[3830] WPX SSB KS9K(N4TZ) SOAB LP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: KS9K
Operator(s): N4TZ
Station: N4TZ

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:   20
   80:   42
   40:  151
   20:  272
   15:  373
   10:  586
------------
Total: 1444  Prefixes = 749  Total Score = 2,876,160

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Comments:

CQ-WPX-SSB SUMMARY SHEET

               CONTEST: CQ-WPX-SSB
            START DATE: 29-03-14
         CALLSIGN USED: KS9K
               LOCATOR: EN70

     CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
         CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
         CATEGORY-MODE: SSB
     CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
        CATEGORY-POWER: LOW
                  CLUB: Society of Midwest Contesters
                  NAME: Terry Zivney
               ADDRESS: 8843 W County Road 950 N
          ADDRESS-CITY: Middletown
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: IN
    ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 47356
       ADDRESS-COUNTRY: USA
                 EMAIL: N4TZ at ARRL.NET

        OPERATING TIME: 36:03:07
            CQ COUNTER: 2536
            RUN/SEARCH: 491/959 Qs
      UNIQUE CALLSIGNS: 1105

              SOFTWARE: TR4W v.4.246 http://www.tr4w.com

  BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points  Prefixes
 __________________________________________________________
 160SSB        20           20       29        12
  80SSB        42           42      138        14
  40SSB       151          151      510        81
  20SSB       273          272      716       165
  15SSB       373          373      942       193
  10SSB       591          586     1505       284
 __________________________________________________________

 Totals      1450         1444     3840       749

    Final Score = 2876160 points.



                             2014 CQ-WPX-SSB KS9K
                                 Continent List

                    160    80    40    20    15    10   ALL
                    ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---
      USA calls =    17    22    72    42    75   113   341
   Canada calls =     3     3    14     7    11    10    48
       NA calls =     0     0     5     9    16    17    47
       SA calls =     0     0     6    11    28    27    72
     Euro calls =     0    12    48   168   203   399   830
  African calls =     0     5     3     8     8    13    37
    Asian calls =     0     0     2    12     9     6    29
    Japan calls =     0     0     0     5    21     3    29
    Ocean calls =     0     0     1    11     1     3    16

  Unknown calls =     0     0     0     0     1     0     1

    Total calls =    20    42   151   273   373   591  1450

Unknowns on  15 = RI1ANC 

Was hoping for better results here, since this contet was 
four weeks after the ARRL Phone Contest.  Spent some of the
time after that contest addressing some of the antenna
issues I had then.  I removed one of the 160m wires, freeing
the top 10/15 to turn a far as JA this time.  The prop pitch
was frozen when I got up Sunday morning, but 30 minutes with
the heater freed it up for the rest of the  contest.

The big issue this time around was QRN.  In the ARRL contest
most of the 744 Europeans I worked on 10m were S0 to S3.
On Saturday, the QRN on 10m was a steady S3 hiss in the 
direction of EU.  Sunday, there was a constant S7 hash QRN
on 10m.  15 & 20 didn't have that problem, but was unable to
find a spot in among all the  giant fixed stations.

Did quite a bit better than the past few years, but barely
beat my 2002 score, and that was due to the growth in multipliers
avaiable, since I had fewer QSOs. Was surprised in how few VEs
I worked.

Spent part of my offtimes answering email questions about
the contest.

Looks like a lot of people had a lot of fun.

Wonder what the CW weekend in May has in store?


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