[3830] ARRLDX CW P44W(W2GD) SO Unlimited HP
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Tue Feb 18 01:03:20 EST 2020
ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: P44W
Operator(s): W2GD
Station: P40W
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 367 52
80: 736 60
40: 1278 60
20: 1427 60
15: 980 59
10: 201 32
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Total: 4989 323 Total Score = 4,833,372
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
K3S + Alpha 86 1.0 KW
Win-Test Version 4.28
160M Vertical Dipole - 55 foot vertical
80M Inverted V @ 60 feet
80M Half Square (temporary back-up, not used)
Force 12 Delta 240 at 68 feet
Force 12 C31XR at 62 feet
Force 12 C3 (rx only) @ 60 feet
Beverages NW, N, NE
COMMENTS:
Besides getting ready for and operating a contest his week, efforts continued on
investigation of line noise sources in close proximity to the station. Found a
new one and could actually hear the arc buzz at an insulator using an ultrasonic
receiver "imported" on this trip (thanks W2LE for the donation).
Unfortunately there are at least three more noisy power poles within 500 feet
that are suspected sources but unfortunately some are time of day sensitive
which makes for sure identification elusive. Oh ... and if you wondered, no,
the power company has not come to fix the reported problem. You have to play the
long game on this issue here.
Spent a day trying to diagnose problems with my 25 year old C31XR without much
conclusive headway. The ultimate solution appears to be dropping the worn
driven elements to refurbish them. I suspect connectivity between some of the
tapered tubes has become intermittent or failed entirely. Salt and wind are
brutal here and take their toll. Project for another trip.
Repaired two broken beverages - again the wind and salt at work.
Repaired the 160M vertical dipole. Failed balun connection found, again the
salt and wind causing havoc. Do you see a pattern?
Enjoyed visiting with first time island visitor and fellow FRC member K3SW and
his XYL. Also socialized with long time friends K2LE, W6LD, AE6Y and W0YK. The
CA contingent completed the P40L/P49Y rebuild this week. The station looks and
sounds and terrific.
Great to hear such great competition from everywhere in the Caribbean. Congrats
to those of you who made the effort to operate off shore.
Everyone else on 3830 has already written how great 160/80/40 were during the
contest, how 15M opened really late on Saturday, and how ten didn't do much
until Sunday for a few short hours. All these things are true and are worthy of
being repeated.
The lower bands were as good as you hope them to be at the very bottom of the
cycle. And we were blessed with a QRN free weekend in this part of the Carib so
dealing with the fast QSB that seemed ever present was made so much easier.
First time entering SOAB High Power since 2007. The fun factor was really
enjoyed by being just a little louder this time (after so many LP and QRP
entries the last decade). Had my share of 200+ hours (using just one radio) -
this was rate junkie paradise.
Its official - Ten Meters remains mortally wounded and will require en even
longer period of rehabilitation before returning to active duty. The brief few
hours of weak propagation were better than last year but nothing more than a
teaser.
The ARRL has finally gotten their act together and by next contest season we
should see ARRL contest rules updated to allow apportionment of multi-op points
among multiple clubs like CQ contests have done for years. This rule change was
very long overdue. We should also see Low Power redefined from 150 to 100 watts
input. The ARRL CAC overwhelmingly voted recently to drop the limit from 150w
to 100w (this rule has been in place since the typical transmitter had a pair of
6146 finals). PROGRESS!
I want to thank those of you who were willing to move to another band with me
for a new multiplier - it was greatly appreciated!
Special thanks to W2NO, W2LE, KU2C, N6BT and P43A for providing materials and
expertise for this trip. Also a note of appreciation to my Aruban hosts who for
24+ years have helped facilitate my nearly life-long contesting addiction, and
to my XYL Elaine, KB2ERI, for her never ending support.
See you next month in RDXC and WPX PH from this One Happy Island.
73,
John, W2GD
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
Run by N3RD
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
CALLSIGN: P44W
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP (A)
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: W2GD
-------------- 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 0 218 0 0 0 218 218 4.4
0100 0 0 177 0 0 0 177 395 7.9
0200 69 133 0 0 0 0 202 597 12.0
0300 53 114 0 0 0 0 167 764 15.3
0400 47 87 0 0 0 0 134 898 18.0
0500 54 62 0 0 0 0 116 1014 20.3
0600 31 9 73 0 0 0 113 1127 22.6
0700 30 15 47 0 0 0 92 1219 24.4
0800 7 12 32 0 0 0 51 1270 25.5
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1270 25.5
1000 0 52 0 0 0 0 52 1322 26.5
1100 0 6 94 0 0 0 100 1422 28.5
1200 0 0 89 2 0 0 91 1513 30.3
1300 0 0 0 117 1 0 118 1631 32.7
1400 0 0 0 65 0 0 65 1696 34.0
1500 0 0 0 180 0 0 180 1876 37.6
1600 0 0 0 67 11 0 78 1954 39.2
1700 0 0 0 193 0 0 193 2147 43.0
1800 0 0 0 213 0 0 213 2360 47.3
1900 0 0 0 25 223 0 248 2608 52.3
2000 0 0 0 0 229 0 229 2837 56.9
2100 0 0 1 50 77 0 128 2965 59.4
2200 0 0 0 132 0 0 132 3097 62.1
2300 0 0 43 32 0 0 75 3172 63.6
0000 0 0 125 0 0 0 125 3297 66.1
0100 0 6 127 0 0 0 133 3430 68.8
0200 7 94 15 0 0 0 116 3546 71.1
0300 1 119 0 0 0 0 120 3666 73.5
0400 29 10 40 0 0 0 79 3745 75.1
0500 22 3 39 0 0 0 64 3809 76.3
0600 13 4 27 0 0 0 44 3853 77.2
0700 3 7 0 0 0 0 10 3863 77.4
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3863 77.4
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3863 77.4
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3863 77.4
1100 0 2 24 0 0 0 26 3889 78.0
1200 0 0 59 0 0 0 59 3948 79.1
1300 0 0 1 41 0 0 42 3990 80.0
1400 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 4043 81.0
1500 0 0 0 23 23 0 46 4089 82.0
1600 0 0 0 2 20 15 37 4126 82.7
1700 0 0 0 15 0 84 99 4225 84.7
1800 0 0 0 0 0 94 94 4319 86.6
1900 0 0 0 0 152 8 160 4479 89.8
2000 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 4616 92.5
2100 0 0 0 3 107 0 110 4726 94.7
2200 0 0 0 161 0 0 161 4887 98.0
2300 1 1 47 53 0 0 102 4989 100.0
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Total 367 736 1278 1427 980 201 4989
Gross QSOs=5122 Dupes=133 Net QSOs=4989
Unique callsigns worked = 2334
The best 60 minute rate was 258/hour from 1909 to 2008
The best 30 minute rate was 264/hour from 1909 to 1938
The best 10 minute rate was 294/hour from 1909 to 1918
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 16 times.
5 QSOs/minute 108 times.
4 QSOs/minute 341 times.
3 QSOs/minute 427 times.
2 QSOs/minute 585 times.
1 QSOs/minute 538 times.
There were 71 bandchanges and 6 (0.1%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
K 349 682 1197 1341 931 195 4698 93.9
VE 18 54 79 85 49 6 291 5.8
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Total 367 736 1278 1427 980 201 4989
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1099
2 bands 515
3 bands 310
4 bands 205
5 bands 120
6 bands 85
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
N2NT W3KB K8CX K5EK N1MM N5DX
KR4F W9VW W2IRT N3ZA K3PP W3IP
N3RS N2MM K3OO W3FIZ N2RC W1CSM
K5KG W1GD W9RE NR4M NE3F KA9FOX
K5TR KB3VQC N1RR K3LR VE3EJ K5KU
K1TTT K2XR K2SG W3FV W0UO WE9V
N4UU K8AZ KE3X N4RV AD8J K2AX
W2FU K9IMM W8FJ K5GN W3LPL N4YDU
K1KNQ K9CT N4TZ NN1C ND4Y N4WW
K1LT K2QMF K3WW K1IR K1ZZ VY2TT
N0AX N4RA WX0B K2RET KI1G WO4O
N1UR K4TCG K3IE NW3Y WY3A N4ZZ
AA3B N4QS NS2N N2OO VE3AT K3ZO
K4AB K5UR WA1FCN KD5DD WB9Z K3CT
W4NF
------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 64 113 311 405 185 21
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