[3830] ARRLDX CW N4TZ/9 SOAB LP

webform at b41h.net webform at b41h.net
Mon Feb 18 16:03:09 EST 2013


                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: N4TZ/9
Operator(s): N4TZ
Station: N4TZ

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   39    32
   80:  166    67
   40:  646    81
   20:  615    90
   15:  694    90
   10:  249    70
-------------------
Total: 2409   430  Total Score = 3,107,610

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Comments:

OPERATING TIME: 42:03:56
            CQ COUNTER: 4495
            RUN/SEARCH: 1543/890 Qs
      UNIQUE CALLSIGNS: 1494

              SOFTWARE: TR4W v.4.244c http://www.tr4w.com

  BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points Countries
 __________________________________________________________
 160CW         39           39      117        32
  80CW        169          166      498        67
  40CW        654          644     1932        81
  20CW        617          615     1845        90
  15CW        705          694     2082        90
  10CW        249          249      747        70
 __________________________________________________________

 Totals      2433         2407     7221       430

    Final Score = 3105030 points.

                               Continent List

                    160    80    40    20    15    10   ALL
                    ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---
       NA calls =    14    23    18    27    24    21   127
       SA calls =     5     7    14    27    29    30   112
     Euro calls =    17   126   576   520   581   183  2003
  African calls =     1     3     9     7     9     7    36
    Asian calls =     0     3    12    12     9     3    39
    Japan calls =     0     2    15    17    45     0    79
    Ocean calls =     2     5    10     7     8     5    37

    Total calls =    39   169   654   617   705   249  2433

Still waiting for 10m to make a comeback - in 2002, ten 
provided 848Qs for me compared with 249 this year; but much
better low band  conditions allowed me to post my best score
in 11 years in this event.  All the additional QSOs this
year over last year were on the low bands - especially 40m.

Had some equipment problems on one of the radio positions -
still trying to debug an intermittant, but seems to be
in the bandpass filter area - when I place the coax directly
from the rig to the wattmeter/monitor scope I don't see
the problem; when I put the Dunestar back inline I sometimes
have the problem.  But, it's intermittant so it may be
coincidence!  During the contest it would sometimes noted 
that the problem would clear itself for a while when I
cycled the power switch; other times I noted in the log
that the  SWR on the rig's indicator would show 3:1 while
the external wattmeter would show 1:1. 

Friday night the beverages didn't seem to work worth a
hoot on 160 early- I could hear better on the transmitting
antenna - started to show some directivity around EU
sunrise Saturday.  Noticed some broadband raspy noise
on 15 and 10 at separate times - about 25 to 50 kHz wide;
on 15 from 21080-21110 and on 10 from 28060-21110.  This
was noticeable when the bands were potentially open for
a low-power run - didn't notice it when the bands  were
less useful (Murphy's law).

Spent a lot of time CQing (4495 times on the CQ counter
which doesn't count the times you actually run people).
As a result I worked a fair number of 5 watters -
28 on  40m, 20 on 20m, 28 on 15m, and 7 on 10.  One of
the 5 watt Europeans on 40 was worked a solid hour before
my sunset.  No JAs on 10m - heard a couple of weak ones,
like JA3YBK, but no luck.  The closest I came was NH2DX
late Saturday afternoon.

Had 24 6-banders and 26 more on 5 bands.

Another close finish with N5AW - I just wish it could
be closer to the top!


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/


More information about the 3830 mailing list