North American QSO Party, SSB
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5TR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160: 4 4
80: 54 32
40: 210 47
20: 643 61
15: 87 33
10: 26 12
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Total: 1024 189 Total Score = 193,536
Club:
Team: Austin Powers Kinksters
Comments:
The station at K5TR:
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/
160 meters:
- Inverted L
80 meters:
- Three sloping dipoles from 120', fixed NE, NW, and S
40 meters:
- two element Cuhscraft yagi at 120' fixed NE
- two element Cushcraft yagi at 100' rotatable
20 meters:
- six element 44' boom yagi at 90', rotatable
- six element 44' boom yagi at 80' fixed NE
- six element 44' boom yagi at 40', fixed NW
- six element 44' boom yagi at 40', fixed NE
- four element Cushcraft 32' boom yagi at 60', fixed SE
15 meters:
- six element 36' boom yagi at 70', rotatable
- six element 36' boom yagi at 35', fixed NE
- four element Cushcraft yagi at 50', fixed SE
10 meters:
- six element 24' boom yagi at 60', rotatable
- six element 24' boom yagi at 30', fixed NE
- four element Cushcraft yagi at 45', fixed SE
- three element yagi at 20', fixed W
Receiving antennas:
- Four 500' long Beverages fixed NE, NW, SE, SW
Radio 1: Kenwood TS-850SAT, Ameritron AL-1500
Radio 2: Kenwood TS-850SAT, Ameritron AL-1200
Headset: Heil Proset HC4
DVK: W9XT Contest Card
Software: TR Log 6.78
Other: Ameritron RCS-8V antenna switches, ICE bandpass
filters, Top Ten Devices Band Decoders, homebrew
audio switchbox
I had a really great time operating this contest, and as usual, George
was a great host. This is by far my best ever score in this contest as
a single operator.
Conditions on the high bands seemed much better than last year. 20
meters was in really great shape, and 15 meters and 10 meters were more
productive than I was expecting. I think I might have spent more time
on 15 meters, and maybe gotten there earlier, but 20 meters was _so
good_ at the start. Similarly, I kept with 20 meters later than maybe I
should have, but I was getting some of my best rate in hours during the
0000 UTC and 0100 UTC hours.
I remembered that last year I thought I took too much off-time too late in
the contest, so this time I decided the thing to do was to take half hour
off-times roughly every three hours and not think about it too much. I did
adjust based on the rate, but I basically kept to that strategy.
The only part of the contest that frustrated me was 160 meters. I could
hear stations really well, especially in W4, that could clearly not hear me
at all. I made fewer than half as many QSOs and mults on 160 meters as I
made last year.
I'm getting a little more comfortable using two radios, and decided during
this
contest that keeping the volume of the S&P radio at the right level can
improve
my efficiency. There seems to be a balance where you can still pick up the
stations you are likely to work quickly, but where it's quiet enough that
the second radio is not as likely to become a distraction. This was more
important later in the contest when the bands were noisy and I was more tired.
I was pleasantly surprised at the number of DX multipliers on the air, and
it's great to hear multiple XE stations active in this contest.
There was a little bit of jamming this contest during the 2300 UTC and 0000
UTC
hours, mostly carriers, and one incident of extended dits.
HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL
SCORE
-- ----- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ---------
-----
18 --- --- --- 185/45 3/2 --- 188/47 188/47
0.01M
19 --- --- --- 71/2 23/16 4/2 98/20 286/67
0.02M
20 --- --- --- 36/3 34/10 12/7 82/20 368/87
0.03M
21 --- --- --- 19/1 17/3 6/3 42/7 410/94
0.04M
22 --- --- 1/1 82/4 9/1 4/0 96/6 506/100
0.05M
23 --- --- 2/2 42/4 1/1 --- 45/7 551/107
0.06M
0 --- --- 6/6 110/1 --- --- 116/7 667/114
0.08M
1 --- --- 12/6 91/1 --- --- 103/7 770/121
0.09M
2 --- 11/9 77/25 6/0 --- --- 94/34 864/155
0.13M
3 --- 6/5 35/2 1/0 --- --- 42/7 906/162
0.15M
4 3/3 23/13 75/5 --- --- --- 101/21 1007/183
0.18M
5 1/1 14/5 2/0 --- --- --- 17/6 1024/189
0.19M
D1 0/0 0/0 3/3 435/59 87/33 26/12 551/107
D2 4/4 54/32 207/44 208/2 0/0 0/0 473/82
TO 4/4 54/32 210/47 643/61 87/33 26/12 1024/189
Multipliers Worked:
160 Meters
Co La Tx XE
80 Meters
Ar Fl Ks Mi Mt Nj Or Va
Az Ga Ky Mn Nc Ny Sc Wi
Ca Il La Mo Ne Oh Tn Wy
Co In Ma Ms Nh Ok Tx XE
40 Meters
Al Ct Il Ma Ms Nj Ok Tx Wy vE4
Ar Fl In Md Mt Nm Or Ut XE vE7
Az Ga Ks Mi Nc Nv Pa Va vE1
Ca Ia Ky Mn Ne Ny Sc Wa vE2
Co Id La Mo Nh Oh Tn Wi vE3
20 Meters
Ak De In Mi Ne Ok TI Wi vE4
Al Fl Ks Mn Nh Or Tn Wv vE6
Ar Ga Ky Mo Nj Pa Tx Wy vE7
Az Hi La Ms Nm Ri Ut XE vE9
Ca Ia Ma Mt Nv Sc Va vE1 vY2
Co Id Md Nc Ny Sd Vt vE2
Ct Il Me Nd Oh TG Wa vE3
15 Meters
Al Fl Ia Ks Mo Oh TI Va vE3
Ar Ga Il Ky Ms Pa Tn Wi
Ca HR In Mi Nc Sc Tx Wy
Co Hi KP4 Mn Ne Sd VP2E XE
10 Meters
6Y Fl KP4 Pa Tn Va
Al Ga Nc Sc Tx Wy
QSO Distribution by Multipliers (Top 25)
1. Ca 125
2. Ga 52
3. Il 43
4. Fl 43
5. Oh 41
6. vE3 41
7. Tn 39
8. In 38
9. Nc 38
10. Pa 33
11. Va 31
12. Tx 31
13. Ky 29
14. Co 29
15. Mi 27
16. Wi 23
17. Mn 22
18. Az 21
19. Wa 19
20. Mo 17
21. Ny 17
22. Sc 15
23. Or 13
24. Al 13
25. Nj 12
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