[3830] ARRLDX CW N2WKS(@K2TTT) SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: N2WKS
Operator(s): N2WKS
Station: K2TTT

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: NJ
Operating Time (hrs): 21

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   64    48
   80:  241    72
   40:  677    94
   20:  273    92
   15:   74    47
   10:   18    13
-------------------
Total: 1347   366  Total Score = 1,476,810

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

I almost didn't make it to the station due to heavy falling snow and icy roads
which required 4 wheel drive (which I don't have) but thankfully K2TTT came out
in the snow and rescued me when my car wouldn't go any further.

First contact was just after 02z Sunday.  Low bands where in great shape
especially 160 where I just have an Inverted V.

80/40 where very runnable all night but seemed like much less activity than
CQWW.  Crazy pileup on 40 from 7z-10z when things slowed down a bit.  20 was not
great here and something caused the pl259 to arc at the switch on the tower
which I discovered after walking through the foot of fresh snow to check on what
was up so most of the 20m contacts where made using a C3 fixed towards the
Caribbean at 30feet....impressive to work JA, UA0, AH2R, VK, ZL, Europe and
Africa all with the beam low and pointing the wrong way!

15 was crummy with some small skew path opening to EU but a big disappointment
and 10 was better than expected with all the signals peaking at about
150degrees...the loudest being TI7W....ended up with about 7 six banders...3 of
them P4s

Since I didn't have 20 I moved to 40 early (3 hours before sunset) and was able
to run EU from 19z to about 21:30z when I went to chase some mults and look for
Qs on 80....managed to find 17 mults in the last 2.5 hours so not bad.

Once I hit a meg and 1000qs the biggest motivator was the Live scoreboard. 
Starting the contest on day 2 it is always fun to watch my standing on
http://cqcontest.net/view/readscore.php and try to catch up with my friends.  My
first mark was N2WK who I wasn't sure I would catch but I did and then I had my
eyes on fellow FRCers K3PA, K2XR, W3KB, and K3WJV....They really kept me
motivated until the end...especially when I kept trading places with K2XR over
the last hour and we ended the contest with nearly identical scores!

Thankfully my car was ok where I left it and the snow melted before I got back.

Thank you to my host K2TTT and his wife Judy...I always have a nice time and
they make me feel at home.  This contest would not have happened if it weren't
for AA1K and K2NG fixing the 40meter beam in frigid temperatures in
January....hopefully the 20 meter beam will be an easy fix....

73,
Zev N2WKS

1 Radio, 1 Tower
Elecraft K-3/P-3
Commander 2500 Magnum

F12 MAG 240 at 75', sloper to Carribean (disconnected but would have been useful)
F12 MAG 410-415 @70'
HYGAIN 204BAS @65'
160/80 Inv-V and 80m phased verticals w/raised radials
F12 C-4 @30' fixed on South America

Listening antennas:
K9AY loop
1,000 foot beverage to EU
500' beverage to West
300' Beverage to South

ARRL DX CW - 2018-02-17 0000Z to 2018-02-19 0000Z - 1360 QSOs
N2WKS Max Rates:

2018-02-18 0229Z - 4.0 per minute  (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour by  
2018-02-18 0813Z - 2.8 per minute  (10 minute(s)), 168 per hour by  
2018-02-18 0827Z - 2.4 per minute  (60 minute(s)), 143 per hour by  

ARRL DX CW - 2018-02-17 0000Z to 2018-02-19 0000Z - 1360 QSOs
N2WKS - Off Times >= 30 Minutes

2018-02-17 0000Z - 2018-02-18 0202Z     26:03  (1563 mins)   (Start late)
2018-02-18 1452Z - 2018-02-18 1539Z     00:48  (48 mins)

Total Time Off 26:51  (1611 mins)
Total Time On 21:09  (1269 mins)

Day, Hr, 1.8, 3.5, 7, 14, 21, 28, Tot, Accum
2018-02-18, 02, , , 91, , , , 91, 91
2018-02-18, 03, 29, 31, 3, , , , 63, 154
2018-02-18, 04, 13, 54, , , , , 67, 221
2018-02-18, 05, 13, 28, 25, , , , 66, 287
2018-02-18, 06, 7, 58, 9, , , , 74, 361
2018-02-18, 07, , , 130, , , , 130, 491
2018-02-18, 08, , 6, 84, , , , 90, 581
2018-02-18, 09, , 2, 66, , , , 68, 649
2018-02-18, 10, 2, 5, 10, , , , 17, 666
2018-02-18, 11, , 2, 8, 33, , , 43, 709
2018-02-18, 12, , , , 94, , , 94, 803
2018-02-18, 13, , , , 55, , , 55, 858
2018-02-18, 14, , , , 15, 25, , 40, 898
2018-02-18, 15, , , , 3, 16, 2, 21, 919
2018-02-18, 16, , , , 36, 8, 6, 50, 969
2018-02-18, 17, , , , 9, 10, 8, 27, 996
2018-02-18, 18, , , 7, 10, 11, 2, 30, 1026
2018-02-18, 19, , , 74, 1, 2, , 77, 1103
2018-02-18, 20, , , 74, , , , 74, 1177
2018-02-18, 21, , , 44, 11, 2, , 57, 1234
2018-02-18, 22, , 30, 42, 2, , , 74, 1308
2018-02-18, 23, , 25, 10, 4, , , 39, 1347
Total, , 64, 241, 677, 273, 74, 18, 1347, 1347


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