[3830] CQWW CW VP9I(@VP9GE) M/S LP
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Thu Nov 28 09:17:09 EST 2013
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VP9I
Operator(s): W6PH WA1Z
Station: VP9GE
Class: M/S LP
QTH: VP9
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 267 12 31
80: 777 20 86
40: 2026 30 115
20: 1238 38 128
15: 1030 33 130
10: 1045 32 120
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Total: 6383 165 610 Total Score = 12,243,450
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Even with the low power restriction in Bermuda and no low power category in
CQWW, Kurt and I decided to do a Multi-Single anyway, with the primary goal of
having lots of fun and seeing just how well we could do. Both having fun and
the actual contest results far exceeded our expectations.
First off, a big thank you to our host Ed Kelly, VP9GE. Ed is a fantastic host
and great conversationalist. It’s always a joy to visit with him. You can
see more info about his station and apartments at http://www.vp9ge.com
Station:
Icom IC-7000 and Elecraft K3, 100 watts
160 Meter Inverted L
80 Meter Dipole
40 Meter Dipole
Cushcraft A4S for 20 through 10 Meters
Cushcraft AV-5 vertical as secondary antenna for 80-10M
Ed's guest station is set up to do single-op operations most of the time, but
this weekend, we brought the coax feedlines into the apartment. We fabricated
a rudimentary coax switch panel from a piece of sheet metal with 7 UHF barrels,
three of which were lined up for direct connection of an INRAD triplexer for
20-10m. We placed this panel and the A4S rotator controller between our two
operating positions. We got two quick-disconnect UHF Male adapters to allow us
to move our coax patches around to the different ports quickly (no unscrewing
PL-259s all weekend).
All of the antennas except for the AV-5 vertical are permanent antennas at
VP9GE. Ed's station always plays extremely well in contests and this weekend
was no exception. The AV-5 worked extremely well as a secondary antenna even
on the high bands. For example, as we moved the run station to 20 Meters on
Saturday afternoon, we started with the AV-5 while we used the tribander to
pick off multipliers to the west on 10 and 15. We still managed to produce a
178/hour on 20 with the vertical.
Kurt and I operated our own stations and switched run and mult
"roles" in Win-Test when we wanted to mix things up. This
worked
well; we set things up the way we liked it ourselves without having to get used
to each other's stuff.
Highlights:
- The shear number of multipliers we compiled really surprised us. The fact
that we are a multiplier for virtually everyone we called certainly helped
things, but it truly amazed us what we were able to do with low power.
- 80 Meters played extremely well both nights. We worked into JA in the days
leading up to the contest, but conditions over the poles were not as good once
the contest started and we ended up not working Zone 25 on 80. We had
expectations that we would work about 50 countries on 80 and ended up with 86.
- After working 97 DX mults on 40 Meters the first night, we were excited about
the prospects of working 100 countries on any band. By the end of the contest
we had well over 100 countries on 4 bands! We were also super excited to
finish with over 2000 contacts on 40 using low power and a dipole! 40 Meters
also provided the last surprise of the weekend at 2358z Sunday when JT5DX
called in for a double multiplier.
- Getting 38 zones on 20 Meters. We missed Zones 34 and 37, which we did get
on other bands for a complete all-band WAZ for the weekend.
- Breaking the 20 year old Bermuda Multi-Single record by VP9AD by nearly 3
million points (before log checking)
Lowlight:
- Stations just do not sign their callsign enough anymore. This really needs
to change. There is no reason why a Search and Pounce station needs to wait
more than a QSO or two to hear your call. Not everyone uses spotting data and
even the smart guys that do know to confirm the callsign with their own ears.
Maybe its time this becomes part of the contest rules. We tried to sign as
often as possible, at the very least once per minute when things got really
busy.
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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0000 0 0 135 54 0 0 189 189 3.0
0100 0 0 216 14 0 0 230 419 6.6
0200 0 0 179 5 0 0 184 603 9.4
0300 3 0 173 4 0 0 180 783 12.3
0400 20 151 15 0 0 0 186 969 15.2
0500 30 130 10 0 0 0 170 1139 17.8
0600 16 111 3 0 0 0 130 1269 19.9
0700 8 46 81 9 0 0 144 1413 22.1
0800 0 3 154 13 0 0 170 1583 24.8
0900 0 5 41 28 0 0 74 1657 26.0
1000 0 2 7 55 3 0 67 1724 27.0
1100 0 0 1 40 50 6 97 1821 28.5
1200 0 0 0 0 120 73 193 2014 31.6
1300 0 0 0 3 90 72 165 2179 34.1
1400 0 0 0 4 14 122 140 2319 36.3
1500 0 0 0 0 118 46 164 2483 38.9
1600 0 0 0 0 200 1 201 2684 42.1
1700 0 0 0 4 41 85 130 2814 44.1
1800 0 0 0 1 9 140 150 2964 46.4
1900 0 0 0 178 4 8 190 3154 49.4
2000 0 0 17 134 2 6 159 3313 51.9
2100 0 0 88 27 2 1 118 3431 53.8
2200 0 0 96 4 2 1 103 3534 55.4
2300 0 0 121 4 1 0 126 3660 57.3
0000 0 4 107 0 0 0 111 3771 59.1
0100 2 1 86 1 0 0 90 3861 60.5
0200 97 36 1 0 0 0 134 3995 62.6
0300 61 52 0 0 0 0 113 4108 64.4
0400 6 25 83 0 0 0 114 4222 66.2
0500 11 56 21 0 0 0 88 4310 67.5
0600 0 40 6 0 0 0 46 4356 68.3
0700 1 0 101 0 0 0 102 4458 69.9
0800 0 0 56 14 0 0 70 4528 70.9
0900 12 35 13 0 0 0 60 4588 71.9
1000 0 37 30 0 0 0 67 4655 72.9
1100 0 40 59 1 0 0 100 4755 74.5
1200 0 0 2 129 23 6 160 4915 77.0
1300 0 0 0 1 15 99 115 5030 78.8
1400 0 0 0 0 3 135 138 5168 81.0
1500 0 0 0 3 3 113 119 5287 82.8
1600 0 0 0 2 0 94 96 5383 84.3
1700 0 0 0 17 49 28 94 5477 85.8
1800 0 0 0 101 34 2 137 5614 88.0
1900 0 0 0 0 139 2 141 5755 90.2
2000 0 0 0 48 108 3 159 5914 92.7
2100 0 0 0 203 0 1 204 6118 95.9
2200 0 0 12 136 0 1 149 6267 98.2
2300 0 3 111 1 0 0 115 6382 100.0
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Total 267 777 2025 1238 1030 1045 6382
----------------- 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 243 518 1035 718 476 335 3325 52.1
South America 6 10 24 17 16 19 92 1.4
Europe 15 226 828 400 465 620 2554 40.0
Asia 1 4 77 58 24 19 183 2.9
Africa 1 8 12 17 14 17 69 1.1
Oceania 0 3 6 9 8 7 33 0.5
??? 1 8 43 19 27 28 126 2.0
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Total 267 777 2025 1238 1030 1045 6382
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
AA9A K3LR PJ2T W3LPL CN2AA K0RF
8P5A SJ2W PJ4Q P33W WK1Q UZ2M
RL3A W1WMU N0IJ KC1XX N9NC K4TCG
KP2M K9NW K5TR ES9C WE3C 9A1P
K5NA N3RS W8MJ AE5E K1CX W6AAN
K5EK KB1H K0KX 6Y7W N4KG NK7U
K8AZ OM7M VE3EJ K2AX K9MK PJ4A
W2EN SN2B P40W TM6M ZF1A VP2MMM
AB4B NP4Z E7DX
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