[SCCC] ARRL DX SSB VP9I M/S LP
Timothy Coker
n6win73 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 18:46:35 PDT 2012
I forgot the back side:
http://www.n6win.com/Contesting/VP9I%20back.jpg
73,
Tim / N6WIN.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Timothy Coker <n6win73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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%20back.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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>>
>>
--
73,
Tim / N6WIN.
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