ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: WB0TEV
Operator(s): WB0TEV, CLUSTER
Station: WB0TEV
Class: M/S HP
QTH: NTX
Operating Time (hrs): 11.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 194 Sections = 61 Countries = 4 Total Score = 26,000
Club: North Texas Contest Club
Comments:
I hadnâ??t planned on putting much time in this contest. I couldnâ??t even
remember the last time I was on 160 and thereâ??s probably something in the
Geneva Conventions about how many folks I can subject to my occasionally
mangled Morse. Instead of just a couple of hours or so Iâ??d intended, the BIC
time was almost 12 hours total.
Nonetheless, as the sun was setting Friday night I got some sandpaper and
cleaned some of the corrosion off of the screw lug contacts on the two high
voltage door knob capacitors I use as a limited matching network to shunt feed
my 63 foot tower for 160 (with the big Mosley PRO-67-B) acting as something of a
capacity hat. The rest of the matching takes place inside the shack using an
old Dentron Super Tuner.
I got started over 4 hours late but got hooked nonetheless. Figured Iâ??d try
to help fatten the logs of others and help represent the North Texas Contest
Club.
It was strictly an S&P affair aided by the Cluster, hence the Multi-Op entry.
I was struck by the dearth of District 2 calls, only 7 out 194 QSOs. After
the first night I thought Iâ??d never get any New York or California sections
but a few did dribble in later. On the other hand Minnesota topped the most
frequently worked section. The top 4, MN, TN, IL and CO comprised 24% of the
Qâ??s in the log.
Was able to work just about everything I could hear, and there in lies the rub.
To really do well on 160 you need a receive antenna with some directivity and
while I had a quasi-Beverage strung out years ago, presently Iâ??m doing both
TX and RX on my shunt-fed tower with all the attendant noise that comes with
it. The 500 or so watts from the old Dentron ML-2500 did the trick on the TX
side though.
Only DX worked was PJ2, XE, VP2M and ZF. I was surprised to work 61 of the 80
ARRL sections missing ND (sorry to hear of AC0Wâ??s woes), NLI, NNY, SNJ (ref.
my earlier complaints about lack of 2â??s), WCF, WTX(?!) LAX, SB, SDG (read
that lots of others wondered where SDG was too), OR, WWA, VI and in the
â??no-surprise thereâ?? department, PR, PAC, AK, MB, NL and NWT.
Bring on the 10m contest! Hope to put WB0TEV in lots of logs next weekend.
Victor - WB0TEV
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: WB0TEV
CONTEST: ARRL-160
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: WB0TEV
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0200 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 8.8
0300 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 30 15.5
0400 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 41 21.1
0500 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 55 28.4
0600 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 72 37.1
0700 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 91 46.9
0800 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 97 50.0
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 50.0
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 50.0
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 50.0
1200 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 101 52.1
1300 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 106 54.6
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 54.6
2300 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 114 58.8
0000 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 124 63.9
0100 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 125 64.4
0200 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 133 68.6
0300 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 150 77.3
0400 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 164 84.5
0500 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 175 90.2
0600 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 189 97.4
0700 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 194 100.0
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total 194 0 0 0 0 0 194
Gross QSOs=194 Dupes=0 Net QSOs=194
Unique callsigns worked = 194
The best 60 minute rate was 22/hour from 0528 to 0627
The best 30 minute rate was 30/hour from 0533 to 0602
The best 10 minute rate was 42/hour from 0340 to 0349
The best 1 minute rates were:
1 QSOs/minute 88 times.
----------------- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y -----------------
160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America 193 0 0 0 0 0 193 99.5
South America 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
Europe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Asia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 194 0 0 0 0 0 194
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
4 147
5 41
6 6
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
K 182 0 0 0 0 0 182 93.8
PJ2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
VE 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.1
VP2M 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
XE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
ZF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 194 0 0 0 0 0 194
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
MN 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 7.7
TN 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.7
IL 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.2
CO 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.2
VA 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.1
OH 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.6
IN 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.6
GA 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.1
NTX 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.6
STX 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.6
WI 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.6
MO 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
KS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
NFL 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
MI 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
WPA 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
NM 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
AZ 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1
NC 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
ON 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
NE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
AR 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
WNY 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
SV 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
EPA 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5
WY 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
KY 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
LA 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
IA 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
SC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
MDC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
SCV 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
OK 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
ENY 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
EB 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
NNJ 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
RI 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
CT 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
ID 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
SF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
NV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
SFL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
EWA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
WV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
ME 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
BC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
SJV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
VT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
QC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
SK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
DE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
NH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
MT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
MS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
SD 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
MAR 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
ORG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
AB 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
EMA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
------------------------------------------------------
Total 194 0 0 0 0 0 194
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
--------------------
0 34 17.5
1 13 6.7
2 7 3.6
3 16 8.2
4 25 12.9
5 20 10.3
6 14 7.2
7 12 6.2
8 15 7.7
9 26 13.4
--------------------
Total 182 93.8
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