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| Date: | Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:06:05 -0700 |
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CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: WM5R
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5NA
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: EM10
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
160: 12
80: 158
40: 851
20: 2001
15: 91
10: 11
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Total: 3124 Prefixes = 870 Total Score = 4,447,440
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
The Station at K5NA:
====================
10 Meters
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 100', fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 100', fixed NW
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 70', fixed SE
Cushcraft X9 Tribander at 82', rotatable
15 Meters
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 170', rotatable
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 128' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 86' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 44', rotatable from 315 to 140 degrees
Cushcraft X9 Tribander at 82', rotatable
20 Meters
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 190', rotatable
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 128' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 70' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 45' fixed SE
Cushcraft X9 tribander @ 82', rotatable
40 Meters
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 200', rotatable
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 128' fixed NE
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 70' fixed NW
Inverted Vee @ 35'.
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 100', rotatable
80 Meters
NE - Two element phased vertical array
NW - Two element phased vertical array
SW - Sloping dipole @ 170'
Inverted Vee @ 150'
160 Meters
Full sized Rohn 25G vertical with insulator at 30' and raised radials
Receiving Antennas
Nine Beverages: SW, W, NW, NNW, N, NNE, E, SE
Radios:
======
Radio 1: Elecraft K3, Ameritron AL-1500
Radio 2: Elecraft K3, Ameritron AL-1500
SO2R Controller: microHAM MK2R+
Headset: Heil Proset HC4
Software: WriteLog V10.69A
Richard K5NA had invited me out to operate his station in a couple of
phone contests this year, but it wasn't until the WPX contest
that I could go. It was a great opportunity to try out one of the
local super-stations and see what I could do as a single operator.
This was my second real effort as a single operator in this
contest. I came very close to beating my contesting mentor,
George K5TR, from the ranch station of W5KFT in 2007. Last year,
at W5KFT, a lightning storm on Friday night damaged the station,
took out the power, and ate my log, forcing me to quit early.
Part of my experience at K5NA was learning new software and
a different way to do SO2R. While I'm a long-time TR Log
enthusiast, the Kings use WriteLog and the microHAM MK2R+.
At first, the idea of having two log entry windows and two
footswitches was very alien, but I think I managed to cope.
This was also my first contest really using the Elecraft K3,
which was a joy to use.
The first two hours of the contest were, I think, the first
back-to-back hours with more than 200 QSOs/hour that I have had
in any contest. I've only come close to that in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest before. This was also my first contest, as a single
operator, with more than 3000 QSOs in the log.
Conditions on 20 meters and 40 meters were better than I was
expecting, and those two bands accounted for the vast majority
of my contacts. I tried running on 15 meters on Sunday, briefly,
when the band opened up to the Pacific Northwest, but mostly it
was search and pounce to South America on 15 meters and 10 meters.
It's possible that I should have spent more time on 80 meters,
but 40 meters was so good, it was hard to leave.
Richard and Susan were great hosts this weekend. Richard was
willing to devote a lot of time to helping me get familiar with
the antennas, the radios, the microHAM MK2R+, and the software
before the contest. The weather also cooperated, which is always
a big unknown this time of year in Central Texas.
Congratulations to K5TR on a great score!
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --------
0000 UTC - - - 238/126 - - 238/126 238/126
0100 UTC - - - 210/82 - - 210/82 448/208
0200 UTC - - 66/19 55/19 - - 121/38 569/246
0300 UTC - - 76/27 9/8 - - 85/35 654/281
0400 UTC - - 94/28 1/1 - - 95/29 749/310
0500 UTC - 22/6 50/14 - - - 72/20 821/330
0600 UTC - 28/8 39/16 - - - 67/24 888/354
0700 UTC - 32/10 16/3 - - - 48/13 936/367
0800 UTC - 7/1 49/13 - - - 56/14 992/381
0900 UTC - 1/0 7/1 - - - 8/1 1000/382
1000 UTC - - - - - - 0/0 1000/382
1100 UTC - - - - - - 0/0 1000/382
1200 UTC - 1/0 25/10 23/14 - - 49/24 1049/406
1300 UTC - - - 73/31 6/2 - 79/33 1128/439
1400 UTC - - - 102/28 4/2 - 106/30 1234/469
1500 UTC - - - 112/47 3/3 - 115/50 1349/519
1600 UTC - - - 88/23 7/5 - 95/28 1444/547
1700 UTC - - - 71/21 10/4 - 81/25 1525/572
1800 UTC - - - 55/17 1/1 - 56/18 1581/590
1900 UTC - - - 96/10 - 6/3 102/13 1683/603
2000 UTC - - - 69/4 3/1 3/2 75/7 1758/610
2100 UTC - - - 40/10 21/8 - 61/18 1819/628
2200 UTC - - - 86/27 2/2 - 88/29 1907/657
2300 UTC - - - 85/10 8/3 - 93/13 2000/670
0000 UTC - - 30/3 49/13 - - 79/16 2079/686
0100 UTC - - 136/23 1/0 - - 137/23 2216/709
0200 UTC - - 99/13 1/0 - - 100/13 2316/722
0300 UTC 2/1 - 82/8 - - - 84/9 2400/731
0400 UTC 9/1 11/3 1/0 - - - 21/4 2421/735
0500 UTC - 41/4 7/2 - - - 48/6 2469/741
0600 UTC - 10/1 18/4 - - - 28/5 2497/746
0700 UTC - - - - - - 0/0 2497/746
0800 UTC - - - - - - 0/0 2497/746
0900 UTC - - - - - - 0/0 2497/746
1000 UTC - - - - - - 0/0 2497/746
1100 UTC 1/0 5/0 35/7 - - - 41/7 2538/753
1200 UTC - - 21/2 33/13 - - 54/15 2592/768
1300 UTC - - - 75/24 - - 75/24 2667/792
1400 UTC - - - 53/16 1/0 - 54/16 2721/808
1500 UTC - - - 78/13 1/0 - 79/13 2800/821
1600 UTC - - - 79/7 5/0 - 84/7 2884/828
1700 UTC - - - 69/5 5/3 2/1 76/9 2960/837
1800 UTC - - - 40/4 3/1 - 43/5 3003/842
1900 UTC - - - 5/2 9/1 - 14/3 3017/845
2000 UTC - - - 41/8 1/0 - 42/8 3059/853
2100 UTC - - - 1/0 - - 1/0 3060/853
2200 UTC - - - 63/16 1/1 - 64/17 3124/870
Total: 12/2 158/33 851/193 2001/599 91/37 11/6
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
NA 11 147 734 1630 20 0 2542 81.4
SA 1 7 17 35 66 11 137 4.4
AS 0 0 13 43 0 0 56 1.8
EU 0 1 61 253 0 0 315 10.1
OC 0 1 19 25 2 0 47 1.5
AF 0 2 7 14 3 0 26 0.8
Prefix 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
4L 1 1
4O 1 1
5B 3 3
5Z 1 1
6W 1 1 2
8P 1 1 2
9A 1 3 6 10
9Y 1 1
A7 1 1
C9 1 1
CE 1 1 4 2 8
CM 3 1 4 8
CN 3 1 4
CT 7 7
CT3 1 3 3 7
CX 1 3 4
D4 1 1 2
DL 5 41 46
DU 1 1
E7 2 2 4
EA 19 22 41
EA8 3 3 1 7
ES 1 1
EU 1 1
EX 1 1
F 2 14 16
FM 1 1 2 1 5
G 3 6 9
GI 1 1
GJ 1 1
GM 2 2
GW 1 1
HA 2 6 8
HC 1 1 1 3
HH 1 1
HI 1 1 2
HK 1 2 1 4
HP 2 2
HR 1 1 2
I 4 20 24
IT9 1 1
J3 1 1
J5 1 1
JA 13 20 33
K 10 126 669 1463 9 2277
KH2 1 1
KH6 1 3 5 2 11
KL 8 8
KP2 1 1 2 4
KP4 3 4 3 10
LA 2 2
LU 1 6 16 4 27
LY 4 4
LZ 1 3 4
OA 1 1 2
OE 4 4
OH 6 6
OK 2 18 20
OM 2 2 4
ON 3 9 12
OX 1 1 2
OZ 8 8
P2 1 1
P4 1 1 1 1 4
PA 9 9
PJ2 1 1 1 3
PY 2 5 19 28 4 58
PY0F 1 1
S5 4 9 13
SM 4 4
SP 6 6
SV 2 2
TF 1 1
TI 2 1 3
TI9 1 1
UA 3 19 22
UA9 14 14
UN 3 3
UR 10 10
V5 1 1
VE 1 15 53 134 1 204
VK 10 15 25
VK9L 1 1
VP2E 1 1
VP5 1 1
VP8 1 1 2
XE 1 3 2 6
YL 3 3
YN 1 1
YO 3 3
YU 2 2 4
YV 1 2 4 3 7 17
ZF 1 1
ZL 4 3 7
ZP 2 1 3
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