on the books less about 25
dupes.
SA opened at 1315 on Sunday morning. It was earlier, so maybe this would be
the day. However, it was not to be. Only about 270 Qs, including dupes on
Sunday. Last EU G0AYM at 2041.
See the stats below:
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
OC 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 18.0
SA 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 24.0
NA 0 0 0 0 0 321 321 38.4
AS 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 1.1
AF 0 0 0 0 0 43 43 5.1
EU 0 0 0 0 0 110 110 13.2
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total
3D2 1 1
5N 1 1
6W 1 1
8P 1 1
9A 4 4
9Q 1 1
BY 1 1
CE 15 15
CE9 1 1
CM 1 1
CN 2 2
CT 8 8
CT3 2 2
CU 1 1
CX 6 6
D2 1 1
D4 2 2
DL 12 12
E5/s 2 2
EA 36 36
EA6 1 1
EA8 9 9
EI 1 1
F 5 5
FK 1 1
FM 1 1
G 6 6
HA 2 2
HC 2 2
HH 1 1
HI 4 4
HK 4 4
HP 1 1
HZ 1 1
I 11 11
IT9 8 8
J3 1 1
JA 7 7
K 266 266
KH6 19 19
KL 1 1
KP2 6 6
KP4 7 7
LU 63 63
LX 1 1
OE 1 1
OK 1 1
OM 1 1
ON 2 2
P4 2 2
PA 4 4
PJ2 2 2
PJ7 1 1
PY 99 99
PZ 1 1
S5 4 4
SP 1 1
TZ 1 1
V4 1 1
V5 2 2
VE 22 22
VK 86 86
XE 5 5
YN 1 1
YV 4 4
ZF 1 1
ZL 41 41
ZP 1 1
ZS 21 21
QSO/Pref by hour and band
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
OffTime
D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 81/41 81/41 81/41
D1-0100Z - - - - - 34/13 34/13 115/54
D1-0200Z - - - - - 3/1 3/1 118/55
36
D1-0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 118/55
60
D1-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-1200Z - - - - - - 0/0 118/55
60
D1-1300Z - - - - - 12/12 12/12 130/67
44
D1-1400Z - - - - - 41/24 41/24 171/91
D1-1500Z - - - - - 37/19 37/19 208/110
D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 49/36 49/36 257/146
D1-1700Z - - - - - 28/17 28/17 285/163
D1-1800Z - - - - - 43/27 43/27 328/190
D1-1900Z - - - - - 54/32 54/32 382/222
D1-2000Z - - - - - 30/12 30/12 412/234
D1-2100Z - - - - - 47/20 47/20 459/254
D1-2200Z - - - - - 32/12 32/12 491/266
D1-2300Z - - - - - 28/7 28/7 519/273
D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 13/3 13/3 532/276
D2-0100Z - - - - - 24/9 24/9 556/285
D2-0200Z - - - - - 25/7 25/7 581/292
D2-0300Z - - - - - 4/1 4/1 585/293
44
D2-0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 585/293
60
D2-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-1200Z - - - - - - 0/0 585/293
60
D2-1300Z - - - - - 7/1 7/1 592/294
16
D2-1400Z - - - - - 9/2 9/2 601/296
D2-1500Z - - - - - 12/6 12/6 613/302
D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 44/24 44/24 657/326
D2-1700Z - - - - - 37/28 37/28 694/354
D2-1800Z - - - - - 36/19 36/19 730/373
D2-1900Z - - - - - 17/8 17/8 747/381
D2-2000Z - - - - - 27/8 27/8 774/389
D2-2100Z - - - - - 23/4 23/4 797/393
D2-2200Z - - - - - 18/4 18/4 815/397
D2-2300Z - - - - - 20/4 20/4 835/401
Total: 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 835/401
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