[3830] CQWW CW ZF2MJ(N6MJ) SOAB HP

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Tue Nov 29 23:24:34 EST 2016


CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: ZF2MJ
Operator(s): N6MJ
Station: ZF1A

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  336    16       39
   80: 1293    27       87
   40: 2612    34      108
   20: 2874    34      114
   15: 2363    30      101
   10:  423    17       26
------------------------------
Total: 9901   158      475  Total Score = 14,931,837

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

I knew going into this year that the competition would be at a whole new level. 
There were so many guys coming to the Caribbean (and CT3,) and I knew each of
them had a decent shot at winning.  In order to prepare for the contest, I
started practicing with DXLog, which has Morserunner built in, back in July.  I
would usually do several 10 minute sessions a week.  Chris, KL9A, was doing the
same thing, and we would go back and forth with new high claimed scores.  This
little competition before the contest was fun, and it really helped with
getting my mind mentally prepared for what was going to happen during the
contest.  

My wife Kelly, KK6SCE, joined me again on this trip.  We left at 1 AM Tuesday
morning, and arrived at the station around 4pm the same day.  I was travelling
with a pair of IC-7851's, and having her along helped make it easy to transport
the radios.  Bringing 2 95lb cases is not easy by any means, but it is well
worth it.  The radios are top of the line, and having all the advanced DSP and
filtering options really help out.

Setting up the station went relatively smoothly, however I couldnt have done it
 without some assistance.  The laptops that we use down there are really old,
and the software hasnt been updated in a long time.  The IC7851 didnt show up
as an option, so I attempted to use the settings for the IC7800.  This didn't
work as I expected, so I reached out to TV Bob, N6TV.  After explaining the
situation, he came up with a work around and we were all set to go.  There were
still some issues with station set up, and after speaking to John, K6AM, for a
few hours, we were able to work out all the kinks.  Station set up was complete
by Wednesday night, and the only thing left was to set up the beverages.  We use
a short beverage for the US/JA and a long one for EU.  I used the beverages for
virtually every Q I made on 80 and 160, so getting these set up were essential.
 Luckily Andrew, ZF1EJ, and Russel were available on Thursday to assist with
putting them up.  I made a few q's on Thursday night and the beverages were
working great.  Last year, I was so amped up and excited about the contest I
could barely sleep Thursday night, and taking a nap on Friday was out of the
question.  I felt much better going in this year, and I got a full 8 hours
sleep, and even managed a nap Friday afternoon. 

One of the biggest issues I ran into last year was fatigue and hallucinations,
which really created a problem on Sunday.  I was having a difficult time doing
SO2R by the end of the contest.  With the help of Chris, KL9A, I came up with a
plan on how to try to avoid the hallucinations.  With the help of my wife, I
stuck to a strict diet during the contest, and even took 2 quick 30 minute naps
on Saturday night.  I swore up and down before the contest that I would go the
full 48 hours, but I think it was the right move to nap for a little bit.  I
took the first nap right as the hallucinations started, and they never came
back.  I felt fresh and in full control right up until the end of the contest. 


The biggest addition to the arsenal this year was a new audio switch that was
custom built for me by John, K6AM.  Last year, in order to do SO2R, I would
have the audio from Radio A in the left ear, and Radio B in the right ear.  It
worked fine, but it was very draining having to concentrate on every Q I made. 
This year, after some prodding from Chris, I decided to opt for hearing the
opposite radio in both ears while the other radio was transmitting.  This was a
huge improvement over last year.  

This is the best contest of the year and I feel very privileged to have the
opportunity to compete against some of the best talent there is out there. 
Congrats to all the high scorers!

73,

Dan N6MJ

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

CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW
CALLSIGN: ZF2MJ
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: 

--> TX8F 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       0      0    171    202      0      0    373    373    3.8
0100       0      0    170    177      0      0    347    720    7.3
0200       0    160     24    147      0      0    331   1051   10.6
0300       0    136    152      0      0      0    288   1339   13.5
0400      59     59    108      0      0      0    226   1565   15.8
0500      64     35     77     17      0      0    193   1758   17.8
0600       0    111    135      0      0      0    246   2004   20.2
0700       9     61    143      0      0      0    213   2217   22.4
0800       0     71    115      0      0      0    186   2403   24.3
0900       0     36    107     13      0      0    156   2559   25.8
1000       0     65     97      5      0      0    167   2726   27.5
1100      23     65     98     59      0      0    245   2971   30.0
1200       0      0     37    168    110      0    315   3286   33.2
1300       0      0      0    162    168      0    330   3616   36.5
1400       0      0      0    138    186      0    324   3940   39.8
1500       0      0      0      2    182    111    295   4235   42.8
1600       0      0      0      0    194     81    275   4510   45.6
1700       0      0      0     54    161     23    238   4748   48.0
1800       0      0      0     55    151     82    288   5036   50.9
1900       0      0      0      0    145    122    267   5303   53.6
2000       0      0      0    122     93      0    215   5518   55.7
2100       0      0      0    143    125      0    268   5786   58.4
2200       0      0     64    154      4      0    222   6008   60.7
2300       0      0     91     96      0      0    187   6195   62.6
0000       0     64     56     10      0      0    130   6325   63.9
0100      35     79     55      0      0      0    169   6494   65.6
0200      66      2     79      0      0      0    147   6641   67.1
0300      46      6    153      0      0      0    205   6846   69.1
0400       2     46    111      0      0      0    159   7005   70.8
0500       9     24     97      0      0      0    130   7135   72.1
0600      16      0     30      0      0      0     46   7181   72.5
0700       7     25    106      0      0      0    138   7319   73.9
0800       0     62     92      0      0      0    154   7473   75.5
0900       0     41     38      0      0      0     79   7552   76.3
1000       0     34     28      0      0      0     62   7614   76.9
1100       0     74     66      8      0      0    148   7762   78.4
1200       0      9     75    119      0      0    203   7965   80.4
1300       0      0     21     81    118      0    220   8185   82.7
1400       0      0      0     64     92      2    158   8343   84.3
1500       0      0      0     74    104      0    178   8521   86.1
1600       0      0      0     70    102      1    173   8694   87.8
1700       0      0      0     62     84      1    147   8841   89.3
1800       0      0      0    120     92      0    212   9053   91.4
1900       0      0      0    111     64      0    175   9228   93.2
2000       0      0      1    111     75      0    187   9415   95.1
2100       0      0      0     91     67      0    158   9573   96.7
2200       0      0      0    113     45      0    158   9731   98.3
2300       0     28     15    126      1      0    170   9901  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    336   1293   2612   2874   2363    423   9901

Gross QSOs=10180        Dupes=279        Net QSOs=9901

Unique callsigns worked = 5507

The best 60 minute rate was 385/hour from 0010 to 0109
The best 30 minute rate was 418/hour from 0013 to 0042
The best 10 minute rate was 444/hour from 0014 to 0023

The best 1 minute rates were:
 9 QSOs/minute   10 times.
 8 QSOs/minute   44 times.
 7 QSOs/minute  134 times.
 6 QSOs/minute  235 times.
 5 QSOs/minute  378 times.
 4 QSOs/minute  530 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  612 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  494 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  277 times.

There were 5630 bandchanges and 3768 (38.1%) 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    297    816   1279   1752   1568    394   6106   61.7
South America      8     21     32     27     46     18    152    1.5
Europe            23    265    902    817    641      0   2648   26.7
Asia               1    170    363    245     71      0    850    8.6
Africa             4      9     18     22     18      6     77    0.8
Oceania            3     12     18     10     19      5     67    0.7
???                0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total            336   1293   2612   2874   2363    423   9901

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        51
   4      4394
   5      3301
   6      2104
   7        16
   8        21
   9        10
  10         4

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3B9              0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
4J               0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.0
4L               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
4O               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
4X               0      0      3      1      1      0      5    0.1
5B               0      1      2      1      2      0      6    0.1
5H               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
6Y               1      2      1      2      1      2      9    0.1
8P               0      1      1      0      1      1      4    0.0
8Q               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
9A               1      4     23     17     14      0     59    0.6
9H               0      1      0      1      2      0      4    0.0
9J               0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
9M6              0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.0
9Y               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
A4               0      1      2      1      1      0      5    0.1
A6               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
A9               0      0      1      1      2      0      4    0.0
BY               0      0      0      5      0      0      5    0.1
CE               0      2      4      2      3      1     12    0.1
CE9              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
CM               0      2      4      1      1      0      8    0.1
CN               1      2      2      3      2      0     10    0.1
CT               0      3      4      3      9      0     19    0.2
CT3              0      2      4      6      2      0     14    0.1
CU               0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.1
CX               0      1      2      1      5      2     11    0.1
D4               1      0      0      1      1      1      4    0.0
DL               5     43    155    131    120      0    454    4.6
E7               0      2      8      6      6      0     22    0.2
EA               2     15     36     34     63      0    150    1.5
EA6              0      1      4      1      1      0      7    0.1
EA8              2      4      7      9      7      3     32    0.3
EI               0      2      3      4      4      0     13    0.1
ER               0      1      2      1      1      0      5    0.1
ES               0      1      1      4      1      0      7    0.1
EU               0      2      1     10      3      0     16    0.2
F                2     17     35     37     52      0    143    1.4
FG               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
FM               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
FO               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
FY               0      1      0      1      0      0      2    0.0
G                1     15     33     33     34      0    116    1.2
GD               0      2      2      2      2      0      8    0.1
GI               0      0      2      2      2      0      6    0.1
GM               0      1      1      5      2      0      9    0.1
*GM/s            0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
GU               0      1      2      2      0      0      5    0.1
GW               1      0      1      3      1      0      6    0.1
HA               2     11     31     21     18      0     83    0.8
HB               0      3     15     11     14      0     43    0.4
HB0              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
HC               1      1      0      0      0      1      3    0.0
HI               1      3      3      2      1      0     10    0.1
HK               1      2      2      2      3      0     10    0.1
HL               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
HP               2      2      1      2      2      0      9    0.1
HR               0      2      1      1      0      0      4    0.0
HS               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
HZ               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
I                0     10     84     53     63      0    210    2.1
IS               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
*IT9             2      2      4      4      5      0     17    0.2
J3               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
J6               0      0      1      1      0      1      3    0.0
J7               1      1      1      1      1      0      5    0.1
JA               1    165    345    221     64      0    796    8.0
JY               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
K              263    733   1155   1599   1417    346   5513   55.7
KG4              0      1      2      3      3      1     10    0.1
KH0              0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
KH2              0      1      0      1      2      0      4    0.0
KH6              3      3      5      6      5      4     26    0.3
KL               0      1      2      4      1      0      8    0.1
KP2              3      4      3      3      1      0     14    0.1
KP4              4      6      8      4      8      0     30    0.3
LA               0      2      6      8      0      0     16    0.2
LU               0      2      5      4      4      1     16    0.2
LX               0      1      1      1      1      0      4    0.0
LY               1      4     12     12      4      0     33    0.3
LZ               0      6     26     11     14      0     57    0.6
OA               0      1      1      2      1      0      5    0.1
OE               0      0     11      9     12      0     32    0.3
OH               0      3     16     18      0      0     37    0.4
OH0              0      2      3      2      0      0      7    0.1
OK               0     11     38     28     36      0    113    1.1
OM               0      4     15     13      7      0     39    0.4
ON               0      8     18     13     16      0     55    0.6
OX               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
OZ               0      0      3     11      2      0     16    0.2
P4               2      2      3      1      1      1     10    0.1
PA               2     12     23     28     19      0     84    0.8
PJ2              1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
PJ4              2      2      2      2      1      2     11    0.1
PY               0      3      7      6     20      6     42    0.4
PZ               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
S5               0     12     38     31     28      0    109    1.1
SM               0      4      9     18      5      0     36    0.4
SP               0      9     30     34     18      0     91    0.9
SU               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
SV               0      2      9      6      9      0     26    0.3
SV5              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
SV9              0      0      1      1      3      0      5    0.1
TA               0      1      1      1      0      0      3    0.0
*TA1             0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
TF               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
TG               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
TI               1      2      2      1      0      1      7    0.1
TK               0      2      2      2      2      0      8    0.1
TY               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
UA               2     13     62     80      6      0    163    1.6
UA2              0      2      4      3      1      0     10    0.1
UA9              0      2      3     10      0      0     15    0.2
UR               2     12     74     52     10      0    150    1.5
V2               1      0      0      1      0      0      2    0.0
V3               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
V4               1      1      0      0      0      0      2    0.0
V6               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
VE              14     47     84    115    118     32    410    4.1
VK               0      3      2      1      2      0      8    0.1
VK9N             0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
VP2E             1      1      0      0      1      0      3    0.0
VP2V             1      1      1      1      0      0      4    0.0
VP5              1      1      1      2      1      1      7    0.1
VP8              0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
VP9              0      0      1      2      0      0      3    0.0
VU               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
XE               1      4      4      5      6      8     28    0.3
YB               0      0      2      1      1      0      4    0.0
YL               0      5      2      9      1      0     17    0.2
YN               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
YO               0      3     24     16     11      0     54    0.5
YU               0     11     22     14     12      0     59    0.6
YV               0      1      3      2      4      1     11    0.1
Z3               0      0      2      3      2      0      7    0.1
ZA               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
ZD8              0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
ZF               1      1      1      0      0      1      4    0.0
ZL               0      5      6      0      6      0     17    0.2
ZP               0      1      1      0      0      0      2    0.0
ZS               0      1      2      1      2      0      6    0.1
???              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total          336   1293   2612   2874   2363    423   9901

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
05       137    405    537    701    637    111   2528   25.5
04       120    264    485    654    639    161   2323   23.5
14        13    130    355    351    349      0   1198   12.1
03        19    110    219    359    263    107   1077   10.9
15         6     96    346    287    234      0    969    9.8
25         1    165    345    222     64      0    797    8.0
16         4     28    140    144     20      0    336    3.4
20         0     13     67     38     41      0    159    1.6
08        16     24     25     19     19      6    109    1.1
09         7     10     12     11     12      7     59    0.6
33         3      8     13     18     11      3     56    0.6
11         0      4      8      6     20      6     44    0.4
13         0      3      7      5     11      3     29    0.3
06         1      4      4      5      6      8     28    0.3
07         3      6      6      5      3      1     24    0.2
31         3      2      5      6      4      3     23    0.2
32         0      5      6      1      7      1     20    0.2
21         0      1      7      4      3      0     15    0.2
12         0      2      4      2      3      1     12    0.1
02         1      2      2      3      1      1     10    0.1
27         0      1      1      2      4      0      8    0.1
30         0      3      2      1      2      0      8    0.1
10         1      2      1      2      1      1      8    0.1
01         0      2      1      5      0      0      8    0.1
19         0      1      1      6      0      0      8    0.1
38         0      1      2      2      2      0      7    0.1
28         0      0      4      1      1      0      6    0.1
36         0      0      1      1      2      1      5    0.1
17         0      1      1      3      0      0      5    0.1
35         1      0      0      1      1      2      5    0.1
24         0      0      0      5      0      0      5    0.1
39         0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
40         0      0      0      2      1      0      3    0.0
22         0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
34         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
37         0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
26         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
18         0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    336   1293   2612   2874   2363    423   9901

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands    3258
2 bands    1076
3 bands     561
4 bands     336
5 bands     192
6 bands      84

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

NR3X        N5AW        N1LN        K0KX        N0NI        N6WM        
N1MM        W0MU        N2MM        VE3EJ       W3LL        K2LE        
W9OP        K9IMM       K5WA        KR4F        WE3C        K4TCG       
K3LR        ED8X        K9PG        K1ZZ        AC4G        KC1XX       
VA3DF       WY3A        W2FU        W1HIS       AA2A        WB9Z        
K2XR        K3PA        W3LPL       K9CT        NR4M        K1LT        
K5TR        NR5M        N5NU        KB1EFS      N3RS        W5JR        
NY4A        N2NS        AA9A        K6LL        W0AIH       WX0B        
W3OA        K6NA        W2VJN       N7AT        W6PH        NA5G        
K1DG        K0MD        KD9MS       AB3CX       N9RV        PJ4A        
K4AB        W4AAW       VA2AM       VP5M        N4TZ        KH6LC       
AI4GR       KE3X        WE9V        EF8R        W8TK        PJ2T        
NN5T        K7BV        W1TO        K9MMS       AC0W        N7NG        
N5FO        KH6J        PZ5V        W3GQ        AD8J        KD8SKO      


------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs     85    336   1046   1025    705     61


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