My VFO Adventures From BP53 to FN42 : October 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

2012 CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB Version

Minimum Time, Maximum Fun during CQ WW SSB 2012

This past weekend was the CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest. I only had a handful of hours to operate but my goal was to spend as much time on 10 meters as possible. I also wanted to have a bit of fun on 15 meters. Once the contest started, I deeply wished I had the entire weekend to operate. Sometimes personal things get in the way of our hobby. But with weekends like this past one, a few hours on the air is better than none in my humble opinion. It was not long after the contest started that the fun meter was pegged.

Highlights for this weekend were like any other, running into many an old friend and contesting regulars. Propagation on 10 meters was open to the East Coast and West Coast at the same time. Central and South America was booming in as well. There were no shortage of Japanese operators and they were booming in each and every evening on 10 meters. I heard but did not work an Australian station as well. I had several East Coast stations come back to my CQ telling me they were working me off the back of their antennas as they were pointed to EU and Africa. When the bands are hot, 100 watts can sound like a KW!

I've not been a big SSB contest guru for the last several years and I think the reason is simply the bandwidth used and the fact I lack adequate pin point filtering on that mode with my Icom. I've used my internal filters and also made use of the PBT and Notch filters but just never seem to be able to wash away adjacent splatter. CW contests are a different story as my internal filters pretty much give me the ability of having a crowded frequency all to myself.

I operate nothing special here for the most part. I do utilize a Heil Pro-Set Plus! as my main voice to airwave interface. I love the headset as it has the ability to utilize both the Full Range and DX audio filters not to mention the Phase Reverse In & Out function on receive. It's not the most comfortable headset but I think it pairs up wonderfully with the Icom. I always try to keep conscious of my ALC and Compression when operating SSB. I have received many a compliment on my audio and this weekend I received another from VE7XF. Made me feel pretty good actually as I strive to operate as band and width friendly as possible.

I found 10 meters truly exciting and just packed during the time I could operate. I checked and I heard contesting from 28.300 all the way up to 28.756 with a few just beyond that! And it was wall to wall in between those frequencies! I managed a find a few tight spots and called CQ and accomplished a few decent runs on 10 meters. I also ran a bit on 15 meters after 10 closed down. All in all, 10 turned out to be as exciting as I had hoped.

One of the things I noticed this weekend was how many forget about how SSB signals work when transmitting. I was listening to a PY1 station who was actually transmitting on 21.450 calling "CQ Contest." This was of no concern to me as I just listened knowing full well if I had called him, I would have been out of band. Sadly, I heard several USA stations call and work this PY1 station. With their voice passband, each and every one of them was operating out of band and if there was an Official Observer (OO) listening, many will probably be receiving a white little postcard in the mail in the coming weeks. For those not familiar with this, you can google "Suppressed Carrier" or "Voice Passband" or even operating near band edge which should help your understanding. Also, being familiar with FCC Regulation 47 CFR 97.301 is also helpful.

I know much more about this now as I made that same mistake about 4 years ago and received one of the white post cards I was referring to. My signal was observed and heard by an OO as I went back to a CQ'ing station at the top of 20 meters, 14.348 + or so. My signal was observed on frequency 14.350.5, or out of band. I'm very thankful for the notice and the OO was totally professional about his notification to me. So if you're new to the hobby or find yourself near a band edge either by frequency allocation or your license limitation, be aware of where you may be transmitting. I keep the card hanging in my shack as a reminder.

I ran statistics on my log and my just over 6 hour effort is detailed below. My main goal was of course 10 meters but to work and focus on the lower 48. I'm hoping to complete my Worked All States (WAS) with Logbook Of The World (LOTW) and I think I needed only 3 more states. Of those 3 states, I know I worked at least one who uses LOTW and I'm hopeful the others do as well. I will eventually know once all the logs have been uploaded.

I hope you were able to enjoy some of the weekend activity! It looks like this winter will be another high band heavy focus for many if propagation continues like it has and did last winter. I've worked 20 meters so much over the last several years, I'm totally enjoying 10 (and 15, too) and if the band is open, I'm there!

Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB
CALLSIGN: KL8DX
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS:

-------------- 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 0 0 0 0 22 22 22 3.1
0100 0 0 0 3 10 3 16 38 5.4
0200 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 48 6.8
0300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 6.8
1800 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 59 8.4
1900 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 104 14.8
2000 0 0 0 0 0 176 176 280 39.9
2100 0 0 0 0 0 179 179 459 65.4
2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 459 65.4
2300 0 0 0 0 47 16 63 522 74.4
0000 0 0 0 0 169 0 169 691 98.4
0100 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 692 98.6
0200 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 694 98.9
0300 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 702 100.0
0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702 100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 13 237 452 702

Gross QSOs=703 Dupes=1 Net QSOs=702

Unique callsigns worked = 636

The best 60 minute rate was 219/hour from 2039 to 2138
The best 30 minute rate was 262/hour from 2057 to 2126
The best 10 minute rate was 294/hour from 2100 to 2109

The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 9 times.
5 QSOs/minute 29 times.
4 QSOs/minute 51 times.
3 QSOs/minute 37 times.
2 QSOs/minute 47 times.
1 QSOs/minute 94 times.

There were 6 bandchanges and 0 (0.0%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

----------------- 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 0 0 0 9 219 439 667 95.0
South America 0 0 0 4 1 11 16 2.3
Europe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Asia 0 0 0 0 17 1 18 2.6
Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 13 237 452 702

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 1
4 335
5 242
6 121
7 1
8 1
10 1

------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
CE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
HK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
JA 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 2.4
K 0 0 0 5 199 390 594 84.6
KH6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
KL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
KP4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
LU 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.4
P4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
PJ4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.3
PY 0 0 0 3 1 3 7 1.0
UA9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
VE 0 0 0 4 19 47 70 10.0
XE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1
YV 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 13 237 452 702

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
05 0 0 0 4 76 197 277 39.5
04 0 0 0 2 98 144 244 34.8
03 0 0 0 3 44 96 143 20.4
25 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 2.4
11 0 0 0 3 1 3 7 1.0
09 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0.7
13 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.4
01 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
08 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
31 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
19 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
06 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1
------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 0 13 237 452 702

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands 575
2 bands 56
3 bands 5
4 bands 0
5 bands 0
6 bands 0

------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs 0 0 0 3 181 391

Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Green Lights of Winter

Aurora high above my Mosley TA-34-XL

One of the most jaw dropping and amazing sights in my opinion, is watching the aurora dance overhead. I'm not a late night person but I am an early morning person. Luckily, even on the weekends I find it hard to sleep in. I think I acquired that from my mother, who was always up before the chickens!

I knew from watching several of the solar websites that the solar wind was due to increase which meant that there was a likely going to be a chance for the night sky to take on a colorful display. That with the fact that the sky has been pretty clear for the last few days had me keeping an eye outdoors. I was up at 0400 local time and as I peered out the window, it was obvious I needed to grab my camera and tripod and head outdoors.

Beaming & Lights

Our 13 year old beagle heard me up and about and decided she wanted to head outside herself. Not to gaze at the heavens above but for other reasons. With the 14 degree temperature, her trip outdoors was short lived and she headed back indoors and back to bed. I grabbed my gear and headed out myself and began photographing the aurora as it danced overhead.

We live in a quiet neighborhood on the lake and I gazed at the aurora while I listened to owls and coyotes in the distance. There was no wind (unusual for us) and it was extremely still, almost to a point where you could hear the aurora dancing overhead. Winter is dark and cold in Alaska, but watching the aurora overhead warms the heart and soul. When I lived in Northern Ohio, I saw and photographed the aurora several times. It was always by watching north and rarely overhead. Here in Alaska, the aurora is directly overhead and at times so bright, it paints the snow covered landscape the same beautiful colors.

Wonder Above

We have the ability to know when the aurora will be visible and the effects that it has on radio communications. During the peak of the solar cycles, the aurora provides regular entertainment and wonder. I can only imagine how people reacted many years ago before science and technology took most of the mystery out of auroral displays.

So even though the sun was on the other side of the earth, glowing brightly and warm, it was also helping the sky glow bright green overhead in the morning darkness. Winter is only getting started and we have many long, dark and cold nights ahead. With a regular display of such a wonderful phenomena, winters are a bit more tolerable. It's much easier to view and photograph the aurora at 14 degrees above zero rather than 30 below zero. With that said, no matter how cold it is outside, if the "lights" are out, then so will I. Winter is a very expensive time to live in Alaska but at least this entertainment is totally free!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Shack De-Summerization

The KL8DX / KL8SU Shack Reopening

As I move back into the shack after having it mostly dormant for the summer, I have lots of dusting, cleaning, organizing and preparing to do for occupancy (contest) season. I've moved the QRP equipment back into the shack and I've acquired a new addition this year. An Icom 706MIIG which was purchased from my CW Elmer, Ed K8QWY. The twins (Icom 703Plus and 706MIIG) now occupy a spot next to the 756PRO. My Yaesu will be dedicated to 100% mobile operating when I get a chance to complete the install. All parts that were ordered for the project have been received, now I just need the time to complete it.

Last 12 hrs of precipitation looking toward Mt. Healy

Winter has once again sent us a reminder that it's here. Thankfully, the temperatures are warm yet so we can still shovel snow in short sleeves. The warm is headed south for the winter along with the sun and many of the birds. As things get cold here, I'm hopeful the bands will warm up. So far, 10 meters has been showing signs of life as I've made several digital and CW QSO's on that band over the last few weeks. Recently, the earth was shown a little love from the sun in the form of a CME and the bands have been pretty poor for the last 24 hours. The northern absorption factor is in full swing with only a few signals heard here and there. Not a bad thing when the poor band conditions help motivate me to get my cleaning and other projects done.

I have to miss the BIG SSB contest at the end of the month due to a work related conflict but I'm stoked about November. I did chase a few stations in the California QSO Party and also the TARA PSK Rumble this past weekend. All early signs that the green flag of contest season has flown and it's time to pour contacts into the logbook.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

I've Been CQ'd!

CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB Flavor

The Post Office safely delivered not one, but TWO large white envelopes to our box which we retrieved today. I'm not a big fan of SSB contests but once in a while I will jump in and play. Well, when 10 meters calls, I will listen. During this contest, it was once again all about 10 meters, for me anyhow! Like a kid drawn to ice cream, I have enjoyed this band for years. And since 10 meters was so quiet for so long up here in Alaska, every contest I'm checking it frequently. This SSB contest drew me in without hesitation and I guess I did pretty well for my small station effort. Obviously my amplifier was still functional at the time of this contest as it was a high power entry. I had some points deducted as my claimed score was a bit higher than my actual score. Anyhow, this is what I had submitted to the 3830 list -

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: KL8DX
Operator(s): KL8DX
Station: KL8DX

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: Alaska
Operating Time (hrs): 14.5

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 1359 28 63
------------------------------
Total: 1359 28 63 Total Score = 270,816

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Yep, 10 meters sure did impress! A minimal effort to chase new to me
DXCC entities. Some very impressive numbers this year! I'm not a SSB
type but enjoyed my time on 10 meters! Let's hope the trend continues
into next month for the CW version. More of a detailed breakout and
overview just posted to my blog.

73 from chilly AK!

Phil KL8DX

CQ World Wide DX Contest CW Flavor

The second white envelope had my certificate for the CW version of the CQ World Wide DX Contest. I've enjoyed this contest for many years and I threw in for the all band effort this time around. I normally don't enter all band due to the fact my low and antennas stink and I can't work much on 40 & 80 meters. 160, forget it! My strongest bands are obviously those capable of being worked by my trusty Mosley TA-34-XL, 4 element beam. I obviously did not achieve a golden log here either as my submitted score was higher than my actual score. I strive to do my very best in all of my contest efforts but on crowded bands compounded by many factors, it's not unusual to bust a callsign or two (in my case, normally a few more than that). I'm still excited about my effort and when the 2012 version rolls around, I will try to not only better my score but my accuracy too. Sometimes you just gotta take a few extra moments to "get it right."

My submitted 3830 report for the CW contest was -

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: KL8DX
Operator(s): KL8DX
Station: KL8DX

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Alaska
Operating Time (hrs): 29h45m

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160: 0 0 0
80: 7 5 5
40: 45 10 13
20: 451 22 56
15: 378 19 30
10: 971 18 20
------------------------------
Total: 1852 74 124 Total Score = 792,396

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Best effort EVER for me in any contest. High bands were extremely
busy and I'm forever thankful for the CW filters in my Icom. Lots
of callers at times, which made it tough to pull out even one call.
The only thing that would have made this contest better was a good
European 10 meter opening. No complaints as 10 has been open daily
now for the last few months!

Thanks so very much for all the calls and sorry to those I missed.
My CW skills are not the best and some of the pile-ups can be crazy
for this DX'er turned weekend warrior. I'm a contesting greenhorn
with the desire to improve. In looking back,I probably should have
hunted more multipliers on 15 & 10 meters.

Glad this weekend was quiet weather wise as a Chinook is forcasted
to hit the interior this week and next weekend with predicted gusts
to 70 mph. Time to nest the beam just above the roof line and break
out the shorts as our temperatures will be well above zero. Our family
beagle will sure be looking forward to the warm up as she won't have to
wear her "Puppy Paws" when she heads outdoors.

Many friends encountered this weekend, wish I was better at typing
out personal greetings. I have problems with hitting the correct F-KEY
let alone ALT-K and typing a short personal "Hello" without a buffer.

As the contest season gets started once again, I have these great pieces of wallpaper to inspire me to achieve more than what I did the previous year. A higher score and fewer mistakes is my end result. Not sure what my strategy will be for 2012 but you can sure bet, my first is just being there!

Monday, October 1, 2012

2012 CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest

2012 CQ World Wide DX RTTY Contest

How about those high bands, huh?? It was another memorable weekend for contesting. This past weekend was the hugely popular RTTY DX contest of the year sponsored by CQ Magazine. I must say, seeing that 10 meters was beginning to open on a daily basis, it had me pretty excited about this past weekend. Knowing that propagation was going to be favorable for a heavy high band assault, my main focus was going to be not on my highest score I could achieve, but the most new countries (Entities) as possible for my 10 meter DXCC quest. I was hopeful that we would have some propagation into Europe on 10 meters along with a side order of everywhere else around the globe. I must say, I was not disappointed.

I began hearing European stations on Friday night (local) but I was having a tough time getting any in my log. I was running low power as I have yet to have my amplifier repaired. Probably a good thing as I'm sure I would have thrown the power switch and went to high power for 10 meters, just to work more countries. So, I just had to simply work for each and every contact. I managed to work CQ Zones 18 (UA9YE) and 17 (UO1P) not long after the start of the contest. This gave me hope that it would not be long before I hear CQ Zones 14, 16, 20 & 21, where most of the 3 pointers would come from. I was on 10 meters until around 0218z and it became quiet enough for me to venture on to 15 & 20 meters.

I did not hear much going on 10 meters until around 0600z. My first CQ Zone 15 QSO was with HG7T, not long after the top of the hour. I was able to work a few more European stations before I could not work any others. I threw in the towel to get an early start as I was hoping that my European path would be much better in the early hours of the morning. I was back on shortly after 1040z, and I found working into Europe a bit easier.

RTTY activity on 10 Meters as heard (seen) in Alaska

I'm not going to bore you with a play by play of my weekend, but I found myself bouncing back and forth between 10 & 15 meters. When 10 meters would quiet down, I would venture on to 15. Both bands really produced and were very exciting to operate. Even though I had MANY stations CQ'n in my face all weekend with my low power effort, it was very rewarding, not to mention exciting, each and every time I would see a station come back with my callsign from abroad. At one point on 10 meters, it was like playing a propagational slot machine and winning, hearing and seeing those contacts falling right into the contest log! Cha-ching!

The 10 meter excitement did not stop there! Great openings right here to the lower 48 states, Central & South Americas, Pacific, Asia, well...you get the picture. It was a crazy weekend and there was sure no lack of 3 point contacts. It was not necessary to open a case of "Butt Glue" in order to remain in the chair for hours at a time. The high bands yielding almost endless excitement all hours of the day and night. It was another contest weekend I will remember for years to come.

STATS

By the time the dust cleared, I had worked all but two states, missing only NE & SD on 10 meters! I'm pretty happy with that. Since I spent the majority of my time on 10 meters, I left a few open state multipliers on 15 meters. The only station I tried in vain to work with no luck (I tried working many but I tried really hard for was) 7Z1SJ. I was unable to break the pile-up and get that new country in my log. But, the contest season is just getting started so hopefully there will be plenty of opportunity for that one and more.

Score Summary for ARS KL8DX

My score summary is listed to the left showing my effort in this past weekends contest. According to N1MM, I operated a total of 33 hours and 27 minutes. My goal was to beat my last years effort (submitted SOSB 10) and I accomplished that. I also wanted to work over 1,000 QSO's and I was tickled when N4NW called in for number 1,000 on Sunday afternoon. But the weekend was not entirely a DXfest as the double CME made things extremely challenging for me Sunday afternoon. The bands went from crowded to almost empty in a short amount of time. So much so that I started to do a few loads of laundry and a few other household chores before the bands finally started to show signs of life again. The high bands did not fully recover before the end of the contest as many signals had AU associated with them and callsigns did not totally decode correctly leading to more than normal repeats. But they came back, yielding a bit of excitement before the clock struck midnight.

A more detailed breakout of my log is below. I was very impressed with only 2 dupes, (yes two) all weekend!!!! I did more from a parked and calling position than search and pounce, so I was tickled to have only a couple. Not bad with over 1,100 QSO's in my humble opinion. I was a bit windy on my S&P macro and for that, I do apologize. I was reading through the 3830 score postings, which I try to read each and every one. K7IA did an outstanding job outlining macros and RTTY operating during this (and any) contest in his comment area. Look Dan up on QRZ where he mentions RTTY contesting. Of course Don, AA5AU has some outstanding detailed information available as well on his site. I'm sure there is more out there but it did make me realize my S&P macros needed a bit of refinement. Contesting is about learning and you learn by doing. I've made many mistakes over the nearly 25 years I have been playing radio and I'm sure I'll make more. We are human, just be gentle when bringing it up or complaining as with this contest (and many others) there were several newbies getting their feet wet. We want them to come back!

I took a few minutes out of my weekend schedule to give John, WD1V an Alaskan QSO on CW. We tried 20 meters but John was not hearing my weak 100 watts. Turned out we made it on 10 meters a few hours later. I saw John post on Twitter that he was looking for a contact with AK. Another successful venture and it was a fun break from the weekend diddle to work a bit of CW handing out a new one to someone.

My very detailed breakout is below. October is lining up to be a very busy month for me but I'm looking forward to the contest season. As normal, I did not get much of my external work done but I did accomplish some!!! I will make do but at the end of the day, a bad day on the radio is always better than a good day at work. I think that saying goes for fishing as well, replacing radio with fishing. Thanks for the contacts and I'm looking forward to reading the results overview in CQ magazine next year. Diddle on my friends, it appears to be shaping up to be another record breaking year for contesting.

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Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: KL8DX
CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW
OPERATORS: KL8DX

-------------- 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0200 0 0 0 0 50 19 69 69 6.1
0300 0 0 0 25 35 0 60 129 11.4
0400 0 0 0 72 0 0 72 201 17.7
0500 0 0 0 22 4 0 26 227 20.0
0600 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 231 20.3
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 20.3
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 20.3
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 20.3
1000 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 237 20.9
1100 0 0 0 0 9 9 18 255 22.4
1200 0 0 0 0 21 1 22 277 24.4
1300 0 0 0 0 6 6 12 289 25.4
1400 0 0 0 2 10 1 13 302 26.6
1500 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 304 26.8
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304 26.8
1700 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 314 27.6
1800 0 0 0 0 1 33 34 348 30.6
1900 0 0 0 0 0 64 64 412 36.3
2000 0 0 0 0 0 80 80 492 43.3
2100 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 527 46.4
2200 0 0 0 0 0 51 51 578 50.9
2300 0 0 0 0 0 33 33 611 53.8
0000 0 0 0 0 30 12 42 653 57.5
0100 0 0 0 0 95 0 95 748 65.8
0200 0 0 0 0 40 0 40 788 69.4
0300 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 819 72.1
0400 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 854 75.2
0500 0 0 0 14 3 0 17 871 76.7
0600 0 0 0 0 7 1 8 879 77.4
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 879 77.4
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 879 77.4
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 879 77.4
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 879 77.4
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 879 77.4
1200 0 0 0 15 4 1 20 899 79.1
1300 0 0 6 6 5 0 17 916 80.6
1400 0 0 0 6 1 2 9 925 81.4
1500 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 953 83.9
1600 0 0 0 0 3 11 14 967 85.1
1700 0 0 0 1 5 2 8 975 85.8
1800 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 978 86.1
1900 0 0 0 0 7 13 20 998 87.9
2000 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 1038 91.4
2100 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 1074 94.5
2200 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 1104 97.2
2300 0 0 0 0 23 9 32 1136 100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 6 229 370 531 1136

Gross QSOs=1138 Dupes=2 Net QSOs=1136

Unique callsigns worked = 905

The best 60 minute rate was 97/hour from 0048 to 0147
The best 30 minute rate was 104/hour from 0120 to 0149
The best 10 minute rate was 114/hour from 0350 to 0359

The best 1 minute rates were:
3 QSOs/minute 3 times.
2 QSOs/minute 224 times.
1 QSOs/minute 679 times.

There were 40 bandchanges and 6 (0.5%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

----------------- 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 A 0 0 2 161 197 384 744 65.5
South A 0 0 0 7 19 20 46 4.0
Europe 0 0 0 46 79 77 202 17.8
Asia 0 0 3 12 71 47 133 11.7
Africa 0 0 0 2 3 2 7 0.6
Oceania 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.4
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 0 6 229 370 531 1136

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 4
4 486
5 368
6 272
7 2
8 1
9 2
10 1

------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------

Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct

-------------------------------------------------------------------

5B 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1

9A 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 0.5

CE 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

CM 0 0 0 2 4 1 7 0.6

CT3 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.4

CU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1

DL 0 0 0 7 13 13 33 2.9

EA 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 0.8

EA8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

EI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2

ER 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2

ES 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.4

F 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0.4

FM 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2

G 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.4

GI 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2

GW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1

HA 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 0.6

HB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1

HI 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1

HK 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.4

HL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1

I 0 0 0 1 5 6 12 1.1

*IT9 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1

JA 0 0 3 2 62 44 111 9.8

K 0 0 2 142 168 360 672 59.2

KH2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1

KH6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2

KL 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

KP4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2

LA 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.4

LU 0 0 0 1 5 8 14 1.2

LX 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2

LZ 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

OE 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.4

OH 0 0 0 3 6 2 11 1.0

OH0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

OK 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 0.9

OM 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.4

ON 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2

OZ 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2

P4 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.4

PA 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.4

PJ2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1

PY 0 0 0 3 9 5 17 1.5

S5 0 0 0 4 3 4 11 1.0

SM 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1

SP 0 0 0 1 7 3 11 1.0

SV 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1

UA 0 0 0 6 7 0 13 1.1

UA9 0 0 0 8 6 2 16 1.4

UN 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.4

UR 0 0 0 5 2 4 11 1.0

VE 0 0 0 15 22 15 52 4.6

VP9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1

XE 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3

YL 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.3

YO 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2

YU 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3

YV 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1

Z3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2

ZL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1

ZP 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2

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Total 0 0 6 229 370 531 1136

------------ 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
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04 0 0 0 60 77 136 273 24.0
05 0 0 0 42 43 158 243 21.4
03 0 0 2 55 70 82 209 18.4
25 0 0 3 2 63 44 112 9.9
15 0 0 0 21 42 33 96 8.5
14 0 0 0 12 25 37 74 6.5
16 0 0 0 11 10 5 26 2.3
11 0 0 0 3 9 7 19 1.7
13 0 0 0 1 5 8 14 1.2
08 0 0 0 3 6 4 13 1.1
09 0 0 0 2 4 4 10 0.9
17 0 0 0 5 3 1 9 0.8
33 0 0 0 2 3 2 7 0.6
20 0 0 0 2 3 2 7 0.6
18 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 0.5
19 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.4
06 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
12 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3
01 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3
31 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2
27 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1
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Total 0 0 6 229 370 531 1136

Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 707
2 bands 166
3 bands 31
4 bands 1
5 bands 0
6 bands 0

------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 0 0 2 111 223 371