[3830] RTTY WPX AK1W(K5ZD) SOAB HP
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Mon Feb 15 11:46:44 EST 2021
CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2021
Call: AK1W
Operator(s): K5ZD
Station: AK1W
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 479
40: 878
20: 1137
15: 257
10: 0
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Total: 2751 Prefixes = 975 Total Score = 8,171,475
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
I was looking forward to this contest, but had not planned on doing a full
effort. Friday night was fun and I went to be when it stopped being fun. Didn't
set my alarm, but work up around 1115z so decided to get back on. Bands sounded
terrible until I got to 20m around 1145z (my sunrise). Band was already
hopping.
Some time later 15m opened to Europe and I was able to do some dual CQing. Was
watching the scoreboard and was keeping up with the big dogs. Was even ahead of
AA3B, which provided some motivation.
I didn't see how I was ever going to get 36 hours of operation, so didn't pay
much attention to off times.
40m opened to Europe very early with good signals. Managed to get a few JA QSOs
on 20 after dark. The band seemed to close to Japan and then open again. Always
good multipliers to be had.
When I laid down to take a nap Saturday evening, I vaguely remembered that WPX
RTTY still uses the 30 hour limit for single ops. Uh oh! I got up and checked
the rules. That changed things because I already had 20 hours of operating time
in the log and still 20 hours of the contest to go.
I decided to start a bit later and do what I could with Europe on Sunday
morning. Bands were not as good. 15m didn't really open so it was all 20
meters. The band was packed. I lost my frequency when I chased some mults and
struggled to get a new one. That was a bad hour and I could see AA3B chasing me
down.
It was weird to have to take most of Sunday as off time. I went out for a 4
mile run, had lunch, watched some TV. Came back one at 2200z to do my last 90
minutes. I was late to 40m and could not get a good frequency. Rates were not
good. Then I saw AA3B pass me with 90 minutes left in the contest. It looks
like his extra time spent on 40m paid off.
Congratulations to Bud AA3B on the win. He did a great job. It was a very
exciting contest to have such close competition the whole way through.
Especially with the variations in off time strategy making the distance between
scores ebb and flow. I probably would have quit if not for the race on the live
scoreboard keeping me engaged!
This was a new personal best for me in this contest. RTTY operating practices
keep improving. I can't wait until with the higher bands open!
Rates
QSO/Pref by hour and band
Hour 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm OffTime
D1-0000Z 32/28 43/41 --+-- --+-- --+-- 75/69 75/69
D1-0100Z 56/38 66/51 - - - 122/89 197/158
D1-0200Z 64/32 46/33 - - - 110/65 307/223
D1-0300Z 66/32 37/24 - - - 103/56 410/279
D1-0400Z 42/21 58/27 - - - 100/48 510/327
D1-0500Z 49/24 55/33 - - - 104/57 614/384
D1-0600Z 40/14 37/19 - - - 77/33 691/417
D1-0700Z 7/2 3/2 - - - 10/4 701/421 51
D1-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 701/421 60
D1-0900Z - - - - - 0/0 701/421 60
D1-1000Z - - - - - 0/0 701/421 60
D1-1100Z 7/5 14/4 22/13 - - 43/22 744/443 20
D1-1200Z - 29/7 92/39 - - 121/46 865/489
D1-1300Z - 28/10 79/25 12/4 - 119/39 984/528
D1-1400Z - - 76/17 68/16 - 144/33 1128/561
D1-1500Z - - 78/23 59/9 - 137/32 1265/593
D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- 77/14 38/10 --+-- 115/24 1380/617
D1-1700Z - - 70/27 15/7 - 85/34 1465/651
D1-1800Z - - 53/12 15/5 - 68/17 1533/668 2
D1-1900Z - - 5/4 - - 5/4 1538/672 60
D1-2000Z - 22/5 41/6 28/8 - 91/19 1629/691
D1-2100Z - 72/10 23/6 - - 95/16 1724/707
D1-2200Z - 43/8 41/19 - - 84/27 1808/734
D1-2300Z - 44/6 51/15 - - 95/21 1903/755
D2-0000Z 14/3 41/8 29/7 --+-- --+-- 84/18 1987/773
D2-0100Z 8/1 8/1 - - - 16/2 2003/775 43
D2-0200Z - - - - - 0/0 2003/775 60
D2-0300Z - - - - - 0/0 2003/775 60
D2-0400Z 27/4 43/11 - - - 70/15 2073/790 8
D2-0500Z 42/6 42/10 - - - 84/16 2157/806
D2-0600Z 11/3 41/7 - - - 52/10 2209/816 14
D2-0700Z - - - - - 0/0 2209/816 60
D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 2209/816 60
D2-0900Z - - - - - 0/0 2209/816 60
D2-1000Z - - - - - 0/0 2209/816 60
D2-1100Z - 6/4 15/6 - - 21/10 2230/826 48
D2-1200Z - 16/2 70/27 - - 86/29 2316/855
D2-1300Z - 3/1 70/29 - - 73/30 2389/885
D2-1400Z - 8/2 53/16 4/2 - 65/20 2454/905
D2-1500Z - 13/4 38/9 6/3 - 57/16 2511/921
D2-1600Z --+-- 1/1 71/15 9/3 --+-- 81/19 2592/940
D2-1700Z - 1/0 19/4 1/0 - 21/4 2613/944 41
D2-1800Z - - - - - 0/0 2613/944 60
D2-1900Z - - - - - 0/0 2613/944 60
D2-2000Z - 8/0 18/7 2/1 - 28/8 2641/952 40
D2-2100Z - 3/3 - - - 3/3 2644/955 56
D2-2200Z 1/1 23/4 36/7 - - 60/12 2704/967 9
D2-2300Z 13/0 24/5 10/3 - - 47/8 2751/975 25
Total: 479/214 878/343 1137/350 257/68 0/0
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