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[3830] ARRL 10 N6DE SO Mixed Unlimited Limited-Ant LP

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Subject: [3830] ARRL 10 N6DE SO Mixed Unlimited Limited-Ant LP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: cqden6de@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:33:43 +0000
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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2023

Call: N6DE
Operator(s): N6DE
Station: N6DE

Class: SO Mixed Unlimited LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant 
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   CW:  352    80
  SSB:  118    42
-------------------
Total:  470   122  Total Score = 200,568

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

10m Inv-Vee wire, apex at 35 feet 5 inches.
MGS fiberglass mast with tripod
Elecraft K3

Pictures:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/skwJ8bQRS4tHd5cM6

Notes:
I was planning to join David WD6T in a Multi-Op entry, using the K6MTU station.

 However, plans changed.  I urged him to go Single-Op instead of spending
precious hours the day before the contest to help me set up for the first time
using remote Flex SmartSDR/CAT/DAX and remote networked N1MM+.  Chris N6WM
offered me the same with K6LRG. I'm glad both of them participated as
Single-Ops.  They did well and did not have to waste time guiding me through
setup.  I was able to get on the air from home part time and put another log in
the NCCC tally.

I set up a temporary antenna in my backyard.  This was the first time that I've
ever put an antenna on the MGS push-up mast/tripod system.  I measured lengths
of Mastrant and guyed the mast in three sections, also for the first time.  I
did not extend the top two sections of the mast except one of them about a foot
to support the Inv-Vee above the highest guy ring.  I also made a 10m Inv-Vee
using parts of my 80m dipole that was in storage.  Legs of the wire were
extended such that it was 90deg/270deg broadside.  I cut a new wire and I
adjusted the number of turns and cores for 10m per K9YC's choke cookbook.  I
will have to use his updated methods later for using multiple turns of RG400
instead.  Start to finish, the whole system took a while to set up, but it
worked great.

I got on the air Saturday evening to a stone-dead 10m band.  Just worked some
nearby Bay Area stations.  I couldn't even hear the East Bay or North Bay.  And
no Sporadic E heard from my QTH.  I wondered if my mast or antenna fell down. 
They were OK.

I resumed Sunday morning:
-First non-CA station heard was PJ2T at 6:52am PST, then TI1T and TI2OY.  None
could hear me.  
-I listened to W6YX call CQ on CW for about 10 minutes until the band opened
better for me.  Mike worked YT, HA, 9A and SN in a 5 minute period just after
7:00am PST.  Impressed!  
-The first QSO for me in the morning was with an XE at 1521Z.  Then the band
opened stateside a few minutes later.  
-I heard two ZS stations around 7:30am PST, then F5NBX at 7:52am, ZD7BG at
7:54am, TM2D at 8:11am and EA5O at 8:16am.  But I wasn't able to be heard for a
QSO.  By 8:45am, EU had totally faded for me.
-I was pleasantly surprised at how well this modest antenna was being heard in
NA/SA/AS with 100W.  I was able to call CQ and get answers.  I had 76 QSOs in
the 18Z hour on Phone and 70 QSOs in the last hour of the contest on CW.  I had
to take some offtime in the 22Z hour Sunday.
-I got 6 new mults in the last 10 minutes of the contest and broke 200k points
at 2359Z!
-Strangely, I never contacted KH6.  I went to packet spots for several of them,
and the only one I could even hear was KH6TU.  I called a few times but couldn't
break the pileup.  I would have thought KH6 would be easy, but that was not the
case for me last weekend.
-Activity from MN was incredible.  W9 and W0 were loud.  W8 did not open up for
me until the afternoon.

In all, I'm really happy with the result from this part time effort.  It was
quite satisfying to set all this up and make QSOs with it.  It looks like I
qualify under the new limited antenna overlay.

Stats below:

73...
-Dean - N6DE

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0100       0      0      0      0      0      8      8      8    1.7
0300       0      0      0      0      0      2      2     10    2.1
1500       0      0      0      0      0     16     16     26    5.5
1600       0      0      0      0      0     36     36     62   13.2
1700       0      0      0      0      0     49     49    111   23.6
1800       0      0      0      0      0     76     76    187   39.8
1900       0      0      0      0      0     67     67    254   54.0
2000       0      0      0      0      0     61     61    315   67.0
2100       0      0      0      0      0     54     54    369   78.5
2200       0      0      0      0      0     31     31    400   85.1
2300       0      0      0      0      0     70     70    470  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0      0      0      0    470    470

Gross QSOs=471        Dupes=1        Net QSOs=470

Unique callsigns worked = 444

The best 60 minute rate was 90/hour from 1917 to 2016
The best 30 minute rate was 122/hour from 1941 to 2010
The best 10 minute rate was 144/hour from 1941 to 1950

The best 1 minute rates were:
 5 QSOs/minute    1 times.
 4 QSOs/minute    3 times.
 3 QSOs/minute   26 times.
 2 QSOs/minute   72 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  231 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      0      0      0      0      0    425    425   90.2
South America      0      0      0      0      0     22     22    4.7
Europe             0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
Asia               0      0      0      0      0     19     19    4.0
Africa             0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
Oceania            0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total              0      0      0      0      0    470    470

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3         1
   4       268
   5       137
   6        63
   8         1

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
9V               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
BY               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
CE               0      0      0      0      0      4      4    0.9
CM               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
CT3              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
CX               0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
DU               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
FS               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
FY               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
HK               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
HL               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
JA               0      0      0      0      0     13     13    2.8
K                0      0      0      0      0    387    387   82.3
KH2              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
KL               0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
KP2              0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
KP4              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
LU               0      0      0      0      0      4      4    0.9
P4               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
PJ2              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
PY               0      0      0      0      0      7      7    1.5
TI               0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
UA9              0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
V3               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
VE               0      0      0      0      0     21     21    4.5
VK               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
VP2V             0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
VR               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
XE               0      0      0      0      0      4      4    0.9
ZF               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
ZP               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total            0      0      0      0      0    470    470

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
-DX-       0      0      0      0      0     56     56   11.7
MN         0      0      0      0      0     37     37    7.9
IL         0      0      0      0      0     34     34    7.2
CA         0      0      0      0      0     29     29    6.2
TX         0      0      0      0      0     26     26    5.5
FL         0      0      0      0      0     21     21    4.5
WI         0      0      0      0      0     20     20    4.3
IA         0      0      0      0      0     14     14    3.0
MA         0      0      0      0      0     14     14    3.0
MD         0      0      0      0      0     12     12    2.6
OH         0      0      0      0      0     11     11    2.3
IN         0      0      0      0      0     10     10    2.1
ME         0      0      0      0      0     10     10    2.1
NJ         0      0      0      0      0     10     10    2.1
PA         0      0      0      0      0     10     10    2.1
NY         0      0      0      0      0     10     10    2.1
VA         0      0      0      0      0      8      8    1.7
TN         0      0      0      0      0      8      8    1.7
VT         0      0      0      0      0      8      8    1.7
KS         0      0      0      0      0      8      8    1.7
MI         0      0      0      0      0      8      8    1.7
SD         0      0      0      0      0      7      7    1.5
GA         0      0      0      0      0      7      7    1.5
LA         0      0      0      0      0      6      6    1.3
AR         0      0      0      0      0      6      6    1.3
OK         0      0      0      0      0      6      6    1.3
NE         0      0      0      0      0      6      6    1.3
MS         0      0      0      0      0      5      5    1.1
NC         0      0      0      0      0      5      5    1.1
MO         0      0      0      0      0      5      5    1.1
AL         0      0      0      0      0      4      4    0.9
CT         0      0      0      0      0      4      4    0.9
QC         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
ON         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
NH         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
MB         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
ND         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
RI         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
KY         0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.6
NB         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
DE         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
PE         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
SK         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
AK         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
AB         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
BC         0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
TAM        0      0      0      0      0      2      2    0.4
GTO        0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
NS         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
LB         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
AZ         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
DC         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
WA         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
QRO        0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
OR         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
WV         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.2
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0      0      0      0    470    470

U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
   0      70    14.9
   1      46     9.8
   2      27     5.7
   3      29     6.2
   4      41     8.7
   5      42     8.9
   6      33     7.0
   7      10     2.1
   8      23     4.9
   9      66    14.0
--------------------
Total    387    82.3


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