[3830] CQ WW RTTY KP2M M/S HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: KP2M
Operator(s): N5TIT AD5OW KF5MEG
Station: KP2M

Class: M/S HP
QTH: US VI
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  State/Prov  DX   Zones
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   80:  110       30      22    12
   40:  467       47      58    18
   20:  847       50      70    26
   15: 1040       52      75    24
   10:  136       10      41    14
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Total: 2600      189     266    94  Total Score = 3,698,064

Club: 

Comments:

This running of the CQ WW RTTY contest was an absolute blast.  Jim, deb and I
decided in April to try something different and be on the other side of the
pile up and go DX style.  Now we have been only been contesting semi-serious
for about two years now however from the Mississippi location with several
limitations.  This year we took a trip to the Virgin Islands (KP2) and operated
Multi-Single HP from the KP2M Radio Reef station.  This station was very well
put together and has more horsepower than our normal station so we were a bit
overwhelmed at first however after setting up the station for RTTY it was off
to the races.  The rates on 20 meters for the first several hours was about 125
Q’s per hour and things were working out great.  We did have some issues with
more stations calling after we were responding so we had to ask for fills often
which in turn trashed the rate at times.  

10 meters was almost non existent this time around.  We kept checking and there
was some activity from time to time but never could get a run started so we just
S&P’d for short periods looking for mutls.  

15 meters was the golden ticket.  We were able to to get some good runs going
here some for as long as 4 hours or more averaging 100 Q’s her hour.  

20 meters was in pretty good shape during the day into the evening hours with
an opening to VU2 and 9M6 via long path occurred about 05Z.  

40 meters was in pretty good shape however there was some static crashes due to
weather to the northeast so when we pointed to EU it hampered our rate as we had
to ask for repeats almost every call.  The QRM seemed to be a bit higher as well
of 40 meters so the QSO count was lower.  

80 meters was in fair shape however from an antenna perspective not like the 40
meter beam so between the static and the limited operating time we left some
Q’s on the table on 80 meters.  

As with every contest we had some lessons learned.  We did not initially setup
the multiplier station and I am sure we missed out on several multipliers. 
Next time we need to make that happen so maximize the score.  Another place for
improvement is call stacking.  I know we could have boosted our rate by at least
50% during the big pileups so again we most likely left points on the table.

Overall this was an exciting and learning opportunity and will regroup and be
stronger next year.  Thanks to everyone for the Q’s and sorry for the
repeated fills however we will be back next year ready to plow ahead.

73’s de Jeffrey (N5TIT), Jim (AD5OW) & Deb (KF5MEG)


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