CQ Worldwide DX Contest - SSB
Call: P40W
Operator(s): W2GD
Station: P40W
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: ARUBA
Operating Time (hrs): 41
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 17 5 14
80: 74 11 30
40: 145 20 51
20: 945 29 94
15: 1131 31 100
10: 1358 34 101
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Total: 3670 130 390 = 5,604,560
Club/Team: FRC
Comments:
K5K MULTS NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE TOTOLS.
Station Description:
Vintage TS930S + DVK
160M Inverted V at 70'
80M Inverted V at 70'
3 ele 80M wire beam at 60'
F12 2 ele. 40M at 72'
F12 4 ele. 20M at 72'
F12 5 ele. 15M at 82'
F12 5 ele. 10M at 77'
Cushcraft A4 tribander at 60'
Beverages to EU and USA/Asia
BREAKDOWNS:
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America SSB 11 60 106 698 889 889 2653 71.4
South America SSB 6 7 12 21 26 37 109 2.9
Europe SSB 0 7 22 193 178 384 784 21.1
Asia SSB 0 0 2 23 25 39 89 2.4
Africa SSB 1 1 3 9 13 21 48 1.3
Oceania SSB 0 0 3 7 11 9 30 0.8
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults P40W Single Operator All Band QRP
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... ..... 36/32 ..... 23/21 59/53 59/53
1 . . . . 240/28 . 240/28 299/81
2 3/5 3/4 8/12 43/15 14/2 . 71/38 370/119
3 2/3 6/7 2/3 1/1 138/6 . 149/20 519/139
4 . 3/1 11/13 39/16 . . 53/30 572/169
5 4/5 4/4 2/1 27/4 14/16 5/6 56/36 628/205
6 3/0 7/4 56/20 14/4 . . 80/28 708/233
7 1/1 32/5 24/3 5/3 . . 62/12 770/245
8 3/4 6/4 4/7 ..... ..... ..... 13/15 783/260
9 . . . . . . . 783/260
10 . . 4/1 13/5 17/14 . 34/20 817/280
11 . . . . 19/10 69/36 88/46 905/326
12 . . . . . 65/15 65/15 970/341
13 . . . 7/2 19/7 34/4 60/13 1030/354
14 . . . . . 65/5 65/5 1095/359
15 . . . . 1/0 45/3 46/3 1141/362
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 8/3 40/4 48/7 1189/369
17 . . . . 9/4 54/1 63/5 1252/374
18 . . . 1/1 9/0 28/5 38/6 1290/380
19 . . . 1/2 3/0 64/2 68/4 1358/384
20 . . . . . 176/0 176/0 1534/384
21 . . . . . 171/2 171/2 1705/386
22 . . . 15/8 8/0 42/2 65/10 1770/396
23 . . . 113/12 1/0 . 114/12 1884/408
0 ..... ..... ..... 7/0 70/1 ..... 77/1 1961/409
1 . . . 149/2 14/0 . 163/2 2124/411
2 . 2/0 . . 122/4 1/1 125/5 2249/416
3 . . 1/1 71/3 14/5 10/5 96/14 2345/430
4 . 1/1 1/1 194/4 2/2 . 198/8 2543/438
5 1/1 9/10 2/1 71/1 1/0 1/0 85/13 2628/451
6 . 1/1 28/5 1/1 8/8 . 38/15 2666/466
7 . . . . . . . 2666/466
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 2666/466
9 . . . . . . . 2666/466
10 . . 1/1 . . 10/1 11/2 2677/468
11 . . . . 61/9 16/3 77/12 2754/480
12 . . . . . 34/4 34/4 2788/484
13 . . . . 26/5 15/7 41/12 2829/496
14 . . . . 1/1 11/2 12/3 2841/499
15 . . . . 1/1 35/2 36/3 2877/502
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... 17/1 17/3 34/4 2911/506
17 . . . 1/0 10/1 13/1 24/2 2935/508
18 . . . . . 105/0 105/0 3040/508
19 . . . . . 130/0 130/0 3170/508
20 . . . . 12/2 71/0 83/2 3253/510
21 . . . . 181/1 . 181/1 3434/511
22 . . 1/2 27/7 40/0 8/0 76/9 3510/520
23 . . . 109/0 51/0 . 160/0 3670/520
DAY1 16/18 61/29 111/60 315/105 500/90 881/106 ..... 1884/408
DAY2 1/1 13/12 34/11 630/18 631/41 477/29 . 1786/112
TOT 17/19 74/41 145/71 945/123 1131/131 1358/135 . 3670/520
Actually felt LOUD at times, especially on 10/15/20 in the late afternoon/early
evening local time when the bands closed to EU. As espected the low bands were
difficult but the 80M beam yielded 7 EU qsos so it was worth the effort.
Saturday morning was very difficult with the NA/EU path hot. Could not run
either EU or USA so spent 8 straight hours doing S&P hoping EU would close to
the states. Of course it finally did and things got hot for me.
71% of qsos were NA which was the my primary strategy. The other important
strategy was moving as many NA and other mults thru the bands, on frequencies
that were relatively QRM free (e.g. 14120/21120/28220 etc.) which worked very
well...thanks to those who agreed to QSY for me.
Managed to work CN8WW on 160M - they really can hear! Otherwise 160M was
limited to Carrib/SA mults that were fairlyu easily to work. Very few USA
could hear me.
80M was very noisy the first night, didn't hear any EU at all. ZF2MC was
consistently the loudest signal on the band. Flare enhanced conditions Sat.
night and managed 7 EU qsos with the 3 ele. beam.
40M was also difficult, but there were times when I could run both EU and USA.
20M was particularly good for me early Saturday evening and the last hour.
15M Was great the first night and in the afternoons.
10M was the money band as expected. With disturbed conditions EU was much more
workable Saturday.
Never worked a zone 40 all weekend...only a loud TF on ten but couldn't break
pileup. Where was the JW gand?
SSB QRP is not for the weak of heart. Having stations you call CQ in your face
is a way of life....you just have to be patient and keep trying!
Only equipment failure was my microphone that started to break up with about 15
minutes to go. Thank god not earlier....didn't have a spare.
My thanks to K7SS for his encouragement all these years....probably would not
have gone down this road otherwise. I think I'll move up to LP class the next
few years.
73, John W2GD/P40W
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