CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: N2IC
Operator(s): N2IC
Station: N2QV
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: New York
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 141 13 42
80: 895 23 71
40: 1549 31 90
20: 1709 32 94
15: 1175 24 81
10: 40 12 18
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Total: 5509 135 396 Total Score = 8,434,935
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
WOW ! What a weekend !
This adventure started in January, when I was asked if I would like to operate
at Tariq's (N2QV) for CQWW CW. In previous years, the superstation was operated
by Kevin, N5DX. With Kevin operating, this has been a USA-winning station for a
number of years. Of course, my answer was "yes".
Then COVID came along. I absolutely was not going to fly. I considered driving -
a long 3 days each way. I know Kevin has done well in WPX, operating remotely,
but my internet is very poor. Here in rural New Mexico, my only option is 4G LTE
from Verizon or T-Mobile. I was skeptical, but Scott, WU2X, kept encouraging me,
and created a few new ways to deal with the high latency, and, more importantly,
the high jitter. We tried a number of approaches, including a Flex 6700, and
RemoteRig, but ended up using Scott's homebrew, software-only method for audio.
I used a dedicated Verizon MiFi box for audio and COM port sharing only, and a
hotspotted T-Mobile phone for everything else.
Scott, Tariq and I spent many hours over the past month getting this remote
operation configured and working well. I can not thank them enough for their
dedication. With all of this effort, I still gave probability of 48 hour success
at no more than 50%.
The contest was great ! The pileups on 40 and 80 Friday night, and 15 and 20
both mornings were incredible and really tested my 2BSIQ skills. I expected much
better condx on 160, like I experienced last year operating at K1ZZ, but it
didn't happen. I obviously made a tactical mistake not forgoing some rate on
20/15 to work 10 meters on Sunday morning. I'll never be as good as the kids,
who are 30 or more years younger than me. Congratulations to Nate, N4YDU,
operating NR3X remotely to the RHR Jonesport station. I knew our scores would be
close and was not disappointed.
Thanks again to Tariq and Scott. Thanks also to KL9A (TI7W) for loaning me a
K3S/mini, and Paul, K1XM, for making a change to the YCCC SO2R Box operation for
better remote operating.
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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0000 0 27 141 0 0 0 168 168 3.0
0100 0 52 91 0 0 0 143 311 5.6
0200 0 74 77 0 0 0 151 462 8.4
0300 0 82 65 0 0 0 147 609 11.1
0400 10 64 40 0 0 0 114 723 13.1
0500 31 68 2 0 0 0 101 824 15.0
0600 13 87 10 0 0 0 110 934 17.0
0700 0 64 110 0 0 0 174 1108 20.1
0800 0 12 102 0 0 0 114 1222 22.2
0900 1 6 57 0 0 0 64 1286 23.3
1000 0 4 17 2 0 0 23 1309 23.8
1100 0 1 6 122 0 0 129 1438 26.1
1200 0 0 0 152 76 0 228 1666 30.2
1300 0 0 0 99 110 1 210 1876 34.1
1400 0 0 0 90 139 0 229 2105 38.2
1500 0 0 0 100 138 0 238 2343 42.5
1600 0 0 0 128 85 0 213 2556 46.4
1700 0 0 0 72 5 10 87 2643 48.0
1800 0 0 0 66 30 0 96 2739 49.7
1900 0 0 46 5 0 11 62 2801 50.8
2000 0 0 112 16 0 0 128 2929 53.2
2100 0 0 109 23 0 0 132 3061 55.6
2200 0 0 93 18 0 0 111 3172 57.6
2300 0 25 44 6 0 0 75 3247 58.9
0000 0 6 76 0 0 0 82 3329 60.4
0100 0 14 48 0 0 0 62 3391 61.6
0200 25 36 13 0 0 0 74 3465 62.9
0300 8 60 5 0 0 0 73 3538 64.2
0400 15 36 7 0 0 0 58 3596 65.3
0500 19 61 0 0 0 0 80 3676 66.7
0600 13 28 9 0 0 0 50 3726 67.6
0700 2 41 28 0 0 0 71 3797 68.9
0800 0 8 33 0 0 0 41 3838 69.7
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3838 69.7
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3838 69.7
1100 0 1 3 62 0 0 66 3904 70.9
1200 0 0 1 116 62 0 179 4083 74.1
1300 0 0 0 65 162 0 227 4310 78.2
1400 0 0 0 90 124 0 214 4524 82.1
1500 0 0 0 110 94 0 204 4728 85.8
1600 0 0 0 116 96 0 212 4940 89.7
1700 0 0 0 54 37 15 106 5046 91.6
1800 0 0 0 68 6 2 76 5122 93.0
1900 0 0 24 15 10 1 50 5172 93.9
2000 0 0 117 4 0 0 121 5293 96.1
2100 0 0 61 24 0 0 85 5378 97.6
2200 0 0 1 85 1 0 87 5465 99.2
2300 4 38 1 1 0 0 44 5509 100.0
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Total 141 895 1549 1709 1175 40 5509
Gross QSOs=5663 Dupes=154 Net QSOs=5509
Unique callsigns worked = 3661
The best 60 minute rate was 255/hour from 1228 to 1327
The best 30 minute rate was 274/hour from 1546 to 1615
The best 10 minute rate was 306/hour from 1313 to 1322
The best 1 minute rates were:
7 QSOs/minute 4 times.
6 QSOs/minute 43 times.
5 QSOs/minute 122 times.
4 QSOs/minute 292 times.
3 QSOs/minute 510 times.
2 QSOs/minute 624 times.
1 QSOs/minute 667 times.
There were 2341 bandchanges and 1511 (27.4%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
----------------- 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 41 108 97 86 37 5 374 6.8
South America 3 8 13 34 26 31 115 2.1
Europe 95 768 1378 1457 1094 0 4792 87.0
Asia 0 4 29 111 5 0 149 2.7
Africa 2 6 13 13 9 4 47 0.9
Oceania 0 1 19 7 3 0 30 0.5
??? 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
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Total 141 895 1549 1709 1175 40 5509
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 65
4 1322
5 2463
6 1637
7 10
8 9
9 3
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
4L 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1
4O 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1
*4U1V 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
4X 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 0.1
5H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
5T 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
5Z 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
7Q 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
8Q 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0
9A 2 10 22 16 6 0 56 1.0
9G 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
9H 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1
A4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
A7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
BY 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
C6 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.1
CE 0 1 1 1 2 4 9 0.2
CM 1 1 2 2 2 0 8 0.1
CN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
CT 1 3 8 7 5 0 24 0.4
CT3 1 2 2 3 2 1 11 0.2
CU 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
CX 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 0.1
D4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
DL 14 156 270 268 221 0 929 16.9
E7 1 6 14 6 6 0 33 0.6
EA 4 24 63 65 57 0 213 3.9
EA6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
EA8 0 1 5 5 1 1 13 0.2
EA9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
EI 1 4 7 5 7 0 24 0.4
ER 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.1
ES 1 3 2 5 1 0 12 0.2
EU 1 10 16 20 11 0 58 1.1
EX 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0
F 3 38 60 69 73 0 243 4.4
FG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
FK 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
FM 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0
FY 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
G 9 50 68 89 93 0 309 5.6
GD 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
GI 1 3 3 3 3 0 13 0.2
GJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
GM 3 10 6 11 12 0 42 0.8
GU 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
GW 0 3 3 4 5 0 15 0.3
HA 3 26 42 41 27 0 139 2.5
HB 0 15 21 26 21 0 83 1.5
HC 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.1
HI 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
HK 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 0.1
HL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HP 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
I 2 36 115 105 92 0 350 6.4
IS 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1
*IT9 1 1 3 8 3 0 16 0.3
JA 0 0 8 84 0 0 92 1.7
K 11 47 37 29 9 1 134 2.4
KH6 0 1 6 1 1 0 9 0.2
KL 0 0 1 4 1 0 6 0.1
KP2 1 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.1
KP4 1 1 4 3 4 1 14 0.3
LA 2 11 10 8 6 0 37 0.7
LU 0 0 1 7 7 10 25 0.5
LX 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0.1
LY 3 15 20 28 15 0 81 1.5
LZ 0 7 24 25 23 0 79 1.4
OA 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.1
OD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
OE 0 4 10 12 7 0 33 0.6
OH 4 15 16 26 17 0 78 1.4
OH0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
OK 7 48 75 81 48 0 259 4.7
OM 2 18 25 10 10 0 65 1.2
ON 0 15 24 23 24 0 86 1.6
OY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
OZ 2 9 10 8 9 0 38 0.7
P4 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.1
PA 4 26 45 60 54 0 189 3.4
PJ4 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
PY 1 2 6 18 9 10 46 0.8
PZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
S5 7 27 39 27 28 0 128 2.3
SM 4 23 22 40 17 0 106 1.9
SP 7 46 83 80 59 0 275 5.0
SV 0 0 17 11 11 0 39 0.7
SV5 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1
SV9 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0
TA 0 0 3 3 3 0 9 0.2
*TA1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
TF 0 1 2 4 0 0 7 0.1
TI 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
TK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
UA 4 41 74 129 38 0 286 5.2
UA2 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 0.1
UA9 0 3 6 13 0 0 22 0.4
UN 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 0.1
UR 0 25 72 68 34 0 199 3.6
V3 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.1
V7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
VE 22 50 42 38 15 1 168 3.0
VK 0 0 9 2 1 0 12 0.2
VP5 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
VP8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
VP9 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
VU 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0
XE 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1
YB 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0
YL 0 9 6 13 7 0 35 0.6
YO 0 10 29 24 19 0 82 1.5
YU 1 10 28 16 14 0 69 1.3
YV 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.0
Z3 0 1 5 4 2 0 12 0.2
ZA 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
ZD7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
ZF 2 2 2 2 2 0 10 0.2
ZL 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0.1
ZP 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
ZS 0 2 4 1 2 1 10 0.2
??? 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
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Total 141 895 1549 1709 1175 40 5509
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
14 49 392 625 692 610 0 2368 43.0
15 41 280 513 482 346 0 1662 30.2
16 5 78 165 220 84 0 552 10.0
20 0 18 82 64 59 0 223 4.0
04 21 49 36 32 15 0 153 2.8
05 10 40 36 20 6 0 112 2.0
25 0 0 8 85 0 0 93 1.7
08 7 7 15 12 10 1 52 0.9
11 1 2 7 18 10 10 48 0.9
03 1 7 6 15 2 2 33 0.6
13 0 1 1 10 8 11 31 0.6
33 1 4 8 8 3 2 26 0.5
09 2 3 3 3 4 5 20 0.4
17 0 1 6 10 0 0 17 0.3
30 0 0 8 2 1 0 11 0.2
38 0 2 4 1 2 1 10 0.2
31 0 1 6 2 1 0 10 0.2
07 1 2 1 2 2 1 9 0.2
12 0 1 1 1 2 4 9 0.2
40 0 1 2 4 0 0 7 0.1
01 0 0 1 4 2 0 7 0.1
10 0 1 1 2 2 1 7 0.1
37 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 0.1
32 0 0 4 1 1 0 6 0.1
02 1 2 1 1 0 0 5 0.1
18 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.1
21 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0.1
35 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 0.1
22 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0.1
19 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.1
06 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1
24 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
28 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0
29 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
36 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
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Total 141 895 1549 1709 1175 40 5509
Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands 2521
2 bands 640
3 bands 314
4 bands 165
5 bands 20
6 bands 1
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
PX2A
------- 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 78 355 704 881 477 26
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