ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB - 2021
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: K5TR
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
160: 0
80: 72
40: 991
20: 1001
15: 56
10: 0
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Total: 2120 Sections = 84 Total Score = 356,160
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
The contest was fun. The station worked without any real issues.
W7WA did a fine effort as always - and I was thinking 15m was good for
him but it appears that it was not there this year for him. I was
sure as I was having a few rough hours on Sunday that he was going to
town on 15 as the signals from the west seemed to be good on that
band. In the next few years 10 and 15 from out west will be very hard
to keep up with.
I tried to run for a bit on 15m - and while the frequencies were nice
and clear it just was not producing enough rate to stay - so back to
the very crowded 20 meters I went.
Unlike last year 20 and 40 were long most all the time. It made for a
congested frequencies. It also made it harder to work the close in
sections. I started on 20 meters on what was a good clear frequency
but stations moved in at very close spacing at times making the first
two hours slower than they could have been with a nice clear channel
but without any real options to move to - you just have to stick it
out and make the best of what you have. I got off to a pretty good
start with good consistent rate. Once again my best hourly rate is
happened several hours into the contest which just seems werid but
that seems to be the pattern of the last few years.
I was thinking I was going to miss a sweep again this year. My last
two sections were NL and WTX. An NL finally called me on 20m near
their sunset time on Sunday evening. That just left WTX. I usually
never have an issue working WTX but this year I did not have one call
me and I heard on work someone on 80m Saturday night but I did not get
his attention and even though I called CQ on 80m some I could not seem
to attract one. On Sunday I heard N5ZC with a pileup on 15m and I
called number of times but my backscatter signal was no match for the
loud east coast stations he was working. With about an hour to go I
had one call me on 40m and then (as others have noted) another one
called me within 10 minutes of the first.
I made a few changes to the station over the last year - the biggest
was to get a stack of two 20m antennas back up - I had these up for
many years but a wind storm damaged some of the 20m yagis and I never
did get the lower one back on the tower. It does seem to make a bit
of a difference. I used them pointed to the NE - 85ft over 45ft.
Great to hear everyone on the radio and I am already looking forward
to doing it all again next year. :-)
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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80SSB 72 72 144 3
40SSB 991 991 1982 12
20SSB 1001 1001 2002 69
15SSB 56 56 112 0
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Totals 2120 2120 4240 84
Final Score = 356160 points.
Station: http://www.k5tr.net/
2x Elecraft K3 radios (tnx k5ot)
2x Alpha 87A
trlinux - http://kkn.net/trlinux
160 - Half wave sloping dipoles sloped east and west from 125'
- SAL-30 RX array
- NE, SE beverages ~500' long
80 - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 125'
- SAL-30 RX array
- NE, SE beverages ~500' long
40 - 4 element yagi at 125'
- Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
20 - Stack of three 6 element yagis at 135' / 85' / 45'
- 6 element yagi at 80'
- 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 - 7 element yagi 48 ft boom at 60'
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 145'
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 45' fixed SE
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 30' fixed NE
HR 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE
-- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -----
21 --- --- 157/57 --- --- 157/57 157/57 0.02M
22 --- --- 169/7 --- --- 169/7 326/64 0.04M
23 --- 99/2 56/4 --- --- 155/6 481/70 0.07M
0 --- 166/1 --- --- --- 166/1 647/71 0.09M
1 --- 152/1 --- --- --- 152/1 799/72 0.12M
2 1/0 103/3 --- --- --- 104/3 903/75 0.14M
3 2/0 99/3 --- --- --- 101/3 1004/78 0.16M
4 6/0 70/1 --- --- --- 76/1 1080/79 0.17M
5 30/3 41/0 --- --- --- 71/3 1151/82 0.19M
6 12/0 36/0 --- --- --- 48/0 1199/82 0.20M
7 11/0 11/0 --- --- --- 22/0 1221/82 0.20M
8 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1221/82 0.20M
9 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1221/82 0.20M
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1221/82 0.20M
11 2/0 20/0 --- --- --- 22/0 1243/82 0.20M
12 4/0 19/0 --- --- --- 23/0 1266/82 0.21M
13 --- 9/0 50/0 --- --- 59/0 1325/82 0.22M
14 --- 4/0 68/0 --- --- 72/0 1397/82 0.23M
15 --- 19/0 49/0 --- --- 68/0 1465/82 0.24M
16 --- 4/0 7/0 8/0 --- 19/0 1484/82 0.24M
17 --- --- 13/0 48/0 --- 61/0 1545/82 0.25M
18 --- --- 75/0 --- --- 75/0 1620/82 0.27M
19 --- --- 70/0 --- --- 70/0 1690/82 0.28M
20 --- --- 68/0 --- --- 68/0 1758/82 0.29M
21 --- --- 91/1 --- --- 91/1 1849/83 0.31M
22 --- 6/0 54/0 --- --- 60/0 1909/83 0.32M
23 --- 10/0 74/0 --- --- 84/0 1993/83 0.33M
0 2/0 30/0 --- --- --- 32/0 2025/83 0.34M
1 2/0 53/1 --- --- --- 55/1 2080/84 0.35M
2 --- 40/0 --- --- --- 40/0 2120/84 0.36M
D1 0/0 99/2 382/68 0/0 0/0 481/70
D2 72/3 892/10 619/1 56/0 0/0 1639/14
TO 72/3 991/12 1001/69 56/0 0/0 2120/84
CALLSIGN: K5TR
CONTEST: ARRL-SS-SSB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: 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
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2100 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 157 7.4
2200 0 0 0 169 0 0 169 326 15.4
2300 0 0 99 56 0 0 155 481 22.7
0000 0 0 166 0 0 0 166 647 30.5
0100 0 0 152 0 0 0 152 799 37.7
0200 0 1 103 0 0 0 104 903 42.6
0300 0 2 99 0 0 0 101 1004 47.4
0400 0 6 70 0 0 0 76 1080 50.9
0500 0 30 41 0 0 0 71 1151 54.3
0600 0 12 36 0 0 0 48 1199 56.6
0700 0 11 11 0 0 0 22 1221 57.6
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1221 57.6
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1221 57.6
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1221 57.6
1100 0 2 20 0 0 0 22 1243 58.6
1200 0 4 19 0 0 0 23 1266 59.7
1300 0 0 9 50 0 0 59 1325 62.5
1400 0 0 4 68 0 0 72 1397 65.9
1500 0 0 19 49 0 0 68 1465 69.1
1600 0 0 4 7 8 0 19 1484 70.0
1700 0 0 0 13 48 0 61 1545 72.9
1800 0 0 0 75 0 0 75 1620 76.4
1900 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 1690 79.7
2000 0 0 0 68 0 0 68 1758 82.9
2100 0 0 0 91 0 0 91 1849 87.2
2200 0 0 6 54 0 0 60 1909 90.0
2300 0 0 10 74 0 0 84 1993 94.0
0000 0 2 30 0 0 0 32 2025 95.5
0100 0 2 53 0 0 0 55 2080 98.1
0200 0 0 40 0 0 0 40 2120 100.0
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Total 0 72 991 1001 56 0 2120
Gross QSOs=2120 Dupes=0 Net QSOs=2120
Unique callsigns worked = 2120
The best 60 minute rate was 173/hour from 0018 to 0117
The best 30 minute rate was 180/hour from 0019 to 0048
The best 10 minute rate was 198/hour from 0018 to 0027
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSOs/minute 2 times.
4 QSOs/minute 54 times.
3 QSOs/minute 184 times.
2 QSOs/minute 409 times.
1 QSOs/minute 524 times.
There were 127 bandchanges and 59 (2.8%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 1
4 708
5 856
6 550
8 3
9 2
------------ 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
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Oh 0 3 51 45 3 0 102 4.8
Va 0 2 53 40 1 0 96 4.5
Il 0 2 35 47 0 0 84 4.0
Mdc 0 6 38 31 3 0 78 3.7
Mi 0 2 35 39 1 0 77 3.6
Mn 0 3 30 30 1 0 64 3.0
EPa 0 0 36 25 2 0 63 3.0
Nc 0 0 37 25 0 0 62 2.9
Az 0 2 22 33 0 0 57 2.7
Ga 0 4 18 29 0 0 51 2.4
WWa 0 2 20 23 5 0 50 2.4
Or 0 1 17 30 1 0 49 2.3
In 0 2 19 27 0 0 48 2.3
Tn 0 0 18 30 0 0 48 2.3
Ct 0 1 28 17 1 0 47 2.2
NFl 0 1 24 22 0 0 47 2.2
WNy 0 1 23 17 3 0 44 2.1
Wi 0 2 14 26 0 0 42 2.0
ENy 0 0 23 17 0 0 40 1.9
Lax 0 1 17 20 2 0 40 1.9
Sv 0 0 22 13 2 0 37 1.7
EMa 0 0 16 17 2 0 35 1.7
NNj 0 0 18 16 1 0 35 1.7
Co 0 0 10 24 1 0 35 1.7
Sc 0 1 15 18 0 0 34 1.6
WPa 0 1 18 10 1 0 30 1.4
Scv 0 0 5 22 2 0 29 1.4
WcF 0 0 11 18 0 0 29 1.4
Ut 0 0 13 14 1 0 28 1.3
Ky 0 1 8 19 0 0 28 1.3
SNj 0 1 18 7 0 0 26 1.2
Nh 0 0 15 9 2 0 26 1.2
Org 0 0 9 17 0 0 26 1.2
Nv 0 2 11 12 0 0 25 1.2
SFl 0 0 12 12 0 0 24 1.1
Mo 0 1 14 7 1 0 23 1.1
NLi 0 2 11 8 0 0 21 1.0
Id 0 0 10 9 1 0 20 0.9
Me 0 1 7 8 2 0 18 0.8
Ia 0 1 7 10 0 0 18 0.8
Sdg 0 0 4 12 1 0 17 0.8
One 0 1 10 4 2 0 17 0.8
Ons 0 1 10 5 1 0 17 0.8
STx 0 1 8 8 0 0 17 0.8
Ks 0 3 11 3 0 0 17 0.8
NTx 0 5 8 3 1 0 17 0.8
Eb 0 0 9 6 1 0 16 0.8
WMa 0 0 5 8 1 0 14 0.7
Gta 0 0 7 5 2 0 14 0.7
Sf 0 0 8 6 0 0 14 0.7
De 0 0 7 5 1 0 13 0.6
Al 0 1 4 8 0 0 13 0.6
Mt 0 0 4 8 1 0 13 0.6
Sjv 0 0 7 3 1 0 11 0.5
Ne 0 1 4 6 0 0 11 0.5
Vt 0 1 6 4 0 0 11 0.5
Sb 0 0 4 6 1 0 11 0.5
Qc 0 0 6 3 1 0 10 0.5
EWa 0 0 6 4 0 0 10 0.5
NNy 0 0 3 6 0 0 9 0.4
Ab 0 1 2 5 1 0 9 0.4
Ri 0 1 5 2 1 0 9 0.4
Wv 0 0 7 1 0 0 8 0.4
Sd 0 1 4 3 0 0 8 0.4
Bc 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 0.3
Wy 0 0 4 3 0 0 7 0.3
Nm 0 2 4 0 1 0 7 0.3
Ak 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 0.3
La 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 0.3
Onn 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.2
Mar 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.2
Pac 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.2
Ong 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
Sk 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1
Nt 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1
Mb 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1
Nd 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.1
Pr 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1
Ok 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
Ms 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.1
Vi 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
Ar 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
Pe 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
WTx 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
Nl 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 72 991 1001 56 0 2120
Sweepstakes Checks
Check QSOs Pct
----------------------
00 16 0.8
01 17 0.8
02 9 0.4
03 14 0.7
04 6 0.3
05 13 0.6
06 9 0.4
07 13 0.6
08 16 0.8
09 13 0.6
10 10 0.5
11 16 0.8
12 24 1.1
13 23 1.1
14 21 1.0
15 27 1.3
16 35 1.7
17 34 1.6
18 41 1.9
19 66 3.1
20 75 3.5
21 66 3.1
22 1 0.0
23 1 0.0
24 0 0.0
25 0 0.0
26 0 0.0
27 0 0.0
28 0 0.0
29 0 0.0
30 1 0.0
31 2 0.1
32 0 0.0
33 2 0.1
34 0 0.0
35 0 0.0
36 0 0.0
37 1 0.0
38 1 0.0
39 0 0.0
40 0 0.0
41 1 0.0
42 0 0.0
43 0 0.0
44 0 0.0
45 0 0.0
46 0 0.0
47 0 0.0
48 1 0.0
49 2 0.1
50 3 0.1
51 2 0.1
52 11 0.5
53 8 0.4
54 20 0.9
55 13 0.6
56 22 1.0
57 34 1.6
58 26 1.2
59 45 2.1
60 35 1.7
61 36 1.7
62 39 1.8
63 50 2.4
64 32 1.5
65 41 1.9
66 40 1.9
67 49 2.3
68 44 2.1
69 41 1.9
70 37 1.7
71 47 2.2
72 37 1.7
73 37 1.7
74 41 1.9
75 40 1.9
76 70 3.3
77 61 2.9
78 37 1.7
79 36 1.7
80 19 0.9
81 20 0.9
82 19 0.9
83 21 1.0
84 21 1.0
85 22 1.0
86 16 0.8
87 17 0.8
88 18 0.8
89 35 1.7
90 25 1.2
91 52 2.5
92 47 2.2
93 35 1.7
94 33 1.6
95 30 1.4
96 23 1.1
97 22 1.0
98 22 1.0
99 12 0.6
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
--------------------
0 184 8.7
1 188 8.9
2 219 10.3
3 199 9.4
4 335 15.8
5 81 3.8
6 207 9.8
7 225 10.6
8 203 9.6
9 183 8.6
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Total 2024 95.5
Sweepstakes Precedents
Precedent QSOs Pct
----------------------
A 1100 51.9
B 424 20.0
Q 62 2.9
M 111 5.2
U 411 19.4
S 12 0.6
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