CQWW CW Soapbox built 12-20-2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 3V8SS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,475,680 This year's CQWW CW Contest witnessed my second participation as SO. My first try was back in 2008 finished happy with 123 QSOs as a new comer to CW. The year after, I operated the Multiplier station with 3V3S Crew (M/S LP). In 2010, I was glad leaving the chair for Andy RA9CKQ for his 3V3A Activity. After my good results in the SSB Legs, I was preparing well in advance for another personal achievment in the CW Leg especially with the bands being in a good shape. Preparations convered daily CW Training on Morse Runner, previous years' logs' analysis, and the most important; testing a new gun for the fight.... the FT-857 from Yeasu!! What triggered this idea is the fact that club's TS-450s has only a 500Hz built-in filter for CW which make any LP station struggle due to the adjuscent stations coming. So I took my FT857 and came to Sousse the weekend preceeding the contest to try its DSP Feature! I quickly made he decision; This is it! By the same occasion, I repaired my 160/80 GP after loosing 3m from its total lenght making unresonnant on 160... Few mults on top band would be highly valuable! I came to the station on Friday morning; checked my setup, got on the air, all works perfectly! Afterwards, I went to look around in my lovely city; it's always nice and peaceful! Back to the Radio club for rest. I was glad having a 3 hours nap just before the contest. I don't remember how I could overcome my excitement, but I did it anyway!! Operating half an hour prior to contest start put me on the cluster and on bandmaps and generated pileups since the begining. I quickly realized how great the Yeasu's DSP Filter is! I felt as if I'm the only one on the band with no adjuscent station in my headset! In fact, FT-857 has 3 filters; 60, 120 and 240Hz. During this contest, I always started with 240Hz and then narrow it when the pileup grows up to reduce the number of heard stations. I know it'll prevent me to hear station that are not calling on my exact QRG, but this brought the pileup to a manageable level for me. QSO rate was exceeded 100 per hour in most of the contest hours, peaking 128. It's not the best I could do, but poeple were NOT listening in and they just keep QRMing making things going slow and too tough to handle. I was sometimes obliged to change the frequency!! Condx were fabulous in ALL bands! I did run all the time and only S&P twice during band change. Mutipliers figure might be better. Chair time was limited to 36 hours as I slept a lot (4.5 hours) and had to leave early back to capital Tunis as Monday is a working day. I failed to reach my set objective of 4000 QSOs but I'm happy with the result setting my personal threshold high for upcoming events "inshallah". Station: Rig: (The amazing:) YEASU FT-857 20m-15m-10m Ant: 7 Elt CT-37HF 40m Ant: Vertical GP with two elevated radials 80m-160m Ant: Vertical Software: WinTest v3.4 73 Ash ~ KF5EYY Tunisian Op of 3V8SS Radio Club www.kf5eyy.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 4O3A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,637,750 After Tonno’s brutal score of 15M from Montenegro we will wait for UBN checking to determine who took first place in EU. It was clear that any reasonable score made in CW will be just a marginal, comparing to his. My goal was 10M, and it should be something what from this location can be described as best possible. Fortunately, Obosnik was given this year with lot of presents: -Excellent high band propagation -Excellent 40M and good Low bands -Summer weather -And perfect functionality of complete hardware…Better hardly can be.. Luckily, all elements were on the highest level. I started on 40M and logged QSO nr. 1000 at 05:10 GMT with 2,36/QSO, what announce interesting final score. After 24 hours I logged 4000 QSOs, with good MPL distribution. Adrenalin started to work and the final score to grow in my wish. Sunday late afternoon becomes most exciting and interesting. Target file showed 3M better score than last year and was clear that it should be around 12M, that I have not even dreamed ever. Not much time for second radio, and 40 MPL on QSY. Lot of interesting MPLs were “deaf” and did not replay at all when ask to QSY..? When finished, logical question was �" if I did 11,6M, what should be CR2X score? Wondering to see it soon here, to “celebrate” new EU record, or “just” best ever score made from continental EU, which is still good reason for opening bottle of good red vine. Year 2011 was fertile. We over cross 8000Qs in SSB and 7500 Qs in CW, with support given from sun. None from EU over-cross 7000 QSOs margin. As this scores are far way better than our goals, in 2012 will be interesting to see is it a maximum, of we could have even better propagation and improve a little bit? As Tonno said that 20M is doable from Montenegro, I will say that 13M is doable on CW, and possibly we can make some global surprise next years, to have all tuned for highest possible score. Or CR2X will show who is the best? Extraordinary race with CR2X is very interesting, and I am wondering to see what will my daddy Martti prepare for next year? Surely, he will do the best and I congratulate to him and others from Arcala. Especially to Toni on his huge personal effort and hard work on piloting CR2X for 48 hours, showing his top world class. It was much easier here, as we shared SSB and CW. Having this hell twice in one month is terribly difficult. Thank you to all for calling, and looking forward to see you in next one Ranko 4O3A Premium Contest Resort www.4o3a.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 4Z5LA Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,003,860 Best 73! de 4z5la-Ros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 5H3EE Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,855,713 I was smiling, when reading ST2ARs comments here, could have copied it with only small changes: 1. problem band is 80m, not 160m 2. nothing to add about the brutal pileups, that we are facing as a loud double mult... especially 20m was killing 3. the wife things the same, but is not showing it very much...hi Honestly, what was wrong with 80m? I have even arranged moving up from 160m...only the ES9C move did work. Just a week ago I have worked W7 at SS on LP and EU was easy all evening... Under this top conditions on the high bands, going low power will be an option for me - made almost the same score last year with 100W... finally I am realizing now, how good it was. Anyway, the score is disappointing, but have had some nice runs. Thanks for the QSOs. 73 Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 5Q2T Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 209,966 It was quite a challenge to participate in the CQWW CW contest this year. I had some technical problems before and during the contest, and not all where solved. Monday before the contest I blew off the balun of my Spiderbeam when I tried to work a new DXCC on 10 M. I manage to fix something during Monday evening and Tuesday morning but it was not with the best result. The beam could be used but it could also be better. Before the CQWW SSB I put up a 1/4 wave vertical with 4 radials. It was amazing what I could work on that vertical so I looked forward to work many new DXCCs on 40 M during the weekend. The vertical did very well before the cable between the vertical part of the antenna and the coax cable gave up Sunday evening. The fan in my ETO 91b has for some years been howling 1 �" 2 minutes after start. This weekend the fan decides to howl Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Before noon on Sunday I gave up and changed the amplifier with an ACOM 1000. As OZ1ADL mentioned Denmark was hit by a storm and Sunday afternoon my Spiderbeam gave up. Then it was only on 40 M for a few extra hours. It is still difficult for others to get 5Q prefix correct first time. I was logged as HQ2T and SQ2T more than once and got cl? in return when I sent CQ Zone 14. My New Year’s resolution is to work more CW contests as 5Q2T. On Sunday the rig was used by OZ5BD for some hours. It was fun to participate in the contest with such conditions. I look forward to join you again in 10 M ARRL contest in approx. 2 weeks. We will be a small team from a club just outside Copenhagen. QSL via OZ0J, direct, buro or LOTW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 6Y3M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,677,496 Greetings from Jamaica, First of all we would like to say thanks to Josh for his help before during and after the contest and his wife Jenny for taking care of us, providing delicious food and great hospitality. We started to rebuild the TL922A before the contest and finally got it working after the contest…:-) We were running low power 95% of the time and about 400W while the amp was willing to give out something. We did not spend time chasing mults because two of us were always working on the amp and one was handling the pileups. This shows in the end result. The good thing that Josh now has a working amp . Band condx were quite good during the contest especially on 40m where we have almost 2,000 Qs with low power. The location is excellent for relaxing, having fun and spending time on the air at the same time. Send an e-mail to Josh to joshwalkr@gmail.com if you want to have a good time on the air. Antennas: 160 �" 56 Ft tuned vertical with elevated radials (specs provided by W8WWV) 80 - Dipole 40 - Vertical with elevated radials (specs provided by W8WWV) 20, 15, 10 - 2 ele quad Radio: TS590S Amp: TL922A (220V) Logging: Writelog RX ants: 500’ EU Beverage (DX Engineering transformer), Pennant (K1FZ transformer) We hope we can come back visiting Jamaica for more contesting. 73 de Lali, VE3NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 8J1ING Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 1,647,108 Thank you for QSOs with 8J1ING. This is the event station for 40th anniversary of Inagi-city, that is located in a suburb of the west in Tokyo. This was first multi-op effort for us, Inagi amateur radio club. We enjoyed the CONDX and many QSOs. We might use another callsign next time. Thanks & 73. Tetsuya/JN1MSO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 8P5A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 12,439,890 Sunspots do exist! I was beginning to think they were an urban legend propagated by the old timers. Once again, I had to work CQWW around family commitments in New Jersey for Thanksgiving. While we did not go to an NFL game on Thanksgiving night like we did last year, this year had its own excitement. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we watched my older daughter run the Philadelphia Marathon, her first. From there I flew to Barbados to set up for the contest. Due to my wife contracting pneumonia joining me on a business trip to VU and 9V, I had to pass on CQWW SSB (no good deed goes unpunished) and there was more to set up on this trip. In addition, there was a lightning strike while I was gone, and I had to diagnose and repair the damage. Evidently the electrician told the home owner that, had it been a wooden house, it would have burned down. Eventually I got everything working, but it took a full effort working alone. I flew back up to New York on Wednesday evening and spent the holiday with Kathleen's family and our kids. Thanksgiving night, I returned to a hotel at JFK for an early flight in the morning by myself. I arrived at the station about 19Z to do a full check out, which took about an hour. From there it was back to the house for a bit of rest and then back to the station. It got no better after the contest as I left Tuesday at 6:15 AM for several days of business in Canada. With all the precontest travel and lack of rest/preparation, I resign myself to not being competitive and doing the contest for fun. Nonetheless, once the contest starts I try to go all out. Unlike prior years, this one was more of a struggle. I felt mentally tired early on and I really battled with the pileups on Sunday. The combination of the K3 AGC and the deep pileups made the day a struggle. Overall, I was suprised by 80 and 160. I was expecting them to diminish with the return of the sunspots, but they were better than expected. The first night, I knew I needed to get to 40, but they kept calling on 160. What proved difficult was using the second radio. Others have stated that the second radio is still usable up to about 180 per hour. In fact, I have worked 10 second radio Q's in 200+ hours in the past. However, this is when there is one caller at a time and a 200 hour still has a lot of CQ's. When you are doing 180-200 in a roaring pileup, it is much harder to listen on the other radio. As a result, I did more tuning for mults than I have done in the past. I also should have moved more guys the first night. A few Caribbean stations that made over 6000 Q's were only worked once as a result. Unfortunately, we had bad weather again. A bad storm on Saturday tore the tarp canopy I put in front of the doors to the shack, entirely off the house. It also blew down part of my recieve 4 square and produced two power outages during daylight hours. The 4 square repair and the outages cost me about an hour. Overall, despite the travel, the setbacks, and struggles on Sunday, it was great fun and a personal best score in this contest. Outside of some erratic keying from Writelog, the station performed flawlessly. One thing that I enjoy as much as operating is working on engineering station automation. I have custom beam positioning, a custom wattmeter, and a master control box that does all the filter selection, band selection, and SO2R support. Embedded in it are two W5XD keyers. There is a processor inside and a serial port that speaks to a monitoring app on the PC. W5XD added new functionality to Writelog to send custom commands to a radio over a serial port. I used that functionality to speak to the monitoring app, which then spoke to the control box. The net is that I could switch between three antennas per band, select the RX antenna, and select the direction of the RX antenna directly from the keyboard. I did not touch the rack of toggle switches all weekend. It worked prefectly, very cool Thanks to everybody for the Q's and the moves QSL via NN1N or LoTW Happy 45th anniversary of Barbados independence 73, Tom W2SC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A1A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 28,806,916 Season's Greetings and best DX to all contesters. 9A1A team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A1AA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,097,997 My first attempt in this category. I am pleased with the result. Fantastic propagation's on 40 meters......excellent od 80 meters.... See you in Croatian CW Contest 17. & 18.12.2011. 73, Ivo 9A1AA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A1P Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,621,075 Great contest! Nice to be able to race close with our M/S neighbours again! Special thanks to our support team 9A2RD, 9A2CW, 9A3K, 9A3BIM, 9A3AEP and S58A. RUN: FT1000MP + interlocked IC7700 + OM-power MULT: FT1000MP + Alpha86 Antennas: 160m: 33m vertical 80m: 20m vertical 40m: 3 ele Yagi + vertical 20m: 5 ele Yagi + 5 ele Yagi 15m: 6 ele Yagi + 6 ele Yagi 10m: 5 ele Yagi + 5 ele Yagi We love this game. 9A1P team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A3JH Class: SOSB/40 QRP Total Score = 207,174 Very good condx to USA first night. Thank you all to listen my tiny signal. TX/RX: K2 Elecraft PWR: 5 W ANT's: phased verticals + wires 73 & GL, 9a3jh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A4WY Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,338,880 second night I fall asleep around 22:00 UTC and wake up around 06:00 UTC..:))) my best contest ever.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A8M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,861,225 STATION: TS-950SDX, FT-1000, OM POWER 160 INV L 80 DIPOL, INV V 40 DIPOL, INV V 20-10 KT34XA, QQ 3L 4L 5L BEV NW, NE 73 ES CU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9H1XT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 532,800 A contest one cannot miss. Propagation was very good with continually under pile up. Missed a proper beam for 20m. Must get it done. 5el yagis for 10m and 15m. Inverted V for 20m Vertical for 40m, 80m and 160m. Great fun even if xyl doésn't agree. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9H9BH Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,757,188 50 GREAT YEARS OF CQWW CONTESTING AT OH2BH It was back in April, 1961 when the mailman delivered the amateur radio license of OH2BH. In November of that same year, OH2BH scored 15.428 points in the CQWW CW Contest 15M mono. In November of this year, 50 years later, at the climax of this jubilee year, another event was conducted for the pride of his eye, Leena, OH2BE on the beautiful island of Malta at a faraway party with candlelight dinners and a luxurious spa and more. Leena had lived all these decades giving her generous support and encouragement, and thus needed to be credited with the highest marks in the course of the OH2BH odyssey. But the suitcase also contained a K3 with a Butternut HF6V, just to salute the world with a few QSOs. Only a few! But as always, when 9H9BH hit the airwaves and the smell of kerosene was in the air, the tingling excitement of fifty years ago elevated it all to the same heights seen in those other years. So, 5016 QSOs and 4.7 million points later, the man rose to his shaky feet asking where the candles were �" let's have a bit of dinner! Not one CQWW is missed since the first one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9M6NA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,966,943 First of all, congratulations to NH2T by N2NL on his great achievement. Hats off to Dave. 10M points from Oceania has been my unrealistic dream, but he really made it! On the other hand, I was not able to come close even to my own personal best score set in 1999. The propagation was good, my setup has been improved very much since 1999 with SO2R capability. The only negative factor I can think of is that I am 12 years older now, Hi. At this moment, I do not know how I can improve my score next year. But I will surely challenge my own personal record and hopefully Oceania record. 73, Saty JE1JKL/9M6NA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9M8/AI6V Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 354,000 Before the contest, we attended the SEANET convention in Brunei. We had a BALL and highly recommend SEANET for a taste of Asian hospitality. It was fun operating in a new country. There was some QRM/QRN on 10 before the contest, so I chose 15, which was a mistake, as 10 was a MUCH better place to be during the contest. JAs were loud, but from other parts of the world, the signals were light. Johnny and Christine were great hosts, and we enjoyed our time with them immensely. Besides them, I wish to thank W1WEF, who hung in there with me as I worked to pull his call out of the noise. A hearty thanks to all who took the time to give me a QSO, and to the wonderful people who helped make SEANET such a pleasure. QSLs might be a bit delayed since we are departing for ZL tomorrow, then home for two weeks, for the holidays, then back to our Aruba QTH to catch up on QSLing while operating a few contests to try to learn CW. Hi,hi. Mucho 73, Carl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: A45XR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,840,832 My best score ever, but is it enough? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: A73A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,181,071 Antenna is OB9-5 just 3 ele on 10m Radio is FT-2000 Power limited to 1500w from DX2-sp 2 weeks before the contest I made an order for 7 ele 10m monobander for this activity but when I called the company they said that it will take long time to make the antenna as long as it is not available in the store so I decided to use the OB9-5. The target was to make more than 3000 QSOs but I'm still happy with this results, also the best rate was Saturday about 204 Q/h. On Saturday the band was open from early morning till about 3 hours after sunset but Sunday opened very late and closed early just after sunset. Moments: worked 9N7DX @ 16:39 wroked J39BS @ 14:51 long bath GL to all and see you on other activities 73 de A71BX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA1K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,971,725 Great fun. Another contest with just one radio (K3 + Alpha 89). Antennas: 160, 3/4 el. vertical array; 80, single 75-ft. vertical; 40, 3-el. Hy-Gain Discoverer; 20, stack of three 204BA, 4-el. yagis; 15, stack of two Wilson 415M, 4-el. yagis; 10, single Hy-Gain 105BAS (modified W3XU spacings). Best single 60-minutes was 172 Q's at 1311z on Sunday (10 meters). Just enough time to get some sleep before the ARRL 160 this weekend! Hou Tot 1_8 3_5 7 14 21 28 Running Total 0 65 0 0 65 0 0 0 65 1 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 136 2 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 211 3 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 246 4 154 1 153 0 0 0 0 400 5 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 481 6 53 12 40 0 1 0 0 534 7 67 6 0 42 19 0 0 601 8 112 0 0 112 0 0 0 713 9 66 3 10 5 48 0 0 779 10 25 0 0 21 4 0 0 804 11 50 1 10 0 39 0 0 854 12 123 0 0 0 16 107 0 977 13 90 0 0 0 0 64 26 1067 14 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 1175 15 126 0 0 0 0 0 126 1301 16 68 0 0 0 0 0 68 1369 17 43 0 0 0 0 0 43 1412 18 56 0 0 0 0 35 21 1468 19 76 0 0 0 41 35 0 1544 20 115 0 0 0 115 0 0 1659 21 56 0 0 0 42 0 14 1715 22 36 0 0 15 0 17 4 1751 23 68 7 0 61 0 0 0 1819 0 39 0 0 0 37 2 0 1858 1 42 4 29 0 9 0 0 1900 5 27 9 18 0 0 0 0 1927 6 74 0 73 0 1 0 0 2001 7 25 2 6 16 1 0 0 2026 8 52 0 6 46 0 0 0 2078 9 22 0 2 16 4 0 0 2100 10 10 0 0 0 9 1 0 2110 11 25 1 3 1 6 0 14 2135 12 163 0 0 0 0 0 163 2298 13 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 2426 14 103 0 0 0 0 0 103 2529 15 82 0 0 0 0 0 82 2611 16 102 0 0 0 0 88 14 2713 17 76 0 0 0 0 76 0 2789 18 55 0 0 0 0 55 0 2844 19 49 0 0 0 24 0 25 2893 20 55 0 0 0 55 0 0 2948 21 65 0 0 65 0 0 0 3013 22 53 0 0 53 0 0 0 3066 23 19 0 0 7 0 9 3 3085 All 308 81 431 671 471 489 942 0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4GA Class: SOAB(A) QRP Total Score = 192,532 FT817ND at 5 watts, 80m doublet at 45', Par End Fedz 10/20/140 sloper, 25' vertical doublet. I was just playing around, wanting to work some new QRP countries, as I didn't get the antenna work done that I wanted to do. I'm amazed at how well the 80m doublet performs (most Qs made on that antenna) on all the higher frequency bands. I've pretty much decided to add a second one at 90 degrees to the first one to fill in some gaps in the pattern. I made Qs with 92 discrete countries, so almost a DXCC in a weekend with 5 watts and a small wire antenna - not bad! Wonder what I could have done with bigger antennas! Hope to get a 160 antenna up in time to play around a little in that one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4V Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 85,323 Due to the usual influx of my wife's relatives visiting for the Thanksgiving Week (it used to be Thanksgiving Day), my time was limited. Conditions on 10 were good here so that is where I stayed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6K Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 82,530 Working Conditions: IC-7556PII, 3 el Steppir with 30/40M add-on, and an Inverted Vee for 80/160M. This was my first CW only contest and I did it to support the MLDXCC as the CQWW DX contests are on our priority list. The highlight of the weekend was C5A on 80M. That brings me up to 98 on 80M!!! Two more and I'll have my 5BDXCC!!! I'm still not a CW fan but there are times when it is necessary. 73 de AA6K Shirl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6PW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 877,582 Family obligations and a part time effort. A lot of fun in the assisted class. Sure beats Sunday afternoon Sweepstakes. K3 Alpha 89 C31XR 40-2CD Slopers 80/160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6XV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 271,158 Operation from N6DQ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8IA Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 532,500 What a blast. 10m was marvelous. Makes me wonder what it would have been like if I had been contesting back in the early 90s, or during the peak of the last cycle. Couldn't find a good frequency for a [modest] station to call CQ on until I got above 28.150. I was surprised at how many ops answered my CQs. My 18 hours were spread out over the whole 48-hour period. I operated sporadically in 4-5 hour spurts. Got my beauty rest both nights. Spent plenty of quality time both days with the family and enjoyed our belated Thanksgiving feast. I didn't maximize zones or countries worked -- it was all about having fun. I set up VE7CC to work with N1MM and was amazed at all of the data flowing in. Near end of the contest I saw an actual spot for VE7CC and worked him... it seemed only fitting. I sure had a helluva lot of fun! Thanks to all of the DX ops [and the DXpedition stations] for the good times! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA9A Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 81,282 It was great getting back into contesting and operating my first CQWW CW since 1991. Pretty rusty but had fun getting used to my new K3 and logging program. Only have a single sloper at 95 feet which is pretty limiting. I am looking forward to next year when I have better antennas that work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1OD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 58,674 Operating time extremely limited this weekend due to anniversary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,656,990 Rig: Icom 756 Pro III/Acom 2000A amp Antennas: all wires - 160m inverted L, 80m inverted L, delta loops 40m and 20m, G5RV for 15-10. Wow, bands were hoppin, only did S&P since no beams. Had decent rates using the packet window and broke through quite a number of pileups too. 73 Darrell AB2E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB3IC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 66,810 I didn't plan on doing this contest at all. Went to visit my Son, Daughter-in-Law, and grandkids for Thanksgiving and to celebrate the grandchilds 3rd birthday. We left Saturday afternoon after the party and headed for home. For giggles I turned the rig on last night and made a quick 20 contacts before exhaustion overtook me. Got up this morning and I played a bit more. I'm using WriteLog and wanted to experiment with the telnet packet cluster and see how well it worked with assisted ops. Again, I didn't plan on working the contest, just learning the program and having some fun. Went to get my pups out of the kennel and got back on the air for a bit - took a nap then got back on the air - took XYL out shopping and for dinner then got back on the air. All told, about 5 and 1/2 hours of sitting in the chair, but really only about 3 of it S&P - the rest spent learning the logging program. Still, its good form to submit your log, even if it wasn't a serious effort, so here it is.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB7R Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 871,247 Was hoping to break 1K but the wx had me grounded due to high winds. This mostly effected 40 and 80M. It also took down my 160M antenna. For the time I had on the conditions seemed pretty darn good. Spent a bunch of time on 10 which was nice for a change. 73 Greg AB7R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB7ZU Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 115,743 Other than a very sticky antenna relay, everything was great. Unfortunately, that sticky relay was causing all manner of problems on receive. Great contest, though. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD4ES Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,281,692 Fun time by all, achieved goals of working 100 or more countries on 40, 20, 15, 10M. Missed WAZ by Zone 39. Best CW performance at AD4ES. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD5VJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 300,160 First time out as MSHP for either of us. Hope to have more help next year it's a little much for just two guys to tackle. Running TH6DXX, Butternut and TitanDX verticals along with an 80 Meter home brew Double Bazooka. Only one amp, the mult station was not RS-232 capable. So entered frequencies and calls into log manually. The run station was RS-232 capable, but had problems with both verticals due to the rain. So had to repair on the fly. Had a great time and actually made a higher score than we had thought we might for our first time out. Next year shooting for another tower, amp and a couple of mono banders along with a home brew vertical for 40 Meters. Also hope to have a rig for the mults which will be RS-232 capable. Thanks to everyone for the contacts looking forward to at least 1.5 million next year. Thanks our commitment. Thanks es 73 fer nw, Bob (AD5VJ) and Doug (KG5OA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD8J Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 31,209 Operating stealth from a condo community that doesn't allow antennas. Worked some 20 and 15 meters using hamsticks against a wooden deck support and some radial wires attached to the wooden deck rail. Worked 10 meters using a dipole in the joists under the deck. That dipole on 10 meters worked great. Even worked ZM1A in New Zealand with it. I'll be using that in the 10 meter contest next month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE1T Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 256,197 Limited time available. New tri-bander on 2nd tower helped snag a few mults. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE5X Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 520,200 K3, kw, 10-80m dipole up 22m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AF7S Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 214,500 As expected, 10 was the most productive band during the daytime, followed by 40 at night - at least the first night. The second night, most of the DX disappeared on 40 and I heard mostly US and Canada. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AG4W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 14,124 Ran this contest assisted on 160M to try to work some new band countries. Picked up 4 new ones. Used the new FTDX5000 with an AL-1200 to a 58 foot top loaded vertical. Glad to see 160M was much better than the SSB weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AH6RR Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 24,612 This was my first venture into CW contesting. I had a blast and did a heck of a lot better than I thought I would. GL everyone and 73 de AH6RR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI2N Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,674,278 It is GREAT to have 10 meters back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI9T Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 132,516 Nice conditions on 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AJ6V Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 541,431 Good conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK7AZ Class: M/M HP Total Score = 1,487,080 Best effort to-date in this contest by the RST Contest SIG (AK7AZ). Too bad we only had one true CW operator (N3KCJ) and two total CW newbie (AK7AR, KY7K). Nice effort by Foster N3KCJ at 900+ QSO's. Maybe we can get more operators next time. We shall see. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL1G Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 88,764 As usual, playing in the Nutcracker Ballet orchestra all weekend seriously interferes with this contest! Sorry to those still calling when I had to QRT to leave for the show. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL9A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 657,210 Great fun! Best outing for the CW edition ever, maybe best CW outing for any contest ever! My apologies for those I left hanging in a plie up during the last half hour. My logger suddenly went berserk and was sending stuff to the keyer without me touching anything on the keyboard. Had to shut everythig down and reboot to get it sorted out. Not that I was doing all that great a job of running a pile up. How the heck do those DX contest stations do that? When I get six or more all calling at the same time I'm lost until some big gun comes along and overwhelms everything, including my reciever front end! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: B4TB Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,550,803 It was fun! Target was to make 3000QSO's and 3M scores,but sleep too much,lost most of the times for 40m openning! The worst thing during the contest was that stupid Dalailama keeps making QRM on my frequncy!!!That was so bad,can someone kill him please? Anyway,look forward to the next! 73, Dale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: BA7NQ Class: Single Op Xtreme LP Total Score = 3,680 RIG: TS-480SAT ANT: C4S, 4m high, fixed to EU Remote controller: Remoterig 1258mkii network: ADSL for internet, radio site 2M, controller site 12M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C4Z Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 702,150 After 2 previous years of being trampled into the dust on 15 mtrs by big hitters it was pure joy to get space on 10mtrs and being able to run. That sure reflected in the performance, in fact I was able to hold my qrg for hours at a time (at the bottom end too) and leave at a time of my own choosing rather than being 'bumped' off it. Given room little pistols can rule OK. This contest was fun, fun, fun, all the way. I had noticed the SFI index falling during the previous days and feared the worst but there was still enough left in it to give us a thrilling time with worldwide coverage. Some of the paths I wkd a week previously on the band were not there but there were some oddities where guys popped up in the middle of their nightime, a JA at 1350z, a 9M6 at 1430z. Saturday evening at 1700z, a couple of hours after band closure, east coast NA coming in over south pole whilst being inaudible on the short path, they were weak sigs but q5 and would have been workable by an HP stn here. Both mornings the band opened up around 0400z and PY & LU were among the first callers. These lp sigs are often heard but this year the duration was remarkeable as I was getting calls all day long only they switched to sp around noon. Those guys must get 24 hour propagation, little wonder they consistantly top the 10/15m listings. Few complaints, still some poor quality over driven eqp't and the non ID'ers irritation (mainly Carrib and African travellers,) but they didn't spoil my party, I had a ball. There was some kind of disturbance on Sunday morning. At one moment there would be a crowd of callers and running 3/4 per minute, the next moment they were all gone, there would be only one contact in the next minute then back to a crowd again it was strange and also sigs were loud then weak, but copiable, by turn. I had an enormous pile of JA at one stage in this period when the sigs were multi path making copy difficult and my rate dropped from around 150 to under 100, but with a few hundred JA's in the log I can hardly complain when I read that some west EU and parts of NA did not get much of an opening to JA. Missed zones were the usual suspects, zones 1 & 10 were never heard (HC8N, please sort out that licence!), couldn't break zone 6 and as for zone 3 our sunset is just too early for this band I did hear a couple of very weak ones so maybe P33W or P3J made it from this island. Highlights - being called by T6 & 9N7 for a couple of uniques whose earlier piles I didn't break. Being heard by ZK2V who was really at esp level (good ears Chris). Working my friend Gab, SU/HA3JB, in Cairo, well within this band skip zone, he was running NA but heard my backscatter, I was lucky to catch a lull in his pile, - we lose many but do win some. If the next 3/4 years can maintain at least these s/s levels we can look forward to some more great times. Eqp't - TS570 - 100W. 3 Ele Triband Yagi up 15mtrs. Logging with 'SD'. 73 Brian 5B4AIZ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C5A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 57,182,048 Our third field day style operation in last two years (fourth counting the first one in 2007) from the sunny beaches of Gambia populated by a lot of cows, goats, dogs and plain trash and for a week some aluminum and fiberglass. We have changed the layout of antennas compared to SSB part. There was absolutely horrible interference in SSB leg from 80m 4SQ to 160m RX 4 SQ. We wanted to eliminate this. So first thing we set up was the 80m 4SQ and the 160m RX 4SQ and voila - nothing - SUPER ! So we continued and already on Wednesday the station was ready. We just failed to test 160m RX 4SQ with 20m 4SQ of vertical dipoles beaming both to the USA before the contest. They were a bit over 400m apart - the two most distant antennas (!!) nevertheless, the interference was there. We tested everything we though might be causing it during the first night to no avail. So we had to live somehow with that and do apologize to you NA guys for 1) being deaf on 160m and 2) being considerably weaker than we would be normally on 20m due to very reduced power - sometimes well bellow 50W, when both bands were open to NA. During the week prior to the contest there was a blackout several times a day and without exception every day. We got so scared that we even rented a generator of course not capable to support the complete setup but we would be with 100W per station still in the game. The last blackout was Friday around 15Z for only about an hour but after it was switched on there was noise on all bands ranging from as low as 59 to 59+60dB. We started to joke about the idea that we might already start to disassemble the antennas ! OK we found out it was caused by a connection on fuses on 11kV lines to the transformer for public lights which was just idling during the day and consuming over 20A per phase on 11kV during night. Our "power company friend" said it might go out when the lights go on or they will try to fiddle with the fuses by an insulated pole and that we should trust them that for sure they will solve it and that the electricity will be fine for whole 48 hours !!! Well as it sounds unbelievable in Africa that was the case !!! On Monday we happily returned the unused generator. The nature was nice to us no thunderstorm this time, no extreme waves so we could be whole 48 hours on the air. We are more than happy about the final result. It seems to be historically second highest score ever (behind CN8WW). The propagation was GOOD - almost as good as in the SSB part. I also want to say a few words about IDing discussion going on. I understand how it is having spent of course most of the time on the other side. In a situation when the pileup is huge i.e. literary hundreds of stations are calling and they behave as we all know they do behave. You say "AB" and how many stations are than on ??? All, 50% of the crowd or only AB ? To ID less often is a way to regulate the pileup. Of course when the pile-up is too huge the rate goes down it is inevitable and also other way round the better the "crowd" behaves the faster the operator can go, he has to ask less often ! If the "constant callers" would wait i.e. shut up during a QSO with someone else - they would make their own QSO MUCH MUCH MUCH faster !!!!! When someone very loud sends for 5 rounds CALL? I do believe it is a sufficient reason not to send the call, we were trying to ID immediately if we heard ? or at lest every 5-10 QSOs. Once more we all have had GREAT time and we do thank you for a call and do hope to hear you in the NEXT ONE either from Brezina as OL4A or again from C5. SETUP: 5xIC756PROIII+IC7600 + 6xOM-power PPA + Microham 160m 29m vertical + 7m high RX 4SQ full size 80m 4SQ 40m 4SQ 20m 4SQ of vertical dipoles 15m 2x4SQ of vertical dipoles + monoband spiderbeam@10m 10m 2x 2x5Y@14.5/7m + a few hundred kilos of other junk like cables, switches, filters, notebooks...... 73 ! on behalf of C5A group - Jiri OK1RI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C6AAW Class: M/M LP Total Score = 27,122,353 This was another low power Team Vertical operation from the Bahamas. Band conditions were good, though constant high winds and peak high tides (new moon) did a number on the antennas during the contest. We lost the 10m verticals, 80m vertical, and the 160 had to be repaired a few times during the contest and we lost a number of operating hours. K2KW got hit by a wave and got banged up by the coral, so he took Saturday morning off to recover. There was a short power outage during Sunday night. We welcomed new members W6XR and KB7Q to Team Vertical. With 6 ops, the antennas went up faster than usual, but still took 4 days of dawn to dusk work to set up. The team had a great time, and I'm sure we set a new M/M record for the Bahamas. It will make great wallpaper ;-) Equipment: Four K3's, TS590 and TS850 Antennas: Supplied by N6BT (www.n6bt.com) 160: kluged 60' top loaded vertical 80: 33' top loaded vertical (full size 40 loaded on 80) 40: 2 ele 40m Bravo, fixed at 20 degs; dipole 20: 2 ele 20m verticals, fixed at 20 degs; dipole 15: 2 ele Bravo 5K, fixed at 20 degs 10: 2 ele 10m vertical 10/15: 2 ele Yagi We ran N1MM and the network was flawless. On Friday morning we were finally able to get a dial up internet account working and used packet. With only accepting spots from the USA, it was great to have the 26K dial up account handle the load from the USA skimmers + DX cluster. Main ops: 160: W6XR 80: N6XG 40: WA6O 20: KB7Q 15: KE7X 10: K2KW Paper QSL via WA4WTG, though we hope to have LOTW loaded when we get back. Thanks for all the QSOs. 73, Kenny K2KW /C6A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C6AQQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,017,560 Had fun. Fell asleep twice...uggh. Radio, FT450, was inadequate--insufficient filtering for crowded CW conditions. Small 2el antenna by N6BT was an improvement over last few years. Very windy Friday/Saturday, so put up antenna rather low and used a rope backstay. Rotated manually--EU day, AS/USA night. Thanks for the Qs. 73 Brian "the rover" N3IQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C91NW Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,320,268 Elecraft K3 Alpha 78 10/15/20: Spiderbeam 40: Four-Square 80/160: 72' vertical Another great African adventure! I was looking forward to the enhanced high band condx this year as previous trips in '05 and '09 lacked significant 10m openings. I wasn't disappointed! At the other end of the spectrum I was a little bummed with the lowband results, especially considering the effort involved in putting together a quality low band arsenal. (Certainly didn't expect to be completely skunked on 160!) But C9 is a long way from everywhere and we're not seeing the FB lowband condx we've experienced in recent years. So it goes. But those high bands!!! My 20m mult total is quite low. I had counted on 20m being open to somewhere pretty much 24 hours. I was planning to make some QSOs there later in my second night but when I got there it was obvious there was some sort of disturbance going on and it was effectively shut down. Not so good. So I altered my plans a bit and spent more time there going into the last night which helped the totals a bit but I still left a lot of easy stuff on the table. Cluster Pileups: Others have already said anything I could say. I've concluded that a good part of the Cluster Corps is just plain lazy. No effort made to get off zero beat with a hundred other guys. Just call and call and call. One time I QSYed just a smidge above where I had been - in the clear now but I could still detect the pile just outside of my passband - and proceeded to work a steady stream of new callers while the pileup raged on just below me. Had any of them thought to actually tune the big knob on the radio they might have found me. But it seems most of them are point and click ops and they just waited until the next spot showed up. Whatever. I've decided it's pointless to whine about this and have accepted it as one of the challenges of op'ing from the DX side. Once again I've enjoyed another great CQWW event with great conditions and (mostly) great ops! Amazing reading reports from guys making 5000+ QSOs and yet our paths never crossed, testimony to the extremely high activity level in this biggest of all contests. Great stuff! It was fun to experience things from yet another interesting DX location. (Note to self: Brush up on basic Portuguese before the next visit.) Thanks for the QSOs! 73, Mike K9NW / C91NW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CE3AA Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 893,088 Great Condx for LP category, I worked very hard.... Welcome New CE record...Thanks to CE3AA Directory. 73, Dan XQ4CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CE3WDD Class: SOSB/20 QRP Total Score = 18,370 I worked with MFJ-9020, with 4 watts, is my first QRP participation. thanks to all Fred CE3WDD/qrp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CO6LP Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 402,122 The propagation is good .... The open 11:00 UTC to Africa and close to 23:00 UTC Station FT-80C running only 35 Watt Antenna 2 element yagui homebrew (Same to the RAIbeam antenna) excellent performance thanks to W7RAI for this exelent antenna. The antenna it 9 meter about the ground only. Thanks to the all station calling to this station. 73DX Luis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR3E Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 16,064,784 Many thanks to Madeira Contest Team and CT1FFU from DX Patrol antennas. Nice contest, but after 22 minutes when 20 meters did not produce night time east/west runs and had to QSY to 40 meters, it was obvious conditions would not be the same as in SSB Contest. Next year. Thnks for all the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR6K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,138,288 Nice band conditions this weekend, I just wish they would have been a little better on 10m and 15m so I could work more USA after our SS. Considering my working conditions (compared to big stations like 4O3A and CR2X) I am very happy with my score. 70% of our antennas are home made: - 3 element Quad for 10m, 15m, 20m (@13mH) - 3 element wire Yagi for 40m (between trees) (@12mH) - 80m vertical - 80m dipole (@20mH) - 160m dipole (@20mH) - 3 beverages (180m - W6, 90m - W1, 100m - JA) all this between woods on our neighbours :) the only antennas that were "bought": - JP2000 (10m, 15m, 20m) @20mH - 2 element shortened Yagi for 40m (@23mH) Radios: TS590 + TS870 Amps: AL1500 (1,5KW)+ FL2100z (300W) Automatic switching system HOME MADE I really want to thank my dad (CT1CJJ) that keeps supporting all my crazy ideas to improve our station. It is not easy to compete with stations that have multiple stacks for each band and OM Power amplifiers (2500 and 3500) but we always try to do our best and will continue to do so :) One day, maybe, we might play at the same level and then it will be interesting. Thanks for QSOs P.S.: Win-Test feature that automatically ID's after X QSOs and X Secunds is really awesome, there should be some rule regarding this in the contest rules! Anyone interested in its' AUDIO file drop me an email and I will come back to you. 73's Filipe Lopes CT1ILT aka CR6K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR6T Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,117,766 This was my 10th CQWWCW from Portugal! Thanks again for hospitality to Santos family CT1DVV, CT1ESV, CT1YQM and others including 3yo Ema who amused me with her visits during the contest. Equipment: Kenwood TS-870 Alpha 91b running 800-900 wtts 4/4/4el yagis (middle fixed to North, used mainly only up and bottom) KLM KT34XA This week was same time extreme fun and extreme frustration. All started before the trip when Lufthansa informed that they have cancelled my Thursday flight to Porto. There happened to be a general strike in CT. There was same strike also last year but it was a day earlier! So only chance was to book new flight for Friday morning. Which means that I left home 0100 am by bus to Helsinki airport and arrived finally to ham shack via Frankfurt, Oporto and Coimbra around 1700z. That about long good sleep before the contest ... actually the last good night sleep was on Wed/Thu night. I found out that TS-870 was not functioning properly and Icom which I was planning to use, was also in repair. When driving 50 watts or more, TS-870 lost its monitor and started to make a long delay before changing from TX to RX. Only way to operate was then to reduce the power, I was limited to less than one kilowatt instead of normal 1,5 kW. The first night was good. I worked some 300 qsos before worked any one-pointers and ended to get some 400 US stations in log before the morning. The first day I had over 2200 qsos, but the band died dramatically after 22z. the second morning started with interesting propagation but then something happened - couldn�'t get anything going. Last year I had hour by hour over 100 qsos on Sunday, now only 40 to 60 qsos per hour. It crashed my hopes for over 3700 qsos and 1,4 Mio. Maybe it was something going on in the sun that time. Things improved around 17z and until 22z the band was quite ok to West. Sunday highlights were very weak T2V at 18z, a bit later XE for double mult and then my last qso: HC2/KF6ZWD for zone 10. I missed zones 2, 34 and 39. But finished with my personal single band record. Btw, during the first night HK3TU made some kind of record: while I was listening to him, it took 7 minutes before he sent his callsign for the first time. On Sunday one VP9 almost got there with 5 minutes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CS2C Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,304,138 This was my first CQ WW DX Contest in SOSB 10 M from CT. From Portugal, on 10 meters everything sounds otherwise than I have known in my 66 years from OK in central Europe. During the first night a JA pileup LP, unworldly experience in the dark. In the next morning, only two JA QSOs, SP. Succeeded in breaking the EU record from 2000, but I guess I am not alone who did it. Sometimes it was quite surprising who and when called; KH6LC LP appeared on an actually closed band, and other unbelievable events. Thanks to all for calling and QSO. Merry Christmas, happy new year! Jiri, CS2C/OK1RF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CT8/W1NN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,971,998 This was a temporary setup in a rental house on the island of Pico, one of the nine main islands making up the Azores. The setup consisted of a single K3 with three pretty modest antennas: a ground plane for 10-20 meters, a dipole for 40 (also useable on 15) and a 160 meter ladder-line fed dipole for the low bands. The latter was only up about 15 in the middle and was bent in the middle of each leg. It did a reasonable job on 80 but hardly worked at all on 160. All equipment and antennas were carried to the island in my suitcases and hand luggage. How did I end up in the Azores? In the last couple of years I have had quite a bit of business travel to Europe and I was able to arrange some of these trips to be just before or just after a major contest, so I have had the chance to operate contests from Germany (DL0MB in the 2010 ARRL DX), Jersey (MJ/W1NN in the 2010 WPX) and Norway (LG5LG in the 2011 WPX). With another European business trip scheduled for mid-November, I naturally was thinking about a place to operate CQWWDX CW. Since my previous efforts had been from northerly locations, I thought it would be interesting to operate from southern Europe this time, and I explored a number of possibilities. I was leaning toward Portugal because I thought it would have good propagation into most of Europe and North America and also because I had never spent much time there and wanted to see more of it. A message to CT1BOH asking for ideas brought the suggestion from Jose to look at the Azores, which are of course Portuguese territory. Initially, I thought it was too far and I was not too keen on yet more airplane flights, but the more I looked at it, the more interested I became. There were quite a few rental villas available and it was the low season (for reasons which I would discover myself). I found a house which had some space around it and a view of the ocean and which seemed to be located on the best side of the island. A quick email asking if I could erect some simple antennas brought a positive response from the owner. I reserved the house, booked my flights and the trip was on! The house is located on the island of Pico. Although Pico has a small airport, I found out that the best way to get there was via direct flight from Lisbon into Horta Airport on the neighboring island of Faial. I would then have to take a 30 minute ferry boat ride to Pico. The minimum house rental term was one week so I booked the house for a Monday arrival and a Monday departure. This would presumably give me plenty of time to set things up and do some sightseeing before the start of the contest at 11 PM local time on Friday. I knew that departing just 8.5 hours after the end of the contest would be rather frantic but I needed to be back in Amsterdam for my flight back to the US on the Wednesday after the contest, and I wanted some leeway in case of problems, so a Monday departure was really my only option. Before leaving the US, I did a lot of thinking and reading about portable antennas. I finally ordered a telescopic antenna from MFJ that extends out to 17 feet and collapses to about 25 inches, small enough to fit into a suitcase. I figured that I could use this as a ground plane by mounting it on the hillside in front of the house and run radials down the hill at a 45 degree angle. By adjusting the length of the antenna, I could use it on 20, 15 and 10. I also ordered a 33’ mast and was going to take it to fashion a 40 meter vertical, but I finally decided not to take it since it would require a third piece of check-in luggage. In addition to the materials for the vertical, I hauled a number of dipoles, ropes, wire and associated antenna parts plus tools and spare parts that might be needed. I took along a fishing reel and some weights and I really wanted to take a slingshot for putting ropes into trees, but I was concerned that the slingshot could be considered a weapon (as it is in some US jurisdictions) so I reluctantly left it home and hoped that I would be able to throw weights high enough to get my support ropes into the available trees. (Unfortunately I found that I could not and it cost me dearly in terms of antenna height.) I took the K3 and my laptop in my carryon and everything else was packed in two large suitcases. The flight from Lisbon to Horta and the ferry boat ride across to Pico went smoothly and the house owner met me at the ferry terminal on Pico. He loaned me a car, a cell phone, wifi connection equipment and took me to the house. By 3 PM Monday afternoon I was ensconced in my new home and looking over the place for antennas. Unfortunately, there were no real tall trees and I could see that I was not going to be able to get the 160 meter dipole up very high or very straight. For the first night, I put up a 20 meter dipole so I could get on the air and make a few contacts. It was only up about 15 feet but I was able to run a few dozen stations and get a taste of my new QTH. The next day was a clear, warm day with little wind, and I began to install the 160 antenna. I had thought that I could use the two-story house as a support for one end of the antenna but my fishing line and ropes kept getting caught in the roof tiles and after spending much of the morning on this, I finally had to abandon this idea for fear of pulling roof tiles off. So I was left with using the fairly short (25-30’) olive trees as supports. These are very dense trees and I had a great deal of trouble getting my fishing line very far up into them. The best I could do was to get the antenna up over some branches around the middle of these trees and then bend rest of the antenna out at right angles. When I finished, the middle of the antenna was only up about 15 feet. It was right at the top of the slope going down toward the ocean about 2 miles away, though, so I thought it might work okay. It loaded fine on all bands but 160 where the K3’s tuner just barely managed to get the SWR to around 3 to 1. It seemed to work fairly well on 80 and the high bands, but on 40 it was not doing a very good job. Fortunately in the garage I found an long extension ladder and a piece of pvc pipe from which I was able to fashion a center support for a 40 meter dipole with the center up about 35’. This antenna worked very well on both 40 and 15 and accounted for around half of all of my contacts. As planned, I also put up the vertical on the edge of the slope and it also seemed to work pretty well. I worked around 600 stations in pre-contest testing but I knew that once the contest began it would not be so simple. I was planning additional antenna refinements but on Tuesday night, a storm moved in and the next three days were miserable. Wind gusts which I would estimate at 60 MPH brought down my 160 dipole and made any kind of antenna work impossible. The shutters on the house were banging around and one window broke before I could get them all shut. The wind also interfered with our sleep. The following day it rained the whole day. Finally on Friday the rain stopped and the wind eased up, allowing me to get the antenna back up, but it was still very low. The contest begins at 11 PM local in the Azores, so an op is almost guaranteed to feel tired after staying up all night during the first 7 hours of the contest. I managed to get a couple of hours of sleep before the start time, but I knew that I would not be able to make it for 48 hours. In the event, I kept going for the first 27 hours before taking a nap at 0300 the second day. The first two hours started off rather slow for me. I was using S&P and most stations had trouble with my call sign. (Jose had tried to get a special call for me but was told that such calls were not available to stations operating under CEPT. Thanks for trying, Jose!) At the end of the first two hours I had only 81 contacts in the log and I was starting to get worried. I decided that if I was going to produce any kind of score, I would have to start running, so I found a frequency and started calling CQ. Much to my surprise, it was successful. 93 contacts made it into the log during the third hour and I was off to the races. The next couple of hours on 40 were tremendous with the last-ten rate often going over 200 and hitting 243 once. After the first 8 hours I had 661 contacts and had overcome those first two poor hours. The average rate for the rest of the contest remained at the 80-85 level. The first hours of the morning when the high bands were opening up to the east were generally my poorest on both days and the best hours were in the afternoon and evening working NA. 40 was also very good in the evening. The Azores are located nearly 1,000 miles due west of Lisbon and about 2,000 miles from Frankfurt, Germany. To New York it is around 2,425 miles and to Cleveland about 2,800. Pico Island is located at around 28.5 degrees north latitude, around the same as Washington DC. I had expected that the vast majority of my contacts would be with Europe, which was closer and in a much more northerly direction from me, but I was surprised to find that I was doing better into North America than into Europe. Overall, 52% of my contacts during the contest were with NA versus 43% with EU. I really can’t explain why. I sure was surprised at how loud NA was, especially on 80 meters. Two things stand out in my results. First, my poor 160 performance. Almost nobody could hear me and I found it very unproductive to even try. Somehow KC1XX managed to pull me through for my only NA contact (and my only six bander) but otherwise it was a bust. The second thing is my really awful multiplier. Normally in a contest I expect that most mults will call in and I don’t spend that much time looking for them, but clearly that did not happen in this contest. When I did go looking for mults, it was time-consuming and sometimes difficult to get through the pileups, so basically I found it better to run than to search for multipliers. As many have pointed out, the pileups this time were horrendous. Frequently 5-6 stations would call simultaneously on exactly the same frequency, making it almost impossible to pick out anything. This mainly seemed to be a NA problem. So many US stations have two letter calls that are pretty much the same length and almost everyone starts sending at exactly the same moment. I hope that the attention that this topic has received will convince more ops to shift their calling frequency up or down just a little. They’ll get through a lot faster. I was one of those stations who occasionally went 4-5 contacts without IDing when the pileups were particularly heavy and nasty. Some criticize this as being selfish but with a long call sign like I had, the result of IDing after each QSO would mean that quite a few people in the pileup would have to wait even longer to work me. I felt that it was best not only for me but for the stations waiting to work me that I try to go as fast as possible. Anytime I heard a ? I would ID after the next QSO. I also understand what it is like to be listening to a station who doesn’t ID often enough. Overall it was a great experience to operate from a place like the Azores and I don’t have any major complaints. I had been greatly concerned that the rig, the power supply or the laptop would develop a problem and leave me sitting in my rental house with no way to operate. I initially had packed a backup rig and computer but eliminated them at the last minute to keep the weight down. I am so relieved and thankful that the K3, the Astron switching PS and the Gateway laptop made it through the week. Thanks to CT1BOH for his suggestions and support, thanks to all the participants, and thanks to CQ Magazine and the many volunteers who make this event possible. Hal W1NN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CX9AU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,738,512 Very good conditions.The only problems I had were with my notebook, several times on Saturday, with a false contact in the USB adapter handles the key qu cw This year my motivation in addition to the rise of the conditions, was to test how it behaved in comparison to the FT100d dear old TS440SAT was my tool for a decade. The result set was in favor of technology for many years ofcourse not to hear activity on 10 meters during the day, I'm hoping to see great scores in most categories. The beginning of the contest was somewhat difficult by the noise and static on 15 meters and had to devise to deal with that problem the first few hours. Excuse me if I made them repeat the callsign several times but works normally on Friday and had to sleep a few hours on Saturday because my body was more, during that time my senses were altered. .. I think we like the radio to make these sacrifice.hi I thank and congratulate all the participants, was the great event of amateurs 73 s Dan CX9AU Radio: FT100D. Antennas: Dipoles 10,15,20,40/80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DB0RC Class: M/S LP Total Score = 420,776 Unfortunately DL8RDS got sick. So he was only available for a short time. Hours were lost for sleep. We had to close some hours before the contest ends. But personal record for DL1KSE in result for this contest. Many thanks for all the great hospitality by the very friendly operators of DB0RC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF0HQ Class: M/M HP Total Score = 25,442,514 top condx this year, 40m was our best band. congrats to DR1A for top score thanks to all giving us points! 73 Ben DL5ANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF0TEC Class: SOSB(A)/40 QRP Total Score = 1,512 Just a few Q's to set a DL record for that category. ;-)) 73, Olli - DH8BQA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF1DX Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 360,000 Rig: K3@5W Ant: Beam, Dipole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF1LX Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 994,664 First WWDX CW since years. Antenna 5 Band Trap shortened dipol (2 * 11m) - 10m max up TS850S + N1MM Log 99.9% S+P was fun - YL was a little bit angry on Sunday - Never thought, that 1k QSOs were possible and such a lot of DX (overall 136 different Countries - wonderful for this very small antenna) - Thanks guys copy my sometimes "small" signal - especially on 160 - BY Station hopefully have better RX Antennas next year on 40 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF7ZS Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,762,069 Just a simple part time operation with only one radio! No Mult Station and just 2 1/2 OP\'s to run the show. It was pure fun!!! IC-7700 & PA Mosley PRO 57 @ 35m Dipole inv. V for 40m @ 25m Dipole inv. V for 80m @ 30m D-ZEPP inv. V for 160m @ 30m Thanks to all callers and to DK8ZB to get the Amp up\'n running thursday night! 73 Helmut www.df7zs.de ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF9ZP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 730,037 thanks for the calls... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DH8BQA Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Total Score = 286,936 Elecraft K3, 5 W + 6 ele OWA Yagi (G0KSC design) @ 60 feet Wow! That sums it up quite nicely! ;-)) Would never have thought that this number of QSOs and especially multiplier count would have been possible on QRP! Conditions were quite good although not as well as during the SSB part! E.g. only hrd/wkd 2 x W6 (zone 3) while in the SSB part there were literally hundreds of Westcoasters audible overhere. Nevertheless a LOT of fun! As I am no good CW operator this category was about right for me as most of the time you're just S&P'ing. ;-)) So only about 15% of the QSOs on my own CQs. Glad to have found several mults before the packet pileups, that made life a lot easier. Speaking of packet pileups: Discipline is as worse as it may get today. :-(( Very often when I finally got through (yes, there ARE tricks to crack a pileup with QRP, too ;-)) but my call was not copied correctly and the DX asked for fills there was ALWAYS somebody calling above me. :-(( Come on guys, if the DX asks for 8BQA? or DH8? it is NOT S5,9A, DL1, etc. You guys just slow down the process for everybody! I especially want to point out KP2MM who really invested a full 3 minutes to complete our QSO despite all the hecklers! Many thanks to the KP2MM team, your effort was much appreciated for the KP2 mult here! It could have been done in 20 seconds if no hecklers were there ... Being assisted had the advantage that I had all the mults on the band-map. So I could easily check if there is still a pileup or not and then decide to grab the mult. Usually the packet pileups died after 15-20 minutes if the DX was not spotted again. This is the right time for QRPers then. ;-)) Maybe my good antenna has helped a bit, too. ;-)) The band closed quite early on both days (about 16:30z time). Interestingly on Sunday it opened up again after darkness (and signals completely gone for 30-60 mins already) for another 1.5 hours! The pattern was South America again, then SA getting weaker again, therefor Caribeans getting loud, then weaker again and finally W/VE popping out of the noise again with up to 599 signals and easy QSOs. I already recognized those openings during other contests. They are not to happen all the time, but if they do it is always good for a few extra QSOs. ;-)) What is common to all those after-darkness-openings is the selectiveness (see the pattern above, even selective within the US, too) as well as with these openings there is no backscatter anymore! So really really interesting ... This one could be good enough for a new world record! Admittedly the category is just existing for 2 years now so this might not be too difficult. Yes, I chose this category consciously. ;-)) So lets see if it holds or if any of the LUs, PYs, etc. decided to do so, too ... Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ5EU Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 104,157 Flex 5000A, Acom 2000A, Dipole 50 feet up. Tnx all, Ecki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ5QV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,690,815 Great contest. Was expecting 10m to the best but actually 40m was the star. Working with one radio I lost too much time chasing mults. Espescially the first day. RBN seems to be widely used now. I was using both RBN and DX Cluster (Thanks VE7CC for 'CC User'). Thanks again to Walter for his station. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ8OG Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 308,154 Some hours from at home. Thanks for all QSOs. VY73 Matt, DJ8OG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK1IZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 55,760 Lot's of fun with 25 wtts and magloop in the loft! Thank's for exercise patience! 73 HaPe DK1IZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK2GZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 567,825 RX/TX: K2/100 Amp: ALPIN 100 Antenna: Optibeam OB9-5 Delta-Loop Powerhouse: Diesel generator Still prefer the K2 in CW for contest operation. Sadly missed zone 1 for WAZ 73 de Harry, DK2GZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK5WL Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 1,244,805 Conditions were much better then in 2006. With basically the same setup 100 % score increase. But will need even better conditions to beat DK3GI�'s German QRP record from 1991 (and less sleep...). Again VY2ZM copied my QRP signal first call on 160m! Again a lot of fun, meeting many old friends and finding several rare DX stations not spotted in the cluster, ready to come back on first QRP call! Nearly all QSOs were S & P, only about 40 stations came back on CQ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK8EY Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 11,935 ICOM IC-746pro, 2x 23m dipole, N1MM logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK8ZZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 398,520 A great contest as usual! This year I was unable to participate all weekend, so I've decided to simply enjoy in the contest. Thanks to DL0OV's Crew, proud to be a member of DOK G03 :-) 73 de Zrinko (Zik) DK8ZZ, VE3ZIK, YT3ZZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL1A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,514,566 FTdx5000 + ACOM 2000A, FT2000 + ACOM 2000A, FT1000MP + Expert 1k 10m: 5L/5L, 15m: 5L/5L, 20m: 5L, 40m: 3L, 80m: 2L, 160m: Inv-L Thanks for all the QSOs! Conditions were pretty good and left little to desire; it seems that a record number of records were broken this weekend :-). The station of DJ6ZM performed flawlessly and we must say a big Thank You to Toffy for putting up with us once again! Congrats to all the high scorers, especially our friends of DQ4W who operated as TK4W this time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL1IAO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 786,422 IC756Pro3(INRAD) + Alpha89 WT v3.27.1 on HP Omnibook XE3 Packet, Skimmer Optibeam OB16-3 @ abt 40m total height (on a university building with 17m crank-up tower on roof) I was prepared to do a SOAB HP / SO2R effort but gave up on this plan on Friday evening - too many problems with the lowband antennas. With the excellent 10m condx during the last weeks I thought that single band could be a nice fill-in. At this place the band closed very early on the first evening and the runs to North America were not as productive as I had hoped for. I still had lots of fun working all the multipliers and competing with DF9ZP, DK2GZ and DF0DX. I guess I was not the only one passing the old 10m Assisted DL record score. The Optibeam played very well with some unbelievable signals on the band. I just wish the city QRN would be a bit lower, not covering those really weak signals. I did not hear any of the KL7s spotted this evening. I wonder if anyone from EU has actually worked one of them. As usual I want to thank the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) radio club for the opportunity to use their station. Maybe next time we will have all bands running again! 73, Stefan DL1IAO@contesting.com http://www.dl1iao.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL1RG Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 254,026 At this time mostly interested in an antenna competition: #1 TwinLeg Vertical (16.5m Fiberglass Pole) #2 Half Square 310°/130° (2x 12m Fiberglass Poles) #3 NVIS Dipole 350°/170° (1x 10m Fiberglass Pole) Completed with a new Kenwood TS-590S and a PA - 700W. Mostly used the TwinLeg Vertical. During the long breaks a Perseus SDR was scanning the whole 40m band for reviewing antennas and the portable QTH. This weekend was real fun and thanks to all for the nice QSOs! vy 73 Gerald, DL1RG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,324,401 SteppIR DB36 @25m, Dipole for 160+80,Yaesu FTDX5000@100W + FT-2000 Contest is changing completely due to RBN/Skimmer, I don't know for sure if it is for good or bad. Good: high S&P rate, forced to S&P more and less CQ Bad: less and less normal DX Cluster spots for non-rare-DX, which affects calling behaviour of "normal" OPs who do not use RBN. I could see a big difference for the minutes after the DX Cluster spots for my call. Small pistols like me really could use some more of these spots. We should all contribute! I can see some DX Cluster & RBN changes (an intelligent merger?) coming up in the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2MDU Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,347,240 BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 35 3 23 0 33 0.94 80 141 13 44 1 267 1.89 40 134 22 60 0 301 2.25 20 162 21 69 0 365 2.25 15 391 30 91 1 929 2.38 10 301 33 106 0 721 2.40 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 1164 122 393 2 2616 2.25 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 1 347 240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL3EBX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 351,424 All QSO on 15 an 10 were made with a Buddipole on the balcony. The second "antenna" was a 20m long end feeded wire. Even with this "antenna farm" I had lots of fun. 73s Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL3YM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,535,402 Once upon a time, there were all those brave CW contesting souls hoping that the good days of whopping DX, great rates and big scores would eventually return … Given the unfortunate preparation which found me in hospital and the station with plenty of necessary maintenance after major flooding damage in summer, it seems like a fairy tale I was able to participate at all. My host Wolf, DF2PY, worked like mad to get the needed repairs done, which in turn revived my competitive spirit. I believe that in the end both the station and the OP got ready just in time. Since I never seem to get a run going when the contest kicks off, I started to S&P 40 up and down for exactly an hour with a rate over 100 Qs before settling down high up in the band. After this initial hour I had the first radio CQing almost throughout the remainder of the contest and hit the second radio hard whenever the rate permitted. This concentration on rate is a major shift in paradigm for me, but operating unassisted these days means that you have to deal with rare mults that ID only after what feels like an eternity and cluster induced piles on the lowbands that are unbreakable. As both effects are annoying to say the least and I was in there to have fun, running like crazy seemed like the appropriate strategy. Turns out that at half time I was at 2411 Qs, 431 mults and 2.3 million points. This was when I realized that the DL record was within reach. Problem of course is that typically before sunrise on Sunday and beyond the 36 hour mark fatigue kicks in big time for me. Had lots of micro sleep episodes then, and I can only suspect what this will do to my UBN report. No hallucinations, though maybe this year I was just too tired to differentiate them from what I suspected to be reality, hi. Highlights on the second day are too numerous to tell, but bagging 12 mults plus 1 double mult from South America and the Caribbean on an otherwise empty ten meter band within 15 minutes on the second radio late in the evening on Sunday as well as having my first and only VU call in for a juicy double mult on 40 with just 25 minutes to go, just to be followed 20 seconds later by a JT are the essence that contesting tales are made of. With the final whistle I completed QSO # 4418, a total I never thought possible. The claimed score is 3.9 per cent above the current DL record, which I do not think will be enough to stand after log checking. But then, I do not really care since I did have fun and I am grateful I could participate in this CQWW. Very sincere thanks go to Wolf, DF2PY & family for taking care of me, to Axel, DK4US for supporting me IT-wise, and to my XYL and the boys for everything. Thanks all for the Qs, happy holidays, … and all the brave CW contesting brethren lived happily ever after. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL4AAE Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 357,018 10 m was back to life - and what a fun it was! 73, Uwe DL4AAE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL7BY Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 180,752 I had something to do on Saturdaymornig and so my starttime was about 13 utc. I was surprised about the outstanding condx, worked KH6 over the longpath with 100 w. Missed some easy mults, but coundn't break the pile up e.g. C91WW. But it makes a lot of fun. Thanks for the QSOs and hope tu cu u in ARL-10-m-contest. TRX: FT920 ANT: A4S by Cushcraft @ 33 ft/10m and Windom @39 ft/12m 73s es best DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DM0Y Class: SOSB(A)/160 QRP Total Score = 5,304 Elecraft K3 at 5 W plus 160 m full-size loop. Just a few hours besides my DH8BQA full time 10 m effort. Could easily be a new world record if nobody else in that category. ;-)) No DX of course (the 4 x UA9 are no further away then any EA7 or CT from here, hi), just Europe. Nevertheless the horizontal loop is a perfect high angle antenna that allowed me to produce good sigs in Europe despite just 5 watts. Thinking back to my low power (100 W) SSB effort on 160 a few years ago this one was just too easy! Might think of a full time effort next year ... ;-)) 73, Olli - DH8BQA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DM8D Class: M/S HP Total Score = 9,416,381 Despite all expectations we were able to top last years result by round abt 1 Mio. All changes came from better propagation and some new antennas on 10, 15 and 40m. Especially the new 4 Element Vertical Array on 40m brought more than 200 additional Zone 3/4/5 stations in our log (compared to last year). But it was also good to see the high bands coming up again from their winter sleep finally. Thanks to all callers next stop for us will be CQWW CW 160m in January so happy new year de Wolfgang DK9VZ for the DM8D-Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DR1A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 30,744,408 The existing EU M/M record is/was 22M, made by OH2U in 1999... :-) TNX for all QSOs!! CU in the next contest! 73 Ben DL6FBL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DR1D Class: M/S HP Total Score = 9,692,410 Murphy was all around. The foreseen Microham µLink network did not work in time so the stack matches had to be rewired for manual switching which made their use more complicated for the operators who also had no time to become familiar with the station before the contest started. The rotator for the yagi stacks did not turn anymore saturday night and was stuck 10°, the other was found 100° offset 5 hours before the contest ended. So all target aereas were on the side of the beam when used on 20, 40 and 80m for what amount of hours we can only imagine. So many possible mults have been missed especially on 40m and not so good runs as expected were possible. Anyway, it was still fun to do the contest and the team kept motivated til the end of the contest. Thanks to everybody who exchanged a report with us. Special thanks to Robert the station owner and his wife Maria for outstanding hospitality and the use of this fine station which has been built up from scratch during the last few month. 73 Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E21EIC Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 399,765 TS-850S and 20M Rotary DP. Great Fun! 73, Champ, E21EIC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E71A Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 519,162 EU 1624 QSO USA 440 AS 208 Other 3% CU next contest,s. Emil QSL via QRZ.com or HAMQTH.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E77A Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 676,460 Fun again. Saturday morning was great into Asia.See you next time! Slaven, E77A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E77TA Class: SOSB/40 QRP Total Score = 69,153 My first FT-817&inv.V solo flight trough the major storm. Just Me Myself, and I. No radar-skimmer-cluster-click&call mumbo jumbo video game. Call what you hear, not what you see on the screen. Thank you all for your time and patience. Special thanks to E73TTT who talked me in to this 5W adventure, after being a lost soul in LP cloud for years. RIG: FT-817, inv.V 73, Edin E77TA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E7DX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,954,728 We had some problemms with setup on the begining and last 3 hours of operation we lost our running station so we need to improvise. In compare with our MS competitors we lost big nummbers of mult allready first day and that was imposible to achive 2nd one! Congrats and thanks for nice competion to TM6M, OM8A, ES9C, LX7I, UZ2M,9A1P, RL3A, OM7M and others! 73s E7DX Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA1DR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,525,388 I only work 6 hours on Saturday and 8 on Sunday, but I really enjoyed it! GREAT FUN ..! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA1WX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 626,204 Only to keep fit, and chasing new "slots". 160m. antenna: very low inverted V, dipole. 73, Juanjo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA3AVV Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 154,512 Really the CQ WW is a unique event. In just 15 hours of operation you can work DXCC monoband with a really modest station (100W and a vertical multiband Cushcraft R8 antenna). Fantastic! Many thanks to all who contact with me and see you next year! Ramon EA3AVV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA4KD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,086,720 Lot of fun for a non CWer. 73 DX de Pedro, EA4KD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA5DKU Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 650,012 TENTEC ORION I Vertical SteppIr BigIr Dipole, 40/80m Win-Test 4.9.1 Log Upload Lotw 73 Javier EA5DKU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA6FO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 9,680,391 Nice contest. Impresive scores. Congrats to ER4A, SN7Q and other big scores not yet published (maybe will do) Juan, EA5BM / EA6FO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA8OM Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,382,012 compared with last year: 20% less QSOs but 25% more multis, same score ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ED1R Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 19,195,446 Hi all. We are very satisfied with the first year of life of our young Contests Station ED1R, could have competed in M2 in 3 big Contest RTTY, SSB and CW. We want give the thanks to all the friends and familly who have made possible that our young Contest station is in competition between the most strong European stations. A nice International Team between EA, DL and CX operators. Thanks to our guests and Running operators DH1TW, DJ7IK, CX5AO, EA4SV and EA4ZK who have done a great work, TNX boys !!! EC1KR and EC4DX Helped with Multi station and general support. Was very interisting Contest, very good propagation and the station has worked good, everything was repaired in time and not problems with Murphy. Congratulation to our competitors IR4X, TK4W, OL3Z, LZ5R, DL1A, PI4DX, EA5CW, etc ... Congrat for his big results and for this nice competition, TNX. Some interesting statistics: -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 8 125 135 0 0 0 268 268 2.8 0100 9 112 132 0 0 0 253 521 5.4 0200 10 122 129 0 0 0 261 782 8.1 0300 11 65 123 0 0 0 199 981 10.2 0400 3 79 133 5 0 0 220 1201 12.5 0500 77 6 126 8 0 0 217 1418 14.8 0600 42 25 116 4 0 0 187 1605 16.7 0700 0 8 66 0 41 24 139 1744 18.2 0800 0 0 0 10 76 121 207 1951 20.3 0900 0 0 0 49 18 138 205 2156 22.4 1000 0 0 0 15 101 136 252 2408 25.1 1100 0 0 0 8 113 140 261 2669 27.8 1200 0 0 0 4 91 111 206 2875 29.9 1300 0 0 0 5 109 83 197 3072 32.0 1400 0 0 0 4 102 165 271 3343 34.8 1500 0 0 4 4 133 163 304 3647 38.0 1600 0 0 7 0 124 189 320 3967 41.3 1700 0 0 3 6 142 151 302 4269 44.4 1800 0 2 15 36 74 6 133 4402 45.8 1900 0 73 2 77 8 0 160 4562 47.5 2000 2 47 72 146 0 0 267 4829 50.3 2100 5 2 145 138 0 0 290 5119 53.3 2200 3 5 131 73 0 0 212 5331 55.5 2300 57 8 122 0 0 0 187 5518 57.4 0000 4 90 100 3 0 0 197 5715 59.5 0100 20 49 114 0 0 0 183 5898 61.4 0200 71 6 84 0 0 0 161 6059 63.1 0300 10 71 85 4 0 0 170 6229 64.8 0400 0 96 72 5 0 0 173 6402 66.6 0500 1 35 75 0 0 0 111 6513 67.8 0600 2 42 68 0 0 0 112 6625 69.0 0700 1 25 60 0 0 21 107 6732 70.1 0800 0 0 9 17 65 27 118 6850 71.3 0900 0 0 0 44 99 20 163 7013 73.0 1000 0 0 0 36 60 88 184 7197 74.9 1100 0 0 0 135 3 71 209 7406 77.1 1200 0 0 0 86 11 61 158 7564 78.7 1300 0 0 0 3 137 76 216 7780 81.0 1400 0 0 0 0 125 82 207 7987 83.1 1500 0 0 8 0 105 87 200 8187 85.2 1600 0 1 4 4 79 83 171 8358 87.0 1700 0 0 2 6 107 136 251 8609 89.6 1800 0 0 5 7 66 82 160 8769 91.3 1900 2 0 29 147 21 1 200 8969 93.4 2000 12 1 101 87 0 0 201 9170 95.5 2100 7 0 82 84 0 0 173 9343 97.3 2200 6 27 79 18 0 0 130 9473 98.6 2300 8 60 65 0 0 0 133 9606 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 371 1182 2503 1278 2010 2262 9606 Gross QSOs=9807 Dupes=201 Net QSOs=9606 Unique callsigns worked = 5532 The best 60 minute rate was 338/hour from 1646 to 1745 The best 30 minute rate was 346/hour from 1553 to 1622 The best 10 minute rate was 372/hour from 1554 to 1603 The best 1 minute rates were: 9 QSOs/minute 5 times. 8 QSOs/minute 19 times. 7 QSOs/minute 94 times. 6 QSOs/minute 218 times. 5 QSOs/minute 368 times. 4 QSOs/minute 593 times. 3 QSOs/minute 622 times. 2 QSOs/minute 527 times. 1 QSOs/minute 311 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 96 393 1216 733 866 1173 4477 46.6 South America 5 9 17 21 32 55 139 1.4 Europe 247 720 1132 411 975 865 4350 45.3 Asia 13 46 110 77 105 126 477 5.0 Africa 10 13 15 23 19 27 107 1.1 Oceania 0 1 13 13 13 16 56 0.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 371 1182 2503 1278 2010 2262 9606 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3V 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.0 3W 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 4J 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1 4L 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.0 4O 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 4X 1 0 3 2 3 1 10 0.1 5B 2 2 3 2 1 2 12 0.1 5H 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 5R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5T 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 5X 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 6W 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 0.1 6Y 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 8P 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 8Q 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 9A 2 6 12 6 7 4 37 0.4 9G 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 9H 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 9J 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9K 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 9L 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 9M2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.0 9M6 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.0 9N 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9Y 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 A4 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 A5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 A6 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 A7 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 BV 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 BY 0 1 6 5 4 7 23 0.2 C3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C6 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 C9 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 CE 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 CM 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.0 CN 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 CT 2 4 2 1 1 1 11 0.1 CT3 2 2 1 3 1 2 11 0.1 CU 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 CX 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 DL 51 120 218 63 202 102 756 7.9 DU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 E5/s 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 E7 1 8 8 4 6 1 28 0.3 EA 8 26 12 6 8 19 79 0.8 EA6 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 EA8 1 2 3 4 2 2 14 0.1 EA9 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 EI 3 8 5 1 3 1 21 0.2 EK 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 EL 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 ER 1 3 4 3 2 4 17 0.2 ES 1 3 4 2 4 11 25 0.3 EU 5 16 21 6 23 22 93 1.0 EX 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0 EY 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.0 F 10 29 26 10 7 12 94 1.0 FG 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 FJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 FM 1 1 2 2 2 2 10 0.1 FO 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 FY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 G 8 41 68 15 27 17 176 1.8 GD 1 1 2 2 1 1 8 0.1 GI 1 2 2 1 1 1 8 0.1 GJ 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 GM 2 5 10 3 8 5 33 0.3 GU 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 GW 2 2 5 1 4 2 16 0.2 HA 5 14 29 10 27 35 120 1.2 HB 2 4 15 2 3 1 27 0.3 HC 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.0 HH 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 HI 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 HK 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 HL 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0.1 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HR 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.0 HS 0 0 1 2 2 3 8 0.1 HZ 1 0 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 I 9 16 53 12 33 12 135 1.4 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 *IT9 1 1 1 1 3 3 10 0.1 J2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 J6 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.0 J7 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 JA 0 1 43 25 18 4 91 0.9 JT 0 1 2 1 2 1 7 0.1 JW 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 JY 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.0 K 79 351 1113 663 779 1050 4035 42.0 KG4 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 KH0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 KH2 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0.1 KH6 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 KL 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.1 KP2 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 KP4 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 LA 3 9 14 7 7 15 55 0.6 LU 0 0 1 3 5 10 19 0.2 LX 0 2 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 LY 5 18 16 7 21 26 93 1.0 LZ 3 12 23 7 19 23 87 0.9 OA 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 OE 1 4 3 2 10 3 23 0.2 OH 10 12 17 5 26 23 93 1.0 OH0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 OK 14 32 79 33 63 71 292 3.0 OM 5 9 22 10 20 30 96 1.0 ON 3 6 16 4 6 3 38 0.4 OX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OY 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 OZ 2 6 15 1 12 14 50 0.5 P4 2 1 1 3 3 2 12 0.1 PA 8 22 53 13 45 12 153 1.6 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ4 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 PJ5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 PY 1 2 5 3 12 30 53 0.6 PZ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 S5 10 11 27 15 24 11 98 1.0 SM 4 18 28 13 26 32 121 1.3 SP 15 42 64 36 57 73 287 3.0 ST 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 SU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 SV 1 1 2 1 5 7 17 0.2 SV5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 SV9 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1 T2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 T7 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 T8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TA 2 3 2 2 1 2 12 0.1 *TA1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.0 TF 1 2 1 2 1 1 8 0.1 TI 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 TK 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 UA 18 107 127 40 137 122 551 5.7 UA2 0 2 2 1 2 3 10 0.1 UA9 5 27 33 21 46 66 198 2.1 UK 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.0 UN 1 3 4 3 8 18 37 0.4 UR 11 51 71 27 66 64 290 3.0 V2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 V3 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 V5 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 VE 8 27 75 43 56 83 292 3.0 VK 0 0 3 3 1 6 13 0.1 VK9W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VP2E 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VP2M 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 VP2V 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 VP5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 VP9 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 VQ9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.0 VU 0 0 0 1 3 3 7 0.1 XE 0 0 4 2 4 7 17 0.2 XU 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 YA 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.0 YB 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 0.1 YL 1 5 6 6 6 9 33 0.3 YN 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 YO 5 13 20 8 25 36 107 1.1 YU 3 14 14 12 9 14 66 0.7 YV 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 Z3 1 1 2 1 3 2 10 0.1 ZA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZD7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZD8 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 ZF 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1 ZK2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 ZL 0 1 2 2 3 3 11 0.1 ZP 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.1 ZS 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 371 1182 2503 1278 2010 2262 9606 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 05 62 244 561 391 377 485 2120 22.1 14 113 310 500 150 370 244 1687 17.6 04 23 117 430 249 319 450 1588 16.5 15 89 206 366 166 324 335 1486 15.5 16 35 177 224 75 231 225 967 10.1 03 3 18 197 67 141 199 625 6.5 20 14 34 53 23 57 76 257 2.7 17 6 23 20 12 34 53 148 1.5 08 8 13 17 19 19 22 98 1.0 25 0 1 44 28 19 4 96 1.0 18 1 6 12 11 16 24 70 0.7 11 1 2 5 5 14 31 58 0.6 09 4 5 8 10 10 9 46 0.5 33 5 7 7 10 6 6 41 0.4 21 1 4 8 6 9 9 37 0.4 35 3 5 3 6 6 5 28 0.3 24 0 1 7 5 6 8 27 0.3 13 0 1 2 4 6 12 25 0.3 07 0 1 4 3 4 6 18 0.2 06 0 0 4 2 4 7 17 0.2 32 0 1 4 4 4 3 16 0.2 22 0 1 2 3 4 4 14 0.1 28 0 0 3 2 4 4 13 0.1 26 0 0 1 3 3 5 12 0.1 37 1 0 2 2 2 4 11 0.1 27 0 0 3 3 2 3 11 0.1 38 0 0 1 2 3 5 11 0.1 40 1 2 1 2 2 3 11 0.1 30 0 0 2 2 1 5 10 0.1 36 1 1 1 1 1 4 9 0.1 23 0 1 2 1 2 1 7 0.1 19 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 0.1 01 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.1 34 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 12 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 31 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.1 29 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 02 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 39 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 371 1182 2503 1278 2010 2262 9606 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 3414 2 bands 984 3 bands 577 4 bands 343 5 bands 163 6 bands 51 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: K2AX P33W SP2KPD N1WR NQ4I K3LR W2FU DR1A K3CR K3PP UZ2M PJ2T W3YY NR5M N4RV W0AIH W1GD OM4XA K5NA N3RS N2TU D4C TC3A SE6Y K8AZ VE1RGB N0NI 8P5A N4WW G5O K9CT N1DG K0KX K9MA C6AAW WE3C KC1XX V26K NR4M PJ4A TO3A T70A C5A NP4Z K0IR ZD8W TK4W 4O3A SP3POZ W3LPL N0IJ See you during next Contest, sure ARRL 10M. TNX !!! ED1R Contest Team www.ed1r.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ED3T Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 719,531 rig: K3, acom1000, yagi 4 elements yu7ef @ 20 m agl This is my first contest with the k3 and have seen how well it works with heavy signals. A big change from my old ic756proII. In spite of sun flux was the lowest this November i had very good runs to JA and NA. Did not work zones 2 and 31 after doing +800 NA stations and beaming most of the time to KH6, a bit dissapointing. Also not worked z 38 and 39, only heard ZS2I calling several stations. Goal was to get a new EA record on 15m, and did it with 150 Kpoints more. Anyway will have to wait to see what have done other EA. Next year will try on 10m. Will try to change the antenna for next 10 m contest. 73 Josep EA3AKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ED8A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 5,379,296 My best score in ww dx cw, I�'m very happy. This was my third participation in this contest in SOAB and my first in LP . I have a lot of mistakes: bad strategy for looking multis,I have not 160 m antenna, and much more. But sure next year will be better ;-). My setup: FT950 Power 100w. wintest 4.9.1 Rigexpert usb standard. Antennas: Spiderbeam 10/15/20 Home Made Moxon fishing pole 15m 2 el. Home made 4el 10m. Home made wire fishing pole top loaded for 40/80.(coax.trap) Thanks to my good friends EA8BFH, EA8CAC,EA8ZS, NP4Z, EA8DP, N3JT. Thanks for qso,s friends!! all info here: http://www.ea8ay.com/ed8a/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ED9M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 20,531,710 Our second year from Ceuta. This time no storm, no rain but beautiful weather and some ops even got a tan. Great 10m condx this time but S9 power line noise on 160-40m bittered the experience. We're sorry to be a mega alligator on the low bands. The whole city got a blackout at Sunday noon but fortunately it only lasted a short hour. Thanks for the QSOs and pileups, Zoli HA1AG Equipment: 2x FT-1000MP, Alpha 91B + KPA-500 Antennas: 160m: dipole on the palm trees 80m: vertical 40m: vertical 20-15-10m: Spiderbeam on 12m push up masts. By band - All modes QSOs (with dupes) - By time | Hr | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | Total | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 00 | | | 166 | | | | 166 | | 01 | | | 193 | 12 | | | 205 | | 02 | | | 192 | 10 | 4 | | 206 | | 03 | | | 191 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 207 | | 04 | | 81 | 85 | 4 | 1 | | 171 | | 05 | 59 | 7 | 71 | 7 | | | 144 | | 06 | 9 | 13 | 105 | | | | 127 | | 07 | | 10 | 6 | 95 | | 8 | 119 | | 08 | | | | 1 | 45 | 197 | 243 | | 09 | | | | 4 | 16 | 206 | 226 | | 10 | | | | 6 | 4 | 206 | 216 | | 11 | | | | | 21 | 196 | 217 | | 12 | | | | | 115 | 80 | 195 | | 13 | | | | | 214 | 11 | 225 | | 14 | | | | 8 | 227 | 7 | 242 | | 15 | | | | 5 | 37 | 153 | 195 | | 16 | | | 2 | 4 | 3 | 232 | 241 | | 17 | | | | 7 | 58 | 161 | 226 | | 18 | | | | | 204 | 10 | 214 | | 19 | | | 7 | 147 | 35 | | 189 | | 20 | 7 | 9 | | 231 | | | 247 | | 21 | | 1 | 7 | 196 | | | 204 | | 22 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 126 | | | 183 | | 23 | | 4 | 154 | 3 | | | 161 | | 00 | 6 | 1 | 158 | 1 | | | 166 | | 01 | | 45 | 69 | 1 | | | 115 | | 02 | 3 | 115 | 2 | | | | 120 | | 03 | | 9 | 138 | 1 | | | 148 | | 04 | | 70 | 36 | 1 | | | 107 | | 05 | | 18 | 107 | 1 | | | 126 | | 06 | 44 | 41 | 6 | | | 2 | 93 | | 07 | | 59 | 1 | | 2 | 56 | 118 | | 08 | | | | | 134 | 41 | 175 | | 09 | | | | | 129 | 60 | 189 | | 10 | | | | 2 | 4 | 198 | 204 | | 11 | | | | 60 | 2 | 76 | 138 | | 12 | | | | 80 | | 5 | 85 | | 13 | | | | 28 | 28 | 90 | 146 | | 14 | | | | 2 | 3 | 141 | 146 | | 15 | | | | 3 | 5 | 195 | 203 | | 16 | | | | 3 | 1 | 210 | 214 | | 17 | | | 1 | 3 | | 216 | 220 | | 18 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 109 | 145 | | 19 | | | | 85 | 57 | | 142 | | 20 | | | | 166 | 2 | 1 | 169 | | 21 | 2 | 1 | | 148 | | | 151 | | 22 | 1 | | 97 | 42 | | | 140 | | 23 | 1 | | 126 | | | | 127 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 142 | 489 | 1964 | 1508 | 1385 | 2868 | 8356 | Powered by Win-Test 4.8.0 http://www.win-test.com Worked zones | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ====================================================== 01 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 02 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 03 | | 6 | 125 | 132 | 82 | 204 | 549 04 | 9 | 44 | 337 | 329 | 216 | 494 | 1429 05 | 9 | 50 | 453 | 469 | 276 | 480 | 1737 06 | | | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 07 | | | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 08 | | 6 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 87 09 | | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 44 10 | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 11 | | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 51 12 | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 13 | | | | 9 | 8 | 14 | 31 14 | 65 | 155 | 305 | 174 | 226 | 528 | 1453 15 | 40 | 113 | 285 | 146 | 204 | 437 | 1225 16 | 4 | 66 | 238 | 63 | 169 | 303 | 843 17 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 101 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 63 19 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 20 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 66 | 169 21 | | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 31 22 | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 24 | | | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 25 | | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 33 26 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 27 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 28 | | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 29 | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 30 | | | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 31 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 32 | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 33 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 42 34 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 35 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 36 | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 37 | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 38 | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 39 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 40 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 5 ====================================================== | 141 | 479 | 1887 | 1467 | 1360 | 2755 | 8089 Powered by Win-Test 4.8.0 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EF3A Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,920,315 Hi contesters, After contesting for more than 30 years, I've never done a serious attempt to entry in the SOAB category. I always had done for many years in Multi(MS-M2 or MM) or SOSB. After some years waiting, finally this year I made the maintenance of old antennas and I've also installed some new ones. My old KT34XA to 45 feet long makes a good service again but is now accompanied by a set with a 3 element SteppIR at 60 feet and a 2 elements for 40 meters to 75 feet. My old OCF of 270 for 80 and 160 meters is also a little higher than before and their performance improved significantly. As teams have used my old IC-765 and IC775, both full fitted with all CW filters and with the Inrad roofing filters. The SOAB is a very hard work when I have completed 50 years. At beginning of contest I did not think could be operating 40 hours as I done. Thank you all for your QSO and see in the next contest. Fernando EA3KU. (@ EF3A) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EF8S Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 1,085,292 3 el Wire Yagi toward West 23 Hours and toward Europe the last 7 Hours. For the Reserve GP, which damaged. Nice contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI2CN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 619,744 Thank you all and than you for the sun spots. 73 Doug EI2CN K3 P3 Acom 2000A 1500W New EI limit for contests Microkeyer II WinTest 4el SteppIR at 80ft Life is good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI4CF Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Total Score = 194,523 Really tested my new DB36 and very pleased with it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI5DI Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 502,048 Great conditions and great fun. Too many dupes from cluster creeps not verifying callsigns before calling. SD WinKey K3 P3. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI6DX Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 855,098 Hi, Great contest and best score so far. The difference - a brand spanking new 4SQ which worked flawlessly as well as K3 and ACOM amp. Excellent runs with 160 Q rates for 4 hours straight in the beginning. 2000 QSOs and 550K in 24 hours. Very happy with that. The contest station is fully assembled on Friday - trcvr, pc, acom connections, cabling, 4SQ setup (includign laying out radials!) and taken down on Monday. It is hard work but great motivation too - imagine the speed at which you put the radials an hour before the sun sets down :-) Station: K3, 800 watts into 4SQ from Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow. Very happy with the result but there is still room for improvement. A few lessons learned as always. Many thanks to the great ops for the activity on 40! 73! Stan, www.ei6dx.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI6IZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,475,854 Nice to hear 10m in great shape again and lots of good DX worked on 10 and 15m. A pity that so many stations still have issues with keyclicks and there were a few stations in the contest with terrible CW timing and missing first dits too. Antennas: 160M L , 80M Vee Dipole, 40-10M M2 7-10-30 log yagi RX antennas: 2X 175m reversible beverages Radio: Elecraft K3 with Sub RX Amp: Acom 1000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EL2A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 19,569,060 This year's operation by the VooDoo Contest Group was an interesting challenge...on many fronts. We received licenses only one day before departure. Our team was reduced to five ops at the last moment. Our team arrived with one missing bag (our 80 and 160 verticals toured Africa over the CQWW DX weekend). The hotel guests consumed our "unlimited minutes" on our internet connection and we had no internet capability after the first day of the contest. There is no commercial power in Liberia and the hotel had to cool off its generators from time to time during the contest leaving the station silent at times. However, our ultralight contest station performed well. We made over 100,000 points per pound of luggage weight with our contest station. Our makeshift 80/160 antennas that we installed the day before the contest was well below our normal standards and eliminated us from the competition. Station: K3 (2), Alpha 76PA, KPA500 Antennas: 160 - inverted V at 60' made of #30 wire 80 - inverted V at 60' (sharing coax with 160 antenna) 40 - 2 element vertical array roof mounted 20 - 2 element delta loop beam fixed north 15 - 2 element moxon at 70' 10 - 2 element moxon at 70' The runs were fabulous on the HF bands. After five straight years of operating CQWW with no sunspots, it was nice to see the higher bands so very much alive. The VooDoo Contest Group has operated in West Africa for 17 straight years. The team has amassed a massive collection of equipment in Africa that is used to assemble a competitive station days CQWW DX CW contest weekend. We are seeing that is getting to be almost impossible to continue this method of operating in the future. For the past three years, the team has resorted to operations which are based upon stations that are assembled with material pulled out of our suitcases. This years entire station fit into four checked bags (all less than 50 pounds) and a few carry on bags. This may be the look of this contest group going forward. We are still trying to extract the large collection of radio gear that is currently in 9L (resulting from a nail-biting, last second extraction that was pulled off in October 2010) and move it into EL for a 2012 operation but it is getting close to the wire. The VooDoo Contest Group proudly accepts this challenging operating style and intends to continue to operate in West Africa for as long as we have the collective energy. The personal satisfaction of assembling a competitive station and working the piles to the best of our abilities is hard to match in any other venue. We are looking to continue this operation next year and already have plans in place to shore up some of the weeknesses we encountered this year. 73 and thank everyone for the QSOs. Ned AA7A 2011 VooDoo Contest Group co-leader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ER4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 11,679,414 Wow!!! Dud not even expect to make nearly 7000 qso from zone 16! Nearly 600 qso second radio,most of them is mults or 3 points qso! Nice to hear all my friend and congrats with a good scores. Serge,UT5UDX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES1AN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 188,784 Equipment: k3,A3S/18m,500w Tnx,73,Andres ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES1WST Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 103,800 That was incredible…so much DX blasting in from everywhere! So after two years of CQ WW low-band exile, I built a 3-element 10m yagi one week before the contest and mounted it on my roof. Target: 100 DXCC and the Baltic 10m QRP record (81.5k by UQ2GTF in 1989). Sadly, I couldn’t reach 100 DXCC (where were LA, OZ, LY, EW, UA2, ER, ER6, CU…?) but I beat the old record by a good 25%. Best moment: Guam on long path. After trying hard to break the pile-up on short path, I turned my antenna west as the day wore on. Suddenly, I came across him calling CQ with no answers and quite amazingly, he picked me up pretty quickly. Once he was in the log, I turned the antenna back east to make sure I wasn't imagining things, since LP QSOs are such a rarity with QRP. Negatives: Hearing and calling at least 30 more DXCC with no luck, and the shortness of the day. Here in Tallinn, there were only 6h 52m between sunrise and sunset on Sunday. The bands opened for me around 7:30 AM each morning and closed by 5:30 PM or 6:00 PM each day, with signal levels degrading slowly starting about an hour before the end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES5TF Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 34,572 Because it was not possible to sit next to the rig, I operated our clubstation remotely from home. Also, audio transmission quality was so bad that I ended up with CW-as-digimode, using CW Skimmer. I liked a lot also that pretty good propagation. I set my goal to work as many zones on 10 meter as possible - ultimately 10m WAZ. Just zones 1, 3, 6 and 12 were too tough for me. I don't think I noticed any stations from zone 12 on 10m. Well, it was still quite fun. Hear you in ARRL contests! Tõnis, ES5TF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES7GM Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 546,546 Never never seen 15m opening so early here in Northern Europe. So I could've start least 2 hours earlier the opening day. For some reason I decided to search the band most of the first day for multipliers I did only ~650QSOs. 2nd day was on the other hand mostly CQ-ing. Maybe I should've done it differently. But as my CW skill is average it was nice to have little practice. I got my 4 ele DK7ZB monobander up ~6 hours before the contest in darkness, and with some heavy wind. Little storm was with me all the weekend. Also had couple of minor power-losses on the 2nd day. 73! ES7GM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES9C Class: M/S HP Total Score = 16,042,934 amazing how 10 meters can really shuffle up the pack of cards and give us in the east a chance to compete on EU level. I am quite positive we did better than the 9th place we got last year in EU. Look forward to see the scores of others. Congratulations to OM8A already. We had the fun of looking at UZ2M score developing on Russian site. What a thirlling competiton with the leader changing every few hours. We overcome 0.5 mio points deficit to build 0.5m lead by the end. Their multiplier count is awesome, we just could not do as well. Had UZ2M and RU1A constantly beating us in mult pileups. We are happy about QSO count though. Run station was supported by S&P station on the run band which managed to make almost 1300 Qs and that is our best so far. Two mult stations made ca 500 Qs together. At Sunday noon when the storm was developing we suddenly lost electricity. The emergency number of the power company told it would take 5 hours to get it back. We were horrified but in 15 minutes the power came back! How lucky we were. No other signficant Murphy visits. Big contributors to the score were great CW ops Oleg and Andris from YL land. Oleg's operating style sending voluntarily most of the code with paddle is really remarkable and very efficient. One big dissapointment was not being able to catch the attention of any KL7 station on 10m for the last missing zone. A few hours before the end of the contest they started to come through over the North Pole distorted by the Aurora. KL7RA was 55-56 and I spent ca 30 minutes calling them in vain:( Funny incident happened on a mult station where the op was calling 4L5O for 20-30 minutes on 7016 and did not get through. He was puzzled and asked me to try. 4L5O was coming solid 59 on S-meter but after some calls I started to feel funny as I did not hear any stations he was working. Surely enough a quick look into the cluster revealed he is running on 3508:) I also see K1LZ has spotted him on 7016 - boy, did his harmonic make it pretty far:) 73 Tonno ES5TV Statistics: ES9C By band - CW QSOs (with dupes) - By time | Hr | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | Total| | | CW | CW | CW | CW | CW | CW | | ------------------------------------------------------- | 00 | | | 164 | 14 | | | 178 | | 01 | | 8 | 210 | 14 | | | 232 | | 02 | | 16 | 46 | 143 | | | 205 | | 03 | 9 | 208 | 5 | 4 | | | 226 | | 04 | 3 | 214 | 6 | 8 | 12 | | 243 | | 05 | 11 | 43 | 102 | | 38 | 3 | 197 | | 06 | | | 205 | | 4 | 47 | 256 | | 07 | | | 74 | 30 | 94 | 23 | 221 | | 08 | | | | 3 | 94 | 81 | 178 | | 09 | | | | 93 | 1 | 60 | 154 | | 10 | | | 2 | 156 | 9 | 9 | 176 | | 11 | | | 2 | 2 | 161 | 14 | 179 | | 12 | | | 4 | 3 | 193 | 15 | 215 | | 13 | | | 2 | 6 | 30 | 110 | 148 | | 14 | 5 | | 3 | 2 | 7 | 182 | 199 | | 15 | 7 | | 2 | 6 | 58 | 101 | 174 | | 16 | 8 | 6 | | 16 | 118 | | 148 | | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 168 | | | 175 | | 18 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 94 | | | 106 | | 19 | 2 | 2 | 145 | | | | 149 | | 20 | 4 | 91 | 68 | | | | 163 | | 21 | 3 | 181 | 1 | | | | 185 | | 22 | 119 | 77 | 3 | | | | 199 | | 23 | 188 | 3 | 1 | | | | 192 | | 00 | 58 | 78 | 13 | | | | 149 | | 01 | 5 | 135 | 1 | | | | 141 | | 02 | 25 | 91 | | 1 | | | 117 | | 03 | 70 | 2 | 12 | 1 | | | 85 | | 04 | 1 | 3 | 103 | | | | 107 | | 05 | | 2 | 119 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 128 | | 06 | | 1 | 75 | | 2 | 60 | 138 | | 07 | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 146 | 150 | | 08 | | | | | 3 | 140 | 143 | | 09 | | | | | 102 | 30 | 132 | | 10 | | | 1 | 106 | 40 | 1 | 148 | | 11 | | | | 183 | 1 | | 184 | | 12 | | | 1 | 109 | 2 | 45 | 157 | | 13 | | | 1 | | 1 | 165 | 167 | | 14 | 1 | | | | | 191 | 192 | | 15 | 1 | | 1 | | 129 | 59 | 190 | | 16 | | | 2 | 64 | 105 | 1 | 172 | | 17 | | 3 | 1 | 188 | 2 | | 194 | | 18 | | | | 93 | 1 | | 94 | | 19 | | | 93 | 35 | | | 128 | | 20 | 1 | 52 | 81 | | | | 134 | | 21 | 1 | 145 | | | | | 146 | | 22 | 86 | 55 | | | | | 141 | | 23 | 39 | 35 | 21 | | | | 95 | ------------------------------------------------------- | | 655 | 1459 | 1575 | 1543 | 1212 | 1486 | 7930 | Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com ES9C - Continents By band - All modes QSOs (with dupes) | Band | EU | NA | SA | AF | AS | OC | -------------------------------------------------------------- | 160 | 83.5% | 5.0% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 7.9% | 0.2% | | 80 | 68.4% | 17.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 11.0% | 0.8% | | 40 | 48.8% | 36.6% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 9.7% | 1.5% | | 20 | 46.3% | 36.1% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 12.7% | 1.3% | | 15 | 47.4% | 30.6% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 14.9% | 2.0% | | 10 | 37.3% | 35.5% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 18.1% | 2.4% | -------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com Worked zones | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ====================================================== 01 | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 8 02 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 03 | | 1 | 83 | 113 | 13 | 13 | 223 04 | 2 | 47 | 169 | 132 | 97 | 154 | 601 05 | 23 | 184 | 287 | 274 | 228 | 319 | 1315 06 | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 07 | | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 08 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 117 09 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 46 10 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 11 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 69 12 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 13 | | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 39 14 | 182 | 340 | 216 | 271 | 206 | 203 | 1418 15 | 189 | 326 | 232 | 259 | 204 | 208 | 1418 16 | 151 | 269 | 265 | 143 | 126 | 119 | 1073 17 | 26 | 42 | 36 | 28 | 38 | 58 | 228 18 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 34 | 101 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 20 | 28 | 47 | 53 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 238 21 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 52 22 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 23 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 24 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 41 | 102 25 | 1 | 68 | 47 | 104 | 49 | 86 | 355 26 | | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 27 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 30 28 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 29 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 30 | | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 31 | | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 32 | | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 33 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 65 34 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 35 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 36 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 38 | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 39 | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 40 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 3 | 8 ====================================================== | 647 | 1423 | 1555 | 1519 | 1194 | 1471 | 7809 Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com Worked DXCC DXCC | CT | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ============================================================= 1A | EU | | | | | | | 1S | AS | | | | | | | 3A | EU | | | | 1 | | | 1 3B6 | AF | | | | | | | 3B8 | AF | | | | | | | 3B9 | AF | | | | | | | 3C | AF | | | | | | | 3C0 | AF | | | | | | | 3D2 | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/c | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/r | OC | | | | | | | 3DA | AF | | | | | | | 3V | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 3W | AS | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 4 3X | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/b | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/p | SA | | | | | | | 4J | AS | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 4L | AS | | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 4 4O | EU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 4S | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 4U1I | EU | | | | | | | 4U1U | NA | | | | | | | 4U1V | EU | | | | | | | 4W | OC | | | | | | | 4X | AS | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 5A | AF | | | | | | | 5B | AS | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 5H | AF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 5N | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 5R | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 5T | AF | | | | | | | 5U | AF | | | | | | | 5V | AF | | | | | | | 5W | OC | | | | | | | 5X | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 5Z | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 6W | AF | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 6Y | NA | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 7O | AS | | | | | | | 7P | AF | | | | | | | 7Q | AF | | | | | | | 7X | AF | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 8P | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 8Q | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 8R | SA | | | | | | | 9A | EU | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 43 9G | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 9H | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 9J | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 9K | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 9L | AF | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 9M2 | AS | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 9M6 | OC | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 9N | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 9Q | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 9U | AF | | | | | | | 9V | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 9X | AF | | | | | | | 9Y | SA | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 A2 | AF | | | | | | | A3 | OC | | | | | | | A4 | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 A5 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 A6 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 A7 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 A9 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 AP | AS | | | | | | | BS7 | AS | | | | | | | BV | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 BV9P | AS | | | | | | | BY | AS | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 92 C2 | OC | | | | | | | C3 | EU | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 3 C5 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 C6 | NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 C9 | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 CE | SA | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 CE0X | SA | | | | | | | CE0Y | SA | | | | | | | CE0Z | SA | | | | | | | CE9 | SA | | | | | | | CM | NA | | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 6 CN | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 CP | SA | | | | | | | CT | EU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 CT3 | AF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 CU | EU | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 CX | SA | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 CY0 | NA | | | | | | | CY9 | NA | | | | | | | D2 | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 D4 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 D6 | AF | | | | | | | DL | EU | 83 | 157 | 82 | 116 | 77 | 69 | 584 DU | OC | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 E3 | AF | | | | | | | E4 | AS | | | | | | | E5/n | OC | | | | | | | E5/s | OC | | | | | | | E7 | EU | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 38 EA | EU | 11 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 38 | 129 EA6 | EU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 EA8 | AF | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 EA9 | AF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 EI | EU | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 EK | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 EL | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 EP | AS | | | | | | | ER | EU | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 ES | EU | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 ET | AF | | | 1 | | | | 1 EU | EU | 12 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 71 EX | AS | | | | | | 2 | 2 EY | AS | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 EZ | AS | | | | | | | F | EU | 12 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 116 FG | NA | | | | 1 | | | 1 FH | AF | | | | | | | FJ | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 FK | OC | | | | | | | FK/c | OC | | | | | | | FM | NA | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 FO | OC | | | | | | | FO/a | OC | | | | | | | FO/c | NA | | | | | | | FO/m | OC | | | | | | | FP | NA | | | | | | | FR | AF | | | | | | | FR/g | AF | | | | | | | FR/j | AF | | | | | | | FR/t | AF | | | | | | | FS | NA | | | | | | | FT5W | AF | | | | | | | FT5X | AF | | | | | | | FT5Z | AF | | | | | | | FW | OC | | | | | | | FY | SA | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 G | EU | 15 | 38 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 136 GD | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 GI | EU | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 GJ | EU | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 GM | EU | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 23 GM/s | EU | | | | | | | GU | EU | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 GW | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 H4 | OC | | | | | | | H40 | OC | | | | | | | HA | EU | 10 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 98 HB | EU | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 HB0 | EU | | | | | | | HC | SA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 HC8 | SA | | | | | | | HH | NA | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 HI | NA | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 HK | SA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 HK0/a | NA | | | | | | | HK0/m | SA | | | | | | | HL | AS | | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 HM | AS | | | | | | | HP | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 HR | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 HS | AS | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 HV | EU | | | | | | 1 | 1 HZ | AS | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 I | EU | 22 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 36 | 179 IG9 | AF | | | 1 | | | | 1 IS | EU | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 IT9 | EU | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 J2 | AF | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 J3 | NA | | | | | | 2 | 2 J5 | AF | | | | | | | J6 | NA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 J7 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 J8 | NA | | | | | | | JA | AS | 1 | 66 | 46 | 99 | 49 | 78 | 339 JD/m | OC | | | | | | | JD/o | AS | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 JT | AS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 JW | EU | | | 1 | | | | 1 JW/b | EU | | | | | | | JX | EU | | | | | | | JY | AS | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 K | NA | 17 | 218 | 499 | 488 | 313 | 457 | 1992 KG4 | NA | | | | | | | KH0 | OC | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 KH1 | OC | | | | | | | KH2 | OC | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 KH3 | OC | | | | | | | KH4 | OC | | | | | | | KH5 | OC | | | | | | | KH5K | OC | | | | | | | KH6 | OC | | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 KH7K | OC | | | | | | | KH8 | OC | | | | | | | KH8/s | OC | | | | | | | KH9 | OC | | | | | | | KL | NA | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 8 KP1 | NA | | | | | | | KP2 | NA | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 KP4 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 KP5 | NA | | | | | | | LA | EU | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 41 LU | SA | | | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 LX | EU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 LY | EU | 15 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 88 LZ | EU | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 75 OA | SA | | | 1 | | | | 1 OD | AS | | | | | | | OE | EU | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 OH | EU | 13 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 102 OH0 | EU | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 OJ0 | EU | | | | | | | OK | EU | 33 | 53 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 21 | 205 OM | EU | 16 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 93 ON | EU | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 32 OX | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 OY | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 OZ | EU | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 36 P2 | OC | | | | | | | P4 | SA | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 PA | EU | 12 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 95 PJ2 | SA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 PJ4 | SA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 PJ5 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 PJ7 | NA | | | 1 | | | | 1 PY | SA | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 68 PY0F | SA | | | | | | | PY0S | SA | | | | | | | PY0T | SA | | | | | | | PZ | SA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 R1FJ | EU | | | | | | | R1MV | EU | | | | | | | S0 | AF | | | | | | | S2 | AS | | | | | | | S5 | EU | 13 | 30 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 121 S7 | AF | | | | | | | S9 | AF | | | | | | | SM | EU | 13 | 28 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 103 SP | EU | 39 | 59 | 25 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 206 ST | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 ST0 | AF | | | | | | | SU | AF | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 SV | EU | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 SV/a | EU | | | | | | | SV5 | EU | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 SV9 | EU | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 T2 | OC | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 T30 | OC | | | | | | | T31 | OC | | | | | | | T32 | OC | | | | | | | T33 | OC | | | | | | | T5 | AF | | | | | | | T7 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 T8 | OC | | | | | 1 | | 1 TA | AS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 TA1 | EU | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 TF | EU | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 6 TG | NA | | | | | | | TI | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 TI9 | NA | | | | | | | TJ | AF | | | | | | | TK | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 TL | AF | | | | | | | TN | AF | | | | | | | TR | AF | | | | | | | TT | AF | | | | | | | TU | AF | | | | | | | TY | AF | | | | | | | TZ | AF | | | | | | | UA | EU | 79 | 155 | 159 | 78 | 58 | 67 | 596 UA2 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 UA9 | AS | 31 | 56 | 47 | 41 | 62 | 83 | 320 UK | AS | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 UN | AS | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 55 UR | EU | 57 | 97 | 87 | 55 | 56 | 35 | 387 V2 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 V3 | NA | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 V4 | NA | | | | | | | V5 | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 V6 | OC | | | | | | | V7 | OC | | | | | | | V8 | OC | | | | | | | VE | NA | 5 | 20 | 41 | 39 | 29 | 36 | 170 VK | OC | | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 37 VK0H | AF | | | | | | | VK0M | OC | | | | | | | VK9C | OC | | | | | | | VK9L | OC | | | | | | | VK9M | OC | | | | | | | VK9N | OC | | | | | | | VK9W | OC | | | | | | | VK9X | OC | | | | | | | VP2E | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 VP2M | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VP2V | NA | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VP5 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 VP6 | OC | | | | | | | VP6/d | OC | | | | | | | VP8 | SA | | | | | | | VP8/g | SA | | | | | | | VP8/h | SA | | | | | | | VP8/o | SA | | | | | | | VP8/s | SA | | | | | | | VP9 | NA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 VQ9 | AF | | | | 1 | | | 1 VR | AS | | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 5 VU | AS | | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 VU4 | AS | | | | | | | VU7 | AS | | | | | | | XE | NA | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 XF4 | NA | | | | | | | XT | AF | | | | | | | XU | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 XW | AS | | | 1 | | | | 1 XX9 | AS | | | | | | | XZ | AS | | | | | | | YA | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 YB | OC | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 YI | AS | | | | | | 1 | 1 YJ | OC | | | | | | | YK | AS | | | | | | | YL | EU | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 41 YN | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 YO | EU | 11 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 92 YS | NA | | | | | | | YU | EU | 6 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 82 YU8 | EU | | | | | | | YV | SA | | 1 | | | | 2 | 3 YV0 | NA | | | | | | | Z2 | AF | | | | | | | Z3 | EU | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 ZA | EU | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 ZB | EU | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 ZC4 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 ZD7 | AF | | | | | | | ZD8 | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 ZD9 | AF | | | | | | | ZF | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 ZK2 | OC | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 ZK3 | OC | | | | | | | ZL | OC | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 ZL7 | OC | | | | | | | ZL8 | OC | | | | | | | ZL9 | OC | | | | | | | ZP | SA | | | | | | 1 | 1 ZS | AF | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 ZS8 | AF | | | | | | | ============================================================= | | 654 | 1455 | 1573 | 1541 | 1210 | 1485 | 7918 Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EU1AZ Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 508,690 CU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EW1DO Class: SOSB/160 HP Total Score = 77,462 Country Prefix 160 ------- ------ ---- 1 Azerbaijan 4J 1 2 Montenegro 4O 1 3 Cyprus 5B 2 4 Croatia 9A 5 5 Malta 9H 1 6 Oman A4 1 7 Gambia C5 1 8 Madeira Islands CT3 2 9 Cape Verde D4 1 10 Germany DL 129 11 Bosnia-Herzegovina E7 1 12 Spain EA 11 13 Balearic Islands EA6 1 14 Ceuta and Melilla EA9 2 15 Ireland EI 5 16 Moldova ER 5 17 Estonia ES 1 18 Belarus EU 12 19 France F 9 20 England G 20 21 Isle of Man GD 1 22 Scotland GM 3 23 Wales GW 2 24 Hungary HA 12 25 Switzerland HB 1 26 Italy I 22 27 Sicily *IT9 2 28 Japan JA 26 29 Mongolia JT 1 30 United States K 16 31 U.S. Virgin Islands KP2 2 32 Norway LA 11 33 Lithuania LY 16 34 Bulgaria LZ 8 35 Austria OE 5 36 Finland OH 17 37 Aland Islands OH0 1 38 Czech Republic OK 51 39 Slovakia OM 15 40 Belgium ON 8 41 Denmark OZ 4 42 Netherlands PA 12 43 Netherlands Antilles PJ2 1 44 Slovenia S5 22 45 Sweden SM 17 46 Poland SP 49 47 Greece SV 4 48 San Marino T7 1 49 Asiatic Turkey TA 2 50 Corsica TK 1 51 European Russia UA 123 52 Kaliningrad UA2 1 53 Asiatic Russia UA9 31 54 Uzbekistan UK 1 55 Kazakhstan UN 4 56 Ukraine UR 82 57 Canada VE 3 58 Latvia YL 6 59 Romania YO 18 60 Serbia YU 9 61 Macedonia Z3 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EY3M Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 590,364 Good conditions on day one, not quite so good the second day. Still a wonderful experience. Many thanks to Nodir and his family for their warm and inclusive hospitality. And special thanks to Nodir for use of his incredible low band antennas. Thanks for the Q's! QSL for EY3M and EY8ZE via W5UE. 73, Steve K6AW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EY8MM Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,059,864 Pass to NA was closed. Was able to work only few US stations. Missed zones 2, 3, 6, 7, 10. Too many CQ's with no answer and high number of dupes. It was a great pleasure to host Steve K6AW who was operating 80 m SOSB as EY3M. We had a great fun getting ready and operating the contest. Setup: Elecraft K3 + PA 1500 W Stack 3x3x3 to EU/NA @ 10, 20, 30 m Stack 4x4 to VK/ZL @ 20 and 30 m 6 el monobander @ 10 m Yamaha Generator 73, Nodir EY8MM WWW.EY8MM.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5IN Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 86,955 not trafic the first night ( i dont awake hihihi) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5PHW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 188,325 Hi Not a lot of free time to do this contest. Congrats to AH0BT who heard my poor sigs on 15 meters. Here only 100 watts and one HF6V (GP). Best 73 from France F5PHW Phil ex FO8RZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5RD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 101,108 Thanks to all who worked me. See you again in 2012. F5RD Bernard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5VHJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 383,418 Conditions improved on Sunday but had to go QRT. This would have been really fun if I could have spent more time playing radio but that was not possible this year. Too a big signal produces big piles ups and it takes a good operator to control the chaos. I found plenty of stations to work if the big pileups where a mess. With so much choice because of the sunspots, playing radio this weekend was very enjoyable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5VKT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,663,000 Great condx on 10 & 15m - the glory days are back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F6BEE Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 796,978 We had not enough operators to try a serious M/S so we went for 2 SB Unassisted efforts, with F8CRH on 10m. Both positions worked flawlessly. Were the conditions on 15 bad or were all stations on 10m ? Never heard zone 39. Station: K3 + Alpha-87A Ant: 5 el mono @21m, 3el SteppIR @12m Thanks all (too few !) for the QSO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F8CRS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 942,884 FT1KMP field G5RV + MA5B for 10m only first time I raise up to 1k qso. great contest . strong signal from NA-SA america on 10m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FM5CD Class: M/S HP Total Score = 16,554,815 After a first try in 2009 the station has been improved and configured for a M/S effort this year. Changing a single OP station into a M/S is really a challenge and not everything was perfect... Despite of the hard work we had much difficulties with interferences and some equipment failed during the contest. As usual here, the noise level was extremely high on the low bands and receiving every call was really a "challenge" on 80 and 160m . Finaly pileups were big almost all the time on all bands, so rates and qso number is correct. The number of multi is good too. BUT we forgot we were in zone 8 and not 9... our mistake has been to spend too much time with "easy" 2 points NA pileups instead of trying to manage 3 points EU mess ... For a first serious one from here we are satisfied. Thanks to all of you and see you for the next one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FY5FY Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 1,297,296 Good LP experience at FY5KE : 204BA@24m and 4 beverages for low noise receiving. Thanks to Laurent F6FVY for good company during the WE, you make also a great contest in SOSB/15. 73's Didier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FY5KE Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 2,208,715 Very first experience in SOSB from the DX side. I suffered a bit (to say the least) but it was a great fun. The 2 x 5el beams (http://www.dxbeam.com) setup installed by F1HAR, F5HRY and FY5FY for the Phone leg worked great ! Tnx to Jack FY1FL and Didier FY5FY for their local assistance. Didier FY5FY was facing me, taking part in the 20m LP category. A potential new record for him ;-) Tnx to everyone who called me. 73 Larry - F6FVY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G0HVQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 473,093 Who would have thought it, a major HF contest and the least number of QSOs were made on 20! It was just too tempting to stay on the low bands until just after sunrise then straight up to the higher bands - probably not the best strategy, but it was fun. Equip: Icom 7400, 100W, Cushcraft MA8040(80m), Hustler 4BTV(40-15m), 4 ele yagi(10m). Rural location (low noise) in central England. 73 Darrell G0HVQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G0WAT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 510,440 First contest in anything like a semi-serious guise for quite a few years due to issues various. Equipment was K3/100 AND Butternut HF6V...no 160m ant :( In an effort to enhance domestic bliss I set up the shack downstairs in the living room (the 'shack' usually resides in a corner fo the main bedroom)...I had under-estimated the effect of... A- Too high a dining room table B- Too uncomfortable a chair (numb bum and pins and needles a realxed contest operating session do not make C- The disturbance of the Children and XYL watching 'Coming Dancing'whilst I was in my living room shack...nice to see you, too see you nice! D- Instead of gettting a bit of shut eye on the Friday evening, instead goignt o the Pub and having a chinese meal with my Sister and her man. So all in all the final result wasn't too bad...it was my first outing with my new K3 and its is absolutley great!...as I believe our American cousins have it 'That thing slices AND dices'...great fun! WinTest its usual FB... Antenna was not great...it is REALLY hard work to get a run going with a multi-band vertical from G Land and 100w...spent far, far too much time trying to sate my inner Rate Monkey and nowhere near enough time placating my head-not-heart Mult chaser...c'est la vie. Overall I think I didn't do too badly considering the set-up, but as ever better antenna(s) and more bum in seat time are crucial. Highlights Overall great, great fun and its nice to be back on planet contest after some years away....splendid DX worked on some bands...with CQWW if you can't bust that pile-up for something juicy theres always another just up/down the band...w00t 10m was great! Lowlights Dingbat DX who don't sign except once in a blue moon, this has certainly gotten worse(Grrr!)...that chair...Bruce Forsyth. 73 Paul G0WAT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3TBK Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,477,330 Judging by the instant pile-ups on DX stations when spotted I would expect the majority of entrants to be "Assisted" FT1000mp + 400W Amp, 4-el tribander at 60 feet, dipoles and Inverted-L for LF, logged on N1MM. Good condx and plenty of DX about on all Bands except 160m, which was not as busy as usual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3TXF Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 862,720 Great to see 10m getting back to its former self, with worldwide DX available for hours on end. This year a 4-el 10m yagi was put up at 80ft just prior to the contest. On both days the band started to come to life about one hour before our sunrise. However the closing time for 10m was different on the two days. On Saturday the run to the USA stopped at 1800z and by 1845z 10m had closed. However on the Sunday, 10m stayed open for a further sixty minutes with the last QSO being made at 1945z. Although there were good runs to the USA, 10m conditions did not allow any runs to JA either SP or LP. In fact Japan was difficult to work. There are only five JAs in my log, as compared with 15 BY stations. [Years ago BY1PK and BY1QH were the only game in town in China. Oh, how things have changed!]. In SOSB (un-Assisted) there is a need to do S&P to search for mults as well as to spend much of the time running. However the number of DX stations who are running pile-ups WITHOUT giving their call with every QSO seems to be on the increase. This is probably be another side-effect of the Spots/Cluster phenomenon whereby most (i.e Assisted) stations on the frequency at least think they know the callsign of the DX station running the pile-up, whereas the un-Assisted ops just have to wait until the DX-Contester deigns to give his callsign. There were one or two major operations who were regularly just not giving their callsign, until prompted to do so. Three Zones were missed : 12 (no CE), 19 (no remote UA0) and 39 (just didn't spend enough time looking). Operated for 12 hours on Saturday and for 13 hours on Sunday. Win-Test tells me that the best hour (14z-15z) on Saturday was 154 QSOs, whereas the best hour (17z-18z) on Sunday was 177 QSOs. Let's hope we have at least a couple of years with good (or even better) conditions on 10m before the new sun-spot cycle peaks and then starts its decline. 73 - Nigel G3TXF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3VPW Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 362,649 Going in for SOSB 40m HP assisted category again but NO Cluster or RBN, using LOCAL skimmer only with an SDR-IQ and my K3 + P3 combination. Can't get out of the habit of S+P so despite having 'assistance' still spent a lot of time doing traditional technique (skimmer certainly didn't find everthing, in particular the expeditions !). Had plenty of good runs just going at a steady pace, the local skimmer came into its own toward the end of the contest in parallel with traditional S+P. At one stage had over 300 stns in the unfiltered WinTest bandmap list all worked !! An amazing site at the end of the contest, opened up the span on my P3 to show the whole of the 40m band and watch the RF spectrum fill slowly disappear, took about 2 minutes !! Great fun again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3WW Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 54,600 Brief play on 10m during some down-time whilst 80m was closed. 2 ele moxon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G4FKA Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 209,848 Wow great conditions at last. With so much activity it was a joy to work this contest. Completed a trio of single band 21MHz entries in this years WWs and this was by far the most enjoyable. Band opened here both days around 0630 and stayed up until around 2000. Propagation in all sorts of directions with a distinct east via south to west trend for stations emerging then disappearing. Used the trusty IC756 ProIII with a sloping wire dipole pointing around 300 degrees. For around half a dozen QSOs, particularly to AF, a 5/8 vertical was employed as it was more effective than the dipole to the south. Lots of S&P of course but some mini-runs as well, the best of which was around 50 USA towards the end of Sunday. Some amazing signals at times, a few all time new one ones and lots of new band slots. Several zones got away despite calling the stations many times. Hope the conditions stay up for 28MHz in a couple of weeks time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G6T Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,351,270 Mast up, mast down...that was the order of the day on windy Saturday and I decided to jack in the contest with 1200 Qs in the log around 2300Z. Dropped the mast, wound all the coaxes in, and headed for ten lovely hours of sleep. Wind turned very moderate on Sunday morning and I thought; 'hmmmm, shall I?' 'oh go on then, just a few hours'. Managed to bang in another 900 or so. Did I miss a opening on 10m? Was there a solar storm or something? Just couldn't seem to get going from my QTH and ended with less than half the Qs I made in the SSB leg. I would like to apologise to ZM1A for trying to convince him that he must be GM1A. I never get called by New Zealand at around 1900z on 20m pointing towards North America. Shame really because I needed GM for a country mult on 20m! Thank you very much for the Qs everyone. Cheers, Terry/G4MKP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM1F Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 273,217 10m has been outstanding here in the past couple of months so I decided to have a go at SOSB. Spent Friday restoring my homebrew 2 ele Moxon beam and stuck it on top of a 10m pole fed with Andrews LDF-450. Band opened at 0700z on Saturday but found it very difficult to get any runs going, so spent a large proportion of the day doing S&P - the last QSO was at 1753z with 28z + 98 DXCC and 335 QSOs in the log. Spent a largely sleepless Saturday night waiting for the Moxon to crash in the midst of 80mph winds - but it didn't! Sunday morning and the band opened an hour later; but now I was able to get some good runs going so another 545 QSOs were made with 3 new zones and 33 DXCC. The disappointment of missing KG6DX for a double mult was tempered with a QSO with CE1CR in Zone 12 just before the band closed at 1906z. Thanks to all for the QSOs - a really fun weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM4AFF Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 76,516 Terrible wind on Saturday night. No it wasn't a curry I'd eaten. Lost the feed to my dipole and the vertical went hi SWR (well, 2.5:1). It was so stormy outside I couldn't face it in the dark so just took the night off, and fixed it on Sunday morning. It would have required a soldering iron out there anyway. Used my trusty old FT1000MP for this, as I'd destroyed the K3 front end the week before the contest. Found it hard and slow going at times. It seemed to just pay to call CQ all the time. If I went off to search (I don't pounce) I'd lose my frequency, and the DX wouldn't hear me. Got G? from PJ2T, and failed to get heard by A92IO, HZ1FI, KV4FZ. So, quite happy with the score. But 27 dupes! How is that possible?! Thanks to everyone for the points and maybe see you in the Stew Perry. 73 Stewart GM4AFF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM5X Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 800,247 Having had a very ‘different from usual’ CQWW experience for the SSB leg as ZK2X, it was back to the home QTH for CW. My antennas are in a bit of a mess at the moment so it was a choice of 15 or 10m single band and given propagation of late, I, like many others, decided on 10m. I had my 5el yagi re-installed at 70ft and a C3E �" effectively 3el on 10m at 40ft as a second antenna. The band opened just after 0700 on Saturday for me and by 0740 it was runable. Like others have reported, I had no JA run what so ever and only worked 5 or 6 in total all weekend. I did work one zone 19 though I am a wee bit suspicious about it �" he did confirm but…… On Saturday, the relatively short skip in to Europe was very patchy with few western and central EU stations. On beaming west both days I worked one or two JAs on some kind of skew/long path. North America rolled in all afternoon but it was not until 1500 that I really felt it was open well. The 1600 hour was my best of the whole weekend at 156. I actually worked relatively few zone 3 stations all weekend. All VE7s were ESP. The band went out like a light about 1800 and I scraped a few mults for 45 mins or so and that was that. 1335 QSOs I could not work anyone until 0730 on Sunday but the band opened real fast and felt better than Saturday. The skip into EU was shorter and better signals were heard from W/Central EU. Still no JAs but a few other mults appeared, including a few Chinese stations. The CB QRM from UA/BY was awful. There was tremendous echo on close in signals, making them very hard to read, and on my own signal - I could hear the last few bits of my last character going back to receive both days for one or two hours either side of noon. I wondered if things would be better to NA on day 2 but I don’t think they were and I still did not get much joy from zone 3. The band hung in for about an hour longer on Sunday then just went out again, just as fast as Saturday. I probably should have spent a bit longer on S&P but the runs were generally pretty good. I missed zone 39 �" not sure if there was anyone on, but I expect there was. I never heard a squeak from zones 1, 2 or 32 (no ZK2!!) and I found KH6LC far too late on Sunday evening �" he just faded out on me in the space of 5 minutes �" no zone 31 either. Many others have commented on the following: The Russian wall. Great activity from there but if you are in a pile up on an Asian or Oceania station with these guys �" forget it unless the DX is 599. I can confirm that, having been on the receiving end of it as ZK2X. I gave up calling a number of mults, thankfully a few of them found me later on. AH2R was especially welcome. No IDs. Well, what to add. Not much. I think limited use is of value in controlling your pile-up and giving the weaker stations a chance �" it is surprising how often the 3rd guy (before you ID again), turns out to be ‘interesting’. Otherwise, it is a total pain when you are in S&P mode. QRM and clicks. Lots of both, attempts at frequency stealing etc. It is remarkable how many operators just start CQing while you are trying to work somebody. It is great to see 10m back but the CB QRM is really horrible �" worse than 10 years ago and was crippling out in the Pacific too. 73 Keith GM4YXI/GM5X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GU4CHY Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 416,880 Biggest thrill was being called by AH0BT early on. Biggest disappointment, missing GU - must get a licence for the cat! Used a home made vertical which saved worrying where the beam was heading. Rig was FT1000MP MkV with Acom 1000. Used SD for the first time in ages. Great program if you are unassisted and don't need the Internet. It's simple but you get all the info you need. Conditions seemed better on Saturday. On Sunday many German and Swiss stations had so much echo on their signals they were difficult to copy. Solar disturbance I guess. Thanks for all the Qs, 73 Dick GU4CHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GW6W Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 300,120 Resisted the temptations of 10 or 15m to see if I could improve on last year's 40m low power effort with the same vertical/doublet combo. Found conditions here very variable and particularly poor on Sunday. Very quiet in the middle part of both days which I presume was due to high D-layer absorption; at times there were very weak and watery near-EU signals amongst some louder morning DX which was weird, 40 certainly is an interesting band! Began really well and I soon imagined I could achieve a 50% increase in my QSO tally from last year until the daytime doldrums kicked in - good for a bit of eat/sleep though. When the hoped for appearence of the post lunch casual contest gang from the US/VE failed to materialise on Sunday evening here, it was clear I wouldn't be on course for anything dramatic. At that point I resorted to dozing with the auto CQ and the occasional S&P trawl but it was depressingly non-productive by then. On the other hand if this is all I have to moan about then life can't be that bad! High points: The good start, breaking some pile-ups which in a contest with low power is mainly timing and judicious use of XIT, and finding a couple of unworked 3 pointers in the last 5 minutes which wound my score counter just past 300k. Lows: Just the one - key clicks! When oh when will many of those A list stations restrict their rf to where it's supposed to be? Towards the end of the contest it seemed particularly bad and was very wearing; on one occasion I couldn't copy a weak NA caller because of atrocious clicks from a station several Khz away. In these days of SDR and contest recording it would be nice for those easily identifiable culprits to be penalised for what is afterall a breach of their licence conditions. Memorable moment: Being trapped in my garden shack when a particularly strong gust of wind blew the external door latch shut! Fortunately it wasn't the middle of night so my mobile phone call to the xyl brought her stumbling from the house to rescue me.... Equipment - K3 and a choice of 1/4 wave vertical with 2 elevated radials and a 30m long doublet at 10m. N1MM software and Winkey Thanks for all the QSOs, this is one contest where you know all the preparation will be justified.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA3DX Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Total Score = 609,205 Equipment Description: FT1000MP, 5.5 wl Quad Loop 30 m up to gnd, rotary 155BA Yagi 35 m up to gnd. Thanks for Q's to All. My life is too short for LP, CUL with HP in 2012. 73 from Janos HA3UU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA5JI Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 314,687 73, Gyuri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA7GN Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,949,883 It became a moderate effort from my home QTH. The antenna system that I finished to install Friday evening over my 250m2 yard worked out decently. As not much sleep, only two hours left before the contest resulted in a headache by Saturday morning and I did not feel the urge to use the carefully set SO2R. This was the first time I used the RBN in a contest. I was amazed by the effectiveness in S&P. Looking at the top scores in SOAB(A)LP I may need to re-phrase my strategy by putting more emphasis on S&P to seek for more multipliers (or just to sleep enough prior to the event and force myself to use the 2nd radio). Overall I don't mind that spent that much time CQing as the JA and W6/7 rates achieved with low power I have never experienced before. The only annoying element of the contest was during nightime when I remote switched one of my neighbour's alarm horn time to time by forgetting to drive back the power to below 50 watts on 40m after a band change from 80/160m... I sadly missed my targets of 2k QSO and 2 million points; but lessons learned and have already ordered a timer to switch me off 8 hours before the next contest. Equipment: FT2000 & FT897D Aerials: 160m: Inverted L (18m high) 80m: Vertical 40m: Wire Yagi @ 15m 20/15/10: TH3 @19m, A3S @8m, DX77 multiband vertical See you guys in the next one! 73/DX! Gabor HA7GN (a member of the "PSE QRS - Hungarian Contest Team") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA8BE Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 126,294 On Saturday morning I raced only three hours. I could not take advantage of the sunrise. Had problems with reception, local QRM was. The EWE Rxant unfortunately not enough. There was also good, operating. There was much activity. Thanks for the QSOs! 73, Bela! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HB9ARF Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,517,785 TS-870 ( 100 Watts ) Antennas: Force 12 c-4s used on 28/21/14 and 7 MHz Butternut HF-9vx used on 3.5 MHz Inverted L used on 1.8 MHz 73's to all Phil - HB9ARF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HB9CZF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 81,691 After a total rewiring of the tower I gave the antenna a quick workout. Thanks to RBN I was able to work 116C/35Z in aprox. 5 hours I could spend on the radio. Multipath Backscatter was the challenge on Sunday and QRS was the only way to succeed. K3, 500W, 3el SteppIR, Win-Test, DXCluster, RBN 73 de Dominik, HB9CZF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HB9STEVE Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 385,276 It 'was a great experience. The special call sign HB9STEVE, granted during the month of November, has certainly allowed us to increase the rate during the contest. The propagation conditions were exceptional and i found lot of stations from around the world strongly active during this worldwide contest The result was amazing and I had high rates during the entire contest. In S & P I have had some difficulty to pass the correct call and I often had to reduce speed to be understood. Note that many operators do not trust their ability .. and thinking that the call copied was wrong .. they continued to confirm HB9STE or HB9SVE etc.. In any case I hope that the official result will confirm the new Swiss record. While I operated from my QTH in this category specifically to maximize the position, HB9ON colleagues have been busy on other bands as Checklogs, and especially to increase the number of QSOs with the special callsign. In particular HB9FBS Goran, HB9FBM Fabio, HB9CIP Daniele, have held high the name of our club and brought several thousand QSO in the log. A big thank you for taking the time and for the lost hours of sleep. Technically I worked with my spare RTX, the Kenwood TS-2000. The amplifier Acom 2000 was limited to about 1kw of power output. During the 48 hours of the contest, the Mac Pro with Parallels, and MK2R N1MM of microHAM have done their job very well. In total I worked 29 hours and 59 seconds, spending the majority of my rest in the night between Saturday and Sunday. I guest that if we had entered in the M/S category, perhaps from HB9CIP or HB9FBS shack, I'm sure we would have exceeded even the record in this category, but the important thing in this type of events is to have fun and experiment. The "inverted L" HB9FBS has enhanced the characteristic of the 160m band especially in this contest, while the Delta Loop from HB9FBM took good defense on all bands. Once again a great result! Looking forward to hear all of you next year. All the best! Vy 73 de HB9DHG Fulvio http://www.qrz.com/db/hb9steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HG1A Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 427,329 RIG: FT-857+ PA 500 watts. ANT: HB35C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HG6N Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 868,490 Single operator, Single K3+PA, Single antenna, Single Malt :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HG7T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 14,905,608 Unfortunately, the competition was very frosty so high SWR on the antenna worked. See you again next year Vy 73 Tibi HA7TM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HK1N Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,299,254 Good conditions during daylight, strong QSB in the afternoons, very heavy pileups, hard to handle the EU stations. Was a lot of fun and Murphy was relatively quiet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HK1R Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,978,000 Very Good Propagation during the day, Big signals from EU both days Band coses around 23 UTC Both days.. During the night only few Long Path Qs with Asia and of course South America Thanks to all who worked me.. se you soon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HK1X Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 1,462,115 Very nice propagation on 40 meters nice QRM controlled with filters. Many thanks for everybody works me on the band. Hope see on 160 worldwide CQ contest. My station 3/3 yagi, amplifier alpha 3410 and Icom 7600. Many thanks to Jumanji HK1NA big station. Pedro HK1X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HP1WW Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 1,158,773 Thank you for all the QSOs! Equiment: FT1000MP & Force 12 @18m. A big thank you goes to Günter, HP1XX, and to his wife for their hospitality during my stay in Contadora island. CU & 73, Olli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: I2WIJ Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,594,493 Some extra contest duty cost me too many hours. Spiderbeam up 11m without rotor :), 40m vertical, 80m dipole and low INV-L on 160m Limited setup but unlimited fun! My new K3 was a rock! It is the operator that still fails too often...... Bob, I2WIJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IB3X Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,777,000 Great fun with a poor setup, type fieeld day. The multi-station, has worked with a tri-band in one direction. A few QSOs with the antenna at about 6 feet off the ground and without rotor. Setup: ICOM 7800 & ICOM 7700 2 MICROHAM 3 PC PORTABLE WINTEST 4.9.1 AMPLIFIER HOME MADE The station runner, used a optibeam 12 / 4, about 10 feet off the ground. 80 meters - vertical 1 / 4 lambda 160 meters - inverted "L". Competition just for fun and to test the limit of a successful setup so poor. Our goal was to 2500/3000 QSO .... successful bet!! Time on 46 Time off 6 Many stations understand EB3X - SB3X - only IB0, IS0 & IMO, Unusual CALL .... many repetitions IB3X :-) A big thank you to Catherine (wife of Julian), which has hosted thanks to our friends Fabio IV3BAZ and Flavio IV3TMV, for their help and moral support. Sunday - great grilled meat with wine and beer .... written large in the shack ..... Out for a while, GRILLED IN PROGRESS .... HI :-) also this is the context :-) Thank you all and see you to log on to the next contest! Mau - IV3ZXQ (IB3X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IC8FBU Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 204,561 Great performance, improved the previous result of the double, a total of 30 hours worked at night slept in the daytime, I am very satisfied, to the next. set up:yaesu ft920 ant.v inverted power:400 w. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IC8POF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 270,000 I have participated in the CQWW-CW wanting to give a try to the Reverse Beacon Net for curiosity. At the first time all those spots have given to me a little head-hake, but with the ongoing of the game the RBN has shown its tremendous power. Of course, the operator has to know the CW or the errors rate raises enormously. A lot has been written about the RBN and still a lot will be, but I am sure this is the “CW state of the art” today. The bands were very open and also in my “hollow” QTH has been a pleasure to work in the CQWW. Thanks to All and CU next time. 73 Phil@IC8POF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: II1A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,514,788 A lot of fun as always... 73 de Flavio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK1QBT Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 482,804 Equipment: Rig: Icom 756 Ant: Delta Loop 3 el up 6m (without rotor) + vertical 5/8 Contest Logger QARtest Good opening on Saturday and Sunday to NA , with a lot of fun. Some problems with RF return. Thanks all for the contacts. 73' Tony IK1QBT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK3ORD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,231,728 Yaesu FT920 100W - 3el3band - dipole for 40 - -dipole for 80 - -inverted L for 160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IO3P Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 667,166 Hello Guys tnx for many qsos 73s in the next test Simone iv3nvn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IO3X Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 331,500 Hi As a little pistol and a novice in cw , for me, it is a great result. A lot of fun, 10 meters are great ( sun helping hi) and offer good oppurtunities to contact not easy countries also for not big towers. Hoping that the sun go on i wait for the others important tests for new experiences in cw. Tnx to all that have answered my calls, and for to repeat their calls hi. See you in the next. Set up: ic 7600 antenna optibeam 11, 6 meters from the roof hi Acom 1000 Microkeyer 2 My poor ears hi. 73 de io3x (iv3jcc) Gianni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR2C Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,617,008 Thanks to IR2C (IQ2CJ) for this opportunity ! (IK2NCJ, IW2HAJ, IK2JUB and all the IR2C crew) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR4E Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,321,208 Time ON : 34:17 Ore Time OFF: 12:20 Ore Sommario QSO/Punti BANDA QSO CTY ZON DUP PUNTI MEDIA ---------------------------------------- 160 6 6 2 0 6 1,00 80 186 47 10 1 216 1,16 40 553 83 22 1 1250 2,26 20 253 95 34 0 531 2,10 15 494 122 37 0 1158 2,34 10 271 125 35 0 595 2,20 ---------------------------------------- TOT 1763 478 140 2 3756 2,13 Punteggio: 3756 Punti/QSO x 618 Mlt. = 2.321.208 Punti QSO per Continente EU: 760 ( 43,1 %) AS: 138 ( 7,8 %) AF: 54 ( 3,1 %) OC: 26 ( 1,5 %) NA: 752 ( 42,7 %) SA: 33 ( 1,9 %) Migliori QSO/ora QSO Periodo Ora 10 min 198 33 1622...1631 27/11 20 min 180 60 1617...1636 27/11 30 min 156 78 0349...0418 26/11 60 min 129 129 0057...0156 27/11 120 min 100 200 0219...0418 26/11 yaesu ft1000field+klmkt34a+hf2v+tl922+qartest Filippo IR4E / IK4ZHH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR4M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,467,796 Thanks for QSOs, see u next! IR4M Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR4X Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 19,742,000 Another great contest this year with a great CW team. Thanks to all stations that called us. We finally got more than 1000 multipliers and all bands were in a great shape. 73 de IR4X's team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR8C Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 764,874 Excellent opening Saturday morning, about ja. Not so on Sunday morning.Band closed early Sunday evening. Thanks to Franco IZ8GCE and Genny IZ8TDP for allowing me to operate the new contest station IR8C. 73 gae iz8gcb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IT9MUO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 265,042 Great fun!!! Band open Saturdays and Sundays until 1800z Booming signals from USA, despite my poor conditions! For next year I hope to repeat this great experience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IZ8JFL/1 Class: SOAB (A) QRP Total Score = 1,285 vy nice contest tu to all for qso's hpe cul 73 . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: J28AA Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Total Score = 391,134 I‘ve operated 38 hours with only 15 Watts from location far from the Djibouti city center. Conditions were amazing without usual noise, especially the second evening. At the same time I worked stations from NA, JA, VK and Pacific. See you in next contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: J28RO Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 800,382 from village ARTA about 40km west of Djibouti city and about 740 meters a.s.l. I used Elecraft K3 100W with dipole antenna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: J6M Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 10,762,305 Excellent conditions! One op could not make it and one got sick over the weekend. So this was pretty much two guys with two radios. The J6M call was difficult for many but it was much better than J6/W0MU etc. Mults are way down compared to other scores in the area. We did not realize just how rare J6 was. The pileups were huge which probably lead to multipliers not sticking around. We did not start chasing mults until the 2nd day. We missed some prime time on the lowbands the 2nd night. We were field day style at the Chateau Devaux on the north end of the island. Antennas/Equipment 2 ele SteppIR @20ft 2 ele Hex beam @ 20 ft 40m dipole @ 30ft 160/80/40 trapped dipole @40ft 2 K3's and KPA500's No receiving antennas hurt the 2nd night when the noise came up with the rain. We had a couple of computer and equipment glitches. I am curious to hear how our signals stacked up against other Caribbean stations. Thanks to all who worked us! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA1BPA Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,950,140 First serious M/S effort in several years at JG1ZUY. The propagation on 10/15mb was much better than the year before, although 10mb was not as good toward Europe as it was during the SSB leg (we used JM1LPN for SSB). With very limited low band antennas, we had expected a rather boring night, but 40mb turned out to be a pleasant surprise! We had decent runs during the whole local night on 40mb until the sunrise. We faced a difficult decision of which band to be operating on, with one amplifier having blown up and the multiplier station had to be on barefoot. Hope to do better next year. Thank you for all QSOs. The log has been uploaded to eQSL and LoTW, and paper QSLs will soon be sent out via GlobalQSL. 73, Icko, JA1BPA JG1ZUY Antennas: 10mb: 7ele Mono-band Yagi @20mH 15/20/40mb: 5/5/3/ele Tri-band Yagi @20mH 80mb: Dipole @20mH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA1XMS Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 207,690 I've enjoyed 40m wide opening all over the world, especially to Zone 05, and several propagation mode. OH0V 06Z here afternoon and there morning. OH8X the same above. W1MU 21Z LP strong (but already QSO'd) Running to NA and almost S&P for EU. I also QRV on other than 40m to give check log. The score is 40m only. The score of last year and this year: -------- QSO PTS Cty Zn Score year 467 1264 82 31 142,832 2010 Claimed 454 1124 81 31 125,888 2010 Final (SOSB/40 LP #2 JA) 703 1978 77 28 207,690 2011 Claimed -------- Thanks for calling me, and sorry if I couldn't pick you up. See you at ARRL 10m and DX contest 2012. TS-590 100W 40m NA-440 3EL w/Wide driven element @110' Inverted Vee @40' 10/15/20m 4SDX 4EL Triband @120' K1EL Winkey USB N1MM Logger Break down by UTC hour and Zone: (including dup's) 2011-11-26 7 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ 01 1 1 1 3 03 4 5 9 18 6 10 2 1 55 04 4 4 10 13 20 24 4 1 80 05 10 8 7 13 9 12 2 61 06 0 07 1 1 2 08 1 1 2 09 1 2 3 11 1 1 13 1 1 14 1 4 1 3 6 5 4 24 15 1 2 12 4 6 20 8 4 57 16 1 1 1 5 4 5 2 8 6 4 37 17 4 2 1 1 8 18 2 2 1 5 19 1 1 1 4 1 8 20 2 3 3 8 21 1 1 22 1 1 23 0 24 1 1 2 2 6 25 1 1 2 26 1 1 27 1 1 28 1 1 30 1 1 31 2 2 1 5 32 1 1 2 33 1 1 35 1 1 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ sub 25 23 35 49 37 55 11 28 10 13 13 40 26 13 378 accm 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 2 4 8 3 6 2 3 6 7 8 8 8 9 3 6 7 7 0 0 5 8 3 2 9 4 5 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 5 8 8 2011-11-27 7 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ 01 1 1 4 03 1 3 9 11 9 17 27 77 132 04 7 17 36 13 13 86 166 05 1 2 18 7 2 30 91 06 0 0 07 0 2 08 2 1 3 5 09 1 1 2 5 11 0 1 13 1 1 2 3 14 1 1 4 5 2 3 16 40 15 2 1 1 1 2 9 12 9 4 41 98 16 3 1 4 3 9 3 12 3 38 75 17 2 3 5 13 18 1 1 1 1 4 9 19 1 1 1 3 11 20 3 2 1 6 14 21 1 1 2 22 0 1 23 0 0 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 13 25 1 1 2 4 6 26 1 1 2 27 1 1 2 3 28 1 1 2 30 1 1 2 31 1 1 6 32 1 1 3 33 1 1 2 35 1 1 2 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ sub 5 1 4 15 20 51 52 35 42 9 1 8 26 27 24 15 335 713 accm 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 0 2 7 2 6 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 9 1 1 8 3 4 8 3 3 4 6 1 3 3 2 3 1 7 4 8 3 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA1YPA Class: M/M HP Total Score = 9,385,491 We were able to meet a good condition and a good friend today also. The result of the contest became what gives us satisfaction. JA1PEJ/JA1YPA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA5FDJ Class: M/M HP Total Score = 20,820,976 Thanks all for the QSOs. High BANDs are not so good as we expected in JA, but of course we enjoyed the CONTEST very much ! Seasons greeting to you all and see you in the next contest. 73s Shin JA5FDJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA7ZP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 296,730 It's nice signal on 10m-band for me. FB DX 73　　　Nak JA7ZP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JF1NHD Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,161,500 Thank you all for all the QSOs. The output power was ruduced to about 200 watts due to the unexpected amplifier problem just after the first three hours when I was enjoying good rates on high bands. Loosing the spirit led to my unusual longer sleeping hours. 73, JF1NHD No Sleep Contest Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JF1SQC Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 513,648 Propagation was not too good than I expected. Had a short time opening to EU. I was frustrated with the long path scatter. Many zone 33's were heard, but worked none :-( C U in ARRL 10m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JH3PRR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,554,650 Thank you all for working me. Mostly I was hunting multipliers by S&P. I realized weakness of my signal on 80m and 160m. I will improve my antennas by next CQ WW. Anyway I enjoyed a lot. 73 de MASAhiro http://JH3PRR.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0DQ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,304,070 What fun! Incredible conditions! Great competition! Congrats to Doug, K1DG, Randy, K5ZD, and whoever else comes out of the woodwork over 10 Million. CQWW CW 2011 turned out to be the shakedown cruise for the newly commissioned New England dreadnought �" the emergent WW1WW contest superstation launched and christened BATTLESHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE. (I know. That metaphor would make KC1XX, W3LPL, K3LR, et al Aircraft Carriers. I can live with that.) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The station performed extremely well . . . The operator not quite so well, although an honorable effort. Two personal goals were achieved but much room for improvement remains. BATTLESHIP NEW HAMPSHIRE �" the station and the shipbuilder (WW1WW) Those of you who stayed awake at the contest dinner in Dayton will recall KC1XX had introduced me to Woody, WW1WW. Woody was a seasoned DXer with a great DX Station. He’d never operated in a serious contest but was a superb engineer (both electronic and mechanical) who welcomed the challenge of building a standout contest station (while retaining superb DX capabilities �" meaning, inter alia, a dislike of fixed antennas!). Woody is a driven perfectionist who won’t settle for second best. This was a marriage made in heaven! The first outing was last February in ARRL DX. A good outcome (#1 US) ensued but it also illuminated several shortfalls, which Woody set out to overcome in the next eight months after the snow melted. Working feverishly, Woody cleared land, put up a third 200’ rotating tower, designed his own version of wideband yagis (“diamond drive”) and proceeded to build 13 �" count ‘em 13 - rugged, long boom yagis totaling 74 full size elements on four bands. Additionally, he put up a second 120’ vertical for phasing on 80 and 160. Inside the shack, he built his own rugged phasing boxes (think (Stackmatch)) which would likely survive inadvertent hot switching and high-power bandpass filters. The net result was the ability to shoot in multiple directions with significant gain as well as operate SO2R on any two bands with minimal interaction. In the event, the hardware performed as advertised. The only outside issue was the failure of the commercial phasing box for the verticals on 80 & 160. As a result, we ended up with one vertical on each band with no gain on either 80 or 160. The last hardware phase occurred in the days before contest inside the shack. That involved setting up the station and automation. As is often the case, getting the computer and all the radios and accessories to talk to each other consumed about eight hours. In the end, changing two numbers (hex address of radio, antenna detail in bandswitching 8 Pak) brought everyone on to the same page and made bandswitching a matter of entering the frequency and retuning the manual finals (AL-1500s). The initial plan was to use two IC-7600’s so as to have similar radios in each position. When one of them suffered a fried output stage, Woody picked up an IC-7700 on Friday and we ended up installing it, as well as an existing IC-7800, a few hours before the contest began. The final setup included: Tower 1- 200’ rotatable: 4 over 4 on 40 meters; six stack of 6 element yagis on 10 meter �" the true 16 inch guns. Tower 2 �" 200’ rotatable: 6 over 6 on 20; 6 over 6 over 6 on 15; 6 over 6 on 10. Tower 3 �" 200’ rotatable: 3 el 40 @ 187’; 6 over 6 on 20, 6 0ver 6 on 15 (ten to be added) Tower 4 �" 60’: 14-30 Mhz home brew Log Periodic (used as south antenna on 10). Two verticals: ½ wave on 80, ¼ wave on 160. Lots of ground plane. Inside the shack: Radio 1: IC-7800 x AL-1500 Radio 2: IC-7700 x AL-1500 Win-Test 4.9.1 (with N6TV scripts for TRLog-like SO2R functionality) DX Doubler; plus Array solutions 8 Pak for transmit antennas, 6 Pak for receive antennas, Filter Max BPF & Bandmaster band decoders. THE BATTLESHIP CREW �" K0DQ Mrs. Admiral gave me a ‘get out of jail free’ pass to miss Thanksgiving with the family so I was cleared to operate the first CQ WW from stateside in over 25 years. I set out with three objectives: 1. to break 5000 raw (physical) QSO’s (believed to be a first on CW from US) 2. to break 10 million points 3. to win Objective 1: 5000 raw QSO’s - Achieved. In 1973 as 6J9AA I had the first ever 10K raw QSO contest as a single op. Looking back at past results, it appeared no one had made 5000 QSO’s in a CW contest from the US. Thought it would be nice to do that. In the event, QSO #5000 turned over at 2141Z on Sunday when OK1BLU called in. Final raw was 5182 QSO’s. I had a ton of dupes on 40 Sunday afternoon. I suspect I had been incorrectly spotted; either on day 1 or 2 (won’t be surprised to find a K0DX spot). After dupes I ended up with 4981. I’m still kicking myself for not hitting the numbers more in last hour. Objective 2: 10M points - Achieved, sort of. The 10 million point claimed score mark rolled over with 2 or three hours left in the contest. Nice to see, but that will obviously fall to the UBN slicers and dicers. Objective 3: Winning for US. Although conceivable, that looks doubtful in the extreme. Doug and Randy are past masters at this and I suspect their UBN reports will be cleaner than mine. In retrospect, that 4+ hours off for sleep looks increasingly like a bad idea. About 12 mults or 84 QSO’s would have put me about even with Dougie at 10.5M (who took only 2 hours off) and half that would have pulled me close to Randy at 10.4M (3 hours off). Who knew? Maybe there’s an extra hour or so of operating in these old bones. Then again, I could have called out the SEALs for both of them. GENERAL COMMENTS: Overall, I was pleased with the outcome. There are a few more minor things to be done with the station and Woody already has plans for those. But most of the possible improvement will come between my ears. Propagation: All propagation is local. While I had done well from Woody’s and Jeff, VY2ZM’s, in recent ARRL DX contests, this was a completely different contest with high sunspots and 10 meters. Although I had done some research, I never felt I was ahead of the curve in anticipating propagation. Man machine interface: This is only my third contest with ICOM radios and the first with an IC-7700. I’ve moved beyond the basics but still have a lot to learn. Also, the new complexity of the antenna matrix is bit challenging, but a nice to have problem. Finally, I continue to learn about details of Win-Test and will make a few more tweaks. That said, by the second day, I had the 2nd radio process working pretty smoothly, even at rates above 150. Need to match the strategy more closely with that capability (e.g. probably spent too much time running on 10, resulting in fewer 2nd radio mults there). Also, I only remembered too late in contest to check for the easy mults and ended up missing a few, like a G on 160 and several of the easy DXpeditions. Strategy. I think I psyched myself out on 80 and 160. I knew Doug had the salt water advantage on 80 and 160 and Randy had a 4 square on 80. I tried to establish runs both nights with minimal success on 80 and zero on 160 so, with no gain antenna, I tended to avoid them in favor of the heavy artillery on 40 (2K+ raw QSOs). In the end, my mult total suffered on both the low bands, although I did find I was able to break pile ups fairly easy the second night. Rates. Interestingly, although rates were steady, I didn’t have any really big hours. I had a 213 hour in ARRL DX and expected bigger numbers in CQ with its shorter exchange, but the zero beat pileups slowed things down. Social. It was nice to see some old friends and meet some new ones. Fred, KK1KW, and his wonderful wife Mary included us in their Thanksgiving family dinner. Great food and fellowship and a pie table the likes of which you’ve rarely seen. Matt, KC1XX, and his lovely bride Christine hosted a great brunch Monday after the contest for some of his operators and Woody and me. It was especially nice to meet and finally talk with Bill, K1GQ. Bill had been KH6RS in the early 1970’s when I was in Mexico and we competed head to head in many contests. SUMMARY. It occurred to me late in the contest how blessed we are to have a hobby we can enjoy into our later years. Where else can you be approaching or past (N6TJ wake up) your four score and ten and be competitive at the national and international level. Finally, and most importantly, Thanks to Woody Beckford, WW1WW, for the privilege of being part of the BATTLESHIP: NEW HAMPSHIRE team. Blessings, and thanks for the QSO’s Scott, K0DQ / A92Q ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0DU Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 615,475 Larry K0CL did a hell of a job for just using a Shorty Forty Cushcraft up at 60 feet and a KW . Not bad for out here in the wild west . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0EJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,884,779 progress at the contest station bearing fruit - now time to work on the lowband and rx antennas - and that op needs some attention too!! what a blast! 73, Mark K0EJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0EU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,410,910 First off, congrats to K0SR, Steve, who cleaned my clock in this one. The zero land bragging rights head back to Minnesota. Wish I had the signal strength in Europe that you do...some RBN plots show that your sigs on 10/15 are mostly 5-10 dB louder than K0RF, and K0RF is 10 dB louder than me. But...when it comes to JA, it's a different story :->. How many yagis/elements do I need to make a 20 dB improvement? Conditions seemed pretty good, but I was never able to get any big runs going into Europe on the high bands, try as I might. The big band for me was 40M. As seems to always be the case, my mult totals are pretty poor. DXCC should have been easy on 10,15, and 20 but I fell short by just a few countries. Serious problems with interstation interference in the SO2R setup hampered things. Never heard any Euro's on 160, and it was slim pickings for Central and South America. With every DX station was as loud as PJ2T is on top band! My Mother called 15 minutes before the contest to discuss some important things, and I didn't have time to go through the pre-contest checklist which includes "start a new log in N1MM". About 30 minutes in, I find ZK2V CQing on 10M, but N1MM says it's a dupe! I realize immediately what happened, and end up spending 4-5 minutes deleting all the dozens of QSO's in the log that I made in the week leading up to the contest. Maybe there is a better way, but I deleted them one at a time from the log window, via the control-D command. Not a great start. On top of that, I couldn't get any rate going on 10M or 15M, so had to settle in on 20M to get a fair stream of JA callers. A word to the wise...DO NOT drink 4-5 of the so-called energy drinks (Amp, Monster, Rock Star) during the first day of operation and then expect to magically fall asleep when you take your first break after 30 hours in the chair. It's not going to happen! I got the most hours ever in the chair in this one (44-1/2), but I really suffered the last 18 hours. Next year, it's back to gator aid, water, and an occasional cup of coffee. Everyone else says it, so I may as well chime in...you DX guys need to I.D. more than once every blue moon. How about placing your call in front of the "TU" ramped up to 50-60 wpm. It wouldn't take up much time. If someone didn't I.D. within 3-4 exchanges, I would send "CL?" or would just work them and send "CL? 5nn4". Not everyone is using packet, at least not yet ;o}. I managed to find quite a number of stations that had not yet been assimilated by the Borg and were a piece of cake to work. Once the Borg found someone, it was a lot harder to get through, although my station seemed to rock and roll through some of the big piles, especially the Africans. One practice that seems on the rise, and I applaud it whole heartedly (although I don't do it myself), is I notice stations are now sending the callsign of the DX in front of their report. Great stuff. When someone does this, and I've already got it worked, I move on. If I need it, but don't hear the DX send his call prior to my busting the pile, I will send "(his call)?? 5NN4". Usually the DX gets the message and sends his ID. God bless the JA's. Without them, things would be real boring here in Colorado. I had this standing bet with myself that I would never get a JA to send me the suffix that I lacked without first sending his entire prefix, which I already had correctly. For example, JP1XYZ calls, and I get the JP1 part but miss the suffix. I send "JP1?" and he responds with "JP1...QSB...QRN". Try again...same thing. Murphy plays a big part in the timing of this, as it seems that the prefix always comes through solid copy. Or, if they also send "DE", I get 100% rock solid copy on "DE JP1...QSB...QRM". Lo and behold, near the end on 20M, I was called by a JA1. I send "JA1? 59904". He comes back with...his suffix only, sending it twice, and it's 100% copy! Sweet! Life is good! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0FX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,102,121 Great fun with the high bands open for a change. 73 Don K0FX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0KL Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,021,812 Thanks to Ed K0KL and Lorraine K2VGD for hosting - and happy 70th birthday to Grandpa Ed who was on the receiving end of a surprise family birthday party on Sunday afternoon! Bands were great - when we hit 100 countries on 10 meters, I decided to ring that bell on 15, then on 20 - finally got 'er done about 2200Z with a couple hours to go. Then for 3M points - that took a little longer with some CQing on 10 then 15 to get a steady stream of JA callers (nice to hear you all from Zone 25 - domo arigato!) into the log and crossed that rubicon with about 10 minutes left in the contest. Ding-ding-ding on Ed's new mult bell! Nice M/S HP score from N0NI's team - we tripled Ed's previous high score but you guys really rocked from Toni's station. Big scores from all over...wow! It sounded like everybody everywhere was on the air and having fun - what more could you want? See you in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest as one of the W1AW operators! 73, Ward N0AX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0MD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,321,056 I had not planned a full time effort but spent 24.5 hours operating during the weekend. Conditions were challenging on Saturday with the solar eruption hitting the earth. My wife and children are to be thanked for their sacrifice for my time on this contest. Highlights of the contest: 100 + DXCC entitites on 4 bands, new DXCC entities worked on 10 meters for my DXCC totals and breaking many African pileups on the first call! Frustrations: Battled a cold, fatigue and the incessant QRM of hams sending their calls repeatedly while the DX is transmitting. I was mainly on 10-40 as my Low Band antennas are in need of repair. My Yagi stack works well, even on CW! I enjoyed the runs on 10 and 40 the most. I continue to be pleased by my old KLM 240 yagi on 40. It was great to hear so many MWA hams in the pileups. N0IJ, KM0O and KB0EO were battling in many pileups with me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0PK Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 184,175 Interesting skew paths from this QTH on Saturday. Conditions were better on Sunday. Fun contest! Thanks for the Q's! 73 - K0PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RF Class: M/M HP Total Score = 16,275,699 My attempt to post for K0RF, per his request, was rudely interrupted when it suddenly submitted on me in mid-post. I’m sure this was some ham-fistedness on my part, still not sure what I did. But, I can’t seem to get this fixed any other way, so trying this Way. Let’s see, where was I? I had mentioned that Chuck worked his little tail off getting the station ready for a shot at the Tenth District M/M record. Now it was up to the ops: Chuck did 160 and had the best JA openings in recent memory. W0UA and Wayne, W0ZP, did 80. The first night was pretty good but on Saturday night it sounded as if someone had thrown a wet blanket over the band. But was it ever good to Asia both nights! It’s become a tradition for Kurt, K7NV to come over, share Thanksgiving with us and help Chuck with the pre-contest chores. He not only did that, but captained 40 Meters (with able assistance from W0ZP) to Our highest band-score. We lost the big 40 rotator on Sunday afternoon. Up went Kurt to replace the motor. Down he came & finished the contest. What can you say to that except “WOW!” Yep, this guy can do it all. Another Chuck, W0DLE came down from his mountain QTH and assisted team-regular (and resident prankster) George, W1XE. They had the only “zone-sweep” for us and seemed to be having a good Time over there across the room. Nice going, guys. BMD, Chuck! We had an all-star team on 15. CW Champ Barry, W2UP and Jim, AD1C left nothing on the table. This wasn’t a “hot” band, just enough to get our share. Check the mult total and you can see that Jim was serious business. Not to mention sneaking to “dead” bands At weird hours & raising eyebrows with Q’s and mults. Barry? He just plain knows the Morse code! W0UA and W0ZP shared 10 Meters. The openings were shorter than we’d hoped and when they were over they were clamped shut. Wayne did an outstanding job with the mults and assisted with 40 and 80, too. He really gets into it—he was everywhere. Tom, W2CO and Dave, WB0GAZ helped with Q’s & mults on several bands. Tom is always ready to plug-in wherever needed & get the job done. OK, well if the logs are decent, we finally caught the old Zero-Land record, so we’re happy campers out here. Of course, we stand in awe of the mega-scores from our East Coast brethren. We got a little taste of that this time & we liked it a lot! And finally, thank you JA! For Chuck & the K0RF ops, Geo W0UA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0SR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,761,904 A new personal best in this contest. Great to have some propagation on the high bands although it wasn't "deep". 80 and 160 were very tough from here this weekend. Thanks to everyone for all the Q's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TV Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 11,092,920 This year's running of the CW "World War" was the best for us ever. As usual, the last hours before the contest were getting ready for the start and making priority decisions on what to fix and what to leave. A last minute delay in the arrival of some parts for the stack/4 square controller simplification put that task down to the bottom. I probably should have spent more time getting the beverages back after our freak October snowstorm than getting the wiring done for the controller box. Personnel issues hit us a bit but several operators stepped up to fill the void. Rex, K1HI was unavailable this year due to a family emergency and all our thoughts go out to him with best wishes for a speedy and full recovery. Rex has been one of our most stalwart and prolific operators. He was sorely missed. One of our usual late night operators wanted to try 10 meters this year and boy did he have a number of great runs. Ten is definitely back and everyone's score will sure show it. The only band outperforming 10 was 40. Top band was down considerably from last year. Since our beverages were out of commission, the shortfall was understandable. Unfortunately my chain saw won't be back until this week so we'll be pushing to get them back up for the ARRL 160 contest next weekend. 80 meters worked very well but since the higher sunspot numbers have pushed activity up to the higher bands, activity was down. We also recorded fewer countries and zones than last year. 40 meters was handled very well by everyone who operated. Numbers were down just a bit from last year. 20 meters was way down from last year except for the zone count. We managed to get all zones except 23. It would have been nice to get all 40 for the first time but it was not to be. 15 meters was just about the same as last year. A few more countries and zones but basically the same. 10 meters was a blast. K2TE was the principal operator and he had a number of really great runs. The only band we got more mults and Qs than 10 was 40. The new stacks did a great job. When I put them up two years ago, someone asked me on one of the local repeaters why was I bothering to put up antennas on 10 meters when conditions were so bad. I answered him with, "I'm not putting up the antennas for last year's conditions, they're going up for next year's conditions." Looks like we got what I was hoping to get. Some tweaks are in order between now and ARRL DX and we should have them all in place by then. MVP goes to Ed, K2TE, this year. Without his help, the antennas wouldn't have been in nearly as good shape as they were. An honorable mention goes out to K1HI for the use of his K3. We missed Rex this year but we know he was with us in spirit. Congratulations go to K1LZ and KB1H for their terrific scores. Thanks to everyone who called in. We'll see everyone next week in the spring for ARRL DX. We'll be on for all the 160 contests and we may do some RTTY this season. 73, Jerry - K0TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0ZR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,065,935 My first major contst since getting tower up and antennas installed. C31XR at 73 ft and XM-240 at 81 ft. Operated with ~ 1200 W. Only inverted Vee for 80 m and inverted-L on 160. Hope to have improved antennas on 80 by this time next year. I am more than pleasantly surprised how well the two yagis worked - awesome. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1AR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 7,866,603 Some of you may not realize that my home station (where I operated this weekend) is nothing more than a few wires in my backyard trees. This weekend, I decided to see what I could do with this type of set-up. Here are a few brief comments: 1) I actually forgot the limitations of the station many times during the contest and just operated like always. I'm now convinced that much of small station behavior is in the operator's head. Naturally, the combination of being Mitchell Pond and the Northeast helps a ton. 2) 15/10 brought huge pile-ups during early openings-- even at my place. Simply amazing. I worked about 100 guys in one 30 minute stretch on 15M. 3) Packet/RBN made the contest fun in that I could chase a lot of stuff and see how the dipole worked in real pileups. Note: It works! The downside is that I spent a lot of time moving around calling guys instead of running them. And, there is the not-so-small issue of tuning my MN-2000 for each band (except 40 and 160). 4) Not using rotators was really interesting. I had stuff call that I never would have heard on big beams and it was fun to just jump into a pileup and not worry where the beam was pointing. Everything worked fine with the exception of 160/80M line noise (Note to self: people use beverages for a reason, lid). Overall, I'd call the experiment interesting or even a success in some ways. A special word of thanks go to my station host (oh, wait -- that's me!) and the sun. 73, John, K1AR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1BV Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,328,256 First time to break 1 million. Yay, sunspots. Love this contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1EO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,033,550 Great conditions, thanks to all who were on the bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1GQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,036,725 K3 KPA500 dipoles SkookumLogger See http://www.k1gq.com/documents.html for a link to a PDF containing P3 spectral measurements for some of our brethren. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1HTV Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,056,384 Four weeks after hip surgery (done on the Friday of the CQWW SSB test) I didn't plan to do much operating in the CQWW CW test. But I did want to add some points to the PVRC club score. I had already told Frank, W3LPL that I wouldn't be up to sitting in the 160M chair from dusk to dawn for this years CQWW CW test. Operating at home, I was able to put in 7 hours of BIC (Butt in Chair) time on Saturday, in 1 to 3 hours stints before my hip reminded me to take a rest. With the great condition, I managed to add another 13 hours of operating time on Sunday. Unlike past contests, I sent not a single CQ. I know, my score would have been much higher, but this time I was in the CQWW for fun, looking for new band countries. In the process, I made a million points and managed to work all 40 zones. The last ones were XU and VK (zone 30) both long path on 20 Meters. Also, was pleased to work some new ones on 10 Meters. A few days before the contest, XV was worked for 10M country #330. 9M2 became 10M country #331 with 100 Watts, via a skew path to the east on Sunday afternoon. So, the CQWW CW test, although a bit painful at times, was fun to work. 73, Rich - K1HTV - GO PVRC!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1KP Class: M/M HP Total Score = 7,576,650 Unbelievable Conditions, Rock Star Operators, New Antennas. DOUBLED previous station best score record set back in 1995! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,806,524 AGC? We don't need no stinkin' AGC! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,484,089 I couldn't decide before the contest whether to go for another single band 160 meter entry or just go all out for the highest all-band score. So I decided to prepare for both. Since my 7-year-old was away for the long weekend, I could spend two days making station improvements. Fun! If I was to operate a lot on 160, I would still want to chase new countries on 80 for N-band DXCC (N is currently 6). This goal would require SO2R and more antennas. I dug the SB220 out of storage and fixed it up for modern 220-volt wiring. I added an 80-meter inverted-V. I built another audio switch box. I was still debugging hum problems when the contest started, but some additional grounding wires fixed most of the hum. I ran 2 instances of Writelog and did "manual interlocking". If 10 meters continued to propagate well, I might spend a lot of time on that band during the day. Since I have a little 3 element yagi, I hung that antenna about halfway up the tower pointed at the Caribbean. It took several trips up the tower to get the SWR just right. I also had to add another Transco relay to the mass of relays and wires at the antenna panel in the basement. I manufactured another "switch panel" for the shack so I could switch 10 meter antennas on-the-fly. Last minute station modifications made me 8 minutes late to start. I'm sure that delay cost me a certificate :-) I spent the first 2 hours S&P on 160 and 80 simultaneously. The SB-220 is a lot noisier than I remembered, even through headphones. I made 8 contacts on the 2nd radio before switching the primary radio to 80. For the rest of the evening I worked 80, 40 and 160 in rotation. First S&P sweep of 40 netted 90 QSOs in 90 minutes. Took a 3 hour "nap" at 0800Z. Got back on at 1100Z and worked new mults on 160, 80, and 40; including my first ever JA and UA0 on 80. Spent too much time listening to JA3YBK on 160 at my sunrise, but he never got strong enough to work. I think if I had another phased array aimed at Japan, the extra 3-4 db would have done the trick. Next year! I took another 45 minute nap. At 1350Z I went straight to 10 meters. 10 hours later I had 500 QSOs and 101 countries, with brief excursions to 15 and 20 meters for multiplier fixes. For the second night, I chose an all-out all-band effort over the 160-meter single band effort. I chose a goal of more than 2 million points and 2000 QSOs, both of which would be new personal bests. I spent a lot of time CQing on 80, which I have never done before. V5 was a surprise multiplier. Kept an eye on the 160 waterfall display for pile-ups and interesting faint lines, but found few new multipliers. One 160 pile-up did appear around 0640Z but I could not hear the target. I'm guessing the east coast could hear something in Africa that wasn't propagating to the Midwest but I can't find any corroborating spots in the DX-Summit history (after the contest). Took another 3 hour "nap" at 0730Z. Got back on at 1030Z. Chased more multipliers on 80 and 40. CQing on 160 got me 3 Ks and 1 VE. At 1200Z took another 45 minute nap. Ga-ck! 45 minute nap actually took 2 and a half hours! At 1445Z went straight to 15 meters. 4 hours later I had 400 QSOs. Then I went to 20 meters and got 150 QSOs in a little over an hour. JY was a surprise multiplier. Now I was well past 2 million, and 2000 QSOs seemed within reach. I also had more multipliers on 40 than on 20, which suggested that 20 might supply some fun hunting. On the other hand JA runs on 15 beckoned. Since the 2000 QSO goal had not yet been met, I went to 15. I alternated S&P and running, since both gave about the same rate. One of these years a need to put up a 15 meter mono-band antenna (or at least a tribander really high). I finished the contest on 20 chasing multipliers and managed to squeak by the 40 meter multiplier count so that the multiplier distribution is fairly linear from 160 to 10. That is strangely appealing although a bell-shaped curve would also be nicely appealing. The end result was meeting the goals and a slew of ideas for further station improvements. Thanks for all the QSOs and especially all the contest DXpeditions. The amount of travel you guys do for this contest just amazes me. Equipment: K3, IC-765, SB-220, ETO 91B (thanks K8ND for the eternal loan), 160: 65 foot "Tee" & 60 radials; 80: "cage" around the "Tee" plus antenna tuner which needs returned for nearly every contact, inverted-V at 50 feet; 40: full sized ground mounted vertical, 20-10: Cushcraft X7 up 62 feet; and 12 Beverages and a phased array. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1RM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 100,776 House guests the entire weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1RU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,273,733 Great condx. Spent too much time chasing gremlins around the shack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1RX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,482,395 What a great weekend - seemed I had been waiting for more than 15 years for this kind of excitement on ALL the bands. Only major disaster was in the first 5 minutes on 160, something serious happend - still need to find the problem the failure occured between the amp and the antenna farm - decided to not bother trying to chase down the problem and see if I can still stay in the hunt with this limitation (turns out I really needed that bunch of Q's, Z's and C's to get a lot closer to that upper pack!) But hey, it was still a great weekend. Conditions were amazing to say the least on all bands that still worked at this place. So much for the excuses - Congrats to DG, ZD and DQ for some spectacular numbers (DG - you glad I fixed your Ring Rotor this past fall?) I can be nice - help my competition with their antenna work! I think it is now time to fire up the M/M team again - now instead of listening to noise all weekend on all but 2 bands (varies over the course of the weekend), one can actually work stations practically anytime on any band! Been a long time coming and really happy for the reture of great conditions. SO2R is fun but do like the group effort - good fun, good times and helpful to the newest operators. Another exciting addition to the shack was a borrowed K3 to replace an Icom 781. Very impressed but still need to learn a bit more to max the usefulness of this level of technology. This weekend was great for really taxing the receiver - had some issues but overall thought it worked just fine. Other than the complete loss of 160, everything worked well. Now I can appreciate more the need for all bands to ready to play. Thanks again to all that participated in this incredible world wide event. See you in the next contest! 73, Mark, K1RX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,235,718 K3, 300 watt amp, all-band doublet, small Sterba curtain for 10 Meters. All S&P except for a run of about 100 on 10 Meters. Absolutely no "assistance" of any kind. Jim Cain, K1TN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,517,730 Lost one of the amps at the 17-hour mark. Only half-heartedly operated 5 of the next 12 hours and almost turned the alarm off to sleep through the night. But I'm glad for getting up and operating the last 19 hours as WW CW is just too enjoyable to dismiss. Thanks to all the DX-peditioners and to everyone for the QSOs! 73, Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,732,520 Wow, that was fun! I was originally planning a single band effort (20 or 40...only rotatable antennas at this time) since the new station is not quite ready for prime time (10 and 15 yagis fixed to EU, nothing competitive on 80, no 160 antenna) but with these conditions decided to do an all-band effort to see how everything played. Looking forward to seeing the huge scores role in from the big boys. Shane K1ZR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,334,576 Family took precedence on the holiday weekend this year. Sure is nice that 10 meters is back -- I'm already looking forward to next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2CJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,137,955 Got home early Sat am so no Fri eve oprn. Couple of computer glitches, otherwise all OK. Great to see 10m back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2CYE Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 301,072 The bands were great and so was all the activity! Thanks again to everyone who participated! 73, Mike K2CYE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DB Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,016,862 I sat at home at my office at home and casually operated via remote using logmein.com, Skype for audio and used N1MM for logging at the remote K2NNY site. Did "NO CQ'ing" Wanted to see how well I could do using "SKIMMER" Spots. It worked flawlessly, and the only problems were a few of the skimmers would screw up the call once in a while, no problem if you check each call. The NON skimmer or "HUMAN" spots were rattled with mistakes, can some of these guys copy high speed CW ??? Anyway, I had a ball and most of all I had a "TON of FUN". Breaking those pile-ups with 100 watts and a tribander and a dipole on 160 & 80 is a real exercise in frustration. hihi Goal was to break 1,000,000 and go watch football, it worked, I reached my goal!!! 73 de Paul K2DB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DM Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 6,962 Had no keyer or keying interface for the computer, so I used the dash side of the paddle as a straight key. Ran 100W to the driven element of a TA-33 lying on the floor of the attic. Managed to have a little fun. Sincere thanks to all who put up with my 'pecking' as P40W called it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DSL Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 545,831 Didn't think I'd operate much and when I sat down, I didn't get up! Lots of fun and logged 3 new DXCCs who hopefully have me in their logs. 100w, 1 radio, wire antennas and a whole lot of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2LE Class: M/S HP Total Score = 8,404,650 We were planning on M/2 but ended up with just the 2 of usc- so opted for M/S. In retrospect, we could have had a much higher score as M/2 ( like running 10 and 15 simultaneuosly. ) So our QSO total suffered but the mults were higher than ever. -e.g. 40 zones on 20 - haven't done that since running M/M at the previous cycle in 1998/99. George N2GA became a fantastic mult chaser and did well in running as well when he had a chance at the RUN radio. One of the highlights was being callled by 9N7DX on 40 in the middle of an EU run. All told, great fun weekend - no snow in VT, either ! Cu in the ARRL 10 m. contest Andy K2LE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2ONP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,198,049 TH-7 at 50ft + wires. Great conditions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PO Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Total Score = 37,696 Out-of-town family visiting for Thanksgiving made this a nightime-only contest, so I focused on 80m. (I made 31 Qs on other bands, and will submit those for check-log purposes. They would increase my score - on an all-band basis - to 67,008.) Friday night was FB, but propagation didn't seem as good Saturday night. Nabbed several new band-countries, and all-new E51MAN (thanks Bill!). I missed lots of "easy" mults, including XE and ZL. (Only 3 of my 240 80m QSOs were European stations - such is life on the west coast...) Fortunately, our Japanese friends were out in force - the log shows 132 different JAs. tnx to all & 73, /Bill, K2PO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PS Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 380,400 Just a tuneup for the ARRL 10M contest, operating from the rare DC mult! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2QMF Class: M/S HP Total Score = 8,433,360 Great Fun. Good Condx. 73, Ted K2QMF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2QPN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 562,548 Conditions were not quite as good as the phone contest. Had fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2RD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,961,126 Hexbeam at 60 feet and inverted vees for 80 and 40 worked well. Had fun learning new FTdx5000 (2 days old) under contest conditions. Fantastic rx!! Sure helped with city lot noise. Wish sun had held off a day with its protons but fun time anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2SG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,585,854 I really enjoyed the great band conditions and only wish this 70 yr old body could stay awake for the entire 48 hours. This was a personal best for me and I agree with Fred K3ZO, CW is alive and well at least it was this weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3CR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,360,410 Think I got everything out of both me and the station this time. Was so tired after it ended that let my girlfriend drive back to NYC. Felt asleep as soon as I got into the car, then somehow made it from the car to her apartment. Was supposed to leave to Boston by 8 am and be at a "super important meeting" in the afternoon but after 3 cups of coffee in the morning went back to bed and left the air moving to my colleagues there. Even let Bloomberg make another 45 bucks off me and left the car where it was parked. Now, more than 24 hours later I'm slowly coming back to life and thinking about all the different ways I could have done it. Perhaps better, perhaps not. This year's CQ WW CW marks exactly 10 years since I operated a contest in US for a first time. Although we've been in top 3 in CQWW CW for the better part of these 10 years, it was after the last year's contest when I really got to believe we can win it from out here in the bushes. K5ZD did it from the K3TUP in the late 80's, so it is about the time to be done again from PA. Not this year, obviously, but perhaps next? Then it will be 11 years since my first US CQWW. If you take these two 1s and then add another one for the first place, that makes three times 1. Now, that IS a sign! I think all parties involved should take a note and behave accordingly next year. This year was also the hardest one to keep the station intact. WA3FET is on a sabbatical and comes back to town only on weekends. I took a new job at MIT and moved from New York to Boston. The 8-hour long commute to State College stops being a fun drive when it has to be done every third weekend. My family there also is not very happy with me spending all of my time at the station when I'm in town. Still, we managed to get a lot done and if it wasn't for the lightning strike we took just before CQ WW Phone, the station would've been in top shape now. No major issues this time, all patches seemed to work for now; there were some "adjustments" on the fly but nothing really serious. The contest: the only thing I clearly remember now is that I ran. Boy, I ran as if my life depended on it. Tried to run even on 160. Had only one station coming back - PY2NY, a double mult. Quite good by my 160 run standards. Heard him later again under some huge unbreakable pile-up. No time for mult hunting. Just whatever I could get on the second radio. Almost all requests to move a mult were rejected. Not sure why, perhaps it is somehow activity related? Ended up with no XE and zone 6 on 80. No KH6 and zone 31 on 160 either. Ran JAs on 40 for a first time ever! Until now I was quite happy with 2 or 3 JAs on 40. This summer we got one of W3TX 4L40 OWA monsters and W2GD and K4ZA put it up at 160 ft just in time for CQWW Phone. It is fixed to JA for now but not for long. This thing is a game changer for sure. Congratulations to K1DG and K5ZD for the huge scores! As always, my sincere thanks to Jim, WA3FET for letting me operate the station and putting up with my not always sane ideas. 73, Alex LZ4AX Cabrillo Statistics (Version 06g) by K5KA Callsign: K3CR Contest: CQ-WW-CW Category: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW Operators: LZ4AX -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 111 0 1 0 112 112 2.3 0100 0 0 79 11 0 0 90 202 1.8 0200 0 22 46 26 0 0 94 296 1.9 0300 0 97 0 0 0 0 97 393 2.0 0400 1 135 0 8 0 0 144 537 2.9 0500 27 2 0 4 0 0 33 570 0.7 0600 6 101 0 0 0 0 107 677 2.2 0700 3 47 49 0 0 0 99 776 2.0 0800 1 10 115 0 0 0 126 902 2.6 0900 4 9 71 0 0 0 84 986 1.7 1000 4 3 36 0 0 0 43 1029 0.9 1100 0 5 3 101 0 0 109 1138 2.2 1200 0 0 9 107 71 0 187 1325 3.8 1300 0 0 0 0 45 138 183 1508 3.7 1400 0 0 0 0 0 187 187 1695 3.8 1500 0 0 0 0 0 173 173 1868 3.5 1600 0 0 0 0 88 73 161 2029 3.3 1700 0 0 0 0 122 22 144 2173 2.9 1800 0 0 0 0 84 34 118 2291 2.4 1900 0 0 0 57 19 17 93 2384 1.9 2000 0 0 0 103 10 0 113 2497 2.3 2100 0 0 106 10 20 0 136 2633 2.8 2200 0 0 127 0 10 0 137 2770 2.8 2300 0 0 76 0 8 8 92 2862 1.9 0000 2 0 45 14 3 0 64 2926 1.3 0100 0 0 17 35 0 0 52 2978 1.1 0200 10 0 13 12 0 0 35 3013 0.7 0300 0 40 1 0 0 0 41 3054 0.8 0400 2 56 8 0 0 0 66 3120 1.3 0500 3 43 4 0 0 0 50 3170 1.0 0600 1 4 69 0 0 0 74 3244 1.5 0700 0 3 67 0 0 0 70 3314 1.4 0800 0 7 26 0 0 0 33 3347 0.7 0900 0 1 53 3 0 0 57 3404 1.2 1000 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 3408 0.1 1100 0 2 5 48 43 0 98 3506 2.0 1200 0 0 0 3 153 0 156 3662 3.2 1300 0 0 2 0 26 106 134 3796 2.7 1400 0 0 0 0 3 158 161 3957 3.3 1500 0 0 0 0 20 110 130 4087 2.6 1600 0 0 0 0 103 45 148 4235 3.0 1700 0 0 0 0 137 5 142 4377 2.9 1800 0 0 0 3 69 19 91 4468 1.9 1900 0 0 0 139 3 1 143 4611 2.9 2000 0 0 0 41 7 11 59 4670 1.2 2100 0 0 38 5 14 0 57 4727 1.2 2200 0 0 44 3 6 0 53 4780 1.1 2300 0 0 63 8 2 0 73 4853 1.5 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 64 588 1285 746 1067 1107 4857 Gross QSO's=4914 Dupes=57 Net QSO's=4857 Unique callsigns worked = 3129 The best 60 minute rate was 199/hour from 1335 to 1434 The best 30 minute rate was 210/hour from 1334 to 1403 The best 10 minute rate was 252/hour from 1335 to 1344 The best 1 minute rates were: 5 QSO's/minute 22 times. 4 QSO's/minute 218 times. 3 QSO's/minute 531 times. 2 QSO's/minute 755 times. 1 QSO's/minute 768 times. There were 681 bandchanges and 334 (6.9%) probable 2nd radio QSO's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3IE Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 255,476 Always a tough weekend for me due to family obligations around Thanksgiving. Got bk late last night from a family trip to NYC and only managed 6 hours today - wish it could of been longer since the bands have been very good. Thanks for the Q's - Hunter K3IE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3LR Class: M/M HP Total Score = 24,527,830 Big congrats to the Multi Multi teams at KC1XX (AMAZING Matt and team!) and the W3LPL team for their outstanding efforts this weekend. The MM competition here in the USA between the three stations is what fair play and great radio contesting is all about. The operators, station hardware, QTHs and propagation determines the outcome! A true shared trust betwen all of us. What an amazing weekend on the radio - sharing the best hobby in the world with friends in the K3LR shack (excellent operators and close friends) and via our wireless hobby (the best!) - all around the globe. How truly lucky we all are! Thanks to lots of hard work before, during and after the contest by my very good friend Dave, W9ZRX who was with us every step of the way. HF Radio conditions were much improved over last year. Excellent propagation on all of the HF bands equals more fun - more contacts and lots of countries to work - even more good stories to tell. The 40 meter team of N2NC and W5OV did not get much sleep! N2NC is the driving force here at K3LR. K5OT and K3UA shared 80 meter duties. Great team and super results! N3GJ and RA2FZ found some interesting long path openings on 10 meters and great rates. How about N2IC and M0DXR on 20 meters! N3SD all night long on 20! N6TV and G4BUO rocked 15 meters! K3LR station hardware is listed on the HARDWARE tab of http://www.k3lr.com K3LR QSLs 100% direct via the mail, via the QSL buro, LoTW and eQSL. We'll see you in February and March 2012 for the ARRL International DX Contests! On behalf of the K3LR Multi Multi Team, Season's Greetings, Best DX and Very 73! Tim K3LR http://www.k3lr.com k3lr at k3lr.com BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES OPERATORs 160 472 1050 2.22 25 91 K3LR 80 1343 3672 2.73 30 119 K3UA K5OT 40 2393 6855 2.86 39 155 N2NC W5OV 20 2688 7591 2.82 40 164 N2IC M0DXR N3SD 15 2559 7317 2.86 38 158 N6TV G4BUO 10 2141 6150 2.87 37 162 N3GJ RA2FZ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 11596 32635 2.81 209 849 => 34,527,830 Continent Statistics 160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent North America 194 207 193 264 222 199 1279 10.7 South America 13 16 33 96 87 123 368 3.1 Europe 256 1068 2051 1961 1901 1611 8848 73.8 Asia 3 70 177 386 299 159 1094 9.1 Africa 11 19 35 42 39 45 191 1.6 Oceania 8 23 33 50 46 53 213 1.8 BREAKDOWN QSO/mults K3LR CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 0 33/38 143/58 136/57 117/60 64/22 12/16 505/251 505/251 1 29/11 95/14 117/29 99/46 16/11 7/4 363/115 868/366 2 20/5 139/13 108/31 77/6 4/1 . 348/56 1216/422 3 22/8 114/12 113/11 53/8 . . 302/39 1518/461 4 43/13 107/12 105/8 21/6 . . 276/39 1794/500 5 49/10 91/9 137/7 22/6 . . 299/32 2093/532 6 21/6 121/6 121/3 22/7 . . 285/22 2378/554 7 8/0 48/3 113/6 10/3 . . 179/12 2557/566 8 9/4 14/6 117/6 42/5 ..... ..... 182/21 2739/587 9 10/1 13/3 78/8 27/1 . . 128/13 2867/600 10 3/1 12/3 30/3 11/5 2/3 . 58/15 2925/615 11 3/2 9/0 31/5 108/8 61/39 13/17 225/71 3150/686 12 2/4 4/1 30/3 166/3 203/49 173/53 578/113 3728/799 13 . 1/0 6/0 118/6 162/19 199/32 486/57 4214/856 14 . . . 134/4 203/9 178/27 515/40 4729/896 15 . . . 119/3 151/12 189/6 459/21 5188/917 16 ..... ..... ..... 141/1 195/1 136/7 472/9 5660/926 17 . . . 166/4 126/3 83/2 375/9 6035/935 18 . . . 144/3 110/3 56/6 310/12 6345/947 19 . . 18/1 104/3 44/3 49/1 215/8 6560/955 20 . . 76/0 60/1 40/1 21/1 197/3 6757/958 21 1/0 9/0 84/2 40/2 37/2 35/2 206/8 6963/966 22 48/2 16/1 76/1 28/1 49/5 49/3 266/13 7229/979 23 17/2 25/1 74/0 32/1 56/3 14/0 218/7 7447/986 0 18/0 21/0 69/0 26/1 27/0 ..... 161/1 7608/987 1 14/1 35/0 41/3 32/0 2/0 . 124/4 7732/991 2 14/1 24/0 41/4 14/0 . . 93/5 7825/996 3 12/3 48/1 62/0 7/1 . . 129/5 7954/1001 4 14/0 33/2 44/2 9/1 . . 100/5 8054/1006 5 15/1 37/1 54/0 3/0 . . 109/2 8163/1008 6 14/0 51/0 67/0 5/0 . . 137/0 8300/1008 7 7/0 34/0 59/0 2/0 . . 102/0 8402/1008 8 5/0 10/1 72/0 ..... ..... ..... 87/1 8489/1009 9 3/2 4/0 51/0 6/1 . . 64/3 8553/1012 10 10/0 16/0 30/1 17/0 . . 73/1 8626/1013 11 8/0 27/2 32/2 45/0 36/0 11/1 159/5 8785/1018 12 . 9/0 7/1 74/0 158/2 118/7 366/109151/1028 13 . 2/0 9/0 68/0 144/2 198/5 421/7 9572/1035 14 . . . 47/1 123/0 179/2 349/3 9921/1038 15 . . . 85/1 111/0 125/1 321/2 10242/1040 16 ..... ..... ..... 80/1 117/2 84/0 281/3 10523/1043 17 . . . 59/1 86/0 35/2 180/3 10703/1046 18 . . . 84/0 60/0 43/1 187/1 10890/1047 19 . . 3/0 69/1 46/0 30/1 148/2 11038/1049 20 . . 55/0 31/1 21/2 26/0 133/3 11171/1052 21 1/0 . 56/0 19/1 31/1 18/0 125/2 11296/1054 22 10/0 9/0 39/0 20/0 34/1 33/0 145/1 11441/1055 23 9/1 22/0 32/0 24/0 40/0 27/2 154/3 11595/1058 DAY1 318/107 961/142 1570/181 1861/193 1523/186 1214/177 ..... 7447/986 DAY2 154/9 382/7 823/13 826/11 1036/10 927/22 . 4148/72 TOT 472/116 1343/149 2393/194 2687/204 2559/196 2141/199 . 11595/1058 QSO Counts By Band-Country PRFX 160 80 40 20 15 10 3V 1 1 1 1 1 3W 2 4J 4 2 1 1 4L 2 1 1 1 4O 1 1 1 1 1 1 4S 2 4X 3 5 4 1 5B 1 1 3 7 1 3 5H 1 1 1 1 5N 1 5R 1 1 5T 1 5X 1 5Z 1 1 6W 1 1 1 1 1 1 6Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 8P 1 1 1 1 1 1 8Q 1 1 1 1 1 9A 2 11 23 19 18 19 9G 1 1 1 1 9H 1 1 2 2 2 2 9J 1 9K 1 1 9L 1 1 1 1 1 1 9M2 4 1 9M6 2 1 3 2 9N 1 9V 1 9Y 2 2 1 2 A4 1 1 1 1 1 A6 2 2 1 2 1 A7 1 1 1 1 2 A9 1 BV 1 2 3 BY 5 16 13 1 C3 1 1 1 1 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 C6 2 2 2 2 2 2 C9 1 1 1 1 CE 1 1 6 2 6 CE9 1 CM 2 2 1 1 4 CN 1 1 1 1 2 2 CT 2 2 4 7 8 5 CT3 3 4 5 4 3 5 CU 1 2 2 2 2 3 CX 1 1 2 2 4 3 D2 1 D4 1 1 1 2 1 1 DL 50 211 330 304 358 292 DU 1 1 3 3 E5/n 1 1 1 1 1 E7 2 6 13 11 12 8 EA 8 28 67 71 62 77 EA6 1 3 4 4 4 5 EA8 1 5 8 10 9 10 EA9 1 1 2 2 3 2 EI 1 7 9 4 10 9 EK 1 1 1 EL 2 1 1 1 1 ER 1 3 6 4 7 4 ES 3 6 3 5 6 EU 16 33 26 28 20 EY 1 1 F 11 47 88 64 75 61 FG 2 2 3 1 2 FJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 FK 1 1 1 1 2 2 FM 1 5 2 3 2 3 FO 1 FY 2 2 1 G 19 63 107 102 109 107 GD 1 1 3 4 3 3 GI 1 3 3 5 4 10 GJ 1 1 GM 4 7 13 17 18 17 GU 2 2 GW 4 5 9 8 8 5 HA 5 20 60 60 46 42 HB 3 15 30 20 24 22 HC 1 1 1 1 3 1 HC8 1 HH 1 1 1 1 HI 2 2 2 3 2 2 HK 1 1 2 3 1 1 HL 1 11 4 1 HP 2 4 HR 1 1 1 1 3 HS 5 HZ 1 3 1 3 I 14 34 97 120 102 85 IG9 1 IS 1 3 6 4 4 7 IT9 2 3 7 4 8 J2 1 1 J3 1 2 1 J6 1 1 1 3 1 1 J7 1 1 1 1 JA 1 49 95 191 217 122 JD/o 1 1 1 JT 2 4 JW 1 1 2 JY 1 1 1 K 89 83 70 116 72 39 KH0 2 1 1 3 2 KH2 1 2 2 3 3 5 KH6 3 5 5 8 8 9 KL 4 5 8 13 12 11 KP2 3 2 3 3 3 3 KP4 3 2 2 3 3 4 LA 5 14 17 17 18 16 LU 3 4 20 19 27 LX 1 2 1 3 2 LY 2 20 26 30 27 30 LZ 2 11 36 32 23 24 OA 1 3 1 2 OE 4 8 13 14 14 14 OH 5 23 34 51 34 33 OH0 1 2 1 1 1 OK 16 79 138 112 122 92 OM 5 20 47 46 39 39 ON 4 17 39 28 33 26 OX 2 OY 1 1 1 1 1 OZ 2 10 15 18 20 20 P4 2 3 3 4 3 4 PA 13 26 62 67 60 62 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 PJ4 1 2 2 2 2 3 PJ5 1 1 1 1 1 1 PJ7 2 1 2 1 1 PY 4 3 11 40 39 66 PZ 1 1 1 1 1 1 S5 14 35 53 53 46 37 SM 10 29 49 41 42 39 SP 16 74 102 84 102 78 ST 1 1 1 1 SU 1 SV 1 1 11 12 9 6 SV5 1 SV9 1 2 1 T2 1 1 1 1 T7 1 1 1 1 1 1 T8 1 1 TA 1 2 3 6 5 3 TA1 1 1 TF 2 1 7 6 4 TI 1 2 1 1 1 TK 1 1 1 1 1 1 UA 2 89 196 215 162 102 UA2 1 1 2 3 3 3 UA9 8 40 95 31 13 UN 1 5 15 1 2 UR 12 71 178 151 124 79 V2 1 1 1 1 1 1 V3 1 2 2 2 3 2 V5 1 2 2 2 VE 74 81 72 84 93 86 VK 3 8 11 18 12 16 VP2E 1 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 VP2V 1 1 1 1 1 1 VP5 1 1 1 1 1 1 VP8 1 1 VP9 1 1 1 1 1 1 VQ9 1 VR 1 2 VU 2 5 3 XE 3 3 7 4 10 12 XU 1 2 XW 1 YA 1 YB 2 5 3 2 YI 1 YL 3 6 12 14 9 13 YN 1 1 1 2 2 2 YO 1 18 47 50 47 40 YS 1 1 YU 2 13 39 35 28 18 YU8 1 YV 1 4 3 2 Z3 1 1 4 4 4 2 ZA 1 1 ZB 1 1 ZC4 1 ZD8 1 1 1 1 3 1 ZF 1 1 1 2 1 1 ZK2 1 1 1 1 ZL 3 4 6 5 12 ZP 1 4 3 2 ZS 5 6 6 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3MD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,660,160 Personal best. Go FRC! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3ND Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,423,762 WOW! 10 thru 40 were ROCKIN! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3NM Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,370,921 1 radio and 2 operator's all q's were s&p Thanks for all the contact's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3OQ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 2,280 Spent a couple hours with my new wire in the apartment between previously scheduled family and other commitments. Was happy with the antenna. Looking forward to ARRL 160 next weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3PH Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 552,600 Was fighting a migraine the day before the contest. After about 9 hours of operating, the migraine won. :-( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3PP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,678,202 Best ever for me in a CW contest! When you have a personal best, you get pretty full of yourself, but you have to remember that a rising tide lifts all boats. Conditions were superb on all bands! You have to remind yourself that the true stars will post remarkable scores. Indeed they have! K3WW's near-eleven-million score is just obscene! AA3B piloted V26K to 10 meg with LOW POWER! I can't wait to see the others roll in! In the end, I'm still a lousy CW op, but I'm very happy with the results and the performance of my station. I made some antenna rearrangements and the low bands were much more respectable than during the SSB weekend. I have some repairs and equipment additions to get SO2R-ready. I'm partially there. This was pure SO1R and almost entirely S&P. My mult count is totally a testament to the station and my hilltop QTH! Thanks to everyone for the QSOs! This contest put me over my previous best year for QSOs, set in 2002! CU all in the ARRL 160m and 10m contests! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3RMB Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 88,164 Hard drive failure destroyed part of my log. Contacts between 01:00 and approximately 02:45 UTC on 11/27/2011 were lost. I appologize to those folks with whom I made a contact during that period, as I am unable to confirm our QSOs. Results shown here are from the beginning of the contest up to the last time my log was saved on the computer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,550,120 K3/KPA500 to OCF Windom Dipole at 45', 51' T on 160 I ran the K3 with the second receiver in SO2V mode and just had a blast. I used the Reverse Beacon Network, started out doing dual S&P and had a 120 hour and then many more above 100. This was the first time I've had different signals in each ear in a real contest, so it was a learning experience. I guess CQ WW CW is a good one to learn in, as you only really have to monitor the exchange vs. really copy it. I found the RBN accuracy to be very high, but I definitely had to check the callsigns. There were the usual EK3LR and RW3LPL spots, but many fewer than previous years. It's pretty impressive how quickly the RBN (even just using W3 and W4 skimmers) fills up the band map and the available mults window. On Sunday, I came across a few abandoned frequencies and did some running but with my wambly station the rate wasn't much higher than "RBN/SO2V-powered dual S&Ping" but running is still more fun - there is something about actually copying and typing in (vs. clicking on) a call that just can't be beat. Also, pulling a call out of a pileup will always be more fun than throwing a call into a pileup. I tentatively tried to use the second receiver to pickup QSOs while running - another learning experience. I made about a few QSOs that way out but definitely not very smoothly... 80 and 160 were pretty stinko and the Asian openings for me on the high bands weren't great. But on every band stations in any zone beginning with the number 3 were just booming in - from Africa to Hawaii to VK, amazing. Zone 33 must have been groaning with the weight of all those transceivers and antennae. It was a busy weekend in real life, and I actually was able to put more time in than I thought I would, but more time would have been more fun. With these conditions and the technology I'm amazed at breaking 1K Qs with 500W, a low wire and a 1/4 time effort! Sure is a long way from paper logging and a TS-830... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TUF Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 319,792 Worked what I could, still have interference issues, so low power for now. Looking forward to next time, bands are really on the increase. 73, Phil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3WW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 10,795,308 Should be a personal best after log checking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3YDX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 16,340 Just enough time to play a little bit. With travel out of state for Thanksgiving and family things upon return I did not expect to get on at all. Conditions on Sunday drew me to the chair however to look for a few new ones and a chance to say hello to friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3ZO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,566,819 CW is alive and well... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4AB Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,847,805 Fantasic conditions! To quote Carly Simon, "these are the good ole days." Only a semi-serious, 30 hour effort due to work constraints, but it was much fun! 73, Larry K4AB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4ALE Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 30,268 Limited time to operate, but LP worked DX better with good wire antenna at the station. Lots of fun and slowly beginning to be able to read 27 wpm. 17 wpm starting to sound stately!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EDI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 228,760 Had a great time working with our local club in Bristol. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FJ Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 597,700 BIC was good on Saturday, but B was tired on Sunday. UNID is out of control. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FX Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,228,876 Great contest, I wish I could have put forth a full effort. Ten meters was a lot of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4IKM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,261,952 Great event! CW rules! The matching network for my vertical failed right away so I had to throw in the towel on 160M. Otherwise a really great contest! 73! Steve...K4IKM... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4MM Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,837,260 My all time best score. I really played hard this weekend. Didn't think I still had it in me. HI! CQWW CW is my favorite contest. No new DXCC additions but did add a few to the CQDX Marathon for the year. Rig: TS-2000 90 watts. MFJ Versa Tuner. Anetnnas: 160 meter Inverted "L". 300' Short Beverage. NE/SW. Dipoles and a 40 meter 1/4 sloper. Thanks to all that worked me. 73 Tom Colyard K4MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4NO Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,630,140 Logs will be uploaded to LOTW in a few days Thanks for the QSO's Greg K4NO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,982,870 Sometimes it just doesn't all work out. This was going to be the Big One. I was all re-built and raring to go. Conditions were good enough that I could run most of the time, which is a whole different ball game. I also had an "I'm gonna run as much as possible" mentality that I've never really had before in a DX contest as a single op from TN. At the 23-hour mark I was almost at 2-million, which was about TWICE as good as I'd ever done before. My mind was right, the station was working, and I was in the flow big time. Then my top rotator broke. Instead of plowing on ahead as I should have done, I decided to stop and try to fix it. I spent a couple of hours going through different control boxes, measuring voltages and resistances, banging on the tower with a rubber mallet in the rain. Nothing worked. The brake solenoid would not make a sound, and the antenna was stuck solid. This was definitely the low point of the contest for me. In my mind, I NEEDED that antenna on Europe for the next day, no matter what. The fact that it was night didn't matter. The constant winds and rain didn't matter. The fact that I hadn't slept for 35 hours didn't matter. The fact that I might DIE trying to fix it didn't matter. Fortunately, Susie was home, and with a strong will, talked me out of doing something really stupid. That was the end of the competitive contest for me. The wind was gone from my sails, and I could not get my mind back into the competition. After several hours of sleep, I came back to the radio. I came back to the rig. This was the big CQWW CW contest, and we had SUNSPOTS for crying out loud! And even with a broken rotator and no chance of recovering the momentum I had the first half, I STILL LOVE TO OPERATE. So I just sat down and pretty much kept running 'em until the contest was over. I didn't hit the second radio at all the second day. I just watched football games and ran stations, with just a few S&P passes when the multiplier count looked way too anemic. I'm guessing that 4 million was well within reach if I'd just stayed at it after the rotator failure. Oh well, at least I got to watch my Pittsburgh Steelers win their game after the contest was over. My next step -- get up there in the next 10 days somehow and replace that rotator before the ARRL Ten Meter contest. 73, Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4SSU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,112,300 Thanks for all the q's and to Dave and Gayle for all the hospitality! 73 Brian - NA4BW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4VV Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 4,853,121 Many thanks to Jack, K4VV for his kindness and generousity. Our nemesis, power line noise returned periodically. At one time only 10M could be utilized. Still, a good time and a chance to add to the PVRC club score. Working 39 zones on 20M was a high. Next season we hope to have 4 squares installed. Inv Vees at 100' (80M) and 130' (160M) are nice but really don't cut it. Spent a lot of time correcting the call, received as K4VVV about 20 % of the time and we ran into many QSOB4 claims which were not true. Surprising how many EU ops argue and waste time rather than just pushing the F2 key! Lots of fine ops out there and the claim that CW is dead or a thing of the past is insupportable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4WI Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 5,740 fairly quite but not much activity. C5A had a big signal Friday evening. Friday was the best with Saturday night being very slow. Missed zone 1 and 2... never heard any activity from there. thanks for the qso's, 73's Cort ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4ZW Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,447,296 Thanks again to John, N3HBX for the use of his Poolsville station. Everything worked flawlessly! Since last year the K3's were replaced with FT-5000's. Never used one before but the learning curve was very short and, they were fantastic in very crowded bands. As others have experienced, a personal best also. 73 Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5AF Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 988,746 Wow! When a part-time effort comes up just shy of a million points, conditions must be exceptional! Actually, I had planned a serious effort and had cleared my calendar of music gigs, but was offered an engagement that I couldn't afford to refuse for Saturday night. That took me away for about 7 hours, and after hauling and setting up equipment, I was in no condition to stay up all night and operate on Sunday morning. 10M was the gift that kept on giving! I forgot how productive it can be when it is open. When it sounded like it was about to close, the band would serve up a whole new group of Qs and mults. 15M was very good, 20M had its moments, but sounded almost like 40M during the daylight hours. 40M, on the other hand, opened early and stayed open late. I was working deep into Europe an hour before sunset, and was still hearing JAs an hour after sunrise. 80M was incredible, with many S-9++ signals from Europe. 40M was so good that I spent most of the first night there, and planned to do some more 80M on the second night when I returned from my music job (but we know how that went!) A couple of observations: First, the low band openings (80/40M) into UA-UR were absolutely unprecedented. I cannot recall a year when they were better. Also, the high-band openings to South America were solid and consistent, and the operators there are taking their game to a much higher level, a very good trend for the future. Same old irritant! We need to make a rule that when running, stations must identify a minimum of every third QSO, or face being penalized. I don't like the thought of "contest police", but we certainly could flag some of the offenders and take a look at the recorded spectrum to verify who the culprits are. I am sure that the dupe rates for everyone would go down, scores would go up, and we wouldn't have as many "hornets nests" across the spectrum. Overall, it would make life much better for everyone. Along these lines, the crew at PJ2T deserves kudos for IDing EVERY QSO. I noted that they had large, but well-managed pileups, and I'd wager that they'll have some very excellent scores. Overall, this was one amazing experience. I was never bored the entire time I was in the chair. I felt an incredible confidence in my equipment and antennas, modest as they are, and felt I could work anlmost everything I could hear. This is probably the best WW experience that I've had in years. Thanks, Sol, here's to you!!! Equipment: K3s to low wires ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5GO Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,382,123 Good to see the crew this weekend. What a bunch of great guys! Conditions were excellent. After the first 24 hours we had a big score and were certainly hoping for the (multiply times two and add a little)formula to work for us. Although it didn't happen, we were very pleased with our effort this weekend. We never made 5BDXCC even when operating in the Multi-Multi category. Working well over 100 countries on 80 through 10 was a thrill. I remember when ARRL started 5BDXCC and not knowing at the time whether it would be possible for me to ever work 100 countries on each of 5 bands. Thanks to everyone worldwide who together make the contest weekend a fun event for all. Happy Holidays & 73...Stan, K5GO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5IID Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,009,536 Wow! First time in a very long time that I reached over a million points. I sure some will be knocked off and it won't finish that way, but that was fun! My lil ol quad on that short tower did ok I guess. It was really fun having 10 meters back in play! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5JX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,200 When not at W5VX or with the family or sleeping. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5KG Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 6,832,972 FCG ops were Jeff, WC4E, Ed, K8DSS, Fred, K4LQ, Ron, WD4AHZ, and George, K5KG. Also contributing to the operation were Charlie, K1XX, who loaned us a Six-Pak, and Dan, K1TO, who helped with much needed antenna & rotor work. We decided to make this a Multi-two operation to maximize the score for the FCG. Station Config: Elecraft K3 + Acom 2000A Icom 756ProIII + Acom 1010 C31 @60’ 2 el 40 @75’ 6 el 10 @30’ SteppIR Big Vertical - The C31 and the 40m yagi are on the same mast and rotor, so they always point in the same direction. The SteppIR Big Vert, therefore, was used as an alternate antenna for both stations on 20m and 40m to provide directional flexibility. The SteppIR Big Vertical was selectable on the Six-Pak along with all the other antennas. 80m Inv Vee 160m Inv L K9AY Rx loop Six-Pak – this provided the much needed flexibility for changing antennas between the two stations, and eliminated the headache of swapping feedlines during the contest, especially at 3 am! Contest highlights: No equipment or antenna failures, yea! No local noise, another yea! Impressive DXpedition operations. 138 separate DX operations were announced on the NG3K web site. In addition, hundreds or maybe thousands of Little Pistols, who knows how many, turned out to nourish the bands and keep the pileups going. No wonder this weekend was such a blast! 160m We managed to eke out 39 Q’s on 160 in 25 countries in spite of not being able to hear well. The new inverted L works well as a tx antenna, but the single rx loop is limiting. Our QTH is too small for even a single beverage, so we will be exploring other rx antenna options for the future. 80m We did better than expected on 80. Condx on Friday evening were outstanding. For several hours, the European signals were very strong, and sounded like what you hear on the higher bands. Condx on Saturday night did not seem as strong. 40m This was the money band; what else can I say? 34 zones, and 127 countries is a station best on 40. 20m In WW Phone, we had a zone sweep on 20m, and were hoping for another one this weekend. Unfortunately, we missed zones 26 and 28. Otherwise, 20 was solid. 15m Excellent condx both days. 10m We stayed on 10m all day long on Saturday and Sunday, using only the 6 el 10m yagi at 30’ on a ring rotor. This left the C31 available for the second station on 20m and 15m. 10m condx on both days were extremely good, and reminiscent of past solar cycles. Tnx to all. 73, George, K5KG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5LH Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 724,950 Well, those sunspots are back! All S&P effort here and taking 7 hours off both nights, but still best result ever with 90 W and wire dipoles. Great discipline and courtesy on the bands as always, and also amazing high speed exchanges. The demise of commercial CW does not appear to have had an appreciable effect on amateur radio yet, if this contest is any indicator. Thanks for all the QSOs and see you in the ARRL 160 next weekend. Chris, K5LH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5MQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 199,360 Had a great time in the contest. Thanks to all who worked me. www.k5mq.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5NA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,168,072 Great contest and great conditions. I did my usual single-op assisted. I tried to run more this year for a bigger score and I did manage that to some degree. But I am still seduced by the DX pileups and it was hard to not be turned back into a DXer rather than being a contester. I still need to find the right balance between the two to maximize my score. 73, Richard - K5NA 73, Richard - K5NA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ND Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 262,361 My best contest effort so far. All search and pounce with K3/100, verticals, and 15 meter moxon on a painter pole, Skookum Logger on a Mac. 10 meters was packed early, so spent my time on 15 with the moxon where people would answer my call. Crossed 250k points by working 6V7V. Several new countries in the log. Really enjoyed the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5TR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,329,513 Thanks to George for his generosity in letting me use his station -- and his new full sized, 4 element 40M OWA beam. That antenna is at 120 feet but is effectively higher due to his sloping ground location. It was a champ! It's been several years since I did a 48 hour contest as a single op, and I decided this time not to kill myself. While I definitely felt my mental acuity diminish -- it got harder and harder to work the second radio -- I didn't have a repeat of my 2003 experience when I woke up from a nap, sat down in the chair, and honestly had no clue how to make a contact for five full minutes! I'm a little embarrased of my 160 numbers, but honestly just didn't find many signals on the band. Wasn't 10M a blast?! Only two weeks till the 10M Contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5XA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 21,505 Rig : Elecraft K3 Antennas : F12 C31-XR@128'; F12 C31-XR@81' Fixed 44°; F12 Mag 240N@ 137'; 1/2 Wave 80M Sloper > 45° Amp : Ten-Tec Titan Soapbox: Although I wasn't able to spend alot of time in the contest, the conditions when I was on were pretty good. I guess I split my time between CQing and S&P. Is there a way to get N1MM to determine the number of Qs in each mode? TO, it's so easy for me to hear your call - I just wish all the rest of them were that easy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ZD Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,434,906 I wrote this to someone before the contest. "Habit says prepare like I am going to do it all. Heart says give it a good shot, but only 30 hours. Mind says spend time with family and blow it off." Steak dinner befor the contest. Sat down to some amazing conditions and got sucked into the contesting vortex. I was out of the chair for 3 times of <3 minutes each during the first 24 hours. My line score at the halfway point was 3007/143/454 (5.2 Meg). Never worked 3000 QSOs in 24 hours before - ever! NN1N had made a statement before the contest that he wanted to make 5000 QSOs because no one had ever done it before (single-op from the USA). I started to have visions of such... Took 25 minutes off at that point to join my family for the Thanksgiving turkey we had missed preparing on Thursday. Made me a little sleepy during the 02z and 03z hours. I think I could have powered through the night, but decided that 3 hours of sleep would make me better prepared for the high rates during the day. Looking at the other scores, a decision I may regret... I sat down again at 1035z on Sunday morning and only got up for 2 more periods of <3 mins until the end. Best part of all this, did not think about work for the full 48 hours! I needed that. Unbelievable rates. Although the rate sheet this year looks very similar to 2000 when I made 4500 QSOs from this same station. There must be something to that 11 year sunspot thing! Very hard to do the second radio when running as fast as possible. I really tried to work the second radio hard on Sunday. Realized I was missing PJ2T on 10m for a mult. Spent an hour covering the full 150 Khz of activity - twice! Still couldn't find them (did find a lot of other mults though). Heard them on 20m so I called and asked for their 10m frequency. They op replied that they had shut down on 10m. Huh? Oh well, I tried. Biggest challenge all weekend was people not sending their calls. I get the temptation to just send TU when you have multiple people waiting, but there are always people waiting. Better just to get in a groove and send your call. Some of the worst offenders had some of the shortest calls! (D4C, you know who you are.) I can only think of a few times all weekend when I did the TU thing so high rates are possible while still IDing. It was so nice to tune across someone like 8P5A and instantly know who it was. Thanks to everyone for sharing the best weekend of fun that is possible on the radio! Station Radio 1 - Elecraft K3 + Alpha 76CA Radio 2 - Yaesu FT1000D + Ameritron AL-1200 Antennas: 160m - 1/4-wave GP, shunt fed tower 80m - 4 square 40m - 40-2CD @ 110' 20m - 205CA stack at 100'/50' 15m - 155CA stack at 66'/33' 10m - 7/4/4 at 90'/60'/30' Mults - TH7DXX @ 40' pointed south Numbers 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % NA 37 75 92 53 44 46 347 7.0 EU 28 457 1007 779 952 969 4192 84.9 SA 5 12 19 32 29 37 134 2.7 AS 1 6 42 46 32 14 141 2.9 AF 3 10 15 21 17 16 82 1.7 OC 0 4 11 11 6 11 43 0.9 Rates QSO/ZN+DX by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off 0000Z --+-- --+-- 118/45 9/11 1/2 --+-- 128/58 128/58 0100Z - - 81/22 32/34 - - 113/56 241/114 0200Z 5/9 - 79/19 4/4 - - 88/32 329/146 0300Z 26/21 48/27 4/1 2/2 - - 80/51 409/197 0400Z - 141/14 - 7/4 - - 148/18 557/215 0500Z 10/5 74/14 - 1/2 - - 85/21 642/236 0600Z 8/6 20/2 49/4 3/4 - - 80/16 722/252 0700Z - 7/2 128/4 - - - 135/6 857/258 0800Z 3/3 18/15 99/7 --+-- --+-- --+-- 120/25 977/283 0900Z - 4/0 55/12 3/2 - - 62/14 1039/297 1000Z 5/2 10/10 13/5 3/2 - - 31/19 1070/316 1100Z - - 1/0 47/19 91/43 - 139/62 1209/378 1200Z - - - 7/5 132/10 38/23 177/38 1386/416 1300Z - - - - 14/9 181/23 195/32 1581/448 1400Z - - - - 10/6 178/5 188/11 1769/459 1500Z - - - - 128/2 37/8 165/10 1934/469 1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 158/6 15/4 173/10 2107/479 1700Z - - - 91/7 71/0 14/9 176/16 2283/495 1800Z - - - 162/13 - 11/8 173/21 2456/516 1900Z - - - 131/4 - 21/16 152/20 2608/536 2000Z - - 3/0 81/8 26/29 - 110/37 2718/573 2100Z - - 77/4 - 10/6 1/2 88/12 2806/585 2200Z - - 109/1 4/1 - 5/0 118/2 2924/587 2300Z - - 67/1 8/5 8/4 - 83/10 3007/597 0000Z --+-- 15/3 2/0 9/2 --+-- --+-- 26/5 3033/602 25 0100Z - 27/2 16/0 8/5 - - 51/7 3084/609 0200Z 6/2 2/3 27/5 - - - 35/10 3119/619 0300Z 4/3 62/1 - - - - 66/4 3185/623 0400Z 2/3 57/0 - - - - 59/3 3244/626 0500Z - 30/1 38/0 1/0 - - 69/1 3313/627 0600Z - 15/1 57/0 - - - 72/1 3385/628 0700Z 4/2 6/0 7/1 4/0 - - 21/3 3406/631 23 0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 3406/631 60 0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 3406/631 60 1000Z 1/0 5/5 1/0 7/0 - - 14/5 3420/636 35 1100Z - - 2/3 87/2 10/1 - 99/6 3519/642 1200Z - - - 32/0 8/1 128/7 168/8 3687/650 1300Z - - - - 5/2 170/4 175/6 3862/656 1400Z - - - 1/0 7/0 163/1 171/1 4033/657 1500Z - - - 4/0 55/2 66/2 125/4 4158/661 1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 140/3 15/7 155/10 4313/671 1700Z - - - - 118/1 14/7 132/8 4445/679 1800Z - - - 41/0 62/5 10/4 113/9 4558/688 1900Z - - - 96/3 8/4 6/3 110/10 4668/698 2000Z - - - 42/4 - 20/5 62/9 4730/707 2100Z - - 37/0 11/5 5/2 - 53/7 4783/714 2200Z - - 71/2 - 13/5 - 84/7 4867/721 2300Z - 23/1 45/4 4/3 - - 72/8 4939/729 Total: 74/56 564/101 1186/140 942/151 1080/143 1093/138 Best 60 minutes was 201 QSOs. Personal best! Second radio QSOs - 336 6 bands: 8P5A 9A1A C5A C6AAW DF0HQ DR1A OZ4UN PI4DX PJ4A VP2MWG VP5CW 5 bands: 75 stations! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6ANP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,475,242 Great to see 10 meters open, conditions were best in years. Kept busy to the end picking up new mults.Plenty of fun loads of enjoyment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CSL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 38,481 Record for this station, by over 9.000. Greatest area of improvement is in mults. A real challenge, and a real joy. Some of those pile-ups were really big. The 4th wire antenna I've sneaked into my back yard has really helped. China has been a real difficult country for me, but this time I worked B4C on both 15 1nd 20, and also B4TB, BD4EZ and BA4SI. I was also surprized to have worked RW0CWA on 80. I was also surprized to hear and work, VE3EJ and W2PV on 80. I heard JH1RP on 80 but culdn't work him. The notable contacts on 80 were all with new antenna that I have not previously used on 80M. Bert, K6CSL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CTA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 207,483 With both daughters home from college, I didn't have a lot of time for the contest (family first!). So I spent the time that I had chasing countries/zones. Friday and Saturday (when I was on) were great, but the few hours on Sunday had some very odd propagation. Lots of echoes on 15, and 10 seemed to change every 30 minutes or so. 20 on Sunday seemed backward at times....stuff that should have been SP was LP instead! In any event, still fun to see conditions so much better this year. I also used the contest to check out the station, which has seen some changes. The 10-15-20 antenna is still the same; an 8 element interlaced open sleeve yagi, but the lower bands have anew antenna. Due to some changes we made on the property, I retire the old antenna and put up a DX Engineering 43' vertical. I must say that it played very well. I have an excellent ground field, which helps. Since it needs a tuner, and I didn’t want to have to use my manual tuner, I took a leap of faith and got a MFJ 998. Works great - put 1200-1500 watts through it with no hiccups at all. Having an auto tuner is much easier - and convenient. Always fun....thanks for the Q's! See you in the 10M contest. 73, Ed - K6CTA Equip: Elecraft K3/P3 Alpha 89 8 ele yagi 43' vertical MFJ 998 tuner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CU Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 39,895 Was planning to do an all band entry, like I usually do, but 10m was so good, I never went anyplace else! You can still work dx when the bands are open, even with a 100 watts and a vertical in a poor location. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6JEB Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 183,996 Search and pounce the whole weekend. Saturday the bands were muddy. Night-time was rather slow until real late. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6KR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 417,260 Need to shim & pin the mast to the rotator. Elecraft K3, P3 & KPA500. 40M: 2-el W6NL Moxon at 80' 20M: 6-el WA3FET/K3LR 48' OWA at 70' 15M: 7-el WA3FET/K3LR 48' OWA at 50' fixed at about 70 degrees. Great conditions overall. Very enjoyable part time effort. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LL Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,570,464 We had family visitors for the Thanksgiving Holiday, so I totally missed the first 19 hours of the contest. As a result, my QSO rate was pretty high for the time I did get on. The last half hour of the contest, on 40 to Europe, was really exciting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LRN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 813,400 Mostly S & P. Thanks to all for the Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6NA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,371,784 With terrific activity, propagation, and a new station to work every half-kHz, I just enjoyed the DXing and working through the pileups via S&P for the most part. CQing was reserved mainly for Asian openings, and SO2R was used mostly for simple band changes or for finding the lonely new multiplier here and there on the low bands while running Asians. Short path 80-meter conditions to Europe from the West Coast were fairly good this year, but I can say the long path/skew path at 1400Z-1500Z was terrible. Things may have been better for the W6/W7 guys farther north and west than me. Thanks to all the DXpeditioners (and regulars, too) who provide us all with so much fun in the pileups. Oh-- some of you might consider signing your calls a little more often! PLEASE don't assume we all are looking at a cluster screen to get your callsign. Many of us find you and call you based on our own skills, so it's fair to assume we need to hear your call about every third QSO, or so... otherwise it is unsportsmanlike to us. Eh? Best to all, Glenn K6NA --In the WW's since 1965. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6OGO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 124,804 Fun...where was Europe in the time I was operating? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6OK Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 63,099 Small pistol, 100 watts, dipoles. Thanks for the QSO's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6RB Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 313,491 Great this year with 10 and 15 fully productive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6RIM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,105,119 Despite the solar storm which reared its ugly head early Saturday, the conditions were generally pretty good. Ten meters is definitely back, and opened well from EU and AF to the West Coast on Sunday morning. Some bands had strange echoes, possibly due to the solar storm. Bottom line: lots of excellent CW ops, good conditions, and plentiful DX. Wow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6WSC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 513,484 Very interesting propagation working N3RS Saturday morning on 15M. The long path was nearly as strong as the short path, making copy very difficult. For a second, I thought there was a perfectly timed interfering station. (Hey, let’s keep this assisted thing a secret. Its lots of fun.) 73, Bill K6WSC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6XT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,360,124 All those 80's are a coincidence. Highlight: A71EM long path on 20M 0401Z, only time I heard him. Personal best ever score in CQCW. New tower/antenna a powerful tool in the quiver even tho I had to use the armstrong rotator. Great to see such nice conditions on the VHF bands, 10M just never seemed to quit. Lazy last 2 hours CQ'd out on 10 and the DX just kept calling. There's still some unscored mults in the log from TO3A, didn't have the latest file. Maybe counterbalance what I'll lose in the log crosschecks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ABV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 557,994 good time again...10 meters to Europe just didn't seem as open as I thought it might be...had my usual power line leak on 40 at night, so it makes it harder to copy weak signals...the old TH6-DXX and 2el 40 did ok, even with winds of over 50 MPH during the weekend, but I don't like to try and turn the antenna when it is blowing that bad...my old Alpha held up like an Alpha, no sweat their...thanks for all the q's and I did better than last year by a hugh amount so I am happy.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7AR Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 249,426 This year I did a single band 15 entry. Good to work EU on 15 although the opening was only less than 2 hours from the Northwest. I also enjoyed hearing and working so many BY stations. Just a few years ago this was not possible. Looking forward to the 2013 solar peak. 73.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7BG Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,464,000 Was pleased to have Jon, KL2A come over on a whim and operate from here doing SOAB LP. It was a radio free weekend for me. The wind blew hard all weekend and is still blowing, but the antennas seemed to turn into the DX, albeit sluggishly. Jon stayed in the chair into the slow low band nights, but did an outstanding job pushing ahead of the 7-land LP record in the last hour with a nice JA run on 10 meters. This station isn't really configured for serious DX contesting so even with fixed antennas pointing in less than ideal directions Jon was able to figure out the station layout and make the most of it. That is phenomenal, because I am still trying to figure out the lay out and I'm the one who laid it out! ....or "let it happen" over the years into a bit of a Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen)set-up, especially when it comes to antenna switching. It was a nice weekend and the free time I had not worrying about all the DX going unanswered allowed the XYL and myself to watch a bunch of old Bette Davis movies while Jon was down in the dungeon doing all the work! 73, Matt--K7BG Rigs: 2 x IC765 (one is N9RV's, tnx Pat) w/DXD and NA software Antennas: A bunch of hodgepodge yagis pointing in various directions, some of them rotatable. Wires on 80 and 160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7EG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,069,455 Contesting at its best - fabulous conditions-right mode. What could be better? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7FA Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 874,288 Rig: K3 Barefoot Sfw: N1MM-Logger V11.11.3 *EL2A* worked on 40,20,15,10 meter bands. Terrific band conditions, but missed zones 21 and 39. Not a serious effort: 1. Only S&P. 2. Plenty of night-time sleep, 3. Did not place extensions on wire antennas for CW sub-bands, 4. Did not connect 160m antenna. Without a functional amplifier, it was a challenge! Gained greater appreciation for N7IR QRP accomplishments. Next year, if no QRO available, then a modest Sherba Curtain could be helpful. Thanks for the Qs. 73, Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7HBN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 486,780 My oh my how times have changed! 10 meters is now the money band and the threat of large numbers of BY stations seems to be coming to fruition. I'm tired, but had a great test. Since I have no 160 antenna, I guess that gives me a couple of weeks to recover before the 10 meter contest. 73 all de K7HBN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7HP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,330,896 Last 6 1/2 hours low power - Amp blew its guts for 3rd time since I have had it , just sitting there idle on ten - Santa going to bring me a different amp I hope. Thanks to ten meter propagation Gods for letting my 90 watts at least let me break 1000 qsos by a hair. Thanks to WA7LNW's skimmer , and K6LL for telling this old geezer how to set it all up - virtually 100 percent S&P (or point and click I guess) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 623,076 All S&P. I'm still discovering how to use newly installed antennas and now enjoying "old" (s/n 388) K3, returned from Electaft earlier in the week, after five weeks away (shipping time, waiting in the queue--which had unexpectedly become longer than originally estimated, and from considerable excellence in testing, investigation, repairs, and upgrades at the bench). Wow! It's a new radio--just as my pal on the bench had promised!! S&P may be slow going, but it offers the challenge of busting pileups. And with more and more contesters taking advantage of cluster spotting, the swarms of callers in pileups have caused DX ops to largely discontinue identifying themselves frequently. While it's easy to find the running op, figuring out his callsign is impossible for the "unassisted." How 'bout an ID every now and then guys?? I wasted a lot of time on Friday evening waiting around for DX ops buried in their pileups to identify themselves. By Saturday AM, I had decided to give them 3-5 QSOs to ID before bailing out to hunt elsewhere. By Sunday, the horn of plenty was pretty much exhausted, and most of the unknown ops had gotten hungry enough to ID themselves. Runner ID is a geographic phenomenon--I never heard a North American running op make more than 2-3 QSOs without sending his callsign. Too bad there are only three Zones in NA... Despite great conditions on all bands, offering more territory for ops than last year's event, the bands were packed--roughly one running station every 300 Hz or so. I operated the entire event using K3's new 200 Hz filter and with DSP bandwidth varying from 200 down to 50 Hz (and many times with Audio Peaking Filter at 10 Hz). With past K3's problems fading into history, it was a genuine pleasure to see what its Rx can do! Next up: ARRL 160m, if I can finish the new tower's shunt feed. 73, dan k7ia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7JA Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Total Score = 238,643 Very part time due to work and play commitments. Sunday conditions were terrible, but Friday night and Saturday were fair though never heard zones 17, 21, 22, and 39. Was surprised at the big pile-up on the TU5 Sunday; both mornings when Africa was coming in, it seems as though every other station up and down the band sent their call as "TU" over and over again. Rig: IC-7800 at 150W. Antenna: 7-element OWA Yagi at 70 feet. Thanks for the QSOs and to the intrepid contest expeditioners for making the effort to put neat multipliers on. 73 de Chip K7JA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7JI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,200,332 Man was this FUN! First time the station has been contest ready in almost ten years. Murphy struck here and there, but I am pleased I could increase my score from the first time I did this back in 2003. A few Europe LP on 40 LP while running JA's... Woke me right up! No question 40 Meters is still my favorite - Steve Kelly influence most likely. Thanks to W9AQW, W9EWC, K7EM, K7ZS and K7SS for all the help and encouragement! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7JQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 46,053 My first CQWW CW, and now have a full year of (major) contests under my belt (since the early 1960's)...started with last years' 10M contest in December. Just worked some hours Friday night at my QTH before my shifts at N7AT on Sat and Sun. Had a blast working at a *real* contest station for the first time...put in about 18 hours there, and gained a ton of contesting knowledge and experience. My sincere thanks to Bob and Sandy for their hospitality, and letting me be a part of the N7AT AOCC operating gang. Hope everyone gained a personal best score, and most importantly had fun. 73, and Go Outlaws! Bob, K7JQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7NJ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 433,485 My first contest using N1MM. Tried to solve some bugs during contest(due to not using latest version. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7PI Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 10 Great propagation over North Pole...LP every morning into SE Asia, afternoon to VK. Worked 4 zone 22 stations (I'm usually lucky to get one). Zone 2 was last zone. Just work mults (didn't figure up score)...too much family interaction to get serious! Fun Year. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,351,945 What a difference from last year. 10m and 15m were better to EU in the SSB version, but 40m was absolutely outstanding. I have never heard it that good, nor have I ever come close to 1,000 Qs on that band in any contest. The EU and JA runs were incredible and just did not quit. I am fairly certain I worked everyone with a ham ticket in zone 16! Thank you zone 16! My raw score is good enough for a new W7 SOAB HP record. The old record is 3,923,724 from 2003. That said, I am not counting my chickens just yet. I am certain Chris (KL9A at NK7U) and Pat (N9RV) will probably have a few things to say about it before the CQ WW dust settles! Thanks to all for the Qs. My log has been uploaded to LoTW. 73 de Mitch, K7RL Here are the QSO stats for anyone interested: Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: K7RL CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW OPERATORS: 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 14 0 109 123 123 4.2 0100 0 0 23 4 78 12 117 240 8.2 0200 0 0 18 97 0 0 115 355 12.1 0300 0 1 66 26 0 0 93 448 15.3 0400 0 3 84 0 0 0 87 535 18.3 0500 2 9 54 0 0 0 65 600 20.5 0600 4 5 69 0 0 0 78 678 23.2 0700 2 7 52 0 0 0 61 739 25.2 0800 0 28 32 0 0 0 60 799 27.3 0900 3 8 77 0 0 0 88 887 30.3 1000 0 35 21 0 0 0 56 943 32.2 1100 1 37 27 0 0 0 65 1008 34.4 1200 0 0 51 0 0 0 51 1059 36.2 1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1059 36.2 1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1059 36.2 1500 0 0 0 6 2 33 41 1100 37.6 1600 0 0 0 52 9 5 66 1166 39.8 1700 0 0 0 43 29 4 76 1242 42.4 1800 0 0 0 85 10 0 95 1337 45.7 1900 0 0 0 25 4 32 61 1398 47.8 2000 0 0 0 51 12 0 63 1461 49.9 2100 0 0 0 39 21 15 75 1536 52.5 2200 0 0 0 7 86 0 93 1629 55.7 2300 0 0 1 5 75 2 83 1712 58.5 0000 0 0 0 9 56 0 65 1777 60.7 0100 0 0 10 66 7 0 83 1860 63.5 0200 0 0 13 54 0 0 67 1927 65.8 0300 0 0 51 4 0 0 55 1982 67.7 0400 0 6 11 0 0 0 17 1999 68.3 0500 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2001 68.4 0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2001 68.4 0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2001 68.4 0800 1 5 47 0 0 0 53 2054 70.2 0900 2 1 60 0 0 0 63 2117 72.3 1000 0 18 33 0 0 0 51 2168 74.1 1100 1 7 57 0 0 0 65 2233 76.3 1200 0 0 54 0 0 0 54 2287 78.1 1300 1 3 54 0 0 0 58 2345 80.1 1400 1 2 31 5 0 0 39 2384 81.4 1500 0 0 3 7 28 0 38 2422 82.7 1600 0 0 0 103 0 0 103 2525 86.3 1700 0 0 0 76 4 1 81 2606 89.0 1800 0 0 0 59 0 8 67 2673 91.3 1900 0 0 0 33 9 4 46 2719 92.9 2000 0 0 0 18 1 11 30 2749 93.9 2100 0 0 0 5 24 6 35 2784 95.1 2200 0 0 0 7 0 77 84 2868 98.0 2300 0 0 0 5 12 42 59 2927 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 19 175 1000 905 467 361 2927 Gross QSOs=2988 Dupes=61 Net QSOs=2927 Unique callsigns worked = 2155 The best 60 minute rate was 126/hour from 0002 to 0101 The best 30 minute rate was 134/hour from 0123 to 0152 The best 10 minute rate was 150/hour from 0034 to 0043 The best 1 minute rates were: 4 QSOs/minute 12 times. 3 QSOs/minute 175 times. 2 QSOs/minute 640 times. 1 QSOs/minute 1074 times. There were 633 bandchanges and 305 (10.4%) 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 13 70 107 75 55 54 374 12.8 South America 1 8 12 12 13 37 83 2.8 Europe 0 3 369 543 68 37 1020 34.8 Asia 4 83 477 257 302 203 1326 45.3 Africa 0 4 14 9 14 7 48 1.6 Oceania 1 7 21 9 15 23 76 2.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19 175 1000 905 467 361 2927 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 29 4 504 5 874 6 1458 7 5 8 49 9 1 10 7 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4J 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4L 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 4X 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0.2 5B 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.1 6W 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 6Y 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 8P 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 9A 0 0 11 4 3 2 20 0.7 9G 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9L 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9M6 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 BV 0 0 4 2 1 2 9 0.3 BY 0 2 22 7 24 6 61 2.1 C5 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2 C6 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0.2 CE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CM 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.1 CT 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.2 CT3 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 0.2 CU 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.2 CX 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1 D4 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 DL 0 0 35 98 7 3 143 4.9 DU 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0.1 E5/s 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1 E7 0 0 7 6 2 1 16 0.5 EA 0 0 10 9 5 7 31 1.1 EA6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 EA8 0 2 3 1 4 1 11 0.4 EA9 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 EI 0 0 2 3 0 1 6 0.2 EL 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1 ER 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1 ES 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0.2 EU 0 0 9 6 0 0 15 0.5 F 0 1 11 12 4 1 29 1.0 FG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 FJ 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 FM 0 2 2 2 1 1 8 0.3 FY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 G 0 0 6 21 2 2 31 1.1 GD 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 GM 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.1 GW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HA 0 0 11 15 1 3 30 1.0 HB 0 0 1 4 1 0 6 0.2 HC 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 HI 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 HK 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2 HL 0 2 8 5 4 1 20 0.7 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HR 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1 HS 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 I 0 0 14 24 5 4 47 1.6 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 *IT9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 J2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 J6 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 JA 2 68 397 189 260 189 1105 37.8 JW 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 JY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 K 1 20 48 25 14 13 121 4.1 KH0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0.2 KH2 0 2 0 1 1 3 7 0.2 KH6 1 3 3 3 4 2 16 0.5 KL 2 3 8 5 5 6 29 1.0 KP2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.1 KP4 0 2 2 3 0 1 8 0.3 LA 0 0 1 6 2 0 9 0.3 LU 0 1 1 3 2 10 17 0.6 LX 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 LY 0 0 3 15 0 0 18 0.6 LZ 0 0 9 11 0 0 20 0.7 OE 0 0 1 5 1 1 8 0.3 OH 0 0 14 37 6 0 57 1.9 OH0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 OK 0 0 17 33 4 1 55 1.9 OM 0 0 7 12 1 0 20 0.7 ON 0 0 3 5 0 1 9 0.3 OZ 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0.2 P4 0 1 2 1 1 2 7 0.2 PA 0 0 4 14 1 0 19 0.6 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1 PJ5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 PY 0 2 4 3 4 19 32 1.1 PZ 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 S5 0 0 11 15 5 2 33 1.1 SM 0 0 9 16 2 0 27 0.9 SP 0 0 18 35 4 2 59 2.0 ST 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SV 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 T2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 T7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 TA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TF 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 TI 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 TK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UA 0 1 67 46 1 0 115 3.9 UA2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 UA9 2 10 37 39 10 4 102 3.5 UN 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.1 UR 0 0 49 34 1 0 84 2.9 V2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 V3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1 V5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VE 8 27 36 28 25 15 139 4.7 VK 0 0 7 2 2 6 17 0.6 VP2M 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2 VP2V 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.1 VP5 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.1 VP9 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.1 VR 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1 VU 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.1 XE 1 2 1 1 2 1 8 0.3 YB 0 0 3 0 1 6 10 0.3 YL 0 0 4 7 0 0 11 0.4 YN 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.1 YO 0 0 11 10 0 0 21 0.7 YS 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 YU 0 0 12 15 2 0 29 1.0 YV 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 Z3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ZB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ZD8 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 ZF 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1 ZK2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 ZL 0 0 1 1 3 3 8 0.3 ZS 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19 175 1000 905 467 361 2927 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 25 2 70 405 194 264 190 1125 38.4 15 0 0 135 231 37 16 419 14.3 14 0 2 86 201 27 21 337 11.5 16 0 0 130 87 2 0 219 7.5 04 4 23 38 22 18 17 122 4.2 05 1 16 34 19 14 6 90 3.1 24 0 3 27 9 26 8 73 2.5 08 1 15 12 13 7 12 60 2.0 19 2 11 14 13 10 4 54 1.8 20 0 0 25 29 0 0 54 1.8 03 4 8 12 12 8 6 50 1.7 11 0 2 4 3 4 19 32 1.1 01 2 3 8 5 5 6 29 1.0 09 1 4 6 5 6 6 28 1.0 17 0 0 16 11 0 0 27 0.9 18 0 0 6 17 0 0 23 0.8 13 0 1 1 4 2 12 20 0.7 33 0 2 6 4 6 2 20 0.7 35 0 2 5 3 5 3 18 0.6 31 1 3 3 3 4 2 16 0.5 27 0 3 5 2 2 4 16 0.5 32 0 1 2 2 6 4 15 0.5 28 0 0 4 0 2 7 13 0.4 30 0 0 6 1 1 5 13 0.4 07 0 2 1 3 1 6 13 0.4 06 1 2 1 1 2 1 8 0.3 38 0 0 2 1 1 2 6 0.2 29 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 26 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 40 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.1 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.1 21 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 02 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 36 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 37 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 19 175 1000 905 467 361 2927 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 1645 2 bands 327 3 bands 118 4 bands 54 5 bands 8 6 bands 3 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: KL7RA PJ2T JA3YBK ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 5 72 597 609 197 165 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7SS Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 215,020 CQWW K7SS 10m single band LP unassisted now THAT was FUN! The band was SUPER! N1MM reported i had 607 Qs, 45 Zones, and 85 Countries.. (you read that right.. 45 zones !!) HUH ?? on Sunday the program would add to the zone total when i worked a new country ! anyway...counted my zones and have 30. so got 100 countries. 607 x 30 x 100 = 215020 just a hair short of W7CT 10m low power record for W7. Both mornings EU was in there on scatter to the East, and somewhat workable, when no one else was calling. Heard as far back as Slovenia, and Italy but nothing East or North of those areas. Missed Scandinavia and Baltic area completely.. worked 2 DLs, and can only imagine how many hundreds of them were on in this contest... not to mention OH/SM/LA/LY/ES/YL/SP/UA1....nada. Band started to build, but only to F/G/EA direct, and then peaked to zone 33 !! wow...!! incredible signals from that area... Great loud signals from W Africa for hours both days.. C5A, 9J3A, D4C, etc.. JAs were runnable, but rest of the contest was S&P and sometimes with pretty good rate. The best contest of them all... CQWW CW ! ((BEST DX ANOMALY: Worked 9M2IDJ, at 1548z beaming due East...thought i was copying the call wrong, but gave me 59928 !!.... anyone else in the NW have any morning, very long DX, over the east on 10 this weekend?)) QSO: 28000 CW 2011-11-27 1548 K7SS 599 3 9M2IDJ 599 28 73 Danny K7SS SETUP: Pro 2, Unassisted, 100watts, Steppir 3 el at 48", and snacks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ULS Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 9,333 AR6 Vert LDG Tuner FT-897D (100w) 2 new DXCC Moldova and Sierra Leone de K7ULS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7VIT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 254,190 Unfortunately, CW is not my 2nd language; but I am gaining ground slowly. Improved over my previous PB score by quite a bit due to improved band conditions. Yeah! Saturday was great. We left coasters had some polar absorbtion on the path to EU to deal with on Sunday. Many thanks to those who answered my calls. Go WVDXC! 73, Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7WA Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 13,446 Enjoyed the excellent 10 meter propagation! Activity was sporadic due to snow shoveling, wildlife watching (otters today!), and a hike in the snow. IC-706MkIIG, battery power Indoor zip-cord Dipole 73 from Yellowstone, Jim K7WA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7WP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,029,342 FT1000MP; AL811H; Force 12 6BA @ 70'; Mosley Classic 33 @ 30'; 160/80 Sloper; N1MM It has been a long, long time since the bands were in this kinda shape...what a blast! The old gear held upon again. Op time strategy was messed up a bit due to other priorities, but the time on sure passed quickly due to all the activity. Missed Sat. evening/ Early Sat. morning and wee hours completely. Thanks for all the Q's from so many world-wide friends. Hoping your upcoming Christmas Season is happy...! 73, and CU in the Dec. contests...Go Arizona Outlaws! John K7WP .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7XC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 477,360 Very Good, but not Great conditions. Lots of activity on all bands. All "Click and Pounce" using the bandmaps in N1MM Logger. K3, 100W, 4 ele 10M @ 30', 4 ele 15M @ 40', 3 ele 20M @ 40', 40M 1/4 wave Vert W/Elevated Radials, 40/80M Inv Vee @ 35', 160M Inv L (175' Long) @ 35', Elecraft K3 @ 100W. many new band Band/Mode countries. QSL 100% Via LOTW! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ZA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,383,000 Getting too old for this stuff! But really fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8AJS Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 386,992 Rig: Yaesu FT2000 100 watts Antenna: 3 element quad up 65 feet Software: WriteLog 10.81d It's great to have the quad back up! After a long summer of repair and reconstruction after last winter's ice storm broke a spreader, it went back on the tower the end of October, for a late start to the contest season. This was the first real exercise to see how it's working. I was happy with the results. Propagation was good, not great, but definitely better than it was last year. I had great hours running into Europe, thank you to all the stations that replied and helped me fill the log. I saw one earlier comment from a 15-meter low-power single-bander that he was forced to do all search and pounce, because of running low power. Don't you believe it! With a good antenna, you can definitely have success calling CQ, and make better rates than you can using just S&P. Yes, you need S&P to get as many multipliers as possible, but I got a lot of new multipliers answering my CQs also, and good ones like A7, HZ, TA3, OH0 and more. But running is about quantity, and my numbers seem to indicate reasonable success in that area. Starting at 9:00 AM local Saturday morning, I ran for about an hour and 15 minutes and put 81 stations in the log. I broke for a few minutes of S&P and then started running again. Three hours later I had added another 179 stations. Several hours of runs on Sunday produced equally positive results. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't run using low power. I had excellent luck into Europe, but on the contrary, performance into the Far East was disappointing. I did work 45 JAs, and put Australia (including zone 29), New Zealand, Hawaii and Guam into the log, but calls into China, Taiwan, East Malaysia and Vietnam produced no results. Even when nobody else was calling, I couldn't get any of those stations to hear me. Low power perhaps was a limitation here. Oh well, better luck next year. Thanks to everyone who worked me, and I hope to see you again in the next contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8AZ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 12,218,388 Incredibly fun weekend with superb conditions and a great crew of good friends. Thanks to everyone -- everywhere -- for the Qs. 73, Tom, K8AZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8CN Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 335,534 Rig: K2 @ 5 Watts Ant: Lazy H, cut for 20 meters, fed at center of phasing line for multi-band operation The theme of this effort for me was: addicted and conflicted. I went into the weekend with multiple work and family commitments still pending, hence the feeling of guilt every time I stole away to the shack to make a few Qs. Once on a roll, I couldn't tear myself away from the radio. How could I when barely audible stations on 10M came back to my first (pipsqueak) call repeatedly? This one was essentially all S&P for me -- tried a few runs, but had nowhere near the success with it this year as I did last year. Still managed a best S&P hour of 70 Qs. Felt like I waited in line a lot longer this year even for relatively commonplace countries -- was it my imagination, or were there really that many more players in the game this year? Congratulations to all of the other QRP'ers who ran up such impressive totals - I am in awe of your skills! Thanks, as always, to those who work so hard to dig us out of the noise and QRM. 73, Mike, K8CN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8GL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,863,648 Thanks to all the great ops for making this the BEST! Multipliers were everywhere....40 meters produced ZD8W 5H3EE and ZP5R in the last minutes. Congrats to the many who set new scoring highs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8GT Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 744,744 WOW! Haven't had fun like that in a long time. It was amazing to have many bands open at once and low noise levels on those bands, as well. It's nice (and frustrating) to not be able to work all the juicy DX that you can hear. "Sunspot baby, gonna have a real good time" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8GU Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 25,484 1x TS-930S+PIEXX, 40/20/15 fan dipole at 8 meters high on DK9SQ mast, ThinkPad 600E+Windows 98+TR4W+WKUSB. Looked at cluster to find a friend or two when operating time got a bit short. Portable operation from Mom and Dad's house in Ohio... 73, --Ethan, K8GU/3. http://www.k8gu.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8IR Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 87,438 Broke away from work Sunday to spend the day on 10. Sure is great to see the band is back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8KI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 398,326 Had a great time, although I was hampered by a PC that kept crashing if I turned the amp over 500W on 10/15m. That old PC was venerable, but it won't see another contest. Contests are a lot more fun when 10m works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MFO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,452,996 I believe this should be an all time record score for a Christmas tree grower and seller in Ohio. Well, at least for my county! Funny thing, many people like to get their trees the weekend after Thanksgiving, and nothing, neither hail, rain, or CQWW CW is going to interfere with their mission. So you set personal goals. For me that usually means either 1000 QSOS or 1 million points, whichever comes first. This year, with improved conditions on 10, I thought that I’d shoot for 2 meg Long story short is that I wound up making 4.25 meg, with 30 hours spent in the chair, many hours spent lying on the ground cutting trees for customers, and of course some sleeping time. I love the low bands, but usually one night is all that I care to endure any more. Others have mentioned the FAILURE TO IDENTIFY malady that was worse than ever before! With conditions as good as they were, why should anyone want to hang around for someone to finally send his call? Even if it’s a new multiplier, you can easily make a few QSOs to make up for it. Some thinking has gone haywire, somewhere! 8P5A, P40W, the EL2A group among many other successful scorers send their calls often. That makes a lot of sense to me. Used an Elecraft K-3, Ameritron AL-82, 160 inverted V, 80 inverted L, single element Mosley rotary on 40m and a Mosley PRO-57A on 20, 15, and 10. Apparently the PRO has a lightning torched reflector trap, which means 2:1 SWR across 20 and 3:1 across 15. Do you know what, though? Not one DX station seemed to notice! My band totals may seem convoluted because of frequent interruptions, but I achieved my main purpose in having a whole lot of FUN. It was 52 years ago when I first answered the bell for CQWW CW, and I made 7 QSOS. They were VP6RG (Barbados), TI2CAH, KZ5TD, YV4CI, K4CEF, TI2CMF (TI4CF today), and OQ5IG in the Belgian Congo. I didn’t want to press the competition too hard, so I quit at that point. It was a ball then, and it still is. THANKS to everyone who made such beautiful CW. 73 Don K8MFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8RF Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Total Score = 18,758 Fun to be back on air after 9 year absence! Highlight was working a 9M2 Long Path with 5 watts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9AY Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 212,520 After 9 years, I finally got a beam up here in WI -- 2-el HB at 75 ft. Finals in the Alpha were a little soft (1200-1400W), but good enough for a part-time effort. Had fun with the good condx! So long and thanks for the QSOs, Gary, K9AY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CT Class: M/S HP Total Score = 10,400,201 Another shake down of the new contest station. Found some things that worked and a few others things to improve. Setup the station on tables in the new shack. Programmed the new computers for M/S and networked N1MM the days before the contest. No way to test until contest started. We had a new computer just start rebooting after a few minutes of operating and throw us for a loop. Thank goodness we had setup three stations. It caused some logging issues by the disruptive way it disconnected but N1MM gracefully synch'd the logs. Only lost qsos were qsos made while not connected to the network. They were found on the computer and reentered. Antennas seem to work great. We used Green Heron Everywhere and programmed the antenna stacks and rotors to follow the N1MM frequency...worked great!! We had a great crew of operators - K9ZO, N7MB, AG9A, K3WA, KG9N and myself. Mark, AG9A was only here for a short while ....and was stressed when his wife called and had gone to the hospital to deliver their first baby!! Needless to say, he returned home immediately.... Station 3-K3 3-Alpha 87A 3-microKeyer interfaces 3-AS Filtermax 1-8X4 AS antenna switch OWA stacks for 40-10 80m 4 sq. 160 5 el array 80/160m HiZ rx systems Thanks for the qsos 73, Craig K9CT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9FY Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 287,452 Setup:160 m Windom in a fir tree at about 18 m; tuned for 40. FT1000mpmV and about 1 kW out from an Alpha 374. Thank you to all ops who we quickly touched base with for making this a really fun contest. 73, Lars / K9FY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9GS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 158,304 Thank you for all of the QSOs. 80M was Ok to EU at the start and pretty good to Asia later on the first night. The 2nd night was terrible to EU....wasn't able to work EU until after 0200Z. Conditions to Asia was fantastic...worked 28 JA's and 5 zone 27! Also worked several zone 19 and zone 30 stations. SS at the end of the contest was also bad...didn't work a single station. Where were all of the AF stations on 80?? No ZS, C9, etc.... Heard but not worked: EY3M (SR here) BA4IO (SR here) 8Q7DV (after SS) CU next year! 73, Gary K9GS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9JF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,215,092 This was the first contest I have worked from my home QTH in years! The station proved itself with no major glitches. New rigs, software (N1MM) and (finally) a free weekend made a great opportunity to play radio. Contesting from the west coast is challenging. I found that 10 and 15 meter openings were there when both locations were in sunlight. When it got dark in Europe, the band just dropped out to the northeast. Out here in the Pacific Northwest, we compete among ourselves. Any comparision to the guys to the east (and south) are really fruitless. 73 Jim K9JF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,144,630 Sunspots are back! My best score since 1999, when conditions were superb. Thanks to some much delayed repairs by the local power utility, the line noise was the lowest it has been in years. Urban location, 18 by 36 meter lot. (4,850 points per square meter) K3 replaces the FT-1000D. Antennas: TH-7 at 21 meters 40M rotatable dipole at 23 meters Shunt fed tower on 80 and 160 RX loops for 80 and 160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 903,240 Originally planned a full time effort. However, a nasty sinus infection killed a lot of my contest drive. 73, Don K9NR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9QC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,510,942 This is my first serious effort in this contest, and by far my highest score. For me it was a 99.9% S&P affair, but there was plenty of action to keep the rates up. I rebuilt my 80 and 40 meter dipoles and installed at 45 feet this fall. This is a lot better than last season when they were only at 15 feet. That seemed to help a lot on 40m. Rebuilding the old Mosely tribander seems to have been a good investment as well, as now it's back in tune across the band, which with the signals spread out like they were this weekend was very important here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9YC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,424,136 This was a lot of fun with 10, 15, and 20 open for a good part of the day. More good SO2R time. Everything worked except my Beverages, which have a problem that I've been trying to track down. CW is SOOOO much more fun than SSB. 73, Jim K9YC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA2D Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,443,691 FT-1000MP 100 Watts Multiband Yagi @ 20 meters 20-10 Rotatable Dipole @ 23 meters 40 Ground mounted wire Vertical 80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA3DRR Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 145,965 First time operating Single Band Single Operator and it was a lot of ham radio fun! I learned about propagation and following the gray line. Many thanks to all those who populated my log this weekend. Wishing everyone good results. 73, Scot KA3DRR 5L at 60 feet ICOM 756PRO Alpha Amplifier N1MM Contest Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA3NZR Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 65,363 S&P OPERATION. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB1EFS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,191,915 AWESOME!! JUST WISH I HAD MORE CHAIR TIME! HI!! THANKS TO ALL! KB1EFS Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB1H Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,163,712 What can one say! With great returning band conditions there is lots of operating and rate! On a whole, thing went well here at KB1H. We were glad that Rich, K1CC, asked if we needed help. I have known Rich for many years and knew his experience and knowledge of strategy would help us. Before the start we discussed the idea of using Rich's ACOM device to set up a two radio, two operator position. Something we know others do and will have to do here in the future. What seems to have been a device failure led to blowing up the front end of a FT-1000MP MrkV. Oh well, back to original plans. Single K3 set up. Next the second bump in our plans. My XYL made a great seafood chowder for Friday night. I think I made the mistake of calling it fish chowder. After a bowl of chowder Rich asked if there was any shellfish in the chowder. OOpps! He is allergic to shellfish. The next 4 four hours were spent at the local ER! Rich was then transferred to a different hospital and spent the night there. He did return here at 8AM Sunday and helped during Day 2 daytime. I hope we did not scare Rich from future operating here at KB1H/NZ1U and promised not to poison him next time. Great rates on 10M and 15M during the day. Though we are working on automatic antenna switching here we still need to do allot of manual switching. This led to the first 1.5 hours Saturday AM using the 80M 4-Square on 10M. I knew the rate was not what it should have been so investigated and found the error. I am sure this cost us 150 QSOs on 10M the first day. Almost 2M points more than last year and about 400 QSOs. I felt the QSO total should have been more but we all felt conditions were great but not as great as SSB weekend. By the look at the scores maybe this was only our perception. Though N1MM in the Multipler window shows 40 Zones on 20M the summary only reported 39. Zone 39 was the last to be worked. I hope we can find the missing QSO. Hard to not acknowledge the unbeleivable M/2 score from K1LZ. It seems unreal and impossible but doing the math the hourly rate needed for that total is certainly possible. Thanks to all for the QSOs. We will upload to LOTW soon and always 100% QSL whatever way we receive the card. Thanks to the operators here at the Barnstormers and also the others who work hard and don't operate some of the contest. It is a long list!. 73 Dick - KB1H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB4KBS Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 75,774 I am not a CW operator but I do enjoy contesting so like a moth to a porch light, I couldn't keep myself away. I had numerous interruptions and prior obligations so I tended to just scan the band map and cherry pick green and red highlighted stations that were multipliers. I discovered that if I knew what call sign I was supposed to be listening for, I could hear and decode it in my brain well enough determine if the zone in the exchange matched the prompted answer provided by N1MM. On a slower band like 80M (now), I might be able to hold my own as a multiplier rig op at a M/1 effort. I hope I was able to pick up a few more new countries in order to achieve DXCC for the first time - I'm jealous of you who were able to work 100+ unique countries on multiple bands in the contest. 160 Qs in 8 hours spread over five time windows yields a 100% S&P rate of 20 Qs per hour. CW and RTTY are my wife's favorite contests as they are much less noisy than when I shout my call sign "one hundred ba-zillion times" in a SSB event. Station: Kenwood TS-450SAT MFJ 407B Bencher BY-2 RigBlaster Plus MFJ 949B G5RV at 30' N1MM Thanks to all for the contacts, KB4KBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB9UWU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 197,010 A day before Thanksgiving I added 10 meter wires to my 40 meter attic dipole. The original plan was to remove the antenna after it's temporary installation for SS CW... well, you see how that worked. I couldn't pass up an opportunity to hear 10 meters in such great shape. I used the same primitive setup as SS CW. Rig on card table, laptop on tv tray, dinning room chair for a seat, 100' coax through house into attic, 1:1 choke w/10 and 40m fan dipole at 25' zip tied to rafters. It's a thrill to set up such a basic station in a matter of minutes and work some good DX! There were times I didn't feel weak on 10 meters... its great to have sunspots! 73 Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC1XX Class: M/M HP Total Score = 35,394,375 An amazing weekend! Not sure it gets much better. Special thanks , as always, to Christine and the girls for everything they do for us! And special thanks as well for Chris DL1MGB to travel all the way from Munich to operate with us again! He was everywhere. And also nice to see his XYL Anja again. Super job by the K3LR and W3LPL teams - we knew this one would be a horse race! Whoever thinks contesting and/or CW are dead or dying surely did not turn the radio on this weekend! Superb job by Dennis W1UE on 160m - super score on a weekend dominated by the higher bands. The W1FV receive verticals played real well this weekend. WA1Z and his team on 40m - wow! And super job by the high band teams - we held our own up there, balancing QSOs/mults really well. All in all, a super TEAM effort! Lots and lots of fun. BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 496 25 91 13 977 1.97 W1UE 80 1708 33 124 52 4808 2.81 W1FV K1QX DL1MGB 40 2769 39 154 94 7935 2.87 WA1Z DL1MGB K1EA K1QX 20 2424 40 166 62 6969 2.88 W2RQ KM3T 15 2365 39 160 44 6775 2.86 KC1XX K1TR 10 1944 37 167 39 5461 2.81 N1KWF DL1MGB -------------------------------------- TOTAL 11706 213 862 304 32925 2.81 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 35,394,375 (New USA M/M Record) Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) http://bit.ly/cabstat CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CALLSIGN: KC1XX CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: UNLIMITED OPERATORS: KC1XX W1UE W1FV WA1Z DL1MGB K1EA K1QX N1KWF K1TR W2RQ KM3T -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 41 132 149 98 20 6 446 446 3.8 0100 46 128 182 59 8 3 426 872 7.4 0200 38 122 134 34 5 6 339 1211 10.3 0300 24 118 141 18 0 1 302 1513 12.9 0400 28 116 147 15 0 0 306 1819 15.5 0500 31 109 153 19 0 0 312 2131 18.2 0600 29 107 144 8 0 0 288 2419 20.7 0700 16 65 136 6 0 0 223 2642 22.6 0800 11 34 90 11 0 0 146 2788 23.8 0900 17 6 70 6 0 0 99 2887 24.7 1000 9 14 26 47 14 0 110 2997 25.6 1100 13 15 14 140 165 92 439 3436 29.3 1200 1 3 22 119 190 146 481 3917 33.5 1300 0 0 4 63 185 151 403 4320 36.9 1400 0 0 0 130 182 141 453 4773 40.8 1500 0 0 0 85 189 108 382 5155 44.0 1600 0 0 0 147 152 104 403 5558 47.5 1700 0 0 5 147 121 61 334 5892 50.3 1800 0 0 34 105 76 79 294 6186 52.8 1900 0 1 52 138 57 48 296 6482 55.4 2000 0 15 80 73 33 26 227 6709 57.3 2100 18 48 97 43 37 26 269 6978 59.6 2200 8 62 76 25 53 44 268 7246 61.9 2300 11 54 59 35 19 0 178 7424 63.4 0000 13 62 41 40 1 0 157 7581 64.8 0100 33 64 53 15 0 0 165 7746 66.2 0200 11 55 53 8 0 0 127 7873 67.2 0300 20 43 67 5 0 0 135 8008 68.4 0400 11 36 55 14 0 0 116 8124 69.4 0500 3 49 70 8 0 0 130 8254 70.5 0600 5 56 91 6 0 0 158 8412 71.8 0700 3 39 75 4 0 0 121 8533 72.9 0800 9 14 68 2 0 0 93 8626 73.7 0900 2 7 46 1 0 0 56 8682 74.2 1000 3 2 25 18 7 0 55 8737 74.6 1100 7 8 10 61 98 42 226 8963 76.6 1200 0 1 6 50 118 131 306 9269 79.2 1300 0 0 1 53 94 153 301 9570 81.7 1400 0 0 0 76 122 134 332 9902 84.6 1500 0 0 0 94 109 123 326 10228 87.4 1600 0 0 0 80 85 99 264 10492 89.6 1700 0 0 0 72 51 61 184 10676 91.2 1800 0 0 16 84 59 51 210 10886 93.0 1900 0 0 22 80 24 35 161 11047 94.4 2000 0 8 89 34 25 26 182 11229 95.9 2100 5 69 57 18 30 15 194 11423 97.6 2200 13 27 61 13 16 30 160 11583 98.9 2300 17 19 48 17 22 2 125 11708 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 496 1708 2769 2424 2367 1944 11708 Gross QSOs=12010 Dupes=302 Net QSOs=11708 Unique callsigns worked = 6031 The best 60 minute rate was 518/hour from 1128 to 1227 The best 30 minute rate was 562/hour from 1153 to 1222 The best 10 minute rate was 630/hour from 1203 to 1212 The best 1 minute rates were: 13 QSOs/minute 3 times. 12 QSOs/minute 8 times. 11 QSOs/minute 17 times. 10 QSOs/minute 48 times. 9 QSOs/minute 83 times. 8 QSOs/minute 137 times. 7 QSOs/minute 224 times. 6 QSOs/minute 298 times. 5 QSOs/minute 333 times. 4 QSOs/minute 362 times. 3 QSOs/minute 462 times. 2 QSOs/minute 441 times. 1 QSOs/minute 326 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 235 180 204 185 200 211 1215 10.4 South America 11 19 47 89 82 131 379 3.2 Europe 229 1422 2308 1792 1837 1418 9006 76.9 Asia 4 47 138 271 172 99 731 6.2 Africa 10 22 38 42 40 42 194 1.7 Oceania 7 18 34 45 36 42 182 1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 496 1708 2769 2424 2367 1944 11708 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 76 4 2566 5 5502 6 3438 7 19 8 69 9 14 10 24 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 3V 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4J 0 1 3 3 2 1 10 0.1 4L 0 2 1 2 1 1 7 0.1 4O 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.1 4S 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4X 0 2 4 5 3 1 15 0.1 5B 2 3 3 3 1 2 14 0.1 5H 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 5N 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 5R 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 5T 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 5X 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 0.0 6W 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 6Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 7X 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 8P 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 8Q 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 9A 4 11 24 14 22 15 90 0.8 9G 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 9H 1 1 3 2 2 2 11 0.1 9J 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0 9K 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 9L 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.0 9M6 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.1 9Y 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 A4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 A6 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 A7 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1 A9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 BV 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0.0 BY 0 0 4 14 3 1 22 0.2 C3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.0 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C6 2 2 2 2 2 1 11 0.1 C9 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 CE 1 0 1 5 2 5 14 0.1 CE9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 CM 0 2 3 1 1 1 8 0.1 CN 1 1 1 2 3 2 10 0.1 CP 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 CT 2 1 8 5 7 6 29 0.2 CT3 3 3 4 4 3 3 20 0.2 CU 2 2 2 2 2 3 13 0.1 CX 1 2 2 2 4 4 15 0.1 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 DL 33 260 403 297 309 262 1564 13.4 DU 0 1 0 4 1 0 6 0.1 E5/s 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 E7 2 9 15 10 10 6 52 0.4 EA 6 35 66 64 72 67 310 2.6 EA6 2 1 4 4 3 3 17 0.1 EA8 1 8 8 9 9 8 43 0.4 EA9 1 2 2 2 1 2 10 0.1 EI 2 10 10 6 11 12 51 0.4 EK 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.0 EL 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 ER 1 4 5 5 7 2 24 0.2 ES 1 4 7 6 8 9 35 0.3 ET 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 EU 1 20 32 22 21 17 113 1.0 EY 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.0 EZ 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 F 10 65 86 63 77 65 366 3.1 FG 0 1 1 4 3 2 11 0.1 FJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 FK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 FM 1 3 2 3 3 3 15 0.1 FO 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 FY 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 0.1 G 16 78 111 93 106 98 502 4.3 GD 1 2 3 3 1 3 13 0.1 GI 1 5 5 3 4 6 24 0.2 GJ 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 GM 5 11 20 21 19 19 95 0.8 GU 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.0 GW 2 8 7 4 8 7 36 0.3 HA 8 27 54 44 37 28 198 1.7 HB 2 14 36 25 23 18 118 1.0 HC 1 1 1 2 3 1 9 0.1 HC8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HH 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.0 HI 3 2 2 2 2 2 13 0.1 HK 1 2 2 2 1 2 10 0.1 HL 0 0 1 6 1 1 9 0.1 HP 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.0 HR 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 HS 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.0 HZ 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 0.1 I 14 42 116 97 103 65 437 3.7 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 1 5 5 6 5 4 26 0.2 *IT9 0 3 5 4 5 7 24 0.2 J2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 J3 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.0 J6 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 J7 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 JA 1 13 46 116 104 67 347 3.0 JD/o 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0 JT 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0.0 JY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 K 138 68 84 59 60 80 489 4.2 KH0 0 1 2 1 2 2 8 0.1 KH2 0 2 2 3 3 4 14 0.1 KH6 4 4 8 5 8 9 38 0.3 KL 2 3 3 8 10 10 36 0.3 KP2 4 2 4 3 3 3 19 0.2 KP4 4 2 2 3 2 2 15 0.1 LA 3 17 21 17 16 12 86 0.7 LU 0 3 4 15 16 30 68 0.6 LX 0 1 2 1 3 2 9 0.1 LY 1 22 28 28 23 24 126 1.1 LZ 3 15 31 28 25 17 119 1.0 OA 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.1 OE 3 11 16 8 14 15 67 0.6 OH 3 45 52 53 46 27 226 1.9 OH0 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 OK 20 92 147 89 103 81 532 4.5 OM 7 28 47 41 33 29 185 1.6 ON 3 22 39 19 28 22 133 1.1 OX 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 OY 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 OZ 3 18 19 22 18 15 95 0.8 P4 2 3 3 5 3 4 20 0.2 PA 10 34 68 65 57 62 296 2.5 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ4 1 2 2 2 2 2 11 0.1 PJ5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ7 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PY 2 4 25 41 38 68 178 1.5 PY0F 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.0 PZ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 S5 10 41 67 52 47 36 253 2.2 SM 10 52 52 37 41 27 219 1.9 SP 9 89 112 78 91 69 448 3.8 ST 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 SU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 SV 2 4 12 7 12 4 41 0.4 SV5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 SV9 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.0 T2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 T7 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 T8 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 TA 0 2 4 5 3 2 16 0.1 *TA1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0 TF 0 2 3 4 3 3 15 0.1 TI 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 TK 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0.1 UA 4 145 265 208 190 109 921 7.9 UA2 0 2 4 3 2 2 13 0.1 UA9 0 14 43 77 31 8 173 1.5 UN 0 1 9 9 4 1 24 0.2 UR 10 104 186 137 131 67 635 5.4 V2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 V3 1 1 2 2 2 2 10 0.1 V5 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 0.1 V8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VE 65 74 73 74 84 71 441 3.8 VK 3 6 14 13 13 10 59 0.5 VP2E 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP2V 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VP9 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 0.1 VQ9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 VU 0 1 6 6 4 3 20 0.2 XE 1 3 7 4 8 8 31 0.3 XU 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0.0 XW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 YA 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 YB 0 0 1 6 1 0 8 0.1 YI 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 YL 2 9 13 10 7 6 47 0.4 YN 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0.1 YO 1 24 51 37 42 31 186 1.6 YS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 YU 3 20 35 31 25 16 130 1.1 YV 0 0 1 4 2 3 10 0.1 Z3 1 1 3 4 5 2 16 0.1 ZA 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.0 ZB 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZD8 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 0.1 ZF 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 ZK2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 ZL 0 3 3 5 2 11 24 0.2 ZP 0 0 1 2 2 3 8 0.1 ZS 0 0 6 5 7 6 24 0.2 ??? 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 496 1708 2769 2424 2367 1944 11708 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 14 113 641 960 755 811 717 3997 34.1 15 94 464 759 585 591 450 2943 25.1 16 16 273 498 377 355 195 1714 14.6 04 91 59 76 56 68 55 405 3.5 20 8 49 106 87 91 61 402 3.4 25 1 13 47 122 105 68 356 3.0 05 94 66 47 51 38 49 345 2.9 11 2 4 27 43 41 72 189 1.6 03 18 17 37 28 38 44 182 1.6 08 25 27 29 32 28 29 170 1.5 17 0 12 29 36 20 6 103 0.9 33 6 15 17 17 17 17 89 0.8 13 1 5 6 18 20 35 85 0.7 09 6 9 11 19 13 15 73 0.6 21 1 7 9 12 13 10 52 0.4 30 2 5 11 9 9 9 45 0.4 32 0 5 6 10 5 16 42 0.4 01 2 3 4 9 10 11 39 0.3 18 0 1 7 28 3 0 39 0.3 07 3 4 6 7 8 11 39 0.3 31 4 4 8 5 8 9 38 0.3 35 3 5 7 9 8 5 37 0.3 19 0 2 7 16 7 2 34 0.3 27 0 5 5 9 7 6 32 0.3 06 1 3 7 4 8 8 31 0.3 38 0 0 7 7 9 7 30 0.3 24 0 0 6 17 4 2 29 0.2 22 0 2 7 8 5 4 26 0.2 28 0 0 3 11 3 3 20 0.2 10 1 1 2 4 6 4 18 0.2 40 0 2 3 4 4 4 17 0.1 37 0 0 5 4 2 5 16 0.1 12 1 0 1 5 2 5 14 0.1 29 1 1 3 4 4 1 14 0.1 26 0 1 2 6 1 0 10 0.1 36 1 1 1 1 2 4 10 0.1 34 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 02 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 39 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 0.1 23 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 496 1708 2769 2424 2367 1944 11708 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 3516 2 bands 910 3 bands 654 4 bands 479 5 bands 338 6 bands 134 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: 9L0W IO5O VP5CW OM8A VP2MWG I2WIJ DL5RMH V26K C5A KL7RA KH7X HG7T J6M PI4CC SM6CNN OM7M HI3A 6V7V C6AAW RL3A CR3L KC1XX YL2KO ZF1A TO3A 9A1A SP1NY TK4W A45XR PJ2T 4O3A G3TBK 9H9BH LN3Z OZ5E TO7A YT6T NP4Z VP2V/N3DXX LZ9W YN2CC CR3E P40W T70A 6Y3M EA2EA KP2M PZ5T IR4M CR2X ZD8W SN3R PJ4A DR1A CT8/W1NN 8P5A IR4X V31OT ED9M 9A7A P33W ES9C OQ5M CW5W OE3K VP9/N3AD TM4Q HC2/KF6ZWD E7DX VE3EJ CT3KN VE6SV SK3W CR6K M3I VE3YAA DL3YM LZ8E TM6M OH0Z PJ5G SJ2W DL4MCF DK3GI EI6IZ VE1RGB VE3RZ DF7ZS VE3JM EA5RS VE6EX P40F HQ9R 9A1P PA3AAV VE7UF SO2O DF0HQ MD2C S52OP 9A8M VE2EKA VY2TT CN2R KP2MM S58M EF2A VY2ZM DK2OY HG1S KH6LC S53MM VE2AWR GM3YTS NL7G GM0EGI ED1R VE3OI F6HKA DK0ED F6ACD VE3KI IZ3NVR CF3A SM6NOC KH7M DL5MEV VE7CC HI8A DL7USA OZ1CTK VA3ATT G3SYM DM2DXA ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 225 398 871 671 622 729 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2JA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 84,045 Very limited time on the air as I was involved with the AD4ES effort. The bands were in great shape and I had fun at home and at AD4ES. I had to limit my involvement as I had work assignments for 11/28/11 through 12/02/11. I did not want to be dragging at work. My gear includes: Icom IC-7700, AL-1500, Gap Titan DX Vert., Mosley 4 ele. WARC Yagi and IBM ThinkPad T43 and N1MM software. God my CW got much better working CW contests! Many thanks to Chuck (AD4ES) and Eric (K9ES) for getting me into contesting and taking me by the hand and Elmering me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2RD Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 502,416 Equipment: Yaesu FT-1000MP Field / Barefoot Antenna: 4 El. Cushcraft 10-4CD @ 61' / Inv Vee @ 35' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD9MS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 151,680 Had to work, and shop. Shopped all night with Thanksgiving night shopping so I was too tired to stay up and contest on Friday night. Bands sounded good, multipliers all up and down high bands. Figured out that I like my FT990 better than the FT2000 on CW. It sure hears better. CME seemed to make 10 act funny on Sunday. Signals were there then they would just drop out. I still had a great time. Contesting is better when the kids aren't running around in the kitchen above me. Sound like a heard of elephants and usually in time with many sending code. 73, KD9MS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE0UI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,604,256 Good bands, Tokyo HL-1.5KFX new amp, best score ever. Keep the flux coming up! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE8M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,306,442 best effort to date set a goal for 1000 q's and/or something over 1 mil mostly search and pounce was only able to hold a frequency on 10m @ 28.147 for around 2 hours for my only run kenwood ts 2000 ameritron als 600 abt 400 watts n1mm logger hy gain lj 105 @ 45' cushcraft a4s @ 42' 40m full size 1/4 gp @ 25' 80m full size 1/4 gp 120 radials 160m inv l wire all on a 1/2 acre lot ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF0UR Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 185,097 What a blast. I hadn't planned on operating too much in this contest, but the condx on 10M were so good, I couldn't leave. I was hoping to snag a few new countries and got 2. My HOA-sheilded dipole under my deck did amazing well, and I had QSOs with places I never heard before from this QTH. Hope it keeps up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF3B Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,723,632 unfortunately too many problems for a serious effor, but great fun regardless ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF6T Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 307,935 Fun to do "DXCC" in a weekend on 10 meters - a band that has been dead for so long! See you in the ARRL 10 meter test. Jack - KF6T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG0US Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 606,159 Strictly search and pounce from my 100 ft by 100 ft city lot. KT34A at 50 ft with Alpha Delta DXA sloper. 2 Horse Power Output. It was great working YE1ZAW on 20 meters at 13:44z and then XV9DX on 15 meters at 14:04z both long path. Of course, it was fun working the rest of you too ! 73, Dave KG0US ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG0Z Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 85,504 Rig : Kenwood TS-590S to 400' Loop Soapbox : Drove down to Denver Friday and then drove home in a blinding snowstorm. Snow static Friday night and Saturday was terrific, but managed to work a few, but only P/T with other chores here. This contest seemed like some of the QRP times I've done; all S&P, many calls, and then often more repeats to get my call right. Strange that some S9 signals CQed in my face and SØ stations came right back with solid exchange. The old running station motto "I don't need to ID but every few minutes since everyone has cluster" seemed more pervasive than usual. This horizontal loop isn't the best DX antenna, but works very well on 40M and 15M. I had planned on putting up the 40M vertical, but too much snow. I need some Yagi's and/or an amp for this one. I'd prefer the Yagi's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG1E Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,176,200 Went into this with nothing to lose as SSB is our main strength. Our goal was to beat our previous all time high of 543,000 pts.Having lost several antennas in the Halloween storm, these were replaced just in time for the contest.With both our amps dead it was to be a Low Power operation. Having discussed the merits and demerits of the Assisted category with others, we decided to see how many points could be made running strictly S&P. Conditions were not that great on 80 and 160 and our weak calls were not heard in the noise by many stations. However 40 seemed pretty good when we tried it, and we were amazed at the many stations that heard us in the bedlam on the first call.The high bands opened nicely to all areas of the world but the openings seemed to be of a shorter duration than in CQ WW SSB. Our country and zone totals were not as good as they could have been due to the fact we just couldn't break a lot of the huge pileups with our Force 12 C3 2 el tribander. Every contact was S&P. My conclusion is there is great merit in assisted operating. Had a great time though competing and wish to thank all those fine operators out there who dug out our weak signals. Season's Greetings to all... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG4CUY Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 542,888 What fun! At least three bands to choose from, any time of day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG7H Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,816,014 Best contest yet! 10 meters was great. I spent the 3 days before contest repairing my 40 meter beam (Ice loading last year) and putting it back up in place. My new remote winch came in handy but I still had to climb to mast top - not bad for age 59. Best 73 to all who participated - 73 de Craig KG7H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH6LC Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,703,538 Other than an amp catching fire (literally) and a 30 minute power failure, this was great weekend. Can't remember the last time 20 meters took a backseat to 10. Great conditions on all bands. Thanks to Al NH7O for flying over from Maui for the weekend and also to Tom ND2T who came out from the SF Bay Area to join us. Thanks to everyone for your contacts. This was big fun!!! Please work us in the ARRL 160, the ARRL 10 and the Stew Perry. 73 & Aloha, de KH6LC, AH6RE, KH7Y, NH7O, N6KB, ND2T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH7M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,801,520 This was my 1st CQ WW from Oceania and the contest is always a blast from anywhere in the world. It is always interesting to operate from different locations and to learn the propagation challenges. It was tough to work Europe, openings being relatively short and almost simultaneous across all bands, so it was hard to decide where to be for those. Curiously (for me at least) 10 m LP was much better than 15 m LP to EU, and that shows in my country mults. 20 m SP opening to Europe over the North Pole was really hard with lots of flutter and real difficulty on copying. I brought with me Hamation band-pass filters and continued my experiment with SO2R. I clearly feel progressing with it, but I was still using 2nd radio mainly for quick QSY of mult or occasional 2nd radio multiplier QSO only. Btw, those filters really worked great. I had 15 m and 10 m monobanders in same tower very close to each other and I could not hear the other transmitter at all. This without any stubs at the station. The station Max has put together played flawlessly except for a computer problem with N1MM+WinKeyer which I brought and introduced to station. I had to reboot the PC quite a few times during the contest, but fortunately the PC came up pretty fast each time. I operated full 48 hrs otherwise, and did quite OK all the way until Sunday morning after sunrise, when I knew I was not coherent for some time. But I was too afraid to take a nap at that point and I knew I would eventually get through it and be able to race to the end. (One always gets that last energy boost for last few hours.) It was nice to start the contest at 2 pm in Hawaii, after sleep in on Friday morning, huge difference to e.g. Europe where one starts at midnite or so. Hats of to NH2T for stunning score from Oceania, and thanks for him to return to 160 m for 2nd effort on the QSO there, which then worked out for a double mult. Thanks for Max and Kathy for great hospitality and gourmet authentic Italian dining during my stay. It was great place to operate from zone 31, my 18th zone in CQ WW. I hope to be back to Hawaii for some other contest in the future. 73 de Marko N5ZO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH7X Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,266,936 This crew worked very well together throughout the entire weekend in this very challenging category. Two of us slept less than 2 hours all weekend, as most of the time we had 3 operators busy with one running, one working multipliers on the second band, and the third watching the next band to jump to when the time was right. 15 meters was the only band that disappointed, it was never up to par with the others at any time. The continental stats below tell the story. Aloha! KH6ND 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % AS 2 252 420 211 161 80 1126 17.9 NA 7 537 935 759 799 1136 4173 66.3 OC 1 16 19 20 14 22 92 1.5 SA 2 10 12 20 20 38 102 1.6 AF 0 8 14 21 11 16 70 1.1 EU 0 22 191 292 37 182 724 11.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI4UDF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 265,434 FT1000MP M5 10M dipole @ 30' Thanks for the contacts See you in the 10M contest Take care 73/mya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KJ6MBW Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 67,116 (15m totals are shown) Equipment: one old Kenwoood at 100w and one Spider beam pole for a backyard Vertical. It was not too bad but EU propagation was rather disappointing comparing to a week or so ago. Zone 16 was not present even just after sunrise in W6 (I think I heard one signal but that was quickly gone). Zone 15 was also hard to work with very distorted signals especially on Sunday morning. Nothing heard from zone 17 and only one station worked from zone 18. Other than that propagation to JA was good and that helped a lot. Heard two stations from JT after sunset but could not get to neither of them for a double mult. Overall, happy with the zone count and a bit lower that planned on country numbers. Also spent some hours on 80m to work DX but that was hard from here with 100w. Happy to get C5A on both bands. Also VK6AA, C91NW were some of the more distant DX on 15. Many thanks Sergey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7AC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 263,965 Not a lot of time to dedicate to the contest this weekend. Been suffering through a long cold spell of minus 25F for awhile and a lot of things around the house required my attention. That and the 20 year old rotator is not too happy in these temps! So I tried to limit my turning of the antenna. All in all a bit of fun on a cold weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7RA Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 12,342,328 I was pleased to report to the team members that the station was 100%, maybe even 110% ready for the contest when I received an one line message saying, "Here comes the winds." The rest of this story most of you read about in the news. Working in sub-freezing temps we were able to replace what we needed to operate but this is what we seem to do here often. That and plow the road, a lot. N6TR, Tree our president of the BARC came up for a station inspection tour and to confirm rumors we have actually have stopped using DOS and TRLog. He didn't get to inspect much as we didn't have power or lights or heat. But we did have weasels which moved in to escape the 80+ MPH blizzard. Temp in his guest bedroom was a little above freezing but that's what they make heavy Arctic coats, hats and boots for. His narrative, 'The Alaskan Nightmare Continues" may make it to print someday. Larry, N1TX who has his own Multi-op, KL2R came down to help and Wigi, AL7IF arrived so we had a team of four for a hard working Multi-Two. Conditions allowed both radios to operate at rate most of the contest, we worked most everything we heard and most everything in the station, inside and out worked. N6TR and I had replaced a critical antenna we needed to work Europe on 20 meters a few days before the contest start but we didn't have time to fix everything. What was left I doubt impacted our score much. Really a super fun weekend after a rough few weeks before and all was worth it after the contest with N6TR style margaritas and a FB turkey dinner. 73 Rich KL7RA North Pole Contest Group/BARC -----stats Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat Gross QSOs=8108 Dupes=97 Net QSOs=8011 The best 60 minute rate was 384/hour from 1809 to 1908 The best 30 minute rate was 394/hour from 1840 to 1909 The best 10 minute rate was 414/hour from 1855 to 1904 The best 1 minute rates were: 10 QSOs/minute 1 times. 9 QSOs/minute 2 times. 8 QSOs/minute 26 times. 7 QSOs/minute 93 times. 6 QSOs/minute 195 times. 5 QSOs/minute 301 times. 4 QSOs/minute 377 times. 3 QSOs/minute 461 times. 2 QSOs/minute 534 times. 1 QSOs/minute 490 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 135 653 781 817 1537 1424 5347 66.7 South America 1 14 16 33 50 68 182 2.3 Europe 0 2 147 285 178 33 645 8.1 Asia 14 150 506 238 481 283 1672 20.9 Africa 0 1 2 12 14 9 38 0.5 Oceania 3 15 22 12 40 33 125 1.6 ??? 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 153 835 1474 1397 2301 1851 8011 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 2897 2 bands 777 3 bands 424 4 bands 273 5 bands 178 6 bands 51 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: K0KX KC1XX WI7N W6JTI WE3C W0AIH K0RF VA7KO N4KG N6JV N2NS K3LR W7DR JA1YPA N7TT K5NA W6TK K0EJ NR5M AK7AZ N7AT K0IR N0IJ K2RD W7PU N0NI KG7H N6WIN W0RX W0UO W2FU NQ4I W3LPL VA7ST W2PV VE7GL N4WW W6YI KA9FOX W6XB FM5CD AE5E N6WM ZF1A K7RL K6XX K3CR NK7U NP4Z N2WN W7VV K5KA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL8DX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 792,396 Best effort EVER for me in any contest. High bands were extremely busy and I'm forever thankful for the CW filters in my Icom. Lots of callers at times, which made it tough to pull out even one call. The only thing that would have made this contest better was a good European 10 meter opening. No complaints as 10 has been open daily now for the last few months! Thanks so very much for all the calls and sorry to those I missed. My CW skills are not the best and some of the pile-ups can be crazy for this DX'er turned weekend warrior. I'm a contesting greenhorn with the desire to improve. In looking back,I probably should have hunted more multipliers on 15 & 10 meters. Glad this weekend was quiet weather wise as a Chinook is forcasted to hit the interior this week and next weekend with predicted gusts to 70 mph. Time to nest the beam just above the roof line and break out the shorts as our temperatures will be well above zero. Our family beagle will sure be looking forward to the warm up as she won't have to wear her "Puppy Paws" when she heads outdoors. Many friends encountered this weekend, wish I was better at typing out personal greetings. I have problems with hitting the correct F-KEY let alone ALT-K and typing a short personal "Hello" without a buffer. A more detailed overview can be found on my blog; http://kl8dx.blogspot.com/ Thanks again! 73, Phil Denali National Park, Alaska Rig: Icom 756PRO - 100 watts Antenna(s): Mosley TA-34-XL and wires for 40 & 80 Software: Win-test 4.8.0 Website: http://www.kl8dx.com Work: http://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KM6I Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 26,691 K3 @ 100w, Dipole @ 60 feet. Thanks for the good ears out there. Was very pleased to make so many QSOs on the first call, with my amp on the fritz. 73 - Gordon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN3A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 601,839 Spent the most enjoyable weekend doing the CQWW CW contest. I far surpassed any previous CQWW CW contests from past years. My antenna system is much improved now (except 80 meters), and propagation is 100% better than even a year ago. My favorite band in 28 years of being licensed always has and always will be 10 meters. It's so great to have it back again at least for another year or two. Thanks to everyone for the fun. Who keeps saying CW is dead anyway? Scott KN3A Kenwood TS-450SAT 75 Watts All dipole antennas N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN4QD Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 772,088 This was a lot of fun and was a new personal best for me. Nice to see 10 meters so wide open for a change and it really helped to take the pressure off of 20 meters. However, I found 80 meters to be worse than last year but it was more than compensated by the nice conditions on 10 and 15. Special thanks to the guys that managed to hear me on 160 meters--I don't have an adequate antenna at all for that band but my tuner manages to load it up anyway. K3, Hexbeam, OCF Dipole, N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN4Y Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 23,805 Had limited operating time. Good band conditions on 10-meters so stayed there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN5O Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 706,885 Decided to forgo the M/2 and M/S categories this time around, primarily due to lack of operators. Dallas (K1DW) and I like our sleep too much.. So we chose to operate W5RU as SOSB(A)_10 and I ran with my call SOSB(A)_15M. 10M conditions here were poor compared to the SSB weekend in October. 15M was better, but still not as good as it was in October. We made the best of what we had to work with and between both bands, logged nearly 2250 Qs. 10M folded early here, probably about 30 minutes after the contest started. 15M continued for about 3.5 hours, then slowed significantly Called it quits at 0430 UTC. 15M opened about 11:30 UTC Saturday and was good for about 13 hours before it cratered. Again 10M folded about 0000UTC. Same repeat on Sunday to the contest ended. Thanks to all for the QSOs. 73, Ted KN5O ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN7K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,033,296 Great Contest, Great propagation, lot of fun on 10 and 15m. Improved my last year score, but this is my 2nd try in SO2R and I have to get more experience operating this mode.Initially planned to use WIN-Test, but run through configuration issues. Brad did a great job to setup N1MM just hour before the Contest and I was having fun to find out what "Advanced SO2R" mode is doing in the first couple hours :-) Brad's equipment worked great without any issues and only Assistant I had during this Contest it was Brad's cat that jumped on my legs couple times and was looking at me with question "Why are still here and not sleeping as normal people"? I really appreciate Brad's invitation to work on K7ZSD station and all help Brad and Ruth provided during my 50+ hours stay.They did all possible things to make my operation easy and worry free.Thanks a lot! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7AA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,624,969 That was great! A new Microham U2R box with N1MM took my SO2R up a notch.... I didn't bother putting up the 160M vertical. Only 20khz bandwidth and 75W power limit due to RFI in the neighbor's appliances... The tower is maxxed out with 15/20/40 yagis. So I put a ZeroFive 5/8 wavelength 10M vertical on a 6' post (as a groundplane), with 24 downsloping radials. All the 10M Q's were 2nd radio S&P, and it was actually nice to have the 360 degree coverage. As always, a special thanks to JA !!! 73, Bill KO7AA in Tucson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 523,032 What a party, eh? Heard and worked some good DX. Made a bunch of 5 banders. Snagged Alan at TI5A Sunday afternoon. The conditions seemed good and there were some really strong signals on the bands. Got plenty of sleep too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KP2M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 16,838,977 Condx were excellent. We lost the multiplier amp a few hours into the contest so almost all the mult. chasing was with 100 watts. A few got away, especially on the low bands, but a surprising number came back. We also had a keyboard failure but otherwise everything held together on our first M/S from this QTH. Bob K3EST was mainly the multiplier man and Fred K9VV (aka NP2X) did many of the runs. The station seems to work well and a Beverage to the NE/EU was very helpful. In the future, a Beverage to the NW/stateside would be FB if we can find a way to install one. Many thanks for the QSOs. 73, Phil KT3Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ6ES Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 115,596 The most enjoyable contest of this year. John kq6es FT-1000MP 400W Cushcraft A3 at 20ft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 181,148 IC-746 PRO; AL-811 (500W); N1MM Logger/Rig Control; CW Software Decoder XP; WA7LNW Skimmer via VE7CC-1 Cluster. Restricted antennas: ground verticals and dipoles near roof under 18 feet. I'm not a cw operator. Rate of 27 QSO's per hour almost as good as I get on SSB. Almost doubled last year's score in 3 fewer hours. Missed zones: 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 37, 39. I missed some easy zone and country mults on 40 and 20M. RF feedback on 20M kept killing my mouse and KB so I minimized 20M operation. 40M antenna problem Saturday night cut into EU QSO's. All in all, I had a good time. thanks for the Q's. 73...Paul.....KR2E....EX KE7YF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2Q Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 1,634,952 This was the contest where I supposed to operate 46 or more hours (my goal). Once again, that did not happen. In fact, it got worse. Somehow, I just can't seem to avoid sleep. Rather upsetting. May soon be time to step down to the monoband categories. Sigh.... Once again, worked DXCC with QRP in one weekend (actually, worked 122 entities). Great to work three VK's on the long path (QRP!). Don't think I've ever done that before. But sure missed good condx to JA. I think I only put 2 in the log (both on 20). As for 10m, wow. From here, 28.000 to 28.200 was PACKED. Very nice! Rig: K3/10 Ants: 160: inverted L (brand new this contest...needs a lot more work) 80: inverted V with top at 50 feet 40: 402CD ancient shorty forty (77 feet up) 10/15/20: HB 2L quad at 55 feet. Sure miss having a fully functional second antenna for the high bands. Need to get that fixed. That 2L quad sure did a LOT of spinning! de Doug KR2Q ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR4F Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 249,025 This was an enjoyable S&P mult hunt on a wonderfully revitalized 10 meters. 73 Johnny, KR4F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS0M Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 141,340 Great fun and this 85 year old op can still work CW and enjoy it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT7E Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 123,765 This was my first CW contest. I finally gave in to some ribbing from a friend to do a CW contest. Lots of QRM. I kept having computer problems at the start till I up-dated the latest N1MM version after a couple of hours. Then it all went smooth after that. Not enough hours on the radio though. The new TS 590s, the 87A and the new 3 element & 30/40 SteppIR worked well. Thank you for all that took the time and for your patience with a newbe. 73 Joe KT7E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT8K Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 689,475 Best conditions I can remember!! The noise level was so low and propagation was so good that I got through many pileups on the first or second call - amazing considering my 5W and wires in the trees. It was also amazing to see 10, 15, and 20m all full simultaneously, with stations as high as 150 kHz above the bottom of the band on all three - I felt sorry for the digital folks as they got "steamrollered" by the CW ops, even after a bunch of them on 20m moved up to 14120 kHz. I did have plenty of requests for repeats, and I thank those of you who stuck with me to complete the QSO's, but there were a lot less requests than I'm used to. With conditions like that, I had a blast! I had to take time off for holiday family visits or I would have done even better, and maybe I will ... next year. As usual it was almost all search and pounce for me. I tried to run a number of times but the best run was 3 QSO's in 10 minutes - totally unsuitable when I had an hour of 70 doing S&P and the rate meter sometimes hovering around 100. Great moments: In the middle of a band that was just one massive European pileup I found VK6LW and worked him through a storm of QRM that was indescribable. Later I worked another Australian station in similar circumstances on a different band, which makes two of the seven VK's I've worked in the past ten years. At another point I was making one last quick pass across 10m when deep in the static I heard a tiny signal. I stopped and listened, and was glad I did because I could just barely hear ZS1EL. With nothing to lose I sent my callsign, expecting the chances of being heard to be similar to those of a snowball in Hades. To my amazement he heard my first call and we made the exchange - a double multiplier and another thrilling experience with the magic of radio! This contest was a huge personal best for me, and if you had half as much fun as I did you had a ball, too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU2M Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,856,103 As the contest began I found out that none of my trusty wire antennas would work (due to, as I found out later, an untimely power supply failure in the relay system). So, it became virtually a single-antenna effort - except for a 4/4/4 stack on 15 fixed on EU, the SteppIR did duty on all bands, 10 through 160 (no, it's not supposed to work on 160 - but was better than nothing). Great to hear 10M back again! Antennas: SteppIR DB-36 @ 105' 15M 4/4/4 EU "Frankenstein Stack" Radio: Elecraft K3, 100W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU7Y Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 173,951 Could only run 50w on 10m due to RF Feedback to the rig. Ran the full 100w on the other bands. A low mounted vertical in a noisy RV park is sure different than the nice C4SXL I used to have at 85'! Only able to put in limited time. Only heard about 3 bad sounding signals, much better then things were a few years ago. Great fun and so much better than SSB! Ron, KU7Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV1J Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 312,336 73, Eric KV1J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV4FZ Class: SOSB/160 HP Total Score = 167,688 I was pleasantly surprised to hear European TB stations call me early both nights in the contest rather than waiting for a short opening before EU sunrise. Unfortunately the second night I have about 3 hours of solid tropical rain downpour and all the QRN associated with it. I was forced to use one of my 12 Beverages to just try and get the most quiet of all the antennas to hear anything. The NNE Beverage is a 900 footer and able to slice a hole through the tropical rain band QRN generator, so the second night was not a total lose. With KP2MM operating via remote (Icom RS-BA1 to my ICF-746PRO)a few feet away on the table operating on all bands, I was very lucky to get Gary's KD9SV 160 meter BP filter to put in the chain of the Beverage banks line before the Ameco Pre-amp. I learned my lesson from the CQ WW SSB where Yuri would cause some desense on weak 160 stations when he was on 80 and 40 and I got the filter from Gary and Craig right away. Yuri, KP2MM wanted some multipliers on 160 so I had planed some 30 minute breaks during the final quarter of football games. Athough Yuri had rotor control on other bands he did not have access to my 12 Beverages as he had only two antennas to switch from on the Icom 160-40 and 20-10 meters. The low band antennas were verticals and I really feel bad about not having my low noise Beverages available for him on 160-40 to help contribute to his wonderful score, considering the previous obstacles of remote contesting. Several IP controlled multi-switch setups are available now so hopefully this will be tested here soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV8Q Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,599,785 WOW!!! What conditions!!! I put up a temporary loop antenna for 15/10 meters with the feedpoint 8' above ground. It worked great on those two bands. My other antennas are a 102' G5RV at 40' and a K6MM 27' vertical for 160 meters. I can't believe the results with that antenna farm and low power. Tons of fun with a bunch of great ops other than the few who wouldn't ID. When you S&P like me, you don't want to wait around two or three minutes waiting, and waiting, and waiting... Thanks to those who QSY'd to help with my multiplier count. It's hard to get tired when you are having so much fun. See you all again next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KW3F Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 187,806 Mostly search and pounce with jury rigged all band dipole, on small lot, that won't tune on 80 or 160. Limited operating time but had fun. Wish I had more antenna room! 73 - Bob KW3F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KX7L Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 19,593 Not able to make a real serious effort this year, but decided to stick to the "new band" (10m) and work on the DXCC totals. Made some good progress and had lots of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KX9X Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 628,038 After living in the same apartment building for four years, the landlord finally gave approval for an external antenna. With help from NJ1Q, I was able to put u and off-center-fed dipole (overall length about 270 feet), about 30 feet off the ground. This was my first serious effort from my own place since moving out to CT. I'm VERY pleased with the results. the antenna works well into Europe and the Caribbean on all bands, but not so well to Oceania and Asia. My multiplier total reflects that... no JA or UA9/0, only a couple of KH6 and only one ZL. Still, it's better than my old indoor wire loop, so I can't complain. Hope everybody had as much fun as I did. CU from W1AW with N0AX in ARRL 160. 73, Sean Kx9X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LA5LJA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 916,149 THIS IS THE ULTIMATE CONTEST. CQWW CW IS ! I HAVE QRN S7 ON 40,S9 ON 80,S9+ ON 160,IMPOSSIBEL TO CALL CQ... 10% OF QSO IN RUN,REST IN S&P. HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR FROM A NEW QTH. EQUIPMENT: 1000MP AND A G5RV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LA8AW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 445,752 Only S&P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LA8OM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,834,480 This year's event was played mostly as an SO2V s&p operation, which worked quite well with the good activity on the bands. Equipment: K3 + Expert 1K-FA @ 600W 10-15-20m: TW-2010 compact vertical dipole 40m: 1/4 gp w/ 2 radials 1m agl 80m: 33' gp w/ coupler (100W only) The fiberglass poles used for the 40 and 80 m gps were continuously bent over >45 degrees in this year's most severe storm that hit precisely this Saturday/Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LA9Z Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Total Score = 112,236 Only S&P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LN3Z Class: M/S HP Total Score = 9,822,864 This was quite a weekend. In traditional style - was the necessary preparations completed in the last second. We got a 5 items wide spaced mono band 10m, and at least a 4 square vertical for 40m. (Thanks to Peter LA7QIA) Everything worked perfectly. It was a big rally, even though I was nervous for the antennas and the masts would go over when we had very strong winds on Sunday afternoon local time. Antennas and towers fared well in hurricane gusts. The trees lay over the whole area around my QTH. Typically we will have extreme wind just this weekend. At 1745z was what we feared most. Murphy popped up again! We lost power throughout the area. This happens very rarely here. We were without power for 3 hours - in the best NA run of 15m. I think we lost at least 300 qsos on this and it is very depressing not to have the max when we had so little time left in contest. This is absolutely the last time we run cqww contest without a backup generator - for if nothing else and keep ONE transceiver and amplifier going. No matter - yet well that the power cut came so late, and not early in the contest. We are extremely pleased with the results despite the power outage. The high bands were super, and we will remember the super 10m run to NA quite a while :)) Never ever managed to work so many multipliers either - just fantastic. The goal before the contest was 5000 qsos, and to turn the Norwegian record in M/S class. We achieved both by a wide margin .... On behalf of the LN3Z team - LA6YEA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LN8W Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,449,081 Great contest! I'm way down on the mults on 20 and 40. Condx were great but behaving very strange. Sometimes bands opening and closing every 30 minutes, or was it just in my head? Thanks for all the Q's. 73 Bjorn LB1GB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LP1H Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 8,259,991 Deep heart thanks to Ramon LU5HM, Ramuco LU7HE and Monica for their friendship, hospitality and neverending support. Who in the world would not accept gift F1 Grand Prix- Access all areas - tickets because a friend is coming over to operate the station in the CQ WW CW?? Ramon did! I have no words to thank him enough for letting me operate CQWWCW at LP1H for the 4th consecutive time. It was a great weekend. Thanks everyone for the Qs. Vy 73. Martin, Lu5dx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LT1F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,474,796 Just recovered from a long weekend, I was able to operate the full 48hs without a single nap! My goal was to make 5000 qsos and 7.0 mil. point but like every single CQ WW we had a t-storm around for the whole contest, heavy QRM on low bands and during sunday also statics on 10 till the end of the contest! I�'m still learning this SO2R thing! my mult amount increase from the last CQ WW but still have to practice! Was nice to work a lot of friends! N3BNA, CW5W, LP1H, LU1UM, the PJ4A gang! XE1KK, AY8A! Still hard to get a good score in SOAB from deep SA, low bands are hard and also hard to break the US/EU wall, but It was fun! 6 Bands qsos: W3LPL NR5M PJ2T Thank you all for the QSOs and CU during ARRL 10 m Contest! Luc LU1FAM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LU7HZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 244,384 I have observed all competition rules except the distance for the affiliation to the LU Contest Group, as well as all regulations established for amateur radio in my country. My report is correct and true to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions of the Contest Committee. Superb propagation, stations heard at times and with strengths long since seen before. Very much fun. Propagation very close to 24 hours opening, have experimented long path openings to Europe, even worked the elusive New Zealand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LU8EOT Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 682,188 Thanks all for the QSOs during the contest... I had a funny weekend, I can't work Zn 29 and 39, hard job w/ 100W. The prop was really incredible for this latitude on 10... I had nice long path conditions in the second night, and good shot to Europe the first morning... Setup: Ant. 4el Yagi @ 12mh Rig. Icom IC-756PORII (100W) Software N1MM. Look for us on ARRL 10 as ZP5X from Paraguay. 10 meters is in a awesome moment! 73s Mark LU8EOT.- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LX5T Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 676,725 Station: FT1000MP Mark V Field Amplifier Challenger II Antenna: 2 element vertical Good openings to the USA. Due the good openings on the higher bands I think a lot of stations didn't spent much time on 40, some multis were missing, Zone 1 , KL7RA was the only one but to weak for me this time Tone 12, missed CE3FZ was there to short and i missed the opportunity, good signal, wrong decision to wait a bit as the pile-up was to big Zone 39, nobody heard at all Some good multis were calling me, thanks a lot Very difficult to xw3dt, i hope i made it correct to his log tks to all who were calling me, some problems with noise / QRN on sunday appearing suddenly. My best score on 40 ever. Work you next year Chris LX1KC/LX5T www.pbase.com/christian59 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LX7I Class: M/S HP Total Score = 13,174,149 Some of the planned operators could not join us this year and we had only a small team this year. After a few years of M/2, we made a first try in the M/S class. We had some failures and lost some time in repairing or exchanging the equipment. Some improvement needs to be done on the setup and we are looking forward to the new setup and new antennas next year. Thanks for the calls, 73s de Philippe LX2A / LX7I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY7Z Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 320,129 NA SA EU AF AS OC 160 0 0 29 0 0 0 80 0 0 102 0 4 0 40 21 3 173 3 10 0 20 18 0 140 1 20 1 15 29 2 116 2 21 0 10 18 1 61 5 23 0 TS 850 S/AT 5Watts + 40m Long Wire from 4th floor balcony to nearest tree. It's a pitty I was no able to operate CQ WW CW this year seriuos :( Maybe next year. QRP is frustrating... Best DX was C9 on 20m and P40F on 40m! 73! Andy LY7Z/LY2TA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY8O Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,552,705 Satisfied with a total number of QSOs but the total number multipliers is relatively low, must be 10-15% higher. Too small experience in SO2R operation so here is a plenty of space to improve my skills. Biggest disappointment was no IDs stations because you need to listen and simply wasting a lot of time. I would say the ID must be sent after each 5 QSOs or once a minute. This is very important for non-assisted stations. Thanks to everyone for a nice weekend. My special thanks to Petras LY1PM and Oleg for this fantastic position and to Arunas LY2IJ/LY5E for his six pack antenna switch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY9A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,733,626 Thanks to Aleksandras LY1R for letting me use His antennas and shack again. Agree 100% with Tine,S50A - additional wording in the Contest rules - "those who will not ID every three contacts will get the Yellow Card" is the must these days. Those NOT ID'ers simply steeling our time. Normally it takes 60 minutes to work 100 stations while S/P, but it takes 25 minutes to work some 5 of those our time thiefs. Yellow Card should be applied also to those working SPLIT as well. Occupying 1 KHz or more of bandwidht for one station on CW is too much. 73 and Happy Hollidays! Gedas LY9A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ1AQ Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Total Score = 190,822 I like CW contests and CQ WW is my favorite. This year I tried to do my best on 20 m with a low power and a simple antenna to see what is possible. Equipment: rx 1 - SDR Winrad with home made hardware. Synchronized by frequency with IC756pro. rx 2 - IC756 pro rx 3 SDR with CW skimmer with wideband magnetic loop. TX IC756pro + external ATU, the frequency can be controlled by the Winrad SDR and Cwskimmer telnet window. Antennas: 1 el. rotary delta loop, 15 m up, open wire feeder. PC & Software: log TR4W and Winrad on PC#1, CWskimmer on PC#2 as telnet server. QTH: rural, deep valley - quiet village but east and west horizon is closed below 30 deg! No Internet was available! Observations and suggestions: 1. CW skimmer increased substantially not only the multipliers number but also finding cq stations in s/p mode. I estimate that at least 10 to 15 mults are due to Cwskimmer. The cw decoding capability of the skimmer was surprisingly reliable. 2.Tuning knob of IC756 was used very rarely. The tuning was performed by clicking on Winrad display or on Cwskimmer telnet list. 3. CQ mode must be used not more than 30 % of the time due to the low power and simple antenna. Only europian runs can be performed and usually after 30 min of cq run the band is “exhausted”. 4. After 18:000 local time the QSO rate dropped drastically - the evening hours are not for this tx and antenna setup. 5. The multiplier number is decent but the QSO number is low. I estimated that with motivated efforts and 30 hours of working time above 1000 qso (250 - 300 000 pnts) can be reached with this setup. 6. The CQ run now is possible even with this low power setup �" these days too many stations are equipped with good antennas, dx clusters and skimmers so be sure you are spotted! 7. It is a time for a mobile setup of M/2 or M/M low power contest station from quiet rural place without Internet or even AC power! With lightweight simple beams and verticals made from fishing rods a result of 8 M points from Europe is possible and it will be a grate fun! I had a grate fun! 73, Chavdar LZ1AQ www.lz1aq.signacor.com, lz1aq@abv.bg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ2SX Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 989,232 Great activity , NEW stations never ended till the end of the contest ! On Sunday I realized that will miss the mults. on 160 m ,so I decided to add 2 pieces abt. 15 m each to my 80 m Inverted Vee .And it is worked - 80 QSO. It is not too bad ,isn,t it ?.... ;-) Just to say this antenna is with symmetric feeder and allows me to use it all bands. But noise level was awful + 30 dB over S 9...... My mistake was that I didn,t check the new CTY.DAT file and old version of SD didn't give me some points or counted R7 for 3p. .But anyway very simple and easy program for logging .I still use it -THANK YOU Paul /EI5DI/ ! See you in next contest ! 73 Boyan Trcv-5 Wtts Hexbeam (10-40 )m GPN4B (10-40 ) m Inverted Vee (80-160 )m SD(v.10.15) by EI5DI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ5K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,452,300 Run, run and only run ! Haven't searched at all ! I broke down 4 hours before the contest end ... I don't know how you are doing this guys ... 48 hours non stop .. alone ... Single operator All Bands ? Are there so many "Super Humans" among the amateur radio operators !? Let the Contest Comitee think on this question. My opinion is that the 36 hour format of the CQ WPX SO category should be used here too. Thanks to everyone who called and my excuses to those who I could not copy especialy at the end - when I was not quite sure what I am doing. At this time I have felt as in a dream. I knew that something is going on but I was not sure what exactly ... I could not concentrate on the signals that I had to copy. I was feeling as if someone else is operating the station and I am just listening without even understanding what I have to do ... :) I am missing at least the last 100 contact - I have no memory on them :) Thanks again guys - See you in the next crazy event ! 73 , Krasimir LZ1GL http://www.lzopen.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ5R Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 14,312,111 Rig : IC-781 3pcs,IC-7800 1pc ACOM 2000A 2Pcs Antennas : 2el phased verticals for 160m, 4-SQ for 80m, vertical Delta loop for 80m, SteppIR Monster for 40m-3el, 20m-6el, 15m-6el, 10m-7el, 24el. Force-12 Comments: Special thanks to LZ1AAM, LZ5ZM and LZ1RGT for technical support before the contest. And personally to LZ1rgt for his excellent cooking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ7J Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 387,828 RIG: IC756PROII ,ANT:10M7 125 Tnx all for qs,Mary Xmas and HNY 2012 Vasko ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ8E Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,909,338 Countless number of stations, but 48h for SO is too much. 36h WPX format would be much better. Thanks to all for Q's and Cu next time! 73 Boyan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ9A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 707,608 Great to see 10m getting back to its former self, with worldwide DX available for hours on end. This year a 5-el 10m yagi was put up at 10m just prior to the contest.(Thank you to my friend Svetly LZ3SM, which help me to put up) On both days the band started to come to life about one hour before our sunrise (04:20UTC on Saturday,05UTC on Sunday) However the closing time for 10m was same on the two days.(16:40UTC) I spend a time trawling for mults but can't "open a way" for more of them ( West EU&USA wall was very strong ) I had a good QRG on Sunday afternoon to USA 28004.7 which I didn't want to lose, but did lose it when landed upon by a strong USA, and a strong F close by. Please my apology to Alan P3J (just read a comment for 28005) but I don't hrd you on this time (Sorry about that !) Two Zones were missed : 1 (no hrd KL7 ) and 12 (no CE on time of cndx, too late when they wrkd). Antennas/Equipment FT2000 Acom 2000A Microkeyer II WinTest 5el.yagi fix 45deg,7el.yagi fix 315deg, KT34 Best Regards to ALL !!! See you in the next contest de Andy LZ2HM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ9R Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,727,945 Incredible conditions and excellent activity. It seems that new antennas worked well.We had big storms during 17/18 october, which left me only with 4el 15M yagi out of 10 different antennas.Everything else was broken or heavy damaged.Big thanks to my dad LZ1TA for countless hours of antenna rebuilding, just in time for LZ DX and CQ WW CW. Many 6 banders ,including C5A and W3LPL.About 80% of time S&P ,but has some nice runs at upper band edges. TS850SAT , IC720 Antennas at hilltop: 2el Quad 20/15/10 4el yagi 15M Vertical 40/80 INV.Vee 80 INV.L 160 73 de Nasko ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ9W Class: M/M HP Total Score = 24,396,561 Great activity and good, but not excellent condx. Due to the lost of 2 radios and one amp app. 2 hours of operating time were lost on prime time on two bands. 160m Newly installed 330m long Beverage to USA /West Europe improved significantly our copying abilities on top band in that direction. Eastern 168m long Beverage, though was picking up a lot of noise probably coming from big cities located in that direction and copying Asian stations was a torture. In spite of poorer condx on top band we made just 10 QSOs less than in 2010 and 1 multiplier more than in 2010. Receiving antennas, though can not compensate for being located on the wrong side of Europe to be able to "catch" those Carribean mults through the European "wall" :-( 80m Our 80m 3 el. WA3FET was rebuild by LZ1ZD just on time for CW part of CQWW. This time it can be folded down outside of CQWW or WPX contests and we hope it will survive much longer than the first one :-). 236 QSO and 4 multipliers less were made this year compared to 2010 probably due to increased activity on higher bands. The only drawback is that it appears that 3el yagi in LZ is equal to a high dipole or single vertical in other parts of Europe :-( ? 40m Our best band - even DR1A made less QSOs on that one ;-). New 4 el WA3FET yagi is a killer antenna on this band. 20m Although we did much better than in SSB part on 20m it is still our weakest band for some reason. We have 6/6/6 to USA and 4/4 to East plus 6 el OWA rotatable but.... We'll keep working on this one. 15m In the period of low sun activity in last years we usually did very well on that band - it used to be our best band. Now in period of high sun activity propagation Gods seem to favor North European stations, since here band started to close each day at about 17.30 Z and this prevented making a bigger number of QSOs. 10m When opened it was GREAT, but especially on Sunday it closed at 16.30 Z as mentioned by my friend Andy LZ9A ( LZ2HM ) So, smaller number of QSOs on this one, too. The good side of it is that we made a better score than existing EU M/M record improving our last year score by some 4 000 000 points. Our THANKS to Radim OK1FDR for making a trip from Prague to Breznik to operate as part of 20m team for 32 hours almost without a sleep and then flying back to OK land on Sunday afternoon. We appreciate this VERY MUCH. Our THANKS go to George LZ2GL,too for excellent technical support as usual. Congrats to other EU M/M for nice scores. 73 Wally LZ2CJ on behalf of LZ9W Contest Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M3I Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,431,228 Was intending to do SOSB 10m but Decided at the last mo to enter all bands as I finished the 80/40 Vertical but the radials were a tad slim on the ground but it tuned up reasonably well. So I thought lets go for it. Luckily condx were excellent except 20m for some reason, the band was extremely noisy here and traffic seemed weaker than the other bands hence my lower total. My 160m dipole ( no luxury beverages here) was squeezed in bent about the garden with the ends literally 4ft off the ground tied with baler string to the hedge. My wife actually parked her car within feet of the ends!! However with these limitations, it seemed to receive traffic well especially those from NA! Some nice DX on 10m but no JA, and boy did i try! However KH and WL7 called in though. Band counts are a bit low as I don't S&P the bands often enough. I bought the elecraft kit amp, the KPA500 back in the summer and it was faultless. I thank the wife for her support with cups of tea etc, and her insistence of sunday lunch in a non contest zone, the dining table!! Regards Ken G0ORH / M3i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M4DXI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 78,736 All S & P looking for new DXCC to add to my LOTW totals: snagged Antarctica, Ascension I, Mozambique! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M5E Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,662,505 A fun weekend at the M5E/G0CKV super-station! I seem to have a masochistic urge to find ways to handicap myself and poor antennas is a sure way to make a contest more challenging and thus interesting. At my suburban QTH I enjoy the proximity to the pleasures of London but the downside is space, antenna restrictions and RFI. I tend to use near-invisible wires and something very temporary in the middle of the lawn when I get on for a contest weekend. For two years I have done 40m SB in CQWW with a vertical in the lawn but the rumours of decent HF condx tempted me to add all-band to the challenge this year and that turned out to be a good decision. This year I put a triband trap dipole (Cushcraft D3 for 20-15-10) at 26ft on a push-up pole. At this marginally elevated position it stares into the roofs of the houses in the area and into the crowns of the trees. A 40-m inverted V was suspended from the same low level. For 80 and 160 I have a 1mm wire winding itself up a tree to a similar height before it stretches out horisontally to form an inverted L placed such that it picks up as much noise at possible from my house. It does not take long to learn that trying to keep a frequency and run is not very enjoyable with LP and these antennas. On the occasions I tried I got a trickle of 1-point qsos at a rate of say 50-80 and that is booooring. I am inevitably rescued from my boredom after a few minutes when a big brute starts to CQ on top of me presumably mistaking my signals for general background noise. So S&P is the order of the day and night. It appeared that all big stations were busy trying to CQ so S&P was exceptionally productive this year. I assume that the spread of activity over so many bands also helped a LP S&P guy - there were quite simply more stations sitting there pressing the F1 button running with only a moderate pile-up, if any, for each. I had long periods with an S&P rate of 80-120 and occasionally above that. With a focus on easy multipliers and 3p-qsos S&P yielded much higher score productivity. With LP and poor antennas the pile-ups generated by the cluster-mob are totally useless and most pile-ups generally are non-productive except that it is useful to remember where the DX is and check back frequently for a lull in his pile-up. Giving the cluster-mob a wide berth also improved my mood considerably and made me enjoy the bands rather than worry about the future of mankind and the dumbing-down of the hobby. Rig was a K3 which is absolutely superb on CW and WinTest was good and stable as usual. In addition to my super antenna farm I benefitted from assistance in the form of my tolerant wife serving occasional sustenance, the most recent baby grand-son who visited for his first CQWW and provided cheerful and inspirational diversion and distraction and then of course the RBN. The old DX cluster is banned at this QTH. Thanks for the fun. Quite a few, but not all, stations that were CQ-ing at 40wpm picked up my mini-call including the trailing e on first attempt when I responded in kind. That is impressive! Next contests here probably REF CW as G0CKV and ARRL CW as M5E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M6W Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Total Score = 119,098 Thought condx slightly better on 2nd day, until 'Murphy' visited at 4 AM when everything went silent. Lost 2 hrs of peak opening to the Caribbean & NA. Approx 100 Qs and unknown mults lost. Subsequent check at daybreak revealed the antenna loading coil was open circuit. It became detached during high winds that night. A intentiaonal break happened much later around Sunday teatime - I promised my niece I would attend her 6th birthday party. Approx 50 Qs lost but the party was great. Homebrew 30 ft top-loaded vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: MD2C Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,789,968 On the Isle of Man, when the wind forecast predicts strong gales, I have learned through experience to crank the tower down and to take down the 160m-80m vertical. The forecast for this weekend included "Sea State - Phenomenal" in the waters off the Scottish Islands (that's 40+ foot waves) and the tower was duly cranked down to 40ft for the contest, which meant that the 40m antenna was an inverted vee with the apex at 37 feet. The 80m-160m vertical was up for the first night, but left down on the ground for the peak winds on Saturday night/Sunday AM, and then up for Sunday night as the winds abated before their expected return on Monday. Given the height handicap, it was decided to just have some fun in the contest and see how conditions were. The result was not my best score ever, but perhaps the most satisfying contest yet - the most DXCCs worked (165) in all 40 Zones, with >100 countries on each of 4 bands. The really pleasant surprise was that more countries were worked on 10m than any other band - quite a difference from the last five years or more! The result certainly reflects greatly improved conditions and the tremendous participation that this contes enjoys around the world - what a great contest! I look forward to seeing some truly large scores from the top competitors! Having 10m open meant that stations were spread out a lot more - and I didn't hear a single frequency fight in the whole contest - another difference from contests in the recent past! Thanks, as always, to the contest organizers for the hard work that is about to start for them, and to all who called during the contest! 73 Bob Rig: FT-DX-9000D, Quadra Amp 20m-15m-10m Ant: 4-el SteppIR at about 40 ft 40m Ant: Inverted Vee, apex at 37 feet 80m-160m Ant: Titanex vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: MM0GPZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,316,624 First CQWW CW I have had the nerve to run for long periods. It was great fun except for a few times when my brain suddenly couldn't decode simple clear morse. About 4 or 5 times during the contest, I had a mental blank even if the other station slowed right down. HS0AC must think I'm mad for replying with S50AC umpteen times before I got it. I'll be better next time. Homebrew Hexbeam at 13m, verticals for 40m, Inv L for 80/160 squeezed into my small garden. 73 Gordon MM0GPZ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: MM0LID Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,605,815 Fantastic! Why Cant We Have Band Conditions Like This All The Time! Thanks For All The Qso's, Hit 1000 Qso's After 11 and a half hours. Really Didnt Want To Stop For a Break, But Really Had To Get A Few Hours Sleep.. Rig : FTdx5000 Pwr : 100w Ants : 160 - Wire , 80 - Vert + Wires , 40 - Vert + Wires , 20,15,10 - 2ele Cubical Quad. 73s and All the Best Scott Mcleman MM0LID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: MW5B Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 898,228 Great fun and good to see 10m back in action . Not quite as good as the SSB w/e but nevertheless good! In the unassisted section I found it really frustrating, when searching the band, to find what was quite obviously a "packet pile-up" with the dx station sometimes not giving his call for up to ten minutes at a time. This may improve his rate but is in my opinion very poor operating practice which should be penalised. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0BUI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,640 With kids and grandkids here for the weekend for Thanksgiving I only had a short time early Saturday morning for this one. 73, Mike N0BUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0HF Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Total Score = 86,031 Played around off and on while working on the shack, very nice condx. '73 Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0HJZ Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 567,956 I had a friendly challenge with another low power, antenna challenged operator. It made the weekend a lot of fun. I have a rotating dipole for 10-15-20 and a vertical for 40-80, plus a small wire vertical for 160. Thanks to all the bigger stations who heard my small signal! A fun weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0HR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,244,453 Great way to spend a weekend - I'm sure many would agree. I debated whether to go HP or LP. Last minute decision was HP (use the new amp). Between the amp and improved propagation, my numbers greatly improved over last year (more than double). Tougher competition level in HP though, that's for certain. Pros ---- * Lots of fun! * Personal best score in CQ WW CW. * Several new DXCC entities worked on CW/bands. * Seemed to break several pileups from my modest QTH in Iowa. * I learn something each time and improve. These minor improvements all add up (better chair, monitor, etc.). * Spent more time ahead of the contest prepping the shack - mostly PC configuration stuff. Cons ---- * Noise on 80m is still brutal. I'm sure I could work many more on that band (and 160m) if I could hear through the S9 noise that is intermittent. This was my first contest to try to use a MFJ-1026 to try to fight the noise - no joy. * Try to run a time or two but my rate was poor. When I had several EU stations on top of each other I struggled to manage the rx. I need more experience here. Perhaps I could have done better with a better rx (K3?) or by better managing the rx gain - but the pileup (?) sounded like a constant tone/mush. * Time: Needed much better sleep in the days ahead of the contest. Started to crash a few hours in. XYL had me run an errand in the middle of the afternoon Saturday. Too much time off-air. * Still haven't mastered all shack layout issues (ie SteppIR to IC-7600 to PC to SPE 1k-fa via CI-V). * Overall - need to improve 80m antenna situation and decide if I'm really going to operate 160. Family and friends ask "how did you do in your radio thing?" - I never know how to respond. Pros still far outweigh any cons. Face it - this contest is a blast. Thanks for the QSOs! Pat N0HR http://www.n0hr.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0IJ Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 6,403,985 We are on the north edge of the good conditions, but we got enough to have a ball. We're not that far south of VE4EAR, who didn't get treated too well! Forty percent of our 10/15/20 Q's were made with an A4 at 56' with the rest handled by a small stack of C4/C3 at 82'/55'. Excited to work all 40 zones on one band for the first time. Thanks to AF9T and N0IM who helped do a major antenna fix last Sunday (11/5) in 10 degree cold and 6" new snow at our remote cabin location in far NW Wisconsin near Duluth, MN. The power company came to our rescue and totally eliminated a 3 year noise proble that we located for them. What a treat it was to hear nothing but signals! John, N0IJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0JK Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 20 Had to work Saturday, Sunday was on 6M working E-skip. Loaded up the attic 6M dipole on 10M just before noon CST to hand out points in the contest. Pleased to work CT3KN (was very loud and hears well) and VE6BPP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 756,024 Rig: Yaesu FT-990, ClrDSP Audio Filter, MFJ Noise Cancellor, WriteLog Atennas: Force 12 C3 at 40', Alpha-Delta DX-LB Inverted Vee 160-80-40. DX Engineering 43' Vertical, 32 radials, MFJ Tuner at the base used on 80 and 40 switching to find the antenna that worked at a given distance per the conditions encountered. Got in a lot more time than I usually have this time! However, I slept in Saturday morning and missed 4 hours of prime conditions ... resulting in a "grind" condition at the end of the contest. Was only able to run briefly on Saturday on 10 and 15, too crowded (!). Overall only missed Zone 21, 26 and 39. Since this was an "Assisted" operation I tried out the RBN to evaluate how strong above the noise I might be on CQing and glanced at the RBN Posts from time to time. Saw fewer blown calls on the regular spotting packet network. From the standpoint of statistics, 38.6% were EU stations, and 17.3% were Asia. North America was 21.9% of the total. Managed to hold the "0" pointers down to 16 contacts, most for the US multipler ... late Sunday tried to run and the first four callers were US stations ... it's hard to believe that they needed US that late in the contest. With 90 QSO's the JA contributon was very good. 73, Jim N1CC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1DC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 810,540 This contest was FUN! I was in a race this year to get several antenna projects completed before contest season started. Unfortunately I missed CQ WW SSB and the ARRL CW Sweepstakes. Warm weather over the past few weeks sure helped but there was too much to do. My Hy-Gain Explorer 14 was broken in half by a tree during Hurricane Irene. The tower suffered minor damage and was repaired and repainted. The antenna upgrade took about 2 weeks to complete due to complete disassembly/reassembly. The work paid off with a noticeable performance improvement after using Penetrox on the element joints. New 80/40 dipoles and feedline also worked great. Beat last years score by 30% and picked up 7 new DXCC countries. Great to hear 10M open to the entire world. This was the first contest in many years where QRN was not an issue. Station: Ten Tec Omni VII 100W, Hy-Gain Explorer 14 @ 30 ft (10/15/20), 80/40 dipoles @ 35 ft, HP Pavillion PC running CT Thanks for all the QSO's. 73 Rick N1DC QTH Braintree MA (EMA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1DG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,288,384 Great fun!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1EU Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,783,483 I went into the contest hoping to do some experimenting to try and improve pileup readability, which has frustrated me a bit in the past with the K3. I’ve recently done some modifications to a 15 year old Omni 6+ and I ended up using it for most of the contest. The bottom line is that I don’t notice a night and day difference between the K3, Omni 6+ and my Orion. If I had to guess, I’d say the Orion is slightly better than the K3 and the Omni 6+ is slightly better than the Orion but I wouldn’t swear to it. I did notice that with AGC turned off, the Omni 6+ is definitely more responsive to changes in RF Gain than the K3/Orion. But far beyond the slight pileup readability improvements, I was amazed at how quiet the Omni 6+ receiver can be. Weak signals sounded “pure”, as they popped above a quiet background �" a real pleasure to listen to. It also seemed like the really weak signals were slightly more readable. With 600hz IR roofing filter in place, the Omni 6+ seems to give up nothing in close-in IMD immunity compared to the K3 and Orion. However, the K3 and Orion have arguably a much more substantial control foundation for contesting and I must admit to being somewhat of a subreceiver/diversity addict. I’ll continue to experiment in the future with these three radios. I ended the contest satisfied with my productivity for the amount of time in the chair (tad under 28 hours). Inspired by K1LI’s post, I did a little analysis of my own. I spent 30% of the time running with an average 149 run rate that yielded 57% of my qso’s. I would have spent more time running if my main 40M antenna hadn’t bit the dust Friday night. I was left with just a single dipole oriented NW/SE, at right angles to Europe. On a positive note, the new-to-me 3-element SteppIR up 60ft continues to impress. Although I greatly appreciated all the spots from the RBN (skimmer/reverse beacon network), I still feel a great improvement would be more screening (“CQ” and callsign database validation) by the skimmer servers. I noticed myself and others spotted numerous times when calling dx. And there sure wouldn’t be a downside to eliminating all the LW3LPL and “EK” spots. Losing potential spots of dx not in the database would be a small price to pay for really cleaning up the RBN contest spots. And those “lost” spots can always be entered the old fashioned way by human ops. I got a laugh at one point when I glanced up at my cluster client screen �" have a look at http://n1eu.com/skimmer_spots.gif - the irony of W3LPL spotting itself as LW3LPL and W4LPL. Thanks for all the q's and apologies to those who I couldn't pull out. 73, Barry N1EU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1IW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,608,955 OMG! What a blast. First time serious SO effort in the world war cw test as usually play out at K1TTT as MM in this one. No visits from Murphy either. Only regret is that I didn't have more chair time due to other committments. See you all in ARRL. Happy Holidays to all and 73. SO2R - FT-5K/Alpha 87A, FT-2K/IC-PW1 3 over 3 ele SteppIR 90'/35', top has 40M/30M kit 2 ele 40M M2LL fixed on Eu 160M OCFD for 160/80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1LN Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 164,879 Not much time available due to extended holiday family obligations and other projects around the house, but did get on for a few hours Saturday and Sunday morning. The band was in great shape, so wish I had more time to play. 73, Bruce N1LN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1QD Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 64,894 What a blast! CW contesting is still fairly challenging for me, but the more I use Morse Runner, the easier it gets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1TM Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 745,145 Congrats to Doug! Great conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1UR Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,689,888 What a fantastic weekend. I have been looking forward to a weekend like this since I started building this station in 2004. And I was ready for it when it arrived. As I can tell from the posts, I wasn't the only one ready. My personal best was set last year at 4.3 Million with a 3.85 Million net. Ouch! But I had a major software failure mid contest and my log was unstable. That is fixed now. I usually run 7 - 9% reduction (not proud of that, but it is what it is for now) so this score should produce a 4.2 - 4.3 Million net, which if it is the top scire this year will break K1TO's record of 4.29 Million gross and 4.14 Million net So a new personal best and a chance to break the record. I found both 160 and 80M conditions to be better than the SSB weekend and was actually on pair after the first night with last year's surreal low band numbers (hard to believe). But neither of the low bands delivered the Saturday night numbers, not sure why, as the conditions were not bad to EU at all. 40M was excellent but my mult total was off. Not sure why. 20M was actually a very productive band for me. A little breathing room makes for great runability for us Low Power guys. Although many of the juicy mults that often call in were not to be this year (assume they were frolicking on 15 and 10). 15M was not as good as the SSB weakend but still great. My mults were not as good as I hoped but that is because I was really concentrating on running much of the time and purposely traded mult sweeps and big piles for rate. The result on Q totals was my best ever Qs for CQ WW of 2758 and close to my all time high CW Q total in a contest (3050 Qs). 10M was fantastic, although I think SSB weekend was a little better. Rate finally started dropping off Sunday but 15 and 20M were so starved that it quickly returned as I ran the bands for about 90 mins each working the MUF up to EU. Best 10 rate was 210, interestingly not a personal high for me which is 240 from ARRL DX CW, and best 60 rate was 160, and best 120 rate was 150. The most interesting thing there is the 120 rate being so close to the 60 rate. This showed a consistancy of great rate during the day. In fact I had 10 hours over 100 but as importantly very few hours under 50. I noticed a significant reduction in JA activity (overall) on CW vs the SSB weekend. Not sure if that was prop or activity. My goal was 3000 Qs and 5 Million points and breaking the record with enough room to survive K1TOs unbelievably low point reduction (3.5%). Missed the first two somewhat but seemed to have achieved the last. Thanks to all contesters for making this a great experience for all of us. And thanks to my wife, Christine, KB1PQN, for all of her support for this crazy hobby. 73 Ed N1UR Antennas: 160M: Vert T - 65ft 80M: 2el phased array at 65 ft and 3 slopers 40M: 3el at 80ft and 2 el south at 45ft 20M: 4/4 and 3el South 70ft tower 15M: 6/6 and 3el south 70ft tower 10M: 5/5 and 4 el south 70Ft tower Beverages: NE (900 ft) and W (500 ft) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2BJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,428,212 Holiday weekend and all 5 Grandkids in town for Thanksgiving. Hard to spend time on radio. Day 1 conditios OK, day 2 Sunday seemed way off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CQ Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 350,920 Short time on the air due to late Thanksgiving on Sat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2GC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,703,850 IC756PROIII, AL-1200, Dipoles @~40' Missed lots of prime ours due to work and family things. Sure is nice when all the bands are open and people can spread out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2MM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,955,873 #1 on the to-do list...put up a beverage. I wasn't impressed with 10m condx. On the other hand, 20m surprised me by not having any daytime absorption. 6meg should have happened if I hadn't taken a lunch break or walked the dog! Note to myself...Teach the dog to walk herself! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2RJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 16,450 Not much to write home about. Just had a few hours to operate late Sunday between fall chores. 100% S&P, 99% cluster clicking (hence assisted). 10m was decent. Not as good as during fone but decent. Didn't venture much beyond 10 as you can see. =) Hope to see y'all in the ARRL tests next year. Happy Holidays. Go FRC! 73, Ryan, N2RJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WKS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,115,093 Personal best score. Installed a beverage to EU just before the contest which played well. Very much appreciate my gracious host for allowing me to play with his toys. Amp blew up before the contest so was lucky to get a loaner. Operated from 23:00z Saturday to 00:00z Monday. Thank you to everyone who operated, and tolerated my request for repeats. Please QSL via LOTW 73, Zev N2WKS one asside: There were two stations who for some reason kept calling on my run frequency. They weren't working me, I tried to work them and they ignorned me, they didn't work anyone else, and they just kept calling and calling...I was a bit bewildered. Fortunetly the K3 is an awesome rig and I just moved over enough so they didn't bother me but it was weird? I did notice a few spots that were showing up with weird splits and maybe they had their rig set wrong so they weren't listening on the same frequency. It did not seem malicious...more ignorant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,499,488 Had dog duty so hours were less than last year, considering my score rumor, it was a gang buster year! Changed my strategy from last year a little, and it helped some. Sunday AM was not as fast paced as hoped, but was steady. Still find myself getting hung up in some piles that seem like I should just zip through, others that should take longer were "easy". Man some of the pile-ups were just gnarly. My heartfelt gratitude to anyone who can do that for more than a couple hours. There is NO REASON for someone to endlessly keep sending there call trying to get through. Listening seems to be a lost art for all too many. On the other side of the pileup, I do understand the frustration of not having a clue about the station call, not everyone is assisted. It surprised me to hear discussions about dupes, some of the non-IDing stations refused to work dupes and wasted time telling folks that, maybe if they sent their call a wee bit more frequently, they wouldn't have such a conundrum. Heard more than a few beg telling others no, they weren't a dupe. Just work 'em and move along... Enuff bitchin'... A few of my buddies were on the road, Gene at C6, Hal at CT8, Kyle at PJ2 all seemed to be moving along and making hay. Hope they had a nice dinner after the fray, maybe with seegars and brandy chasers. The 8Q7DV folks were all ears, looking forward to seeing their numbers and comments. C5A too was great to work from top to bottom. Thanks to all the DXpeditions for putting juicy tidbits on. Canada was out in force, or had a great path into the country. Same goes for Japan, the most I've heard from there in years. Heard a couple Chinese stations, but no joy. Zone 26 was to only one I don't recall hearing. Missed QSOs in three zones for WAZ. Thanks for all the QSOs and see you down the log. 73, Julius n2wn Elecraft K3/100 4 element Steppir @ 15m 80M Vee 40M vertical 160m Tee N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3AM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,665,230 100% RBN click and pounce. I had planned to run one of the high bands on Sunday, but the RBN spots kept coming as fast as I could work them. Propagation was so good that beam orientation became less important. The good WX this weekend pulled me away from the radio for a couple of bike rides. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 67,952 Was having a great time until the amp died! IC-756 Pro3 Al-811H (KIA) Force 12 C-3SS WriteLog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3MX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 770,055 Not able to put in a full effort due to prior commitments. Fun as always though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3QE Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,057,332 Amazing. My first CQ WW when the bands were all open. Astonishing. Mind-blowing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3RS Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 22,032,066 This was a great contest. We had good conditions and nothing broke! On behalf of the N3RS team, I extend our congratulations to the super job at K1LZ. That was a magnificent effort. Our thanks go out to all the stations that called us this year. You are the ones that make the contest such a fun event each year. My thanks to our team members on a great effort this time around. This was a new all time high score from N3RS and we are pleased with the results. We all got adequate sleep and overall had a great time trying to keep up with the RBN. Now all we need to do is to learn how to pass multipliers and we will be in really good shape. A quick analysis showed that we only successfully passed one multiplier all weekend. UGH! Special thanks to Dave, N3RD, for his innovations to make the station more competitive. The two multiplier positions made a substantial addition to our score this year. We look forward to next year and a few more tweaks of the station to take advantage of the increased solar activity. CU next time, 73 de Sig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3UM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,969,926 Wow. Sunspots are back. In every contest my goal is to do better than I did last year, but I did not expect to claim 1.97 M points this year, blowing past my previous best of 1.57 M points claimed in 2010. Essentially, the difference was 10 meters. In the 4 years '08 - '11 inclusive, I made 837 to 902 QSOs on 15 and 20 m. combined: as a detail, this year about half of those 15 & 20 QSOs were on 15 m. vs 7-10% on that band in '08 - '10. BUT, on 10 m. I made 320 QSOs and 88 mults this year vs 48 QSOs and 31 mults last year. Not since 2001 and 2002 have I gotten comparable numbers on 10 m. My low-band results were down a few tens of QSOs this year from '09 and '10, though quite comparable to '08, but the slight dropoff from 2010 was buried by the avalanche of 10 m. results. My best one-hour rate was on 10 m., 102 QSOs 15-16 Z Sun. Whenever I CQ'd with 10 open to EU from this mid-size station in a common zone and country, I was buried in a screaming pileup. I worked 264 EU stations on 10 m. vs. NONE last year. And, 10 m. yielded mults far and rare: 9J, KH2, JA, VK, ZL. The sunspots also served up mults not heard much in recent years on other bands: 5H, BY, KH0, VU, and VK on 15 m., and HS, KH0, VK, VU, and YB on 20 m. Even 40 m. yielded 4J, A7, and ZD8. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3ZA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,700,024 My best score in this contest. Nice to see that round number on paper even though it won't last! All point & shoot. Finally solved some nasty RF issues I've had for a long time by using some material 28 ferrite ordered from AB8KO, received the day of the contest. Great stuff! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4BAA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,024,775 Happiness is CW CONTESTING!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,512,036 Rig : Ten-Tec OMNI VI+ Drake L7 700 watts Antennas : Dipoles at 50 feet & 80 Meter Half Square Soapbox : My goal was to beat my CQ WW SSB score. I made 18 more QSOs on CW than on SSB, worked more countries on all bands except 10. Near the end I had 100 countries on 10, 15 and 20 meters with only 99 on 40 meters, so I left a good run on 15 and went to 40 looking for just one more and I got five! Since moving from Hampton to New Kent this year, I put up my 80 meter half square pointing NNW/SSE to see how it would do for JAs and the Pacific. I worked several JAs and KL7 in the CW test on 80 but Europe was way down. I need to either rotate this one or get another one up before the ARRL test in February! 73, Don N4DJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DXI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 78,736 Late...submitted but not showing in lists. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4EK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 255,996 Great conditions with limited time to get on. Highlight: being called by JY4NE. Tnx Ali. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4GG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 810,432 Thanksgiving company cleared out at 5AM Sunday morning - time to start contesting! The high bands were in great shape - nice to have some sunspots. 80 and 160 sounded awful Sunday evening...and 40 was not as loud as I'm used to either. I guess this is the new "normal." Almost all S&P and playing around. Stayed on 10 to get DXCC, then droped to 15 and missed DXCC by 1 country. All that hurt the score, but I was out to have fun and work friends - plus check some new antenna arangements. I ran packet merged with skimmer for two hours. YUK! I like to S&P up the band and stop and call a CQ or two every time I find a hole. That was causing me to get instantly skimmer-spotted and after 20 minutes of that I was spotted on lot's of different QRGs on the same band. Also,IMHO the skimmers feeding the system have accuracy far worse than the humans. I was N4GM lots of times - other busted calls littered the band map. No more skimmer for me, TNX. Lots of fun - some great scores out there. Courtesy seem very good, clicks were at a minimum - it was a nice day. 2X: FT1000MP+INRAD, ACOM 2000A; WRITELOG, HomeBrew SO2R, Wires in the woods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4IJ Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 383,900 Ten Tec Omni 6+ N1MM Logger, 5 elements @ 60ft. 139 countries is my personal best country total. Conditions good - but seemed lacking from the SSB contest. Found that I need to work on my rotor, as it became very sluggish, and would not even turn at times. Missed JW for a new country and zone (he seemed to be on just for a minute), missed 9v (also seemed casual op), A71 (working europe) and 8q7 (just plain weak in OKLA), and TF (weak). Worked lots of JA and BY stations. There were times when I was envious of the activity on 10m, especially on Saturday. And when the 15m band conked out early in the evening, I wanted to go to 20m, but just quit for the night. I did make a slow motion tun to Europe on Sunday, but my signal just does not stand out enough to attract much attention. The big guns from TX show what an antenna system can do for you. They often worked JA's that were in the mud for me. Had fun, but my Butt is still sore. Wish I could add my score to a contest group, but there aren't any around here that I know of. Doug N4IJ, Harrah, OK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4JF Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 137,620 PART TIME EFFORT... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4KG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,650,795 I'm too tired to do my usual writeup and make an early submission so here are the numbers for the Bottom Line World we live in. There was No Way I could stick to my planned sleep schedule and I paid the price Saturday / Sunday, having to take naps when I could no longer function well. Multipliers on 160,80,20 Meters suffered the consequences. I HAD to take a nap at noon Sunday which resulted in the loss of many easy EU multipliers as the MUF was dropping. I must have lost several Low Band Multipliers when I was unable to continue functioning efficiently early Saturday night and went to bed. 3 Months of "contesting" and "Burning the DX Candle at Both Ends" has worn me out! I was Most Impressed with the performance of my 80M Sloping Dipole on 40M (fed with Ladderline and a Johnson Matchbox). 96 Countries in 6 hours the first night before going to 80M for the first time after midnight. When I later found DR1A S9 on 160M, I knew I would not get much sleep that night. The addition of a D3 Dipole at 65 ft. fixed on JA/S.A. was Very Useful. Thanks to the efforts by AA4NU, I was able to work most of my NA/SA contacts on that dipole and therefore NOT have to turn my only High Band Beam (TH7 at 40 ft). The D3 was even able to Bust several fairly big pileups! Tom N4KG in North Alabama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4KH Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 34,188 Had fun but limited op time this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4LR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,116,864 All S&P. Just needed 1 more country on 20. Worked 7 in the last 45 minutes but couldn't hear any others on the band. Lots of echo/flutter on signals from locations I've never heard that from before for example Hawaii, Carribean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4LZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 383,380 Hamsticks Rock!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4MO Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 244,890 Love the condx! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4NO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,077,272 S&P only ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 399,355 Thanks to Tom and Marsha for letting me invade their home. Everything worked to perfection....except maybe the condx Saturday night.. Friday night - Great!, but don't know what happened to Saturday night...most signal down in the noise for most of the night.... Missed a lot of mults...heard not worked RO9O, 8Q7DV, etc. Nice to find EY3M on Sunday afternoon before sunset for the only new one this evening.. The new antennas for 80m worked great...multiple dipoles way up high...worked 122 JA's and lots of goodies in the Pacific like E51MAN, Bunch of KH2, AH0, JD1AHC and DX1J. Thanks for all the calls worldwide...sorry I missed a lot of stations on Saturday night...See ya next time, I hope. Again, thanks Tom...it was a lot of fun!! 73, Paul, N4PN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PSE Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 743,418 Another part time effort. Having the kids home was more important! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4QX Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 396 Rig: Yaesu FT-817ND, 5 W output Ant: Workman 10m mobile whip vertical on mag mount QTH: Leesylvania State Park, Prince William County, VA I had a few hours today to have some fun and try out some new equipment, and the 12 stations worked managed to pick out my S&P calls. I plan to mount a more serious effort for the upcoming ARRL 10m contest, working more hours and hanging a dipole. Leesylvania SP, right by the Potomac at the Southern tip of Prince William County, was quite scenic, and no one looked askance at me. Will repeat use as a mobile QTH (which, given my condo home with no balcony, is a necessity for me at this time). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4RA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,442,167 Ruff time on 80 & 160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4RV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,965,923 All S&P + packet.. Enjoyed hearing ALL the bands in such great shape for a change.. Having problems with computer generated CW, so had to use an old keyer for most of the contest.. Sure do miss the computer sending perfect CW ! Lots of leaves to rake on Sunday, but still managed to spend some time at the rig. Leaving Thursday for PJ2 to op in the 10M contest.. Hope the band will stay remain hot for that one... Nice to contact so mnay friends this weekend. Jack N4RV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4TB Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 449,352 73 Terry N4TB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4TZ/9 Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,555,342 Lesson learned: I can't chew gum and run (stations) at the same time - my jaw makes quite a racket in the headphones! I didn't keep call stations quite so long this year before giving up - I still called them, but gave up sooner in order to try to get the QSO total up - low bands were very quiet hear and I could hear a lot of DX on 160 & 80 but they couldn't hear my pop-gun signal and I didn't take the time to ride the QSB wave. I guess that's why my 40m QSO total is higher this year. I think I heard DXCC on five bands! My prop-pitch rotor now turns, but only 180 degrees at contest time, so I could turn my 20 & 40 meter antennas from West through North to East. No other major hardware problems this time out. I notice that the top low power scores are often about half the corresponding high power scores in CQWW CW, so based on K5ZD's score I expect N1UR to crack 5 meg this year. Wow! Continent List 160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL --- --- --- --- --- --- --- USA calls = 2 1 2 7 1 11 24 Canada calls = 18 17 28 28 20 17 128 NA calls = 13 15 23 22 21 29 123 SA calls = 5 7 9 25 26 32 104 Euro calls = 11 103 311 224 244 596 1489 African calls = 4 7 14 14 15 13 67 Asian calls = 0 2 10 11 5 6 34 Japan calls = 0 2 6 9 26 19 62 Ocean calls = 0 2 10 7 7 7 33 Total calls = 53 156 413 347 365 730 2064 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4YDU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,533,730 What a blast! This is a personal best for me in CQWW by more than 1.2 million points. I had plenty of rest heading in and I was excited about potentially great conditions �" the propagation gods didn't let us down! I spent 39 hours in the chair this time around and I would have done more if I could have stayed awake. 10 meters was a little disappointing for me on Saturday morning, but it just kept giving on Sunday. 15M was great as were 20 and 40. 80M was sluggish from here but the highlight was working a JA on Sunday morning at sunrise. That is only the second time I have done that with 100 watts. I heard a JA on 160 but I was unable to work the station. 160 was more of a wasteland for me this year. Things were shaky before the contest began. I did a quick check of antennas on Friday morning and noticed the SWR was high on the 80M vertical. I went to the check it and one section of the T was on the ground. Not a big deal and it was fixed within 30 minutes. All was well �" so I thought. I went out for some food in the afternoon and returned to the shack about four hours before start time. The computer was toast. No worries though, my laptop already had Wintest loaded on it and I had a few USB to serial adapters. After about 20 minutes I was ready to go again. I sure am thankful the original computer crashed before the contest! The only other issue during the contest was my 10 meter antenna oriented NE/SW broke (my fault). I took 20 minutes to throw up a dipole for 10M on Saturday and I had a backup antenna that worked fine. So that’s it �" a grand CQWW CW is now history. In 22 years as a ham, it just keeps getting better. 73, Nate/N4YDU Station: ICOM 781 and ICOM 765 Antennas: 160M: Inverted L 80M Inverted V, T vertical 40M Dipole at 70 feet 20M 2 Loops at right angles �" one at 60 feet, another at 80 feet 15M 2 Dipoles at right angles one at 80 feet, another at 50 feet 10M 2 dipoles, one at 80 feet, one at 40 feet Two 46 foot center fed zepps (open wire line) for all bands and second radio use (very useful antennas) K9AY RX array. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4ZC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,566,771 After that long bottom, it was great to see all bands open again. The bottom 3 years of the cycle, I had more mults on 160 than 10. Not this year! This was all "hunt n peck" but all the mults helped the DXER in me to keep awake for 40 hours. With 57 years in ham radio, it's getting harder to put in 40 hours. Twenty years of pounding brass in the US Coast Guard helped. See ya'll next time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4ZZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,400,872 Conditions made for a fun time to be on the radio this weekend. I had planned to do only a part time effort after two weekends of full time SS. Just could not resist operating more than I had planned on. Now looking back wish had operated more at the beginning. Hope we have conditions this good next year! Thanks for all for the Q's. 73 Don-n4zz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5AW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,645,645 It is great to have ten meters back but the low bands were certainly not as good as last year. I had more total country multipliers last year (510 vs. 506). However 300 more contacts this year than last appears to have allowed me to meet my goal of breaking N5TJ's 5th call area low power record set back in 1998. Will have to wait for the log checking but would my raw score looks high enough to survive the usual point reduction. I did have a few problems. A thunderstorm came through around midnight the first evening forcing me to shut down an hour around European sunrise. High winds blew something loose on one of my 20 meter yagis making it unusable. Winds were also so high that at times I could not rotate one of my SteppIRs. Thanks for a great contest thogh. Marv N5AW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5EE Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 208,381 Great Contest, good times. 40 Meters is just incredible right now. Enjoyed the performance of so many fine operators. Wish some of the stations who have their keyer speed set at 55 wpm would turn it down to around 45. 55 is just a little over the top :) Thanks for the Q's and can't wait for next year. 73 ... Ken, N5EE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5FO Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 314,588 my first ever CQWW, decided to focus on single band. Decided UNASSISTED to try to improve code speed, maybe a mistake, made things much harder! Never got a strong opening/run from Europe, but strong early eve fr JA's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5OE Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 58,819 The band conditions here for 10m were fantastic I thought. The QRN was nill, the weather outside was clear, cool, and a huge wind sustaining 30mph and gusting to 40+ nearly all day Sunday. What better place to be other than inside the warm shack with fresh coffee and literally working the world on 10m! I set out to work DXCC on 10m as my only goal this year. With less than 2 hours till the end of the contest I had only 98 countries and I was getting a little worried. Finally the Band Gods spoke and I logged Australia, Indonesia, China, and Hong Kong all within the last 30 minutes of the contest! This years equipment was: TS-590 @ 100w 4el Rotating Yagi at 45' 4el Fixed Yagi to the NW at 30' N1MM Logging Thanks for all the Q's and a wonderful time once again during CQWW 2011 N5OE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5QQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 33,333 Had a small time slot to get on and hear the wide open bands after returning from turkey day trip to see kids. Played from home QTH using K3, roof vertical and Alpha 78. Missed two would have like to latched on to, C91 and ST2... de N5QQ/Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5RZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,766,482 A fun weekend with tribander & wires. Excellent JA run on 160M Saturday Morning. 10M didn't play well here in West TX, but 15M was the Energizer Bunny. Had a huge Wind/Sandstorm all day Saturday - static discharge was pinning the S-meter on 20M all day, but luckily 15M & 10M had no noise. Rig: Two Elecraft K3s + Alpha 87, Alpha 99 Antennas: Tower #1: TH6DXX @ 50' 160M & 80M inverted vees at 50' Tower #2: 40M rotary dipole & 50' & 3el 15M yagi @55' N1MM Logging Software. Thanks to all for the QSO's - there will be some huge scores out there. 73, Gator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5VI Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 69,300 Great contest. Severely limited operating time due to holiday activities. Band conditions were superb. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5XZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,681,158 Great conditions! Bands were HOT! Even worked some SE Asia LP on 10 meters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6AR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,721,260 Lots of fun with all bands open, especially 10. Sure wish the East Coast could hear the Asians on all bands like the West Coast hears the Europeans! Worked a BY on 10 just minutes before the contest, but never heard one after it began! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6DW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 69,156 K3,43' DXE Vertical, 46' Dipole at 30', LDG 600Pro Tuner. Friday and Saturday were painful experiences until after midnight. My signal was just part of the dull roar for too many stations. Mnay thanks to those who pulled me out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6HI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 17,344 "No Antennas" QTH. QRP 5 Watts. Ant: 20 foot End-Fed Wire out the window. Op about 16 hours, GOAL was to beat my last year 15m effort on 10m. I doubled it! Had a blast on 10m. Awesome QRP fun! Thanks for the Q's! GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6IE Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 133,760 Just just made a few Q's while running tests on the new remote station to see how it handles during a contest. Spent most of Saturday and part of Sunday completing work on new station, including finally finding and fixing the problem with the 75/80 meter rotatable dipole on the DB42 (wire was arcing to support strut). Fabulous improvement over the old home station! Can't wait to do a full-blown effort in a contest... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6KI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 285,947 Just played around doing mostly S&P Saturday afternoon and eve and a few hours on Sunday afternoon. Spent most daytime hours looking for new countries on 10 mtr band. Looking forward to 10 mtr contest in a few weeks. IC-7800, ACOM 2000A, 2 EL 40 @ 78 ft and 3 El 20-10 SteppIR Yagi @ 40 ft, C3S @ 70 ft, 80 mtr inverted V dipole @ 70 ft - 73 Dennis N6KI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6KJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 88,028 First time trying to run HP from my home and first time using WinTest. No TVI/RFI complaints from the neighbors means it was a success, but RFI to my station from the neighborhood was a big problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ML Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,078,180 K3, AL-1200, 103BA, EF415, 204BA, XM240 A mult-chasing exercise - just workin' some DX! Almost all S&P, except some running on 10 and a little on 15. Didn't expect to do much on 40 or 20, but 40 was so good the first evening that I had nearly 100 countries logged after sweeping EU, AF and Caribbean. Didn't stay up through the night to work AS/OC, but picked up some in the mornings. About half-way through, it seemed like it might be feasible to work 100+ countries on 4 bands, so that became the goal. Heard ST2AR on 20 on Sunday, but couldn't get through the pile before the band faded. Did work him on the other bands fairly easily, so all zones covered. The only 160 QSO was C5A, who, amazingly, heard me on the second night - seemed they were having trouble hearing others. He was quite loud, so I had to try! Had to work them on 80 after that, for the 6-band set. The other 80 QSO was ZD8W, just cos... Condx on high bands pretty good, but not as hot as a few weeks ago, and the days are getting too short! Where was OH0Z? I was hoping for 10m .. oh well, next time... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RV Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,324,838 Station: Flex 5000A Barefoot 160: Shunt Fed Tower 80: Full Size Loop 40: KLM 40M-2 @ 66 ft. 20-10: M2 KT36XA @ 78 ft. KLM KT34XA @ 51ft. on TIC Ring Writelog First off it has been another wonderful experience with great conditions! Even with the good conditions the difference between the SSB and CW contests is very obvious. I am grateful that the 2 element yagi on 40 was back up! I worked more multipliers on 40 than any other band. I guess because there is so little going on late nite that we are just glued to that band! The distribution of QSOs is also very interesting. It seems that CW operators know how to change bands and not stay on the highest one open. Maybe the conditions had a little to do with it. All the bands played well!!! Europe was not as prevalent on 10 meters as it was in the SSB contest but there was enough to go around. In fact 10, 15, & 20 were going at the same time. When I got tired of one band I would just jump to another! Actually had a few runs going. The one at the end of the contest was the best. It sure beats frantically looking for those final Qs. I was watching as my score went over 1.3 Meg and the number of QSOs broke 1000. Someday I am going to figure out how some operators make 5 to 10 times that number. That reminds me. I almost made it a complete 48 hours in the chair. It was not until Sunday morning that I got up. I planned to sleep only 2 hours. I ended up waking up 5 1/2 hours later. Oh well... I needed it and I was refreshed! Missed a few multipliers like VU2PAI and 8Q7DV on 20M. It is funny how they were so easy to work on the SSB weekend but impossible on CW! I believe I missed A71EM or maybe I missed the first opening and caught him on the second. I hope everyone had fun. I can see that my station is in need of some improvements. Fortunately nothing broke. Your mind does play tricks on you when you go without sleep for a few days. I heard noises and thought the radio was acting up. I probably was! Until the contest... stay well and thanks for all the QSOs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6SS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 202,308 Rig: K3, Alpha 99 Tx Ant: Modified F12 rotary dipole up 155' Rx Ant: BOGs, DHDLs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6VR Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 7,661 Wanted to see how my new 60ft "T" vertical with 80 - 135ft radials worked. I was able to work almost everything I heard. Typical "S" meter reading was S7. Now need an RX antenna or two. Did S&P only for short time periods. Was able to work four Western European stns on Friday evening from Arizona. Heard DR1A on and off for almost an hour but he never heard me. Condx were not there for EU on Saturday evening. Rig: FT1000MP and AL1200 amp. Ray, N6VR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WIN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,655,625 This was an excellent contest. I was able to finally play with and start to learn my SO2R setup. What a curve... but I had lots of fun between the SO2R hardware, skimmers, and learning new N1MM navigation techniques. Kurt, W6PH, and I had a contest within a contest with each other. His first 30 operating hours versus my total of 30 hours. We use the WRTC qualifying score reduction for my SOAB(A) HP versus his SOAB HP entry. That made for a lot of reason to stay in the chair and get little sleep. Doug, N6RT, came over to operate Saturday morning and afternoon. He gave me a much needed break with the family while he operating SOAB HP and also went over N1MM and SO2R. I missed zone 39 for the sweep but I did do DXCC on three bands in thirty hours... pretty cool. Operating equipment: Elecraft K3 Acom 2000A Elecraft K3 Alpha 78 LM354HD 54' Tower Force 12 C31XR Cushcraft XM240 (also my 160m antenna) 80m inverted-v 160m inverted-L N1MM latest version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WM Class: M/M HP Total Score = 9,804,450 This show brought to you by N6RO - Primary Ops: 160M - the grand master himself, N6RO 80M - Ditto, N6RO, yep so2r :-) 40M - K6RC 20M - K7GK 15M - N6BV day 1 then NQ6N (first effort here) and WZ6Z 10M - N6WM Not bad for a contest that wasn't gonna happen full bore for us, my special thanks to all the above operators who worked this effort, some filling in due to op shortages, and special thanks to N6RO for hosting all of us. A great time! Great to hear all the activity, Great to have a secure 10m band, and thanks to all for the q's. 73 and seeya next time, Chris N6WM Dit Dit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 782,298 Rig: FT-1000MP MkV AL-1200 Ant: CC X-9 w/X-940 @ 17m 80m Sloper @ 12m Other: N1MM Logger microHAM DIGI Keyer II Comment: Propagation was good, bands were full, and I had a lot of fun. I wish I would have spent more time in the contest. TU es 73, Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6YEU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 146,652 Great fun! worked a few new band countries. Lots of great DX! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7AT Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 7,167,465 Another fun time with most of our multiop "family". Mike KC7V was with the Voodudes EL2A operation and Lou K1YR took ill before the contest, but the rest of this wild bunch were here. We even put our rookie, Bob K7JQ, into the fire quickly. A great bunch to be with and contest with. The skill set of these folks is way better than this small station and we truly enjoy emassing qso's/points for the Arizona Outlaws. We broke our own Multi-Two 7th Area Record and by about 2 Million points! Kudos to all here, especially to xyl Sandy N7RQ who not only prepared and served us great meals, right at the radios, but also operated some shifts as well! Tnx guys/gal, Bob K7JQ, Guff KS5A, Sandy N7RQ and Fred NA2U (and Mike KC7V and K1YR in absentia). What a great contest team to be involved with. Next up for here, ARRL 10 Meter Contest. This group will see you all in ARRL DX CW in February! 73, Bob K8IA Arizona Outlaws Contest Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7DD Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 566,218 Very poor conditions. Ugh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7IR Class: SOSB/40 QRP Total Score = 81,305 Increased my 40 meter QRP record from last year by a small amount. If Saturday's band conditions had repeated on Sunday night then the score would have been higher. Spent some time on other bands gathering points for the club and ended up with 539/103/212 478,485 - which is a good score for a part time SOAB QRP effort from this side of the continent. Worked some great DX on 10 meters with QRP for the first time in many years. Thanks for the contacts and your patience. 73 Gary, N7IR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7ON Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 87,480 Primarily an 80m antenna experiment. Spent enough time on 15m and 10m to reach 200 QSO's. K2 + SB200 Condo special antennas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7RK Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 423,728 Station: FT-1000MP TL-922A (not modified to work on 10 meters yet) Antennas: 72 ft Vertical for 160/80/40 meters with elevated chicken wire ground system 3 element tri-bander up 28 feet for 20, 15 10 meters 73, Dave N7RK Phoenix, AZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7RVD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 52,796 Thanksgiving weekend. How do you guys manage to lose the families and spend some quality time with Mr. Radio? I was on and off. Mostly off. Condx to EU were not as good as in the SSB contest. Africa was booming on the higher bands. I worked several new ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7TT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,123,130 ENJOYED WORKING SO MANY STATIONS ON ALL 6-BANDS INCLUDING C5A. SACRIFICED 10 & 15 FOR ADDITIONAL TIME ON THE LOWER BANDS - POOR SCORING STRATEGY BUT NEVER-THE-LESS SATISFIED WITH THE DECISION. LOTS OF NEW LOW BAND "DX CHALLENGE" ADDITIONS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7VM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 894,900 It's hard to go back to low power after running high power! I just couldn't seem to get a run going on Saturday, and almost gave up. Went to bed early Saturday with the plan to get up before sunrise... fail... woke up and the sun was out! The extra sleep was maybe needed, as I noticed right away Sun morning the upper beam's TIC ring has slipped again! Knowing that, and being well rested, Sunday went much better and the final three hours were run run run! My best LP effort so far, in spite of only 33 hours on air. Thanks for all the Q's and sorry to my friends I didn't say 'hi' to - very busy with both radios going all the time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7VS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 65,475 This is a "Personal Best" for this event. Ten meters is greatly improved. Hope to be back next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7WA Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 229,230 Well, that was fun. It's been a couple years since I've done a single op for CQWW CW. The class of choice is S/B 20M LP. Sounds like I missed a lot of action on the other bands but I can't be competitive from the NW in All Band (and I need my beauty sleep) so 20 it is. This was a personal best so I was pleased about that. If the log passes muster (and nobody else does better), it should be a new W7 record which was a low hurdle (147K) to start with. (I'm surprised somebody hasn't busted it before.) Not to sound like a whiner but I was expecting more out of Europe. It was ok but not runnable from the NW. Even the stations that were on were frequently watery sounding. I expect the poor conditions on the High latitude paths may have had an effect. (Mid and Low latitude paths were normal.) Thought things might change on Sunday when Europe was workable at 4AM but it remained consistently so-so. Maybe another 10dB would have helped but the amp stayed off. Japan, being a mid-latitude path was great as were the hops into Africa and south Asia. Many more BY's showing up but they are consistently hard of hearing. Somehow, I expect there may be a higher noise floor wherever their stations are located. I heard several juicy mults (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and South Sudan) that I just passed on because of the massive pileups in hopes that they would show up later lonely and begging but it was not to be. (That does work for quite a few mults though.) In 20 years of contesting, I did work my first India in a test. It's finally good to see reasonable propagation on all bands. cheers dink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7XU Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,739,360 K3 and KPA500. Neighbors' plasma televisions have taken away the fun in LF. Beverages are no good when there's buzz saw sitting at the end. The good news is I got a sweep of zones on 40m. The conditions were not spectacular but fairly consistent all weekend. HF died early after dark so I got a lot of sleep. People were kind and friendly, lots of bandwidth to play on. Thanks for all the fun. 73, Dick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7ZG Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,654,163 First things first lets get the bad news out of the way. About 10 minutes into the contest I lost the finals in one of the K3s. So, for the most part I had to do things the old fashioned way (SO1R). I was able to use the radio running 12 watts out but there were few 2nd radio contacts for this one. I hope Elecraft will help me out here. Conditions were great once again but not quite as good as the SSB leg. The notable exception was 40M. I worked many europeans with single calls. It felt just like 20M. Condx were so good that I was actually able to work C5A easily (as well as a few ZN 16 stations) with 12 watts! 10M was not nearly as good as the SSB leg. No ZN 15 Qs were had. There were more ZN 35, 36, 37 stations this time out and they were load. I didn't hear ST2AR this time out. So, no ZN 34. Notably absent from the log was ZN 40. 80M was in good shape as well. The most memorable contact was working ZD8W on 80. I was able to easily run JA on all bands except 160. The plan is to put up phased verticals this summer and a 3 element wire beam for 80. This was my first CQWW CW from the new station. At this point I have monobanders for 10-40. This summer it will be time to get the lower antennas on the towers so that I can have 2 high stacks to EU and a dedicated 10M stack to JA. I managed to operate almost all 48 hours of the contest except for a 90 minute nap the first night. I was too busy to sleep due to the JA run on 40M the second night. All in all it was an amazing year for JA Qs. I had a total of 578 contacts with ZN 25. 140 of those were 40M alone. If it weren't for this late night JA run I would have slept to be sharp for the EU opening on Sunday morning. I tried to run EU but with little success due the the down condx ostensibly resulting from the elevated A index on the second day. I know for sure that I couldn't do SO2R without at least some sleep. The score should should set a new W7 record if log checking holds out and no one posts a better score. With the 10M condx of late I hope to be on for the ARRL 10M contest. Hope to CU then! 73, Guy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8AA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,008,161 Excellent conditions on the high bands made for lots of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8AGU Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 56,200 Yaesu FT2000 + Ameritron AL-1200 + Ladder-line fed dipole. Seemed like weaker openings on 80M compared with last year. Guess the higher SFI index numbers come with a price. Still it was a lot of fun working everyone throughout the night. Best holiday wishes to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8BJQ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,670,860 AWESOME!!! Expect there will be some huge scores. This is 1.2M more than last year. Nice to have all the bands at the same time. Makes the mult count go up a lot quicker. Nothing broke - had a great time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8DE Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 591,530 Only twelve hours of operation, but had a great time with 80 watts. Hope to have monoband yagis and the amp working next year. Lots of multi-multi competition out there, and felt good making QSOs with some rare DX with my simple antennas and low power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8ET Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 1,171,742 Congrats to KR2Q for another great QRP run! I'll try again next year! Hung up a 7 ele 15m quad for EU - worked great! Hung up an 8 element Sterba Curtain for the over the pole Asia opening in the evening. The openings never occurred. Only made a few QSO's on the curtain - I think it was too low. Still have 15 feet or so I can raise it on the towers for next year. Tried Calling CQ on the second Radio - and someone answered!. I got completely messed up - I need to practice with two radios! Had a great time again. Best QRP score ever from Ohio! - I'll be back again nest year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8HM Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 13,629 Worked a total of 42 countries in 15 zones, including 5 new ones which gives me a QRP DXCC total worked of 103. Thanks for the QSOs! Rig - Yaesu FT-817ND Antenna - Alexloop Walkham Portable Magnetic Loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8II Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 727,398 I echo W4ZV's comments, conditions great into EU, but down into Asia compared to even earlier this week. I worked T6MO (Eric, K9GY serving our country) running 100W to a G5RV Tuesday around sunrise. That was not possible over the weekend, but did get a skewed path QSO with a pretty loud UP0L and VU2KMS called in on Sunday. We need to figure out a way to keep the sun up longer in EU, Hi! JA QSO's were 55 and I pretty well milked the openings for all they were worth, the band died to JA around 2315Z Saturday and maybe 2310Z Sunday. Sunday there was only a 15 minute window when the average CQ'ing JA was actually moving the S meter. Activity from the former Eastern block is very strong in the WW, Ukrainian Q's were limited only by the amount of time the band was open with Germany leading the EU QSO total with 257. Several Caribbean countries that were active today or jsut before the WW on CW were apparently not present on 10 such as FJ and PJ7. The band opened short path to EU (scatter signals workable proable an hour earlier, but wasn't up quite that early) right around sunrise at 1215Z Saturday. Sunday EU start was a slower process with running starting around 1235Z after a few failed attempts, but conditions to EU may have been better overall and the opening lasted a bit later, but 1620Z was the end of any decent run rate for me. There were still some EA's, F's, EI's around past 19Z. ZL's were in early starting sometime in the 17Z hour on Saturday (5AM in ZL) and were coming thru well until sunset when they gradually faded out. Guam was very well represented with four stations starting with KG6DX boomimg in starting around 2045Z; if only the JA's were half as loud as Guam! Also logged two AH0's, ZK2, E51MAN, TX8, VK's including VK6 and VK8. I too found YB1ALL and 9M2IDJ on the LP Sunday in the 19Z hour = middle of night over there, never have heard that opening at that time of day in 40 years on the air! I thought I may have had a few more Q's/hour possible Saturday and was surprised to find rates from 12Z hour thru 16Z up to 120/hr, 168, 144, 131, and 127 a personal best for me in any contest. Sunday, I was in prime territory as I was Saturday on a beautifully clear spot, then someone moved in below me follwed by one of the major single band contenders firing out CQ's blatantly QRM'ing only about 150 Hz above me and would not QSY, he deserves some NIL's from stations working me. Despite the major handicap I still managed 126 Q's in the 14Z and 116 in the 15Z hour, but repeats slowed me down. Several others pounded out CQ's without checking if the frequency was in use. Thanks for all of the Q's especially from EU and the guys who waited thru the pile-ups. Most pile-up manners were pretty good, but a few dumped in their calls in the middle of a QSO including the mutli-ops trying to squeeze out those extra Q's, such is life with RBN. There were ana amazing number of countries active, the WW brings out the most DX possible in 48 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8NOE Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,095 Been Having REAL troubles with Antennas here and been working trying to fix the Problems. I got on to make a few Contacts and found it's worse than I'd Thought. I did make a Few Known QSO's and hope gave a few Points out. Hope to get some of this straightened out before Really Bad Weather Hits. New Radio and AMP, but Poor Antennas for the Power and Conditions.. Band Score: 20m=168, 10m=2592 ( I Let Windows Log-Checker Score?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8UM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,073,402 100% Reverse Beacon Network search & pounce. What a change in my operating style over the last year with software and Internet advances. Conditions went from good to excellent on all bands. It's hard to believe things will get better over the next 18 months. Even though the prop reports indicated condx were fair I thought all bands were great. 80 meters was exceptionally quiet. I had a run of 27 JAs at sunrise on Sunday morning with only a single vertical and K9AY loop. China certainly is a sleeping giant. At one point on Sunday morning, a rather lengthy packet list on 40 meters was all BYs. Unfortunately they still can't hear the USA. That will change fast. Low points were working ST2AR (twice) on 20 meters and CN2R stopping the pileup at the end of the contest on 40 meters to explain to me (at 40 wpm) we had already worked... I guess my software based operation is not perfect. I still think the 10 meter 4 square is not optimized, but the line score says it is acceptable. Rig here is a K3, Alpha 8410 (wait listed for a 9500) and Top Ten Devices Decoder and antenna selector. Win-Test and Reverse Beacon Network were bullet proof all weekend. Kudos to N4ZR and team for improving RBN performance (no overload). Antennas are ground mounted quarter wave spaced four squares for 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. Single quarter wave vertical on 80 (base loaded with a coil on 160). 17 self supporting verticals in the woods in the one acre back yard. Radial field is 50,000 feet of wire laid (and repaired) on the surface over the last 30 years. The K9AY loop sits well down the hill in the front yard. All the 80 meter Q's were copied on the loop. Thanks to my Wife Marcia, N4PXQ, for her patience and scheduling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8XX Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 20,196 10 was open for LOUD signals between about 1300Z and 2200Z - signals had to be a definite S9 for me to be readable. Thanks to all who dug down deep and copied my info. Was pleasantly surprised at the performance of my "low, wire" antenna - a 135' inverted vee with apex about 28', fed with open wire line. Didn't have any difficulty with forgetting manual band changes with N1MM this round - with all Q's on 28 MHz! Thanks to the organizers of the contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9AUG Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 977,166 Great contest. Spent most of my time searching for multipliers. Yaesu FT-950 running 100 watts. 270' dipole fed with ladder line to Maxi Tuner on 160, 80 and 10. G5RV on 40. A3s on 15 and 20 9Swr was out of sight on 10. Had a 160 Meter inverted L up which worked super on 10 But it broke on Friday. Think I need to move from Murphy Road HiHi. Lots of super operators. Great job all. 73 Larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9CM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,162,010 Rig: Kenwood TS-590S (100 watts) Antennas: Mostly tree supported wires of various configurations. ALL QSOs were S&P. 73, Dick, N9CM (ex-K4GKD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9CO Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 399,176 Squeezed in a few hours here and there between family activities and hanging Christmas lights. Good conditions and activity coupled with some great contest operators out there helped to make for an enjoyable part-time effort. Only used Skimmer spots and had lots of fun trying to empty out the band map. Hope to have more time for ARRL DX CW test in February. CU all then! 73, Charlie N9CO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9RV Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,986,644 This was all I could have hoped for. Great conditions, great contest. Its been a long contest month (ask my wife), but this one eclipses everything. Unbelievable JA activity -- zone 25 was almost 40 percent of my QSO's. I knew Europe was out there, but on 10/15 we only got a glimmer from the northwest. Not sure exactly what the story is on my horrible 10m country total, but I am happy about everything else. Low band conditions the first 24 hours were unbelievably good. Actually worked 4 Europeans on 160! Put a ton of time this season on the low band antennas here, and it really paid off. The JA run I had on Saturday morning on 160 will go down as one of my most amazing lifetime experiences in contesting. Hats off to all of those traveling folks (and their families) who make this contest the biggest of them all. Nothing else even close. This contest is so big that I could run it again and make 3700 Q's with 3700 different stations than the ones I worked. Even the fact that nobody ID's in this contest can't take the smile off my face today. Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: N9RV CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE OPERATORS: N9RV --> TO3A has an unknown country prefix. --> TO3A has an unknown country prefix. -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 0 51 104 155 155 4.2 0100 0 0 0 28 99 3 130 285 7.7 0200 0 0 23 75 19 0 117 402 10.8 0300 0 15 94 3 0 0 112 514 13.9 0400 6 17 58 0 0 0 81 595 16.1 0500 10 7 64 0 0 0 81 676 18.2 0600 1 18 61 0 0 0 80 756 20.4 0700 6 15 43 0 0 0 64 820 22.1 0800 2 19 86 0 0 0 107 927 25.0 0900 3 47 32 0 0 0 82 1009 27.2 1000 2 64 22 0 0 0 88 1097 29.6 1100 0 50 10 0 0 0 60 1157 31.2 1200 73 4 31 0 0 0 108 1265 34.1 1300 1 7 115 0 0 0 123 1388 37.5 1400 0 5 24 17 22 0 68 1456 39.3 1500 0 0 10 7 72 0 89 1545 41.7 1600 0 0 0 1 49 32 82 1627 43.9 1700 0 0 0 0 37 34 71 1698 45.8 1800 0 0 0 54 4 18 76 1774 47.9 1900 0 0 0 24 11 25 60 1834 49.5 2000 0 0 0 32 22 0 54 1888 50.9 2100 0 0 0 11 55 23 89 1977 53.3 2200 0 0 0 5 30 67 102 2079 56.1 2300 0 0 0 13 5 103 121 2200 59.4 0000 0 0 0 4 50 49 103 2303 62.1 0100 0 0 0 102 13 0 115 2418 65.2 0200 0 1 17 69 1 0 88 2506 67.6 0300 0 2 22 0 0 0 24 2530 68.3 0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2530 68.3 0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2530 68.3 0600 3 8 12 0 0 0 23 2553 68.9 0700 4 9 16 0 0 0 29 2582 69.7 0800 0 9 25 0 0 0 34 2616 70.6 0900 0 53 12 0 0 0 65 2681 72.3 1000 0 9 56 0 0 0 65 2746 74.1 1100 0 0 62 0 0 0 62 2808 75.8 1200 18 15 33 0 0 0 66 2874 77.5 1300 1 18 36 6 0 0 61 2935 79.2 1400 0 4 21 10 2 0 37 2972 80.2 1500 0 1 4 25 64 0 94 3066 82.7 1600 0 0 0 108 19 17 144 3210 86.6 1700 0 0 0 24 31 24 79 3289 88.7 1800 0 0 0 99 16 0 115 3404 91.9 1900 0 0 0 55 12 0 67 3471 93.7 2000 0 0 0 31 3 14 48 3519 95.0 2100 0 0 0 16 24 4 44 3563 96.1 2200 0 0 0 3 26 20 49 3612 97.5 2300 0 0 0 5 8 81 94 3706 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 130 397 989 827 745 618 3706 Gross QSOs=3713 Dupes=7 Net QSOs=3706 Unique callsigns worked = 2540 The best 60 minute rate was 155/hour from 0000 to 0059 The best 30 minute rate was 172/hour from 0005 to 0034 The best 10 minute rate was 204/hour from 0025 to 0034 The best 1 minute rates were: 4 QSOs/minute 61 times. 3 QSOs/minute 351 times. 2 QSOs/minute 736 times. 1 QSOs/minute 937 times. There were 1232 bandchanges and 626 (16.9%) 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 34 63 88 82 90 63 420 11.3 South America 4 15 8 29 24 46 126 3.4 Europe 4 38 411 459 269 75 1256 33.9 Asia 86 259 439 223 313 376 1696 45.8 Africa 1 8 12 20 21 20 82 2.2 Oceania 1 13 30 14 28 38 124 3.3 ??? 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 130 397 989 827 745 618 3706 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 39 4 675 5 1120 6 1787 7 5 8 70 9 1 10 9 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1 4J 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 4O 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 4X 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0.1 5B 0 0 1 4 1 0 6 0.2 5H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 6W 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 6Y 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 8P 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 0.1 9A 1 1 6 6 5 2 21 0.6 9G 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9K 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9L 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9M6 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 0.1 A4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 BV 0 2 3 2 3 3 13 0.4 BY 0 5 19 5 17 16 62 1.7 C5 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 C6 1 2 2 2 2 1 10 0.3 C9 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 CE 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0.1 CM 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0.1 CN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CT 0 0 1 2 4 1 8 0.2 CT3 0 2 2 3 1 4 12 0.3 CU 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 0.2 CX 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.1 D4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 DL 0 8 35 81 42 6 172 4.6 DU 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 0.1 E5/s 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 E7 0 1 6 2 2 0 11 0.3 EA 0 6 15 14 14 18 67 1.8 EA6 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.1 EA8 1 4 6 5 5 3 24 0.6 EA9 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 EI 0 1 2 1 3 2 9 0.2 EL 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ER 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.1 ES 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0.2 EU 0 0 8 5 4 0 17 0.5 EZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 F 0 5 19 10 11 9 54 1.5 FG 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.1 FK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 FM 0 2 2 1 1 1 7 0.2 FO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 FY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 G 1 2 19 20 17 5 64 1.7 GD 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 GI 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 GM 0 0 0 3 7 3 13 0.4 GW 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 HA 0 0 13 11 11 0 35 0.9 HB 0 1 2 7 4 2 16 0.4 HC 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 HH 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 HI 1 1 0 2 1 1 6 0.2 HK 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 HL 0 5 4 3 5 9 26 0.7 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HR 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0.1 HS 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 I 0 2 14 18 15 9 58 1.6 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 *IT9 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 J2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 J6 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 J7 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 JA 84 236 370 156 264 335 1445 39.0 JD/o 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 JT 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0.1 JW 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 K 6 9 15 8 14 1 53 1.4 KH0 0 2 2 1 1 3 9 0.2 KH2 0 3 1 2 2 4 12 0.3 KH6 1 3 6 2 6 7 25 0.7 KL 1 6 6 5 6 12 36 1.0 KP2 1 2 1 2 1 2 9 0.2 KP4 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 0.1 LA 0 0 4 6 3 0 13 0.4 LU 0 2 1 8 3 12 26 0.7 LX 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.1 LY 0 0 4 8 7 0 19 0.5 LZ 0 1 10 9 5 0 25 0.7 OA 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 OE 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 OH 0 0 19 23 7 1 50 1.3 OH0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.1 OK 1 1 21 28 13 2 66 1.8 OM 0 0 7 9 0 0 16 0.4 ON 0 0 4 8 4 1 17 0.5 OZ 0 0 4 2 2 1 9 0.2 P4 0 3 2 2 2 2 11 0.3 PA 0 1 7 12 9 2 31 0.8 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ4 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ5 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.1 PJ7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PY 0 5 2 9 9 23 48 1.3 PZ 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1 S5 0 2 11 13 12 2 40 1.1 SM 0 1 21 16 6 2 46 1.2 SP 0 2 17 19 15 0 53 1.4 ST 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SV 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.1 SV9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 T2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 T7 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 TA 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.1 TI 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 TK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 UA 0 0 75 55 10 1 141 3.8 UA2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 UA9 2 9 33 34 12 11 101 2.7 UN 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1 UR 0 0 32 25 12 0 69 1.9 V2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 V3 1 2 1 1 1 0 6 0.2 V5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VE 17 25 46 47 48 27 210 5.7 VK 0 3 8 5 5 11 32 0.9 VP2M 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.2 VP2V 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 VP5 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 VP9 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 VQ9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1 VU 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.1 XE 1 2 3 1 4 4 15 0.4 XU 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 XW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 YB 0 0 4 0 4 4 12 0.3 YL 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 0.2 YN 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1 YO 0 0 6 4 7 0 17 0.5 YS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 YU 0 0 10 14 4 0 28 0.8 YV 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 Z3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ZB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZD8 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ZF 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0.1 ZK2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 ZL 0 0 4 3 4 7 18 0.5 ZP 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ZS 0 0 1 1 5 8 15 0.4 ??? 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 130 397 989 827 745 618 3706 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 25 84 241 374 159 269 344 1471 39.7 14 2 27 140 191 129 58 547 14.8 15 3 10 136 164 99 16 428 11.5 16 0 0 117 86 28 0 231 6.2 04 13 13 27 34 34 16 137 3.7 08 8 18 17 17 13 15 88 2.4 24 0 7 23 7 22 19 78 2.1 05 5 9 18 13 21 4 70 1.9 20 0 1 21 25 16 0 63 1.7 19 2 9 13 7 12 12 55 1.5 03 5 13 15 7 8 7 55 1.5 11 0 5 2 10 10 23 50 1.3 01 1 6 7 6 6 13 39 1.1 33 0 6 9 9 7 8 39 1.1 09 3 8 4 7 7 7 36 1.0 13 0 2 1 9 5 13 30 0.8 27 0 8 4 3 5 7 27 0.7 17 0 0 14 12 0 0 26 0.7 31 1 3 6 2 6 7 25 0.7 18 0 0 6 18 1 0 25 0.7 32 0 0 6 4 5 9 24 0.6 30 0 3 6 2 3 7 21 0.6 28 0 0 6 1 7 4 18 0.5 07 1 3 2 4 4 4 18 0.5 35 0 2 2 5 6 2 17 0.5 38 0 0 1 1 5 9 16 0.4 06 1 2 3 1 4 4 15 0.4 29 0 0 2 3 2 4 11 0.3 26 0 0 4 1 4 1 10 0.3 10 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.1 23 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0.1 22 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.1 37 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0.1 12 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0.1 21 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.1 40 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 36 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 02 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 39 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 130 397 989 827 745 618 3706 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 1865 2 bands 384 3 bands 155 4 bands 82 5 bands 44 6 bands 10 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: JA1YPA JA3YBK JA9RPU PJ2T EF8M J6M C6AAW JA5FDJ VP2MWG JA1CP ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 62 155 541 454 357 296 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9UA Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,562,756 A3S Tribander fixed on Europe at 25' plus a 200' Delta Loop Fed with 450 Ohm line at the apex of 45'. Nice to see all bands open this year. CW rules!!! 73, Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 932,750 Fantastic Conditions! Rig: Elecraft K3/KPA500 400 watts. Ant; Cushcraft R5 Vertical on 20-15-10 70ft low dipole on 40 (was a loop until branch came down in big snow storm) Inverted "L" on 80-160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA3M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,613,520 Only S&P all 36 hours. 1893 QSOs, Max Rates: 2011-11-26 0206Z - 4.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour 2011-11-26 0215Z - 2.2 per minute (10 minute(s)), 132 per hour 2011-11-26 1625Z - 1.7 per minute (60 minute(s)), 99 per hour TRX: IC746 (died 30 minutes before the end of the contest) Antenna: Spiderbeam (10m high), 40m double delta (E/W), 80/160m GP 73 Nick NA3M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4K Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,909,105 Best callsign worked HB9STEVE Steve NA4K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA6E Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 102,521 Great time for a non-cw guy! Hope to be able to devote more time next contest. Pair of new phased 40m Verticals proved to be working well. Thanks to everyone...Mark- WT6P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA8V Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 101,454 Condx fairly good Friday, not so hot on Saturday. Missed 4 zones I called (13, 19, 27, 34). Had sporadic problems with my se/nw eL's, finally traced it to a bad coax connection at 10z Sunday morning. It had been working fine on Wed, brisk winds Thur/Fri worked their evil. That could explain 2 or 3 of the misses. Heard maybe 10 countries not worked. Was hoping to get on all bands, needed another day to get the tower and TH6 finished and up. The refurbishment took longer than i thought it would. That effort wore me out, napped from 0930z-12z Saturday morning but got up in time to work a few stns before the band died. Did manage to CQ a bit in this one. not really 'running', but i got steady answers for a decent period Friday night. Seemed more competitive this year than last, still trying to figure out if it's less pressure/activity on the band or if this year's radial system makes that much difference with a few more and longer radials. It was, all in all, a very good time. greg/na8v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ND0C Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 424,948 I had originally planned to just play a little in the CW CQ WW - a few hours during night-time hours. But since my plans to operate in the ARRL 10 meter Contest next month have had to be changed due to other "stuff", I decided I'd spend more time contesting this weekend. I still set aside plenty of time to be a semi-normal dad/husband, go to church, go out to eat, etc. - Hopefully a reasonable compromise all the way around! But wow, this was fun and it would have been a blast to spend more time in the chair. I had hoped to get into Europe on 80, but it was just too noisy/congested. But I was pleased with the results on 40 - primarily on Friday night/Saturday morning, since I slept most of Saturday night. The low band numbers aren't very impressive, but hey! - I'm running QRP from the Black Hole with fairly mediocre antennas! This was 100% S&P and it was challenging at times to know which band to be on, and whether to work for rates or hunt multipliers. I'm not a great CW operator, so I am really amazed at the skills of so many of you. - Very impressive! As always, thanks for listening to "the weak signal" and pulling me through the QRM. I was thrilled to stumble on to 9M8/AI6V on 15 meters with just 10 minutes to go on Sunday afternoon. He was a little light at first, but fortunately few were calling. He was obviously not hearing me, but the band was improving by the minute. He started getting fragments of my call and hung with me and finally we made a QSO at 2359Z! Awesome! A double mult in the last minute! I never did hear a Zone 2 station and CEs and XEs were hard to find on some bands. Weird. I missed some good mults that I just couldn't break thru to. When I come across a huge packet "spot" induced pile-up, I may give a couple calls with my puny 5 watts, then just check back later when the hordes have moved on. Not only do I always run unassisted in contests - it would actually be counter-productive to use spots. I have to find the rare ones before they are spotted - or after the pile has been worked down. The ND0C super-station: Yaesu FT-897D running 5 watts out Wilson 3 element tribander Yagi at 15 meters and dipole at 14 meters 73, Randy, ND0C "You don't have to be crazy to contest with QRP ... but it helps" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE1B Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 553,380 Limited effort due to family and travel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE7D Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 160,893 Tried out my new traveling setup for the first time: K3 / notebook PC / N1MM. Making the keyboard spell right is still my biggest bottleneck -- need to work on that. Mostly S&P with long time/Q spent breaking pileups plus a couple of short but fun JA runs. I think I may find a new one or two when I sort out the log. Tnx for the great activity...... Rock NE7D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE8P Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,928,334 I have met the enemy, and the enemy is SLEEP! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 46,306 Opening weekend of deer season....always conflicts with CQWWDX except every 4 or 5 years.....got home from hunting and was able to S&P for 2 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF8J Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 317,324 K3, TH11DX UP 90', N1MM, WINKEYER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG7Z Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 62,699 I knew I wasn't going to have much time for this contest. So I decided to just put in whatever time I had on 10M. I spent most of Saturday at Brian N9ADG's QTH and helped out with their M2 operation. Got to meet Al K6SRZ who was in town and came over from where he was staying in Shoreline. Got back home around 4:30 and spent the remaining time that 10M was open and then some time on Sunday before and after church. Total time on was about 6 hours and mostly S&P although Sunday afternoon produced a nice run to JA land. Missed any openings to EU but got loads of them at the M2 station. 73 Paul NG7Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NH2T Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,658,768 Elecraft K3+AL1200 and Kenwood TS930+SB1000 Spiderbeam @ 40ft 40m vertical (1/4l) 80/160m top loaded vertical (60ft tall) Fan dipole (10/15/20m) 4 Beverage RX antennas (four directions, 700-1100ft long, hidden in the jungle) More info at www.n2nl.net I made lots of small changes to try to improve on last year's effort that fell just short of the Oceania SOAB record. I was greatly able to improve isolation for SO2R with the addition of a home built 6x2 switch (SM2WMV design) and a simple fan dipole placed away from the Spiderbeam that worked very well considering what it was. The station is the most I can get away with living in a military housing area, and I've pushed the limit just to get this much stuff up. After sleeping four hours last year, and potentially missing the record because of it, I operated the full 48 hours. I was away from my headphones on three short occasions (one CQ worth of time at most) to empty the Gator-aid bottle :) - I had no real issues with fatigue and small exercises while operating helped, as did a large exercise ball I used as a seat for some of the time. I was tired this morning and stumbled a couple times while sending CW manually but no hallucinations. I felt good enough at the end to make a short visit to the operators of AH2R with KG6DX before taking a post contest nap. I never imagined being able to make 6000+ CW QSOs in a contest from anywhere, especially from here this far from NA and EU. Many thanks to 10 meters and 40 meters for providing the propagation. When one band took a rest, the other stepped up to take over. I was really amazed at the huge activity from zone 16 - I have never worked so many UA's, EW's, UR's ETC. More than 1000 QSOs were with UA, UA9, and UR only. 40m stayed open throughout the night and I had some of my best hours when last year I could work nothing - this helped also for me to stay awake. The packet pileups were very bad on the receiving side. Twice I had to go split (both times for NA surprisingly) because no one could hear me. I love my K3 and it is a great rig but there were times when the pileup reached saturation and even riding the RF gain would not help separate zero beat callers. Spread out! It is impossible to hear a call when everyone sends the same speed and is the same strength on the same frequency. One EU packet pileup was so bad that I QSYed to move Saty 9M6NA to 160m - when I returned they were still calling and had no idea I had left. I enjoy operating assisted and the race to the next pileup - but unassisted is just as fun because you never know what you will tune across, and usually can find multipliers out of synch with the packet pileups so they are easy to work. Often I'd tune past them again later to hear them getting mobbed by callers. I am fortunate to have a short call sign but I always sign after *every* QSO. I don't feel right just saying "TU" during a contest. I am afraid I will forget to sign if I do that, and my luck is that someone always will go "CL?" covering a caller if I didn't sign, even once. A couple times I tuned past stations sending only "TU" - after a couple QSOs I just moved on - granted there are many KH2s QRV but maybe they lost a multiplier because they did not sign. I fully understand not signing every time, but if you go more than a minute without signing (enough for several QSOs), I personally feel that it reflects badly on your operating style and ability. I called CQ 100% of the time and used the 2nd radio to S&P. The rate was very high so I only could use the 2nd radio to call multipliers because I did not want to risk breaking my rhythm. It was a pleasure to operate on the bands alongside the other Oceania participants! There are such huge distances out here that it is impossible to compare scores to skills - KH6 is 4,000 miles east and gets little EU and 9M6 is 2,000 miles west and gets shorter NA openings. VK and ZL are south of the equator and have completely different propagation and QRN challenges during their summer. I would like to single out the team of AH2R, who had to build and put up all antennas Friday afternoon, finishing construction at 2359z, then take everything down as soon as the contest is over. I feel bad beating them up; but they had some problems this weekend. Their location is great for TX but is also very noisy for RX - I am very fortunate to be in a very quiet location with no local noise. The AH2R crew does very well from their location, year after year, and has given all of us many multipliers in the CQWW contests. Thanks also to Saty san, JE1JKL @ 9M6NA, who was a competitor when I was here the last time in 1998-2000. It is great that is was back for this contest. I do not know how well he did, but he sounded great every time I tuned across him. Every time I got lazy with SO2R I would remind myself of him and push to work harder - I know he was also trying to break the Oceania SOAB record this weekend. 73, Dave KH2/N2NL -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 1 195 4 200 200 3.2 0100 0 0 0 36 144 0 180 380 6.0 0200 0 0 0 86 3 100 189 569 9.0 0300 0 0 0 4 19 135 158 727 11.5 0400 0 0 0 4 0 170 174 901 14.2 0500 0 0 0 2 48 103 153 1054 16.6 0600 0 0 0 0 24 118 142 1196 18.9 0700 0 0 0 54 7 57 118 1314 20.7 0800 0 0 12 55 76 0 143 1457 23.0 0900 0 0 66 0 12 72 150 1607 25.4 1000 0 0 184 0 0 0 184 1791 28.3 1100 58 67 13 0 0 1 139 1930 30.5 1200 27 114 0 0 0 1 142 2072 32.7 1300 0 6 163 3 3 0 175 2247 35.5 1400 20 0 123 2 0 0 145 2392 37.8 1500 7 55 24 1 0 6 93 2485 39.2 1600 0 0 142 2 0 2 146 2631 41.5 1700 6 2 76 3 1 0 88 2719 42.9 1800 0 0 142 0 0 0 142 2861 45.2 1900 6 29 59 0 0 0 94 2955 46.6 2000 15 4 15 10 0 37 81 3036 47.9 2100 0 0 0 0 0 184 184 3220 50.8 2200 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 3420 54.0 2300 0 0 0 0 65 120 185 3605 56.9 0000 0 0 0 62 91 0 153 3758 59.3 0100 0 0 0 93 47 15 155 3913 61.8 0200 0 0 0 24 0 70 94 4007 63.2 0300 0 0 0 50 13 38 101 4108 64.8 0400 0 0 0 44 24 11 79 4187 66.1 0500 0 0 0 0 4 141 145 4332 68.4 0600 0 0 0 0 93 51 144 4476 70.6 0700 0 0 0 73 63 2 138 4614 72.8 0800 0 2 7 0 23 40 72 4686 74.0 0900 1 1 58 23 18 0 101 4787 75.6 1000 0 14 24 68 0 0 106 4893 77.2 1100 0 0 0 162 0 0 162 5055 79.8 1200 3 28 45 7 0 0 83 5138 81.1 1300 0 0 141 0 0 0 141 5279 83.3 1400 3 1 83 0 1 0 88 5367 84.7 1500 2 0 91 0 0 0 93 5460 86.2 1600 0 0 72 11 0 0 83 5543 87.5 1700 1 1 115 0 0 0 117 5660 89.3 1800 0 0 106 0 0 0 106 5766 91.0 1900 0 7 54 0 0 0 61 5827 92.0 2000 0 0 1 0 73 3 77 5904 93.2 2100 0 0 0 0 185 0 185 6089 96.1 2200 0 0 0 6 103 27 136 6225 98.2 2300 0 0 0 66 20 24 110 6335 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 149 331 1816 953 1355 1732 6336 Gross QSOs=6462 Dupes=126 Net QSOs=6336 Unique callsigns worked = 4307 The best 60 minute rate was 201/hour from 0001 to 0100 The best 30 minute rate was 210/hour from 0002 to 0031 The best 10 minute rate was 228/hour from 0013 to 0022 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSOs/minute 1 times. 5 QSOs/minute 31 times. 4 QSOs/minute 398 times. 3 QSOs/minute 852 times. 2 QSOs/minute 790 times. 1 QSOs/minute 446 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 24 141 462 314 751 581 2273 35.9 South America 0 3 10 10 21 33 77 1.2 Europe 22 54 854 302 248 426 1906 30.1 Asia 93 121 458 300 305 644 1921 30.3 Africa 0 1 7 9 7 8 32 0.5 Oceania 10 11 25 18 23 40 127 2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 149 331 1816 953 1355 1732 6336 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI7R Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 632,960 Great conditions, especially 15 and 10 meters. My best showing in a DX contest. My first time to work DXCC in a weekend (110 DXCC entities). But, it was rough going at times with my HOA restricted antennas. I put up a temporary 10 meter dipole at a height of only 10 feet, but it worked quite well. For 40, 20, and 15 I used a screwdriver vertical with a 12 foot whip on top of an aluminum ladder. For band changes, I have to run out to the courtyard and manually adjust the antenna, so I keep band changes to a minimum. For 15 meters I have to take a tape measure and adjust the whip length. I used the WA7LNW skimmer via the VE7CC-1 cluster, which improved my score greatly. Unfortunately, I only worked EL2A on 3 bands. I never saw a 10 meter skimmer spot for EL2A. Great fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NK7U Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,243,080 Wow, what a contest! This was my first real SOAB HP SO2R in a CQWW. I had planned on taking a 3 hour nap Saturday night, but that never happened. Going 48 straight was tough, but easier than I expected. I felt completely overwhelmed almost the entire contest. It's a different mind set going single op, when you are used to M/2 or M/M. I felt like I was always missing too much on the other bands! 10 and 15 were quite flat for me. Nothing spectacular out of either band. Tough getting any kind of a JA run on 10m, but 15m was pretty steady. Never heard a zone 39 station on any band. Only 160m EU QSO was CR2X. Never tried to run JA's on 160... might have missed the boat on that one. 80m was lots of fun long path right at sunrise. Unfortunately not many guys could hear me! HG7T, 4X4DK, TC2X were all quite loud but no QSO's. Excellent 40m LP QSO with A71EM Sunday morning. EU was coming on on 10m before sunrise which was pretty cool. The band also shut down VERY fast, so it was a scramble to work those mults before it died. Thanks to everyone who moved, it is greatly appreciated! It's also interesting to note that the DX ops who end up in the top 5 usually ID more than once every 25 Q's. Hmmmm... I wonder why that is? Thanks to N9RV, N6MJ, and K7RL for getting some west coast competition going this year! I think 6.9M from MT is a bigger deal than most people probably realize. Looking forward to another match up in NAQP CW! Thanks to Joe and Sharon for being great hosts as always! -Chris KL9A Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: NK7U CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW OPERATORS: KL9A -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 0 145 29 174 174 5.1 0100 0 0 0 39 59 4 102 276 8.1 0200 0 0 10 96 18 0 124 400 11.7 0300 0 8 85 20 0 0 113 513 15.1 0400 3 10 85 0 0 0 98 611 17.9 0500 4 12 58 0 0 0 74 685 20.1 0600 4 19 42 0 0 0 65 750 22.0 0700 3 18 34 0 0 0 55 805 23.6 0800 7 9 46 0 0 0 62 867 25.4 0900 3 7 54 0 0 0 64 931 27.3 1000 3 54 26 0 0 0 83 1014 29.8 1100 0 72 21 0 0 0 93 1107 32.5 1200 2 40 63 0 0 0 105 1212 35.6 1300 1 9 99 0 0 0 109 1321 38.8 1400 0 17 58 0 0 0 75 1396 41.0 1500 0 0 36 42 31 5 114 1510 44.3 1600 0 0 0 0 59 54 113 1623 47.6 1700 0 0 0 80 24 13 117 1740 51.1 1800 0 0 0 74 3 28 105 1845 54.1 1900 0 0 0 22 13 9 44 1889 55.4 2000 0 0 0 24 23 4 51 1940 56.9 2100 0 0 0 10 32 26 68 2008 58.9 2200 0 0 0 3 22 65 90 2098 61.6 2300 0 0 0 7 11 56 74 2172 63.7 0000 0 0 13 0 69 5 87 2259 66.3 0100 0 0 12 18 37 0 67 2326 68.3 0200 0 1 3 79 6 0 89 2415 70.9 0300 0 4 29 10 0 0 43 2458 72.1 0400 2 4 1 0 0 0 7 2465 72.3 0500 0 0 24 0 0 0 24 2489 73.0 0600 2 3 12 0 0 0 17 2506 73.5 0700 1 2 9 0 0 0 12 2518 73.9 0800 0 27 2 5 0 0 34 2552 74.9 0900 1 6 39 0 0 0 46 2598 76.2 1000 0 2 47 0 0 0 49 2647 77.7 1100 0 25 29 0 0 0 54 2701 79.3 1200 0 0 57 0 0 0 57 2758 80.9 1300 0 9 21 1 0 0 31 2789 81.8 1400 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 2798 82.1 1500 0 0 1 60 9 1 71 2869 84.2 1600 0 0 0 86 11 10 107 2976 87.3 1700 0 0 0 101 30 0 131 3107 91.2 1800 0 0 0 44 18 5 67 3174 93.1 1900 0 0 0 20 4 8 32 3206 94.1 2000 0 0 0 9 28 2 39 3245 95.2 2100 0 0 0 46 4 7 57 3302 96.9 2200 0 0 0 31 12 3 46 3348 98.2 2300 0 0 4 4 42 10 60 3408 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 36 358 1029 931 710 344 3408 Gross QSOs=3468 Dupes=60 Net QSOs=3408 Unique callsigns worked = 2410 The best 60 minute rate was 174/hour from 0000 to 0059 The best 30 minute rate was 188/hour from 0001 to 0030 The best 10 minute rate was 210/hour from 0003 to 0012 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSOs/minute 1 times. 5 QSOs/minute 7 times. 4 QSOs/minute 62 times. 3 QSOs/minute 270 times. 2 QSOs/minute 655 times. 1 QSOs/minute 999 times. There were 1160 bandchanges and 598 (17.5%) 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 26 89 156 100 126 84 581 17.0 South America 4 11 14 31 30 41 131 3.8 Europe 1 27 368 541 151 57 1145 33.6 Asia 4 205 451 230 356 136 1382 40.6 Africa 0 10 13 21 22 15 81 2.4 Oceania 1 16 27 8 25 11 88 2.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36 358 1029 931 710 344 3408 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 36 4 728 5 1042 6 1518 7 5 8 62 9 4 10 13 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.1 4J 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 4S 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4X 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 5B 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.1 5H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 6W 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 6Y 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 8P 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 9A 0 1 8 6 5 3 23 0.7 9G 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9L 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 9M6 0 1 1 0 2 1 5 0.1 9V 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 9Y 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 A4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 A7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 BV 0 2 1 2 3 1 9 0.3 BY 0 3 34 9 22 8 76 2.2 C5 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 C6 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.2 C9 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 CE 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.1 CM 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 CN 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.1 CT 0 1 1 2 1 3 8 0.2 CT3 0 2 2 3 3 2 12 0.4 CU 1 2 2 1 1 1 8 0.2 CX 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 DL 0 4 36 82 28 8 158 4.6 DU 0 2 2 1 2 0 7 0.2 E5/n 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 E7 0 1 2 5 2 2 12 0.4 EA 0 2 15 16 10 11 54 1.6 EA6 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 EA8 0 3 4 5 4 2 18 0.5 EA9 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 EI 0 0 0 2 1 3 6 0.2 EL 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1 ER 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0.1 ES 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1 EU 0 0 2 6 1 0 9 0.3 F 0 4 20 9 7 4 44 1.3 FG 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 FJ 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.1 FK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 FM 0 2 2 2 2 2 10 0.3 FY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 G 0 1 12 14 6 1 34 1.0 GD 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 GI 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 GJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GM 0 0 1 3 3 1 8 0.2 GW 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0.1 HA 0 0 9 21 4 1 35 1.0 HB 0 1 1 4 0 0 6 0.2 HC 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 HI 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 HK 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 HL 0 4 11 6 10 3 34 1.0 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HR 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 0.1 HS 0 0 2 2 3 1 8 0.2 HZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 I 0 1 11 21 9 6 48 1.4 IS 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 *IT9 0 0 1 3 1 1 6 0.2 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 J6 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 0.1 J7 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 JA 3 185 361 165 287 116 1117 32.8 JT 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0.1 JW 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 K 1 35 75 36 55 28 230 6.7 KG4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 KH0 0 2 2 1 2 1 8 0.2 KH2 0 1 2 1 2 1 7 0.2 KH6 1 5 4 3 3 4 20 0.6 KL 3 4 7 6 4 5 29 0.9 KP2 1 2 2 0 1 2 8 0.2 KP4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 LA 0 0 4 7 2 0 13 0.4 LU 0 1 3 4 5 11 24 0.7 LX 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.1 LY 0 0 7 10 1 0 18 0.5 LZ 0 0 8 13 2 0 23 0.7 OA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OE 0 1 2 7 2 0 12 0.4 OH 0 0 14 23 8 1 46 1.3 OH0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1 OK 0 1 16 42 8 2 69 2.0 OM 0 1 7 11 2 0 21 0.6 ON 0 1 6 3 4 1 15 0.4 OY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 OZ 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 0.2 P4 0 2 2 2 2 3 11 0.3 PA 0 1 5 9 2 1 18 0.5 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ4 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 0.2 PJ5 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.1 PY 0 2 3 15 13 16 49 1.4 PZ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 S5 0 1 11 16 7 2 37 1.1 SM 0 1 23 17 5 0 46 1.3 SP 0 1 14 33 7 0 55 1.6 ST 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 SV 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0.1 SV9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 T2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 T7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TF 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 TI 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 TK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 UA 0 1 56 52 2 0 111 3.3 UA2 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.1 UA9 1 10 33 30 20 4 98 2.9 UN 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0.1 UR 0 0 34 44 4 0 82 2.4 V2 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1 V3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.1 V5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 VE 12 29 52 38 46 26 203 6.0 VK 0 2 7 2 3 2 16 0.5 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 VP2V 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 0.1 VP5 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 0.1 VP9 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.1 VR 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 VU 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.1 XE 1 1 2 3 3 2 12 0.4 XU 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 XW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 YB 0 0 4 0 1 1 6 0.2 YL 0 0 3 7 1 0 11 0.3 YN 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.1 YO 0 0 9 14 1 0 24 0.7 YU 0 0 12 14 2 0 28 0.8 YV 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 Z3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 ZD8 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.1 ZF 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.1 ZK2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 ZL 0 2 3 0 6 1 12 0.4 ZP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZS 0 0 2 2 3 4 11 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36 358 1029 931 710 344 3408 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 25 3 189 372 171 297 119 1151 33.8 15 0 8 122 228 65 20 443 13.0 14 1 18 134 175 74 37 439 12.9 16 0 0 96 105 7 0 208 6.1 04 6 26 52 31 51 28 194 5.7 05 1 21 57 28 36 18 161 4.7 24 0 5 36 12 26 10 89 2.6 08 8 16 16 14 15 18 87 2.6 03 5 17 18 14 15 7 76 2.2 20 0 0 19 35 5 0 59 1.7 19 1 11 17 7 17 4 57 1.7 11 0 2 3 15 13 17 50 1.5 09 3 7 7 9 8 8 42 1.2 33 0 6 8 10 10 5 39 1.1 01 3 4 7 6 4 6 30 0.9 13 0 1 3 5 7 13 29 0.9 17 0 0 12 10 0 0 22 0.6 27 0 5 6 3 6 2 22 0.6 18 0 0 4 14 3 0 21 0.6 31 1 5 4 3 3 4 20 0.6 32 0 3 5 0 10 1 19 0.6 35 0 3 3 5 5 2 18 0.5 26 0 0 3 2 8 2 15 0.4 28 0 1 6 0 5 3 15 0.4 07 1 3 3 3 1 4 15 0.4 38 0 0 2 3 3 5 13 0.4 30 0 2 6 1 2 1 12 0.4 06 1 1 2 3 3 2 12 0.4 10 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.2 21 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 0.2 02 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 36 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0.1 40 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0.1 22 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.1 12 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.1 29 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 37 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1 23 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0.1 34 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 36 358 1029 931 710 344 3408 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 1819 2 bands 341 3 bands 141 4 bands 72 5 bands 26 6 bands 11 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: PJ2T JA3YBK JA5FDJ VP2MWG C6AAW KH6LC VE2EKA CR2X VE7UF VE7CC KL7RA ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 9 131 582 589 345 163 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NM2L Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 341,430 Still learning on a used 3 year old FT1000MP and N1MM software. A really fun part time effort where things at the station seemed to really be coming together. Propagation was super! Antennas will always be an issue here. Just some wire out behind the house. AB Zepp and 20 meter loops this year. You've gotta love this contest! The honey-do list, putting up Christmas decorations and delivering Christmas trees for church kind of cramped my style a little. 73 de Greg NM2L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN1N Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,345,872 Great fun -- thanks to all the competitors and to all the ops who put in the effort to work all of us on band after band. My first serious effort from my home station -- got to use a bunch of new antennas and new equipment. Unfortunately, the only band I did not work on this year was 160, and something in the antenna went bad, as many stations could not detect me -- fortunately 49 ops did, anyway. Interesting conditions, and fascinating to watch all of us move from band to band with the sun. The rates were so good I couldn't play DXer (well not very much anyway). I miss that :-) 160: Inverted Vee 80: 4 Square 40: 2/2/2/2 4-yagi H array aimed at 48 degrees 2/2 (top rotatable) for other directions, bottom fixed SE 20: 5/5 C31XR C3 stack fixed west 15: 6/6/6 (top rotates) C31XR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN3W Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,383,335 First time I've broken one million in any contest from the home QTH. Would have been nice to break 1,000 QSOs, but I'll take what I can get. High bands were in good shape (including 40 which produced a lot of mults). My assistance was limited since I didn't chase any packet spots, but noticed about 2 hours into the contest that I had left myself connected. Oh well. Tried a home brew yagi for 10 meters made out of bamboo. It was very heavy and need to rethink weight considerations for ARRL 10. But the concept worked! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN4K Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 58,135 The bands were in good shape. I learned the importance of being on at the beginning in order to work many of the Asian zones I needed. That was their Saturday and they didn't show up again on my Sunday (their Monday). My plan was to try and complete my Zones for WAZ; mission accomplished working 7 unworked zones on CW. Now to get the confirmation via LOTW or eQSL. Fingers crossed. Used my new antenna on 40 meters. It's a W1FB (sk) corner fed Delta Loop, 47 feet per side, apex at the top. It was a real performer. It's fed with 450 ohm ladder line. I need more Zones on 80, 40, 20 and 15 to close on the 5BWAZ award. Except for 80m, I'm in striking distance. Funny, the Zones on needed on the lower bands didn't show up to play. lol Next time. Thanks for all the QSOs and I'm looking forward to getting the confirmations. Vaden NN4K vadenmac@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN4MM Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 160,512 Ten meters is FUN! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN7SS Class: SOAB(A) QRP Total Score = 93,518 Simple goal: Work 100 countries QRP. Should be easier than it was on SSB, but we'll see... 10m and 15m didn't last very long at the start, but 20m was open worldwide. By the end of the second hour I had 40 countries. Rather than suffer on the low bands QRP, I slept. At my sunrise I could start working Europeans on 20m. Quick runs up to 15m and 10m showed many more stations but many too weak for my QRP. By 20z I had 86 countries, and took a lunch break. I often had to turn off Skimmer spots, as they were just flooding the bandmap with calls I couldn't hear. "Human" spots seemed plentiful enough. The afternoon provided all the usual Caribbean, South America, and Pacific/Asia - Thanks! I ended the day Saturday (24Z) with 116 DXCC countries, same as my TOTAL on SSB weekend. So yes, I can work 100 DXCC countries QRP in a single weekend - in fact in just the first 24 hours! I took it easy after that, just checking now and then for anything new and loud enough to be QRP-workable. Sunday morning had a big wind and rain storm, bringing extra noise, and I hard time working new stations - or maybe I already had all the "easy" ones. I managed a handful of new European countries. I heard at least another dozen countries that I just couldn't work QRP. There were another two dozen countries spotted that I couldn't hear at all - if they really existed. Final total: 126 unique DXCC countries while QRP! NN7SS Burt WA (K6UFO op) 10,15,20m: C-31XR at 71ft, C-3 53ft, 3el Steppir 40 ft One Yaesu FT-1000MP turned down to 5 watts Writelog software and microHAM controller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NP4Z Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,501,004 Wow.. is it me or contesting is changing for good... do we call this scores from around the world level playing? It sure looks like that! Not only this is a record setting contest, it was also a myth busting weekend judging for the amount of stations still in disbelief. For me it was a also an interesting weekend, after being completely ready for weeks, I wanted it to be a relaxing time, decided to rest and do nothing that would bring stress before the contest.. Thats when the trouble started.... I was so completely rested that I couldnt sleep a minute before the contest, my body didnt need any rest. So I said well Im rested already so ill go ahead with my 48 hour strategy. The contest started and I was a couple hundred qso's ahead of the record setting operation from N5tj's operation from here on the first 24 hours.. The plan was simple, spend little time on the 2nd radio chasing mults the first 24 hours but concentrate on running and moving all the mults I could that called in. It was working, suddenly I turned my focus on the 2nd radio with slower rates on the first.. there were plenty of mults but no one was coming back to my call, power was ok. but my second radio wasnt heard.. after trying to figure out what was going on, finally figured out that the radio was transmitting on some other frecuency, it had some drifting issue and with the tight filters out there it was impossible to be heard.. I could receive but I couldnt transmit so that took care of my second radio strategy.. all the passing had to be done by the main radio, it was a bummer since all my improvements in the station where related to SO2R. It was ok, it was so much fun that I decided not to get upset, I was already ahead of all my previous operations.. Celebrating too soon, I started feeling very tired but somehow managed to stay awake thru the night. Sunday morning I was struggling and my wife asked me If I wanted coffee, Being a real coffee lover raised on a coffee town, I couldnt resist and went with it. I knew it was a mistake since I knew that coffee would mess up my blood sugar levels and it did, what followed where many hours trying to stay awake and the worst halucinations that Ive had, followed. I know that I had no recollection for qsos in at least a couple of hours so Im sorry for any weird behavious from my part. Of course, not checking the radio before the contest and going back to caffeine where mistakes, I just have to adjust my strategy a little more next year... Anyway this contest has clearly demonstrated that contesting is changing for good, I think that what we are missing now is more regional exposition and awards, so more local battles are encouraged and the hobby will benefit. Until the next one and very happy! Felipe NP4Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NQ4I Class: M/M HP Total Score = 26,802,627 It was the best of times...it was the worst of times!... Actually, it was the best of times...with the exception of the station owner and 80m operator (NQ4I) being under the weather from a 24 hour bug, the weekend couldn't have gone better. Conditions were excellent...operators all put in a yeomans effort, and it shows in an incredible score from 4 land. The previous W4 M/M record fell at 23 hours into the contest...that was a sign of good things to come. Conditions were such that the last hour of the contest saw all six bands active and producing multipliers for a fantastic finish. This was a DX'ers dream weekend. W4SVO once again pulled 160m duty and produced an excellent band score from the SE US. Marks highlight was pulling in several new mults during the final hour of the contest including TF4M for a double!!! 80M was the band without a captain. NQ4I had planned to lead the team on 80 but a 24 (turned into 36) hour bug negated that. NS1L, W1MD, NQ4I, W4IX, and W4SVO all put time in on the band and gave the new 12 Element LPA a workout. To see this antenna in the woods is simply awesome. Strung on a Catenary from 160' down to 60' the array is simply amazing. K1XX and VE7ZO were the perennial op's for 40 meters working everything that could be found. W8ZF, W4IX, and NS1L teamed up to lead the 20 meter effort to a station high band score with all 40 zones and 164 countries being worked. K4TD and W1MD were the 'delta force' behind 15 meters...working many of those tough Sunday afternoon slugfest mults early in the contest on Saturday morning. WA1S and N4BP provided the drive behind the 10 meter effort staying close on the heels of the 15 meter team. It was an amazing weekend and a good time was had by all...Thanks to Rick (NQ4I) for being a first class station master and host. Even being under the weather, Rick still managed to ensure that we were fed (over fed) throughout the weekend...and provide a first class M/M station that ranks up there with the best of them. And of course...congrats to all of the other Multi-op competitors with some supreme scores being posted. The competition is what makes this contest so much fun. 73 from the NQ4I team and see you in the spring. Marty W1MD For the NQ4I team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NR4M Class: M/M HP Total Score = 23,813,328 Everything pretty well came together station-wise for the contest and the propagation deities really favored us this time around. 10 thru 40 were great all weekend. 80 was terrific Friday night, but not so much Saturday night. Jim W4PRO did a terrific job milking top band for multipliers and what Qs were available. The flux was down some, but that probably helped the low bands while ten meters was open world-wide. Once again the station and antennas held up well. This was the outing that determined our future use of N1MM, and it came through with flying colors. Other than op error from time to time we experienced no problems with it through the weekend. Mike K4GMH and Steve NR4M got the lock out boxes and active antennas working so we could do two radios simultaneously on 40 and 20. Due to the usual problems of getting operators on Thanksgiving weekend they didn't get the workout they could have, but when ops were available they worked well. K4EC and K7SV got the most out of 80. N2YO hit 40 with his usual gusto. N3UA was a wild-man on 20 with K4GMH working everything available on that band at night. KC4D was super on 15 with great support from K4GM. WK3W and KE3X cleaned up on mults and ran 10 with passion. NR4M pretty much filled in on all bands. Once again many thanks to the Bookout family for hosting us for the weekend. 73 de Lar K7SV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS3T Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 22,507 Yep, I picked a bad year to do a single band effort on 80 meters, but it was either that or nothing at all, since my days during the weekend were off-limits to contesting again in 2011. Conditions for me were a bit down on Friday, though that turned out to be the much better night. I heard lots of zone 16 stations, but couldn't get any of them to even give me a "?" in return. Same thing with zone 20. Oh well. 100 watts doesn't do the trick all the time. In 2007, I had 19 zones and 78 DXCC - this time I was lucky to get to 15 zones and 56 DXCC. Never could get most zone 15 stations to answer me either. I used four different antennas in my backyard for this contest - a regular 80m vertical, a sloping 66 foot wire aimed to the Pacific, a pair of phased inverted L's aimed at Europe and a 210 foot wire that broadsided EU. It was great to watch how the propagation changed through the night and how one antenna would work better than the others for awhile and then change. Funniest moment came on Saturday morning, when I was trying to get NH2T for a double mult. Of course, I am sending NS3T, which isn't much different. I got him last year on 40 meters, but not this time on 80 unfortunately. I was ready to go all night again on Saturday night, but you could tell when the sun went down here in DC that the band wasn't right. I went to the store because I couldn't hear any Europeans, and then when their signals arrived, they couldn't hear me. Hell, I listened to VY2ZM barely get a "?" out of C5A on 80 meters, which told me that it was a struggle for everyone. Things were so bad that I went upstairs and watched TV with the XYL because I couldn't make any QSOs. After falling asleep at the keyboard around 1am, I finally pulled the plug on the second night after only putting 15 contacts in the log on day two. Frustrating, but still an enjoyable time as always. I did make a few QSO's on 10 meters to get some new DX. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Send your photos and stories along to me for radio-sport.net. 73 Jamie NS3T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS6T Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,588 I was mainly hunting for new DX entities. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NT2A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,051,280 No space for low band antennas. Hi Hi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NT6X Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 763,980 FT-1000mp MkV 300w Ground mounted All-band Vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NW2K Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 103,792 5W, matchbox, 80M loop at 30 feet. Unassisted and all S&P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NW3H Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 91,155 Had limited time due to the holiday weekend and family activities. This is my first CQWW CW contest. My second overall following ARRL CW in February. I finally have my station situated for CW contesting. I am not a CW guy but I know enough to get on and S&P to make points for my club FRC. Hopefully in the contests to come I will make better scores. Having this contest this weekend is really tough sandwiched during a holiday weekend. I have the IC-7600 setup with the built in keyer controlled via direct connect of USB keyboard. I use CW Get to copy and N1MM to log. I am very impressed with CW Get and I finally have it set to work well. It was even able to copy a couple ZL's I worked on 10 and 15 that were true S5 to S7. Conditions were good which helped my vertical and wires station. I was really excited to easily work into VK, ZL and ZK2 during the test. EU was my best option and most of my work was done at night so 40 was the band of choice. Looking forward to using this setup for a bigger effort for ARRL DX CW 2012! Thanks for the QSOs and 73. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX2X Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,432,224 AWESOME conditions. First full-out effort for this contest since getting my 56 foot tower and 3 element Steppir. My apologies for my crappy sending on sunday morning. I was burnt! What a great time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NY3A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 7,862,664 Spent the first evening on 15m only intending to do a single-band effort but when I heard how good 40m was I couldn't resist going all-band. 73; Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NY4A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 130,334,880 A lot of equipment problems and short on operators. We decided to run two stations 3 ops as a multi two sans mult position. The contest was really a lot of fun, condx were amazing, and we had a blast A breakout is @ http://n4af.blountscreek.org/stats/2011%20CQ-WW-CW%20NY4A/index.htm 73, Howie N4AF Band QSOs Pts Cty ZN 1.8 43 118 31 10 3.5 636 1759 92 22 7 1564 4484 131 33 14 818 2369 128 37 21 1616 4759 132 36 28 855 2503 132 31 Total 5532 15992 646 169 Score : 13,033,480 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NY6DX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,464,868 None of us are real cw ops but a good time was had by all. Great conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE3KAB Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 161,028 Rig: Kenwood TS480HX 200W, 2el Yagi Had problems with ice on antenna! Missed some more spots to get more runs.... But it was fun and I enjoyed the activity on 10m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE4A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,058,540 Had several contests without Murphy, but he came back this time. QTH of OE4A was almost the only place in Austria with snow, no real snow but hoarfrost. All antennas were covered with several centimeters of ice, so the 160m dipole was resonant at 1.600 kHz. Another wire antenna was so heavy, that it blocked the 2nd highband yagi, what we did not see during the night. The rotor controller burned out, antenna stuck to north for the whole contest. Still happy with the result. 3 hours after the contest the temperature rose and on monday morning all the ice was away, 160m antenna worked perfect again. Special thanks to Rai, OE4RLC, for giving me the chance to operate this contest from his station again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE5OHO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 590,190 After 2 years of 40m single band and with the high SFI index I decided to try 10m this time. Despite that I improved the old OE record (dating back to 2002) by about 100k points I had mixed feelings after the dust finally settled. Looking at the numbers from other participants I see my feeling confirmed. While my multiplier total is fine for my QTH and setup I couldn't get a decent run to improve the QSO number. Partly it's due to the high city noise and certainly because I just had one rotate-able antenna. I simply had to rotate the antenna for every multiplier (away from NA or AS runs). Having two directions nowadays is such a "must have" that I felt like driving a VW Beatle in a race against *place-your-favorite-F1-car-here*. I also missed the different take-off angles provided by a stack of at least 2 yagis. Maybe I miss all this things after I was QRV during this years ARRL international DX contest from Ivan's top-notch station OE3K. But one must use what one has available... I really tried to work anyone calling me - if I didn't get you into my log it's due to the high city noise :-( But there are positive aspects as well: Great activity! If someone says "CW is dead" then just look what happened last weekend. Okay, maybe we are all Old Old Man - but hey, what a great party! Like Olli, DH8BQA, already described in his write-up there have been some short mini-openings to SA and central America about an hour after the band went QRT on Sunday evening. I was hoping for KL7 to pop out of the noise via LP but all I got was a multiplier from the Caribbean on SP. Funny to see so many KL7 stations around and after their local sunrise on the RBN �" for me it was like “where the freaks come out at night”. Unfortunately not a beep from them via LP... Thanks for all who tried and/or succeeded to work me. 73 de Oliver Rig: FT-1000MP (SO1R �" the REAL thing) Amp Ant: 8ele @ 30m (OB16-3) Multiband-GP (RX only - used for a small number of EU QSO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG1M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,020,355 This CQWW CW I had the opportunity to test drive Seppo's brand new SO2R setup. The station consists of two K3 radios, an Acom2000A and a 1-kW solid-state PA, stacked yagis for 10m-20m and a shortened 4-el for 40m on one rotatable tower, a 10m-20m SteppIR on a shorter tower for the second radio, and wires on 80m/160m for the main radio. Although I wasn't going "for the kill" this time, it was enjoyable to operate, as CQWW CW is my favorite contest. Conditions were generally alright, but not as good as in CQWW SSB. In any case, a totally different ball game than the previous years when it comes to the high bands! It was a nice surprise to find 20m open at the beginning of the contest all the way over W land to JA. Some technical difficulties were encountered that made my operating a bit more leisurely. The first one was a resurfaced malfunction in the tower direction indicator that caught my attention during daylight on Saturday. As a result I didn't do much extra antenna rotating after that, since it meant going outside every time with a flashlight to check the direction. Unfortunately I also managed to fry the front-end of the second radio on Sunday morning, making it rather deaf and the operation SO1R from there onward. I googled around and fortunately the problem with a burned pin-diode turns out to be simple to fix. Slept for five hours, with some further breaks for eating, going out to check antenna direction, and making some phone calls due to illness in the family. Finished off the contest by checking the Scandinavian Activity Contest results for the December "Radioamatööri" magazine while the computer was sending CQ on 20m.... Happily the checking was interrupted at times by stray callers! Very high winds were predicted for parts of Finland over the weekend, but fortunately the worst of it didn't show up at my location. Snowfall began on Sunday afternoon, and it looked beautiful this morning when I left the station. Driving in the white wintry countryside on a small unploughed road with the morning sun shining sure got me into the Christmas mood! At least until I returned to the as-of-yet dark and snowless Helsinki :) Many thanks to Seppo OH1VR and Outi for letting me use their summer house and station! 73 Kim OH6KZP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG4T Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 79,396 Thank you for contacts! 73 de Jukka OH4MFA, OG4T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 408,072 Saturday was not so good because previous evening and night meetings and 400km drive - maybe the cndx (and operator) were not so good either. SFI 133 poorer cndx than in SSB part. On Sunday operator felt fresher after 5 hour sleep. band opened around 5:30 and closed 15:30 reopened on Sunday at 19Z but not many stns worked. 22z heard kl7j, 559, but no success. Previous OH record was exceeded, but maybe OH6AC did better score. Some trouble with tower rotator, but generally all worked well. IC-7700 , KW, 6 el KLM @45m, 8 over 8 40/25m Thanks for qsos! CU in Arrl 10m with call OH5BM (OG5 seems to be difficult to many). Tapani OH5BM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH1F Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 725,375 The condx were quite nice during the whole contest. JA:s were coming through nicely both days. NA propagation was just average from here. Both days the band closed quite early. During Saturday and Sunday evening a couple of US stations were audible but I was not able to get any runs going. KH6s and KL7 were loud the whole night! Thanks for the QSOs! 73 Timo OH1TM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH1MM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,379,070 FT-1000MP+AL1500 Dipole 160M-40M JP-Tribander 20M-10M, old WRTC beam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH2XX Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Total Score = 3,126,975 What a great weekend! Home (80-10m) K3 + Acom-1000 3el SteppIr 2el yagi, 40m InvL + OCFDipole, 80m CWSkimmer, LP-Pan Remote (160m) TS-480, 1/4 wl vertical, Henry 3K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH5TS Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 100,800 Very limited time this year and unfortunately even that was mainly during the evenings when the band was very marginal for low power. In addition I had now indication of the antenna direction. Had to go by ear. Thanks for the good ears of many stateside stations copying my tiny signal. The rig: K3 and 204BA at 24 m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH5Z Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 1,342,029 My first attempt in CQ WW QRP. Really enjoyed every minute of it. Many thanks to everybody for hearing my tiny signal. Lots and lots of repeats were often needed. 80 meters is always difficult to NA even with HP but this time NN1N, WE3C, KC1XX and VY2TT had very sensitive ears. 73 Kari OH5WH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH6AC Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 322,361 Equipment: Kenwood TS-590S+Microkeyer II, 1kW PA, WinTest. Antennas:4 over 4 yagis @39 and 33m. 3-el yagi @10m. Tnx for QSOs & 73 Jyrki OH6CS www.oh6ac.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH6TN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 256,054 kW & Wires... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH8A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 516,006 Radiocontesting @ OH8A several power outages due to 25 m/s wind gusts..longest break 1h. UPS is in good use. Was really a lot of problems, but we had fun in this contest. MNI tnx OH6CT, OH8DR, OH8KA and OH4MS Jari / OH8WW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH8L Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,034,080 On saturday suddenly powers gone off, caused by storm. My own property has left some trees to near of the powerlines, so tree falling down to lines... I was without power about 4 hours, timing was bad, best propacation on 15 and 10 mtrs gone to way....... Next work will be with chainsaw.... Score is made with SO1R setup.... Jari OH8LQ www.oh8lq.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1AIJ Class: SOSB/15 QRP Total Score = 37,329 Very good condx, nice contest for QRP rig. Tcvr TS120V, output 5 Watts, ant 27mtrs sloping longwire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1CLD Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 51,898 I liked the contest a lot, managed to make 250 QSOs (100 more than in any CW contest before!), 50 DXCCs (7 new - Afghanistan, Angola, Djibouti, Liberia, Mosambique, Nicaragua and Uganda) and 27 CQ zones. Have to practice Morse code to be better next year:-) 73! Ondra OK1CLD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1CZ Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 138,780 RIG IC9100 at 100W to a 3el. Yagi. Glad to find 10m in good shape after a long time. Slow going with low power compared to OK/OM DX contest, most QSOs were hard work in S&P. Missed the morning openings to JA. Thanks for QSOs, 73s and CU next time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1IC Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 632,060 Thanks for all QSO! Very good condition Sunday morning to JA, BY - like callbook reading :-). Otherwise - opening to NA was sligthly worse, than I expected. I am apologize for local QRM from other band, sometimes was very strong and reading of CW sigs was difficult. See you again in next cw contest and big thanks to OL3A crew for my hosting. 73 Tomas OK1IC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1MMN Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 105,264 FT1K FLD, TS-480, ECO 3x3 @ 14m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1SKJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 15,288 balcony dipole antenna, 100W, FT950 TNX FR QSO, 73 Jirka ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK3C Class: SOAB(A) QRP Total Score = 2,254,001 tnx all for QSO with my QRP signal comments here: http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fok2zc.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F12%2Fcq-ww-cw-2011-so-ab-qrp-assisted.html&langpair=cz|en 73 Ludek OK3C / OK2ZC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 242,000 Murphy stopped with me for a few visits (more 1 hour QRT), but still a nice contest. Weak participation in TOP band this year, solid CONDX towards the NA and the Caribbean, but bad CONDX to East (only 16 x JAs, no one BY, missed many East mults.). Beautiful moments when called ZD8W, JT5DX, 9L0W �" thanks ! The first time I did not do UA2 and LX - LX7I I met 7 times as called multiplier, but not for the whole contest start CQ - understandable with such a nice signal, SRI ... A big thanks John OK2ZAW and Dan OK1HRA for technical support. RIG: IC-775DSP + PA, TX ANT: 41m Vertical with 120 radials and dipole, RX ANT: some BVRGs 150 to 400 meters. Thanks for ALL QSOs and see you soon in the ARRL TOP. Pavel OK1MU/OK6W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK7K Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 756,465 My first 15m SOSB(A) operation in CQWW CW Contest from Sazena OK7K station. Conditions was a little bit worse than in SSB part. Worked 39 zones (zone nr.39 missing - as Marko S50K wrote - I don�'t know who was active from z39 on 15m band? - but somebody YES, because some stations worked all zones). BIG congratulation to 9A1A Team for fantastic raw score! Worked more than 100DXCC till saturday noon. First day ended with 978QSOs/34zones/137DXCC in the log. Great pleasure was TF3AO who�'s came sunday afternoon to my CQ and gave me double multiplier (zone+DXCC) and after QSO sent spot with my FRQ to cluster :-) Thanks! Signals from middle EU stations (DL,OM...) comes with strong echo. Terrible work - I wouldn�'t be able to copy it without K9AY RX loop. Thanks to all who called me. Used: FT-1000MP MarkV-Field + ACOM2000A 6ele ZX-YAGI (14,7m boom)@ 23m (main ANT) 3ele FB33 tribander @17m (support ANT) CU in the next contest. 73! Pavel OK1GK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL4W Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 124,422 Normaly I am ready in QRP category, but this contest I tried to use Big Guns with 100W and NVIS ANT. I can say - Low power is beeter for RUN HI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL6P Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,901,224 Nice contest and good propagation. Some technical problems with PC and rotator for 10/15m. Congratulations stations S50A, MM0LID, YT6W, LY9A, SO2R, OE4A to theier UFB results??? But 4000 QSO for 43 hours from Bulgaria ????????? It is probably some SO3R ????? Equipment: FT-1000MP, TR4W log 160m: Inv-L @ 20m 80m: 2x halfsloper @ 20m, vertical 15m, 40m: 2el. YAGI, dipole 20m: 5el. OWA 15m: 4el. OWA 10m: 5el. OWA 40 - 15m: Cushcraft X7 and Windom 80m 160 - 40m: ZEPP 2x 54m RX ant. 2x beverage 170m Thanks all for contacts! 73, Petr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL7C Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,688,464 Nice contest Thanks for the QSOs! more you can found on our web site: http://ok1kvk.cz/web/index.php/zavody/kv/513-cq-world-wide-dx-cw-2011 73 de Michal, OK1WMR Radio club OK1KVK/OL7C http://www.ok1kvk.cz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL8M Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 1,025,455 at least 5 / maybe 7 / DXCC countries not because of interference from ever the calling stations. Example ZK2V but should also SV5DKL and etc... RIG: FT100MP + Russian PA R140 / about 1 kW / ant HB9CV - only. 73 Pavel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL9Z Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 940,170 congrats to YT9A for to same score.. TU 73GL Rosta ok2pvf/ol9z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM5NA Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 76,000 Rig: FT-950 Ant1: 12m LW - 80m, 40m + CG-3000 ATU Ant2: Diamond CP-6 vertical - 20m, 15m, 10m TNX for QSOs! VY 73! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM7M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,357,658 Thanks for calling us and wishing you Merry XMAS & HNY 2012 to all contest community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM7RU Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 77,499 This was the first contest with "new" (second hand) FT-1000MP MarkV Field, fully filtered. Realy big diference compared with IC-706 MkII. Also antenna details were remade more precisely, which caused improving of SWR from 1:1,65 to 1:1.05 at 1.835 MHz. Second advantage is bandwidth from 1.81 to 1.95 (SWR 1:2). Conditions was quite good, I was able to make some nice DX with Low Power (some of nice ones: JA, JT, P4, C5). Using of any RX ant is the key point. Used equipments: FT-1000MP MarkV Field HEIL ProSet Plus Vertical 30m (+ cap hat + 2 elevated radials) MicroHAM microKEYER ASUS notebook Thanks to everybody who participated. 73! Riki, OM7RU www.tucek.sk/om7ru ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON4IA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 636,930 Great fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON5KQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 452,516 very raw score, just after the contest.... Enjoyed CW - even I have to improve my CW... 8ele vertical circle array works great, with quick switching... Not QRV both nights = worked on Saturday many dx stations at noontime over northpole. Came on band on Saturday 2h after sunrise and on Sunday at sunrise... Stopped on Saturday one hour after midnight. We had a family party on Sunday due to birthday of the kids - not qrv on sunday from about 9h30 UTC to 16h15 UTC. Busy last our with many US stations calling = K3LR skimmer mentioned 56db S/N!!! Rig: FT-1000MP + 1kW Ant: 8ele vertical array between the trees in the garden - 800radials = 100per vertical see you in next contests... Ulli, ON5KQ www.on5kq.be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OP4A Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 393,764 IC-746, 2el moxon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OP4K Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 625,717 What initially was meant to be a M/S effort was cancelled just before the start of the contest. I think it was a wise decision to go for SOSB 10m. A lot of fun, great propagation and enough resting hours. An opportunity to try to complete the WAZ, WAS on 10m. Setup Yaesu FTDX5000MP Acom 2000A Optibeam OB18-6 (7 el on 10m) at 50m / 170ft N1MM Tnx to all for the qso's. Sorry for the ones I missed or did not hear. Log will be uploaded soon on LOTW, QRZ.com and HRD log. Paper QSL will be going via the bureau unless you need a faster confirmation. 73 Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OQ5M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,951,085 I don't think I can squeeze more out of my little semi-fieldday station. One crank-up tower 21m high, small tribander OB11-3, rotary 40m dipole, dual wire 80/160 ground plane with elevated radials and a trapped vertical 10/15/20 for SO2R. A pair of K3's, only 1 amp, microHAM SO2R stuff and N1MMLogger. Was it my bad strategy / bad timing or did 20 really underperform? 73 de Franki ON5ZO = OQ5M http://www.on5zo.be/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OR2F Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Total Score = 478,518 73 ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OT4A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 416,937 Only a 80% effort this year after last year having a sabbat year ! 10 m was a good decision ! Antennas and equipment worked fine. Great fun! Cuagn sn OT4A (Theo) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OV3X Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 101,432 Had to lower my antenna - TH3MK4 - to 25 feet above ground. Due to my new neighbour. He does not like the antenna. Well the antenna works but not as good as before. Most of my zone 7-8-9 were worked on my Carolina Windom 80. It simply works perfect. The rig is my old IC-775DSP with 100 watt. Condx were good - however I did't have time for being QRV for the whole weekend. I also had difficult watching the monitor for many hours as I have just had an eye operation. (Detached retina 1 mm from the center so seriously)Expecting new glasses in february 2012 so it is a loooong time before I can see clearly again. Hope ALL of You had a good weekend? My only complaint is: more and more so called "exotic" stations not giving their call sign that very often. One had QSL with EE and other with TU but no c/s and no more often than every TEN minute. I am not using packet or internet when contesting so I have not received a spot. Can these stations be reported and if reported by a numbers of contesters the they shall have a Yellow card? It is a bad behaviour. QSL could be given with a c/s every 3rd or 4th QSO. The same could be added to "code of Conduct". Some DX-peditions are not giving their c/s that very often. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OY1CT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,715,996 My best score yet, great fun. Thanks to all those who called me and made it into the log. Most of my time was spend running pileup! This was ment to be a part time entry, ended up putting 35 hours into the contest. 80m and 10m was amazing, well over 1K on 80m and most of them on the first nite of the contest, only using a dipole up 6m and 700w! We had a hurricane passing OY early friday morning so all friday was spend repearing antennas, lost my GP that i normaly use on 40 and 80m in the storm so had to make a dipole to 40m before starting in the contest, using a 2 element quad on 10/15/10m @ 8m. 73 and cuagn next contest de OY1CT Caen... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ5E Class: M/M HP Total Score = 11,073,600 CQ WW CW 2011 - 3830 report! After a lot of days hard work, many, many people involved, finally the week-end was here! Worked all friday - 3 single projects, and up to 1 hour before kick-off - OZ finally - again- entered in the MULTI-MULTI category. 3 operating positions - 8 operators - and not least our supporters: OZ1XJ, OZ1LCG, OZ1JUX, OZ4VW, OZ4ABH and all the visitors who helped carry sandbags for the One Man tower ! A tough and hard strategy for the start on 160, 80 and 40 - beginning rate over 360 per hour - hard but real fun! Started a bit too early on the high bands - hard starters, but then, oh boy !!!! - none of us have had this much fun for a long time in this hobby ! Gigantic Pile-ups on a little OZ pistol ! But all the new mono-banders helped all the way! Saturday - sun eruptions closed the high bands for several hours in the evening/night. Just as predictions said. But saturday/sunday on the lower bands, a lot to work and a lot of multis to put in the log. North America, South America, Asia, Africa and even a few Oceania. Sunday - oh black sunday! Power failure due to the very bad storm and a total break down of several of our logging and Antennaswitching and -turning computers. Total rearrangements.... The FT 1000's switched to Elecrafts and total bypass of all systems. We lost almost 2 hours of operation. But after this - back in business - and even stronger! We did not give up before after sunday 23:59:59 ! We had a prediction for a major storm on sunday - and oh boy it came along all right.. Antennas had a hard time up there - but it was the Sommer Antenna on the ground that suffered the most damage, when support fell over in the wind :-) Lots and lot of multis and DXCC's - nearly DXCC on all bands - only missing a few here and there for a 5 Band All Zones - missing a few on 160 - but next year! - So far new (again again) OZ record! This is still the Worlds Best Hobby - and with these kinds of results even more so ...a flying start for the newly created Danish Contest Academy ! CUAGN ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ8A Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 112,424 Quite good ears, hearing my K2 with a Butternut 9V. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P3J Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 866,400 Great conditions again. Started at 0700 local time (0500z) - I probably should have started an hour earlier. Band closed, apart from a few Caribbean stations, around 1630z on each day. Didn't spend enough time trawling for mults - had a good QRG on Sunday, which I didn't want to lose, but did lose it when landed upon by a strong LZ9, and a strong GI close by. It was great fun which is all that counts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 12,045,165 Did not expect to make 7000+ QSO, amazing pileups. Thanks to Carl P49V and Sue P40YL for letting me operate. Photos will be soon on r5ga.com 73! Valery R5GA -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 124 31 0 155 155 2.1 0100 0 0 0 212 0 0 212 367 5.0 0200 0 0 127 80 0 0 207 574 7.9 0300 0 0 193 0 0 0 193 767 10.5 0400 0 0 211 0 0 0 211 978 13.4 0500 0 52 141 0 0 0 193 1171 16.1 0600 37 32 0 78 0 0 147 1318 18.1 0700 0 0 155 15 0 0 170 1488 20.4 0800 0 110 27 10 0 0 147 1635 22.4 0900 0 35 94 0 0 0 129 1764 24.2 1000 2 26 5 0 80 0 113 1877 25.8 1100 0 0 0 0 183 11 194 2071 28.4 1200 0 0 0 0 0 217 217 2288 31.4 1300 0 0 0 0 0 237 237 2525 34.6 1400 0 0 0 0 0 202 202 2727 37.4 1500 0 0 0 0 34 142 176 2903 39.8 1600 0 0 0 0 220 0 220 3123 42.9 1700 0 0 0 0 97 118 215 3338 45.8 1800 0 0 0 0 0 211 211 3549 48.7 1900 0 0 0 102 7 35 144 3693 50.7 2000 0 0 0 159 1 0 160 3853 52.9 2100 0 0 0 0 221 0 221 4074 55.9 2200 0 0 0 0 63 25 88 4162 57.1 2300 0 0 0 87 63 0 150 4312 59.2 0000 0 15 0 68 0 1 84 4396 60.3 0100 0 24 0 110 0 0 134 4530 62.2 0200 0 0 0 121 0 0 121 4651 63.8 0300 0 0 155 4 0 0 159 4810 66.0 0400 0 0 157 0 0 0 157 4967 68.2 0500 14 3 75 0 0 0 92 5059 69.4 0600 2 12 8 52 0 0 74 5133 70.4 0700 1 3 11 12 0 0 27 5160 70.8 0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5160 70.8 0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5160 70.8 1000 0 79 74 0 0 0 153 5313 72.9 1100 0 6 0 3 135 0 144 5457 74.9 1200 0 0 0 57 83 37 177 5634 77.3 1300 0 0 0 0 0 176 176 5810 79.7 1400 0 0 0 0 1 120 121 5931 81.4 1500 0 0 0 2 5 73 80 6011 82.5 1600 0 0 0 0 23 129 152 6163 84.6 1700 0 0 0 0 0 202 202 6365 87.3 1800 0 0 0 0 0 159 159 6524 89.5 1900 0 0 0 0 173 4 177 6701 91.9 2000 0 0 0 0 93 88 181 6882 94.4 2100 0 0 0 0 0 122 122 7004 96.1 2200 0 0 11 66 15 0 92 7096 97.4 2300 0 0 0 192 0 0 192 7288 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 56 397 1444 1554 1528 2309 7288 Gross QSOs=7514 Dupes=226 Net QSOs=7288 Unique callsigns worked = 4830 The best 60 minute rate was 241/hour from 1237 to 1336 The best 30 minute rate was 268/hour from 1749 to 1818 The best 10 minute rate was 294/hour from 1748 to 1757 The best 1 minute rates were: 7 QSOs/minute 1 times. 6 QSOs/minute 37 times. 5 QSOs/minute 250 times. 4 QSOs/minute 601 times. 3 QSOs/minute 700 times. 2 QSOs/minute 491 times. 1 QSOs/minute 323 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 41 326 672 884 764 1174 3861 53.0 South America 6 6 7 12 20 26 77 1.1 Europe 7 51 643 399 554 1051 2705 37.1 Asia 0 8 117 244 170 26 565 7.8 Africa 2 3 1 10 14 19 49 0.7 Oceania 0 3 4 5 5 13 30 0.4 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56 397 1444 1554 1528 2309 7288 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40L Class: M/S HP Total Score = 23,911,470 We had a lot of fun again this year and are very pleased to have exceeded our 2010 results by approximately 1000 QSOs. Conditions on the 10, 15 and 40 bands were particularly good and contributed greatly to the overall QSO and multiplier counts. An innovation in how we configured our run station also contributed significantly to the improved results. The new configuration allows two operators, each with their own computer and logging capability, to share access to a single run transmit radio while listening on separate radios and, if desired, different listening antennas. The two operators then work together to maximize rate, dynamically adjusting how they go about do so depending on conditions. Among other approaches, at times it was very effective to have one operator listen slightly low, while the other listened slightly high. Another effective approach was having one operator listen on an antenna pointed at USA and JA, while the other listened on an antenna pointed to Europe, or having one listen on the transmitting antenna, while the other listened on the beverages. This new configuration turned out to be highly effective and lots of fun to boot. Thanks to Ed, W0YK, who spent many hours working out and assembling the required wiring and lock-out circuits. Unfortunately, on this trip we were plagued by computer hardware and software problems, including computer and logging program crashes, delayed keyboard responses, inexplicable wandering cursor focus, loss of networking and loss of internet access. Our apologies to those who worked us while we were contending with any of the problems. A five second delay in the keyboard response seems like forever in the middle of a 250 Q per hour run. I assure you that any frustration you experienced was considerably higher on our side. By Saturday evening (a time period that normally would be expected to be some our best rate and mult hours), our computer problems had escalated from mere nuisances and relatively short disruptions to a major continuous problem that could not be solved by rebooting programs or computers. we were very fortunate to be able to reach out to one of our local ham radio friends, Lissandro, P43L, who on short notice, dropped everything and came to the rescue. Lissandro managed to troubleshoot the problems and bring us up on a new network, all while minimizing disruption to the our run station. We are very grateful. Nevertheless, computer problems did depress our QSO rates for approximately 3.5 hours of the contest. The good news is this means that a 9000 QSO total, a goal we thought was unattainable from this station and location as recently as last year, is clearly possible in the future. Outside the contest, we enjoyed multiple dinners and visits with John, W2GD (operating with his usual call, P40W, Valerie, R5AG (operating as P40F), as well as Jean-Pierre, P43A, and his wife, Christine, P43C. Our congratulations to the many fine efforts in this contest, especially the extraordinary results by the D4C and P33W multi-single teams. As always, thanks for all the contacts! 73, John, W6LD/P40L Station: Rigs: Elecraft K3s (3), P3s (2) Amps: Alpha 86, Alpha 87A Antennas: C31XR at 43 feet 2 elements 10 meter at 55 feet 5 elements 15 meter at 55 feet 4 elements 20 meter at 68 feet 2 elements 40 meter at 76 feet 1 element 80 meter Sigma 80 at 64 feet 160 meter vertical at 67 feet Receiving antennas: three 500 foot beverages and 12AVQ vertical using K9AY switching box/preamp Logging software: Writelog on four networked computers DSL Internet for Packet 73, John W6LD/P40L Some stastics: Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: P40L CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW OPERATORS: N6XI N7MH W0YK W6LD -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 20 188 19 0 227 227 2.6 0100 0 0 50 188 0 0 238 465 5.3 0200 0 2 190 11 0 0 203 668 7.6 0300 0 43 215 0 0 0 258 926 10.5 0400 31 1 171 0 0 0 203 1129 12.8 0500 10 8 181 0 0 0 199 1328 15.0 0600 9 13 157 0 0 0 179 1507 17.1 0700 1 73 94 0 0 0 168 1675 19.0 0800 3 116 31 0 0 0 150 1825 20.7 0900 2 29 111 0 0 0 142 1967 22.3 1000 0 0 121 5 33 0 159 2126 24.1 1100 0 0 3 105 63 17 188 2314 26.2 1200 0 0 0 0 196 40 236 2550 28.9 1300 0 0 0 0 212 19 231 2781 31.5 1400 0 0 0 2 10 147 159 2940 33.3 1500 0 0 0 5 1 232 238 3178 36.0 1600 0 0 0 12 14 212 238 3416 38.7 1700 0 0 0 11 85 110 206 3622 41.0 1800 0 0 0 10 9 215 234 3856 43.6 1900 0 0 0 10 2 230 242 4098 46.4 2000 0 0 1 2 143 86 232 4330 49.0 2100 0 0 0 34 200 0 234 4564 51.7 2200 0 0 0 216 3 0 219 4783 54.1 2300 0 0 84 69 0 0 153 4936 55.9 0000 0 0 126 0 0 0 126 5062 57.3 0100 0 0 155 4 0 0 159 5221 59.1 0200 6 18 155 0 0 0 179 5400 61.1 0300 2 30 61 47 0 0 140 5540 62.7 0400 0 5 156 1 0 0 162 5702 64.5 0500 0 42 92 2 0 0 136 5838 66.1 0600 1 2 127 1 0 0 131 5969 67.6 0700 0 2 137 0 0 0 139 6108 69.1 0800 1 3 108 0 0 0 112 6220 70.4 0900 0 0 73 0 0 0 73 6293 71.2 1000 1 26 56 0 0 0 83 6376 72.2 1100 0 14 0 74 6 63 157 6533 74.0 1200 0 0 1 0 1 185 187 6720 76.1 1300 0 0 0 0 0 179 179 6899 78.1 1400 0 0 0 0 120 92 212 7111 80.5 1500 0 0 0 0 213 11 224 7335 83.0 1600 0 0 0 1 130 64 195 7530 85.2 1700 0 0 0 3 1 194 198 7728 87.5 1800 0 0 0 0 77 109 186 7914 89.6 1900 0 0 0 0 225 4 229 8143 92.2 2000 0 0 0 1 180 1 182 8325 94.2 2100 0 0 0 4 11 156 171 8496 96.2 2200 0 0 1 58 112 4 175 8671 98.2 2300 0 0 0 140 23 0 163 8833 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 67 427 2677 1204 2089 2370 8833 Gross QSOs=9082 Dupes=248 Net QSOs=8833 Unique callsigns worked = 5505 The best 60 minute rate was 271/hour from 2028 to 2127 The best 30 minute rate was 278/hour from 0323 to 0352 The best 10 minute rate was 306/hour from 1153 to 1202 The best 1 minute rates were: 8 QSOs/minute 5 times. 7 QSOs/minute 16 times. 6 QSOs/minute 98 times. 5 QSOs/minute 341 times. 4 QSOs/minute 635 times. 3 QSOs/minute 794 times. 2 QSOs/minute 591 times. 1 QSOs/minute 285 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 24 291 1300 794 990 1270 4669 52.9 South America 9 11 29 29 36 36 150 1.7 Europe 29 95 1039 206 905 983 3257 36.9 Asia 1 18 270 136 120 41 586 6.6 Africa 3 10 15 23 22 28 101 1.1 Oceania 1 2 24 16 16 12 71 0.8 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67 427 2677 1204 2089 2370 8834 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40W Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 13,396,500 Stn: SO1R - IC765ProII, Acom 2000A, 1KW, Win-Test Antennas: C31XR, A3, 40M rotatable dipole, 4el and 2 el 40M wire beams, 3el 80M wire beam, 160/80 inverted V, 160M vertical dipole, beverages NE, NW, E/W, N/S Some comments...... My first P40 operation was exactly 25 years ago, and since then I've had the pleasure of operating as P40GD or P40W a total of twenty times during CQWW CW. CQWW CW is the widely considered the world championship of contesting, and I can't think of a better place to be than Aruba the last week of November. I rank this one in my top five WW CW operations. Twenty years ago a 13.4 meg would have fairly easily won the contest. Boy has technology and the competition changed the playing field. Back in the day a tribander and shorty fourty were all you needed to be competitive. Today it takes two radios, two amplifiers, sets of monobanders, complicated switching systems, bandpass filters, the list goes on and on. Suppose I'm a little behind the times now with my single radio and amp, tribanders (downsided from monobanders two years ago), wire arrays, and nearly 50 year old manual B&W switching matrix, but I enjoy it just the same. All these years I've enjoy operating a station built with my own two hands and plenty of sweat...and have experienced the joy of success as each incremental improvement was tried along the way. This being the 25th anniversary of my first P4 operation, I got to thinking about all the operators I've met on Aruba as they passed through over the years. You might know a few of these calls: N4PN, K4UEE, K2SS, OH2KI, WX4G, K4PI, W3BTX, AI6V, K1TO, N6BT, N6TV, W0ZZ, CT1BOH, N5TJ, N6AA, I2UIY, W6OAT, N7RT, K0DQ, N4OC, W5AJ, KU1CW, AE6Y, W6LD, R5GA and many more. And the locals: P43GR, P43A, P43E, P43P, P43W, P43L, P43T, P43DJ, P43JB, P43WLP to cite just a few. The social aspects of contesting from Aruba are just as important to me as the events themselves. Getting together before and after contests enriches the experience and sharing ideas certainly has contributed to many successes. When I arrived on Aruba last Tuesday afternoon, most of the hard work was behind me, having set up and operated CQWW PH three weeks before. Had three changes I wanted to try this time. Add an Array Solutions Stackmatch to the antenna switching matrix to allow power dividing and beaming in multiple directions (the first automated switching system every used at P40W), install another tribander as a backup antenna to the C31 (the C4 on tower two is no longer functional and the tower is so badly rusted it isn't climbable), and build a 20/15/10 doublet for additional backup and maybe quick switching to alternative directions. I installed all three of these changes before the bell on Friday evening. Found power dividing on 80 through 10M very helpful. The A3 installed at 35 feet is over 35 years old and despite the best efforts of the ants and other critters in the traps (the antenna had been lying in the bushes for at least a decade) it worked perfectly. I build the 20/15/10 doublet (looks like an antenna from back in the 30s, classic cats whisker design), but during the contest never used it....but had that 'just in case' backup ready to go. Enjoyed dinners with the P40L team before and after the contest. They were going through the pain of M/S setup, trying to find the magic solution which would eliminate interstation interference problems. Met Valery, R5GA on Wednesday morning for the first time, and we had dinner together that evening. I took him on a quick three tour of Aruba Thursday, and then he helped me afterward with putting up the tribander. I enjoyed seeing places on the island again that I hadn't visited for many years. When the gun went off at 0000 UTC, 20M seemed to be the place to start. Not many multipliers but signals from North America and JA region were loud and the rate was good, had a 220 hour out of the gate. Then off to 40M for a reasonable 192 hour of mostly EU before sliding down to 160 and 80. Wanted to beat the P40L and P40F guys there so I'd be the first P4 mult on these bands. The strategy seemed to work, had rates in the 185 range. Conditions on 160 meters were better than average, EU stations were loud and plentiful for a change (had only heard 3 EU all WW PH weekend) and the QRN level was a moderate S-5 on the beverages (it would increase the second night to S-8/9 with active T-Storm activity in the YV mountains 100 miles to my south). Took a 45 minute nap during the 09 hour to be fresh for the big pileups to come. And the pileups were huge. At sunrise spent 30 minutes on 20M before going directly to 10 meters. It was wide open to EU and parts of AS. Nice 203 hour. Stayed with 10 for another hour before a 218 hour on 15M. Then back to 10M for some 190 hours. Best rate of weekend would be the 1800 hour on 15M, mostly loud USA stations, a 248 clock hour. This is what you live for in CQWW CW....BIG RATE. Things then slowed down some, but still in the 190 range on 20 meters. But I started to take more time chasing multipliers the next few hours. The JAs showed up right on queue at 2145 UTC on 10M, and then later a nice run of AS on 15M as well. Finished the first 24 hours with 4160 qsos, a 181/hour average...my best first day in at least a decade. But I felt worn out from the endless and often unrulely pileups, having only managed a 1.5 hour nap Friday afternoon before the contest started. Started the 2nd 24 hours on 40M, with rather placid 150 hours. My biggest strategic mistake during the weekend was not operating more hours on 40M. Took a brief 30 minute break during the 0300 hour, my eyes were closing involuntarily. Would try to be on 160M at the top of the next few hours to find mults, this seemed to work out well, likewise on 80M at the half hour. Finally at 0630 felt I had to sleep. Set the alarm for 1.5 hours...slept right through it despite the clock being 3 inches from my head. Got lucky, woke up at 0930, an hour before sunrise. Still groggy, I did S/P on 160/80/40 and was rewarded with 20 additional mults over the next 40 minutes. Ran JA and Ws on 40 until heading back to 10M about 45 mins. after my sunrise. Looked at the totals and decided I'd better do some 15M to catch up on easy EU mults. Found the pileups on 15M more manageable, and enjoyed the change from 10M. But went back to 10M and over the morning the rates were in the 150 range, felt I'd slowed down a step or two. At the top of 2000 UTC, went mult hunting again, found another 24 new ones in 30 minutes, followed by a 207 hour on 10M for the best rate of day two. Went into serious mult hunting mode on and off the last three hours, moving some of the closer in Carib stations through multiple bands. Overall I was disappointed by the relatively few stations willing to QSY when asked, but I figured they already had the P4 multiplier within the 15,000 qsos already made by my neighbors P40L and P40F. I miss the days of being the only active P4 on CW, it is a huge advantage having a country to yourself. When the final bell went off, there were 6673 raw qsos in the log, only 97 dupes. I'm of the opinion the improved accuracy of skimmer spots (and fewer bad spots by humans) was the reason my dupe rate was cut in half from last year. A few comments about IDing. I suffered with everyone else when trying to work selected stations who went several minutes without giving their call. K2SX (V31EO) explained the situation well. IDing after every QSO is not efficient, but going too long is not fair either. I tried to ID every 45 to 60 seconds, but will admit not always accomplishing that goal at times. Whenever I heard ? or Call? you got an ID from me. But don't do that two Qsos after I've IDd, be a little more patient please. A few comments about calling practices. Skimmer has changed the game. Pileups are now immediate and HUGE. Everyone seems to call zerobeat with the spot. The smart operators who get through first are the ones who know enough to slide off frequency up or down a few hundred cycles. Guys, spread out! I'm not in favor of split operation during CW contests, but I can fully understand why some operators decided to do it to increase their rate. Calling and calling and calling will NOT get into my log quickly, I'll ignore you for using such poor technique and exhibiting a lack of manners. CQWW CW is an exciting contest, and the upturn in solar activity this year enhanced its attraction, increased activity, and hopefully the fun quotient for many. With great conditions, you never know what part of the world might respond to a CQ. I am amazed afterward how many stations who made >4000 contacts are NOT in my log, many of them multipliers. Following our Aruban tradition, the operators from P40L, P40F and P40W got together for dinner an hour afterward to share contest stories and experiences. Its always great to compare notes. Thanks to everyone who called in last weekend, especially those who were willing to QSY to other bands when asked. Congratulations of all of the ultimate winners, in all entry catagories. And special thanks to P43P for his continued interest and support of my operations. Now....on to the 160 Meter contest season.... 73, John Crovelli, W2GD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PA0JED Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 326,160 Station: IC-756 Antenna 2ele Yagi and half wave vertical. This year could run for a couple of hours on the same freq., with my 100Watts, without being chased away by more power full stations. Lots of echo on the receiving side on some signals. i.e. DR1A, who is vy close, 15km, had a lot of backscatter and echo, some dots where repeated 3 times (travelled 3 times around the world i think). And several JA stations hard to copy due to the echo's Propagation was, in my opinion the best since years. 2nd day a little better than day nr 1 Missed zones 2, 6, 31, 29 and 39. Did hear zone 6 and 29, but these stations only S & P. All in one: 2 vy well spend days. Will LotW. 73 Jan member from DX & Contestgroup PA6Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PA5KT Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 215,029 As the beam was still fixed on north I decided to do a single band effort on 80m. But with what goal? I have 97 countries confirmed using LotW (more with cards) and I hoped to work at least 3 more new LotW countries this weekend. I also wanted a contest goal, so I looked at last years results. The 80m only entrants made very high scores last years. With 10/15 full open it is unlikely that there will be the same activity as last years on 80m, so it will be difficult to repeat that. I started with a goal of 1000 qso's. After the first night I had 674 QSO;s. Around 05 UTC on the second night I had 1000 QSO's. Rates were going down as expected. The last evening I had low rates but some new multipliers came back to my cq. Most of the time I did run and made some S&P contacts. Score: 215029 Band QSOs Points Countries Zone 80m 1352 2129 81 20 Top 5 countries: USA (293), Germany (173), EU Russia (117), Ukraine (77) and Czech Rep. (72). Top 5 zones:14 (367), 15 (338), 16 (218), 5 (204) and 4 (115). Worked several new countries so overall a good weekend. Equipment: K3, Alpha 374A, Delta Loop direction NW (USA) SE, HF9V. Beverage 200m direction USA. www.pi4z.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ2T Class: M/M HP Total Score = 40,863,053 What a great contest! It was especially fulfilling that 10M was alive again. This score represents the single largest score from PJ2T in any previous contest. High bands were amazing and the low bands held together enough to really help the score. The low bands suffered from the seasonal storms and associated QRN, but it was fun and they produced some good rates at times. It's always interesting to watch the spots fly past telling us we are DEAFFFF, but it brings a smile to the operators face wishing the distant station could hear what we hear. This year the low bands required more fills but we still worked those that made it through the noise. We missed a few multipliers that were there but just seemed unworkable. We could hear the nearby Caribbean stations on the high bands, but just could not work them because of the propagation. We could hear juicy multipliers, but in some cases the band went out before we could bust the piles - XU7ACY on 80M was a great example there. But then there are the examples of the hard to work stations that just pop through the pileups and provide double multipliers and boost the overall score. This year Mr. Murphy kept nipping at our heals but we held him at bay for the duration of the contest. We had antenna and amplifier failures before but none during the contest. We had some quick surgery on a radio during the contest, but it had minimal impact to the overall score. Its always fun for the members of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium and guests to get together for a top shelf contest, but this year we also had some of the best meals on record. Not only did we enjoy a great Thanksgiving meal but it included TWO turkeys! No one went away hungry either before or during the contest. Our thanks to W0NB who took on the challenges of makeing sure we were all fed. But the real thanks to to the Caribbean Contesting Consortium membership that help keep this world class station on the air. Without their support this would not be possible. And of course thanks to all those that provided QSOs - some on all bands - and others on single bands. We are already planning our strategy for next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ4A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 32,392,770 Three stations with FT1000MP (1), FT1000MP Mark V (2), and AL1200s. The third station was used for band changes for new mults with an interlock provided by K1XM. Antennas: C31XM with triplexer, C3, X19, two element 40, 4 switchable sloping dipoles for 80, 160M inverted L. Congrats to the CR3L team for a great score. Our score before log checking reductions is above the previous world and South American records, but will likely drop below after usual reductions for errors. Conditions seemed very good this year on all bands. A real pleasure to operate. Many thanks for all QSOs. Hope to work you all next year. Thanks to PJ4G/K2NG for use of the station and for recent antenna improvements. Thanks to Hans, PJ4LS, who was a great help and also made a very good SOABLP score from his home. QSLs for PJ4A, PJ4/K4BAI, and PJ4/KU8E go via K4BAI and PJ4/K1XM via KQ1F, and PJ4/W1FJ via home call. 73, John, K4BAI for the team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ4LS Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 5,218,226 Preparation for this contest from my home QTH was very bad. Had to prepare the Bonaire contest station at the Radio House for the PJ4T and PJ4A teams as station manager in between. Unless low dipoles for 40 and 80, enjoyed taking part on CW. Cannot use 160 Inv L, because of bad radial system. Improved my skills and results due to all the pile-ups when comming on the air. Those good conditions on the high bands gave me the spirit to go through as long as I could. Thanks to my wife for the support on drinks and food. Thanks for calling me so many times. Equipment used: Kenwood TS-480sat Antenna's: 5 band LPDA - 40 and 80 mtrs inv. vee's. 73 to all, Hans / PJ4LS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PP1CZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 900,448 My first SOSB 10 Meters HP in the CQWW CW Contest. Amazing propagation during all day long. Some good openings to Asia, and just few QSOs with South Pacific. First CQWW CW I did not work New Zealand. Thank you all guys, to celabrate this wonderful party with me, and thank you all for the QSO. See you next Contest, and enjoy the propagation, as long as we have it :). Best 73 from PP1CZ - Leo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PP2EG Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 582,856 I�'ve used a 5/8 vertical antenna and 250W. Didn�'t expect to work 39 zones and 125 countries. Really amazing. I thank all of you for the QSOs and hope to meet you in the ARRL 10 meter contest. 73 Eger PP2EG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PR5B Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,520,280 Well, first thanks once again to Sergio PP5JR for all the support and accommodation and secondly, thanks to all who had the patience to make a qso with me ... I'm still learning so I needed the calls to be repeated many times. It was fun doing the contest assisted, 165 countries and 40 zones was a surprise to me ... also to make 2494 QSOs, my goal was 1500. So of course I'm happy and very satisfied with all the the good CW operators that had the paitence to complete the QSOs with me. 73 Alan PY2LSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PW2D Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,636,818 Thanks to Sergio, PP5JR for letting me do 10m at his superstation. At times I had heavy statics from wind rain and thunderstorms, we had to pull the plug for approx. 1h when the storm passed over us. Problematic, especially towards end of the contest, probably many callers that I could not hear, sorry! A funny note, at times I used the lower antenna in the stack as it has less noise, for some time during an US run, I forgot that I had it towards EU, less noise but wrong direction by 60 degrees. Zone 02 is the missing one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PW7T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 27,685,665 Great time with great team! Thanks for all QSOs. Congratulations to CR3L Team. Photos and writeup are available on: PW7T web: www.pw7t.net 73, CUAGN on next contest! PW7T Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY1ZV Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 183,338 good conditions.. tu RIO DX GROUP MEMBERS nice weekend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2EL Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 44,805 CHECK-LOG My setup: Kenwood TS 940Sat + Drake L4B (1KW) + 8 elem Log Periodic up 45 meters high (Software N1MM). I could not dedicate more time on this contest. My girlfriend was complaining a lot about it. So I gave up after 4 hours. :( Maybe next year 73 Rick PY2EL / VA3PWC Araucaria DX Group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2MTV Class: SOAB (A) HP Total Score = 59,356 Rig Setup: FT1000MP MrkV Drake L4 Abt 800 watts, log Wintest, antenna 3dx3, 2 ele for 7Mhz. Thanks for all qso, qsl direct via M0OXO only or via LOTW and eqsl.cc. Thanks a lots, 73. Andre PY2MTV Also PX2C in Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2NA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,494,206 FT450at 3el tribander @ 13M inv "V" 40M and 80M N1MM software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2NDX Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,954,488 Rig: FT-2000 Amp: Alpha 91b (Thanks Ville, OH2MM) Ant: 5 El. Yagi @ 14 meters up (short boom). Sorry for a long delay to post my result, I forgot my notebook at station and got only this weekend when I operated ARRL 10 meters with my father, brother and friends. 73/DX PY2NDX - Rafael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2TIM Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 418,035 Thank you, for contacts in 15 meters Band. Excelent propagation. I'm not copy zones (2,23,29,37,39,40). For me some QRM with antenna for EUROPE. 73 de PY2TIM RENATO ARAUCARIA DX GROUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2YU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,383,646 First I want to thank to my old brother Atilano for let me use his fine station once again. First time ever I operated SO2R, good experience, few QSOs on the second radio. See you all in ARRL 10m. 73/DX PY2YU - Tom py2yu @ terra.com.br py2yu @ hotmail.com (MSN). www.facebook.com/py2yu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY3FJ Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 10,017 Nice contest. Working with my new vertical full size dipole, it appears to be a good antenna. Next year will try a two element vertical antenna. Thanks everybody for patience on copying my signals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY3KN Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 4,950 Entry on CQWW just for share points to the big guns. No pretension of great participation. I have no station ok, just a drive element of triband at 2m on tower and running no more than 20w. Best 73's to all and tnx fer QSOs. Naelton.'. PY3KN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY3XX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 90,032 Very good CONDX. I operated all contest with 20 and 30 watts, because my radio was with problems. Still thus, mine antenna Quad 2 el Tribander homemade helped me very much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PZ5T Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 16,334,739 Travel time from VE3 to PZ: 19 hours (Toronto - Charlotte, NC - Miami, FL - Aruba - Paramaribo). Arrived in Paramaribo early morning (1 A.M.) on Tuesday. Set a full SO2R station, however decided to myself to follow KISS principle: maximize one radio (run! run!) performance and use 2nd radio only when rates drop down and/or as a spare. Again - no RX antenna for 160. Played with short beverage on Thursday, but it did not work properly. Probably because it is too close to transmitting antenna. Noise was pretty strong at times on 15 an 10, but as usual, K3's Noise Blanker did its job. Otherwise K3's I did not like K3's AGC in the huge pile-ups. Seems like older YEASU radios behave netter in the similar situations. Lowlight: A/C broke on Friday afternoon. Could not be fixed until next week's Monday after the Contest. Ended up operating with 2 fans blowing in my back. Got bitten badly by mosquitos (it is the beginning of rainy season in Suriname), because srupidly left the ouside door open on Friday, but did not even realize it until the middle of the contest that I have at least a dozen bites on each leg (too concentrated with the pile-up!). The pile-ups. Constant, huge and unruly at times. Had to go with split (which I hate to do) 2 or 3 times, otherwise it would've been a constant mess of (hundreds?) endlessly calling stations. Imagine 9 A.M., you have a 200+ EU run and you realize you want to go to washroom. But the pile-up is so incredible... Then around 12 P.M. you suddenly realize that you wanted to go to washroom badly 3 hours ago. :-) Not good, I guess. :-) Also, sometimes some of the guys had so poor CW sending that every time there were trying to send the call sign, they ended up with a different one. :-) Come on guys, there are lots of regular electronic keyers for sale at the local flea markets! "Constant calling disease" (I love the term). Though could be in very serios form, like almost every disease it can be cured (good ops know how). Staying awake for 48 hours is completely different experience, deserves separate and detailed comment. I won't bother you with details. It's been awhile since I managed to stay awake the whole Contest (3? 4 years ago?). I think I know why top guys never share their experience on this subject... All in all I only lost about 40 minutes out of 48 hours on cold showers, other tricks and "health breaks ". Got my usual "moments" on Sunday early morning when I was going asleep in front of the keyboard for few seconds (minutes?) so I apologize to all affected. Agressively moving mults is the only way to raise multipliers total in the opration like this. That's why you need 2nd radio and/or automatic PA. "BIG-BIG THANKS!" to all who moved for me. Especially to those who were doing Single Band effort but went extra mile just to help me (Ollie - you are a good man!). To some guys' surprise I managed to move few of them to as many as 5 bands at a time! Again, THANKS, GUYS! (Too many calls to mention). I appreaciate it very much. Had quite a few 6-banders. Cudos to RU1A - they were my 1st 6-bander, despite being from Northern Europe. We accomplished last band by 11:57 UTC on Saturday! Thank you all for the QSOs! Another "high day" of this year is history. Made over 16,000 QSOs in this year's SSB/CW Contests combined. See you all next year! Many thanks to Ramon PZ5RA and his wife Ernestine for taking good care of me before, during and after the Contest! Ramon is a great host and true gemtleman. This was my personal best in this Contest. And again, this could not be done without huge support of Ramon and his family. Congrats to NH2T (N2NL) for great score from Oceania, P40F (R5GA) for his first big effort from the Carribean and as usual to W2GD and 8P5A! Travel time from PZ to VE3: 17 hours (Paramaribo - Aruba - Miami - Toronto). Equipment: a pair of K3's, ACOM2000 (not the "A", 1 kW), TL922 (at 500 W). Antennas: Mosley PRO67A (40-10), Tennadyne Log Periodic (20-10), Dipole for 80 m and half sloper for 160. RigExpert Plus and RigExpert SD USB Interafces, N1MM Logging Program (it still has problems with PTT while in SO2R mode using USB Interfaces!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: R2SA Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Total Score = 261,456 Plus 40 QSOs on 160m for checklog (35c-7z) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: R3KM Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 583,110 K3+PA+IV +PA+W6NL 40m Moxon 2el Yagi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: R3VO Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,077,836 Equipment used: ICOM-756proIII Cushcraft R* (10,15,20,40,) MV-21 (80,160,) Writelog 73's to all De Vlad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RA/SM6LRR Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 43,706 Planned to make a fulltime effort but Murphy in the shape of the Power Failure Demon had other plans. The first 9 hours went ok. Lots of US stations in the log and some nice DX (9N7DX, J6M, T6MO, 3V8SS, ZK2V, VP2V/N3DXX, 8P5A, PJ2T, KH7X, P40F, A71EM, A45XR, PW7T). Impressed in particular with US stations abilit to pick up weak LP signals from modest statons like mine. Every US station called eventually managed to log my call except for one 9th call area station with a very loud signal... Despite trying many times at different occassions I had to give up on that one. Next year I think the time has either come for finally realizing my tower plans and put up a 2 or 3 element yagi on 40 meters - or/and to finally purchase that ACOM 1000 I have been dreaming for during the last years. 100 Watts into a 1/4-wave is really a bit too much for the nerves nowadays. Great conditions, great contest and looking forward to next year already now. Needless to say, a generator is also on the wish-list for Santa Claus this year... 5 hours of waiting for the power to return in the remote Russian country-side was a bit too much! 73 de RA/SM6LRR, Mats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RA3AN Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 740,331 RIG- "TEN-TEC ORION-II"-5W ANT: 3 el-20-15-10 h-16m 2 el-20-15-10 h-16m Rotary dipole 40m h-18m Dipole 80m h- 20m GP H-18m 80+160m INV-L -160m h-16m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RA3FD Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,187,552 100w + verticals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RA9FW/9 Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 236,448 SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RL3A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,616,104 160 Vertical dipoles, beverages(LBS) 80 2 el Quad @110m fixed NW/SE, 2 el Quad @75m fixed NE/SW, 4 square dipoles(LBS) 40 5 el Yagi @52m(Russian yagi), 4el Quad @65m fixed EU, 4el Quad RQ84(RQuad) 20 2x7 el Yagi @49m(Russian yagi), 6el Quad RQ83AWL(RQuad), 6el Quad RQ84(RQuad), XL222 15 3x7 el Yagi @42m(Russian yagi), 3x7 el Yagi @46m(Russian yagi), 6el Quad RQ83AWL(RQuad), 7el Quad RQ84(RQuad), XL222 10 3x8 el Yagi @44m(Russian yagi), 8el Yagi @46m(Russian yagi), 7el Quad RQ83AWL(RQuad), XL222 RQUAD: http://quad.ru/ Russian yagi: http://russian-yagi.ru/ LBS: http://ra6lbs.ru/info/ru/ 2008 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | Total ------------------------------------------------------------- JA | AS | 31 | 53 | 139 | 157 | 2 | | 382 K | NA | 13 | 205 | 316 | 187 | 1 | | 722 2010 JA | AS | 11 | 67 | 102 | 161 | 27 | 0 | 368 K | NA | 44 | 364 | 190 | 378 | 68 | 0 | 1044 2011 JA | AS | 11 | 70 | 84 | 125 | 196 | 130 | 616 K | NA | 1 | 171 | 480 | 463 | 265 | 230 | 1610 Mult RUN BAND S&P RUN Sum MA 34 232 700 966 Run1 MB 22 213 2170 2405 Run2 MC 22 0 488 510 Run3 MD 17 901 247 1165 S&P on Run Band ME 3 1127 474 1604 S&P on Run Band MHF 489 2 96 587 Mult 587 2475 4175 7237 Mult 37,2% 62,8% By band - All modes QSOs (with dupes) - By time - Points - Overall kilopoints | Hr | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | Q/Hr |TotQso|QPts/H|TotPts| KPts | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 00 | 37 | 175 | 58 | | | | 270 | 270 | 422 | 422 | 71 | | 01 | 5 | 91 | 19 | 72 | | | 187 | 457 | 408 | 830 | 189 | | 02 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 127 | | | 157 | 614 | 435 | 1265 | 346 | | 03 | 5 | 9 | 201 | | | | 215 | 829 | 454 | 1719 | 503 | | 04 | 2 | 10 | 185 | | | | 197 | 1026 | 474 | 2193 | 697 | | 05 | 4 | 40 | 114 | | | 4 | 162 | 1188 | 363 | 2556 | 881 | | 06 | | | 62 | 20 | 71 | 52 | 205 | 1393 | 462 | 3018 | 1484 | | 07 | | | | 34 | 49 | 100 | 183 | 1576 | 398 | 3416 | 1977 | | 08 | | | | 109 | 63 | 22 | 194 | 1770 | 322 | 3738 | 2302 | | 09 | | | | 180 | 24 | 11 | 215 | 1985 | 362 | 4100 | 2771 | | 10 | | | | 133 | 10 | 11 | 154 | 2139 | 272 | 4372 | 3121 | | 11 | | | | 192 | 18 | 16 | 226 | 2365 | 520 | 4892 | 3688 | | 12 | | | 12 | 38 | 164 | 9 | 223 | 2588 | 491 | 5383 | 4284 | | 13 | | 3 | | 3 | 135 | 76 | 217 | 2805 | 504 | 5887 | 4833 | | 14 | | | 2 | 18 | 51 | 118 | 189 | 2994 | 517 | 6404 | 5385 | | 15 | | 4 | 4 | 90 | 48 | | 146 | 3140 | 277 | 6681 | 5712 | | 16 | | 2 | 200 | 3 | | | 205 | 3345 | 339 | 7020 | 6058 | | 17 | 2 | | 121 | 4 | | | 127 | 3472 | 180 | 7200 | 6285 | | 18 | | 26 | 51 | 22 | | | 99 | 3571 | 161 | 7361 | 6521 | | 19 | 2 | 173 | 1 | | | | 176 | 3747 | 219 | 7580 | 6753 | | 20 | 2 | 140 | 4 | | | | 146 | 3893 | 229 | 7809 | 7004 | | 21 | | 127 | | | | | 127 | 4020 | 201 | 8010 | 7217 | | 22 | | 21 | 133 | | | | 154 | 4174 | 249 | 8259 | 7474 | | 23 | 2 | 6 | 136 | | | | 144 | 4318 | 236 | 8495 | 7738 | | 00 | 2 | 70 | 52 | | | | 124 | 4442 | 204 | 8699 | 7942 | | 01 | | 134 | 2 | 4 | | | 140 | 4582 | 288 | 8987 | 8303 | | 02 | 2 | 126 | | | | | 128 | 4710 | 272 | 9259 | 8610 | | 03 | 28 | 19 | 61 | 2 | | | 110 | 4820 | 193 | 9452 | 8875 | | 04 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 46 | | 94 | 4914 | 222 | 9674 | 9228 | | 05 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 122 | 37 | 164 | 5078 | 480 |10154 | 9778 | | 06 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 165 | 5243 | 458 |10612 | 10283 | | 07 | | | | 2 | 90 | 11 | 103 | 5346 | 213 |10825 | 10565 | | 08 | | | | 1 | 127 | | 128 | 5474 | 213 |11038 | 10795 | | 09 | | | | 68 | 41 | 39 | 148 | 5622 | 209 |11247 | 11022 | | 10 | | | | 6 | 3 | 196 | 205 | 5827 | 250 |11497 | 11370 | | 11 | | | | 161 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 5991 | 357 |11854 | 11782 | | 12 | | | 1 | 67 | 90 | 2 | 160 | 6151 | 297 |12151 | 12126 | | 13 | | | 18 | 2 | 30 | 98 | 148 | 6299 | 345 |12496 | 12583 | | 14 | 2 | | | | 77 | 61 | 140 | 6439 | 332 |12828 | 12981 | | 15 | | | | 51 | 40 | | 91 | 6530 | 172 |13000 | 13169 | | 16 | | | | 94 | | | 94 | 6624 | 156 |13156 | 13327 | | 17 | | | 1 | 64 | | | 65 | 6689 | 104 |13260 | 13485 | | 18 | 1 | | 63 | 19 | | | 83 | 6772 | 135 |13395 | 13649 | | 19 | | 1 | 57 | 22 | | | 80 | 6852 | 144 |13539 | 13823 | | 20 | 39 | | 62 | | | | 101 | 6953 | 148 |13687 | 14029 | | 21 | 33 | | 68 | | | | 101 | 7054 | 176 |13863 | 14209 | | 22 | 1 | | 100 | | | | 101 | 7155 | 179 |14042 | 14407 | | 23 | | | 82 | | | | 82 | 7237 | 176 |14218 | 14601 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 185 | 1203 | 1910 | 1612 | 1301 | 1026 | 7237 | 7237 |14218 |14218 | 14616104 RL3A - Continents By band - All modes QSOs (with dupes) | Band | EU | NA | SA | AF | AS | OC | -------------------------------------------------------------- | 160 | 65.9% | 8.1% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 19.5% | 0.5% | | 80 | 64.3% | 17.7% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 14.2% | 0.9% | | 40 | 54.5% | 28.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 12.3% | 1.3% | | 20 | 47.3% | 32.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 15.8% | 1.3% | | 15 | 41.8% | 24.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 27.3% | 1.8% | | 10 | 35.1% | 27.7% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 27.1% | 3.0% | -------------------------------------------------------------- Worked zones | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ====================================================== 01 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 5 02 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 03 | | | 64 | 102 | 11 | 1 | 178 04 | 1 | 30 | 147 | 166 | 99 | 65 | 508 05 | 3 | 158 | 296 | 220 | 185 | 186 | 1048 06 | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 07 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 08 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 115 09 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 52 10 | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 5 11 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 58 12 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 13 | | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 14 | 39 | 271 | 429 | 306 | 250 | 196 | 1491 15 | 50 | 312 | 408 | 295 | 213 | 106 | 1384 16 | 19 | 150 | 120 | 107 | 40 | 28 | 464 17 | 11 | 43 | 44 | 31 | 37 | 37 | 203 18 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 115 19 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 36 20 | 11 | 40 | 79 | 50 | 47 | 28 | 255 21 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 49 22 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 31 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 24 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 134 25 | 11 | 71 | 85 | 130 | 196 | 135 | 628 26 | | | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 27 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 28 | | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 29 29 | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 30 | | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 31 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 32 | | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 33 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 67 34 | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 4 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 36 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 37 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 38 | | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 39 | | | | 2 | | 1 | 3 40 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 ====================================================== | 178 | 1185 | 1874 | 1585 | 1288 | 1015 | 7125 Worked DXCC DXCC | CT | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ============================================================= 1A | EU | | | | | | | 1S | AS | | | | | | | 3A | EU | | | | | | | 3B6 | AF | | | | | | | 3B8 | AF | | | | | | | 3B9 | AF | | | | | | | 3C | AF | | | | | | | 3C0 | AF | | | | | | | 3D2 | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/c | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/r | OC | | | | | | | 3DA | AF | | | | | | | 3V | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 3W | AS | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 4 3X | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/b | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/p | SA | | | | | | | 4J | AS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 4L | AS | | 2 | | | 1 | | 3 4O | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 4S | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 4U1I | EU | | | | | | | 4U1U | NA | | | | | | | 4U1V | EU | | | | | | | 4W | OC | | | | | | | 4X | AS | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 5A | AF | | | | | | | 5B | AS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 5H | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 5N | AF | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 5R | AF | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 5T | AF | | | | | | | 5U | AF | | | | | | | 5V | AF | | | | | | | 5W | OC | | | | | | | 5X | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 5Z | AF | | | 2 | | | 1 | 3 6W | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 6Y | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 7O | AS | | | | | | | 7P | AF | | | | | | | 7Q | AF | | | | | | | 7X | AF | | | | | | | 8P | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 8Q | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 8R | SA | | | | | | | 9A | EU | 1 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 52 9G | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 9H | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 9J | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 9K | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 9L | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 9M2 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 6 9M6 | OC | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 9N | AS | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 4 9Q | AF | | | | | | | 9U | AF | | | | | | | 9V | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 9X | AF | | | | | | | 9Y | SA | | | 1 | | | | 1 A2 | AF | | | | | | | A3 | OC | | | | | | | A4 | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 A5 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 A6 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 A7 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 A9 | AS | | | | | | | AP | AS | | | | | | | BS7 | AS | | | | | | | BV | AS | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 BV9P | AS | | | | | | | BY | AS | 1 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 124 C2 | OC | | | | | | | C3 | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 4 C5 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 C6 | NA | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 C9 | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 CE | SA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 CE0X | SA | | | | | | | CE0Y | SA | | | | | | | CE0Z | SA | | | | | | | CE9 | SA | | | | | | | CM | NA | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 5 CN | AF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 CP | SA | | | | | | | CT | EU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 CT3 | AF | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 CU | EU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 CX | SA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 CY0 | NA | | | | | | | CY9 | NA | | | | | | | D2 | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 D4 | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 D6 | AF | | | | | | | DL | EU | 13 | 110 | 171 | 108 | 89 | 67 | 558 DU | OC | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 E3 | AF | | | | | | | E4 | AS | | | | | | | E5/n | OC | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 E5/s | OC | | | | | | | E7 | EU | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 EA | EU | 3 | 20 | 37 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 123 EA6 | EU | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 EA8 | AF | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 EA9 | AF | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 EI | EU | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 27 EK | AS | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 5 EL | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 EP | AS | | | | | | | ER | EU | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 ES | EU | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 ET | AF | | | 1 | | | | 1 EU | EU | 3 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 63 EX | AS | | | | | | 2 | 2 EY | AS | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 5 EZ | AS | | | | | | | F | EU | 1 | 17 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 114 FG | NA | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 FH | AF | | | | | | | FJ | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 FK | OC | | | 1 | | | | 1 FK/c | OC | | | | | | | FM | NA | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 FO | OC | | | | | | | FO/a | OC | | | | | | | FO/c | NA | | | | | | | FO/m | OC | | | | | | | FP | NA | | | | | | | FR | AF | | | | | | | FR/g | AF | | | | | | | FR/j | AF | | | | | | | FR/t | AF | | | | | | | FS | NA | | | | | | | FT5W | AF | | | | | | | FT5X | AF | | | | | | | FT5Z | AF | | | | | | | FW | OC | | | | | | | FY | SA | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 G | EU | 3 | 35 | 51 | 39 | 28 | 38 | 194 GD | EU | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 5 GI | EU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 GJ | EU | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 GM | EU | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 29 GM/s | EU | | | | | | | GU | EU | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 GW | EU | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 H4 | OC | | | | | | | H40 | OC | | | | | | | HA | EU | 1 | 24 | 37 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 109 HB | EU | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 37 HB0 | EU | | | | | | | HC | SA | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 HC8 | SA | | | | | | | HH | NA | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 3 HI | NA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 HK | SA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 HK0/a | NA | | | | | | | HK0/m | SA | | | | | | | HL | AS | | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 HM | AS | | | | | | | HP | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 HR | NA | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 HS | AS | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 HV | EU | | | | | | 1 | 1 HZ | AS | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 I | EU | 2 | 31 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 25 | 180 IG9 | AF | | | 1 | | | | 1 IS | EU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 IT9 | EU | | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 J2 | AF | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 J3 | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 J5 | AF | | | | | | | J6 | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 J7 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 J8 | NA | | | | | | | JA | AS | 11 | 70 | 84 | 125 | 196 | 130 | 616 JD/m | OC | | | | | | | JD/o | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 JT | AS | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 JW | EU | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 JW/b | EU | | | | | | | JX | EU | | | | | | | JY | AS | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 K | NA | 1 | 171 | 480 | 463 | 265 | 230 | 1610 KG4 | NA | | | | | | | KH0 | OC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 KH1 | OC | | | | | | | KH2 | OC | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 KH3 | OC | | | | | | | KH4 | OC | | | | | | | KH5 | OC | | | | | | | KH5K | OC | | | | | | | KH6 | OC | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 KH7K | OC | | | | | | | KH8 | OC | | | | | | | KH8/s | OC | | | | | | | KH9 | OC | | | | | | | KL | NA | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 5 KP1 | NA | | | | | | | KP2 | NA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 KP4 | NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 KP5 | NA | | | | | | | LA | EU | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 42 LU | SA | | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 LX | EU | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 LY | EU | 7 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 85 LZ | EU | 2 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 78 OA | SA | | 1 | | | | | 1 OD | AS | | | | | | | OE | EU | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 OH | EU | 2 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 81 OH0 | EU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 OJ0 | EU | | | | | | | OK | EU | 10 | 51 | 64 | 55 | 30 | 10 | 220 OM | EU | 2 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 82 ON | EU | 1 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 53 OX | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 OY | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 OZ | EU | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 P2 | OC | | | | | | | P4 | SA | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 PA | EU | 2 | 20 | 46 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 144 PJ2 | SA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 PJ4 | SA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 PJ5 | NA | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 PJ7 | NA | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 PY | SA | 1 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 56 PY0F | SA | | | | | | | PY0S | SA | | | | | | | PY0T | SA | | | | | | | PZ | SA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 R1FJ | EU | | | | | | | R1MV | EU | | | | | | | S0 | AF | | | | | | | S2 | AS | | | | | | | S5 | EU | 4 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 117 S7 | AF | | | | | | | S9 | AF | | | | | | | SM | EU | 4 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 80 SP | EU | 7 | 52 | 62 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 192 ST | AF | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 ST0 | AF | | | | | | | SU | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 SV | EU | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 29 SV/a | EU | | | | | | | SV5 | EU | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 SV9 | EU | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 T2 | OC | | | | 1 | | | 1 T30 | OC | | | | | | | T31 | OC | | | | | | | T32 | OC | | | | | | | T33 | OC | | | | | | | T5 | AF | | | | | | | T7 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 T8 | OC | | | 1 | | | | 1 TA | AS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 TA1 | EU | | 1 | | | | | 1 TF | EU | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 6 TG | NA | | | | | | | TI | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 TI9 | NA | | | | | | | TJ | AF | | | | | | | TK | EU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 TL | AF | | | | | | | TN | AF | | | | | | | TR | AF | | | | | | | TT | AF | | | | | | | TU | AF | | | | | | | TY | AF | | | | | | | TZ | AF | | | | | | | UA | EU | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 79 UA2 | EU | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 UA9 | AS | 13 | 58 | 65 | 59 | 66 | 50 | 311 UK | AS | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 UN | AS | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 60 UR | EU | 9 | 94 | 72 | 71 | 22 | 18 | 286 V2 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 V3 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 V4 | NA | | | | | | | V5 | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 V6 | OC | | | | | | | V7 | OC | | | | | | | V8 | OC | | | | | | | VE | NA | 5 | 19 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 23 | 148 VK | OC | | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 33 VK0H | AF | | | | | | | VK0M | OC | | | | | | | VK9C | OC | | | | | | | VK9L | OC | | | | | | | VK9M | OC | | | | | | | VK9N | OC | | | | | | | VK9W | OC | | | | | | | VK9X | OC | | | | | | | VP2E | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 VP2M | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VP2V | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 VP5 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 VP6 | OC | | | | | | | VP6/d | OC | | | | | | | VP8 | SA | | | | | | | VP8/g | SA | | | | | | | VP8/h | SA | | | | | | | VP8/o | SA | | | | | | | VP8/s | SA | | | | | | | VP9 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VQ9 | AF | | | | 1 | | | 1 VR | AS | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VU | AS | | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 VU4 | AS | | | | | | | VU7 | AS | | | | | | | XE | NA | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 XF4 | NA | | | | | | | XT | AF | | | | | | | XU | AS | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 XW | AS | | | 1 | | | | 1 XX9 | AS | | | | | | | XZ | AS | | | | | | | YA | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 YB | OC | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 YI | AS | | | | | | | YJ | OC | | | | | | | YK | AS | | | | | | | YL | EU | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 YN | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 YO | EU | 4 | 19 | 36 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 101 YS | NA | | | | | | | YU | EU | 3 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 104 YU8 | EU | | | | | | | YV | SA | | 1 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 8 YV0 | NA | | | | | | | Z2 | AF | | | | | | | Z3 | EU | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 ZA | EU | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 ZB | EU | | | | 1 | | | 1 ZC4 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 ZD7 | AF | | | | | | | ZD8 | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 ZD9 | AF | | | | | | | ZF | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 ZK2 | OC | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 ZK3 | OC | | | | | | | ZL | OC | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 ZL7 | OC | | | | | | | ZL8 | OC | | | | | | | ZL9 | OC | | | | | | | ZP | SA | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 ZS | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 ZS8 | AF | | | | | | | ============================================================= | | 179 | 1199 | 1903 | 1608 | 1300 | 1021 | 7210 # # WWV Solar data file generated by Win-Test - DO NOT EDIT - # # VERSION 100 # 2011/11/19 09 AE5E 144 1 0 0 "No Storms -> No Storms" 2011/11/25 21 VE7CC 135 4 1 0 "No Storms -> No Storms" 2011/11/26 00 VE1DX 135 3 1 0 "No Storms -> No Storms" 2011/11/26 03 VE7CC 135 4 1 0 "No Storms -> No Storms" 2011/11/26 06 VE1DX 135 4 1 0 "No Storms -> No Storms" 2011/11/26 09 VE1DX 135 4 1 0 "No Storms -> No Storms" 2011/11/26 12 VE1DX 135 4 1 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/26 21 VE1DX 133 4 1 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/27 00 VE1DX 133 4 1 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/27 03 VE1DX 133 4 1 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/27 06 VE1DX 133 4 1 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/27 18 VE1DX 133 4 2 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/27 21 VE7CC 135 7 2 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" 2011/11/28 00 VE7CC 135 6 0 0 "Minor w/S1 -> Minor w/S1" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RU1A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 16,488,700 BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 176 23 84 0 282 1.60 80 1276 34 131 26 2164 1.70 40 1761 39 157 27 3482 1.98 20 1902 40 156 38 4172 2.19 15 1285 40 160 13 2863 2.23 10 953 40 166 9 2441 2.56 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 7353 216 854 113 15404 2.09 Worked zones | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ====================================================== 01 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 02 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 03 | | 1 | 104 | 199 | 48 | 9 | 361 04 | 1 | 55 | 153 | 291 | 131 | 111 | 742 05 | 2 | 195 | 263 | 280 | 210 | 204 | 1154 06 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 07 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 08 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 113 09 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 53 10 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 58 12 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 13 | | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31 14 | 35 | 320 | 333 | 289 | 191 | 79 | 1247 15 | 59 | 317 | 341 | 283 | 184 | 83 | 1267 16 | 19 | 110 | 123 | 92 | 66 | 24 | 434 17 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 51 | 220 18 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 114 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 41 20 | 11 | 44 | 67 | 47 | 42 | 20 | 231 21 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 52 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 31 23 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 24 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 36 | 109 25 | 8 | 57 | 117 | 148 | 148 | 127 | 605 26 | | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 27 27 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 32 28 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 30 | | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 31 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 32 | | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 33 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 62 34 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 35 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 36 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 37 | | | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 38 | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 39 | | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 40 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 ====================================================== | 175 | 1250 | 1733 | 1864 | 1273 | 943 | 7238 Worked DXCC DXCC | CT | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ============================================================= 1A | EU | | | | | | | 1S | AS | | | | | | | 3A | EU | | | | | | | 3B6 | AF | | | | | | | 3B8 | AF | | | | | | | 3B9 | AF | | | | | | | 3C | AF | | | | | | | 3C0 | AF | | | | | | | 3D2 | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/c | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/r | OC | | | | | | | 3DA | AF | | | | | | | 3V | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 3W | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 3X | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/b | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/p | SA | | | | | | | 4J | AS | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 4L | AS | | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 4 4O | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 4S | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 4U1I | EU | | | | | | | 4U1U | NA | | | | | | | 4U1V | EU | | | | | | | 4W | OC | | | | | | | 4X | AS | 1 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 5A | AF | | | | | | | 5B | AS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 5H | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 5N | AF | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 5R | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 5T | AF | | | | | | | 5U | AF | | | | | | | 5V | AF | | | | | | | 5W | OC | | | | | | | 5X | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 5Z | AF | | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 4 6W | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 6Y | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 7O | AS | | | | | | | 7P | AF | | | | | | | 7Q | AF | | | | | | | 7X | AF | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 8P | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 8Q | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 8R | SA | | | | | | | 9A | EU | 2 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 46 9G | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 9H | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 9J | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 9K | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 9L | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 9M2 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 9M6 | OC | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 9N | AS | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 3 9Q | AF | | | | | | | 9U | AF | | | | | | | 9V | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 9X | AF | | | | | | | 9Y | SA | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 3 A2 | AF | | | | | | | A3 | OC | | | | | | | A4 | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 A5 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 A6 | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 A7 | AS | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 A9 | AS | | | | | | | AP | AS | | | | | | | BS7 | AS | | | | | | | BV | AS | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 BV9P | AS | | | | | | | BY | AS | 1 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 29 | 95 C2 | OC | | | | | | | C3 | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 C5 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 C6 | NA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 C9 | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 CE | SA | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 CE0X | SA | | | | | | | CE0Y | SA | | | | | | | CE0Z | SA | | | | | | | CE9 | SA | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 CM | NA | | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 6 CN | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 CP | SA | | | | | | | CT | EU | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 CT3 | AF | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 CU | EU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 CX | SA | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 CY0 | NA | | | | | | | CY9 | NA | | | | | | | D2 | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 D4 | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 D6 | AF | | | | | | | DL | EU | 9 | 127 | 123 | 99 | 67 | 13 | 438 DU | OC | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 E3 | AF | | | | | | | E4 | AS | | | | | | | E5/n | OC | | | | | | | E5/s | OC | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 E7 | EU | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27 EA | EU | 1 | 22 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 124 EA6 | EU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 EA8 | AF | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 EA9 | AF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 EI | EU | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 EK | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 EL | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 EP | AS | | | | | | | ER | EU | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 ES | EU | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 ET | AF | | | 1 | | | | 1 EU | EU | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 EX | AS | | | | | | 3 | 3 EY | AS | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 EZ | AS | | | | | | | F | EU | 3 | 23 | 32 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 112 FG | NA | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 FH | AF | | | | | | | FJ | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 FK | OC | | | | | | | FK/c | OC | | | | | | | FM | NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 FO | OC | | | | | | | FO/a | OC | | | | | | | FO/c | NA | | | | | | | FO/m | OC | | | | | | | FP | NA | | | | | | | FR | AF | | | | | | | FR/g | AF | | | | | | | FR/j | AF | | | | | | | FR/t | AF | | | | | | | FS | NA | | | | | | | FT5W | AF | | | | | | | FT5X | AF | | | | | | | FT5Z | AF | | | | | | | FW | OC | | | | | | | FY | SA | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 G | EU | 1 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 134 GD | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 GI | EU | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 GJ | EU | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 GM | EU | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 GM/s | EU | | | | | | | GU | EU | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 GW | EU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 H4 | OC | | | | | | | H40 | OC | | | | | | | HA | EU | 7 | 22 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 105 HB | EU | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 HB0 | EU | | | | | | | HC | SA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 HC8 | SA | | | | | | | HH | NA | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 3 HI | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 HK | SA | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 HK0/a | NA | | | | | | | HK0/m | SA | | | | | | | HL | AS | | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 HM | AS | | | | | | | HP | NA | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 HR | NA | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 4 HS | AS | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 HV | EU | | | | | | | HZ | AS | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 I | EU | 3 | 29 | 44 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 153 IG9 | AF | | | 1 | | | | 1 IS | EU | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 IT9 | EU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 J2 | AF | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 J3 | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 J5 | AF | | | | | | | J6 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 J7 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 J8 | NA | | | | | | | JA | AS | 8 | 56 | 113 | 147 | 146 | 125 | 595 JD/m | OC | | | | | | | JD/o | AS | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 JT | AS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 JW | EU | | | | | | | JW/b | EU | | | | | | | JX | EU | | | | | | | JY | AS | | | 1 | | | | 1 K | NA | 1 | 238 | 479 | 734 | 359 | 304 | 2115 KG4 | NA | | | | | | | KH0 | OC | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 KH1 | OC | | | | | | | KH2 | OC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 KH3 | OC | | | | | | | KH4 | OC | | | | | | | KH5 | OC | | | | | | | KH5K | OC | | | | | | | KH6 | OC | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 KH7K | OC | | | | | | | KH8 | OC | | | | | | | KH8/s | OC | | | | | | | KH9 | OC | | | | | | | KL | NA | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 KP1 | NA | | | | | | | KP2 | NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 KP4 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 KP5 | NA | | | | | | | LA | EU | 1 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 36 LU | SA | | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 LX | EU | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 LY | EU | 4 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 71 LZ | EU | 2 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 68 OA | SA | | | | | | | OD | AS | | | | | | | OE | EU | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 OH | EU | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 63 OH0 | EU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 OJ0 | EU | | | | | | | OK | EU | 8 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 33 | 6 | 197 OM | EU | 2 | 19 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 94 ON | EU | 1 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 43 OX | NA | | 1 | | | | 2 | 3 OY | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 OZ | EU | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 P2 | OC | | | | | | | P4 | SA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 PA | EU | 5 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 111 PJ2 | SA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 PJ4 | SA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 PJ5 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 PJ7 | NA | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 4 PY | SA | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 54 PY0F | SA | | | | | | | PY0S | SA | | | | | | | PY0T | SA | | | | | | | PZ | SA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 R1FJ | EU | | | | | | | R1MV | EU | | | | | | | S0 | AF | | | | | | | S2 | AS | | | | | | | S5 | EU | 6 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 115 S7 | AF | | | | | | | S9 | AF | | | | | | | SM | EU | 4 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 80 SP | EU | 7 | 60 | 39 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 170 ST | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 SU | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 SV | EU | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 22 SV/a | EU | | | | | | | SV5 | EU | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 SV9 | EU | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 T2 | OC | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 T30 | OC | | | | | | | T31 | OC | | | | | | | T32 | OC | | | | | | | T33 | OC | | | | | | | T5 | AF | | | | | | | T7 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 T8 | OC | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 TA | AS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 TA1 | EU | | | | | | | TF | EU | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 TG | NA | | | | | | | TI | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 TI9 | NA | | | | | | | TJ | AF | | | | | | | TK | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 TL | AF | | | | | | | TN | AF | | | | | | | TR | AF | | | | | | | TT | AF | | | | | | | TU | AF | | | | | | | TY | AF | | | | | | | TZ | AF | | | | | | | UA | EU | 2 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 68 UA2 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 UA9 | AS | 12 | 46 | 65 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 334 UK | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 UN | AS | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 63 UR | EU | 12 | 75 | 85 | 58 | 33 | 10 | 273 V2 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 V3 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 V4 | NA | | | | | | | V5 | AF | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 V6 | OC | | | | | | | V7 | OC | | | | | | | V8 | OC | | | | | | | VE | NA | 2 | 19 | 50 | 52 | 34 | 22 | 179 VK | OC | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 VK0H | AF | | | | | | | VK0M | OC | | | | | | | VK9C | OC | | | | | | | VK9L | OC | | | | | | | VK9M | OC | | | | | | | VK9N | OC | | | | | | | VK9W | OC | | | | | | | VK9X | OC | | | | | | | VP2E | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 VP2M | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VP2V | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VP5 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VP6 | OC | | | | | | | VP6/d | OC | | | | | | | VP8 | SA | | | | | | | VP8/g | SA | | | | | | | VP8/h | SA | | | | | | | VP8/o | SA | | | | | | | VP8/s | SA | | | | | | | VP9 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 VQ9 | AF | | | | 1 | | | 1 VR | AS | | | 1 | | | 2 | 3 VU | AS | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 VU4 | AS | | | | | | | VU7 | AS | | | | | | | XE | NA | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 XF4 | NA | | | | | | | XT | AF | | | | | | | XU | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 XW | AS | | | 1 | | | | 1 XX9 | AS | | | | | | | XZ | AS | | | | | | | YA | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 YB | OC | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 YI | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 YJ | OC | | | | | | | YK | AS | | | | | | | YL | EU | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28 YN | NA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 YO | EU | 5 | 19 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 90 YS | NA | | | | | | | YU | EU | 2 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 98 YU8 | EU | | | | | | | YV | SA | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 6 YV0 | NA | | | | | | | Z2 | AF | | | | | | | Z3 | EU | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 ZA | EU | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 ZB | EU | | | | | 1 | | 1 ZC4 | AS | | | | | 1 | | 1 ZD7 | AF | | | | | | | ZD8 | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 ZD9 | AF | | | | | | | ZF | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 ZK2 | OC | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 ZK3 | OC | | | | | | | ZL | OC | | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 ZL7 | OC | | | | | | | ZL8 | OC | | | | | | | ZL9 | OC | | | | | | | ZP | SA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 ZS | AF | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 ZS8 | AF | | | | | | | ============================================================= | | 176 | 1268 | 1759 | 1898 | 1282 | 950 | 7333 Powered by Win-Test 4.6.0 http://www.win-test.com RU1A By band - All modes QSOs (with dupes) - By time | Hr | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 |Total | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | 00 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 157 | | | 221 | | 01 | 27 | 27 | | 204 | | | 258 | | 02 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 174 | | | 225 | | 03 | 9 | 13 | 68 | 50 | | | 140 | | 04 | 4 | 14 | 179 | | | | 197 | | 05 | 7 | 58 | 121 | | | 20 | 206 | | 06 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 5 | 31 | 92 | 227 | | 07 | | | | 34 | 71 | 100 | 205 | | 08 | | | 50 | 41 | 22 | 84 | 197 | | 09 | | | | 236 | 6 | 19 | 261 | | 10 | | | | 170 | 13 | 12 | 195 | | 11 | | | 6 | 134 | 42 | 11 | 193 | | 12 | | | 7 | | 100 | 56 | 163 | | 13 | | 1 | | 4 | 86 | 72 | 163 | | 14 | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 127 | 178 | | 15 | | 2 | 4 | 5 | 98 | 29 | 138 | | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 98 | 30 | | 133 | | 17 | | 6 | 137 | 21 | | | 164 | | 18 | 1 | 6 | 107 | 39 | | | 153 | | 19 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 22 | | | 115 | | 20 | 4 | 3 | 147 | 1 | | | 155 | | 21 | 3 | 203 | 7 | | | | 213 | | 22 | 2 | 41 | 81 | 2 | | | 126 | | 23 | 1 | 56 | 60 | 1 | | | 118 | | 00 | 1 | 154 | 1 | 1 | | | 157 | | 01 | 1 | 123 | 3 | 1 | | 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Total | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ | 00 | 4 | 25 | 86 | 455 | | | 570 | | 01 | 37 | 42 | | 593 | | | 672 | | 02 | 6 | 29 | 67 | 498 | | | 600 | | 03 | 15 | 29 | 180 | 138 | | | 362 | | 04 | 10 | 36 | 466 | | | | 512 | | 05 | 19 | 89 | 273 | | | 60 | 441 | | 06 | 3 | 9 | 170 | 5 | 81 | 257 | 525 | | 07 | | | | 58 | 151 | 265 | 474 | | 08 | | | 94 | 83 | 44 | 221 | 442 | | 09 | | | | 424 | 9 | 29 | 462 | | 10 | | | | 293 | 31 | 22 | 346 | | 11 | | | 18 | 264 | 94 | 31 | 407 | | 12 | | | 21 | | 250 | 136 | 407 | | 13 | | 3 | | 10 | 171 | 178 | 362 | | 14 | | 9 | 6 | 6 | 106 | 331 | 458 | | 15 | | 4 | 12 | 15 | 207 | 74 | 312 | | 16 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 157 | 75 | | 247 | | 17 | | 18 | 193 | 33 | | | 244 | | 18 | 3 | 12 | 127 | 99 | | | 241 | | 19 | 7 | 3 | 112 | 38 | | | 160 | | 20 | 10 | 9 | 190 | 3 | | | 212 | | 21 | 7 | 309 | 9 | | | | 325 | | 22 | 2 | 58 | 145 | 6 | | | 211 | | 23 | 1 | 74 | 99 | 3 | | | 177 | | 00 | 1 | 281 | 1 | 3 | | | 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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RV9UP Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,207,998 The goal was reached. It was planned to get 1500 QSO's or/and 1.5M points. Got both. High bands was better comparing few previous years of quiet Sun. But a bit worse I'v got hopes. 20 did not give good run for NA, nothing of NA zones (3-4-5 e.t.c.), except few caribbean guys on 15. Absolutely nothing of NA on 10. And I was surprised to hear USA sigs, but close to noise level, on 20 mtrs during whole second night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RX9CAZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 317,168 TNX ALL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RZ3VA Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 216,081 Hi 2 All! RXing by IC-718 was too difficult this Contest. Very often big signals from US, JA, EU did not give me a possibility to receive anything. Especially while I was trying to catch DX in a pile-up. PA is 500 Watts. One tribander XL-222 is fixed to JA-BY, the second one RR-33 is rotary. Both are set up 10m above the roof of a 5 floors house. CU! Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,724,214 Rules should have additional wording - "those who will not ID every three contacts will get the Yellow Card". Working unassisted and additionaly low power is more and more difficult due to non ID of the stations. What mess will be on the bands when propagations will be at the best swing? 73, Tine Brajnik S50A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50B Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 187,833 Wish to have more time (qrm from my family). My best score from this location. Goal was 1000 qso. Never herd so many BY station and pacific! See you next year! - IC-756PRO2 - ACOM1000 - home made vertical for 40m 73 de Borut S50B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50G Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 885,000 Great contest, band closed quiet early on both days, Sunday was better... NA - 781 41.8% EU - 599 32.1% AS - 349 18.7% SA - 53 2.8% OC - 42 2.2% AF - 42 2.2% Missed KL7 for all zones. 73 & CU in ARRL 10m Robert, S57AW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50K Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 815,320 Smooth run with both days equal QSO number. 39 zone was never heard this time. Thanks to VE2EKA for single zone 2. Working long pass KL7 and PY. Number of stations just heard long pass from zone 32 in late afternoon, some working direct in morning hours. Thanks for all the calls. 73s, Marko, S50K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50XX Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,698,430 I dont't recall the last three hours of the contest. There are some Qs in the log though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S52A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,358,900 Limited time opeation (21 hours) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S52W Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,689,372 Even used only multiband trap dipole at 10m AGL, I had a great fun. A score is much higher then expected. Special thanks goes to team who cares for S50ARX skimmer cluster. 73 Damjan S52W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53F Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Total Score = 227,695 Conditions on 80m were much better than expected. Big suprise was KH7X at Sunday morning came on my CQ. TNX all for QSOs. Rig: FT-950, 100w, ant: dipole 20m up 73 de Vinko S53F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53MM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,651,774 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % NA 10 187 980 378 571 306 2432 50.9 EU 192 419 408 349 270 146 1784 37.3 AS 8 31 95 103 68 103 408 8.5 SA 0 3 12 9 19 13 56 1.2 AF 4 9 7 17 15 17 69 1.4 OC 0 0 4 8 6 11 29 0.6 I expected comments like 'No meters like ten meters' or '20m was the money band, but the true on this side was on 40m. Starting with first QSO at 00:02 the rate never dropped below 150/h for the first 5 hours. Max was 175/h at 4th hour. After first half of the contest I had to slow down running because my MULT was very low (just over 300 countries), so I spent 3 hours on Sunday morning for squeezing out mults on 20/15/10. I add another 100 to the budget what improved situation. When tunning around the problem with stations not identifing turned on again. Yes, zone 35 stations were the worst. Sometimes I just called station not knowing if I worked it before and after QSO and my CALL? they ussualy sent ID. Same way I worked a zone 34 station. I was sure it was ST2AR and just wanted to move on when I heard it send SU/HA3JB. Lucky I was to wait for another 30 seconds after QSO. Matija/S53MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S54X Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,633,170 Nice CNDX keeps me up longer as I thought..... Ant's used: dipole for 80m, vertical GP for 40m and home made Spiderbeam for 20/15/10m. Thanks for QSO's. 73's Ray, S54X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S55Z Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Total Score = 68,094 Poor location, poor antenna - just one wire at 10m height. ECO INV V 160/80/40M towards USA and the good old TS850S. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S56A Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 232,163 S57L EU record from last year was low so I decided to chalenge it after my QRO unexpectedly failed with plate capacitor arcing. I am sure S57L and YU2FG youngsters made great scores. I am happy with mults but not much CQ-ing. Good condx at 10 m but lower bands sounded even better. KL7 not heard, 5R8IC and CE1CR missed. Slow desktop response with N1MM Logger with defunct multiplier update info from bandmap. No chance to feed CW Skimmer spots as filter seting was inhibited. I used separate notebook for checking OH8X and S50ARX spots. I skiped Extreme this year as I wanted to enjoy good condx! 73 de Mario, S56A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57AL Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 6,622,212 My first run in SOAB HP (one radio) category. Finally, after 20 years on single bans I did it all bands. This is it. RIG: FT-1000MKV F + PA 1500W SDR: QS1R SOFT: N1MM ANT: 160 INVV @ 24m (just with 100w) 80 INVV @ 23m (just with 100W) 7 3.el.yagi @ 27m 14 5.el.yagi @ 31m 21 5.el.yagi @ 29m 28 5.el.yagi @ 28m all on one tower. Congratulations to all of you for nice results. CU in next one. 73, Ivo, S57AL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,914,272 It was difficult to stay awake for 48 hours! Good conditions on all bands, specially on 40M. My personal CW best ever! I enjoy very much. 73 de Slavko S57DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57L Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 457,608 Rig: TS-850s, 100w, Ant: 3L beam. 73 de Jane S57L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S58M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,585,622 In my 29 year amateur career, the best contest ever. This time I surpassed myself, and you set the "bar" very high, HI. Considering the fact that I have in the main directions to USA and to the east front of the hill above, which are very close, then this result is considered a double, HI. In the main, excellent conditions and a lot of QRM, but this time I had no problems with stations that would sit on my QRG without question. Thank you all for all QSO,s. 73 Dare S58M SETUP: RIG: FT-1000MP MV Field + PA. Antennas: 1,8: INV V on 28 m 3,5: Pyramid on 26 m 7: 2 el Quad, on 24 m 14: 4 el delta loop on 20 m 21: 5 el. yagi on 10 m 28: 6 el. yagi on 12 m Statistic: 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % NA 17 65 747 337 113 149 1428 36.8 EU 121 521 746 412 58 38 1896 48.9 AS 9 51 168 119 23 29 399 10.3 AF 3 7 15 13 16 19 73 1.9 SA 0 2 8 12 13 11 46 1.2 OC 0 0 15 10 4 6 35 0.9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S59ABC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 6,908,449 73, Marko, S51DS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SA0BJL Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 135,891 K2/100 and Diamond CP-6. Good openings to NA, but not many JA in the log. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SJ2W Class: M/S HP Total Score = 11,003,840 Not the best of propagations, but we are a bit amazed by the number of mults available in this contest. We struggled bad on the highbands trying to get any decent runs going. Only amazing part except for the multipliers was the start on 40, which produced 983 qsos in 7 hours and with a 2.6 pts/q average. The rest of the contest felt slow and I believe that USA should move their thanksgiving weekend, to make proper room for the old farts out there giving away a few qsos who are not participants. At least it feels like the activity from US was quite low. However 845 NA qsos on 40m kind of contradicts that. We missed our goal of 6000q by quite a lot, 3298 qsos the first 24h but Sunday was a struggle. Probably we suffered mainly from too low sunspots, which didn't give us really long openings on 10/15m. But even if K1LZ was +40 on 10m we could not get any runs going, we can't really say why. New Scandinavian record, so we are still very pleased with the outcome, but it makes you wonder what is possible if we one year get really lucky during most of the 48h. Congrats the "bald team with kulmage" at SK3W for a great score close to the record by the Paksalo Philharmonics boys in the east in 1999. Check the website for details, http://www.sj2w.se/contest/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SM5D Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,244,880 Nice condx but as good as PHONE-part last month. Main intrest chasing mults up and down the bands. Good job done by cluster and N1MM-bandmap. Rig used: TS-480 + AmpSupply LK500-ZC 1Kw OB9-5 and GP's 73 de Jan SM5D / SM5DJZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SM5MX Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 128,225 Rig: TS-850SAT + Microkeyer II Ant: dipole + vertical S/W: TR4W v4.233 73, Rolf SM5MX --- - - - --- Bald but Bold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SM6CNN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,520,180 Great conditions.. A hurricane on saturday night killed my 40m antenna. Using a K3+ACOM2000A and K3+KPA500 combo. 2el quad for 10-20m and verticals for 40-160m. Great fun as always. Thanks for the QSOs. 73 /Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN3B Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 412,360 FT1000MP 100W and only one antenna 85 m wire delta ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN6F Class: M/M HP Total Score = 6,745,228 It was mini m/m ,just three operating positions, field day style. Many thanks to Andy SP6ECA, Janusz SP6IXF and Jurek SP6QNU for technical support.We have realy nice time there due to beautiful weather and good propagation. 73 , may the Force be with you !de Zibi SP6A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN8R Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 1,080,027 Rig: IC-765 PA-GU-43B 1,5 kW Ant: 2 el shortened yagi 30 m up super propagation on the first day and a few last hours the competition. Thanks to all for qso vy73's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SO2O Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,587,425 Good conditions, some nice NA runs at the peaks of band openings. But most of the times it was a dilemma of choosing between low rate CQ and full S&P. Again thanks to Kaz SP2FAX for letting me use his great station. Radios: K3, FT1000D. Antennas: 160m - GP 80m - 4SQ 40m - 3el Yagi 20m - 2x6el Yagi 15m - 2x6el Yagi 10m - 6el Yagi A4S tribander RX - beverages 73, Marek SQ2GXO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SO7L Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,059,940 Rig: FT-1000MP + multiband vertical (6m over the ground) plus dipoles for 80 & 160m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP1NY Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,553,760 Decided to go LP to see what recent good condx can do. Also some TVI problems when using PA helps me to make that category choice. Bands were in good shape, especially upper ones. Bigest disapointment from 10m. Both mornings 10m was full of signals S9++++ Lot of them were coming from various direction casusing big echo and making copy almost impossible. The same but in lesser degree was on 15m. Fortunately this phenomen disapeard in afternoon. For very first time I was logged to RBN instead of "regular" dx cluster. Thanks to this could work a solid number of rare mults before violent pileup rised up. RBN is an amazing tool. Most of the time S&P, only 160 QSO's made with RUN and 24 QSO's in longest one hi hi. Everything was going smooth and fine until sunday noon when wind starts blowing and increasing reaching up to 100 km/hr in gusts at evening. At around 19Z was first power outage restored after 20 min. but only for few minutes and next 3 hours was like this power came and go. This was the end of contest for me despite I felt that could stay at controls for some more hours. Anyway I had a great fun, made my best score ever and my antennas survived high wind. Thanks to all for QSO. 73, Mirek Rig: FTDX-5000 reduced to 100W 160m - Loaded inv V dipole 80m - Inv V dipole 40m - Rotary dipole (Ultrabeam UB-50) 20/15/10 - 3 el. (Ultrabeam UB-50) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP5DDJ Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 85,118 Another CQWWDX Contest is a history. This year thanks to high SSN 10 m band was widely open with a lot of hungry Hams missing band opening for years. This made QRP very challenging, because almost any attractive station produced pile-up. Some QSX helped. Both days presented very good and stable conditions. First day just worked as many as possible 3 point stations and tried to get distant zones, but hat was really hard work. Second day was much easier and my score started to raise more dynamic. Missed ususally easy zone 27 first day and couldn't get day after. Zone 31 I have worked during ssb part twice but couldn't even hear on CW. That was a really good contest for me on 10m since 2001, but the score is only the half I made these days. Anyway I had a great fun meeting old friends, class operators and sensitive receivers on the other end. Many thanks to all who picked my callsing from the QRM. 73 de Wim trx: FT1000D @5W ant: 2 element rotary delta loop @ 6 meters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP9LJD Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,056,550 First seriously attempt on CW unfortunately too heavy wind block me for the several hours. I hope next year will be better. Tnx fer all qso's and sorry for the problem I have made to the others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP9NSV Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 727,636 RIG: Elecraft K2/5W Ant: Inverted L with elevated radials 160m - 40m, Spiderbeam 20m-10m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SQ8JX Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 92,460 This is my first CW contest, thanks very much for all qso's and patience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ST2AR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 9,431,370 What happened to 160? I have not heard a single station for the whole weekend?! Same in the SSB part, but I was hoping for at least a few EU contacts... Monitoring the cluster while operating really shows how much the game has changed. The "cluster" pile-ups are instant and brutal, especially when being a double (and only) mult. The wall of callers starts a second after the spot pops up and handling the crowd is rather difficult with the big ones thinking its always them you answered, regardless of what you say :) It also shows how little people listen these days. I always try to ID very frequently (if not after every QSO for most of the time) so catching my call should be plain simple. However... Someone spotted me as ST2R and corrected the error within a minute - yet in that short period of time I had at least 10 dupes in my log?! All in all - great fun! My wife still has problems understanding (after 25 years) how one can sit for the whole weekend in front of the radio and still like it. It's a bug and I sure hope it never goes away. 73, Robert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SV0XBZ/9 Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 279,720 Thank you all for the QSOs! Equipment: Icom 756 Pro2, 100 W; 2 element home made Moxon beam, 4-6 m above the roofs, rotated manually; N1MM connected to DX Cluster and RBN spots (spots prefiltered using VE7CC CC user software). Top 10 DXCCs by number of QSOs: DL 187 UA3 176 K 108 UA9 80 G 52 SP 46 OK 42 JA 40 F 35 LY 34 Ukraine not in top 10 this time. Too close for this propogation. Congratulations to Lithuanian HAMs - good activity! 73 Agris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: T6MO Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,181,250 First contest from Helmand Province! Happy to break the 2003 SOAB-LP T6 record. Initial goal planning was 3k-4k QSOs figuring about 1k per band 40-10m... well worked out to be about 750-800 QSOs per day...I have almost 9k total from T6 now. For some reason the 1330z-1530z (6pm-8pm local) time is not too productive here. In the morning (since I'm southeast of them) Europe is beaming west to NA so tough to fight that one. Put a comforter blanket on top of the folding chair to provide more comfort (my butt still is sore from an 8.5 hour convoy in late October!). High SWR on 15m so radio was only putting out 40-50 watts even with the tuner. Fun to run the pileups especially on 10m...no meters like ten meters! Did a little bit of listening while doing some S+P... "WYC" What's Your Call...I hate when people never identify themselves! Hope to work you in the ARRL 10m contest. FT-857D RadioWavz 40-10m OCF dipole @ approximately 28 feet above ground level WriteLog software (froze up a couple of times on me!) Best of health to all, Eric T6MO Helmand Province http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmand_Province ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: T70A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,414,239 Not everything goes as planned and contest community is not an exception. To the contrary, should any scientist by mistake read 3830 or Contest Reflector scary stories, one may assume that Mr. Murphy himself was a contester, who at the end of his career transformed his experiences into a science. The plan was to try fixing some issues based on the last CQ WW CW T70A SO2R attempt, namely, reduce interference and RFI problems caused mainly because of close proximity of three low band verticals as well as add some gain by putting up ex C4A 15/10m F12 duobander. The first goal accomplished �" equipped with E73M custom-made chokes and notch filters and also 4O3A high quality band pass filters, RFI problems have been almost fully resolved. Due to various reasons it was not possible to have F12 yagi and I’ve decided to increase number of verticals from 3 to 6: one for each band, feeding Six Pak. Danny, E73M also has an interesting splitter, which allows using up to three antennas into single amplifier. The existing 7 el Log Periodic, which appears to be comparable to A3S yagi, would than be the main run antenna on 20/15 and 10 with a possibility to also add vertical from the Six Pak. Not really necessary because of low F/B and gain but it was more in improvement attempt for the future. The plan, since it appears to be simplified, included more rest-time: last year I drove from I7 to T7 and spent almost full time in setting up SO2R, including antenna installation in the rainy night, so I ended up with only 30 minutes of relaxation before the start. Well, 9 minutes late start last year was reduced to 4 minutes this year. I won’t go into details, but after assembling wire verticals and starting with the set-up of prewired SO2R gadgets, including a few new things, I ended up with no signals on two radios, with at least 10 coax jumpers soldered using some used coax a week before, with no possibility to check them. They were OK, but some connectors used to reduce number of cables were to blame. Well, the plan to go to SO1R luckily did not have to be executed, but I once again ended up with no sleep (or very little sleep) not only for the 48 hours contest, but for 66 hours considering 6AM wake up on Friday and cleaning up the shack and packing full SO2R station till 3 AM, after my last QSO, JT5DX, who called on 160 for the double multiplier. I will skip the details, but they include moving 20m vertical to another position during the contest (by myself) and not having 15m vertical available, which was a pleasant one compared to the other issues prior to finally get SO2R in operation. Well, I guess that is what motivates us not to give up and do the best with whatever hardware one has at his disposal. So, not neglecting that this his year score is indeed 17% higher (less QSOs but more multiplier), my personal goals were actually to reduce interference, have fully functional SO2R and operate the contest full time. The goals have been fully or nearly met. I know that sleeping, better not sleeping, is major issue for serious contesters. So far I’ve managed to survive and, unless there are physical constraints, I think determination is the main factor. I had no coffee, no red-bull or other stay-awake products, no sleep prior to the contest start, yet nearly made it. After 24 hours plus in the chair, when I already had over 3100 QSOs in the log, I decided to take a 15 minute chair-nap because, although I was logging QSOs, my brain was elsewhere. In periods when my brain was in the real time, I realized that if I want to finish the contest I need a short break. The chair and not the bed was a good decision because if I fell asleep in a horizontal position, I think I’d have missed much more time than the time shown in the log, 00:22-01:39. With a short break I think I not only recovered physically (the time was short, the position uncomfortable) but I’ve managed to regain the mental strength, spending almost full remaining time, except 20m vertical repositioning, in the chair. I wish to thank to T70A members for another opportunity to operate T70A fine callsign, IK7UXW for invaluable logistics support in moving all stuff to San Marino and Mr. Murphy for not interfering in the WX forecast �" this year the whole weekend, including Friday and Monday, has been blessed with beautiful weather, allowing outside works to be enjoyable. Almost forgot my wife �" I owe her a present for no interference on other non-HF frequencies. A switch has been already identified as a surprise present. If she allows me to use it from time to time, it could be a nice addition to the existing SO2R setup, although it will always legally belong to her. Thanks to all for calling T70A, CU .... Ivo I7/9A3A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TC3A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 27,704,922 This is our part of the big game... 73 de TC3A LZ team P.S.S.Bulgarian Elecraft TEAM wants to congratulate the other LZ teams (with smaller scores),and wish them to change the museum radios...to the right choice...:))) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF3CW Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 934,880 Another great CW constest is over......Once again, Good Old 20 was in great shape at the start of the contest. From 0000Z - 0530Z, I had over 650 Qs in the log....never happened before.... All of saturday continued with great propagation, but come sunday propagation took a serious dive. The otherwise beautiful Aurora was at level 7 over TF land for hours, and kind of sucked our signals dry..... Things improved slightly, but only ever so slightly. US was way down compared to saturday, and EU was even stronger with the beam pointing to US rather than EU !! But there was a light at the end of the tunnel....and a very bright light at that.....After calling CQ for 15 mins. on a seemingly dead band.... and as I reached for the dial to spin it...... YB1AR drops his call for a Double Mult.....just another Priceless Contest Moment..... Due to the disturbed propagation my NA / EU ratio suffered compared to the SSB part. My CW ratio: EU 53%, NA 34%. Whereas my SSB ratio was: EU 43%, NA 43%....... Great fun as usual, and sorry I could not QSY to other bands for those that asked, as the only antenna up was my 4L on 20. 73 - Siggi TF3CW CONTESTING: Much more than a Hobby, a Lifestyle..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TI5A Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 3,428,840 Operating QRP really puts you right in the middle of a huge psychological game with yourself. Then when you operate the full 48 hours you've got those early Sunday morning hallucinations to contend with. Right? Everyone gets those don't they? I can't be the only one. A great adventure on many levels. Thanks to Keko - a great host - all the antennas were working well. And as everyone knows, with QRP . . . the antennas have to be working well. They say that "Life is too short for QRP" - that is true - but with QRP it certainly feels longer. Rigs: K3 + K2 73, Alan K0AV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TK4W Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 18,730,800 Just a casual field day style operation, using new empirically designed snake antenna, see http://5tx.de/dev/null/TK4W_A3S.jpg Enjoyed the pileups and hope to be back next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TM2T Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 465,740 Rig: FT1000MP MK5 TL922 KT34A Winkey USB N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TM6M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 17,055,592 Year after year, this game is becoming more attractive. Congratulations for the work done by all teams in Europe. We are always very impressed by the amount of multipliers and results obtained by the eastern teams in Europe. It's obvious that our "farwest" location is an advantage. But don't forget that we are downtown Brest (a major city in Brittany). 15 stairs buildings 200m close to the east from our station, making a very high blocking directions 30 to 100 degrees. Antenna setup is now mature due to congestion. We dare not imagine what could happen here with an antenna farm like OM8A, ES9C, UZ2M or E7DX (congrats for the hard work, guys!) Special thanks to Nick F5VIH (SV3SJ) & Marios 5B4WN (G0WWW) for joining the team this year. We hope they enjoyed NA pileup density and the realiabilty of the station. See you for the 2012 season. Best regards from the team TM6M. http://tm6m.over-blog.com/ setup: 160m: 1/4wl shortened Vertical with burried radials 80m: full sloper, dipole 40m: 2 elements DXBEAM @30m (www.dxbeam.com) 20m: 6 elements DXBEAM @26m (www.dxbeam.com) 15m: 6 elements DXBEAM @18m (www.dxbeam.com) 10m: 6 elements DXBEAM @14m (www.dxbeam.com) Beverages Win-Test V4 powered of course! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TO3A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 12,887,529 Paul, VE3TA and I have made plans to operate again from St Barts Island in M/S category. We operated from the beach motel situated on the northern shore with a clear shot to EU, US and JA. With the exception of some extension cords which we procured locally, we carried rigs, amp, antennas, mast, auxiliary gear and everything else onboard the aircraft. The initial plan was to go small with just one radio and two verticals covering all bands. As we watched the Solar flux increase we grew increasingly greedy and later decided to bring a better antenna for 20-15-10. So we settled on a Spiderbeam graciously loaned by VE3DZ. In our attempt to remain self-sufficient we also elected to bring a 30 ft tall Spiderbeam aluminum mast. Then we also decided to bring another K3 so that we could chase some mults. This in turn necessitated the addition of a W3NQN bandpass combination filter, more cables, another laptop etc. etc. By the time we carefully packed everything, we ended up with a total of 10 suitcases and antenna containers to share among two guys. We had a mixture of 6 carry-on and check-in suitcases and 4 plastic tubes containing the BigIR vertical, 18m Spiderpole, Spiderbeam and aluminum mast. Kudos to WestJet Company for accommodating our extra weight and oversize luggage for a very reasonable additional charge. It was rather comical watching two of us hauling all this gear though the airports, on the boat from PJ7-FJ and everywhere else in between. We started erecting the antennas on Wednesday morning and quickly learned that all this gear was too much for two of us to handle. The area where we ended up installing the Spiderbeam was a Jungle-like combination of bush , thorny weeds and roots about 5 feet tall making it very difficult to maneuver around. The nearby palm trees made it frustrating to assemble the antenna as the fiberglass element ends and wires were constantly becoming tangled in the branches. It took us until dusk. Exhausted at the end of the day we managed to erect the Yagi to around 25 feet only to find the SWR was infinity on all three bands. Demoralized we took the antenna down and found that the RF choke was open. Paul took it inside and soldered the wire which fell off the SO-239 center pin. By the end of Thursday we had all three antennas up and operational. The plan was to utilize the wire Yagi on the run station for the higher bands and the BigIR vertical for the multiplier radio. For the low bands we had 40m on the BigIR and remotely switchable 160/80 supported by the 18m tall Spiderpole which we could swap between two radios as needed. We also realized that we could not possibly man both radios for 48 hours. The obvious choice was to ensure the RUN radio was attended to at all times and to do our best on the mult radio taking turns. We seldom had to call CQ during the contest. Even at 600W output power things were quite busy. I was personally struggling to keep up with EU runs. At any moment while I tried to give someone a report there were at least several other stations calling all the time. All calling in zero beat making it all sound like one big “whoosh”. North American runs, albeit 2 pointers from Zone 8 were much more manageable. W3LPL and K3LR probably have the most sophisticated Skimmer systems out there. Wherever we showed up, in no particular order these two called in just few seconds after our first CQ. Chasing mults on the other radio turned out to be difficult. With only 100w of power and a vertical, while sufficient to have pileups in dx-pedition mode, we were unable to break many pileups. Our multiplier totals suffered compared to some other M/S setups out there. All in all we are happy with the outcome. It was lot of work for two guys to set up and take down the camp but (for the most part) fun nevertheless. Our sincere thank-you goes to: Pascal, F5JSD for his assistance in obtaining of the TO3A call, Yuri, VE3DZ for Spiderbeam antenna and mast and Dragan, VE3FF for logistical support. Some pictures from TO3A setup: http://dx.fireroute.com/TO3A_2011 Equipment: Run station: K3+Acom 1010 @ 600W Mult station: K3 @ 100W Antennas: Spiderbeam @ 25ft (20-15-10), BiggIR (40-10) and remotely switchable “T” vertical for 80/160 supported by 18m tall Spiderpole. 73 de Paul, VE3TA and Nick, VE3EY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UK9AA Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 128,310 Setup: FT-1000mp MV field dipole -AF,JA 35mH 5 el full size Yagi 40mH, boom 120m-EU 73, Fedor UK9AA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UP2L Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,946,023 VERY BIG CONTEST! Couldn't resist handing out a few double mults on 80 and 10m to my OMs in NA while S&Ping even at the cost of my own score. The pleasure was all mine GUYS! TNX to the host - Grigori UN9LG - for letting me run his great station. CU in CQWW 160m CONTEST! 73;s & GL, Willy UA9BA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: US0HZ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,400,608 RIG: FT 2000 ANT: 1/2 Vertical romb 160m long 40m hign 73 Stan US0HZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UW5M Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 180,180 QSOs CQ S&P --------------------------------------------------- 80 1144 501(43,79%) 643(56,21%) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UX4U Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,222,222 nice contest ! nice OPs ! CU 2012 !!! 73 73 73 !!! Oleg UX4U ( US7UX ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UY7C Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,173,942 Missed many good stuff on 20m, with propagation nicely opened it was more interesting on higher bands, but not enough time to work all present mults & calls on LP :) TRX: IC-746 ANT: 80m DL FullSize + 40\15m GP + 20\10m GP + 20\10m 2el vert.DL fixed NW Tnx all for QSO's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: V26K Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 9,994,010 Missed 10M by a hair! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: V31AO Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,326,048 The 160m antenna did nothing and the 80m antenna (HF2V) wasn't much better. The amp blew after the first few hours so we went barefoot for most of the contest. Only one feed line for the quad and one for the HF2V so tough to have a mult station. About a quarter of the way through, we lost one of the K3s so no mult station at all after that. Even so, condx were great and it was a lot of fun and a learning experience as well. Thanks to those who called in and made it interesting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2EW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,146,848 running in the non existing 36 hours category big fun when the bands are open... thanks to the so many callers Gilles VE2TZT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3AMX Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 180,180 Fantastic weekend. The bands were in great shape and gave me the opportunity to have a lot of fun with my Elecraft K2 @ 5W. Amazed with some outstanding stations pulling my "poor" signal. Thank you so much who worked me. 72's Eric ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3ATT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 793,168 FT1000MP Mark V, Vertical 7-28, line for 160 and 80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3EC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 984,972 This was my personal best cracking 1K Q's for the first time. 18 months of Morse Runner 10 minutes a day appears to have paid off. Special thanks to Alex VE3NEA for that incredible piece of software. I ran in to a German colleague in Munich who runs it 1 hour at a time. He feels the same. Running "Spotless" (non-assisted) is a real challenge with some of the big guns only signing what felt like once a month! Maybe once in 10 q's should be mandatory? 7.064 MHz and Samsung monitors makes for an adventure. The monitor starting blanking to the beginning of each transmission. I had to pull the plug to reset. The antenna match was flat so I suspect a monitor susceptibility issue. Oh the challenges while trying to run! Great contest! Cheers, Harry VA3EC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3KAI Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 210,148 Rig: Knwd TS2000 Eqpt: Hamgadgets MasterKeyer MK-1 Ant: 270' (N-S) and 132' (E-W) OCF inverted-vee dipoles & 30M/15M sloping trap dipole all up 40 feet. Log: N1MM Logger V11.11.0 160M thru 10M all excellent; but, had only parts of Saturday to play radio - about 10 hours. Many (really) fast CW ops so took extra time using S&P to get the calls correct. Way too many fast ops to hold freq and call "cq test". Totally enjoyed my available times! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3WR Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 50,553 This was the first time in cw portion of cq ww. Been in the ssb portion numerous times. Had to work first hours of the contest then travelled up to summer place to do some contesting and some fall-winter cleanup. Had some power cable problem at the start but managed to fixed the problem and get on the air for a bit of friday and got on saturday and part of sunday. Was in for a good time and get some new countries on cw. James VA3WR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7DXC Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 17,850 Single band low power effort from my apartment in downtown Vancouver. Antenna is a wire loop on my tiny balcony. Lots of fun, looking forward to the 10m contest. 73 Dave VA7DXC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7KO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,052,456 Had a blast. Thanks to all for keeping me so busy. 10m was great. Lots of DX. 40m and 80m... hmmm... definitely a challenge. As always, thanks to everyone who called me and heard me calling. See you all again soon. Koji VA7KO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7RN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 375,124 TEAM: Team Orca - CW Pod. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,725,024 * Unassisted -- FT-2000 + SB221 + N1MM Logger * 3 ele. SteppIR at 27' * 1 x 40M SteppIR dipole at 27' * 2-element 40M diamond quad, apex 50' * 2 x 80M elevated verticals (JA or US/VE) * 1 x 160M inverted-L * 1 x 270' bi-directional Beverage 2011: SFI=135 A=4 K=1, SSN=139 2010: SFI= 78 A=2 K=1, SSN= 22 2009: SFI= 73 A=2 K=1, no sunspots 2008: SFI= 68 A=2 K=0, no sunspots ================================================= Goal for this one was 2,000 contacts and stretch target of 2M points -- a doubling of 2010's score, based on more mults and contacts on 15M and 10M. Flux had been much higher a few days before the start, so SFI=135 was disappointing, but a far better situation than last year's 78. A bad cold hit me Thursday morning and continued through the weekend. I hate taking sick days, but I did on Thursday and had already booked off work for Friday, so I slept a lot over the two days before the contest. My aim was 40 hours on, but I had my doubts about even managing 30 hours. Didn't even have the energy for a once-around-the-yard antenna check. Though I did look out the window and all looked fine. We had strong winds the whole time, so I left the Steppir 3-element + 40M dipole at 27' for comfort. It works fine at that height overlooking steeply falling terrain (300') to EU and NA, so I wasn't concerned. Turns out everything was fine -- the 80M twin elevated verticals worked their charms. The new full-sized 40M wire quad to Europe worked well with high power (first contest using it with HP). Had one last 1.5-hour nap before the contest and woke up very ill but excited. Talk about mixed feelings. A little "better living through chemistry" from the folks at the DayQuil factory, and I was ready for action. Using Athena by PC5M (http://kvgog.home.xs4all.nl/projects/athena.html), I keep track of my N1MM Logger progress against last year, or any other year I choose. This helps remind me of band choices, break times, and the pace I must keep to one-up my best scores. Despite being sick as a dog, with Kleenex piling up around me, I stayed on until 1240z without a break (except to refill the blueberry tea a few times). I was tracking very well against previous years. Began on 40M -- not my usual procedure, but I was excited to see how the new 40M quad handled Europe. It played better than anything I've had in the air before. When I moved to 80M, the twin verticals worked nicely as well for East and West, but slightly off last year's pace (probably because nobody wanted to leave 40M). I closed the first night with a quick run of 100 mostly NA stations on 40M with the low dipole. End of First Night ----------------------------- 2009 2010 2011 ------- -------- -------- QSOs 405 520 620 DXCC 46 77 100 Zones 36 47 49 Score 70,028 140,120 201,299 Four precious hours of sleep later, I was back for more. Alas, Europe was virtually a no-show on the high bands here. Could hit Spain easily, but nothing further north on any band. Stayed that way through the day. Very disappointing to see the 10M and 15M country totals sitting around 30 by the time I left them for the day. Saturday night was a new experience on 40M. Never before have I been able to walk along 40M and work just about anything I could hear over the pole. The quad -- full-size wire elements but bottom corners just 3' off the ground -- opened up whole new doors. By the end of the contest, 40M gave me more countries than any other band, including workhorse 20M. End of Second Night ------------------------------ 2009 2010 2011 -------- -------- -------- QSOs 1,200 1,150 1,313 DXCC 120 169 188 Zones 76 88 99 Score 493,528 658,691 850,668 Slept for four hours before getting on at 1400z Sunday morning (6 a.m.). 80M was still open to Asia so I landed what I could for an hour or so, then I jumped straight 20M to see if Europe was workable. Sure enough, the polar path was open but not great. The band opens like a light going on, then almost immediately begins to shift. By the time it moves from Eastern Europe to the UK, it's almost gone. I added a bunch of much-needed countries as fast as I could, then jumped to 15M to do the same before the path was lost for the day. Got about half an hour of good EU conditions before Europe began to fade on 15M, and by then 10M was a lost cause -- not sure if it ever opened to Europe from this side. It would be mostly NA, SA, AS for the day. Did hear a loud EI for a while on 10M, but he couldn't hear me pouring watts in his direction. Not a single Zone 15 or 16 on 10M here. Passed my 2010 previous best score at 1630z Sunday. Enjoyed some great runs on all three bands, including plenty of welcome JA activity. With mults few and far between on 20M by late afternoon, in the final 40 minutes (3:40 p.m.) I checked 40M and the band was full of huge-signal European mults I needed. Landed several all-new ones for that band and even ran for a few minutes before the closing bell. Wonderful fun. Surpassed my 2,000-Q target, but only had 32 hours on the air due to sleep breaks I could not live without. So, next year: 2M points. But I'll not soon forget this contest. -- Bud VA7ST http://www.va7st.ca/home.html The Orca DX and Contest Club... http://www.orcadxcc.org Claimed scores... QSOs Ctry Zones Score 2011: 2,114 248 109 1,725,024 < HP 32 hrs 2010: 1,721 180 92 1,033,056 < HP 32 hrs 2009: 1,777 158 92 950,750 < HP 31 hrs 2008: 1,580 129 71 670,600 < HP 25 hrs 2007 1,470 129 69 615,582 < HP 32 hrs 2006 1,476 163 78 775,297 35 hrs 2005 1,014 126 61 411,587 2004 1,421 146 79 697,500 2003 865 115 73 351,936 2002 675 147 63 313,740 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1AL Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 174,132 A major antenna problem on day 2 frustrated me but I worked through it. IRRITANTS: many, many stations who didn't ID often enough (although I got caught only a few times) and HP stations who dropped onto my run QRG and acted as if they couldn't hear me. Conditions were pretty good and I was happy to hear/work a few Pacific stations. Precious few Asians, sadly. Overall: Lotsa fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1RGB Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,971,600 Whew! What an awesome experience that was!!! I can hardly believe that I survived. K3 + P3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1RSM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 773,638 Had sights set at 1 million points, however, other priorities. My goal for next year will be 1 million. Had fun, but wish those working pile ups would send their call more often, time wasted it you work them before. And going un-assisted could not rely on spots to tell me who it was. See you all next year. VE1RSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1ZJ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 787,341 great time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2EKA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 6,534,710 Just amazing! The propagation was so nice during all the test! I have to learn how to work all 48 hours. Spent 2 x 4 hours for sleeping. Just didn't get enough time to have a good rest from my everyday's work stress. May be it's time to change my work to another one but less stressed?! )))) Another issue how to get better mults during working constant pileups? Thank you for all the QSO's! 73! Victor VA2WDQ / VA2WA / VE2EKA (z 2) http://www.contestgroupduquebec.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CR Class: M/S HP Total Score = 4,389,612 Whoda thunk it!! What a great contest! Great operators, great condx,and great hosts! Never would have thought that it was possible for us to get over 100 countries on 4 bands! No problems other than an issue with the 40 m. beam prior to the contest, sure am glad we got that sorted out as 40 played an important part in our success! Mults just kept coming and coming - can't tell you how much we enjoyed this contest? No idea how many countries we worked but I'm sure it is a new record for us as a poor man's m/s. Many, many great operators out there - you guys are the cream of the crop and we can ony aspire to your greatness! WOW! Can't wait to see what the BIG stations turn in for scores, this has to be some kind of landmark event. Thanks to everyone who travelled to far off destinations, hope you had a great time! This one's going in the record book for us - complete with photo. Now to indulge in some very excellent food courtesy of VE3CR's XYL - Ms. Sheila! 73, No qrp this time but it was still a jungle out there! Doug VA3DF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CV Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 258,850 Just a S&P effort for a few hours, but what fun when I could get on! Great conditions on 10m through 40m. Low bands were disappointing, but I missed the best time slots. Amazing speed for most run stations..30wpm++ ...sheesh! 5-band Hexxbeam at 40ft and 80m delta loop for 40m and 80m and toploaded 80m Zepp as vertical for 160m. 100w. Yaesu FT-1000MP and N1MM worked flawlessly. Thanks to all for the Qs and the great DX operations. Djibouti was a new one. 73 Jeff VE3CV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CX Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 611,900 Thanks for the QSO's Great conditions. Tom - VE3CX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3FDT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,119,656 Radio: Ten-Tec Jupiter Antennas: 5 band hexbeam @ 40ft & DX-LB+ short dipole @ 25 ft (when it worked) Software: N1MM Murphy's strike came early: a couple of hours into the contest I lost my trusty DX-LB+ shortened dipole. I started hearing severe on-and-off random "white noise" bursts and signal attenuation, and discovered corresponding incredibly high VSWR kicking in stochastically. Operating on 40 m and down became "challenging". Less low bands meant more sleep. Other than that it was "business as usual": Metric tons of "big guns" running and not signing their calls for eternity. (Relying on spots, I suppose, and leaving out the unassisted guys totally). "Power plant bullies" trying to push me out of my CQ frequency. (I survived a 2 hours run on 20 m with 5 long lasting deafening "tenants" moving in to my humble abode.) My nasty incurable habit of wasting too much time on "juicy" multipliers with no return on investment. (That some of them actually hear me is what fuels the underlying illusion of being able to break through the pile-ups.) "Another day at the office." Looking forward to the next year. Oh, I almost forgot: great conditions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GFN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,134,028 First ever contest where I broke 1000 QSOs, first time I broke one million points, and first time I spent 24 hours in the chair! I put it all down to my special contesting cushion ... thanks, NCJ!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GTC Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 335,544 Conditions where generally very good. Lots of pile ups that I just couldn't break through in and did manage to hear quite a number of Australian, New Zealand and other Pacific stations but couldn't make enough noise to be heard. Many thanks to all those who patiently worked through many repeats and endured to copy my QRP signal. cheers, Graham ve3gtc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3JM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,001,925 Last year I was not far from making 5000 QSOs and was thinking it would be nice to reach that number this year by hopefully having some runs on 10 meters. I admit that was my primary goal and the score was a bit less important. I barely managed to reach the target in the last hour by having a nice run on 40. Sure that was achieved at the expense of the mult totals. I still cannot use the second radio effectively with these rates as the top guys do. A difficulty is also using my old TS930 as R2 with poor filters and no radio control. The station does not have any automation for antenna selection, amplifiers and BPFs. And those improvements will not happen soon since my focus in the near future will be on erecting another tower - since I still have only one 72' tower. Even though I had a 5-hour brake in total, felt tired on Sunday and bit out of focus since I slept maybe two hours over the weekend. Plus I had to go to work on Friday and Monday and drive to/from the cottage. The power line noise this time was more manageable with narrow filters, but was still affecting the score. I found the offending hydro pole and it is closest to my first neighbour. I will ask the neighbour to turn the main power switch off in his house and see if it is something in his house causing the noise. It was nice to have a friend in FJ land during the weekend who volunteered to move to another band for me. Thanks Nick. Thanks everybody for a great weekend. Equipment: R1: FT1K Mark V Field, AL-1200 R2: TS930, SB220 Antennas: Skyhwak tribander at 72' XM240 at 80' Ex-14 at 40' fixed to Europe - all three antennas on the same 72' tower 80: 50' T vertical 160: 50' T vertical Single Reversible Beverage 600' long NE/SW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3KI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,386,660 Thanks to Chris(VE3FU) & Debbie for the use of their home and Chris' station (plus my K3 and laptop). K3, TL-922, 2*TH5, Explorer 14, 402BA, 80m vertical, 160m inverted L, two bi-directional Beverages Reverse Beacon Network ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Total Score = 46,485 The new 160M antenna seems to be working fairly well here in the new QTH - so far. Spent part of Friday putting down some more radials and checking the ones that are already down. I also threw up a 550' beverage - just in case I needed it. Will probably leave it up for the winter. As the fields next to me are about 2.5 miles long ( they end at Lake Erie ) I may just have to put up a very L-O-N-G ( VLF?? ) beverage over the winter just for kicks - and maybe check out 136 Khz. As for the 160M Inverted L I will know more after next weekend and the ARRL 160M. The band seemed to have long QSB at times and EU was weaker than normal overall, although on signal peaks they were S7 at times. FYI C5A was S9 here all night - both nights!! Found absortion levels higher than I would have liked but overall 160 was pleasure to work. QRN was very low here all weekend - between S0 and S3 on the vertical. Hopefully the lack of QRN will last for this weekend coming... Thanks for the QSO's. 73, Brian VE3MGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3OSZ Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 88,640 Drake TR7 @ 100 watts Half-wave inverted L (my 160M antenna) One Beverage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 100,724 Working weekend. Part time effort. Lots of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RSA Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 548,390 Great conditions + new antennas = fun weekend ! Thanks to all who copied me through the heavy traffic. See you next year. Go Sunspots! Tom, VE3RSA K2, 43' vertical + 60 radials on 40/80 TA-32 with Armstrong Rotator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,654,749 Thanks for all the Qs, and especially for all who traveled to far away places, safe return. 73 Tony ve3rz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3THX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 138,624 First time doing a single-band entry. Using an IC-7000 and a TGM mini-beam up at 25' AGL and just low-power. 10 to Europe was great. Oddly enough, my biggest difficulties were to South America and the Caribbean; Africa and the South Pacific weren't as difficult as I'd expected. Only biggies I missed that I actively tried for were North Cooks and Zone 19. Low power and low antennas were definitely a hindrance but I still did far better than I'd expected since this was only a part-time operation due to family considerations. Next up for me is the ARRL 160m contest in a couple of weeks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3UTT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,164,836 Great Contest! K3 to Optibeam (finally turning again after 9 months), 160m "L", and finally an antenna for 80m - 43ft vertical. The above thanks to VE3FF and VE3EY for all the technical help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3XD Class: SOSB(A)/15 QRP Total Score = 70,584 I now live in an antenna restricted community so no more beams and towers. For this weekend I mounted a 15 meter hamstick on an Outbacker tripod and set it up next to the deck in the back. See a photo at http://ve3xd.com/images/hamstick15m.jpg Conditions on 15 were very good and especially on Saturday I had no trouble making contacts with 5 watts. Hope to do a similar operation for the 10 meter contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EA Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 23,180 Overall, this was only a serious effort for a few hours on Saturday and Sunday. I thought I was doing well until I saw some of the results posted. Congratulations go to the big-score stations. Overall, I heard some great operating and ops. Many thanks to Doug (VE5UF) and Jim (VE4SIG) for elmering this ham (for over 40 years). We are getting spoiled by the wonderful Sept/October 2011 10m band conditions. So, when we the SFI only reaches 135, all of a sudden these are crappy condx. I'm still on cloud 9 with all the sigs I could here. This is my first ever contest submission to a forum. How am I doing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 551,355 Part time effort. Sure wasn't the conditions seen during CQWW-SSB a month ago. Low bands were reasonable Friday night but just horrible Saturday night. Lots of noise and Au flutter. The high bands had weak openings to EU and AS, just not long and strong. Even 20m was very fluttery and just not in good shape. Well winter is here and contest season is well underway...see you in the next one! Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6EX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,812,056 HI All; Great times on the contest bands!!! **And my trusty 30s1/hb 4cx1000a amp held out to the bitter end**. Another epic CQWW CW weekend, my best effort so far!!. I can see 2 mill and 3k qsos with the missing time if the bod holds out.... VE6EX was: Classic tribander/ single stn. SO1R ts850sat and tetrode amp at mostly over 1kw out TH6 @ ~ 35'on the ski lodge roof Wires way up in the tall pines (40/80 dipoles) New inverted L for 160 with twin 3-500 HB VE6EX amp/ ts850sat 160 stn. (getting stoked for the 160 test!!) TR LOG does the dirty work without a peep!! Cheers, Thanks for the Q's: Dan VE6EX.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6JY Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 866,592 Many thanks to Don, VE6JY, for hosting me for another CW CQ Worldwide contest from his megastation in Northern Alberta. Pretty good conditions, but not excellent - only logged about 350 Europeans, many of them during the predawn hours on Saturday morning, and about 200 of them were S&P. Worked about 375 JAs, a big improvement over the 125 I contacted a month earlier on 20M in WW SSB. There were lots of nice juicy mults to snag, and it was nice to see the good representation from Z35. Had a big Murphy moment about 3 hours into the test. The top antenna on the 4-high stack I was using(and the only one of the four antennas that had a rotator)stopped working while pointed at JA. Very luckily there was ANOTHER single 15 meter rotating antenna (at 150 feet)on a nearby tower, and I switched to that one for the rest of the weekend. Station diversity is certainly a beautiful thing. Thanks to all for the QSOs. It's been a great month of radio for me, with participation in both Worldwides and SS Phone - I've not had the opportunity to be on the air as much as I would like over the past 5 years, I think I picked a good time to get reaquainted with things. 73, Gary VA7RR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6SQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 90,852 Lots of Js... seemed to be everywhere otherwise a disappointing array of DX Likely wasn't working when they were coming through. Terrific run during the last hour on 15. 51 Qs in the last hour - with a peak of 47Qs in a 28 minutes period.. now if I could sustain that for the whole contest Band QSOs Pts DXC Zn 3.5 30 62 5 4 7 60 136 11 10 14 62 148 15 16 21 157 368 14 14 28 41 90 12 12 Total 350 804 57 56 Score: 90,852 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6WZ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 517,140 Great conditions on Friday night, but Saturday was a bit soft for EU. Very happy with my 141 country mults, and 39 zones! ...I only missed Z-39 (were there any Z 39?) I obviously spent too much time chasing mults and should have run more, but I had lots of fun chasing the spots. Assisted is the way to go with a never-ending flood of RBN spots pouring in! (ok....it's not like the "old days" finding your own stuff, but it's FUN!!!!) I tried doing SO2V with the ftdx-9000d, but I could not get the hang of hearing two diferent QRGs in each ear. I stopped that and decided to either run, or S&P. Maybe another time I'll figure out SO2V. I ran N1MM for the first time and it was fantastic. (thanks to Gerry ve6lb for the advice) Thank you to all who called, and all who copied me. FTDX-9000d, ACOM 2000a, HB 2el Yagi at 100', N1MM. 73, de steve ve6wz http://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/intro.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7CC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,580,250 A special thanks to Dale VE7SV for the loan of his super station. He spends all his time building towers and antennas and yet many times is not even here to enjoy the results of his hard work. This station usually operates as VE7SV multi op in this contest. However, this year many of the other operators were unable to be here. So I ran single op. The weather in this area has been terrible lately. Very high winds causing lots of downed trees and power outages. Some minor antenna damage here which was repaired before the contest. Fortunately they managed to stay operational during the contest, except for one 160 meter inverted vee. There were several power blackouts during the contest. The worst one lasting 2 hours 20 minutes. This one occurred at 24 hours into the contest. I thought it was all over. I phoned the power company to report it. They told me they had several reports. They said they were investigating it and by the way, did I have any idea what caused it. I drove around looking for the cause, but was unable to find anything, so I went back and took a break until the lights came back on. Dale, we need a generator! Now for the band conditions here. Although 10 and 15 were open pretty well, the European openings were really short. 20 was open to Europe the middle of second night, but all signals were nothing but auroral buzz. Otherwise 20 was great, but suffered from lack of activity due to everyone being on other bands. 40 was simply amazing. European signals were huge most of the time. Near the end I found I could no longer run on 20, 15, or 10 so I went to 40 to see what was happening, even though it was still daylight here. I spent the last 45 minutes there enjoying the best opening to Europe of the whole contest. Although there wasn't a lot of activity I managed to easily work TA, EA9, ER, A45, etc. 80 and even 160 were open better than I expected, although activity was certainly hurting. As usual I spent too much time chasing mults and not enough time running. Lee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7UF Class: M/M HP Total Score = 8,718,150 I was glad to have full time operators Jim, VE7FO, and Don, VE7AX join me in this contest. Also very welcome were Phil, VE7YBH for the second time and Cezar, VE7MR for the first time. Fred, VE7IO and Brian, VE7WO were on the schedule but had issues that prevented them from being part of the team for this one. The weather was bad for a few days before the contest and a wind and rain storm caused lots of noise but no other dammage on Saturday night. We had to not use the highest antennas of our stacks during this storm. I had high expectations for 10 meters before the contest but the flux dropped just before the contest. I was on 10M for the Saturday morning opening to EU and could hear some weak EU signals with the antennas where they were left at Friday's close toward the southeast. When I turned the antennas northward the signal levels dropped--bad sign. Only mannaged to work a few and what little opening there was didn't last long either day. The band was not bad to other directions. 15M and 20M were better but didn't manage any good EU runs. 40M was surprisingly good. Didn't have trouble working EU both days and we had the best run to JA in years. It was great to have many more BY calls in the log too. 80M was also very good to Asia and NA but only 3 EU calls in the log. 160 had poor activity but we added about 100 Qs from NA, JA, and the Pacific in the closing hours Sunday Morning. I added the switching circuitry to high power band pass filters I built to enable the station to use the two stacks of 3 TH6 tribanders on all 3 stations--one on 10, one on 15 and one on 20 at the same time. There were some issues of interference that more filtering did not help, but considering we broke the station Q and score records for this contest it must have helped. The station could use a 4th position now with the high bands still open after dark. I have enough equipment so it's mostly just a matter of carpentry. I think I will stay home this winter and get it done. No equipment failures this time except one amp. I could see an emotional high in all the operators' faces after this one. We had a busy good time. As usual our thanks to all that called us. 73, Duane VE7UF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7VR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 700,070 It would have been better with propagation to Europe but it was fun despite the hard work of running only 200 watts and a vertical antenna. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7WO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 518,172 Flu bug hit the family and hunkered down in the well heated shack for some radio time. All time best number of Q's. 40 metre dipole not working with high VSWR so couldn't use 40 at all. Not enough mults to hit the score I was aimimg for but still had fun running and listening to all the great operators on. Thanks to everybody who called and for your patience in picking out your calls...See you in the next one 73 Brian VE7WO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7XF Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 368,942 Condx not as good as the SSB event - that extra hour of sunlight makes a big difference for EU and zones on the other side of the world! No G stns heard until late Sunday, many northern EU never heard at all. Only heard C91NW and ST2AR as they were fading into the noise. I must whine again about the lack of station ID while running. They expect us to wait a minute or two to find out who they are, but won't spend two seconds to ID. I'd like to see them disqualified (really!). K3, KPA500, 3el Steppir, N1MM Ralph, VE7XF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9AA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 713,832 WHEW ! Another one in the books. At high noon on Friday I installed my new 10m antenna. Yes, this adds excitement and if constructed on the day of the contest, it is known to add 3dB. What is my new antenna you might be asking yourself? A TH6DXX? A 7 element Quagi or 5 el Quad? Nope ! A bunch of leftover wires cobbled together to make a ground plane. No solder, no proper insulators. Just wire (various types), rope and some chunks of 3/4" PVC that had been previously gnawed on by Canadian beavers. (I think this adds 1dB) I launched my trusty C-Size battery (complete with black tape and orange marker tape) over the top of a 50' Maple Tree and pulled up my 100' hank of rope....onto which I tied my less than charismatic looking ground plane. Really, let's be honest...it looked like a Charlie Brown xmas tree if truth be known. Would it work? Murphy had moved on because I tricked him into thinking I wouldn't operate (no antenna til past high noon Friday - remember?)... I got away with it. Only had to lower it twice to tweak the SWR and I was QRV about 1:15pm....whew ! My goal was to beat the SO10 (A) VA3WN 251,375 2001 record.....I think I may have acheived that. Highlights, off the top of my scattered brain: Making it through a thunderous pileup to KG6DX...wow, thanks for hearing my limp lampcord antenna man - you ROCK !....it was as dark as the inside of a cow here at that time. You peaked an honest 559---you can really run a pileup.....6m is next ok? VK4KW--My last QSO on an otherwise stone cold dead band....surprised? I never give up on prop...spinning the VFO feverishly for the last hour. Working a JA via the LP...that was pretty neat. ZS4TX was first station through both mornings followed by C5A...even before sunrise. Lowlights: Frequency fights and keyclicks. Not many, happy to say. It burns my britches to hear DX working streams of folks and not identifying. What's up with that anyways? Proud? Scared the pileup will go away if you send your real call? Just really poor operating IMNSHO--wastes everyones time when they could be onto someone else. Selfish ! GRRR not working any UA0's...I had really hoped to do it. I wanted 1 more mult and a couple more QSO's to break 1700 and get up around 750k, but for a measely lampcord antenna, I think I managed. Overall a very nice contest. Wish we had more hours of prop...roughly 11 hrs per day. Cheers, Mike VE9AA...ic-746, 250Hz filter, 500w, N1mm, VK-64 and the now famous lampcord antenna........buy it at a favorite ham radio outlet near you $19.95 (lamp included) dit dit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9DX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,435,838 Really did not start looking for Mults until Sunday late afternoon. Lots I missed. Thanks to all... 73 Andy (VE9DX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9HF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,886,000 Part of MCC Team: "The 257 KM Ring of Awesomeness". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK2DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,072,248 Limited operation (10 hours only) from Sydney-city urban location. Rig: Genesis G59 SDR, tribander+40m wire. Some massive piles on 15 and 10m w/200+Q per hour! Highlight: working mate VE3EY @ TO3A. CU next time. 73 Nick VK2DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK3TDX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,244,311 All contacts were made on my 40M vertical with a trap and 80M inverted L section - no yagi this year due to wind damage. Great propagation allowed a pretty good run with this less than ideal antenna system! Thanks to many who surprised me with multipliers calling in the pileups. I hope everyone enjoyed the great conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK4UC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,177,720 Significant problems with computer in first 7 hours. Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: VK4UC CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE nOPERATORS: N6AA -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 0 62 12 74 74 2.5 0100 0 0 0 0 65 0 65 139 4.7 0200 1 0 0 0 0 55 56 195 6.5 0300 0 0 0 0 3 53 56 251 8.4 0400 0 0 0 0 9 9 18 269 9.0 0500 0 0 0 0 46 3 49 318 10.7 0600 0 0 0 0 0 38 38 356 11.9 0700 0 0 0 97 0 2 99 455 15.3 0800 0 0 67 42 0 0 109 564 18.9 0900 0 0 114 0 0 0 114 678 22.8 1000 0 24 30 0 0 0 54 732 24.6 1100 1 2 28 0 0 0 31 763 25.6 1200 0 0 32 11 0 0 43 806 27.0 1300 1 1 2 9 0 0 13 819 27.5 1400 0 2 19 25 0 0 46 865 29.0 1500 0 0 92 0 0 0 92 957 32.1 1600 0 2 53 2 0 0 57 1014 34.0 1700 0 3 7 12 0 0 22 1036 34.8 1800 0 0 42 1 0 0 43 1079 36.2 1900 0 0 50 47 0 0 97 1176 39.5 2000 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 1333 44.7 2100 0 0 0 39 15 40 94 1427 47.9 2200 0 0 0 0 39 28 67 1494 50.1 2300 0 0 0 0 32 2 34 1528 51.3 0000 0 0 0 0 76 1 77 1605 53.9 0100 0 0 0 0 59 5 64 1669 56.0 0200 0 0 0 0 0 41 41 1710 57.4 0300 0 0 0 0 6 22 28 1738 58.3 0400 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 1773 59.5 0500 0 0 0 46 0 23 69 1842 61.8 0600 0 0 0 80 4 0 84 1926 64.6 0700 0 0 0 77 0 25 102 2028 68.1 0800 0 0 0 0 7 84 91 2119 71.1 0900 0 0 0 0 43 0 43 2162 72.6 1000 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 2298 77.1 1100 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 2426 81.4 1200 0 0 0 0 72 2 74 2500 83.9 1300 0 0 13 0 0 5 18 2518 84.5 1400 0 0 57 0 0 0 57 2575 86.4 1500 0 0 12 3 0 0 15 2590 86.9 1600 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 2599 87.2 1700 0 9 1 0 0 0 10 2609 87.6 1800 0 6 0 1 3 0 10 2619 87.9 1900 0 0 2 38 8 1 49 2668 89.5 2000 0 0 0 87 0 0 87 2755 92.4 2100 0 0 0 6 0 108 114 2869 96.3 2200 0 0 0 5 5 39 49 2918 97.9 2300 0 0 0 1 57 4 62 2980 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 3 49 630 786 875 637 2980 Gross QSOs=3015 Dupes=35 Net QSOs=2980 Unique callsigns worked = 2379 The best 60 minute rate was 158/hour from 1942 to 2041 The best 30 minute rate was 174/hour from 2009 to 2038 The best 10 minute rate was 192/hour from 2018 to 2027 The best 1 minute rates were: 5 QSOs/minute 2 times. 4 QSOs/minute 64 times. 3 QSOs/minute 230 times. 2 QSOs/minute 586 times. 1 QSOs/minute 852 times. There were 67 bandchanges and 7 (0.2%) 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 0 14 234 366 320 208 1142 38.3 South America 0 0 5 13 15 9 42 1.4 Europe 0 9 169 313 364 135 990 33.2 Asia 0 19 202 72 148 252 693 23.3 Africa 0 0 2 10 5 4 21 0.7 Oceania 3 7 18 12 23 29 92 3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 49 630 786 875 637 2980 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 17 4 1226 5 957 6 740 7 4 8 30 10 6 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1 4J 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4X 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 0.2 5B 0 0 1 3 1 1 6 0.2 5H 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 6Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9A 0 0 5 3 5 2 15 0.5 9H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9K 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.1 9M6 0 1 3 1 2 2 9 0.3 9N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9V 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 9Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 A5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 A6 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0.1 A7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 BV 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.2 BY 0 0 12 5 17 17 51 1.7 C5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 C6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 C9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 CE 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 CT 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 CT3 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.2 CU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 CX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 D4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 DL 0 1 18 41 66 9 135 4.5 DU 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 0.2 E5/n 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 E7 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0.2 EA 0 0 1 5 9 2 17 0.6 EA8 0 0 0 3 2 2 7 0.2 EI 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1 EK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 EL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ER 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.2 ES 0 0 1 0 1 4 6 0.2 EU 0 0 4 9 10 1 24 0.8 EX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 EY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 F 0 0 1 9 10 1 21 0.7 FJ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 FK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 FM 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 FO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 FY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 G 0 0 3 4 13 4 24 0.8 GD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GM 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 GU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GW 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HA 0 0 6 12 11 2 31 1.0 HB 0 0 1 4 4 0 9 0.3 HC 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 HK 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 HL 0 0 3 0 4 4 11 0.4 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HS 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 0.2 I 0 0 2 11 11 2 26 0.9 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 *IT9 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.1 J3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 J6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 JA 0 10 142 26 81 155 414 13.9 JT 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 0.2 K 0 12 219 335 291 187 1044 35.0 KG4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 KH0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 0.2 KH2 0 0 1 3 3 4 11 0.4 KH6 0 1 2 0 5 6 14 0.5 KL 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0.2 KP2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 KP4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 LA 0 0 3 0 3 1 7 0.2 LU 0 0 1 2 1 3 7 0.2 LX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 LY 0 1 3 9 8 3 24 0.8 LZ 0 1 5 7 8 2 23 0.8 OE 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0.2 OH 0 0 6 4 10 5 25 0.8 OK 0 0 11 20 23 13 67 2.2 OM 0 0 2 6 5 0 13 0.4 ON 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.2 OZ 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.2 P4 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 0.2 PA 0 0 0 6 4 3 13 0.4 PJ2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 PJ4 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 PY 0 0 1 1 2 3 7 0.2 PZ 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 S5 0 0 3 13 7 2 25 0.8 SM 0 0 3 2 8 4 17 0.6 SP 0 0 13 12 20 5 50 1.7 ST 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 SV 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SV5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 SV9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 T2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 TA 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0.1 TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UA 0 4 39 56 58 38 195 6.5 UA2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 UA9 0 6 36 21 19 48 130 4.4 UK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UN 0 0 2 6 2 5 15 0.5 UR 0 1 21 51 28 16 117 3.9 V2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 V3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VE 0 2 12 23 17 15 69 2.3 VK 2 1 3 3 3 4 16 0.5 VP2M 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 VU 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1 XE 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 XU 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 YA 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 YB 0 0 4 1 1 6 12 0.4 YL 0 0 5 2 4 2 13 0.4 YO 0 0 5 9 9 4 27 0.9 YU 0 0 4 6 3 0 13 0.4 YV 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 Z3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZF 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 ZL 0 3 1 2 4 2 12 0.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 49 630 786 875 637 2980 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 25 0 10 145 26 85 159 425 14.3 05 0 7 64 186 50 86 393 13.2 04 0 3 59 131 118 74 385 12.9 16 0 7 67 119 101 57 351 11.8 03 0 4 108 41 140 43 336 11.3 15 0 1 61 105 117 45 329 11.0 14 0 1 33 74 130 27 265 8.9 20 0 1 13 23 24 9 70 2.3 17 0 1 10 17 13 25 66 2.2 24 0 1 13 7 20 20 61 2.0 18 0 1 18 8 4 24 55 1.8 28 0 1 7 3 6 10 27 0.9 27 0 1 3 4 7 8 23 0.8 09 0 0 3 6 8 3 20 0.7 32 1 3 3 3 5 3 18 0.6 19 0 3 8 0 3 4 18 0.6 08 0 0 2 9 5 2 18 0.6 31 0 1 2 0 5 6 14 0.5 21 0 0 1 1 6 5 13 0.4 33 0 0 1 5 4 3 13 0.4 26 0 1 1 2 3 4 11 0.4 30 1 1 2 1 2 2 9 0.3 13 0 0 1 2 2 3 8 0.3 29 1 0 1 2 1 2 7 0.2 11 0 0 1 1 2 3 7 0.2 01 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0.2 22 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0.2 23 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 0.2 35 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.1 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1 12 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 06 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 37 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1 07 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 34 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 40 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 3 49 630 786 875 637 2980 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 1926 2 bands 337 3 bands 87 4 bands 26 5 bands 3 6 bands 0 ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 0 15 378 525 574 434 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK6LW Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,391,845 Excellent conditions on 20, great to hear extended long path openings to Europe and the US. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK8GM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,956,317 First of all a big thanks to Greg VK8GM for the use of the station and for fantastic hospitality. We had originally planned a M/S as VK8AR from Alice Springs Amateur Radio Club, but as the other CW operator in town cancelled the plan was changed to a SOAB effort from Greg's place in the last minute. I arrived at the station 30 minutes before the start, installed N1MM logger, plugged in my CW keyer cable, and started CQing on 15. I had only made a few QSOs from Australia before the contest, so I had very little idea of what to expect in terms of propagation. I soon figured out that if I just imagined that Europe was US and the US was Japan, then openings and beam headings would roughly correspond to what I'm used to :-) The high bands were amazing from down here, and I spent all day running US and EU like crazy - some of the most fun I can ever remember having in CQWW. I didn't have any resonant antennas on the low bands, so missed a bunch of multipliers there. Equipment: Yeasu FT-920 IC2-KL @ 400 W 8 el. log periodoc @ 12 m A few pictures at http://flickr.com/oz1aa Thanks to everyone for the QSOs. I wonder where I will be for next year's contest. Probably somewhere in South America. 73 Tom OZ1AA http://www.cyclingtheglobe.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1HP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 287,232 Only new one heard T88TW. Too bad people don't actually listen to whats going on and call the DX when he is listening. Why send your call 4 or 5 times... by then the guy has already worked someone else. Copy was good enough that he could have been worked from here but the non-listening callers obliterated him over and over again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1MP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,790,082 Came down with some kind of bug on Friday , ran out of gas , so plans to operate with a bigger effort had to be amended somewhat ......conditIons were great from here hardly any place to CQ, however K3 is quite good with filering so was able to squeeze in for a few CQ's on a few of the bands.... ended up doing mainly S&P and almost managed a four band DXCC..... lots of ops who DON'T ID their Call very often and even more who CANNOT copy at the speed they are sending .... I guess all in the name of garnering as many Qs as possible go figure .... lots of familiar calls from far away places .. always good to hear the regular CQWW DXpedition stations on.. a lot of them remind me of the EverReady bunny they keep on going and going .... kudos to 'em ... last one for me this contest season ..... hopefully conditions for 2012 will be even better.... Take care all 73 el C'Y'ALL soon GLWCDR Gus VO1MP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VP2EAT Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 508,599 I ran Single-Op Single-Band Low Power Unassisted on 10 meters only as VP2EAT from Anguilla, B.W.I. 1,709 QSOs on ten the old-fashioned way, using a paper log and a keyer. I burnt through two ball-point pens and a 9V battery, heh heh. Had to knock off early Sunday afternoon at 1800Z due to a bad tropical lightning storm that went on for hours and flooded the roads all over the island all that night & the next day. Antenna was an elevated monoband 5/8 lambda vertical with 5/8 lambda radials. EZNEC simulation showed a radiation take off angle at around 8 degrees elevation and 5dBi gain. I would have done better with some smoke, but I was very happy with the antenna �" nice and quiet due to the grounded feedpoint. Location was on the north side of Anguilla beside salt water with a clear shot to EU/NA. Would have cracked 2K Qs on ten except for having to QRT Sunday afternoon because of the storm. 73, Pete VE3IKV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VP2MWG Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 18,863,565 MISSED OTHER CARIBBEAN MULTS ON 20 WHO ONLY SEEMED INTENT ON WORKING THE STATES! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VP9/N3AD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 5,838,318 VP9GE was a great host. Whatever I needed, he found way to make happen. He could not have been more helpful in setting up the station to my particular preferences. Ed is truly a fine gentleman. The station exceeded my expectations - the operator not so much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VU2HFR Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 270,940 Gear: Radio: FT100D 50 watts Ant: 3el tribander (TH3JR) 45m up Software: N1MM Keying: 100% via N1MM and homebrewed opto-isolated RS232 interface I had a great contest. With a modest station and a radio which I have repaired thrice including the recent replacement of the MR255 power FETs I did not dare crank up the power to more than 50 watts. I live in an apartment building and the TH3JR was more than 20 years old and the 20M traps were quite lossy. The antenna worked quite well on 15 and 10M and on 10M I had a blast. Imagine working the exotic African and South American stations on a quiet band on 10M at the dead of night when the only signals you can hear are PY, YV, CE, CW, ZD, 9G and 9J. I hope to be there again next year and improve on my score. 73 Horey, VU2HFR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VU2NKS Class: M/S LP Total Score = 1,063,728 Equipment: Radio- Elecraft K3 Ant - 3el SteppIR with 30/40 add-on and Inverted Vee for 80m at 300+ feet Software - MixW (some CAT & keying problems early on with contest software, MixW to the rescue) Keying- 75% MixW + 25% Operator i.e. QSD at 35wpm :-) Two CW contesting rookies got together to try and make as many QSOs and fill up new band/slots for VU2NKS. We don't have an amp but the antennas are on top a multi-storeyed building so the disadvantage of not having extra x100 Watts is somewhat negated. LP in M/S with only 2 ops was not going to win us any awards so we went about our business quietly to have some fun operating. NKS was largely focused on S&P on 40 & 80 (his new love) while i decided to run the high bands. Also it was only 1 radio so the operator changes were determined by 'forces of nature' than willingness to get up from the chair for either op ;-) So was it fun? You bet! For a "rig hr 100w es ant dipole" guy, the chance to run pileups is unmissable. Reminded me of the huge pileups i ran as VU4PB...seems so long ago! There were occasions where i was like a 'rabbit in the headlights' for a few seconds from ear-drum crushing signals dead zero beat. But eventually figured out how to deal with the situation (note to self: now improve your rate). Lots of takeaways for both of us and improve upon in future contests. Moments i recall- > working FY5KE on 15m past our midnight; "..ENN N" had such a musical ring to it, it was still playing in my ears while i was driving back home on Sunday evening. > tuning across the band after wkg FY5KE to find ZM4T and ZD8W & ZD8N as the only other audible signals on the band. ZD8W's reaction indicated that he never expected to hear a VU in the contest :-) (and i have never heard ZD8 so i was equally thrilled to work him) > Being called on my run by the likes of D4C and P40L were nice highs. The station at VU2NKS is very competitive for LP efforts. And the OB is a very kind host with an even kinder family. Thank you for tolerating me for those 30-odd hours! Vy 73, Deepak VU2CDP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VU2PTT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,901,591 Equipment: 2 x IC-746PRO 2 x ICE 419 Bandpass FIlters 2 x Top Ten Band Decoders for FIlter Selection YCCC SO2R+ Box KK1L 2 x 6 Pack Antenna Switch KK1L Band Decoder for Antenna Selection SB-200 Amp (mostly running at LP levels) 12V Car Battery (the most important player) Antennas: Force12 C3S (20-15-10m) @ 60' Inverted-Vee (40m) @ 55' 18m Spiderpole (80m) 1/4 wave full size vertical As always this contest was a blast Murphy notwithstanding and I had my highest score in CQWW CW ever. The plan was to target atleast 3,500 QSOs and do well for this area in the SOAB HP category. But Mr. Murphy had other plans. During the contest weekend we had a quite a number of power outages and low voltage right through - the amp would give out 100 watts but did not want to fry the tubes completely, so ran barefoot much of the time. I ended up by really using around 200 watts on 40/80m for about 4 hours of the contest. The rest of the time I was running 100 Watts barefoot from the rig after dumping the amp and for at least 8 hours of the contest at peak times I was running with about 50 Watts during frequent power outages from Mr. Car Battery floating on the DC line of Radio 1. So mine is a SOAB HP entry although I was mostly LP. Many of my small runs were from the car battery @ 50 watts!!! It all started well, but 80m where I started did not sound very good - just a few QSOs and I was off to 40m to pick up NA mults like VY2ZM, K0DQ and a string of Europeans. Around 0100 I went back to 80m to pick up VY2ZM and I knew the new 18m Spiderpole was working. Back to 40m to work more NA and EU while chekcing 20m on the 2nd radio and working a few NA. Finally around 0130 started a run for over 3 hours around 14008 to NA and EU while using the 2nd radio on 40m for NA.EU and 15m to pick up East Asian mults - my first baby steps in SO2R and it was quite and experience. Around 0400 found 10m to be opening up an dmoved there to run until 0600 when I moved to 15m and started a run there. All this time the 2nd radio was active but not very many QSOs I must admit but I was getting the hang of SO2R. Years of reading about it and planning for it - well the real thing was a great experience and hope to keep practicing. Back to run on 10m at 0800 and with a few 2nd radio QSOs interleaved it was suddenly 1200z and time to start thinking about 40m sunset openings and 20m as well. Was around 1000 QSOs at the 13z mark andw as feeling good about hitting the target of 3500. But within a couple of hours our friend Mr. Murphuy struck with constant power outages and low voltage, The next 12 hours brought in only around 500 Qs and 80m was not good through the night with just a handful of EU stations and a few other mults from Asia. Around 23z was when the Carribean, African and NA started coming through on 20m and I was going around picking up mults on both radios which may not have been the best thing to do. 40m was food till 0200z when I moved to run on 20m and usning the 2nd radio on 15m tp pick up more Asian And Pacific mult slike the previous day. maybe I should have changed strategy on the second day and strated running on 15m. - I strted up pon 15m only around 0400z and then moved to 10m at 0600z. Around 0800z I was back to run on 15m which was one long one - close to 300 Qs but with Mr. Murphy still playing his part making the amp unusable most of the time and having to run @ 50 watts many times things were taking its toll on the QSO counts and score. 11-12z was back on 10m but never had the long 10m opening that VU2PAI on the west coast enjoyed - the final difference was that he had about 500 QSOs more on 10m than me. It was back to picking up mults and and few short runs as Mr. Murphy was active after sunset and finally ended the contest with a felling I had under achieved. The second radio brought in only about 38 mults but that was a start at least. After the CQWW SSB at K9RS I was really smashed to work teo of my mate sform that operation during the CW led - VP2V/N3DXX and W2ID - that was really cool :) Some more automation of the station left to do and maybe try to get hold of a second C3S to stack and pull out for mults - a new amp may not be in the budget for now but I will certainly be back next year with more SO2R experience :) 73 all and see you on many bands given the great propagation. This was the first contest I heard intermod artifacts on the radio for mthe close in rock crushing signals! Congrats to VU2PAI for another terrifc score from out here and hope to get closer to that. ----------------------- Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: VU2PTT CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW OPERATORS: VU2PTT -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 6 12 0 0 0 18 18 0.8 0100 0 1 17 66 0 0 84 102 4.4 0200 0 0 2 63 2 0 67 169 7.2 0300 0 0 0 51 5 1 57 226 9.7 0400 0 0 0 0 3 42 45 271 11.6 0500 0 0 0 0 5 72 77 348 14.9 0600 0 0 0 0 123 0 123 471 20.2 0700 0 0 0 1 59 18 78 549 23.5 0800 0 0 0 0 2 129 131 680 29.1 0900 0 0 0 0 3 133 136 816 35.0 1000 0 0 0 0 0 74 74 890 38.1 1100 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 902 38.7 1200 0 0 6 4 12 5 27 929 39.8 1300 0 0 0 52 33 0 85 1014 43.5 1400 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 1049 45.0 1500 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 1053 45.1 1600 0 0 0 1 19 4 24 1077 46.2 1700 0 0 0 17 1 6 24 1101 47.2 1800 0 0 0 10 4 0 14 1115 47.8 1900 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 1164 49.9 2000 0 1 1 45 0 0 47 1211 51.9 2100 0 0 89 0 0 0 89 1300 55.7 2200 0 0 28 5 0 0 33 1333 57.1 2300 0 2 15 2 0 0 19 1352 58.0 0000 0 1 8 0 0 0 9 1361 58.3 0100 0 0 43 0 0 0 43 1404 60.2 0200 0 0 4 17 4 0 25 1429 61.3 0300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1429 61.3 0400 0 0 0 0 47 0 47 1476 63.3 0500 0 0 0 0 31 30 61 1537 65.9 0600 0 0 0 0 2 35 37 1574 67.5 0700 0 0 0 0 0 77 77 1651 70.8 0800 0 0 0 11 19 10 40 1691 72.5 0900 0 0 0 0 125 0 125 1816 77.8 1000 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 1946 83.4 1100 0 0 0 0 20 26 46 1992 85.4 1200 0 0 9 15 0 4 28 2020 86.6 1300 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 2051 87.9 1400 0 0 1 34 0 6 41 2092 89.7 1500 0 0 2 52 0 0 54 2146 92.0 1600 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 2173 93.1 1700 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 2215 94.9 1800 0 0 0 15 20 0 35 2250 96.4 1900 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 2255 96.7 2000 0 0 6 3 0 0 9 2264 97.0 2100 0 2 17 0 0 0 19 2283 97.9 2200 0 1 15 9 0 0 25 2308 98.9 2300 0 0 25 0 0 0 25 2333 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 0 16 300 629 703 685 2333 Gross QSOs=2345 Dupes=12 Net QSOs=2333 Unique callsigns worked = 1829 The best 60 minute rate was 143/hour from 0811 to 0910 The best 30 minute rate was 158/hour from 0811 to 0840 The best 10 minute rate was 186/hour from 0616 to 0625 The best 1 minute rates were: 5 QSOs/minute 2 times. 4 QSOs/minute 44 times. 3 QSOs/minute 192 times. 2 QSOs/minute 408 times. 1 QSOs/minute 755 times. There were 124 bandchanges and 35 (1.5%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 22 4 838 5 941 6 510 7 3 8 17 10 2 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1 4J 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 4X 0 0 2 3 2 3 10 0.4 5B 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.2 5H 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 5X 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 8Q 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2 9A 0 1 4 4 5 3 17 0.7 9H 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9K 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9M2 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.3 9M6 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.2 9N 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 9V 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A4 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.2 A6 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.3 A7 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2 A9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 BV 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 BY 0 0 4 8 13 8 33 1.4 C5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 C6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 C9 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 CN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CT 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 CT3 0 0 2 2 3 1 8 0.3 CU 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 CX 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 D4 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 DL 0 0 23 27 59 66 175 7.5 DU 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1 E7 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 0.3 EA 0 0 7 5 5 8 25 1.1 EA6 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.2 EA8 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.2 EA9 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 EI 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 0.2 EK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 EL 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ER 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.3 ES 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 0.3 EU 0 0 5 3 10 4 22 0.9 EY 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.1 F 0 0 3 2 6 3 14 0.6 FM 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 FO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 G 0 0 4 6 6 14 30 1.3 GD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 GM 0 0 0 1 4 5 10 0.4 GW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HA 0 0 11 9 16 12 48 2.1 HB 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.2 HC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HK 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 HL 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1 HS 0 0 0 6 3 0 9 0.4 HZ 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1 I 0 0 5 7 20 19 51 2.2 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 *IT9 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1 J2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 JA 0 0 6 5 51 88 150 6.4 JT 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 0.2 K 0 0 30 189 45 1 265 11.4 KH0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 KH2 0 0 1 1 3 3 8 0.3 KH6 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 KL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 KP2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 KP4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 LA 0 0 2 2 5 3 12 0.5 LU 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 LX 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 LY 0 0 4 9 9 13 35 1.5 LZ 0 0 4 3 11 8 26 1.1 OE 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0.3 OH 0 0 6 9 18 12 45 1.9 OH0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.2 OK 0 0 11 12 22 24 69 3.0 OM 0 0 5 3 10 7 25 1.1 ON 0 0 3 1 4 4 12 0.5 OZ 0 0 1 0 3 5 9 0.4 P4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 PA 0 0 2 3 5 7 17 0.7 PJ2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 PJ4 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 PY 0 0 0 2 3 9 14 0.6 PZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 S5 0 0 11 6 8 12 37 1.6 SM 0 0 5 5 8 7 25 1.1 SP 0 0 11 11 22 21 65 2.8 ST 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SV 0 0 1 1 6 3 11 0.5 SV5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SV9 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 T8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TA 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TK 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.2 UA 0 2 31 84 105 109 331 14.2 UA2 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 0.3 UA9 0 2 11 43 40 46 142 6.1 UK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UN 0 0 3 8 6 9 26 1.1 UR 0 0 23 56 56 53 188 8.1 VE 0 1 4 15 4 0 24 1.0 VK 0 0 1 3 6 8 18 0.8 VP2M 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VP2V 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VP5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VP9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VQ9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 VU 0 2 3 4 1 0 10 0.4 XU 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 XW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 YA 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 YB 0 0 3 2 1 4 10 0.4 YL 0 0 2 2 4 4 12 0.5 YO 0 0 4 11 9 9 33 1.4 YU 0 0 7 5 9 7 28 1.2 YV 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 Z3 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.2 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZF 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 ZK2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZL 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 ZS 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 16 300 629 703 685 2333 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 16 0 2 61 147 177 173 560 24.0 15 0 1 80 81 161 154 477 20.4 14 0 0 55 56 108 134 353 15.1 05 0 1 28 92 35 1 157 6.7 25 0 0 6 5 53 89 153 6.6 17 0 2 9 32 28 29 100 4.3 20 0 0 13 20 33 26 92 3.9 04 0 0 6 63 9 0 78 3.3 18 0 1 4 17 13 20 55 2.4 03 0 0 0 50 5 0 55 2.4 24 0 0 4 10 14 10 38 1.6 21 0 3 3 6 10 4 26 1.1 28 0 1 5 3 5 7 21 0.9 22 0 3 4 6 3 2 18 0.8 26 0 0 2 7 6 1 16 0.7 33 0 0 5 3 6 2 16 0.7 27 0 1 3 2 5 4 15 0.6 11 0 0 0 2 3 9 14 0.6 08 0 0 1 6 5 0 12 0.5 09 0 0 3 6 1 1 11 0.5 30 0 0 1 2 4 3 10 0.4 29 0 0 0 1 2 5 8 0.3 35 0 0 1 3 2 2 8 0.3 37 0 0 2 2 2 1 7 0.3 13 0 0 2 1 1 2 6 0.3 23 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 0.3 32 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.2 19 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.2 38 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.2 31 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 40 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 39 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 01 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 0 16 300 629 703 685 2333 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 1460 2 bands 262 3 bands 81 4 bands 24 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 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 0 3 123 399 441 494 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY1EI Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 44,100 Had limited time, but hey its important to show up. Thanks for the Qs. Eric VY1EI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2SS Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 767,340 One radio:(K3/P3), One antenna: TH6DX@17m. Homebrew amplifier. I was encouraged on Sunday when VU2 called in and right after that 5H both for double mults. I always forget about mults when the JAs are active and try to work as many as I can. I got a bunch. Many thanks to the organizers and everyone in my log for the fun I had. 73,Robby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2TT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,643,500 I had one of those great contesting moments on 20 meters with 4 minutes left to play when B1Z called in for the double mult. I also had my first 200 hour in CW CQWW. Most surprisingly, it took place in the 0500 hour day one while dual CQing on 80 & 160. Having 3 high bands open and spreading out the pileups allowed higher rates during the day than last year, but inevitably, there are a few QSOs an hour that take a few fills and kill the hourly rate. It amazes me how many DXpeditions made 6,000+ QSOs and I never heard them once, despite tuning the 2nd radio almost the entire contest (well, when the rates are 180+ I can't tune the 2nd radio. However, even at those rates there are times when no one calls and I can pick up an extra QSO on the 2nd radio.) Before each CW CQWW I promise myself I will move mults, and then I don't even try much. I must have had 6 failures. My only successful move was double mult VQ91JC from 10 to 15 and then to 20. Except for finding a few more mults, I don't think I can do much better. I was pleased at the fairly even distribution of QSOs and mults. Murphy did not visit, the antennas all worked, the operator didn't suffer hallucinations Sunday afternoon despite only about an hour of sleep. 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2ZM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,525,096 Another great contest. I had to focus on rate in this one and whenever I do that, I usually have a LOW multiplier by ZM standards. It is very hard to work the second radio properly when the rate averages over 150 per hour for the first 24 hours and something like 120 per hour for the second day. At the outset I wanted to achieve as an objective over 6,000 qso's with over 1000 qso's on each of the 5 upper bands - I managed to do this and I hoped to go over 11.5 meg. I managed to do all of this but my buddy on the other side of the island did the same and a wee bit better it seems HI HI So congrats to VY2TT on a really fine effort. CU in ARRL 160M over the weekend! 73 JEFF VY2ZM K1ZM@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0AIH Class: M/M HP Total Score = 11,863,700 Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: W0AIH CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW OPERATORS: OPERATORS: CATEGORY: MULTI-MULTI ALL HIGH CW -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 5 10 56 38 27 15 151 151 3.1 0100 14 20 34 25 28 1 122 273 5.6 0200 4 9 78 28 0 0 119 392 8.0 0300 1 10 111 12 0 0 134 526 10.8 0400 16 15 67 12 0 0 110 636 13.0 0500 16 17 71 4 0 0 108 744 15.2 0600 10 19 26 0 0 0 55 799 16.3 0700 9 17 18 2 0 0 46 845 17.3 0800 9 15 25 0 0 0 49 894 18.3 0900 4 8 4 0 0 0 16 910 18.6 1000 3 9 5 0 0 0 17 927 19.0 1100 4 12 33 4 0 0 53 980 20.0 1200 2 4 41 45 43 5 140 1120 22.9 1300 0 8 16 63 95 40 222 1342 27.4 1400 0 0 11 40 111 82 244 1586 32.4 1500 0 0 0 38 91 99 228 1814 37.1 1600 0 0 0 16 49 95 160 1974 40.4 1700 0 0 0 49 48 56 153 2127 43.5 1800 0 0 0 13 57 23 93 2220 45.4 1900 0 0 0 25 12 16 53 2273 46.5 2000 0 0 9 23 26 22 80 2353 48.1 2100 0 0 22 28 49 21 120 2473 50.6 2200 0 0 27 36 55 20 138 2611 53.4 2300 1 0 30 18 46 10 105 2716 55.6 0000 5 1 34 13 48 10 111 2827 57.8 0100 2 2 20 28 5 1 58 2885 59.0 0200 2 3 28 7 0 0 40 2925 59.8 0300 0 11 29 0 0 0 40 2965 60.6 0400 1 8 15 0 0 0 24 2989 61.1 0500 2 14 44 0 0 0 60 3049 62.4 0600 1 1 46 4 0 0 52 3101 63.4 0700 0 0 20 4 0 0 24 3125 63.9 0800 0 0 44 0 0 0 44 3169 64.8 0900 0 1 13 0 0 0 14 3183 65.1 1000 0 3 24 2 0 0 29 3212 65.7 1100 0 0 24 15 0 0 39 3251 66.5 1200 0 4 30 26 21 2 83 3334 68.2 1300 0 0 21 51 57 51 180 3514 71.9 1400 0 0 15 56 57 114 242 3756 76.8 1500 0 0 5 63 63 131 262 4018 82.2 1600 0 0 0 53 54 101 208 4226 86.4 1700 0 0 0 24 33 38 95 4321 88.4 1800 0 0 0 42 48 27 117 4438 90.8 1900 0 0 0 64 12 27 103 4541 92.9 2000 0 0 0 28 17 21 66 4607 94.2 2100 0 0 16 21 15 15 67 4674 95.6 2200 0 0 25 8 24 32 89 4763 97.4 2300 0 9 21 16 42 38 126 4889 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 111 230 1158 1044 1233 1113 4889 Gross QSOs=4987 Dupes=98 Net QSOs=4889 Unique callsigns worked = 3202 The best 60 minute rate was 274/hour from 1444 to 1543 The best 30 minute rate was 296/hour from 1444 to 1513 The best 10 minute rate was 336/hour from 1448 to 1457 The best 1 minute rates were: 9 QSOs/minute 2 times. 8 QSOs/minute 1 times. 7 QSOs/minute 13 times. 6 QSOs/minute 57 times. 5 QSOs/minute 100 times. 4 QSOs/minute 195 times. 3 QSOs/minute 398 times. 2 QSOs/minute 587 times. 1 QSOs/minute 782 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 59 74 197 179 162 134 805 16.5 South America 9 12 21 49 59 77 227 4.6 Europe 32 105 697 631 724 727 2916 59.6 Asia 1 22 188 134 227 105 677 13.8 Africa 6 5 23 30 31 35 130 2.7 Oceania 4 12 32 21 30 35 134 2.7 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 111 230 1158 1044 1233 1113 4889 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 65 4 1224 5 2051 6 1482 7 6 8 44 9 2 10 15 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3V 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4L 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 4X 0 0 2 3 1 1 7 0.1 5A 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.1 5B 0 1 3 1 1 1 7 0.1 5H 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 5N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 6W 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 6Y 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 8P 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 8Q 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 9A 1 6 14 9 10 13 53 1.1 9G 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 9H 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 0.1 9J 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9L 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 9M6 0 0 2 0 3 3 8 0.2 9Q 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9Y 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 A4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 A7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 BV 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 BY 0 0 8 7 7 2 24 0.5 C3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C6 1 2 2 2 2 1 10 0.2 C9 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 CE 1 0 0 4 1 3 9 0.2 CM 0 2 2 0 1 1 6 0.1 CN 1 0 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 CT 0 1 1 2 3 4 11 0.2 CT3 3 1 2 3 3 5 17 0.3 CU 1 1 2 2 2 3 11 0.2 CX 1 0 1 2 3 3 10 0.2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 DL 1 15 98 109 150 162 535 10.9 DU 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1 E5/n 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.1 E5/s 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 E7 0 2 9 4 6 4 25 0.5 EA 2 3 28 31 36 41 141 2.9 EA6 1 1 2 2 1 2 9 0.2 EA8 1 2 5 6 5 7 26 0.5 EA9 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 EI 1 1 4 1 6 6 19 0.4 EK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 EL 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 ER 0 1 1 1 3 2 8 0.2 ES 0 0 1 1 1 4 7 0.1 EU 0 1 10 5 6 1 23 0.5 F 1 8 26 22 27 47 131 2.7 FG 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0 FJ 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.1 FK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 FM 1 3 2 3 2 3 14 0.3 FY 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.1 G 1 7 30 39 49 61 187 3.8 GD 1 1 1 2 1 2 8 0.2 GI 0 1 2 1 3 5 12 0.2 GJ 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 GM 1 2 2 3 7 7 22 0.4 GU 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1 GW 1 1 2 2 3 2 11 0.2 HA 1 4 25 16 18 18 82 1.7 HB 1 2 10 8 9 12 42 0.9 HC 0 1 1 1 3 2 8 0.2 HH 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 HI 2 1 1 2 2 1 9 0.2 HK 1 1 2 2 1 1 8 0.2 HL 0 1 3 1 3 1 9 0.2 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HR 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 HS 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 HZ 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 I 1 6 31 41 42 45 166 3.4 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 3 3 1 4 11 0.2 *IT9 0 1 2 2 3 4 12 0.2 J2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 J6 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 J7 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 JA 1 16 135 70 198 91 511 10.5 JT 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1 JW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 K 4 9 87 69 67 30 266 5.4 KH0 0 1 2 1 2 3 9 0.2 KH2 1 2 2 2 3 4 14 0.3 KH6 2 4 5 7 7 5 30 0.6 KL 3 4 5 8 9 10 39 0.8 KP2 2 2 2 3 2 3 14 0.3 KP4 1 2 3 3 3 1 13 0.3 LA 1 3 7 3 4 3 21 0.4 LU 0 1 3 11 15 18 48 1.0 LX 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1 LY 0 2 10 6 16 3 37 0.8 LZ 0 1 19 9 11 19 59 1.2 OA 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0.1 OE 0 1 5 7 5 9 27 0.6 OH 1 0 10 22 7 8 48 1.0 OH0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0.1 OK 2 4 51 38 49 45 189 3.9 OM 1 2 17 17 17 13 67 1.4 ON 1 1 11 11 15 14 53 1.1 OX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OY 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1 OZ 0 2 1 9 7 9 28 0.6 P4 2 3 2 4 3 3 17 0.3 PA 1 6 22 21 26 35 111 2.3 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ4 1 2 2 2 1 2 10 0.2 PJ5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 PY 1 2 5 16 23 38 85 1.7 PZ 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.1 S5 3 2 28 19 32 19 103 2.1 SM 1 2 8 9 11 12 43 0.9 SP 3 6 34 23 34 27 127 2.6 ST 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 SU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 SV 0 0 3 5 3 4 15 0.3 SV9 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 T2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 T7 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 T8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TA 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1 TF 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 0.1 TI 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 TJ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 TK 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 UA 1 1 60 59 26 5 152 3.1 UA2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 UA9 0 3 26 33 9 4 75 1.5 UN 0 0 3 6 1 0 10 0.2 UR 0 2 50 22 24 9 107 2.2 V2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 V3 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 V5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 V7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VE 32 33 71 69 49 52 306 6.3 VK 1 2 12 4 5 10 34 0.7 VP2E 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP2V 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 VP5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP9 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 0.2 VR 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VU 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1 XE 1 1 3 4 6 9 24 0.5 XU 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 YB 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1 YL 0 0 3 5 5 4 17 0.3 YN 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1 YO 0 0 19 12 17 15 63 1.3 YU 0 1 21 16 16 10 64 1.3 YV 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1 Z3 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.1 ZA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 ZB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZD8 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1 ZF 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 ZK2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 ZL 0 1 4 3 3 6 17 0.3 ZP 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.1 ZS 0 0 2 3 6 4 15 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 111 230 1158 1044 1233 1113 4889 ------------ 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 16 60 261 281 363 431 1412 28.9 15 15 39 272 235 270 238 1069 21.9 25 1 17 138 71 201 92 520 10.6 16 1 5 123 87 59 17 292 6.0 04 19 21 62 50 41 27 220 4.5 05 12 11 63 54 45 17 202 4.1 20 0 3 48 31 36 42 160 3.3 03 5 10 34 34 30 38 151 3.1 08 17 22 25 24 25 24 137 2.8 11 1 2 5 17 26 39 90 1.8 09 6 8 10 14 11 10 59 1.2 33 5 3 11 12 11 16 58 1.2 13 1 1 4 13 18 21 58 1.2 01 3 4 5 8 9 11 40 0.8 17 0 0 14 23 1 0 38 0.8 31 2 4 6 8 8 5 33 0.7 19 0 3 9 6 8 4 30 0.6 27 1 4 5 4 7 7 28 0.6 24 0 0 9 7 8 4 28 0.6 35 1 2 6 6 7 5 27 0.6 32 0 2 6 4 5 9 26 0.5 07 1 4 4 4 5 6 24 0.5 30 0 1 9 2 3 9 24 0.5 06 1 1 3 4 6 9 24 0.5 38 0 0 2 3 7 5 17 0.3 18 0 0 4 10 1 0 15 0.3 28 0 0 3 2 5 5 15 0.3 37 0 0 2 4 3 2 11 0.2 10 0 1 2 1 3 4 11 0.2 29 1 1 3 2 2 1 10 0.2 12 1 0 0 4 1 3 9 0.2 36 0 0 1 2 2 4 9 0.2 21 0 0 3 3 1 1 8 0.2 34 0 0 1 3 1 3 8 0.2 40 0 0 2 2 0 3 7 0.1 02 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 26 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0.1 22 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0.1 23 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 111 230 1158 1044 1233 1113 4889 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 2322 2 bands 447 3 bands 209 4 bands 117 5 bands 64 6 bands 43 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: NH2T VP9/N3AD VE2EKA PJ2T KL7RA C6AAW PJ4A HI3A C5A JA3YBK EA6FO PI4CC VP2MWG KH6LC CR2X PJ5G VY2ZM P40W 9A1A CR3L J6M VP5CW ED1R DR1A TO7A V26K ZF1A 8P5A VE7CC 6Y3M PZ5T 9H9BH NP4Z P40L VE3KI VY2TT EF8M VE6EX SO8A VE3YAA VE7UF VE7GL KH7M ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 32 49 537 490 617 597 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ANT Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 53,088 ONE THING I LOVED WAS THE SOUND, NO PROBLEMS WITH VOX AND NO PHENETIC ISSUES. THE ONE THE I HAD TROUBLE WITH WAS THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME I WENT TO DX SUMMIT FROM MY LOG, I MISTAKENLY CLICK ON A CALL SIGN AND IT WOULD TAKE ME TO QRZ WHICH WOULD THROW ME OFF A LOT. MY FAVORITE CONTACT WAS PROBALY A C9. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET THRU BUT I LOVED ALL OF IT. IN ALL I LOVED MY FIRST CQWW CW CONTEST AND I AM HAPPY WITH MY SCORE AND MAKING MY GOAL OF BREAKING 100 DXCC'S WORKED IN THE CONTEST. ANNA W0ANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 304,695 Worked on my 10m and 80m LOTW DXCC with other band fun thrown in. Great fun! 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ETT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 915,120 Great condx equals a great contest! These are the days you need to remember after the peak of the solar cycle about 5 years from now... Lots of good DX on all the bands with excellent signals from all parts of the world. Thanks to all the DX stations and DXpeditions for being there. - Special thanks to the DX stations who signed their callsigns after every QSO or after every other QSO; it helps the S&P guys a lot! 73 Ken Anderson, W0ETT Rig: IC756pro3 with 100w to HF yagis/verticals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PAN Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 7,527 The brain got a little fried with a 25 WPM capability copying 40+ WPM but managed to struggle through it. Great CW Operators on the DX side. One of these days will get my zone fixed - should have it after this one. 100 watts with a vertical on the ground was a definite challenge but not impossible. 10 didn't hold up for the Europe opening very long on Sunday morning out here in the West came up short on Q's and multipliers. My best effort in a CW contest so far. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RAA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 140,598 Band conditions were excellent. I wanted to spend more time on 80 & 40 meters, but had problems with my vertical HF-9V. My shortened 80 meter dipole worked, but I just got tired late night. So I spent most of my time on 20, 15 & 10 meters. It was strictly a Search & Pounce operation and I picked up about 5 new countries. Ten was wall to wall at times, which was great. All in all it was fun. I only spent a little less than 12 hours total, but that was enough. I thank everybody who gave me a contact and appreciate the repeats when needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0UCE Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,725,925 Good 10/15/20 conditions. My goal was to relax and have fun doing S&P and it was achieved along with two nights sleep. Thanks for the Qs, 73, Jack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0UO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,335,686 Murphy arrived in style, broken wires in the 80 M wire array, new array swtich box has two wires reversed, power supply for the main K-3 not supplying normal current. What used to be normal conditions seem wonderful compared to the last few years!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ZA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 727,350 Part time effort this year dues to in-laws and out-laws in town. I concentrated this year on more zones and countries. More Search and Pouncing. Condx were great on high bands, I need better antennas on 160 and 80 meters which I'm working on, and staying in chair longer in late evening hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1AO Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 902,348 My tower and all antennas were destroyed in a storm last winter. I had hoped to have everything back up in time for CQWW, but it wasn't in the cards. The only antenna left standing was an old Cushcraft R7 multi-band vertical (40m -10m). I had fun playing S&P, but missed having 160 and 80m. It was a challenge trying to run with the little vertical - had two runs with 2 Qs each - ouch!! Can't wait to get the tower back up! Icom 7800 Cushcraft R7 at ground level Joe, W1AO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1EBI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,609,488 Now that's what I call a CQWW CW contest! Great to have 10 meters back along with good conditions on all bands. My personal best CQWW by any measure. Thanks for the fun. George W1EBI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1EQ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,130,156 K3 + KPA500. 3el Steppir, inverted vees for 80 and 40, Inverted L 160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1GD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,422,285 Station: K3+ Alpha 78 Antennas: KT-34XA at 60 ft, 40 M rotatable dipole at 60 feet, 80M inverted-L, 160M inverted-L LoTW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1HIS Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,352,106 One wire antenna, 20 ft (6m) high & 70 ft (21m) long, for all bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1KQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 380,546 Arghh! Night-time Antenna problems from the start. Didn't run like I wanted to. 100% S&P again. I'll get there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1MAT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,371,014 73, Matthew W1MAT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1MU Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 626,240 This was my first-ever 40M, high power entry in the WW. Welcome to the NFL. Some very loud signals on 40M and some extraordinary QSO counts from 40M positions at the multi-ops. Conditions and activity were, in general, good though too few JAs were worked. In general I know that when I'm not working JA's it's because they are on some other band, so where were they? Some great paths, like YE2S and B1Z due south an hour after sunset on Sunday. But without packet you miss a lot of mults and I sure did. I admire the guys who can open up at 0000Z on the first day and RUN. I always get a staggered start and I end up paying for it at the end with a deficient QSO count. I learned a lot and look forward to 2012. Radio: K3 (SO1R) Amp: ACOM 2000A TX ant: W6NL hybrid Yagi-Moxon @ 90' RX ant 1: 450' Beverage, 2W NE/SW RX ant 2: Hi-Z 4SQ RX array (K7TJR) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1NK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 532,494 After several years of going SOSB (usually 40 or 80), this was my first all band foray. Venerable FT990, SteppIr SmallIR, MA8040V, 40M Half Square, & a new 20M 2 element phased array. Fantastic openings reminiscent of Cycle 21. I'm already looking forward to CQWW CW 2012! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1NR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,320,384 First 40 zone sweep on 20 meters! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1RM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,834,768 Got two new ones - HK on 160 and 9M2 on 10. Even took time out to work VK0TH on 40 ssb! The Calling Disease ran rampit - for the first time I can remember, rarer mults were going split because the station they were coming back to couldn't copy. We must stop this - DX comes back K0 and you hear W2, N4, AA5, W9, K1, etc., all calling. Why? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 835,534 My time was limited by family visit. I missed the prime time to Europe in the mornings. Overall I am happy with my score. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1VE Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 68,635 Well, do to family commitments, no chance to operate at a big station this weekend. However, I played around for a little over 5 hours. My goal was to see if I could work DXCC in the time I had, using 100W and simple wires. 10M produced 79 countries in about 3 hours, but had to resort to the other bands for break a true 100 countries. For those interested in DXing, CQ WW is a WONDERFUL way increase your country total. This experiment was run with: 756ProIII at 100w - 10M Double-extended Zepp at 35' - 40M 3-EL Bobtail curtain at 60' Thanks to the over 100 stations who posted scores on getscores.org! I saw some interesting battles... 73, Gerry W1VE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1WBB Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,160,424 The new Hexbeam worked great on the high bands! Strategy was to go DXing, using N1MM Logger 'available mults' to clear out unworked zones and countries as best as possible, exercising patience as an LP stn but knowing when to skip the major pile-ups for later. Then, repeat on next band with highest available mult count. Great results on 10/15/20m, working DXCC+ on each. CQ'd a bit Sunday afternoon/eve when point/click rate was slow and few workable 'available' mults. Less than 10% of QSOs made running. Found a few good mults late that were not posted while I searched in-between callsigns on bandmap going 'old-school' - turning the dial! Good fun with great participation from around the radio globe. Thanks for the Q's, and esp. to the many DXpeditions and big sig M-Op stns for getting on. Log will be uploaded to LoTW. 73, Bill W1WBB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1WEF Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,122,648 CQWW CW 2011 I was really looking forward to this one. All of my wire antenna repairs were completed following the storm of the century. Fortunately my aluminum stood up fine, but this area looked like a war zone with tree limbs on top of power lines all over the place after the CQWW SSB heavy wet snow storm while leaves were still on the trees. Conditions had been super lately, and I was ready to roll. I started out on 40 where I thought could run right off the bat, but it was very slow going until I decided to S&P. At the start of the contest you know every station is a new one, so you can drop your call even if you don’t know his (assuming you didn’t hear him send zone 5). I stuck with it Friday night until about 07Z, and tried to sleep but failed. Two hours later I searched the low bands and found some good mults. When I went to 20 I was shocked to find bad QRN that sounded like high voltage arcing from a power line, perhaps to a tree. It was too loud to be fun and I was very discouraged. I got in my car and drove up and down the street for 20 min looking for a tree on power lines and listening on the 706, but the only real noise I heard was beside the pole at the bottom of my driveway with a transformer on it...and it was different from what I heard in the shack. I’m not sure what I could have done if I found it anyway, in the middle of the contest. I went back into the shack and wondered if the noise was from HV leakage in my amp in which I recently fixed a HV failure. Turning off the amp it was still there, but thinking about it later I may not have waited long enough for the caps to discharge. Signals were starting to come up, and the noise level seemed to be dropping, so I began operating again, wondering if it would return. Signal to noise ratio stayed high all day, and I had a ball...until around 5:30PM when I suddenly felt very sleepy and started wondering why I was doing this! After a great day, I had fallen behind my last year’s totals, and decided to say the heck with an all out effort. I took 12 hours off. I even went to Starbucks at 11Z, but then decided to head home and give it another go. I was now way behind my last year’s totals, and figured I’d never catch up now. Rates were great all day Sunday. I stayed in the chair pretty much until the end. The great conditions restored my enthusiasm for great runs and the thrill of finding new mults. I never recalled seeing my score increase so much with a new single or double mult, and at some point in the afternoon set a stretch goal of 5M. The last two hours I really worked to reach it, and decided in the last hour it wouldn’t happen by just running. In that hour I went to 20 and found some new Caribbeans, Africans, JAs and zones 17 and 19. In the last 20 min after already making my goal of 5M, I went to 15 for a cushion with some great Qs to keep me coming back to this game. First, 9M8/AI6V. Carl had trouble pulling me out, but when he did he thanked me for finding him and said “see you in Visalia“. Next, a 9M6, WH0, AH2,VK2 and JAs. I really enjoyed the great conditions. Other than the noise problem that never came back, and my inability to stay awake, I might have done real well. Do they still sell Geritol? SO1R SOHP FTDX5000D AL1500 Single tower with three TH6’s and an XM240, 4 sq with wires on 80, 160 Inv L, two beverages. 33hours,15 min JACK W1WEF PS I have an extra FTDX5000D for sale at a good price w1wef@arrl.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1ZK Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 551,384 Thanks to all the DX ops with good ears hearing my QRP signal. A lot quieter in the shack this year! Equipment: Elecraft K2 at 2-5 watts. Antennas: F-12 yagis, dipoles for 40 & 80, inverted L for 160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1ZT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,688,420 Wow! What a great weekend of world wide band openings and active CW operators! There was a place for everyone in this contest. Lots of personal high marks in this score but my overall feeling of so many good CW operators out there on the bands made the weekend so much fun. Thanks for all the activity and QSOs. As a side note, I really appreciate all the various expedition groups active on the WARC bands before the contest. It made DXing fun too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2EG Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 276,308 Beat last year's effort in every category! A good time. Thanks for the Qs. Seems like some ops need a crash course in contest manners. It's one thing to 'squeeze' into a tight space to start running, and another to simply start caling CQ right on another op's frequency without any 'QRL?' or even a '?' Though I understand that no one 'owns' a frequency, it's a shame to waste time on a 'grudge match' over a frequency which one guy clearly had first. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2FU Class: M/M HP Total Score = 27,694,260 The AU touched us quite a bit on 160, but that's a small price to pay for the great stuff everywhere else..... Great group of ops and lots of fun as usual. 160 K8FC 80 K2AXX 40 N2CU + Low band utility fielders K0SM and WB2ABD 20 N2PP 15 N2ZN 10 K2TJ + Hi band utility fielders NM2O and W2FU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2GPS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 886,416 Rig: TS-850SAT with AL-1500 Antennas: SteppIR DB-18, 80M half sloper Soapbox: I operated this contest to improve my limited CW skills, gather some new countries on CW for my DXCC hunt, contribute to the PVRC score and get one million points. I achieved all of these except for the personal score but I was close enough to be pleased with my effort this year. Thanks again to all those who helped with the construction of my new tower and antennas and with the legal defense of the permit at the county Board of Appeals. Rick, W2GPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2ID Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,819,436 Huge thanks once again to K9RS for doing all the difficult stuff - getting his station fully prepared for a serious SO2R contest effort. In 46.5 hours of intense usage, I lost a total of less than 45 seconds to equipment "issues", which were due to a pesky and so far non-reproducable issue where N1MM loses connectivity with the MK2R box and starts sending garbled CW. I learned during CW sweepstakes that restarting both applications provides an instant cure (until it happens again), and it only happened two or three times in the entire contest, hence the <45 seconds lost figure. Ray's 2/2 stack of C31's performed very admirably, as did the 2/2 stack on 40M. The "bent" 4-squares on 80 and 160 also seemed very competitive. Having additional modest antennas fixed South on 40-10 was a huge addition as well, for minimizing the time spent grabbing all those great island mults. One thing I still can't get used to was the radios themselves, a pair of FT-9000's. I know I'm just being a slow learner here, but even after using these rigs for several contests, I still can't figure out how to use the RIT, and can't figure out how to use the second VFO to do S&P within the same band I'm running on. The ergonomics of the FT-1000MP are just SO good for contesting. Why can't somebody make a radio that has the dynamic range and selectivity of the top contest radios (FT-5000, K3) while having the user-friendliness and nice quality receive audio of the FT-1000MP? (Attention radio manufacturers: If you take me up on this challenge, I will buy three of them.) In defense of the 9000's, I do not have one at home, and I have never had an opportunity to learn how to use one outside of the heat of a contest. I have to assume that if I took the time the learn how to operate the rig, I would be able to do a lot better with it. I apologize to all of the guys who I was unable to get into my log because, despite the fact that you repeated your call numerous times, I just couldn't find the right setting of the right knob that would allow me to copy it. I only figured out at the very end of the contest that if I just opened the bandwidth back up to 1.2 KHz and just used my ears as the filter instead of the DSP which turned everything into a pile of mush, it was significantly easier to copy people. But my biggest "excuse" for not scoring a lot better was that I simply didn't spend enough time calling CQ. After 30-plus years of operating low power with tiny antennas and doing almost exclusively S&P, it's just hard to reprogram myself to call CQ. This is really a surprise, and quite irrational, given that I KNOW that calling CQ is how to win contests. Not only that, but when the last-10 rate meter hits into the upper 200's and even briefly goes over 300/hr, it's an incredible adrenaline rush. (I don't recall ever seeing my last-10 rate over 300/hr on CW before this contest, so that was pretty cool. I spent several hours practicing copying calls with RUFZxp in the weeks leading up to the contest, even raising my personal high speed for copying a single call to 80 WPM by the last day. I am sure that this helped me to be able to focus and copy calls correctly the first time when running. It was a real pleasure to not have to ask for many repeats.) Even with the rate over 200, I never made more than three qsos without sending my call. It annoyed the heck out of me to have to stop and listen to certain selfish, inconsiderate DX stations make 10 contacts or more before giving their call. I had all sorts of fantasies for how to deal with them, and ended up deciding to use the boycott approach. So I hope they are reading this: If you don't send your call within the 45 to 60 seconds that I am listening to you, then I am simply not going to call you, period. A couple of times, I tried this other controversial approach: I worked them first, and then stuck around for 3 more QSOs. If they gave their call within their next 3, then I logged my QSO with them. If they didn't give their call, then I went off to make more QSOs elsewhere. I also tried asking "?" or "CL?" or "CALL?" several times before calling them. At no point did anyone oblige, and I'm sure it's not that they didn't hear me. A few times, I tried asking for their call after they had come back to me and before sending my report. While this worked, I am sure it annoyed them a lot, so I didn’t keep it up. In the venting category, is it normal to have a HUGE number of stateside callers on 80m and 40m? After logging literally dozens of US calls, I finally got annoyed enough to ignore a few of the stateside callers who were trying to work me on 40m near the end of the contest. I worked them only if they didn't go away quickly enough, or if they were preventing me from hearing a DX station. What is the technique for telling these guys that a QSO with them is worth nothing? Enough for the venting. The bottom line was that the FUN I had in this contest really confirmed for me exactly why I have loved contesting so much all these years. (It all started with Field Day in 1978.) A contest provides an opportunity for you to see if you can do better than you have done before, by doing some combination of the following: *Improving your operating skills *Having a goal and a strategy *Knowing when to change your strategy if the curring one isn't working as expected *Improving your station (or having a great friend that lets you borrow his!) *Improving your physical conditioning *Luck I list luck last because, while it is perhaps partially responsible for your score, it is truly only a very small part. For example, while you could assert that I was lucky that a VU2 answered my CQ on 40M, the reality is that if the antenna hadn't been high enough, either he wouldn't have heard me or I wouldn't have heard him. The other aspect of contesting that makes it so appealing is that not only are you trying to do your personal best, but you are doing this in the context of other people who are also on the same mission, and playing by the same rules, and therefore you can compare your results against theirs as a way of validating your results. Some people might do contests for the fame and glory, or for the respect and admiration they get from their peers, or even for the awards themselves. Everyone has their own reasons. Personally, I like contesting because it provides an objective way that my personal performance can be measured, and therefore I can compare each performance against my previous performances, and then evaluate in which areas (from the list above) I should focus my efforts in order to try to make additional improvements for next time. Given how much fun I had this time, the next time can’t come soon enough! 73, and thanks for all the Q's... (but please don't QSL...) John W2ID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2NO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,108,967 Got in the chair when I could... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2RE Class: M/S HP Total Score = 13,082,363 Great contest! We brought two ops out of retirement, K2UU Woody and N2TX Mike. Nice to have these fine ops contribute to the team! Its now 13 months since the station was built, and each month....we add new hardware. This contest we have a new tower #4 for the 2nd radio, new computers, 80M 4SQ and lock X box from 4O3A. We have big plans in 2012 to get a additional two rotating towers up, 160M 4SQ and skimmer. CU in the ARRL 10M test! Best of luck, 73, Ray http://www.w2re.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2UP Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,902 I was the primary 15m op at K0RF M/M on Sat and Sun. Played around for about an hour from my home station Friday night. From the M/M, it was clear that Skimmer really changes the game for anyone in a Cluster-using category. As an SOA op, when I was competitive from my previous QTH inPA, I always tuned the bands with the second radio because many mults and new QSOs were not spotted by humans. I believe that contributed to my success. Now that the bands are mapped and spotted by machines, there's really no reason at all to tune the bands. Doesn't this take a lot of the fun out of it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2VJN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,342,550 K3, 91B, AL-1200 2 Tribanders 2L 40 Wires ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2XL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,253,412 Great Conditions ! My best ever. Lots of rare DX ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2YR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,344,686 Electrolytic capacitor blew up in my amplifier. Scared the heck outta me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3EF Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,795,500 I am still in shock about this unbelieveable score. Whether or not it turns out to be a winner, it's an even better feeling than I had at T32C last month when we broke the DXpedition record. Far exceeding your own expectations is what it's about, I think. Everything clicked. (OK, the alarm clock, or whoever set it ;-), failed and lost me an hour of the Sunday morning dawn run, and the mult radio remote control overheated and was inoperable for the last four hours of the contest --but I'm not complaining!). More or less the entire station, including the 6-el 10m beam at 136' (my highest antenna) that has been inoperative due to an underground cable fault since it was installed almost 3 years go, was up and running - a first! And both 10m and 40m to Europe were, as K1VR likes to say, bottomless. I missed a lot of zones -- 24 (heard many times), 23 (heard once), 26 (not heard), 28 (heard twice), 39 (not heard)... but I also managed to catch a fair number of the zones in all the expected places, without many gaps. 160 and 80 were, well, pitiful -- or maybe my antennas or technique there need help (not a new feeling). But there was plenty to work for most of the contest, including a great first night on 40 and 20, which stayed open the whole time. And 10 was, well, BACK!!! I could not believe that at the 24 hour mark I was already at 2.2 million, which was already close to a personal best. The final score, obviously, was also a personal best and with luck should be a record-breaker, if not a record-setter. Clearly N1UR and, I'm guessing, K1BX, also broke the LP record -- good company and great achievements all! For those who look at this score and say "what did he do differently from before?" the only thing I can offer (besides that 10m beam) is my SO2R technique, which just keeps improving. It's like a language that I continue to learn, even 10 years on. And N1MM helps a lot -- if you haven't tried it, try it! See you in ARRL DX CW, if not before.... 73 from HB9, Maury W3EF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3EP Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 448,662 Ten meters filled to 28.200 while the band open to Europe! On first day, maintained 28.143 for a run frequency. Just could not face the bedlam lower in the band, even if I could squeeze in somewhere. Conditions were great, but not as good as some days during past several weeks: no morning long-path QSOs to Asia, for example, and nil from Asia direct, save Japan. Major openings to Europe and Japan seemed a bit shorter as well. Still, no complaints! Should be some phenomenal results on 10 meters, as well as 15 and 20. Will run again for ARRL 10-Meter weekend. KW and 5-element Yagi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3KB Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,105,073 ...and that's a low power score, my best yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LPL Class: M/M HP Total Score = 34,360,679 BAND QSOs POINTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES OPERATORS 160 478 974 2.04 25 94 N4QQ AC6WI 80 1564 4254 2.72 32 125 NI1N N3OC 40 2490 7086 2.85 39 153 K1DQV WR3Z KD4D 20 2831 8147 2.88 40 168 K3KU W3LPL K3MM K3RA K5RT 15 2211 6435 2.91 38 161 K3RV K4ZA 10 1786 5127 2.87 37 161 W3UR K5RT PB2T ------------------------------------- Totals 11360 32023 2.82 211 862 => 34,360,679 Club Affiliation: Potomac Valley Radio Club Comments: What a fabulous weekend, CW contesting is definitely not a dying art! Congratulations to the KC1XX team for another record breaking score, and to the K3LR team for yet another photo finish with the W3LPL team. Continent Statistics 160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent North America 226 246 230 241 158 179 1280 10.9 South America 12 21 39 90 82 97 341 2.9 Europe 235 1271 2077 2249 1764 1333 8929 76.1 Asia 4 46 161 288 178 111 788 6.7 Africa 10 27 38 43 35 46 199 1.7 Oceania 5 18 38 54 41 47 203 1.7 QSO Counts by Zone Zone 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Percent -------------------------------------------------------------- 14 129 567 839 882 798 681 3896 34.3 15 80 409 657 721 565 413 2845 25.1 16 16 213 416 465 299 167 1576 13.9 20 9 42 106 114 80 63 414 3.6 25 1 25 86 122 101 79 414 3.6 04 74 83 76 63 41 46 383 3.4 05 95 84 48 53 31 28 339 3.0 08 22 25 30 36 27 29 169 1.5 03 16 22 42 32 23 26 161 1.4 11 1 4 18 40 39 53 155 1.4 17 0 3 18 49 22 5 97 0.9 33 6 15 17 17 14 18 87 0.8 13 2 3 6 22 19 25 77 0.7 09 6 12 12 16 13 11 70 0.6 21 1 6 10 11 11 10 49 0.4 30 2 4 10 13 6 11 46 0.4 07 3 5 6 9 8 11 42 0.4 01 2 5 4 10 8 13 42 0.4 31 2 5 8 8 9 9 41 0.4 32 0 3 7 11 7 13 41 0.4 06 2 4 8 6 8 13 41 0.4 35 3 6 8 9 8 5 39 0.3 19 0 4 8 13 10 4 39 0.3 24 0 0 7 16 10 2 35 0.3 27 0 4 6 7 9 6 32 0.3 18 0 0 6 23 1 0 30 0.3 38 0 0 4 8 6 10 28 0.2 28 0 0 3 12 6 3 24 0.2 22 0 1 4 10 6 2 23 0.2 37 0 2 5 4 3 5 19 0.2 29 1 1 4 4 4 4 18 0.2 40 0 2 1 3 5 4 15 0.1 10 1 1 2 3 5 3 15 0.1 12 1 0 1 5 2 4 13 0.1 36 1 1 1 1 2 4 10 0.1 26 0 0 1 5 2 0 8 0.1 23 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 0.1 34 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 02 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 39 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 477 1563 2489 2831 2210 1785 11355 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 2 bands 935 3 bands 623 4 bands 444 5 bands 308 6 bands 150 150 stations were worked on six bands: OZ5E YL2KO RT6A S50R CR6K SM6CNN G3TBK CR2X KH7M LZ9W P33W DR1D S50A DF0HQ DL4MCF PA0O KH6LC 4O3A RT4F SP1NY 9L0W M3I YN2CC DF7ZS DL1A E73M VE1OP IR4X TO7A CR3L OL3Z DP9A C5A 9A1A LN8W PJ2T MD2C T70A SO2O CN2R C6AAW VP2MWG VE7UF V26K TC3A LZ9R CW5W EF8M SN7Q OQ5M DL7ON IS0/K7QB DM8D G3KTZ RK3ER HG1S I2WIJ TO3A 6V7V PJ4A C6AQQ EF5F NP4Z G5O J6M S58M DR1A JA3YBK PZ5T ED1R GW3KDB LZ5R HB9CA EA2EA HC2/KF6ZWD ES9C IK3ORD TK4W PI4CC SO4M HI3A F6KNB ZD8W OH0Z 6Y3M ED9M OM8A A45XR KP2M PI4DX DL3YM SP1AEN EE2K DL0GL PJ5G EA5CW P40W G3RXP S50XX 8P5A P40F SK3W VP2V/N3DXX DL8DAZ CR3E NL7G PW7T KP2MM TI5A VP9/N3AD ZF1A VP5CW PA3AAV V31OT VA1MM KL7RA VE9HF DL5RMH DF2UU UZ2M LT1F VA2EW EA5URS VE3JM VE1ZA VE2AWR EA6SX VE1RGB VE7GL VE3KI VE3EJ VE2EKA VE3OI SM6CMU DK0ED VA7KO GM0EGI VE3YAA VE6SV DK1KC VE6EX CF3A VE9DX VE7CC XE2S PA1T G4BJM VE1RSM G3SYM DL6ATM QSO Counts By Band-Country Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Percent ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3A 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 3V 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4J 0 1 2 2 1 1 7 0.1 4L 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 4O 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.1 4S 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4X 0 2 5 7 2 1 17 0.1 5B 1 2 3 4 1 2 13 0.1 5H 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 5N 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.0 5R 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 5T 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 5X 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5Z 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1 6W 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 6Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 8P 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 8Q 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 9A 3 11 23 16 20 14 87 0.8 9G 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 9H 1 1 2 3 3 2 12 0.1 9J 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0 9K 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 9L 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.0 9M6 0 0 1 2 3 1 7 0.1 9N 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9V 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9Y 0 1 2 2 1 1 7 0.1 A4 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.1 A6 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 A7 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 BV 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0.0 BY 0 0 6 12 8 1 27 0.2 C3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.0 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C6 2 2 2 2 3 2 13 0.1 C9 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 CE 1 0 1 5 2 4 13 0.1 CM 0 2 3 1 1 1 8 0.1 CN 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0.1 CT 2 2 4 7 6 3 24 0.2 CT3 3 5 4 4 2 6 24 0.2 CU 1 2 2 2 2 3 12 0.1 CX 1 1 2 2 3 4 13 0.1 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 DL 44 233 346 328 327 261 1539 13.6 DU 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 0.0 E5/s 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 E7 3 6 12 11 8 6 46 0.4 EA 12 32 64 77 54 66 305 2.7 EA6 1 3 4 4 2 4 18 0.2 EA8 1 6 8 8 7 7 37 0.3 EA9 1 2 2 2 2 2 11 0.1 EI 3 6 12 9 8 7 45 0.4 EK 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 EL 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 ER 1 3 7 3 6 6 26 0.2 ES 1 3 7 6 7 10 34 0.3 ET 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 EU 1 20 27 30 26 14 118 1.0 EY 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.0 F 5 61 61 76 62 55 320 2.8 FG 0 1 2 5 2 1 11 0.1 FJ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 FK 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 FM 1 2 2 4 2 3 14 0.1 FO 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 FR 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 FY 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.0 G 20 70 98 116 107 89 500 4.4 GD 1 2 3 2 3 3 14 0.1 GI 1 5 6 4 3 7 26 0.2 GJ 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.0 GM 4 7 16 20 19 15 81 0.7 GU 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.0 GW 4 5 7 8 8 5 37 0.3 HA 6 26 50 52 45 32 211 1.9 HB 3 13 30 26 21 19 112 1.0 HC 1 1 1 1 3 1 8 0.1 HC8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HH 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.0 HI 2 2 2 3 2 2 13 0.1 HK 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 0.1 HL 0 0 1 8 1 0 10 0.1 HP 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.0 HR 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 HS 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.0 HZ 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 0.1 I 10 43 103 134 85 67 442 3.9 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 1 3 4 5 5 3 21 0.2 *IT9 0 1 3 6 4 4 18 0.2 J2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 J3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 J6 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 J7 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 JA 1 25 85 114 100 79 404 3.6 JD/o 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 JT 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 0.1 K 121 102 83 68 24 30 428 3.8 KG4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 KH0 0 1 2 1 3 2 9 0.1 KH2 0 2 3 3 3 4 15 0.1 KH6 2 5 7 7 8 8 37 0.3 KL 2 5 4 10 8 12 41 0.4 KP2 4 2 3 3 3 3 18 0.2 KP4 3 2 3 3 2 2 15 0.1 LA 5 18 17 23 19 9 91 0.8 LU 1 2 4 20 16 21 64 0.6 LX 0 1 2 2 2 2 9 0.1 LY 2 22 26 30 24 17 121 1.1 LZ 3 13 33 35 25 20 129 1.1 OA 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.1 OE 4 8 15 18 11 18 74 0.7 OH 3 34 40 53 39 20 189 1.7 OH0 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 OK 11 80 116 117 109 68 501 4.4 OM 5 24 43 46 30 25 173 1.5 ON 2 20 36 29 26 22 135 1.2 OX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OY 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1 OZ 1 16 18 22 22 15 94 0.8 P4 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 0.1 PA 7 32 65 79 60 59 302 2.7 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ4 1 2 2 2 2 2 11 0.1 PJ5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ7 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PY 1 4 16 36 36 48 141 1.2 PZ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 S5 9 35 52 59 41 30 226 2.0 SM 13 37 46 45 40 31 212 1.9 SP 10 76 102 95 94 65 442 3.9 ST 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 SU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 SV 1 4 9 11 7 4 36 0.3 SV5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 SV9 0 0 3 2 2 1 8 0.1 T2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 T7 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0.1 T8 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 TA 1 2 3 8 4 3 21 0.2 *TA1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 TF 0 2 1 3 5 3 14 0.1 TI 1 1 2 3 1 2 10 0.1 TK 1 2 1 2 1 2 9 0.1 UA 5 106 203 264 162 88 828 7.3 UA2 1 3 3 4 3 6 20 0.2 UA9 0 5 30 76 31 9 151 1.3 UN 0 1 7 12 2 1 23 0.2 UR 9 84 174 165 104 58 594 5.2 V2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 V3 1 2 2 2 2 2 11 0.1 V5 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 0.1 V8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VE 63 86 83 80 70 71 453 4.0 VK 3 5 14 17 10 15 64 0.6 VP2E 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP2V 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP9 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 0.1 VQ9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.0 VU 0 0 3 7 5 1 16 0.1 XE 2 4 8 6 8 13 41 0.4 XU 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 YA 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 YB 0 0 2 5 3 1 11 0.1 YI 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 YL 3 9 13 13 6 6 50 0.4 YN 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0.1 YO 3 19 50 46 37 30 185 1.6 YS 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 YU 2 18 34 41 22 13 130 1.1 YV 0 2 2 4 2 1 11 0.1 Z3 1 1 3 4 5 2 16 0.1 ZA 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 ZB 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZD8 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 0.1 ZF 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 ZK2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 ZL 0 2 4 7 4 10 27 0.2 ZP 0 0 2 4 3 5 14 0.1 ZS 0 0 3 6 4 8 21 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 477 1563 2489 2832 2211 1786 11358 BREAKDOWN QSO/mults HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOTAL CUM TOT 0 37/42 135/57 157/50 77/65 20/19 4/4 430/237 430/237 1 23/9 131/20 148/26 77/43 16/8 . 395/106 825/343 2 32/5 120/22 126/35 55/8 8/6 . 341/76 1166/419 3 25/10 134/8 108/10 44/11 . . 311/39 1477/458 4 20/8 115/9 117/13 14/5 . . 266/35 1743/493 5 21/9 102/6 121/5 17/7 . . 261/27 2004/520 6 26/8 109/9 130/4 31/6 . . 296/27 2300/547 7 16/1 63/4 103/7 41/6 . . 223/18 2523/565 8 16/3 24/2 94/4 121/5 ..... ..... 255/14 2778/579 9 9/1 15/5 72/7 50/2 . . 146/15 2924/594 10 4/1 14/4 34/3 11/4 7/7 . 70/19 2994/613 11 6/6 11/0 37/4 126/8 85/54 31/31 296/103 3290/716 12 . 16/1 11/0 155/1 136/30 140/35 458/67 3748/783 13 . . 2/0 131/3 154/16 146/16 433/35 4181/818 14 . . . 131/3 136/10 114/12 381/25 4562/843 15 . . . 134/4 129/10 114/8 377/22 4939/865 16 ..... ..... ..... 127/5 169/6 106/15 402/26 5341/891 17 . . . 181/5 104/8 76/28 361/41 5702/932 18 . . 9/0 152/3 81/5 59/6 301/14 6003/946 19 . . 31/2 142/3 51/3 40/4 264/12 6267/958 20 . . 26/2 75/1 37/0 29/3 167/6 6434/964 21 3/0 1/0 118/1 35/2 39/3 29/7 225/13 6659/977 22 15/4 25/1 116/2 41/1 30/4 53/2 280/14 6939/991 23 13/4 28/2 104/1 29/1 22/4 8/0 204/127143/1003 0 34/2 43/0 60/0 25/0 2/0 ..... 164/2 7307/1005 1 31/0 69/2 20/5 20/1 . . 140/8 7447/1013 2 29/1 54/1 56/3 3/0 . . 142/5 7589/1018 3 25/0 46/1 61/1 5/1 . . 137/3 7726/1021 4 15/2 50/1 57/1 5/0 . . 127/4 7853/1025 5 19/0 63/0 76/0 3/0 . . 161/0 8014/1025 6 14/1 61/1 68/0 5/0 . . 148/2 8162/1027 7 4/0 57/0 71/0 6/0 . . 138/0 8300/1027 8 4/0 10/0 81/1 1/1 ..... ..... 96/2 8396/1029 9 3/1 7/0 31/0 . . . 41/1 8437/1030 10 10/0 3/0 7/1 5/0 2/0 . 27/1 8464/1031 11 6/0 4/1 9/2 49/0 71/0 19/1 158/4 8622/1035 12 2/0 2/0 12/0 64/0 139/0 123/13 342/138964/1048 13 . . 2/0 56/0 110/1 153/4 321/5 9285/1053 14 . . . 80/0 117/0 122/2 319/2 9604/1055 15 . . . 83/0 110/0 117/3 310/3 9914/1058 16 ..... ..... ..... 84/0 119/2 107/2 310/4 10224/1062 17 . . . 67/1 111/0 46/1 224/2 10448/1064 18 . . . 83/1 79/0 40/1 202/2 10650/1066 19 . . 17/0 95/0 41/0 37/0 190/0 10840/1066 20 . . 58/1 28/0 10/1 21/0 117/2 10957/1068 21 3/0 1/0 53/1 17/0 23/1 14/0 111/2 11068/1070 22 5/0 17/0 46/0 18/0 17/1 31/0 134/1 11202/1071 23 8/1 34/0 41/0 32/1 36/0 7/0 158/2 11360/1073 DAY1 266/111 1043/150 1664/176 1997/202 1224/193 949/171 ..... 7143/1003 DAY2 212/8 521/7 826/16 834/6 987/6 837/27 . 4217/ 70 TOT 478/119 1564/157 2490/192 2831/208 2211/199 1786/198 . 11360/1073 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3UA Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 1,114,925 Old W3UA switching system is dead (and completely disassembled). Long live the new, all computerized switching system which was completed one day before the contest, just to discover... yes, bugs in the firmware! So for this contest, NO ANTENNA SWITCHING AT ALL. One transceiver -- one PA -- one antenna. So.... instead of multi/single -- single op, single band it is. Shouldn't complain. It was my best 40 meter run ever. First 8 hours were my personal best on CW: D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- 121/45 --+-- --+-- --+-- 121/45 121/45 D1-0100Z - - 137/17 - - - 137/17 258/62 D1-0200Z - - 123/5 - - - 123/5 381/67 D1-0300Z - - 120/4 - - - 120/4 501/71 D1-0400Z - - 113/6 - - - 113/6 614/77 D1-0500Z - - 135/2 - - - 135/2 749/79 D1-0600Z - - 122/1 - - - 122/1 871/80 D1-0700Z - - 114/6 - - - 114/6 985/86 Overall, despite the power line noise (my eternal problem), it was not bad. But working without packet spots sucks! If I had packet, I would definitely make much more Qs and have much better mult. I wish one day CQ decides to drop the "unassisted" class altogether, so we all be competing with best technology available, and "assisted" not be "second class" anymore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3UL Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 389,583 This was a part time effort....and lots of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3YY Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,226,070 Great conditions. A reminder of what it was like in prior sunspot cycles. Saturday morning was the best. My new Alpha 8410 got its first serious workout and quietly put out 1500 watts for hours on all bands without blinking. Having recently sold my prior auto-tuned amp, I was happy to see that the manually-tuned 8410 was no problem at all on band changes. It added only about 10 seconds per band change. It was great to have full use of 15 and 10-Meters again! 73, Bob - W3YY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4AX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 282,438 Focused on 80 and 10M to try and finish 5 band DXCC. Wires in trees. Conditions were great. Thank you to everyone for the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4BQF Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,465,287 Great band conditions but very poor band management on my part. It sure was fun to RUN, but that does little good for country and zone production. Anyway I enjoyed the short time I did put in. Thanks for the Q's! 73, Tom - W4BQF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4DXX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 506,328 15 hour effort of 99% S&P. Wanted to see how quick I could work WAZ. Did WAZ in 5 hours. Then wanted to see how good 10m could be. Instead of using the 6-el mono on 10, I used a sloping dipole (16 ft piece of wire) that I put up several months ago to work South & Central America w/o turning yagi. I wanted to see how much I could do on 10 with just a dipole at 100 ft. Managed 108 countries in 31 zones on 10 with dipole and really was a part-time effort. Doesn't take much on 10 when it's open. Amazed I got thru some nasty pileups w/ a dipole. Conditions were not as good as CQWW RTTY in Sept, and not as good as CQWW SSB either. High bands closed early at sunset. 40m was hot at nite. Didnt spend much time on 20m. Enjoyed the activity from all zones. Thanks to all for the Q's and lotsa fun when it's not so serious. Eric/W4DXX. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EE Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 111,134 TS-440S G5RV N1MM logger Tnx for the Q's, 73, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,021,954 Rig: Ten-Tec Omni 6+ / Drake L-7 Antennas: 10/15/20M Spiderbeam @ 50' 40M Inverted-V @ 43' 40M 1/4-wave vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4JAM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,601,433 All S&P, not a cw person.. Never did this much on 40and still had full night sleep both nights ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4LT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 424,764 2011-11-27 1526Z - 4.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour by W4LT 2011-11-27 1535Z - 2.3 per minute (10 minute(s)), 138 per hour by W4LT 2011-11-27 2300Z - 1.5 per minute (60 minute(s)), 89 per hour by W4LT Total Time Off 38:30 (2310 mins) Total Time On 09:30 (570 mins) Score : 424,764 Rig : Elecraft K3/KRX3/P3 + Ameritron ALS600 Antennas : Cuschcraft A3S @ 40ft + Carolina Windom @ 38 ft Soapbox : Fun part time effort during Thanksgiving Holiday weekend and my wife's birthday weekend, which is a very important thing! It takes priority over radio! 10 meters was an absolute blast. Great to see band open this way. When 10 and 15 are working, Im competitive in this contest! Great fun pileups on 10 meters into Europe and ended with a run and pileup into JA. Its nice to see Ol' Sol up and running. Feel much more confident with my CW skills now. See you on ARRL 10! W4LT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4MJA Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,548 WOW! Things really have changed since I left in August for college. We now have sunspots and band conditions are really good! I really didn’t devote a whole lot of time to this �" I hadn’t been home for 3 months, and contesting was not the first priority. But, I fired up the rig and listened to the wonderful band conditions. Worked anything of interest. If I had had more time, I might have put in a very decent effort �" this one sounded really fun. All S&P, no SO2R. Station and antennas performed flawlessly �" even after 3 months of no maintenance. Didn’t even need to come home and fix anything as I thought I would. FT-1000MP w/ Inrad’s and mods, Wires ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4NZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 404,982 Good opening to Asia Saturday evening but conditions were much better overall on Sunday. Too many DX stations are making several QSO's before sending their call. I suspect their dupe rate will be higher this year. 73, Ted W4NZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4PK Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 137,259 Limited time due to family commitments not to mention 3 football games we just had to watch on Saturday and then church on Sunday. Had to S&P entirely this year as I never could get a run going when I tried to do that. I should have tried running in the morning before church when signals were really strong. Thanks for all the Q's! 73, Sam W4PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4QN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 844,025 Started late returning from Thanksgiving trip wee hours of Saturday morning. Tower was at half mast, wire antennas on the ground, but 40m SteppIR beam working. Crashed Saturday mid morning, should have gone to bed upon arrival. Not much operating Saturday until late afternoon. Wire antennas needed repair, and other chores delayed operating mid-day. Sunday was good, closed early however. 40m was my go to band, but 15m produced some nice DX. Ended with XV2 as last log entry. Happy with score - 73- W4QN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4QO Class: SOAB(A) QRP Total Score = 230,384 Almost got DXCC. Had 95 total countries. Not bad as my previous personal record was 92. Lots of fun. K3 at 5w (3.5 on 10M); 3 el YAGI at 60 feet; 80M horizontal loop at 70 feet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4RK Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 55,878 Good activity level and good propagation. Limited time available. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4VIC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 88,920 Thanks for the Qs. 73, Vic, W4VIC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4XO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 542,561 Great fun, all S&P. 73, Lex, w4xo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZGR Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 9,420 K3 heard more than I could work with attic dipole. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZV Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 945,801 Fabulous conditions to Europe but not quite enough Solar Flux for good Asia and WAZ (no 18, 23 or 26). Had some really strange openings I've never seen before like NH2T at 16z, 9M2IDJ both ways over the pole, YB1 long path, etc. At times multipath and echos made it almost impossible to copy some stations. Fun, fun, fun and we're not even at peak conditions yet! Thanks to everyone for making this the best contest on the planet. 73, Bill W4ZV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5GAI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 160,580 What a difference a year makes! This was fun! Last year only had 5 hours when the band was open here, working 61 QSO's, 31 countries, 18 zones and score of 8,892. This year S&P up and down the band with good daylight propagation and loud signals. I made QSO's all the way up to 28.196. There's likely to be some controversy over T2V giving out Zone 31 at 20z Sunday on 10M. My records say Tuvalu T2 is in Zone 32 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5GN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,149,062 SPOTS ONLY were worked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5JR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,729,560 Wow, the upper bands were hopping. Caught the opening of 15 & 10 Saturday morning at 6am. Managed to almost work 100 countries on 20, 15 & 10 using just an OCF. W5DMR(sk) must have been helping my signal. Yes, the Zones for 40, 20 & 15 are the same count but differnt zones, hi hi. Added significantly toward 5BDXCC, focusing on LoTW stations to speed up confirmation(s). IC-756ProII, Alpha 78, MFJ998, Just Wires - 160m Inv L, 80/40 vert, Buckmaster OCF, N1MM Logger and one very fine W4AX Skimmer feeding me spots. See everyone in the upcoming 160m contests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5ZO Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Total Score = 135,050 Hard to Run in Texas with LP. I'm sure some did with bigger antennas. This was my first 20 meter only effort. I enjoyed it. Mike W5ZO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6AQ Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 11,169 I had great guests for Thanksgiving and they hung around, at my invitation, so this was a shortie for me. I love 10 Meters! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6FA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 504,960 Conditions were very good and I enjoyed the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6KC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 247,505 By far the most DX that I have ever worked in a weekend. I worked a bunch of countries that I have never even heard on the air before. With all the bands open there was plenty spectrum to keep my all S&P effort busy looking for new ones. The combination of my new K3 and using N1MM with the bandmap screen really added to the fun. Thanks to all! Jim, W6KC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6NF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 797,778 Best result ever in any SO contest and the first time I've ever worked DXCC in a weekend from my home station. Decent antennas and power (500 watts) certainly helped. Would have cracked 800k but I was still stuck on daylight savings time and thinking the contest ran until 5PM local time. Then at 4PM all the signals disappeared and I thought to myself....D'OH!!! :>) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6PH Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,170,334 Single radio, CT-DOS, Field Day antennas on 55 foot masts. No Murphy arrived. Everything worked well. I thought conditions were not as good as CQWW SSB although activity made up for it. Ten meters started closing about an hour earlier and I didn't experience the great transpolar 20 meter night propagation that we had during the SSB weekend. All my operating was S&P except for the few hours when I ran the Asian crowd formerly JA's but now with China stations participating. The S&P rate was almost as good as trying to run here in California and there were a lot of multipliers to be had. Late on Sunday I spent my efforts in making 100 countries on all bands. I came close. J6M was my 100th country on 20 meters three minutes before the finish. Twenty meters was the place to be for multipliers during the last hour of the contest. These DX contests are very compulsive. I have often wondered how a sane adult could sit in front of a radio for an entire weekend and find it fun. 73, Kurt, W6PH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6PK Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,890 Tnx for the Q's! 73 de Phil W6PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6QU Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 495,792 Rig: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts Antennas: 10-15-20: 3 el SteppIR up 32 feet 40-80: HF-2V Butternut Vertical 160: Inverted L squished onto my small lot Well conditions were excellent. There were times when it seemed like I was running a 100 watt rig. I actually worked into Europe on 15 Meters about 10 minutes before sunrise on Sunday morning. I have always thought about working 100 countries in a single 48 hour weekend from my modest QRP station as a sort of impossible goal. Once, about ten years ago during the last cycle, I got 91 countries in a contest. There were some contests near the bottom where I had 35 or 40! But this contest I got to 98. That was close! On the zone side, I only had 32 zones, and never even heard zone 2! Interestingly, I worked more zone 1 stations in this contest than I did in all contests last year put together! I think I have finally figured out an antenna for 160. It got me a couple of country and zone mults I usually never get. KH6LC heard my feeble 160 M signal and gave me my first 6 band sweep for a station ever! The inverted L comes off a 55 foot telescoping Spider beam fiberglass pole and goes into the back yard and around the corner of the house! All antennas and the rig worked great. However, several hours into the contest my laptop running N1MM locked up. I had visions of losing everything. But after turning it off and rebooting, everything worked well for the rest of the contest. My most amazing Q was with A71EM late Friday night on 20 when that band would usually be dead here! I have had only one Q with A7 over the last 20 years. Another good one was VK6LW on the long path on Saturday afternoon for zone 29 on 20 meters. Finally, I realized that I still needed an XE for the double mult on 15 meters. With only 5 minutes left in the contest I decided to take a very long shot and go to 15 with the beam SW and see if I could get one. I also decided to start at the bottom of the band. Incredibly, I came across XE1IM CQing with a strong sig and he came right back to me with about 60 seconds left on the atomic clock! So it was a contest for the ages. I think I had 40 or 50 Qs that I would have reported as outstanding QRP contest Qs just two or three years ago. 9M6, D2, GU, ZK2, C5, ZS, VK6, etc etc. But sun spots make a difference! So let the good times roll....! 73, Bill Parker W8QZA / W6QU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6RK Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 429,774 We originally tried to get multi op going but this weekend is always challenging to get operators available so we went with single ops/single bands. I "volunteered" for SOSB(A)/10 HP. There were many reasons for that...10m has been hot, I needed to boost DXCC totals on 10m and last but not least I skipped ARRL Sweepstakes this year and had unused contest vouchers with XYL (and they do expire). I didn't really know what to expect. The goal was keep the butt in the chair all daylight hours and get as many DXCCs and QSOs in the log as possible. It was a lot of fun... got 130 DXCCs... mostly new on this band, including one all time new (#286, GU). What a difference a year makes for 10m. Couple of weeks ago I had not even worked JA on this band. This contest was my very first European on 10m... 73! Risto, W6RK Equipment: Rig: Elecraft K3 & P3 (thanks Rebar N6DB!) Amp: Alpha 9500 (thanks Dean N6DE!) Antennas: Force12 C31XR at 60 ft, 5-el at 31 ft, 6-el at 75 ft Software etc: WriteLog, VE7CC cluster with skimmer spots ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 185,840 K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6XI Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 83,790 There were just too many things going on that impacted my operating time. It was all S&P and a lot of fun. Great conditions with some very interesting paths showing up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6XK Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 53,280 Point 'n Play! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YA Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 425,165 Due to the existence of the skimmer system that has degraded CW contests, this and all future CW logs will be submitted as CHECKLOG. To have a machine find and post DX is NOT in the true sport of DX contests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,715,704 Thanks again to Jim, W6YI, for the use of his excellent station. He has put a lot of work into it these last few months, and it really paid off. The new 6/6/6 10m stack fixed at EU worked great, as did the new 6/6 15m stack. It always amazes me how different propagation can be from different parts of the west coast. N9RV and NK7U didnt get much on 10/15 from EU while I had a decent opening. On the other hand, they had a good opening to EU on 20 during the day which just doesnt happen from W6. Congrats to K7RL, K6XX, N9RV and KL9A for such great scores from out west. The bar has definately been raised a little higher. This was a tale of 2 half's from W6. The 1st day was absolutely amazing. I had an incredible EU run on 40m the 1st night that I have never experienced from here before. From about 0330 - 0800z I was running a steady 80+ an hour clip of Europeans. By the end of the first night, I had 950 q's on 40m, which is about what I would expect for the whole contest. Saturday morning was decent with good openings into EU on 10 and 15. The opening wasnt nearly as good as some of the openings the past month, but I wont complain. After 24 hours I had 2469 q's in the log. I know thats a laughable total for the East Coasters, but I was really excited to see what would happen on day 2. The 2nd day was absolutely miserable. The 40m EU opening was non existent. Then the morning EU openings were even worse than the 1st day. The solar disturbance was just enough to throw off the propagation. And to top it off, we were experiencing some mild Santa Ana wind conditions which added some noise on 10 and 15 making it difficult to work the stations that were calling. I am very pleased with the results. Thanks to KL9A for some motivation during the contest to stay in the chair the full 48 hours. It only took 1 can of redbull and 3 5 hour energy drinks to make it all the way through. I know bigger scores can be had from out West with better conditions. I did a quick tally of 2nd radio q's, and my calculation shows 1066 q's (CBS is always a little low with this calculation.) I really pushed the 2nd radio hard even during the high rate hours. The most notable 6 bander for me was DR1A. They were the only European worked on 160. It was such a struggle working Euro's on 80 that I really didnt think it would be possible to work any on 160. I checked 160 on a whim at 07z saturday night, and sure enough there they were. It took the op several tries to get my call, but in the end he got it and we completed the Q. It has been a really long 5 weeks with 4 major contests, but this weekend made it all worth it. 73, Dan N6MJ Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CALLSIGN: W6YI CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE OPERATORS: N6MJ -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 23 44 82 149 149 4.1 0100 0 0 40 10 95 18 163 312 8.6 0200 0 0 35 99 4 0 138 450 12.4 0300 0 0 75 38 0 0 113 563 15.5 0400 1 12 77 1 0 0 91 654 18.0 0500 0 14 89 0 0 0 103 757 20.8 0600 3 14 71 4 0 0 92 849 23.4 0700 4 17 59 2 0 0 82 931 25.6 0800 6 10 92 0 0 0 108 1039 28.6 0900 5 24 70 0 0 0 99 1138 31.3 1000 4 10 77 3 0 0 94 1232 33.9 1100 3 8 98 0 0 0 109 1341 36.9 1200 2 30 89 0 0 0 121 1462 40.2 1300 2 59 45 0 0 0 106 1568 43.1 1400 1 0 38 25 27 14 105 1673 46.0 1500 0 0 0 0 39 121 160 1833 50.4 1600 0 0 0 0 45 75 120 1953 53.7 1700 0 0 0 7 23 34 64 2017 55.5 1800 0 0 0 18 33 18 69 2086 57.4 1900 0 0 0 0 26 34 60 2146 59.1 2000 0 0 0 12 18 25 55 2201 60.6 2100 0 0 0 37 25 6 68 2269 62.4 2200 0 0 0 27 26 39 92 2361 65.0 2300 0 0 0 2 19 87 108 2469 67.9 0000 0 0 1 8 53 37 99 2568 70.7 0100 0 0 19 0 58 0 77 2645 72.8 0200 0 0 11 34 6 0 51 2696 74.2 0300 0 3 13 30 0 0 46 2742 75.5 0400 0 4 20 5 0 0 29 2771 76.3 0500 0 5 22 0 0 0 27 2798 77.0 0600 4 7 9 0 0 0 20 2818 77.5 0700 2 3 13 0 0 0 18 2836 78.0 0800 1 3 36 0 0 0 40 2876 79.1 0900 0 10 38 0 0 0 48 2924 80.5 1000 0 11 40 0 0 0 51 2975 81.9 1100 1 29 24 0 0 0 54 3029 83.4 1200 3 2 35 0 0 0 40 3069 84.5 1300 0 6 51 2 1 0 60 3129 86.1 1400 0 4 4 16 17 1 42 3171 87.3 1500 0 0 0 0 19 72 91 3262 89.8 1600 0 0 0 14 16 15 45 3307 91.0 1700 0 0 0 18 0 19 37 3344 92.0 1800 0 0 0 17 21 5 43 3387 93.2 1900 0 0 0 7 13 6 26 3413 93.9 2000 0 0 0 5 29 12 46 3459 95.2 2100 0 0 0 26 11 0 37 3496 96.2 2200 0 0 0 8 26 27 61 3557 97.9 2300 0 0 0 4 25 48 77 3634 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 42 285 1291 502 719 795 3634 Gross QSOs=3668 Dupes=34 Net QSOs=3634 Unique callsigns worked = 2440 The best 60 minute rate was 168/hour from 0056 to 0155 The best 30 minute rate was 176/hour from 0055 to 0124 The best 10 minute rate was 210/hour from 0111 to 0120 The best 1 minute rates were: 5 QSOs/minute 10 times. 4 QSOs/minute 83 times. 3 QSOs/minute 303 times. 2 QSOs/minute 662 times. 1 QSOs/minute 1019 times. There were 1386 bandchanges and 718 (19.8%) 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 26 75 210 85 146 137 679 18.7 South America 4 9 18 28 32 50 141 3.9 Europe 1 21 376 155 183 271 1007 27.7 Asia 8 155 641 194 317 280 1595 43.9 Africa 1 9 17 20 16 19 82 2.3 Oceania 2 16 29 20 25 38 130 3.6 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42 285 1291 502 719 795 3634 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 42 4 762 5 1056 6 1682 7 2 8 73 9 1 10 16 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3V 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 3W 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 4J 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4X 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1 5B 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 5Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 6W 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 6Y 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1 8P 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 9A 0 1 6 3 4 4 18 0.5 9G 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9H 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1 9L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9M2 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.1 9M6 0 1 2 1 2 1 7 0.2 9V 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 9Y 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 A4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 BV 0 0 2 0 5 1 8 0.2 BY 0 5 33 4 18 15 75 2.1 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 C6 1 2 2 1 1 1 8 0.2 C9 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 CE 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 CM 0 2 2 0 1 0 5 0.1 CN 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 CT 0 1 1 2 2 4 10 0.3 CT3 0 2 2 2 2 3 11 0.3 CU 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.2 CX 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.1 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 DL 1 4 51 20 23 47 146 4.0 DU 0 2 3 0 2 2 9 0.2 E5/s 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.1 E7 0 1 5 2 2 2 12 0.3 EA 0 2 23 9 21 36 91 2.5 EA6 0 0 2 2 1 3 8 0.2 EA8 0 3 5 5 4 4 21 0.6 EA9 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 EI 0 0 2 1 1 3 7 0.2 EL 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 ER 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 ES 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 EU 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 0.2 F 0 3 16 4 15 23 61 1.7 FG 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 FJ 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.1 FK 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 FM 0 2 2 2 2 2 10 0.3 FY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 G 0 1 11 1 18 24 55 1.5 GD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GI 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 GJ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 GM 0 0 2 1 1 6 10 0.3 GU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 GW 0 0 2 0 1 3 6 0.2 HA 0 0 7 4 5 5 21 0.6 HB 0 0 2 1 1 6 10 0.3 HC 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 HH 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 HI 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.2 HK 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 HL 0 5 16 5 10 4 40 1.1 HP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 HR 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.2 HS 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 0.2 I 0 3 18 5 10 36 72 2.0 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 0.2 *IT9 0 0 1 4 1 1 7 0.2 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 J6 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.1 J7 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 JA 8 136 537 157 256 243 1337 36.8 JD/o 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 JT 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1 K 3 13 110 22 57 82 287 7.9 KH0 0 1 3 1 1 3 9 0.2 KH2 0 2 1 2 1 3 9 0.2 KH6 2 5 3 5 4 2 21 0.6 KL 2 4 7 5 5 4 27 0.7 KP2 1 2 3 1 0 1 8 0.2 KP4 0 2 2 1 1 1 7 0.2 LA 0 0 4 1 2 0 7 0.2 LU 0 1 3 5 9 12 30 0.8 LX 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1 LY 0 0 7 5 0 0 12 0.3 LZ 0 0 7 2 2 1 12 0.3 OA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OE 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0.1 OH 0 0 11 12 8 1 32 0.9 OH0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1 OK 0 0 22 4 10 12 48 1.3 OM 0 0 6 2 3 2 13 0.4 ON 0 0 8 2 4 8 22 0.6 OX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OZ 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 0.1 P4 0 2 2 3 2 3 12 0.3 PA 0 1 7 3 3 9 23 0.6 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ4 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 0.2 PJ5 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1 PJ7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PY 0 1 4 9 7 26 47 1.3 PZ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 S5 0 0 16 5 10 9 40 1.1 SM 0 0 11 4 3 1 19 0.5 SP 0 1 10 5 3 2 21 0.6 ST 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 SV 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 T2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 T7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 TA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TI 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1 TK 0 0 2 1 2 1 6 0.2 UA 0 0 45 25 5 2 77 2.1 UA2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 UA9 0 8 40 20 17 9 94 2.6 UN 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1 UR 0 0 36 7 2 0 45 1.2 V2 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0.1 V3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1 V5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VE 12 33 64 33 61 26 229 6.3 VK 0 2 7 6 6 15 36 1.0 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 VP2V 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 VP5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 VP9 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.1 VQ9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 1 0 2 4 7 0.2 XE 2 2 2 4 5 4 19 0.5 XU 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1 XW 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 YB 0 0 3 0 3 3 9 0.2 YL 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 0.2 YN 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 YO 0 0 9 0 2 0 11 0.3 YS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 YU 0 1 8 5 8 3 25 0.7 YV 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1 ZB 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZD8 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.2 ZF 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 ZK2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 ZL 0 2 4 2 3 6 17 0.5 ZP 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZS 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42 285 1291 502 719 795 3634 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 25 8 141 553 162 266 247 1377 37.9 14 1 14 147 52 100 181 495 13.6 15 0 7 128 64 70 87 356 9.8 04 8 22 66 32 55 41 224 6.2 05 2 12 74 13 36 58 195 5.4 16 0 0 88 35 8 1 132 3.6 03 5 12 33 10 26 9 95 2.6 08 7 19 24 15 14 15 94 2.6 24 0 5 36 4 25 20 90 2.5 19 0 8 19 6 14 10 57 1.6 11 0 1 4 9 8 26 48 1.3 09 3 6 9 10 11 8 47 1.3 33 0 5 10 8 9 9 41 1.1 13 0 1 3 7 11 13 35 1.0 20 0 0 19 6 5 1 31 0.9 32 0 3 7 5 6 9 30 0.8 30 0 2 6 4 3 14 29 0.8 27 0 6 7 3 4 8 28 0.8 01 2 4 7 5 5 4 27 0.7 28 0 1 7 1 7 6 22 0.6 31 2 5 3 5 4 2 21 0.6 17 0 0 12 8 1 0 21 0.6 35 1 3 4 5 3 4 20 0.6 07 0 3 3 5 4 4 19 0.5 06 2 2 2 4 5 4 19 0.5 18 0 0 7 8 2 0 17 0.5 26 0 0 3 1 7 2 13 0.4 29 0 0 1 2 3 1 7 0.2 36 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.2 10 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.2 38 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.2 37 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.1 12 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 02 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 23 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 40 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 34 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 39 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 42 285 1291 502 719 795 3634 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 1751 2 bands 384 3 bands 164 4 bands 95 5 bands 33 6 bands 13 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: JA3YBK JA5FDJ VP5CW PJ4A DR1A VP2MWG C6AAW C5A KL7RA PJ2T ZF1A VE6EX VE7UF ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 13 81 732 176 305 444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ZL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 364,044 FT-1000MP MARK-V KT-34M2 @ 30ft, HF2V, Inverted L N1MM 11.11.3 /73 Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7DRA Class: SOSB/160 QRP Total Score = 152 rig the usual: ARC5 VFO with a keyed MOPA (6AG7/6V6) with 210 volts at 35 ma on the final tube, giving 3.8 watts into the tuner measured by an EICO 750 antenna 120 up 130 over half wave inverted L with a 5/16 wavelenth counter poise receiver, NC183 with a BC453 Q5er. the only stations one can work on 160 QRP are stations that CQ, as you are pretty well limited in any tail ending or running. so you come down and do some S&P, then leave all the low power small stations hear you with out a chance to work you - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7IJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,245,005 Do the conditions get any better? 40 meters was outstanding. 'Murphy' visited early on and loosened the beam so it could swing in the wind. Nick, K7MO, gave up his Saturday, climbed the tower, and made necessary repairs. Thanks Nick!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7IV Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 228,804 This was my first time of any consequence in a cw contest...I need a lot of work! Had fun in between family/holiday obligations, and for once...nothing broke! Thanks to all the real operators for your patience with me and my bad cw :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7QN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 120,062 I thought it was a good contest with 10 and 15 being open to everywhere! I used mobile whips on all bands. 73 Joe w7qn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7RH Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 11,424 Another wrap-up of CQWW CW for me with no snow, rain or mud at the remote ranch station. Friday night gave a reprieve of the low band in a solar maxima with brief opening to Northern Europe, Mediterranean and West Africa. Saturday went bust at 01:45 UTC with the impact of a SID. Band noise dropped 15-20dB and all but North America disappeared with the exception of a few Central American stations and limited South America. No more eastern DX for the entire evening! Even Central American stations would go from s-9 to zero! Bagged it and went to bed to wake at the melodious sound of a JA opening at 3:00AM local. Thanks to the many that made contact. You helped me achieve a personal best in this contest, smashing last years score. Thanks to all those who took the time to work me with my modest 100W. To those I heard but didn't work which are many there are 3 160m contest yet to come. Great Contest! 73 and Best DX Bob, W7RH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7RN Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 291,245 Not to shabby three weeks into the rhinovirus and the highest antenna at 30'. Some day we'll have real antennas on 10M K3 - Emtron Amp - 6el@ 30' (x2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7VJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 4,577,872 This was truly an experience to be remembered for years to come. The culmination of station preparation, a great crew, and cooperating band conditions. Despite one ill team member and the limited amount of time of another, it all came together for a spectacular event. It struck me that EU runs on Saturday morning local were seemingly non-existent. Though plenty of mults, the runs were not there. Things changed Saturday night local, when Asia opened up on 40 coincident with an unexpected opening to EU later than usual, and we were off. Runs on Sunday did not seem to abate. EU was pounding in on 20 and was great fun. Then amazing opening to Asia on 10 Sunday afternoon through the end of the contest. Most amazing QSO for me was with OX3XR on 10... how we heard each other is remarkable. My thanks to a great crew, and to the stations we worked. 73, Andrew W7VJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7VO Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 65,945 What a crowded band! With my 100W (FT-2000 barefoot)I was strictly S&P, and had to wait my turn in line for the big ones with a million other guys and gals. My ears will never be the same again. Bagged a few new ones, which is always good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7VP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 298,390 There were so many spots on the N1MM band map it was faster to move from spot to spot in S&P than to try for runs. Tuning prepositioned the call sign and the first ENTER put the call and the zone in the entry window. Once a response was heard only one more ENTER was required to complete and log the contact. Very few key strokes were required which is why the assisted category is so appropriate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7VV Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 3,451,952 Jordan the dog warmly greeted returning and new-to-here contesters this weekend at N9ADG's location in Preston, Washington for a M/2 operation as W7VV. Running two SteppIR beams (DB36 and 4 element), a vertical for 80m, and inverted L for 160, we were able to have fun & achieve a better score than last year. In addition to the usual W7VV, K7BTW, and N9ADG, Paul, NG7Z, and Alan, K6SRZ stopped by for some operating on Saturday. Conditions were good and bad -- 15m at 8am local on both days was like a candy store -- practically anything that one could hear, one could work. 15m also surprised in the afternoon with 'rabbit out of a hat' type EU contacts. Contacts on 160m were a challenge due to a neighbor's plasma TV about 600' away, but otherwise the band sounded great with little natural noise. This contest revealed some RFI susceptibility in the computers and rig control, as well as some operational areas that we should improve. Special thanks for N9ADG's wife Caroline for allowing us to take over for yet another weekend, and SteppIR for the loan of equipment. Thanks for the contacts, see you again in the next one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WA Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 698,227 Propagation to south of the equator seemed more difficult than usual. I believe more of the few VK's I did manage to qso were by long/skew path than were by direct path. South American signals likewise seemed to be down in signal strength. Oddly enough some of the loudest signals I heard were from just north of the equator such as the 40 over signal Sunday afternoon from D4C. Never heard zone 39. 73 de Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 112,752 Been a long time since I worked 50 countries on 10 meters. That was a lot of fun. Did a lot of DX'ing on 10 to bring up my LOTW totals. Aren't those huge packet pileups fun. And, this has made contesting better, how??? I can see huge pileups on N. Korea or Clipperton, but KH6's and KL7's. Like you can't find them on your own???? Sheesh Thanks for the Q's and 73 Tom W7WHY Radio 1 TS-450SAT + SB-200 ~ 350 watts Radio 2 TS-450SAT 80 meter dipole, 40 meter vertical, HB 20 meter 2 el monobander at 25 feet, 15 meter dipole, HB 10 meter 2 el monobander at 15 feet. N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 296,670 The bands were so crowded that I sent one report and two stations confirmed it. This was a part time effort focused on 80 meters. I enjoyed searching for new countries and testing a new 80 meter wire beam. There were only a handful of stations that I could hear, but not work. Great participation and fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7YAQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 148,174 Only operated 2nd day. All QSOs were mults. 73, Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7ZI Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 30,160 With Ten Meters you can go to bed at night ! When the band closes you can go to bed and wake up the next morning with a clear mind ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8FN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 267,520 Just fooled around for a few hours, S&P only. Sure was nice to work folks on 10 meters again! Even crappy antennas are fun when the spots are in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8KTQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,063,166 Another great CQ Contest! Thanks for all the QSOs and a fun time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8MJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,823,425 Well the bands are coming back. This past weekend was a very favorable weekend and I am sure the scores will refect it. For me on this end, I was some what limited by the use of the 40 meter beam due to an inoperatble rotor. I climbed the tower to check things out and had to manually rotate to about 50 degrees and lock it down. Also, had an issue the feedline, right at the hardline connection with the coax. Not sure what happened, but had to take the feed line from the South direction TH7 to feed the 40 meter beam. Glad I did, was still able to work a 100 + countries. Even got JA, NH2, VK and ZL off the the back and corner. Need to do something better for 80. Vertical wire does ok but not the greatest, however, I am still pleased with the 60 countries on it. Best score ever for here, but then this is the longest I have operated as well. Over all a great time and alot of q's here. Thanks for all the q's. Log has been uploaded to LOTW. Ken W8MJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8NF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 102,290 Started the effort just trying to fill in holes in my DXCC standing. On that score, I did tolerably - 35 or so were on the air that I needed, and I netted about 15, between the 'test and the week prior. I put in an hour or two here and there during a weekend of trying to tie up loose ends on unfinished projects. A few projects did get finished, and when I hit QSO #200 and got over 100,000 points at the same moment, I figured that was good enough for not really trying, hi. But spotted Scotland on 15 and had to go get him. TS-850SAT, Heathkit amp at 700 watts, and a moss-covered HF9V with a mostly broken-by-falling-tree-branches elevated radial system. For a station that's experienced "delayed maintenance", I felt it did a good job. It was a lot of fun, particularly the last two hours, when I saw the rate meter, for ten minutes, bump up over 100 a few times - I didn't know I could S&P that fast! 73, Dave W8NF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8OHT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 441,936 All of the input circuit mods and tuning done to HB amplifier paid off. Now actually have to watch that the K3 doesn't overdrive the 4-1000A tube. The K3 is automatically protected from any SWR over unity it seems to me, but now that's OK. I never appreciated getting coil taps right and having to add and adjust trimmer caps to resonance at center band freq. Ampl. went from 200 watts out to 1000 watts out. Couple that with all the sunspots and quiet conditions and you have one happy camper in CQWW this weekend! Got countries never worked before! CUL. 73's, John, W8OHT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8RA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 193,521 First attempt at making N1MM & MK2R+ work SO2R - trial and error effort in progress! But fun 4 sure. Rig: 2-K3's - single Acom 2000A Antennas: 160M Shunt Fed Tower, 80M 4-Square, SteppIR MonstIR @130ft, OCF Dipole @60ft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9ILY Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,067,640 What great fun! First time to break the million point level, and my good antennas are not yet up! Looking forward to next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9SN Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 8,518,070 Fun stuff this year. Everyone had a blast and got to make some new friends. What a joy to have pile ups on 10-15 meters. Thanks all and see you next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9ZRX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 184,044 K3 - 100W to Dublet - Laptop w/Win-Test - All S&P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 255,690 Friday night was great on 40. Sat no so great but I was so tired It was ok and I went to bed 4:30 am local time. Sure did better than last year and I thought last year was great. 2 element 40 at 70 feet and a lot of butt in chair paid off. 73 BoB WA1FCN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2BCK Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 130,688 Operating time was very limited due to being out of town. This was a partial shakedown of new antennas. I am very pleased with the ability to establish a run in a DX contest! It was a lot of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2JQK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 485,928 The propagation on 10 mtrs was great...I lost my 10 mtr monoband Antenna in snow storm last month... It was amazing to me the countries I worked with low power and an Inv Vee at 65 ft .. 15 Mtrs also delighted me with quite a few new band countries... Not a bad score for low power and all wire antennas... My best one for this contest..! It was fun ! Thanks to all that worked me ! 73 Bob de WA2JQK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA3F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,813,574 No game plan. Just operate All CW was sent by the paddles. Didn't bother with setting up the keyboard or any shortcuts. More fun this way. Sat AM, the amp lost power before 10M opened. Replaced with the backup amp, but that one does not have 10M Mod, so all 10M in this contest is with low power. (The mod board is on the workbench. Just didn't put it in the amp yet.) My ears hurt. Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA5RML Class: SOSB/15 QRP Total Score = 9,078 15M QRP - FT-857D @5w to Cushcraft MA5V vertical - Vibroplex paddles. Lots of fun!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7LNW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 318,330 I began the contest as low power but decided band conditions and my marginal 10 meter antenna set-up required a switch to high power. Good opening on Saturday and Sunday to EU and JA. Station: K-3, Alpha 76A, 2 ele HEX beam supported on 10 ft. mast located at edge of 1,200 ft. eastern overlook. Monitored WA7LNW and NC7J CW Skimmers via VE7CC-1 and N1MM software filters. Worked great, thanks to Dave, K6LL for how to instructions. WA7LNW CW Skimmer system decoded and submitted a total of 74,663 spots to the Reverse Beacon Network during contest weekend. Spot totals: Friday = 2,667 Saturday = 37,065 Sunday = 34,931 73's de Jack, WA7LNW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7NWL Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 6 Way too busy at work and other things. My only objective was to work the VooDudes at EL2A - thanks Mike! Besides, someone has to finish first in the last position! Next year - more time. 73, John, WA7NWL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7PRC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 75,587 Small score... big fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA8REI Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 84,303 FB condx. 5 watts to a Hustler 4BTV vertical, gnd mounted w/ 4 radials. Tuvalu, Moldova, Italy in Africa, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Isle of Man were gud grabs. They had good ears, too. CU next year....TNX the QSOs, points, mults. --Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB6JJJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 76,446 Another fun contest... We are hosting our new granddaughter and her parents for the week so I didn't get much time to play radio. Priorities. That C5C station seemed to be workable on most bands. I did notice that many DX stations would not confirm the contact with a TU or his call - just a response to another call. hmmm. The pile-ups were something else on many stations but they were normally crackable with a couple of calls. Thanks for the Qs, Bill WB6JJJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8JUI Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,026,532 Even with limited operating time due to having our family Thanksgiving get together Sunday afternoon, I was able to best last year's score. This was due primarily to the great 10 meter conditions. Let's hope things stay hot for the upcoming 10 meter contest next month. This was the first major contest for my K3. I'm very impressed with its performance on the low bands, especially 160. Thanks Julius, I am now a true believer! 99% S&P effort. Multiplier hunting was pretty much like shooting fish in a barrel on 10 meters. 160 was decent Friday night, but slim pickings Saturday evening. 40 was hot Sunday AM (1200Z) with Asia booming in at S9+. All in all great conditions from top to bottom. Thanks to all for the QSOs and points. Hope to work you all again next weekend on 160! 73 - Rick WB8JUI Elecraft K3 160/80/40 Meter vertical through tuner on all bands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC1M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,983,206 Hooray! 10 is back! According to my CQ WW CW records, and it’s been eight long years since I had more than 100 QSOs on 10. That was 2003, when I had only 263 Qs on 10 : the sunspot cycle had already started to decline. I have to go back nine years to find over 500 Qs on 10. Sure has been a long time, my friends. As is so often said, “there’s no meters like 10 meters.” It makes the world’s most fun radio contest even better. 10 was especially fun for me because this was the first major contest in which I got to fully test the 3-stack of 4-el SteppIRs that I put up in 2007. The stack has been great on 20, and I found out last year that it works well on 15. As you might expect, it’s terrific on 10, too. The pileups were so huge, and the stack worked so well, that I had a personal best clock hour of 188 and best continuous hour of 192. The rate meter hovered between 189 and 214 during that stretch. It was really fun to try to keep the ice cube from melting (W2SC’s description.) 10 was also fun because I decided to install my old 6-el monobander above the 2-el 40 at 115’ on the “new” tower. The 6-el was on a 50’ AB-577 back in 2003, but when the cycle started to decline I replaced it with a tribander and stored it in the garage for eight years. I took a chance that the sunspots would come back this year and got lucky. Although the monobander isn’t quite as good as the stack below (115’ is too high most of the time), it’s a terrific S&P antenna for the second radio and really helped me to keep a lookout for the band opening both mornings (the panadapter on the second radio is really helpful for that, too.) Anyway, it was well-worth the effort to put up the monobander and run hardline to it. The other end of the radio spectrum was another story: I lost my 160 antenna at the start of the contest. It’s only a 160/80 trapped inverted vee hanging off the tower at 90’, but it’s capable of working 50-70 mults on 160 when conditions are decent (my 580’ beverage does more than half the work.) I made a few contacts with the vee on 80 the first night, but then the SWR skyrocketed to about 6:1. I found that if I backed off the RF to about 150W the SWR would remain normal, but that wasn’t enough to work any stations EU stations on 160. I was able to bump the power on the Acom 2000A up to about 500W without the amp tripping and work a handful of stations, but I’m sure the antenna efficiency was terrible. My guess is that there’s a loose connection at the balun or one of the traps, and it arcs with high power. The connection must have gotten carbonized over the weekend because by the second day the SWR was 6:1 even with low power. I was able to switch to my delta loop and continue the run on 80, but the trapped vee is my only antenna for 160. This was serious: 50-70 mults can make a big difference in the final score, sometimes worth one or two spots or more in the standings. Also, it’s often the case that 160 might not be open both nights. So I figured it was worth taking a trip outside with a flashlight when the rates slowed down a little at 0400z. I thought it could be something simple, like a break in one of the ropes holding down the ends of the antenna. No such luck. I also tried swapping the SO2R switch position at the tower, but that didn’t help. Clearly, there was either a bad connection, bad coax or a bad connector, and I wasn’t going to be able to fix it without losing several hours of daylight operating time. So much for 160. As it turns out, though, my rough calculation is that the mults I lost on 160 wouldn’t have been enough to push me up even one spot in the standings. That’s a good lesson for the future because I had to fight the desire to throw in the towel and quit because there was no way I could win (assuming six or seven of the other competitors had equipment problems, heart attacks, etc.  ) and might even miss the top ten USA SOAB HP. Turns out I did better than I expected and I’m really glad I didn’t quit. Operating standards were pretty good this year, with only a few frequency heists to complain about (some uncouth people seem to think this is part of the game �" it’s not!) Remarkably, I was able to hold frequencies low in all of the bands for a considerable length of time on both days. I think this was because multiple bands were wide open most of the time and stations were able to spread out more. We had the usual crowd of poor fists, poor power regulation, failure to get into the passband, etc. I’m still getting more dupes than I’d like, with about 70 this year. Several times a certain station I had worked would call me, and as soon as I responded with his call and the exchange, he would apologize and say “QSO B4” and leave. I think he was wasn’t dupe checking until I sent the exchange. Seems like every contest I get one or two stations who try to work me four or five times on the same band. I always work them because they might have copied my call wrong the first time (or the second time, or the third time, etc.) Someone needs to tell this to stations like UW4I, who refused to work me because we had a “QSO B4”, even though I insisted that the contact wasn’t in my log. It took him more time for that interaction than if he had just worked me and logged the dupe. I think one of us is going to get a NIL, and it isn’t me! Big congrats to K1DG for an outstanding effort, likely a new record, and the first USA SOAB HP score over 10 million points! Also congrats to K5ZD for breaking the 10 million barrier too. In fact, once again it’s a horse race between those two, and the UBN check could well determine the winner. I feel honored to count both of these terrific ops (and great guys) among my friends and colleagues in the world of ham radio. After this year’s amazing efforts, maybe they’d like to take a year or two off…  As Randy noted, it’s really difficult to use the second radio when the run rate is high. I worked it hard after the rate calmed down the first night, but was not able to do much with it when the rate took off Saturday morning. Still, I was able to do about 7% of my contacts on the second radio, which is decent for me (I usually do about 5%; K5ZD does more like 10%). This was also my personal best in QSOs, mults and total score in CQ WW CW. Even though I came very close to working 4,000 Qs for the first time in CQ WW, my total is a bit lower than other USA SOAB HP stations with similar scores in New England. It was the mults that saved me. Anyone who reads my write-ups knows that I’ve complained about my mult performance for years. Well this time my mults are comparable to other stations near me in score, and that makes me feel that I’m finally getting the hang of this contest. It’s all the more satisfying because I probably lost at least 40 mults on 160, plus the mults I would have worked while troubleshooting the 160 antenna. Speaking of off time, that’s an area where my performance this year was disappointing. I’ve been doing 43-44 hours pretty consistently, and even did 46 hours in 2003, but this year only managed 40.5. The antenna troubleshooting was costly, and I slept and took meal/shower breaks totaling about four hours. The rest seems to have disappeared in smaller breaks when I just had to get away from the radio to maintain sanity. I think a lot of this had to do with not being in the best physical shape (i.e., fatter than usual), not getting enough sleep in the weeks before the contest, getting older (yes, I said that), and the almost constant high rates, which I’m not used to. But probably the biggest factor was not sleeping at all for the first 26 hours or so. I felt that I had to stay up the first night because the bands were hopping with rate and mults straight through until sunrise. I worked many low band mults during the hours that I’ve usually slept in past years (like 0800z-1000z). The result was feeling really awful during the first morning runs, and not so great through most of the first day. This led to taking breaks later on. I’m not sure how to solve the CW WW puzzle when the world is wide open almost every hour of the contest. I think at least 90 minutes of sleep before the morning runs is essential for me, but the question is how much that will cost in Pacific and Asian mults on the low bands. Maybe I can get by with 45 minutes the first night. I can certainly lose some weight and get in better shape, and I can sleep more in the weeks before the contest. But this aging thing is relentless… As for station performance, this is the first time I’ve felt that when conditions are good, my location and antennas on 40-10 are good enough that the operator is the main limitation. The same goes for radios, amps, and all the other equipment. This year the station gave me more than enough opportunities to score QSOs and mults on 40-10 (160 was out and 80 still needs a better antenna.) It was simply a matter of listening skills, typing, endurance and propagation knowledge. I still have a lot to improve in all those areas. But more important is that I had a ton of fun in this contest, which remains, as ever, the King of Contests. See you next year! 73, Dick WC1M QSO/ZN+DX by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm OffTime D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- 140/40 1/2 --+-- --+-- 141/42 141/42 D1-0100Z - - 88/11 7/8 - - 95/19 236/61 D1-0200Z - 1/2 50/5 12/15 - - 63/22 299/83 D1-0300Z 2/3 69/31 10/0 4/6 - - 85/40 384/123 D1-0400Z 2/2 - - - - - 2/2 386/125 49 D1-0500Z 4/7 81/9 - - - - 85/16 471/141 3 D1-0600Z 3/3 88/9 2/1 - - - 93/13 564/154 D1-0700Z - 53/4 18/19 1/2 - - 72/25 636/179 D1-0800Z --+-- 12/6 48/15 --+-- --+-- --+-- 60/21 696/200 D1-0900Z 1/1 5/5 86/6 - - - 92/12 788/212 D1-1000Z - 4/6 14/12 - - - 18/18 806/230 D1-1100Z - - - 28/20 49/25 - 77/45 883/275 30 D1-1200Z - - - - 28/2 135/35 163/37 1046/312 D1-1300Z - - - - - 188/8 188/8 1234/320 D1-1400Z - - - - 77/10 77/2 154/12 1388/332 D1-1500Z - - - - 59/15 58/3 117/18 1505/350 D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 138/12 --+-- 138/12 1643/362 D1-1700Z - - - - 36/0 12/20 48/20 1691/382 D1-1800Z - - - - - 21/30 21/30 1712/412 D1-1900Z - - - 63/10 - 9/9 72/19 1784/431 D1-2000Z - - - 97/16 12/18 - 109/34 1893/465 D1-2100Z - - 114/3 16/3 6/7 - 136/13 2029/478 D1-2200Z - - 140/3 - - 2/4 142/7 2171/485 D1-2300Z - - 18/0 13/16 13/9 - 44/25 2215/510 D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 3/4 --+-- --+-- 3/4 2218/514 52 D2-0100Z 1/1 14/3 27/0 - - - 42/4 2260/518 9 D2-0200Z - - - 2/2 - - 2/2 2262/520 47 D2-0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 2262/520 60 D2-0400Z - 28/1 16/1 1/0 - - 45/2 2307/522 15 D2-0500Z - 42/0 40/4 - - - 82/4 2389/526 D2-0600Z - 4/2 100/1 - - - 104/3 2493/529 D2-0700Z - 5/5 97/0 - - - 102/5 2595/534 D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- 2/0 --+-- --+-- --+-- 2/0 2597/534 7 D2-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 2597/534 60 D2-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 2597/534 60 D2-1100Z 2/1 1/2 - 72/9 2/0 - 77/12 2674/546 8 D2-1200Z - - - - 126/11 46/2 172/13 2846/559 D2-1300Z - - - - - 165/6 165/6 3011/565 D2-1400Z - - - 1/2 67/2 39/0 107/4 3118/569 D2-1500Z - - - - 3/4 111/2 114/6 3232/575 D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 119/4 5/0 124/4 3356/579 D2-1700Z - - - - 100/4 3/2 103/6 3459/585 D2-1800Z - - - 4/0 41/1 4/3 49/4 3508/589 D2-1900Z - - - 125/4 - 2/1 127/5 3635/594 D2-2000Z - - - 31/2 6/6 2/2 39/10 3674/604 D2-2100Z - - 53/0 6/6 - - 59/6 3733/610 D2-2200Z - - 39/0 3/3 3/0 - 45/3 3778/613 D2-2300Z - - 88/4 - - - 88/4 3866/617 Total: 15/18 407/85 1190/125 490/130 885/130 879/129 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % EU 4 337 1075 407 800 816 3439 89.0 AS 0 1 26 23 22 7 79 2.0 SA 2 7 9 14 12 13 57 1.5 AF 0 4 19 10 10 14 57 1.5 NA 9 55 53 31 34 22 204 5.3 OC 0 3 8 5 7 7 30 0.8 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total 3V 1 1 2 4J 1 1 4L 1 1 4O 1 1 4X 2 1 3 5B 1 2 1 2 6 6W 1 1 1 1 4 6Y 1 1 1 3 8P 1 1 1 1 1 5 9A 2 15 5 6 12 40 9G 1 1 9H 1 1 9L 1 1 2 9M6 1 1 9Y 1 1 BY 3 2 1 6 C5 1 1 1 1 4 C6 1 1 1 1 1 5 C9 1 1 CE 1 1 1 3 CM 1 1 1 1 4 CN 1 2 3 CT 1 3 2 2 1 9 CT3 3 1 1 2 7 CU 1 1 1 1 4 CX 1 1 1 3 D2 1 1 D4 1 1 1 1 1 5 DL 1 69 180 75 150 143 618 DU 1 1 E5/s 1 1 E7 1 6 3 4 5 19 EA 5 35 32 27 22 121 EA6 1 2 1 4 EA8 2 6 1 1 1 11 EA9 2 1 1 1 5 EI 1 4 1 2 6 14 EL 1 1 1 3 ER 5 5 4 14 ES 1 4 1 5 9 20 EU 7 18 1 12 6 44 F 1 16 36 19 21 28 121 FG 1 1 2 FJ 1 1 2 FK 1 1 FM 1 1 1 1 1 5 FY 1 1 2 G 24 49 31 33 49 186 GD 1 1 1 3 GI 2 3 1 3 9 GJ 1 1 GM 13 7 9 7 36 GU 2 2 GW 3 5 2 2 12 HA 6 26 10 20 24 86 HB 2 17 5 8 9 41 HC 1 1 1 1 4 HI 1 1 HK 1 1 1 1 1 5 HP 1 1 HR 1 1 1 3 I 5 57 33 44 33 172 IG9 1 1 IS 2 2 1 3 8 IT9 3 2 2 7 J2 1 1 J6 1 1 2 JA 4 4 10 1 19 JT 1 1 K 2 17 8 2 7 2 38 KH0 1 1 2 KH2 1 1 2 KH6 2 2 1 1 1 7 KL 1 1 1 1 4 KP2 1 1 2 1 1 6 KP4 1 1 2 LA 6 12 5 8 8 39 LU 1 1 3 5 LX 1 2 1 4 LY 13 16 7 14 16 66 LZ 3 16 9 13 17 58 OA 1 1 2 OE 2 3 2 8 4 19 OH 10 23 6 19 9 67 OH0 2 2 OK 1 27 67 25 63 45 228 OM 7 24 5 13 18 67 ON 6 17 4 5 10 42 OX 1 1 OY 1 1 OZ 2 9 2 9 7 29 P4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 PA 12 30 16 23 33 114 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 PJ4 1 2 1 1 1 6 PJ5 1 1 1 1 4 PJ7 1 1 PY 1 4 1 1 1 8 PZ 1 1 1 3 S5 12 30 18 22 26 108 SM 19 30 9 16 22 96 SP 30 63 18 57 44 212 SV 2 2 1 2 1 8 SV9 1 1 T7 1 1 TA 1 1 2 1 2 7 TA1 2 1 3 TF 1 1 1 1 1 5 TI 1 1 TK 1 1 1 3 UA 21 95 16 76 81 289 UA2 1 2 2 2 7 UA9 10 8 5 1 24 UN 4 1 1 6 UR 13 86 9 50 69 227 V2 1 1 2 V3 1 1 2 VE 5 22 29 12 11 2 81 VK 1 2 2 1 1 7 VP2E 1 1 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 5 VP2V 1 1 1 3 VP5 1 1 1 3 VP9 1 1 1 3 VR 1 1 VU 1 2 3 XE 1 2 1 2 1 7 YA 1 1 YB 2 2 YL 2 7 1 2 5 17 YN 1 1 1 3 YO 1 22 8 18 17 66 YS 1 1 YU 3 27 6 18 6 60 YV 1 1 2 Z3 1 1 1 1 4 ZA 1 1 2 ZB 1 1 ZD8 1 1 1 3 ZF 1 1 1 3 ZK2 1 1 2 ZL 1 1 2 4 ZP 1 1 ZS 2 1 3 Antennas: 160M - trapped vee @90' 80M - delta loop @75, trapped vee @90' 40M - Cal-Av 2D-40A @110', 4-square 20M - 4/4/4 SteppIRs @96'/64'/34' on TICs, C3E @50', 4-el @72' 15M - 4/4/4 SteppIRs @96'/64'/34' on TICs, C3E @50', 5-el @50' 10M - 4/4/4 SteppIRs @96'/64'/34' on TICs, C3E @50'. 6-el @115' Tower#1: Force 12 EF-610, Cal-AV 2D-40A, 4-el SteppIRs, 160/80 trapped vee 770-MDP: Force-12 EF-420 AB-577 #1: Force-12 EF-515 AB-577 #2: Force-12 C3E Delta loop hung from a tree dual 580' beverage aimed 20/220 degrees Equipment: Elecraft K3 + Alpha 87A, Elecraft K3 + LP-PAN + Acom 2000A, Writelog, LP-BRIDGE, PowerSDR-IF, YCCC SO2R Box, homebrew Windows antenna switching/tuning software ("AntennaMaster"), Hamation Relay Drivers, TopTen and KK1L SO2R switches, Green Heron and Hy-Gain rotor controllers, microHam Stack Switch and StackMax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC7Q Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 51,039 Didn't spend much time in the test but condx were very good when I did. Spent most of the time S&P but did have a few good short runs. Ten was great and spent most of my time on it. Antenna is a 3 element Steppir with a 40 m element. Loop on 80 and inverted vee on 160. Kenwood TS 870, Ameritron AL811 Amp and Bencher Key rounds out the station. N1MM computer program. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE6Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 623,061 CQWWCW Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2011-11-25 CallSign Used : WE6Z Operator(s) : WE6Z Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED Band : ALL Power : HIGH Mode : CW Default Exchange : 3 Gridsquare : CM98JS ARRL Section : SV Club/Team : Northern California Contest Club Software : N1MM Logger V11.11.3 Band QSOs Pts Cty ZN 7 8 14 6 6 14 172 463 70 30 21 240 664 77 27 28 288 800 77 28 Total 708 1941 230 91 Score : 623,061 Bands were in great shape. Worked JA's and China on Friday. Saturday was great with lots of Africa on 10 meters. Sunday was not as good with lots of flutter and echo on the signals. All in all Excellent DX. I got a few new ones in the log. Doug WE6Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE9V Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 161,172 Threw up a low dipole at "grandma's" house for Thanksgiving and brought the K3. It was pretty tough being heard. Chad WE9V ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF7T Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 20,737 Just had a few moments at the last of the contest to play. Thanks to all for the Qs. Brad WF7T Nashville, TN --- IC-7600@100W Doublets@11M N1MM v11.11.0/YCCC SO2R+ Confirmation #: 1281751.cq-ww-cw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI2E Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 246,016 It was a busy weekend here, but running high power for a change was fun. I only wish I had more time. Thanks for the QSOs! Rigs: K3, TS-940S Amps: AL-80A (2) TX Antennas 20M: inverted Vs (35 ft. and 42 ft.) 10 - 15M: dipole @25 ft. 40M: phased quarter-wavelength verticals 80M (160M): quarter-wavelength inverted L RX: half-sized K9AY loop 73, Joe WI2E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI4R Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 128,614 Ft450, FL2100B, 2-elem quad, 40,80,160 dipole Mostly just listening to the excellent propagation between holiday weekend events and testing new tower, antennas and station setup. No time for 80/160 but they must have been good too after looking at some scores. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI7N Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 570,741 Always a fun contest, but too many good football games on TV that took precedence over operating. Nice to see so many AF stations in the contest. Hope the sunspots continue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ2D Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,075,452 A nice s&p contest for me! Lots of good dx for those who need it! Put up a 3 element 40 meter vertical beam to europe and it out performs my delta loop by 2 s units! I had a great time testing it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ9B Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 317,009 ...first contest from new qth, Idaho. I was using low power and a wire antenna at 35 feet. 73, Will, wj9b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WL7BDO Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 5,913 First time trying the CW version of the contest. Tried something new with a single band entry -- 40 Meters. Spend a lot of time every night listening on 40M and learning. Friday was nice with an opening to EU even for my lower power station. The other bands are being sent as a check log, so don't reflect in my total. Thanks all who helped me with my training. Hope to be back for the next level in the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WL7E Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 308,014 Condx not as good as last month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WM3O Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,120,080 my goal from last year was 600, almost made it to 800. that will be next year's goal. not bad for a phone lid :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 871,347 That was fun. Friday night on 40 meters was terrific for my single wire - LP Peanut Whistle station. Saturday was a different tune however as the first resultsof the CME were beginning to show. I went assisted as I knew I was going to 'play around' but get sleep as I have a week-long conference this week. It was somewhat helpful in that it kept me interested in the slow times and I found that with two VFOs, I could monitor the other 'active' bands while opping on the main one. As soon as I saw adequate colors, I would flip the double arrow and work as many of the mults etc. Worked a VK6 - zone 29 on 20m Sunday. When I saw the spot, it showed I had not worked ANY VKs on 20m so I rotated down that way and COULD NOT HEAR HIM. Rotated LP and there he was clear as a bell...never done that before so there is ALWAYS new to be learned from contesting I guess. Hope everyone had as much fun as I ....see you in the 10m Contest. 73, WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO7V Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 89,040 Not much time for this one. Too bad as the conditions were pretty good. Found that on 15 with the amp going and the beam turned to the shack, my co detector would trip. Probably did the same to my neighbors! Good thing this contest only comes once a year. I always give my neighbor a full apology when I do that! Looking to the 160M contest next weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WR7Q Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 540,054 k3 500 watts SteppIR 3E 30/40 up 60 feet - 540 foot horizontal loop skywire up 25 feet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WS7L Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 359,100 I'll never win this contest -- it would be a near miracle if I were to even win my state until I get around to erecting better antennas. So I didn't try running for rate but instead tried to see if I could work more than 100 countries. I got 113. Strange some of the ones that were missing: OE, OZ, PA. When have I ever NOT worked those in a CQWW? Only worked one ON and heard a vicious pile on ON4UN Sunday afternoon. EA6 & EA9 were easy this time, which isn't often the case. I had hoped to work 5 or 6 new DXCCs that were announced to be on the air, but I knocked off 3 of them during the week prior to the contest and never got the others. Got some of the recent ones on new bands. K3 + 700 W amp, R7 and HF2V verticals. 73 and thanks for the fun! -- Carl WS7L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WU9B Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 706,596 POP GUN EPOCH RUSH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW9R Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 242,420 Now that is what propagation is supposed to be like. 40 meters on Saturday night was loads of fun. 15 meters on Sunday morning was even better. I worked some countries for the first time in 29 years of amateur radio. Due to family obligations I could only spend about 6 hours operating during the contest. I spent the time operating S&P, looking for new countries and old friends. All in all, not a bad showing for a meager station. FT1000 Mark V Ameritron 811H @ 600W N1MM logging software Gap Voyager for 40 & 80 meters Gap Titan DX for 10, 15, and 20 meters Hope to see you all in the Stew Perry Pat WW9R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX0B Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 592,024 Missed the zone 2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XE2B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 510,940 Raw score Well, I prepared myself prior the contest with good sleep the previous nights and mentally preparing my contest strategy. However…... I never suspected what was coming just 6 hours before the contest . Read the story at the very end. DAY1 (Local start: Friday 6PM) Out of focus, I started very slow, mostly S&P and limited runs. Some AS juicy multipliers were worked. I was called by the big signal of FO5RH, followed by fellow contester XE1CT in a skewed path to get own Zone 6. Band closed at 0321z. I went downstairs to have dinner and watch TV trying to relax…. Back to the rig around 0600z, to check if could manage short skip Q�'s with W5 stations -which a had been a common happening in the past few weeks , and quit after calling with no results after 10 minutes. After a really bad sleep night, I awoke at 1235z, ate some fruit and found out that the band was starting to open. I began S&P finding some Caribbean stations, but I still could not concentrate and wasted a lot of time doing S&P, only managed around 70 Q�'s on this first 3 hours of my local morning. Nevertheless, I started a decent EU run around 1543z. The last European worked EA7GYS got in the log at 1832z, which managed to sneak in the middle of my NA run! South Pacific opened around 2045z. Minutes later,when I was running nicely -C5A called me at 2050z, breaking out the pileup with a huge signal. Surprises kept coming when zone 40 called me at 2106z! After several years of drought -the long awaited JA opening happened at 2145z and lasted for more than 2 hours. A total of 132 JA’s out of 253 Q’s on this period �" something unseen for years! DAY 2 The band finally closed earlier than the day before at 0107z, with a tally of 973 QSO�'s -just shy of the 1,000 target mark for this time frame. Then went again to reload batteries (supper) and have some sleep. 1322z: I started doing S&P at our local morning, with an EU opening. 1414z: switched to run mode due to improved propagation and a nice empty slot. 1938z: good surprise, snatched zone 28 when YB9BON calls me long path. Conditions to EU wrapped up at 1917z. I started S&P but got quickly upset for the lack of ID of several stations …. Come on folk’s, other than TU or QRZ? We are not yet mind readers to figure it out what is your callsign. So I went back to running mode, working stateside. JA opened up at 2156z and kept there until the end of the test. The final count was 1,808 QSOs including the dupes. Still short of my 2,000 QSO’s target. Nevertheless my best personal score ever, for this band/mode. STATICS - CONTINENT % NA 57.1 EU 20.7 AS 16.2 SA 2.7 OC 2.6 AF 0.7 - DXCC WORKED K JA DL VE G EA F OK SP PY LU VK I PA ZL UA9 GM S5 ON OE KL 9A UR UA SM LY KH6 EI EA8 OZ BY YU LZ KH2 GW GI YO HB HA CT3 YV P4 OA LA FO FM EU CX CT C5 ZK2 ZD8 YB XE VP9 VP8 VP2V VP2M VP2E V2 UA2 TK TI PJ4 OX OM OH LX KH0 J7 J6 IT9 HP HL HC GJ FK EA6 E7 E5/n CU CM CE C6 9M6 9L 9K - Max Rates: 2011-11-27 2043Z - 5.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 300 per hour 2011-11-26 2033Z - 2.8 per minute (10 minute(s)), 168 per hour 2011-11-26 2102Z - 2.4 per minute (60 minute(s)), 143 per hour - Best runs > 100/hr 2011-11-26 1810 - 1905Z, 28116 kHz, 128 Qs, 138.9/hr 2011-11-26 1907 - 1921Z, 28116 kHz, 24 Qs, 103.0/hr 2011-11-26 2002 - 0035Z, 28044 kHz, 470 Qs, 103.0/hr 2011-11-27 1809 - 1932Z, 28021 kHz, 155 Qs, 111.9/hr 2011-11-27 1935 - 2107Z, 28039 kHz, 195 Qs, 126.3/hr THE STORY Friday noon local time -about 6 hours prior the contest starts, I was wrapping up my business meeting with a client, when my cell phone rang. It was my son who told me that we have had a burglary at our QTH! It was the first one since we moved to this QTH in 1994. I freaked out and drove frantically to get there, just visualizing the worst (Rig hardware and valuables stolen, etc) When I got there, 15 minutes later, there were already 4 patrol cars and a bunch of police officers. I found out that a good neighbor had called the cops when he noticed the burglar had jumped out from a window upstairs. Apparently, he had just enough time to break in and for some reasons he exited quickly. The burglar managed to escape the dragnet. Needless to say, we at home were totally upset by the event and couldn�'t sleep well the first night of contest, which -again, it starts locally on Friday at 6PM. Fortunately, none of the electronics or hardware equipment was touched; the bad guy just focused on jewelry/gold that we kept in a wooden box; this of course, was totally emptied. Thank you for all the Q's! Luis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XE2GG Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 712,263 That was a whole lot of fun! Imagine if conditions had been like they were just a week or two ago. I loved reading what ST2AR wrote about his wife not understanding. But we do! Now I just wish I had found you this weekend. In fact, the zones never heard were 2, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 34, 39. (I wonder who in zone 6 you worked?) Many thanks to Hector and Diana for access to the station, and help with logistics. We walked across the border again in Mexicali, no waiting or scrutiny, and saved hours waiting in line by car. Fitting my K3 into a carry-on bag with wheels makes it easy. K3 with N1MM and SB221 (500W) 5 el OWA @ 95' (played very well) Vertical @ 100' 73 and thanks for all the QSOs. David XE2GG/N6AN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XR3A Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 434,594 My first contest with new rig: TS-590. Excellent ! 20m band was crazy, Europe comming from everywhere at 03:00Z, long path, short path, north, south, east, west, wonderfull ! Rig: TS-590 Ant : 4 El triBand Old Tet, reaconditioned. (18m Hight) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XV9DX Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,027,136 Great CONDX! Was surprised how easy was to work caribean stations. I hope I made few people happy to give them a multiplier. Amazing how many dupes I have to log. This was my last CQWW contest from Vietnam. I am moving to NY next year - Any radioclub wants to draft me ? :)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YL1S Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,066,110 Thanks for nice contest QSO's 73 ! de = Tom = ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YN2CC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 5,305,712 Just a boy, his radio.....and a learning curve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YO5OAG Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 549,081 Rig: IC-7600, Ant: Diamond BB-7V, Kelemen dipole '73 Sanyi YO5OAG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YR1C Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,779,872 Technically speaking, it wasn't a true M/S operation, but just two operators playing a single radio by turns with the main target to be on air for 48 hours - no multiplier station or interlocked S&P station. We had to spend a lot of valuable time for working multipliers, so we couldn't afford long runs. Combining short runs with fast S&P, sometimes alternating QSO, we rather needed to adopt a SO1R assisted technique, but with 10 minutes rule limitation both for running and multiplier bands. This is the reason why the QSO number is quite low, but the final mutiplier paid off and we almost reached our pre contest goal of 7 mil. pts. The down side are the numbers from 80/160m. Unfortunately, here was not too much to be done in order to improve the score because the contest QTH is located really down-town in Constanta, one of the biggest cities from Romania, and we always have to fight with severe QRN plus the lack of available space to built more than a single inverted vee for 80/160m. The contest was quite exciting and we are really happy with the result, a new YO record. In the same time, we had an amazing and thrilling race with Ionut YP9W (YO9WF). We changed QSO numbers and score at every 3 to 6 hours, a fine limit constantly motivating us to pursue and try to beat the other side. One lowlight is that we couldn't establish any good run in 10m and 15m during daytime hours as we would have expected, the upper bands closed too early for us here in the Balkans, and this is partially reflected by the achievement in 40m moneyband, where nightly rates were much bigger. YO9GZU operated remote from Bucharest, several hundred kilometers away from Constanta. Some minor internet connection problems left us about 20 minutes off the air, but no other serious issues occured. Station setup: Hardware> IC 7800 + ACOM 2000 OptiBeam OB18-6 for 10-40m InvVee for 80/160m Software> N1MM Logger Remote control for YO9GZU> TeamViewer (desktop control) Skype (audio) Ham Radio Deluxe (radio control) ACOM (PA control) Home made antenna switching box software See you next contests! Tibi YO9GZU Cornel YO4NA/YR1C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YR9F Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,079,189 For this competition I set a target: - Testing my new EWE antennas for low bands RX; - Contacting as many DXCC in 10m band, necessary for DXCC awards; - Exceeding last year's score. We achieved all three objectives; propagation in the lower bands was not so good as I expected, but 15 and 10m bands were highly populated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT1VP Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 767,858 1st night - problems with equipment, wkd with low power. FB conditions. IC-7700, 2 el Yagi at 25m. 73 GL Vlada YT1VP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT3A Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 742,560 TS-870S, AMP 1kW, 4EL QQ @ 18m NA - 580 SA - 32 EU - 828 AS - 436 AF - 27 OC - 24 Thanks for the QSOs! 73 Voja YU7AV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT6W Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,761,280 I had three goals for this one: New YU record,full 48 hrs operation and to prove myself that i've learned a bit more than hit F1/ENTER keys in last 35 years of hamradio! Done! Big thanks to my friend Simo,YT3M for letting me use his great station. Thank you all for contacts. CU SN! 73,Mladen,yt6w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT7KM Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 1,043,436 73 to all ! Milan, YT7KM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT9A Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 940,000 73 de YT9A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT9X Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 6,261,888 73's Milan YU1ZZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU1WC Class: SOSB(A)/40 QRP Total Score = 155,530 This was my first full time CQ WW since I am operating qrp. Last year the contesting bug missed me in November (I checked in just to work a couple of new countries), but since then a new and better antenna was built and I resumed chasing dx big time. Again, my main goal was to improve my DXCC and WAZ counts on 40 meters qrp (I was 5 zones short of my monoband qrp WAZ). Therefore I chose to operate in the new qrp assisted category, keeping an eye on RBN and occasionally manually tuning to some interesting spots. I did also traditional s&p and after all must say the real fun lies there. Nothing beats the fun when you search up and down the band until you run into a juicy double mult. Many were found this way - most memorable of all was my first contact ever with zone 31. On my sunrise on Saturday morning, I heard a fluttery station giving out zone 31, but I was already tired and not thinking clearly, so it took me some moments to realize that was Pacific, not somewhere in Africa. It was KH7X, not busy, and he got my call easily since I (probably) run into him just before he was spotted. The qso count is low �" I spent a lot of time hanging around some multipliers, calling and calling hoping the conditions will improve or the crowd will shrink. No matter how much I tried, some of them remained elusive: XE1MM in still missing zone 6, very loud AH0BT, 9M6NA, ZM1A, CO2JD, and some others. The multiplier count is unexpectedly large �" I knew already that with good propagations and good receiving conditions on the other side I could reach everywhere with 5 watts �" but still did not expect to work so many multipliers. Of course, log checking might reduce the count �" I myself know of at least 4-5 dubious contacts where I could not make sure if my call was copied correctly. When you have a strong signal, you can correct with ease if your call is miscopied, but when you are qrp your attempts to correct it sometimes go unnoticed or the next stations in line just runs you over. Of course, you can try work the mult again to be sure you are in the log (and I did that a couple of times), but most of them were not there the second evening. Oceania was most difficult to reach. I will miss NH2T and his beverages (N2NL) when he leaves Guam in 2013 �" he heard me with ease again in this contest. It was great to work YE2S, my first contact with Indonesia, VK6AA on Saturday to know that I still can reach Australia, ZM4T on a first call, VK4KW with ease when the conditions improved and the crowds subsided. And of course, KH7X. Unfortunately, nothing was heard from Zone 1, although I heard a strong WL7E just a couple of days before the contest. Many thanks to all who had the patience, ears and big antennas to decipher my weak signal! 73 Fric YU1WC rig: Genesis G40 (homemade SDR kit, 5 W) antenna: quarterwave vertical with 2 elevated radials, on a rooftop 35 meters high software: GSDR, N1MM, RBN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU2A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 10,859,222 Despite the many problems we had during the contest, we are pleased with our score. 73 Marko YT2T one of YU2A MS team . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU2DX Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 77,147 IC-745, 50 W, DIPOLE Just for fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU5A Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 677,976 I can say that this one was „complete“ event. Not only operating, but also climbing to the antenna tower during runs due the technical problem with antenna rotator. But, what even more embarrassing me was growing practice of not giving call for a long period, or unID issue. Than after let say 5 min they gave call, but I did not catch it through the EU wall. So, I have to wait more for this double multiplier. The second unacceptable practice noticed was that pile up running station starting CQ before my exchange was finished or what I realized listening to other station, just after corespondent start to sent his exchange, like JT5DX did it all the time, at least on 15m.Such practices are simple minded approach, and totally unfair. It seems that conditions on 15m were good, all signals were strong, but no real pile up at all on my side. 73 Zoran, YU1EW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU5R Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 10,377,750 RIGS: FT1000MP MARK V , FT950 AMPS: AL800, SB1000 ANTS: 160 - INV VEE 80 - VERTICAL 40 - 3el 20 - 4el 15 - 5el 10 - 5el M2 + 3OPS + CQ WW CW = 48H OF INSOMNIA........Before the contest we were sceptic about this one, seemed to be impossible. However we made this one. Due to lack of filters, we couldn't run simultaneously on 15m and 10m, so the score was limited on these bands.Something was wrong with the 2nd radio, so we operated old school style (key) on high bands.Our main goal was to break YU-record from 2009 and we done that ih early Sunday afternoon.From that moment we lost will to catch mults, so the final score is massacred lol.Considering fact that we used only 2 x 700w (legal power),among all that KWs in M2 cat., we're satisfied with the final result. Thanks to our host Lui YT3PL for great hospitality. 73s to all.....YU5R team : YT1HA, YU6DX, YU9DX. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU7U Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 103,000 Equipment: FT2000+Micro KeyerII+N1MM loger. Antena:GP with 40 radials, and beverages ( 360 and 720 feet, designed by yu3aaa). I think I work low power three times in my life: first time, last time and never again:-) I really missed my Om power:-) CU , YU7U, Brane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YV5TX Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 43,505 My first CW test ever. It was very gratefully and funy to me. Only S&P mode. Hope that it don't be the last one. My goal is on 2012 can call at one freq and have a beautiful CW pileup. Beatiful signals everywhere! 73s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: Z35F Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 172,890 FT101E GP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZD8W Class: M/S HP Total Score = 13,453,166 The first of several planned trips to Ascension Island netted 6300 contacts, multi-single, two operators, and no internet. Highlights: Improved high-band conditions, worldwide activity levels, and great support from friends new and old. And, the ability to use Marko's (ZD8O) push-up masts and antennas installed for the Phone Contest. Lowlights: Zero-beat pile ups likely a result of packet/reverse beacon spots; trying to operate 48 hours without sleep. Look for us next year in the CQWW Phone and CW Contests. Oliver - W6NV/ZD8W Jorma - OH2KI/ZD8X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZF1A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 16,850,646 Finally! Some really great conditions on the high bands. Most everyone was loud and easy to copy making this a very pleasant experience. So great in fact that the pileups got out of hand on many occasions. But we managed to keep going and had our best M/S score every. This year, I was joined by Bob, K5WA, and Steve, AC6T, both ZF1A vets. Both did an outstanding job using my somewhat unconventional lashup. We had several days of tower work before the contest getting the antennas working better. During the contest, the usual gear failures, but fortunately we had backups for the radios and computers. Thanks as usual go to Andrew and the CARS group for the ongoing use of their fine station. CU all in Feb as ZF2AM in the ARRL CW and 160 SSB tests. John, K6AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZM1A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,486,880 Great conditions on 10 and 15m enabled our best score yet. We must be crazy to enter M/2 with only 4 operators. 73, Ken ZL1AIH @ ZM1A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZP9EH Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 242,760 Great contest. Finally worked zone 2 for WAZ, plus 5 new ones including Maldives! Thanks to all in the pileups -- my vertical doesn't hear very well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZW5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,541,754 Another great opportunity to mingle with good friends and get together for one more time. Especial thanks to PY5EG's family whose hospitality and care with hosts are their trademarks. Doing contest from their house is just like a paradise on Earth... Also a big thanks to PY5KD, PY5IP, PY5CA and PY5WD for their huge support, especially with computer stuffs. Nevertheless, unfortunatelly I received the visit from Mr. Murphy who knocked the station down for almost 2 hours right in the middle of a strong NA-SA opening, on sunday afternoon (local time). PY5KD and PY5IP were my angels in solving the problems and sending Mr. Murphy away. Thanks to Mr. Oms for the chance to keep my self up and running from his fabulous station. I did my best sir. Finaly, I would congratulate all contesters for this great party and say that PY stations are popping up that bands, showing how fast this sport is growing in this shining land and asking you all to turn your antennas down here next time. You won't regret. 73 de Paul, PY3DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZY2C Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 254,262 Few hours op. Great prop. Still learning cw !!! Tnx all for patience. PY2ADR / ZY2C Index of Calls Call: 3V8SS Class: SOAB LP Call: 4O3A Class: SOAB HP Call: 4X2M Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: 4Z5LA Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: 5H3EE Class: SOAB HP Call: 5Q2T Class: SOAB HP Call: 6Y3M Class: M/S HP Call: 7S7V Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: 8J1ING Class: M/2 LP Call: 8P5A Class: SOAB HP Call: 8Q7DV Class: M/S HP Call: 9A1A Class: M/M HP Call: 9A1AA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: 9A1P Class: M/S HP Call: 9A3BIM Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: 9A3JH Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: 9A4WY Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: 9A5Y Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: 9A7A Class: M/S HP Call: 9A8M Class: M/S HP Call: 9G5XA Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: 9H1XT Class: SOAB HP Call: 9H3PP Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: 9H9BH Class: SOAB HP Call: 9M6NA Class: SOAB HP Call: 9M8/AI6V Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: A45XR Class: SOAB HP Call: A65CA Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: A73A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AA1K Class: SOAB HP Call: AA4FU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AA4GA Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: AA4V Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AA6K Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AA6PW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AA6XV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AA7V Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AA8IA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AA8LL Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AA9A Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: AB1OD Class: SOAB LP Call: AB2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AB3IC Class: SOAB LP Call: AB4GG Class: SOAB HP Call: AB4SF Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AB6L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AB6Z Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: AB7R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AB7ZU Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: AD4ES Class: M/S HP Call: AD4L Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AD5VJ Class: M/S HP Call: AD8J Class: SOAB LP Call: AE1T Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AE5X Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AF3I Class: SOAB HP Call: AF7S Class: SOAB LP Call: AG4W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: AH6RR Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: AI2N Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AI9T Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AJ1E Class: SOAB LP Call: AJ6V Class: SOAB HP Call: AK7AZ Class: M/M HP Call: AL1G Class: SOAB HP Call: AL9A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: B4R Class: M/S HP Call: B4TB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: BA7NQ Class: Single Op Xtreme LP Call: BY5CD Class: M/S HP Call: C4Z Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: C5A Class: M/M HP Call: C6AAW Class: M/M LP Call: C6AQQ Class: SOAB LP Call: C91NW Class: SOAB HP Call: CE1CR Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: CE3AA Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: CE3WDD Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: CO6LP Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: CR3E Class: SOAB HP Call: CR3L Class: M/2 HP Call: CR6K Class: SOAB HP Call: CR6T Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: CS2C Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: CT8/W1NN Class: SOAB LP Call: CW5W Class: M/S HP Call: CX5TR Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: CX9AU Class: SOAB LP Call: D4C Class: M/S HP Call: DB0RC Class: M/S LP Call: DD1A Class: M/S HP Call: DF0HQ Class: M/M HP Call: DF0TEC Class: SOSB(A)/40 QRP Call: DF1DX Class: SOAB QRP Call: DF1LX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DF7ZS Class: M/S HP Call: DF9ZP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: DH8BQA Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: DJ2RG Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: DJ5EU Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: DJ5HB Class: SOAB LP Call: DJ5QV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DJ8OG Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DK1IZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: DK2CX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DK2GZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: DK3RED Class: SOAB QRP Call: DK5OS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DK5WL Class: SOAB QRP Call: DK8EY Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: DK8ZZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DL1A Class: M/2 HP Call: DL1CW Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: DL1IAO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: DL1REM Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: DL1RG Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: DL2CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DL2MDU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DL3EBX Class: SOAB LP Call: DL3YM Class: SOAB HP Call: DL4AAE Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: DL4MCF Class: SOAB HP Call: DL4ME Class: SOAB HP Call: DL4R Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: DL4SDW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DL5GAC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DL5RMH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DL5ZBA Class: SOAB HP Call: DL7BY Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: DL8LR Class: SOAB QRP Call: DL8LR Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: DL8SCG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DL9JON Class: SOAB HP Call: DM0Y Class: SOSB(A)/160 QRP Call: DM8D Class: M/S HP Call: DO6SR Class: SOAB LP Call: DR1A Class: M/M HP Call: DR1D Class: M/S HP Call: DS2GOO Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: E21EIC Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: E71A Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: E73M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: E73TTT Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: E74A Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: E74WN Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: E77A Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: E77CFG Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: E77TA Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: E7DX Class: M/S HP Call: EA1DR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EA1WX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EA2BNU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: EA2DK Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: EA2EA Class: M/S HP Call: EA2IF Class: SOAB HP Call: EA3AVV Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: EA3JW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: EA3NO Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: EA4KD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EA5DKU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: EA5KA Class: SOAB HP Call: EA5RS Class: M/S HP Call: EA6BF Class: SOAB LP Call: EA6FO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EA6URA Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EA8OM Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: EB1TR Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: EC8AFM Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: ED1R Class: M/2 HP Call: ED3T Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: ED4T Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: ED8A Class: SOAB LP Call: ED9M Class: M/S HP Call: EE2K Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EF2A Class: M/S HP Call: EF3A Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: EF8S Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: EI2CN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: EI4BZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EI4CF Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: EI5DI Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EI6DX Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: EI6IZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EL2A Class: M/2 HP Call: ER4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: ES1AN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: ES1WST Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: ES5TF Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: ES7GM Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: ES9C Class: M/S HP Call: EU1AA Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: EU1AZ Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: EV1R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EW1DO Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: EW2A Class: SOAB HP Call: EW2AO Class: SOAB LP Call: EW8CY Class: SOAB LP Call: EW8DJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EY3M Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: EY8MM Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: F4DXW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: F5IN Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: F5LMJ Class: SOAB LP Call: F5NGA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: F5PHW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: F5RD Class: SOAB LP Call: F5UTN Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: F5VHJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: F5VKT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: F6BEE Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: F8BDQ Class: SOSB(A)/15 QRP Call: F8CRH Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: F8CRS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: FM5CD Class: M/S HP Call: FY5FY Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: FY5KE Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: G0HVQ Class: SOAB LP Call: G0WAT Class: SOAB LP Call: G3TBK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: G3TXF Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: G3VPW Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: G3WW Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: G4FKA Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: G6T Class: SOAB HP Call: GM1F Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: GM4AFF Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: GM5X Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: GU4CHY Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: GW6W Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: HA0ML Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: HA3DX Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: HA5JI Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: HA6P Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: HA7GN Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: HA8BE Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: HA8QZ Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: HB9ARF Class: SOAB LP Call: HB9CA Class: M/2 HP Call: HB9CZF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: HB9STEVE Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: HB9SVT Class: SOAB LP Call: HF3R Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: HG1A Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: HG6C Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: HG6N Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: HG7T Class: M/2 HP Call: HI3A Class: SOAB LP Call: HK1N Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: HK1R Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: HK1X Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: HL1VAU Class: SOAB LP Call: HP1WW Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: I2WIJ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: I3VJW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: IB3X Class: M/S HP Call: IC8FBU Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: IC8POF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: II1A Class: SOAB HP Call: IK1QBT Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: IK3ORD Class: SOAB LP Call: IK8TEO Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: IK8UND Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: IO3P Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: IO3X Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: IR1X Class: SOAB LP Call: IR1Y Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: IR2C Class: SOAB HP Call: IR4E Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: IR4M Class: M/S HP Call: IR4X Class: M/2 HP Call: IR8C Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: IR9Y Class: M/S HP Call: IT9MUO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: IZ3KKE Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: IZ5HQB Class: SOAB LP Call: IZ8JFL/1 Class: SOAB (A) QRP Call: J28AA Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: J28RO Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: J6M Class: M/2 HP Call: JA1BPA Class: M/S HP Call: JA1XMS Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: JA1YPA Class: M/M HP Call: JA5FDJ Class: M/M HP Call: JA7ZP Class: SOAB HP Call: JF1NHD Class: SOAB HP Call: JF1SQC Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: JH3PRR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: JT1CD Class: SOAB HP Call: K0ALT Class: SOAB HP Call: K0CF Class: SOAB HP Call: K0CN Class: SOAB HP Call: K0DQ Class: SOAB HP Call: K0DU Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: K0EJ Class: SOAB HP Call: K0EU Class: SOAB HP Call: K0FX Class: SOAB HP Call: K0IR Class: M/2 HP Call: K0KL Class: M/S HP Call: K0KX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0MD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0PC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0PK Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: K0RF Class: M/M HP Call: K0SR Class: SOAB HP Call: K0TQ Class: SOAB HP Call: K0TV Class: M/2 HP Call: K0ZR Class: SOAB HP Call: K1AR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1BV Class: SOAB HP Call: K1BX Class: SOAB LP Call: K1DG Class: SOAB HP Call: K1EO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1FWE Class: SOAB HP Call: K1GQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1HT Class: SOAB LP Call: K1HTV Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K1JB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1KP Class: M/M HP Call: K1LI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1LT Class: SOAB HP Call: K1LZ Class: M/2 HP Call: K1NEF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1PT Class: SOAB LP Call: K1RM Class: SOAB HP Call: K1RU Class: SOAB HP Call: K1RX Class: SOAB HP Call: K1SM Class: SOAB HP Call: K1TN Class: SOAB HP Call: K1TO Class: SOAB HP Call: K1UO Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: K1ZR Class: SOAB HP Call: K1ZZ Class: SOAB HP Call: K1ZZI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2AX Class: M/2 HP Call: K2BM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2CJ Class: SOAB HP Call: K2CYE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2DB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K2DM Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K2DSL Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K2LE Class: M/S HP Call: K2ONP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2PO Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: K2PS Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K2QMF Class: M/S HP Call: K2QPN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2RD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2RS Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K2SG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2SSS Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K2YR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3AJ Class: SOAB LP Call: K3CR Class: SOAB HP Call: K3FH Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K3IE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3IT Class: SOAB LP Call: K3IU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3LR Class: M/M HP Call: K3MD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3ND Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3NM Class: M/S HP Call: K3OQ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: K3PH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3PP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3RMB Class: SOAB HP Call: K3SV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3SWZ Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K3TN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3TUF Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K3WW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3YDX Class: SOAB LP Call: K3ZM Class: SOAB HP Call: K3ZO Class: SOAB HP Call: K4AB Class: SOAB HP Call: K4ALE Class: SOAB LP Call: K4CX Class: SOAB LP Call: K4EDI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K4FJ Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: K4FTO Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K4FX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K4HAL Class: SOAB HP Call: K4IKM Class: SOAB HP Call: K4IU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K4MM Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K4NO Class: SOAB LP Call: K4RO Class: SOAB HP Call: K4SSU Class: SOAB HP Call: K4VV Class: M/2 HP Call: K4WI Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: K4WW Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: K4ZGB Class: SOAB HP Call: K4ZW Class: SOAB HP Call: K5AF Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K5AUP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K5BG Class: SOAB HP Call: K5FP Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: K5GO Class: M/S HP Call: K5IID Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K5JX Class: SOAB HP Call: K5KG Class: M/2 HP Call: K5LH Class: SOAB LP Call: K5MQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: K5NA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K5ND Class: SOAB LP Call: K5TR Class: SOAB HP Call: K5XA Class: SOAB HP Call: K5ZD Class: SOAB HP Call: K6ANP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6CSL Class: SOAB LP Call: K6CTA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6CU Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K6GFJ Class: SOAB HP Call: K6JEB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6KR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6LL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6LRN Class: SOAB HP Call: K6MM Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: K6NA Class: SOAB HP Call: K6OGO Class: SOAB HP Call: K6OK Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K6RB Class: SOAB HP Call: K6RIM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6TA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K6WSC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K6XT Class: SOAB HP Call: K7ABV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7AR Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: K7BG Class: SOAB LP Call: K7EG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7FA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K7HBN Class: SOAB LP Call: K7HP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7IA Class: SOAB HP Call: K7JA Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: K7JI Class: SOAB HP Call: K7JQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7KR Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K7MY Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K7NJ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: K7PI Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: K7RF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7RL Class: SOAB HP Call: K7RSM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7SS Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K7TQ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K7UA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7ULS Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: K7VIT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7WA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K7WP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7XC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K7ZA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7ZD Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: K8AJS Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: K8AZ Class: M/S HP Call: K8CN Class: SOAB QRP Call: K8GL Class: SOAB HP Call: K8GT Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K8GU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K8IR Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: K8JJC Class: SOAB LP Call: K8KI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K8MFO Class: SOAB HP Call: K8PO Class: SOAB HP Call: K8RF Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: K8ZT Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: K9AY Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: K9CT Class: M/S HP Call: K9DU Class: SOAB HP Call: K9FY Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: K9GS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: K9JF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K9MA Class: SOAB HP Call: K9NR Class: SOAB HP Call: K9OR Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K9QC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K9YC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KA1IOR Class: M/S HP Call: KA2D Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KA2KON Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KA3DRR Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: KA3NZR Class: SOAB LP Call: KB0EO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: KB1EFS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KB1H Class: M/2 HP Call: KB3LIX Class: SOAB LP Call: KB4KBS Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KB9S Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KB9UWU Class: SOAB LP Call: KC1XX Class: M/M HP Call: KC3WX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KD2HE Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: KD2JA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KD2MX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KD2RD Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: KD3TB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KD7H Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: KD7MSC Class: SOAB LP Call: KD9MS Class: SOAB LP Call: KE0UI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KE2VB Class: SOAB HP Call: KE8M Class: SOAB HP Call: KF0UR Class: SOAB LP Call: KF3B Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KF6T Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: KG0US Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KG0Z Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KG1E Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KG4CUY Class: SOAB HP Call: KG7H Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KH6LC Class: M/2 HP Call: KH7M Class: SOAB HP Call: KH7X Class: M/S HP Call: KI0F Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KI4UDF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: KI7Y Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KJ6MBW Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: KL7AC Class: SOAB LP Call: KL7RA Class: M/2 HP Call: KL8DX Class: SOAB LP Call: KM4HI Class: SOAB HP Call: KM6I Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KN0V Class: SOAB LP Call: KN3A Class: SOAB LP Call: KN4QD Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KN4Y Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: KN5O Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: KN7K Class: SOAB HP Call: KO7AA Class: SOAB HP Call: KO7X Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KP2B Class: Multi-Op Xtreme LP Call: KP2M Class: M/S HP Call: KP2MM Class: SOAB LP Call: KQ6ES Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: KQ8RP Class: SOAB LP Call: KR2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KR2Q Class: SOAB QRP Call: KR4F Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: KS0M Class: SOAB LP Call: KS1J Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KS2G Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KS4X Class: SOAB QRP Call: KT7E Class: SOAB HP Call: KT7G Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KT8K Class: SOAB QRP Call: KU2M Class: SOAB LP Call: KU7Y Class: SOAB LP Call: KV0Q Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: KV1J Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KV4FZ Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: KV8Q Class: SOAB LP Call: KW3F Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KX7L Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: KX9X Class: SOAB QRP Call: KY5R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LA1TV Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: LA5LJA Class: SOAB LP Call: LA8AW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: LA8OM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LA9TJA Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: LA9Z Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: LN3Z Class: M/S HP Call: LN5O Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LN8W Class: SOAB HP Call: LN9Z Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: LP1H Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LT1F Class: SOAB HP Call: LU7HZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: LU8EOT Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: LX5T Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: LX7I Class: M/S HP Call: LY2W Class: M/2 HP Call: LY6A Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: LY7M Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: LY7Z Class: SOAB QRP Call: LY8O Class: SOAB LP Call: LY9A Class: SOAB LP Call: LY9Y Class: SOAB HP Call: LZ1AQ Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: LZ2DF Class: SOAB HP Call: LZ2HA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LZ2PL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LZ2SX Class: SOAB QRP Call: LZ5K Class: SOAB HP Call: LZ5R Class: M/2 HP Call: LZ7J Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LZ8E Class: SOAB LP Call: LZ9A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: LZ9R Class: SOAB LP Call: LZ9W Class: M/M HP Call: M0VKG Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: M3I Class: SOAB HP Call: M4DXI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: M5E Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: M6W Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: MD2C Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: MM0GPZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: MM0LID Class: SOAB LP Call: MW5B Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N0BUI Class: SOAB HP Call: N0HF Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: N0HJZ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N0HR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N0IJ Class: M/2 HP Call: N0JK Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: N0KK Class: SOAB LP Call: N0KQ Class: SOAB HP Call: N0NI Class: M/S HP Call: N0SXX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N1CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N1DC Class: SOAB LP Call: N1DG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1EU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1IBM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1IW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1IX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N1LN Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N1QD Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N1RK Class: SOAB HP Call: N1TM Class: SOAB QRP Call: N1UR Class: SOAB LP Call: N1WR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2BJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2CQ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N2ED Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2EIK Class: SOAB LP Call: N2GC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2LT Class: SOAB HP Call: N2MM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2NS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2NT Class: SOAB HP Call: N2RJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2TK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2VW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2WKS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2WN Class: SOAB LP Call: N2YBB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3AM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3BM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3MX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3QE Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N3RC Class: SOAB HP Call: N3RR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3RS Class: M/2 HP Call: N3UM Class: SOAB HP Call: N3ZA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3ZZ Class: SOAB HP Call: N4BAA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4DJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4DW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4DXI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4EEB Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: N4EK Class: SOAB LP Call: N4GG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4IJ Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: N4JF Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: N4KG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4KH Class: SOAB LP Call: N4LF Class: SOAB LP Call: N4LR Class: SOAB HP Call: N4LZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4MM Class: SOAB HP Call: N4MO Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: N4NM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4NO Class: SOAB HP Call: N4PN Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: N4PSE Class: SOAB LP Call: N4QX Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: N4RA Class: SOAB HP Call: N4RV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4TB Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: N4TZ/9 Class: SOAB LP Call: N4UU Class: SOAB HP Call: N4VV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4WW Class: M/2 HP Call: N4YDU Class: SOAB LP Call: N4ZC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4ZZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N5AW Class: SOAB LP Call: N5DO Class: SOAB LP Call: N5EE Class: SOAB LP Call: N5FO Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N5JB Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N5JR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N5OE Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: N5QQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N5RZ Class: SOAB HP Call: N5UI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N5VI Class: SOAB LP Call: N5XZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N5ZK Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N6AR Class: SOAB HP Call: N6DW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N6HI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: N6IE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6KI Class: SOAB HP Call: N6KJ Class: SOAB HP Call: N6ML Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6QQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6RV Class: SOAB LP Call: N6SS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: N6VR Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: N6WIN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6WM Class: M/M HP Call: N6WS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6YEU Class: SOAB LP Call: N7AT Class: M/2 HP Call: N7DD Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: N7IR Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: N7MAL Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: N7ON Class: SOAB HP Call: N7RK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7RVD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7TT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7VM Class: SOAB LP Call: N7VS Class: SOAB LP Call: N7WA Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: N7XU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7ZG Class: SOAB LP Call: N8AA Class: SOAB LP Call: N8AGU Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: N8BJQ Class: SOAB HP Call: N8DE Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N8EA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N8ET Class: SOAB QRP Call: N8HM Class: SOAB QRP Call: N8II Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N8LJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: N8NOE Class: SOAB LP Call: N8RA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N8TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N8UM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N8XX Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: N9AUG Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N9CK Class: SOAB LP Call: N9CM Class: SOAB LP Call: N9CO Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N9FC Class: SOAB HP Call: N9NA Class: SOAB LP Call: N9OK Class: SOAB HP Call: N9RV Class: SOAB HP Call: N9UA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: NA2M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NA3M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NA4K Class: SOAB LP Call: NA6E Class: SOAB LP Call: NA8V Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: NB4M Class: SOAB HP Call: ND0C Class: SOAB QRP Call: ND3D Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: ND8N Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: NE1B Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NE1RD Class: SOAB LP Call: NE6I Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NE7D Class: SOAB LP Call: NE8P Class: SOAB HP Call: NF4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NF8J Class: SOAB LP Call: NF8M Class: SOAB LP Call: NG7Z Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: NH2T Class: SOAB HP Call: NI7R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NJ1F Class: SOAB HP Call: NJ8J Class: SOAB LP Call: NK3Y Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NK7U Class: SOAB HP Call: NL7Z Class: M/2 HP Call: NM2L Class: SOAB LP Call: NN1N Class: SOAB HP Call: NN3RP Class: SOAB HP Call: NN3W Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NN4K Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NN4MM Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: NN7SS Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: NP4Z Class: SOAB HP Call: NQ4I Class: M/M HP Call: NR4C Class: SOAB LP Call: NR4M Class: M/M HP Call: NR5M Class: M/M HP Call: NS3T Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: NS6T Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: NT2A Class: SOAB HP Call: NT6X Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NV4B Class: SOAB LP Call: NW2K Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: NW3H Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NW4V Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: NX0I Class: SOAB LP Call: NX2X Class: SOAB HP Call: NY3A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NY4A Class: M/2 HP Call: NY6DX Class: M/S HP Call: OE3K Class: SOAB HP Call: OE3KAB Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: OE4A Class: SOAB LP Call: OE5OHO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OE8Q Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: OG1M Class: SOAB HP Call: OG4T Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: OG5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OH0Z Class: SOAB HP Call: OH1F Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: OH1MM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OH2XX Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Call: OH5TS Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: OH5Z Class: SOAB QRP Call: OH6AC Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OH6MW Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: OH6TN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OH6VM Class: SOAB HP Call: OH8A Class: M/S HP Call: OH8L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OH8X Class: SOAB HP Call: OK1AIJ Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: OK1CLD Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: OK1CZ Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: OK1DZR Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: OK1IC Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: OK1MMN Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: OK1SKJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: OK2W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: OK3C Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: OK6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: OK7K Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: OK7T Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: OL3Z Class: M/2 HP Call: OL4W Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: OL6P Class: SOAB LP Call: OL7C Class: M/S HP Call: OL8M Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: OL9Z Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: OM0DX Class: SOAB LP Call: OM3AG Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OM5NA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: OM7M Class: M/S HP Call: OM7RU Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: OM8A Class: M/S HP Call: ON4IA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: ON4WW Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: ON5KQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: OP4A Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: OP4K Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OQ5M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OR2A Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: OR2F Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: OT4A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OU2I Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: OV3X Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: OY1CT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OZ4FF Class: SOAB LP Call: OZ5E Class: M/M HP Call: OZ5WQ Class: SOAB LP Call: OZ8A Class: SOAB QRP Call: P33W Class: M/S HP Call: P3J Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: P40F Class: SOAB HP Call: P40L Class: M/S HP Call: P40W Class: SOAB HP Call: PA0JED Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: PA5KT Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: PI4DX Class: M/2 HP Call: PJ2T Class: M/M HP Call: PJ4A Class: M/2 HP Call: PJ4LS Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: PP1CZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: PP2EG Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: PP5BZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: PR5B Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: PR7AR Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: PW2D Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: PW7T Class: M/2 HP Call: PY1NB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: PY1ZV Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: PY2EL Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: PY2MTV Class: SOAB (A) HP Call: PY2NA Class: SOAB LP Call: PY2NDX Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: PY2PT Class: SOAB HP Call: PY2TIM Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: PY2YU Class: SOAB HP Call: PY3FJ Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: PY3KN Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: PY3OZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: PY3XX Class: SOAB LP Call: PY4XX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: PY5FB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: PY6KY Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: PZ5T Class: SOAB HP Call: R2SA Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: R3KM Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: R3VO Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RA/SM6LRR Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: RA3AN Class: SOAB QRP Call: RA3AV Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: RA3FD Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RA9AE Class: SOAB HP Call: RA9AP Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: RA9FW/9 Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: RA9MX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RC9O Class: SOAB HP Call: RF9C Class: M/S HP Call: RG6G Class: SOAB HP Call: RG9A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: RK0W Class: M/2 HP Call: RK9AD Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Call: RK9QWM Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: RL3A Class: M/S HP Call: RM3Q Class: M/S HP Call: RM9X Class: M/2 HP Call: RN3F Class: M/2 HP Call: RN4HAB Class: SOAB () QRP Call: RT4F Class: M/S HP Call: RT4RO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: RT5G Class: M/2 HP Call: RT5Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: RT9S Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RU0FM Class: M/2 HP Call: RU1A Class: M/S HP Call: RU4SO Class: SOAB LP Call: RU9BS Class: SOAB LP Call: RV9UP Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RW0CWA Class: M/S HP Call: RW4W Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: RW9OW Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: RW9RN Class: SOAB QRP Call: RX1CQ Class: SOAB QRP Call: RX9CAZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: RZ0SZZ Class: M/S HP Call: RZ3DX Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: RZ3VA Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: RZ9YB Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: S50A Class: SOAB LP Call: S50B Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: S50G Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: S50K Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: S50XX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: S51F Class: SOAB HP Call: S52A Class: SOAB LP Call: S52OP Class: SOAB HP Call: S52W Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: S52ZW Class: M/2 HP Call: S53F Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: S53MM Class: SOAB HP Call: S54A Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: S54X Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: S55Z Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: S56A Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: S57AL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: S57DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: S57L Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: S57M Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: S58M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: S59A Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: S59ABC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: S59N Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: SA0BJL Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: SE0X Class: SOAB HP Call: SJ2W Class: M/S HP Call: SK3W Class: M/M HP Call: SM5D Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SM5MX Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: SM6CNN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SN2K Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: SN3B Class: SOAB LP Call: SN5J Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: SN6F Class: M/M HP Call: SN7Q Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SN8C Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: SN8F Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: SN8R Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: SO2O Class: SOAB LP Call: SO4M Class: M/2 HP Call: SO7L Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: SO8A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SO9Q Class: M/S HP Call: SP1NY Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: SP3FYX Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: SP3GTS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: SP5DDJ Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: SP6LV Class: SOAB QRP Call: SP6OJE Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: SP9LJD Class: SOAB HP Call: SP9NSV Class: SOAB QRP Call: SQ8JX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: SQ8LSC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: SQ9UM Class: SOAB LP Call: ST2AR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SV0XBZ/9 Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: SV1BJW Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: SV1DPI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SV2BOH Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: SV5DKL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: T6MO Class: SOAB LP Call: T70A Class: SOAB HP Call: TC2X Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: TC3A Class: M/2 HP Call: TF3CW Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: TI5A Class: SOAB QRP Call: TK4W Class: M/2 HP Call: TM2T Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: TM4Q Class: M/S HP Call: TM6M Class: M/S HP Call: TM6X Class: SOAB HP Call: TO3A Class: M/S HP Call: UA0DC Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: UA0SR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UA3MIF Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: UA4ALI Class: SOAB LP Call: UA6LCN Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: UA9LAO Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: UA9MA Class: SOAB LP Call: UB0A Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: UC0A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UK9AA Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: UN6LN Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: UN7PCZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: UN9GD Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: UN9L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UP0L Class: SOAB HP Call: UP2L Class: SOAB HP Call: UP4L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UR5IFB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: UR5LAM Class: SOAB QRP Call: UR5MM Class: SOAB LP Call: UR5QA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: US0HZ Class: SOAB LP Call: UT0NT Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: UT7EZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UT7X Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: UT8L Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: UT8LO Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: UU7J Class: SOAB HP Call: UV0I Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: UV5U Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UW0K Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UW1M Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: UW1MU Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: UW1MW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: UW5M Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: UX1UF Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: UX4U Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UY7C Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: UZ2M Class: M/S HP Call: UZ2Q Class: M/M HP Call: V26K Class: SOAB LP Call: V31AO Class: M/S HP Call: VA1CHP Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: VA2EW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VA2UP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VA3AMX Class: SOAB QRP Call: VA3ATT Class: SOAB LP Call: VA3DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VA3EC Class: SOAB LP Call: VA3GUY Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: VA3KAI Class: SOAB LP Call: VA3RJ Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: VA3WR Class: SOAB QRP Call: VA7DXC Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: VA7KO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VA7RN Class: SOAB LP Call: VA7ST Class: SOAB HP Call: VE1AL Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: VE1OP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE1RGB Class: SOAB LP Call: VE1RSM Class: SOAB LP Call: VE1ZA Class: SOAB LP Call: VE1ZAC Class: SOAB HP Call: VE1ZJ Class: SOAB LP Call: VE2EKA Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3CR Class: M/S HP Call: VE3CV Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE3CWU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE3CX Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VE3EJ Class: M/S HP Call: VE3EK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE3FDT Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3GFN Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3GTC Class: SOAB QRP Call: VE3HG Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: VE3JAQ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: VE3JM Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3KI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE3MGY Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Call: VE3OI Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3OSZ Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: VE3RCN Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3RSA Class: SOAB QRP Call: VE3RZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE3THX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: VE3TW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE3UTT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE3XAT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE3XD Class: SOSB(A)/15 QRP Call: VE4EA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: VE4EAR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE5MX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE5UF Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VE6EX Class: SOAB HP Call: VE6JY Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VE6SQ Class: SOAB LP Call: VE6SV Class: M/S HP Call: VE6WZ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: VE7CC Class: SOAB HP Call: VE7CT Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VE7CV Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: VE7GL Class: M/S HP Call: VE7IO Class: SOAB HP Call: VE7TG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE7UF Class: M/M HP Call: VE7VR Class: SOAB HP Call: VE7WO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE7XF Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VE9AA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VE9DX Class: SOAB LP Call: VE9HF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VK2DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VK2IM Class: SOAB HP Call: VK3TDX Class: SOAB HP Call: VK4UC Class: SOAB HP Call: VK6LW Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: VK8GM Class: SOAB HP Call: VO1HP Class: SOAB HP Call: VO1MP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VO1TA Class: SOAB HP Call: VP2EAT Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: VP2MWG Class: M/2 HP Call: VP9/N3AD Class: SOAB LP Call: VU2HFR Class: SOAB LP Call: VU2NKS Class: M/S LP Call: VU2PTT Class: SOAB HP Call: VY1EI Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VY2LI Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: VY2SS Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VY2TT Class: SOAB HP Call: VY2ZM Class: SOAB HP Call: W0AIH Class: M/M HP Call: W0ANT Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W0BH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0ERP Class: SOAB LP Call: W0ETT Class: SOAB LP Call: W0LM Class: SOAB HP Call: W0PAN Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: W0RAA Class: SOAB LP Call: W0RX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0UCE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0UO Class: SOAB HP Call: W0VX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0ZA Class: SOAB HP Call: W1AO Class: SOAB LP Call: W1CSM Class: M/M HP Call: W1EBI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1EQ Class: SOAB HP Call: W1GD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1HIS Class: SOAB HP Call: W1JQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W1KM Class: SOAB HP Call: W1KQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1MAT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1MAW Class: SOAB HP Call: W1MK Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: W1MU Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: W1NK Class: SOAB LP Call: W1NR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1OHM Class: SOAB HP Call: W1RH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1RM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1TO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1VE Class: SOAB LP Call: W1WBB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W1WEF Class: SOAB HP Call: W1ZK Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: W1ZT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2CDO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2CG Class: M/2 HP Call: W2EG Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: W2FU Class: M/M HP Call: W2GG Class: SOAB HP Call: W2GPS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2ID Class: SOAB HP Call: W2JU Class: SOAB HP Call: W2LE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2NO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2NRA Class: SOAB LP Call: W2RE Class: M/S HP Call: W2UP Class: SOAB LP Call: W2VJN Class: SOAB HP Call: W2XL Class: SOAB HP Call: W2YC Class: M/2 HP Call: W2YR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3BGN Class: M/S HP Call: W3EA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3EF Class: SOAB LP Call: W3EP Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W3IQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3KB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W3KL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3LJ Class: M/S HP Call: W3LPL Class: M/M HP Call: W3MF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3SQ Class: SOAB HP Call: W3UA Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: W3UL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3WC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3WW Class: SOAB LP Call: W3YY Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4AS Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W4AX Class: SOAB HP Call: W4BAB Class: SOAB HP Call: W4BCG Class: SOAB HP Call: W4BQF Class: SOAB HP Call: W4DXX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4EE Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W4EF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4GDG Class: SOAB LP Call: W4JAM Class: SOAB HP Call: W4LSC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W4LT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4MJA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W4NZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W4PK Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W4QN Class: SOAB HP Call: W4QO Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: W4RK Class: SOAB HP Call: W4RYW Class: SOAB LP Call: W4TMW Class: SOAB LP Call: W4UH Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W4UT Class: SOAB HP Call: W4VIC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4XO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4ZGR Class: SOAB QRP Call: W4ZV Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W5GAI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: W5GN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W5JBO Class: SOAB LP Call: W5JR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W5RU Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W5VX Class: M/S HP Call: W5ZO Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: W6AAN Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W6AQ Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: W6FA Class: SOAB HP Call: W6KC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6NF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6OAT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6PH Class: SOAB HP Call: W6PK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6QU Class: SOAB QRP Call: W6RK Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W6SX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6SZN Class: SOAB HP Call: W6TK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6XI Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: W6XK Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W6YA Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W6YI Class: SOAB HP Call: W6ZL Class: SOAB LP Call: W7CT Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: W7DR Class: M/S HP Call: W7DRA Class: SOSB/160 QRP Call: W7IJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W7IV Class: SOAB HP Call: W7OM Class: SOAB HP Call: W7PP Class: SOAB HP Call: W7QN Class: SOAB LP Call: W7RH Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: W7RN Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W7SO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W7VJ Class: M/S HP Call: W7VO Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: W7VP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W7VV Class: M/2 HP Call: W7VXS Class: SOAB LP Call: W7WA Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: W7WHY Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W7WZ Class: SOAB HP Call: W7YAQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W7YS Class: SOAB HP Call: W7ZI Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: W7ZR Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: W8AEF Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W8AV Class: M/2 HP Call: W8FN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W8KTQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W8MJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W8NF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W8OHT Class: SOAB HP Call: W8RA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W8TA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W8TOP Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: W9CF Class: SOAB LP Call: W9IIX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: W9ILY Class: SOAB LP Call: W9OP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W9RE Class: SOAB HP Call: W9SN Class: M/2 HP Call: W9WI Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W9ZRX Class: SOAB LP Call: WA0MHJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WA1FCN Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: WA2BCK Class: SOAB HP Call: WA2JQK Class: SOAB LP Call: WA3AFS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WA3F Class: SOAB HP Call: WA4EUL Class: SOAB LP Call: WA5RML Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: WA7LNW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: WA7NWL Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: WA7PRC Class: SOAB HP Call: WA8REI Class: SOAB QRP Call: WB4MSG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WB4TDH Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: WB6JJJ Class: SOAB HP Call: WB8JUI Class: SOAB LP Call: WB8YYY Class: SOAB LP Call: WC1M Class: SOAB HP Call: WC6H Class: SOAB HP Call: WC7Q Class: SOAB HP Call: WD8RYC Class: SOAB HP Call: WE6Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WE9V Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: WF7T Class: SOAB LP Call: WI2E Class: SOAB HP Call: WI4R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WI7N Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WJ2D Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WJ9B Class: SOAB LP Call: WL7BDO Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: WL7E Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: WM3O Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WN6K Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: WN9O Class: M/S HP Call: WO7V Class: SOAB HP Call: WR1Q Class: SOAB LP Call: WR7Q Class: SOAB HP Call: WS7L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WT9Q Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: WU9B Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: WW9R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WX0B Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: WY3A Class: SOAB HP Call: XE2B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: XE2GG Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: XR3A Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: XV9DX Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: YE2S Class: M/2 HP Call: YL1S Class: M/S HP Call: YL3FT Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: YL5T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YL6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: YL9T Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: YN2CC Class: SOAB LP Call: YO4DW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: YO5OAG Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: YO5OED Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: YO9HP Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: YP8T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YP9W Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YR1C Class: M/S HP Call: YR5N Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: YR5Z/P Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: YR9F Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YT1VP Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: YT3A Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: YT4A Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: YT6W Class: SOAB LP Call: YT7KM Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: YT9A Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: YT9X Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YU1KT Class: SOAB LP Call: YU1LA Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: YU1TY Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: YU1WC Class: SOSB(A)/40 QRP Call: YU2A Class: M/S HP Call: YU2DX Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: YU2FG Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: YU5A Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: YU5R Class: M/2 HP Call: YU7PG Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: YU7U Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: YV5TX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: Z32XU Class: SOAB HP Call: Z33A Class: SOAB LP Call: Z33F Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: Z35F Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: Z35X Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: Z36W Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: ZC4LI Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: ZD8W Class: M/S HP Call: ZF1A Class: M/S HP Call: ZM1A Class: M/2 HP Call: ZP9EH Class: SOAB LP Call: ZS4TX Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: ZW5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: ZY2C Class: SOAB(A) HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/2 HP Call: CR3L Call: DL1A Call: ED1R Call: EL2A Call: HB9CA Call: HG7T Call: IR4X Call: J6M Call: K0IR Call: K0TV Call: K1LZ Call: K2AX Call: K4VV Call: K5KG Call: KB1H Call: KH6LC Call: KL7RA Call: LY2W Call: LZ5R Call: N0IJ Call: N3RS Call: N4WW Call: N7AT Call: NL7Z Call: NY4A Call: OL3Z Call: PI4DX Call: PJ4A Call: PW7T Call: RK0W Call: RM9X Call: RN3F Call: RT5G Call: RU0FM Call: S52ZW Call: SO4M Call: TC3A Call: TK4W Call: VP2MWG Call: W2CG Call: W2YC Call: W7VV Call: W8AV Call: W9SN Call: YE2S Call: YU5R Call: ZM1A Class: M/2 LP Call: 8J1ING Class: M/M HP Call: 9A1A Call: AK7AZ Call: C5A Call: DF0HQ Call: DR1A Call: JA1YPA Call: JA5FDJ Call: K0RF Call: K1KP Call: K3LR Call: KC1XX Call: LZ9W Call: N6WM Call: NQ4I Call: NR4M Call: NR5M Call: OZ5E Call: PJ2T Call: SK3W Call: SN6F Call: UZ2Q Call: VE7UF Call: W0AIH Call: W1CSM Call: W2FU Call: W3LPL Class: M/M LP Call: C6AAW Class: M/S HP Call: 6Y3M Call: 8Q7DV Call: 9A1P Call: 9A7A Call: 9A8M Call: AD4ES Call: AD5VJ Call: B4R Call: BY5CD Call: CW5W Call: D4C Call: DD1A Call: DF7ZS Call: DM8D Call: DR1D Call: E7DX Call: EA2EA Call: EA5RS Call: ED9M Call: EF2A Call: ES9C Call: FM5CD Call: IB3X Call: IR4M Call: IR9Y Call: JA1BPA Call: K0KL Call: K2LE Call: K2QMF Call: K3NM Call: K5GO Call: K8AZ Call: K9CT Call: KA1IOR Call: KH7X Call: KP2M Call: LN3Z Call: LX7I Call: N0NI Call: NY6DX Call: OH8A Call: OL7C Call: OM7M Call: OM8A Call: P33W Call: P40L Call: RF9C Call: RL3A Call: RM3Q Call: RT4F Call: RU1A Call: RW0CWA Call: RZ0SZZ Call: SJ2W Call: SO9Q Call: TM4Q Call: TM6M Call: TO3A Call: UZ2M Call: V31AO Call: VE3CR Call: VE3EJ Call: VE6SV Call: VE7GL Call: W2RE Call: W3BGN Call: W3LJ Call: W5VX Call: W7DR Call: W7VJ Call: WN9O Call: YL1S Call: YR1C Call: YU2A Call: ZD8W Call: ZF1A Class: M/S LP Call: DB0RC Call: VU2NKS Class: Multi-Op Xtreme LP Call: KP2B Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Call: OH2XX Class: Single Op Xtreme LP Call: BA7NQ Class: SOAB HP Call: 4O3A Call: 5H3EE Call: 5Q2T Call: 8P5A Call: 9H1XT Call: 9H9BH Call: 9M6NA Call: A45XR Call: AA1K Call: AB4GG Call: AF3I Call: AJ6V Call: AL1G Call: C91NW Call: CR3E Call: CR6K Call: DL3YM Call: DL4MCF Call: DL4ME Call: DL5ZBA Call: DL9JON Call: EA2IF Call: EA5KA Call: EW2A Call: G6T Call: II1A Call: IR2C Call: JA7ZP Call: JF1NHD Call: JT1CD Call: K0ALT Call: K0CF Call: K0CN Call: K0DQ Call: K0EJ Call: K0EU Call: K0FX Call: K0SR Call: K0TQ Call: K0ZR Call: K1BV Call: K1DG Call: K1FWE Call: K1LT Call: K1RM Call: K1RU Call: K1RX Call: K1SM Call: K1TN Call: K1TO Call: K1ZR Call: K1ZZ Call: K2CJ Call: K3CR Call: K3RMB Call: K3ZM Call: K3ZO Call: K4AB Call: K4HAL Call: K4IKM Call: K4RO Call: K4SSU Call: K4ZGB Call: K4ZW Call: K5BG Call: K5JX Call: K5TR Call: K5XA Call: K5ZD Call: K6GFJ Call: K6LRN Call: K6NA Call: K6OGO Call: K6RB Call: K6XT Call: K7IA Call: K7JI Call: K7RL Call: K8GL Call: K8MFO Call: K8PO Call: K9DU Call: K9MA Call: K9NR Call: KE2VB Call: KE8M Call: KG4CUY Call: KH7M Call: KM4HI Call: KN7K Call: KO7AA Call: KT7E Call: LN8W Call: LT1F Call: LY9Y Call: LZ2DF Call: LZ5K Call: M3I Call: N0BUI Call: N0KQ Call: N1RK Call: N2LT Call: N2NT Call: N3RC Call: N3UM Call: N3ZZ Call: N4LR Call: N4MM Call: N4NO Call: N4RA Call: N4UU Call: N5RZ Call: N6AR Call: N6KI Call: N6KJ Call: N7ON Call: N8BJQ Call: N9FC Call: N9OK Call: N9RV Call: NB4M Call: NE8P Call: NH2T Call: NJ1F Call: NK7U Call: NN1N Call: NN3RP Call: NP4Z Call: NT2A Call: NX2X Call: OE3K Call: OG1M Call: OH0Z Call: OH6VM Call: OH8X Call: P40F Call: P40W Call: PY2PT Call: PY2YU Call: PZ5T Call: RA9AE Call: RC9O Call: RG6G Call: S51F Call: S52OP Call: S53MM Call: SE0X Call: SP9LJD Call: T70A Call: TM6X Call: UP0L Call: UP2L Call: UU7J Call: VA7ST Call: VE1ZAC Call: VE3JM Call: VE3OI Call: VE6EX Call: VE7CC Call: VE7IO Call: VE7VR Call: VK2IM Call: VK3TDX Call: VK4UC Call: VK8GM Call: VO1HP Call: VO1TA Call: VU2PTT Call: VY2TT Call: VY2ZM Call: W0LM Call: W0UO Call: W0ZA Call: W1EQ Call: W1HIS Call: W1KM Call: W1MAW Call: W1OHM Call: W1WEF Call: W2GG Call: W2ID Call: W2JU Call: W2VJN Call: W2XL Call: W3SQ Call: W4AX Call: W4BAB Call: W4BCG Call: W4BQF Call: W4JAM Call: W4QN Call: W4RK Call: W4UT Call: W6FA Call: W6PH Call: W6SZN Call: W6YI Call: W7IV Call: W7OM Call: W7PP Call: W7WZ Call: W7YS Call: W8OHT Call: W9RE Call: WA2BCK Call: WA3F Call: WA7PRC Call: WB6JJJ Call: WC1M Call: WC6H Call: WC7Q Call: WD8RYC Call: WI2E Call: WO7V Call: WR7Q Call: WY3A Call: Z32XU Class: SOAB LP Call: 3V8SS Call: AB1OD Call: AB3IC Call: AD8J Call: AF7S Call: AJ1E Call: C6AQQ Call: CT8/W1NN Call: CX9AU Call: DJ5HB Call: DL3EBX Call: DO6SR Call: EA6BF Call: ED8A Call: EW2AO Call: EW8CY Call: F5LMJ Call: F5RD Call: G0HVQ Call: G0WAT Call: HB9ARF Call: HB9SVT Call: HI3A Call: HL1VAU Call: IK3ORD Call: IR1X Call: IZ5HQB Call: K1BX Call: K1HT Call: K1PT Call: K3AJ Call: K3IT Call: K3YDX Call: K4ALE Call: K4CX Call: K4NO Call: K5LH Call: K5ND Call: K6CSL Call: K7BG Call: K7HBN Call: K8JJC Call: KA3NZR Call: KB3LIX Call: KB9UWU Call: KD7MSC Call: KD9MS Call: KF0UR Call: KL7AC Call: KL8DX Call: KN0V Call: KN3A Call: KP2MM Call: KQ8RP Call: KS0M Call: KU2M Call: KU7Y Call: KV8Q Call: LA5LJA Call: LY8O Call: LY9A Call: LZ8E Call: LZ9R Call: MM0LID Call: N0KK Call: N1DC Call: N1UR Call: N2EIK Call: N2WN Call: N4EK Call: N4KH Call: N4LF Call: N4PSE Call: N4TZ/9 Call: N4YDU Call: N5AW Call: N5DO Call: N5EE Call: N5VI Call: N6RV Call: N6YEU Call: N7VM Call: N7VS Call: N7ZG Call: N8AA Call: N8NOE Call: N9CK Call: N9CM Call: N9NA Call: NA4K Call: NA6E Call: NE1RD Call: NE7D Call: NF8J Call: NF8M Call: NJ8J Call: NM2L Call: NR4C Call: NV4B Call: NX0I Call: OE4A Call: OL6P Call: OM0DX Call: OZ4FF Call: OZ5WQ Call: PY2NA Call: PY3XX Call: RU4SO Call: RU9BS Call: S50A Call: S52A Call: SN3B Call: SO2O Call: SQ9UM Call: T6MO Call: UA4ALI Call: UA9MA Call: UR5MM Call: US0HZ Call: V26K Call: VA3ATT Call: VA3EC Call: VA3KAI Call: VA7RN Call: VE1RGB Call: VE1RSM Call: VE1ZA Call: VE1ZJ Call: VE2EKA Call: VE3FDT Call: VE3GFN Call: VE3RCN Call: VE6SQ Call: VE9DX Call: VP9/N3AD Call: VU2HFR Call: W0ERP Call: W0ETT Call: W0RAA Call: W1AO Call: W1JQ Call: W1NK Call: W1VE Call: W2NRA Call: W2UP Call: W3EF Call: W3WW Call: W4GDG Call: W4RYW Call: W4TMW Call: W5JBO Call: W6ZL Call: W7QN Call: W7VXS Call: W7YAQ Call: W8KTQ Call: W9CF Call: W9ILY Call: W9ZRX Call: WA2JQK Call: WA4EUL Call: WB8JUI Call: WB8YYY Call: WF7T Call: WJ9B Call: WR1Q Call: YN2CC Call: YT6W Call: YU1KT Call: Z33A Call: ZP9EH Class: SOAB QRP Call: DF1DX Call: DK3RED Call: DK5WL Call: DL8LR Call: K8CN Call: KR2Q Call: KS4X Call: KT8K Call: KX9X Call: LY7Z Call: LZ2SX Call: N1TM Call: N8ET Call: N8HM Call: ND0C Call: OH5Z Call: OZ8A Call: RA3AN Call: RW9RN Call: RX1CQ Call: SP6LV Call: SP9NSV Call: TI5A Call: UR5LAM Call: VA3AMX Call: VA3WR Call: VE3GTC Call: VE3RSA Call: W4ZGR Call: W6QU Call: WA8REI Class: SOAB () QRP Call: RN4HAB Class: SOAB (A) HP Call: PY2MTV Class: SOAB (A) QRP Call: IZ8JFL/1 Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: 9A1AA Call: 9A4WY Call: AA6PW Call: AA6XV Call: AB2E Call: AB6L Call: AB7R Call: AE5X Call: AI2N Call: AL9A Call: B4TB Call: DJ5QV Call: DK5OS Call: DK8ZZ Call: DL2MDU Call: DL5GAC Call: DL5RMH Call: DL8SCG Call: E73M Call: EA1DR Call: EA1WX Call: EA4KD Call: EA6FO Call: EE2K Call: EI6IZ Call: ER4A Call: EV1R Call: EW8DJ Call: F5NGA Call: F5VHJ Call: F5VKT Call: F8CRS Call: G3TBK Call: I3VJW Call: IC8POF Call: IK8UND Call: IR4E Call: JH3PRR Call: K0KX Call: K0MD Call: K0PC Call: K1AR Call: K1EO Call: K1GQ Call: K1JB Call: K1LI Call: K1NEF Call: K1ZZI Call: K2BM Call: K2CYE Call: K2ONP Call: K2QPN Call: K2RD Call: K2SG Call: K2YR Call: K3IE Call: K3IU Call: K3MD Call: K3ND Call: K3PH Call: K3PP Call: K3SV Call: K3TN Call: K3WW Call: K4EDI Call: K4IU Call: K5AUP Call: K5NA Call: K6ANP Call: K6CTA Call: K6JEB Call: K6KR Call: K6LL Call: K6RIM Call: K7ABV Call: K7EG Call: K7HP Call: K7JQ Call: K7RF Call: K7RSM Call: K7UA Call: K7VIT Call: K7WP Call: K7ZA Call: K8KI Call: K9JF Call: K9QC Call: K9YC Call: KB1EFS Call: KB9S Call: KC3WX Call: KD2JA Call: KD3TB Call: KE0UI Call: KF3B Call: KG0US Call: KG7H Call: KI0F Call: KI7Y Call: KO7X Call: KR2E Call: KT7G Call: KV1J Call: KY5R Call: LA8OM Call: LN5O Call: LP1H Call: LZ2PL Call: M4DXI Call: MD2C Call: MM0GPZ Call: N0HR Call: N1DG Call: N1EU Call: N1IBM Call: N1IW Call: N1WR Call: N2BJ Call: N2ED Call: N2GC Call: N2MM Call: N2NS Call: N2RJ Call: N2TK Call: N2VW Call: N2WKS Call: N2YBB Call: N3AM Call: N3BM Call: N3MX Call: N3RR Call: N3ZA Call: N4BAA Call: N4DJ Call: N4DW Call: N4DXI Call: N4GG Call: N4KG Call: N4LZ Call: N4NM Call: N4RV Call: N4VV Call: N4ZC Call: N4ZZ Call: N5JR Call: N5QQ Call: N5UI Call: N5XZ Call: N6IE Call: N6ML Call: N6QQ Call: N6WIN Call: N6WS Call: N7RK Call: N7RVD Call: N7TT Call: N7XU Call: N8RA Call: N8TR Call: N8UM Call: NA2M Call: NA3M Call: NE1B Call: NE6I Call: NF4A Call: NI7R Call: NK3Y Call: NN3W Call: NN4K Call: NT6X Call: NW3H Call: NY3A Call: OH1MM Call: OH6TN Call: OH8L Call: OQ5M Call: OY1CT Call: PY5FB Call: RG9A Call: RT4RO Call: RT5Z Call: RW4W Call: S57AL Call: S57DX Call: S58M Call: S59ABC Call: SM5D Call: SM6CNN Call: SN7Q Call: SO8A Call: ST2AR Call: SV1DPI Call: SV5DKL Call: UA0SR Call: UC0A Call: UN9L Call: UP4L Call: UR5QA Call: UT7EZ Call: UV5U Call: UW0K Call: UX4U Call: VA2EW Call: VA2UP Call: VA3DX Call: VA7KO Call: VE1OP Call: VE3EK Call: VE3KI Call: VE3RZ Call: VE3UTT Call: VE3XAT Call: VE4EAR Call: VE5MX Call: VE7TG Call: VE7WO Call: VE9HF Call: VK2DX Call: VO1MP Call: W0BH Call: W0RX Call: W0UCE Call: W0VX Call: W1EBI Call: W1GD Call: W1KQ Call: W1MAT Call: W1NR Call: W1RH Call: W1RM Call: W1TO Call: W1ZT Call: W2CDO Call: W2GPS Call: W2LE Call: W2NO Call: W2YR Call: W3EA Call: W3IQ Call: W3KL Call: W3MF Call: W3UL Call: W3WC Call: W3YY Call: W4DXX Call: W4EF Call: W4LT Call: W4VIC Call: W4XO Call: W5GN Call: W5JR Call: W6KC Call: W6NF Call: W6OAT Call: W6PK Call: W6SX Call: W6TK Call: W7IJ Call: W7SO Call: W7VP Call: W7WHY Call: W8FN Call: W8MJ Call: W8NF Call: W8RA Call: W8TA Call: W9OP Call: WA0MHJ Call: WA3AFS Call: WB4MSG Call: WE6Z Call: WI4R Call: WI7N Call: WJ2D Call: WM3O Call: WS7L Call: WW9R Call: YL5T Call: YP8T Call: YP9W Call: YR9F Call: YT9X Call: ZY2C Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AA4FU Call: AA6K Call: AA8IA Call: AB4SF Call: AD4L Call: AE1T Call: DF1LX Call: DJ8OG Call: DK2CX Call: DL2CC Call: DL4SDW Call: EA2BNU Call: EA5DKU Call: EA8OM Call: ED4T Call: EF3A Call: F4DXW Call: F5PHW Call: HA0ML Call: HA7GN Call: I2WIJ Call: K1HTV Call: K2DB Call: K2DM Call: K2DSL Call: K2RS Call: K3FH Call: K3TUF Call: K4FTO Call: K4FX Call: K4MM Call: K5AF Call: K5IID Call: K6OK Call: K6WSC Call: K7FA Call: K7KR Call: K7TQ Call: K7XC Call: K8GT Call: K8GU Call: K9OR Call: KA2D Call: KA2KON Call: KB4KBS Call: KD2MX Call: KG0Z Call: KG1E Call: KM6I Call: KN4QD Call: KS1J Call: KS2G Call: KW3F Call: LA8AW Call: LY6A Call: M0VKG Call: M5E Call: N0HJZ Call: N0SXX Call: N1CC Call: N1IX Call: N1QD Call: N2CQ Call: N3QE Call: N6DW Call: N8DE Call: N8EA Call: N9AUG Call: N9CO Call: N9UA Call: ND3D Call: ND8N Call: NS6T Call: OM5NA Call: OU2I Call: PJ4LS Call: PY1NB Call: PY1ZV Call: R3VO Call: RA3FD Call: RA9MX Call: RT9S Call: RV9UP Call: S50XX Call: S52W Call: S54X Call: SA0BJL Call: SO7L Call: SP1NY Call: SQ8JX Call: SQ8LSC Call: UR5IFB Call: UY7C Call: VE3CV Call: VE3CWU Call: VE3TW Call: W0ANT Call: W1WBB Call: W3KB Call: W4AS Call: W4EE Call: W4LSC Call: W4MJA Call: W6AAN Call: WE9V Call: WN6K Call: WU9B Call: YO4DW Call: YO5OAG Call: YV5TX Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: AA4GA Call: DL8LR Call: HG6C Call: K8ZT Call: NN7SS Call: OK3C Call: W4QO Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: A73A Call: AA4V Call: AA7V Call: AA8LL Call: AI9T Call: DF9ZP Call: DK2GZ Call: DL1IAO Call: EA3JW Call: EI2CN Call: ES1AN Call: HA5JI Call: HA6P Call: HB9CZF Call: IK1QBT Call: IO3P Call: IO3X Call: IT9MUO Call: K2SSS Call: K6TA Call: KB0EO Call: KI4UDF Call: KR4F Call: LZ9A Call: N8LJ Call: NG7Z Call: OE5OHO Call: OG5B Call: OH6AC Call: OM3AG Call: ON4IA Call: OP4K Call: OT4A Call: PY2EL Call: RX9CAZ Call: S50G Call: SN2K Call: SV2BOH Call: UW1M Call: UW1MU Call: UW1MW Call: VE9AA Call: W4PK Call: W4UH Call: W5RU Call: W6RK Call: W6XK Call: WA7LNW Call: WL7E Call: XE2B Call: YL9T Call: ZW5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: AH6RR Call: CE1CR Call: CO6LP Call: DK1IZ Call: EA3AVV Call: EC8AFM Call: ES5TF Call: G3WW Call: IZ3KKE Call: K3OQ Call: K4WW Call: LU7HZ Call: LU8EOT Call: OE8Q Call: OK1CLD Call: OK1SKJ Call: OP4A Call: PP5BZ Call: PY3KN Call: PY3OZ Call: PY4XX Call: S56A Call: S57L Call: SV0XBZ/9 Call: UT8LO Call: VA7DXC Call: VE3JAQ Call: VE3THX Call: W7ZR Call: W9IIX Call: YU2FG Call: YU7PG Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: DH8BQA Call: K8RF Call: UN7PCZ Call: VE3HG Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: 4Z5LA Call: 9A5Y Call: DL1REM Call: EU1AZ Call: HG1A Call: HG6N Call: IR1Y Call: KN5O Call: KV0Q Call: LA9TJA Call: N1LN Call: N5JB Call: N5ZK Call: OK1IC Call: OK7K Call: PR5B Call: S50K Call: UX1UF Call: W7CT Call: XV9DX Call: YO5OED Call: YO9HP Call: Z35X Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: CX5TR Call: DL1CW Call: HA3DX Call: IK8TEO Call: K7JA Call: N0HF Call: SP3FYX Call: UT8L Class: SOSB(A)/15 QRP Call: F8BDQ Call: VE3XD Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: AG4W Call: F5IN Call: HA8BE Call: K1UO Call: LY7M Call: N6VR Call: OG4T Call: OK2W Call: OK6W Call: ON4WW Call: RA9FW/9 Call: S57M Call: W8TOP Call: YL6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Call: RK9AD Call: VE3MGY Class: SOSB(A)/160 QRP Call: DM0Y Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: K7PI Call: OL9Z Call: YT9A Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: J28AA Call: LZ1AQ Call: NW4V Call: OR2F Call: W5ZO Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: DL1RG Call: G3VPW Call: IC8FBU Call: K0DU Call: K5MQ Call: K7NJ Call: LX5T Call: OL8M Call: ON5KQ Call: R3KM Call: RA3AV Call: S50B Call: SN8C Call: SN8R Call: UA3MIF Call: UB0A Call: VE6WZ Call: W6XI Call: YT1VP Call: YT7KM Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: DL4R Call: EA2DK Call: EI4CF Call: HA8QZ Call: LA9Z Call: N7MAL Call: R2SA Class: SOSB(A)/40 QRP Call: DF0TEC Call: YU1WC Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: A65CA Call: AA9A Call: HF3R Call: K9GS Call: LA1TV Call: LN9Z Call: N6SS Call: OR2A Call: SP3GTS Call: UT0NT Call: YR5N Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: E74WN Call: EA3NO Call: K2PO Call: K6MM Call: M6W Call: OK7T Call: S53F Call: S55Z Call: UT7X Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: 4X2M Call: CS2C Call: E77A Call: EA6URA Call: EI4BZ Call: EI5DI Call: F8CRH Call: G3TXF Call: GM5X Call: HK1N Call: IR8C Call: JF1SQC Call: K0PK Call: K5FP Call: K7ZD Call: K8IR Call: KA3DRR Call: KD7H Call: KF6T Call: MW5B Call: N5FO Call: N8II Call: NN4MM Call: OE3KAB Call: P3J Call: PP1CZ Call: PP2EG Call: PW2D Call: PY2NDX Call: RK9QWM Call: RZ3DX Call: SV1BJW Call: UN9GD Call: VE5UF Call: VE7CT Call: VY1EI Call: W3EP Call: W4NZ Call: W4ZV Call: W6YA Call: W7RN Call: W8AEF Call: W9WI Call: XE2GG Call: ZS4TX Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: AB7ZU Call: C4Z Call: DL4AAE Call: DL7BY Call: E74A Call: F5UTN Call: GM1F Call: HP1WW Call: J28RO Call: K2PS Call: K3SWZ Call: K6CU Call: K7MY Call: K7SS Call: K7WA Call: KD2RD Call: KN4Y Call: KX7L Call: LZ2HA Call: LZ7J Call: N4EEB Call: N5OE Call: OK1CZ Call: OV3X Call: RW9OW Call: RZ9YB Call: S54A Call: UA9LAO Call: VE4EA Call: VP2EAT Call: VY2LI Call: W0PAN Call: W7ZI Call: WB4TDH Call: Z33F Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: ES1WST Call: EU1AA Call: N0JK Call: N4QX Call: N6HI Call: N8XX Call: NW2K Call: SP5DDJ Call: W1ZK Call: W5GAI Call: W6AQ Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: 9M8/AI6V Call: ED3T Call: ES7GM Call: EY8MM Call: F6BEE Call: FY5KE Call: GU4CHY Call: HK1R Call: K4FJ Call: K7AR Call: KQ6ES Call: N7DD Call: OH1F Call: OK1DZR Call: RZ3VA Call: SN8F Call: TM2T Call: UA0DC Call: UV0I Call: VE3CX Call: VE6JY Call: VE7XF Call: VY2SS Call: WT9Q Call: YT3A Call: YU5A Call: ZC4LI Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: 9G5XA Call: 9H3PP Call: CE3AA Call: G4FKA Call: K7ULS Call: K8AJS Call: KD2HE Call: KJ6MBW Call: N4IJ Call: OK1MMN Call: PA0JED Call: PY2TIM Call: VA1CHP Call: VE1AL Call: VE7CV Call: W7VO Call: Z35F Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: OK1AIJ Call: VA3RJ Call: WA5RML Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: 9A3BIM Call: EW1DO Call: KV4FZ Call: OH6MW Call: S59A Call: YR5Z/P Call: Z36W Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: E77CFG Call: GM4AFF Call: K4WI Call: OM7RU Call: UK9AA Call: W7RH Class: SOSB/160 QRP Call: W7DRA Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: AB6Z Call: CR6T Call: EB1TR Call: HB9STEVE Call: N4TB Call: PR7AR Call: TF3CW Call: VK6LW Call: W7WA Call: WX0B Call: YL3FT Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: 7S7V Call: E21EIC Call: FY5FY Call: N4JF Call: N4MO Call: N7WA Call: OH5TS Call: RA9AP Call: UN6LN Call: VA3GUY Call: XR3A Call: YU1TY Call: YU2DX Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: CE3WDD Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: DJ2RG Call: EI6DX Call: HK1X Call: K9AY Call: K9FY Call: W1MU Call: W3UA Call: YU1LA Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: DK8EY Call: GW6W Call: JA1XMS Call: PY3FJ Call: PY6KY Call: RA/SM6LRR Call: SM5MX Call: SP6OJE Call: W2EG Call: WA1FCN Call: WA7NWL Call: WL7BDO Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: 9A3JH Call: E73TTT Call: E77TA Call: N7IR Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: DJ5EU Call: DS2GOO Call: E71A Call: EF8S Call: EY3M Call: N4PN Call: N8AGU Call: PA5KT Call: TC2X Call: UA6LCN Call: UW5M Call: W1MK Call: YT4A Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: NA8V Call: NS3T Call: OL4W Call: S59N Call: SN5J Call: VE3OSZ Call: YU7U