[3830] ARRLDX CW NN7CW SOAB HP
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Mon Feb 17 23:29:01 EST 2020
ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: NN7CW
Operator(s): NN7CW
Station: NN7CW
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 41:02
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 176 57
80: 414 70
40: 843 89
20: 1151 92
15: 209 64
10: 31 15
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Total: 2824 387 Total Score = 3,246,156
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
Great success! After last year's frustration because of poor high band antennas
(I quit after 24 hours), my station has finally reached a stage of equal
capabilities across all bands. Last minute repairs (broken amplifier and an
early stage radio design flaw) were successful and the only frustrating
pre-contest issues I had to deal with were my usual network problems between the
two recently OS-upgraded computers I am using, this time caused by the Windows
10 firewall. Once I was up and running, things were working flawlessly.
I missed my goal (42h) by about an hour, which was caused by some chores I had
to take care of Saturday afternoon, but apart from that, I was able to stick
with my schedule.
Bands as I perceived them:
10: Saturday: bust; Sunday afternoon: only a few SA stations and the usual
suspects in the Caribbean - sad, but inevitable
15: considering the sunspot cycle, I'd call it mediocre. There was a decent EU
opening Sunday afternoon, but only a few stations dared to give it a shot.
Thanks to all who did!
20: unsurprisingly busy - everyone's default band
40: Fr-Sa: low rates and produced less than I expected; improved Sa-Su
80: solid, low noise, no static crashes and pretty much as expected
160: great fun! Very quiet and lots of stations to work! Much busier than I
thought!
Some stats I found interesting:
-------------- 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 5 84 4 0 0 93 93 3.3
0100 0 29 51 0 0 0 80 173 6.1
0200 10 16 48 0 0 0 74 247 8.7
0300 4 60 11 0 0 0 75 322 11.4
0400 0 56 18 0 0 0 74 396 14.0
0500 0 41 23 0 0 0 64 460 16.3
0600 17 8 53 0 0 0 78 538 19.1
0700 11 16 56 0 0 0 83 621 22.0
0800 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 627 22.2
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 627 22.2
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 627 22.2
1100 0 11 12 2 0 0 25 652 23.1
1200 0 0 20 42 0 0 62 714 25.3
1300 0 0 0 66 3 0 69 783 27.7
1400 0 0 0 160 1 0 161 944 33.4
1500 0 0 0 147 0 0 147 1091 38.6
1600 0 0 0 103 11 0 114 1205 42.7
1700 0 0 0 89 9 0 98 1303 46.1
1800 0 0 0 55 16 0 71 1374 48.7
1900 0 0 0 20 5 0 25 1399 49.5
2000 0 0 0 9 5 0 14 1413 50.0
2100 0 0 0 3 20 0 23 1436 50.8
2200 0 0 1 20 0 0 21 1457 51.6
2300 0 0 10 43 0 0 53 1510 53.5
0000 0 4 37 2 0 0 43 1553 55.0
0100 0 27 40 0 0 0 67 1620 57.4
0200 4 13 31 0 0 0 48 1668 59.1
0300 41 1 5 0 0 0 47 1715 60.7
0400 54 0 5 0 0 0 59 1774 62.8
0500 35 28 7 0 0 0 70 1844 65.3
0600 0 66 18 0 0 0 84 1928 68.3
0700 0 7 83 0 0 0 90 2018 71.5
0800 0 0 73 0 0 0 73 2091 74.0
0900 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 2106 74.6
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2106 74.6
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2106 74.6
1200 0 5 1 33 0 0 39 2145 76.0
1300 0 0 0 94 12 0 106 2251 79.7
1400 0 0 0 55 36 0 91 2342 82.9
1500 0 0 0 51 12 0 63 2405 85.2
1600 0 0 0 74 28 0 102 2507 88.8
1700 0 0 0 36 24 0 60 2567 90.9
1800 0 0 0 7 10 19 36 2603 92.2
1900 0 0 0 3 14 11 28 2631 93.2
2000 0 0 0 23 1 1 25 2656 94.1
2100 0 0 42 10 2 0 54 2710 96.0
2200 0 2 68 0 0 0 70 2780 98.4
2300 0 18 25 0 0 0 43 2823 100.0
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Total 176 414 843 1151 209 31 2824
Gross QSOs=2938 Dupes=114 Net QSOs=2824
----------------- 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 21 36 42 40 36 15 190 6.7
South America 3 7 18 32 55 16 131 4.6
Europe 148 357 726 998 106 0 2335 82.7
Asia 0 3 35 62 0 0 100 3.5
Africa 4 4 9 10 7 0 34 1.2
Oceania 0 7 13 9 5 0 34 1.2
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 176 414 843 1151 209 31 2824
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1215
2 bands 303
3 bands 161
4 bands 73
5 bands 36
6 bands 8
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
HI3LT PJ2T PJ4A ZF1A KP2M HC5DX
VP5K TI7W
The best 60 minute rate was 170/hour from 1405 to 1504
The best 30 minute rate was 178/hour from 1405 to 1434
The best 10 minute rate was 204/hour from 1405 to 1414
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSOs/minute 2 times.
4 QSOs/minute 42 times.
3 QSOs/minute 189 times.
2 QSOs/minute 568 times.
1 QSOs/minute 942 times.
I was delighted by the small amount of domestic callers (aka zero-pointers),
compared to CQWW. Only a few decided to stick around after specifically throwing
in a couple of CQ DX. To everyone who courteously complied: thank you very
much!
Interjections from the nuthouse: I encountered one guy who was anonymously
sending "QRS", but would not call me, despite me repeating my call
sequence twice at 20WPM. When I sped up again, he tried to QRM me, but that
didn't bother me too much. It reminded me of the weekly QRQ sked I have with
some friends, during which we are frequently bothered by jammers and people who
start calling CQ on our frequency at low speeds, probably because they can't
comprehend what's going on. And then there was that guy on 80m who anonymously
started jamming me right at the end of the contest to make sure I won't be able
to complete my QSO with SP5I, assuming that we were mischievously plotting to
rubber-clock the log afterwards to snatch another thousand points or so... It
surely is interesting that all those pathetic individuals choose to violate the
terms and conditions their license privilege is dependent on, just to release
some irrational anger and frustration.
Otherwise I was pleased by the huge amount of very capable operators from all
over the world who allowed me to run at decent speeds, despite just being one of
the many guys from the mainland. Thanks to all of you!
In a nutshell, I am very happy with the result and enjoyed running across many
friends and acquaintances! Thanks everyone and I hope we meet again in WPX!
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