[3830] CQWW SSB CR2X(OH6KZP) SOAB HP

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Tue Oct 29 12:30:25 EDT 2013


                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: CR2X
Operator(s): OH6KZP
Station: CR2X

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ribeira Grande
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  180    15       46
   80:  437    24       86
   40:  978    28       94
   20: 1978    36      113
   15: 2522    36      121
   10: 3082    36      116
------------------------------
Total: 9177   175      576  Total Score = 16,641,409

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

After a successful CQWW CW effort last November, the opportunity to return to
CR2X this October for my first SSB contest from a DX location was a real
pleasure. Toni OH2UA had made a trip to the station earlier in the autumn for
maintenance work, and things were mostly in place for the SSB leg. 

Some more remained to be done before the contest, however, and thus I departed
Helsinki for São Miguel and Ribeira Grande on the Saturday before the contest.
Knowing that my good friend Ilkka OH1WZ had the possibility to come on such a
trip too, I invited him along. I am an electrical engineer, but my expertise
lies in the innards of tiny integrated RF circuits; my practical experience
with macro-level station building has been limited to helping around with
various projects and stations. Having the more experienced Ilkka around was
thus a good confidence boost. He humorously insisted on being called my
"servant" in various social situations, but during those early
maintenance days the roles were certainly reversed :)

Propagation during the contest was great, with 160m taking a bit of a hit
through lower activity levels. My multiplier total is about 50 lower than
targeted, but that is more than made up for by the comparatively high DX
percentage (~ 70%). Indeed, at some point on Sunday the strategy changed to
mostly forgetting about multipliers and just running NA stations to the end,
going down from 10m one band at a time. Fortunately I had regained most of my
cognitive abilities at that point thanks to a post-sunrise 30-minute break, and
was able to make QSOs with decent rates again. Still, I had some difficulties
pronouncing my callsign at times, and had to reassure myself by looking at the
big printed callsign on the computer... I went to bed about 7 hours before the
contest started but was able to sleep for only perhaps one hour. Maybe I will
have to start experimenting with some chemical aids to improve the situation.

The Arcala stations OH8X and CR2X both had the now-customary audio/video
streams active throughout the contest, augmented by live score reporting at
http://www.cqcontest.net. As so many have excitedly commented, these technical
developments are fun and take the social aspects of radio contesting to a new
level. Best of all, they allow new hams and the home crews of the operators to
listen in and to enjoy the ups and downs of a serious effort, ranging from the
exhilaration of 300+ rates to the tired drudgery of slow low-band hours. 

Thanks to the entire Radio Arcala team for another opportunity to be on the air
from the Azorean superstation and to claim the European SOAB HP record. In
particular, thanks to Martti OH2BH for general help and many hours of
preparation related to the pre-contest station maintenance work, and to Toni
OH2UA for sharing his expertise related to station engineering and CQWW
propagation and strategy from CR2X. Congratulations to him also for smashing
the Finnish SOAB HP record from the Arcala mother station OH8X, at 65N latitude
close to the Arctic Circle. These kinds of conditions are rarely seen in the
aurora zone, and he was able to use the given opportunity to the max. I would
also like to express my sincere gratitude to Ilkka OH1WZ for all his help and
for keeping the fighting spirit alive. Likewise, my appreciation goes to the
local hams José CU2CE, Francisco CU2DX, and Bruno CS8ABG for their help before
and during our stay on São Miguel. And, of course, thanks to all who were on
the air in the CQWW SSB. The worldwide ham spirit is a heart-warming thing to
observe.

Some statistics below.

73
Kim OH6KZP

-----------------------------

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB
CALLSIGN: CR2X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: OH6KZP

--> 4U0WFP has an unknown country prefix.

-------------- 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       1      1      2    252      5      2    263    263    2.9
0100       1      2      2    227      3      1    236    499    5.4
0200       0      2      2    210      2      2    218    717    7.8
0300       0      1      3    236      2      0    242    959   10.5
0400       0      2     68    141      1      0    212   1171   12.8
0500       3      3    197      0      0      0    203   1374   15.0
0600      60    119     13      0      0      0    192   1566   17.1
0700       2     65     89      1      0      0    157   1723   18.8
0800       0      3     61      1    104     19    188   1911   20.8
0900       0      0      0      2    139     76    217   2128   23.2
1000       0      0      0      6    125    109    240   2368   25.8
1100       0      0      0      5     11    179    195   2563   27.9
1200       0      0      0      3      1    225    229   2792   30.4
1300       0      0      0      2      9    194    205   2997   32.7
1400       0      0      0      4      3    233    240   3237   35.3
1500       0      0      0      3      2    255    260   3497   38.1
1600       0      0      0      7      2    213    222   3719   40.5
1700       0      0      0      6      4    222    232   3951   43.1
1800       0      0      3      2     15    192    212   4163   45.4
1900       0      0      0      2    287      5    294   4457   48.6
2000       0      0      0      0    308      0    308   4765   52.0
2100       4      1      3      2    154      3    167   4932   53.8
2200       0      0      0    185      0      0    185   5117   55.8
2300       1      0      4    138      0      0    143   5260   57.3
0000      34      2      1    146      0      0    183   5443   59.3
0100      23    121      5     22      0      0    171   5614   61.2
0200      36      1      4     86      0      0    127   5741   62.6
0300       3      1     96     38      0      0    138   5879   64.1
0400       0      1    144      0      0      0    145   6024   65.7
0500       0      1    146      2      0      0    149   6173   67.3
0600       9     84      7      2      1      0    103   6276   68.4
0700       2     10     97      1      0      0    110   6386   69.6
0800       0     12     22      0      0      2     36   6422   70.0
0900       0      0      0      2    187      4    193   6615   72.1
1000       0      0      0      0     90    104    194   6809   74.2
1100       0      0      0      3      0    219    222   7031   76.7
1200       0      0      0      4    132      8    144   7175   78.2
1300       0      0      0     11    126      5    142   7317   79.8
1400       0      0      0      0    168      2    170   7487   81.6
1500       0      0      0      0    160      4    164   7651   83.4
1600       0      0      0      0      9    210    219   7870   85.8
1700       0      0      1      2      1    197    201   8071   88.0
1800       0      0      0      1      0    213    214   8285   90.3
1900       0      0      0      0      1    183    184   8469   92.3
2000       0      0      0      0    246      0    246   8715   95.0
2100       0      2      2      0    169      0    173   8888   96.9
2200       0      1      5    105     54      0    165   9053   98.7
2300       1      1      0    117      0      0    119   9172  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    180    436    977   1977   2521   3081   9172

Gross QSOs=9262        Dupes=90        Net QSOs=9172

Unique callsigns worked = 6019

The best 60 minute rate was 334/hour from 1945 to 2044
The best 30 minute rate was 346/hour from 2017 to 2046
The best 10 minute rate was 372/hour from 2020 to 2029

The best 1 minute rates were:
 8 QSOs/minute    8 times.
 7 QSOs/minute   60 times.
 6 QSOs/minute  167 times.
 5 QSOs/minute  443 times.
 4 QSOs/minute  590 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  599 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  506 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  302 times.

There were 501 bandchanges and 199 (2.2%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

----------------- 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     86    204    650   1725   1458   1825   5948   64.8
South America      1     10     22     30     49     24    136    1.5
Europe            80    198    257    156    855   1124   2670   29.1
Asia               4      8     12     29    105     75    233    2.5
Africa             7     10     13      9     15     16     70    0.8
Oceania            2      6     23     28     39     16    114    1.2
???                0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total            180    436    977   1977   2521   3081   9172

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        52
   4      3532
   5      3579
   6      1935
   7        24
   8        32
   9         8
  10         9
  11         1

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3V               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
3W               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
4O               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
4X               0      0      1      1      1      6      9    0.1
5B               2      3      3      2      3      3     16    0.2
6W               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
8P               0      1      1      1      0      1      4    0.0
9A               3      4      5      7     13     12     44    0.5
9H               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
9K               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.0
9Y               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
A6               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
A7               0      1      1      1      1      2      6    0.1
BY               0      0      0      2      9      2     13    0.1
C3               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
C6               0      0      0      1      1      2      4    0.0
CE               0      1      2      4      2      2     11    0.1
CM               0      1      1      6      3      2     13    0.1
CN               2      2      3      1      3      1     12    0.1
CT               2      4      4      2     11      7     30    0.3
CT3              2      1      1      0      2      2      8    0.1
CU               1      1      2      2      3      3     12    0.1
CX               0      0      0      2      3      2      7    0.1
D4               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
DL               7     27     45     30    153    242    504    5.5
DU               0      0      0      2      3      1      6    0.1
E5/s             0      1      1      1      0      1      4    0.0
E7               1      2      1      2      3      3     12    0.1
EA               4     19     26      5     48     32    134    1.5
EA6              1      1      1      1      2      2      8    0.1
EA8              2      2      3      1      3      3     14    0.2
EA9              0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
EI               2      4      3      2      7     14     32    0.3
ER               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
ES               1      1      3      1      5      1     12    0.1
EU               1      1      1      1     10      5     19    0.2
EX               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
EY               0      0      0      1      2      2      5    0.1
F                4     18     10      2     37     55    126    1.4
FG               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
FM               0      1      1      1      1      2      6    0.1
FO               0      1      0      0      0      0      1    0.0
FY               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
G                8     15      8      6     33     83    153    1.7
GD               2      1      1      0      0      1      5    0.1
GI               0      0      1      1      1     11     14    0.2
GJ               0      0      0      1      2      2      5    0.1
GM               1      3      3      3      5     21     36    0.4
*GM/s            0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
GU               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
GW               1      1      2      1      3      6     14    0.2
HA               1      2      3      0     12     10     28    0.3
HB               0      2      4      2     13     23     44    0.5
HB0              1      1      1      1      2      1      7    0.1
HC               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
HI               0      1      0      0      1      2      4    0.0
HK               1      1      1      7      5      3     18    0.2
HL               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
HP               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
HR               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
HS               0      0      0      1      0      1      2    0.0
HZ               0      1      1      2      1      3      8    0.1
I                4     13     16     11     85    108    237    2.6
*IG9             0      2      2      1      1      1      7    0.1
IS               0      1      1      1      2      2      7    0.1
*IT9             1      1      3      3      8      5     21    0.2
J3               0      1      0      1      0      0      2    0.0
JA               0      0      2     10     44      3     59    0.6
JT               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
JW               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
K               75    165    575   1563   1316   1644   5338   58.2
KG4              0      0      1      5      1      3     10    0.1
KH0              0      0      0      1      2      1      4    0.0
KH2              0      0      0      2      3      0      5    0.1
KH6              2      3      7      6     11      5     34    0.4
KL               0      1      2      8      5      6     22    0.2
KP2              0      2      2      2      1      1      8    0.1
KP4              0      2      1     10      8      6     27    0.3
LA               0      4      4      2      6     12     28    0.3
LU               0      1      2      5      6      5     19    0.2
LX               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
LY               2      4      3      1     14      8     32    0.3
LZ               1      3      1      2      5      2     14    0.2
OA               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.0
OE               0      0      2      2      6     11     21    0.2
OH               4      5     18      5     42     44    118    1.3
OH0              1      1      1      1      1      0      5    0.1
OK               2      4      7      6     20     22     61    0.7
OM               2      4      4      4      6      7     27    0.3
ON               2      1      3      1     16     29     52    0.6
OX               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
OZ               0      2      5      2     10     16     35    0.4
P4               0      1      2      2      3      2     10    0.1
PA               3      8      9      5     31     71    127    1.4
PJ2              0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
PJ4              0      1      1      0      1      1      4    0.0
PJ5              0      1      1      0      1      0      3    0.0
PY               0      2      8      4     19      5     38    0.4
S5               2      3      8      6     17     18     54    0.6
SM               2      5      3      2     22     14     48    0.5
SP               2      7     10      6     45     37    107    1.2
SU               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
SV               0      2      3      1      3      5     14    0.2
SV5              0      1      1      1      2      1      6    0.1
SV9              0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
TA               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
TF               1      1      1      1      3      1      8    0.1
TI               0      1      1      2      2      1      7    0.1
TK               0      1      1      1      0      0      3    0.0
UA               7     10     15      1     72    111    216    2.4
UA2              0      1      1      1      2      1      6    0.1
UA9              1      1      1      4     34     43     84    0.9
UK               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
UN               1      2      2      1      2      5     13    0.1
UR               2      4      6      3     34     38     87    0.9
V2               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.0
V4               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
VE              10     21     54    112    104    136    437    4.8
VK               0      0     11      4     13      5     33    0.4
VP2M             0      1      0      0      0      0      1    0.0
VP5              1      2      1      1      1      2      8    0.1
VP9              0      1      2      1      0      0      4    0.0
VR               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
XE               0      1      4      5      5     11     26    0.3
YB               0      0      0      1      6      1      8    0.1
YL               0      0      1      1      7      2     11    0.1
YN               0      1      2      2      2      1      8    0.1
YO               1      1      2      2     13     12     31    0.3
YU               0      2      1      7     11      4     25    0.3
*Z6              0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
YV               0      2      3      2      5      1     13    0.1
Z3               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
ZD8              0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
ZL               0      1      4     11      1      2     19    0.2
ZS               0      0      1      1      1      4      7    0.1
???              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total          180    436    977   1977   2521   3081   9172

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
04        31     75    232    719    570    816   2443   26.6
05        51     81    213    608    580    527   2060   22.5
14        41    118    136     72    408    648   1423   15.5
03         2     29    185    352    269    437   1274   13.9
15        26     57     91     69    302    299    844    9.2
16        10     15     21      6    116    158    326    3.6
20         4     10     11     11     29     31     96    1.0
08         1     13      9     25     20     20     88    1.0
17         2      3      4      3     24     29     65    0.7
25         0      0      2     10     45      3     60    0.7
09         1      6      9     14     17      9     56    0.6
33         6      8     10      5     11      8     48    0.5
11         0      2      8      4     19      5     38    0.4
31         2      3      7      6     11      5     34    0.4
18         0      0      0      2     12     20     34    0.4
30         0      0     11      4     13      4     32    0.3
13         0      1      2      7      9      7     26    0.3
06         0      1      4      5      5     11     26    0.3
01         0      1      2      8      5      8     24    0.3
32         0      3      5     12      1      3     24    0.3
07         0      2      3      5      6      5     21    0.2
21         0      2      3      5      4      6     20    0.2
27         0      0      0      5      8      2     15    0.2
40         1      1      1      3      5      2     13    0.1
12         0      1      2      4      2      2     11    0.1
02         1      2      2      2      2      1     10    0.1
24         0      0      0      1      8      1     10    0.1
28         0      0      0      1      6      1      8    0.1
35         1      1      1      1      1      2      7    0.1
38         0      0      1      1      1      4      7    0.1
23         0      0      0      1      3      2      6    0.1
36         0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
10         0      0      1      1      2      1      5    0.1
19         0      0      0      1      4      0      5    0.1
26         0      0      0      2      1      1      4    0.0
34         0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
29         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    180    436    977   1977   2521   3081   9172

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands    4222
2 bands     946
3 bands     516
4 bands     198
5 bands     104
6 bands      33

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

K3LR        K1LZ        K8AZ        K2AX        K3WW        W3LPL       
D4C         VE3RA       KC1XX       VA2EN       WO9Z        K9CT        
NN3W        W8KTQ       AA3B        N0NI        VE3CX       N3RS        
NQ4I        NE3F        K0TV        K5NA        OM8A        HK1NA       
W2CG        K5RX        GM0B        DR1A        EI7M        SK3W        
KH6MB       P33W        HB0/HA7JTR  

------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs     52    103    299    848   1146   1774


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