[3830] ARRLDX CW W3HKK SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2020

Call: W3HKK
Operator(s): W3HKK
Station: W3HKK

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: CENTRAL OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 27

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:  147    60
   80:   89    51
   40:  235    77
   20:  433    86
   15:   41    30
   10:    5     4
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Total:  950   308  Total Score = 877,800

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

Well, here's what youve been waiting for -  a breakdown of  who I worked this
past weekend, by their power levels:
2020 ARRL WW DX – CW      Power Stats from the log @  W3HKK

Power           QSO's             %
KW		537		55%
800	    	  1		0.1%
750	  	 10		  1%
700	     	  4		 0.4%	
600	     	  3		 0.3%
500 	 	113		12%
400	   	  58		  6%
300	   	  10		  1%
200	           5		0.5%
150	       	   3		0.3%
100	    	 203		21%
99	       	  14		1.4%
64	           1		0.1%
50	      	   1		0.1%
5	       	  10		  1%
Total:		973  QSO’s  

Subtotals by Power Groupings:
1%   QRP       (DL-LZ-HA-OK-US-CO)
55%  KW
12%  500W
21%  100W
OR:
>500W=  		56.7%
>101W-499W=  	19.7%
1-100W=  		23.6%
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OR:
Over 500w= 56.7%
Under 500w=43.3%
QRP= 1%
 
Comments:  So if you ever wondered  whether  DX Contests are only for  KW
stations with   serious towers and  yagis,   my snapshot of  contesting via 
QSOs made during the 2020 ARRL WWDX-CW contest  shows the answer to be:……..
Not exactly.

 A little over half of my QSOs were made with stations running 500w+.  That
leaves  43.3%  of the participants  running lower power, mostly around 100w.
Special kudos go to the 1% running QRP ( 5w)!  Theyre out there doing battle  in
their low profile way. 
   
If you are a competitive, results-oriented ham,  the class with the highest
competition is definitely HP/High Power.  But  W3HKK  operates in that class
WITHOUT any yagis or towers, by using all-wire antennas that are inexpensive and
simple to build and erect.  Only one tree is used  to support a 52 ft mast for
the 160-80m Inv-L antennas.  The other antennas are    simple  ¼ wave ground
planes around 8 ft above ground with typically 4  elevated radials that also
serve as guy wires. Cheap  fiberglas fishing poles  with #14 wire  taped to
them.  Coax fed. No matching networks required. Providing low swr across  all or
most of the bands they are designed for. 
 
Two element phased vertical arrays are used on  40 and 20m to get around 3 db
gain in a fat forward lobe.  They are switchable to give almost 360 degree
coverage.   A simple  ground plane  is used for 10m. 
 
So, as you can see, there is plenty of room for  100 watters in contesting.  In
fact, they are essential for a successful contest, providing  QSOs and
multipiers for the multitudes.  Plus the lower power categories have fewer
entrants, so  pulling out a   higher ranking is easier  than in the HP category.


Also notice there is still room for non-conformists.  99-64-50 watt powers were
exchanged.   And 1000 watts was expressed as:  1000, k, kw.  100 watts was
expressed as 100, or ATT. Who says  hams lack a sense of humor.  You just have
to look for it. 

NOTE: 2020 PROPAGATION:
160:   Good on Fri night. Excellent Sat night with long runs and  low to quiet
QRN. (For once I felt  a little bit like K1LT feels on a regular basis!)  

80 was very good but gets ignored more than it deserves.  

40 was very good, but I missed most of the nice Asia opening Sun morning       
( overslept :<) . 

20 was gangbusters into EU  both mornings from SR to around noon.  I chose to
take short naps from 1-3pm. 20 was so good that I worked ten QRpers.  The polar
regions were very quiet so it was a coming out party for SM-OH-DL-Northern
Russia- and some arctic islands. No deep openings to speak of but  Sat night 
was busy with JA's and some exotic Asians. My timing was off  so I missed most
of it, however.  Nice to hear VK-ZL-and a couple of Pacific islands  coming in
well. Sunday night was disappointing at our SS.

15  showed many spots but I only heard a small number. But  it was a  good
source of easy mults.

10  only popped open for short periods with sigs coming and going.  Only a
handful were heard well enough to call. Again, some new mults for the
deserving.

QSOs  by band shows - Top to Bottom: 20-40-160-80-15-10 
 
_._,_._,_73 from the all-wire antenna farm at W3HKK


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