[SCCC] ARRL DX SSB VP9I M/S LP
Timothy Coker
n6win73 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 18:42:44 PDT 2012
Updated SH5 Analysys of Kurt and my VP9I ARRL DX SSB MS LP operation can be
seen here:
http://www.n6win.com/SH5/2012%20ARRL-DX-SSB%20VP9I/
Also, the QSL cards have arrived. If you worked us during the contest and
you would like a free mailing of the following QSL card (these are low
quality resolutions) please email me.
http://www.n6win.com/Contesting/VP9I%20front.jpg
http://www.n6win.com/Contesting/VP9I%20front.jpg
73,
Tim / N6WIN.
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Timothy Coker <n6win73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to ALL SCCC members who worked us and of course to those of you
> running assisted that spotted us. It was amazingly difficult to get
> something going as a LP station in this SSB contest without the spots. Kurt
> wrote in a past 3830 that he believes most casual operators were point and
> clicking in this contest... this is something I also feel strong about now.
>
> The following SCCC stations were worked on 4 bands:
>
> AA6PW K6NA N6ED N6QQ N6WS NX6T WN6K
>
> A special note that only FOUR stations from California were worked on 80m
> (None on 160m) of which K6NA and N6QQ made the long haul on 80m.
>
> I want to mention that the 19 rate first hour was entirely due to my
> inexperience in local propagation. I knew that the one who runs the most
> would win, but I just couldn't get ANYTHING started on 40 or 80. I felt
> nearly helpless and did some S&P just to ensure that RF was flowing out of
> the antennas. In retrospect a trip to 20m should have been in my mental
> list of options. I now understand what it is to be a LP station among a
> hoard of HP power houses.
>
> More thoughts to follow as my workload allows.
>
> -------------- 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 15 0 0 0 19 19 0.4
> 0100 0 0 140 0 0 0 140 159 3.1
> 0200 0 1 125 0 0 0 126 285 5.6
> 0300 0 0 107 1 0 0 108 393 7.7
> 0400 0 51 0 23 0 0 74 467 9.2
> 0500 28 19 21 1 0 0 69 536 10.6
> 0600 1 0 72 2 0 0 75 611 12.0
> 0700 11 36 0 0 0 0 47 658 13.0
> 0800 1 8 57 0 0 0 66 724 14.3
> 0900 14 18 34 0 0 0 66 790 15.6
> 1000 9 0 75 0 0 0 84 874 17.2
> 1100 0 0 44 12 0 0 56 930 18.3
> 1200 0 0 0 80 24 0 104 1034 20.4
> 1300 0 0 0 190 0 0 190 1224 24.1
> 1400 0 0 0 82 9 0 91 1315 25.9
> 1500 0 0 0 44 73 4 121 1436 28.3
> 1600 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 1562 30.8
> 1700 0 0 0 0 28 90 118 1680 33.1
> 1800 0 0 0 0 218 1 219 1899 37.4
> 1900 0 0 0 0 192 0 192 2091 41.2
> 2000 0 0 0 135 16 0 151 2242 44.2
> 2100 0 0 0 177 1 0 178 2420 47.7
> 2200 0 0 0 205 0 0 205 2625 51.8
> 2300 0 0 0 171 0 0 171 2796 55.1
> 0000 15 0 57 2 1 0 75 2871 56.6
> 0100 17 144 0 0 0 0 161 3032 59.8
> 0200 61 51 0 0 0 0 112 3144 62.0
> 0300 68 31 0 0 0 0 99 3243 64.0
> 0400 5 1 126 0 0 0 132 3375 66.6
> 0500 26 0 55 0 0 0 81 3456 68.2
> 0600 10 33 0 0 0 0 43 3499 69.0
> 0700 14 0 35 0 0 0 49 3548 70.0
> 0800 2 3 12 0 0 0 17 3565 70.3
> 0900 14 11 28 0 0 0 53 3618 71.3
> 1000 0 37 24 0 0 0 61 3679 72.5
> 1100 0 0 49 3 0 0 52 3731 73.6
> 1200 0 0 2 97 1 0 100 3831 75.5
> 1300 0 0 0 115 0 0 115 3946 77.8
> 1400 0 0 0 21 73 0 94 4040 79.7
> 1500 0 0 0 1 87 0 88 4128 81.4
> 1600 0 0 0 0 116 0 116 4244 83.7
> 1700 0 0 0 2 49 3 54 4298 84.8
> 1800 0 0 0 45 3 10 58 4356 85.9
> 1900 0 0 0 4 66 0 70 4426 87.3
> 2000 0 0 0 49 56 1 106 4532 89.4
> 2100 0 0 0 219 0 1 220 4752 93.7
> 2200 0 0 0 153 0 0 153 4905 96.7
> 2300 0 0 0 165 0 0 165 5070 100.0
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Total 296 448 1078 2000 1013 236 5071
>
> Gross QSOs=5132 Dupes=61 Net QSOs=5071
>
> Unique callsigns worked = 3215
>
> The best 60 minute rate was 228/hour from 2049 to 2148
> The best 30 minute rate was 266/hour from 2119 to 2148
> The best 10 minute rate was 306/hour from 2203 to 2212
>
> The best 1 minute rates were:
> 8 QSOs/minute 1 times.
> 7 QSOs/minute 4 times.
> 6 QSOs/minute 37 times.
> 5 QSOs/minute 116 times.
> 4 QSOs/minute 278 times.
> 3 QSOs/minute 386 times.
> 2 QSOs/minute 610 times.
> 1 QSOs/minute 742 times.
>
> Multi-band QSOs
> ---------------
> 1 bands 2210
> 2 bands 521
> 3 bands 248
> 4 bands 132
> 5 bands 77
> 6 bands 27
>
> The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
>
> K1LZ WG3J K3LR W3LPL W2YC K2AX
> W0AIH N0IJ WA3F W3OA N2QT K3MD
> K0RF KB1H K9CT K3XC K1KI KF2O
> WE3C K5EK N4ZC W4RM K4IKM N3ZA
> N3RS N4RA N5AA
>
> 73,
>
> Tim / N6WIN.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:20 PM, <W6ph at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> ARRL DX Contest, SSB
>>
>> Call: VP9I
>> Operator(s): W6PH N6WIN
>> Station: VP9I
>>
>> Class: M/S LP
>> QTH: Bermuda
>> Operating Time (hrs): 48
>>
>> Summary:
>> Band QSOs Mults
>> -------------------
>> 160: 296 40
>> 80: 448 50
>> 40: 1078 58
>> 20: 2000 61
>> 15: 1013 55
>> 10: 236 36
>> -------------------
>> Total: 5071 300 Total Score = 4,563,900
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>> Radio: K3 N1MM Logger
>>
>> Antennas: 160m Inv L (40 ft vertical)
>> 80m Double G5RV dipole
>> 40m KA Dipole
>> 20m-10m Cushcraft A4S
>>
>> I had originally planned a SO as I have for the last 11 years. Tim,
>> N6WIN, had
>> operated with us at our K6Z County Expedition (Cal QSO Party) and
>> mentioned that
>> he would like to go on a contest expedition. One thing led to another
>> and
>> we
>> decided to team up for the ARRL DX Phone under M/S splitting our
>> operating
>> time
>> 50/50. Tim made up a schedule which allowed us to operate the same times
>> on one
>> day or the other. We used four or six hour operating times and it worked
>> out
>> very well.
>>
>> Last year I started on 40m and had a 200 hour. So we thought that would
>> be a
>> good start. But we didn't know how bad the lower bands were going to be
>> and we
>> were 300 contacts behind my last year operation at sunrise on Saturday.
>> The low
>> bands were just noisy and weak. Saturday night was much different and
>> the
>> low
>> bands seemed normal which allowed us to work many stations in the west
>> that we
>> hadn't been able to work on Friday night. In retrospect we should have
>> started
>> on 20 meters.
>>
>> Despite being behind on Saturday morning, the high bands were very
>> productive
>> during the day on Saturday and we were able to work most of the US on 10m
>> except for the southeast (W4 land) and the northwest. W1, W2, and W3
>> were
>> workable but not as strong as the Caribbean stations experienced. After
>> the
>> first 24 hours we were back up to only 100 contacts behind. As a single
>> op, I
>> usually sleep from 04 UTC until 09 UTC. Tim had that shift and we were
>> 200
>> contacts ahead by sunrise. However, band conditions on the upper bands
>> had
>> deteriorated and we only worked about 15 stations on 10m on Sunday due to
>> the
>> poor propagation. I had originally set a goal of 5000 Qs and Tim had
>> said
>> 6000. With only 3 hours to go it looked like we were both wrong as we
>> only had
>> about 4500 Qs. From past experience I knew that the closing hours could
>> be very
>> productive on 20m and we had our best consecutive three hours on 20m. I
>> was in
>> the seat. At 22 UTC, I grabbed Tim and told him to operate the next hour
>> so he
>> could see how well we were doing. I finished up the last hour with 160
>> contacts.
>>
>> The big signals that I remember were those of K6NA, NX6T, N6QQ, N6WS, and
>> AA6PW. And it was good to get the low power guys in the log, WN6K,
>> KI6QDH,
>> and KQ6ES to name a few. Tim had a better idea of Who's Who on this.
>>
>> The QTH of VP9GE is on a rise about 150 feet above sea level and the
>> antennas
>> are roughly 20 to 30 feet high and the sea is about 400 meters away. It
>> is a
>> very good location for low power (the permitted power limit in VP9).
>>
>> We don't have the propagation that the Caribbean stations have which is a
>> handicap. We have better propagation on 160 and 80 because of our
>> proximity to
>> the US but never get the volume of contacts to offset the Caribbean
>> advantage on
>> 15 and 10 meters.
>>
>> Tim was a great partner and has great contesting skills. Our numbers
>> were
>> pretty much equal in all respects. This was my first shot at a small
>> multi
>> operation and I thought it was very successful, especially letting me get
>> some
>> rest!
>>
>> This was my 12th year operating the ARRL DX Contests from VP9GE. Ed has
>> been a
>> great host and just an exceptional person all the way around. Ask anyone
>> who
>> has ever been there.
>>
>> 73, Kurt, W6PH
>>
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