[CQ-Contest] arrl dx ssb spotting report

K1TTT K1TTT at ARRL.NET
Tue Mar 4 18:57:54 EST 2008


Spotting was slow this weekend, just like the rest of the contest.  Only
34672 spots in the log.  Peak rates Saturday were only about 1000 spots/hr,
on Sunday it got up to 1100 spots/hr or so.


Most spotted stations:
DX		Count
TI50DX	480
6Y1V		433
HC8A		380
8P1A		371
V47KP		315
5J0E		304
PJ4G		298
V26X		293
KH7X		286
PJ2T		275
VP5H		264
ZY7C		239
P40A		237
HI3C		227
TI8M		224
KP2M		211
LP1H		211

Busiest spotters:
Spotter	count
AA3B		834
W3LPL-4	746
K3LR-3	427
N4GG		358
K3CT		327
K3FT		310
K0RU		278
NN4F		271
K1LZ		255
N6QQ		251
W0AIH		245
W5WP		223
NQ4I		211
W7ZR		202

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Cheerleader report
spotter	dx		Spots	total	Pct for dx
CT2HHM	CT2GSN	51	53	96.23
EA7GVO	AM5A		17	17	100.00
K4KAL		TI50DX	15	102	14.71
W3DGA		HD2A		15	15	100.00
W9DX		5J0E		14	18	77.78
N4TMZ		HI3C		13	15	86.67
N0DTL		VP5H		12	13	92.31
K3CT		KP2M		12	327	3.67
W1UE		K1TTT		12	177	6.78
F6GOX		TM1R		12	14	85.71
KI9A		PJ2T		12	128	9.38
N4RJ		TI50DX	11	99	11.11
F8KHF		TM6M		11	39	28.21
K3CT		WE3C		11	327	3.36
W3LPL-4	6Y1V		11	746	1.47
W2AFC		C6ANM		11	11	100.00
KP4CPD	KP4KE		10	10	100.00
W0AIH		KP2M		10	245	4.08
K6TA		8P1A		10	146	6.85
K3LR-3	6Y1V		10	427	2.34
W3LPL-4	4M5IR		10	746	1.34
W3LPL-4	TI8M		10	746	1.34

Well, some dedicated cheerleaders for sure this time.  Besides the really
dedicated ct2gsn spotter, and interesting one is our old friend KP4KE being
spotted by his neighbor KP4CPD again.

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Single spotter spots
DX		Total	Singles 		DXSummit only
FO5A/MM	145	39(26%)		19(13%)
C21DL		117	35(29%)		4(3%)
5J0E		304	25(8%)		7(2%)
TI50DX	480	20(4%)		6(1%)
HK1X		105	17(16%)		1(0%)
EA1APV	57	17(29%)		7(12%)
A45XR		58	16(27%)		6(10%)
5X1NH		95	15(15%)		3(3%)
HC8A		380	15(3%)		7(1%)
OL30SPACE 	63	15(23%)		11(17%)
IR4T		115	14(12%)		14(12%)
4S7DXG	52	13(25%)		6(11%)
KH7X		286	13(4%)		5(1%)
CX9DX		43	13(30%)		12(27%)
T6AB		32	11(34%)		5(15%)
IZ5ICH	16	10(62%)		10(62%)
C91R		32	10(31%)		2(6%)
C56JC		51	10(19%)		3(5%)
AO8A		128	10(7%)		6(4%)
PY2ZK		14	10(71%)		10(71%)

Only a couple interesting ones in this.  IZ5ICH stands out with a 62% from
dxsummit, and PY2ZK is right along with him at 71%.

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Spots for PY2ZK

AA3D	7030	PY2ZK	qsx 7129 contest		189.78.18.146
WD4DS	7030	PY2ZK	qsx 7129			189.78.18.146
N3MD	7133	PY2ZK	test				189.78.19.113
WA8BK	7169	PY2ZK					189.78.19.113
VE3AP	7179	PY2ZK	test				189.78.36.238
AC5O	7133	PY2ZK	test 100 watts		189.78.36.238
N3LLP	7158	PY2ZK	contest			189.78.48.75
AC7D	7158	PY2ZK	contest very strong here	189.78.48.75
N1MNT	7217	PY2ZK	contest 7217		189.78.48.75
AA3AD	7055	PY2ZK	qsx 7139			189.78.48.75

that ip block belongs to:  TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO S.A. - TELESP

i really do love it when they brag about how strong they are!

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Spots for IZ5ICH

These are from the database that doesn't get the ip address
VE0SWL	14146		IZ5ICH	 
DO5OT		21280		IZ5ICH	CQ Test 5/9
W3LIP		14305		IZ5ICH	cq contest arrl
K1WON		14305		IZ5ICH	test 5/9
SQ9JYK	28480		IZ5ICH	 
K1CXL		14146		IZ5ICH	 
K9PUC		14265		IZ5ICH	arrl loud
K1FON		14142		IZ5ICH	arrl strong
K3VNZ		14306.3	IZ5ICH	 
W1PLF		14306.3	IZ5ICH	 
W8JNA		14274		IZ5ICH	arrl cq
K3OHC		114274	IZ5ICH	 
K3OHC		14338.5	IZ5ICH	 
W3DJN		14146		IZ5ICH	 

non-existant calls: ve0swl, w3lip, k1won, k1cxl, k9puc, k1fon, w1plf, w8jna,
k3ohc, w3djn.  not a bad percentage, he hit one real call from the whole
group.

For some reason only these had recorded ip addresses from dxsummit
SQ9JYK	28480	IZ5ICH			83.4.186.55
DO5OT	21280	IZ5ICH	CQ Test 5/9	87.185.235.41
Both of these are appropriate ip addresses for the spotters, they are not
from italy.

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K3LL	21290	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
N1TN	21290	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
K2WE	21265	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
K2WQ	21280	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
AA3B	21280	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
WN9O	21280	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
W8JY	21285	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
N7TR	21285	CX9DX			190.132.129.239
EATR	21285	CX9DX	ANTENA SE PASO LARGO A EEUU	190.132.129.239
KA8U	21285	CX9DX	ANTENA S.E A CANADA	190.132.129.239
N2YC	21290	CX9DX			190.132.132.215
CX8CT	21290	CX9DX			190.132.132.215
W4ML	21290	CX9DX			190.132.136.70
N4ZC	21290	CX9DX			190.132.136.70
AE6Y	21290	CX9DX			190.132.136.70
T0TM	21240	CX9DX			190.132.142.157
AA3B	21230	CX9DX			190.132.142.157
W4ML	21230	CX9DX			190.132.142.157
VP4R	21285	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
K1ZZ	21290	CX9DX	CONTEST	190.64.72.231
K4XL	21290	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
CX1AV	21290	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
W3PP	21260	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
VE3RD	21239	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
W3GQ	21239	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
K0TV	21239	CX9DX			190.64.72.231
W2CG	21240	CX9DX			190.64.72.231

interesting... all integer frequencies, lots of well known calls making
spots so they aren't single spotters, both blocks of ip addresses come back
to Uruguay of course.


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N3FE	7099	F5BZB	QSX 7294.0	83.200.217.232
N3RID	7099	F5BZB	qsx 7287.0	83.200.217.232
N5FE	7070	F5BZB	qsx 7177.0	83.200.217.232
N5FS	7073	F5BZB	qsx 7219.0	83.200.217.232
NI3H	7073	F5BZB	qsx 7267.0	83.200.217.232

these came from a french isp of course.

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WA2BKL	21278	IR4T	arrl				82.89.235.128
W3GML		21278	IR4T
82.89.235.128
K2AIG		21278	IR4T	loud
82.89.235.128
W5TJ		21278	IR4T
82.89.235.128
KA2CBW	21278	IR4T					82.89.235.128
W4FZA		21217	IR4M	deaf.........		82.89.235.128
K4DDA		21278	IR4T	fb
82.89.235.128
K4ZFP		21278	IR4T	booming			82.89.235.128
K3AZ		21278	IR4T	fb
82.89.235.128
AA1N		21278	IR4T	tnx
82.89.235.128
N1DXV		21278	IR4T	good sgn but no rx	82.89.235.128
K0TV		21278	IR4T	ok tnx			82.89.235.128
W6HJ		21278	IR4T	poor 5/0 in ca		82.89.235.128
W7HL		21278	IR4T
82.89.235.128
W7NJ		21278	IR4T
82.89.235.128
W6RA		21278	IR4T	fb in ca.......		82.89.235.128
K0HA		21278	IR4T	tnx
82.89.235.128
W6IL		21278	IR4T	no copy in ca why? fb fb fb
82.89.235.128
W6IL		21278	IR4T	deaf.........		82.89.235.128
W2TO		28456	IK8EPX	good open eu	82.89.235.128
KD4FKO	28436	OM8A	fb				82.89.235.128
K2RA		28485	IR4T	poor
82.89.235.128
K1TTT		28485	IR4T
82.89.235.128
K2AIG		28456	OM8A	fb
82.89.235.128
K0HHJ		14189	IR4T	see sk,nd,lb,mt contest	82.89.235.128
K0TV		14189	IR4T
82.89.235.128
SF1GAT	14286	IR4M	power illegal 5kw...	82.89.235.128
WA3FG		14189	IR4T	loud
82.89.235.128
	
They even used my call, i wish we had heard them on 10m, but we never did
and wouldn't have spotted from dxsummit if we did!  They threw in a couple
spots for some others just in case, and seemed to not like ir4m.

The ip comes back to: Telecom Italia S.p.A. to a static business ip.

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N4DFR	1857	WP4U	ARRL contest 59		66.50.29.136
EA3DRY	24475	WP4U	cqing 56		66.50.29.94
WA4DES	28475	WP4U	CQING			66.50.29.94
WA4ERF	21230	WP4U	CONTEST		66.50.29.94
KA5GT	21230	WP4U	ARRL				66.50.29.94
WA6FRD	28430	WP4U	ARRL 57 in CA	66.50.29.94

Of course the ip block is from Puerto Rico... and probably belongs to
someone who likes left handed suffixes.

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K1ER		3686		EA1APV	3830	217.168.1.171
K3JD		14349.5	EA1APV		217.168.1.53
N3CU		14164		EA1APV		217.168.3.246
VO1HE		14160		EA1APV		217.168.3.246
KB1ILH	14147		EA1APV		217.168.3.246
VE1RAR	14270		EA1APV		217.168.3.246
K9LJN		14337		EA1APV		217.168.4.132

these of course came from a spanish isp.
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As I have been doing the raw database, excel data from dxsummit, and this
report are available for download at
http://www.k1ttt.net/2008arrldxssb_spots.zip



David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
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