[3830] ARRL 10 KN5O SO CW HP
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Mon Dec 10 14:33:18 EST 2012
ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: KN5O
Operator(s): KN5O
Station: KN5O
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: Covington, LA
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 1101 129
SSB:
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Total: 1101 129 Total Score = 568,116
Club: Louisiana Contest Club
Comments:
I must have told myself at least a dozen times, quit this agony! Conditions on
Saturday were absolutely awful. Maybe a bright spot or two, but VERY short
lived. On the other hand, this was a good warm up for me for the upcoming ARRL
VHF Contest in January at K5QE M/M in east Texas!
Friday night started out like what seemed to be 2008/2009 conditions all over
again. I quit at 10PM local time with 191 Qs, telling (or lying to) myself
that things would be better in the morning. Sure enough, got up before sunrise
Saturday, pointed the antenna at 150 degrees and proceeded to catch the LP
opening to Asia. Well that didn't last long. Busted two pileups to get BD7LMD
and JA5FBZ and that was it. Then I tried calling CQ, but that was useless.
Anyway, from the chart below, it was a painful day of mostly CQ-ing for not
very much and tuning for S&P QSOs - albeit a very slow process.
Conditions were so bad on Saturday that I would estimate 95-98 percent of all
signals did not move my S-meter. Echoes, fading, strange QRN,
south-of-the-border AM/SSB splatter from the illegals, etc., you name it, it
was there. Nevertheless, I persevered. I tried to keep my two yagis at right
angles to each other depending on where the openings were at that time of day.
Anyway, Saturday evenings, things picked up a bit, but not enough to get me real
excited for Sunday's operation. I thought then - man, you should quit. What
good is this doing you? Well, I quit at 10PM and told myself I'm finished and
planned to spend Sunday with the XYL. Then, the alarm went off at 5:00AM Sunday
(I forgot to reset it from Saturday AM). Anyway, I was awake now, so might as
well get ready, have breakfast and for laughs, check 10M.
And like Saturday, pointed the antenna S/SE and waited to see what I could
hear. At sunrise, it pretty much sounded like a repeat of Saturday. But you
just never know and the contest bug bit me again. So off we go CQ-ing and gee,
things seem a little better. I’m actually getting answers to my CQs. The SFI
is now slightly higher than Saturday. Rate is starting to pick up - somewhat.
But the strange thing is that when I use the NE-pointed yagi to work the USA,
no signals! But I’m getting USA signals on the SE-pointed yagi. Anyway, I
used the SE antenna and was working USA off the back, plus CA/SA/Caribbean, and
even a few LP ASIA (XV,HS) with some south Africa mixed in. Then, all of a
sudden I get a call from A45XR off the side of the antenna. That was a shocker
that I did not expect. Of course I fumbled his call 4-5 times with the
conditions, but he was patient enough to help me eventually get it. Thanks
Chris.
After about 9AM, I noticed I was starting to hear better on the NE yagi. Ok,
time to work to the Northeast USA and grab some 1s,2s,& 3s. But much to my
surprise, the northeast was getting clobbered by Europe! From about 10AM to
Noon and considering the conditions, I had some reasonable EU runs with again,
barely-to-no S-meter movement. The volume control on my FT-1000 Field was at
max. Then, BLAM! - I thought my ears where going to explode. I can't remember
who, but a +10db signal appears out of nowhere. Man, that hurt!
So Sunday was a different contest than Friday/Saturday. I even had the desired
4PM to contest close JA run Sunday evening. Compared to last year, there is no
comparison. But it turned out not to be the disaster I thought it was going to
be. Glad I hung in there.
Regarding the stats, I missed WY, ME and ND for WAS, the typical hard ones for
me. I also missed LB, NU, NWT, QC (VE2 again!) and YT Canadian mults and
worked only 9/32 Mexican States. According to N1MM, I had another 62 DXCC.
Anyway, I thank all of you for the Qs and making this contest. I wish all of
you the best of the Holiday Season and hopefully, a better 2013.
73,
Ted
KN5O
-------------- 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 63 63 63 5.7
0100 0 0 0 0 0 59 59 122 11.1
0200 0 0 0 0 0 52 52 174 15.8
0300 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 191 17.3
0400 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 192 17.4
0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 17.4
1200 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 203 18.4
1300 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 226 20.5
1400 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 248 22.5
1500 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 275 25.0
1600 0 0 0 0 0 39 39 314 28.5
1700 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 329 29.9
1800 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 340 30.9
1900 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 358 32.5
2000 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 371 33.7
2100 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 386 35.1
2200 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 396 36.0
2300 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 409 37.1
0000 0 0 0 0 0 41 41 450 40.9
0100 0 0 0 0 0 59 59 509 46.2
0200 0 0 0 0 0 44 44 553 50.2
0300 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 569 51.7
0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 569 51.7
1300 0 0 0 0 0 33 33 602 54.7
1400 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 649 58.9
1500 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 679 61.7
1600 0 0 0 0 0 94 94 773 70.2
1700 0 0 0 0 0 61 61 834 75.7
1800 0 0 0 0 0 46 46 880 79.9
1900 0 0 0 0 0 34 34 914 83.0
2000 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 937 85.1
2100 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 982 89.2
2200 0 0 0 0 0 72 72 1054 95.7
2300 0 0 0 0 0 46 46 1100 99.9
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Total 0 0 0 0 0 1101 1101
Gross QSOs=1132 Dupes=31 Net QSOs=1101
Unique callsigns worked = 1101
The best 60 minute rate was 95/hour from 1607 to 1706
The best 30 minute rate was 100/hour from 1638 to 1707
The best 10 minute rate was 120/hour from 0006 to 0015
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSOs/minute 1 times.
3 QSOs/minute 33 times.
2 QSOs/minute 207 times.
1 QSOs/minute 583 times.
----------------- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y -----------------
160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America 0 0 0 0 0 898 898 81.6
South America 0 0 0 0 0 63 63 5.7
Europe 0 0 0 0 0 58 58 5.3
Asia 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 4.1
Africa 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.4
Oceania 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 2.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 0 0 1101 1101
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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3W 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
5H 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
6Y 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
9Y 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
A4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
BY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
C6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
CE 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4
CM 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
CN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
CX 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
D4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
DL 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.6
EA 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0.9
EA6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
EA8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
EI 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
F 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5
FY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
G 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5
GI 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
GM 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
HA 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
HC 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
HK 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
HR 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
HS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
I 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.6
IS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
*IT9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
J6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
JA 0 0 0 0 0 41 41 3.7
K 0 0 0 0 0 796 796 72.3
KG4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
KH6 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.6
KL 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.8
KP2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
KP4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
LU 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 1.8
ON 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
OY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
P4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
PA 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2
PJ2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
PJ4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
PY 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 2.2
S5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
TF 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
TI 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
TK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
UA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
V2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
V3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
V5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
VE 0 0 0 0 0 63 63 5.7
VK 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.6
VP2V 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
VP5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
XE 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.1
YN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
YU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
YV 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
ZF 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
ZL 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.7
ZP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
ZS 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.6
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Total 0 0 0 0 0 1101 1101
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