CQWW WPX Contest, CW - 2023
Call: N7DX
Operator(s): K7RL N7DX
Station: K7RL
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Camano Island
Operating Time (hrs): 37
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 65
40: 556
20: 1271
15: 1338
10: 29
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Total: 3261 Prefixes = 1120 Total Score = 9,612,960
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
The single word that best describe’s the conditions this weekend: YO-YO
We got off to a lackluster start. Our average individual station run rate for
the first three hours was less than 1 QSO per minute, well below typical for
the start of WPX CW from K7RL. It was a real a slog.
Fortunately, conditions slowly improved and Mitch was able to work a reasonable
string of European stations on 40 in the evening. Then at around 11 PM Friday
night we were treated to a nice simultaneous opening on 20 and 15 meters
into Europe, which lasted until about 2 AM.
Thereafter, I held down the night shift and enjoyed a productive 3-hour run
into Asia on 40 which lasted until about 5AM. Although the average
single-transmitter rate during those three hours was a modest 62-per-hour, the
juicy 6-point premium for DX contacts on the low bands is a significant factor
toward achieving a good score -- equivalent to a rate of 360/hour when running
stateside stations.
No sooner did 40 slow, then 20 opened into Asia--which provided
decent activity until Saturday morning, at around 7 AM, 15 meters
opened into Europe. The lack of an appreciable 20 meter opening into Europe on
Saturday morning was partially offset by the 15 meter opening which lasted most
of the day. Since 20 was tough and 10 wasn’t doing much, I used the
opportunity to catch some needed Zzzz after the night shift while Mitch
continued to run into Europe on 15. Less than 24 hours into the contest, we
surpassed our previous year’s score and were hopeful of good conditions for
the
remainder of the contest.
But, here’s where the "YO-YO" came into play: conditions generally
went south
from there on. Although the second night into Asia was reasonable, the opening
on Sunday morning or Europe was nothing like Saturday morning. Although we ran
a bit on 15, it was mostly hard work and a lot of S&P to stay in the game.
Ten
was a tad better, but we never could get a run going there, whether to
stateside or anywhere else. The remainder of Sunday made for an uneventful
slog until we crossed the finish line.
In relation to BIC time, M/2 station utilization was about 77% of capacity (22
person-hours off out of 96 possible active person-hours).
In the end, our score was almost double that of the previous year and fell just
short of 2021’s score.
As always, we enjoyed the live competition on the contest online scoreboard
(contestonlinescores.com) and sparring with the other live online competitors,
such as SC7DX, DQ9M, and K5KG. Especially appreciated those other ops who
stayed in the game during the poor conditions, not to mention the many casual
operators who called in to bless us with a rare prefix.
During the contest we were saddened to hear of the loss of Chip, K7JA. Most
folks who have been active in contesting for any time in the last 4-5 decades
appreciated his vibrant personality and operating acumen. He was a real
inspiration for me, as a young teen just getting my feet wet in contesting in
the mid-70s, listening to him run pile-ups into Asia as W7RM from the famous
foulweather bluff station of Rush Drake. (See
https://www.qrz.com/db/W7RM for more on that, which includes photos of some of
Chip’s compatriots.)
It seems like just yesterday when I was pulling a late-night shift in the week
hours of the morning when Chip (operating out in the Pacific) called in to say
hi and chat. This contest season has included several stomach-punches for
those of us in the Northwest, with the passing of both Chip and Rod (W7OM).
It’s surreal to have logged them fairly recently and now they are SK.
:-(((((((
Details below...
- 73, Tony (N7DX) with Mitch (K7RL)
Annual comparison
YEAR QSO MULT CLAIMED PERCENT
2023 3,261 1,120 9,612,960 100
2022 2,516 874 4,871.676 51
2021 3,624 1,112 9,814.512 102
Off Time
OP 0 (N7DX) 8 hours
OP 1 (K7RL) 14 hours
TOTAL 22 person-hours out of (48 x 2) possible
Station utilization = (96-22)/96 = 77%
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
(Annotated/arranged by N7DX)
CALLSIGN: N7DX
CONTEST: CQ-WPX-CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: TWO
OPERATORS: N7DX K7RL
-------------- 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 0 0 27 81 6 114 114 3.5
0100 0 0 0 63 63 0 126 240 7.4
0200 0 0 0 79 33 0 112 352 10.8
0300 0 0 22 66 17 0 105 457 14.0
0400 0 0 56 81 2 0 139 596 18.3
0500 0 2 13 81 1 0 97 693 21.3
0600 0 10 1 69 57 0 137 830 25.5
0700 0 0 0 71 48 0 119 949 29.1
0800 2 0 49 46 22 0 119 1068 32.8
0900 0 2 66 11 2 0 81 1149 35.2
1000 0 0 70 0 0 0 70 1219 37.4
1100 0 0 70 0 0 0 70 1289 39.5
1200 0 0 46 13 0 0 59 1348 41.3
1300 0 0 0 38 0 0 38 1386 42.5
1400 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 1456 44.6
1500 0 0 0 37 70 0 107 1563 47.9
1600 0 0 0 25 94 0 119 1682 51.6
1700 0 0 0 0 95 6 101 1783 54.7
1800 0 0 0 0 68 0 68 1851 56.8
1900 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 1889 57.9
2000 0 0 0 19 64 0 83 1972 60.5
2100 0 0 0 0 45 3 48 2020 61.9
2200 0 0 0 14 79 2 95 2115 64.9
2300 0 0 0 29 64 0 93 2208 67.7
0000 0 0 0 0 65 0 65 2273 69.7
0100 0 0 0 4 53 0 57 2330 71.5
0200 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 2372 72.7
0300 0 0 0 57 0 0 57 2429 74.5
0400 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 2454 75.3
0500 0 13 27 17 0 0 57 2511 77.0
0600 0 0 0 36 0 0 36 2547 78.1
0700 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 2556 78.4
0800 0 0 21 0 0 0 21 2577 79.0
0900 0 0 31 0 0 0 31 2608 80.0
1000 0 9 31 0 0 0 40 2648 81.2
1100 0 28 3 0 0 0 31 2679 82.2
1200 0 1 28 0 0 0 29 2708 83.0
1300 0 0 10 4 0 0 14 2722 83.5
1400 0 0 3 58 4 0 65 2787 85.5
1500 0 0 0 17 17 0 34 2821 86.5
1600 0 0 0 6 50 6 62 2883 88.4
1700 0 0 0 23 40 0 63 2946 90.3
1800 0 0 0 15 39 0 54 3000 92.0
1900 0 0 0 14 28 3 45 3045 93.4
2000 0 0 0 27 42 0 69 3114 95.5
2100 0 0 0 31 18 0 49 3163 97.0
2200 0 0 0 27 17 3 47 3210 98.4
2300 0 0 0 29 22 0 51 3261 100.0
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Total 2 65 556 1271 1338 29 3261
** 0 (N7DX) ****** Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y **************
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 0 27 0 6 33 1.8
0100 0 0 0 63 0 0 63 5.4
0200 0 0 0 79 0 0 79 9.8
0300 0 0 0 66 0 0 66 13.5
0400 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 18.0
0500 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 22.5
0600 0 0 0 69 0 0 69 26.4
0700 0 0 0 71 0 0 71 30.3
0800 2 0 0 46 0 0 48 33.0
0900 0 2 43 11 2 0 58 36.2
1000 0 0 70 0 0 0 70 40.1
1100 0 0 70 0 0 0 70 44.1
1200 0 0 46 13 0 0 59 47.3
1300 0 0 0 38 0 0 38 49.5
1400 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 53.4
1500 0 0 0 37 0 0 37 55.4
1600 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 56.8
1700 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 57.2 ~OFF
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57.2 OFF
1900 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 57.4 ~OFF
2000 0 0 0 0 64 0 64 61.0
2100 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 63.5
2200 0 0 0 0 79 0 79 67.9
2300 0 0 0 0 61 0 61 71.3
0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.3 OFF
0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.3 OFF
0200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.3 OFF
0300 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 71.9
0400 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 73.3
0500 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 74.2
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74.2 OFF
0700 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 74.7 ~OFF
0800 0 0 21 0 0 0 21 75.9
0900 0 0 31 0 0 0 31 77.6
1000 0 9 31 0 0 0 40 79.8
1100 0 28 3 0 0 0 31 81.6
1200 0 1 28 0 0 0 29 83.2
1300 0 0 10 4 0 0 14 84.0
1400 0 0 0 58 0 0 58 87.2
1500 0 0 0 17 13 0 30 88.9
1600 0 0 0 6 22 6 34 90.8
1700 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 92.1
1800 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 92.9
1900 0 0 0 13 10 2 25 94.3
2000 0 0 0 0 42 0 42 96.6
2100 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 97.7
2200 0 0 0 0 17 3 20 98.8
2300 0 0 0 0 22 0 22 100.0
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Total 2 40 362 965 399 23 1791
** 1 (K7RL) ****** Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y **************
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 0 0 81 0 81 5.5
0100 0 0 0 0 63 0 63 9.8
0200 0 0 0 0 33 0 33 12.0
0300 0 0 22 0 17 0 39 14.7
0400 0 0 56 0 2 0 58 18.6
0500 0 2 13 0 1 0 16 19.7
0600 0 10 1 0 57 0 68 24.4
0700 0 0 0 0 48 0 48 27.6
0800 0 0 49 0 22 0 71 32.4
0900 0 0 23 0 0 0 23 34.0
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 OFF
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 OFF
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 OFF
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 OFF
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 OFF
1500 0 0 0 0 70 0 70 38.8
1600 0 0 0 0 94 0 94 45.2
1700 0 0 0 0 95 0 95 51.6
1800 0 0 0 0 68 0 68 56.3
1900 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 58.6
2000 0 0 0 19 0 0 19 59.9
2100 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 60.1 ~OFF
2200 0 0 0 14 0 2 16 61.2
2300 0 0 0 29 3 0 32 63.3
0000 0 0 0 0 65 0 65 67.8
0100 0 0 0 4 53 0 57 71.6
0200 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 74.5
0300 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 77.7
0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77.7 OFF
0500 0 13 27 0 0 0 40 80.4
0600 0 0 0 36 0 0 36 82.9
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82.9 OFF
1400 0 0 3 0 4 0 7 83.3
1500 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 83.6
1600 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 85.5
1700 0 0 0 0 40 0 40 88.2
1800 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 90.9
1900 0 0 0 1 18 1 20 92.2
2000 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 94.1
2100 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 96.2
2200 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 98.0
2300 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 100.0
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Total 0 25 194 306 939 6 1470
Off Time
0 (N7DX)= 8 hours
1 (K7RL)= 14 hours
TOTAL = 22 person-hours out of 96 possible
Station utilization = (96-22)/96 = 77%
Gross QSOs=3355 Dupes=94 Net QSOs=3261
Unique callsigns worked = 2445
The best 60 minute rate was 153/hour from 0617 to 0716
The best 30 minute rate was 166/hour from 0427 to 0456
The best 10 minute rate was 204/hour from 0124 to 0133
The best 1 minute rates were:
7 QSOs/minute 2 times.
6 QSOs/minute 2 times.
5 QSOs/minute 15 times.
4 QSOs/minute 51 times.
3 QSOs/minute 259 times.
2 QSOs/minute 584 times.
1 QSOs/minute 1011 times.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 10
4 1182
5 917
6 1111
7 12
8 21
9 6
10 2
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1803
2 bands 493
3 bands 126
4 bands 21
5 bands 2
6 bands 0
------- 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 1 16 263 719 785 19
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