[3830] CQWW SSB K3EST(@N6RO) M/M HP

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Mon Oct 26 21:58:17 EDT 2020


                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2020

Call: K3EST
Operator(s): K3EST K6AW N6RO N6WM WD6T WX5S
Station: N6RO

Class: M/M HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R
Remote Operation

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   79     7        7
   80:  185    16       18
   40:  989    31       69
   20:  950    34       87
   15:  877    32       75
   10:  181    14       20
------------------------------
Total: 3261   134      276  Total Score = 3,197,590

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

We operated with 6 operators. Four were remote with 2 on site.  Everything went
well with few problems. Only a short power outage made the need to reboot many
systems. The conditions were surprising strange. The low bands suffered from
high absorption. The path to Europe on 80 did not exist and 40 was very poor.
Conditions on 20 were sort of half good and half not so good. However, the real
surprise was 15 which after many contests actually become fun again!  Ten was
ten during a minimum with OK openings to South America. The operators give their
experiences below.  Thanks to Ken, N6RO for the use of his station and local
chili. 
Condx are improving!
Bob, K3EST

160: N6RO Absorption was very high and tough to hear even East Coast. Managed to
work 3 Caribbean stations. Never heard anything close to Europe. The great fun
was working 7 JAs for the first time of 160 SSB.
  
80: WX5S, K6AW:  Condx were really tough. No Europe heard. Caribbean was
difficult the saving grace was Japan. 

40: K3EST: The first thing that comes to mind is working any Europeans on 40 was
a real challenge. The signals on Friday and Saturday were weak into southern
Europe. Only CR2 and EA8 had good signals from that area of the world. Never
heard any UK station, only 1 German.  Many, many calls finally got DR1A. On the
other hand 510 JAs made it into the log. The marvelous increase in YB activity
continues to nice! On the long path heard 7 Europeans + UP2L but no one heard
me. 40 is actually open to JA/YB long into the morning to almost 10 am…but
lack of late morning activity greatly limits QSOs. On Sunday afternoon, in the
last half hour, Europe finally was workable! I worked 5 mults that I could not
work the whole weekend. The end result was very few Europeans were workable from
Northern California. This was the lowest country total in recorded memory. Heard
2 VUs calling 9V1YC in early morning Sunday.  

20 WD6T, K6AW I was expecting a better EU opening in the morning, based on
recent RTTY contests. Decent activity to Asia, though not many YB. Europe in our
morning productive, but signals not strong enough to run much. Nice opening to
N. Europe both days around 2330.  SA and Caribbean became easier to work later
in the day, probably because they turned their antennas.  Band closed by 0500z
both nights. Enjoyed race between 20m and 15m. Propagation to Africa seemed
better second day.

15 N6WM: 6WM op: After a couple years of grinding BIC during the solar minimum,
We welcomed back 15 meter band with a stellar and wide open run to asia/Asiatic
Russia/Oc/pac Friday night at the starting bell with fantastic rate.  Saturday
EU/AF opening was somewhat lackluster and focused mostly on far western and
Atlantic islands/Spain/Portugal, but still yielded some fantastic multipliers
and Africa mults were achieved, and the pleasant expected appearance of Finnish
stations later in the day.  As the terminator progressed another good solid run
into JA in the afternoon kept momentum going.  Our Sunday AM EU opening was much
better than Saturday, allowing for qso’s deep into EU proper and British isles
and more Scandinavian stations earlier than expected.  Another small run to
JA/YB Sunday PM is traditional and occurred as expected.  All in all 15m was a
great band to operate for the first time in a long time.  + 700 qso’s on 15
compared to last years station effort.  Welcome back 15m!
 
10: N6WM, N6RO, K3EST (during day), WD6T.N6WM worked about half our QSO’s on
10m SO2R during a very busy 15m time.  The band seemed to vault in and out of a
fully open state, producing good mults, and on Sunday had a 50 qso high rate run
into SA, mostly PY but had mults from Caribbean, CA and others calling as well. 
 






-------------- 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      4     18    114    173      6    315    315    9.7
0100       0      2     14     74    105      8    203    518   15.9
0200       0      0     25     61     29      1    116    634   19.4
0300       3      1     16     30      0      0     50    684   21.0
0400       4      0     44     15      0      0     63    747   22.9
0500       2      9     16      0      0      0     27    774   23.7
0600       3      4     38      0      0      0     45    819   25.1
0700       2     10     74      0      0      0     86    905   27.8
0800       1     18    120      0      0      0    139   1044   32.0
0900       0     21     80      0      0      0    101   1145   35.1
1000       3     22     64      0      0      0     89   1234   37.8
1100       8     18     30      0      0      0     56   1290   39.6
1200       5     14     36      0      0      0     55   1345   41.2
1300       6      9     26      5      7      0     53   1398   42.9
1400       2      0     24     18     14      0     58   1456   44.6
1500       0      0     11     16     15      0     42   1498   45.9
1600       0      0      0     24     16      0     40   1538   47.2
1700       0      0      0     20     18     14     52   1590   48.8
1800       0      0      0      9     18      2     29   1619   49.6
1900       0      0      0     25     26      2     53   1672   51.3
2000       0      0      0     28     21      1     50   1722   52.8
2100       0      0      0     47     24      0     71   1793   55.0
2200       0      0      2     48     81      2    133   1926   59.1
2300       0      0      7     69     90      2    168   2094   64.2
0000       0      0     10     72     70      6    158   2252   69.1
0100       0      0     20     61     23      1    105   2357   72.3
0200       0      0     10     38      0      0     48   2405   73.8
0300       1      1      3     14      0      0     19   2424   74.3
0400       1      0      6      2      0      0      9   2433   74.6
0500       6      0      8      0      0      0     14   2447   75.0
0600       0      1     18      0      0      0     19   2466   75.6
0700       0      2     55      0      0      0     57   2523   77.4
0800       0      6     51      0      0      0     57   2580   79.1
0900       7      9     26      0      0      0     42   2622   80.4
1000       7      9     19      0      0      0     35   2657   81.5
1100       9      8     17      0      0      0     34   2691   82.5
1200       7     11     31      0      0      0     49   2740   84.0
1300       2      6     17      0      0      0     25   2765   84.8
1400       0      0     23      7      3      0     33   2798   85.8
1500       0      0     14     14      1      0     29   2827   86.7
1600       0      0      8      4     20      0     32   2859   87.7
1700       0      0      0     29     19     27     75   2934   90.0
1800       0      0      0      7      8     30     45   2979   91.4
1900       0      0      0      5     18     19     42   3021   92.6
2000       0      0      0      9     17     24     50   3071   94.2
2100       0      0      0     27     22     15     64   3135   96.1
2200       0      0      0     33      7     10     50   3185   97.7
2300       0      0      8     25     32     11     76   3261  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total     79    185    989    950    877    181   3261

Gross QSOs=3321        Dupes=60        Net QSOs=3261

Unique call signs worked = 2416

The best 60 minute rate was 318/hour from 0001 to 0100
The best 30 minute rate was 344/hour from 0011 to 0040
The best 10 minute rate was 396/hour from 0006 to 0015
The best 1 minute rates were:
 9 QSOs/minute    2 times.
 8 QSOs/minute    4 times.
 7 QSOs/minute    7 times.
 6 QSOs/minute   24 times.
 5 QSOs/minute   46 times.
 4 QSOs/minute   84 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  192 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  480 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  916 times.

----------------- 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     70     85    229    376    137     39    936   28.7
South America      0        8       32     96    130    128    394   12.1
Europe                   0        0       27    139     58        0    224   
6.9
Asia                        7      82    540     295    424      1   1349  
41.4
Africa                     0        1         9       11     15       0       36
   1.1
Oceania                 2        9    152       33    113     13    322    9.9
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total                     79    185    989    950    877    181   3261

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        14
   4       548
   5       861
   6      1802
   7        10
   8        15
   9         8
  10         3

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country       160     80     40     20     15     10   Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
4O               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
5B               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
5H               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
5T               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
5Z               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
6W              0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
7Q               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
8P               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
9A               0      0      0      1      2      0      3    0.1
9G               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
9M2            0      0      6      0      0      0      6    0.2
9M6            0      0      2      2      1      0     5    0.2
9V               0      0      1      0      2      0      3    0.1
9Y               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.1
BV               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
BY               0      0      9     26    11     0     46    1.4
CE               0      0      4     14     12   11     41    1.3
CM              0      0      6      4      6      0     16    0.5
CP               0      0      0      0      1      0       1    0.0
CT               0      0      2      3      4      0       9    0.3
CT3              0      1      0      0      2      0      3    0.1
CU               0      0      1      1      3      0       5    0.2
CX               0      1      1      3      4      5     14    0.4
D4               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
DL               0      0      1     14      1      0     16    0.5
DU              0      0     11      6     16      0     33    1.0
E5/s            0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
E7               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
EA               0      0      5     18    22    0     45    1.4
EA8             0      0      1      5      3      0      9    0.3
EA9             0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
EP               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
ES               0      0      0      2      0      0      2    0.1
EU              0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
F                 0      0      3    11   10      0     24    0.7
FK               0      0      0      1      2      1      4    0.1
FM             0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
FS               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
FY               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.2
G                0      0      0      4      1      0      5    0.2
GI               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
GM             0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
GW             0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
HA               0      0      0      5      0      0      5    0.2
HB               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
HC               0      0      1      1      3      0      5    0.2
HH               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
HI                0      0      2      1      3      0      6    0.2
HK               0      1      2      4      5      0     12    0.4
HL               0      0      7      8      3      0     18    0.6
HP               0      0      1      1      3      0      5    0.2
HR               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
HS               0      0      1      2      1      0      4    0.1
I                  0      0      1     16      5      0     22    0.7
*IT9            0      0      1      6      0      0      7    0.2
JA               7     81  510  238  402   0   1238  38.0
JT               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
JW              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
K               50    50  108  207    67   35  517  15.9
KG4            1      0      0      1      0      0      2    0.1
KH0            0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.1
KH2            0      0      2      2      2      1      7    0.2
KH6            2      7     14   12     16     4     55    1.7
KL               1      4      9     16      4      0     34    1.0
KP2            1      0      1      3       1      0      6    0.2
KP4             0      1      8      7     10      0     26    0.8
LA               0      0      0      1       1      0      2    0.1
LU               0      0      4     19     31     35     89    2.7
LZ               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
OA              0      0      1      2      1      0      4    0.1
OE              0      0      1      2      0      0      3    0.1
OH              0      0      0      7      3      0     10    0.3
OH0            0      0      0      3      1      0      4    0.1
OK               0      0      1      3      0      0      4    0.1
OM              0      0      1      3      0      0      4    0.1
ON              0      0      0      5      1      0      6    0.2
OZ               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
P4               0      2      2      3      3      2     12    0.4
PA               0      0      0      2      1      0      3    0.1
PJ2              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
PJ4              0      1      1      1      2      0      5    0.2
PY               0      2      9     42     56     72    181    5.6
PZ               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
S5               0      0      1      5      0      0      6    0.2
SM              0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
SP               0      0      1      7      0      0      8    0.2
SV               0      0      0      3      0      0      3    0.1
TG               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
TI                0      0      3      2      2      1      8    0.2
UA               0      0      1      6      1      0      8    0.2
UA9             0      1      4     17      4      0     26    0.8
UR               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
V3               0      1      1      0      1      0      3    0.1
V5               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
V8               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
VE              16     27     83    119     23      1    269    8.2
VK               0      0     50      5     31      4     90    2.8
VP8             0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
VP9              0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
VR               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
XE               0      1      3      8     12      1     25    0.8
YB               0      0    60      2     39      0    101   3.1
YU               0      0      1      2      0      0      3    0.1
YV               0      0      4      2      5      0     11    0.3
ZD7             0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
ZF               1      1      1      2      1      1      7    0.2
ZL               0      2     10      2      5      2     21    0.6
ZP               0      0      2      3      3      1      9    0.3
ZS               0      0      6      0      2      0      8    0.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total           79    185    989    950    877    181   3261

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
25         7     81    517    246    405      0   1256   38.5
04        18    24     70    179     59      2    352   10.8
03        36    40     80     83     11     12    262    8.0
11         0       2     11     45     59     73    190    5.8
05        13    12     40     67     20     22    174    5.3
14         0      0     13     64     46      0    123    3.8
28         0      0     70      5     42      0    117    3.6
13         0      1      5     22     36     41    105    3.2
30         0      0     48      4     28      4     84    2.6
15         0      0     10     63     11      0     84    2.6
08         2      2     19     20     23      1     67    2.1
31         2      7     13     11     16      4     53    1.6
24         0      0     11     28     11      0     50    1.5
09         0      5     10     12     19      4     50    1.5
27         0      0     15      8     18      1     42    1.3
12         0      0      4     14     12     11     41    1.3
01         1      4     11     15      4      0     35    1.1
32         0      2     10      3      7      4     26    0.8
06         0      1      3      8     12      1     25    0.8
19         0      1      3     11      4      0     19    0.6
07         0      1      5      4      7      1     18    0.6
33         0      1      1      5      6      0     13    0.4
16         0      0      3      7      1      0     11    0.3
38         0      0      7      1      3      0     11    0.3
10         0      0      2      3      5      0     10    0.3
18         0      0      1      6      0      0      7    0.2
35         0      0      0      3      3      0      6    0.2
29         0      0      2      1      3      0      6    0.2
20         0      0      1      5      0      0      6    0.2
02         0      1      2      1      1      0      5    0.2
37         0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.2
26         0      0      1      2      1      0      4    0.1
23         0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
36         0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
40         0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total     79    185    989    950    877    181   3261

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands    1878
2 bands     318
3 bands     155
4 bands      45
5 bands      18
6 bands       2

The following stations were worked on 6 bands:

VA2WA       ZF1A


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