ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5TR
Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 0 0
SSB: 2451 139
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Total: 2451 139 Total Score = 681,378
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Station K5TR:
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/k5tr_station.html
Elecraft K3
Elecraft K3 + Elecraft P3
Ameritron AL-1500
Ameritron AL-1500
26' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 115' rotatable
24' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 60' rotatable
24' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 30' fixed NE
4-element Yagi @ 40' fixed SE
Half wave vertical, base @ 20'
Ameritron RCS-8V antenna switches
Heil Proset Plus HC-4
W9XT contest card
TR Log 6.96
This is the 11th ARRL 10 Meter Contest in a row that I have operated
from the K5TR contest station in Blanco County, Texas. I have now
operated this contest across a complete solar cycle. George added
a new Yagi to his complement of 10 meter antennas this year - six
elements on a 26 foot (8 meter) long boom. He put it on the same
mast as his high 40 meter Yagi at 115 feet (35 meters) or so above
ground. There were definitely times when I think it heard better
than the lower antennas, but the difference was never as big as I
would have anticipated. The best benefit was having the flexibility
of another rotatable Yagi in the mix.
This was only the fourth-highest QSO total I've made in the past 11
years, but it was a second-best multiplier total for me. That was
a bit of a surprise, given that I worked only a single Mexican
station this weekend. Last year, I worked 40 XE stations in 21
states. That is 20 fewer multipliers from Mexico that I missed out
on this year. Comparing notes from other stations in Texas, it
seems that either activity was well down in Mexico this year, or
we simply didn't have propagation. I did, however, manage to work
all US states, the District of Columbia, and all Canadian multipliers
except VE0, VO1, and VO2. I even worked three stations in the
Northwest Territories.
Propagation to Europe and Japan was the best we've had in this
contest since 2002. Last year, I did not work a single station in
Japan - this year, over 100 made it into the log. I worked stations
all over Europe, but missed a few multipliers including OM, LA, LX,
YL, ES, and EU. Some exciting multipliers that did make it into
my log included EA9, ST, VP8, ZK2, and a BV station I worked on long
path on Sunday morning.
I had some really big rates during the contest. My best 10 minute
rate was 264 QSOs/hour, which was much higher than last year,
when I couldn't break 200 QSOs/hour even for a 10 minute period of
time. My best minute was 7 QSOs. Maybe next year I can do 8.
HOUR HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE PCT
---- ------ --------- ----- ---
0000 185/22 185/22 0.01M 7.4
0100 139/6 324/28 0.02M 5.6
0200 64/1 388/29 0.02M 2.6
0300 32/1 420/30 0.03M 1.3
0400 3/0 423/30 0.03M 0.1
0500 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
0600 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
0700 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
0800 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
0900 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
1000 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
1100 --- 423/30 0.03M 0.0
1200 8/5 431/35 0.03M 0.3
1300 29/14 460/49 0.05M 1.2
1400 97/23 557/72 0.08M 3.9
1500 130/10 687/82 0.11M 5.2
1600 119/6 806/88 0.14M 4.8
1700 180/8 986/96 0.19M 7.2
1800 152/3 1138/99 0.23M 6.1
1900 126/2 1264/101 0.26M 5.0
2000 120/2 1384/103 0.29M 4.8
2100 103/1 1487/104 0.31M 4.1
2200 38/6 1525/110 0.34M 1.5
2300 89/4 1614/114 0.37M 3.6
0000 21/3 1635/117 0.38M 0.8
0100 14/0 1649/117 0.39M 0.6
0200 6/0 1655/117 0.39M 0.2
0300 8/1 1663/118 0.39M 0.3
0400 6/0 1669/118 0.39M 0.2
0500 1/0 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
0600 --- 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
0700 --- 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
0800 --- 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
0900 --- 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
1000 --- 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
1100 --- 1670/118 0.39M 0.0
1200 3/1 1673/119 0.40M 0.1
1300 30/8 1703/127 0.43M 1.2
1400 94/3 1797/130 0.47M 3.8
1500 77/3 1874/133 0.50M 3.1
1600 75/0 1949/133 0.52M 3.0
1700 76/1 2025/134 0.54M 3.0
1800 96/0 2121/134 0.57M 3.8
1900 97/1 2218/135 0.60M 3.9
2000 68/1 2286/136 0.62M 2.7
2100 47/0 2333/136 0.63M 1.9
2200 57/1 2390/137 0.65M 2.3
2300 61/2 2451/139 0.68M 2.4
---- ------ --------- ----- ---
DAY 1 1614/114
DAY 2 837/25
TOTAL 2451/139
---- ------ --------- ----- ---
Gross QSOs=2497 Dupes=46 Net QSOs=2451
Unique callsigns worked = 2451
The best 60 minute rate was 190/hour from 0003 to 0102
The best 30 minute rate was 208/hour from 0026 to 0055
The best 10 minute rate was 264/hour from 0037 to 0046
The best 1 minute rates were:
7 QSOs/minute 1 times
6 QSOs/minute 5 times
5 QSOs/minute 18 times
4 QSOs/minute 87 times
3 QSOs/minute 213 times
2 QSOs/minute 402 times
1 QSOs/minute 533 times
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 2
4 596
5 1046
6 796
7 2
8 5
9 4
Continental Distribution
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USA calls = 1501
VE calls = 145
XE calls = 1
N.A. calls = 35
S.A. calls = 127
Euro calls = 447
Afrc calls = 17
Asia calls = 5
JA calls = 118
Ocen calls = 55
Total calls = 2451
Multiplier Distribution
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1. Wa 137
2. Ny 132
3. JA 118
4. Ca 112
5. Ma 86
6. Nj 85
7. Or 75
8. DL 67
9. Tx 64
10. PY 62
11. Il 58
12. Pa 58
13. Md 58
14. F 55
15. On 54
16. G 53
17. I 51
18. Ct 47
19. Va 42
20. PA 41
21. EA 40
22. LU 37
23. In 34
24. Bc 33
25. Oh 33
26. Mi 31
27. Tn 31
28. Mo 30
29. Nh 28
30. Mn 27
31. Co 26
32. Wi 25
33. Me 25
34. Nc 24
35. Ga 24
36. Fl 22
37. VK 21
38. Id 20
39. Ky 16
40. Qc 16
41. Ab 16
42. CE 14
43. Ri 14
44. De 14
45. ZL 14
46. CT 13
47. OK 13
48. Al 12
49. Ia 12
50. SP 12
51. Ak 12
52. Ks 11
53. ON 11
54. 9A 10
55. S5 10
56. Vt 10
57. Mt 10
58. Nd 9
59. Nv 9
60. Sc 8
61. HB 8
62. Hi 8
63. KP4 7
64. EI 7
65. Ne 6
66. YO 6
67. EA8 6
68. Ns 6
69. Mb 6
70. Wy 6
71. SV 6
72. ZS 5
73. Ok 5
74. Sk 5
75. DU 5
76. Sd 4
77. Ms 4
78. Ut 4
79. CM 4
80. OZ 4
81. SM 4
82. GM 4
83. Dc 4
84. YB 4
85. OE 4
86. Wv 3
87. Ar 3
88. GW 3
89. KP2 3
90. Nt 3
91. Nb 3
92. HA 3
93. UR 3
94. GI 3
95. P4 2
96. HK 2
97. HP 2
98. HI 2
99. TK 2
100. E7 2
101. EA6 2
102. UA 2
103. Nm 2
104. YV 2
105. OA 2
106. CT3 2
107. TI 2
108. Pe 2
109. Ags 1
110. La 1
111. C9 1
112. 4O 1
113. LZ 1
114. ZA 1
115. SV5 1
116. CU 1
117. Az 1
118. FY 1
119. VP5 1
120. HC 1
121. CX 1
122. ZP 1
123. UA9 1
124. BV 1
125. 9M6 1
126. KH2 1
127. D4 1
128. OH 1
129. ST 1
130. EA9 1
131. LY 1
132. YU 1
133. 4X 1
134. VR 1
135. Yt 1
136. VP8 1
137. PJ2 1
138. ZK2 1
139. HL 1
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