ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5OT, K5PI, K5TR
Station: K5TR
Class: M/S HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160: 55 52
80: 184 84
40: 965 112
20: 670 107
15: 974 112
10: 82 60
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Total: 2930 527 Total Score = 4,554,861
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Comments from K5PI:
Thanks to George for having K5OT and me out this weekend. It was startling
how much conditions were improved from the "bad old days" of the solar
minimum. We saw the flux reported at 109, so I guess that explains it. We
ran Europe for several hours both mornings on 15M. On Saturday morning, we
essentially went from 40 to 15. We also had very nice JA runs on 15M both
afternoons as well. While we didn't have enough 10M propagation to run, we
were able to work a LOT of countries. We worked Japan on 10M, and I think
that's the first time I've done that in years.
Low band conditions were good, too, and we didn't have much noise.
The buzz about conditions must have gotten around in Japan, because JA
stations were out in force! In addition to the high bands, we had great
runs on 40 both nights. We took a quick look at the breakout, and I believe
we worked something like 50% more Asian stations than Europeans on 40.
George was a bit under the weather, so he mostly worked the "mult station"
and acted as spiritual guide. :-) I don't think Larry and I drifted too
far from the straight and narrow, but I always appreciate his sage advice on
band selection, etc.
I continue to marvel at all the changes that Skimmer hath wrought. K6VVA
posted a comment on CQ Contest that zero beat packet pileups seem to have
dramatically increased. I noticed that at ZF1A during CQWW. This weekend,
when I'd take off on a point-and-shoot expedition, I'd just turn on a bit of
XIT and leave it on as I moved from spot to spot. I think that helped a
lot.
Also, Skimmer means that DX can run but can't really hide anymore. I guess
they can move way, way, way up the band or maybe send a CQ that doesn't
include "CQ" or "TEST", but a lot of the old strategies for thinning the
pile just don't work any more.
Want to clean up your spot screen? You can't just delete the spots, because
Skimmer will dutifully spot those stations again in no time. Time to learn
those spot filtering commands.
On the positive side, however, it's now more possible to get a feel for
propagation by looking at a screen of Skimmer spots. Sure, your mileage
will vary, especially if the Skimmer is a few states away, but you don't
have to consider a lot of the vagaries human spotters will introduce.
Station:
http://www.k5tr.net/
2x Elecraft K3 radios (tnx k5ot)
2x AL-1500 amps
160 - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
80 - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'.
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
40 - Force 12 240N at 120'
- Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
20 - 6 element yagi at 80' fixed NE
- 6 element yagi at 80'
- 6 element yagi 40' fixed NW
- 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE
15 - 6 element yagi at 70'
- 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE
10 - 6 element yagi at 60'
- 6 element yagi at 30' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 40' fixed SE
Continent List
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
--- -- -- -- -- -- ---
USA calls = 0 0 3 9 2 0 14
VE calls = 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
N.A. calls = 16 23 42 42 37 23 183
S.A. calls = 6 14 29 35 50 25 159
Euro calls = 24 93 362 409 552 17 1457
Afrc calls = 4 6 16 16 18 10 70
Asia calls = 1 1 36 34 22 0 94
JA calls = 2 36 414 110 257 1 820
Ocen calls = 2 11 42 13 24 6 98
Total calls = 55 184 946 669 962 82 2898
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 06g) by K5KA
Callsign: K5TR
Contest: ARRL-DX-CW
Category: MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH CW
Operators: K5OT, K5PI, K5TR
-------------- 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 5 40 2 47 47 1.6
0100 0 0 0 66 3 0 69 116 2.4
0200 0 9 43 9 0 0 61 177 2.1
0300 0 14 29 5 0 0 48 225 1.6
0400 9 0 38 0 0 0 47 272 1.6
0500 13 36 2 0 0 0 51 323 1.7
0600 4 18 31 0 0 0 53 376 1.8
0700 0 0 66 0 0 0 66 442 2.3
0800 0 0 62 0 0 0 62 504 2.1
0900 2 2 75 0 0 0 79 583 2.7
1000 5 4 61 0 0 0 70 653 2.4
1100 3 10 38 0 0 0 51 704 1.7
1200 0 15 20 26 0 0 61 765 2.1
1300 0 0 0 64 28 0 92 857 3.1
1400 0 0 0 0 105 2 107 964 3.7
1500 0 0 0 0 45 19 64 1028 2.2
1600 0 0 0 0 102 4 106 1134 3.6
1700 0 0 0 0 78 2 80 1214 2.7
1800 0 0 0 4 41 10 55 1269 1.9
1900 0 0 0 14 10 2 26 1295 0.9
2000 0 0 0 50 2 4 56 1351 1.9
2100 0 0 0 15 39 0 54 1405 1.8
2200 0 0 0 1 69 1 71 1476 2.4
2300 0 0 0 4 54 3 61 1537 2.1
0000 0 1 0 3 73 0 77 1614 2.6
0100 1 1 4 39 8 0 53 1667 1.8
0200 0 28 0 43 0 0 71 1738 2.4
0300 7 16 45 0 0 0 68 1806 2.3
0400 3 1 51 0 0 0 55 1861 1.9
0500 1 3 40 0 0 0 44 1905 1.5
0600 6 1 43 0 0 0 50 1955 1.7
0700 1 3 52 0 0 0 56 2011 1.9
0800 0 2 71 0 0 0 73 2084 2.5
0900 0 0 74 0 0 0 74 2158 2.5
1000 0 0 46 0 0 0 46 2204 1.6
1100 0 11 27 0 0 0 38 2242 1.3
1200 0 8 10 42 0 0 60 2302 2.0
1300 0 1 0 75 29 0 105 2407 3.6
1400 0 0 0 0 85 0 85 2492 2.9
1500 0 0 0 41 19 5 65 2557 2.2
1600 0 0 0 0 53 8 61 2618 2.1
1700 0 0 0 51 7 3 61 2679 2.1
1800 0 0 0 41 9 0 50 2729 1.7
1900 0 0 0 27 1 1 29 2758 1.0
2000 0 0 0 17 1 15 33 2791 1.1
2100 0 0 5 11 8 1 25 2816 0.9
2200 0 0 10 16 14 0 40 2856 1.4
2300 0 0 4 0 39 0 43 2899 1.5
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Total 55 184 947 669 962 82 2899
Gross QSO's=2930 Dupes=31 Net QSO's=2899
Unique callsigns worked = 1897
The best 60 minute rate was 114/hour from 1604 to 1703
The best 30 minute rate was 126/hour from 1604 to 1633
The best 10 minute rate was 168/hour from 1604 to 1613
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSO's/minute 8 times.
3 QSO's/minute 82 times.
2 QSO's/minute 340 times.
1 QSO's/minute 579 times.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 18
4 609
5 938
6 1250
7 21
8 44
9 2
10 17
------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
BY 1 5 6 7 11 1 31 1.1
HP 0 1 3 2 1 0 7 0.2
JA 2 6 15 10 18 4 55 1.9
K 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 0.2
KH0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.1
KH2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
KH6 2 5 6 3 5 2 23 0.8
KL 1 3 4 11 6 1 26 0.9
KP2 0 1 5 3 2 1 12 0.4
KP4 2 1 2 3 3 2 13 0.4
LA 0 1 1 3 3 0 8 0.3
LU 0 1 3 4 11 5 24 0.8
LX 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
LY 0 4 5 6 2 0 17 0.6
LZ 0 2 8 5 16 0 31 1.1
OA 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2
OE 1 2 2 5 8 1 19 0.7
OH 0 1 3 10 8 0 22 0.8
OH0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.1
OK 1 10 23 22 30 2 88 3.0
OM 1 4 13 15 13 1 47 1.6
ON 1 2 8 13 7 0 31 1.1
OX 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
OY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
OZ 1 2 3 2 4 0 12 0.4
P2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
P4 1 2 2 2 1 2 10 0.3
PA 1 1 4 14 22 1 43 1.5
PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
PJ4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
PJ5 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2
PY 1 2 11 16 23 7 60 2.1
PZ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
R1FJ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
S5 1 3 18 17 25 0 64 2.2
SM 0 1 3 18 11 0 33 1.1
SP 0 3 13 12 14 0 42 1.4
SV 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
T30 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
TA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TG 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
TI 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 0.3
TJ 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
TK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
UA 0 4 23 18 13 0 58 2.0
UA2 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.1
UA9 1 1 20 24 12 0 58 2.0
UN 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1
UR 1 2 32 14 17 0 66 2.3
V3 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.2
V4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
V5 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
VE 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
VK 0 1 15 2 5 1 24 0.8
VP2M 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.2
VP5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
VP9 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.2
VR 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
XE 1 1 4 2 2 1 11 0.4
XU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
YB 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 0.2
YL 0 1 3 3 2 0 9 0.3
YN 0 0 2 1 1 2 6 0.2
YO 1 1 12 9 13 0 36 1.2
YS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
YU 1 3 7 7 8 0 26 0.9
YV 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 0.2
Z3 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
ZC4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
ZF 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
ZL 0 2 8 2 3 1 16 0.6
ZS 0 0 3 2 1 1 7 0.2
??? 23 91 617 349 611 31 1722 59.4
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------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
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Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2899
Callareas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
------------------
0 0 0.0
1 0 0.0
2 0 0.0
3 0 0.0
4 0 0.0
5 0 0.0
6 0 0.0
7 0 0.0
8 0 0.0
9 0 0.0
Multi-band QSO's
----------------
1 bands 1328
2 bands 320
3 bands 135
4 bands 66
5 bands 26
6 bands 22
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
JA3YBK KH6LC TI5A 8P3A V31RR PZ5P
ZF2AM PJ2T PJ4A CR3L HC2/KF6ZWD CS2C
OE3K 9A1A CN3A E7DX V48M DL6FBL
TM6M C6AGU 4O3A VQ5D
----- 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 11 44 506 264 484 19
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