ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5TR
Class: SOSB/15 HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 1400 116
10:
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Total: 1400 116 Total Score = 487,200
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
The station at K5TR:
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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
- two element Force 12 2/2 WARC band antenna at 60', fixed SE
Radio 1: Elecraft K3, Ameritron AL-1500
Radio 2: Elecraft K3, Ameritron AL-1500
Headset: Heil Proset Plus HC-4
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
Thanks to George for letting me operate his station this
weekend. Conditions were much improved over my last effort
in the SOSB/15 category in 2009. My personal goal for the
weekend was to do better than the NR5M M/M team's 15 meter totals
from the CW DX contest two weekends ago. I was pretty sure I
could do better than their QSO total, but I wasn't sure about
the multiplier total. As it turns out, I matched their multiplier
total in the final hour of the contest.
The opening to Europe seemed to be a lot better on day two than it
was on day one. On the second day, I got the rate meter up close
to 200 while working Europeans, but I never quite broke that
barrier. The propagation was also better to northeast Europe and
Scandinavia on the second day, allowing me to pick up many new
multipliers.
Some common multipliers I missed included one big surprise: no
XE station made it into the log! It seemed like there were hundreds
of Mexican call signs on phone in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, but
I never heard one in this contest. I also missed out on 6Y, BV,
CP, D4, HC, UA2, VR2, ZS, and a few others.
After dupes and W/VE calls, it looks like my raw QSO total came
out to 1400 exactly. I could not have planned that if I had tried.
I had a lot of fun.
Rate Sheet:
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HR 15 CUM TOTAL SCORE
--- ------- -------- ------
0 74/15 74/15 0.00M
1 38/4 112/19 0.01M
2 --- 112/19 0.01M
3 --- 112/19 0.01M
4 --- 112/19 0.01M
5 --- 112/19 0.01M
6 --- 112/19 0.01M
7 --- 112/19 0.01M
8 --- 112/19 0.01M
9 --- 112/19 0.01M
10 --- 112/19 0.01M
11 --- 112/19 0.01M
12 26/17 138/36 0.01M
13 72/16 210/52 0.03M
14 112/12 322/64 0.06M
15 65/6 387/70 0.08M
16 75/3 462/73 0.10M
17 87/3 549/76 0.12M
18 57/5 606/81 0.14M
19 32/7 638/88 0.16M
20 30/3 668/91 0.17M
21 37/0 705/91 0.18M
22 52/3 757/94 0.20M
23 60/0 817/94 0.22M
0 55/1 872/95 0.23M
1 33/2 905/97 0.25M
2 1/0 906/97 0.25M
3 --- 906/97 0.25M
4 --- 906/97 0.25M
5 --- 906/97 0.25M
6 --- 906/97 0.25M
7 --- 906/97 0.25M
8 --- 906/97 0.25M
9 --- 906/97 0.25M
10 --- 906/97 0.25M
11 --- 906/97 0.25M
12 12/0 918/97 0.25M
13 100/3 1018/100 0.29M
14 74/3 1092/103 0.32M
15 87/2 1179/105 0.35M
16 81/1 1260/106 0.38M
17 55/0 1315/106 0.40M
18 36/2 1351/108 0.42M
19 34/1 1385/109 0.43M
20 26/4 1411/113 0.46M
21 20/2 1431/115 0.47M
22 18/1 1449/116 0.48M
23 29/0 1478/116 0.49M
D1 817/94
D2 661/22
TO 1478/116
Unique callsigns worked = 1478
The best 60 minute rate was 118/hour from 1332 to 1431
The best 30 minute rate was 152/hour from 1401 to 1430
The best 10 minute rate was 186/hour from 1330 to 1339
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSO's/minute 1 times.
5 QSO's/minute 1 times.
4 QSO's/minute 18 times.
3 QSO's/minute 81 times.
2 QSO's/minute 274 times.
1 QSO's/minute 604 times.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 10
4 208
5 556
6 683
7 2
8 10
9 7
10 2
Continental Distribution
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USA calls = 66
VE calls = 12
N.A. calls = 57
S.A. calls = 81
Euro calls = 915
Afrc calls = 15
Asia calls = 26
JA calls = 258
Ocen calls = 48
Total calls = 1478
Multipliers Worked
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4X CM EA6 GD HR KP4 OZ ST UN YB
5B CT EA8 GI I LA P2 SV UR YL
5X CT3 EA9 GJ IS LU P4 SV5 V2 YN
8P CU EI GM J7 LX PA SV9 V3 YO
9A CX ER GU J8 LY PJ2 TA V4 YU
9M6 CY0 ES GW JA LZ PJ4 TF V5 YV
9V D2 EU HA KG4 OA PJ7 TG V8 ZL
9Y DL F HB KH2 OE PY TI VK ZP
A7 DU FG HI KH6 OH PZ TJ VP2E
BY E5/S FM HK KH9 OK S5 TK VP5
C6 E7 FY HL KL OM SM UA VP8
CE EA G HP KP2 ON SP UA9 VP9
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