CQWW SSB Soapbox built 11-28-2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 3V8SS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,672,904 Being in Moscow for a 5-days-business trip continued until one day before this year's CQWW Contest prevented me from taking enough rest for the event. What an excitement being in the old Soviet capital! I had the chance to meet my friend Andrey RA9CKQ, Valery R5GA and Dima RA9USU... Thanks guys for coming to see me! I also was pleased to meet Pavel RU5A how made my 30-minutes operation from his office Station possible! I was operating as RA/KF5EYY and made 60 QSOs. What a fun! Friday was a busy day at office. I insisted the to visit TS2A (3V8BB) guys in Hammamet inspite of tire and had a nice contest chat with Hrane YT1AD, Dragan YT3W and Dima RA9USU that I met a couple of days ago in UA3. I was lucky having 4 hours sleeping on Friday night and thanks to my mobile who failed to wake me up before the contest. I started my operation at 0230z with the usual (for me) low QSO rates on 40. A quick look on 20 showed a bench of nice DX Catches (KH6, FO0M, ZL, etc.). I worked them all, what a good start! I continued switching between CQing on 40 and S&P on 20 till about half an hour before sunrise! I made about an hour on 20, then a quick move to 15 before joining the rest of the world on 10 and found the party already started! What an awesome 10m! Great opening towards far east in the morning and towards Americas in the afternoon. Pile-ups were huge and difficult to manage sometimes. I could break last year's score well before the end of Day 1, then realized that I completely forgot about sleeping unlike what has been expected due to my busy week... However, I prefered going to bed for another 4 hours as I didn't rely a lot on low bands. My antenna system for 80 and 40 needs full revamping. I should also think about another solution for 160 after having my vertical partly broken and de-tuned. Best QSO Rates: 230 QSOs during one hour 130 QSOs during 30 minutes 52 QSOs during 10 minutes TRX: KENWOOD TS-450S Antenna: CT-37HF, Spiderbeam, 40m GP, 80m GP 73 Ash KF5EYY Tunisian Op of 3V8SS Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/3v4-002/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 4M6CQ Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 195,510 A COMPUTER CRASH ON SUNDAY EARLY MORNING LIMITED MY OPERATION SOME DATA OF THE LOG WAS LOST BUT I RECOVER ALMOST ENTIRE LOG. I AM SO SORRY FOR FOR THE STATIONS INCLUDED IN DATA LOST ANYWAY GREAT CONTEST 73 TO ALL MEL YV6BXN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 4O3A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 14,978,424 sorry for delayed 3830 submission but urgent work matters did not allow me to do the write up and statistics quicker. Those postings serve nicely as electronic contest diary for me so I prefer to put my thoughts down here:) Last year I wrote that Jeff put the EU record away for us, humans, for ever. I never imagined 10 meters can make such a difference, 1-2 mio at best I thought. Well, I was wrong. I am almost there and I hope Toni will claim new record which he surely deserves. And as unbelievable as it seems, with perfect conditions (those we had were quite far from that) 20+ mio should be doable from 4O3A. Had no real issues with staying in the chair for 48h except for one 4-5 min break but still caught myself thinking at 24 hour mark having another 24 hours of torture ahead that why the hell am I doing it and this is the last time. It is just like with hangover and the thought about quiting drinking wine for ever. In the evening of the next day you think that maybe I should have another glass. So I guess I will do a few more 48h efforts before the first heart attack (and maybe after that looking at W2GD). 10 and 15 meters were great when it lasted but the openings to NA were rather short, only 3-4 hours for me both days on 10 meters and 15 closed a few hours after that. 20 meters was very lousy during the day. Incredible how even strong African and Carribean stations did not come through at QSYs! Bernie was the first ZS to push through for a marginal QSO only at 13z. 20 meters closed at 20z first evening and I was lucky to have it open again the second evening and last till the end of the contest. 40m was OK but a dissapointment to the east, no VK/ZL even worked there!! 80m was marginal with little DX and almost no DX QSYs worked, 160 was totally closed to DX, K3LR was the only NA and I was lucky to stumble upon his real weak signal and being copied by them after some struggle. Some high and lowlights: + 1. nice rates with 342 best 60min qrate including several QSYs with mults at that hour 2. some extraordinary QSYs like 6-band QSY with ZD8O 4 hours before the end of the contest. Amazing to copy ZD8O on 160 to a single omnidirectional vertical. or JT1RF calling in on Sunday morning on 15m as the first z23 ever heard and saying he thought I might need him giving 3 quick double mults. When going with KH7X from 20 to 15 to 10 on Saturday morning I thought no chance, well, you know what happened. Later I had a small KH6 LP pileup on 10m, amazing!! TU2T QSY from 80 to 40 to 20 on Sunday morning - took a while believe a call like that existed even! Some more priceless 3+ bands QSYs: C5A, C91KHN, TO5A, HK3OZ, KP4KE, P40P, 6V7Q, RA0FU, A73A, P40W, RI1ANC, Z21BB, 3B8FP, 8Q7DV, 7P8CC, GZ5Y, VU2PAI. 3. Testing out new Sehhheiser HMD26 broadcast headset. Better to the ears than Heil though not quite painfree but microphone is unbelivably quiet, no backround noise picked up at all like Heil does. 4. Reading that Kim did not die at OH8X and lived to tell the story. 5. 40 zones on 20 and 15 but missing z32 on 10:( Why no ZL showed up... - 1. not having high bands open just 2-3 more hours on Saturday to enable me to match Jeff's record. 2. unexpected audio problem that emerged 5 minutes before the start of the contest and left me without 3rd Radio and SDR. I would like to hear from any station who called me but I did not copy. It is really crucial to pick up those mults coming from off directions. Was working hard on the RX antenna selection but still when I found 6Y9X with 2nd Radio on 40 and asked him to QSY to my Run frequency on 80 he said he had been just calling me in vain. Now when I knew to have my 4 Square to him he came through perfectly. So anyone, please drop me a note if you called me in vain. Thanks. I of course want to thank Ranko, 4O3A, again for the massive amount of time and effort he has put into the station and letting me have a go for the EU title. Ranko said he was so nervous he could not sleep in the next room so it was pain for him as well. I want to point your attention to some new exiting products he has come or is coming out with. We had his new LOCK X box in use. It uses PTT inputs of three transmitters and lets you desing your own custom inhibit scheme. Has plenty of inhibited PTT outputs (4 different delays) and GND or positive inhibit signals. Perfect for SO2R or MS/M2 stations to solve the PTT lockout issues in the most efficient way with custom defined priorities. I think you will see info about it soon, he is already shipping. 73 Tonno ES5TV So statistics: 357 2nd Radio QSOs (no CQ, only QSYs or S&P) 138 QSYs (124 of them new mults) 219 ordinary 2nd Radio S&P QSOs (98 of them new mults) It has shown in years that ca 75% of QSY-ed mults and 50% S&P mults will remain unique so it means 2nd Radio gave me up to 180 (40 zones, 140 DXCC) mults that with running only I might have never worked. Some of them would have called me of course themselves. Best rates 10 minutes - 70 20 minutes - 129 30 minutes - 178 60 minutes - 342 120 minutes - 585 4O3A By band - SSB QSOs (with dupes) - By time | Hr | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | Total| ------------------------------------------------------- | 00 | 1 | 2 | 188 | | | | 191 | | 01 | 1 | 3 | 188 | | | | 192 | | 02 | 15 | 5 | 153 | | | | 173 | | 03 | 1 | 9 | 181 | | | | 191 | | 04 | | 17 | 86 | | | | 103 | | 05 | | 15 | 59 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 126 | | 06 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 142 | 17 | 166 | | 07 | | | | 1 | 7 | 172 | 180 | | 08 | | | 1 | 9 | 9 | 135 | 154 | | 09 | | | | 224 | 16 | 1 | 241 | | 10 | | | | 1 | 198 | 4 | 203 | | 11 | | | | 2 | 13 | 208 | 223 | | 12 | | | | 3 | 11 | 230 | 244 | | 13 | | | | 1 | 4 | 315 | 320 | | 14 | | | | 1 | 8 | 251 | 260 | | 15 | | | | 2 | 219 | 52 | 273 | | 16 | | | | 1 | 288 | 2 | 291 | | 17 | | | 2 | 41 | 113 | 9 | 165 | | 18 | | | 2 | 226 | 4 | | 232 | | 19 | | | 2 | 168 | 4 | | 174 | | 20 | 2 | 4 | 112 | 37 | | | 155 | | 21 | 120 | 109 | 16 | | | | 245 | | 22 | 13 | 166 | 2 | | | | 181 | | 23 | 55 | 59 | 45 | | | | 159 | | 00 | 7 | | 99 | | | | 106 | | 01 | 9 | 6 | 90 | | | | 105 | | 02 | 4 | 13 | 82 | | | | 99 | | 03 | 1 | 123 | 20 | | | | 144 | | 04 | 2 | 95 | 9 | | | | 106 | | 05 | | 30 | 3 | 33 | 54 | | 120 | | 06 | | | | 2 | 136 | 1 | 139 | | 07 | | | | | 10 | 125 | 135 | | 08 | | | | 7 | 3 | 129 | 139 | | 09 | | | | 75 | 57 | 1 | 133 | | 10 | | | | 5 | 141 | 7 | 153 | | 11 | | | | 1 | 51 | 64 | 116 | | 12 | | | | 1 | 2 | 142 | 145 | | 13 | | | | 3 | 3 | 129 | 135 | | 14 | | | | 1 | | 171 | 172 | | 15 | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | 142 | 145 | | 16 | | | | | 133 | 79 | 212 | | 17 | | | 2 | 1 | 199 | 1 | 203 | | 18 | | 1 | 3 | 65 | 87 | | 156 | | 19 | | | 2 | 143 | 5 | | 150 | | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 149 | | 1 | 153 | | 21 | | 1 | 1 | 142 | | | 144 | | 22 | | 1 | | 187 | | | 188 | | 23 | | 2 | | 197 | | | 199 | ------------------------------------------------------- | | 233 | 663 | 1350 | 1738 | 1964 | 2393 | 8341 | 4O3A - Continents By band - All modes QSOs (with dupes) | Band | EU | NA | SA | AF | AS | OC | -------------------------------------------------------------- | 160 | 90.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 3.9% | 5.2% | | | 80 | 82.8% | 11.3% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 0.2% | | 40 | 45.9% | 42.8% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 8.6% | 0.2% | | 20 | 36.5% | 53.0% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 5.1% | 0.8% | | 15 | 38.0% | 41.3% | 3.4% | 1.5% | 14.5% | 1.3% | | 10 | 30.1% | 40.2% | 7.3% | 3.2% | 17.4% | 1.8% | -------------------------------------------------------------- Worked zones | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ====================================================== 01 | | | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 17 02 | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 03 | | | 26 | 117 | 168 | 58 | 369 04 | | 22 | 194 | 321 | 253 | 340 | 1130 05 | 1 | 43 | 326 | 437 | 348 | 517 | 1672 06 | | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 07 | | | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 08 | | 7 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 75 09 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 39 10 | | | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 11 | | 1 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 78 | 149 12 | | | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 13 | | | 1 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 92 14 | 63 | 202 | 301 | 303 | 355 | 311 | 1535 15 | 94 | 213 | 123 | 188 | 191 | 207 | 1016 16 | 40 | 86 | 178 | 114 | 185 | 177 | 780 17 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 42 | 64 | 172 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 85 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 20 | 14 | 37 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 32 | 145 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 40 22 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 23 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 24 | | | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 81 25 | | 1 | 35 | 30 | 148 | 225 | 439 26 | | | | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 27 | | | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 28 | | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 29 | | | | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 30 | | | | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 31 | | | | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 32 | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 6 33 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 63 34 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 35 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 37 | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 38 | | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 63 39 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 40 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 ====================================================== | 232 | 646 | 1326 | 1716 | 1950 | 2345 | 8215 Worked DXCC DXCC | CT | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | TOTAL ============================================================= 1A | EU | | | | | | | 1S | AS | | | | | | | 3A | EU | | | | | | | 3B6 | AF | | | | | | | 3B8 | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 3B9 | AF | | | | | | | 3C | AF | | | | | | | 3C0 | AF | | | | | | | 3D2 | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/c | OC | | | | | | | 3D2/r | OC | | | | | | | 3DA | AF | | | | | | | 3V | AF | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 3W | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 3X | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/b | AF | | | | | | | 3Y/p | SA | | | | | | | 4J | AS | | | | | | 2 | 2 4L | AS | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 4O | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 4S | AS | | | | | | | 4U1I | EU | | | | | | | 4U1U | NA | | | | | | | 4U1V | EU | | | | | | | 4W | OC | | | | | | | 4X | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 5A | AF | | | | | | | 5B | AS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 5H | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 5N | AF | | | | | | | 5R | AF | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 5T | AF | | | | | | | 5U | AF | | | | | | | 5V | AF | | | | | | | 5W | OC | | | | | | | 5X | AF | | | | | | | 5Z | AF | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 6W | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 6Y | NA | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 3 7O | AS | | | | | | | 7P | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 7Q | AF | | | | | | | 7X | AF | | | | | | | 8P | NA | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 8Q | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 8R | SA | | | | | | | 9A | EU | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 46 9G | AF | | | | | | | 9H | EU | | | | 1 | | | 1 9J | AF | | | | | | | 9K | AS | | | | | | | 9L | AF | | | | | | | 9M2 | AS | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 9M6 | OC | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 9N | AS | | | | | | | 9Q | AF | | | | | | 1 | 1 9U | AF | | | | | | | 9V | AS | | | | | | | 9X | AF | | | | | | | 9Y | SA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 4 A2 | AF | | | | | | | A3 | OC | | | | | | | A4 | AS | | | | | | | A5 | AS | | | | | | | A6 | AS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 A7 | AS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 A9 | AS | | | | | | 2 | 2 AP | AS | | | | | | | BS7 | AS | | | | | | | BV | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 BV9P | AS | | | | | | | BY | AS | | | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 76 C2 | OC | | | | | | | C3 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 3 C5 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 C6 | NA | | | | | 1 | | 1 C9 | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 CE | SA | | | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 CE0X | SA | | | | | | | CE0Y | SA | | | | | | | CE0Z | SA | | | | | | | CE9 | SA | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 CM | NA | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 CN | AF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 CP | SA | | | | | | | CT | EU | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 40 CT3 | AF | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 CU | EU | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 CX | SA | | | | 2 | 2 | 15 | 19 CY0 | NA | | | | | | | CY9 | NA | | | | | | | D2 | AF | | | | | | | D4 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 D6 | AF | | | | | | | DL | EU | 24 | 93 | 67 | 85 | 80 | 39 | 388 DU | OC | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 E3 | AF | | | | | | | E4 | AS | | | | | | | E5/n | OC | | | | | | | E5/s | OC | | | | | | | E7 | EU | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 EA | EU | 10 | 24 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 45 | 199 EA6 | EU | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 EA8 | AF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 EA9 | AF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 EI | EU | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 49 EK | AS | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 EL | AF | | | | | | | EP | AS | | | | | | | ER | EU | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 ES | EU | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 33 ET | AF | | | | | | | EU | EU | 1 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 55 EX | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 EY | AS | | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 EZ | AS | | | | | | | F | EU | 8 | 13 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 135 FG | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 FH | AF | | | | | | | FJ | NA | | | | | | | FK | OC | | | | | | | FK/c | OC | | | | | | | FM | NA | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 FO | OC | | | | | | | FO/a | OC | | | | | | | FO/c | NA | | | | | | | FO/m | OC | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 FP | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 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 G | EU | 2 | 14 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 64 | 234 GD | EU | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 GI | EU | | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 GJ | EU | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 GM | EU | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 56 GM/s | EU | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 GU | EU | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 GW | EU | | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 H4 | OC | | | | | | | H40 | OC | | | | | | | HA | EU | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 29 HB | EU | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 HB0 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 HC | SA | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 HC8 | SA | | | | | | | HH | NA | | | | | | | HI | NA | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 4 HK | SA | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 HK0/a | NA | | | | | | | HK0/m | SA | | | | | | | HL | AS | | | | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 HM | AS | | | | | | | HP | NA | | | | | 1 | | 1 HR | NA | | | | | | | HS | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 HV | EU | | | | | | | HZ | AS | | | 1 | | 2 | 4 | 7 I | EU | 15 | 39 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 46 | 180 IG9 | AF | | | | | | | IS | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 4 IT9 | EU | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 J2 | AF | | | | | | | J3 | NA | | | | | | | J5 | AF | | | | | | | J6 | NA | | | | | | | J7 | NA | | | | | | | J8 | NA | | | | | | | JA | AS | | 1 | 36 | 30 | 147 | 222 | 436 JD/m | OC | | | | | | | JD/o | AS | | | | | | | JT | AS | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 JW | EU | | | | | | | JW/b | EU | | | | | | | JX | EU | | | | | | | JY | AS | | | | | | | K | NA | 1 | 58 | 519 | 819 | 712 | 865 | 2974 KG4 | NA | | | | 1 | | | 1 KH0 | OC | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 KH1 | OC | | | | | | | KH2 | OC | | | | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 KH3 | OC | | | | | | | KH4 | OC | | | | | | | KH5 | OC | | | | | | | KH5K | OC | | | | | | | KH6 | OC | | | | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 KH7K | OC | | | | | | | KH8 | OC | | | | | | | KH8/s | OC | | | | | | | KH9 | OC | | | | | | | KL | NA | | | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 KP1 | NA | | | | | | | KP2 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 KP4 | NA | | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 KP5 | NA | | | | | | | LA | EU | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 61 LU | SA | | | 1 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 77 LX | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 LY | EU | 5 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 59 LZ | EU | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 32 OA | SA | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 OD | AS | | | | | | | OE | EU | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 OH | EU | 3 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 31 | 48 | 128 OH0 | EU | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 OJ0 | EU | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 4 OK | EU | 16 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 97 OM | EU | 5 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45 ON | EU | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 47 OX | NA | | | | | | | OY | EU | | | | | | | OZ | EU | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 37 P2 | OC | | | | | | | P4 | SA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 PA | EU | 1 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 80 PJ2 | SA | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 PJ4 | SA | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 PJ5 | NA | | | | | | | PJ7 | NA | | | | | 1 | | 1 PY | SA | | 1 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 85 | 157 PY0F | SA | | | | | | | PY0S | SA | | | | | | | PY0T | SA | | | | | | | PZ | SA | | | | | | 1 | 1 R1FJ | EU | | | | | | | R1MV | EU | | | | | | | S0 | AF | | | | | | | S2 | AS | | | | | | | S5 | EU | 7 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 55 S7 | AF | | | | | | | S9 | AF | | | | | | | SM | EU | 3 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 89 SP | EU | 23 | 44 | 31 | 46 | 28 | 26 | 198 ST | AF | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 ST0 | AF | | | | | | | SU | AF | | | | | | | SV | EU | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 SV/a | EU | | | | | | | SV5 | EU | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 5 SV9 | EU | | | | 1 | | | 1 T2 | OC | | | | | | | T30 | OC | | | | | | | T31 | OC | | | | | | | T32 | OC | | | | | | | T33 | OC | | | | | | | T5 | AF | | | | | | | T7 | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 5 T8 | OC | | | | | | | TA | AS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 8 TA1 | EU | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 TF | EU | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 TG | NA | | | | | | 1 | 1 TI | NA | | | 1 | | 2 | 3 | 6 TI9 | NA | | | | | | | TJ | AF | | | | | | | TK | EU | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 TL | AF | | | | | | | TN | AF | | | | | | | TR | AF | | | | | 1 | | 1 TT | AF | | | | | | | TU | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 TY | AF | | | | | | | TZ | AF | | | | | | | UA | EU | 23 | 43 | 95 | 51 | 116 | 133 | 461 UA2 | EU | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 UA9 | AS | 7 | 7 | 50 | 28 | 70 | 99 | 261 UK | AS | 1 | | | | | | 1 UN | AS | | | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 34 UR | EU | 14 | 32 | 69 | 50 | 54 | 28 | 247 V2 | NA | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 V3 | NA | | | | | | | V4 | NA | | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 V5 | AF | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 V6 | OC | | | | | | | V7 | OC | | | | | | | V8 | OC | | | | | | | VE | NA | | 9 | 38 | 69 | 64 | 65 | 245 VK | OC | | | | 2 | 7 | 19 | 28 VK0H | AF | | | | | | | VK0M | OC | | | | | | | VK9C | OC | | | | | | | VK9L | OC | | | | | | | VK9M | OC | | | | | | | VK9N | OC | | | | | | | VK9W | OC | | | | | | | VK9X | OC | | | | | | | VP2E | NA | | | | | | | VP2M | NA | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 VP2V | NA | | | | | | | VP5 | NA | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 VP6 | OC | | | | | | | VP6/d | OC | | | | | | | VP8 | SA | | | | | | | VP8/g | SA | | | | | | | VP8/h | SA | | | | | | | VP8/o | SA | | | | | | | VP8/s | SA | | | | | | | VP9 | NA | | | | 1 | | | 1 VQ9 | AF | | | | | | | VR | AS | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 VU | AS | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 VU4 | AS | | | | | | | VU7 | AS | | | | | | | XE | NA | | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 XF4 | NA | | | | | | | XT | AF | | | | | | | XU | AS | | | | | | | XW | AS | | | | | | | XX9 | AS | | | | | | | XZ | AS | | | | | | | YA | AS | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 YB | OC | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 YI | AS | | | | | | | YJ | OC | | | | | | | YK | AS | | | | | | | YL | EU | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 37 YN | NA | | | | | | | YO | EU | 7 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 58 YS | NA | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 YU | EU | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 26 YU8 | EU | | | | | | | YV | SA | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 YV0 | NA | | | | | | | Z2 | AF | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 Z3 | EU | | | | | | 2 | 2 ZA | EU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 ZB | EU | | | | | | | ZC4 | AS | | | | | | | ZD7 | AF | | | | | | | ZD8 | AF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 ZD9 | AF | | | | | | | ZF | NA | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 ZK2 | OC | | | | | 1 | | 1 ZK3 | OC | | | | | | | ZL | OC | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 5 ZL7 | OC | | | | | | | ZL8 | OC | | | | | | | ZL9 | OC | | | | | | | ZP | SA | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 ZS | AF | | | 1 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 52 ZS8 | AF | | | | | | | ============================================================= | | 233 | 663 | 1350 | 1738 | 1964 | 2393 | 8341 Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 5H3EE Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 953,461 K3, spiderbeam @ 16m Second time my ACOM1000 refused to work, just short before a big DX contest. Forget about to go for a serious AllBand entry from eastern Africa in SSB without power. Sorry for so many NOs, when trying to move me to other bands. Only 672 QSOs after the first day - what a sh... Some terrible pumping noise from northwest(S7-9 without noiseblanker) let me almost stop on saturday. Without the super NB of the K3 I would have done it. Thanks for your patience, when my ears were struggling. Sunday was another day: the noise was still the same, but have had much better signals. 60 QSOs with zone 3 were a nice suprise on late sunday. Thanks for calling, see you all in CW soon. 73, Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 6Y9X Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,262,267 I had some vacation that I had to use or lose by the end of the year. My wife said I should go somewhere for the CQ phone. Krassy, K1LZ, offered the use of his fine station in Jamaica. There were a couple problems - the 160 antenna was broken when I arrived and I fixed it but it broke in a different place a couple hours before the contest. I didn't have time to repair it again. I made one QSO using it as a random wire with about 50 watts. And the second radio stopped transmitting a few minutes before the contest so I was SO1R. I mostly just ran people. Some day maybe I'll learn how to operate phone. Maybe but not probably. Congrats to the North American stations who beat me, which I'll guess includes VY2ZM and K1DG. The practice contest was fun and I'm looking forward to the real event in November. Special thanks to Krassy for the use of the station and also to Dave, KY1V who made it possible for an operator with no skill to make so many points. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 8R1EA Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 2,003,817 I will update my blog when I get back to the states. http://ah8dx.wordpress.com/ Traveled very light for this trip taking just an Icom IC-7000, Elecraft KPA-500watt Amplifier , Heil Headset, PowerSupply, Asis Notebook, Toothbrush and a few cloths; all in my carry-on luggage. Plugged into my tribander @ 50' that I have down here and tried to RUN. The key word in that sentence is (tried) because I am starting to notice as I get older I am getting worse at this and get frustrated more easily. My pre-contest goal if conditions remained as hot as they have been on 10 was 6000 qso's or higher but a big wind/rain storm that killed some townspeople came up the coast @ 2 a.m. local time Sunday morning caused power outages. Power went down 4 times during the day and each time, I took a shower, got a cup of coffee, rested on the bed just in time for the power to come back on in a couple of hours. It gave me much needed energy but hurt my Q total. My Country total is way down and it is not because I was not looking because I was intent to leave a pile-up to go look. I know I missed tons and should have worked harder at that the first day I think. Thanks for all of the qso's and if I displeased anyone, please accept my apologies. GUD DX, Craig, AH8DX & 8R1EA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A1A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,261,838 M/S category is not our favorite one, but we decided to participate as M/S for several reasons: Firstly - two months of hard work of setting up new antenna system was finished on Friday afternoon, about 8 hours before the start of The Contest. As we put new antennas for different bands on the same anetnna towers, the main aim was to check possible interference. Secondly - we had available only four OPs full time. Conclusion - New antennas performed perfectly, without any interference between bands. Regardless of our score, we are more than satisfied because M2, or MM are our favorable categories. Our congrats to E7DX and other teams for their excellent M/S scores. See you in CQ WW CW 9A1A team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A1JSB Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Total Score = 39,840 kenwood 570, ant: vertical full size quad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A1P Class: M/M HP Total Score = 26,313,283 Our goal was to beat 19 years old 9A1A M/M record of 22.9M points and make a solid margin for the logchecking. This should be enough! Semi-fieldday style operation with lot of last minute setup work. M/M is really a great category as it was a true hamfest going on at 9A1P location with many helpers, visitors and operators - not only during but also before and after contest. Setup: 160m: 38m vertical + IC775DSP + Alpha86 80m: 20m vertical + FT1000MP + Alpha87A 40m: 3 el Yagi + IC7700 + OM3500 20m: 5 el. + 5 el. Yagi + FT1000MP + OM3500 15m: 6 el. + 6 el. Yagi + FT2000 + OM2500 10m: 5 el. + 5 el. Yagi + IC756PROII + HM GI7B We love this game 9A1P Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A6B Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,791,968 Wow! 10 meters: all 40 zones, 144 DXCC entities. With our modest setup: 600 Watts plus 2 el. quad for 20/15/10 and 13 meters vertical for 80/40 and no ant for 160m we made the best of it. It was great fun. Ten meters was packed with stations in 1 MHz (28,3 - 29,3) and we could s&p at rate of greater than 200! Thanks for all contacts and CU on CW! 73 de Zlatko, 9A2EU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A7P Class: M/S LP Total Score = 36,792 Hi lids, this was a first big contest for 9A3CLU(15). 73 de Lea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9M8Z Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,283,590 Can conditions be just TOO good? Well I think so! I could not get a good run going to Europe as the band was too full of S9+ European stations all working each other. GJ2A, EA6SX, C37N and EE9Z were just four of the missed multipliers where I could not penetrate the EU wall. Compare this with 3 years ago when 15m was supposedly almost "dead" yet I was able to hold a frequency working many hundreds of EU stations for hour after hour, mostly at the S1 or S2 level. Bring back the poor conditions! Rig: FT-1000MP Amp: 400W Ant: Optibeam OB-17 at 72ft (4-ele on 15m) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9W2CEH Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 3,663 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9Y4D Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 2,610,432 One of the best contests in many years,hope we see many more like this one and hope to be back again next year.73 de 9y4d -.-. --.- -.. -..- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: A52PP Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 360 20m ssb lp is a waste of time in Bhutan. I can hear everyone but no one can hear me :( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: A73A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 29,229,805 Late approval of campsite permit let Murphy in the door with trouble on 15m, 20m, and 40m antennas and a ground loop that wouldn't go away on the receive antennas for 160. Otherwise, it was a fantastic time on the radio for the international team of Qataris and guests in a FB location with FB condx. Tnx to all who participated in this terrific contest. Lots of 6-band QSOs this time - TNX! The score is improved over last year by nearly 20% before judging; it could have been higher! Great scores from within the QSO centers of Europe and USA - congrats to all. Grid locator LL65PD Win-Test 4.8.0 160 inverted L, 20mh, elevated radials 80 full-size 4-square 40 2x2 SBVA array 20 2x2 SBVA array 15 2x2 SBVA array 10 2x2 SBVA array, A4S at 15m K9AY, beverage NW FT-2000 x 5 plus IC-746ProIII Acom 2000A x 4 plus OM 3500 and Emtron DX-2, all limited to 1500W. Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10b) by K5KA & N6TV CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB CALLSIGN: A73A CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: UNLIMITED -------------- 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 59 66 112 0 0 242 242 2.0 0100 21 65 18 55 0 0 159 401 1.3 0200 4 57 23 44 1 6 135 536 1.1 0300 2 49 20 170 17 65 323 859 2.7 0400 0 6 9 121 126 154 416 1275 3.5 0500 0 0 1 88 206 143 438 1713 3.7 0600 0 0 0 81 167 195 443 2156 3.7 0700 0 0 0 42 155 227 424 2580 3.6 0800 0 0 0 18 132 177 327 2907 2.8 0900 0 0 0 13 117 207 337 3244 2.8 1000 0 0 2 29 94 193 318 3562 2.7 1100 0 1 3 30 33 179 246 3808 2.1 1200 0 0 7 71 168 141 387 4195 3.3 1300 0 0 6 48 145 144 343 4538 2.9 1400 0 32 43 54 127 110 366 4904 3.1 1500 0 51 29 143 23 46 292 5196 2.5 1600 12 63 67 107 17 39 305 5501 2.6 1700 31 49 19 81 18 7 205 5706 1.7 1800 39 49 66 29 6 5 194 5900 1.6 1900 37 22 90 7 1 6 163 6063 1.4 2000 25 65 86 4 0 1 181 6244 1.5 2100 14 52 77 5 0 1 149 6393 1.3 2200 23 22 57 29 0 0 131 6524 1.1 2300 15 40 26 40 0 0 121 6645 1.0 0000 9 40 47 6 0 0 102 6747 0.9 0100 16 58 31 14 0 0 119 6866 1.0 0200 9 27 33 81 2 17 169 7035 1.4 0300 0 9 22 41 45 155 272 7307 2.3 0400 0 0 3 63 40 65 171 7478 1.4 0500 0 0 0 63 51 84 198 7676 1.7 0600 0 0 0 42 61 113 216 7892 1.8 0700 0 0 0 35 142 182 359 8251 3.0 0800 0 0 0 16 128 181 325 8576 2.7 0900 0 0 0 6 67 183 256 8832 2.2 1000 0 0 0 10 114 216 340 9172 2.9 1100 0 0 0 13 86 190 289 9461 2.4 1200 0 0 0 50 149 182 381 9842 3.2 1300 0 1 2 47 122 172 344 10186 2.9 1400 0 7 6 59 182 122 376 10562 3.2 1500 3 6 9 33 41 32 124 10686 1.0 1600 1 4 10 32 16 20 83 10769 0.7 1700 8 10 4 15 2 8 47 10816 0.4 1800 3 63 31 3 8 8 116 10932 1.0 1900 37 62 52 7 0 2 160 11092 1.4 2000 17 64 31 5 1 0 118 11210 1.0 2100 2 43 44 141 0 0 230 11440 1.9 2200 3 39 26 58 3 0 129 11569 1.1 2300 4 19 15 19 2 0 59 11628 0.5 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 340 1134 1081 2280 2815 3978 11628 Gross QSO's=11848 Dupes=220 Net QSO's=11628 Unique callsigns worked = 7367 The best 60 minute rate was 474/hour from 0439 to 0538 The best 30 minute rate was 506/hour from 0627 to 0656 The best 10 minute rate was 606/hour from 0627 to 0636 The best 1 minute rates were: 14 QSO's/minute 2 times. 13 QSO's/minute 6 times. 12 QSO's/minute 6 times. 11 QSO's/minute 24 times. 10 QSO's/minute 40 times. 9 QSO's/minute 98 times. 8 QSO's/minute 135 times. 7 QSO's/minute 217 times. 6 QSO's/minute 276 times. 5 QSO's/minute 358 times. 4 QSO's/minute 367 times. 3 QSO's/minute 391 times. 2 QSO's/minute 435 times. 1 QSO's/minute 348 times. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 2 1 3 82 4 3090 5 4652 6 3698 7 27 8 35 9 29 10 12 11 1 ------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3A 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 3D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 3V 1 0 2 2 2 1 8 0.1 3W 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 3X 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 4J 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 4L 0 3 2 1 1 0 7 0.1 4O 1 1 1 3 2 1 9 0.1 4X 1 0 2 6 5 2 16 0.1 5B 3 3 3 5 4 7 25 0.2 5H 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5N 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 5R 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 5Z 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 6W 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 6Y 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 7X 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 8Q 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 0.0 8R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9A 5 13 15 25 28 24 110 0.9 9H 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.0 9K 3 2 1 3 1 1 11 0.1 9M2 0 0 0 3 1 6 10 0.1 9M6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 9V 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9Y 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 A4 0 1 1 3 1 0 6 0.1 A5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A6 3 8 3 5 4 4 27 0.2 A7 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 A9 1 1 1 0 0 2 5 0.0 BV 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 BY 0 1 1 6 6 41 55 0.5 C3 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 CE 0 0 0 3 3 9 15 0.1 CM 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.0 CN 0 2 2 4 5 2 15 0.1 CP 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 CT 0 6 5 17 12 20 60 0.5 CT3 1 3 2 3 3 4 16 0.1 CU 0 1 0 2 2 2 7 0.1 CX 0 0 0 1 4 12 17 0.1 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 DL 24 114 103 173 339 431 1184 10.2 DU 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0.0 E5/s 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 E7 1 5 3 10 7 7 33 0.3 EA 5 41 30 58 98 157 389 3.3 EA6 1 3 2 8 4 9 27 0.2 EA8 0 3 1 7 10 5 26 0.2 EA9 0 2 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 EI 2 4 7 10 14 20 57 0.5 EK 0 3 0 3 4 1 11 0.1 ER 2 4 1 4 5 7 23 0.2 ES 1 4 4 7 8 6 30 0.3 EU 2 15 11 21 26 13 88 0.8 EX 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.0 EY 1 3 0 2 1 3 10 0.1 EZ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 F 8 22 24 32 83 146 315 2.7 FG 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 FM 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 FR 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 FY 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 G 7 20 21 32 85 231 396 3.4 GD 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.0 GI 1 1 0 2 5 11 20 0.2 GJ 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 0.1 GM 3 4 4 4 10 34 59 0.5 *GM/s 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 GU 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.0 GW 0 2 1 2 6 20 31 0.3 HA 6 9 10 18 27 17 87 0.7 HB 2 5 7 12 21 31 78 0.7 HB0 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1 HC 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.0 HI 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.0 HK 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0.0 HL 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.1 HP 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 HR 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 HS 0 0 0 5 2 5 12 0.1 HZ 1 1 1 5 2 1 11 0.1 I 18 75 74 123 188 173 651 5.6 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.0 IS 0 2 1 1 2 1 7 0.1 *IT9 3 9 8 12 16 15 63 0.5 J2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.0 JA 0 4 22 25 19 260 330 2.8 JT 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 JW 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 JY 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 K 0 63 42 491 397 402 1395 12.0 KG4 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0.0 KH0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 KH2 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.0 KH6 0 2 4 5 3 3 17 0.1 KL 0 0 0 11 6 4 21 0.2 KP2 0 0 1 4 3 3 11 0.1 KP4 0 2 2 5 2 6 17 0.1 LA 3 13 12 12 30 38 108 0.9 LU 0 1 0 4 5 33 43 0.4 LX 1 1 3 2 4 3 14 0.1 LY 8 19 11 20 19 11 88 0.8 LZ 4 16 15 25 29 44 133 1.1 OA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OD 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 OE 2 4 8 14 21 23 72 0.6 OH 12 36 18 29 46 60 201 1.7 OH0 2 2 3 1 2 2 12 0.1 OJ0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 OK 9 29 35 55 83 52 263 2.3 OM 6 16 17 21 27 18 105 0.9 ON 2 6 8 27 34 63 140 1.2 OX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OZ 5 9 12 11 27 50 114 1.0 P4 0 2 1 3 2 3 11 0.1 PA 1 7 12 34 59 138 251 2.2 PJ2 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 0.1 PJ7 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 PY 0 3 0 9 19 61 92 0.8 PZ 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 S5 5 22 23 24 36 30 140 1.2 SM 5 15 17 26 46 68 177 1.5 SP 22 65 63 98 114 90 452 3.9 ST 0 1 1 2 2 1 7 0.1 SU 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 SV 1 16 17 16 21 46 117 1.0 SV5 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 SV9 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.0 T7 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 TA 2 4 5 6 6 10 33 0.3 *TA1 0 3 4 3 4 6 20 0.2 TF 0 2 1 2 2 2 9 0.1 TG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TI 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0.0 TK 0 1 2 2 2 2 9 0.1 TU 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 UA 62 127 112 182 200 280 963 8.3 UA2 1 5 2 6 9 10 33 0.3 UA9 24 70 54 98 100 127 473 4.1 UK 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.0 UN 5 10 5 11 10 20 61 0.5 UR 28 86 86 119 142 193 654 5.6 V2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 V4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 V5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 V8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VE 1 6 14 50 45 41 157 1.4 VK 0 0 1 11 7 40 59 0.5 VP2M 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 VP5 0 2 1 2 2 3 10 0.1 VP9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 VR 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.0 VU 0 0 1 5 6 14 26 0.2 XE 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.0 XU 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 YA 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 YB 0 3 3 5 6 9 26 0.2 YI 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 YL 2 9 10 13 18 12 64 0.6 YO 6 26 35 44 50 72 233 2.0 YS 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 YU 3 13 13 18 24 20 91 0.8 YV 0 0 1 4 2 5 12 0.1 Z2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 Z3 0 1 4 6 6 4 21 0.2 ZA 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 0.1 ZB 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZC4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZD8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 ZF 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 ZK2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZL 0 0 0 8 3 7 18 0.2 ZP 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.0 ZS 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 0.1 ??? 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 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 71 276 272 469 888 1484 3460 29.2 15 109 339 326 506 684 576 2540 21.4 16 104 260 223 354 402 538 1881 15.9 05 1 52 48 218 234 283 836 7.1 20 17 69 83 108 124 194 595 5.0 04 0 10 7 164 186 160 527 4.4 25 0 4 22 25 19 267 337 2.8 17 18 49 32 66 61 72 298 2.5 03 0 5 0 162 18 1 186 1.6 18 4 10 13 18 24 34 103 0.9 11 0 3 0 9 20 63 95 0.8 21 9 20 11 23 17 11 91 0.8 33 2 10 9 18 21 15 75 0.6 08 0 5 6 20 15 21 67 0.6 13 0 1 0 5 9 45 60 0.5 24 0 1 1 6 6 44 58 0.5 30 0 0 1 10 6 34 51 0.4 09 0 2 5 15 10 15 47 0.4 28 0 3 3 9 8 17 40 0.3 22 1 1 1 6 8 15 32 0.3 32 0 0 0 9 4 10 23 0.2 35 2 2 2 4 6 6 22 0.2 01 0 0 0 11 7 4 22 0.2 19 1 2 3 3 4 8 21 0.2 31 0 2 5 5 3 3 18 0.2 26 0 0 0 5 4 7 16 0.1 40 0 3 2 3 4 3 15 0.1 12 0 0 0 3 3 9 15 0.1 27 0 0 1 4 3 5 13 0.1 07 0 1 1 6 2 2 12 0.1 38 0 0 0 1 1 10 12 0.1 34 0 1 1 3 2 2 9 0.1 29 0 0 0 2 1 6 9 0.1 23 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 0.1 02 0 2 1 1 3 1 8 0.1 10 0 0 0 2 3 2 7 0.1 37 0 0 0 2 1 3 6 0.1 06 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.0 39 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 36 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 340 1134 1081 2280 2815 3978 11628 Multi-band QSO's ---------------- 1 bands 5235 2 bands 1063 3 bands 472 4 bands 261 5 bands 209 6 bands 127 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: R7MM RA6GW RT9S UA9CDV IR8A OM0A 9A1P IQ8MD LZ9W PI4DX RN3F G3TBK P33W UR4U RK4HYT LY2J YT2T RT4RO SN6F OG2A ZA20QA S51F SN3R SN2B DF0HQ RT6A ER4A RL3A LZ8E RG9A OM8A UA9CDC 9A7A UZ2M DR1A DP6A HG1S RG3K UA5A EI9E RA9AE OK7K IR2C II9K HB9H GM7R IR9Y EI7M OM7M HG6N YL7X HB9EE DK0OG 7Z1SJ RU1A IR4X DC4A OK5W RZ4CWW A65BP GM2T C5A IR3Y IR8M OM5M TM1O SJ2W OL1X C37N RW0CWA UA6JQ HG7T S53M 9A1A EW8DD UY7MM DQ4W TM6M ED1R S58M IO5O LN3Z TM2T TM2B YP9W E7DX H22H OT5A G6PZ D4C UU7J C4W A61EE UA9QCQ/9 RW0A UX2MF UZ0U S51DI UA4W R7NW RU3DM UB0A RM5A 8S0C UP0L OH0Z OJ0X EA3CCN UA4PN CR3A IK6XEJ RZ4FWW SO8A T70A DL5AXX G5W LZ3FN SQ8JX LY8O RT4F YO9HP RW1CW F4FJH UA9BA OH6RE OH2BH 4O3A ----- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O ' s ----- Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 85 324 274 956 1188 2408 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA0AA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,704 This was my first SSB contest and even though I was only working with a Buddipole on the balcony I had a lot of fun. Thanks to all who answered my call! Scott AA0AA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA1K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,066,360 Great fun with the high bands back in full swing. Rainstorm gave us the typical trouble with precipitation static on the high antennas at times, but at least we didn't get the snow that knocked out power for several FRC stations in southeastern Pennsylvania. But we did hear that storm even on the Beverages -- the ones toward Europe (on a line with the snowstorm) all sounded like the precip static on the high yagis for a time Saturday night. But the ones in other directions were quiet. AA1K Max Rates: 2011-10-29 1248Z - 6.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 360 per hour by AA1K 2011-10-29 1253Z - 4.1 per minute (10 minute(s)), 246 per hour by AA1K 2011-10-30 1359Z - 3.3 per minute (60 minute(s)), 195 per hour by AA1K Single Elecraft K3 and Alpha 89 for this contest (no SO2R). In the middle of a 20-meter run on Saturday afternoon, the amp kept tripping off for no reason. Took 20 minutes to remove cover and vacuum the dust out and then it worked fine the rest of the weekend. Antennas: 160, parasitic vertical array. 80, single 75 ft vertical. 40, 3-el. Hy-Gain Explorer yagi. 20, three-stack of 204BA's. 15, two-stack of Wilson 415m 4-el. 10, single Hy-Gain 105BA (modified W3XU design). Top yagis on each band at 100 ft. About 17 Beverage antennas for RX on the low bands. Antenna details at www.aa1k.us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA1ON Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 785,160 Antennas survived the snow, but Sunday am start time delayed by 2 hour power cut and requirement to bail water out of basement. Power came on and normal pileups resumed ...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA2DC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 376,016 Ten Meters = WOW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA3B Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,185,523 Personal best, despite all sorts of challenges: We lost internet for several hours on Friday evening. We had a freak winter storm dumping 7" of heavy wet snow. Since most of the trees still have their leaves, there were many falling branches resulting in power outages. We lost power at around 1900z on Saturday and we are still on our LP fired backup generator. The power company has promised to restore power by the end of the week! All the antennas were impacted by the snow covering resulting in very high SWR's. I was unable to use the 3 stack for most of Saturday. Fortunately, Sunday was warm and the antennas all recovered nicely. The falling trees blocked our driveway, and I had to spend some time on both Saturday and Sunday moving fallen branches out of the way. All told, I think I lost about 6 hours due to the storm and cleanup. Never give up, never surrender! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4FU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 241,040 Primary goal was to try out a new antenna for next week and hopefully pick up a new country or two. I got nine new countries and the new antenna performed well on 40m. I did find a problem on 20m, so hopefully I will have that fixed before Sweepstakes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4V/VP9 Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 11,167,088 Wow...what a week-end. New M/2 record for Bermuda breaking the old record held by us which was made in 2009 (3.7 million points). Nothing like 10 meters. New antenna line up (68 foot vertical for 160-80, 1/4 wave vertical on 40, 2 K4KIO designed hex beams for the high bands) and the ubiquitous pair of Elecraft K3's and N1MM. Priceless. As always, operating with my pal, Gaylord, N4SF, was a pleasure. We've been operating the contests together since 1975. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6K Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 490,154 Working Conditions: IC-756PII, 3 el SteppIR with 30/40 loop, Inverted Vee for 80/160. It seems that as Cycle 24 increases my scores also increase. 10 Meters sure was enjoyable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6PW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,739,070 10 and 15 meters was a lot of fun. 1st time ever achieving DXCC in a given band from my home station. Looking forward to SS next weekend. 73, Bob AA6PW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6YX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 430,728 Only able to make it a daytime effort. Still a lot of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8IA Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 192,114 Despite not liking SSB very much, I had a lot of fun -- especially on 10/15m. Wish I would have spent more time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA9A Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 35,670 Single Sloper 100 feet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1J Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 70,494 Whoowee! Nothing beats a nuclear fusion powered DX contest. I'm not really a phone operator, contest or otherwise, but with the solar flux way up there I couldn't resist playing the CQ WW triathelon this fall: RTTY, SSB & CW. This was geat fun and I look forwad to the WW CW, the ARRL 10M and the new 10M RTTY contest in December. I had other motives too. I finally hooked up radio control between N1MM and my rig and wanted to test it out. Putting the exact frequency in the log is nice, but the bandmap was the most interesting and useful new feature. I was unassisted, so I couldn't use clusters to populate the map, but I could use my own spots to good effect. I followed AA5AU's "power S&P" technique utilizing the bandmap. Being unaccustomed to phone contesting, I didn't think to set up WAV files. It occurred to me later that since I was 100% S&P I could have used recordings and gone the whole weekend without speaking much. That would have been good since I don't have a strong speaking voice and talking for hours is a strain. Next time, for sure. Hearing is a problem too. I'm in my late, late 60s but generally my hearing isn't a problem except in noisy, complex environments, like parties, where there are many competing sounds. Maybe that applies to ham radio phone situations, too. In any case, with QSB, QRM, sometimes weak signals, many different accents and often really bad audio, I had a serious problem. Often I had to listen quite a while before I could be certain of a call. Being all S&P allowed me to take my time, but running wouldn't. I'm much happier in CW and RTTY contests. It would have been easiser to run assisted and rely on the cluster or to determine the call in tough cases, assuming the spotter was correct, which often isn't the case. CU in the WW CW in a couple of weeks. 73, Kermit, AB1J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1OD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 15,910 Knew that my time in the contest was going to be limited, due to having a cold, a VE session, Connecticut SET, and actual work all eating into my operating time. What I hadn't counted on was Mother Nature sending 30cm of snow, three oak trees coming down (no antennas harmed, but one generator squashed), and electric service being out for a week (just got power back about an hour ago). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 46,720 All S&P. All wires. 160L came down just before contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB3CX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,311,080 Murphy struck when I accidently pushed the V/M buttone to the right of the tuning dial of my FT-2000 without knowing it, resulting in N1MM being unable to track the frequency/band. A call to WW@DX later led to finding the issue, thanks Lee. However, I lost 4 hours of prime time from 1400-1815Z on Sunday...OUCH! Conditions were amazing with more DX on 10M than I have ever seen before, and lots of fun, thanks for a great time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB7ZU Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 185,631 Well, this is my first contest operation since 1999. It felt more like field day.... First, I lost my high power tuner a couple of days ago and could only operate barefoot with a low power version. Next, the power company decided to play ping pong with my power, so out came the generator (no hi power there) for the whole contest. Then, to top things off, all I had was a 10 mtr 1/2 wave Vertical antenna at about 8 feet off the ground. Since I wasn't exactly in a position to do very well, I decided to try 100 percent S&P. On the other hand.... I had a GREAT time! Hope my score helps the club effort! Mike AB7ZU Phoenix, AZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD1C Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,357,752 Radio: ICOM IC-7600 (100W) Antennas: HyGain AV-640 multi-band vertical, ground mounted 1/2 size G5RV in attic (much better than vertical to JA on 10 meters) Software: WriteLog It took me about three years to work my first 100 DXCC entities on 10 meters since moving to Colorado, using all three modes (CW, SSB and RTTY). This past weekend I did it again using only SSB, and in just two days! I had never worked 100 DXCC entities in a DX contest from Colorado before (over all bands). I'm not a huge fan of phone contests. The pileups don't require as much brute force as RTTY, but also don't allow for as much finesse as CW. Plus all the noise annoys the family. Last year, Carol was out-of-town, and was supposed to be out-of-town this weekend, but her plans changed (though she was out most of the day Sunday). I had hoped to program some voice memories to use with WriteLog, but I was away on business earlier in the week and just ran out of time. Maybe I'll be ready in March. Nor did I install the lighting fixture that I had purchased the weekend before. When contesting at my own station, I'm a DXer first, then a contester. Thus I like to be connected to the DX Cluster so I don't miss stations that might be a new band/mode entity, or new for the year (think CQ DX Marathon). I had only two goals DX-wise this time: work TU2T (new from Colorado) which I did work on 20 meters early in the contest (and on 15 meters late in the 'test), and PJ7 on 10 meters, which I did NOT work on phone but did work on both CW and RTTY during the contest period. I get excited by other things, like working a station on all four bands (see below), or working the stations in Zones 24/27/28 which were more elusive from the east coast. I consciously didn't try to work the rare Africans through their huge pileups this time (like ZD8O and 5H3EE), though I did call ST2AR at various times but never got through. Not being competitive has its advantages. I had dinner with my wife and watched some TV with her (with our special-needs cat in my lap) both Friday and Saturday night. I took breaks when I wanted. I followed the stories about the storms back east; we had about four inches of snow mid-week, while I was away on business in CA (it was 70F when I left San Jose, and 20F when I arrived in Denver), but the snow was mostly gone by Friday. But when I was in front of the radio, I was busy full-time. Each contest is different, which is probably why we keep operating them year after year; this one was no exception. I had not had the pleasure of hearing 10 meters so full of signals since moving to Colorado over four years ago (all the way to 29,000 KHz and beyond!). Having so many stations spread out over more than 700 KHz really helped me work even the weaker stations who were calling CQ. In Colorado, the band stays OPEN to Europe for only about four hours (8 a.m. to 12 p.m. local time). Unlike the CQWW RTTY contest a month earlier, I did not work any European UAs this time, but did work Ukraine and Belarus which are also in Zone 16. I heard OJ0X with a good signal on Sunday for literally two minutes as he came up then faded back into the noise. I had to keep in mind the other bands (15/20) despite being mesmerized by 10 meters. I still don't know how to operate 20 meters out here (not that I was all that good back east either), and thus didn't work very many QSOs/mults the first day. 40 meters is always a huge challenge for me. I worked more Europe than usual between 04-06z Friday night (10 p.m. to midnight local time) which was good, because Saturday night the band was not as good. Similarly, I worked the few JAs I heard on Saturday morning (along with ZM4T, TX5A and a UA0), then had a lull before Europe heard me on 20, but I couldn't work that much. I made my first 15 meter QSOs with Europe right at my sunrise (1322z). Past experience has taught me that 10 meters is better on one of the two days of the contest than the other, so make hay while the band is open. This year it seemed to be equally good on both days; in hindsight, I should have been checking 15/20 more. There's a rule-of-thumb that says at the half-way point you will have worked about 60% of your total QSOs, and about half of your final score. You don't get much closer than this: Final: 1083 QSOs => 1357K points Half: 643 QSOs => 649K points (59%) (48%) Sunday morning I slept for an extra half hour because I knew there wasn't that much to do before sunrise. 40 meters was more sparse than the previous morning. There was a distinct peak right at sunrise, when I worked AH0BT (double mult), VK2IM (double mult) and YB0AR (double mult). That was pretty much it, except for AH2R and one JA I hadn't worked the previous morning. Being way down in QSOs/mults on 20, I tried to work the band, but no one could really hear me, so I consciously spent the post-sunrise hour on 15 meters instead, picking up stuff I had missed the previous day from spending so much time on 10. As long as there was stuff to work on 10/15, the contest was fun. Once I had to go down to 20, not so much. The Europeans on 20 meters had fairly good signals during the last couple of hours and were not that hard to work, except for the pileups. Back when I used to operate phone contests for a living :-), we always considered 10 meters a bottomless pit of LUs (Argentina). It seems the Brazilians have made some inroads in this area: 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total LU 5 5 25 35 PY 3 9 14 25 51 Maybe we should all be learning Portuguese too! A month or two ago, Doug K1DG asked me if I had read "The Big Year", about competitive bird watching. I admitted I had not, but on his advice, ordered the book from Amazon and will read it during an upcoming vacation. It's supposed to have parallels with competitive ham radio. But I doubt they'll make a movie about us. 73 - Jim AD1C Countries worked by band: 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total 3D2 1 1 3V 1 1 3X 1 1 4O 1 1 1 3 5B 1 1 3 5 5N 1 1 6W 1 1 6Y 2 1 1 1 5 8R 1 1 9A 1 4 5 4 14 9M6 1 1 2 9Y 1 1 BY 1 1 C3 1 1 1 1 4 C5 1 1 1 1 4 C6 1 1 2 CE 1 3 2 4 10 CM 1 1 1 2 5 CN 1 2 3 2 8 CT 1 5 4 5 15 CT3 1 2 2 3 8 CU 1 1 1 1 4 CX 2 4 6 D4 1 1 1 1 4 DL 2 5 19 27 53 DU 1 1 2 E5/s 1 1 2 4 E7 1 1 1 4 7 EA 5 10 18 32 65 EA6 2 2 1 5 EA8 2 2 3 7 EA9 1 1 2 4 EI 1 3 3 4 11 ER 1 1 ES 1 1 2 EU 1 1 1 3 F 6 6 9 17 38 FM 1 1 2 FO/m 1 1 1 3 FY 1 1 1 3 G 3 4 8 19 34 GI 1 1 2 4 GM 1 4 4 9 GU 1 1 GW 3 3 HA 2 6 3 11 HB 1 1 1 3 HC 1 1 2 HI 1 1 1 1 4 HK 3 3 HP 1 1 HR 1 1 2 I 5 8 8 14 35 IT9 1 1 2 4 8 J3 1 1 JA 10 3 32 52 97 JT 1 1 JW 1 1 K 2 2 2 4 10 KH0 1 1 1 3 KH2 1 2 2 5 KH6 3 2 7 10 22 KL 1 2 3 2 8 KP2 2 2 3 2 9 KP4 1 1 1 2 5 LA 2 1 1 4 LU 5 5 25 35 LX 1 1 2 1 5 LY 2 1 3 6 LZ 1 2 2 5 OA 1 1 OE 3 1 4 8 OH 5 4 9 OH0 1 1 2 OK 1 4 12 10 27 OM 1 2 3 3 9 ON 1 1 5 8 15 OX 1 1 OZ 1 1 2 P4 2 2 3 4 11 PA 1 2 1 5 9 PJ2 1 1 1 1 4 PJ4 1 1 1 1 4 PJ5 1 1 2 PJ7 1 1 PY 3 9 14 25 51 PZ 1 1 1 3 S5 1 5 8 12 26 SM 1 2 3 3 9 SP 3 4 8 6 21 SV 2 2 SV9 1 1 T7 1 1 2 TF 1 1 1 3 TG 1 1 TI 2 2 2 1 7 TK 1 1 2 TU 1 1 2 UA 3 5 7 15 UA2 1 1 2 UA9 1 6 4 4 15 UN 2 2 UR 2 2 1 5 V2 1 1 VE 15 22 27 8 72 VK 1 1 2 8 12 VP2M 1 1 1 3 VP5 1 2 2 5 VP9 1 1 2 1 5 XE 2 3 3 8 16 YB 1 1 2 YL 1 1 1 3 YO 1 1 1 3 YS 1 1 YU 3 8 2 13 YV 1 1 1 3 6 Z3 1 1 ZD8 1 1 ZF 1 1 2 ZK2 1 1 2 ZL 1 1 3 5 ZP 1 1 2 Four-band QSOs that I noted during the contest (there may have been more): 6Y9X, 9A1A, C5A, CE4CT, CN2R, CR2X, CR3A, CR6K, D4C, DJ4PT, DR1A, EC2DX, ED1R, EI7M, G5W, G6PZ, IO5O, IR2C, IR4X, JA5FDJ, KH7X, KL7RA, LX7I, OK5W, OM7M, OT5A, P40W, PJ2T, PJ4T, PS2T, PW7T, S53MM, TI8M, TM6M, VE2DXY, WP2Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD4ES Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,315,520 10 Meters was phenominal, WAZ first 23 hours, Great time was had by all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD7XV Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 37,605 Band QSOs Pts DXC Zn 7 21 51 9 9 14 40 90 16 15 21 42 110 17 21 28 29 76 13 15 Total 132 327 55 60 Score: 37,605 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE1T Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 76,986 Wrong link first time. Sorry. Wondered why the summary columns and webform columns didn't line up! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AG4W Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,798,802 I recently bought an FTDX5000D and what a great way to break it in. It is one great radio. As most people have already reported conditions on 10 meters were great. I enjoyed a long run of stations into Europe on Saturday and Sunday morning. I intended to operate more at night but 160M seemed to have little activity. I used a top loaded 58 foot vertical on 160M, delta loop on 80/40 and the 3 element quad at 40 feet for 20/15 and 10M. The amplifier was an AL-1200. This was a record score for me.I'm looking forward to the other contests this season. Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AH6RR Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Total Score = 30,682 Thought I would try to break the Oceania record for SOSB 40 Assisted had ok results but I did break the record in the first 7 hours but it was very tough. 40 is no place for low power and making a lot of Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AJ1E Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 136,660 Limited time to operate this one. Heavy wet snow Saturday night and falling tree branches didn't help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK4I Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 561,925 The far east was open for most of the time I operated in the contest. Almost worked DXCC (92) during this contest. Always look forward to the "first" contest of the season. Unbelievable crowds on all bands! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK7AZ Class: M/M HP Total Score = 2,671,186 The RST Contest SIG is really starting to mature. It blew last year's score of approx. 840K point out of the water and into low earth orbit. Thanks goes out to all Amateur Radio Operators that have helped on and off the air to make the RST Contest SIG thrive as the only M/M effort in Southern Arizona that is open to all amateur radio operators interested in contest operations. It is only getting better and better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL9A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,343,772 Even with the inevitable log corrections I managed to beat last year's score by a almost 300,000 pts. Lost a few hours of op time at the start due to the grandson's Cub Scout Pack meeting. Saturday was outstanding! Great fun and lots of busy pile ups. By comparison Sunday was a disappointment. Propagaton seemed weak most of the day, particularly over the pole to EU. Despite that I managed to work RI1ANC on Sunday via long path. Go figure! Need to figure out where to get a decent footswitch. My second Heil FS-2 in three years packed it in right at the start. Finished the weekend with a Radio Shack cheapy designed for a tape recorder! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: B4R Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,889,220 10M is blooming ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: BD9ALM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 88,335 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C37N Class: M/M HP Total Score = 23,119,743 Thanks to all for Qs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C4W Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,887,120 Great contest, great conditions, great rates (at times), great station, fantastic host (5B4AGN and XYL). Managed 46.2hrs on the chair and spent 30 minutes hammering the base of a 11KV pylon which was causing S7-9 noise when beaming to Europe/NA on 10,15 and 20m with no real result! My zombie version took my place after 1800Z on Sunday when I was suffering from hypnagogic hallucinations at slow qso rates. Should have used the 2nd radio more! Thanks for all the qsos and for all those band changes! Cant wait till next year! 73s Marios 5B4WN/G0WWW/C4W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C4Z Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 400,000 Much improved cndx didn't seem to help we low power op's. The splatter and wide sigs were unchanged. I don't think too much notice was taken of the 'Power' debate we saw on 3830 shortly before the contest! I wkd pretty well all of daylight hours with attenuator full in plus rf gain and volume cntrl backed off some. With ssb when a high power stn wants your qrg one may as well concede quickly and move on frustrating though it may be. It makes you treasure those golden 5 or 6 minute moments running at 4 per minute because that'a all you get. About 150 more q's than last year with mlt's about the same. Heared all zones except 37 (never missed that before) also never had such a long list of missed countries called but not reached and I still continue to be amazed how I can spend 24 hours + on one band over two days and not come across many of the big hitters who make big scores on the band. The thing is to get a decent score you need to run and get a 'rate' whenever you get the opportunity as S&P'ing is a slow business for low power op's so whenever you come across a 'hole' you need to squeeze in there and cq for as long as it lasts and then start over. Whilst all of this is going on guys you haven't wkd are joining and leaving the band so I do wonder sometimes when I see claims for 40 zones with big q counts and high country claims who do not register 'assistance'. On the other hand the 'assisted categories' have lost their stigma and are now seeing great support, so that is encouraging for we diehard traditionalists. As has been sa5d many times in these reports cndx were great, best ever for me into the Pacific with 4 KH6 when I am normally grateful to catch one, plus E5 & ZK2 all with 100 watts and a simple tribander makes me think just how great it would be if this contest could be made low power in higher sunspot years. Before you say 'Oh yeah' to that, I would say that the same people will still win in pretty much the same order, the WRTC events give testimony to that. The scores would be surprisingly high as we would all hear so much more. Band cndx for thw cw leg so often do not live up to those enjoyed for the ssb weekend, so let us hope this year will be different. (My score is a close guestimate as I made a few contacts on 20 Mtrs too), 73 BrIan 5B4AIZ. (C4Z) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C5A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 48,672,078 Our second M/M effort from the beach in Gambia. We have had a lot of problems in the beginning, part of our luggage with all the aluminum and glass-fiber was lost somewhere on the way, our PPA's were held by the customs, there was only 190V in the net..... but finally everything was sorted out and we were able to come with a decent station on the air, well the station was finished just Friday morning, but still. Since the propagation was NICE we hoped to cross the 50 mil mark, how ever the Gods of contesting did not approve...... we had a couple of problems: twice black out - no electricity Saturday night and Saturday around noon - loss well over an hour of operation, significant thunderstorm with lighting and big winds and waves came Sunday late afternoon and evening and pull down our 20m antenna - we were still able to put it up again. It was audible even on 10m, so we gave up completely 160m Sunday and 80+40m was really bad - big loss since we were deaf for a couple of hours. The propagation on 10m was fabulous. We were able to keep over 300Q/hour for 6 hours in a line. Considering all we are most happy with the outcome. We all have had a great time which is most important ! SETUP: 6x IC756PROIII + OM-power PPA + Microham 160m 29m vertical + 7m high RX 4SQ full size 80m 4SQ 40m 4SQ + RX low dipole 20m 4SQ of vertical dipoles 15m 2x4SQ of vertical dipoles 10m 2x 2x5Y@14.5/7m Thank you all for calling and we DO HOPE to see everyone once more in the CW part. 73 ! Jiri OK1RI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: C6ARW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 3,160,170 A great contest from a new country. I opearted with a vertical for 10 - 80M and a dipole for 160M. Europe was LOUD on all bands. I hope I gave out a few new ones to you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CE1A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 9,034,929 Thanks to CE1DY, Domingo, for your help and support, the best host ever Thanks to the Guys from Radio Club Cavancha and CE DX GROUP operators. New All Time CE MM Record ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CE3DNP Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 115,552 Too qrm, 20 meters with poor propagation and noisy permanently. Equally, however, it is very nice to enjoy these contests. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CE4CT Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 11,024,940 Thanks to all stations contact with us, the propagation better on hight bands from here since years, the lower bands with much statics but the high bands very nice. Thanks to LU1AEE Fabian (he comming for second time to this contest), CE1TT Sergio (for travel from 2000 kms, CE4MWK Luchito (20 years without contests on body, but he is a great operator) and my local partner CE3FZ Pedro. Special thanks to my friend CE3"MANOLO" for help me to prepair the station, he work for only food and beer....fantastic friend. We broke a CE M2 record again. 73 to all. CE4CT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CF7FC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,784,378 Thank you to all the stations that called me.. 10 meters was simply amazing !! Proud to be a memeber of Team Orca again this year!! I hope that everyone had as much fun as I did. I am impressed how my little TA-33 Mosely performed at 48 feet producing 2,362 Qs.. 73s Perry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CG7SZ Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,252,944 First and foremost, many thanks to Allan, VE7SZ, for hosting me for the contest weekend. The station played great, as it always does. Allan is constantly making station improvements, and it's a real treat to be able to operate from there. I missed out on WW SSB last year because of an unexpected stay at the local hospital. I've done very little SSB contesting in the past two years, and for awhile it really showed. It took about an hour to get back into the groove, as well as to get used to the special CG7 callsign. I decided to take a run at the 1.3M 20M S/B HP Canadian record, figuring that this might be the last time for awhile with band conditions such that there would be significant 14 MHZ activity in combination with good propagation, to make a record possible. My thinking is that, as we make our way through this period of better propagation, more and more stations will gravitate to 15 and 10, and 20 will become more of a transition band - open perhaps around the clock, but with less time spent there by the participants due to better conditions on the higher bands. As it turned out, unless another VE entrant bested the mark, no record was broken. In my case, I missed it by about 5%. I noticed this year a real decrease in JA activity. Although the band was open to Japan for a number of hours each day, I only logged about 150 in total. Conditions to Europe were excellent on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, and the Saturday afternoon USA run was just awesome - it felt at times like I was operating from the Caribbean. I missed Zone 36 - never heard one. One thing of note to report - although I spent a fair bit of time in S&P mode, it seemed like I encountered a lot fewer big pileups than I usually encounter in a normal DX contest. Most of the S&P QSOs were with garden variety countries, and many of the "jucier" multipliers called me. My first thought would be that the bigger pileups were on 15 and 10, but obviously there were a lot of multipliers available on 20, judging by the large band country totals that have been reported by other entrants. Many thanks to all for the QSOs, and cu on CW for sure. 73, Gary VA7RR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CJ3A Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,527,976 Overall contest activity and propagation were amazing. As well as nice QRM free country cottage with portable lightweight setup. Voice keyer didnt work properly so had to be disabled that increased total break time. Was not quite sure about distance from the cottage to the antennas locations, so had to use single coax for both antennas. It was a refreshing experience switching antennas outside and rotating 10-15-20 beam to the mults. Bringing new prefix to this contest was another challenging task as computerized means are dominating and even if call was correctly received from the first time it is unlikely it was immediately logged, instead there were countless attemps to correct it to CN3A or CR3A:) 73, see you next year. Ken VE3LA/UU1JA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CN2R Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 19,369,076 10-15 closed too early, but 10M was greaat. Tnx to all for the QSOs and QSYs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CN3A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 26,613,063 Great Team and Fun Contest as usual! 10m are really back! more news about CN3A cqww operations here : http://it-it.facebook.com/pages/CN3A/112969535390789 73, CN3A Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR2X Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 15,545,056 Never thought that I could be disappointed after claiming a new EU record with over 9000Q's logged. But in propagation like what Mother Nature offered us during the CQWW SSB weekend, my score just isn't enough. Somehow I totally failed my multiplier. I knew that I was low on mults most of the time, but just didn't find a way to push my multiplier to reasonable numbers. I was moving every possible multiplier, tried to make skeds on low bands, beamed to Africa and South-America and tried to get something going with 2nd radio. But nothing helped. I was well ahead of Jeff's EU record until midway of the contest, but a lot worse propagation on Sunday made me end up with only a couple of percentage advantage over Jeff's final score. So most likely I failed my chance to get the record back to my name. I was a lot of fun and what a thrill it was to start the contest on 20M with over 300Q/h instead of fighting in 40M QRM. Never happened before in these seven (!) years of operating from Azores. (Oh boy, time flies.) One week after the contest we had bad news from Azores. Someone had broken into the shack and stolen some stuff from the QTH. Before this we haven't had any security issues, but from now on it's one thing more on our minds to worry on. Thank you all for QSO's and congratulations to Ranko & Tonno @403A ;) for making unbelievable score from Montenegro. 73 de Toni, OH2UA / CU2KI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR3A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 29,755,674 Madeira Contest Team CT3BD, CT3DL, CT3DZ, CT3EE, CT3EN, CT3IA, CT3KU, CT3KY CT1BOH, CT1FFU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR3L Class: M/M HP Total Score = 33,054,603 Tnx for your calls and the 7 head crew for their big effort: DF3FS, DF7ZS, DJ7JC, DL1QW, DL2SAX, DL8OBF, EC8AFM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CR6K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,695,440 CR6K - Continents All bands - All modes QSOs (with dupes) | EU | NA | SA | AF | AS | OC | ------------------------------------------------------- | 33.0% | 61.0% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 2.2% | 0.4% | ------------------------------------------------------- Powered by Win-Test 4.8.0 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CT1IUA Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 830,720 Worked with 3 elements and 700w. Mike, CT1IUA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CT3FQ Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,489,464 It was my first timesharing contest, I have share the station with CQ9T (CT3KN)and it was a just for fun contest for us ... ;-))) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CX2DK Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 790,020 My second CQWW.... excellent! Really very happy with my score. 73's Marcelo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CX9AU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,257,705 Rig FT100d Ants dipoles Work 105 countries, 35 zones (not work zones 22,23,26,34 and 39) Dan CX9AU CQ WW SSB - 2011-10-29 0000Z to 2011-10-31 0000Z - 1594 QSOs CX9AU - Off Times >= 30 Minutes 2011-10-29 00:00Z - 2011-10-29 00:00Z 00:01 (1 mins) (Start late) 2011-10-29 08:28Z - 2011-10-29 11:06Z 02:39 (159 mins) 2011-10-29 11:47Z - 2011-10-29 12:16Z 00:30 (30 mins) 2011-10-29 12:59Z - 2011-10-29 14:02Z 01:04 (64 mins) 2011-10-29 20:12Z - 2011-10-29 20:58Z 00:47 (47 mins) 2011-10-29 21:51Z - 2011-10-29 23:38Z 01:48 (108 mins) 2011-10-30 01:14Z - 2011-10-30 01:47Z 00:34 (34 mins) 2011-10-30 03:01Z - 2011-10-30 03:31Z 00:31 (31 mins) 2011-10-30 04:38Z - 2011-10-30 13:16Z 08:39 (519 mins) 2011-10-30 13:30Z - 2011-10-30 14:04Z 00:35 (35 mins) 2011-10-30 14:29Z - 2011-10-30 14:59Z 00:31 (31 mins) 2011-10-30 15:04Z - 2011-10-30 15:58Z 00:55 (55 mins) 2011-10-30 21:07Z - 2011-10-30 22:26Z 01:20 (80 mins) Total Time Off 19:54 (1194 mins) Total Time On 28:06 (1686 mins) CQ WW SSB - 2011-10-29 0000Z to 2011-10-31 0000Z - 1594 QSOs CX9AU Max Rates: 2011-10-29 1710Z - 6,0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 360 per hour by CX9AU 2011-10-29 1930Z - 4,5 per minute (10 minute(s)), 270 per hour by CX9AU 2011-10-29 2006Z - 3,1 per minute (60 minute(s)), 185 per hour by CX9AU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: D4C Class: M/S HP Total Score = 28,385,110 Congrats to the CR3A guys for the competition, it was a great thrill be head to head ! 3 newcomers operators were involved this year, and was a real fun work together , hope to have them again in the Team, friendship and love of ham radio is still alive ! CU in CW leg 73 de Fabio I4UFH on of D4C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DD8SM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 691,096 Nice conditions. Thanks to all especially der QRP stations, for your patience, that I worked. Until next contest. God Bless you all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF0HQ Class: M/M HP Total Score = 19,962,990 Congrats to DR1A: ufb Top Score! cuagn in CQWWCW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF2SD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,150,481 Thank you for this great competition, I hope I can improve myself even more (without fever and flu), see you next year again... Best Regards de Dieter DF2SD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF9ZP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,113,842 great conditions... thanks for the qsos, vy 73 jo df9zp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DH4PSG Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 12,540 Hello, only playing a little this year ad looking for new DXCC and bandpoints. Thanks es 73 Peter, DH4PSG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DH8BQA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,043,551 Has a lot of fun with such nice conditions! Elecraft K3, PA + 6 ele Yagi 60 ft high. 73, Olli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ4PT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,665,090 Operator: Nearly 72 years old! Antennas: Quad collection (all fullsize), 10m: 7 over 7, 15m: 6 over 6, 20m: 6 over 6, 40m: 5, 80m: 3 ; 160m: 54m Vertical with 4 elevated radials. + 9 Beverages, 140m - 400m long. Specially, I would like to thank DJ4AX for his substantial support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ5AN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,886,316 Beautiful condx on 10 and 15, a real joy to join the contest. It feeled like during the ARRL 10m Contest in 2002, the Homebrew 5 ele and the Force 12 were doing a greath job in working state side. The 20 m vertical was extreemly good to work the in the last part of the contest several new zone and contries. Regards from my Farmin House in western part of Germany, CU next contests Jan PA1TT / DJ5AN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ5MW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 3,334,275 Thanks to Toffy, DJ6ZM for letting me use his fine station! With these condx even a phone contest and low power can be fun! (if you have a voice keyer :-) ) See u in CW from HB9CA (M2)! 73 de Manfred, DJ5MW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ7WW Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 363,872 Only part time effort while building up the DL3KO station. The 15m setup looks very promising and consists of a 5/5 stack and a single Optibeam 17-4@30m. 73 Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ8OG Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 8,566,036 Thanks to the QSOs, nice to see 10m open like this again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK5OS Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 32,882 Just for fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK8EY Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 97,601 ICOM IC-7400, N1MM Logger, Toshiba Portege R700 FB-53 5-ele-beam, 2x 23m dipole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL0RUS Class: M/S HP Total Score = 194,266 Our first CQWW from DL0RUS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL1IAO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,463,560 2x IC756Pro3(INRAD) + Alpha87A, IC4KL (40m) TopTen decoders, WX0B bandpass filters & homebrew 2R-switching, I-Mate's WT v3.23.0 on 2x HP Omnibook XE3 (160) 27m shunt-fed tower, Mag-Loop (RX) (80) Bobtail (NW/SE), Delta Loop, DP @10m (40) 3el M2 Yagi @20m (linear-loaded, tuned for CW), DP @10m (20) 5el M2 Yagi @27m (15) 5el Yagi @25m (10) 6el Yagi @24m (sharing tower with 40m) It was a good year for my first SOAB entry in CQWW SSB! Although it is impossible to compete with E7DX or LX7I it was fun to go beyond 4000 QSOs and finish with a new DL all-time high. 40m was frustrating with the CW-tuned Yagi and I missed a lot of DX there. However, 10 & 15m made up for everything and I rarely found some time to use the 2nd radio. On Saturday I left 10m early in the afternoon just to check the run rate on 15m. I never returned and enjoyed my best ever Westcoast run from DL, including one 200+ hour, on a clear frequency. CU next time! 73, Stefan DL1IAO@contesting.com http://www.dl1iao.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2ARD Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,994,905 STN : FT 1000MP MKV + PA ANT : 6ele + 6ele + JP2000 (3ele on 15m) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,371,208 Yaesu FT5000 limited to 100W, SteppIR DB36 at 25m + Dipoles for 160/80. First time low power from DL. Having been mainly on the other side of the pile op for many years this was certainly a good training for me. A totally different ballgame. Unfortunately the second TRX didn't arrive on time from the repair shop - so this was strictly a SO1R job. It was just impossible to get a good rate on calling CQ most of the time, even though lots of stations said I was so loud. So what? why is that? Two thoughts: 1. Imagine everyone would switch off their amplifier. I love QRO, OK? But just imagine. My guess is that we'd all have more fun. The bands would be much quieter, but in good conditions like these we'd have almost the same rates on the high bands. I know, dream on... 2. First time as LP assisted as well, which helped having fun without an amplifier quite a lot. I noticed how many of the big multi/multi stations as well as M/S, M/2 and SO Assisted do not spot any spots whatsoever. That's a lot of taking without any giving. Anyone using a cluster should contribute. Fair deal. 73 Frank DL2CC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2IAN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 306,384 Nice contest at all, i decided to work only on 10m to have the night time for sleep hihi ! ok so far, conds were absolutely excellent, never heard 10m in so a good shape the last years... only missed ZL3TE for last zone, but the pile up was tremendeous mostly i was running CQ but some time also S&P so far i had a real nice contest and will be also on in CW-Part, perhaps again in 10m Single-band TRX: FT-950 PWR: 500 W Ant: Mosley TA-63 m LOG: N1MM + MK2R+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL4YAO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 390,028 KH6 from 10 to 40, that says it all! IC7800, L4B 2 Ele 10/15/20 Vert Dipol for 40 T-Ant for 80/160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL5NAM Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 81,184 122 Qs with DL ! - CQ WW DX your second name is WAG ;-) Antenna - simple dipol at 10m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DM0Y Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 122,268 Hard work on low bands.... difficult not to fall asleep in the night from saturday to sunday. But best ever 80m-result and nice dx-signals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DP9I Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,549,216 Station: K3, P3, KPA500 no extra multiplier-station ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DR1A Class: M/M HP Total Score = 34,126,957 Thanks for all QSOs. The old EU record in the M/M category was M6T (1999) with 29.3M. We passed that score around Sunday 1800z, and used the rest of the time to build up some margin for the log checking process... :-) Also waiting for other M/M scores rolling in... See you all in CW ! 73 Ben DL6FBL P.S.: We have launched a new DR1A website (CMS based) at http://www.dr1a.com. Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DR1D Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 250,908 First of all many thanks for all QSO�'s and ham�'s I didn�'t hear. QRM in Europe was ....... :-( poor conditions on 80m, less ham�'s on the band ,I think because of the good conditions of the "HighBands" running new antennas 2 x 2Element on 80m Optibeam plus 2x 160m bidirectional Beverages,but not enough.for next year more Beverages Hear you all next year, but than on all bands. I will try to sleep more before. Our webpage will be finished in the next weeks so thanks for iunterest than. 73 Robert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DR2P Class: M/S LP Total Score = 370,755 DO6SR,DK1SG,DO2ETM,DO2TGO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DX1M Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 2,406,576 Had a great operation from Philippines in limited M2 class. Will be back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E51Z Class: M/M HP Total Score = 14,241,648 15-meter antenna failed. One QSO there on Sunday. Still had fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E71A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,345,982 Setup: TS590 + 1,5 KW Ant: C31XR up 30m, X7 up 12m, Delta loop 4 el fix NW up 8m. 73 ... CU next contest,s Emil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E74WN Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 55,809 Tcvr FT1000MP Pwr 100 watts Antenna Delta loop(vertical) & LW 155m Tnx for qso and see you in cw part 73, Emir E74WN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E77A Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,348,848 Congrats to all on their high scores. It was more fun than last year. The signals were strong, with no QSB. Thanks for all the QSOs, and hope to see you again next year. Slaven E77A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: E7DX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 17,888,205 congrats to tonguo maike sixe maike ! thanks for QSO and CU in CW part! 73s de E7DX crew ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA3QP Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 893,235 Everybody was on 10m, who was on 15m?, but just when we was close to the sunset all the people was comming from 10m to 15m and then the band had 2-3 amaizing hours of runs. That's the live of the high bands when the sun burns. Nice contest as usual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA5AER Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 282,705 Contest : CQ World Wide DX Contest Callsign : EA5AER Mode : PHONE Category : Single Operator (SO) Overlay : --- Band(s) : Single band (SB) 10 m Class : Low Power (LP) Zone/State/... : 14 Locator : JM08BU Operating time : 24h59 BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 40 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10 915 33 108 17 2005 2.19 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 915 33 108 17 2005 2.19 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 282 705 Duplicados NO incluidos en conteo QSO y calculos de medias Operators : EA5AER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA7OT Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 861,373 Yaesu FT-2000 6 ELE OWA @ 10m Rotative 3 ELE @ 10m EU 500w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA8OM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 543,123 Most of the time forced to use the 40m dipole also for the high bands due to tremendous noise on the GP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA8ZS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 6,696,930 just a first posting, log will be checked after return home low power from Africa is a very interesting experience A big Thank you to Manolo, EA8ZS, for giving me the possibility to do this contest from EA8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EC2DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 8,656,982 Hello: Very happy whit the score. Good opeening�'s whit NA and JA. Never think to get this score whit this 85% home made station, stak match�'s, band pass filters, six pack, all the antennas, rotator, self support tower etc....in the station no current electricity, is generated by Honda 6Kva generator that stopped in two times by my mistke..... Whiout the help of some radio friens of my town this would be impossible. See you in tne next! Imanol EC2DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EC7ZK Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 754,110 Overall an excellent spread, although the conditions in Europe and Asia were not as good I expected. The USA and SA openness to the best of the competition. I enjoyed the pil up with USA stations to which I am grateful for their communications. I hope to give you the 59 in the next round ... 73s Tony / EC7ZK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ED1R Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 16,553,848 Finally the CQWW, All year waiting this weekend !!! Murphy visited a lot of our station in last months, but in this Contest advantage and left us came to visit on Sunday morning where a TL922 pass QRT. The Multi station was in LP all sunday. We scored three goals before the Contest: 1) Make the CQWW in M2 category out of our usual category (MS). 2) Claimed New EA M2 Record (AM3SSB reference). 3) Pass the great Target from IR4X (M2) in 2010 (14,8 mill). Finally we have been this 3 goals, and we are very happy !!! Congratulations to all colleagues and friends for their fantastic results. See you during the next Contest CQWW CW in november. 73 de ED1R Team CQWW-DX-SSB 2011 Web: www.ed1r.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ED5T Class: M/S HP Total Score = 8,928,150 This year ED5T has been participating in the beta testing of a new project from the Murphy corp, known as MurphyPlus ©. In the past, traditional Murphy attacks are easily recognizable and operators quickly set to work to combat attacks and fix broken hardware and software. MurphyPlus however goes a step further, making attacks less recognizable and therefore giving the man himself time to sit back triumphantly and watch operators with puzzled looks on their faces wondering what is going on. In our case, seeing that we weren’t going to figure it out on our own, he chucked in a few traditional Murphs, which would then lead us to discover why he’d been laughing himself silly all weekend at our expense. We had been wondering throughout the weekend why the propagation was so odd. Most of us had been operating regularly in the weeks beforehand and were pretty much au-fait with the way conditions were, so we started to wonder why we were getting so many rapid QSBs and why we were so regularly getting beaten in the pileups by other EA stations. There were so many pointers out there that with hindsight, we should have been able to piece together the jigsaw and see what was happening. Murphy’s first call was when the 80m bazooka all of a sudden stopped working. We went crazy checking the switching box for the receive antenna, checking all the connectors at the back, the six pack (which had just had emergency surgery the day before after we found the tracks on the main board had been corroded with some kind of acid), and finally at daylight Jose EA5GS lowered the dipoles to find that the coax was split in several places. At first we thought it was too much HV at the feedpoint but after studying a bit further, looks like plain and simple chafing against the tower. So we made a new standard wire dipole and stuck it back up. Second call was when the rotator on T2, after giving several warnings, finally gave up, stuck at 180 degrees. And it was at the beginning of the final hour, with EA5UF vainly trying to run on 40m, that EA5DFV sat listening to VY2MM on 20. “Why is he 20 to 30 dB stronger on the antenna that is fixed at 180º?” he asked. At that stage we didn’t ask, I just went on 20m, found a clear frequency, and started calling on the antenna I was receiving better on. In no time I had a nice pileup going and managed more than 800.000 points in the final hour. I was so concentrated on the running that the only moment I realized that the team were rolling around in fits of laughter behind me was when they laughed so loud that they started tripping the VOX. Upon finishing, I took off the cans and EA5DFV then told me that the final hour had been the only hour in the whole contest that we had been using an antenna that was pointing in the right direction! At some stage in the preps, when we realized that we had to take the auto stub switching off and manually put them on a T connector, the two tribander coaxes got changed round on the six pak….. try imagining it, you are running and your mult partner starts turning what we both think is his beam and all of a sudden your run dries up.... So, with the contest over, we looked at the score, and asked ourselves that if we managed to work 150 countries on 10m with antennas in the wrong direction, and all our running into the states off the side of the antenna, how we would have done with the antennas pointed in the right direction?! And then, manic laughter set in for a good quarter of an hour…… this year Mr. Murphy screwed us well and proper! In spite of everything, a really great fun weekend, loads of laughs, loads of DX, and in principle, depending on how much we get cut, a decent score in spite of our compass problem. Lots of participation in Spain this year and a nice friendly competition between the different multi-op teams, anxiously awaiting results from the other M/S teams but sure they will have beaten us hands down. As usual the last paragraph is one of thanks: to all of you who called us, or fished us out of the mud to give us a point or a mult, to our tech team who work tirelessly and selflessly behind the scenes to make sure it all comes together, to the council and the club for allowing us to use the premises, and last but not least, to our families for shouldering our responsibilities for a while so we can go have a weekend of pure unadulterated pleasure! Hardware: FT1000 + FT2000 2 x 1KW 2 x Optibeam 11-3 2 x 40m dipole Bazookas for 80 and 160 RX antenna ED5T runs N1MM software! 73 de EA5ON on behalf of the ED5T team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EE2K Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 6,875,872 www.ea2rko.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EE2W Class: M/S HP Total Score = 12,708,703 Tnx for QSO. See u on cw part. 73 de EE2W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EE5R Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 4,878,354 Hi: Our first contest as Mutioperator category. We needed to try if we can use two stations at same time with a homebrew passband filters and the result was positive, even with antennas in the same tower. Good conditions on the high bands, 10 m overall! I hope to do better in the next one! Working conditions: FT-1000 MKV, FT 2000, Acom, Expert TH11 DX, Inv L 160 (coil loaded), Half wave 80 dipole, 2 ele 10-15-20, 2 ele 40 m. Lot of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EE7L Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,786,585 First Major Contest on HP category. It was very nice to have the opportunity to meet so many people as finally I did. My results greater than expected before. Propagation was very nice on 10 and 15 meters and this year the intentio was to operate as many bands as possible in order to gain more countries. See you soon again. EE7L operated by Carlos EA7HLU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EE9Z Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 19,804,393 The EE9Z team know perfectly that we did not get a great results, but to be honest, we are absolutly convinced that we do more than better. In the operators logs there is 8 members, but at the end we were only 5, including EA7JB, EA7JB is blind around 60%, so, he help us only just to bring some tools, support a coax etc, etc. therefore in Thursday and Friday, we must set up a contest station for M/2, 3 tribanders spiderbeam, spiderbeam vertical for 80meters, 160meters dipole, Thursday morning was hell, a big raining during all morning until middle of the day, Friday afternoon the 40 meters rotary dipole was broken, so we build a dipole for 40 meters and erect around 8 meters above the ground...... Finally at the begenning of the contest we did not have , station for multipliers and internet, so all we could do was, Running and Running. that's was our history, for the future we hope to have a fixed qth to set up our contest station and be ready for real battle... 73s from EE9Z team. jorge ea9lz 5d5z. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EF8R Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 17,647,690 This was my first 48 hours SOAB contest. I�'M always Multi-Single or Multi2 operator. This was a great oportunity to me. The station works at 100%, no any problems. I used SO2R config but i don�'t really use too much. I haved nice pile ups all time and more practice on 2nd radio its needed. (i have to practice, practice,practice,practice) I haved a BIG mistake, i stop 1 hour for take nap, but the ALARM never sounded, GRRRRR, i was QRT for 3.30 hours and i miss a lot of QSOs (about 500qsos) The conditions were very good on Saturday but on Sunday came down. :( Now it is time to start to change many things (it is very different a SOAB 48h than to operate from a multiop station) Many thaks to RD3A, UA5A, EA8AH, EA8ZS, EA5DY. EA8AY, EA8DP and thanks for the QSOs. I learned a lot and enjoyed much more !!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EF8S Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 510,000 On Sunday Evening less than 100 QSO's. Missing Mults's from Africa and South America. CUAGN! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EF9A Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,850,000 Great contest!!!. Excellent propagation for DX, with nice pileups to NA's west-coast and JA. However the band closed immediately after the local sunset and did not reopen until quite after the sunrise. Very weird conditions to EU. The skip zone was very large and had very few contacts within less than 2000 km. Besides of that, it was great fun. Many thanks to Juan EA9IE and Pilar EA9AM for their superb hospitality. Rig: IC756proII Amp: Acom 2000A Ant: XR5 (Force 12) 4 ele yagi (EAntenna) CU IN CQWW CW Salva EA5DY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI2CN Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 803,298 Contesting is more fun when the sun spots are up a wee bit and there was little problem is staying alert. Thanks to everyone for patience and presence. Life is good. EI now has 1500W power limit for contesting on HF. K3 and P3 Acom 2000A Microkeyer II 4 el SteppIR at 80 feet WinTest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI4CF Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 88,392 Trying out a new Stepir DB36 at 25m. The vagaries of 40m have still to be learned by me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI7M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 19,047,000 You have to love 10m in conditions like this weekend ! After a number of years being restricted to low band contesting, we were able return to the multi-single category due to station work carried out during the summer. We found 10m to be a revelation - all 40 zones worked for the first time - its really strange to work KL7 on 10m and be disappointed that it is not a mult Thanks to Mark EI3KD/G4PCS and Neil EI3JE especailly for the work all summer - and also to Pete G4CLA and Dan EI3JZ for travelling to us for this one. 73's John john@airwave.ie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES1AN Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 151,382 BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 40 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10 451 40 114 0 983 2.18 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 451 40 114 0 983 2.18 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 151 382 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES2MC Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Total Score = 350,661 Was glad to achieve a decent countries' account and of course to get all the zones with my modest setup - 100W and a small KT-34A @19m. CU in CW part soon! Arvo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES5G Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,826,395 Oh boy. I've seen only one 10 meters opening in my lifetime. But back then I was only 10 years old and not so excited about it. But now? I think I'm not the only one cheering. First of all I want to thank ES5TV for letting me use his super-station this year again. Funny that last years ~4,4m points was a disappointment for me. I kind of feel the same about this year, tho I set up new local record (least for 1 year, until Tonno or somebody else is gonna crush it). I made several bad moves and band changes. I think I was too jumpy. 8 million points was so close from the north :( Despite of the emotion it was the most definitely best contest of my life! Only one minor failure (my bad karma didn't leave me). My physical and mental low point is always between 23rd-24th hour. And exactly at that time the 1st radio foot pedal finished employment agreement. So only thing I needed to do, was to change the pedal as fast as I could but NO. As I saw the MK2R PTT light was on my first thought was that MK2R crashed. So I restarted it, then restarted the whole computer. Then touched all the wires. After that I got the heureka to change pedal. I took 3rd radio pedal and guess what. For some reason it break down. So basically I somehow wasted ~45 minutes before I was ready to go on. But the noisy 40 and 80 meters was too much for my ears and I decided to take a little nap to carry on later( I slept ~4 hours before the contest and had to be at work from 8 to 12 on Friday). Cheers to the European superstars CR2X and 4O3A who did some impressive scores. 73 de ES7GM Kris. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES5TF Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 915,585 Very nice contest and good propagation on all bands I worked. The goal for myself was to work all zones (all band) and I was successful, altough my last one (39) came up very late - almost at the end of second day. Got lots of new DXCC countries, too. Learned the lesson that during good propagation, low power class can not call CQ with great success. My CQ rate (with tribander+deltaloop) was much lower than S&P rate. Second note for myself was that in assisted class, contest was more or less "click-and-work". All the bands were so crowded that strong stations after every couple of kilohertz did not left much room for low power and (probably?) therefore not spotted stations. I did a test - how many more stations can I work scanning band manually vs click-and-work. Result on 20m and 15m was - I got probably less than 10% more QSOs compared to case when I used only bandmap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES6Q Class: SOSB/40 QRP Total Score = 47,619 Station: FT-817 + 2-element 40m quad at 20m height Murphy paid me a visit, but it turned into a fantastic opportunity along with a very useful linguistic/logistical discovery. I was planning to make my first-ever attempt at an all-band QRP operation using my hexbeam and some wires for the low bands. But we had a tremendous wind storm about 10 days before the contest and it damaged my hexbeam. I was really unhappy since my roof is very steep and the tiles are old, so any access to the antenna is physically risky and can also damage the roof (and in a place with snow on ground for 4 months, the last thing I need is roof damage just before winter). I wrote ES2TI with a picture of my hexbeam and he had a couple of ideas for other places to operate. Then, the next day he wrote me again and said I could operate 40m QRP from a station in Southern Estonia using a 2-element quad at 20m height. Now, in a year when the high bands are blazing and everyone is up there, that might not sound so great. But for me it was a tremendous experience. I’m used to operating 40m from Tallinn with a ground-mounted vertical, so a 2-element quad really opened up the bands. At home the gray line doesn’t matter because there’s no way to crack the pile-ups with 5W. But this antenna helped me to work some real DX on 40m for the first time, including AH2, YB, C5 and plenty of the Caribbean stations. I definitely had to work hard to get a lot of them and I missed many too (8Q, VK, PY and many Chinese stations CQed in my face with nobody calling them). The only real disappointment was perhaps not working more stations, but I guess 40m just had less appeal this year with the high bands so hot. My incredible discovery for the season: I figured out how to say bucket truck (US: cherry picker) in Estonian (“korvtõstuk”) and found an 18m truck with operator. Instead of risking life and roof to remove the hexbeam, I got in the bucket and had the hexbeam off the roof in 25 minutes. What a brilliant invention! Now I can take down/put up/maintain antennas with ease. Now onwards to CQ WW CW, perhaps 10m QRP from home with a 3-element yagi. Goal: 100 countries. Hope to work you then. Many thanks to Tom and the gang! Gary, WS4T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EU1AA Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 155,400 Excelent condition on ten!!! Thank's Boris EW1AQ, Vlad EU2AA, Leonid EW1AL, Victor EW1A, Gene EU1DX, Alex R3NO for help with build and install 5 el. long Yagi antenna 40 m up the ground. Never not work so much countries and zones with 5 watt!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EU1AZ Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 502,900 CU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EW1DO Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 88,440 Country Prefix 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Percent ------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ------- 1 Tunisia 3V - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 2 Georgia 4L - 3 - - - - 3 0.35 3 Montenegro 4O - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 4 Cyprus 5B - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 5 Croatia 9A - 11 - - - - 11 1.27 6 Qatar A7 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 7 Andorra C3 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 8 Gambia C5 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 9 Morocco CN - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 10 Portugal CT - 3 - - - - 3 0.35 11 Madeira Islands CT3 - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 12 Azores CU - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 13 Germany DL - 112 - - - - 112 12.93 14 Bosnia-Herzegovina E7 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 15 Spain EA - 10 - - - - 10 1.15 16 Canary Islands EA8 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 17 Ceuta and Melilla EA9 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 18 Ireland EI - 4 - - - - 4 0.46 19 Armenia EK - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 20 Moldova ER - 5 - - - - 5 0.58 21 Estonia ES - 8 - - - - 8 0.92 22 Belarus EU - 11 - - - - 11 1.27 23 France F - 15 - - - - 15 1.73 24 England G - 14 - - - - 14 1.62 25 Isle of Man GD - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 26 Northern Ireland GI - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 27 Jersey GJ - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 28 Scotland GM - 5 - - - - 5 0.58 29 Wales GW - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 30 Hungary HA - 9 - - - - 9 1.04 31 Switzerland HB - 9 - - - - 9 1.04 32 Liechtenstein HB0 - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 33 Italy I - 30 - - - - 30 3.46 34 Sicily *IT9 - 2 - - - - 2 0.23 35 Japan JA - 7 - - - - 7 0.81 36 Mongolia JT - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 37 United States K - 14 - - - - 14 1.62 38 Guam KH2 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 39 Norway LA - 10 - - - - 10 1.15 40 Luxembourg LX - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 41 Lithuania LY - 15 - - - - 15 1.73 42 Bulgaria LZ - 11 - - - - 11 1.27 43 Austria OE - 5 - - - - 5 0.58 44 Finland OH - 26 - - - - 26 3.00 45 Aland Islands OH0 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 46 Market Reef OJ0 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 47 Czech Republic OK - 39 - - - - 39 4.50 48 Slovakia OM - 22 - - - - 22 2.54 49 Belgium ON - 9 - - - - 9 1.04 50 Denmark OZ - 17 - - - - 17 1.96 51 Netherlands PA - 16 - - - - 16 1.85 52 Netherlands Antilles PJ2 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 53 Slovenia S5 - 18 - - - - 18 2.08 54 Sweden SM - 21 - - - - 21 2.42 55 Poland SP - 92 - - - - 92 10.62 56 Greece SV - 3 - - - - 3 0.35 57 Crete SV9 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 58 San Marino T7 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 59 Asiatic Turkey TA - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 60 European Turkey *TA1 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 61 Iceland TF - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 62 Corsica TK - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 63 European Russia UA - 100 - - - - 100 11.55 64 Kaliningrad UA2 - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 65 Asiatic Russia UA9 - 28 - - - - 28 3.23 66 Kazakhstan UN - 5 - - - - 5 0.58 67 Ukraine UR - 75 - - - - 75 8.66 68 Canada VE - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 69 Latvia YL - 10 - - - - 10 1.15 70 Romania YO - 22 - - - - 22 2.54 71 Serbia YU - 10 - - - - 10 1.15 72 Albania ZA - 1 - - - - 1 0.12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EY8MM Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,667,484 My first High band score after years of Low Bands. Equipment: Elecraft K3 +Acom 2000 Yamaha Generator 4 KW Antennas: 3x3x3 to EU and NA @ 10/20/30 meters 4x4 Pacific @ 30/20 m 6 element @ 8 m Thank you for answering my call Gent's! It was fun! Other than operation in the contest had to fight with genset diesel fuel leaking. This cost me few hundred qso's. CU in CW part! 73, Nodir EY8MM www.ey8mm.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F4ASK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 125,712 IC-706 100w, G5RV ant and dipole in inverted "V" for 10m. Fantastic propagation on TEN. Amazing contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F4GCU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 264,771 ARRL-SECTION: DX CALLSIGN: F4GCU CLUB: None CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW SSB CLAIMED-SCORE: 264771 OPERATORS: F4GCU SOAPBOX: From 160m to 20m FT847 W3DZZ ant 100 W SOAPBOX: From 15m to 10m TS450S with vertical ant 70 W NAME: JOSE CESAIRE ADDRESS: 5 Rue Jacques PREVERT ADDRESS: CABESTANY, 66330 ADDRESS: FRANCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5RD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 149,313 It is not easy to take part in a phone contest with 80 Watts and a multiband center-fed antenna. Under these conditions, I was able to contact 443 stations of which 113 on 10m. I have a good time. Thanks to all who worked me. See you again in 2012. F5RD Bernard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5UTN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,234,814 Great conditions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F6FYA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 233,024 The goal was to be fun on 10 after a so long time with nothing on the band, so I decided to call "cq contest" and wait for answers. I had amazing US pile-up, both days. It was the first time, for sure. Argh, it was so good during these, more or less, 6 hours and 30 mn. Fantastic conditions, I heard stations from 28200 to 29000 Thanks to all of you for reports. See you again soon on 10. F6FYA 10x10 # 36 970./. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F8AAN Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 400,330 Nice propagation 10 Meter F8AAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F8CRS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 337,778 Amazing openning on 10m. I never heard so many US states forever on 10m. FT1000MP Field+ G5RV+MA5B(4m high) ACOM 1000 73 david F8CRS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F8FKJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,423,260 PROBLEM WHITH MULTI STN, RUN STN DO THE TWICE JOB . MISSING SOME RUN PARTS ,NEXT YEAR W'LL IMPROVE THE ANTENA ON 160. 10M WAS AMAZING PILE UP WITH FG4NN WAS A ZOO. SEE U FOR CW ... ANT: QUAD 3EL 10/15/20 H.MADE VERTICALE FOR 40/80/160 73,JORGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FM5AN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 229,257 just for the fun !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FP/KV1J Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,840,512 Lots of fun. High winds so kept 160 and 80 antennas low. Good runs when spotted but many hours with no spots and low rates. Equipment: K3 and SB200, Vert antennas Thanks for the Q's, 73, Eric FP/KV1J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FY/F5HRY Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 2,818,452 Nice to see that 10 has returned back after several years of hard diet ! Good runs, eventhough nothing above 300Q/h (heavy QRM). No S&P, except at the begining and the end of each day. Thus, I probably missed some mults. No way to find z23 (quite normal from FY) and z40 (rather unusual) ... I faced no special technical problem, besides heavy rain that brought noise and mismatching of the 2 beams for several hours. We were unable to operate M/S this year, due to a delayed upgrade of the station. Thus, we ran 3xSO (Marc F1HAR as FY5KE on 15m and Didier FY5FY on 20m), with very little EMC problems and nice friendship ! Vy 73 Herve F5HRY Win-Test : www.win-test.com FY5KE : www.fy5ke.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FY5FY Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 2,370,216 SOSB on 20M this year at FY5KE location with Marc FIHAR operating on 15M and Hervé F5HRY on 10m. Quasi M/M conditions with a total for the 3 band of about 15000 QSO. Antennas : 204BA @24m and 2 helpfull beverages to EU and NA. Thanks for calling, 73'S Didier ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FY5KE Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 2,860,680 We were unable to operate M/S this year, due to a delayed upgrade of the station. So, we ran 3xSO (Hervé FY/F5HRY on 10m and Didier FY5FY on 20m). Nice week-end. Thanks for calling. 73 Marc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G0HVQ Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 203,940 Wasn't planning to enter until the day, but 10m in such good shape that I decided to give it a go. Haven't heard 10m so good in a contest for a long time, the band full of stations from 28.3 up to 29.1. Highlights were working KH6 long path just after dawn both mornings, getting called by a ZL just after I'd tuned up on a clear freq, and some great pile-ups from the USA and Japan. Equip: Icom 7400, Hunter amp (300W), 4 ele monoband yagi. 73 Darrell G0HVQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3TBK Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,925,832 Rig: FT1000MP + 400W Amp, 4 Element yagi at 60 ft, dipoles for 80m & 40m, Inv "L" for 160m. Simple LF antennas not good enough to make a competitive score. Good to hear 10m taking its share of the traffic at last, but stations situated to the south of me were doing better. Lesson for another time - remember it is a contest. I spent too long hunting DX at the expense of QSO numbers. However a big improvement on last year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3TXF Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 403,934 Antenna was a rotary dipole at 80ft. Had been hoping to beat the ENGLAND Record on 40m SSB held by G3NLY since 1993, but that wasn't to be. I didn't get enough Multpliers and my points-per-QSO was far too low. The expanded 40m band in Region 1 makes a huge difference. Hard to believe that we all had to squeeze into just 100kHz only a few years ago. One or two EU ops appear to believe that the band has also been expanded for them above 7.2MHz, but I don't think that that's the case! Why are boom-mic headsets always SO uncomfortable? It's like having a vice on your head! [Fortunately these monstrous head-pain generators are not needed for CW!] 73 - Nigel G3TXF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3VAO Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,748,910 Wow - what wonderful conditions - Best for many years. Brok e so many piles ups I had to make sure the amp was switched off! 100w to a C19xr - Thanks go to Force 12. Next step is to improve my LF set up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G4ERW Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 817,128 Conditions were excellent! Some good runs to North America - 57% of QSO's were with NA. First contest 'airing' of a 3 ele Steppir. Rig: Kenwood TS850 Amp: Ameritron AL811 (400 W) Ant: 3 ele Steppir at 17m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G4FKA Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 79,076 Another fun weekend working the world! With a barefoot 756 ProIII, a wire sloping dipole fixed north-west and wire 5/8 vertical it is always going to be a challenge to get through against the tower and power entrants but with plenty of time and lots of shouting the QSOs slowly come! Excellent conditions on 21MHz so decided to stick with a single band entry. Stations solidly from 100 to 450 so 99% search and pounce but always a few free slots for some mini-runs. Very pleased to work so many DXCCs and of course a lot more (at least 14) heard and/or called. Thanks to the stations who put in the effort to get the little stations in their logs. Looking forward to CW next month. Geoff G4FKA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G6PZ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 15,773,520 Wow! That was AWESOME! Even the weather was the best we can remember for WW SSB, more like mid-September than late-October in the English West Country. This will go down as one of the great WW SSB contests, with the best conditions on 10 and 15 for many years. On 10 metres, we worked 1740 different W and VE stations, a remarkable 388 of which were in Zone 3. From plain old G, we had several 250+ hours, with the last hour meter hitting 294 during a 10 metre run on Saturday afternoon! (Including about a dozen mult station QSOs.) It’s great to work all you west coast folks in such numbers again �" you are fast, efficient and a pleasure to run. In the other direction, we were pleased to see the growth in BY-land hams finally paying off for us here in the far west in terms of QSO numbers �" xie xie, guys! It is also now EASY to work B7P on 80 metres �" you were a massive signal from 8 time zones away. Other Asian countries that were quite rare at the last solar maximum are now frequent callers in morning high band runs. And the big JA runs we had on 10 and 15 showed that, contrary to popular opinion, contesting is far from dead in Japan. Few people have commented on low band conditions, but we found conditions on 40 to be particularly good this year. The longer time everyone spent on the higher bands gave us all a bit more room to breathe on 40, We worked 80 Zone 3 stations on 7 MHz, more like WW CW numbers than phone numbers: predictably, NK7U was the first, calling in with a great signal just 40 minutes into the contest. This is not what normally happens in the SSB leg. For our 1035 40m QSOs, we averaged 2.59 points �" in other words, 80% of our 40 metre QSOs were with DX. The 40m bandplan was also better respected than I can ever remember. Multi-single in Europe is one of the most competitive categories in the world, with a great balance of high-scoring teams right across the continent. It’s always a pleasure to compete with you. We were delighted not only to meet our pre-contest goal by obliterating the 12 year old English multi-single record of 8.1 million, but were astonished to get a pre log-check 20% margin over GU6UW’s UK multi-single record set back in 1990. We did not even consider this a possibility until around 2100Z on Saturday evening. With many hours of high rate 3 point runs available of 15 and 10, conditions certainly favoured us at the western edge of Europe as those shattering numbers from EI7M and TM6M showed. Félicitacions spécialement á TM6M for the rumoured European win. It was also wonderful to see great contesting teams like RL3A and SJ2W, usually at the wrong end of propagation and geography, get the scores their skills deserve. How did you rack up those massive 20m numbers, guys? Awesome! Just off shore, P33W were loud and fast everywhere we’re delighted they got a Zone 33 style multi-single score from Cyprus. Our operating team was the usual G6PZ WW SSB core of 2E0SQL, GI0RTN, M0CLW and M0DXR, joined by IZ1LBG who is studying in England at the moment. As always with a guest contester, we weren’t sure entirely what to expect, but Filippo put in hours and hours of 200+ rates, and late on Sunday evening offered us a master class in what to do when a big gun in a rare multiplier tries to nudge in on your run frequency! It was a pleasure contesting with you, OM. Paul, G6PZ, is the best contesting host one could imagine. With his new business venture taking off in a big way, Paul has been working brutal hours and was working most of the weekend. He still found time to do last minute tower repairs on Friday evening, leaving us visiting operators with very little setting up to do �" I arrived late on Thursday evening, and had so little to do that I managed 10 hours sleep on Thursday night and a 10km stroll through the Somerset countryside on Friday early afternoon! Paul came to the shack in the last hour to work some key low band mults and give a textbook demonstration of how to handle Sunday evening packet pileups. For the other 47 hours of the contest, our operating team had an average age of 27 and I was the oldest at 34. In an ageing hobby, contesting still attracts young people in large numbers. The peak of Cycle 24 could go down in the history books as the golden age of radio contesting �" let’s enjoy every minute of it! 73 Gerry Gi0RTN On behalf of team G6PZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G6T Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,115,729 Thanks for the Qs everyone Terry/G4MKP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GI5K Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,925,650 Delighted to exceed the oldest EU record for phone or CW (21 year old), went well past my 2006 score of a half million points on the first day, one large EU score yet to be posted. 72 percent of QSOs were 3 point dx, hourly rates were not great but steady, and could not believe 26 KH6 and KL7 were worked but only one ZS, KH7X guys had an unbelievable huge signal, JA was the second highest country worked behind NA which would normally go to our neighbours DL. Thanks for all the QSOs QSL Via G3SWH 73s Chris MI0LLL / GI5K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM0FGI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 478,016 Fun weekend, tried to exploit the wonderful HF conditions. Thanks for all the contacts and to the organisers. Equipment: IC7600, ACOM 1010 300 watts on 40, 20 and 15m 100watts on 80 and 10m Antennas: VK2ABQ 10 15 and 20m, 40m 1/4 wave vertical,80m full wave loop Software N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM7R Class: M/S HP Total Score = 4,401,603 Part time entry this time. Great conditions and great fun again. Good debug for the CW leg with several small issues identified but not yet resolved. Hope for the same conditions for the CW leg. 10m busy from 28.3 to 29! Thanks for all the QSOs 73 Jim GM0NAI Adrian MM0TAI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GW4BLE Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 262,440 Target was to beat GW4OFQ's 80m GW record set back in 1991. Big problem here with intermittent 'power line adaptor type' QRM, see: http://youtu.be/fiFEVYp1Mwo Using the WiMo 'QRM Eliminator' from WiMo Antennen und Elektronik GmbH helped to eleviate this to some extent, and OFCOM (UK communications authority) are investigating the problem. 73 Steve GW4BLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: H2T Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,640,700 A refreshing experience after 3 consecutive years of slow rates on the low bands due to the lack of a high-band beam. Did badly on the mults but thoroughly enjoyed the pile-ups! Thanks to all for calling and congratulations to all the great scores. Paris 5B4XF/H2T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA5JI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 411,086 73's Gyuri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA8BE Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Total Score = 25,527 Rig: IC-756 Ant: Vertical(28m) Rx ant: EWE Thanks for the QSOs, was a good race! Meet again in the CW rounds. 73, DX Bela! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA8JV Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,251,360 thanks for all calers! station setup: FT1000D+TL922, 4el.quad 19mh. 73 and see you in next one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA8LLK Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 512,276 BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES 160 0 0 0.00 0 0 80 0 0 0.00 0 0 40 428 554 1.29 18 66 20 161 244 1.52 23 54 15 169 322 1.91 21 59 10 186 423 2.27 30 61 --------------------------------------------------- Totals 944 1543 1.63 92 240 => 512,276 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HB9DHG Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 51,744 Hello, I'm very happy to be on the air in this important Contest. I don't have much to say, BUT CONDITIONS were amazing! I didn't remember such great conditions during an SSB contest. Lot activity on the bands .. and I've done randomly some interesting contacts. I just started the contest on Saturday at 6.00pm, so I'll have lot of improvements next year. I run all the contest in the unassisted category and it was fantastic to turn the knob like in the past! Something to repeat at least considering the my 40m dipole (on a Mosley TA-63N) has done its job! I got great reports especially on short skip. Of course, CW and RTTY are my preferred modes (I run out of energy) .. but if conditions will improve (or remains like this year), I will get back on-the-air on 2012. Keep up the good contesting ! 73 de HB9DHG Fulvio http://www.hb9dhg.ch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HB9SVT Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 16,472 Only a few multis worked at sunday morning, but had a lot of fun. 73 de Thomas, HB9SVT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HG7T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,890,942 My rig: 2xFTDx500 Ant:160M Delta 80M Dipole 40M 4 ele Yagi 3 ele Yagi 20M 2c6 ele Yagi 15M 2x6 ele Yagi 10M 2x7 ele Yagi up 35 meters. Publicity is very good. 10M is open for a long time I was happy that I worked with my friends. 73! Tibi HA7TM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HI3EPR Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 442,215 This was a big experience in 10 meters, the propagations was superb! Special thanks to my best friend HI3TT and thanks to HI3CC for the support. See you at next year, ready for next month CQ WW CW 2011 ;) 73's DE HI3EPR www.hi3epr.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HI3K Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 441,892 Thank you for your QSO, 73 Edwin HI3K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: I2WIJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 123,670 I've got flu and lost my voice on friday. At least the 40 zones are a reward for the try. Apologise all the people who had difficult to copy my call: you have to know I had difficult to copy it myself!!! 73, Bob, I2WIJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: I4FYF Class: SOSB/160 HP Total Score = 77,000 antenna needed,antenna needed,antenna needed,antenna needed,antenna needed,antenna needed, 73 fabio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: II9K Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,587,659 Excellent score for our young team. 73 ii9k - it9hbt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: II9P Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 2,235,720 Four months work, a lot of hardware problems. 10 hours operation only then bed to sleep and restaurants to eat, talk about contesting and drink beer. Bad weather before the contest didn't give us the opportunity to complete the setup in time. We worked day and night the week before the contest. We are very sorry for our foreign operators that flew to Sicily from Russia, Latvia and Lithuania for the contest. We had a bad operator in our team, his name is Mr. Murphy. Two amplifiers and a radio broken, antennas not working and no time to sleep. Mr. Murphy was able to destroy a big effort but he wasn't able to make our passion and friendship to fade out. We are stronger now, after this big bad experience. You will copy II9P on the bands in the next future. Maybe our first step was too big for our legs but we are working hard and results will come. Thanks to our operators: LY5W - Saulius Zalnerauskas (An old friend and good experienced pile upper); YL3DW - Oleg Ostrzigallo (The best station engineer ever met!); YL1ZF - Kaspars Uztics (A racehorse without competitors in this contest); RA9CO - Dimitry Kryukov (Very good and smart op. He arrived at the contest site by satellite, met Mr. Murphy... and disappeared in the clouds!); IT9ACN - Marc Sallemi, IT9AUG - Carmelo Schembri, IT9BUN - Gianni Alfano, IT9CHU - Vincenzo Bongiovanni, IT9EQO - Antonello D'Asta - IT9QQP Pippo Portelli. Special thanks to our doctor, Mr. Raffaele Intorrella and to our SuperWireless Technician, Mr. Vincenzo Sidoti. 73 de IT9GSF, Fabio Grisafi (see u in the CW leg!). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK1DFH Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 201,150 73" Roby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK4TVP Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 339,500 This year still single band operation, and fortunately I chose 10m where there have been SPECTACULAR conditions, giving rise to a contest I didn't see since years. I am satisfied with the participation: lots of Americans and Japaneses put on log during both days, plus a considerable number of countries. Moreover, it's the first time that I complete all the 40 zones in the 10m band in a contest; the last, zone 1, put on the log after an hard battle :-) 73s de Andrea - IK4TVP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IO1T Class: M/S HP Total Score = 8,120,238 Great days! Nice contest with a lot of friends all around the clock and the bands. This time the prop leaved us quite astonished looking at the big numbers that everybody have done. The bands where really crowded. We enjoyed a lot together with our guest operator IV3BSY Alberto. Coming here after 6 hours of car trip and taking over the radio as a pretty darn contester with tens years of experience. Him will be one of the next Nepalese DXexp. We look forward to meet him and others on air from there. By now him was of great support and an example for all. We went also happy having somewhat a connection with G6PZ as IZ1LBG Filippo, nicknamed here Fulippu, was there as their guest operator. They made great numbers and we enjoyed as Filippo was telling us about the scene there. We know the Filippo enjoyed a lot being there. Anyway not to say anything wrong but we hope to have him back with us soon. The setup was pretty well working all the time not showing up a single glitch. The whole set of operations get smoothly from the beginning to the end with every numbers from here and from friends watched with attention. A any team we attempted any sort of internal competitions within us. Everybody win by any of the particular and well known aspects of the teamed operations. Something was related to the radio operations, i.e. rates, something not really. So we have had two great operations and team days, as we could say, traveling the whole world with friends. TU all for the Q’s and the attention to us. IQ1RY Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR2L Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 509,203 A lot of fun New 5 element antenna work very fine, Tnx Group Noise at s7 so loose some qso at next cqww ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR4X Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 22,455,000 Wow … what a contest!! Finally a real great propagation. It was from the 90’s that I can’t remember such a great open on 10 and 15 but also low bands were fantastic. Just a week before the contest we decided to improve our setup on 10 with a new monobander and it was a great idea. The band was open to east (JA and BY) in the morning and to the west in the afternoon with fantastic signals from the west coast. It was really a great fun enter this leg of the CQWW. Finally we improved ourself in M2 category. Congratulations to TM6M to break the IQ4A MS record in EU with a new outstanding score . It was one of the oldest record in cqww and we hold it from 1990. Thanks to all for calling us and see you on CW. IR4X’s team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR8C Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,092,672 Great contest, we opened the station during the CQWW contest, we found a very good condition on the higher bands with excellent rates especially on 10 meters, the contest was done by only two operators, and for 6 hours the multiplier station was in QRT only the runner station worked, while the other operator was sleeping a few hours. We are very pleased with our scores, we know that we must reinforce the antennas on the low bands 80 160, hoping that next year we can find other good operators to work less and increase our score. 73' IR8C Team IZ8GCE IZ8TDP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IR9Y Class: M/S HP Total Score = 11,495,440 Super conditions on high bands! First time for us with 63% of not EU stations in log: not so easy from southern Europe. Our 10 millions points target was done easy and that was a big prize for the full crew. See you in the CW leg! Joe, IT9BLB one of IR9Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IT9/LY5W Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 90,000 When II9P M/2 operation was crushed, made few QSO's with own call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IT9ZTX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 649,725 This year ten meters was wonderful great opens Tnx to all the operators 73 IT9ZTX RAFFAELE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IW1QN Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 333,540 Very Beautiful Contest with Fantastic 10m Wide Open. Strong Signal from every direction and also from station with simple Vertical Antenna or in QRP or in Mobile. I'm happy for the results. CU in Test. 73 de IW1QN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: J28AA Class: SOSB/20 QRP Total Score = 33,900 Due to obligation at work, I was only few hours in the contest. Conditions were nice and I worked with 10 Watts and dipole antenna. See you in CQWW CW contest. 73 Darko ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA0JHA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,746,153 Good to see 10m has returned back. Thanks to all for the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA1XMS Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 44,285 I've enjoyed Low Power 40m, this year as well. I have slightly more than last year, Band QSOs Pts Zn DXC (2011) 7 195 521 29 56 => 44,285 claimed (2010) 183 470 31 56 => 40,890 claimed 179 430 31 56 => 37,410 final One topic related propagation, I heard EI4CF at around 0900 UTC, and their sun rise and our sunset, but unable to make contact. Rig: TS-590 100W Ant: NA-440, 3EL with wideband driven radiator at 110' Logger: N1MM + K1EL winkey Thanks for picking my weak signal, especially EU stns. My UTC and continent matrix is following: 2011-10-29 7 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ AF 1 1 AS 1 1 1 1 2 12 1 1 20 EU 1 4 3 1 20 8 4 41 NA 1 4 8 11 4 6 5 39 OC 4 3 3 5 3 2 20 SA 3 1 1 1 6 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ sub 4 9 13 16 10 11 9 16 4 1 20 10 4 127 acuml 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 1 2 2 4 3 6 2 2 3 2 2 8 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 2011-10-30 7 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ AF 0 1 AS 1 1 1 2 4 3 12 32 EU 1 3 1 7 1 13 54 NA 2 1 2 11 9 3 4 32 71 OC 1 5 1 7 27 SA 1 1 1 1 4 10 --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ sub 3 2 2 4 7 11 12 7 9 10 1 68 195 acuml 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 0 2 4 8 5 6 8 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA1YPA Class: M/M HP Total Score = 7,008,624 Thank you for your QSO(ing). And please also give me CQ-WW CW! ja1pej. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA5FDJ Class: M/M HP Total Score = 20,495,490 Thanks all the QSOs!! At last 10m came back to us! Waited so many years. See you all in the CW part next month. 73s Shin JA5FDJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA6WFM Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 483,740 I enjoying 10m,s contest. Next year will QRV any from JA6WFM/HR2 two years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA7ZP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 447,426 I had very happy time on 28MHz-band. See you WW-CW CONTEST. FBDX 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JA8RWU Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,002,684 Thanks to Mr. Contest we had lots of FUN! Joining in the contest and having fun are our theme! Our efforts may result in a new and wonderful JA8 record. http://webryalbum.biglobe.ne.jp/myalbum/1000089009081309abe4c303042ffab118c63f430/71248012622970231 So Bob said to me; Thanks your efforts! It was great fun to operate with very good JA ops in the contest. Maybe someday, we can set the new JA record. Akira, JA8RWU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JH3PRR Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 2,779,136 I operated from 40m to 10m. However, I will submit my log SO SB(A)/10 with claimed score 632,184. Thank you all for working me. See you in CQ WW CW. I will operate from 160m to 10m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JQ1BVI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,344,475 Great condestion 10m and my best record WW Contest. Many thanks all!! <2011 WW PH JQ1BVi Time Chart> | 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ----+------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3.5| - - - - - - - - 1 1 4 4 2 11 5 6 5 2 2 1 3 1 - - 7| - - - - - - - - 10 6 15 16 29 20 9 18 13 20 16 20 13 2 - - 14| 2 - 9 23 50 6 - - - 21 7 10 5 6 10 - - - - 2 - - - - 21| 51112 56 27 7 11 54 31 4 16 4 2 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 67 28| 31 17 23 21 36 77 33 25 24 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - 27193 53 ----+------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tol | 84129 88 71 93 94 87 56 39 45 30 32 36 37 25 24 18 22 18 23 16 34193120 Add | 301 559 741 848 946 1010 1067 1414 | 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15-18 19 20 21 22 23|Tol ----+------------------------------------------------------------------+---- 3.5| - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 1 24 - - 1 - 3 1 - -| 81 7| - - - - - - - - - 7 3 9 23 11 6 - 9 9 1 - - -| 285 14| 5 - 35 41 4 - - - - 10 20 6 7 - 2 2 - 3 7 3 - 6| 302 21| 21105 21 20 15 68 30 - 65 8 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - 38| 839 28| 40 3 - 12 46 29 80 96 39 - - - - - - - - - 2 79137 2|1127 ----+------------------------------------------------------------------+---- Tol | 66108 56 73 65 97110 96104 26 24 17 31 35 8 2 10 12 13 84137 46|2634 Add | 1644 1879 2189 2256 2330 2332 2367 |2634 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: JT1RF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,804,075 Excellent conditions on 10 and 15m. Low bands were not that great due to poor antennas on 40 and 80 and nothing on 160. Plans are in play to improve the low band antennas for the CQ WW CW contest in Nov. This was my first experience operating CQWW from Asia and thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of people looking for Zone 23 it seems! Had a phenomenal opening to the West Coast on 10m on Saturday and at one point was hearing stations coast to coast. The pileup was so large for a while I had to revert to taking calls by call areas...something I'm not a big fan of but it did increase the rate. I wasn't able to operate the entire contest due to other committments but had a great time during the 22 hours I was on the air. Equipment: K3 and KPA500 Spiderbeam at 140' (roof of my apartment building) HF9V at 140' (sadly in need of fine tuning) In the works for Nov - Kelemen trap dipole for 160/80/40/30 in an inverted vee configuration using a 26m Spiderbeam fibreglass mast on the roof of the building. The apex should be roughly 200' above ground. Looking forward to operating in the CW contest in Nov. This will be a part time operation with a late start on the first day but hope to operate the rest of the contest and have my low band antenna situation upgraded by then. Many thanks to all who worked me in the contest! See you in the pileups. Neil JT1RF / VA7DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0AD Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 720,372 Great Conditions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0EJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,556,713 thanks to help from W4NZ and NA4K, I had a respectable set of antennas at the developing mountain-top QTH for 20/15/10 here in beautiful Soddy-Daisy,TN. Hoping to add a few more for CW. Can't remember last time I did SOAB in CQWW-SSB but this was certainly one to remember. 73, Mark K0EJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0IO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 201,955 Trying to compete 5BDXCC with countries needed only on 80 & 10 certainly did a good job on 10! Will have a few left on 80. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0MD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,505,412 Great Band Conditions. I enjoyed the contest and working so much DX. Personal all time high for me on a SSB contest as SOAB/HP/A. Enjoyed hearing my neighbor K4IU beat me out in a pile up knowing that he runs wires! I had to stand in line behind K0KX and N0IJ and KB0EO for a lot of the DX - congratulations to those guys and their performance. The biggest disappointment was not working A52PC on 40 and A52AB on 15. Scott, K0MD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0OU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 456,318 About half way in family tragedy struck and I was done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0SV Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 122,670 A part time effort with ant. problems. It's sure nice to see 10 meters open again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TV Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 1,500,001 Talk about Murphy! At the start of the contest, I had not quite finished putting the station back together from taking everything down to clean up the rats nest of cables behind the rigs. One station was on the air but the other wasn't quite ready. Good thing KB1TBU and W1STT showed up early. We got things running fairly quickly and got on the air. Conditions were quite challenging the first night and we weren't able to get any good runs going on any band. During the first day, we found 10 meters was back and we got some pretty good numbers on that band. Then the snowstorm hit... We started losing power in glitches that shut down all the computers Saturday afternoon. The UPS wasn't holding anything up so every time the power glitched, everything needed to be restarted. Then the power went out for good. Nothing was running properly on the generator. Without good power, there wasn't much we could do. It turned out we lost power altogether for three days (we were lucky). Many others in the Northeast lost power for more than a week. MVP this year goes to K2TE who showed up on Sunday with a new air filter for my generator and helped clean the trees off the driveway so I could get in and out to resupply the gasoline for the generator. I've since fixed the computer/rig UPS and added a second really big UPS that one of my former employers discarded because they couldn't make it work properly. Now all the rigs, computers, rotors, and even the big amplifier rack is totally protected by two big UPS systems. Secondary amplifiers still don't have full UPS protection but at this point, we shouldn't have any problem with power going forward. Yes, yes I know the horses have left the barn for this one but at least we shouldn't have to deal with this again. 73, Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0VXU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,171,209 Great Contest! Even better to have 10 and 15 Meters available. My effort was semi-serious as I was unable to put in the max time. Spent a good deal of my time in the nighttime hours on the low bands where my station is not as competitive. But I had a good day on 15 and 10 meters throughout Sunday afternoon. Thanks to all who provided me with a QSO, especially a big thanks to those who had to dig my signal out of the noise. Now, let's see how the other guys in the KC Contest faired. I heard KU1CW running them off several times on many of the bands. I worked K0VBU and heard, but did not work, K0OU. Honorable mention goes to K0AP who has not yet decided to join the club as he was quite active on all bands. If 'ole Sol will hold up his end, this could be a great stretch of CQWW SSB DX tests for the next several years. 73, Russ - K0VXU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1BV Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 139,125 Lost electricity Saturday afternoon. Service returned Monday evening and I know many others in the state are still waiting in the cold. If you worked EY8MM, I'm his QSL manager and expect lots of mail. He was excited about the great conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1EO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 410,592 Very limited with snow storm, and generators for power. Great conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1HT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 106,106 I knew that I would have time for only a limited effort, but I didn't know how limited it would be until the electricity went off at 0243UTC on 30 October! I was glad that we had only 3 days without power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1KD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 235,104 This was supposed to be a very part time effort, but somehow the great conditions sucked me in. Writelog says I operated for 6.5 hours though part of that time was tending to house chores and chasing after my daughters. It was nice to hear JA's coming in so strongly on 10m for a change. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1KO Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,015,182 Band QSOs Pts Zn DXC 3.5 46 125 11 29 7 6 17 4 6 14 196 560 31 93 21 254 736 29 95 28 298 864 32 111 Total 800 2302 107 334 Score : 1,015,182 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,789,725 800 kHz of DX! 10 Meters Almost Used Up! Those words might be the headlines if tabloid newspapers covered ham radio. I didn't intend to make this contest a full time effort, but the availability of nice propagation and a working beam antenna made even phone operation reasonably pleasant. So I wound up spending 25.5 hours contesting, which must be a record for me on phone. I couldn't quite work 100 countries on one band in 24 hours. It took 39 hours because I started the contest on 10 meters but if I ignore the first 3 countries worked in the first few minutes, then I worked 100 different countries on 1 band over a 26 hour period (much of which was spent sleeping. It was thrilling to work all 40 zones. Working a few stations on 6 bands is also fun (thanks PJ2T, DR1A, DF0HQ, and a few others). Finally, even with the all the fun on the high bands I also enjoyed working a new country on 160 meters. I hope C37N does LoTW. Equipment: K3, 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; 40: full sized ground mounted vertical, 20-10: Cushcraft X7 up 62 feet; and 12 Beverages and a phased array. PS: for a while I put the SE Beverage on the auxiliary input of the K3 second receiver while operating 10 meters. For a time, many US stations were very loud on the Beverage while they were not so loud but distinctly delayed (back-scatter?) on the beam pointed at Europe. Count 2 more multipliers for TX5A who remains a mystery to WriteLog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LZ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 13,156,662 What's a little snow static between friends? Six hours of S-9! Antennas wouldn't load. New American record. Cal, K0DXC, was invaluable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1PT Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,645,198 2O1R Old style M/S with just a single radio. Great condx, horrific line noise and rain static, good food and laughs. Thanks for the Q's. Paul and Tom FT-1000D HB 8877 Amp 160/80 vert on salt water 2 ele 40M at 75' C31XR at 60' 1/4 acre There is NO crying in Contesting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1RM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 391,476 GREAT TO HAVE 10 OPEN. UNFORTUNATELY MOTHER NATURE DECIDED TO ADD MURPHY TO THE MIX AND THE SNOW CREATED HIGH SWR BY 2 PM. NO POWER BY 9PM ON SATURDAY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1RX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,647,392 Exactly 24 hours after the start, power failure in the region. Was not restored until 5 AM Monday at my place! Was on a good pace but not good enough to take K1DG down! Talking about dodging the bullet! Congrats Doug! It takes luck, a good signal and amazing conditions to generate the kind of numbers seen this weekend. What a treat for all the new comers to the hobby (saw similar back a few cycles ago)- so now you have tasted the very best the HF bands can offer. Hold on to these memories! Just hope CW will be just as good but without the power loss. Have to fix one wire antenna due to the recent storm but no matter. Thanks to all for the wonderful QSO's and heard a lot of really good operating - what a pleasure! 73, Mark, K1RX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 414,495 All search-and-pounce. Not crazy about phone operating. Used MFJ DVK and actually spoke into the microphone maybe half a dozen times. Ran no more than about 400 watts out. Elecraft K3, Ameritron ALS-600, NA software. 110-foot centerfed for all bands. Combo vertical monopole for 40 and 20. 4-element Sterba array for 10. All antennas hung from trees, no more than 35 feet above ground. Jim Cain At the New K1TN Superstation Northern Wisconsin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,700,366 Very pleased to work so many JA7 stations after the tsunami earlier this year. Many other highlights and definitely a lot of fun. Thanks for all the QSOs and see you all on CW. Sorry to hear about the miserable wx up north and hope that the ice doesn't cause much permanent damage. 73, Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 629,832 Lost power around 7:30 Saturday night due to the big storm. Worked a few stations on Sunday running 100W off the generator. Just got power back this morning (Friday)! Looking forward to equally great propagation for the CW weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,123,440 Two weeks before the contest tower #1 went up (90') supporting monoband yagis on 10M-40M. On the day of the contest an inverted V (temporary solution) went up for 80 and then ran out of time to get something up on 160. Goal for the first effort from this station/QTH was a score of 5 Mil but plans were squashed when power was lost due to the snow storm at 7:00pm on Saturday. Looking forward to CW. TNX for all the q's! -Shane K1ZR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZZI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,859,323 Great contest and super conditions...wow! 100% S&P. I don't think I will ever forget this one. 3 band DXCC is a first here. Thanks for all the amazing DX and contacts. 73, Ralph K1ZZI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2CYE Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 609,908 What a great Contest! Band conditions were great, not much room to sit and call CQ! It was great to have 10 meters booming. With all that said now I'm looking forward to CQWW CW. Great job to everyone who participated and good luck. 73, Mike K2CYE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DSL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 111,045 Part time effort - full time fun. 10m was a blast! 100w & wire antennas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2JMY Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 66,294 lost power at 21:30 utc on Saturday still without it as of today Tues 11/01 Too bad the storm cut me short I was really enjoying the propagation ! 73 es Tnx Ted K2JMY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2LE Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 7,076,525 Due to assorted reasons, our crew dwindled from 5 ops. to 2 and a half. So - we scaled down from M/2 to M/S. After a few boring hours, however, we decided to just have fun and run wherever we could - it worked. Despite of losing the 20 m stack and the lower 10 m. antenna, one rotator frozen in the snowstorm we had some incredible runs on 10 and 15 We had a blast. One 267 hour followed by 9 separate hours of 180+ rates Not band for two CW guys.. Frank W2YK came up to give us some relief during the first night, the second night we shut down for 6 hours. Last 6 hours just one op, but busted some huge pileups: DU, BY, A35,VK8 AH0 on 10 meters. 9M8, BY, 3X, ZD8, OX,VR2 ON 15 and so on Keep Murphy away for the CW weekend. Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PLF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 843,316 Great to have 10 METERS BACK WITH SOME GOOD PROPAGATION. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PO Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,916,736 It's all been said, but again: Wow! (I'd never had 10m QSOs above 29 MHz before...) The bands were so open that figuring where to point the antenna was a challenge. (The rotator got quite a workout.) Fortunately, the bands were SO open that stations often heard my 100w regardless of where the antenna was pointing. Despite great conditions, the log is still Asia-centric, with 41% of my QSOs, vs. 29% for Europe. Can you say 432 different JA stations? (How many multipliers is that? . . . One!) Five-band QSOs with JA3YBK, JA5FDJ and JA7YRR (as well as CR2X, KL7RA and KH7X; actually six-band for KH7X). There were a few Murphy Moments: trying - for too long - to work 80m using 10m antenna (EF8R still had a good signal), having the autotuner in a TS-850 die, and frying an external beverage-switching unit by a bone-headed maneuver (credit lack of sleep), etc. But that's part of the fun. Without spots, 160, 80 and 40 were tedious. I spent several slow hours trying to find multipliers, and managed to snag some, but ultimately I opted for sleep so I'd be better rested for the next day on 20m/15m/10m. My score suffered a bit, but my ears didn't suffer as much. 'Ended with 130 different countries - my first single-weekend DXCC. They say the peak of Cycle 24 isn't until 2013. Imagine . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PS Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 392,106 What great timing! Since I'm antenna-challenged in my present QTH, and not wishing to impinge on my son and his family any more than necessary, I decided to pick up a 10M monobander, a telescoping mast, and set things up so that I can just raise it by myself at his place a few days before each contest. Aside from nearly having the thing crash down on me before I could tie off the guy ropes, it all worked as planned. Of course, what I couldn't plan for were those awesome conditions on my one and only band. Even running LP, I managed to run 'em pretty well, finding that the wide open spaces gave me plenty of room to find a quiet spot. Sometimes that even meant going above 29.000! But those EUs kept finding me way up there, so the rate meter stayed up pretty well. I was nursing a cold throughout the weekend, and when an SP station wished me luck with it, I realized that my earlier recorded CQ message must have sounded like it was from a different station, what with my gravelly voice coming back. But I didn't have time to worry about how I was feeling, there were EUs to run and mults to find. 73, Pete, K2PS in DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2QPN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 449,962 My most productive SSB contest ever. Almost makes you want to work phone. 10, 15 and 20 meter openings played into my antenna situation. 10 was a blast - pointed the beam north an worked one JA after the other. 73, Bob K2QPN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2SSS Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,077,674 TS859s + 1.5kw 7el Monoband Yagi (Home-Made) All time of contest i have local qrm from my junior Nicky (20 month old boy) He is first contest.I have not seen, few times he turned my antenna in the wrong direction. 2nd day with out internet conection. I am very pleased with my score, Thanks everyone for QSO VY 73 de Zee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2SX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 309,225 My 15m antenna and my low band antennas were not working so, given the good condx, I switched to SOAB(A) 10m. Sure is nice to see the band open like that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2UR Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 388,332 Only a 2el tribander at 20 ft! Had fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3AU Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 320,742 6.0 hrs part time. Two wee hours on Friday, and two hrs each on Saturday and Sunday early afternoon. All S&P and mostly chasing mults. My two 160m contacts were made with the 160m antenna coiled up and lying on the ground! Best moment was QSO with K3ZO operating at E2E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3CR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,200,948 Had to quit early this time. Lost power at 14:30 UTC on Saturday. By the time it came back 2 hours later there was no single antenna with VSWR less than 3 left. Perhaps I could've tried to force the amps a bit but the motivation level was already way too low at this point. Used the rest of the weekend to fix broken things inside the shack and spend some time with my family. Luckily, all of the antennas recovered after most of the snow melted on Sunday. There are still some things needing fixing but nothing really major, so I hope for a better luck in CQWW CW. CU in a month! 73, Alex LZ4AX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3IE Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,632,266 One word - "WOW". Last QSO was BY4IO on 15 meters - great way to top it off. Due to antenna restrictions, I missed the last solar cycle so I haven't heard 10 meters "wall to wall" in a very long time. What a weekend. Thanks for the Q's - Hunter K3IE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3LR Class: M/M HP Total Score = 37,293,465 Our hearts go out to all those affected by the snow storm that hit the north eastern states over the contest weekend. Many homes will be without power for up to a week, including many contest operators. We were sad to learn that fellow multi multi competitor team KC1XX had many storm related problems during the contest. We hope for the very best �" for a speedy recovery. Congratulations to the KC1XX crew for hanging tough with bad working conditions. The team at W3LPL did an outstanding job in this contest as well. K3LR is fortunate to compete with the top multi multi stations in the USA and around the world. The new 8 circle receiving array at K3LR was used on 160 and 80 meters this weekend. N2NC and N5UM give it two thumbs “up”. N2NC is one of the very best SSB operators �" to work through the 160 meter static and log 66 countries on the topband! N5UM and W3TX worked 80 meters for all it was worth. With over 1000 QSOs and over 100 DXCC. W5OV and W2RQ teamed up to push 40 meters at K3LR to new high QSO totals. Just outstanding! W3TX and K3LA did the tough duty of daytime lowbands - super performance! Watching K1AR and N2NT in action on a BUSY 20 meter band �" priceless! N3SD is the hard working contestman behind all of the overnight success at K3LR K3UA and DL6LAU worked almost 3500 QSOs on 15 meters. Lots of WOW from these super operators. N3GJ and LU7DW have been waiting 7 years for 10 meters to open like this AWESOME fun with sunspots! Great job guys! The secret weapon at K3LR is Sal, WM2H who handled all of the cooking and motivation for the operators at K3LR �" 100% SUPER job Sal! YOU are the BEST! Thanks to Dave, W9ZRX for all of is hard work and dedication to helping K3LR be ready - before, during and after the contest! CQWW 2011 Phone �" photos and audio clips from around the world will be posted here: http://www.k3lr.com We are looking forward to seeing all of you in the CW portion of the CQ WorldWide DX contest in a few weeks. Very 73! From the K3LR TEAM Tim K3LR K3LR at K3LR.com BAND QSOs QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES OPERATOR(s) 160 449 532 1.18 18 66 N2NC 80 1015 2505 2.47 30 110 N5UM W3TX K3LR WM2H 40 2246 5923 2.64 37 136 W2RQ W5OV K3LA K8CX 20 3207 8935 2.79 40 171 N2NT K1AR N3SD 15 3473 9949 2.86 40 170 K3UA DL6LAU 10 3033 8611 2.84 38 167 N3GJ LU7DW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 13423 36455 2.72 203 820 => 37,293,465 Continent Statistics K3LR CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi 160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent North America 336 387 427 369 266 267 2052 14.8 South America 7 20 33 105 120 227 512 3.7 Europe 94 597 1612 2235 2483 2183 9204 66.5 Asia 1 19 143 407 625 271 1466 10.6 Africa 11 15 23 66 45 62 222 1.6 Oceania 5 15 74 139 75 72 380 2.7 BREAKDOWN QSO/mults K3LR CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 0 13/12 33/28 113/59 122/84 111/30 13/15 405/228 405/228 1 15/1 35/21 122/17 84/17 25/2 . 281/58 686/286 2 16/11 47/11 98/8 70/10 . . 231/40 917/326 3 49/12 94/20 111/10 56/8 . . 310/50 1227/376 4 44/11 72/8 89/19 30/9 . . 235/47 1462/423 5 33/9 59/13 68/10 19/3 . . 179/35 1641/458 6 24/4 35/3 105/4 21/6 . . 185/17 1826/475 7 12/1 38/4 71/8 18/0 . . 139/13 1965/488 8 14/0 25/3 81/11 13/0 ..... ..... 133/14 2098/502 9 14/3 14/8 64/7 11/0 . . 103/18 2201/520 10 22/0 8/3 45/0 20/4 7/11 . 102/18 2303/538 11 22/3 24/1 26/1 179/18 183/63 36/23 470/109 2773/647 12 . 7/1 18/1 112/7 259/22 274/53 670/84 3443/731 13 . 4/0 11/0 63/4 208/14 286/41 572/59 4015/790 14 . 6/0 14/0 79/3 175/5 202/15 476/23 4491/813 15 . 2/0 14/0 48/1 167/12 208/7 439/20 4930/833 16 ..... ..... 13/0 91/2 187/3 143/9 434/14 5364/847 17 . 6/0 9/0 151/2 99/4 150/8 415/14 5779/861 18 . 3/0 8/0 209/4 119/1 77/3 416/8 6195/869 19 . 7/0 7/0 210/5 116/5 71/1 411/11 6606/880 20 . 16/0 26/1 167/1 114/4 46/6 369/12 6975/892 21 . 14/0 87/1 133/1 99/2 66/2 399/6 7374/898 22 4/0 10/1 65/0 73/3 89/4 90/7 331/15 7705/913 23 5/0 34/0 68/2 44/0 83/3 52/1 286/6 7991/919 0 14/3 36/0 41/0 38/0 109/3 10/0 248/6 8239/925 1 22/4 36/4 57/2 56/1 27/0 . 198/11 8437/936 2 29/4 36/2 32/0 41/0 . . 138/6 8575/942 3 14/0 49/2 51/2 24/0 . . 138/4 8713/946 4 19/0 32/0 74/1 4/0 . . 129/1 8842/947 5 13/2 46/2 112/1 6/0 . . 177/5 9019/952 6 13/1 42/2 93/2 5/0 . . 153/5 9172/957 7 6/2 31/0 132/1 8/0 . . 177/3 9349/960 8 2/0 9/1 71/1 5/1 ..... ..... 87/3 9436/963 9 6/0 7/0 32/1 11/1 . . 56/2 9492/965 10 3/0 8/2 25/0 19/2 1/0 . 56/4 9548/969 11 11/0 8/0 17/0 88/0 88/2 16/0 228/2 9776/971 12 . 6/0 8/0 94/0 174/1 240/2 522/3 10298/974 13 . 4/0 6/0 39/1 135/0 221/2 405/3 10703/977 14 . 4/0 5/0 37/1 124/0 213/1 383/2 11086/979 15 . 1/0 7/0 32/1 136/2 158/0 334/3 11420/982 16 ..... 2/0 8/0 62/1 121/5 106/0 299/6 11719/988 17 . 3/0 3/0 39/1 95/2 70/1 210/4 11929/992 18 . 3/0 5/0 93/1 103/1 35/0 239/2 12168/994 19 . 4/0 5/0 95/3 80/2 52/1 236/6 12404/1000 20 . 4/0 6/0 114/1 83/2 53/1 260/4 12664/1004 21 . 8/0 31/0 98/2 42/2 44/1 223/5 12887/1009 22 3/0 7/0 64/2 116/0 47/0 57/1 294/3 13181/1012 23 7/1 36/0 28/1 60/2 66/3 44/4 241/1113422/1023 DAY1 287/67 593/125 1333/159 2023/192 2041/185 1714/191 ..... 7991/919 DAY2 162/17 422/15 913/14 1184/19 1431/25 1319/14 . 5431/104 TOT 449/84 1015/140 2246/173 3207/211 3472/210 3033/205 . 13422/1023 QSO Counts By Band-Country K3LR CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Multi Multi PRFX 160 80 40 20 15 10 3A 1 3B8 1 1 3D2 1 3V 1 1 1 2 2 2 3W 1 3X 2 1 4J 1 1 4L 1 1 1 4O 1 1 1 1 2 1 4X 1 8 5 9 5B 1 1 2 3 5 7 5H 1 5N 1 1 1 1 5R 1 1 2 5X 1 5Z 1 1 6W 1 1 1 6Y 1 2 1 1 1 7X 1 1 8P 1 1 1 8Q 1 1 1 8R 1 1 9A 4 10 18 27 22 23 9H 2 3 1 9K 1 9M2 1 1 9M6 2 2 1 9Q 1 9V 2 1 1 9Y 1 3 3 1 A3 1 A4 1 1 A5 1 A6 5 6 4 4 A7 1 2 1 1 1 A9 2 BV 1 4 1 4 BY 4 30 31 10 C3 1 1 1 1 1 1 C5 2 1 1 1 1 1 C6 1 1 1 1 1 1 C9 1 1 1 CE 1 3 9 6 11 CE9 1 1 CM 2 1 3 2 6 3 CN 2 2 4 6 6 4 CT 3 8 13 22 21 19 CT3 3 4 3 4 2 6 CU 1 2 2 3 1 3 CX 1 6 6 13 D2 1 D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 DL 7 111 257 319 448 371 DU 6 8 6 E5/s 1 1 1 1 2 E7 1 2 7 13 8 8 EA 15 33 84 118 120 131 EA6 1 5 6 5 7 EA8 1 3 5 10 9 9 EA9 1 1 1 2 2 4 EI 2 6 21 16 22 27 EK 1 1 2 ER 2 5 5 6 3 ES 2 7 10 14 10 EU 7 17 19 22 10 EX 1 1 EY 3 3 F 5 35 109 114 99 116 FG 1 1 1 1 FK 1 1 3 1 1 FM 1 1 2 2 3 2 FO 1 1 FO/m 1 1 1 1 1 1 FP 1 1 1 2 1 1 FR 2 FY 3 1 2 G 4 52 142 221 191 204 GD 1 5 5 5 3 GI 2 7 11 18 17 23 GJ 1 1 2 1 1 2 GM 2 9 26 39 34 37 GM/s 1 1 2 2 1 GU 1 2 2 2 GW 1 7 16 20 14 19 HA 1 8 11 25 27 23 HB 6 14 33 38 19 HB0 2 2 3 2 2 HC 1 1 3 2 HI 1 1 2 4 4 3 HK 1 1 5 7 6 HL 1 2 9 12 1 HP 1 1 HR 2 2 2 HS 9 4 HZ 1 4 3 2 I 7 29 123 205 182 161 IG9 1 1 IS 3 1 2 2 IT9 2 5 9 12 11 15 J2 1 1 J3 1 J8 1 1 1 JA 11 88 177 430 201 JT 1 3 1 1 JW 1 1 1 1 JY 1 K 240 86 202 165 109 113 KG4 1 1 1 1 KH0 3 2 2 2 KH2 1 3 3 6 8 8 KH4 1 KH6 3 6 14 5 11 14 KL 4 3 9 12 15 24 KP2 4 4 3 6 5 7 KP4 1 5 5 7 8 10 LA 1 6 21 27 40 23 LU 1 4 5 25 26 69 LX 1 1 3 3 5 4 LY 2 11 18 20 22 20 LZ 8 17 25 24 31 OA 1 1 1 1 1 OD 1 1 OE 4 25 26 24 28 OH 7 27 61 71 36 OH0 1 4 2 2 2 OJ0 1 1 1 1 1 OK 4 28 60 57 70 59 OM 2 12 24 18 28 18 ON 1 16 40 54 47 49 OX 1 OY 1 1 1 1 OZ 2 10 18 22 34 23 P2 1 1 P4 3 3 2 4 4 4 PA 2 16 53 120 100 115 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 PJ4 1 1 1 1 2 2 PJ5 1 2 2 2 2 PJ7 1 1 2 PY 4 12 37 46 104 PZ 1 1 1 1 1 S5 5 12 27 41 47 30 SM 13 41 40 56 39 SP 3 36 86 122 139 98 ST 1 2 1 1 SV 4 11 13 20 17 SV5 1 2 1 1 1 SV9 2 1 3 T7 1 1 1 1 1 1 T8 1 TA 1 5 6 5 5 TA1 3 1 3 4 TF 3 2 4 6 3 TG 1 TI 2 2 3 3 2 3 TK 1 1 1 1 2 2 TR 1 TU 1 1 1 1 TY 1 UA 2 17 81 150 202 163 UA2 1 3 5 4 3 UA9 3 26 102 84 11 UK 1 UN 2 16 12 3 UR 3 17 67 80 114 82 V2 1 1 3 1 1 V3 1 V4 1 1 1 1 V5 1 5 2 2 V8 2 1 1 VE 71 265 177 133 87 64 VK 1 37 57 12 21 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 VP5 3 3 3 3 4 3 VP9 2 2 2 2 2 1 VR 3 3 VU 11 10 2 XE 1 4 3 9 5 16 XU 1 1 YA 1 1 YB 9 14 21 4 YL 3 5 7 10 14 9 YO 9 32 38 55 51 YS 1 1 1 YU 6 18 22 21 18 YV 1 2 4 4 9 7 Z2 1 1 Z3 1 1 2 1 ZA 1 1 2 2 3 3 ZC4 1 ZD8 1 1 1 1 1 ZF 1 1 1 1 ZK2 1 1 1 1 ZL 2 4 37 2 8 ZP 2 3 2 ZS 1 1 20 7 16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3NM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,044,686 The ice and snow was a killer here the 3 stack on 10 did not work, Top 15 was completely dead the whole contest, 2 element worked well, bottom 20 would not rotate, 80 meter delta loop was indead till the ice and snow came of the wire orther then that contest was good. Thanks for the contacts Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3PP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,468,960 God, it's good to have 10m back! This was my best contest ever! Tops in QSOs, tops in score, and tops in rate. I wish I could have done more, but a grueling work schedule didn't leave enough gas in the tank and my low band performance was dreadful. We fared well from the snowstorm. We only lost power for a short 20-second-or-so glitch and it was then solid for the whole weekend. This is astonishing, since we are atop a hill in the boonies. People all over our area are still out and will be for days! Sad to see so many contest operations cut short, especially with the best condx in eons! Downers: My Tic-Ring holding the 20m yagi was stuck all weekend. Luckily, it was stuck towards EU and central Asia! That the best scenario in such a case! I tried a new antenna (Half-Square) for 80m to improve my performance there. It was always a weakness of mine. It was a risk that didn't pan out. I was awful on 80m. I can't blame the antenna, though. Modeling suggests it should work. I blame my installation, so I'll have to fix that. I was awful on 160m too. Because of how I had to arrange the half-square, it's too close to my 160m Inv-L. The apparent I have to make some changes before CW weekend! This was a SO1R effort. There were times when I really could have used a second radio. I have much of the hardware to do that, but key pieces are either still missing or faulty. This is another thing I need to fix. All in all, it was a great weekend, aside from the pain in my ears from all that SSB QRM! Running on 10m was heavenly! I had the Last-10 rate meter over 400 a few times. I have to evaluate my log to see how I did on a best hour basis. The incoming scores are just mind-boggling! It looks as if my 4.5 Meg won't be enough for a Top Ten finish! We'll see. THANK YOU to everyone!! VY 73 de Glenn K3PP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3SWZ Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 31,044 Power was off a long time on Saturday. Snow had the beams a mess. Worked a bit at the end just to give the FRC some points. Not much fun.. Looking forward to the CW weekend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 567,341 TS-850 to Ten Tec 425 to Windom OCF dipole at 15m CQ WW SSB is not one I usually spend much time in - I got married on this weekend 22 years ago - but with 15 and 10 wide open, I managed to sneak some time in. I mostly just hit CTRL-Up Arrow in N1MM and went from 28.300 to 28.800 and back down, working a station just about every 3 khz at pretty high rates. When that got boring, I switched to doing the same thing from 21.200 to 21.450. The Microham MK2R+ is having audio problems on the K3 radio 1 interface, so the entire weekend was on the TS-850. The 850 is a great radio, but has no SSB filters - boy, did I miss the filtering on the K3 on 20M! Even with 10 and 15 open, 20m always seems to have twice as many stations "sharing" the same frequency as any other band. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TUF Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 164,432 It was very exciting to work this contest. It is very disappointing to lose power just as I had time to run throughout the night on Saturday. Bands have never been in such good shape for me. I need to work in the back up plan :-) Phil K3TUF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3WW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 6,763,743 Propagation seemed close to optimal for us, but the weather was not cooperative. Huge noise at times saturday, took a 1 hour nap at peak in mid afternoon. All antennas SWR over 3:1 some bands unusable. After my best hour ever Saturday morning, strategy the rest of the day into the late night was based on what bands worked best and were quietest. Many 20 watt into 4:1 SWR QSOs at times, over 12 hours of nothing over 700 watts or so max. Interesting...Best clock hour Sat 12-1300Z 252 Qs.... here is what an interrupted weekend looks like.. I was ready for 48 hours..took a nap Sat night after fighting the noise. D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- 26/28 33/49 6/10 --+-- 65/87 65/87 D1-0100Z - 10/15 12/6 39/23 - - 61/44 126/131 D1-0200Z 2/4 6/7 28/20 16/7 - - 52/38 178/169 D1-0300Z - - 19/11 6/7 - - 25/18 203/187 35 D1-0400Z - 30/24 1/0 - - - 31/24 234/211 D1-0500Z 7/8 16/16 14/14 4/4 - - 41/42 275/253 D1-0600Z 8/7 18/11 26/9 1/2 - - 53/29 328/282 D1-0700Z 9/4 11/1 17/6 1/1 - - 38/12 366/294 D1-0800Z 1/1 8/1 17/9 --+-- --+-- --+-- 26/11 392/305 D1-0900Z 2/0 3/4 4/1 1/1 - - 10/6 402/311 D1-1000Z - - 7/2 15/7 - - 22/9 424/320 D1-1100Z - - - 24/16 67/30 - 91/46 515/366 D1-1200Z - - - - 11/4 240/40 251/44 766/410 D1-1300Z - - - - 2/3 117/21 119/24 885/434 D1-1400Z - - - 1/1 27/22 14/9 42/32 927/466 D1-1500Z - - - 8/9 7/8 10/9 25/26 952/492 D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 6/1 --+-- 16/6 22/7 974/499 D1-1700Z - - - - - 16/5 16/5 990/504 30 D1-1800Z - - - - - - 0/0 990/504 60 D1-1900Z - - - 123/6 - 2/2 125/8 1115/512 3 D1-2000Z - - - 90/1 - 9/10 99/11 1214/523 D1-2100Z - - - 1/0 18/15 13/15 32/30 1246/553 D1-2200Z 1/0 - 3/2 7/5 15/17 - 26/24 1272/577 D1-2300Z - - 9/0 2/0 3/3 1/1 15/4 1287/581 D2-0000Z 4/3 --+-- 3/0 --+-- --+-- --+-- 7/3 1294/584 D2-0100Z 1/1 4/4 9/0 10/0 - - 24/5 1318/589 D2-0200Z - 24/6 - 7/0 - - 31/6 1349/595 D2-0300Z 5/3 12/6 5/3 - - - 22/12 1371/607 D2-0400Z 5/2 5/3 4/0 1/1 - - 15/6 1386/613 D2-0500Z 3/0 1/0 - 7/2 - - 11/2 1397/615 19 D2-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 1397/615 60 D2-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 1397/615 60 D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 1397/615 60 D2-0900Z - 2/0 8/2 - - - 10/2 1407/617 7 D2-1000Z - - 6/1 28/3 1/0 - 35/4 1442/621 D2-1100Z - - - 14/0 188/6 - 202/6 1644/627 D2-1200Z - - - 1/1 108/6 84/5 193/12 1837/639 D2-1300Z - - - - 5/5 237/5 242/10 2079/649 D2-1400Z - - - - 1/1 177/2 178/3 2257/652 D2-1500Z - - - - 4/4 175/0 179/4 2436/656 D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 4/4 124/10 128/14 2564/670 D2-1700Z - - - - - 138/2 138/2 2702/672 D2-1800Z - - - 175/7 - 1/0 176/7 2878/679 D2-1900Z - - - 134/0 - - 134/0 3012/679 D2-2000Z - - - 52/5 48/7 - 100/12 3112/691 D2-2100Z - - - - 29/2 56/3 85/5 3197/696 D2-2200Z - - 2/2 1/1 44/5 10/3 57/11 3254/707 D2-2300Z - - 13/3 17/0 11/1 7/0 48/4 3302/711 Total: 48/33 150/98 233/119 825/160 599/1531447/148 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3YD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 218,214 An unforgetable contest with long term power outages, even longer losses of Internet & landline, downed trees, and snow-covered roads--it would have been a great weekend for Field Day in the Northeastern US. ;-) The other memorable part of the contest was just how good 10 meters was--even with exciter level power and dipoles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4AB Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,584,064 What an amazing contest! I need more 10 meter antennas. At times, the band was open to 5 different location, and it would be nice to have 1 antenna pointed in each of those directions. The low bands were quiet, and the high bands were...well you know. The only negative, conditions wise, was a minor line noise toward Europe. It wasn't even S-1, but it was still louder than some of the stations calling. Never got into a frequency fight all weekend, but there was one wacko who recorded my CQ and kept playing it back. Otherwise, it was about as close to perfect as it can get! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4ALE Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 56,580 First contest with N1MM; longest contest time ever. Rig was TS-530S; low power [100 watts] and G5RV at about 15-195 degrees. Should have used 30L-1. FT-840 no better at distinguishing stations, and apparently less readable on far end. No voice recorder, so must have said "Kilo Four Alpha Lima Echo" a thousand times. I was pleased with new countries never worked before: Gambia, South Africa, Chile, Morocco. Nearly clean sweep of Western European countries [no Greece, Kosovo, Crete]. Worked first Japanese SSB stations. Should have timed activity to work 10 meters. Beginning to learn about how to leverage multipliers. Completely unassisted by DX spotters--this was a totally manual effort, but a great experience at rig control and calling technique. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EDI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 197,628 I worked this one with the local radio club here is Bristol. Had a great time and what a difference a year makes for 20-10 meters! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EU Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 364,986 WOW!!!! All I can say is "WOW" -- No way could I leave 10m -- Wall-to-wall big signals world-wide both days 28.300 to 28.999..... Don't think I've ever heard 10m like this.... Conditions were so good that just about any RF output could make Q's.... Worked one chap in GI-land who was running 3 watts to a piece of RG-58 hung up in his shack.... If I was able to work 127 countries and 35 zones, I can't imagine what kind of scores the big guns put up..... Loads of fun on 10 meters!!! Thanks for the Q's. 73.....//Steve K4EU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 157,248 This contest reminds me why I love CW and RTTY ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4IDK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 13,500 First contest and only got to work it for a short time on Saturday and about 3 hours on Sunday, but had a blast and will be back for the states contest in a couple of weeks. As for the totals on the zones and countries, I just added up the columns, so if I did that wrong let me know. My software, N3JFP's CQWW2.8, doesn't show those totals, or at least I can't find it anywhere, except for the QSO total. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4IKM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 721,672 Had a great time! Go FRC! Klobber da Klipper! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4QPL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 162,759 Is there a category HP/LP?? Amp gave up on Saturday and so did I. Got on for another hour at the end anyway. Great conditions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,555,479 I won a Heil headset at the contest banquet this year, so I figured it was a sign to try operating a few more phone contests. I've got a long way to go on phone, including solving a bad ground loop problem with my computer sound card and DX Doubler. This might have been the most phone QSOs I've made as a single op. Biggest problems were QRN from a nearby power pole, and a terrible ringing in my ears ever since using a chain saw without ear protection a few weeks ago. The conditions on 10 meters were just amazing. It's been a long time since I've made SSB QSOs above 29MHz! Would have liked to put in even more time if I could have. Here's hoping that these kinds of conditions repeat for CQWW CW. Hope to see some of the NA CW crowd in CW SS this weekend. 73, Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4SSU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,465,280 24 Hours prior to the start I was expecting to have to go SOSB - likely on 10m as Dave had some significant wind damage to some of his towers/antennas earlier in the year. Not everything is back up yet, but BIG kudos to Dave for an amazing rebuild effort during the week of the contest to alleviate most of the antenna issues allowing me to have a go at an all band effort. Thanks OM! That was a fun weekend! 73 NA4BW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5AUP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,481,763 First outing with the Monstir. WOW! Time limited by family obligations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ER Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,173,470 Lots of fun. Glad to see 10 open. Worked a number of new countries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5IID Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 764,225 It's about time! That was fun. Had to take out time for the Rangers and then over slept a couple of times. Best i have done since moving back to TX. See everyone on CW! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5KG Class: M/S HP Total Score = 4,867,668 Ops: K5KG & WD4AHZ Station A - K3 + Acom 2000A Station B - Icom 756ProIII + Acom 1010 Antennas: 160 Inv L, 80 Inv V, C31@60', 2el 40@75', 6el 10@30', K9AY loop. Web cam on LiveStream.com/WD4AHZ1 Amazing conditions! 73, George & Ron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5TR Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,064,837 Sorry this is so late - I have been very busy and I keep forgetting to post this or submit the log. This year we did a small multi-single effort. K5MR, K5OT and I did most of the contest. WM5R came out on Sunday for some much needed relief operating. The high bands were great. Congratulations to K5GO and their huge score. Station: http://www.k5tr.net/ 2x Elecraft K3 radios (tnx k5ot) 2x AL-1500 amps 160 - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long 80 - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'. - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long 40 - Force 12 240N (missing the reflector) at 120' - Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87' - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long 20 - 6 element yagi at 80' fixed NE - 6 element yagi at 80' - 6 element yagi 40' fixed NW - 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE 15 - 6 element yagi at 70' - 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE - 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE 10 - 6 element yagi at 60' - 6 element yagi at 30' fixed NE - 4 element yagi at 40' fixed SE Lots-o-numbers: Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: K5TR CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL HIGH SSB OPERATORS: K5MR, K5OT, WM5R, K5TR -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 0 0 23 106 129 129 3.8 0100 0 0 12 27 33 4 76 205 6.0 0200 0 6 21 14 1 0 42 247 7.3 0300 0 16 17 18 0 0 51 298 8.7 0400 3 7 20 2 0 0 32 330 9.7 0500 4 4 20 6 0 0 34 364 10.7 0600 5 7 15 3 0 0 30 394 11.6 0700 2 4 15 1 0 0 22 416 12.2 0800 0 15 16 0 0 0 31 447 13.1 0900 0 2 26 11 0 0 39 486 14.3 1000 1 2 5 93 0 0 101 587 17.2 1100 0 1 41 13 0 0 55 642 18.8 1200 0 0 13 2 44 2 61 703 20.6 1300 0 0 0 0 63 49 112 815 23.9 1400 0 0 0 0 11 197 208 1023 30.0 1500 0 0 0 0 7 159 166 1189 34.9 1600 0 0 0 0 2 155 157 1346 39.5 1700 0 0 0 0 10 59 69 1415 41.5 1800 0 0 0 0 57 8 65 1480 43.5 1900 0 0 0 35 55 2 92 1572 46.2 2000 0 0 0 17 5 61 83 1655 48.6 2100 0 0 0 4 27 44 75 1730 50.8 2200 0 0 0 5 60 0 65 1795 52.7 2300 0 0 0 3 48 43 94 1889 55.5 0000 0 0 0 0 59 23 82 1971 57.9 0100 0 0 1 2 65 0 68 2039 59.9 0200 0 0 2 40 1 0 43 2082 61.1 0300 0 8 12 7 0 0 27 2109 61.9 0400 6 5 18 0 0 0 29 2138 62.8 0500 5 7 5 0 0 0 17 2155 63.3 0600 0 16 0 0 0 0 16 2171 63.7 0700 0 2 8 4 0 0 14 2185 64.2 0800 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 2198 64.5 0900 0 0 6 6 0 0 12 2210 64.9 1000 0 0 11 7 0 0 18 2228 65.4 1100 0 3 9 3 0 0 15 2243 65.9 1200 0 0 0 42 2 0 44 2287 67.1 1300 0 0 0 14 27 55 96 2383 70.0 1400 0 0 0 0 1 148 149 2532 74.3 1500 0 0 0 3 1 172 176 2708 79.5 1600 0 0 0 1 1 113 115 2823 82.9 1700 0 0 0 0 0 133 133 2956 86.8 1800 0 0 0 0 12 80 92 3048 89.5 1900 0 0 0 0 46 29 75 3123 91.7 2000 0 0 0 11 33 30 74 3197 93.9 2100 0 0 0 6 29 18 53 3250 95.4 2200 0 0 0 0 0 84 84 3334 97.9 2300 0 0 0 2 0 70 72 3406 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 26 105 293 415 723 1844 3406 Gross QSOs=3452 Dupes=46 Net QSOs=3406 Unique callsigns worked = 2644 The best 60 minute rate was 234/hour from 1413 to 1512 The best 30 minute rate was 252/hour from 1415 to 1444 The best 10 minute rate was 282/hour from 1423 to 1432 The best 1 minute rates were: 7 QSOs/minute 2 times. 6 QSOs/minute 16 times. 5 QSOs/minute 42 times. 4 QSOs/minute 110 times. 3 QSOs/minute 234 times. 2 QSOs/minute 533 times. 1 QSOs/minute 878 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 18 43 92 61 134 229 577 16.9 South America 4 10 16 15 47 113 205 6.0 Europe 1 35 111 256 270 1203 1876 55.1 Asia 0 5 38 52 223 198 516 15.1 Africa 2 7 11 18 21 36 95 2.8 Oceania 1 5 25 13 28 65 137 4.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26 105 293 415 723 1844 3406 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 48 4 887 5 1269 6 1162 7 5 8 20 9 9 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 3D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 3V 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 3X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4L 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 4X 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1 5B 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.2 5H 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5N 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 5R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 6W 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 6Y 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 8Q 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 8R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9A 0 1 4 7 6 16 34 1.0 9M2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 9M6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 9Q 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9V 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9Y 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1 A3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 A4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 A7 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 A9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 BV 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 BY 0 0 2 1 7 7 17 0.5 C3 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 C6 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 C9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CE 0 0 2 1 4 7 14 0.4 CM 1 1 3 1 2 3 11 0.3 CN 0 1 2 1 3 4 11 0.3 CT 1 0 1 7 3 10 22 0.6 CT3 1 1 3 3 2 3 13 0.4 CU 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.2 CX 0 0 0 1 5 7 13 0.4 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 DL 0 4 8 30 35 235 312 9.2 DU 0 0 1 1 1 6 9 0.3 E5/s 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.2 E7 0 1 0 2 2 3 8 0.2 EA 0 4 9 18 31 86 148 4.3 EA6 0 0 1 2 1 4 8 0.2 EA8 0 1 1 4 2 8 16 0.5 EA9 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.2 EI 0 1 3 3 6 16 29 0.9 EK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ER 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 ES 0 0 1 2 1 4 8 0.2 EU 0 0 1 4 2 6 13 0.4 EX 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 EY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 F 0 2 7 12 20 60 101 3.0 FM 0 1 2 1 1 3 8 0.2 FO/m 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 FP 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 FY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 G 0 3 5 13 15 144 180 5.3 GD 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 GI 0 0 0 3 3 12 18 0.5 GJ 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1 GM 0 1 1 2 6 30 40 1.2 *GM/s 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 GU 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 GW 0 2 0 1 1 12 16 0.5 HA 0 0 2 4 4 9 19 0.6 HB 0 1 2 2 4 11 20 0.6 HB0 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.2 HC 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0.1 HI 1 1 2 1 2 2 9 0.3 HK 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 HL 0 0 2 1 2 2 7 0.2 HP 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 HR 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 HS 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.1 HZ 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.1 I 0 1 8 23 14 94 140 4.1 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 IS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 *IT9 0 1 1 2 2 4 10 0.3 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 JA 0 3 23 10 181 166 383 11.2 JT 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1 JW 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 JY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 K 3 2 36 15 55 102 213 6.3 KG4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 KH0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 0.1 KH2 0 0 1 0 4 8 13 0.4 KH4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 KH6 1 3 5 1 4 12 26 0.8 KL 0 1 1 4 4 13 23 0.7 KP2 1 2 2 1 2 5 13 0.4 KP4 1 1 3 2 2 3 12 0.4 LA 0 0 2 3 4 12 21 0.6 LU 0 0 2 1 5 31 39 1.1 LX 0 1 2 1 3 3 10 0.3 LY 0 0 1 3 2 5 11 0.3 LZ 0 1 2 2 2 16 23 0.7 OA 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 OD 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 OE 0 0 3 4 2 20 29 0.9 OH 0 0 1 8 7 12 28 0.8 OH0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0.1 OJ0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 OK 0 1 1 12 14 42 70 2.1 OM 0 0 2 5 3 10 20 0.6 ON 0 1 5 9 7 35 57 1.7 OX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OZ 0 0 1 2 5 13 21 0.6 P4 2 2 2 1 4 4 15 0.4 PA 0 2 1 5 2 63 73 2.1 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ5 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.2 PJ7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PY 0 1 3 1 15 51 71 2.1 PZ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 S5 0 0 6 10 7 16 39 1.1 SM 0 0 1 3 6 21 31 0.9 SP 0 0 7 13 6 47 73 2.1 ST 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 SV 0 1 1 2 2 4 10 0.3 SV5 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 SV9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 T7 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 T8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TA 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1 TF 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0.1 TG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TI 1 2 2 1 2 2 10 0.3 TK 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 TU 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 UA 0 0 6 10 9 27 52 1.5 UA2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1 UA9 0 1 7 24 14 6 52 1.5 UN 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0.2 UR 0 0 1 6 4 28 39 1.1 V2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 V4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 V5 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1 V8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 VE 5 22 27 23 44 79 200 5.9 VK 0 0 6 4 4 17 31 0.9 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 VP5 1 3 3 2 3 2 14 0.4 VP9 1 1 2 2 2 2 10 0.3 VR 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 VU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 XE 2 1 2 1 2 3 11 0.3 YB 0 0 5 2 4 5 16 0.5 YL 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 0.2 YO 0 0 1 1 2 32 36 1.1 YS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 YU 0 0 4 3 8 11 26 0.8 YV 0 2 3 2 3 3 13 0.4 Z2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 Z3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 ZA 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 ZC4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZD8 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.1 ZF 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 ZK2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 ZL 0 0 2 2 3 6 13 0.4 ZP 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1 ZS 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26 105 293 415 723 1844 3406 ------------ 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 1 25 52 121 157 777 1133 33.3 15 0 7 46 107 88 306 554 16.3 25 0 3 25 11 182 168 389 11.4 03 1 4 23 7 31 74 140 4.1 05 2 6 21 14 33 60 136 4.0 04 5 12 18 18 34 47 134 3.9 16 0 0 9 22 16 60 107 3.1 08 6 14 21 14 20 25 100 2.9 20 0 3 6 8 10 62 89 2.6 11 0 1 3 1 17 52 74 2.2 09 4 7 8 9 14 13 55 1.6 13 0 0 2 2 10 38 52 1.5 33 1 4 9 9 10 19 52 1.5 31 1 4 6 2 6 14 33 1.0 27 0 0 4 1 7 16 28 0.8 01 0 1 1 4 6 14 26 0.8 30 0 0 5 3 3 14 25 0.7 18 0 0 2 15 7 1 25 0.7 32 0 1 4 3 5 11 24 0.7 28 0 0 5 4 6 9 24 0.7 24 0 0 3 1 8 10 22 0.6 17 0 0 2 14 3 1 20 0.6 35 1 2 2 4 5 5 19 0.6 19 0 1 3 1 6 6 17 0.5 07 1 2 2 2 4 5 16 0.5 12 0 0 2 1 4 7 14 0.4 02 1 3 4 1 4 1 14 0.4 21 0 0 1 3 5 4 13 0.4 06 2 1 2 1 2 3 11 0.3 10 0 2 1 2 2 3 10 0.3 38 0 0 0 2 2 5 9 0.3 40 0 1 0 1 3 3 8 0.2 29 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 0.2 36 0 1 0 1 1 3 6 0.2 26 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.1 37 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1 22 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 23 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1 34 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 26 105 293 415 723 1844 3406 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 2224 2 bands 225 3 bands 98 4 bands 52 5 bands 40 6 bands 5 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: PJ2T P40W C5A VP2MDG PJ4T ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 4 19 89 182 408 1522 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ZD Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,212,982 That was entertaining! I had forgotten how much fun DX contests can be when multiple bands are open at the same time. Only a casual effort so spent lots of time tuning around looking for multipliers. Single radio effort. I was either tuning or running so fast there was no time to listen on a second receiver. I never expected rates like this. Personal best hours ever from USA: 232, 221, 220. Best 60 minutes was 237. Wish I had turned on the recording. :( About 22z on Saturday, we had a very wet snow storm come through. Temperature was right about freezing so everything stuck to the antennas. In a 30 minute period I saw the SWR go from 1:1 to 5:1 on all bands. I could still work stations, but it was hard. Nothing to do but wait for morning when the sun would melt the snow. That finally happened around 14z. Antennas work much better with no ice! Pet peeve. "Thanks for 04. QRZ?" If you have time to say other stuff, you have time to give your @$^%#^% callsign! Worked on 6 bands: C37N C5A CR3L EA3CCN EB1WW EE9Z OT5A PJ2T Worked 26 other stations on 5 bands. 160m was the weak link. Some numbers: 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % OC 0 3 7 9 12 17 48 1.7 AS 0 2 11 57 79 24 173 6.0 NA 14 23 40 43 54 53 227 7.8 AF 4 7 6 12 9 21 59 2.0 SA 2 6 8 39 38 78 171 5.9 EU 9 114 201 371 474 1053 2222 76.6 Rates: QSO/ZN+DX by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off 00Z --+-- --+-- 22/21 49/51 16/15 --+-- 87/87 87/87 01Z - 18/21 8/5 29/17 - - 55/43 142/130 02Z - - 39/16 17/12 - - 56/28 198/158 03Z - - - - - - 0/0 198/158 60 04Z 12/15 35/17 - 3/4 - - 50/36 248/194 12 05Z 5/4 9/3 37/19 7/4 - - 58/30 306/224 06Z 3/2 35/18 16/9 3/1 - - 57/30 363/254 2 07Z - - - - - - 0/0 363/254 60 08Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 363/254 60 09Z - - - - - - 0/0 363/254 60 10Z - - - - - - 0/0 363/254 60 11Z - 5/5 11/8 93/34 - - 109/47 472/301 7 12Z - - - 22/2 112/48 - 134/50 606/351 13Z - - - - 232/18 - 232/18 838/369 14Z - - - - 34/5 151/45 185/50 1023/419 15Z - - - - - 220/9 220/9 1243/428 16Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 68/12 68/12 1311/440 31 17Z - - - - - - 0/0 1311/440 60 18Z - - - - 1/2 58/31 59/33 1370/473 21 19Z - - - - 115/31 - 115/31 1485/504 20Z - - - 111/5 2/0 - 113/5 1598/509 21Z - - - 48/3 - 38/13 86/16 1684/525 22Z - - - - 14/2 - 14/2 1698/527 47 23Z - - - - 4/1 - 4/1 1702/528 48 00Z 3/2 11/6 12/0 7/1 5/0 --+-- 38/9 1740/537 01Z - - - - - - 0/0 1740/537 60 02Z 1/1 30/8 - - - - 31/9 1771/546 24 03Z 5/4 - - 4/1 - - 9/5 1780/551 35 04Z - - - - - - 0/0 1780/551 60 05Z - - - - - - 0/0 1780/551 60 06Z - - - - - - 0/0 1780/551 60 07Z - - - - - - 0/0 1780/551 60 08Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 1780/551 60 09Z - - - - - - 0/0 1780/551 60 10Z - 3/3 - 1/0 - - 4/3 1784/554 54 11Z - 1/0 10/8 71/6 - - 82/14 1866/568 12Z - - - 5/0 40/3 38/10 83/13 1949/581 13Z - - - - - 187/3 187/3 2136/584 14Z - - - 1/0 - 164/1 165/1 2301/585 15Z - - - - - 221/5 221/5 2522/590 16Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 9/0 33/2 43/2 85/4 2607/594 17Z - - - 20/2 - - 20/2 2627/596 47 18Z - - - - - - 0/0 2627/596 60 19Z - - - - - - 0/0 2627/596 60 20Z - - - 15/2 - 9/1 24/3 2651/599 44 21Z - - - - 34/4 37/2 71/6 2722/605 22Z - - 4/2 16/2 24/1 12/1 56/6 2778/611 23Z - 8/2 114/9 - - - 122/11 2900/622 Total 29/28 155/83 273/97 531/147 666/132 1246/135 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6AW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 456,316 An opportunity to test the new 10M system at N6RO with some actual propagation. The antennas work! Thanks for the qsos! Thanks to Ken for use of the station (the 10M part, anyway.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CSL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 20,898 Conditions were great. However the pile-ups were huge. This was really tough with just 100W and wire antennas. I found nothing on 160 or 80, both nights. 40 was virtually impossible. 20 was only slightly better, with huge impenetrable pile-ups. 15 and 10 became my best picking. I worked 3 new countries, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland and The Gambia. Of course phone is not good with me or my station. I'm waiting for CW in November. I don't know yet whether I will be at home, or possibly portable in Goodyear, AZ for CW. Bert, K6CSL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GHA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 190,723 I had a great time working LP on 10, 15 and 20 meters. Found I was trying too hard and spending a lot of time with S&P looking for the mults and leaving contacts on the table. Hard lesson learned. Improved my rates Sunday morning and double my score in 2/3 the time, and again… run a frequency even on LP. Tried setting up a new 40/80 dipole Thursday before the contest and things measured out just fine. I was looking forward to using that time in the band to add some needed contacts. But tuning was not working, left the troubleshooting until Monday when I found that there was high SWR. Figure I have an open somewhere and will try again next contest. Overall great fun getting Greenland, Antarctica, and a few of the more difficult DX stations. Japan, China and Asiatic Russia helped out the numbers. Found a few times where openings on the West Coast could break through the 04 wall, but it was thick!! Even worked a few stations long path where I wasn’t able to get them short path and broke the pileup. Interesting lesson to try something different, in this case it paid off. On to the next contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6JS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 178,932 IC-7700, C3 @ 40', 80/40 dipole @ 35' Part time low power effort for fun. 100% click and pounce. Barely uttered a word, just pushed buttons.It was hard to leave 10 meters, it just kept giving up the Q's. Sunday was spent at Candlestick Park, Niners are 6-1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LL Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,430,051 I put in quite a bit more time than the part-time effort I had originally planned. I skipped Friday night completely because I wanted to watch the world series, and I didn't want to take a chance on bothering the neighbors with RFI during the game. On Saturday, 10 Meters was so much fun that it enticed me into a more serious effort. I couldn't get anywhere on 40 into Europe though. It felt as though my antenna (such as it is) had fallen down. It's great to have 10 back. There's no meters like 10 meters. I'm looking forward to SS CW next weekend. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, Arizona . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6MBY Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 5,355 Only had 3 hours or so to operate but the 10 meter band was wild. Have not heard so many stations on 10 meters since 1958. Could have fired up an amp and got through the pileups quicker but I eventually got everyone I called. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6SRZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 182,413 Not a serious effort. My goal was to see how quickly I could get to DXCC. WriteLog tells me I logged my 100th entity at 6:25, followed by 5 more in the next five minutes. Then I pulled the switch. Many other activities this Halloween weekend, including football, El Dia de los Muertos festivities, and a local branch of OWS. The station played well and I'm ready for CW Sweepstakes (my ears are ready too!). Thanks for the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6ST Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 270,496 Some really great dx in the contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6TUJ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 5,400 Too bad about the band conditions/noise. The bands were pretty good the week prior to the contest. Had to work a little harder to obtain the info. Thanks to all the participants for being patient and polite in this great Radio Sport contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ABL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 125,479 I missed some prime time operating because of conflicts. i could have easily doubled this score if i could have operated more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ABV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 327,700 Great ten meter band...stuck their most of the contest...goal was to make DXCC which I did and then some...late afternoon to Z22 and 5H3 just couldn't break the pile ....signals were weak so that didn't help...nice to catch ST2AR and a host of other goodies on ten...thanks for a fun time and good to work some old timers again...ten is back...been almost 10 years since I made DXCC on that band during the test... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7BG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 317,988 Was out and about most of the weekend so worked the contest from the mobile as well. Used club call WC7CW from the car using a converted CB rig on 10m only. While at home had a lot of fun on 10m. Nice to have E2 call in in the last 15 minutes while I ran a string of JAs with my 5 month old grandson in my lap logging for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7DR Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 36,935 Icom 735 100w to CB ground plane on roof of house. All S/P. Band was full of activity from 28.3 to 29.2 many strong signals even just using the CB GP ant. Glad to hear 10m alive again. ARRL 10 contest should be fun in December. 73 Dave - K7DR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7EG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 644,130 Happy days are here again!! 10M takes the cake. 15 also super. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7FA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 794,339 Rig: FT-1000MP Sfw: N1MM-Logger v11.10.0 Delayed start with all S&P. Outcome was good, but Mr. Murphy presented challenges: Bad 3CX800 in amp, rope caught in tower-limit switches, and most interesting occurrence on 75-m that may have correlation between cornal mass ejection and distorted audio together with QRN (late Saturday night local time). Worked AOCC member Lou (WH7M - alias K1YR) on 5 bands. Zones most frequently worked: 25,14,11,13,8. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7HBN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 167,580 Great weekend except when the neighbor's tree limited my antennas rotation. For most of Friday PM to early Saturday afternoon I was only able to rotate between 210 and 270 degrees, the poorest direction for a west coast station when 10 and 15 are wide open in the opposite direction. I managed to work a few of the back of the beam, and fortunately about 2100Z on Saturday the tree released the antenna. At least I can contribute a small score to the WWDXC and was even able to watch the UW Huskies beat Arizona on Saturday evening as this was pretty much a daylight hours contest from here. 73, George K7HBN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 289,676 K3 (serial #388) in Elecraft's shop, so used old radios, which were taxed by the wall-to-wall signals on all bands. Surely less operator fatigue with the K3. I used the opportunity to expand my meager 10m DXCC total and to get a handle on what next month's CQ WW CW propagation might be like. It should be wonderful! ARRL 10 meter should be best in years, too. All S&P, and all voice through the mic, so I worked the minimum 12 hours for a log submission... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IDX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1 S & P 133 separate countries and 38 separate zones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7JQ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 406,636 Icom IC-7600, THP HL-1.5KFX, Ground-mounted screwdriver antenna. Great conditions...almost too good (for my screwdriver setup), as the QRM was so thick from so many stations and big sigs, that my signal was swallowed up countless numbers of times in the chaos...couldn't compete in the pile-ups. On the bright side, the good conditions enabled me to post a half-way decent score(to my satisfaction)for the time invested...100% S&P. On 10 meters, there were stations all the way up to 29.2 MHz, and easy to work without the QRM. Hope everyone had fun, and CU in the CW test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7LJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 234,960 Station: ICOM IC-761, KW Amp. Antenna: Butternut HF6-V Multiband vertical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7LY Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 208,500 Rig, etc. worked well...just not enough experience. But I did have fun. Nice to see 10M back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7MY Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 82,264 WOW, WHAT A RIDE ON 10 METERS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7NV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 900,480 A fun outing to test my progress with getting the station up & running again for my first full serious effort in SSCW in many years...... I was over in the No. California mountains doing tower work on Friday, but got home before the contest started....., after working on the rest of the stuff that needed to get done for "the test", I made my 1st Q around 03:00 Friday night. Didn't stay up all night either night, to try to bag those mults. Had a good old time! The condx, as noted by everyone were refreshing ;-) All my operating was S&P, 131 allband countries & 40 allband zones. It was a good test of the progress made with the station.....sure was good to have most of the little antennas working, and get to play with my new (old) transceivers ;-) 73, Kurt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RL Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,005,058 What a blast! Thank you to Jon, KL2A, for making the trek to Camano Island to operate our second M/S CQ WW SSB contest. It was a privilege to once again share the operating duties with such a great op! The high bands were outstanding; best conditions in many, many years. 10m and 15m were wide open and loaded with DX. It was exciting to hear so many big signals up and down the band, especially on 10m. On the other hand, the low bands may have been slightly worse than last year. 40m and 80m were difficult at times and that made our night time operating fairly slow. 80m seemed especially difficult. The bottom line is our score should be a new W7 M/S record. The current record is held by NK7U at 4,743,804 points from 1999. Given the great conditions, I suspect many records will fall this weekend. Thank you to all for the Qs. Our log has been uploaded to LoTW. 73 de Mitch, K7RL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7SV Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,131,921 In the past few years I'd get on to work a few stations at the beginning of the contest and go away frustrated with everyone stacked up on one band. This year it was actually fun! Let's hear it for the SPOTS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ULS Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 179,880 Great contest from Powder Mtn. 9000' with a LJ-105CA (100w) FT-897D Murphy only struck once with beaking a rotor clamshell when setting up. 9 new DXCC 73 de K7ULS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7VIT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 215,874 Wow! When was the last time 10m ruled in an All Band effort by me? I cannot recall it happening, but it was fun. It was interesting to work some of the VE6 and VE7 chaps on 10 and 15m with backscatter since they were off the side of the beam. Interesting propagation was the norm. Biggest thrill of the contest was working Roxanne KL2VG (recently newly licensed) for her first "DX" QSO as she was being tutored in CQWW by George KL7GS. That's a rare opportunity that should not be missed! I also worked a couple of all time new ones so that was icing on a beautiful CQWW weekend cake. I had conflicts on Sunday so I had to end early. Thank you very much to all that answered my calls. 73, Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7XC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,144,828 WOW! What A Contest! Huge Activity, Lots of RARE DX and Some of the best conditions in years! Boy am I glad I finished the 10 and 15 Meter yagi's in time... The old tribander at 23' would have been sorely lacking. My First Serious Effort with the K3/100. What an AMAZING piece of gear! I was able to actually hear WELL in a SSB Contest! Using N1MM logging with full computer control allowed me to maintain a fairly high rate while being 99.9% "Click and Pounce". Kudos to the gang at Elecraft! I worked DXCC on 3 bands! Almost earning a 3 band WAZ as well... My best score EVER in CQ WW SSB! Did I mention SSB SUCKS! Bring on CW !!!!!!! The 2011/2012 Contest Season will be the "Last Hurrah" From This Location. QSL 100% Via LOTW. Station... Elecraft K3, IC2KL @ 500W Output, N1MM Logger. 10M- 4 ele DJ7ZB Home-brew at 30' 15M- 4 ele DJ7ZB Home-brew at 40' 20M- 3 ele K7XC Home-brew at 40' 40M- 33' vertical W/Elevated Radials (6') & Inv Vee at 35' 80M- Inv Vee at 35' 160M- 170' long Inv L at 35' (No Rcv Ant) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ZB Class: M/S LP Total Score = 592,109 I hadn't seen my old friend K7ZB in a few years, so his visit turned into a very casual contest operation as we spent much of the weekend chatting and enjoying the great Arizona weather. Even the 18 hours we show in the log were less than a serious effort. The band conditions were great, though, and we had so much fun on 15m and 10m that we never tried to optimize out score by chasing contacts or multipliers on the other bands, and almost everything we worked was just via S&P. All in all, it was simply great fun. Trashy signals in SSB contests are my everlasting pet gripe, and of course there was no end to them in this contest (from all over the world). I always find it incredible to be unable to decipher an trashy S9+20 signal in the clear while being able to pull out a clean S3 signal from QRM. The worst stateside station I heard this time was from N8TR who was splattering all over the place on 10 meters. I politely tried to bring that to the attention of the operator who replied that it must be because I was off the back of his beam. ((huh??) I told him that didn't make any sense and that it sounded like his mic gain was way too high. He said that couldn't possibly be the case because he already had his mic gain set to zero. (double huh??) That pretty much calibrated me on who I was talking to and I gave up. 73, Dave AB7E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ZSD Class: M/M HP Total Score = 4,797,100 Good friends, lots of food and drink, and band music all day and night. Was it the 4 th of July? No, it was the CQWW 2011 at Smoke Ranch. We had a great bunch of folks coming and going all weekend with three radios playing most of the time. Lots of Fun. The station had a few hiccups this year with NIMM network anomalies and a few problems with interstation interference. We lost some Qs when the internet service here linked by a 5 gig dish on the tower was overwhelmed with HF energy causing our LAN to shut down. I then rebooted everything including unchecking the network connection. It cost a few hours and some Qs but we recovered. Thank you to K7ZS, W7ZB, KI7Y, KT7E, KR7X, K7AR, KN7K, K9JF, and KE7AUB for making this contest one of the most memorable. Again it is amazing how thousands of operators get on the air and exchange 59 and zone on top of each other, and do it mostly with a smile on their face. What a great fraternity. Thanks to all. Brad K7ZSD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8AZ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 9,408,546 Huge fun this weekend, with a new all-time high score from this station. Thanks to a geat crew and special thanks to technical advisor and manager W9ZRX who keeps all those computer things running. Sympathies to all the East coast guys whose CQWW plans were trumped by Mother Nature. Best of luck with the thawing and recovery efforts. 73, Tom, K8AZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8BL Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 421,200 I knew I couldn't spend a lot of time on this one (Phone - yuck!), so I decided to work ONLY Mults. Did the Assisted Mode and only worked new Mults as they showed up in the Band Map. Whenever I was fortunate enough to clear them all out, I'd switch to another Band and do likewise. It was lots of fun! If I ran out of Mults or couldn't break pileups in about 10 minutes, I'd go outside and work on leaves (phooey!!). Also, I had recently replaced all my wire antennas (160/80/40/30) with newly constructed Bazookas and wanted to see how they performed. The 160 is a half Bazooka configured as an Inverted L and the other three are Inverted Vees. They all performed as good as I had hoped and were nicely quiet due to being fully at DC ground. It's also nice to be able to operate without a Tuner due to them being very broadbanded. (XYL has a FIT when I go up the tower!!! HIHI) What a pleasure having the Bands back in such great shape - FB propagation and low QRN! I almost did a WAZ and only missed Zone 28. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8GL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,583,194 Wow! Time to invest in some SSB filters for the old IC765! Had a great time. Nice to work China on 40 meters and to hear JA stations on 40 simplex like they were next door. 10 meters was spectacular. On to the CW weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MM Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 73,359 Nice to have 10M open. The band was busy all the way up to 28.900 and sometimes higher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CT Class: M/S HP Total Score = 4,326,423 The contest station is not done but I wanted to test out everything that has been done so far. We decided to setup M/S with a temporary setup in the new shack....that is not complete. They had just finished the electrical trim out and painting last week. The builder put in a toilet and sink...just in time! We setup two tables and manually ran cables to the antenna coax when we needed a band change! Towers had to be rotated by going to the base and hooking them up to a test jig.....they did not get rotated but two times a day. EU/JA! The Steppir DB42 were the mult antennas and we had them hooked up to the rotator controllers in the shack. Station was two K3, two AS W4NQN filters, two Alpha 87A, microKeyer interface to N1MM networked. Antennas....160m dipole, 80m vertical, OWA stacks on 40, 20, 15 and 10, two Steppir DB42. We started using only one station and built the second as we had time. Networked on the fly..... We found a few things to improve and repair...some of which were fixed on Saturday. Most everything worked and just need to get it finished. Thanks to Mike, N7MB; Ralph, K9ZO and Chuck, KG9N for operating. Eric, N9DOA climbed the 40m stack and repaired a bad connection at 110 feet and also found a bad pot on the upper ring rotator at 140' on Saturday. This was a lot of fun and we all learned a lot about M/S operating. N1MM worked very well with some old laptops cobbled together for this weekend. We will take another shot at this on CW weekend and should have much more done by then. Thanks for the qsos. 73, Craig K9CT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9GS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 343,043 SSB Contests from home not my thing. Only operated evenings both nights. The important thing...I had fun! 73, Gary K9GS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MMS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,049,540 K3 + AL-80B (~KW PEP) + Win-Test 100% search and pounce operation. It was great to have the high bands active again. This is more time than I usually spend in a phone contest -- I much prefer CW. Still, it was FUN with 10 meters being open for much of the time, to work 101 countries on 10, and to work all 40 zones across the bands. Thanks for the Qs, Ms, and fun. 73, Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MWM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 407,856 Like the good old days! 73 Bob K9MWM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9RS Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,407,172 Thanks to all the other participants for making this a great contest and to the sun for providing some propagation. Also THANKS TO VU2PTT, N8NA, W2ID and N3DXX for dealing with some unusual issues with the snow storm which made it difficult for both driving and operating! We lost most of Saturday with an onslaught of first snow static, then the antennas not working due to the thick coating of wet snow, then some failing in catastrophic ways and then finally a power failure. We still had fun and finally enjoyed the good conditions on Sunday. 73, Ray K9RS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9YC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,317,500 Following the spirit of this year's contest season, I decided to "have fun" by NOT putting in all-nighters to work JAs on 80 and 40. I was QRT Friday night by 11pm, and on Saturday night by about 10 pm. Both mornings, I let myself wake up in time to hit the shack soon after 6am. Saturday morning I hit 80m before going to 20M after dawn, Sunday I hit 40M for about an hour and found two Qs on 160 to give me two countries (K and KH6) and two zones (3 and 31). The statistics above tell much of the tale. While I was set up for SO2R, I didn't do much of it until Sunday afternoon. No matter how good conditions are, and how much work I do to improve the antenna farm, I still cannot run an opening to EU on any band. That pretty much limits SO2R to times when the bands are open to SA, Asia, or Oceania. The good news is that the cleanliness of the K3s driving Titan amps give me the ability to have two radios ON THE SAME BAND at maximum legal power (only one transmitted signal at a time). I was able to do this on 10, 15, and 20M. At one point, for example, I was running on 28,609 kHz and had the other radio in S&P mode on a different antenna listening to S3 signals only 17 kHz away. There was SOME phase noise, but it wasn't QRMing the desired signal (in this case, the ES51Z operation). Preamp was on, attenuator was off. Run antenna was the Steppir, the S%P antenna was a 4-el Yagi about 175 ft away. The S&P antennas for 15M and 20M are on a short tower about 125 ft (not measured, terrain is pretty rough) from the SteppIR. At another point, I had the Run rig on 28,620 and the S&P rig on 28,551 kHz (70 kHz away) and heard no phase noise at all, and this situation was pretty typical. I observed similar results on 15M and 20M. This experience with good rigs and good amps, and with careful tuning of the amps, drives home the point I have been making about the poor sportsmanship of those hams who can afford to do it right but choose not to do so. When I lived in Chicago, there was one ham who was broad as a barn door and others who were not. Ever since I moved here I've experienced very broad phase noise sidebands from one well known local ham, while most other who are much closer and running legal power were nice and clean (and louder). That ham is now using K3s, and while he's still broad, it isn't as bad (even while I was here he was more than twice as broad). Another top contester, a serious EE who lives 3 miles north and experiences the same issues, suspects problems with his power amp or its tuning. Another neighbor has recently joined in the the dirty signal department. One of them typically chews up 20 kHz of whatever band they're working, even on CW. Two of them running CW on the same band can easily wipe out 40kHz. This was a real problem for that top contester during CQP (I was 200 miles away in Tehama Co), and it almost certainly cost him one place in the standings. My experience with my K3s and 30 year old Titans during CQWW SSB proves that there is no excuse for this sloppy behavior on the part of these two selfish hams. It's like running down the basketball floor with your elbows flying, but the guys you're hitting are on your own team! Many of us are engineers by training, and SHOULD be able to assist those who need help in cleaning up their act, but they must WANT to do it. It's long past time to stop excusing this bad behavior by saying that "we're too close" -- if I can run legal power into antennas on the same band, same mode, less than 200 ft apart, there's no excuse for a guy 10-15 miles away wiping out 20 kHz transmitting CW or RTTY. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA2D Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,114,641 FT-1000MP 100w 20-15-10 Multiband Yagi @ 20 meters 40 dipole at 23 meters 80 ground mount wire vertical No 40 and 80 Saturday evening due to rain/snow static Great contest! Tom KA2D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA4OTB Class: M/S HP Total Score = 64,022 Great to have 10 meters open--lots of fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB1H Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 8,760,102 Fantastic Operators, Conditions, and station. SH5 Breakdown; http://goo.gl/Gnn2F N1WK Finished the 80m vertical about an hour before kick-off. Nor'Easter Snow storm crippled the New England area, we lost power for a few minutes. ST 1 - K3 Commander Amp ST 2 - 2x FT-1000MP 2 Titan Amps YCCC SO2R 10 meters - 5/5/5/5 15 meters - 5/5/5/4 20 meters - 5/**4/4 Middle 20m rotated out of mount during storm unusable- 40 meters - Elevated 4-square array / EDZepp at 70' 80 meters - Full size, elevated 4-square array 160 meters -Inverted Vee 4 Beverage RX Antennas The Barnstormers Contest Group http://www.qsl.net/kb1h ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB3LIX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 831,110 100% Search and Pounce 100 watts with either a wire doublet or a 4BTV vertical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB7QND Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 124,440 This is my first year entering this contest and I had a blast. Can't wait for next year!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC1XX Class: M/M HP Total Score = 30,394,776 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 148 14 36 2 200 1.35 Various ops 80 636 28 100 15 1684 2.65 W1FV,KM3T+others 40 1284 37 122 32 3526 2.75 WA1Z,W1UE 20 2602 40 160 84 7094 2.73 N9NC,WC1M,W1UE,KM3T 15 3814 39 166 135 11031 2.89 KC1XX,OE6MBG 10 3060 38 163 66 8697 2.84 N1KWF,KM3T -------------------------------------- TOTAL 11544 196 747 334 32232 2.79 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 30,394,776 Comments: Congratulations to the K3LR team - an amazing showing on an amazing weekend. Tim and crew now hold the record previously set by our group back in 1999. Tim and crew are tough competition - the station and team he's built constantly sets the bar very high. This makes the horserace a lot of fun. Congrats also go out to Frank W3LPL and his great station and crew - always strong competitors. To say we had a challenging weekend would be an understatement - but I'll say it anyway. :-) We got off to a good start and then the massive storm that stretched from Massachusetts down to Maryland began entering our area on Saturday afternoon. The storm brought very heavy, wet snow - onto trees that had not really lost too many leaves yet. With falling trees came power outages, town after town. We experienced 8-10 brief outages in a span of about one hour - then commercial power went out for good Fortunately, Matt has a heavy duty generator and we were back on the air in fairly short order. We remained on generator until the end of the contest. Power remains out at KC1XX and for many of us on the team, now three days later. It may still be a few more days until we have commercial power again - a real mess. The next sixteen or so hours would prove to be quite challenging - mainly fighting heavy snow static on various bands. On 80m, for example, the snow static was 50dB above normal DX signal levels - that effectively crippled us. We could run a little on 40m but 80/160 were virtually impossible. Right around that time we lost our 80/160m active antenna array as well - for reasons still unknown, but possibly a failed preamp. Late Sunday morning we also lost our internet connection. We use a wireless internet provider that lost power at its mountaintop location - didn't quite have enough gear to patch in a cellular data connection but we ran a manual connection to one cluster and Dennis, W1UE spent many hours checking out incoming spots (manually) looking for new mults. Besides operating a bit on virtually every band, Dennis' packet work on Sunday was invaluable. But with the flood of spots we surely missed a number of mults on Sunday - hard to quantify right now. Despite all the issues, we remained upbeat and plowed through Sunday running and looking for mults - and determined to break the 30M point barrier. We were happy to achieve that goal. Conditions were fantastic - except for 160m, where we had a number of issues, as did other stations. Loud Europeans around 00Z Friday and Saturday nights just CQ'ed in our faces. It's great to have 10 and 15m back in full force, and it's sure great to hear JA's and other Asia/Pacific stations again on those bands! Special thanks goes to super-op Mike OE6MBG for making the trip over here from Austria - he and Matt set a new standard for performance on 15m (breaking my old record from 1999). The increased activity levels from Europe surely helped fuel this. Mike and Matt left very little on the table. Great job by the rest of the operating crew - a super team effort under difficult conditions. Randy N1KWF worked more stations the first day on 10m than in several years worth of efforts - Randy has certainly paid his dues on the band but 10m paid back a big dividend this weekend! And really special thanks to Matt's wife Christine and their daughters Sabrina, Casey, and Anika - they work hard to keep us fed and comfortable. Anika is a budding radio operator as well. Thanks to all the stations everywhere who get on and make contacts - this is still one of the best contests there is! See you in the CW mode! 73, Dave KM3T on behalf of the KC1XX team Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) http://bit.ly/cabstat CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB CALLSIGN: KC1XX CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: UNLIMITED OPERATORS: KC1XX,N1KWF,OE6MBG,W1FV,W1UE,WA1Z,WC1M,KM3T,N9NC,Anika -------------- 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 7 58 97 66 34 4 266 266 2.3 0100 13 61 55 69 7 0 205 471 4.1 0200 19 78 64 77 0 0 238 709 6.1 0300 9 66 63 29 0 0 167 876 7.6 0400 17 62 70 23 0 0 172 1048 9.1 0500 14 47 87 32 0 0 180 1228 10.6 0600 12 27 71 15 0 0 125 1353 11.7 0700 11 23 39 11 0 0 84 1437 12.4 0800 9 19 43 9 0 0 80 1517 13.1 0900 6 7 34 9 2 0 58 1575 13.6 1000 4 6 18 122 67 3 220 1795 15.5 1100 8 7 23 158 273 175 644 2439 21.1 1200 0 0 0 96 296 252 644 3083 26.7 1300 0 0 0 102 227 241 570 3653 31.6 1400 0 0 0 73 187 192 452 4105 35.6 1500 0 0 0 84 204 178 466 4571 39.6 1600 0 0 0 87 152 167 406 4977 43.1 1700 0 0 2 110 185 107 404 5381 46.6 1800 0 0 2 70 120 102 294 5675 49.2 1900 0 0 7 111 95 75 288 5963 51.6 2000 0 0 52 133 99 55 339 6302 54.6 2100 0 5 66 84 125 51 331 6633 57.4 2200 1 9 35 55 104 76 280 6913 59.9 2300 4 18 20 25 72 4 143 7056 61.1 0000 4 24 24 28 9 0 89 7145 61.9 0100 0 6 8 23 1 0 38 7183 62.2 0200 1 5 31 11 0 0 48 7231 62.6 0300 2 0 24 9 0 0 35 7266 62.9 0400 2 0 35 6 0 0 43 7309 63.3 0500 1 7 40 5 0 0 53 7362 63.8 0600 1 32 28 11 0 0 72 7434 64.4 0700 1 20 40 2 0 0 63 7497 64.9 0800 1 6 21 3 0 0 31 7528 65.2 0900 0 2 19 3 0 0 24 7552 65.4 1000 0 13 16 64 31 2 126 7678 66.5 1100 0 0 1 60 187 180 428 8106 70.2 1200 0 0 0 73 173 219 465 8571 74.2 1300 0 0 0 33 141 170 344 8915 77.2 1400 0 0 0 20 144 144 308 9223 79.9 1500 0 0 0 38 115 145 298 9521 82.5 1600 0 0 0 63 127 99 289 9810 85.0 1700 0 0 0 63 128 35 226 10036 86.9 1800 0 0 8 91 138 127 364 10400 90.1 1900 0 0 4 112 125 71 312 10712 92.8 2000 0 0 9 75 64 38 186 10898 94.4 2100 0 3 33 63 74 66 239 11137 96.5 2200 1 3 53 63 71 64 255 11392 98.7 2300 0 22 42 33 39 18 154 11546 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 148 636 1284 2602 3816 3060 11546 Gross QSOs=11878 Dupes=332 Net QSOs=11546 Unique callsigns worked = 7349 The best 60 minute rate was 687/hour from 1128 to 1227 The best 30 minute rate was 728/hour from 1128 to 1157 The best 10 minute rate was 786/hour from 1122 to 1131 The best 1 minute rates were: 20 QSOs/minute 1 times. 19 QSOs/minute 0 times. 18 QSOs/minute 0 times. 17 QSOs/minute 0 times. 16 QSOs/minute 2 times. 15 QSOs/minute 6 times. 14 QSOs/minute 13 times. 13 QSOs/minute 16 times. 12 QSOs/minute 31 times. 11 QSOs/minute 41 times. 10 QSOs/minute 87 times. 9 QSOs/minute 88 times. 8 QSOs/minute 151 times. 7 QSOs/minute 190 times. 6 QSOs/minute 235 times. 5 QSOs/minute 254 times. 4 QSOs/minute 324 times. 3 QSOs/minute 301 times. 2 QSOs/minute 366 times. 1 QSOs/minute 380 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 120 136 174 329 231 241 1231 10.7 South America 5 15 33 103 88 191 435 3.8 Europe 13 461 978 1768 2878 2300 8398 72.7 Asia 1 4 51 276 522 229 1083 9.4 Africa 6 11 23 49 50 46 185 1.6 Oceania 3 9 25 77 47 53 214 1.9 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 148 636 1284 2602 3816 3060 11546 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 84 4 2351 5 4704 6 4234 7 48 8 57 9 50 10 17 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 3V 0 1 1 2 3 2 9 0.1 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 3X 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 4J 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 4L 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.0 4O 0 1 1 2 2 2 8 0.1 4X 0 0 1 4 6 4 15 0.1 5B 1 0 2 3 5 6 17 0.1 5H 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5N 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.0 5R 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 5X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 5Z 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 6W 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 6Y 0 1 2 1 1 2 7 0.1 7X 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 8P 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 8Q 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.0 8R 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 9A 1 9 16 19 33 25 103 0.9 9H 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 9K 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9L 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9M2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 9M6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 9Q 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9V 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9Y 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 0.1 A3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 A4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 A5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A6 0 1 3 4 6 3 17 0.1 A7 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 A9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 BV 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 BY 0 0 1 24 12 1 38 0.3 C3 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C6 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 C9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 CE 0 2 5 7 6 11 31 0.3 CE9 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 CM 2 1 4 1 5 4 17 0.1 CN 1 2 2 6 6 4 21 0.2 CT 1 4 12 17 21 17 72 0.6 CT3 2 2 2 3 3 5 17 0.1 CU 1 2 2 1 1 2 9 0.1 CX 0 0 2 5 7 10 24 0.2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 DL 1 74 163 273 562 446 1519 13.2 DU 0 0 0 5 4 1 10 0.1 E5/s 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 0.1 E7 0 3 2 9 6 7 27 0.2 EA 2 30 64 90 126 129 441 3.8 EA6 0 1 4 6 5 7 23 0.2 EA8 1 2 3 7 14 4 31 0.3 EA9 0 1 2 3 1 2 9 0.1 EI 0 6 15 14 23 20 78 0.7 EK 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.0 ER 0 1 1 6 4 2 14 0.1 ES 0 3 3 7 14 10 37 0.3 EU 0 7 11 19 26 9 72 0.6 EX 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 EY 0 0 0 2 4 1 7 0.1 F 2 27 63 71 126 106 395 3.4 FG 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 FM 0 1 2 3 3 2 11 0.1 FO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 FO/m 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 FP 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 FY 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 0.1 G 0 39 71 135 235 253 733 6.3 GD 0 1 2 4 2 1 10 0.1 GI 1 3 3 14 17 16 54 0.5 GJ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 GM 0 9 9 26 44 41 129 1.1 *GM/s 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 GU 0 0 1 1 2 3 7 0.1 GW 0 3 8 11 29 20 71 0.6 HA 0 9 10 16 35 22 92 0.8 HB 0 4 13 26 43 18 104 0.9 HB0 0 2 2 3 2 2 11 0.1 HC 0 1 0 2 3 1 7 0.1 HI 1 1 2 4 3 2 13 0.1 HK 0 0 0 4 5 5 14 0.1 HL 0 0 1 1 7 1 10 0.1 HP 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 0.0 HR 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0.1 HS 0 0 0 6 2 1 9 0.1 HZ 0 0 1 3 3 3 10 0.1 I 0 23 70 126 213 151 583 5.0 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.0 IS 0 0 2 1 4 2 9 0.1 *IT9 0 5 5 6 11 10 37 0.3 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 J6 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.0 J8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 JA 0 0 30 91 372 177 670 5.8 JT 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 JW 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 JY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 K 62 44 75 190 90 121 582 5.0 KG4 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 0.1 KH0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.0 KH2 0 1 2 2 4 6 15 0.1 KH4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 KH6 3 4 8 7 9 15 46 0.4 KL 0 2 2 8 11 23 46 0.4 KP2 2 4 4 5 5 7 27 0.2 KP4 1 5 3 8 4 11 32 0.3 LA 0 11 13 26 35 35 120 1.0 LU 0 1 5 20 17 51 94 0.8 LX 1 1 3 2 6 5 18 0.2 LY 0 9 12 18 19 16 74 0.6 LZ 0 5 12 22 25 32 96 0.8 OA 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 OD 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 OE 0 3 12 31 54 32 132 1.1 OH 0 17 17 44 68 51 197 1.7 OH0 0 1 3 1 2 2 9 0.1 OJ0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 OK 1 13 34 51 85 56 240 2.1 OM 1 6 12 29 31 18 97 0.8 ON 0 9 21 42 62 45 179 1.6 OX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 OZ 0 10 11 17 35 29 102 0.9 P4 2 3 2 4 4 3 18 0.2 PA 0 15 26 87 129 149 406 3.5 PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 PJ4 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1 PJ5 0 1 2 2 1 2 8 0.1 PJ7 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.0 PY 0 2 11 41 29 97 180 1.6 PZ 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 S5 0 10 23 27 50 28 138 1.2 SM 0 12 22 36 60 47 177 1.5 SP 0 25 56 99 154 106 440 3.8 ST 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.1 SV 0 2 5 11 18 14 50 0.4 SV5 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.0 SV9 0 0 0 1 3 3 7 0.1 T7 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 TA 0 0 0 3 5 2 10 0.1 *TA1 0 0 0 1 3 3 7 0.1 TF 0 1 1 4 6 4 16 0.1 TG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 TI 1 2 3 3 2 2 13 0.1 TK 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1 TR 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 TU 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 UA 0 18 50 152 201 136 557 4.8 UA2 0 0 1 7 4 2 14 0.1 UA9 0 0 8 100 67 14 189 1.6 UN 0 0 1 11 8 2 22 0.2 UR 0 10 40 83 125 73 331 2.9 V2 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 V4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 V5 0 0 1 3 1 2 7 0.1 V8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VE 42 58 60 75 80 39 354 3.1 VK 0 1 9 28 8 16 62 0.5 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 VP5 2 3 3 3 3 3 17 0.1 VP9 2 2 2 2 3 1 12 0.1 VR 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 0.0 VU 0 0 1 7 10 3 21 0.2 XE 1 4 2 8 5 7 27 0.2 XU 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 YA 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 YB 0 0 1 11 12 0 24 0.2 YL 0 4 5 12 11 12 44 0.4 YO 0 3 22 31 60 49 165 1.4 YS 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.0 YU 0 4 16 16 30 17 83 0.7 YV 1 2 4 6 7 2 22 0.2 Z2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 Z3 0 0 0 1 4 1 6 0.1 ZA 0 0 1 3 2 1 7 0.1 ZC4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZD8 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.0 ZF 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 ZK2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 ZL 0 1 2 18 2 7 30 0.3 ZP 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0.1 ZS 0 0 4 14 9 9 36 0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 148 636 1284 2602 3816 3060 11546 ------------ 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 10 264 532 906 1568 1394 4674 40.5 15 3 149 304 528 836 576 2396 20.8 16 0 36 101 265 363 222 987 8.5 25 0 0 31 92 379 178 680 5.9 04 51 44 54 128 73 82 432 3.7 20 1 10 43 78 127 118 377 3.3 05 51 41 70 93 51 44 350 3.0 11 0 2 11 43 31 100 187 1.6 08 11 22 28 38 34 45 178 1.5 03 2 17 9 41 44 34 147 1.3 17 0 0 2 58 49 11 120 1.0 13 0 1 7 25 24 61 118 1.0 33 4 8 11 22 27 18 90 0.8 09 5 8 9 24 22 18 86 0.7 18 0 0 3 38 11 1 53 0.5 31 3 5 9 8 11 16 52 0.5 01 0 2 2 10 14 24 52 0.5 30 0 0 8 22 5 15 50 0.4 21 0 3 6 11 15 12 47 0.4 24 0 0 1 29 14 2 46 0.4 38 0 0 5 17 11 12 45 0.4 32 0 2 3 21 5 12 43 0.4 19 0 0 4 12 13 3 32 0.3 12 0 2 5 7 6 11 31 0.3 28 0 0 1 14 15 0 30 0.3 27 0 1 3 8 9 9 30 0.3 07 1 3 4 9 7 5 29 0.3 06 1 4 2 9 5 7 28 0.2 35 2 2 4 5 7 7 27 0.2 22 0 1 1 8 12 4 26 0.2 40 0 1 1 5 8 5 20 0.2 02 3 3 5 3 2 1 17 0.1 29 0 1 1 7 4 1 14 0.1 26 0 0 0 7 4 1 12 0.1 10 0 2 1 3 4 2 12 0.1 36 0 1 1 1 1 4 8 0.1 34 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 0.1 37 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.1 39 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 1842 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 B4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 148 636 1284 2602 3816 3060 11546 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 5085 2 bands 1158 3 bands 554 4 bands 311 5 bands 207 6 bands 34 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: C5A KH7X WP2Z CR2X DR1A TI8M VE6SV EB1WW VP5T LX7I D4C TM6M VP2MDG ED1R T46A PJ2T AA4V/VP9 VE2DXY PJ4T P40W P40A 9A1P C6ARW VP5DX CN2R C37N YV5AM KP4KE VE5PV CR3L VE3RM KG4EM KH6MB TM1O ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 72 163 373 1001 1895 1581 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC2QLJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 760,240 This was my first real attempt @ cq ww ssb, had a lot of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2JA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 23,306 Part time effort as I was part of the AD4ES team. I started at the beginning of the contest and had to stop as I was scheduled to work at AD4ES. Gear at my shack IC-7700, Ameritron AL-1500, Mosley WARC 4ele Yagi, Gap Titan DX, IBM ThinkPad T43, N1MM software. Had lots of fun on 10 meters and worked some tough pileups! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD4RH Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 57,732 This was 1st CQWW since 2001. S&P mode only. I installed 3, 2-element phased vertical (broadside) arrays at 45/225, 90/270, and 135/315. They seemed to play well. Missed some Q's due to strong adjacent pileups. I could hear a number of the BY's and YB's in the mornings. Just not enough RF to get through. Very glad to hear them on the verticals! Many thanks to VE3DXY, VE2IM, and VO2NS for zone 2. Has usually been very difficult for me to work zone 2 in the contest. Thanks! I did not hear anything from zone 10. Wonder what happened? Usually can depend on some activity. Overall had a great time. Will be back next year. 73, Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD7H Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 193,820 It was great to be able to "Work All Continents" on 10 and 15 meters. I haven't been able to do that in several years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD7JET Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,240 Band QSOs Pts Cty ZN 3.5 1 2 1 1 7 2 6 2 2 14 6 15 5 5 21 2 6 1 1 28 15 41 7 7 Total 26 70 16 16 Score: 2,240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD7MSC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 205,016 Triband dipole at 20 feet. All S & P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD9MS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 427,060 Now THAT is how the bands are supposed to sound! Not a full time effort, but still a lot of fun even with just 100w. 73, Craig KD9MS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE3D Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 189,550 Finally the upper bands worked well! Hope you all had as good a time as I did. Wish my rotor pointed wher the antenna did! 73 Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE3X Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 546,185 I finally got the Alpha 76A working which helped break through the pileups and the new tribander helped on the high bands. A much more enjoyable experience running High Power on SSB, but low bands always a struggle from DC with only wire antennas. Band conditions on 10-meters reminded me of 1977-1979 when I was in high school. I was not active for the last two solar cycle peaks so this propagation is a relatively new experience. 100% S&P as I did not hook up the DVK yet, but will definately do so before SS Phone. I was getting audio distortion into my Yamaha CM-500 headset boom mic on 80, 40 and 20, so had to use a hand mic - not sure why? 15 and 10 were fine with the headset. This weekend's experience gives me hope I can operate ARRL DX Phone 2012 from here and put the DC multiplier on the air. Nice to run into many European friends just seen in person at HST Championships in Germany this month including DR1A, LZ9W, LZ5R, etc. Ken KE3X Station: 2x FT1000MP Alpha 76A and 78 10/15/20: Cushcraft A3 at 45 feet 40/80: Dipoles at 45 feet 160: Inverted-L at 60 feet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE4UW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,024,724 Living in a neighborhood with covenants I haven't had access to a beam for a contest in 10 years. But this year I used the AB-621 mast usually used for Field Day and put up and Explorer 14 at 40 feet and had a blast! The original goal was to make 1000 Q's and work 100 countries on 10-40. With time to spare, I had the 100 Q's and 100+ worked on 10, 15, and 20, but never quite made it on 40. I was having too much time on 10/15/20 with the beam, and had to take down the bobtail curtain for 40 to put up the beam, so 40 suffered a bit. I had to take time out for things like carving pumpkins with the grandkids, but all in all it was really fun time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE5LQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 242,608 Great to have conditions that made for easy QSO's on the high bands again. Stealth antennas here don't work well when there are no sunspots. Haven't heard contest QSO's near 29000 kHz before. On the other hand didn't make many intercontinental QSO's or hear the usual activity on 80 and 40. Either it was too noisy or everyone was taking advantage of the high band conditions. Low point for me was when I switched to 15m and inadvertently called a VE below 21200. High point was easily working S&P QSO's on first call up and down 10m. ARRL 10m contest could be fun this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF7GYE Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 33,201 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG0US Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 525,965 I played around in the contest most of the day on Saturday starting at around 10 AM local time. I then spent about an hour on Sunday beginning at around 10 AM local time. It was great to hear all the 10 meter activity! It was fun. 73, Dave KG0US ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG6DX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,551,844 Thanks to Dave, N2NL, for telling me VE2IM was on the band,I was able to work zone 2 for all 40 zones on ten during the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG7H Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,452,164 My 40 meter beam failed 3 days ago - so I rigged a temporary dipole for 40 meters - thought of limiting myself to a single band entry - but too much fun! Great conditions - 10 meters is back!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH7X Class: M/M HP Total Score = 33,543,050 What a great crew we had this year... I saw seriously unselfish altering of personal plans already made to see the sights on Oahu, in order to instead come to the station for many days before the contest to lend a hand with many things still needing to be done, from the vast majority of our visitors. This also goes for our home boys here, as this help was sorely needed with many issues showing up unexpectedly in the days prior. One of the adventures we had together was to get a very large, heavy, and cumbersome new 80m Yagi up and mounted on the tower on Thursday afternoon, when we fortunately got the calm conditions we had been waiting for for many weeks. KH6ND, KH7U, and NH6XO spent every weekend throughout the entire summer in order to get the tower, and antenna, properly prepared for this day... this beast is double handful, to be sure. K1XX - without the many hours and days Charlie spent at the station starting on Sunday prior, our aging computers would never have been up to the task. You must have a VERY understanding wife, please give her my heartiest thanks. K9NW - thanks for the conversation we had on the phone during the Dayton convention this year, and agreeing to join us. You did a superb job on 80m, and without your early commitment, the other cheeseheads might not have tagged along. I know you are not all from Wisconsin, but every USA guy with a 9 in their call looks cheesy to us out here. To "the G-boys" - You are all the epitome of the word "gentleman". Thank you all for your patience, and your 100% unselfish willingness to do so many things, before, and during the contest. You are ALWAYS welcome here. GM4AFF, if you ever decide to come back, wear the kilt that you sported at WRTC-2006, as I need my memory refreshed... The low bands were somewhat disappointing, opening much later than expected, and never really rockin' like the A and K values indicated that they could. Nevertheless, I saw this entire crew continue to pound away all weekend at their assignments with dogged determination. Perhaps part of the reason the other bands were not stellar, was that 10 meters was phenomenal, and a lot more activity overall was there for the weekend. I have never before seen 10m provide us with full blown long duration long path openings over the south pole to Europe on both nights of a major contest, until this weekend. On both nights, these openings started at 0500Z (7pm local) and lasted until 1200Z (2am local). As a result, we have by far the largest 10m QSO total ever seen from this station, and the largest EU percentage we have ever seen with a full 25% of 10m QSO's coming from EU... astonishing from this part of the globe. It was entertaining for all of us to watch K9PG and WE9V combine their talents with 2 headphones and one radio to do the lions share of the operating on this band. They have obviously done this before.... We all had a great time, and a great late lunch on Sunday at the best Mexican restaurant on the North shore. Having said that, this was a distant second choice to the incredible barbecue on the most beautiful, tropical rear deck of a house you have ever seen, customarily given to the crew by our gracious hosts, Alex and Michelle. They could not be in Hawaii for this weekend, and their company was sorely missed. Thank you, Alex, and Michelle, for allowing us to invade your home for so many days, even in your absence... we thoroughly enjoyed each others company, and the experience. And thanks to all of you out there reading this, for populating our log. Aloha! KH6ND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH7Y Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,465,757 Wow, 10 meters never seemed to close! Friday and Saturday nights brought excellent long path propagation to Europe and mid east for 5 to 6 hours each night. Signals peaked 20 over S9 on some of the big stations. My rotor decided to quit in Saturday morning, Norm NH6I came over and made repairs on the tower, mahalo Norm. All in all a great contest from Hawaii. Thanks for all the QSOs see you all from KH6LC for CQWW CW. Station; Ic-7800 Ameritron AL-1500 M2 8 element LP at 95 feet M1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KK4CIS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 42,212 My first CQ WW SSB contest. Good start on 20m right out of the gate on Sat after 0000Z. Band cndx poor on 10/15/20m from 1200Z to 1500Z, after which the bands came alive for the duration of the contest. Very modest goal of at least 100 QSOs was met. Many thanks to all operators who took the time to pull my signal out of the pileups. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KK4KW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 30,636 Bands wide open, had a blast, only operated a few hours due to busy weekend. Hex beams sure make contesting fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL2HD Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 36,860 Only had 2 hours to work the contest and picked up some new DXCC. Had to rock the 9 day old baby to sleep aas I did it too! Tons of people on the air for this contest. Friday night I had fun doing a night shift at Multi 2 station KL7RA which was awesome and I learned a ton. They got a new KL7 record in the category. I am itching to leave my loop wire antenna behind and get my beam up in the air and see what it can do! 73, Jeff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7AC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 365,040 Ten meters was great despite not catching an EU opening, Just 1 10M Q with EU. Still lots of fun with wonderful openings on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7RA Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 14,767,257 Moved from the subarctic village of Two Rivers six years ago to take advantage of the better radio conditions here on the Kenai and now can report, with enthusiasm, the move, seven towers/21 yagis was more then worth it. Best radio prop on all bands in the last few weeks then I have ever experienced in 40 years of being in Alaska. Being the low band night shift mult hunter of the team I was a little disappointed in 80 and 160 which didn't produce for us. Only bad luck as 80 was runable to Europe for hours the week before and Ten was open to Europe at the same time. But ten meters finally "worked" for the CQWW and I assume there will be a lot of great scores as the band was packed end to end. 40 through 15 were also packed and for us working Europe all day and night on these bands has been a long time coming for our group. The team was excited going into the weekend and it's really a lot more fun working fast rate and finding never ending mults then the hours of running the F1 cqing machine for 20 Q's an hour which we have done in this contest for years. Next up SS CW. 73 Rich KL7RA reporting for the,(especially well fed after this super contest), North Pole Contest Group Kenai, Alaska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL8DX Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 270,816 Yep, 10 meters sure did impress! A minimal effort to chase new to me DXCC entities. Some very impressive numbers this year! I'm not a SSB type but enjoyed my time on 10 meters! Let's hope the trend continues into next month for the CW version. More of a detailed breakout and overview just posted to my blog. 73 from chilly AK! Phil KL8DX Blog: http://kl8dx.blogspot.com/ Website: http://www.livingindenali.net/ Work: http://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN3A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 215,380 When it comes to contests, SSB contests are my least favorite. If it wasn't for the fact my favorite band, 10 meters, was so wide open, I probably wouldn't have worked it as long as I did. What great conditions on 10 meters all weekend. Unexpectedly, I was contending with wet, heavy snow which was snapping tree branches and some of my wire antennas were in jeopardy on Saturday. We ended up with 6 inches of snow, which quickly started melting today, and that is simply unheard of in eastern PA in October. Look forward to seeing everyone in the November SS next weekend. Scott - KN3A Kenwood TS 450SAT Dipole @ 35 feet 75 watts N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 106,128 As usual - part time. Worked KH7X on six bands. Great conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KP2B Class: Multi-Op Xtreme LP Total Score = 2,043,822 Participation Streme Category Multi-operator Low Power and One Radio Via Remote, the operator Team: WP3A-JAIME KP2BH-JAMES K2DER-HUGO KP4TR-RAMON Thank you and 73's Jaime WP3A- Team Leader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KP4KE Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 7,436,650 Hello! Very good contest. Every think was like I spect 10m band was real open and 15m, 160 & 80 the worse and 20m & 40 to crowd for a QRP I was prepare for that 9 ele for 10m and 6 ele for 15m make my 3.5 watts like a kilo on air. 5 ele in 20 and 2 ele on 40 work fine but 80 and 160 ant. wasn't my best this year. Finally Barney let me due my ant. system and again he want to run LP. hi hi but he don't need that much power. My location is incredible. LOOK at QRZ.com my 6 el ant for 15m at 80' high. IF some one want pictures of my ant. I took some and I will Email them. Here is my log. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ0C Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,402,380 10 meters was just unbelievable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ2M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,510,548 There was a lot of damage in Western CT after Hurricane Irene in late August, so I was not prepared to do a major single op effort. My health has been erratic as well, adding to the uncertainty. However, even with a promised October snowstorm! on the way, I was not going to miss this weekend. With major issues on 20 and 15 and no low band antennas, my strategy was to see how the first hour was on 20 then go to sleep and get up early. At 5 AM, the National Weather Service upped their forecast to 8"-14" inches of snow for Newtown,CT I have lived here for 18 years and NEVER saw snow in October; but now they were predicting a major snowstorm! CQWW Phone has traditionally been a MAGNET for violent Nor'easters over the past 30 years, so I wasn't complete surprised. However, with 80+% of the leaves still on the trees, this amount of wet snow would be diasterous; actually causing worse damage than Hurricane Irene did. I started on 15 @ 1030z and most of EU cq'ed in my face. Found a decent freq. and at 1054z, with a few flecks of light in the sky, the band EXPLODED! Absolutely astonishing rate that did NOT let up! The last 10 rate quickly soared into the 350+ range, then moved into the 400+ range and continued to climb! At 1119z, Marko, ZD8O called in - Marko ON5ZO, was the referee of my WRTC team (with W7WA) in WRTC 2002 in Finland. At 1129 RV9WB called in with RA9FEL at 1131z (Z17). EX8ML followed at 1142 and RV9UP in z18 @ 1145z. The 11z was 251! At 1207z UN9PQ called followed by HS0ZEE at 1209z and YB0COX @ 1217z, VK6GR @ 1229z and YB1AQD @ 1257z. At 1224z the last 10 rate was 450.0! and at 1233z, the last 100 rate was 315.2!! The 12z hour was 208! Only once before did I have back to back 200+ hours in a SSB Dx contest from stateside, but hings were only just warming up! The 13z hour got rolling with TF3CY @ 1304z, A61EE @ 1305z and VU3DJQ @ 1306z! WOW! CN8VO followed @ 1309z, with YE2R @ 1312z and YC2FAJ @ 1314z I couldn't believe the volume of callers and how fast I was able to work them. At 1325z I qsy'ed to 10, found a good spot and all hell broke loose! 5Z4EE called in @ 1326z - barely audible in the din of EU callers. R9WS and RV9WP (z17) followed at 1330z and 1332z Now the rate really soared to numbers that I could only imagine: I was working 6-7 per minute consistently, with 1351z and 1352z back-to-back 7 qso minutes! Again, a first for me from stateside. At 1352z the last 10 rate was 529.4!! and the last 100 rate was 316.9!! The spectacular 13z hour was 274! 14z continued the tremendous rate with A65EE calling in @ 1423z and HZ1PS @ 1435z. At 1439z the snow started. The temp was about 33 degrees but the snow was so thick and fast, that there was no time to melt. It started to accumulate immediately and the snow static became a small roar. Fortunately the EU signals were still loud, but it was getting progressively harder to pull them out from the relentless roar of the snow static as it built to well over S9. 14z ended as a 235 hour, making it the first time that I have ever had 4 straight 200+ hours from stateside! Not to be outdone, the snowstorm rapidly turned into a blizzard with 3"+ per hour snowfall rates and wind gusts into the 30 mph range. 10 meters continued to crank in the 15z hour with ZA1E and CN8VO both calling in at 1525z, and ZS2NF, GZ5Y and 5N7M calling in @ 1548-9z. 15z ended as a 164 hour, as the snow static got louder, the power blips were becoming more common, often tripping the breaker on the amp. causing me to run barefoot for a few minutes. The NWS continued to upgrade the forecast, now predicting 10" - 15" inches of snow, and on weather radar, some very intense yellow/brown (4"+ per hour) snow bands were setting up over my qth. The end of the contest was now inevitable, the only question was when? 16z continued the great rates but it was getting more and more difficult to copy anything. IG9/I2ADN called in @ 1633z followed by Robert, ST2AR @ 1637z and GT8IOM at 1651z. 16z ended with a 159 hour, which felt very slow compared to earlier in the morning. 10 was fading but with such heavy snow static I knew that 15 would be useless. Nothing to do but ride 10 until there was nothing left. The snow reintensified at 17z with more yellow bands on the radar. Visibility was under 50' without the wind, and on wind gusts approached whiteout conditions. It was January in October, and fully leaved branches and trees started to snap from the weight of the heavy snow, now frozen as the temp. dropped into the 20's at 1 PM! 17z started with the EU stations getting weaker and more and more often buried beneath the snow static. I tried different combos of antennas, changing antenna headings, and every conceivable combination of filtering with and without the Notch, AF gain and IPO on my FT1000MP, to little avail. at 1722z, Al1G called in at his sunrise! Something I have only seen with top of the cycle conditions. 5H3EE called in @ 1737z and at 1753z I lost the amp for the 4th time. I couldn't copy on 10 anymore but had a 162 hour even though I operated only 53 miinutes! I left 10 with 924 q's in 4.6 hours for a rate of 200/hr!!! Truly incredible! Ordinarily I would expect to run on 15, but 15 was utterly useless. With a full-scale blizzard raging outside!, the snow static on 15 was s9+20 regardless of anything that I tried. Nothing to do but go to 20. I found a good freq. between 2 M/M stations and let it rip. Lots of 6 minutes followed as the power blips got angrier and became more numerous. The radar was all Yellow over my qth and the snow continued it's record pace - determined to outdo the qso rates that I was experiencing. Although the snow static was ferocious on 20 (but better than the deafening roar on 15), the EU Multi's were super loud and I able to pick them out. The 18z hour was 206 and VK3CTN longpath called in @ 1841z. 19z started with SX5P calling in @ 1905z, followed by ZM4M at 1915. GD3YUM followed at 1928 and 3V8SS was worked at 1939z. I kept losing the amp. and at 1949z I lost power. I worked the last few stations with no amp, no power, no lights and the FT1000MP barefoot on an uninterruptible power supply. I said KQ2M qrt and shut the radio off. I went upstairs and it was quite dark even though it was only 3:49 PM. There was 9" of snow on the ground and the temperature had fallen to 20 degrees! I know that there are areas of the country where this type of storm might only be a minor "event" on October 29th, but here in Western CT, an October blizzard, is a truly "off-the-scale" event and from what I have heard, it was the first ever recorded! Broken trees were already blocking my driveway and now the power and cable lines had just been ripped from the side of my house by falling trees. During the night, the storm raged and about 1 AM, with more than a foot of snow on the ground, one extremely large tree starting leaning dangerously toward our house. I woke my xyl and daughter and we moved to the downstairs just in case the big tree snapped and hit our house. Fortunately it didn't and early the next morning, I went out and chainsawed 15 trees out of my driveway so that I could get the snowplow in. There was no heat, electricity, cable or cell phones. We were totally cut off. Later I found out that Newtown,CT had more than 170 power lines down with more than 2/3 of our roads impassable. It took 5 full days before EMS could finally reach all the homes and up to 12 days for some streets to get their power back. The power grid, cable and communications of this part of Connecticut was almost totally destroyed and took two weeks to rebuild (they are still rebuilding it even now) with the help of crews from 23 different states! I did not have cable/internet/email for 2 full weeks, and before the power could be restored, it took a crew from Michigan to clear the road of the trees and Central Maine power, who restored my electric, had to cut down an additional 15 trees on my property. As expected, the local utilities, CL & P (Northeast Utilities), ATT and Charter communications, learned NOTHING from the damaged that Hurricane Irene had caused exactly two months before, so they were even more unprepared for the extreme devastation that this epic storm caused. I will try to post some pictures on my website www.kq2m.com in the next few weeks. Back to the contest, it was truly incredible to experience 200+ hour rates for the 9 hours that I operated on Saturday morning/afternoon. I can only imagine what I would have been able to do with a full working station, the incredible conditions and activity and without the vicious weather. I had never seen rates like this from stateside in 35+ years of operating contests! I thank all the stations for the q's and all the DX stations and Dxpeditions for the wonderful mults! What a blast, even though it was cut quite short by an equally unbelievable blizzard that dropped 20" of snow on my hill! Unfortunately my antennas/rotators did sustain damage from the heavy wet snow that iced up and then "grew" in size as the additional wet snow stuck to it, mushrooming the size and weight of the accumulations. I will be on but not seriously. Too much antenna work to do and too much of other "real-life" to catch up as well. Here are some memorable numbers from the contest: Best hour 281 !! New all-time best hour from me from stateside Best 10 min rate was 57 ! from 1218z-1227z best 30 min rate was 152 ! from 1331z-1400z Best 60 min rate was 281 ! from 1327z-1426z Best 120 min rate was 523 ! from 1326z-1525z Best last 10 rate 529.4 ! and Best last 100 rate 316.9 ! Q's per minute: 1 8 min !!! 1st ever from stateside 7 7 min !! Only 1 previous ever from stateside 43 6 min ! Usually only 1 or 2 max. per contest 85 5 min 118 4 min 136 3 min 100 2 min Retes by band: 10 4.6 @ 201/hr! 15 3.1 @ 175/hr 20 2.4 @ 174/hr (includes 1 hour of s & p on Friday) BREAKDOWN QSO/mults KQ2M CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST Single Operator HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 0 ..... ..... ..... ..... 3/6 ..... 3/6 3/6 1 . . . 50/55 . . 50/55 53/61 2 . . . . . . . 53/61 3 . . . . . . . 53/61 4 . . . . . . . 53/61 5 . . . . . . . 53/61 6 . . . . . . . 53/61 7 . . . . . . . 53/61 8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 53/61 9 . . . . 6/8 . 6/8 59/69 10 . . . . 104/40 . 104/40 163/109 11 . . . . 251/23 . 251/23 414/132 12 . . . . 173/12 35/25 208/37 622/169 13 . . . . . 274/23 274/23 896/192 14 . . . . . 235/14 235/14 1131/206 15 . . . . . 164/11 164/11 1295/217 16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 159/12 159/12 1454/229 17 . . . 105/32 . 57/1 162/33 1616/262 18 . . . 206/12 . . 206/12 1822/274 19 . . . 49/2 . . 49/2 1871/276 Thanks for an incredibly memorable contest! See you in CQWWCW! and Happy Thanksgiving! 73 Bob KQ2M kq2m@kq2m.com www.kq2m.com www.rlsfinancialgroup.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 41,612 Limited operation before and after my N7AT shifts. It's a reality check, going from a contest station like N7AT to my restricted antennas. I managed to work a few new countries on 15 and 10. I learned a lot this weekend. 73..........Paul....KR2E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2Q Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 513,918 As with many guys in the NE USA, I lost power Saturday. Happily, the power came back on Thursday at 0005z. My wife and I have been living in the local EconoLodge and not enjoying it much. So now I get to see my SSB log for the first time. LOL Condx were fabulous, while I had AC Mains. Happy to work E2E (thanks Fred!) QRP, VK7 LP on 20 and A5 on 15 in the local morning at the bottom end while he was CQing with no takers (just love it). Yup, this was gonna be a GREAT contest weekend. USA QRP top winners will probably look a bit different this year...from "other" parts of the country outside of the NorthEast. See you on CW.... I already know the most common reply for me: 59914 QRP? YES YES YES, I am QRP. :-) Rig: Elecraft K3/10 + Elecraft P3 Home Brew 2L quad at 55 feet (used for 100% of my 10m QSOs) Optibeam OB11-3 at 73 feet Cush 402CD on top of the OB11-3 inverted V on 80 and inverted L on 160 (NEW antenna for me on top band) Looking forward to a FULL contest for CW. See you USA guys in the SS. de Doug KR2Q ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR4F Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 206,228 Grandsons here Saturday. Out of town for granddaughter's birthday for half of Sunday. But, this was the most fun on 10m in a long, long time! 73 Johnny, KR4F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS2G Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 123,342 Great conditions! Nice to have those sunspots back!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS4X Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 546,000 Glad Ten meters was open ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT4LST Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 4,508 was not on much at all but i can say this 10m was rockin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT4Q Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 105,846 Just a few hours off and on to get a few points for the club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT4ZB Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,323,880 Wow - The FUN METER was pegged all weekend! Just fabulous high band conditions. The increased solar activity brought all kinds of station firsts: most Qso's in a contest, first 3 band DXCC ever, most Q's on a single band and highest station high score. All that makes for a very happy camper. Since I worked low power, it was almost all S&P. And there were great DX contacts - Had a total of 87 JA contacts in the log which for me in SE Georgia is fantastic! And 3D2, 5H, 5Z, 9M6, BY, FO, HZ, JT, KH0, KH2, YB, TK, TU, Z2, were nice additions to the total. Heard quite a few more but the piles were tough for low power so I decided to add as many contacts as I could instead. Never dreamed of over 600 Q's on 10m; thank goodness the beam worked all the way to 29000. Thanks to the CQWW committee for sponsoring this great contest. And thanks to all the folks around the world whose contacts filled my log. Best - Jere FT1000mp Field (100w), TH6DXX, dipoles and N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT7E Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 117,810 I wish I had more time. 10M was great. The grand daughters were here for a sleep over so I had to help with them, so limited radio time. but thanks to K7ZS Kevin and K7ZSD Brad for the time showing us newbees how do contest. No equipment failure (except for a little TV RFI hihi)and the new TS 590s, and new 3 element SteppIR worked just SUPER!!! Thank you to all that worked me. 73 and you all take care Joe KT7E from beautiful downtown Hillsboro, OR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU1T Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 780,770 Conditions were great, propagation fantastic, but mother nature decided to dump a winter snow/freeze and wind..thus on Saturday when power started going in and out, I took a long break, instead cleaning driveway etc. Was able to jump back on Sunday for few hours. Still managed to work Andorra on 5 bands - what with my abysmal 80m setup is fantastic. Thanks for all the Q's, it was fun. vy 73, de KU1T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU5B Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 797,720 Conditions were pretty good with good signals from EU and JA. Nice to work so many JA's and SE Asia stations. Best moment by far was working A52AB Saturday night. That's a tough one from here. Heard a VU on Sunday morning but wasn't going to take the chance of calling him when I really couldn't hear him that well. The only other mult I heard and didn't work was FP. I heard him on 21170 QSYing up the band but never found him again. In addition to the 6 existing 15m monos I also had access to another high rotatable beam for a quick switch to other directions. The entire band was crowded every morning with EU and made finding a place next to impossible but once the morning wore on I was able to find a few places and had some really good EU runs especially on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV0Q Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 802,240 Great conditions both days to Europe and to Asia especially the over the North pole openings to A52, UA0Y, EY8, EX2, UN7 etc. It was very difficult from Colorado to hold a running frequency to Europe with the band being so crowded with loud DX and stateside stations. I almost forgot how fun contesting can be when the hf bands come alive and the signal strenghts of even the average station are loud. I found it difficult at my age to stay in the operating chair for 10 to 12 hours a day to keeping running stations constantly. I must admit I spent a reasonable time tuning on Sunday listening for zone 39 for my 40th zone to no avail. Thank you to all stations who pulled me out of the qrm. Best 73s to all Bill KV0Q ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV4FZ Class: SOSB/160 HP Total Score = 63,364 Band conditions on 160 weren't all that good with only a few EU's on the first night and more on night two. Next to me I had KP2MM operating the other bands via remote from NYC with an occasional break for Yuri to work 160 with a low dipole. My 160 logs will be uploaded to LOTW. Thanks to all that stuck with me through the tropical QRN and of course the QRM which on the EU side must have been very high. No VK/ZL this year at all but UK9AA was a real thrill to work and C37N was a new on for me on 160 meters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LN3Z Class: M/S HP Total Score = 11,568,096 Amazing openings on high bands !! What a super weekend - claiming new high score M/S. A historic contest from here, with no aurora bothering us - or no other Murphy visits either. Thanks to all, and cya in the cw portion. 73 LA6YEA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LN8W Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,930,796 Great contest and great propagation! It sure is difficult to find those mults on 10 with the second radio when there is wall to wall stations from 28300-29200! It is not getting easier when the rate meter shows 200+/h on your primary radio:) I didn't have enough time for preparation this year and had to work on the station all friday to get it ready. Only managed a short nap before the start which is just not good enough:( Next year will be different!! Preparation...Preparation...Preparation.....Sleep...Sleep...Sleep In the CW leg Bjorn LB1GB will manage our fine station 73 de Olaf LB8IB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LP1H Class: M/M HP Total Score = 19,979,883 Deep heart thanks to Ramon LU5HM, Ramuco LU7HE and Monica LU8HFO for hosting this first time operation in the Multi Multi category fir this CQ WW DX SSB. As usual, during CQ WW the QRN levels were in about 20 DB over S9 on the low bands. Signals were way too attenuated for the Bebvs in most cases. Short but effective visit by Murphy. Power outage, led us to bee off the air for about 40 mins and another 2 hours in Low Power. Thanks to Ramon for adding a power generator to the station. We would have been off the air for almost three hours otherwise. Cooking was in charge of LU5HM, LU3HY and LU1NDC. Other minor Murphy visits were solved by LU5HM and LU1DK, both of them who climbed 100 ft towers to get things fixed. Both of them spent almost two hours on top of the towers under strong sun shine and winds. 10 Was okay. 15 Was tough from 10 to 20 UTC. EU and NA guys were having fun whilst we struggled to make some Qs. 20 was tough too. We made less Qs and mults than last year in M2! 40 M was tough too. But the new 40 M antenna helped overcome the band condx. Thanks to Eze LU1FDU for helping modeling the stack. 80 M....same as usual, but a lot harder this time around. 160. Tough. But we managed to make a few Qs. Thanks to Edy LU2DKT for his advice regarding the installation and fine tuning of the new vertical. Longer Bevs would have helped take the most out of the short US opening Saturday morning on 80 and 160. We'll figure out something to convice neighbors about a few new wires going through their backyards during CQ WW tests :-) Thank you all for giving us a call! Vy 73. LP1H Ops(LU5HM, LU2NI, LU3HY, LU1DK, LU1NDC, LU4DX, LU5DX, LW4EU, LW4HR, LW5HR) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LS1D Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,393,251 Thanks to ALL for the QSOs! Again have fun! The activity that we had in this competition was varied but are briefly discussed. Again, the storm was the queen over the weekend, recurring contests. A technical failure, resulting from the improper installation we had done to be from operating CQWWRTTY, better technical condition with the systems available, our time does not advance more quickly. The storm from start to elevate levels S9+++ on low bands and high band upper S5 began to erode from the type 23z Saturday night to be at good levels from 12Z Sunday. The beverages are not working good :( 10m: The activity was limited, we had good rates after repair we did on Sunday. 15m: Another band theoretically favorable eluded us getting poor feedback. 20m: With good results, limit the number achieved by the time spent. 40m: Low activity and limited technical question. 80m: Noise played against us, we must improve on RX systems 160m: Completely zero reception, we could not test the vertical. Continue to better the station for the CQWWCW. CU to ALL in the AIR end of November! 73 Team LS1D "Six Stars Contest Station" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LU1UM Class: M/S LP Total Score = 1,518,828 Nice Weekend we enjoyed a lot! -Young boys of the group are improving day by day their operational techniques. -Huge condx on 10m, but quite difficult to drill the EU-USA path with only 100W. -Please add M/S low power category, like in ARRL contests. Thanks to all people that contact us! 73, LU1UM Crew. LU Contest Group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LU4FM Class: M/M HP Total Score = 9,449,136 Congratulations to 5 new operators in his first M/M contest. Thank you all those who communicated to us. Very good conditions in 10M let's hope that they should keep on improving. 73 DX�'s Seba, LU4FPZ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LW3EWZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 92,617 Very difficult in low band , few hours of operation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LW7DUC Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 424,560 CQWWSSB Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2011-10-28 CallSign Used : LW7DUC Operator(s) : LW7DUC Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Band : 10M Power : LOW Mode : SSB Default Exchange : 13 Gridsquare : GF05PM Name : Claudio A. Kennel Address : Hernan Cortes 994 Buenos Aires City/State/Zip : El Talar 1618 Country : Argentina ARRL Section : DX Club/Team : LU Contest Group Software : N1MM Logger V11.10.2 Band QSOs Pts DXC Zn 28 1261 3660 28 88 Total 1261 3660 28 88 Score : 424.560 Rig : Kenwood TS-950S Antennas : 4el 3 bandas @ 20 meters hi Soapbox : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LW8DGV Class: M/M HP Total Score = 538,980 Only 17 m CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LX5T Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,179,568 It's been a while that I entered CQWW ssb contest as I prefer CW. Finally i worked longer than planed, about 22 hours, daytime. Amazing when 10 meters is opened. I have only dipoles on 10,15 and 20 meters. On 40 I am running since ever my 2element vertical array. It's been fun, 10 and 40 were my best bands. I will enter cqww cw for the entire contest, probably 40 single band as in the past years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LX7I Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,723,050 This was a great contest beside the fact that I had a flu and was not able to operate the 48 hours. I also lost my second TRX and was quite some time only SO1R. After a few years of mainly working on the station, I finally was able to fully operate again in the contest. The setup is not yet ready and I realy missed a second big monobander for a second direction. This will hopefully be changed next year and the existing antennes on 10M 15M and 20M will be the antennas for the second direction and some new stacks will be used for NA, our best direction from this QTH. Stay tuned!!! It is clear that my main antenna was pointing 90% of the time into NA :) I look forward to my new setup with better antennas for NA and JA!!! | EU | NA | SA | AF | AS | OC | ------------------------------------------------------- | 28.9% | 62.3% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5.7% | 0.9% | ------------------------------------------------------- Some more automation will also help to improve the OP to fully profit from this setup. Surely 7500 QSOs would have been possible from this QTH.I also need to improve my SO2R skills to increase my multipliers. thanks for all the QSOs, cu in the CQWW CW contest as M/S 73s de Philippe LX2A / LX7I My homepage www.lx2a.com will also be updated over the winter time, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY5E Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 107,732 SSB is tough on TB. Thanks for QSO's! Band didn't open to west. Longest (in time) QSOs were with C5A and KV4FZ. Countries Top 10: DL - 231 !!! UA - 116 UR - 71 SP - 73 OK - 49 I - 42 G - 35 PA - 34 UA9 -29 OH - 25 73! Arunas (Kept working on Beverages till Saturday evening, had to change computer on Saturday) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY7M Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 68,160 usa-8 ve-3 ja-0 asia rus-35 Trcvr Ts-590 +Pa 1kw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY7Z Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 14,168 FT897 set to 5W output AV 12 AVQ tribander vertical. Only 2 hours on the air. Cndx seems very good. TNX QSO's 73! Andy LY2TA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ2HA Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 130,430 Rig:FT757GX Ant:KT34A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ2SX Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 433,534 Great condition on higher bands! We all enjoyed it and especially QRP fellows. The lack of proper antennas for 40 and 80 forced me to try the same category. I have to say that having a good propagation on one hand and directional antenna on another -you will not feel as" a looser " on bands. Of corse you need to wait until BIG GUNS working the desired station before you but it gives you a time to find first another one . It was Search and Pounce mode work ,and I had a fun to listen and work very rare DX stations .It is not true that QRP is just loosing a time even without cluster. Will try to improve my aerial setup before CQ WW CW and to test it in LZ DX Contest. Good opportunity for CW contesters. Let condition be the same or litlle bit better... ;-) 73 Boyan / LZ2SX http://lz2ksb.blogspot.com/ 10-20 m- Hexbeam- up 7m 40-80m- Inverted Vee- up 7 m 5 Wtts -Trcv SD by Ei5DI logging software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ5K Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,649,375 See you next month ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ5R Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 10,841,740 The most enjoyable SSB contest from LZ5R!! See you in WW CW! LZ5R team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ9W Class: M/M HP Total Score = 19,959,667 It was as usual a rehearsal before CQWW CW for LZ9W team, but that is the best ever score for us in SSB part of CQWW since we started as M/M back in 2003. (6 milion pts claimed more than in 2010 ) What is encouraging is that last year difference in total mults of 121, compared to DR1A guys, was now reduced by some 50 % to 54 in 2011.We still struggle especially with mults from Africa due to the features of our QTH and we still need to improve the art of passing mults from band to band. 10m was in excellent shape, but openings on both days were of shorter duration here, so we could not keep up with QSO numbers. Even with 6 over 6 over 6 fixed to USA we still lack those 2-3 db which could make next layer of LP USA stations workable on 20m. Over 4000 QSO on 20m by DR1A are amazing ! Our new 40m band 4 el OWA yagi performance was excellent and we are sure it will be a very good weapon in CW part where the zoo on 40m band will be smaller. Without our 3 el yagi on 80m it was very difficult on SSB. Work is in progress and we hope to have our 3 el up for CW part of the contest. Antennas used: 160m - Inv.Vee at 35 m and RX Quad / RX phased small verticals 80m - Inv.Vee at 35 m and 2 el phased dipoles fixed to USA 40m - 4 el. OWA yagi rotary and 1/4 wave vertical 20m - 6/6/6 fixed USA, 4/4 fixed East , 6 el OWA rotary 15m - 6/6/6 fixed USA, 4/4 fixed East, 6 el OWA rotary 10m - 6/6/6/6 fixed USA, 4/4 rotary, 7 el OWA rotary Overall it was great fun to be part of CQWW contest race and we are looking forward to be in it again in CW part next month. 73, Wally LZ2CJ on behalf of LZ9W M/M contest team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M0OSH Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 50,954 IC-746 100W G7FEK + FD3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M0TNX Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 763,748 First ever major contest, an amazing experieence to WAZ and gain DXCC on one band in 24Hrs.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M4A Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 8,995,410 Wow, what a fantastic contest! Thanks to the solar cycle for making 15m and 10m so much better than in recent years, and to everyone who had QSOs with us. We set the English M/2 country record at 5.1M points just last year, and so it's especially great to be claiming such a substantially larger score in 2011. On the other hand, we were a little disappointed with our performance on the low bands and we are already planning a four-square to replace the pair of phased verticals that we use on 80m. As usual, we were pleased to welcome a number of new, young operators to the Cambridge University Wireless Society team. As I say each year, introducing new students to contesting is one of our primary objectives, so thanks to everyone who was patient with us if one of our ops was struggling to copy you. The CUWS shack cannot be permanently set-up for contesting, and so most of our equipment and antennas are installed only a few hours before the contest. This takes quite a lot of organisation and additional thanks therefore go to everyone who helped us and lent us equipment for the weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: MM0LID Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,767,215 Fantastic Conditions on all bands in time that operated... Great Result from my New QTH Thanks For All QSO's Setup : Rig : 775DSP Pwr : 100w Antennas : 160 : Wire 80 : Wire And Vert 40 : Vert And Nested Wires 20, 15, 10 : 2Ele Cubical Quad See You In Next One 73 De Scott MM0LID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0BUI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 313,941 Thank you for all the qso's. It was great to work that much DX. 73, Mike N0BUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0EOP Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 23,409 Great having 10 meters open. My GAP Titan DX and 100 Watts from the Yaseu FT-920 allowed me to work almost every station I heard. All the stations that I heard were being very helpful and polite. Next year I'll get more time in the chair and see what sort of a score I can get. Really ENJOYED the contest! THANKS to everyone that worked me. 73 Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0HR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,975,980 First time contesting at home QTH with an amp (SPE Expert 1k-fa). As usual, last minute scramble to get ready (set up amp with Dave KI0Q). A few hiccups but otherwise, worked great. Lowband antennas still pathetic and noise was very high on 80m. Had a great time on 10m. Glad to see the propagation coming back! See you in CW. Thanks for the Qs. Pat N0HR http://www.n0hr.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0IJ Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 4,481,360 Good time, good condx, good friends from our lake cabin location in far NW Wisconsin. Very sad we couldn't find a Z 39 for the sweep on 20. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KE Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,519,056 Just amazing especially on 10m. I had DXCC of 91 and WAZ of 36 on 10m alone. After realizing I had 37 zones overall as of Saturday and had bagged 34 thanks to ST2AR and 2, I was on the lookout for 36, 37 and 39. After working 5H3EE in 37 I started doing s serious search and next worked 5R8A in 39 not much above ESP who apparently didn't have a spot pileup. Not much later I found 9Q6CC high up on 10 with a huge unruly spot pileup and I recognized lots of familiar multiop calls in there. I let the rate suffer for about 2 hours just to see if I could make WAZ in CQWW for the first time ever and accomplished it. Lots of choice DX worked A52AB, XV9DX, XU7ACY, E2E, JW5E, A65CA, 9K2K, ER4A and the many stations from both China DXCCs. I only missed BY on 160 and 20. Just amazing the amount of activity from there! I would expect many records to fall. Also I wonder about the unusual number of US stations that called and some were obviously not new hams. Do these people need some Elmers to educate them? They can't possibly all need me for a multiplier. I'm not the Lone Ranger on this! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0LD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 133,518 This is my first real attempt at participating in this contest. I didn't treat it too seriously - my goal was to collect as many zones and countries as I could - QSOs weren't as important a goal. Sunday, I operated just on 10m - it was so darn good. 37 of 40 zones worked collectively. 78 unique countries - many on several bands. I never thought I'd have so much fun contesting for so long! I didn't even operate Friday evening and the overnights. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 459,679 FT-990 100W C3 @ 40', 160-80-40 Inverted Vee, 43' DX Engineering Vertical. MFJ 1026 Noise Canceller, ClrDSP outboard Audio DSP. Part-Time Effort starting late Saturday Night due to business trip. Goal was to beat last year's score with new antenna and station improvements, coupled with a few more sunspots. My local power company, one of the RUS outfits with no techincal expertise at all never has been able to stop the noise from the illegal 8-line electric gambling machines. Within one mile of my QTH there are over 50 --- I have written a bill for the Texas Legislature to force the authorities to close these dens of "inequity" down. But WAIT! I finally beat the lousy line maintenance and the noise from the gamblers. The addition of the ClrDSP audio filter combined with the noise cancellation box let me hear the weak ones! And such a quiet pleasure... turn the two boxes off and its a 20 over line sterady with bursts from the gambling machines. I have sorta won the battle but not the war. Conditions on 10 Meters were alluring, late Sunday I set a new goal ... to work DXCC this weekend on SSB. I almost made it, 99 countries worked on 10 and seven others heard I could not beat the pileup to reach. I did make the main goal, tripling my score from last year. 73, Jim N1CC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1DG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,976,812 Amazing condx. Saturday Noreaster didn't help. New personal best from home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1EU Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,012,736 Believe me, I have long been a card carrying member of the “cw contesters who loathe ssb contesting” club. Between the splatter-covered bands crowded with 3 dx stations running in every kilohertz of usable bandwidth and the impossible-to-understand over-compressed audio, I limit my ssb contest activity to gathering a few hundred thousand points toward the club effort. Gulp. Honestly, I didn’t mean to really end up shouting all that much into the microphone this weekend but I just couldn’t help myself. Conditions on the high bands were just too incredible to stay away, despite the bands being filled with more splatter (and dx stations) than I’ve EVER heard before. This was my first contest with the new-to-me 3-element SteppIR, which replaced a Force 12 C3S at 60ft. Although the C3S over-performed in every way for the last 10 years, the improvement with the SteppIR was not subtle. Things just seemed louder on both ends and slipping through dense pileups was the norm. A highlight was working A52AB (15M) on the first (okay, maybe second) call. The sloppy snow storm Saturday sent SWR all over the map, especially on the 40M dipole. I wrongly concluded that the antenna had broken and I gave up operating 40M for all of Saturday night. This was a mistake, and in retrospect I should have just brought the tuner in-line and continued to operate. 15M and 10M opened early (1100Z/1130Z respectively) and stayed open late, with fb openings into Asia. As good as the high bands were, 160/80M were terrible with very weak signals. I won’t run in a ssb contest unless I can find a clear frequency. I refuse to put up with a lot of noise impinging from neighbors, making it difficult to pull out the really weak callers. Contesting is all about fun for me and an unclear run frequency is NOT fun for me. So for ssb contests, running is out of the question unless 10M is open, which hasn't been the case for several years - 20M/15M are impossible to find a clear ssb run freq. And that’s why more than 50% of my qso’s were on 10M and why my score shot up this year. Run rates really got up there, often seeing 300+ on the meter. What is so frustrating on the other hand, is that even though I’d go well up the band (28.9+Mhz), it was only a matter of a short time before significant splatter entered my passband. Always. And I'd just pull up the stakes and move. Oh well, I guess it’s the wild west until the contesting community embraces the available technology (wideband spectrum analyzing recorders) or otherwise tries to clean up the bands instead of relying on "might makes right". The same issue applies to key clickers to some extent during cw contests. But I'm convinced the problem is getting worse, not better. WHY DO SO MANY STATIONS THINK OVER-COMPRESSED SPLATTERED SIGNALS ARE STRONGER OR GETTING THROUGH BETTER ON THE RECEIVING END? And why don't they simply turn on a second receiver and listen to themselves? Since this is all about having fun, I played with three different radios through the contest: Elecraft K3, a modified Ten-Tec Omni 6 and an enhanced Ten-Tec Orion. SSB contests are brutal on the ears and I’m always searching for more listenable audio solutions as well as better separation of calling stations in a pileup, which seems to be a weakness of the K3. I’m a big proponent of the work K3NA has done on maximizing audio dynamic range and I always turn off AGC when running, use high isolation headphones, and run high AF Gain and low RF Gain �" however, this honestly hasn’t helped that much in improving K3 pileup readability. There is no question in my mind that the modified analog i.f./audio chain of my Omni 6 is MUCH smoother sounding than the dsp radios. It is just much easier to listen to, especially over extended periods of time, and also sounds better at reduced ssb bandwidth. Additionally, I believe (just a theory) that there is inherent compression in the dsp circuits and analog-digital-analog conversion of the K3. This compression results in great difficulty to separate signals in a pileup, even when going to extreme measures to maximize dynamic range. Turning off AGC and maximizing listening isolation won’t solve what I believe is this inherent dsp compression flaw. Much more investigation and experimenting (a la K3NA) needs to be done to start to crack this issue and get beyond just throwing theories into the ring. Again, I have proved to myself that the pileup readability issue with the K3 is NOT the AGC. That’s why I continue to experiment with my modified Omni 6. I need to add a roofing filter and ssb monitor. Adding a subreceiver for diversity is going to be a challenge ;-) Thanks for all the q’s and sorry for the callers that I couldn’t pull out �" despite the fb condx, there was still quite a bit of qsb near the noise floor on 10M. 73, Barry N1EU Station: Elecraft K3, Ten-Tec Orion, Ten-Tec Omni 6 (one at a time) Acom 2000A 160M inv L 80M wire vert 580ft Beverages NE,SE,NW,SW 40M dipole 20M-10M 3-element SteppIR @ 60ft N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1IW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 211,874 Like most New Englanders, I got wacked by Murphy with 15" of snow here in SE NH. No permanent antenna damage but lots of clean up required. Put in some time at low power on the generator Sunday afternoon/evening. Conditions were awesome on the high bands. Let's hope the sun stays stoked up for CW. 73. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1LN Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 9,560,443 With every week prior to a Contest Weekend, whoever is part of the team, has an email discussion about goal setting. CQWW-SSB was no exception. The only difference this weekend was that we reached our goals long before the end of the contest. So, we quickly reset our goals higher and changed our conversation to forecasting what scores some of the big stations would turn in. Based on some of the early postings to 3830 we were not only low on our initial goal setting, but also on what a big score would look like. Records were broken this weekend. The short story, 10 meters was OPEN and it was fun. In total, our team had seven operators, and I thank them all for their flexibility with the operating schedule. It was great to have both Nate, N4YDU, and Kaz, W4KAZ, back for another contest weekend. Another frequent team member is Rob. KA1ARB. He was supposed to arrive Saturday night, but got stranded in New York City because of the snow and did not arrive until almost 1800 UTC on Sunday. When his plane landed at RDU, his next stop was here. Even though he was quite tired from a stressful weekend, he stayed to the end and closed out the contest with me. We were also able to get a couple PVRC members out of semi-contest retirement. Pete, AD4L, was able to stay for the entire contest and Jim, WW4M, was able to rearrange a family commitment so he could help out Friday night to mid-day Saturday. We also had a relatively new ham, Derek, W4DTB, stop by on Saturday afternoon for a couple of hours. This was the first time Derek participated in one of the WW majors. We think he may be hooked. I was number seven. We just can’t have a 48 hour contest weekend without a visit from Mr. Murphy. Early Friday afternoon I just got in the house from my usual beverage walk and tower, coax, antenna inspection. The next step was to test the software, networking and antennas. All was well except for the top 20 meter antenna. The SWR was over 4 to 1. Panic set in. I had replaced the coax about 2 months ago after a similar issue. Now what? The good news here is that the problem went away. The better news was that it stayed away. This Saturday, before ARRL SS I will be up the tower with tools. The next issue was computer related. I had just rebuilt XP on my left computer due to a virus. It was working fine. About 8 hours into the contest a WriteLog started to run very slow and then hung. It was time for a CTRL ALT DEL and reboot. From then on it was fine. That was our last visit from Mr. Murphy. Now on to the fun, and we had lots of it. The bands were in great shape, FINALLY. 10 and 15 meters were very busy with strong signals and fortunately the K3s were always able to find run frequencies. 20 meters was open almost all night, closing only for about 1.5 hours. The dead time was weird. It was early into my 0900 to 1200 UTC Sunday shift. I was moving between 20, 80 and 160 while Pete worked the busier 40 meters. One minute 20 was crowded with a good Europe opening. The next minute I could only hear about 5 signals on the band. I thought the top antenna failed again, but no. Strange. The highlight of the weekend was listening to Nate and Kaz on their 1200 to 1500 UTC Sunday shift. Kaz was on 10 and Nate was on 15. They had the best 3 hour shift of the weekend with a combined Q count of 569 and the best one hour rate of 260. It was during their run that both of our original goals were surpassed and new goals were set. 80 and 160 were quite noisy which impacted both our Q and mult counts. Both bands were under our 2010 results. Congratulations to everyone that participated this weekend and had the opportunity to experience one of the best, if not THE BEST, propagation weekends in recent history. I know we all had a fun weekend and hope to have a few more during this cycle. Now it is time for the counting and error checking. 73, Bruce �" N1LN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1TM Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 135,850 Well this wasnt much fun. Decided to rest Friday night to recover from a busy work week. Got caught up in the noreaster that hit much earlier and more severe than predicted on Saturday .Ended up using the generator (guess thats 1E QRP :-) ). Roads were impassable Sat night and used the generator / operated part time as we were low on fuel. Branches were iced over which limited beam rotation north to NE. But conditions were great! Been a long time since we have had great conditions on 10. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1UR Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 4,183,920 Well, that was way cool. Very fun to see the sun spots stick around for CQWW SSB weekend. 10M had been opening to JA for a few weeks before and decided to stay that way for the contest, which was great. EU was a virtual wall of signals on 10M from about 1130Z to 1700Z here and then South America seemed endless with PYs and LUs and CXs on 10M both days...where are those guys when conditions aren't as good? I had my goal as beating K1ZM's CQ WW SSB Low Power USA record and felt that this could be the first year since setting up my station in 2004 that is would be doable. The last few years, I have been kind of in a funk on CQ WW SSB looking to get a rate groove going. I upgraded my software to give me more flexibility, and of course 10M open really spreads out the table to allow that. So I rushed in. You know that you have been running when there are still EU Multi-Multis that you haven't worked on Sunday afternoon on 20M doing a pass. I knew that the record would be breakable by the halfway mark where my score was already 1.9 Million. Using the tried and true formula of double it and add 10%, that was 4.2 Million which was exactly what my score ended up being. I crossed my QSO personal best at 1326Z (1745 Qs) aand the number Qs that Jeff had in 2002 at 1416Z Sunday (1950). I crossed Jeff's gross total at 1840Z and the rest was to add to the new record. I was surprised that 80M was as good as it was considering the geomagnetic activity. 160M was the worst I have seen it. One EU QSO the whole weekend and Carib activity seemed light and the stations that were there were mostly very light. I can think of lost of usual places that I dod not work this weekend...8P, VP2E, VP2V, J6, FS. Plus I would normally work J8, J3, V4, V3, J7, 9Y on more than one band or so. Heck, that could be 30 - 40 mults right there. Plus no HC8. Mults were not as easy as they should have been for the conditions. I am amazed at how many mults Jeff worked in his record setting 2002. That was no where near my showing. However with essentially 500 more Qs, I was able to make up the difference. CQ WW is all about the balance between rate and mults anyway. Some other thoughts: 10M is an interesting situation when the band is wide open during a contest. Its unique in how stations spread out. There was activity above 29 Mhz (haven;t seen that since 2003) which is 700 khz of activity. And you could find good mults all over the spectrum. There was essentially no "prime real estate like on 15 - 80M. 40M is still a mess. You have people who could not transmit before above 7100 that are now transmitting above that but listening up above 7200. Whats the point of that? The air is clearer below 7100. Same on the US side tranmitting in the 7125 - 7200 window but listening down. We should all get together and just decide that EU will listen above 7200 and USA will listen below 7125 and everyone in the commom 7125 - 7200 window will go simplex. Is that so hard? More JA activity than I have ever heard from W1. Great to see. But where has Korea gone?? Also excellent BY activity. ZL and VK seemed very light here but I am not strong to the pacific so maybe that was from my QTH only. We can only hope that the CW portion sticks with this trend. Lots of fun. By the way, we only got a couple inches and just a few wind gusts out of that storm up here in North Central Vermont. Sorry to hear of all the mauhem just 100 miles to the south of us. Thanks for the Qs. Ed N1UR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2BJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,034,448 10M was terrific!! Signals on SSB up to 29.3! I knew I couldn't do a full time effort as I had Grandkids birthday party Saturday PM (Prime time) and had a Sunday committment for the same time so and 7-8hr chunk out of prime time. I think Friday night might be wasted with low run rates from Midwest trying to get over the East Coast pile on 40 and 80 to Europe and Carribean so I quit at 10 on Friday with awful rates and only 250 q's. But in the AM 10 was DOUBLE WOW! This may have been my personal best from a home station with Triband beam! My Micro MKII Keyer DVM and audio to Writelog Memories STILL DOES NOT WORK THAT BOX is TORTURE! Audio will not route properly for any of the programs in Windows 7 Professional. I may end up going back to a simple Rigblaster Pro. It does work OK on RTTY and CW but NOT Phone. BJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 44,678 Started out LP with a broken antenna. Half of the first director on my TH6DXX was missing. 10m was so good I decided to climb the tower and fix the antenna. Did that and also fired up the amp. It was great to have 10m hopping! I sure hope it stays that way for the CW contest. K3, Drake L7 (900w), TH6DXX @ 48', N1MM. 73, Tom N2CU <>< K3 #3582 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2EIK Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 101,676 It was great to see ten meters open! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2FF Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 265,050 Great contest despite a Nor’easter that came through on Saturday with plenty of snow and wind we did not loose power or antennas. It was a good weekend to be inside and on the radio. I decided on single op assisted, single band operation for ten meters. I did make a number of contacts Friday night on 40, 20 and 15 meters and also on Saturday morning and evening when ten was not open. Those points go to YCCC and the Owls team effort. My all band score was 800 QSO’s and 805, 143 points for almost 24 hours of operation. With winds predicted to reach 60 mph or more Saturday afternoon I kept my 3 element quad at 30 feet for the entire contest. As great as things were it would have been much better to have it at 50 feet. But that was a risk I was not willing to take at the first contest of the season. Also I had no problems with snow static. Some experts claim that is because it is not high enough. The splatter may have made up for the lack of snow static. I started on ten at 12:57 Saturday morning just as the band was opening here and it was go all the time pouncing on packet spots. I tried running once and made about five QSO’s before someone moved in on top of my 100 watts. I decided I would be a “packet pouncer” for the rest of the contest figuring I would wast les time that way trying to establish run frequencies. Fortunately my mouse hand made it through without injury. I also did not bother to load the voice keyer with the contest exchanges. My voice lasted but my wife did accuse me of yelling at the radio. She pointed out correctly that would not have been good in a multi operation. In 40 plus years of marriage she has learned more than I realized about the contest addiction. In all I had six hours with rates above 40/hour and two above 60/hour. It’s not running but I probably had more mults than were I running. When I threw in the tower at 2243 Sunday night I had a total of 800 QSO’s with 588 of them on ten meters and some 124 countries and 31 zones for 265,050 points for ten meters. It has been a long time since I had 124 countries on ten meters in any contest. In fact I am not sure that I have ever had that many. While I did not set any record I believe that I did manage to increase my numbers for the DXCC Challenge. It will take me awhile to figure that out. Meanwhile thanks to all the great operators in far distant lands who listening for my signal and made it so much fun. Our ears are collective well splattered after this experience. It will be fun to read others summaries and adventures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2GA Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 109,135 Work commitments limited my time to Sunday only. It was great to see 10 meters open so well to most parts of the world! Thanks to all the fine contesters out there that pull my callsign out of the noise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2GC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,506,447 IC756PROIII, AL-1200, low dipoles 99% S&P. Started out as unassisted but got tired of twisting the knob on Sunday and turned on the cluster. Fun weekend of DXing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2IC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,939,488 This was my 8th CQWW Phone since moving to New Mexico. However, it's the first time that there have been a significant number of sunspots. As a result, this was a very different contest than the previous 7 years. In honor of the return of 10 meters, I'll do a long writeup for your entertainment. If you just want some stats, scroll down to the bottom for CBS output ( http://www.kkn.net/~n6tv/cbs ). Or you can just hit Delete once you have seen the “executive summary” above. No really big changes to the station this year. The 5 element 10 meter monobander was redesigned into 6 elements, with a 34 foot boom. The venerable TS-950SDX's were replaced with TS-590's (which I love, by the way). I started warming up for the contest at 2350Z around 28310. Called a number of “CQ DX”, and only attracted various KJ4's. Finally got fed up when “Jeremy, from the Puget Sound, running a Moonraker” called. Took me a minute to figure out he was an illegal Cber. Smartly, I jumped to 28519, and had a 203 QSO first hour, almost 100% DX. 9V1IZ was the only relatively rare station amongst the bunch. The 10 meter party died early, and I was running on 15 meters beginning at 0119Z. Only 41 minutes later, 15 became unrunnable, and I was down on 20 meters, hoping for a good JA run there. Surprise ! The few JA's were weak and hollow-sounding. Unfortunately, this pattern was repeated on Saturday night. I only worked a total of 23 JA's on 20 meters ! During the low sunspot years, I was working 10 times as many JA on 20 meters ! 20 meters didn't last long, either, and I found myself doing S&P on 40 beginning at 0238Z. I alternated between S&P on 40, and S&P on 20 for the next hour. This routine seemed awfully familiar from the low sunspot years. By 04Z, it was all 40 and 80 meters, S&P. I checked 160 a few times, and it was very discouraging. Heard plenty of single-op big-gun DX stations, but they only stayed long enough on 160 for a few zone multipliers before they went back to rate bands, never again to be heard running on 160. Completely untouchable by me, with my New Mexico QTH and just a single vertical on 160. 80 marginally opened to Europe at their sunrise, but it was good enough to pick off some multipliers. My 2 element wire beam plays pretty well, but only covers 100 kHz of the band. I can't go much below 3700, or above 3800. Lots of missed Europe as a result. Back to 40 to S&P some Europe, while waiting for 40 to open to JA around 07Z, and a much-anticipated JA run. Well, another unpleasant JA surprise. For all of Friday night/Saturday morning, 40 was the poorest to JA that I have ever heard it. Several times I went outside with a flashlight to make sure the beam really was pointed at JA. However, something remarkable did happen during this period. I had my first-ever 40 meter SSB Europe run. 40 sounded really good to Europe, but the prime real estate between 7128 and 7200 was packed. I went split between 7204/7046, and to my amazement, got answers ! At 0740Z I went down to 7157 simplex to try a JA run (again), and an even better European run resulted. The next hour was one of the highlights of the weekend ! Finally, between 09Z and 1255Z, I settled into a fair JA run on 40. The band was definitely down in that direction, with many of the JA's being weaker than the Europeans I worked earlier. I went to 20 meters at 1256Z, hoping for some good Europe before jumping to the higher bands. Nope. Too much absorption on the eastern side of that path. However, 9K2K and A47RS were good catches. I did a quick look on 80, about 20 minutes before sunrise, and did work BY4QA for a good double multiplier. At 1319Z, it was off to the races on 15 meters. A fun 45 minutes, with 94 QSO's in the log. At 1405Z (30 minutes after sunrise), the fun really began. 28729 was pretty clear, and I stayed there for the next 3 hours. My rates in those 3 hours were 196, 135 and 120. Even had a JA and C91KHN call me on 10 during the Europe run. I didn't even attempt to move multipliers to 15 meters, for fear of losing my run frequency. In this day of packet spots, and point-and-click search-and-pouncing, I think it's important to try to run on the same frequency for long periods of time, so that you stay in the bandmaps. Let's face it, if you are a packet-assisted station, and your bandmap shows several hundred unworked spots, it's a lot faster and easier to point-and-click than to tune the frequency dial. By 1700Z, 10 was showing signs of petering out. I needed make the most of 15 meters before it also closed to Europe. Unfortunately, 15 was packed, and on the way out, and I couldn't hold a frequency well enough to hear many of the stations that were calling me. The next few hours were all S&P, alternating between 10, 15 and 20 meters, with none of those bands being runnable. The rate was pretty good doing S&P during this time since most of the running stations had not been previously worked. However, rates in the 60's and 70's feel awfully slow after doing 150+ hours ! I needed lots of Caribbean stations on 10, but the band wasn't cooperating. We didn't have propagation to Zone 8 until much later in the afternoon. Sunrise came to Japan, and 15 and 10 meters opened nearly simultaneously around 2100Z. I stayed on 21202 from 2100Z until 2354Z, but the rate wasn't very good, and I made lots of 2nd radio QSO's on 10 and 20 meters. Went to 10 meters at 2357Z, which, in retrospect, seems late. Finished the first day with 2086 QSO's and about 2.7M points. The rule of thumb is that you make 2/3 of your QSO's and ½ of your score in the first 24 hours, so that put me on target for 3100 QSO's and 5.4M points. The rate took right off on 28352, with a 144 hour at 00Z. 10 meters stayed open later than the previous night. A little slower in the 01Z hours, which allowed some 2nd radio QSO's on 15, including A52AB. Around 0130Z I remember thinking to myself “It's pitch black outside, and I'm having a great, QRM-free JA run on 10 meters. It doesn't get much better than this”. Moved to 15 meters at 0146Z, hoping for more, but just as 10 and 15 opened simultaneously, they closed almost simultaneously, and I abandoned 15 meters at 0213Z. However, that was a good 30 minutes for multipliers, with JT1RF calling, and moved to 20 meters. The last 15 meter QSO was EX7ML at 0213Z, another great multiplier. Moved to 20, again hoping for a good JA run, which didn't happen. However, 20 was wide open to zones 17, 18, 19 and 21. The signals from those areas were incredibly strong for about an hour. Some of the good stuff worked in that opening were VU2AU, EY7AD, HZ1BL, OJ0X, A73A and TF3AM, as well as numerous UN's. and UA9's. At 0330Z I made a very quick check of 40 and 80 meters, before getting some much needed rest from 0339Z to 0534Z. Awake again at 0534Z, because I didn't want to miss Europe sunrise on the low bands. 40 and 80 were good to Europe (by New Mexico standards) but I had already worked a lot of the big guns. The biggest surprise was hearing C37N on 160 meters at 0628Z. Amazingly, he heard me, too, for the only mainland Europe station heard all weekend on 160. Went QRT again at 0652Z, for another cat-nap until 0836Z. Came back on and had a mediocre run of JA on 7169, and did lots of tuning of the 2nd radio on 80 and 160. I had worked nothing south of the equator on those bands. Usually I pick up LU, CX, CE, PY2 on 80 around their sunrise, but this year, nothing. I also tried moving several VK's from 40 to 80. Nothing. If my recollection is correct, the only southern hemisphere stations I worked on 80 were E51Z, TX5A, and an extremely weak ZM4T. Kept plugging away on 40 meters until 1226Z, but these were the slowest hours of the contest, with 36, 27 and 37 hours. I'm sure there were many Japanese stations who elected to stay on the high bands during this time, working Europe. Had a short run of JA on 80 meters around 1230Z. This was the only time I CQ'd on 80 all weekend. VR2EH had a good signal on 80 around 1300Z, and was an easy QSO. The sunrise hour (13Z-14Z) was very disappointing. 20 and 15 were packed and simply not runnable to Europe from here. Jumped to 28802 at 1415Z, and it was off to the races, with 118, 111, 103 and 113 hours, which included a fair number of 2nd radio QSO's on 15 meters. For about 30 minutes during the 16Z hour, I did S&P on 10 meters which was very productive �" it was all European big guns who were running during the USA opening, and hadn't called me while I was running. 10 stayed open longer on Sunday, and I ran Europe until 1830Z. Up to this point, I was really hurting on 20 meters into Europe. The daytime absorption was a killer, and by the time the absorption goes down in the late afternoon, only EA and F stations still have 20 meter propagation. Unfortunately at 1830Z (local noon) 20 was still poor. 1830Z to 1930Z was spent doing S&P on 20 15, and 10. Good multipliers with C5A, ZD8O and 5H3EE on 10, and ST2AR on 15. However, no Zone 39. That is the only zone I didn't work on any band all weekend. At 1932Z, something remarkable happened. 21447 was clear ! Eastern European propagation was gone on 15, but I attracted a steady, slow stream of mostly DL, G, PA, ON, F, EA. I held 21447 for 2 ½ hours. This sure beat the grind of S&P during those normally slow hours ! Lots of good mults called , and many of them were moved to other bands. This included ZS6LF (moved to 20), FP/KV1J (moved to 10 and 20), MU0GSY, 9Y4VU (moved to 10), 5X1D, HR1RTF. For the last 2 hours I ran JA on 10 meters, while using the 2nd radio to make QSO's on 15 and 20. It never ceases to amaze me how many multipliers I find in the last hour. This included T70A, ZD8O, VE2IM, 6Y9X, HP1/IZ6BRN and CO2CW on 20, VE2IM and 9M8YY on 10, ZD8O, 3XY1D, and 6Y9X on 15. It was a great weekend. The station worked almost perfectly, with no issues that couldn't be resolved in a minute or less. Thanks for all the DX QSO's, and for not QRMing me too much when I was running. 73, Steve, N2IC Station: TS-590S (x2), Alpha 76PA, Alpha 76CA, N1MM Logger 10 meters: 6 elements @ 35 feet, KT-36XA @ 75 feet 15 meters: 6 elements @ 35 feet, KT-36XA @75 feet 20 meters: 5 elements @ 60 feet, KT-36XA @ 75 feet 40 meters: M2 4M4LLDD (4 elements, linear loading) @ 110 feet 80 meters: 2 element wire beam, switchable SW/NE @ 105 feet, inverted vee SE/NW @ 105 feet 160 meters: vertical, sloping dipole Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10e) CALLSIGN: N2IC CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH SSB OPERATORS: N2IC -------------- 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 8 195 203 203 5.7 0100 0 0 0 6 76 58 140 343 3.9 0200 0 0 18 52 12 0 82 425 2.3 0300 0 0 25 33 0 0 58 483 1.6 0400 4 6 17 0 0 0 27 510 0.8 0500 3 21 5 2 0 0 31 541 0.9 0600 0 6 39 0 0 0 45 586 1.3 0700 3 9 71 0 0 0 83 669 2.3 0800 0 12 62 0 0 0 74 743 2.1 0900 3 6 50 0 0 0 59 802 1.7 1000 0 5 66 1 0 0 72 874 2.0 1100 0 4 52 2 0 0 58 932 1.6 1200 0 1 69 7 0 0 77 1009 2.2 1300 0 3 0 21 94 0 118 1127 3.3 1400 0 0 0 0 12 184 196 1323 5.5 1500 0 0 0 0 12 123 135 1458 3.8 1600 0 0 0 0 18 102 120 1578 3.4 1700 0 0 0 2 46 17 65 1643 1.8 1800 0 0 0 0 30 31 61 1704 1.7 1900 0 0 0 0 24 34 58 1762 1.6 2000 0 0 0 31 0 34 65 1827 1.8 2100 0 0 0 3 67 6 76 1903 2.1 2200 0 0 0 7 64 20 91 1994 2.6 2300 0 0 0 13 75 4 92 2086 2.6 0000 0 0 0 0 0 144 144 2230 4.1 0100 0 0 0 6 25 61 92 2322 2.6 0200 0 0 0 52 20 0 72 2394 2.0 0300 0 1 3 26 0 0 30 2424 0.8 0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2424 0.0 0500 2 3 9 0 0 0 14 2438 0.4 0600 4 9 10 2 0 0 25 2463 0.7 0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2463 0.0 0800 0 4 22 0 0 0 26 2489 0.7 0900 0 1 49 0 0 0 50 2539 1.4 1000 0 1 35 0 0 0 36 2575 1.0 1100 0 5 22 0 0 0 27 2602 0.8 1200 0 15 19 3 0 0 37 2639 1.0 1300 0 0 0 24 27 0 51 2690 1.4 1400 0 0 0 0 23 95 118 2808 3.3 1500 0 0 0 0 11 100 111 2919 3.1 1600 0 0 0 0 5 98 103 3022 2.9 1700 0 0 0 0 7 106 113 3135 3.2 1800 0 0 0 9 5 38 52 3187 1.5 1900 0 0 0 0 48 10 58 3245 1.6 2000 0 0 0 2 70 11 83 3328 2.3 2100 0 0 0 10 46 4 60 3388 1.7 2200 0 0 0 0 17 55 72 3460 2.0 2300 0 0 0 30 6 19 55 3515 1.6 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 19 112 643 344 848 1549 3515 Gross QSOs=3547 Dupes=32 Net QSOs=3515 Unique callsigns worked = 2743 The best 60 minute rate was 205/hour from 0001 to 0100 The best 30 minute rate was 228/hour from 1419 to 1448 The best 10 minute rate was 258/hour from 0001 to 0010 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSOs/minute 7 times. 5 QSOs/minute 27 times. 4 QSOs/minute 92 times. 3 QSOs/minute 267 times. 2 QSOs/minute 619 times. 1 QSOs/minute 931 times. There were 491 bandchanges and 197 (5.6%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 39 4 774 5 1154 6 1492 7 8 8 38 9 4 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3A 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 3D2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 3V 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 3X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4X 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5B 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 5H 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 5X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 6Y 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.1 8R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9A 0 1 3 4 5 16 29 0.8 9K 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 9M2 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0.1 9M6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 9Q 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 9V 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 9Y 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 A4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 A5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 A7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 BV 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1 BY 0 2 6 1 16 27 52 1.5 C3 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 C5 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.1 C6 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.1 C9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 CE 0 0 2 2 3 8 15 0.4 CM 0 2 3 1 2 2 10 0.3 CN 0 1 0 2 2 1 6 0.2 CT 0 1 3 6 5 8 23 0.7 CT3 0 1 2 2 1 2 8 0.2 CU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 CX 0 0 0 0 2 12 14 0.4 D4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 DL 0 3 29 9 55 127 223 6.3 DU 0 0 3 0 3 2 8 0.2 EA 0 5 7 13 28 67 120 3.4 EA6 0 1 0 2 1 2 6 0.2 EA8 0 2 0 3 5 5 15 0.4 EA9 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0.1 EI 0 1 6 4 9 10 30 0.9 ER 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1 ES 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.1 EU 0 0 1 1 3 3 8 0.2 EX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 EY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 F 0 4 16 5 18 55 98 2.8 FG 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 FM 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.1 FP 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1 FR/j 0 2 2 2 3 3 12 0.3 FY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 G 0 1 15 5 26 91 138 3.9 GD 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 GI 0 0 0 0 4 6 10 0.3 GM 0 0 3 2 8 14 27 0.8 *GM/s 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 GU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GW 0 1 1 0 2 7 11 0.3 HA 0 0 3 2 5 5 15 0.4 HB 0 0 2 0 3 10 15 0.4 HB0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 HC 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1 HI 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 0.1 HK 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.1 HL 0 0 5 0 9 11 25 0.7 HP 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 HR 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1 HS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 HZ 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 I 0 1 10 8 21 71 111 3.2 *IG9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 *IT9 0 0 3 3 2 5 13 0.4 J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 JA 0 15 234 23 232 342 846 24.1 JT 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.1 K 2 5 64 10 64 89 234 6.7 KH0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 KH2 0 0 2 0 2 4 8 0.2 KH6 2 3 12 3 6 15 41 1.2 KL 0 1 4 7 6 6 24 0.7 KP2 1 2 3 2 4 6 18 0.5 KP4 0 1 1 1 2 3 8 0.2 LA 0 0 3 3 4 8 18 0.5 LU 0 0 3 4 5 42 54 1.5 LX 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 0.2 LY 0 0 3 2 7 7 19 0.5 LZ 0 0 1 1 2 10 14 0.4 OA 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.1 OD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 OE 0 0 2 2 1 8 13 0.4 OH 0 1 3 13 6 4 27 0.8 OH0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 OJ0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 OK 0 0 3 3 19 26 51 1.5 OM 0 0 3 3 3 5 14 0.4 ON 0 0 7 3 9 29 48 1.4 OZ 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 0.2 P4 0 2 2 1 4 3 12 0.3 PA 0 0 8 2 10 48 68 1.9 PJ2 1 2 2 2 2 2 11 0.3 PJ7 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 0.1 PY 0 2 5 6 13 41 67 1.9 PZ 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 S5 0 0 6 5 8 15 34 1.0 SM 0 0 4 2 2 12 20 0.6 SP 0 1 14 7 14 27 63 1.8 ST 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SV 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.1 T7 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 TA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 TF 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0.1 TI 1 2 2 1 1 2 9 0.3 TK 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 UA 0 0 12 15 13 3 43 1.2 UA2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UA9 0 0 12 48 20 9 89 2.5 UN 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0.3 UR 0 0 0 1 8 11 20 0.6 V2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1 V5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1 VE 6 23 45 37 55 57 223 6.3 VK 0 0 17 2 1 26 46 1.3 VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2 VP5 1 2 0 1 2 1 7 0.2 VP9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VR 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 0.1 VU 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 XE 3 2 2 2 2 2 13 0.4 YB 0 0 10 0 4 3 17 0.5 YL 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0.2 YO 0 0 0 0 8 14 22 0.6 YS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 YU 0 0 4 4 8 5 21 0.6 YV 0 2 1 1 2 2 8 0.2 Z2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 Z3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZD8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1 ZF 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 ZK2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZL 0 1 2 1 2 12 18 0.5 ZP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 ZS 0 0 0 1 3 4 8 0.2 ??? 0 2 1 1 3 1 8 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19 112 643 344 848 1549 3515 ------------ 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 1 18 108 58 193 505 883 24.9 25 0 15 239 23 241 353 871 24.6 15 0 5 60 63 107 199 434 12.2 04 4 12 45 26 55 54 196 5.5 05 1 3 19 11 33 69 136 3.8 03 3 10 44 7 29 23 116 3.3 08 3 14 13 11 17 23 81 2.3 16 0 0 13 20 22 17 72 2.0 13 0 0 3 4 7 54 68 1.9 11 0 2 5 6 13 42 68 1.9 24 0 3 7 1 20 31 62 1.7 20 0 0 1 2 11 31 45 1.3 31 2 4 12 3 7 16 44 1.2 09 1 6 5 7 10 14 43 1.2 30 0 0 16 1 1 24 42 1.2 18 0 0 4 19 10 6 39 1.1 33 0 6 4 8 9 11 38 1.1 17 0 0 2 29 3 0 34 1.0 19 0 0 7 8 9 4 28 0.8 32 0 2 3 2 5 15 27 0.8 01 0 1 4 8 8 6 27 0.8 28 0 0 10 0 6 10 26 0.7 27 0 0 6 0 5 7 18 0.5 12 0 0 2 2 3 8 15 0.4 07 1 2 2 2 3 5 15 0.4 06 3 2 2 2 2 2 13 0.4 02 0 3 2 3 2 1 11 0.3 38 0 0 0 1 4 6 11 0.3 35 0 2 2 2 2 2 10 0.3 10 0 1 1 1 2 3 8 0.2 21 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0.2 29 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1 40 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0.1 23 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.1 36 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1 26 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1 22 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1 37 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 19 112 643 344 848 1549 3515 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 2251 2 bands 315 3 bands 105 4 bands 47 5 bands 19 6 bands 6 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: KH6MB KH7X PJ2T TI8M C37N VP2MDG ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 5 16 368 159 493 1210 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2MM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,375,300 I guess age is finally catching up with me as my total hours keeps dropping. Everything worked, condx were good, but it was SSB (yuck) I can't wait for CW. Thanks for all the q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2RJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,840,816 This contest was CQWW but it bore the hallmarks of some other contests. How about field day? An unusual October snowfall resulted in widespread power outages. 2PM Saturday the lights blinked off so we ran the generator. Utility power came back around 2230z Sunday. That snowfall also killed my 80m inverted vee , hence the relatively few contacts on that band. 10 meter contest? Yeah. 10 meters was rocking non-stop, as you can see. Anyway I'm not complaining since this is my highest CQWW score ever. 73 Ryan, N2RJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2VW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,063,944 Nice to see 10 open again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,051,653 Wow, obviously 10m was the big story, although 15 seemed pretty good too. I had planned to only spend a little time on 10, mostly interested in seeing if I could work 100 DXCC, came close, got hooked on stopping and running. There were signals a ways above 29MHz and all sorts of interesting calls to be had. It's a hell of a lot of ground to cover S&P, and running sometimes seemed limiting. Still, many new calls and I'm sure more than a few "antenna limited" folks finally got a chance at working the world. I can see where being assisted would be a major benefit now. Spent too much time on the low bands, but that happens, particularly when you can't sleep. 75 didn't seem too bad, was surprised at what I worked with the inverted Vee. 160 was quiet, D4C was the best DX heard, but not worked. 40 on phone is not my thing. 20 was a struggle too, had hoped it would have been better with "fewer" stations, but it was not the case. Considering the congestion on the high bands, I thought folks were pretty decent behaving overall. Tried to get my sound card voice keying to work, but evidently something is amiss and need a new card. I have a DVK in the "new" K3 and used it for the first time. Still have a few things to learn with it, but it did make the overall experience better. It still amazes me how many folks have such distorted audio. Some of the stations messages were unintelligible, but when the op came on live, sounded fine. Some it didn't matter, big signals calling endless CQs and getting few replies because few could figure out the call sign. The other thing was lack of identification, seems like if you take the time to send QRZ when running, wouldn't it make more sense to send your call and keep the pile-up more manageable? Some got kinda snooty when they had a chorus of "what's your call?" and chided the choir. Same question, if you have enough time to tell folks to wait for the call, why not just ID and get it over with? These seem to be eternal occurrences... Fun weekend overall and good to work so many guys I know from CW on phone, not too mention add a bunch of new band countries. Such a difference between DXCC entities "common" on SSB, but virtually nil on CW. RTTY seems to straddle them both! Thanks for the QSOs and patience. 73, Julius n2wn Elecraft K3/100 4 element Steppir @15m 80m Inverted Vee (apex about 45') 40m vertical 160m Tee N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2YO Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 25,272 Just a few S&P. 73s de Chip N2YO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3ALN Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 660,075 Equipment: Icom 756 Pro III @ 100W Antenna: Carolina Windom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3AM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,014,272 So nice to have 15 and 10 so alive! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 101,994 IC-756-PRO3 AL-811H Force 12 C-3SS Inverted "L" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3LL Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 233,090 GREAT CONDITIONS.. GLAD TO SEE CYCLE 24 COMING ALIVE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3ME Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 846,768 Had fun but missed my beam antennas - only had a dipole for this event ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3MX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,197,245 Great conditions! 10m was awesome. Only half time effort but had a lot of fun. I got lucky with no issues with weather despite 10 inches of wet snow. Hope everyone recovers from the storm. See you in CQWW CW! 73 Steve (N3MX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3RC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 340,806 Got 160L up and snagged couple of new ones! Ten was great, even in Montana. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3RS Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 6,068,252 Fantastic conditions were completely wiped out with the freak October storm that hit the northeast early Saturday. Heavy wet snow stuck to trees, antennas and just about anything it hit. All of the antennas saw rising VSWR to the point that the amplifiers said STOP. Ran for a while at reduced power to avoid amp shutdowns until the weight of the snow brought down trees and we suffered a full power failure around noon on Saturday. Only 16 hours into the contest and we were cruising with ~ 4 meg in the log. The power remained off until around 6 PM. By that time, we bagged the contest and all the ops left for home. I had just started to fire up the station again at 7 PM and the power went off again. This time, it didn't return until around 7 AM Sunday. I spent approximately 9 hours jumping from station to station chasing multipliers and did manage to add about 600 more QSO's to the log, but more importantly the multiplier total rose substantially. Very little running was done on Sunday, as I thought it would be more fun to chase the multipliers and Asians on 10M & 15M. We hope the wx gods smile on us for the CW weekend and we can put in a full effort. See you all on CW in a month. 73 de Sig, N3RS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3UM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 493,868 My 10th year doing CQ WW SSB from this QTH with comparable gear. This year: lots more sunspots, BUT my BIC time was limited to 18.3 hr. vs 27.5 hr. last year, and 25 hr. or more '04 thru '09. I was still recovering from hernia surgery done 3 weeks before the contest, and Sun. afternoon I went to a concert I wanted to attend with my wife. Even in 2/3 as many hours, I found 11 more multipliers than in 2010, most of them on 15 and 10 m. Made only 560 QSOs vs 773 last year, so my claimed score this year was lower, though I did do better than in 2009 and nearly equaled my 2008 score. With the sunspot count up so much, I made 83 QSOs in EU on 10 m. vs NONE in EU last year. I didn't do quite as well on the low bands this year, simply because fatigue required me to quit and go to bed 1.5 to 2 hrs. earlier than in recent years. I always enjoy finding rare mults: this year HZ and ZA on 10 m.; A4, A7, and OX on 15 m.; and BY, HZ, C5, ZD8, and RN1ANC (Antarctica) on 20 m. Activity level was excellent, as shown by the semi-rare EUs available: HB0, C3, and T7. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3ZZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 27,376 Wow.10 meters worldwide and ~ round the clock. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4BCD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 649,000 DISQUALIFIED! In the heat of the hunt I operated out of band so my score won't count. At least the LOTW contacts will. Tri-bander at 65' and Alpha worked great, but working an FT-950 in a contest was like entering a donkey in a horse race. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4BP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 860,050 Elecraft K3, Ameritron AL-1500, Cushcraft A4S @ 65ft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4CC Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 22,678 Used K-Line -- Great Antenna -- vertical -- UGH (don't do this unless it's your only choice) Only time available on Saturday afternoon for 4.5 hours -- UGH Not a single European or African in the log but fun to work JT, XV, 9V1, YB, DU, BY, BV, VR2, 9M2, UA0-18,19 Obviously not a great score...but still a little fun. Hope to be more active on CW from FL QTH. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4CW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 609,760 Almost all S&P (I did try to run 'em, but calling "CQ Contest" proved futile with my puny signal...I did manage to snag two contacts that way, though! Ran K3 barefoot at 100 watts with my tribander at 100 feet and a rotary dipole at 92 feet for 40. I fit the contest in between family obligations and church on Sunday. I don't particularly enjoy SSB, but what a thrill working E2E, 9M2, JT0, and even BY on 100W !!! Even after 55 years of hamming, it's still a "heart pounder" to succeed even when you say, "No way!" I just don't have the ears for this SSB stuff, particularly in serious pileups. But my reasoning was that if they're loud, I'm loud...it worked! I'd NEVER try this with QRP! I heard a lot more rare stuff than I could work... Moreover, isn't it great how 10M was open right to the FM portion??? 73, Bert N4CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,145,556 I just wanted to better last year's score, but when I did that in the first half of the contest I got motivated to see just how many QSOs I could actually do with only wire antennas less than 60 feet high! 80 was a disappointment except for working NH2T with my half square antenna. 10 meters was fantastic! Omni VI+ Drake L7 160 Inverted L 80 meter Half Square Dipoles on 40/20/15 and 10 73, Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 258,048 500 watts into a low band wire and tribander at 43 ft ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DXI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 153,825 Wow! What an opening on 10 meters!! Haven't seen that in a long, long time!! Maybe, the best is yet to come....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4GG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 266,662 Just a little S&P from the wires in the woods station. Nice to hear 10M alive and well... 10&15: now full wave vertical retangular loops horizontally polarized. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4IJ Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 279,380 Ten Tec Omni 6+ 5 element yagi at 60 ft optimized for forward gain (no need for F/B in Oklahoma). N1MM logging. Saturday morning I discovered I had operated into the 20m yagi for 3 hours with whatever power the TenTec was putting out. When I saw my swr I realized my antenna switch was in the wrong position! Still worked some choice DX. I have never worked 39 zones in any CQWW before. Worked every country I heard. Some of them took a while, and had to make return trips into the pileup to get the DX. From OK there is not much point in calling CQ with low power into Europe. Also, if I were ever to get serious in the SSB contests, I would have to put a roofing filter in. Even though contests are good in improving operating skills, I feel somewhat rude at times trying to time calls into DX pileups. You have to be aggressive to get the job done. I always notice that the Japanese operators have clean signals, even in contests. EU and USA not the case. It was a lot of fun, but I sure an stiff now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4JF Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 561,808 PART TIME EFFORT..WAS REALLY A GREAT TIME. LOOKING FWD TO THE CW WEEKEND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4KG Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,733,968 Just about everything at N4KG is damaged or broken following the April Tornadoes and 30 years of tree growth. ALL of my monobanders are out of commission for various reasons and my primary amplifier died while calling a DXpedition on 12M RTTY a few weeks ago. Something in the Tank Circuit gave up the ghost, most likely due to high circulating currents and the continuous duty cycle of RTTY. For this contest, I resurrected my 80M Elevated GP, 160M Inverted L, 80M wire Vertical, installed a 40M corner fed Delta Loop (apex 50'broadside 75 degrees) which worked amazingly well and converted the former High 80M Dipole to a Sloper from 130' to the NE fed with Ladderline for 80 and 40M which was noticably better than the loop to RG9A on 40M. For the rest of Europe, the Loop was close to the sloper and did NOT require a tuner (which limited Bandwith w/o retuning). I replaced my 6 Band amp with an Old SB-220, actually a second SB-220 since the first one failed after switching to the High Voltage position the day before the contest, after using it for a few weeks in the Low Voltage position. With no more replacement amps, I operated the remaining amp in the Low Voltage positon at 600 Watts output (and 100W on 160M). Needless to say, I miss my 130' High 80M dipoles, 40M 2L Beam at 95', and higher power Amplifier! My TH7 at 40 ft performed amazingly well, especially in the African pileups! A second tribander would have saved a LOT of time waiting for the rotator to move my only functional high band antenna. As usual, my focus was on Multipliers and Multi-Band Contacts except that this time I ceased operating at 0600Z both nights which impacted my low band totals. 80M was a struggle Friday night but seemed to pick up Saturday night. As usual, it was frustrating hearing all the DX stations below our band working only DX. 20M suffered from spending most of the daylight hours on 10 and 15 meters. It was interesting to note the Direct Path 20M opening to DU (and apparently AH0) for most of the day. All contacts were made in S&P or Packet Spot mode. I was pleased with the number of multi-band contacts from this contest, completing 5 and 6 banders (lifetime tracking) with many Europeans due to the excellent 10M conditions. 6 Bands = 1 QSO (NP4Z) 5 Bands = 21 calls 4 Bands = 33 calls 3 Bands = 52 calls 2 Bands = 90 calls 1 Band = 466 calls Tom N4KG in North Alabama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4LR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 782,892 Busy weekend with family and friends. Snuck in as much time on the radio as possible. It was big time fun. All s&p. Dipole for 10,15,20 and 40. 5 Element 10 meter on test stand at 10'. Thanks for all the qso's. Gordon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4LZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 148,176 WOW! Good to see the Bands open. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4NW Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 34,692 Just looking for new band multipliers over the course of the contest added to the CQ Marathon totals. Although not every QSO was a Marathon addition, others were stations that were needed for DXCC and showed up in DXLab as LotW users. Overall, 48 hours is too exhausting to make a real effort at being competitive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4OX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 153,615 Very part-time effort due to health issues. It was great to work 100 countries with a Hex beam at 20 feet with 100 watts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,032,120 WOW!! Too many highlights to even name 'em. This was really a great weekend for CQWW. Hope the same can be said after the CW Test. Had 39 zones the first day....needing only z39. Working Europe on Sunday morning when Pat,5R8EW, called until I could figure out who it was and get the beam on him... Great to hear Fred, E2E, call in with a great signal..! Thanks to all...it was really a blast 73, Paul FT1000MP/AL1200 - 1KW TH-5 Tribander at 70' Logging w/CT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4RA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,544,924 I'm getting too old for contest pileups on 160 SSB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4RV Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,142,680 Just a part time effort the first day and no operation the second day.. Was pleased to hear the fantastic band conditions, especially 10 meters. Sounded like the peak a couple of sunspot cycles ago.. Wall to wall stations ! All QSOs were S&P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4TZ/9 Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,389,296 Pretty good conditions in general, but the low band were a disappointment here, not the level of activity I have been accustomed to in recent years. Still having problems with my prop-pitch rotor that gave out last season - had the motor rebuilt again, and also had the gearbox totally rebuilt (over $600 in new bearings alone!) - now it turns but the direction indication has suddenly become unreliable, so I had it parked NE all weekend so 20 & 40 in directions other than Europe were impacted here. I have had trouble talking with any volume the past 6 weeks. So, this contest was 99% DVP, even the running on 10 meters relied upon the callsign generation in TR4W. I never would have made it this weekend without it. I seemed to have more trouble than usual busting pileups, so had very little luck working stations on the second radio. For the first time in many years I did not hear and work a JA on 75 phone; ditto for Europeans on 160m. My score was about 30% higher than my previous best in this contest, which is about the same improvement W9RE had, so I guess this is about what can be expected here from my one tower low power station. 2011 CQ-WW-SSB N4TZ Continent List 160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL --- --- --- --- --- --- --- USA calls = 1 1 2 3 3 13 23 Canada calls = 14 23 7 16 21 17 98 NA calls = 11 14 17 23 27 32 124 SA calls = 1 8 6 35 34 60 144 Euro calls = 0 42 98 160 175 489 964 African calls = 1 8 6 11 12 21 59 Asian calls = 0 0 2 12 8 9 31 Japan calls = 0 0 4 5 27 33 69 Ocean calls = 1 1 7 4 9 20 42 Total calls = 29 97 149 269 316 694 1554 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4VDL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 173,250 I knew this was going to be a good time when my first contact was JT5DX on 20 meters! My poor showing on 10meters was due to radio problems--which I hope to have fixed soon. While this was disappointing--especially with the band full of DX, I had a good time, learned some things and more than doubled my effort from last year. 73, David+ Kenwood TS 850, G5RV @ 45' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4ZC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,906,700 Like everyone - CONDX - WOW!!! All search and pounce. At 73, this is getting harder to do but a weekend like this almost makes an old man young again. DX Marathon 163 40 203 Equip: IC-746PRO AL-1200 12 el LP (T12) @130' 40 dipole @ 105' 80 1/2 wave sloping dipoles ENE and W from 130' tower 160 Inv V @ 115' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4ZZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 593,408 Really enjoyed the 10 meter opening. Finally got to try out the 10 meter elements on my c31xr. Don-n4zz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5AW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,413,620 Leaving on a trip early Monday morning so I'm breaking my rule about waiting until I'm not in a sleep deprived daze to send this in. Claimed score is well above the existing W5 low power unassisted record (1.77 meg). Have still never worked all 40 zones in this contest - missed zone 22 this time. Thanks for all the contacts. See you in the CW contest in 4 weeks. Marv N5AW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DO Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,102,131 I had commitments on Friday night and most of Saturday. I operated in the time around my activities and all day on Sunday. 10 meters was simply amazing. I especially enjoyed the last 40 minutes, S&P'ing up above 28.5 and working one JA after another, all with great signals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 11,661,288 There is nothing like having good conditions to remind you how much fun it can be to work a radio contest - even a PHONE CONTEST from Northwest Arkansas. Conditions sounded like 11 years ago when we worked our first contest after building the station. We are still using the same, single Yagi for 10M that we started with 11 years ago. That is the only antenna that has not changed and is clearly the one band where we we are lacking as compared to the others. More gain will be nice when we do something about it, but not having to rotate the antenna so much will also be of great benefit. A few days before the contest it looked like KD0HY, N5DX and K5GO would be staying up the whole time. Some great, part-time help came through, however. We were glad to have W5OX and his 10 year old (extra class) grandson, KF5COP, come up to help out for several hours. K5NX was able to come for the entire day on Sunday. K5LG was there at the beginning and spent a lot of time helping out on both Saturday and Sunday. Having good conditions to go with KD0HY being there for the duration, a good time will be had by all. Terry said I should have had about six kids and trained them all to be as good as N5DX. We were pleased to put forth an effort that, unless there is a winning performance from the crew at K5TR, should set a new record for Multi Single for W5 set 21 years ago by a who's who of radio contesting from K5MR. Thanks to the cumulative efforts of the thousands of individuals worldwide who operate the contest, making it an enjoyable event for everyone involved. Station details at www.k5go.com Stan, K5GO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5RZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 718,890 Disappointed in my country multiplier, but a fun weekend nevertheless from West Texas. Should have dome more SO2V. Missed zones 2 17 & 22. HS0ZIN called in the last 5 minutes for zone 26. Country count may be off a bit since I don't have an up to date country file. Will be interesting to see how stations with real antennas did on 28Mhz. Band closed here each night by about 0130Z, didn't open until almost 1300Z both mornings. Made a few Q's on the other bands as well. Elecraft K3 Alpha 99 TH6DXX @ 50' Thanks to all for the QSO's. Log will go to LOTW in a day or so. See you stateside guys in SS CW next weekend. 73, Gator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5UWY Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 32,996 Were the other bands open? Working stations about 29 MHz, I never thought to check! Lots of fun and even a new one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5VI Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 69,300 Great contest. Holiday activities limited operating time severely. Band conditions were really great. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6AN Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 273,035 Team: DXXE Dawgs. Ten meters was fantastic! At one point I tuned to the very top to start down. The first signal encountered was Z21BB at 28962 KHZ! Missed zones 16, 17, 21, 22, 40. I heard RU1A work someone but never heard any other European Russia. Not a peep from zone 17. I tuned across a zone 21 pileup but could not copy the station. No zone 22 or 40 heard. It was great to hear 9V1YC long path on Saturday morning! Other highlights include working ST2, C91, 5H3, D2, 9Q, JT, 3W. Great fun this weekend! Thanks to Mark, N5OT, for the excellent 5 element monobanders on 10/15/20 at W6UE which still work beautifully after 20+ years of service. 73, David N6AN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6AR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,173,456 Spent too much time on 10, but it was sure fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6BY Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,245 Had to work and very busy so here it is 73 to all! Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6DA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 295,120 IC-7000 + ALPHA 87A 40 METER INV V @35' 20 METER INV V @35' 10 METER GP - BASE 10' HIGH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6HE Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 123,668 Wire antennas, but HOLY COW, what fun! 73, Ray N6HE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6KI Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 513,887 Just Played around for a few hours playing with a newly acquired amplifier and getting station ready for more serious efforts in upcoming fall/winter CW contests ! Really enjoyed getting to play on 10 meter band and hoping 10 will now stay open thru the peak of this solar cycle and beyond. N6KI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ML Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 627,574 K3, AL-1200, HyGain 103BA, Force12 EF415, HyGain 204BA A DX-chasing exercise, with primary focus on 10m, secondary on 15m. Mostly S&P, but ran a little in the afternoons, hoping AS/OC mults would call, but that wasn't really productive. 10m wasn't as hot as it was a week or so ago, and so missed zones 16/17/21/22, but still very good with EUs stacked way up high in the band. Missed zones 37 and 39 on 15m - 5Z4EE was loud enough, but the pileup was immense! Had to give up on a few massive pileups on 10m too (Z21BB, 9Q6CC, ...) - little 3-element wasn't quite piercing enough. Upgrade to M^2 4-el in the works. Worked all zones between 10m and 15m, and DXCC (with spares) on both, so a pretty good weekend... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RO Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 224 Got on late Saturday night, but found pretty bad band condx. When K3LR is S6, the band is bad! Couldn't hear any Carib. stations spotted except for Herb. Did manage KV4, D4, KH7, KL7, VE, XE,..but missed my own zone! Gave up listening to noise....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RV Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,083,875 Great conditions! Incredible crowd on 10 Meters going above 29.000 MHz! It has not been this good in over 11 years! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6SS Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 153,028 Tx: K3, THP HL-2.5K Ants: M2 4el at 72' and M2 4el at 100' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WIN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 222,453 Played a little bit from Inyo County while on my wife and my 10th wedding anniversary. I had the go ahead to get on when she didn't have anything for me to do with her. Anyways, modified A3S was "accidental" from an AB-577 operator mishap. Operating Conditions: Elecraft K3/100 Modified 2 element A3S @37' 40m inverted-v @35' apex N1MM latest version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WM Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 435,373 That was fun. An increduble EU run for W6 standards on sunday am really gave the log a boost, and lots of activity made this "semi" serious 15m single band effort alot of fun. took a good portion of Saturday night off to spend with the girlfriend and missed a couple zone mults, but it was worth it, a great evening and a log with over 1000 q's to boot. thanks to all that called and it was great to hear all on the air! 73 and seeya next time Chris N6WM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,215,525 Rig : Yaesu FT-1000MP MkV, Ameritron AL-1200 Antennas : CC X-9 w/X-940 @ 17m 75m half-sloper @ 12m Soapbox : The bands were great!!! The station worked perfectly. The operator was a bit rusty. Overall, it was a fun weekend!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7AT Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 4,635,840 A truly fun time with close friends and a small, but effective, single tower station. Minimal troubles and some really good laughter filled out the weekend. Having ten meters back was really great! Equipment: Station A - Elecraft K3/100, Alpha 8410 Station B - Ten-Tec Orion II with RX366 Sub-Receiver (beta test), Acom 1000 Antennae: 160m- Shunt fed 78' tower, 60 radials + K9AY Rx Loops; 550' BOG (E-W) 80m - a) Inverted L + 24 radials; b) Vertically fed 1 wavelength Delta Loop; c) Inverted Vee 40m - M-Squared 40M3L three element linearly loaded yagi at 71'; Inverted L + 24 radials 20m and 10m - 3 el SteppIR at 78'; Bencher Skyhawk at 45' fixed east 15m - 3 el SteppIR at 78'; Bencher Skyhawk at 45' fixed east; 5 el 15m yagi at 62' fixed JA CU all CQWW CW in 4 weeks! 73, Bob K8IA Arizona Outlaws Contest Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7BV Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 953,280 I have never experienced 10m's with sunspots from out here . As someone wrote last week 'you really, really don't want to miss the CQWW SSB, if conditions prevail'. While 10 & 15m props were something else, working VU2PAI on 20m has to be the highlight of this weekend. Thanks for all the contacts. 73, Chuck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7DD Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,075,210 Wow! Shades of years long past. No naps or CNN TV in this one. Eating finger food so wouldn't have to leave the chair. 13 hours sitting caused severe leg cramps this morning but it was worth it. Spent the previous weekend with a 85 foot bucket truck fixing all of my antennas and adding the second 5 element yagi for 15 at 97 feet. It kicked serious "butt". High yagi beaming north and low yagi (70 feet) beaming south Europe. Switching back and forth, made a big difference. Europe workable 3 hours after their Sunset and Japan workable one hour before their Sunrise. VU2PAI called in at noon my time. Must have been midnight his local time.I was beaming North. What path is that? Interesting stat: Asia= 32.9% Europe= 48.3% Thanks for all of the Q's and see everyone in the CW portion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7IR Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 470,764 As somebody said, there's no meters like 10 meters. Wow! Only ran out of stations to work when I hit 28.8MHz! Surprised myself by having fun in a Phone contest ;>) Thanks for the contacts and your patience. 73 Gary, N7IR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7RK Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 496,170 Great to see 10 finally open although tough going with 100 watts. Station: FT-1000MP TL-922A (not modified to work on 10 meters yet) Antennas: 72 ft Vertical for 80/40 meters with elevated chicken wire ground system 3 element tribander up 28 feet for 20, 15 10 meters 73, Dave N7RK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,061,960 10 meters was awesome!! Part Time effort breaking in the new Alpha 9500's. Thanks for all the Q's....73 Rich N7TR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7TT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,458,912 Amp would not work on 10 & 15 (used exciter only - 200 Watts), also no resonant antenna available on 10 or 15. Used 160 meter dipole on 10 & 40 meter beam (non-rotatable) on 15. Local power company assisted by providing several hours of power outages. Still throughly enjoyed the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7WA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 57,072 First of all, hats off to those who can contest using SSB. It's just not in my DNA. I hear that wall to wall band of noise and my brain just doesn't work. (CW, no problem.) I keep thinking if I practice it'll get better. Alas, I am starting to think it's genetic. The, there is a lot more work to break the pileups with 100 watts of SSB. Heck knows how some do it with QRP. (More hats off to them.) Still, with the great conditions, I just just couldn't pass up playing a bit. In nearly 40 years of radio, I think this is the first time I have worked any 10M sideband of consequence. The nice thing about that is just about everything was a new one for the mode. Anyway, now I can anticipate CW Sweeps and CW CQWW. Hope you all had fun and hope to see you in the coming weeks on CW. cheers dink, n7wa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7ZG Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,314,135 Conditions were the best I've experienced in my contesting career, as I really didn't get into radiosport until '04. I really wasn't expecting 10 to open into EU. Barely managed to get the 40M beam up in time. Given that I now have at least 1 working antenna on each band I decided to do a SOAB effort. I love the challenge of playing the prop as well as the distinct "feel" of each band. Also, learning to move mults is a cool skill that I'm still working on. Lots of interesting DX to work now that the bands are back. Notably, A52AB, ST2AR, EY8MM, EY7AD, C37N. It's also fun having stations like HS0ZIN and VU2NKS call in. I was happy with my mult count but really struggled with getting good runs going. I only had a few hours to assemble the station on Friday and don't think my transmit audio is quite right. The JA runs were not up to expectations for this station. Also, I didn't go to 10M until 11AM on Saturday. Too caught up in the 15M opening to EU. I did get to 10 earlier on Sunday and was able to get a 120+ rate doing S&P. 40M was really good to EU on Friday night. Worked 42 EU all told. I think the 40M beam at 160' is working well. Can't wait to get it's twin up next summer at the 90' level on that tower. Also, more monobanders for 10 are due to go up. The rotating antenna is at 168'. Way too high for that to be the only antenna for 10. So here is the rundown on the station: Tower #1 160' of AB-105 4-EL (Dual driven) 40M beam at 162' 6-EL (Dual driven) 10M beam at 168' Inverted vee for 80 apex at 140' Tower #2 160' of AB-105 6-EL 20M beam (60' boom) at 162' 6-EL (Dual driven) 15M beam at 170' Inverted L for 160M 2 Elecraft K3s I will miss Sweeps CW this year. I might get on for the SSB weekend. I will definately be on for CQWW CW. It also looks like I will make a go at the ARRL 10M contest for the pure fun of it. Might even try to convince my XYL to join me for a multi. Thanks for all the fun and Qs. 73, Guy, N7ZG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8BJQ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,174,240 Welcome back 10M. Sure is nice ot have some room to spread out after the last few years of no sunspots. Heard and worked stations above 29000. Some great rates. My noise on 10 stayed away most of the weekend which made copying the weak ones on 10 bearable. Seemed like there were really loud callers and those that did not move the S meter. This is a personal best in this contest. Had 1100 Q's after the first day - decided to spend more time CQing today - had a good 6 hrs in 10 and 15 this morning. Worked more AS this time than I have in several years. Did not spend much time on the low bands. 40 was quiet except for the splatter from 7125 to 7200. Hard to work anybody there unless they are really loud. Wish more DX would listen up. K3 and Pro 3, Dishtronix 2400L 10M C3 stack (3) + 4 ele SE 15M 4 ele @ 95' 20M 4 ele @ 80' 40M 2 ele @ 100' 80M - 1/4 wave vert and dipole at 90' 160M - Inv L. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8HM Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 1,925 Rig: Yaesu FT-817ND Antenna: AlexLoop Walkham Portable Magnetic Loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8UM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,526,511 I spent the last 10 months adding 3 more 4 squares to my property and it really paid off. I now have 17 HF verticals in my back yard (no towers or dipoles). The 40, 20 and 15 4 sqrs rock and the 10 meter array is so so (hard to get single direction arrival signals with a wide open band on 10 meters). Speaking of ten meters, how many things can you say "were the best in ten years"? The flux and A index say conditions were fair to good, but for most of the weekend, they were outstanding here in East Tennessee. Hard to believe the conditions are expected to get better over the next 18 months. I seemed to loose really good prop late Sunday afternoon. I could no longer be first thru third in line for Asia and Pacific stations. I am a firm convert to SO Assisted. Growing long in the tooth and needing sleep make the use of the Internet and computer logging a perfect solution. Working Fred, K3ZO, in Tailand reminded me how many times I have worked him in the last 50 yrs long path from Tailand, Argentina, Equador, Singipore and other places. I think the only place I work him short path is from HI8 and on 6 and 2 meters...! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9ADG Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 104,562 Unfortunately I had limited time this weekend (4.5 hrs op time). Haven't done a phone contest in a while. It was just really nice to have the op K3LR stop and say "thanks Brian" when I worked them for a new zone, but zero points. Not sure who the operator was, but in that and past contests, I've consistently found that K3LR folks are top shelf. 10m was crazy good, with stations wall to wall up past 28750... On 20m, EU stations every 2 kc! 15m was hopping! It was like a great big smörgåsbord of contacts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9CM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 883,581 Rig: Kenwood TS-590S 73, Dick, N9CM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9OK Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 52,245 CQWWSSB Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2011-10-28 CallSign Used : N9OK Operator(s) : N9OK Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED Band : ALL Power : HIGH Mode : SSB Default Exchange : 4 Gridsquare : EN52SJ Name : Joe Robin Address : 4410 Billingsgate Ln City/State/Zip : Woodstock IL 60098 Country : USA ARRL Section : IL Club/Team : Society of Midwest Contesters Software : N1MM Logger V11.10.3 Band QSOs Pts DXC Zn 3.5 3 8 2 2 7 9 22 4 8 14 14 42 6 11 21 43 114 15 26 28 70 201 17 44 Total 139 387 44 91 Score : 52,245 Rig : Antennas : Soapbox : 10 and 15 M bands were in great condition on Sunday, open to SE Asia. I have observed all competition rules 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. Date : 2011-10-30 Signature : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9RV Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,081,150 Fantastic contest. There were a few times where it was obvious that ten meters was doing very well, but I would never complain! The band didn't stay open as long or open as early as it did the last time I ran 15m single band in 2001 (from Indiana), but when it did it was very good. Saturday night opening into zone 17 was especially cool. About the only major bummer was getting the ST2AR pileup all lined up for conquest, when one of the callers asked him to move to 10, which he did. Never heard him again. I don't think its good contest manners to do that (to ask), but I guess others disagree. See you guys all band on 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 0 0 0 0 188 0 188 188 8.3 0100 0 0 0 0 101 0 101 289 12.8 0200 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 334 14.8 0300 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 354 15.7 0400 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 355 15.7 0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 355 15.7 1300 0 0 0 0 33 0 33 388 17.2 1400 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 540 23.9 1500 0 0 0 0 116 0 116 656 29.1 1600 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 796 35.3 1700 0 0 0 0 96 0 96 892 39.5 1800 0 0 0 0 70 0 70 962 42.6 1900 0 0 0 0 61 0 61 1023 45.3 2000 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 1064 47.1 2100 0 0 0 0 108 0 108 1172 51.9 2200 0 0 0 0 87 0 87 1259 55.8 2300 0 0 0 0 74 0 74 1333 59.1 0000 0 0 0 0 115 0 115 1448 64.2 0100 0 0 0 0 92 0 92 1540 68.2 0200 0 0 0 0 67 0 67 1607 71.2 0300 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 1617 71.6 0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1617 71.6 1300 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 1628 72.1 1400 0 0 0 0 86 0 86 1714 75.9 1500 0 0 0 0 95 0 95 1809 80.2 1600 0 0 0 0 55 0 55 1864 82.6 1700 0 0 0 0 68 0 68 1932 85.6 1800 0 0 0 0 76 0 76 2008 89.0 1900 0 0 0 0 60 0 60 2068 91.6 2000 0 0 0 0 36 0 36 2104 93.2 2100 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 2145 95.0 2200 0 0 0 0 54 0 54 2199 97.4 2300 0 0 0 0 58 0 58 2257 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 0 0 0 0 2257 0 2257 Gross QSOs=2269 Dupes=12 Net QSOs=2257 Unique callsigns worked = 2257 The best 60 minute rate was 188/hour from 0000 to 0059 The best 30 minute rate was 212/hour from 0003 to 0032 The best 10 minute rate was 240/hour from 1451 to 1500 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSOs/minute 2 times. 5 QSOs/minute 23 times. 4 QSOs/minute 65 times. 3 QSOs/minute 163 times. 2 QSOs/minute 397 times. 1 QSOs/minute 587 times. There were 0 bandchanges and 0 (0.0%) 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 0 0 0 294 0 294 13.0 South America 0 0 0 0 49 0 49 2.2 Europe 0 0 0 0 978 0 978 43.3 Asia 0 0 0 0 817 0 817 36.2 Africa 0 0 0 0 29 0 29 1.3 Oceania 0 0 0 0 89 0 89 3.9 ??? 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 0 0 0 2257 0 2257 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 18 4 369 5 645 6 1190 7 10 8 22 9 2 10 1 ------------------ 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 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 3X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4O 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 4X 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 5B 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 5Z 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 6Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 8Q 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9A 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.3 9M2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9M6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 9V 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 A7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 BV 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 BY 0 0 0 0 47 0 47 2.1 C3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 C5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 C6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CE 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 CM 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 CN 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 CT 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0.5 CT3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 CU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CX 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 D4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 DL 0 0 0 0 192 0 192 8.5 DU 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0.6 E5/s 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 E7 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 EA 0 0 0 0 58 0 58 2.6 EA6 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 EA8 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 EA9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 EI 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.4 EK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ER 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 ES 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.2 EU 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0.5 EX 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 EY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 F 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 1.7 FM 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 FP 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 FY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 G 0 0 0 0 82 0 82 3.6 GD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GI 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.3 GJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 GM 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0.8 *GM/s 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 GW 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.2 HA 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.4 HB 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0.5 HC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HI 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 HL 0 0 0 0 25 0 25 1.1 HP 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HR 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 HS 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 I 0 0 0 0 81 0 81 3.6 *IT9 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.3 JA 0 0 0 0 671 0 671 29.7 JT 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 JW 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 K 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 6.6 KG4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 KH0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 KH2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 KH6 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0.8 KL 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0.7 KP2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 KP4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 LA 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0.8 LU 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0.6 LX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 LY 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0.4 LZ 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0.4 OA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OE 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.3 OH 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 0.9 OK 0 0 0 0 36 0 36 1.6 OM 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.2 ON 0 0 0 0 29 0 29 1.3 OX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OZ 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0.6 P4 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 PA 0 0 0 0 43 0 43 1.9 PJ2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PJ4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PJ5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PJ7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 PY 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0.7 PZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 S5 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0.7 SM 0 0 0 0 27 0 27 1.2 SP 0 0 0 0 43 0 43 1.9 SV 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0.4 T7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 *TA1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TF 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 TI 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 TK 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UA 0 0 0 0 36 0 36 1.6 UA2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 UA9 0 0 0 0 43 0 43 1.9 UN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 UR 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 1.7 V2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 V4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 V5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 V8 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 VE 0 0 0 0 94 0 94 4.2 VK 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0.7 VP2M 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 VP5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 VP9 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 VR 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 VU 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 XE 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.4 XU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 YB 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 0.9 YL 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 YO 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 0.9 YU 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0.7 YV 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 Z2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 Z3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 ZD8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZL 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0.6 ZP 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ZS 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0.4 ??? 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 0 0 0 2257 0 2257 ------------ 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 0 0 0 696 0 696 30.8 14 0 0 0 0 572 0 572 25.3 15 0 0 0 0 273 0 273 12.1 04 0 0 0 0 131 0 131 5.8 05 0 0 0 0 88 0 88 3.9 16 0 0 0 0 86 0 86 3.8 24 0 0 0 0 53 0 53 2.3 20 0 0 0 0 45 0 45 2.0 28 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 1.2 18 0 0 0 0 23 0 23 1.0 03 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 0.9 27 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 0.8 19 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 0.8 08 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 0.8 31 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0.8 01 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0.8 11 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0.8 13 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 0.7 30 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0.7 32 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 0.6 38 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0.5 33 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0.5 09 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0.4 06 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.4 22 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.3 40 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.3 17 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.3 26 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.2 07 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 02 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 35 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.2 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 21 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 37 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 0 0 0 0 2257 0 2257 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 141,376 Lost 40M loop and 80/160 antennas in snow storm Saturday night. R5 vertical only antenna left standing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2U Class: M/M HP Total Score = 1,937,198 Preliminary report. Countries/zones stuck on computer without power in New Jersey. Full report to follow when I can get the info. Let me just say it was an interesting contest. 73 from the WARM desert, Fred/NA2U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,785,673 The highlight was how strong the signals were from Asia on 10 and 15 meters. Steve NA4K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA6G Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 50,038 Had fun. I have an R7000 vertical and low power so took some time to get through the pileups. It was much better than last year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA8V Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 43,775 Did a bit better this year than last. score up 30%, q's up 20% with a much better point distribution and a few more mults. I was down about 20 VE and 10 S. Amer. but up by 40 eu. Was a bit on the noisy side, but not really an issue as I could hear much better than I could tx anyway. Countries were up due to more EU but still left a lot on the table. Lost 4 zones from last year (12/13/29/30) but picked up 4 others (16/20/32/36)for a wash. Called but missed 10/13/19/21. Left at least 16 countries on the table including several usually reliable EU mults. Midway thru the first night, realized I was well up in mults and slightly in q's from last year and got a lot more motivated. Was hoping for a big second night. Didn't happen. Q's were ok but mults were dismal. Not sure why my score was up. Same antenna into EU, might have had a couple more radials, but not many. They are a little longer this year - not really what i would think would be a difference maker. Perhaps the biggest difference was activity down a little and thus QRM not quite as bad in EU - but it was common for stns to cq in my face. I thought skip was about the same as last year - although second morning into JA/Pacific was a wipeout exc. for TX5A. Had only 2q's after 09z and I was at the rig (and awake!) the whole time. Big dropoff in Southern Hemisphere q's. Looking forward to the code weekend. greg/na8v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NC7M Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 844,710 M2 + 2 ops + LP = Tired N6LO was in the chair nearly 40 hrs. A couple breaks and a quick snooze here and there. I was impressed. Fun Thanks for the QSOs and sticking with us through many rough qsos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ND0C Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 766,241 Wow! What a blast! What a treat to have 10 meters hopping like this! I was having so much fun (and success) on 10 that I had to force myself to spend some time on 15 and 20 to pick up multipliers. I had some 50+ QSO hours - with just S&P! Unreal! One or two of the high bands had such good conditions that I felt loud and almost invincible with my 5 watts. (Silly boy!) When I didn't get a response after two or more calls, I would be a little disappointed (and thought it might be time to switch bands)! On the other hand 40 and 80 were very humbling (as usual) and certainly reminded me of my power level! Of course QRM was a real problem everywhere and my rig's front end is pretty broad. At least 10 meters took a lot of pressure off 15 and 20. The results with QRP continues to amaze me - even after over 30 years of this sadistic endeavor! I could not have imagined getting 824 total QSOs in the CQ WW on SSB from here in the "Black Hole" with 5 watts and very modest antennas. And I was shocked to see that I had nearly 100 countries on 10 meters. Ahh - sunspots: the great equalizer! A few observations: Some of our brethren exhibit very poor operating ethics, i.e. pile-up behavior. It would seem that with many, the ends justify the means. It is really frustrating to have the DX come back to me (running 5 watts) with a partial call and somebody (running who-knows-how-much power) jumps on top of me to steal the QSO. And of course their call bears no resemblance to the partial. Secondly, the quality of some signals is really poor. On a related issue, I think there are a lot of signals that are abnormally loud, even assuming monster antennas on their end. Aside from the broadness of the signals, there is a certain "crunchy" sound to them. I can't help but suspect there are several KW behind some of those signals. There are some really great operators out there - great ears, filters, antennas, patience and persistence. They do most of the work in pulling my 5 watts through - and I really appreciate it! The ND0C "superstation": Inside: Yaesu FT-897D running 5 watts, Heil headset with HC-4 element, N3FJP logging software, MFJ tuner Outside: Wilson SY-3 three element triband Yagi at 15 meters (48 feet), dipole fed with ladder-line (feed point at 14 meters (45 feet) Thanks and 73, Randy, ND0C "You don't have to be crazy to contest with QRP ... but it helps." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE1B Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,008,504 Halloween Tricks from Murphy's early snow storm. Due to power outage, snow and tree cleanup, had limited time operating. Fortunately I had a generator and could get on back on the air! No antenna damages, but many trees down. Conditions were great. Activity on 10 meter SSB went above 29 MHz! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE1RD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 173,250 Snow. Then power loss. Then two vertical antennas were destroyed by wind. I love contesting! Replacements will be ordered in the morning. CQWW CW is right around the corner! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE8P Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,653,322 I had NO intention of doing any more than chasing a few band-countries in this contest. I'm not a phone operator. Then I heard the 800+ kHz wide wall of activity on 10 meters and got sucked into it. Vast majority was S&P; not thinking about max scoring or missing any sleep. Had a few short but action packed EU runs, but I'm still not a phone operator - receiver filters are too wide, wimpy vocal cords, no foot switch, splatter is worse than key clicks..... Nonetheless, much fun, and let's hope the conditions are as good for the CW test! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF3C Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 201,204 Thanks for the Qs. Vic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 807,760 Sore throat and cold.....couldn't hang in there.....that is one of the advantages of a CW contest ;) 15 and 10 were HOT !! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF8J Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 206,685 What a blast to have 10 meters open again after all the yrs of low sun spots. Would have liked to worked longer, but family commitments prevented that. Equip was K3, KPA 500 amp and TH11DX at 90' N1MM logging. Completing DXCC on 10 in only 14 hrs was great. Band open 8:00 am local time both Sat and Sun. ZLs, VKs workable at 4:00pm local time. JAs workable for about 1 hr and then band shortened up to the West Coast of USA just after local sunset. Continent breakdown- AF-15, AS-4, EU-48, NA-18, OC-7, SA-12. Zones missed, 2,17,18,21,22,26,28,29. All S&P except one 40 minute session Sunday morning when I ran 91 Q's in the 40 minutes, but had to leave the shack for several hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG7Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 238,952 All S&P. I really wholloped last year's score of 4. Yep, 4 points last year. Great 10 and 15 meter condx all day Saturday. Didn't have any time available on Sunday. Hope the high bands are as good for the CW portion next month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NH7A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,858,758 Great hospitality from dear friend Lloyd KH6LC. And thanks to dear friend Al F5VHJ for the use of his NH7A callsign. Nice to see 10 alive again. At the age of 72, I am contemplating this to be my final sunspot max, with the not-so-nice notion that SFI's would be stuck in the mid-70's for the duration. Best hour was the first, 300 QSO. An exciting time on 10 on Sunday: me wondering why I had such a BIG state-side pileup. Turns out someone spotted me as NH9, Wake Island. Ah, the WWOP (wunnerful world of packet)..... Last year I found a great location on Ascension Island for Marko, ZD8O (N5ZO), but do you think he would find me and work me? Nope. Only Zone 36 for the entire contest was when a D2 in Angola called me on 15 on Sunday. Low bands were tough, especially Saturday night, and the elderly side of me said: "good time to take a nap". One always can hope they're still competitive, but I fear my many CQ WW of 48-straight are in my rear view mirror. But, promising to find a place for CQ WW SSB next year. Thanks to all who worked me, and to all who made this such a good weekend for contesting. Jim, N6TJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI7R Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 26,508 A casual effort with limited time this weekend. SSB is a tough mode with restricted antennas. I seemed to do best on 15 meters this morning. I didn't try 10 meters until Sunday afternoon, which was too late. Since SSB is my least liked mode, I stopped at an even 100 QSOs. Bring on SSCW and CQWW CW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NK7U Class: M/M HP Total Score = 11,502,414 Enough superlatives will never be able to coverr this contest. It was with some anticipation that a small group of hopeful operators converged on NK7U for this year's CQ WW SSB. With 10M returning to life in force during the weeks leading up to the contest we all hoped it would hold together and give us something to enjoy. We decided to go M/M in order to have maximum opportunity to experience the bands as we have not in years -- and we were not dissappointed. As a short summary: * We had our highest ever CQ WW SSB score driven by the most QSO's and most mults. * Largest number of QSO's for any contest at NK7U -- beating out a WPX M/M that had a measly 5,045 including 2,000+ easy stateside contacts. * Our biggest hour for any contest ever. During the 1500Z on Saturday we had 415 QSOs. Only the second hour in excess of 400 and it beat our 404 hour in a memorable NAQP several years ago. * We surprised ourselves and fell just short of the W7 and Zone 3 M/M record. When we started we didn't think we could get that close and had a goal of 10,000,000 points. We achieved this fairly easily and we ended up giving W7XR's 1990 record of 12.2M a good run. (You wonder if that log had to go through the log checking we all go through now what the score would have been -- but it is what it is. We will get it next year.) In the end low bands conspired against us and we just needed another 30 mults to do it. We actually exceeded the W7XR's QSO total but just could not get the mults we needed. * Wasn't 10M a riot! We had an all time 10M record in terms of QSOs and Mults. The last time 10M was even close to this good was 2001! That was 10 years ago! None of us could really even remember 10M like it was this weekend. We had some good runs to JA on Friday night. Then as we transitioned the station from the low bands to the high bands on Saturday morning we aimed a 10M antenna at Europe to see how things were. Of course we could tell the band was open as the cluster was full of spots from the east coast. But what about for us way out here on the left coast? NK7U at the mic grabbed a spot and dropped in his call. The station came back and said we were 60 db over S9 -- that was when we knew something special was in store for the weekend. As the contest wound down on Sunday we were still running EU 3 hours past their sunset. At one point G1WEM was kind enough to give us the report we all live for "You are the loudest signal on the band!" * Not to be left out of the party, we also had an all time 15M record in terms of QSO's and mults. It was our first time ever for over 2,000 qso's on a band and the first time over 150 countries on a band. It was also the first time ever for all 40 zones on 15M and only the second time we have ever done this on any band in any contest. On Saturday KL9A turned in a 200+ hour running into Europe. This is first time that has happened for us and the first time Chris said has ever done that from any station on the west coast. On Sunday 15M sounded like what we were used to 20M sounding with it packed wall to wall and general level of S9+ QRM on any running frequency. * With 10M and 15M so outstanding you might expect 20M to really suffer, but it held in there pretty good. Not a record year for us but still our 2nd or 3rd best. It certainly contributed its fair share to our score. And, thanks to 5R8A calling W7ZRC we did achieve that magical 40 Zones for 20M as well - only the second time we have done that. For a while on Saturday K7ZO experienced what seemed like a Zone 16 QSO party -- he never knew there were that many stations in Zone 16. The path over the pole was also in great shape both nights with many Asia stations in the log. It was fun watching sunrise progress across the continent and as daylight came to areas stations from there would call us to start their day. * Unfortunately the low bands really did take a hit. With the high bands open for so long many operators just never made it to 40M-160M, plus propagation just seemed to missing. Looking back ourlogs from the last time the high bands were this good we see a similar patter. K7MK did a great job grabbing 40M Europe mults Friday night but that was the highlight of the weekend. Our QSO total was about half last year despite the best efforts of W7ZRC and NK7U and their night shifts. The usual JA contacts never showed up. From what we could tell they were still working Europe on 20M until 1100 UTC or later which is just a couple hours before our sunrise. Our 160M results were well below average -- not only was there no one on, but even those few that were we could not hear them. 80M was similarly dissapointing though NK7U had great fun Sunday moring with some long path QSO's that put a smile on his face a several double mults in the log. As a few general observations: * We continue to be excited about the growing contest participation from BY -- we had well over 100 QSO's with China. * Continuing a pattern from last year a number of common Carribean mults were missing from our log. Perhaps the several years of the down economy is conspiring to reduce the number of dxpeditions -- it is certainly plausible. Thanks everyone for the QSO's -- we sure hope you had as much fun as we did. Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NM2L Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 133,056 Not much time for this one, but made a few Qs. Ten meters was a blast! Great contest! It could only have been better if it had been a CW contest. 73 de Greg NM2L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NM3G Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 65,860 10 Meters was HOT until late evening (Sat). Had a lot of fun ... maybe the occasional contest isn't so bad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN3RP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 333,750 Although limited in time, I had lots of fun S&Ping...runs were not successful and really a waste of time. FT-950 nicely handled operating Tokyo Amp Force 12 / Carolina Windom Combo antennas. Need to work on creating audio files to play w/N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN3W Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 12,185,987 A huge thank you to N3HBX for letting me use the Poolesville station. A flawless operation this weekend that will not soon be forgotten. WOW! I almost did not do this one. So much to say about this weekend, and not enough thought power right now. I'll just drop in a few points now and a fuller write up eventually. - Almost did not do this one meaning I had a 55 hour work week including a trip out to the west coast on Tuesday, a red-eye flight back to DC Wednesday night and then marathon meetings at a Federal agency on Thursday. - Lost packet for 3 hours Saturday owing to snow static which knocked out the satellite Internet connection. Snow also caused havoc with reception on the high yagis until at least 1500z. - Have not seen conditions like this in 20 years when I was a teenager in high school. This was one of the main reasons why I chose to operate (A) (that and the work fatigue factor). - Absolutely stunning openings on the high bands with terrific hourly rates. - Easily beat the USA Call #3 record, USA record, and North America record. We'll see if somebody in #2 land did that too! - The score from N1MM does not agree with CT which does not agree with Wintest. The mult count moves but all are above 12,000,000 in score. Thanks all for the QSOs, points, and mult moves. Its now time to go back to sleep. Oh wait....It's Monday............. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN4F Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 40,902 Very Limited time due to work, and looking after my wife laid up with a broken back...but still had fun Only had a few hours both evenings, decided on 20m SOSB, perhaps not a good idea, 20 closed down here for a while, could not get a run started, nice surprise was 5X1D calling me back from Uganda, heard him on a few weeks ago, but he went QRT and never got him...managed to snag a few new countries, so I was happy. Equipment, FT1000MP MKV, Alpha 78 1kw, Mosley TA63 Paul - NN4F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN7SS Class: SOAB(A) QRP Total Score = 61,776 Yes, I can work DXCC-QRP in one weekend! Final tally: 116 DXCC Countries. I wasn't ready to put in long hours on SSB, as I was feeling under the weather. So I just tried to see if I could work DXCC QRP. There's even a category: Single Operator Assisted QRP All-Band. I even managed to get packet spots working :-) During the contest I stopped to research and fix configuration issues with the microHAM controller, and to pull-out the audio DSP unit that had AGC problems with the loud SSB QRM. I only worked 20, 15 and 10m, since low-band QRP is not better than sleeping. Saturday morning provided many Europeans. After the "easy" countries were worked, it was great to skip the pileups on "already-worked" countries. Europeans could be heard on 10m but were hard to work QRP, so 15m and 20m more successful. The afternoon provided all the usual Caribbean, South America, and Pacific/Asia - Thanks! I ended the day Saturday with 90 DXCC countries. Sunday morning brought enough new European countries to cross the 100 country finish line. I took some time off to listen for a RTTY DX station - easier on the ears. Then I just checked SSB every hour or two to see if I could add a few more countries. I heard at least another dozen countries on 10m that I just couldn't work QRP. Heard too much of the usual phone antics: last two letters, not listening, calling out of turn, tuning up amps on the DX frequency, DX not identifying. I'm glad they'll all be disqualified for violating the DX Code of Conduct. 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(A) HP Total Score = 9,010,525 Great condx! After a few days of hard work getting a tower and new antennas up my level of energy and set up of the station where at minimum! With the messy shack and only 1 radio, decided to enjoy the bands and take it easy.. It was great to see the bands in such shape. Enjoyed picking up mults on the dxcluster and watching all the activity... And Now to the big event cw! Congrats to all the big scores.. Felipe Np4Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NQ4I Class: M/M HP Total Score = 16,555,796 Oh what a contest...I spent 3 continous months preparing on my off days for this test. Raised the 40m Mult antenna from 80 ft to 160 ft on new Rohn 55 tower and we built and installed a 12 element LPDA for 80m with a 190 ft boom. Needless to say the conditions on the low bands from the SE US were pitiful. On 160m on Friday night numerous EU's cq'ed in our face...some were s9+10 db and they were unable to hear us at all...what a shame. The low band conditions affected the 40m score some what also. We had more audio related interference in the station that I can ever remember...not really sure why, as nothing had changed in the station from before. For the first time we started the contest with 11 TenTec Orions ...one kept shutting down and locking up and was replaced with a FT1000MP. Station firsts...New total qso number all time record...new qso total on 40m and 10m....and new score total for CQWW SSB...NEW 4th CALL area record also...so some reasons to take pleasure from this weekend.....distance based scoring would not have helped us this weekend at all....if you can't run the number of qso's then you are not in the game...we had some kind of problem with interference from 40m to the 15 m station that caused lower than normal numbers too... enough of the excuses..we did have a great time...a few new ops to the station, and Mark W4SVO made a great beef stew for Saturday night...I will try to recover from this weekend...my wife and I are going on a 7 day Caribbean cruise to celebrate her birthday in November so maybe I can get some rest and relaxation and be ready for CW...hi Thanks to all who came and participated this past weekend...cu u all in 4 weeks in cw. de Rick NQ4I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NR5M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,622,424 Well, an almost full time effort. At sixty I just cannot stay in the chair for the full 48. What a contest! Not much on 80 and 160 from here. But 40 was great. I had a great EU run on 40 that lasted until well-after EU sunrise on Sunday. The BIG issue was where to spend time on 10-20. Crowded bands prevented big time Q/hour nimbers on 15 and 20 as I needed fills due to QRM. And out of the ~6 hours of off-time I only got 2 sleep hours-- so those who worked me on Sunday afternoon, no I was NOT drunk, just "punch drunk" from sleep deprivation! Normally I would have operated near the MUF to maximize DX contacts and minimize stateside QRM. Problem was I HAD to work 15 and 20 for the mults and 10 didn't seem to conveniently open or close at the right times to focus on these other bands instead. So there were times when I left a great rate on 10 to go to a somewhat lower rate to fish for mults on 15 and 20. I guess I am "complaining" about the conditions being "too good." Go figure. These condx are perfect for a well-staffed multi-multi. But the only other SSB operator in South Texas was in a tiddlywink contest so I was forced to go it alone. My only real complaint comes from being called by all the U.S.non-contesters (who are normally my best friends) wishing to let me know I was "40 over 9" at their local QTH. This invariably happened when I was in a great EU run with stations that were 3 db BELOW the average band noise level. As Charlie Brown says: Aaughhh! Thanks for all the DX stations that called in. Until this weekend I didn't know they allowed you boys on 10 anymore. Welcome back! George, NR5M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NR7Q Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 13,275 All antennas down except for 10 meter Ground plane at 20 feet. Only had a few hours on time due to work schedule. Ten did sound great this year! --90 watts with IC-746.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS3T Class: SOSB/40 LP Total Score = 13,320 Didn't have much time, so I spent a few hours at night on 40 meters fighting the splatter and putting a few stations in the log, but not staying up real late. OJ0X was a brand new one for me, so it was worth it, even if too many multipliers sat down low in the band and never listened up for the US and Canada. Oh well, that won't happen in CQ WW CW. Send your photos and more about CQ WW to me at ns3t at arrl dot net for contest stories on radio-sport.net 73 Jamie NS3T http://www.radio-sport.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NT6AA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,405,510 @ W6BCQ, thanks Keith for the hospitality and great station. All the equipment functioned perfectly.. Where was Murphy? In the powerlines! Worked around the noise. 10 was awesome! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NU6T Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 280,540 40m Dipole. K3. Keep the K3, improve antenna. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NV4B Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 855,403 Just... wow. Thanks to the great 10m conditions, this is, in every aspect, my personal best contest effort in 13+ years of contesting, and is about 750k better than my previous best in CQWW phone. It won't win any awards, but I don't care; it was great fun. I couldn't drag myself away from 10 even when I knew I was missing out on 15m and possibly 20m mults. Nevertheless, my final mult counts fell almost perfectly in line with my goals, with the exception of 10 meters of course, which greatly exceeded all expectations. I was 100% S&P despite the fact that I probably could have run on 10m even with my 100W and vertical. Propagation was the great equalizer on 10m: I felt like a big gun, working everything I heard, including lots of fellow "little pistol" stations I'd never worked before. I did find 40 and 80 to be unspectacular, probably in part to a lack of participation on those bands with the high bands in such good shape. I had a secondary goal of working new countries on 80, and I did manage two relatively-easy ones. Hopefully I'll pick up a few more on the CW weekend next month. That contest was very profitable on the low bands last year. Overall, I didn't work many new countries, band-countries, or even rare ones for that matter. Like NK7U and perhaps others, I also noticed the absence of some common Zone 7 and 8 mults this year. I'm sure quite a few records -- ranging from Personal to World -- were set in this contest. Congratulations to all, and I hope to see everyone next month! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NW2K Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,044,884 90W, matchbox, 80M loop at 30 feet. All S&P and unassisted. N1MM software really enhances the experience and worked perfectly. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NW3H Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 602,206 WOW! My best effort in any contest to date. The most chair time I had. I could go on forever about this contest. This was a total S&P effort. My favorite parts were my 24 JA's worked in 32 minutes on 15 meters Sunday, and working E51 and ZL on first calls. This from a station with a R-8 vertical and wires. My 80 meter dipole was giving me some issues and with the snow on it from the east coast October snow storm gave me high SWR so it was unusable. Also when listening static was 20 over at times probably due to the storm on 80 meters. I slugged it out on 40 at night and on 10 and 15, what can you say...I am still new to this game as this was my third CQWW but I went from 38K in 2009, to 138K in 2010 to 602K in 2011. Being able to have more time in the chair made the difference. I made a schedule and stuck to it. The outstanding conditions especially on 10 did not hurt either! What a blast this weekend. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX0I Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 546,264 Nice to have 10 & 15 meters wide open. Lots & Lots of fun. Can't wait until CQWWCW Test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX5M Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 6,536 Did not get into the shack until 0430z in reality. Had about 2 minutes earlier and made 1 qso but had to leave. Then at 0630z all the receive antennas went dead. Drats! Could not isolate the problem and was not going to walk into the woods in the middle of the night so I went to sleep. Spent a little more time in the chair the second night. Spent the daylight hours doing some station enhancements. New SW, N and S beverages seem to play well. New 135 foot vertical finally got a good testing so I am happy with the results of that project. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX7TT Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 106,372 Worked 18 hours only...10 meters only looking for dxcc and zones...after dark was no prop anywhere for me..what a blast....worked many station I thought I would not make it to but did after many tries... band was great...looking forward to next years.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NZ4O Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 100,245 Rig- Icom IC-756 Pro III Power- 100 watts Antenna- 400 foot long horizontal loop up at 35 feet. Software- MixW v3.01b It was a fun contest. 10 meters wasn't open as long as it could of been due to a lower sunspot number od 73 and 80. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE3K Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,922,718 Great contest with good propagation on upper bands. This has been my best result in CQWW ever. No fatal failures, the weakest link was the operator. It is hard to find the balance between RUN and MULT, so I decided to RUN and moved the MULT as often as possible but I have the feeling there are others doing this much better. Anyway I am very happy with the result. This was possible thanks to the help of my friend and technical GURU Wolfgang OE3WLB and Jozef OM7ZZ from MICROHAM.COM who helped to design the station�'s layout and automation processes and provided all the necessary hardware. I learned a lot as a beta tester of his Station master deluxe and I am proud of having the very first installation of his system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE5T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 5,033,964 We experienced good highband condx - not having antennas for 160 and 80 did not hurt much. Great fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG2A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,970,715 Great contest, my own personal record was broken. And with less time in the test too! Good rates on 10-15-20, 10 m was open just like in the old days of cycle 22! 80 m dipole had a contact problem (relay) that did not get fixed with 100 w, only when exposed to an accidental KW, did it work again. Also, noticed that now there are too many relays in general, a relay PSU run out of amps and relays don’t pull after the PSU heats up! Work to be done. Second radio was a brand new IC-7410, it sure hears and works better than an old 756PRO! SO2R with WINTEST and DX-doubler Home brew antenna switching and logic. TX coax stubs + ICE band pass filters IC 756 PRO III, IC 7410 (new in this contest) Homebrew amplifiers 10-15-20: 4 stack of Hygain tribanders (TH6+TH7) on a 45 m tower 4 stack of 10 ele tribanders on a 50 m tower 40: Two stacks 2-0-2 on 45 and 50 m towers 80: Rotatable dipole at 42 m + 3 element GP array with 6 km radials 160: 3 element vertical array, the guy wires of the 45 m tower ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG4T Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 253,422 Good conditions. Nice to see ten meters well open. 73 CU in CW Jukka OG4T, OH4MFA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 894,418 Managed to raise another 10m widespaced 7 el antenna 14m boom to the other tower 45m up. That was worthwile addition to the old 8 el yagi on the other tower 25m up. So two directions were changeable with flip of the switch. Higher antenna was mostly better in spite of (too) low takeoff angle. Win-test seems not to understand that IC-7700 has also B-vfo, so I was not able to use "SO2V" system. It might be also that I did not find the instructions in WT manual. Previous Finnish record was almost doubled - thanks to good conditions on 10m. Fortunately those were not "too good" and gave some sleep in the nighttime for old bones. Band was closed on both days around 17 UTC in spite I still had some tales to tell to the USA/Caribbean direction. Thanks for QSOs to all: QSL to the e-qsl or direct. I am in the process to get the LOTW. 73 de Tapani, OH5BM, OG5B, AB0WK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG73X Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 1,484,739 well... Nice contest! Thanks all qsos... Audio files about all qsos will be on www.oh8lq.com after log submission deadline! www.oh8lq.com Jari ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH0V Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 514,000 Thank You all for another Great One ! Conditions to West were much better than last year. To East, the conditions kind of were there, but no stations. Also from West, there could have been more activity on low bands. People were enjoying the upper bands. I am sure everybody had a lot of Fun this year. The high point was there were many Pacific stations coming in over the pole. I missed some zones that I thought would be easy - as usual. Hear you all and at least some others on CW ! 73, Jukka OH6LI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH0X Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,200,000 What a fun and what an once in the lifetime chance I mismanaged. Thanks to the best propagation for years I had maybe the last opportunity in my lifetime to make a score that I could be remembering when steps get shorter and nights get longer. Ofcourse anything can happen when the CW-operator sits onto the phone-operators chair. I forgot all the rules learned during the past 53 years of contesting. After the firs 21 hours and over 2500 QSOs I took a break and ate, I did eat by far too much. I needed to have a nap and there after sleep 2 more hours, have another nap and so on and so on. I never recovered but got only some 15 hundred QSOs on the second day with a few more multipliers. It was high time to learn this lesson. During the past few years my XYL has taken care of my nutrition during the contests, watching that I stretch my cramping legs and gymnast. Unfortunately she cound not join me this time. The renewed SO2R station worked perfectly, if anything, it is only the operator to be blamed. The openings to Pacific area on 10 where stimulating, after zone 31 in log on ten the operator was alert and ful of energy,,, for a while. I have to go at least two cycles back to recall similar openings during a contest. However, maybe the biggest thrill was to get VE1ZZ into log on 160. Next I am going to run CQWW CW SOAB with TB-Wires type of setup as TC2X. Hopefully the weather is good enough to get the low band antennas built on time. I swear that at least 45 hours actity is to be expected. Let's all enjoy the future contests each one within our own capabilities. Finally I am tempted to quote a former national team long distance runners statement after a lost game against our dearest neighbour Sweden: " The most important thing is not to win but the receipts of the daily allowance". In contesting terms the equal could be "remember to submit your log". See you in contest, Pertti, OH2PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH2BH Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,768,474 First of all, congrats to Kim/OH6KZP at OH8X and the gang at SJ2W for great scores and domestic records! North ruled! With 10m open I bravely targeted to beat the OH SOAB record set last year at OH8X, counting also on some night propagation on 20m. First 10 hours went a bit behind the schedule, mainly because of no 20m night openings, but the next 5 hours on 20-10m were great putting me above my score target curve. After a few decent hours on 40m the rates started to drop down and finally between 23-02z I was really struggling. The bands had become disturbed and I couldn't get runs going anywhere. Then 20m opened promisingly towards NA for two hours, but down it went again. At this point I could barely hear Kim/OH8X on 20m, but still well enough to understand that there was another play going on "behind the northern curtains". Sadly I learned that Kim had to QRT quite some hours too early. Once 20-10m started to open up again also for me on Sunday morning I still didn't get any good runs going anywhere and started to feel more and more tired. Or maybe it was vice versa. Anyway, I seemed to "wake up" every time I got a bit more action going on my frequency. All in all Sunday produced only few decent runs with one good but way too short exception around midnight on 20m. I finally ended up just slightly below the 2010 claimed OH record, which is nice, but left me hungry. BIG thanks to Martti OH2BH for giving me this great operating opportunity. Let's all go CW, which still IS, too ! 73 de Pasi OH6UM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH2BP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 35,934 Checking out the bands, mainly the 10M. Great conditions, a very few from USA West Coast. See U all in RTTY (that's my favorite mode for contesting) ICOM IC-7700 + JRL-2000FH (MosFET PA) + Cushcraft X9 beam @ 27M tower. 73 Kari OH2BP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH4A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,025,060 Good condx are always nice! Although bands were grooving, there were still much better in the peak years of the last maximum. Nowadays there is just more contesters and more activity. It also looks like that eg. OH8X and SJ2W had some extra openings which me and OH2IW at OH2BH missed. Contest started quite slow - 20m was closed and couldn't get much going on 40 meters. Bands really started to glow on midday when I worked 617 qsos in 3 hours with the peak rate of 229 qsos in 60 minutes. But then suddenly another tower stopped to turn and stucked to Japan for the rest of the contest. I was mentally hit badly and almost called it a day. But as I was an invited guest operator, I forced myself to continue even one-legged, although I lost several "pages" of my "operating strategy" with this problem. I also took some extra sleeping time at night just because I was "mentally down" and not focused. Sunday procuced some super nice openings on 10 meters. The highlight was perhaps KL7RA answering to my CQ at 10z. NH7A was worked earlier in the morning. My second radio amplifier stopped to work on Sunday morning. It took few hours to recover from that another mental (and signal) hit and then started to use second radio with barefoot power. I am still on my learning curve with SO2R. Next time is much better for sure ... Thanks to Jukka (OH6LI/OH0V) and Merja (OH6LI/XYL) for invitation to their fb station! Jukka's station has some very cool innovations. Equipment: 2xFT1000MP, 2xPA Antennae (copied from qrz.com): 160: 6x slopers 80: 2el LL yagi up 36m 40: 2o2 full size yagis + 2el coil loaded yagi 20: 4o4o4 yagis + 4o4o4 yagis + 2el loop for EU 15: 4o4 yagis + 4o4 yagis 10: 4o4o4 yagis + 4o4o4 yagis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH6DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,091,630 Nice conditions, especially on 10 meters. I was mainly only chasing for new mults on the bands. Antennas: 10-20: Vertical dipoles, 40-80: Wire GP's. Yaesu FT-1000MP MkV + TenTec Titan linear. 73, Ari, OH6DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH6TN Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 52,530 FT-1kMP, HL-2K, Dipole 6m AGL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH7HD Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 444,296 Nice conditions . . . but babysitting does not improve score much . . FT2000D + OM linear + 6/6el ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH8A Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 298,656 Nice contest, best runing hours was at sunday morning abt. Amplifier problems in sat morning, runing only 100w some hours. Overall it was nice as allways. Thank you for Team enablers: Kristiina OH8WW xyl catering & hosting. Jari OH8WW station facilities & transportation Esa OH8KTN Team coaching & Sauna manager Tomi OH8MS 2nd coaching at Sunday. & orGinal for qrm CU AGN 73 Kari OH4KA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH8X Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,787,583 Great band conditions on Saturday. I was pretty much QRT all of the previous solar maximum, so experiencing this was good fun. I had never imagined that even the silent band known as 10m could be so crowded. The station worked well without any hickups, and once I got past my initial first-hour confusion with some of the SO2R features of Win-Test, operating began to run smoothly. Focused a lot on moving multipliers, which paid off thanks to the nice people willing to move bands. I set out to break the current OH record, with a goal of about 8.6M. Things looked quite promising score-wise at 1000 UTC on Sunday when I was at 6.3M, only 200kpts from the record. I updated my goal to 10M, which looked achievable based on all the curves I had drawn and was using for follow-up. However, the afternoon arrival of the CME/aurora, coupled with failure of the OH6KZP "engine," dashed that hope. All the unrelenting pressure and stress related to other things appear to finally have caught up with me this weekend: I had gone to bed around 1830 UTC on Friday, but was not able to sleep for more than a few minutes, so basically the game was lost already before it started. Anyway, I planned to get a couple of hours of sleep early Sunday morning, so it would all be ok. Well, come Sunday morning and I decide to keep on going to maximize the score in the pre-CME conditions. During the day I developed a fever (> 38C) and increasing levels of angst, making the operating inefficient at times. At 17 UTC I decided to take a shower and see if I could sleep off the fever. When waking up at 19 UTC it was still there all the same, and coupled with some minor arrythmia, I decided it would be better to live to tell the story than die trying to continue it; a sad thing when 15m was bubbling with signals, but you have to respect the engine's physical limits when they slap you in the face. In any case, this weekend showed that >6000Q and >10Mpts is possible from OH land in CQWW SSB. Many thanks to OH6KN for all the help with logistics, OH8NC for the cheering, both of them for letting me use their fine station, OH2UA for SO2R help with Win-Test, and OH1WZ for help with propagation forecasting. And thanks to all for the QSOs and for moving to other bands in the hunt for multipliers. A great weekend! 73 Kim OH6KZP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OJ0X Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,023,186 For the first time Market Reef was activated during CQWW SSB. This operation was done in field-day style with light weight equipment to ease the transport over the sea to the Reef. Landing is very difficult and can only be done at perfect conditons! Rigs: 1xFT1000MP + alpha and 2xK3 + small acom linears Antennas: 2 element stepp-ir, HF9V, HF2V and 160 dipole! Pretty amazing what small gear can produce! 10m was amazing! Big thanks to The Finish Light House Society that took great care of us during our stay! Perhaps we managed to recruit our cook "Olli" to become a ham-op! ;) Nice to give out the OJ0 multiplier to all of you guys out there! Time for the curtains to fall for now and for the tired performers to return to their homes! I will be in New York city between the 2-6th of november if anyone would like to meet! Cu soon again! 73's de Teemu OJ0/SM0W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1CDJ Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,446,728 Very good conditions both days. My goal was 2500 QSO. I made twice more QSOs than last year. I worked with 1484 K+VE and 386 JA. Suprise for me was 74 BY stations. Actvity from China is increasing every year. Many thanks for calling. Ant: 2x6 el. yagi + logper Titanex DLP15 and vertical for RX 73 Ondra OK1CDJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1CLD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 456,456 It was a great contest, I managed to make 851 QSOs (250 more then ever before!), 100 unique DXCCs (4 new - Bhutan, Panama, Mexico and Hawaii) and 29 unique CQ zones. Ten meters band was the best. Looking forward to the CW part. 73! Ondra OK1CLD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1IC Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 629,566 Firstly, thanks for all QSOs and my big excuse for my very poor audio SSB signal �" I was very chill and strong rhinitis caused my bad modulation �" number one was very similar to other numbers (seven, eigth and etc…). See you in CW part without bad modulation and my big excuse for all stations! Otherwise, very nice contest with lot of pile-ups and very nice opening on Sunday’s morning via LP to VK, ZL. 73 Tom OK1IC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1SKJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 385,016 73. Ahoj Jirka ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK3C Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Total Score = 224,967 no run for 100w and 2el quad see you on OK OM DX contest and CQ WW CW 73 Ludek ok2zc.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK6MA Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 43,709 Contesting not for result - just for fun and to improve my DXCC score :-) Equipment FT-950/100W + 2 element quad in 16m, mostly S&P. Thanks all for answering my call! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Total Score = 108,416 The first contest after return from the Turkey. First time QRV from our new HF QTH, first time with the new contest call OK6W. With greaaaat and BIG help of Jan OK2ZAW and Dan OK1HRA managed to pull 6 x BVRGs. CONDX on the TOP band were unfortunately very poor - except Herb, KV4FZ no more QSOs with any Caribbean (??!!) or SA ... I Pleased WKD 28 x K, 7 x VE, and rare C5A, JT5DX, OJ0X and others.. Even though the contest quite successful and managed a new OK record. Thanks for ALL QSOs and see you again in nice CW part. Setup : IC-775DSP + PA + Vertical 40m with 120 radials + 6 x BVRGs. Pavel OK1MU (ex TA2ZAF) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK7K Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 10,549,850 Nice contest! This contest we all really enjoyed! None of is attempted in the M/2 caterogy. In the future will have to solve very large interference between the workplace's, which was really big and has a great influence on our result. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CALLED US!! Used uquipment: 1. Station FT-1000MP MarkV Field + ACOM 2000A 2. Station FT-920 + ACOM 1000 Antennas: 5el OWA for 10m (6m boom) @ 13m 6el ZX-YAGI for 15m (14.7m boom) @ 23m 5el ZX-YAGI for 20m (14,2m boom) @ 24m dipol for 40m (NE/SW dir) @ 18m dipol for 80m (NW/SE dir) @ 18m Vertical with 2 elevated radials for 160m @ 34m 3el tribander FB-33 for 10/15/10 @ 17m vertical for 15/20m RX anttennas for low bands: Two - wire reversible beverage (015/195 deg) @ 268m Ladder line reversible beverage (120/300 deg) @ 168m K9AY (030/120/210/300 deg) We are looking forward to meet you in the next contest's. 73! Petr OK1BN / OK7K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK7O Class: M/S HP Total Score = 4,621,390 Hello, contesters...This contest was the first contest from our new constest QTH near Pilsen. We used only RUN and only 2x500W output power, therefore we have so few DXCC on every band...Very good conditions on high bands, therefore we had nice pile-ups on 10 and 15m (10 min. rate 300-370, and hour rate >200). At night visited us Mr. Murphy and we had problems with our source for TRX. This pause lasted approximately 6 hours :-( Thanks all who call us...Best 73!, de team OK1OUE/OK7O Setup: IC756PRO + stack match + 2X PA (3xRE025 and GU74b, 2x500W)) Ant: 160m: dipol 12m UP and 30m vertical (RX phased beverage 2x160m dir west) 80m: dipol 25m UP and 30m vertical (RX phased beverage 2x160m dir west) 40m: slooper dipol and 30m vertical (RX phased beverage 2x160m dir west) 20m: stack YAGIs 3el 28m UP and 3el 15m UP 15m: stack YAGIs 4el 30m UP and 3el 15m UP 10m: 6el YAGI 12m UP and 3el YAGI 15m UP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL1X Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 11,961,656 RIG: position A - FT1000 mV Field + TL922 position B - FT1000 mV Field + TL922 As always, our big thanks to Radek OK1MAL; we couldn't do that without his support and effort. Big thanks to Jiri OK1RF for design of new ANT for 10m and for his support during optimization. Thanks to all for contacts. The working conditions you can see qrz.com 73 Pavel OK4PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL3R Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,719,932 First time SOAB HP effort. Still from my car. Big experience with station and antenna setup. Tried to call US stations on 40. Bad direction of main radiation pattern of my delta-loop caused low number of state side contatcts. The problem is no space for change delta loop position. Antenna setup was changed just only for last east-side opening on 40, because of good high bands. Some JAs and BYs in the log confirmed 40m functionality. Anyway absolutely another contest. No experience with totaly opened 10m band, but fully enjoyed this conditions. Czech SOAB(A)HP high score record seems to be broken :-) Setup: 10/15/20m - 5el Hygain TH5MKII (10/15/20) at 15m 20m - 5el OWA at 15m 40m - Delta loop, dipole at 15m 80/160 - MorGain by EA6XD at 9m 80 - RX K9AY loops (BPF+LNA) FT1kMP OM-Power Win-test CU in next time ... de Milan, OK1VWK/OL3R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL8M Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 822,096 SSB is not my hobby, but this time I tried, hi I mainly wanted as many multipliers. Thank you all for QSOs and I hope to meet in OKDX CW, CQWW CW and OKDX RTTY or other contests in November and December 2011 RIG FT1000MP + PA 1 kW /maximum/ + 6ele YAGI /only one / 73 Pavel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM0A Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Total Score = 1,332,450 Very nice opening on 10m to JA and W. Unfortunatelly, my QTH is very very bad in direction to the NA. Very tired after all because I was in QRL for few hours during contest. GL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM5M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,770,378 Hi there :} This contest we finally had more than 3 OPs!! I even managed to cook some puding! HI But let's go to the ham stuff. The conditions were great on higher bands. We could catch a bigger pileup on 10m, but we were to busy on 15m. We couldn't even decide which band was more suitable...but anyway, we all had great fun hearing everybody on air again and we're looking forward for the other contest. :) Miska, OM4CX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM7M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,093,772 Old good days came back. It seems that 10m played in full force and this competition has turned into a kind of a sprint race for over a couple of years . We beg Mr. Murphy not to come on us for the CW part. This weekend was horrible concerning the technical equipment. On Saturday morning after the windstorm out 80m Bobtail Curtain for a mysterious reason fell down on our 15m stack and while rotating we broke 15m rotator with a gear unit .The whole contest we were missing our 15m rottary due to its impossible repair. In spite of that 148dxcc and 39 zone are not so bad. On Sunday morning we lost 40m 4 ele. HB9CV too. Due to high vswr we could not use it therefore we missed a lot of mults. Anyway we had a great time with our guests Jan OM2IB and Neno 9A5AN. Thanks to all for calling us and CU in CW part Lubo,OM5ZW on behalf of OM7M contest team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON5KQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 302,731 raw score The new 8ele vertical circle is doing great - nice rx antenna also no operation in first and second night = only operation during day times tnx for all the stations who called me - see you in CQWW CW Ulli, ON5KQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OP4A Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 180,895 IC 746, 2el Yagi Just a little S&P and sunday afternoon calling for 2hr, nice openings, cu on cqww CW 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OQ5M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,767,000 Bring on the CW weekend! More on http://www.on5zo.be/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OT1S Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 903,474 I did some S&P and cycled around the bands for 39 hours of which I called cq for 1 hour. 40 and 160 could have been better, but I rather took a quick nap. Started one hour too late, fell a sleep in the couch and woke up at 0100 UTC. Nice conditions on 10 and 15, at last.. Radio: FT450at Antennas: HF9V, ZS6BKW@40ft, 10MTR Moxon@35ft, low FD5, 88ft invL@30ft. Software: N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ1ADL Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 965,403 Hip, hip, hooray - The sunspots are now officially back ! What an amazing CQWW Week-end ! K3ZJ, Dave, was visiting and did 15 m Single op/low band as OZ5E, while I was doing SOSB on 15 with high power - and did we have fun..... I had an optimistic goal of app. 1500 QSOs, 150 Mults and ...maybe 40 zones... The first day was wild - I made 39 zones on the first day alone -and it did not even take me a whole day - it was fantastic ! All the way around and lots and lots of DX Andrew, OZ1XJ, had been working hard so that Dave and I had some decent stations to work with, but one of teh big ACOM amplifiers had a fault, so one of us got to do low power - which did not limit us much under such great conditions... When I got up on sunday, I prayed that I would get KL7RA as the last zone (1) - and I did ! - and much more ...and what great runs to both Japan and USA and handing out lots of multipliers to the local europeans There are so many highlights from this week-end hat I can hardly describe it, but one of the was when 3D2A were exasperated about working me as a new mult, or when a KH6 station called me on the second day, just to tell me that I was 59, eventhoug we worked on the previous day - or when I thought that I could get no more multipliers, and TX5A came out of nowhere - or when I thought that now I could not possibly squeeze any more out of 10 m - and a wild US run occurred, because I was posted on the cluster - again and again .... What a great contest ! Dave did great as wll, and will probably post his own results, but let me just say, that the previous Danish record for 15 LP is being challenged... We had lots o great conversation about the hobby inbetween operating. Dave is a great guy and a very experienced contester. I ended up with somewhat more than I had expected: 1881 QSOs, 40 Zones and no less than 161 DXCC countries - and I am sure I could have made a few more if I had not been so busy running... The sunspots are back ! Congratulations Everyone !!!!! Greetings from the old chicken shack in Stjaer, Denmark What a great hobby we have ! 73 de OZ1ADL, Jan http://www.thogersen.dk/Site_2/What_is_happening_at_OZ1ADL/Archive.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ1FJB Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 19,389 Amazing to work my first CQWW-SSB from my own qth. With apx. 300-400 watts and a ATU put to my 60m Moxon vertical beaming West, feeded together with a inverted L for 80 m. the pileup did well. Telex contester and a FT-857 + RM-300, did a great job. I only did part time of the contest, due to a kids birthdayparty... Had to close before end, due to bedtime hihi.. 2nd. part of the CQWW is cw, my favorite, and I will be in a team running from the small setup at OZ5E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ5E Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 321,636 Thanks to OZ1ADL (Jan) & OZ1XJ (Andrew), co-owners of the OZ5E contest station located at Jan's farm in rural central Jutland. Thanks also to Andrew & XYL Lissa for their kind hospitality in nearby Arhus at their "Mollestien 49" guest house (http://www.house-in-aarhus.com/html/english.html) while we worked on antennas B4 the contest. Station info & related links are at: http://www.oz5e.com/html/oz5e_oz1adl.html. Despite best efforts, the Acom 2000 intended to power the 15M position could not be fixed in time for the weekend, so I went barefoot with the new 5-el 15M Optibeam at 60'. The beam, condx, and fellow hams made for an enjoyable time, although I had to leave at 1330 GMT Sunday so did not maximize the score. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ5WQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 18,526 Rig IC735 + Butternut +30m LW ant. Condx FB 73 Pete OZ5WQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ7X Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 402,192 great conds but I was only active 10 hours; Hope to run full time next year ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40A Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 15,000,000 After removing the towers, antennas and all of my belongings in March from the home that I owned, I did not think that I would be returning to Aruba again this year. Andy, AE6Y / P49Y had planned on operating this contest from the station that he and W6LD / P40L own. Andy cancelled his contest plans to spend time with his daughter who was expecting a child and he became a grandfather just days before the contest. Congratulations on your new grandson! Andy asked me if I wanted to operate the station and before he could complete the sentence I said YES! I had operated the CQWW Phone contest 9 times in the last 10 years from Aruba and it is one of my favorites. My wedding anniversary occurred on the day after CQWW Phone and my wife was able to join me making for a perfect vacation. W0YX / P49X had used the station for the CQWW RTTY contest and everything was in great condition except for one broken wire on the 160m antenna. During my last trip, I was unable to bring home my Yaesu FT1000-MP Mark-V and AI6V / P49V was nice enough to store it for me. So, shortly after arriving in Aruba I picked up my transceiver at Carls home and set up the shack. Just prior to the trip I purchased a new laptop and I brought my MicroHAM Digi Keyer to interface the computer with the Yaesu FT1000-MP Mark-V. I had one small problem, for some reason my transceiver was not supplying 12 volts to the Digi Keyer. Fortunately, I was easily able to solder a wire to the unit and use one of the power supplies in the shack. It took me a little while to get used to the laptop keyboard. The 160m antenna was also pretty easy to fix from ground level so I had plenty of time to enjoy my vacation time with the XYL prior to the contest. We enjoyed snorkeling at Baby Beach and the fish all enjoyed feasting on a loaf of bread that we brought them for lunch. Apparently, these fish were not aware of that old saying “Don't bite the hand that feeds you.” We also enjoyed dining out and shopping in town prior to the weekend. About 15 minutes before the contest began, a gecko ran across the wall of the living room. I tried, unsuccessfully, chasing it out of the house as my wife is not fond of these critters. So much for her relaxing weekend! We finally captured it on Monday and released it outside. For CQWW Phone I decided to try operating SOAB (A), which is a category that I had never tried before. Since CQWW is a strategic contest with so many countries active, I thought that this category would give me the most fun over the 48 hour period. I had only one radio set up and thought that the packet spots would keep me aware of the activity outside my passband. My setup was pretty basic using a manual amp and antenna switch. The contest starts very late in Aruba, at 8:00PM, but signals on 15m were still strong so I knew that conditions were going to be good. 20m was in great shape the pileups seemed never ending late into the first night, however I had to leave the high rates and switch to 40m, 80m and 160m while those bands were still open to Europe. 40m was very crowded and 80m and 160m were noisy so I fought the crowds on 40m as long as I could while working a number of different countries. I later tried 80m, where I could hear P40W running Europe on his 80m beam, but I did not have his success using the shortened dipole. 160m seemed almost dead every time I listened, where was everyone on top band? At the end of the first night I was happy with my progress, except that I had only worked 29 countries on 80m. Obviously my strategy of multipliers finding me was not working, at least on the low bands. I tried to pick up multipliers using the packed spots during slower times or when I needed a little break, but I had a lot of problems keeping the system connected, especially while operating the low bands where I needed it most. So while it was useful for picking up multipliers at times, it was also a tremendous distraction. I tried making some adjustments, but I was never successful at keeping the spots coming. I believe that there were some problems with the DSL line, some RF issues and there was likely a better way for me to set up packet on my computer. On the second night I worked much harder tuning up and down the bands and I was able to greatly improve my 80m multipliers. I then took a three hour nap hoping to have enough energy for the pileups that would start after sunrise. Amazingly the second day seemed just as busy as the first and I ran stations all the way to the end. In fact I made 318 contacts in 60 minutes late on Sunday. This CQWW Phone contest was a blast. Conditions were so good on so many bands that it was difficult for me to figure out how to operate this one. In hindsight, I should have spent more time on 10m. My neighbor down the street, P40W who has 25 years of experience operating from Aruba made over 1000 more contacts on 10m than I did. I did have some rain static and the 10m monobander had only two elements, but certainly more QSOs were possible. I did well on the rest of the bands and came close to the 2003 Assisted record. Afterwards the XYL and I met with W2GD / P40W and W5AJ / P40P for a nice dinner and conversation. The following day was our anniversary and I had a great time with my wife Leslie. We were married in Aruba 9 years ago, just after a WW contest. This was another great trip and I would like to thank AE6Y and W6LD for the use of their home and station. I would also like to thank everyone for the QSOs. Please QSL via WD9DZV 73, John KK9A / P40A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40P Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 8,400,000 Operated from Carl (p49v) and Sue (p40yl)'s place Played the stacked TH7's pretty hard on high bands - was impressive 160 was not good, had to search for VE3EJ and hope to pick off VE multi. was not able to pick up zone 3 or 7 on 160 many of the carribean stations must ditched 160 for weekend, some E/W type opening for few multis on 160 & 80 15 & 10 came alive this year and made the event a fun weekend with some good rates - having everyone crowd on 20/40 was getting old! Great to see P40A & P40W at dinner post contest. My ninth contesting visit to the island. 3 of those this year. Best clock hour rate 265 on day 2 2100Z 15 meters (LP) 73 Robert W5AJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40W Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 15,086,624 SO1R Station: IC756ProII, Acom 2000A, Win-Test Software Antennas: F12 C31XR @ 60 feet, Cushcraft Rotatable 40M Dipole @ 68', 3 ele 80 and 4 el 40M wire beams toward EU at 55 feet. 160/80 inverted V @ 60', 160 Vertical Dipole. Four beverages, 800' NE, 450' NW, 500 feet N/S, 500 feet E/W + Ameco Nuvistor Cascode Preamp. All manual antenna switching using 50 year old B&W coax switches. COMMENTS This contest managed to make a diehard CW guy like me think phone operation can be fun, the attraction was RATE and more RATE. I've done roughly 45 CQWW operations from here - and this one was my best SOAB HP score ever from here. There was ragte everywhere...it was difficult to select the right band to be on to maximize and balance both rate and mults. The only downside this weekend were 160 and 80. There seemed to be very high absorption on 160 (only heard 3 EU stations all weekend) and both bands exhibited the effects of very active t-storms nearby in YV-land to my south (tonight listening to 160, its a very quiet S-5 and both EU and NA signals are strong...go figure). So sorry if I seemed I was deaf on 160....the truth was I just couldn't hear. Hopefully we'll have great low band condx on the WW CW weekend. Its nice to arrive several days before a contest. The setup work can be spread out over several days, there's somewhat less time pressure, etc. If you've read my contest stories over the years you know P40W is not a plug and play operation.....it requires some strenuous work to make the station play. And this time play it really did! Monday Day One: Flight arrives on-time. Grab lunch and some groceries before arriving at th station about 4 p.m. Spend the two available hours until dark running in the coax lines for the three antennas on the main tower, extend out the 160/80 inverted V wires that are suspended across a road onto an adjoining propery, and evaluating the status of other antennas. Only major problem seems to be a dangling wire that used to be the 160 vertical diople. Check SWR curves, all seems well. Run some loud W and JA stns on 10M about 00Z running just 100W. Go to dinner. When I return 10M is still wide open to JA at 1 a.m. local, haven't heard condx this good since about 2004. Tuesday Day Two: Its not possible to be competitve here without low noise RX antennas. Normally there are three or four beverages that I try to have in working order. Since my last visit here in May, the landscape has again changed, and new cacti and thorn tree obstructions have emerged to make life difficut. Spent nine hours on Tuesday clearing obstructive plant growth, laying nearly 800 feet of feedlines, and either stringing or repairing beverage wires. I'm fortunate to have the room for beverages here.....but one pays the price installing and maintaining them. On a positive note, this time there were no feedline connector or transformer issues and all four bev. antennas really worked. Another evening out to dinner, and back to work more DX. Worked XU7ACY on 10m LP at 2 a.m. local time with just 100W. I find this stuff stil amazing after 50 years of hamming. Wednesday - Day Three: Repair and or install wire antenna day. Site obstructions make this always challenging and requires pleny of walking - there is no such thing as a straight-line stroll between points A and B. In critical locations and directions undergrowth was cleared to facilitate stringing the seven elements of 40 and 80 meter wire beams that are interlaced on a 130 foot rope boom. I've done this task alone nearly 30 times since 1999, so I know it will take 4 hours and about 800 feet of nylon string. But the payback - being loud on 40 and 80 to EU is a powerful incentive to keep me at it even when its most uncomfortable (it always seems the wind dies down on days when it would be most welcomed). Besides the 40 and 80 wires, I also put a director in front of the 40M rotatable dipole to have 2 elements to the states...5 db gain for almost no effort. Finally tackled the 160M vertical problem. The tower is so rusted I won't climb much past the first guy set...luck with me, with a broom I was able to grab the dangling wire and get it untwisted from the upper guy. Too bad 160 ended up being terrible over the weekend. After a flare condx seemed punk today. Thursday Day 4 - Goof Off Day With the antenna work essentially completed I played radio for several hours, marveling how good conditions were compared to the past 7 years. Got on 12 and 17 meters to give out the country for the deserving....and fine tuned some of the wire beam element placements. Low stress, low physical effort day. Stopped by to say hi to W5AJ/P40P after dinner. Friday Day 5 - Final Checks and Lunch With the contest now just hours away, kept away from any sort of physical exertion. Spent a few hours calibrating the new Prosistel 61D and Green Heron controller that I'd be installing at P49MR on Monday. Had a hi carb lunch with P40P, and went home for a full 3 hour nap during the afternoon. The two hours before the contest were spent making small creature comfort and ergonomic tweaks. I was ready! Keeping eye on a Noreaster developing back home. CQWW PH Day One Following advice from W2SC/8P5A, started on 15M. Unfortunately condx quickly faided and 25 mins later headed to 20M where the rate was much better...a 275 first hour. The next hour would be my best all weekend, 337 qsos, mostly stateside with some Asia, EU and SA in the mix. That was a rush. Stayed on 20 for another 285 hour. At 0400 decided I needed to get down to 160M and 75M for mults. Found condx noisy on both bands. After a few quick mults on 160 headed to 80. EU stations weren't booming but dug a hole and CQd with the 3el yagi for a 140 hour. Headed back to 160 on the hour for 2 more mults, then down to 20/40/80 for sprints. Finally spent an hour on 40M at 0500. After the contest I could see I should have spent more time there. The next several hours until sunrise were spent cycling through 40/80/160 but the rates were only in the 140 range... At dawn skipped 20M and went to 15 which was already hot toward EU and the NEA. Got the rate machine cranking up for the next 11 hours, averaging around a steady 250 an hour with 310 and 300 hours in the mix. This was the classic 'no meters like 10 meters' scenario.....it was terrific! Finally at 18z moved to 15M for more rate, the JA and the states....rate stays around 280. Finished off the first day cycling between 15/20/40...mults seemed a little low but at 00Z had 4800 qsos, a very slick 200/hour. Readjusted my original goals upward some and continued on. I always seem to suffer a letdown after all the daytime action and Sunday would no exception. Physically I'm getting tired and my tongue hurts. Started using the voice keyer more and more. But the rates fall back into the 120 range, I could seemed to get traction on 40M and conditions on 80 and 160 were still in the dumps. Finally at 0600 decided I needed some sleep to be able to cope with the high rates that would start at daylight. Ended up sleeping for 4.5 hours, my head on the desk! It was off to the races. The last 12 hours the rate was a nice steady 190 to 220 per hour, with a 260 at 21z on ten meters to the states. Throughout the day I attempted to move mults between 10/15/20. This was 80% successful and paid off in totals at the end. Closed out the contest on 20M, and was rewarded with B3C calling in for a double and in the final 15 seconds, PJ4T called for my last QSO and 501st country. After calling home and hearing about the snow storm, loss of power, etc. headed off to the traditional post-contest dinner with P40A and P40P. Managed to stagger home and finally crash..... WOW what a weekend.....with condx like this phone can actually be fun. Thanks to everyone for all the contacts and hope we can all do it once again for CQWW CW. P40W will be QRV November 22 - December 1. QSL via LOTW or N2MM. 73, John W2GD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ4T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 26,230,873 We had a wonderful international team with each team member contributing to the effort. We would like to thank our host K2NG for all his hard work and especially thank Hans PJ4LS for his assistance and his wonderful hospitality. Can we do this again next weekend? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ7PL Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 54,961 this was not a big contest trip but a vacation this was just a fun time I had a buddistick on the balcony and a ic-7000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ7X Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 507,886 Almost whole contest on dipole. Used beam for a couple of hours. Other ops on DXpedition were on CW or RTTY or WARC bands during contest. QSL via F6EXV. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PP1CZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,428,648 Great propagation on 10 Meters. All day long and some oppenings to Asia, South Pacific and Africa. Thank you all for QSO and see you on CQWW CW Contest. 73 from PP1CZ - Léo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PR2P Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,707,076 TX/RX:YAESU FT-707 ANT: 5 ELENT MONOBAND BY PY2NI AMPLIFIER: CICLONE 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PR5B Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,604,592 Sergio PP5JR many thanks for host me again. Nice weekend, nice friendship, very good fun as always. See you on CW part ...I'm just a beginner in telegraphy but will make my best. 73 Alan PY2LSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PS2T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 18,422,552 TNX to Atilano, PP5EG PY5EG PY2OMS, for the opportunity to use his FB station. Condx on the high bands were fine but we had difficulties to get out on the lower bands due to static noise and long distance to EU and USA. No major technical problems here this time. Looks like Mr. Murphy was too busy elsewhere and had no time to bother us... We experimented with real-time video and audio on our site (PS2T at qrz.com). At least 30 hours of video of our operation recorded. The data will remain there for some time in case somebody is interested to see and listen. 73, the PS2T team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PS8DX Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 98,948 Real nice contest. The Best practice of amateur radio. TKS to all who QSO with me. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PT2CM Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 6,670,662 Again, lot of problems. But great time for relationship and get experiences. Tks all for the qsos, CU in the cw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PT5T Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,672,461 VERY NICE PROPAGATION AND EXCELENT CONFRATERNIZATION HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO RECEIVE THE VISIT FROM ARAUCARIA ARGENTINA LU9ESD, AND LU8EOT. THANKS FOR BEING IN OUR LOG OMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PU2LEP Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 959,576 Hi To all The very good conditions all the time. Thanks to all for qso. I hope to see everyone in the next contest 73 Vaz PU2LEP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PU5FJR Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 97,170 Thank you very much for being in my log. This is my first cqww . I operated from my grandmother house ( also a station from my fahter pp5jr) Very difficult some times to stay in a pile up...so fast...dificult to understand. Hope to see all of you during the arrl 10 i will be with my family and some friends in a multi single effort with zx5j. 73 Eduardo PU5FJR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PW2D Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,579,000 Dear Mamiro, PY2DM, thanks again for letting us use your facilities! This time we had big encounters with Mr. Murphy, this was a challange of its own, but we managed his encounter, Ricardo, PY2PT joined us for the first time, his operation skills is brilliant, he told us that he was bitten by the Pile-Up bug at the recent DXpedition to Mayotte, FH8 Ricardo works like a pile-Up machine! Fabio, PY2BK did his fair share with his good operation skills and myself was doing my little share. See you all in the CW part, thanks for all nice QSOs and exciting multipliers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PW7T Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 27,746,262 Great conditions and amazing time on 10m! Thank you all for QSO and hope work you again on CW. Comments and statistics: http://www.pw7t.net/2011/10/pw7t-cqww-ssb-2011/ Fortaleza DX Group PW7T Team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PX2V Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 226,435 I didn�'t have enough time to do more than I did ! Little baby at home ! HI HI I had a lot of fun operating this contest. Looking for the next one ! Thanks for all stations for answering my call ! C U ! 73,s PY2KJ, Art ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PX7C Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,640,000 UNFORTUNATELY A TREMENDOUS NOISE THE EVENING. PY7CRA-CRAPE - THE FIRST TIME IN A CQWW SSB CONTEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2LED Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,200,816 Hello Dear All, Nice conditions on 10 meters!!! One of the best pile-ups I have been experienced with NA on Saturday evening arriving in 8 contacts per minute and a lot of 59+20B huge signals. The most difficult issue is to fight with myself to support 48 hours in front the radio. I hope to arrive there...one day :)) Thanks for all contacted stations and I hope to see you again in December. PS.: I would like to join CW contests but I need to learn more...Time availability is the main issue today... 73�'s, FERNANDO / PY2LED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2SBY Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 35,432 Dear all. The propagation was not so bad but with my conditions are very hard to do a qso with europe and north america because the propagation was very good in north pole and the stations in south pole get a litle dificult basic in my conditions that still call for a lot station that no hear me. Thanks for all Elvis. My station are: IC756pro3 run 25 watts RFI care. Vertical trib in window apartment Headset heil proset plus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2SEI Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 43,560 SETUP: TRANSCEIVER: FT101 E MICROFONE: GEOTEK ANTENNA: DX1040 BY PY2CM POWER: 100W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2YU Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,104,931 Rig: TS-450S + FT-450 (Used it only on 15 meters due a RX problem in TS-450S on this band). Amp: Alpha 91b (Thanks Ville - PY2ZEA/OH2MM) Pwr: 700W - 1kW (During daylight the voltage was low) Ant: 10M - 5 el. Yagi @ 13 meters (Home made, short boom) 15M - TH7DX 20M - TH7DX 40M - 2 el. Yagi PP5UA @ 19 meters 80M - Dipole 160M - Inverted Vee No meters is like ten meters. Low bands were inexistent from down here. See you all in CQWW CW. 73/DX PY2YU - Tom PX2W in contests py2yu @ hotmail.com (MSN) py2yu @ terra.com.br ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PZ5MM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 10,319,132 Great contest from Suriname with big pileups during the whole contest. Many thanks for all the calls! I tried out the new TS-590S for the first time and I'm very satisfied with that one. The first day I finished with 4000 QSOs. In the second night I wanted to sleep for 2 hours, but I didn't hear my clock bell so I woke up after more than 6 hours. This was not so good, because I missed a lot of 40 and 80m QSOs with many multipliers. I would like to thank Ramon PZ5RA and his family for their hospitality, support and a great time in Suriname. 73 de Stefan DK1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: R5GA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,175,534 Highlights: + High bands were great. + C5A, D4C came on my CQ on 160 meters, thanks for mults. Lowlights: - A lot of unexpected technical failures. Overall, a great contest. Thanks for the QSOs and CU in CW. 73! Valery R5GA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: R9AT Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 6,240 Antenna GP-21 meters. Transiver IC-78. Good contest. Cuagn next years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RA9AU Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 309,366 CQ-WW-SSB summary sheet Contest Dates : 29.10.2011 - 30.10.2011 Callsign Used : RA9AU Operators : RA9AU Category : SINGLE-OP 20M HIGH SSB Time ON : 16h 54m Band QSOs Points DXCC CQ Zones -------------------------------------------- 160SSB 0 0 0 0 80SSB 0 0 0 0 40SSB 0 0 0 0 20SSB 709 2022 117 36 15SSB 0 0 0 0 10SSB 0 0 0 0 -------------------------------------------- Total 709 2022 117 36 Climed score: 2022 * (117+36) = 309366 RIG: IC-756ProIII ANT: TH3-MK4 73! Victor - RA9AU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RA9FW Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Total Score = 95,140 Sorry for dont full activity - I was very busy this weekend! CU in CQWWCW next month.Will be work from RX9CAZ shack! Thank you !73! MIKE FT-450 + 1Kw into fullsize vertical 1/4 L. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RC0F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,160,528 I was able to work just couple of hours in the contest. First time ever had clock hour rate 394! Best QSO Rates: 703 QSOs during 120 minutes 394 QSOs during 60 minutes 199 QSOs during 30 minutes 136 QSOs during 20 minutes 75 QSOs during 10 minutes Personal best hours ever 394 on 15m first day, 370 next day on 15m, 383 on 10m and 283 to EU. 1800 QSOs during 5,5 hours... Really injoy it so much. Thanks to all for calling and make possible to achieve such high rates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RC9O Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,113,008 Amazing !!!! The propagation was very good a specially ten miters! And only weather upset all Siberian participants. At the second day was very strong snow storm and at list 8 hours all bands was totally cowered by white noise . We lost almost six hours, but we’ve got a WINTER!!!! Thanks to every body for calls. Will see you in WW CW next month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RL3A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 16,072,963 Vy good prop. CU in CW part! 73's Yury RL3FT WWW.RL3A.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RL6M Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,103,495 sri.... just to test pileup.ru ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RM3F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,729,088 SSB is always tuff see you in CW 73! Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RN4HAB Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 302,400 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RT5Z Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,030,334 The decision to fulfill only 20 was accepted in advance as the antenna economy on this range allowed to hope for normal result. - stack 6х6х6 for USA, mono 7-ele long at 42 мtrs high, А347 rotary, А335 fixed for south and delta for near QSO. Radios - К3, IC-756. The purpose - to try to pass on qso for 3000, to make 40 zones and a minimum of 150 countries, to type 1,4 million points, seemed enough real (studying passage within a week the day before contest). However meanwhile - alas! - not this time)). There is a RECORD of all work (it on a refereeing case "on concepts" and for fans to move places in the total table). CU in WW CW! With deep respect for participants contest, Serge G. Alexandrenko =Alex = RT5Z, RA3CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RX9CAZ Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 549,096 TNX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50B Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 166,260 Testing my homemade 31" vertical and new acom! I spend only 10 hours. My family was very happy! See you in cq ww cw! IC-756PRO2, vertical ant., ACOM 1000, MK2. 73's de Borut S50B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50G Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,081,758 FT-1000MP Mark V + 1500W 6 el Yagi @ 10m 4 el Yagi @ 33m Great conditions :-) 73 Vito, S56M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50K Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,260,870 In the case that someone would ask me in early Friday morning if I am going to operate ctest would immedeately decline that. Buisy week, inspite of illness ended anyway with all setup being tested in Friday late evening. To mention here just a few bright moments after that. 21 has been in good shape already in morning with activity densed up to 450. The attractive goal was to end near 2500 qso mark. Decent run in Saturday afternoon was with good, encoraging DX signals, closing the day at 1500 qso evening count. Real bright moment next morning was kh7x comming when heading to Africa, thus comming via long South pole path. He also confirmed that beaming. That was not new zone, nor new country, but was the first time ever for me working kh6 long pass this way. The aurora activity at the Sount pole seemed to be realy low. For the North pole, a number of KL7s confirmed that in Saturday afternoon. Another bright moment in Sunday was qso count that was excpected to be near 1 k for that day, but somehow just continued to rise. The conditions in Sunday were obviously great. I am sure that such excellent conditions could be exploited much better way than I did. Category is Assisted. A few mults were pulled from packet close to the end, when searching for final zone 29 that is missed this time. Good work by DL2ARD, OK1CDJ and others. Best 73s, Marko, S50K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S50XX Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 2,580,954 Conditions were just too good. Impossible to get a run on 20/15m. 15z on 10m was great both days: 130 and 141. CU in CW part. Kristjan, S50XX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S51F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,960,541 CU in CW part, 73 Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53F Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 801,984 I tried to do as much as possible with a simple set-up. 3L beam, FT-950, 1,2kw 73 de Vinko s53f ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 10,864,494 Not the best result, but we had so much fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53MM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,335,355 Found out on friday evening that I have no 160m antenna, so all operation was with 80m dipol on that band. I didn't expect that much countries. Great begining of contest on 40m and great ending on 10/15/20m in the mean time it could be better. 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % NA 0 35 428 549 658 688 2358 52.2 EU 93 367 352 371 240 179 1602 35.4 AF 2 6 10 8 11 19 56 1.2 AS 2 7 84 58 92 173 416 9.2 SA 0 0 12 17 14 14 57 1.3 OC 0 0 9 6 10 6 31 0.7 Matija/S53MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S56A Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 280,356 Great condx on 10 m, worked all 40 zones! Bad tactics first day with 40/80 m S&P for the first 4 hours and then overslept 10 m opening until 7 UTC. Strong JA & USA signals. Missed few Eastern mults due to heavy pile-ups. Lot of foreign QRM on the bands and even more of our IMD but it was fun AGAIN! 73 de Mario, S56A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57AL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 2,415,283 My first run in SOAB category. It was fun (a lot of work even for low power). For each band one antena and SO1R. 36 hours on S&P and 4 hour Cq-ing on 10m with nice runs ower 100/h. Congratulations to DR1A for amazing score in MM operations (well done guys). FT-1000 MKV Field (95W on LP-100A) 1,8 INVV @ 25m (E-W) 3,5 INVV @ 23m (E-W) 7 Vertical with 12 radials 14 5.el.yagi @ 31m 21 5.el.yagi @ 29m 28 5.el.yagi @ 28m 73 and CU in CW part. Ivo, S57AL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57C Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 18,212 FT-1000MP, TL922, LQ160m@6-10mABG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 6,373,158 My personal best ever. This time 5000 contacts was reachable for me but because of some technical problems I didnt reach this goal. Also lost about 10 minutes of operating time fixing that. Bands was in good shape. All of them. My 15M qso total is to small because I was not able to find freq for CQ!!! And that was problem on all bands.... I stay in chair for whole 48 hours and it was hard. About an hour till end I asleep in chair for 12 minutes. Luckily I wake up and continue till the end. Anyway I enjoy this contest very much. Cant wait for CW leg... 73 Slavko S57DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57Z Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,147,928 my first contest on USB mode.Tnx Dragotu and his wife for their hospitality. Ant: 2x5 el Yagi on 40 meters height 4 el quad on 40 m height 73, Igor, S57Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S58M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,723,364 CU AGN in CW part! 73 Dare, S58M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SJ2W Class: M/S HP Total Score = 15,151,212 WOW, this was really a great experience. I didn't think these kind of numbers were possible up at 64 degrees north, but with quite good amount of sunspots and no aurora during most of the contest made it possible. However the bands dropped out during Sunday afternoon so we ended up running the end of the contest beaming south on the lowbands. But since we hadn't done this previously it produced quite good rates. This was a great combination of 10m being alive and producing the most number of mults while the lowbands were still quite good, except for 160m. 40m was amazing during the first night. The Swedish record was at a bit over 9 million points and we set an optimistic goal of 10 million with 6000 qsos. CU in CQWW CW Check the webpage for more information, http://www.sj2w.se/contest/ SJ2W All bands - All modes QSOs (with dupes) - By time | Hr | | ----------------- | 00 | 145 | | 01 | 127 | | 02 | 152 | | 03 | 143 | | 04 | 182 | | 05 | 136 | | 06 | 138 | | 07 | 146 | | 08 | 159 | | 09 | 232 | | 10 | 224 | | 11 | 224 | | 12 | 155 | | 13 | 182 | | 14 | 153 | | 15 | 198 | | 16 | 211 | | 17 | 213 | | 18 | 142 | | 19 | 134 | | 20 | 99 | | 21 | 165 | | 22 | 157 | | 23 | 188 | | 00 | 183 | | 01 | 237 | | 02 | 206 | | 03 | 132 | | 04 | 106 | | 05 | 78 | | 06 | 166 | | 07 | 179 | | 08 | 145 | | 09 | 142 | | 10 | 124 | | 11 | 136 | | 12 | 200 | | 13 | 168 | | 14 | 176 | | 15 | 65 | | 16 | 154 | | 17 | 185 | | 18 | 136 | | 19 | 208 | | 20 | 117 | | 21 | 184 | | 22 | 140 | | 23 | 96 | ----------------- | | 7668 | SJ2W - Continents All bands - SSB QSOs (with dupes) | EU | NA | SA | AF | AS | OC | ------------------------------------------------------- | 39.2% | 40.6% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 13.9% | 3.0% | ------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SM3C Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,237,080 Equipment used: Kenwood TS-570D, MLA-2500, 500 w out 10-20: Force 12 C3 yagi, 40-80: HF2V vertical 160: lw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN2B Class: M/S HP Total Score = 14,067,180 Great conditions, but 10m seemed not as good here as in southern Europe. 15m was the best high band here. Redesigned 40m Yagi worked great! Big thanks to our host Kaz SP2FAX for hospitality. 73! Marek SQ2GXO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN3B Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 630,338 YAESU FT 1000MP, 100W +horizontal delta 83m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN6F Class: M/M HP Total Score = 5,326,335 Runnig most of the time with low power, due to interactive QRM ( lack of filters). Any way we have lot of fun, and we are quite happy with results. Operators: Jan OK1NF, Andy SP6ECA, Jurek SP6QNU, Marek SP6NIC,Kuba SQ6ILJ and Zibi SP6A. Thanks everyone for QSO,s and cu during cw part! 73 de Zibi sp6a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SN7H Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,758,174 Tnh for Participation for All pse for more info visit QRZ.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SO4M Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Total Score = 1,054,120 Tnx for all the QSOs. 73 de Peter SP4DEU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP1NY Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 233,080 Relaxing style effort as SSB is not my favourite mode. Upper bands were boiling. Could work all zones on single band first time ever. Sunday morning had to switch to low power due to minor TVI problem. Rig: FTDX-5000 PA - 500W 3el Ultrabeam @15 mtrs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SP9LJD Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,449,060 Second time this year I have broken current SP record (first was in WPX SSB). Thanks for every QSO and QRM, great contest us usuall. Hope to work next year more efficient. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SQ8J Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 150,007 rig: IC-765 ant: 6el monoband YAGI only 7mH working holiday style tnx for all QSO 73, Jakub SQ8J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SQ8JX Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 863,040 TS 590 PA (500W with problems). 160/80 - dipol @ 10 m 7/14/21/28 - GP "GP7DX" @ 15m 14/21/28 - 4 el Yagi @ 15m Vy 73 Kornel SQ8JX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ST2AR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 9,343,340 Good fun! With family here I could not dedicate the whole 48 hours to the contest, so I went for pileups - boy they were wild - and picking whatever I could with the help of the cluster. NO fancy set-up, just a simple single-radio arrangement here, so I found cluster of a very limited benefit. Most of the mults were found anyway "skimming" the bands when looking for a running frequency or changing bands. And when the spot comes up, its very frustrating ti break through the EU wall, while nobody really bothers to turn the antenna down towards Africa. There's a huuuge pond of juicy mults here guys, and you miss them! 160&80 are marginal here for most of the time, but have not seen it like this. Not a single signal heard on 160 the whole weekend!? Even 40 with a rotary dipole at 24 meters which usually produces excellent signal, made me wonder if I was transmitting anything at all, considering the effort needed to get someones attention. CU in CW, same arrangement/category. 73 Robert, ST2AR / S53R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SV5DKL Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 47,520 Apart from family obligations, I managed to man 40m station of SX5P during the first night of the contest, but spent rest of the weekend at home, where I worked over a hundred new band-points for my DXCC Challenge award, and also a all-time new one for me, ZK2X. Explicit propagation on 10m and 15m from my part of the world...at last !! Just a short notice: I feel that everyone is using DX-spotting assistance with one way or another. Chasing new band-points throughout the contest, made me realize that well-known NON-assisted (as they state) contesters, are always at the pile-up when I (who am assisted alrighty !) arrive at the QRG. Or at most, a few seconds later ;-) I believe the CQ WW Committee should consider cancelling choice of assisted/non-assisted for future participations. After all, why spend so much time, energy and resources trying to figure out if a participant's log should be re-ordered as Assisted ?? When one will want to cheat, he will find the way ... Besides following them, rules for some are also there to be broken ... 73s from Rhodes, Dodecanese. Stathis, SV5DKL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SV9GPV Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 1,274,877 CQ WW 2011 SSB This year i try my luck ...in CQ-WW 2011 SSB in 10M LOW SSB SO My radio is Tentec Orion2 and my antenna is 4 el ...10m up in my roof and my power 100w the propagation .....WOW ..... all time is very very good i rcv station for EU 59+50 .... PA -G-DL-HB9-EI-GW-LA -OH-SM-OZ - UA -RA OH0 .....All times i take report 59++++ for EU station For the first qso all go very good with big pileup all time very strong all for ASIA JA -BA -HL-HS- DS- 9W-VU and some VK ZL 3D2 AH0 AH2 KH7 A7 A6 A4 A51 7Z ST ZS 5Z Z2 5H CN C5.....after 12.00 start the propagation with USA and SA first time in my life i see so many stations for USA in 10m and so strong 59+++ THE BEST TIME EVER FOR ME WITH NA maybe i made 1200 qso ++in this contest with NA the first day i start the contest 06.00 with AH2R and end 18.00 utc and i made 2050 qso the second day i start 05,40 and i finish the contest 17.29 with LU7BTO and 3.627 qso in the log The 2010 i take the first 10M HI SSB in Europe with only 700qso!!!!! I work 24H I made 3.627 qso 37 zone 119 DXCC 1.274.000 P and 7 new one in 10m .... all time with big pileup Only problem the strong splaters .... all time for the strong EU 9+50 but my Tentec work fantastic THANKS FOR THE BEST 10M CQWW SSB FOR ME EVER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SZ1A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,351,474 Fine propagation especially Sunday. Mr. Merfy was not at our station this time and all was very good. We all enjoy it. No multiplier station and not mults chasing also as the most if us enjoyed the pileup! Tnx to all for calling. We enoyed it. See you on the cw part... Radio Amateur Association of West Greece antenna farm 10,15,20 cushcraft X7 at 16m high dipoles for 40, 80,160m RX ant 150m beverage for Europe, USA Rig Icom 756 pro II Amplifier Icom PW1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: T46A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,293,476 Good propagation on 15 and 10 meter .... All contact on 10 meter if only using 100 Watt and 4 element monobander yagui ... On 15 only 2 element yagui and 500W.... On 20 using 2 element Raibeam model at 8 meter... On 40 using vertical antenna and sloper at secund day. On 80 using sloper at 25 meter high. On 160 using dipole at 30 meter high. The amplifier is 500W on 40,20 and 15. In 160 and 80 using 800 W Radio 2xFT747GX on the run station and FT-77 on the mult station with not using amplifier on the mult station .... Not good working 40 meter antena .... and de QRM on 160 is 5/9 is imposible lisening EU ..... Thanks for the all station calling to T46A and see you to the next year.... Thanks and 73DX Luis (CO6LP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF3AO Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 153,722 Fun as always. Should have got the DVK working prior to the test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF3CW Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,440,550 What a great contest this was..... Good old 20 was in great shape for most of the contest. Only on sunday around noon the band collapsed badly, thanks to an incoming CME. The band recovered well after a few hours, when it exploded with a monstrous EU pileup, that lasted for hours. Imagine the thrill when on top of the loud EUs, YE0X drops his call.... a very welcome double mult... a priceless moment....... It was nice to see so many TF stations in the contest. Our lecturing on the joys of contesting is hopefully bearing fruit... I see that K3LR did QSO 6 different TFs on 15. CONTESTING: It�'s not a Hobby. It�'s a Lifestyle...... Bring on the CW part......... Siggi TF3CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF4X Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 571,710 Had a great time. Ten showed a bit of life but still big room for improvement, e.g. no JA's. Being able to transmit to many Rhombics while selecting others for reception is a big plus. The performance of the station was excellent apart from a 40 min. electricity outage due to a fault at the power company. Thor's station keeps improving year by year. Due to poor conditions in the past few years there has not been much activity from the station on ten meters. We now have proof that the Rhombics do a great job on that band as well. Rhombics Rule! : http://tf4m.com/archives/2847 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TI8M Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 7,630,178 This was finally the year we've all been waiting for when 10m finnaly awakes, and awake it did. We had our usual QRN issues for CQWW, as Oct is a very unstable weather period in Costa Rica with many storms and heavy rain. We lost 1 1/2 hrs in prime time Sunday afternoon to a weather forced shutdown / disconnect, but managed to get back on for about the last 2 hrs. Fortunately, we always enjoy getting our team of Costa Rican and American friends together to operate, socialize and enjoy Costa Rican food and hospitality. This trip ranked high in all of these. Thanks for all the Q's and we look forward to ARRL Phone in March. Bob - W4BW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TK5KP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,114,792 First of all, I have to thanks one more Patrick (TK5EP), for borrowing me his nice qth, and for his neverending help during antennas setup (together with Fabien, TK5MH). Last minute I decided to run a SO unassisted effort, and I'm quite happy of my result, obtained with 1 radio. Congratulations to CR2X and 4O3A for their unbelievable score from Europe. A few numbers here: TK5KP | Hr | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 10 | Total | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 00 | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 01 | | | 75 | | | | 75 | | 02 | 131 | | 16 | | | | 147 | | 03 | 2 | 144 | | | | | 146 | | 04 | 1 | 96 | 56 | | | | 153 | | 05 | | | 124 | | 15 | | 139 | | 06 | | | | | 73 | 21 | 94 | | 07 | | | | | | 201 | 201 | | 08 | | | | | 31 | 47 | 78 | | 09 | | | | 205 | 8 | | 212 | | 10 | | | | 82 | 118 | | 200 | | 11 | | | | | 23 | 145 | 168 | | 12 | | | | | | 150 | 150 | | 13 | | | | | | 86 | 86 | | 14 | | | | | | 193 | 193 | | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 165 | | 16 | | | | | | 262 | 262 | | 17 | | | 19 | | | 91 | 110 | | 18 | | | 101 | 82 | | | 183 | | 19 | | 1 | 1 | 66 | 23 | | 91 | | 20 | | | | 214 | 3 | | 217 | | 21 | | | 1 | 116 | | | 117 | | 22 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 23 | | | | | | | | | 00 | | | | | | | | | 01 | | | | | | | | | 02 | | 89 | | | | | 89 | | 03 | 9 | 141 | | | | | 150 | | 04 | 8 | | 93 | | | | 101 | | 05 | 57 | | 59 | | | | 116 | | 06 | | | | 167 | | | 167 | | 07 | | | | 139 | 13 | | 152 | | 08 | | | | | 131 | 20 | 151 | | 09 | | | | 2 | 42 | 75 | 119 | | 10 | | | | 14 | 36 | | 50 | | 11 | | | | 156 | | | 156 | | 12 | | | | 41 | 69 | | 110 | | 13 | | | | 1 | 201 | | 202 | | 14 | | | | 1 | 89 | 57 | 147 | | 15 | | | | 1 | 1 | 185 | 187 | | 16 | | | 6 | | 8 | 55 | 69 | | 17 | | | | 1 | 166 | 1 | 168 | | 18 | | | | | 191 | | 191 | | 19 | | | 1 | 144 | 2 | | 147 | | 20 | | | 122 | 11 | | | 133 | | 21 | 3 | 28 | 78 | | | | 109 | | 22 | 2 | 91 | 18 | | | | 111 | | 23 | 82 | | 12 | 19 | | | 113 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 296 | 592 | 783 | 1466 | 1243 | 1749 | 6129 | 73s Sal, IK8UND (TK5KP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TM0T Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,202,481 Big crach of computeur !! To begin the contest Saturday at 12H00. Thank for calling me. Gildas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TM1E Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 975,051 Contest : CQ World Wide DX Contest Callsign : TM1E (F1JRD) Mode : PHONE Category : Single Operator - Assisted (SOA) Overlay : --- Band(s) : Single band (SB) 15 m Class : High Power (HP) Zone/State/... : 14 Locator : Operating time : 28h57 BAND QSO CQ DXC DUP POINTS AVG -------------------------------------- 160 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 80 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 40 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 15 2244 39 150 37 5159 2.30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 -------------------------------------- TOTAL 2244 39 150 37 5159 2.30 ====================================== TOTAL SCORE : 975 051 Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations Operators : Soapbox : First contest from home, great propagation on sunday evening, 4elt DK7ZB @ 15M above ground & SSPA based on MRE6VP61K25H. Powered by Win-Test 4.9.1 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TM6M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 21,235,200 As usual, our western qth in Europe has paid a lot, making an incredible 2.54pts/qso average. Tnx to all the teams in Europe making a higher competition level every year, sincerely. No fundamental station improvement this year, our antenna limits are reached now. We hope Seb F8CMF enjoyed his travel to Britanny and will come again in a near future, tnx Seb! See you all next month and tnx again! TM6M crew setup: 160m: 1/4wl shortened Vertical with 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: TO5A Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 6,894,474 Having a spider beam along with the C31XR helped. Although these antennas are not higher then 20 meters, they produced a lot QSOs. Fun to work Japan on 10 meters and the next couple of years could be fun in CQWW. Thanks to all who called and gave me a point and all the QSOS are on LoTW for those who do not need a paper QSL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UA6AA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 457,592 See you in cw on Ten. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UI9I Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,458,216 Excellent conditions for the passage ! Goal I set, to make the result more records its 18 zones was made. In 2011, for the first time in 18 zone and for the first time in his country Asiatic Russia on one band of was make more than 3000 QSO! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UK9AA Class: SOSB/160 LP Total Score = 40,524 Setup: FT-1000mp MV field dipole -AF,JA 35mH 5 el full size Yagi 40mH boom 120m-EU CU in CQWW CW on 160m! 73, Fedor UK9AA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: US0HZ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,373,282 RIG: FT 2000 ANT: 1/2 Vertical romb 162m long 40m hign 73 Stan US0HZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: V26B Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,022,550 160m antenna was bad this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2AM Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,874,548 Not much activity found on 160m, ssb not popular due to local noise, 75m was just fair but from 40 to 10m were excellents in all zones and finally 10m was perfect for the week end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2WA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,526,125 SO1R Kenwood TS-590S 20-15-10: 2 el.yagi Cushcraft MA5B 10m up 160-80-40: Inverted L 9m up Wow! What's a fantastic conditions! I forgot about run and just did S&P more then 90% of the time enjoying chasing DX on different bands! Since I was not using cluster that was nice to work some DX before pileup after a first DX cluster spot. Unfortunately I couldn't be all the time in the air. Missed few good hours because some family obligations. That was the first time I decided to go with LP (100 watts from my TS-590S) to a SSB test. Since I still use my modest small backyard antenna "farm" sometimes that was very tough. I missed plenty of calls and mults I couldn't get through pileups. 73! Victor VA2WDQ / VA2WA http://www.contestgroupduquebec.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DF Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 764,311 Luvin' every minute of it!! Never operated during or near a solar max before and had heard all these tales of how great 10 m was - this weekend I think I got a taste and I like it - a lot! Had to keep revising my goals upwards as I just couldn't do anything wrong and the mults and qsos kept coming right to the end. Ended up achieving a personal goal when I worked DXCC in a contest - 104 countries found their way into the log. Found the low bands a lot better on Saturday night than Friday and actually did better on 40 ssb than I thought I would. Got rather worried about the lack of countries on 20 m but that all changed when 10 and 15 closed on Sunday and everyone moved to 20. Never would have believed the amount of stations on 10 Sunday - OMG! So anyways, as you can tell, I enjoyed myself. I'm sure that I made my share of mistakes and tactical errors but right now I couldn't care less. This one is in the books and now I'm really stoked for CQWW CW!! As usual, it's a jungle out there when you run qrp! 73, Doug VA3DF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3KAI Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 61,659 Rig : Knwd TS2000 - 100 watts Antennas : 274' OCF inverted-vee dipole (N-SW) (up 42') 132' OCF inverted-vee dipole (E-W) 15M/30M trap sloping dipole (N) Soapbox : Worked contest on/off over course of weekend. My simple wires can't compete with the big guns - used S&P only! Lots of fun, especially when all the bands were open. Just adding some points for the CCO team in between chores. 73 to all ..... Al ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3RKM Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 60,187 K2, 5w, verticals and wires. Great conditions made for lots of fun with a simple station. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7BEC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 610,037 Again, as last year, the first 12 hours of this contest were so difficult that I really considered calling it quits, despite starting out fairly well on 10M. My usual YL magic just was not working on the low bands very well at all. But I was part of a team and I while at low power my score is not a huge addition to the total, it still counts in the end. And so I persisted. As the sun rose on the West Coast, the high bands provided better results. But it was still very difficult to get through those massive and seemingly endless pileups outside NA. Nevertheless, I managed to get enough mults to push my point count to last year’s level by the 24-hour mark. And thanks to a few good runs on 10M, 15M and 20M -- fueled by US stations -- TU!! -- my Q count went up as well. I suppose as conditions get better -- at least on some bands and from some locations -- the battle for frequencies on the high bands and the incredible QRM, intentional and accidental, will undoubtedly get worse. Very hard to find a safe place to run. Very hard to be heard amid the splatter. Very hard to hear stations responding to my CQs, if they were indeed responding to me and not a station elsewhere that they heard but I did not. Highlights, as there are bound to be despite the difficulties, included a few new entities for DXCC and higher numbers in the QSO, ZN and DXC columns for a score nearly twice that of last year. As always, my sincerest thanks to all the stations in my log, especially those who answered my CQs and those who pulled my call out of the mud. And those who took the time to say a "thank you" amid the frantic pace of a pileup. :-) Rebecca VA7BEC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7IR Class: SOSB/20 QRP Total Score = 33,670 BACK TO THE CHALLENGE OF RUNNING QRP AMONGST THE BIG BOYS. BAND CONDITIONS WERE VERY GOOD IF IT WASNT FOR THE SPLATTER? GOOD OPENINGS TO EUROPE AND RUSSIA. THANKS TO ALL THAT HEARD THIS PEANUT-WHISTLE STATION. 73,S TO THOSE THAT TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE SURE OF THE CONTACT. KEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,307,088 * FT-2000 + SB221 (SO1R, unassisted) * N1MM Logger * 3 ele. Steppir @ 35' * 40M Steppir dipole @ 35' * 2 x 80M verticals I thought space would open up on 20M once 10M went live. Well, 20M was as busy as I've ever heard it, and 10M was full from 28.300 to well past 28.800 with nary a sliver between stations. Truly awesome conditions. As good as the high bands were, the low bands were virtually worthless from BC -- 40M in particular had one-way prop from Europe, with hundreds of workable stations unable to hear high-power from this end, frequency battles galore, and splits jamming the whole band so it wasn't even safe to run NA above 7.200 when Europe wasn't working out below 7.200. 80M was not good, either. Managed to double my previous personal best (last year), and added many new SSB countries. Only had three real runs -- 227 on 15M Saturday afternoon, then 144 on 10M and 114 on 20M this afternoon. Both were mostly US. Only 80M run was 48Qs at 0800z early Saturday morning. Didn't plan to, but ended up splitting my daylight time fairly evenly between 20M, 15M and 10M, with just over 470 Qs on each. 20M was still the money band for mults, but DX was tough to run there. I think 10M will be the new 20M for rate. Qs Zn Cty Score GOAL 2000 100 200 1,374,000 <-- goal 2011: 1604 105 243 1,307,088 SFI=126 A= 4 K=2 <-- actual 2010: 1156 82 158 637,440 SFI= 86 A= 4 K=1 2009: 1030 61 130 434,525 SFI= 74 A=17 K=4 2008: 1080 73 154 559,101 SFI= 68 A= 1 K=0 2007: 349 54 97 123,367 SFI= 67 A=14 K=4 2004: 167 38 61 39,303 2003: 46 11 22 4,356 2002: 12 8 9 493 See many of you again in Sweepstakes, and my all-time fave CQWW CW at the end of the month. Can 10M get any better? -- Bud VA7ST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VC3R Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,006,192 These were the best conditions I have experienced in my contesting life. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait until next year. Wow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1RSM Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 580,800 Looking forward to Nov SS and CQ WW CW if the bands stay this good. Had fun Bob/VE1RSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1ZA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,449,180 Wow!! 10m had the biggest surprise. A treat for halloween!! Biggest downer, having NH0S mess up my call. :( Working him 10 minutes later :) What else to say except we have not seen conditions like this for many years!! Could not have asked for better conditions and thanks to all for the Q's!! The contest committee will have their work cut out for them so, thanks to them for this contest!! Tony ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2IDX Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 244,524 At this time I operated from Riviere-Au-Tonnerre, Northern Quebec, zone 2. It was amazing operation, I was very glad to make QSO's to E51Z, TX5A and a lot of KH6-stations on 40 meters. My special thanks to VE3BFM, VE3CCN, VE3MV and VE3TW for their great help to prepare this DX-pedition. 73! Igor VE2IDX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2IM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 14,639,142 Amazing conditions, especially on 10! I couldn't believe I made less than 10 Q's on the 2nd radio, I was THAT busy running 95% of the time. Still could not make it a full 48 hours effort, too tired. This is my best SSB score so far. First time I broke a 7000 QSO mark. Thanks to Steve VE2TKH, Henry VA3OV and John VE3EJ for their great help. Thanks to all who moved for me. See you all in CW part! Yuri VE3DZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CV Class: SOSB/80 LP Total Score = 30,080 Did SOSB80 LP using my new call since last effort was as VE3FRX. Beat my 2009 score by 3,000, so was happy with effort. A lot more fun and easier on the ears using Beverages to listen with. Was impossible (for me) to get into Eastern EU (Zone 15) on Friday night. Frustrating to hear all the VE3s getting in with a couple of calls. Really had to wait until late greyline to make any EU Qs. Got to find a better phonetic than Victor for V as most stations had trouble with my last letter. Victoria works OK, but still a problem. Better conditions on Saturday night but still couldn't find an Italian station using a Beverage or quiet QTH to hear my 100 watts. Had some great W/K runs to up the Q totals. Thanks to those who spotted me and thanks to all the ops who come out for this great contest. Back to all band next year. 73 Jeff VE3CV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 972,426 I made a few QSO's on the other bands after 10 went south, but claimed score is 10M only. Thanks for the QSO's Tom - VE3CX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3FDT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,572,704 Radio: Ten-Tec Jupiter Antennas: 5 band hexbeam @ 40ft & DX-LB+ short dipole @ 25 ft Software: N1MM 6 years ago, when I came back to this great hobby after 25+ years of a "hiatus", I resolved to keep learning and improving. Every CQWW contest since has been my "personal best"; this year is no different. (Well, CQWW CW is still to come...) And despite the very high cost in time and effort of making "rare" multipliers with my lowly set-up. However, I see a serious (unsurmountable?) problem ahead: will the trend continue when the solar cycle is past its peak? Hopefully, by that time I will have some decent antennas in place and will not be startled by compliments like AD1C's and K9ZVZ's of being 59+ when I was running on 10 meters: the problem being that my hexbeam was pointing to Europe at the time... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GTC Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 24,495 Another Great CQ WW contest. I usually don't work SSB contests but conditions where so good on 10 meters that I just jumped in late on Saturday morning and worked 10 on and off for the rest of the day and again on Sunday. QRP was working well, the BIG signal stations where relatively easy with few repeats but still much patience to wait out the bigger pile-ups. The not so BIG signal stations required many repeats and even more patience to wait out the pile ups and occasional QSB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3HG Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 88,396 Flex 1500 to Explorer at 16 meters at 5 watts on 10 meters was amazing. Reminded me of the last cycle when I could work the world on 10 watts SSB mobile. Used Logitalker voicekeyer which is essential for QRP as you're sending your call...a lot. Band opened at 8am and stayed open for 12 hours both days with signals as RZ says from 28.200 well into 29 mHz. QRP is fascinating. A clear frequency and you can work VK at the noise level. As the band heats up impossible to get heard over the rising noise floor and stronger signals even though the guy is S9+10db.. Then there's the grayline :) Turned the beam to the west at their sunset and worked KL, WH, JAs galore (often at S9), KG6 (first call at sunset after calling for hours prior) with in the last hour 9M8 with last Q with E51Z on South Cook (again who I'd been calling for hours). With Flex didn't hear VA3EC 360 meters north of me unless he was within 5 kHz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3JM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 8,141,770 A lot of fun, a lot of room for improvement. Looking forward to the contest in 4 weeks. I had no luck with the line noise, it was on all the weekend and it finally stopped Sunday afternoon. It affects 15 where it is over S9, and somewhat 10 - where it is at S4. That was the main reason I could not copy many stations on 15, I am sorry. I tried locating the source of noise few times before with both hand-held and HF radio by driving around, but could not find it. Compared to last year, it seems that everybody's score went up by 50 percent. Great efforts from VE3EJ, VE2IM and other CCO members. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 528,138 IT WAS THE FIRST BIG CONTEST IN THE NEW QTH - WITH ALL NEW ANTENNAS TO BOOT - NO BEAMS OR ANYTHING EXOTIC HERE JUST "WIRES IN THE TREES" - FIELDDAY STYLE AS USUAL. BUT WHERE TO START?? FIRST OF ALL MY PRESET GOAL OF A PERSONAL BEST SCORE WAS MET AND I HAD A BLAST �" WHICH WAS REALLY THE ONLY GOAL THAT COUNTS!! UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY ANTENNA THAT ACTUALLY LOADED AND/OR WORKED AS DESIGNED WAS THE 160M INVERTED L!! AND I WAS CALLED BY KH7X, VP9I AND VP5T WHILE RUNNING. HIT 146/HR AT MAX ON 160M - NOT BAD FOR 100W SSB. UNFORTUNATELY THE 80M VERTICAL DIDN’T SEEM TO WORK �" AT ALL!! AND THERE WAS NOT EVEN ANY BAND NOISE ON IT WHEN I LOADED IT ALTHOUGH IT DID LOAD 1:1 BUT THE SWR CURVE WAS ONLY A FEW KHZ WIDE AT BEST SO SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG... FIGURES... SO I WAS FORCED TO USE THE INVERTED V'S. HOWEVER THE INVERTED V’S WERE SMOKING ON 80 AND I FELT REALLY LOUD, AT LEAST IN NORTH AMERICA ANYWAY ( BUT NOT SO MUCH IN DXLAND ) DUE TO THE 90 DEGREE TAKEOFF ANGLE. I ALSO HAD THE BEST RATES ON THE METER IN THE WHOLE CONTEST �" 324/HR!! THEY WILL DEFINITELY BE THE GO TO ANTENNAS FOR THE ARRL SS FOR SURE - BUT NOT THE ARRL DX HI. BOTH OF THE INVERTED V’S SEEMED TO WORK FAIRLY WELL FOR 20M AND NEITHER WAS OBVIOUSLY LOUDER THAN THE OTHER. AND THEN THE SUN ROSE.... AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE... ON 15 AND 10 THE INVERTED V’S IMMEDIATELY STARTED LOCKING UP THE LAPTOP AND CAUSED IT TO FREEZE EVERY TIME I TX’D(!!) SO I HAD TO REBOOT IT ALL THE TIME!! AND THE SOFTWARE CLOCK HAD TO BE MANUALLY SET EVERY TIME AS IT DEFAULTED TO SYSTEM TIME, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL IT ALWAYS RAN SLOW SO I WAS CONSTATNLY RESETTING IT ( WHEN I NOTICED ) AHEAD A FEW MINUTES EVERY FEW HOURS �" UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED A LOT OF QSO’S BEFORE I INITIALLY NOTICED THIS AND SOME WERE UP TO 6 �" 7 MINUTES(??) SLOW. NOT SURE HOW THE LOG CHECKERS WILL VIEW THIS TIME LAPSE. SO... I HAD TO USE THE INVERTED L FOR 10 AND 15... AND NEVER GOT A RUN GOING... AND SUNDAY I COULDN’T EVEN LOAD THE INVERTED L ON 15M TILL THE LAST 1/2 HOUR THAT I COULD OPERATE!! IT JUST WOULDN’T LOAD FOR SOME REASON �" ( LIKE IT WASN’T DESIGNED TO HI HI �" ALTHOUGH IT DID LOAD FINE ON 10 BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT THE PATTERN WAS ). AND THEN THERE WAS THE NOISE S3 �" S7 AT TIMES ON 15 AND 20 �" ( 10 WAS S0 ) NOT TS NOISE BUT WHITE NOISE. I MAY HAVE TO HUNT SOME EMI SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BEFORE THE NEXT CONTEST. SO OVERALL I AM VERY MUCH CONTENT AT MY CONTEST WEEKEND BUT GIVEN THE NUMBER OF QSO'S VS MULTS THAT I HAD I AM NOT EVEN REMOTELY COMPETITIVE WITH THE LOW SCORE. NEVER THE LESS I ENDED UP JUST GOING WITH THE FLOW AND WENT FOR QSO QUANTITY NOT QSO QUALITY ( MEANING DX ) THIS TIME OUT AND TURNED IT INTO MORE OF A NORTH AMERICAN EVENT THAN A DX ONE HERE. ALSO GOT TO PRACTICE SO2R AT TIMES AS WELL BUT OBVIOUSLY I HAVE SOME ISSUES TO LOOK AFTER ON 10, 15 AND 80 BEFORE THE NEXT ONE. FYI WHILE RUNNING QRP ( 1 WATT ) IN THE ARCI QRP FALL QSO PARTY TWO WEEKS AGO "EVERYTHING" WORKED PERFECTLY - JUST ANOTHER REASON TO STAY WITH QRP... THANKS FOR ALL THE QSO'S 73 BRIAN VE3MGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,141,600 Rig: 756Pro Amp: AL80B Ant: Inverted L 160m 1/4w vertical 80m 2 x phased verticals 40m KT34 modified to KLM specs @ 50ft I havent heard 10m as good as this for many years. Band was packed from 28200 to 29900!! Thanks for all the Qs, Special thanks to all who went on Dxpeditions for this. 73 de Tony VE3RZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,145,296 I only have one question. Where did all the operating stations come from? In the last several years, 20m has been full, all 250 kHz of the phone band. This year, 20/15/10m were all full simultaneously! Signal from 28.250 to 28.950 at times! It was impossible to find a run frequency much of the weekend. Huge signals in all directions, no relief by pointing in any direction. This weekend the RF gain control got a big workout. Decreased the gain and just moved up or down the band with great rates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6EX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,340,768 Hi All, Part-time effort from the ski lodge near Banff. Th6 on a roof mount at ~30', wires hanging off the trees, ts850s into a HB 4cx1000a at mostly over 1kw. A true tribander single outfit with TRLOG still the best. Cheers, Dan VE6EX **ALBERTA CLIPPERS** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6FI Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 151,745 We are presently moving the station so did not have any of our antennas or amplifiers for this contest I used a Ft1000MP and a CL33 at 50 ft for the contest. Denis ve6aq ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6SV Class: M/S HP Total Score = 7,916,909 73, Sierra Victor Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6TN Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 1,529,664 Initially I was just going to have a bit of fun working a few juicy DX stations, but the bands were so hot I couldn't stop myself from giving it a more serious try. Since most of the home chores were done last weekend I was able to spend some good quality time in front of the radio. Just acquired an FT-1000MP-V radio. It is now my main operating radio. Very nice! Wish I had time to setup the computer properly for digital voice keying prior to this contest. Obviously this is something I have ready for the next major contest I enter. For this one, I did lots of S&P and very little running since my voice wouldn't hold up. If I had the voice keyer I am sure I could have run a lot more stations and broken the 2M point mark. Wish I wasn't so busy with work and had more time for pleasures such as ham radio......... thanks to everyone who provided the contact and points... de Barry VE6TN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6WQ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 1,200,465 Its been a very long time since we had conditions like this on 10m. With all the dire forecasts for cycle 24 I was worried we would not see much on 10m but this was one for the record books. Contest started normally enough with decent signals from JA and the far east. As expected the band closed up here after about 1.5 hr. 10m is a daylight band in northern Alberta. Nothing over the pole at night and the first signals were from zone 33 at around 1200z. At 1400z I could work a few western Eu beaming east. Band finally opened as the sun rose at 1500z. Signals were entirely from very western and southern Eu. The opening was relatively short and ended about 1730z. Rest of the day was spent working US/SA and a few others. The late afternoon opening to Asia was much better then Friday evening with very good signals from SE Asia. Again band closed at 0130z. At 0550z we got our first midnight polar opening of this cycle with incredible signals from zone 21. Every station I worked was surprised to hear me. Heard a zone 17 station working someone and this was the only zone 17 heard during the contest. Never did work him. The opening was relatively short and over by 0630z. Listened Sunday AM at 1130z but the band was dead. Expecting the band to behave like Saturday morning I didn't listen again until 1230z and found the band absolutely filled with eastern Eu/Middle East. Picked up a pile of multipliers before the band went out. Heard a few very fluttery western Europe at 1600z but I was confined to S&P as I could not get a run going. The band improved in the next hour and many more Eu in the log. Sunday afternoon was again confined to US/SA. Overall worked 38 zones. Missed 17 and never heard 22. Worked 147 country mults and heard a number of additional mults but with large pileups and very short openings I decided to go for rate over mults. Overall the band was only open for about 23 hr. Maybe as the flux rises over the next couple of years we will get longer openings. As always Don was a great host keeping me fed and watered throughout the band openings. Equipment: ICOM 756Pro, homebrew amp. Antenna was 7 over 7 over 7 at 150ft, 100 ft and 50 ft. Also a TH6 pointed at US. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6WZ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 168,656 A casual effort which began with no intention to submit a score, but after the first night, because 80 and 160 were so poor, I decided to play on 40m only. About 13 hrs total air time. 40m was not great with rather poor EU long path signals at my morning, and fewer Asia than I would expect. I did have fun, and thank everyone who called me. Ftdx-9000d, Acom 2000a, HB 2el Yagi @100' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7ABC Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 694,467 What a contest!! Ten meters in a word 'WOW'. It's been so long since 10 was this active, I almost forgot how good it can be. Despite a bout of the flu (40 and 80 meters reflects time not in front of rig), I still got 24 hours of operating time in. If I'd felt better, I could have operated longer. This is the best score I've ever had. My thanks to all who answered the CQ CONTEST call from the little pistol in Langley, B.C. Thanks to all. A great contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7BC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 171,200 Too bad when running a business gets in the way of a great contest! Lots of fun anyway, looking forward to the next one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7GL Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,323,452 Brutally bad condx on 160/80M with heavy absorption, 40M not much better. Frustrating to hear S9+ signals from EU on 40M with few responses. Nice to see the higher bands play well. Full sized vertical GPs for 80/160M 2 - 2el monobanders for 40M up 65 and 80' 4el Quad for 20/15/10M up 65' 4-5-5 el yagi for 20/15/10M up 65' Stacked TH7's for 20/15/10M at 42' and 85' Dale VE7GL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7IO Class: M/M LP Total Score = 297,124 VE7FO's Newbies Spook The Bands on the Hallowe'en Weekend VE7IO and VE7FO have undertaken an HF Operator training program for our club. All the newbies have tickets but most have little to no HF experience. As they're all expected to be able to handle NTS traffic in the event of an emergency we figured there's no better way to train them to get the info right and get it the first time than by getting them into contesting. We had 10 newbies signed up for this but only 8 could make it. Each op had a full-time mentor (IO or FO) and received a thorough briefing on the S&P and Run protocols while listening to stations running. After a couple of demo Qs by the mentor they dove in. Before the contest we ran an N1MM classroom training session. It consisted of them listening to K5ZD audio and attempting to log the Qs as if they were K5ZD. They were given instruction on how to get N1MM running on their computers at home and were told where to find the K5ZD files. The hope was that, on the day, after a bit of S&P we could get them running. Well, that didn't happen - presumably because they didn't have time to do their homework. Oh well, they did show up. Most didn't do any running but a couple did. Next time. Altogether they worked 73 distinct countries in all Continents. They, of course, had no idea that cndx were the best they've been in many years. Now I have to explain to them that 10m isn't always as good as this. This is a formal training program so we'll be in a number of contests over the season. If we can pull it together in time the next one will be ARRL SS SSB. Good training for filling in the NTS message preamble. 73, Jim VE7FO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7SV Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 10,149,204 WOW oh WOW!!! We have all struggled through the last few years but this weekend was like drinking from the fire hose. What a blast. Thanks to the team for their tireless support and I know we all agree the hard work has finally been rewarded with a wonderful weekend of contesting. Thanks to everyone for the qso's and we had a great time. Bring on CW. I will be back in Chile as CE2/VE7SV but VE7SV will be QRV as usual from BC with a great team of operators. 73 Dale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7WO Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 722,486 This is probably my best effort yet in a SSB contest. My goal in this was not so much points as it was to make at least 1000 Q's over the course of the weekend. This was my first contest with an amplifier from my home station and was a real treat. Fantastic to hear all the stations on and it seemed that everybody was in an upbeat mood due to the decent condx. Thanks to all who called and nice to really start to recognize all the familiar callsigns. Highlight for me was working the A52AB on Saturday evening...what a great operator there ( Andy I think ) taking time to confirm my call beneath the QRM of the pile up. Also was good to hear Neil JT1RF running the pileups and having a blast by the sounds of it. 73 Brian VE7WO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7XF Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 348,075 Wow! Pretty good condx, eh? I had thought about SOSB-10m, but didn't think the band was ready. Maybe it is. In spite of the K3's magic tricks, and the extra space compared to 20m, the 15m big signals were hard to separate, and whenever I ran, I felt that I was hemmed in by bigger, stronger signals, making copy of all but the strongest difficult. Was it better on 10m? N1MM seemed unstable - it couldn't tell the difference between countries and zones, and kept switching them back and forth, so I wasn't sure of where I was, total-wise. So my score might change when the Cabrillo reader gets at it. And it didn't like my using it to key the DVK on the K3 - it kept trying to send .WAV files, and making me close an unwanted window after every CQ! Maybe I'll go back to a previous version, which worked well (if I remember correctly). I quit Saturday night with 37 zones. Considering what I'd already worked, I hoped to be able to catch the needed three between the band's opening here about sunrise, and closing on the other side of the world where the missing zones were. I set my alarm (for 6:30am) without my glasses, and fortunately the cat woke me up for breakfast at 8:00!!! Oops - I'll never do that again. I might have made a clean sweep. Good kitty - she got a double helping for breakfast. Being un-assisted, I use the extra space on the monitor to run DX Atlas (tnx, Alex!), watching the RF creep across the distant parts of the globe with the grayline. Unexpected highlites were JT1RF, 8Q7DV, VU2PAI and 5R8A for the difficult zone mults. I missed 21 and 37. Probably nobody on from there anyway. I used the new KPA500, giving up a few db to see how it worked in a contest. Sometimes I wanted those few db back, but for the most part, I'm happy with its performance. It's kinda like a mini-87A - turn it on and forget it. I'm seriously considering SOSB-10 for the CW section, if I don't get to the N9ADG multi-two operation, with my ex-VP5W buddies. Come on, sunspots! Ralph, VE7XF K3, KPA500, 3 el SteppIr, N1/2MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9AA Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 341,056 Not much activity here Saturday due to work committments, honey-do's and projects. Condx so-so. Sunday spent a lot more time in the chair between meals, etc. Part time effort, but was happy to get a couple real rare ones. VK4MA still blasting in a few hours after dark. Missed Zone 19, but did hear RU0LL calling folks. Also 22, hrd a VU2 (YL) calling folks, but never hrd them running stations. Happy to work anyone with my measly peanut whistle station ! IC-746, 500w and a multiband dipole up 22' ! ! ! (N1MM) 73, Mike VE9AA, eh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9HF Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,551,746 I've finally perfected staying up all night. We had a snowstorm here on Sunday with about 10 to 15 cm of snow at my QTH on top of a hill. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9ML Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 2,604,752 Conditions were great. Nice to see 10 and 15 wide open. Hoping for the same conditions during the CQWW CW test next months. Marcel VE9ML ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK3TDX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,272,536 A very enjoyable weekend working many fine ops in every direction of the world. Ten meters was the best I've heard in my 50 years of ham radio. I was able to log over 1100 QSO's totaling 75 DXCC entities on that band alone and 116 entities total on all bands combined. From VK3 DX openings existed on at least one band all 24 hours and everywhere in the world appeared to be open at some time of the day/night on at least one band. I was pleased to provide the VK and zone 30 multipliers to many who were very happy to receive it. Thank you to all who called me and I hope you all enjoyed this great weekend. 73 Steve VK3TDX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK4KW Class: M/S QRP Total Score = 8,150,895 VK4KW were in the multi-single section this year �" mainly due to lack of operators and due to illness. For VK4KW, like for most other people, 10m was also the money band. 15m was not too far behind at times, but 40m, 80m, and 160m were awful and noisy. The storm hitting us meant that we lost some hours as we stopped and disconnected as much stuff as we could think of. Obviously, we missed a few things. The strike must’ve been very close, as burnt grass etc could be smelt outside the shack. Better to be alive and not operating, than dead….. Safety first! A first attempt at M/S for VK4KW. It took a while to get used to instead of our usual M/2 �" very tempting to run two stations especially when the bands are jumping. Good to see some splendid scores from VK!! 73, Phil VK4BAA / VK4KW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK4MA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 2,781,980 This was my first ever serious shot at CQWW after 30 previous years of simply chasing DX in the contest. I operated single band 10 metres, one operator, with dx cluster and the ocassional soothing beverage from my XYL. I started 15 minutes late due to an antenna hiccup but had no other technical issues throughout. Half way through the contest I set myself the goal of trying to break the 5000 qso mark and this kept me striving right through to the final minutes - I just made it with 5002 (4934 afer dupe deduction). The pileups to the USA were never ending and the US ops were fantastic in aiding my qso speed. The qso rate to JA was a bit disappointing - never any more than 3 or 4 callers from JA at any one time. The path to JA coincided with amazing conditions to PY land and the steppir 180 degree button came into its own here. I must have logged about 50 PYs which is very unusual on any band for us here in VK. Working Europe presented its usual challenges - the EU ops were great - but the commercial QRM from Asia when the EU path is open is now horrendous and creates about an s7 noise floor across the band. The only zone missed was 40 and this was the only area of the world not workable from VK4 despite their being plenty of activity from the TF boys at what should be our prime time. We need even higher SFI for this path to open. The highlight for me was working the boys in FP land (country number 321 for me on 10 metres)and the first FP heard on 10 metres in over 30 years of activity. The strength of the PY signals was also a highlight. My inaugural Helen Keller Award for the worst station in the contest is awarded to pj6t who were consistently s9 here but could not hear me despite them cqing into any empty frequency. Their signal was also breaking up horribly and dropping off their zone exchange - fortunately this was not a big problem as they could not hear anyone to exchange with anyway. Plenty of great ops but st2ar always amazes me with his ability to pull out VK callers against the s9 EU wall. Not sure if I will ever do it again but at least I can now die knowing that I can make 5000 qsos in a CQWW which is a total I have always viewed as being at the elite end of a 2 day contest. It is a thrill to be able to do it from home and also on my favourite band. Thanks to all who called and apologies to those who I may have been rude to in the final minutes when the goal of reaching 5000 Qs was looking a bit shakey - I stopped logging dupes half way through the test so the constant dupe callers in the final hours were not helping my 5000 Q goal. My only area of confusion was what to do with callers who give you the wrong exchange - I had quite a few US stations gave me 59 01 or 59 02 when they were clearly not in Alaska or Zone 2. I do not see it as my role to tell them what their exchange should be as it is impossible for me to tell anyway. In the end I made the qso but did not log them - this may have added 20 or more qsos to my total but would also have slowed down by QSO rate significantly if I had stopped and tried to explain to them the correct exchange. As I had one US guy give me an exchange of 5x9 30 I can only assume that he had worked 29 stations previous to me who also had not corrected his exchange. For me this is an area in the contest rules that needs some work - I have made a valid qso if I copy the exchange but if log a US station giving me 59 40 this will count as a zone 40 mult and artifically increase my score. What to do? Cheers and 73 Paul - vk4ma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK6DXI Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 346,185 Great band opennings to all over the world. 10m was the place to be. If this is a sign of what is coming.... life is good :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK8DX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 1,324,432 WOW, what can I say ... I have really enjoyed it. The band closed on me few time, even during the day time, probably because of my close distance to the equinox, however, when it was open, I was a busy boy. I felt absolutely not restricted by having the amp off as I was busy answering all the callers. I would say 99% of all my contacts where RUN contacts and only 1% S&P, if that. My K3 did not fail on me, and the 8 element long periodic done a great job. What can I say? Just thank you to all of you who called me! Oliver, VK8DX (MW0JRX, OM0ARX as well as 4W6A) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1KVT Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 222,040 I was only able to work the contest for a couple of hours at a time during the weekend due to other commitments so I decided to give 10 meters a go. It was a pleasant surprise to see conditions that good especially during the later part of the contest on Sunday, the signals from the western part of NA were very strong,also no problem to work the VKs,ZLs, and even managed to log one JA. Several new countries for me on 10 meters which was a bonus. Equipment Yaesu FT2000, ACOM 1000 amp and a Mosley TA53 antenna. Thanks for the contacts 73 , Ken VO1KVT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1MP Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 1,106,784 I Guess it goes with out saying ......... The CQWW is always the most actively participated dx contest , and conditions were great , unfortunately the only down side for me was the fact that everybody was on 10 where conditions were great so as a consequence CQing on 15 was a bit slow at times . Started out to work the test without the cluster and in fact did manage to almost work the first day without it , however S and P mode can be slow and does in fact affect the Q rate .... as a Consequence I had only about 800 qsos on day one , I Know the Old adage if you're not cqin your losing , decided that on day 2 I would stay in the chair .... better plan hi ! worked every ZONE I heard but never did hear zones 23 and 39 .. mebbe next time . still re-arranging my antennas so hastily put together a 4 element yagi for 15 and mounted it on what used to be my 10 meter tower seemed to work OK EVEN AT 40 FEET. Set up: Rig : Elecraft K3 Amp : Alpha 87a Ant : HB 4 ele at 40 feet Log : N1MM My first contest with the K3 even though I have had it for about 18 months nice rig but seems to me it's strengths are in CW mode. Hope to be on for CW part all bands. Thanks for all the Qs . C'Y'All Next one GLWCDR 73 Gus VO1MP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1MX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 274,905 N1MM says I operated for 6.56 hours over two days. That sounds about right as I had several hockey games and other family things to do during the weekend as well as play radio for a few hours. Ten meters was sounding great and I had a few good runs that brought a grin to my face. Thanks Ken and Mel for the hospitality and great grub as usual  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VP2MDG Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 13,752,960 This year Peter (K3ZM), Jim (AD4J), Glen (W4GKA) and I (K2DM) were pleased to be joined by Patrick (K6AAX). We decided to enter the MULTI-2 category to give everyone a bit more time running as opposed to tuning around. Despite a number of setbacks (some major, some minor) we had a wonderful time, and we handed out the VP2M multiplier over 9,000 times. Before the contest even began, we lost the front end of one of the K3s (mine, darn it), one of the amplifiers (to a sticky relay) and the new 40M yagi (which worked fine Thursday, but showed a very high SWR on Friday). So we dug the Kenwood TS-570SG out of its permanent home in a Pelican case in a kitchen cupboard and made it RUN2, doomed to run 100W throughout the contest. In the last couple of hours before the contest started, we put up a 40M dipole, with K6AAX and K2DM tying the ends off in the dark. We had a lot of fun the first night. AD4J started us off on 20M on the primary station and got us going nicely. Then we put the young stud K6AAX in on 40M with the dipole, and he rocked. About 500 Qs later we let K3ZM do the 80M/160M thing until 20M opened with K2DM at the mic. During much of this period W4GKA did what he could with the low power station. During the day it was off to the races. With 10M so wide open we were able to use the 100W station to run there while the KW station ran on 15M and 20M. K6AAX and K2DM were the designated overnight ops Saturday. I wanted the KW from about 0300Z-0430Z to pick up our totals on 80M and 160M, then I turned it over to Patrick for more 40M fun. I moved to the other station to find it on 20M with a VK4 on frequency running Europeans. Much to my glee I could hear the EU stations, so I got a nice run going with 100W. Can’t you just have so much fun when conditions are great? We put W4GKA on the KW station to start the high band runs on Sunday, and we shared until K6AAX closed us out on 20M. With about 40 minutes to go Patrick looked over at Glen and me at the second station, where things had slowed to a crawl on 15M, and said that we needed to pick up the rate if we were going to hit 9,000 contacts. We told Patrick that it was all on his shoulders from here on out. Glen and I actually went to 160M for the last 20 minutes or so, and he made a handful of contacts, while Patrick blew through 9,000 Qs. Once again our thanks go to David and Clover Lea, proprietors of Gingerbread Hill, where we are always welcome. And thanks to everyone who fought the pileups to give us points. Believe me, we know it can be tough at times! Until next time, George K2DM / VP2MDG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VQ5X Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,717,220 First time M/S from this location. Murphy plagued us the entire contest on 160m, and it wasn't until after the contest (of course) that we believe we figured out the problem(s) with the antenna. Nevertheless, great group of operators and fun had by all. And we certainly ate well thanks to our chef, KX4WW. Doug, W4OX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VU2CDP Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Total Score = 21,097 After enduring last year's WW SSB with dipoles and a 100w, I was back for a repeat performance. All those plans to put up antennas with gain are still on paper (but still a part of new year's resolutions and 2011 is not YET over! ;-) Everyone else was on 10 but i decided to slug it out on 15. Not too dumb a decision since I managed to snag a few new ones. Would 10 have given me more? Who knows! Was happy to work the Caribbean for the first time. Thank you to all those who heard my peeps. To those who continued to CQ in my face while i screamed my lungs out, i'll see u next time :-) Sympathise with A52PP but z-22 LP ops go through it often. Hope at least he enjoyed the scenery/stay. And carries an amplifier next time! C u in WW CW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VU2LBW Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 19,926 A part-time S&P effort on 10 meters. Worked a few all-time new ones like E51Z, TS2A, C5A and FY/F5HRY. Thanks for all the QSO's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY1EI Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 453,200 Last I ran Assisted All Band HP, and was astounded at getting 1800 QSOs. This year I ran 15M Single Band, and got 2000 QSOs. Gotta like this sunspot uptick. Thanks for the Qs everyone. Eric VY1EI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2LI Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 366,080 Started out as a casual effort which ramped up from time to time although I still had to take time out to watch the local hockey team and HNIC.Some exciting stuff on 10 meters.Sure didn't expect to spend so much time in the chair.Apologies for the "mushy' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2TT Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,546,866 15 meters turned on like a light switch to EU both mornings. Once the switch was flipped, it shined bright and long. It was frustrating to hear Africa mults working EU and not hearing me before the switch was turned on. I was surprised by how few SA stations were on later in the day. I guess they were all on 10m. With about 8 hours left in the contest, I realized there was no way I was going to beat the VE 15m SOHP record, but I was right at the VE 15m SOHP(A) record, so I turned on packet. I was disappointed it was only worth about 8 extra mults. Since I was still running reasonably well, I didn't use it to boost the run. 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2ZM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 13,619,500 There's NO METERS LIKE 10M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! I am exhauested.... 73 JEFF K1ZM/VY2ZM K1ZM@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0AA Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 2,261,175 What a great weekend to introduce ham radio to a new person. It was almost too hectic, but it all worked out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0AIH Class: M/M HP Total Score = 11,356,187 Where did that 10 meter band come from? Who'da thunk it? 1811 more QSO's than last year. In other news..... From Pat Cahill: W0BM (A52PC): Congratulations (and thank you!) to W0AIH, the only 40 meter station in the lower 48 I heard and worked during the contest. The cheers that went up in Bhutan when the team heard me complete the QSO were spontaneous and loud! Excellent conditions on all of the bands kept the radios humming. Even from the black hole. Here is last years claimed score: Summary: Band QSOs Zones Countries ------------------------------ 160: 171 13 39 80: 332 29 81 40: 600 35 101 20: 1105 37 128 15: 1246 35 134 10: 209 16 39 ------------------------------ Total: 3663 165 522 Total Score = 5,836,065 Thanks to Mark, KB9S for going back to The Farm to get the logs again after finding that the first disk copy was defective. Looking forward to CW weekend! 73, John K0TG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 209,076 Wow! To be serious, I needed to do lots more running, but my goal was to work 100 countries and finish up 10m DXCC LOTW. Zones missed : 17 18 21 22 23 26 34 37 39 (40 called me in the last half hour). 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ERP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 427,610 I had a hard time making contacts on 10 meters, 40 meters and 160(could not hear on 160). I could not get a run going. Had lots of fun 20 and 15 meters was great fun, nice warm up for novermber sweepstakes. w0erp Patrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ETT Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,001,428 Excellent band conditions thanks to the solar cycle peak! 10 metrs was phenominal! 73 Ken, W0ETT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PAN Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 51,510 It was a real challenge with 100 Watts getting through the electronic curtain on the east coast - however, with completely S and P the whole period, managed to snag some real good ones. The MFJ1795 Vertical sitting on the ground worked like a charm. The FT200D helped also. There were so many excellent operators coming out of Europe - their Q rate had to be astronomical. It was a thrill to have 10 open once again. Can't wait until the WPX gets here - should be a blast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PV Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 223,500 Wow! Made objective of low power single band DXCC, and more! NO TOWER NO BEAM NO AMP! Just a feeble old tech IC-735 running 100 watts to a dipole wire at 30 feet! It's good to be in Florida ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RAA Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 45,505 Decided to work just 10 meters. What a blast. It was open from one end of the band to the other and one side of the world to the other. It was like the good old days. I operated strictly S&P and enjoyed myself immensely. It was fun busting some pretty good pileups. I hope the upcoming CQWW CW offers band conditions as good as this weekend. Thanks to the propagation gods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RIC Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 440,238 CQWWSSB Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2011-10-28 CallSign Used : W0RIC Operator(s) : W0RIC Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED Band : ALL Power : HIGH Mode : SSB Default Exchange : 4 Gridsquare : DM79NO Name : Rick Spiegel Address : 7360 E Easter Ave City/State/Zip : Centennial CO 80112 Country : USA ARRL Section : CO Club/Team : Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado Software : N1MM Logger V11.10.2 Band QSOs Pts DXC Zn 1.8 1 0 1 1 3.5 17 40 10 12 7 44 121 13 20 7 28 83 7 20 14 203 580 33 82 21 19 47 12 13 28 203 563 21 62 Total 515 1434 97 210 Score : 440,238 Rig : K3, Alpha 87a Antennas : 10-160 PHASED VERTICALS/20M Yagi/K9AY Loop Soapbox : What needs to be said? A M A Z I N G !! Date : 2011-10-30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,338,533 The high point, of course, was working A52AB on 15. At one point he was 10-15 over 9! Of course that was AFTER I scraped him out of the noise to take my call. Wanted to call him again! Also managed a cw and rtty contact with A5 like several others. All new ones for me! Thanks guys! I worked all zones but 37,39 and 23. Not on any one band of course. JT1DX was 20 over 9 but going by the numbers, starting with 1, and I never have had patience for that. I'm sure he didn't need my Q and I can live without his under those circumstances. Its been a long time since I've heard this good of openings into SE Asia. Lots of VU, YB, DU, HL, 9V etc. and nice signals. Didn't hear Thailand, maybe due to the flooding there. Also must have worked over a dozen BY stations. 10 meters was better Sunday than Saturday here by far. Not quite up to the "good ole days" but it's obviously on a comeback. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0UA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,595,220 Not the best operating job in this one. Old age & sleep deprivation? A couple of obvious (in retrospect) band-management errors, especially on Sunday, hurt the score. Monday morning quarterbacking notwithstanding it was still exciting & provided some nice surprises on all the bands. Even 80 was open to EU with good signals on Saturday night and to Asia Sunday AM. 40 and 15 were both disappointing here--neither would produce QSO volume. As the casual post-reader has likely noticed, this one was all about 10 Meters. Lots of folks have waited a long time and our patience was finally and surely rewarded. And it was rich and strong both days. 800 Khz of smorgasboard! A couple of notes: 40 Meter Phone: What an awful mess! We were better off crossbanding The number of Stateside stations calling seems to rise with every year. There are apparently lots of folks out there who don't understand how this contest works Loved that A5 on 15! OK, thanks for the Q's, congrats to the big scorers and back to some refreshing CW! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1EBI Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 932,520 How frustrating! Incredible conditions--and then came the "winter" snowstorm. Knocked out power right at the 24-hour point. Even with sleep and snack breaks taking seven of the first 24 hours, I was on the way to a personal best WWSSB. At least all the wires are still in the air and power came back after "only" 62 hours. Thanks for the QSO's and the fun! George W1EBI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1EQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 807,542 K3 and KPA500 3 el steppir, 80 and 40 meter inveted vee, 160 inverted L Murphy made an appearance: Heavy snow started to fall at 2:00 p.m. Power outage from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. High SWR on wite antennas due to heavy snow. Started the morning with SWR on the steppir until snow start to melt around 8:30 a.m. Rest of Sunday was fun. 10 was outstanding. I know I'm lucky. I only loss power for a short time. Over 60% of CT residents without power. Massachusetts was hit hard. Not sure of the outage. Bob, W1EQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1FJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,300,206 Just back from 27 days cruising in the Med nasty cold and jet lagged so only a token effort. Conditions just super. Shouild have stayed on the rather rather than watching the patriots debacle CU on CW from PJ4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1GD Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,304,140 Fortunately, I was spared the worst of the weather conditions suffered by my friends to the west and north of me. But, I did have ice and high winds that played havoc with the KT-34XA on 20 & 15 from late Saturday until around 1500Z on Sunday. Also, lost power 1900Z Sunday for about 1.5 hours while crews made repairs to some local storm damage. But, then there was 10M all weekend! Station: K3 + Alpha 78, KT-34XA at 60 ft, 40M rotatable dipole at 60 ft, Inverrted-Ls on 80 & 160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1HIS Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,138,210 One wire antenna, 20 ft (6m) high & 70 ft (21m) long, for all bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1MD Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 333,450 Was supposed to be at KH7X with K1XX and others but family needs required a stay stateside so decided to see what I could work with the K3 and a DX-88 Vertical. Decided to just work mults...it was fun, lots of interesting stuff on the bands and as many others have said...great to have 10m back. W1MD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1RH Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 518,616 HP on all bands except 10 meters where I was running 100 watts. All S&P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1WBB Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 114,625 Amazing condx on 10m both days for the first time in many years. Incredible to hear contest stations from 28.3 to above 29 MHz. Completed installation of new Hex Beam at 33 ft on new tower just this past week. Gave it a good work out...even with the expected fine propagation I had no idea I could achieve DXCC before noon on Sunday with a modest effort! Very cool!! All S&P with emphasis on 'DXing' for country mults vice rate, especially on Day 1...certainly could have put MANY more Eu stations in the log. Could NOT crack the biggest pile-ups for rare Africans in Zones 34, 36, 37 and 39 as well as for KH2/KH0's in Zone 27 ... maybe in a month during CQWW CW. Log to be uploaded to LoTW soon. Thanks to all the DX for the fun on 10m! 73, Bill W1WBB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1ZT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 776,355 Great to hear world wide access to 10 meters. Thanks to all the expeditions everywhere for all the hard work and all band coverage. Snow wiped out the low band wires but the other bands did not disappoint. Thanks for all the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2AJW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 51,850 Station info: Ten Tec Omni C, various wire antennas strewn through the backyard Hi 10m, nice to see you again! Spent very little time on 20 since 15 and 10 were so hopping. Sadly, the 40m horizontal loop that seems to have decent takeoff angles on 10 and 15 is a cloudburner on 40. Oh well. That was fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2GPS Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,225,530 It was great to have 10 meters open again. I was time constrained by family obligations each day but I still beat my best previous score by a wide margin. The new antennas worked well but I have work to do before the next contest. Thanks to all who supported me earlier in the year with erecting the new tower and with defending it before the AA county Board of Appeals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2IRT Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,180,872 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 10m was on fire from the get-go. Things were going along swimmingly the first overnight, though a little slow on 80 (and nothing really on 160). Lots of life on 40 but even 20 was open long after it had shut down in previous years. Called it a night at 3am, grabbed a few hours' sleep and started to pick up mults like mad just around dawn; first on 15 then up to 10. The green spots were turning red, the red spots were turning blue and the blue ones were turning grey in quantities I'd never done before. All S&P. And such a winter-wonderland quality, I observed through the floor-to-ceiling shack windows! It was truly magical, both inside the shack and out. Dark Magic, it turned out. Starting just after 1pm, my SWR started to go nuts on 10 and 15. 20 was marginally better but only just. By 2:15, I was over 6:1 on the two upper bands. My MFJ tuner could match it after a lot of tweaking but at the price of 2-3 minutes between QSOs. I was getting real-world signals of 55 where I'm normally 30-over. I walked outside and looked up and what should have been a nice forest of silvery-aluminum elements looked like a convention of white PVC pipe 70 feet in the air. My 80m wire was about 1" thick. Snow falling at a rate of 2" per hour at that time. I made the best of 20 and picked it as clean as I could but the going was tough. Tried running but I was just not loud enough to hold a frequency. 10 and 15 were hopeless. Broken, I broke for dinner. Roast Beast wasn't as tasty knowing I was getting my head handed to me on the upper bands. Got a scare at about 5pm when the power failed for around 20 minutes but it came back, and so did I. 40 turned out to be pretty good, although the tuner got a real workout there, too; at least I was making plenty of Q's. 80 was a different story. I went out and knocked snow off the wires but because of forecast high-winds, I'd brought the tower down to about 55' instead of 70, and the little limp wire just wouldn't play. Back to 40, then. I was making some good headway until 11:20pm on Saturday night, and that's when the wheels fell off. We went dark and stayed dark until 1:34 pm on Monday afternoon. We don't own a genny and one couldnt be found for love or money at any store within 200 miles, so that was that. CQWW ended, I failed to make DXCC on even a single band and my score was a dismal 1.18M; about a third to a quarter of what I'd hoped for. The next day I woke to the discover the loss of half my 80m vee (which, if I'd used stouter wire, would have taken the tower over with it when the falling tree limb hit it). Our beautiful 100+ year-old oaks all suffered severe damage, too. Inside the shack was mostly good, but I had minor video-card trouble that caused my second monitor to go out more than a few times. A high-powered auto-tuner would have been worth its weight in gold, though. The Mark V, the amp, computer and ancillary gear were all very well-behaved. Big kudos to my AL-1200 that fought into 2:1 and even 3:1 at 1200W and never complained once. Hopefully ARRL-SSB in March will make up for this bitter disappointment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2RE Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 9,267,020 Congrats to NN3W@N3HBX on a fantastic score! Here is a short video of the station in Summit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEGIIRJNuA&feature=feedu 73 Ray W2RE.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2TF Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 130,020 rescored contest&submitted, but this should be pretty close-no big deal at this entry level Great listening to N4WW working EU AND HS1's, a few hours after contest start! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2XL Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 3,648,064 We did not use packet ! Much more fun doing it the old fashion way. A couple ops couldn't make it Saturday night because of the storm, I don't like fone much and I operated most of Saturday, so we were off most of Saturday night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2YC Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 3,690,564 Did I ever learn my lesson .... violated my own rule of upgrading WriteLog just before the conteat and nothing but headaches with networking. CW subbands were all set to full bands in current version .... what a mess trying to fix things once the contest got started. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,707,798 With so many stations on the high bands I chose to do S&P for the majority of the contest. The exception was Sunday morning where I ran on 10M. This was the only band where I could find a quiet spot. The high bands contributed to the most Q's and highest score in a contest. It'd be higher if I could have found a quiet run frequency on 15M and 20M. N1MM say's I worked all 40 Zones on a mix of bands. SteppIR MonstIR, Alpha 9500, K3 and N1MM all worked flawlessly. However, the Beverages are still under the downed trees in the woods and could not hear the DX very well on the low bands. 73, Bud W3LL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LPL Class: M/M HP Total Score = 29,578,656 CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 2011 Call: W3LPL Category: Multi Multi Power: High Power Band: All Band Mode: SSB Country: United States Zone: 5 BAND QSO POINTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES OPERATORS 160 339 411 1.21 17 55 W3LPL W3IDT K3MIM 80 882 2091 2.37 32 104 NI1N AC6WI 40 1824 4849 2.66 35 124 KD4D WR3Z 20 2819 7947 2.82 40 164 WX3B K3RA K4ZA LU7HH 15 2337 6767 2.90 39 164 N1SZ PB2T 10 2843 8241 2.90 37 165 W3IDT W3UR --------------------------------------- Totals 11044 30306 2.74 200 776 => 29,578,656 Club Affiliation: Potomac Valley Radio Club Congratulations to the K3LR for setting a new CQWW SSB record and to the KC1XX team for an amazing score in the face of extreme weather conditions. It was quite a thrill to have 10 meters wide open again, 20 meters open all night and tremendous activity on all bands. See you in CQWW CW. Continent Statistics 160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent SSB North America 271 273 304 292 147 185 1472 13.0 South America 10 18 32 118 89 182 449 4.0 Europe 54 575 1396 2066 1714 2116 7921 70.1 Asia 1 10 70 268 335 270 954 8.4 Africa 11 13 20 54 39 50 187 1.7 Oceania 3 10 55 121 47 83 319 2.8 QSO Counts By Band-Country PRFX 160 80 40 20 15 10 3A 1 3B8 1 3D2 1 3V 1 1 2 2 1 3W 1 3X 1 1 4L 1 2 1 1 4O 1 1 1 2 1 4X 4 4 7 5B 1 2 2 3 3 4 5H 1 5N 1 1 1 1 5R 1 1 5X 1 5Z 1 1 1 1 6W 1 1 1 6Y 1 2 2 2 1 7X 1 1 8P 1 8Q 1 1 1 1 8R 1 1 9A 2 9 20 32 21 19 9H 1 1 1 2 9K 1 9M2 1 1 9M6 1 3 1 9Q 1 9Y 1 2 A3 1 A4 1 1 A5 1 A6 3 5 4 4 A7 1 1 1 1 1 A9 3 BV 1 1 1 BY 2 18 17 4 C3 1 1 1 2 1 1 C5 1 1 1 1 1 1 C6 1 1 1 1 1 1 C9 1 1 CE 3 2 13 4 10 CE9 1 2 1 CM 2 1 4 3 4 3 CN 3 2 3 6 4 4 CP 3 CT 2 7 16 17 19 21 CT3 2 3 3 3 2 4 CU 1 2 1 1 1 3 CX 2 5 3 11 D2 1 D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 DL 5 109 228 300 285 303 DU 2 6 5 E5/s 1 2 2 1 2 E7 1 2 8 9 4 6 EA 8 39 84 111 107 123 EA6 2 5 9 5 6 EA8 3 3 4 7 7 11 EA9 1 1 1 2 1 2 EI 2 6 18 16 16 26 EK 2 2 EL 1 ER 1 5 6 2 4 ES 1 8 8 11 8 EU 7 15 18 16 11 EX 1 1 1 EY 4 2 1 F 6 38 84 105 89 102 FG 1 FM 1 1 3 2 3 2 FO 1 1 FO/m 1 1 1 1 1 FP 2 1 1 2 1 1 FR 2 FY 2 2 2 G 1 44 104 178 100 257 GD 1 5 4 2 2 GI 2 8 13 12 26 GJ 1 1 2 1 1 GM 2 8 20 36 28 47 GM/s 1 1 GU 2 3 2 GW 3 10 13 12 30 HA 7 12 22 25 22 HB 5 21 17 25 17 HB0 2 2 3 2 2 HC 1 2 3 3 HI 1 1 2 4 3 4 HK 2 5 3 5 HL 2 3 4 1 HP 2 1 1 1 1 HR 2 3 1 HS 4 1 HZ 1 3 3 2 I 1 36 117 164 124 136 IG9 1 2 IS 2 1 1 IT9 2 5 8 8 5 14 J2 1 J3 1 J6 1 JA 2 38 92 221 210 JT 2 1 JW 1 1 1 JY 1 K 174 144 166 116 50 52 KG4 1 1 1 1 KH0 2 1 2 2 KH2 1 3 1 5 9 KH4 1 KH6 3 4 12 6 9 14 KL 1 1 6 8 10 20 KP2 3 5 4 6 4 6 KP4 1 6 5 6 2 6 LA 8 15 25 22 24 LU 2 1 6 31 14 50 LX 1 1 3 4 4 1 LY 3 12 14 24 12 19 LZ 8 15 25 19 34 OA 1 1 1 1 1 OD 2 1 OE 2 22 23 12 23 OH 12 26 45 48 40 OH0 1 4 2 2 1 OJ0 1 1 1 1 1 OK 3 23 47 64 53 58 OM 1 11 20 22 16 16 ON 1 9 38 49 27 42 OX 1 OY 1 1 1 OZ 2 10 19 20 22 23 P2 1 P4 3 3 2 4 4 4 PA 1 19 48 110 62 105 PJ2 2 1 1 3 1 1 PJ4 1 1 1 2 1 1 PJ5 1 2 2 2 2 PJ7 1 1 1 PY 3 12 40 36 81 PZ 1 1 1 1 1 S5 2 9 27 40 34 25 SM 1 14 33 42 46 39 SP 2 37 70 116 103 113 ST 1 4 1 2 SU 1 1 SV 4 9 11 13 14 SV5 1 1 2 2 SV9 3 1 3 T7 1 1 1 1 1 T8 2 TA 2 5 5 5 TA1 1 2 3 TF 1 3 5 4 4 TG 1 TI 1 3 3 3 2 2 TK 1 1 1 1 1 2 TR 1 TU 1 1 1 1 TY 1 UA 17 68 149 142 146 UA2 1 2 6 3 3 UA9 3 15 93 43 13 UN 1 15 5 2 UR 1 17 54 81 75 93 V2 1 1 3 1 1 V3 1 V4 1 1 1 1 V5 4 1 2 V8 1 1 VE 75 89 87 107 44 54 VK 2 26 68 8 26 VP2M 1 1 1 3 1 1 VP5 2 3 3 3 3 2 VP9 3 2 2 2 1 2 VR 1 4 1 VU 3 6 4 XE 2 7 7 10 4 16 XU 1 1 YA 1 1 1 YB 3 8 6 3 YL 5 8 14 9 9 YO 4 27 51 36 57 YS 1 1 1 YU 6 11 22 19 19 YV 2 3 2 4 6 7 Z2 1 1 Z3 4 2 1 ZA 1 1 2 2 1 ZC4 1 ZD8 1 1 1 1 1 ZF 1 1 1 ZK2 1 1 1 ZL 1 6 27 1 16 ZP 2 3 3 ZS 12 8 5 BREAKDOWN QSO/mults HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 0 40/13 35/31 104/46 69/74 34/23 7/7 289/194 289/194 1 24/2 72/22 84/20 60/21 8/2 . 248/67 537/261 2 20/6 60/10 76/16 57/15 . . 213/47 750/308 3 29/3 69/20 78/13 54/10 . . 230/46 980/354 4 13/6 58/3 89/10 29/4 . . 189/23 1169/377 5 18/8 70/12 99/12 17/5 . . 204/37 1373/414 6 18/5 42/6 83/1 10/3 . . 153/15 1526/429 7 9/3 35/5 107/7 14/1 . . 165/16 1691/445 8 6/1 18/1 66/5 35/2 ..... ..... 125/9 1816/454 9 6/2 19/2 33/5 8/0 . . 66/9 1882/463 10 1/0 23/2 28/8 63/9 23/24 . 138/43 2020/506 11 1/2 27/8 20/1 185/16 116/37 39/25 388/89 2408/595 12 . 6/0 12/0 131/8 99/16 239/42 487/66 2895/661 13 . . . 57/1 169/16 214/23 440/40 3335/701 14 . . . 81/2 147/8 155/13 383/23 3718/724 15 . . . 39/1 91/8 214/3 344/12 4062/736 16 ..... ..... ..... 61/2 127/4 185/6 373/12 4435/748 17 . . . 130/3 83/0 155/8 368/11 4803/759 18 . . . 163/3 85/13 69/36 317/52 5120/811 19 . . 5/0 144/3 71/5 68/4 288/12 5408/823 20 . . 26/1 103/0 80/6 62/7 271/14 5679/837 21 . . 47/1 86/0 67/4 74/2 274/7 5953/844 22 8/2 11/1 67/1 58/1 69/8 68/6 281/19 6234/863 23 14/3 14/1 45/3 32/1 58/3 11/0 174/11 6408/874 0 22/4 31/0 35/1 31/0 49/4 1/0 169/9 6577/883 1 17/4 14/2 31/0 45/2 2/0 . 109/8 6686/891 2 12/1 31/0 33/0 45/2 . . 121/3 6807/894 3 20/2 37/2 33/0 18/0 . . 108/4 6915/898 4 9/1 46/0 44/1 5/0 . . 104/2 7019/900 5 14/3 34/1 59/0 3/1 . . 110/5 7129/905 6 5/0 25/1 101/1 10/0 . . 141/2 7270/907 7 7/0 20/0 83/0 16/0 . . 126/0 7396/907 8 7/0 11/3 87/0 25/1 ..... ..... 130/4 7526/911 9 2/0 15/0 39/0 13/0 . . 69/0 7595/911 10 9/0 27/0 18/0 18/1 4/0 . 76/1 7671/912 11 6/0 11/0 23/1 90/1 105/6 35/4 270/12 7941/924 12 . . . 62/0 127/2 199/5 388/7 8329/931 13 . . . 41/0 113/4 203/1 357/5 8686/936 14 . . . 30/1 91/0 161/1 282/2 8968/938 15 . . . 38/0 65/1 123/2 226/3 9194/941 16 ..... ..... ..... 53/0 88/1 129/1 270/2 9464/943 17 . . . 61/1 51/1 106/0 218/2 9682/945 18 . . 2/0 91/0 100/1 52/1 245/2 9927/947 19 . . 2/0 107/3 47/2 54/1 210/6 10137/953 20 . . 20/0 119/1 50/3 41/0 230/4 10367/957 21 . 4/3 49/0 90/1 53/0 52/2 248/6 10615/963 22 1/0 8/0 51/5 74/2 46/0 91/2 271/9 10886/972 23 1/1 9/0 45/0 48/2 19/1 36/0 158/4 11044/976 DAY1 207/56 559/124 1069/150 1686/185 1327/177 1560/182 ..... 6408/874 DAY2 132/16 323/12 755/9 1133/19 1010/26 1283/20 . 4636/102 TOT 339/72 882/136 1824/159 2819/204 2337/203 2843/202 . 11044/976 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3MF Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,170,447 Freak snow storm put us out of action for a total of 19 hours, from 2200Z Saturday through 1700Z Sunday. But we're still pleased with the effort. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3TZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 130,449 FINALLY 10 is open, didn't have much time to operate but as enjoyable. Like to search and pounce, need to stop using QRZ just use your call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3UA Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 6,601,476 What can I say... Started contest as single op assisted, around 24 hours into the contest was forcefully converted to "unassisted" in all respects -- I lost both power and internet. While automatic diesel generator kicks in in 15 seconds, and 8 KW UPS supports all transceivers, computers and power amplifiers for my M/S setup while generator is starting, so transition from utility power goes completely smooth at my QTH.... Comcast always shuts down internet after about 30 minutes after the local power outage. So I lost all my beloved spots. If it were CW, I could still rely on my skimmer, but on SSB... So I just forgot about serious competition, and enjoyed the pileups I NEVER had at my NH QTH. When my rate meter was hitting above 300 Q/hr -- first time in my life -- I really had fun. Ten was terrific! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3UL Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 287,550 It was great fun to get on and enjoy 10 and 15 for a while! Bill W3UL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EE Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 343,321 TS-440S G5RV N1MM logger Tnx for the Q's 73, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EF Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 447,795 Rig : Ten-Tec Omni6+ and Drake L-7 Antennas : 3-band Spiderbeam at 50 feet (4 active elements on 10) Great conditions. I had forgotten how much fun 10 meters could be. 73, Mike W4EF...................... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4HRC Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 276,579 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4JAM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,511,377 Was great to see 10/15 open. Found problem with solid state amp in basement, had to find a heater as it was rather cold. Lots of fun with voice keyer in K3 as getting over a cold and no voice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4KW Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 743,850 Thanks to all for the contacts. Grandaughters Birthday Party in the middle of the contest. 10 Meters was Fantastic. Last 20 Q's - 12 Japans, 2 Indonesia, 1 China, 1 Phillipines, 2 Taiwans, 1- Hawaii, 1 - Mariana Isl. UNREAL 73'S Bert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4LC Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 205,900 Nice to see 15M and 10M back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4QN Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,352,608 Conditions were fantastic - 10m packed from below 28.300 to 29.600, hard to find space to make a run. However S&P yield was comparable. 160m was a bust for me, 10m and 15m outstanding, finished on 20m alternating between EU and SA. Lots of rare DX operating out of the US bands - Missed zones 23 and 26, couldn't break the West coast pile-ups. This score was my best to date, band conditions and N1MM was the answer. However my two element SteppIR 40m beam helped also. More work on 80m and 160m antennas is in order. Great Fun, Norm W4QN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4RM Class: M/M HP Total Score = 14,869,344 Wow! I’m not sure where to start. The W4RM operator team started to assemble on Friday around 4PM, I took a few for the operators up to show them the new 10M Stack and the new 160M phase array; only to determine that we had damage to one of the two vertical elements on the 160M array from a recent wind storm. So, we started the repairs at 4:30 and had the antennas ready to go by 6PM. Based on the new CQWW Interlock rule for all in-band operations and the difficulty in making these required HW & SW changes for our multi-2 set-up, the team decided it was best to move to the MM category for this contest. We team ran three radios focusing on the 10,15,20M during the day and then switched over to 40,80 and 160M as the high bands died out. It was awesome to see 10M & 15M open for such a long time and rates that 15M produced (2263 Qso) was like nothing the team had ever seen before. We only had one equipment issue that require a 2 hour tower climb on Sunday AM to fix a stuck ring rotor (poining to South America) and return it to the stack configuration for the EU runs but everything else worked throughout the contest. Summary of the results show that we increased our 160M score using the new 160M Phased Array; our 80M score stayed the same as previous years; 40M was higher with no changes to the equipment; 20M Score lower with more hams focusing on the higher bands. And 10M & 15M were outstanding and very productive. This was our highest score ever at almost 15M points, highest QSO total at 6556 and a whole lot of fun all weekend long. Now it’s time to get the station ready for CW SS next weekend. 73 Bill W4RM and the contest Team W4NF, K5OF,W7IY,K4RG,K4UVA,N3AHA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZV Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 1,265,264 Sunspots and 10m are back! Thank you God! http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ 73, Bill W4ZV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZW Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 11,718 Quuick S&P. WX was too beautiful up here to stay indoors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5CT Class: M/M HP Total Score = 5,600,560 Susan and I had an "open house" for this contest to invite new and inexperienced contesters to participate in a major contest. We had 21 attendees of which about a third were experienced operators. I believe that many of these new folks will move on to trying contests from their home stations. We used W5CT which ia the CTDXCC's club call. It turned out to be a very good contesting call. It was a lot of fun working with the new people. QSL via K5OT. 73, Richard & Susan - K5NA/K5DU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5GAI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Total Score = 170,955 10m was wide open during daylight hours and signals were really big. Worked 10M DXCC in one weekend! The band was busy all the way above 29MHz Skip was very long and it was hardest to work close in DX. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5GN Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,587,135 Worked ONLY packet spots, averaged 50 Qs per hour, and had two clock hours of 110 and 105 QSOs per hour. Filtered spots to receive ALL spots posted by all USA Stations. Previous "pure S&P - without packet" averaged 30 Qs per hour and rarely went above 50 for the peak hour. WORKING SPOTS-ONLY IS MUCH MORE FUN THAN RUNNING. Yes, I've hit 225 per hour running from KL5RA, and that's fun, but this is more fun. I no longer had the hassle of typing callsigns, and frantically backing up to type corrections, and at the same time log the next guy, and keeping the frequency, and no longer had to hear the callsign perfectly with no visual clue. Instead, clicking on a spot populated the call field with NO typing, moved the radio on frequency, so I could then listen to verify that the callsign that I'm looking at in the Entry Window is the same callsign being sent, and then work the station, then moving on to the next spot. By selecting AZIMUTH SORT and ALL-BAND MULTS-ONLY in WriteLog, I could stay on top of working multipliers (and also immediately could see exactly what bands were open to where), and then, after working all possible mults on all bands, at an azimuth, I would rotate the beams to one of other four preset headings - 135,90,30,330,240, and work those mults. Then after a complete spin of the beam, I'd uncheck MULTS-ONLY and go back to each heading and work all spots at that azimuth (and the MULTs are interleaved with non-MULTS at each azimuth). But, when you work only spots, each and every new spot is a mini-contest, especially when there is already a queue of callers, and it's still a thrill to have the called station come back after a single call, with or without a queue. Especially, late in the contest, I would come across a spot/pileup for a brand new station, when all of the Multi-Single stations, who've been waiting for ANY a new spot (a new SPOT, not even a new MULT!), would be calling, or I'd hear the station respond to W3LPL, W3LR, and KC1Xx in succession, and then another dozen or more would join the fray. I simply scrolled past to another spot and came back during a final pass before moving the antenna. There were very few "bad" spots, perhapd less than 50, but some were probably/possibly intentional, but one certainly raised havoc, on Sunday afternoon, when a big-gun Running Caribbean staton was misspotted with a transposed callsign that popped-up as a new MULT on EVERYONE's spots window, en, causing great pain for the Big Bun, who had to deal with duplicate callers for at least 30 minutes (since I could periodically stop by to listen, no longer concerned with keeping my run frequency, i.e., having FUN). But, without the 10 meter propagation, it might not have been as much fun; 10 let all these stations spread out so there were very few queues of calling stations there, so no time was wasted between contacts. 73 Barry, W5GN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5JNP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 35,056 35,056 CQWWSSB Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2011-10-29 CallSign Used : W5JNP Operator(s) : W5JNP Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Band : ALL Power : HIGH Mode : SSB Default Exchange : 4 Gridsquare : EM12IV Name : Jeff Peltier Address : 8405 Fort Union Ct City/State/Zip : Fort Worth TX 76137 Country : USA ARRL Section : NTX Club/Team : NRHARC Software : N1MM Logger V11.10.3 Band QSOs Pts DXC Zn 14 10 29 5 9 21 61 165 16 41 28 43 119 14 27 Total 114 313 35 77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5PR Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 994,004 Missed zones 22 and 17. Might have found them if I had tuned more often. On Sunday evening I worked several Europeans after the first JAs started coming in. 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total % OC 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 6.0 SA 0 0 0 0 0 158 158 7.5 NA 0 0 0 0 0 175 175 8.3 AS 0 0 0 0 0 318 318 15.1 EU 0 0 0 0 0 1288 1288 61.1 AF 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 1.9 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total 3D2 1 1 3W 1 1 3X 1 1 4X 1 1 5B 3 3 5H 1 1 5N 1 1 5R 1 1 5Z 1 1 8R 1 1 9A 11 11 9M2 5 5 9M6 1 1 9V 1 1 A3 1 1 A6 1 1 BV 1 1 BY 9 9 C3 1 1 C5 1 1 CE 8 8 CM 2 2 CN 2 2 CT 15 15 CT3 4 4 CU 3 3 CX 9 9 D2 1 1 D4 2 2 DL 234 234 DU 4 4 E5/s 2 2 E7 2 2 EA 92 92 EA6 5 5 EA8 8 8 EA9 2 2 EI 17 17 ER 1 1 ES 6 6 EU 7 7 F 86 86 FK 1 1 FR 1 1 FY 2 2 G 173 173 GI 7 7 GM 18 18 GM/s 1 1 GU 2 2 GW 14 14 HA 6 6 HB 13 13 HC 2 2 HI 4 4 HK 4 4 HL 4 4 HP 2 2 HZ 1 1 I 82 82 IG9 1 1 IS 2 2 IT9 4 4 JA 275 275 JT 1 1 K 41 41 KG4 1 1 KH0 1 1 KH2 5 5 KH6 14 14 KL 10 10 KP2 4 4 KP4 4 4 LA 12 12 LU 46 46 LX 2 2 LY 11 11 LZ 13 13 OA 1 1 OE 19 19 OH 10 10 OH0 1 1 OK 32 32 OM 9 9 ON 45 45 OZ 15 15 P4 2 2 PA 92 92 PJ2 3 3 PJ7 1 1 PY 76 76 S5 18 18 SM 28 28 SP 58 58 ST 1 1 SV 11 11 SV9 2 2 TA 2 2 TA1 1 1 TF 1 1 TI 2 2 TK 2 2 UA 33 33 UA2 5 5 UA9 10 10 UR 29 29 V2 1 1 V5 1 1 VE 96 96 VK 65 65 VP2M 1 1 VP5 2 2 VR 3 3 XE 4 4 YB 7 7 YL 4 4 YO 23 23 YU 9 9 YV 3 3 Z2 1 1 Z3 1 1 ZD8 1 1 ZK2 1 1 ZL 24 24 ZP 1 1 ZS 9 9 QSO/ZN+DX by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm OffTime D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 120/25 120/25 120/25 D1-0100Z - - - - - 15/5 15/5 135/30 21 D1-0200Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 135/30 60 D1-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 135/30 60 D1-1200Z - - - - - 27/28 27/28 162/58 13 D1-1300Z - - - - - 157/32 157/32 319/90 D1-1400Z - - - - - 165/15 165/15 484/105 D1-1500Z - - - - - 152/6 152/6 636/111 D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 122/1 122/1 758/112 D1-1700Z - - - - - 66/2 66/2 824/114 D1-1800Z - - - - - 44/16 44/16 868/130 D1-1900Z - - - - - 45/5 45/5 913/135 D1-2000Z - - - - - 40/3 40/3 953/138 D1-2100Z - - - - - 41/0 41/0 994/138 D1-2200Z - - - - - 61/4 61/4 1055/142 D1-2300Z - - - - - 71/1 71/1 1126/143 D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 58/5 58/5 1184/148 D2-0100Z - - - - - 12/1 12/1 1196/149 15 D2-0200Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 1196/149 60 D2-1200Z - - - - - 14/8 14/8 1210/157 18 D2-1300Z - - - - - 165/1 165/1 1375/158 D2-1400Z - - - - - 134/2 134/2 1509/160 D2-1500Z - - - - - 128/1 128/1 1637/161 D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 87/0 87/0 1724/161 D2-1700Z - - - - - 83/1 83/1 1807/162 D2-1800Z - - - - - 97/0 97/0 1904/162 D2-1900Z - - - - - 51/0 51/0 1955/162 D2-2000Z - - - - - 30/0 30/0 1985/162 D2-2100Z - - - - - 30/0 30/0 2015/162 D2-2200Z - - - - - 41/0 41/0 2056/162 D2-2300Z - - - - - 52/2 52/2 2108/164 Total: 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 2108/164 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5RU Class: M/2 HP Total Score = 6,166,850 We really enjoyed this contest since 10M finally has come to life. Obviously by our score, we spent a good bit of time there. For our little group, this represents several firsts - our highest QSO count in any contest so far, highest total score and highest total zone count and finally working all 40 zones (although they were spread across multiple bands). Maybe one day we can do 40 zones on a single band. We realized that 3 operators was really insufficient to adequately staff the two stations, but decided to do it anyway to have more fun. Our biggest enjoyment was a simultaneous last-hour run to JA on 15M and 10M. It was a horse race between the two stations to see who could do more Qs and a photo finish at the end. I think K1DW beat me on the 15M radio. The biggest dissapointment, as some have already mentioned, were the low bands. But I attribute our 40M low score to not spending much time there. 80M was about average for us. And its hard to do much on 160M when you can't hear well with short beverages. And it was really nice to hear stations using their call signs more! Guess all the complaining is paying off. Looking forward to CW! Just hope we can get a couple of more operators. Thanks to Bob, W5OV, for getting me a spare 2x8 matrix switch in time while mine is off for repair and to all of you for being there for the Qs. 73, Ted KN5O For W5RU Team - KN5O, K1DW (Dallas) and W5RY (Greg) STATION #1: - 2xFT1000MP MKV Field - Alpha 99 / Tentec Centurion STATION #2: - FT1000 MKV Field / ICOM 756 P3 - Alpha 8410 ANTENNAS: 160M - Dipole @ 70' 80M - Phased verticals 40M - 40M Moxon @ 86' 20M - Hy-Gain 5ele 205CA @ 100' 15M - Hy-Gain 5ele 155CA @ 88' 10M - Hy-Gain 5ele 105CA @ 73' 40M-10M - Mosley PRO67C3 @ 70' RX - 4 - 295' beverages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6FA Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 211,508 Band conditions were really great. All QSOs were S&P. I avoided calling CQ to minimize the number of JA QSL's I'd have to answer. 10 meters was amazing, especially the number of spurious signals that drifted around from all over. I only hope the CW weekend next month will be this good... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6KC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 69,144 Welcome back 10M...Best condx in 10 years! Lots of fun for casual S&P Op. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6NF Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 11,084 Just a bit if time here and there when the XYL, K7MKL, was at work. Really need a 2nd K3 :>) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6PH Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 2,695,262 Equipment: IC-781 AL-1200 CT9-DOS (No voice keyer) Permanent antenna: A3S at 45 feet (permanent) Temporary antennas: AB-577 #1 40-2CD with 10m 3el yagi on single boom, 80m sloper AB-577 #2 20m 3el yagi, 80m sloper AB-577 #3 15m 5el yagi (N8SM design) MA-160V Band notes: 160m No activity to speak of. Just grabbed a couple contacts for mults. 80m Sounded like 160m last year. Only Caribbean and Pacific worked. 40m Signals weaker than last year. A lot of stations crowded into the US phone segment and fewer split contacts. Fewer JA stations worked. 20m Great polar path into central Asia at night with lots of loud signals. Less crowded because of the great conditions on 15 and 10. 15m Just a great band. Opened early to Europe and stayed open until 02 UTC. 10m Stations all the way to 29 MHz. I didn't hear any zone 16 nor LA-SM-OH. The band conditons were better the week before. I finally got to use a monoband yagi after it had been on the ground for the last 10 years. I missed a DXCC on 10m due to the lack of northern Europe propagation. But I almost got WAS from all the US stations that answered my CQs on 10 meters. All my monobanders were on the ground after being used at the K6Z CQP location. I put them back together on Monday and raised them on Tuesday which turned out to be a good decision as it was very windy on Wednesday and Thursday, the days that I usually raise them. The other days were spent putting out the feed lines and setting up the station. I couldn't get an outboard voice keyer working on Friday, so all transmissions were live. That lowered my incentive to call CQ. I will lower the antennas after SS CW next weekend. There is a lot of satisfaction in putting together a station myself and operating it. My plan was to have an enjoyable weekend and that was accomplished. I am looking forward to the CW weekend. 73, Kurt, W6PH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6QU Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 336,700 Radio: Elecraft K-2, 5 Watts Antennas: 3 el SteppIR up 10 Meters (32 Feet) for 10-15-20 M Butternut HF-2V for 40-80 Inverted L for 160 ...No Qs! --------------------------------------------------- Well, no one can complain about conditions this year!! When I think that just a few years ago, I operated through more than one major contest without one single European QSO in my log, the difference now is amazing. Being a QRP op, I generally start my S & P at the top of the band where it is less crowded. At one half hour after my sunrise on Saturday I was amazed to find European station all over 10 Meters. So I started at 28550 and began tuning up looking for the top ....higher and higher!! I finally got to the end at about 29015!! And I worked my first European from out here on the west coast at about 28985! It took over an hour to work my way down the band just calling the strong stations. At 71 years old, I decided that I would get 5 hours of sleep a night. I figured the few Qs I make on the lower bands between midnight and 5 AM with my antenna system just didn't add enough to my score to even move me up one position. And I sure felt a lot better on Sunday! I worked 89 countries total, so I still have never worked DXCC in a single contest from my home station. My zone total was only 30. Congratulations to my longtime friend Phil, N0KE, who worked all 40 zones in this contest for the first time from his fine contest station in western Colorado!! I had finally got a 160 M antenna for my small city lot that seemed to work. I had worked T32C on 160 CW, SSB, and RTTY and I was looking forward to this contest for adding an XE, KH6, VE and maybe Zone 4 or KL7 to my 160 contest log. But I didn't get even one Q logged on 160! Argh!!!! Well I'm looking forward to the CW weekend which I will do from home this year. See you all then! (...and maybe I'll even get a 160 M Q in my log!) 73, Bill W8QZA / W6QU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 62,424 K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6XR Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,079,187 Obviously, superb conditions. Hopefully it will be the same band conditions for CW. 10 hours was about all I could muster given the mode. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YI Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,932,630 Thanks to everyone for the qso's. We had no problems with equipment, line noise and no power failures .The conditions were great, as our qso breakdown was, Europe 33%, Asia 33%, North America 18%, Oceania 7%, South America 7% and Africa 2%. Our best hour was 217 contacts. This is the first time in many years our European qsos were equal to our Asian total. All the operators did an outstanding job. K6AM, John and N6MJ, Dan, led the team in our operating, overall plan and schedule. They both contributed significantly to our high qso totals. John did his usual superb effort in ensuring our technical needs were met and all efforts by Murphy were defeated .N6ERD joined our group and really helped our team. Their efforts may result in a new W6 record pending log checking. I would like to express my thanks to K6AM, K6NA, N6ND and WN6K who helped raised three 6 elment 10 mtr OWA yagis last Saturday. They definitely contributed to the ten mtr results. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,197,896 This was the highest CQWW SSB score from W6YX since 2004, and that year we ran M/2. I brought my Elecraft K3, and Rebar brought his P3. The K3/P3 combination worked really well. Thanks to Rebar and Mike for helping with station setup. Usually I don't operate much in this contest, but this year it was impossible to ignore the excellent DX conditions on the high bands. On Sunday, it was interesting to listen to which callsigns were well behaved in pileups, which ones just kept calling and calling without listening, and which ones called busted packet spots without listening to the callsign. 73... -Dean - N6DE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ZL Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 37,360 I don't operate much phone, but 10M seemed to be in pretty good shape. Best DX ZS6, new country C37. All search and pounce, goal was to not use live audio if possible, made a few exceptions. N1MM + WAV files FT-1000MP Mark-V @ 100W KT-34M2 @ 30 ft. Cheers, Dave / W6ZL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7CAR Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 227,344 Lots more Fun this year. Never held a frequency. Hunt & Pounce entire time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7FP Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 906,444 sure great condx, wish i were young again & didnt require so much sleep ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7IJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,631,154 Happy days are here again! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7IV Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,482,900 There were two excruciating nights on 40-80-160, but the days were fantastic with 10 and 15 wide open! We were shorter-staffed than last year but had a lot of fun. Lots of things broke, but we'll be back up and running soon :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7PP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,910,219 No beam on 40M, a dipole on 80m and the 40M vertical on 160M and a TH11 @ 60ft. Had a great time and was suprised how many stations said I had a "loud" signal. Thanks for those that dug me out of the noise on 40M, just didn't have the right antenna on 40M, again! Missed out on the Sunday afternoon JA run as had to tend to my neighbors health problems... Look forward to the CW if I can find that darn key... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7QN Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 84,546 10 meter coil in the mobile whip wouldn't tune in SSB range. CW OK. Sorry I missed a great ten meter opening. 73 Joe W7QN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7TVC Class: M/S HP Total Score = 820,680 Yet another great weekend in Dallas (Oregon) by the Tualatin Valley Contesters. Fantastic band conditions, haven't seen the high bands this good in many years. This is the first time we ran with a multiplier station and that was a real boon even if it did manage to give us a few network conniptions. (Hint: set your machines up to run fixed IP addresses.) Chef W6ABM, host K7CIE, and chief organizer KD7VIK are to be commended for setting up a great event. I wouldn't trust the zone counts here. N1MM seems to have some trouble with that in recent versions. 73 and thanks for all the Q's The W7TVC crew ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7VJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,366,510 Amazing. Cannot fully articulate experiencing something that was so truly unique, at least in so far as this cycle is concerned. Running western EU at 8 to 9 PM their local time on 10 was exhilarating. Though the solar flux and K deteriorated on the second day, that is when our rates began to rise. With the exception of the 0200 to 0700 UTC doldrums we experience out here, the runs just began and never ended until the contest was over. This was also an exceptional learning experience in terms of new equipment and station enhancements that will hopefully better integrate and automate antenna selection, etc. And this was our best score ever... making the event particularly memorable. My thanks to fellow team members for an exceptional job. And my thanks to those who we worked. Now for a repeat in the CW weekend. 73, Andrew W7VJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7VO Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 193,200 Great band condx, some gremlins with varying SWR, but a fine test! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WA Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 1,109,260 Low polar absorption through an entire weekend was nice. No big runs but I was able to maintain steady rates throughout most of the daylight hours and into the early evenings. 73 de Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WLL Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 26,796 Good condx, but gone most of the time. Did some hunt and pounce in the just over 2 hours I had. Small contribution but hope it helps. Between family and some other issues weekend contests just don't fit schedule at this time. Next year hopefully. Never worked a single US station on 20 or 10, missed a few mults obviously. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,135,918 Zero to 100 in 48 hours! How long has it been since we could do this on 10 meters? Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow. What a ride this contest was. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7YAQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 150,178 Mostly operated Sunday. Low bands were disappointing. With new beverages I could hear, but did not work B4P and E51Z on 160. Nice to catch a few African Zones on 10 and 15. The CW contest should be fun this year! 73, Bob W7YAQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7ZR Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Total Score = 333,184 Great to see 10m open. Had terrible noise to the money areas so hampered pulling out some of the weak ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8KTQ Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 240,570 10 meters was fantastic and a whole lot of fun for a change. Had KT-34A at 85' and it worked super to South America but not as good to Europe for some reason! Also used long dipole to cover all bands which worked surprising well. 80M Delta Loop and 160M Inv. L didn't do as well as I had hoped so need to improve before CW test. Actually broke a couple of big pileups with 100W! It is sooooooooo much fun to do that! See U Turkey weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8MJ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 4,337,267 Wow!! When was the last time we experience these kind of conditions. This weekend was an unbelieveable one. I had a feeling that the conditions were going to be very faovrable for us, and Wow !!! they were. When was the last time we experience wall to wall stations on 10-25-20 for a weekend contest? This was defintely fun, and I am sure many personal records were set this weekend. Lets hope this holds up for CW CQWW as well. As I write this I am thinking when was the last time 10 meters was this good. It has definetly been a while. But man is it fun or what!!!! Thanks for all the q's. This log has been uploaded to LOTW. Savoring the moment for the time being!!! W8MJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8OHT Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 445,880 Struggled with K3 not coping with amplifier input SWR's as high as 2.4 to one. May simply add the antenna tuner module for it now. Ended up placing an old Johnson Matchbox on the Amplifier input coax. The K3 can handle the power output up to 110 watts output but it can be limited to tens of watts if it senses any SWR on the line. As usual, these days, I was unassisted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9IIX Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 225,722 great propagation for the contest, lots of rare stations on...Doug ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9KB Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 29,700 This was moving weekend... Farmington Hills, MI (Zn4) to Naples, FL (Zn5). Stuck a Butternut in the sand and tickled it with barefeet. I could hear much more than I could ever work. Would have been a little more fun with the Alpha wired up and at least a tri-bander. Best conditions yet! 73 Ken-W9KB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9RE Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 7,590,160 Contest came at a good time as I had an unpleasant business situation arise on Thursday so the contest pushed it out of my memory for a while. Just what contests are suppose to do. Never expected (or experienced before) such high rates for short periods like Randy I wished I would have recorded them. No, Murphy except for weird audio problem in main radio when in split and then on 2nd receiver. Hope it is a fluke and master reset will take care of it. Thanks for all the Q's and making this the top SSB contest. 2011 CQWW SSB HOUR 160SSB 80SSB 40SSB 20SSB 15SSB 10SSB TOTAL ACCUM ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ----- 0 0 0 0 22 32 15 69 69 1 1 4 8 44 23 0 80 149 2 7 7 8 50 1 0 73 222 3 5 20 25 17 0 0 67 289 4 5 8 38 1 0 0 52 341 5 4 25 16 2 0 0 47 388 6 5 15 50 0 0 0 70 458 7 0 21 35 0 0 0 56 514 8 2 14 54 0 0 0 70 584 9 0 3 35 0 0 0 38 622 10 0 2 18 4 0 0 24 646 11 0 5 13 33 0 0 51 697 12 0 0 5 30 58 2 95 792 13 0 0 0 0 147 1 148 940 14 0 0 0 0 32 148 180 1120 15 0 0 0 0 1 199 200 1320 16 0 0 0 11 45 51 107 1427 17 0 0 0 4 54 31 89 1516 18 0 0 0 13 15 45 73 1589 19 0 0 0 49 41 4 94 1683 20 0 0 0 142 0 10 152 1835 21 0 0 0 25 0 56 81 1916 22 0 0 0 11 16 69 96 2012 23 0 4 3 0 15 37 59 2071 0 0 0 2 14 24 2 42 2113 1 0 0 2 5 100 0 107 2220 2 0 1 10 25 6 0 42 2262 3 2 11 2 14 0 0 29 2291 4 1 8 0 0 0 0 9 2300 5 0 3 12 4 0 0 19 2319 6 0 3 102 0 0 0 105 2424 7 0 3 82 0 0 0 85 2509 8 0 1 52 13 0 0 66 2575 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 2582 10 0 0 4 3 0 0 7 2589 11 0 0 4 28 7 0 39 2628 12 0 0 0 12 77 10 99 2727 13 0 0 0 0 123 10 133 2860 14 0 0 0 1 72 46 119 2979 15 0 0 0 0 4 206 210 3189 16 0 0 0 0 6 125 131 3320 17 0 0 0 7 3 135 145 3465 18 0 0 0 6 48 34 88 3553 19 0 0 0 0 61 18 79 3632 20 0 0 0 10 38 5 53 3685 21 0 0 0 77 5 0 82 3767 22 0 0 0 86 12 0 98 3865 23 0 0 0 45 15 0 60 3925 TOTAL 32 158 581 814 1081 1259 Continent List 2011 CQWW SSB 160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- USA calls = 1 5 14 18 10 12 0 0 0 60 VE calls = 16 31 20 46 28 29 0 0 0 170 N.A. calls = 7 26 31 32 30 36 0 0 0 162 S.A. calls = 3 11 9 48 34 93 0 0 0 198 Euro calls = 2 72 460 536 744 955 0 0 0 2769 Afrc calls = 3 8 13 18 19 23 0 0 0 84 Asia calls = 0 0 6 50 45 10 0 0 0 111 JA calls = 0 1 12 53 155 55 0 0 0 276 Ocen calls = 0 4 16 11 15 46 0 0 0 92 Unknowns = 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 Total calls = 32 158 581 814 1081 1259 0 0 0 3925 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9ZRX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 554,561 K3 (100W) to 135-ft Doublet @ 140-ft fed from a 1:1 Current balun through 430+ feet of 300-ohm Ladder Line. It loads on 160M but that's about all. This is the first time in years that I've been able to do a 24 hour stint �" thought of trying the whole 48 but common sense prevailed.. Good conditions keep the adrenalin up! I get excited when it’s something I really want to work. If my RF doesn’t get through, my then my audio propagates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Total Score = 236,617 sure nice to have great conditions again. I am really looking forward to cw event, as that is my favorite mode. This was all packet pounce and search and ponce, as I was unable to cq with low power with such a crowded band. A good beam at 75 feet and determination can be amazing. 73 BoB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2JQK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 258,408 I was doing quite well until 20:30 utc on Saturday..All of Dutchess county lost power and as of 11 am on Sunday 50% of our area was still without power. When did it return ? 0000 UTC on Sunday night.. Oh well time for a generator...its gonna be along winter..if this is an early indication of things to come... I have many trees that came down...I am afraid to check my wire antennas and see if they still work...next weekend is Sweep CW ! See ya then ..maybe... 73 thanks to all the contacted me ! Bob de WA2 Jack Queen King.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA3A Class: SOSB/15 HP Total Score = 848,640 A renewed interest in contesting led me to put up some new antennas(wires) and enter my first ever CQWW SSB contest! Wow! Many highlights but the best was someone moving C91KHN right onto my run freqency. They both were very polite despite that and C91KHN let me work him although it took me awhile to get his callsign. Thanks! K3/HF2000 Rhombics/Lazy H @ 70' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA3F Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,504,044 Snow, major tree damage, clean the driveway all got in the way, but a good weekend none the less. Power outages were short ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA5ZUP Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 203,472 A lot of fun just part time. Never called CQ much just S&P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA6KEK Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 86,496 Un-assisted. This was my first CQ WW DX. I was amazed at the number of signals. There was a DX around every turn. I can't wait for next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7BNM Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 12,896 Rig: Elecraft K3 - 100 watts Antenna: 10M7 at 55 ft fixed due east Haven't contested much lately, but was glad I at least got on the air for this one. Even with a 7-element yagi fixed in one direction, 10m was so open that I worked Europe (with some difficulty) off one side, South America off the other side and Japan and Oceania off the back. Special thanks to PI4DX for working hard to eventually copy my complete call and not giving up. Looks like I need to fix the rotators. 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn@hornucopia.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7NWL Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 165,228 Great contest! Had planned on SOSB LP but that fell apart during the 1st hour. Went SOAB LP instead. Several goals were achieved - have a good time, exceed 200 Q's, make 100k points. 10M was really good for me. 15M, 40M and 20M followed suit. Worked a batch of new countries/entities. 80M on a 40M dipole = not so good. Rig was a Kenwood TS-440 at 100 watts to either a 40M dipole at 45-feet, or a 40M vertical (which didn't work so well - will be working on it soon.....). Many thanks to everyone who dug my signal out and to CQ for the hard work their team puts in. CU in CQ WW CW. 73, John, WA7NWL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7PRC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 353,197 As can be seen, the propagation Gods were smiling. Of course, without stations to work, good propagation is wasted. Thanks to all the ops who made it fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB0N Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 548,960 Finally Great band condx in the black hole !!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB1DX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,108,548 Very late start after returning from a business trip late Friday evening. Too tired to operate Friday evening. That turned out to be a bad idea as I lost my low band antennas in the snow storm Saturday afternoon, early evening. I had to lower the "stick" I have for a tower because of the high winds and heavy/heavy snow. It got stuck at 22 feet the next day and I had to drag a ladder, shovel, and some tools up to fix the problem. The winch cable slipped off the top pulley. All set now. Snow storm shoveling duties also got in the way of some prime, so this was anything but a casual effort, but didn't even expect to operate, so hey. Can't wait to see the scores... gonna be huge. Thanks for all those that called in, and for those that so "graciously" told me I had my S&P Spot turned on when I was running on 20m. Won't let that happen again HI. 73, Ken WB1DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC6H Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 3,847,221 Fun, fun, fun! Thanks again to Rich for letting me use his FB station. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC7CW Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 3,627 Worked the contest a bit while tooling around in the car. I put my old SBE 23 channel converted CB rig in back in last weekend. I am not sure how much power it puts out, but I think it's between 5 and 10 watts so entered as LP instead of QRP. Couldn't believe how well I got out with the el cheapo trunk lip mount Kraco antenna on the car. Worked C5A, LU, CX, PY, KG6, P4, ZL, KH6, E5, KP4, VP9, HK, CO, KL7, XE, VE, K, and a bunch of JAs and at least one contact on every continent except Europe as I wasn't in the car much during those openings. Channel one is around 28.475 and it tunes up to channel 23 at about 28.700 or so. What a blast! Thanks for the great ears! Matt K7BG, op WC7CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD0BGZ Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 27,306 Icom 746pro, AL-80B at 500-watts into Cushcraft dipole at 75-feet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD8RYC Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 38,250 Had a great time ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF7T Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 200,441 Thanks to all ops able to pull my signal out of the QRM. I typically do not play on SSB but with the great band conditions on 10-20M how could I resist? S&P part-time. 73 Brad WF7T Nashville, TN --- Icom IC-7600 @ 100W Doublet and EDZ @ 11M N1MM for logging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WH7M Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 5,974,500 What a fantastic week-end! Its a rare occasion when the kind of condions we has coincide with a major contest. Felt great to be a part of it no matter what the final score was. My thanks to Max, KH6ZM, and his xyl Kathy, for being, as always, the wonderful hosts, and for the priviledge of operation the great station that Max has put together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 111,389 SSB is always a struggle from here, so it was nice to have 10M open so nicely. About 8 inches of wet snow caused significant problems for my low band antennas. Equipment: K3, AL-80A, 10-15M dipole @25 ft.; 20M inverted V @39 ft.; verticals for low bands. Thanks for the QSOs! 73, Joe WI2E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI7N Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 428,223 Nice to see such nice conditions on 10M for a change. Operated for 20 hours and worked 122 countries. Haven't done that since the last sunspot cycle. Hi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI9WI Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 149,819 Seven hours of casual S&P. Great to have 15 and 10 in such good shape after so many years. 73 Ji ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ2D Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 3,202,200 No place to park as the bands were packed!!! I did the whole contest clicking on my N1MM telnet screen. What a great time I had... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WL7BDO Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 294,216 Was a great time. Enjoyed the open conditions day and night. More than doubled my stations totals for QSO's, Countries and solid increase in zones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WM3O Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 567,350 so this is what 10 meters is like. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Total Score = 178,816 With the uptick in the 10m band, I decided to do a single band effort here and get plenty of rest. I wanted to see if you could get DXCC this weekend with a moderate effort - I missed it but was unwilling to stand in line for those African stations I barely could hear with hundreds of guns calling ahead of me. If one ran HP, I am sure that it would have been an easy deal to make the plus 100. Friday evening open was so so and Saturday morning was tough to be heard in EU. Sunday morning was a bit better but by midday, the band took a dive and it was even hard to hear/work zone 8. It was a chore to keep interested but thanks to the SA stations, I kept at it till the Asian opening. How does one actually hear stations with that stupid song playing in the background from one end of the band to the other...."HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN?" 73, WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN9O Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,739,160 It's great to hear the bands pick up again. Thanks for all the qso's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO1N Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 29,274 Station: FT1000D, C3-SS@22', R7 Soapbox : You've probably heard almost all the horror stories from the New England area by now. My story is no different. I did the first evening from K0TV's station in Hudson, NH. Rough going as his station sits idle all spring, summer and fall so inevitably this contest becomes a huge shakedown cruise. Probably did no more than 100 or so Q's overnight on 40M. Saturday at home became this huge rush to batten down hatches before the snow started. And snow it did, right on schedule. The weathermen called this event almost to the minute. Fired up a log from the home station after hearing K0TV shut down his operation for the duration because he had already lost power, made one Q and then lost power. After a very difficult Saturday evening listening to trees and limbs crashing all around us, I woke up Sunday morning to the devastation. Spent most of the day with the neighbors wielding chainsaws and tending to the generator. My powerline drop was partially ripped off the house. Not much I could do about it. Power was down to the entire region. Finally late in the afternoon retreated to the house, fired up the shack on the gen an made the remainder of my Q's. Band conditions seemed awesome even with my tower in the down position. Managed to bump into a old friend OK1DIX operating from C5A, Lada took the time to say hello and, finally, I had a brief but pleasant chat with Anne, WA1S who was operating at NQ4I. She obviously had heard what was going on and asked how I was doing. All is back to normal now, whatever that is. CU in the next one, Ken WO1N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO7V Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 347,412 Conditions were generally very good. The 10 meter band proved to be the heavy lifter which is very unusual compared to past contests. The higher bands crapped out earlier than I had expected. The lower bands were very poor. Actually somewhere between substandard and shitty! The thing I like about band conditions is you can only predict them with in about a foot and a half. It's really a crap shoot which is probably what makes the contests more interesting. I picked up a few new ones. I hope they all use lotw as I'm to cheap to send out the cards! The cq ww ssb is really the big Kahuna of contests. It was my first back in a previous life when we all used vacuum tubes, and we liked it! Getting used to using my amp, antenna tuner and my beam antenna, and last but not least, the flex radio (who needs knobs anyway). In this contest, you really need an amp. I knew somebody the tried to do this contest without an amp, but the a bunch of farrel lids threw him into the mosh pit, never to be seen again. I wonder what happened to old Housley anyway? He would made a good Elmer but he would never change his name! The thing I like about cq's tests is that you get 2 full days to work them. Perhaps they should go for an even week at 168 hours. Or even better yet, how about a year at 8760 hours. That would really make a man out of you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WP2Z Class: M/M HP Total Score = 17,051,232 Nothing broke. Computers did not have to be reset at all. Did not lose power. Great weekend. But a line noise problem that peaks on 10M and due north of us really hurt us on 10M in the afternoons when working NA and AS. Our best score ever for three old guys. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WR1Q Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 276 Quick test of my radio after getting it back from Kenwood Service. 10 Meters = Beautiful things. 73s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WS7L Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 1,767 Was operating from W7TVC most of the event but plinked around from my own station a bit before going there, mainly so I could log a couple new DXCCs. Great condx, possibly the best 10 meter condx I've seen. 73, Carl WS7L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WT6P Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 62,720 Sure hope the K3 is back from the shop soon! The loaner rig just didn't have the filters and features...Still fighting powerline interference and old ears! Loved the activity and band openings. Thanks to all for pulling me out of the pile-ups! Looking forward to the next couple months! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WU6W Class: SOSB/40 HP Total Score = 7,498 Missed Friday Night so decided to SOSB/40 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW2DX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,154,979 Played radio this weekend in between loosing power for 6 hours, hoping a tree did not come through the house and keeping the family warm. This was the first time I used the K3 in SSB contest running and found that it had a very hard time on 10/15 meters with large pileups. I tried to play with AGC and even turning it off, not much help. I don't recall this happening in any CW test. I have more playing to do and comparing with the 781. 73! Lee WW2DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW2Y Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 2,406,950 Glad to have Peter use the station while I was at K3LR. No 80mtr antenna, and some wx issues but not nearly as bad as further north and west got hit. 73, Andy N2NT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW4LL Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,702,542 Unbelievable has got to be the word used most often to describe conditions this weekend. Congratulations to Krassie and the K1LZ team for a tremendous score in MS. This was the first time our group had operated together, with the exception of KU8E and K9MUG. KK4DAN was just licensed in June and this was his first contest. We also had an 8 year old visitor to the shack (Roby) who put on the headphones and was coached by Jim, KC4HW. Obviously, 10 meters was the place to be most all weekend. Thanks to Bob, W5OV for getting me the new Acom 2000A shipped in time to use in this contest and it performed flawlessly. Thanks to everyone.....Fred, WW4LL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX3B Class: M/M HP Total Score = 8,568,050 The 2011 CQWW SSB team WX3B effort was led and managed by Dennis, N8IVN in my absence this year. My participation in the contest was limited to one QSO on Friday night with Ken K4ZW at JT5DX. That’s some signal Ken had out there! Dennis, N8IVN enjoyed the team leadership role and the stellar band conditions. He was surprised that he had a different kind of scheduling problem: operators had so much fun they actually stayed past their shifts, and some came back for more operating time leading to an overbooking situation! Dennis made the best of the situation and tried to keep everyone happy on an active. Dennis also learned what happens when Ice covers your antennas. Bill, K3WI was a very welcome and surprise guest. Bill had spent the first part of the contest with Sig and company at N3RS, however Sig had a harsher version of the storm and lost power for most of the contest, so Bill diverted to WX3B, ran about 200 Asians then proceeded to tear up 10 meters the next day. An interesting observation about Bill �" you could tell when he was operating because he was CQing and getting spotted. He also set the pace for the team because others called CQ more often when he was there. Chris, KB3CS has become well known at WX3B for predicting propagation and I must say Chris was spot on about 10 meters NOT producing a large JA run on Friday night light I had hoped for. At least we got that JA run later in the weekend. Chris is also very good at using several software tools that show real time activity and where it’s occurring, so that you do not miss out on any good band opening. I heard that Chris drew the graveyard shift working the low bands (again). Joe, N3YIM is recovering from a very sore back, and I hope this event proved to be a pleasant diversion. I know Joe really enjoyed his work on 40 meters during the contest as he was able to keep the band map cleared out. Sid, NH7C returned to WX3B after a year or two and immediately took notice that some amplifiers had been moved from one position to another (favorite bands get favorite amplifiers) and that 80 meters had become significantly more interesting with the addition of several new switches. He also slugged it out on 20 meters during the morning house Sunday �" you know, the hours where loud signals are everywhere but getting a run going was difficult for even the biggest stations. Bob, ND3D said he enjoyed crushing the packet generated pileups while operating and was greeted by many WX3B cheerleaders wishing us a good contest. Eric, N3TD (a.k.a. retired KA3ITJ) made a few QSOs at WX3B to warm up for his single-op effort at home. Eric has been hard at work building his home station and now has a yagi for the high bands, and a new 160 antenna. We’re expecting a big sweepstakes SSB score from Eric this year. Mike, N3VOP took some time on the afternoon/night shift. Mike has done many contests at WX3B and is responsible for the warm, cozy carpeting everyone enjoys in my basement �" it was a donation from him! Mike, N3AFT had his second contest at WX3B. He is learning the trade and having a great time. Steve, N3SB did a little horsing around after dinner Friday night and enjoyed the bands. The team effort was a record by a wide margin. Last year’s score was 3 million; this score was just shy of 3 times that score. Dennis did an excellent job of leading and managing the group. Sounded like everyone had a grand time on the radio. Next year’s challenge is going to be turning all the folks that like to POUNCE into full time runners. That is the single largest score improvement opportunity at WX3B, is to obey the ABC’s of contesting. (A) lways (B)e calling (C)q! Thanks to everyone for their enthusiastic participation and to Dennis for leading the effort. 73, Jim Nitzberg WX3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX4US Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 487,278 That was the best I have ever heard 10m in 25 years. It was solid with stations from 28.300 to 29.000. Simply amazing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XE2AU Class: M/S LP Total Score = 381,133 Very nice openings in 10 and 15 meters great contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XE2B Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 524,864 Awesome conditions both days. This time the strategy was a mix of S&P and running.I worked DXCC and many new ones, although I missed 6 zones.I missed precious EU openings -on Sat and Sunday, due to family commitments. Other than that, what a blast ! And thank you for the all the Q's Luis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: XE3N Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 466,730 Excelent propagation, nice openings to Europe and South Pacific, 10m band was awesome, Really I was enjoyed the contest, It was my best score and my best contest!! with only 100w. See You on next contest and thanks for qso's...73's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YM7KA Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,643,402 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YO5OAG Class: SOAB(A) LP Total Score = 58,880 Rig: IC-7600, Ant: Diamond BB-7V, Kelemen dipole. Thanks for the contest, unfortunately I did not have enough time now for the competition. '73 Sanyi YO5OAG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YO9HP Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 4,206,649 I started the contest well motivated, but Murphy visited me during the first hour: the main antenna (17 el Optibeam @ 25 m) showed faulty SWR on all bands. I decided to continue with the lower antennas (2 el for 7 MHz band @ 18 m and 3 el Yagi for 14-21-28 Mhz @ 16 m). Enjoyed the pile-ups on 15 and 10 m bands, but overall I could not struggle anymore for a good score, especially on low bands. Probably I will submit my log as SOA-HP-SB (10 m). Congrats to YO9GZU (@YO9WF) for breaking the national SOA-HP-AB record. See you all in CQWW-CW. 73 de Alex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YP9W Class: SOAB(A) HP Total Score = 8,782,992 First of all many thanks to Ionut YO9WF for letting me use his fine station! He was struggling with the hardware issues before contest and managed to supply me with all I needed during the test, includding massage of back and neck muscles at times of fatigue, beverages refill and providing small pieces of food so I could drag them inbetween the qsos. Also big thanks to his great family for making me feel again very welcome and assuring that I wasn't missing anything! Even if I was almost completely disconnected of outside world, I felt a great atmosphere around me, with friends visiting the shack, taking pictures and changing smiles with me. Ionut arranged also a great show up on Sunday afternoon, bringing our radio teacher, OM Mircea YO9AGI, for a pleasant visit - what a nice surprise! All this fine emotional support combined with the fabulous conditions from the bands allowed me not to feel any tiredness. I felt like I should move on when the time for a scheduled break came on after 24 hours, but then I've decided it would be wiser to conserve my energy for the second day whet the high bands will come again to life, which turned out to be a good decision. All in all, given the station capabilities, the target was a modest score of 6 mil points, enough to update the YO record. But the barrier was reached approx. 8 hours before the end, so in the finel couple of hours I found myself competing against the EU record of 9 mil. pts owned by OE4A (OE1EMS/E77DX) since 2004. Of course, I am aware that some giant scores will show up after this one (e.g. ER4A) and many records will fall, but the feeling that this target would be possible from YO land with average antennas (OB17-4, tribander, 40m rotary dipole and 80/160m inv. vee) was quite emotional and unimaginable before today. The operation was planned as unassisted, but technical problems made the use of SO2R setup almost impossible during the night hours, chiefly because a proper 80m antenna was missing. The brand new 80m vertical from Titanex, planned to be lifted up in the previous week, arrived at destination with severe damage and had to be returned. Consequently, 80m and 160m was covered only by a simple inverted vee with one feedeing line, so this and some other unexpected interferences made me decide for packet assistance. But during daily hours the setup performed fine, and often I found myself tuning for multipliers on the second radio instead of chasing them from the packet, in order to avoid the frustration from packet generated pileups. It was great to meet or even to chat for some moments with friends around the world: Ton PY2YU, Braco E77DX, Sue AI6YL, Chip N2YO, the guys from CR3L, CN3A, LZ5R, PW7T, PS2T, K1LZ and so on. I've also had an eye to CR2X (OH2UA) and 4O3A (ES5TV) and followed up their battle, already an European classic, with excitement. See you in CQWW CW! Best 73 Tibi YO9GZU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT0Z Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 1,144,683 73's Milan YU1ZZ - YT0Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT1VP Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Total Score = 564,132 IC-7700, 500W, 2 el. Yagi at 20m CU in CW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU5R Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Total Score = 772,871 Tnx to all for points.Great condx on 15m. However with only 700watts it was David vs Goliath among all that ,,legal power''guys. Hope one day will 59 you all with acom. 73s YU5R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZD8O Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 9,717,369 This was my 2nd trip to the "Rock", this time for SSB contest. I decided to skip new zone from my long term goal to operate CQ WW from all 40 zones and returned to ZD8 as I left lot of gear on the island from last year's CW effort and as I had lost my 160 m antenna and wanted to make another effort hopefully without problems. This was again complete field day set-up in QTH where there is nothing ready. Lots of work during the week leading to contest, and it took the toll especially on Sunday and I was really tired and fatigued most of the day. I again had an issue with my 160 m antenna which appeared some hours before the contest, and when trying to solve it I did not get my scheduled sleep prior to the start, and then of course problem (high SWR) also dissapeared and I knew something was not right with 160 m. I tried to sleep for one hour before the contest but really couldn't. Most of the 1st night I stayed on 20 m until it slowed down around 04Z and then went to low bands where things are always slower due to distance from ZD8 and modest antennas. And of course then the high SWR problem presented itself again on 160 m. I decided to try to solve it and possibly scrap the all band plans and just go SB 20 m, as most of my Qs were there until then and I overall like 20 m and felt quite good of the conditions there so far. But I found the 160 m problem after about an hour and decided to stick with AB plan. One of the 3 coax pieces feeding the antenna had some problem and I swapped out that 100 ft piece and never had an issue after that. But I had wasted valuable low-band time and I was also somewhat pissed off of the problem that I had yet again on 160. But at least I had an antenna unlike last year when it had fallen from the tree and I had zero Qs on that band. Well, it turned out that conditions on low bands were really bad from ZD8 during whole contest, and the time effort I put on fixing that 160 m issue during the contest was pretty much waste as I only had 4 QSOs there during whole contest. 75 m was also tough going, and I was never able to recover my multipliers after 1st night's lost time on low bands. On 40 m fortunately I was able to recover the mults quite nicely on 2nd night. Still regarding 160 m: On Monday night before leaving the island on Tuesday, I made 300 CW contacts on 160 m as conditions were great that night. I wish those conditions would have happened 2 nights before... But that is how 160 m seems to work there, you usually don't get lucky during the contest, and you do need luck as generally you are just too far from US/EU for that band. I had again great experience on QSYing and moving stations, especially between 20-10 m. It was very effective and I could see the score climbing fast when QSYing. I started asking QSYs much earlier than last year on CW, perhaps after first 15 hrs. I felt that I could make QSY QSO happen almost any time to anywhere on 20-10 m bands. Amazing 6 band QSY with Tonno ES5TV at 4O3A. I read he was happy too ! Very strange that I never heard many of the top SOAB stations like EF8R, P40W. I worked both of them outside the contest and I'm sure they would have liked z36 + ZD8 mult. Curiously I worked z36 on 4 bands 40-10 m, total of 3 different stations from TL, TR, TT, so there was actually some other activity on my zone. I had a goal of 11-12 M on mind and would have needed another 1.5 hrs to get there, which was about the time I wasted on 160 m problem. But this was still personal best score improving from one made from 8R1K in mid-90s when I last time operated SOAB in comparable location. In mid-90s this score would have put me firmly in top-10, but it just isn't enough these days of superstations and SO2R setups. But there still isn't anything like CQ WW weekend, it is just a blast every year, wherever you are ! Equipment: K-3 + Alpha amp, SO1R 2 x A3S tribander on 2 separate 30 ft masts, one antenna rotating 40 m vertical 80 m and 160 m quarter wave wires using common radials with 40 m vertical. 160 m wire does not fit "straight" at the space. 80 m low sloping dipole Thanks to N6TJ/ZD8Z, W6NV, ZD8S, ZD7JP for valuable help for the operation. QSL via Olli, OH0XX. 73 de Marko N5ZO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZK2X Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 5,426,894 Very different experience, doing my favourite contest from away out here in the central South Pacific! 30 deg in the shack and mosquitoes everywhere!!! I was QRV for more than the 36 hrs the log claimed but there were times when I could work nobody, even though I could hear plenty - especially on 40 and 20m. Lots of EU on 40m missed a mult - EU QRM strikes again. Pile ups were mostly well behaved although at times EU just lost the plot and rate went down. Too many stories to send here!! Many thanks for all the QSOs. Special thanks to Chris GM3WOJ/ZK2V and his xyl Pippa for the chance to be here and for keeping me fed and watered!! Keith GM4YXI/GM5X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZP6DER Class: SOSB/15 LP Total Score = 899,506 "LOW POWER" Index of Calls Call: 3V8SS Class: SOAB LP Call: 4L0A Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: 4M6CQ Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: 4O3A Class: SOAB HP Call: 5H3EE Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: 6Y9X Class: SOAB HP Call: 7S7V Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: 8Q7DV Class: SOAB HP Call: 8R1EA Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: 9A1A Class: M/S HP Call: 9A1JSB Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: 9A1P Class: M/M HP Call: 9A2AJ Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: 9A3B Class: SOAB HP Call: 9A6B Class: M/S HP Call: 9A7A Class: M/S HP Call: 9A7P Class: M/S LP Call: 9A8M Class: M/S HP Call: 9M2CQC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: 9M8Z Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: 9W2CEH Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: 9Y4D Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: A52PP Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: A65BP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: A73A Class: M/M HP Call: AA0AA Class: SOAB LP Call: AA1K Class: SOAB HP Call: AA1ON Class: SOAB HP Call: AA2DC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AA3B Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AA4FU Class: SOAB LP Call: AA4V/VP9 Class: M/2 LP Call: AA6K Class: SOAB LP Call: AA6PW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AA6YX Class: SOAB HP Call: AA7V Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AA8IA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AA8LL Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AA9A Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: AB1J Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: AB1OD Class: SOAB LP Call: AB2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AB3CX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AB4GG Class: SOAB HP Call: AB4SF Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AB6L Class: SOAB HP Call: AB7ZU Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: AC8G Class: SOAB HP Call: AD1C Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: AD4ES Class: M/S HP Call: AD4Z Class: SOAB LP Call: AD7XV Class: SOAB LP Call: AE1T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AE4EC Class: SOAB HP Call: AE4TX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AF3I Class: SOAB HP Call: AF7S Class: SOAB LP Call: AG4W Class: SOAB HP Call: AH6RR Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: AJ1E Class: SOAB HP Call: AK4I Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AK7AZ Class: M/M HP Call: AL1G Class: SOAB HP Call: AL9A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: AY5F Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: B4R Class: M/S HP Call: B7P Class: M/M HP Call: BD3MV Class: SOAB LP Call: BD9ALM Class: SOAB LP Call: BH4WFT Class: SOAB LP Call: BX5AA Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: BY5CD Class: M/S HP Call: C37N Class: M/M HP Call: C4W Class: SOAB HP Call: C4Z Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: C5A Class: M/M HP Call: C6ARW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: CE1A Class: M/M HP Call: CE3DNP Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: CE3GDR Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: CE4CT Class: M/2 HP Call: CF7FC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: CG7SZ Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: CJ3A Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: CN2R Class: SOAB HP Call: CN3A Class: M/S HP Call: CR2X Class: SOAB HP Call: CR3A Class: M/S HP Call: CR3L Class: M/M HP Call: CR5R Class: M/S HP Call: CR6K Class: SOAB HP Call: CT1IUA Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: CT3FQ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: CV4C Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: CW5W Class: SOAB HP Call: CX2DK Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: CX5CBA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: CX5TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: CX9AU Class: SOAB LP Call: D4C Class: M/S HP Call: DA0CA Class: M/S HP Call: DD1A Class: M/S HP Call: DD8SM Class: SOAB HP Call: DF0HQ Class: M/M HP Call: DF2SD Class: SOAB LP Call: DF8XC Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: DF9ZP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: DH4PSG Class: SOAB LP Call: DH8BQA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: DJ4PT Class: SOAB HP Call: DJ5AN Class: SOAB HP Call: DJ5MW Class: SOAB LP Call: DJ7WW Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: DJ8OG Class: M/2 HP Call: DK0OG Class: M/2 HP Call: DK5OS Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DK8EY Class: SOAB LP Call: DL0RUS Class: M/S HP Call: DL1IAO Class: SOAB HP Call: DL2ARD Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: DL2CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: DL2IAN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: DL4YAO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: DL5NAM Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: DL5RDP Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: DL5ZBA Class: M/S HP Call: DL8LR Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: DM0Y Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: DP9I Class: M/S HP Call: DQ4W Class: M/2 HP Call: DR1A Class: M/M HP Call: DR1D Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: DR2P Class: M/S LP Call: DX1M Class: M/2 HP Call: E21EIC Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: E51Z Class: M/M HP Call: E71A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: E74WN Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: E77A Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: E7DX Class: M/S HP Call: EA1DR Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EA1HFI Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: EA3GEG Class: SOAB HP Call: EA3IN Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: EA3JW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: EA3QP Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: EA3WX Class: SOAB LP Call: EA4DEC Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: EA4ETW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EA4URJ Class: M/S HP Call: EA5AER Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EA5HSI Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: EA7LL Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: EA7OT Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EA8OM Class: SOAB LP Call: EA8ZS Class: SOAB LP Call: EB3CW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EC2DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EC7ZK Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: ED1C Class: M/S LP Call: ED1R Class: M/2 HP Call: ED5T Class: M/S HP Call: EE2K Class: M/2 HP Call: EE2W Class: M/S HP Call: EE3E Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: EE5R Class: M/2 HP Call: EE7L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EE9Z Class: M/2 HP Call: EF8R Class: SOAB HP Call: EF8S Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: EF9A Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: EI2CN Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: EI4CF Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: EI5GSB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: EI7M Class: M/S HP Call: ER4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: ES1AN Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: ES2MC Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: ES5G Class: SOAB HP Call: ES5MG Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: ES5RW Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: ES5RY Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: ES5TF Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: ES6Q Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: EU1AA Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: EU1AZ Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: EU2DX Class: SOAB LP Call: EU4CQ Class: SOAB LP Call: EV1R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EW1DO Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: EW2A Class: SOAB HP Call: EW8DJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: EY8MM Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: F1UVN Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: F4ASK Class: SOAB LP Call: F4FDA Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: F4FFH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: F4FFZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: F4GCU Class: SOAB LP Call: F5BEG Class: SOAB LP Call: F5CQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: F5RD Class: SOAB LP Call: F5UTN Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: F6FYA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: F8AAN Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: F8ARK Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: F8ATM Class: SOAB LP Call: F8CRS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: F8FKJ Class: M/S HP Call: FM5AN Class: SOAB HP Call: FM5CD Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: FM5FJ Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: FP/KV1J Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: FY/F5HRY Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: FY5FY Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: FY5KE Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: G0HVQ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: G3TBK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: G3TXF Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: G3VAO Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: G4ERW Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: G4FKA Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: G6PZ Class: M/S HP Call: G6T Class: SOAB HP Call: GI5K Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: GM0FGI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: GM7R Class: M/S HP Call: GW4BLE Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: GW4OH Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: GW9T Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: H2T Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: HA3DX Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: HA5JI Class: SOAB HP Call: HA8BE Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Call: HA8JV Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: HA8LLK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: HB0/HB9AON Class: M/M HP Call: HB9DHG Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: HB9EE Class: M/2 HP Call: HB9SVT Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: HG6C Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: HG6N Class: M/S HP Call: HG7T Class: M/2 HP Call: HI3EPR Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: HI3K Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: HL1VAU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: I2WIJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: I4FYF Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: II9K Class: M/S HP Call: II9P Class: M/2 HP Call: IK1DFH Class: SOAB LP Call: IK4TVP Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: IO1T Class: M/S HP Call: IQ1CN Class: M/S HP Call: IR2C Class: M/S HP Call: IR2L Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: IR4X Class: M/2 HP Call: IR8C Class: M/S HP Call: IR9Y Class: M/S HP Call: IT9/LY5W Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: IT9ZTX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: IW1QN Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: J28AA Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: JA0JHA Class: SOAB HP Call: JA1XMS Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: JA1YPA Class: M/M HP Call: JA5FDJ Class: M/M HP Call: JA6WFM Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: JA7ZP Class: SOAB HP Call: JA8RWU Class: M/S HP Call: JF1SQC Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: JH3PRR Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: JQ1BVI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: JT1RF Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0AD Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K0CN Class: SOAB LP Call: K0EJ Class: SOAB HP Call: K0IO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0KX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0MD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K0OU Class: SOAB HP Call: K0PC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K0RH Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: K0SV Class: SOAB LP Call: K0TO Class: SOAB HP Call: K0TT Class: SOAB LP Call: K0TV Class: M/2 HP Call: K0VXU Class: SOAB HP Call: K0ZR Class: SOAB HP Call: K1BV Class: SOAB HP Call: K1DG Class: SOAB HP Call: K1EO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1GU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1HT Class: SOAB LP Call: K1JB Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1KD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1KNQ Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: K1KO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1KP Class: M/M HP Call: K1LI Class: SOAB HP Call: K1LT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1LZ Class: M/S HP Call: K1PT Class: M/S HP Call: K1RH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1RM Class: SOAB HP Call: K1RX Class: SOAB HP Call: K1TN Class: SOAB HP Call: K1TO Class: SOAB HP Call: K1TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K1VU Class: SOAB LP Call: K1ZR Class: SOAB HP Call: K1ZZI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2AX Class: M/2 HP Call: K2CYE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2DN Class: SOAB LP Call: K2DSL Class: SOAB LP Call: K2GN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2JMY Class: SOAB HP Call: K2LE Class: M/2 HP Call: K2ONP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2PLF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K2PO Class: SOAB LP Call: K2PS Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K2QPN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K2RS Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K2SSS Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K2SX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K2UR Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: K3AJ Class: SOAB HP Call: K3AU Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K3CR Class: SOAB HP Call: K3IE Class: SOAB HP Call: K3IU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3LR Class: M/M HP Call: K3NM 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) HP Call: K3WW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3YD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K3YDX Class: SOAB HP Call: K4AB Class: SOAB HP Call: K4ALE Class: SOAB LP Call: K4BP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K4CIA Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: K4EDI Class: SOAB HP Call: K4EU Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K4FTO Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K4FX Class: SOAB HP Call: K4IDK Class: SOAB LP Call: K4IKM Class: SOAB HP Call: K4IU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K4NAB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K4PHE Class: SOAB HP Call: K4QPL Class: SOAB HP Call: K4RO Class: SOAB HP Call: K4SSU Class: SOAB HP Call: K4TOJ Class: SOAB LP Call: K4UTE Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K4WES Class: SOAB LP Call: K4WI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: K4WW Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: K4YCR Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: K4ZGB Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K5AUP Class: SOAB HP Call: K5ER Class: SOAB HP Call: K5IID Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K5JX Class: SOAB HP Call: K5KG Class: M/S HP Call: K5RR Class: SOAB HP Call: K5TR Class: M/S HP Call: K5ZD Class: SOAB HP Call: K6AW Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K6CSL Class: SOAB LP Call: K6GFJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6GHA Class: SOAB LP Call: K6JS Class: SOAB LP Call: K6LL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6LRN Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K6MBY Class: SOAB LP Call: K6MM Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Call: K6MMU Class: SOAB LP Call: K6SRZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6ST Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6TA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K6TUJ Class: SOAB LP Call: K6WSC Class: SOAB LP Call: K6XN Class: SOAB HP Call: K6XX Class: SOAB HP Call: K7ABL Class: SOAB HP Call: K7ABV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7BG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7DR Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K7EG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7FA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7HBN Class: SOAB LP Call: K7HP Class: SOAB HP Call: K7IA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7IDX Class: SOAB HP Call: K7JQ Class: SOAB HP Call: K7LJ Class: SOAB HP Call: K7LY Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K7MKL Class: SOAB HP Call: K7MY Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: K7NV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7RL Class: M/S HP Call: K7SV Class: SOAB LP Call: K7TQ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K7ULS Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: K7UM Class: M/S HP Call: K7VIT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7XC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K7ZB Class: M/S LP Call: K7ZSD Class: M/M HP Call: K8AZ Class: M/S HP Call: K8BL Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K8GL Class: SOAB HP Call: K8GT Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K8MM Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: K8PO Class: SOAB HP Call: K8ZT Class: SOAB QRP Call: K9BGL Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: K9CT Class: M/S HP Call: K9DU Class: SOAB HP Call: K9GS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K9LA Class: M/2 HP Call: K9MMS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: K9MWM Class: SOAB HP Call: K9OR Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: K9QC Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: K9RS Class: M/S HP Call: K9YC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KA0CSW Class: SOAB LP Call: KA2D Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KA2KON Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KA4OTB Class: M/S HP Call: KB0EO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KB1EFS Class: SOAB LP Call: KB1H Class: M/2 HP Call: KB3LIX Class: SOAB LP Call: KB7HDX Class: SOAB LP Call: KB7QND Class: SOAB LP Call: KC1XX Class: M/M HP Call: KC2QLJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KD2JA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KD4RH Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: KD5J Class: SOAB HP Call: KD7DCR Class: SOAB HP Call: KD7H Class: SOAB HP Call: KD7JET Class: SOAB HP Call: KD7MSC Class: SOAB HP Call: KD7PCE Class: SOAB HP Call: KD9MS Class: SOAB LP Call: KE2VB Class: SOAB HP Call: KE3D Class: SOAB HP Call: KE3X Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KE4UW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KE5LQ Class: SOAB LP Call: KF7DYX Class: SOAB LP Call: KF7GNI Class: SOAB HP Call: KF7GYE Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KF7IUH Class: SOAB HP Call: KG0US Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KG4EM Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KG6DX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: KG7H Class: SOAB HP Call: KH7X Class: M/M HP Call: KH7Y Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: KI0F Class: SOAB HP Call: KI6QDH Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KJ4EX Class: SOAB LP Call: KJ4QDZ Class: SOAB HP Call: KJ4VTH Class: SOAB LP Call: KK1KW Class: SOAB HP Call: KK4CIS Class: SOAB LP Call: KK4KW Class: SOAB LP Call: KL2HD Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KL7AC Class: SOAB LP Call: KL7RA Class: M/2 HP Call: KL8DX Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: KM4JA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KN3A Class: SOAB LP Call: KN7K Class: SOAB HP Call: KO7X Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KP2/K0BBC Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: KP2B Class: Multi-Op Xtreme LP Call: KP4KE Class: SOAB QRP Call: KQ0C Class: SOAB HP Call: KQ2M Class: SOAB HP Call: KQ4Y Class: SOAB LP Call: KR2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KR2Q Class: SOAB QRP Call: KR4F Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: KS1J Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KS2G Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: KS4X Class: SOAB LP Call: KT4LST Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KT4Q Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KT4ZB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: KT6VV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KT7E Class: SOAB HP Call: KU1CW Class: SOAB HP Call: KU1T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: KU5B Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: KV0Q Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: KV4FZ Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: KX7YT Class: M/S HP Call: KY7M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LA1TPA Class: SOAB QRP Call: LA6VQ Class: SOAB LP Call: LN3Z Class: M/S HP Call: LN8W Class: SOAB HP Call: LN9Z Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: LP1H Class: M/M HP Call: LQ1H Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LQ5H Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: LS1D Class: M/S HP Call: LT4K Class: SOAB LP Call: LU1MA Class: M/S HP Call: LU1UM Class: M/S LP Call: LU4FM Class: M/M HP Call: LU6FOV Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LU7HZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: LW3EWZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LW7DUC Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LW8DGV Class: M/M HP Call: LX5T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: LX7I Class: SOAB HP Call: LY2W Class: M/2 HP Call: LY5E Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: LY6A Class: SOAB LP Call: LY7M Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: LY7Z Class: SOAB QRP Call: LY8O Class: SOAB LP Call: LZ2HA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LZ2PL Class: SOAB HP Call: LZ2PS Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: LZ2SX Class: SOAB QRP Call: LZ2ZD Class: SOAB HP Call: LZ5K Class: M/S HP Call: LZ5R Class: M/2 HP Call: LZ9W Class: M/M HP Call: M0OSH Class: SOAB LP Call: M0TNX Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: M4A Class: M/2 HP Call: M4F Class: M/2 LP Call: MM0LID Class: SOAB LP Call: N0BUI Class: SOAB HP Call: N0EOP Class: SOAB LP Call: N0HR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N0IJ Class: M/2 HP Call: N0IM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N0KE Class: SOAB HP Call: N0LD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1CC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N1DD Class: SOAB HP Call: N1DG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1EU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1IBM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N1IW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N1LN Class: M/2 HP Call: N1TM Class: SOAB QRP Call: N1UR Class: SOAB LP Call: N1WR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2BJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2CU Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N2EIK Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N2FF Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: N2GA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: N2GC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2IC Class: SOAB HP Call: N2MM Class: SOAB HP Call: N2MUJN Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N2MUN Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N2NS Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: N2RJ Class: SOAB HP Call: N2SQW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2VW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N2WN Class: SOAB LP Call: N2YBB Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N2YO Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N3ALN Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N3AM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3BM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3LL Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: N3ME Class: SOAB HP Call: N3MX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3RC Class: SOAB HP Call: N3RS Class: M/2 HP Call: N3TD Class: SOAB LP Call: N3UA Class: SOAB LP Call: N3UM Class: SOAB HP Call: N3WD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3ZA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N3ZZ Class: SOAB HP Call: N4BCD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4BP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: N4CC Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N4CW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: N4DJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4DU Class: SOAB HP Call: N4DW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4DXI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4EK Class: SOAB LP Call: N4GG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4IJ Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: N4JF Class: SOAB LP Call: N4KG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4LR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4LZ Class: SOAB HP Call: N4MM Class: SOAB QRP Call: N4NM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4NW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4OX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: N4PN Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: N4RA Class: SOAB HP Call: N4RV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4TZ/9 Class: SOAB LP Call: N4UU Class: SOAB HP Call: N4VDL Class: SOAB LP Call: N4VV Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4WW Class: M/S HP Call: N4ZC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N4ZZ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: N5AW Class: SOAB LP Call: N5DO Class: SOAB LP Call: N5DX Class: M/S HP Call: N5LZ Class: SOAB HP Call: N5RZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N5UWY Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: N5VI Class: SOAB LP Call: N5ZK Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N6AN Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N6AR Class: SOAB HP Call: N6BM Class: SOAB LP Call: N6BY Class: SOAB HP Call: N6DA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6HE Class: SOAB HP Call: N6KI Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: N6ML Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6QQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N6RO Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: N6RV Class: SOAB LP Call: N6SS Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: N6WIN Class: SOAB LP Call: N6WM Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: N6WS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7AT Class: M/2 HP Call: N7BEF Class: SOAB LP Call: N7BK Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: N7BV Class: SOAB HP Call: N7CW Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: N7DD Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: N7IR Class: SOAB LP Call: N7LR Class: SOAB HP Call: N7MAL Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: N7RK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7TT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N7WA Class: SOAB LP Call: N7ZG Class: SOAB LP Call: N8AA Class: SOAB LP Call: N8BJQ Class: SOAB HP Call: N8HM Class: SOAB QRP Call: N8II Class: SOAB HP Call: N8TR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N8UM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: N9ADG Class: SOAB HP Call: N9AUG Class: SOAB HP Call: N9CM Class: SOAB LP Call: N9FC Class: SOAB HP Call: N9OK Class: SOAB HP Call: N9RV Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: N9TGR Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: N9UA Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: NA2M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NA2U Class: M/M HP Call: NA3M Class: SOAB HP Call: NA4K Class: SOAB HP Call: NA4W Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: NA6G Class: SOAB LP Call: NA8V Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: NB4M Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: NC7M Class: M/2 LP Call: ND0C Class: SOAB QRP Call: ND8L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NE1B Class: M/S HP Call: NE1RD Class: SOAB LP Call: NE6I Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NE7D Class: SOAB LP Call: NE8J Class: SOAB HP Call: NE8P Class: SOAB HP Call: NF3C Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NF4A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NF8J Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: NG7Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NH7A Class: SOAB HP Call: NI7R Class: SOAB HP Call: NJ8J Class: SOAB LP Call: NK3Y Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NK6A Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: NK7U Class: M/M HP Call: NL7Z Class: SOAB HP Call: NM2L Class: SOAB LP Call: NM3G Class: SOAB LP Call: NN3RP Class: SOAB HP Call: NN3W Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NN4F Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: NN7SS Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: NP4Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NQ4I Class: M/M HP Call: NR5M Class: SOAB HP Call: NR7Q Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: NS3T Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: NT0F Class: SOAB LP Call: NT6AA Class: SOAB HP Call: NU6T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NV4B Class: SOAB LP Call: NV9L Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: NW2K Class: SOAB LP Call: NW3H Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: NX0I Class: SOAB LP Call: NX5M Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: NX7TT Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: NZ4O Class: SOAB LP Call: OE3K Class: SOAB HP Call: OE5JSL Class: SOAB LP Call: OE5T Class: M/2 HP Call: OG2A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OG4T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OG5B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OG73X Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: OH0V Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: OH0X Class: SOAB HP Call: OH0Z Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OH1TX Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: OH2BH Class: SOAB HP Call: OH2BP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OH4A Class: SOAB HP Call: OH6DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OH6K Class: M/S HP Call: OH6MW Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: OH6TN Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: OH7HD Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: OH8A Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: OH8X Class: SOAB HP Call: OJ0X Class: M/2 HP Call: OK1AIJ Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: OK1CDJ Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: OK1CLD Class: SOAB LP Call: OK1FPS Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: OK1IC Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: OK1SKJ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OK1XOE Class: SOAB QRP Call: OK2KJI Class: M/S LP Call: OK3C Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: OK6MA Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: OK6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: OK7K Class: M/2 HP Call: OK7O Class: M/S HP Call: OL1X Class: M/2 HP Call: OL3R Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OL4W Class: SOSB/80 QRP Call: OL8M Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: OL9M Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: OL9Z Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: OM0A Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Call: OM5M Class: M/S HP Call: OM7M Class: M/S HP Call: OM8A Class: M/S HP Call: ON5KQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: OP4A Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: OQ5M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: OT1S Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: OZ1ADL Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: OZ1FJB Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: OZ1JVX Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: OZ5E Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: OZ5WQ Class: SOAB LP Call: OZ7X Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: P33W Class: M/S HP Call: P40A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: P40P Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: P40W Class: SOAB HP Call: PI4COM Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: PI4DX Class: M/2 HP Call: PJ4T Class: M/2 HP Call: PJ7PL Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: PJ7X Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: PP1CZ Class: SOAB HP Call: PP5KR Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: PR2P Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: PR5B Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: PR7AR Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: PS2T Class: M/2 HP Call: PS8DX Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: PT2CM Class: M/2 HP Call: PT5T Class: M/S HP Call: PU1TMT Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: PU2LEP Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: PU5FJR Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: PU8WWW Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: PW2D Class: M/S HP Call: PW5G Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: PW7T Class: M/2 HP Call: PX2V Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: PX7C Class: M/S HP Call: PY1PL Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: PY1ZV Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: PY2LED Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: PY2SBY Class: SOAB LP Call: PY2SE Class: SOAB LP Call: PY2SEI Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: PY2YU Class: SOAB HP Call: PZ5MM Class: SOAB HP Call: R3GZ Class: SOAB HP Call: R5GA Class: SOAB HP Call: R7LV Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: R9AT Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: RA3FY Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: RA9AE Class: SOAB HP Call: RA9AU Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: RA9FW Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: RC0F Class: SOAB HP Call: RC9F Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: RC9O Class: SOAB HP Call: RF9C Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RG3K Class: SOAB HP Call: RG9A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: RL3A Class: M/S HP Call: RL6M Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RM3F Class: SOAB HP Call: RN3F Class: M/2 HP Call: RN4HAB Class: SOAB QRP Call: RO3DX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RT4RO Class: SOAB HP Call: RT5Z Class: SOAB HP Call: RT9S Class: SOAB LP Call: RU4AA Class: SOAB LP Call: RU4SO Class: SOAB LP Call: RV3ZQ Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: RV9UP Class: SOAB LP Call: RW0CWA Class: M/S HP Call: RW1CW Class: SOAB LP Call: RW4W Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: RX1CQ Class: SOAB LP Call: RX9CAZ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: RZ1ZZ Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: S50B Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: S50G Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: S50K Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: S50XX Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: S51F Class: SOAB HP Call: S52OP Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: S52ZW Class: M/2 HP Call: S53F Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: S53M Class: M/S HP Call: S53MM Class: SOAB HP Call: S53O Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: S56A Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: S56P Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: S57AL Class: SOAB LP Call: S57C Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: S57DX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: S57Z Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: S58M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SJ2W Class: M/S HP Call: SM3C Class: SOAB HP Call: SM7E Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: SN1T Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: SN2B Class: M/S HP Call: SN3B Class: SOAB LP Call: SN6F Class: M/M HP Call: SN7H Class: M/S HP Call: SN8B Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: SO4M Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: SO8A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SO8N Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: SO8R Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: SO8T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SP1NY Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: SP2KPD Class: M/S HP Call: SP2RIQ Class: SOAB LP Call: SP3GEM Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: SP3GTS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: SP4LVK Class: SOSB(A)/15 QRP Call: SP4SHD Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: SP5GRM Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: SP5LS Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: SP6PCL Class: M/S LP Call: SP9LJD Class: SOAB HP Call: SP9XCN Class: SOAB HP Call: SQ8J Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: SQ8JMZ Class: SOAB LP Call: SQ8JX Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SQ8LSC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SQ9HQ Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: SQ9OKV Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: ST2AR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SV2DCD Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: SV5DKL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: SV9GPV Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: SZ1A Class: M/S HP Call: T46A Class: M/S HP Call: T70A Class: M/S HP Call: TF3AO Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: TF3CW Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: TF3PPN Class: SOAB LP Call: TF4X Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: TI8M Class: M/2 HP Call: TK5KP Class: SOAB HP Call: TM0T Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: TM1E Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: TM2B Class: M/S HP Call: TM4CW Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: TM6M Class: M/S HP Call: TM7X Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: TO5A Class: SOAB HP Call: TX5A Class: M/S HP Call: UA0SR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UA0WY Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: UA1CEI Class: SOAB LP Call: UA2FX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: UA4ALI Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: UA6AA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: UA9OMT Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: UB0A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UC0A Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UI9I Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: UK9AA Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: UN6LN Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: UN8GU Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: UO5L Class: M/S HP Call: UP0L Class: SOAB HP Call: UR5IFB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: UR5MM Class: SOAB LP Call: US0HZ Class: SOAB LP Call: UT2UU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: UT7X Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: UU7J Class: SOAB HP Call: UV0I Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: UV5U Class: SOAB HP Call: UW1M Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: UW5ZM Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: V26B Class: M/2 HP Call: V55A Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VA2AM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VA2WA Class: SOAB LP Call: VA3DF Class: SOAB QRP Call: VA3DX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VA3EC Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: VA3GKO Class: SOAB LP Call: VA3GUY Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: VA3KAI Class: SOAB LP Call: VA3PC Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VA3RKM Class: SOAB QRP Call: VA3YP Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: VA7BEC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VA7IR Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: VA7RN Class: SOAB LP Call: VA7ST Class: SOAB HP Call: VC3R Class: SOAB HP Call: VE1OP Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VE1RSM Class: SOAB LP Call: VE1ZA Class: SOAB LP Call: VE2EBK Class: SOAB LP Call: VE2IDX Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: VE2IM Class: SOAB HP Call: VE2NGH Class: M/S HP Call: VE3AD Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3AJ Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE3CV Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: VE3CWU Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: VE3CX Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VE3EJ Class: M/S HP Call: VE3FDT Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3FU Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: VE3FWA Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3GTC Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: VE3HG Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: VE3JI Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3JM Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3KZ Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VE3MGY Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3NB Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3NR Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: VE3OI Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3RCN Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3RM Class: M/2 HP Call: VE3RTU Class: SOAB HP Call: VE3RZ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE3TU Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3TW Class: SOAB LP Call: VE3XAT Class: SOAB LP Call: VE4EAR Class: SOAB HP Call: VE5PV Class: M/M HP Call: VE5UF Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VE6BMX Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: VE6EX Class: SOAB HP Call: VE6FI Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE6JY Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: VE6SV Class: M/S HP Call: VE6TN Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE6WQ Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VE6WZ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: VE7ABC Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VE7BC Class: SOAB LP Call: VE7CV Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: VE7GL Class: M/S HP Call: VE7IO Class: M/M LP Call: VE7SV Class: M/2 HP Call: VE7TG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VE7WO Class: SOAB HP Call: VE7XF Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VE9AA Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VE9HF Class: SOAB HP Call: VE9ML Class: M/2 LP Call: VE9MY Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: VK2GGC Class: M/S HP Call: VK3TDX Class: SOAB HP Call: VK4GH Class: SOAB HP Call: VK4KW Class: M/S QRP Call: VK4MA Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VK6DXI Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VK8DX Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: VO1DJT Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: VO1KVT Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: VO1MP Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VO1MX Class: SOAB HP Call: VP2MDG Class: M/2 HP Call: VP5DX Class: M/S HP Call: VP5T Class: M/M HP Call: VP9I Class: SOAB LP Call: VQ5X Class: M/S HP Call: VU2CDP Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: VU2LBW Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: VY1EI Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: VY2LI Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: VY2TT Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: VY2ZM Class: SOAB HP Call: W0AA Class: M/2 HP Call: W0AIH Class: M/M HP Call: W0AO Class: SOAB HP Call: W0BH Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W0BR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0ERP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0ETT Class: SOAB LP Call: W0PAN Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: W0PV Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: W0RAA Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: W0RIC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W0RX Class: SOAB HP Call: W0UA Class: SOAB HP Call: W0YR Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: W0ZQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1AN Class: M/2 HP Call: W1CSM Class: M/M HP Call: W1CU Class: M/S HP Call: W1EBI Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1EQ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1FJ Class: SOAB HP Call: W1GD Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1HIS Class: SOAB HP Call: W1JQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W1MAT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1MAW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W1MD Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W1OHM Class: SOAB LP Call: W1RH Class: SOAB HP Call: W1WBB Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: W1ZK Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W1ZT Class: SOAB HP Call: W2AJW Class: SOAB LP Call: W2CDO Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2FU Class: M/S HP Call: W2GPS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2IRT Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2JU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2LE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2NO Class: SOAB HP Call: W2PV Class: M/M HP Call: W2RE Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W2TF Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: W2XL Class: M/2 HP Call: W2YC Class: M/2 HP Call: W2YR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3GH Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: W3GM Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3KB Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W3KL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3LL Class: SOAB HP Call: W3LPL Class: M/M HP Call: W3MF Class: M/S HP Call: W3SQ Class: M/S HP Call: W3TZ Class: SOAB HP Call: W3UA Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3UL Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W3WC Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4AS Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W4BK Class: SOAB LP Call: W4EE Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W4EF Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W4GDG Class: SOAB LP Call: W4GHD Class: SOAB HP Call: W4HRC Class: SOAB LP Call: W4JAM Class: SOAB HP Call: W4KPG Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W4KW Class: SOAB HP Call: W4LC Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: W4NC Class: M/S HP Call: W4NZ Class: SOAB HP Call: W4QN Class: SOAB HP Call: W4RM Class: M/M HP Call: W4UT Class: SOAB HP Call: W4ZV Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W4ZW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W5CT Class: M/M HP Call: W5GAI Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: W5GN Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W5JNP Class: SOAB HP Call: W5PR Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W5RU Class: M/2 HP Call: W6AAN Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W6DTW Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: W6FA Class: SOAB HP Call: W6FB Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: W6KC Class: SOAB HP Call: W6NF Class: SOAB HP Call: W6PH Class: SOAB HP Call: W6PK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6QU Class: SOAB QRP Call: W6SX Class: SOAB HP Call: W6TK Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6XR Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W6YI Class: M/S HP Call: W6YX Class: M/S HP Call: W6ZL Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: W7CAR Class: SOAB HP Call: W7DR Class: M/S HP Call: W7FP Class: SOAB HP Call: W7IJ Class: M/S HP Call: W7IV Class: M/S HP Call: W7KAM Class: SOAB LP Call: W7OM Class: SOAB HP Call: W7PP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W7QN Class: SOAB LP Call: W7SO Class: SOAB HP Call: W7TVC Class: M/S HP Call: W7UT Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W7VJ Class: M/S HP Call: W7VO Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: W7WA Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: W7WLL Class: SOAB HP Call: W7WW Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: W7WZ Class: SOAB HP Call: W7YAQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W7ZR Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: W8KTQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W8MJ Class: SOAB HP Call: W8OHT Class: SOAB HP Call: W9IIX Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: W9ILY Class: SOAB LP Call: W9KB Class: SOAB LP Call: W9RE Class: SOAB HP Call: W9VQ Class: SOAB LP Call: W9ZRX Class: SOAB LP Call: WA1DRQ Class: SOAB LP Call: WA1FCN Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: WA2JQK Class: SOAB LP Call: WA3A Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: WA3AER Class: SOAB LP Call: WA3AFS Class: M/S HP Call: WA3F Class: SOAB HP Call: WA4PGM Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: WA5ZUP Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: WA6KBL Class: SOAB HP Call: WA6KEK Class: SOAB HP Call: WA7BNM Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: WA7NWL Class: SOAB LP Call: WA7PRC Class: SOAB HP Call: WB0N Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WB1DX Class: SOAB LP Call: WB4MSG Class: SOAB HP Call: WB6CZG Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WB6JJJ Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WB8YYY Class: SOAB LP Call: WB9Z Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: WC6H Class: SOAB HP Call: WC7CW Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: WD0BGZ Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: WD8RYC Class: SOAB HP Call: WF7T Class: SOAB LP Call: WG5J Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WH7M Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WI2E Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WI7N Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WI9WI Class: SOAB HP Call: WJ2D Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WL7BDO Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: WL7E Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: WM3O Class: SOAB LP Call: WN6K Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: WN9O Class: M/S HP Call: WO1N Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: WO7V Class: SOAB HP Call: WP2Z Class: M/M HP Call: WR1Q Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: WS7L Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WT6P Class: SOAB LP Call: WU6W Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: WU9B Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: WW2DX Class: SOAB HP Call: WW2Y Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: WW4LL Class: M/S HP Call: WX3B Class: M/M HP Call: WX4US Class: SOAB HP Call: XE2AU Class: M/S LP Call: XE2B Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: XE3N Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: XU7ACY Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: YL3CU Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: YL5T Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YL6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: YM7KA Class: M/S HP Call: YO2MBU Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: YO5OAG Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: YO5OED Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: YO9BXC Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: YO9HP Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YP9W Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: YT0Z Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: YT1VP Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: YT2T Class: M/S HP Call: YT4A Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: YU0W Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: YU1AST Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Call: YU1B Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: YU5A Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: YU5R Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: YW5W Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: Z36N Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: Z37M Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: ZC4LI Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: ZD8O Class: SOAB HP Call: ZK2X Class: SOAB HP Call: ZP5DBC Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: ZP6DER Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: ZX5J Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: ZY6Z Class: M/2 HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/2 HP Call: CE4CT Call: DJ8OG Call: DK0OG Call: DQ4W Call: DX1M Call: ED1R Call: EE2K Call: EE5R Call: EE9Z Call: HB9EE Call: HG7T Call: II9P Call: IR4X Call: K0TV Call: K2AX Call: K2LE Call: K9LA Call: KB1H Call: KL7RA Call: LY2W Call: LZ5R Call: M4A Call: N0IJ Call: N1LN Call: N3RS Call: N7AT Call: OE5T Call: OJ0X Call: OK7K Call: OL1X Call: PI4DX Call: PJ4T Call: PS2T Call: PT2CM Call: PW7T Call: RN3F Call: S52ZW Call: TI8M Call: V26B Call: VE3RM Call: VE7SV Call: VP2MDG Call: W0AA Call: W1AN Call: W2XL Call: W2YC Call: W5RU Call: ZY6Z Class: M/2 LP Call: AA4V/VP9 Call: M4F Call: NC7M Call: VE9ML Class: M/M HP Call: 9A1P Call: A73A Call: AK7AZ Call: B7P Call: C37N Call: C5A Call: CE1A Call: CR3L Call: DF0HQ Call: DR1A Call: E51Z Call: HB0/HB9AON Call: JA1YPA Call: JA5FDJ Call: K1KP Call: K3LR Call: K7ZSD Call: KC1XX Call: KH7X Call: LP1H Call: LU4FM Call: LW8DGV Call: LZ9W Call: NA2U Call: NK7U Call: NQ4I Call: SN6F Call: VE5PV Call: VP5T Call: W0AIH Call: W1CSM Call: W2PV Call: W3LPL Call: W4RM Call: W5CT Call: WP2Z Call: WX3B Class: M/M LP Call: VE7IO Class: M/S HP Call: 9A1A Call: 9A6B Call: 9A7A Call: 9A8M Call: AD4ES Call: B4R Call: BY5CD Call: CN3A Call: CR3A Call: CR5R Call: D4C Call: DA0CA Call: DD1A Call: DL0RUS Call: DL5ZBA Call: DP9I Call: E7DX Call: EA4URJ Call: ED5T Call: EE2W Call: EI7M Call: F8FKJ Call: G6PZ Call: GM7R Call: HG6N Call: II9K Call: IO1T Call: IQ1CN Call: IR2C Call: IR8C Call: IR9Y Call: JA8RWU Call: K1LZ Call: K1PT Call: K5KG Call: K5TR Call: K7RL Call: K7UM Call: K8AZ Call: K9CT Call: K9RS Call: KA4OTB Call: KX7YT Call: LN3Z Call: LS1D Call: LU1MA Call: LZ5K Call: N4WW Call: N5DX Call: NE1B Call: OH6K Call: OK7O Call: OM5M Call: OM7M Call: OM8A Call: P33W Call: PT5T Call: PW2D Call: PX7C Call: RL3A Call: RW0CWA Call: S53M Call: SJ2W Call: SN2B Call: SN7H Call: SP2KPD Call: SZ1A Call: T46A Call: T70A Call: TM2B Call: TM6M Call: TX5A Call: UO5L Call: VE2NGH Call: VE3EJ Call: VE6SV Call: VE7GL Call: VK2GGC Call: VP5DX Call: VQ5X Call: W1CU Call: W2FU Call: W3MF Call: W3SQ Call: W4NC Call: W6YI Call: W6YX Call: W7DR Call: W7IJ Call: W7IV Call: W7TVC Call: W7VJ Call: WA3AFS Call: WN9O Call: WW4LL Call: YM7KA Call: YT2T Class: M/S LP Call: 9A7P Call: DR2P Call: ED1C Call: K7ZB Call: LU1UM Call: OK2KJI Call: SP6PCL Call: XE2AU Class: M/S QRP Call: VK4KW Class: Multi-Op Xtreme LP Call: KP2B Class: Single Op Xtreme HP Call: K6MM Call: OM0A Class: SOAB HP Call: 4O3A Call: 6Y9X Call: 8Q7DV Call: 9A3B Call: AA1K Call: AA1ON Call: AA6YX Call: AB4GG Call: AB6L Call: AC8G Call: AE4EC Call: AF3I Call: AG4W Call: AJ1E Call: AL1G Call: C4W Call: CN2R Call: CR2X Call: CR6K Call: CW5W Call: DD8SM Call: DJ4PT Call: DJ5AN Call: DL1IAO Call: EA3GEG Call: EF8R Call: ES5G Call: EW2A Call: FM5AN Call: G6T Call: HA5JI Call: JA0JHA Call: JA7ZP Call: K0EJ Call: K0OU Call: K0TO Call: K0VXU Call: K0ZR Call: K1BV Call: K1DG Call: K1LI Call: K1RM Call: K1RX Call: K1TN Call: K1TO Call: K1ZR Call: K2JMY Call: K3AJ Call: K3CR Call: K3IE Call: K3RMB Call: K3YDX Call: K4AB Call: K4EDI Call: K4FX Call: K4IKM Call: K4PHE Call: K4QPL Call: K4RO Call: K4SSU Call: K5AUP Call: K5ER Call: K5JX Call: K5RR Call: K5ZD Call: K6XN Call: K6XX Call: K7ABL Call: K7HP Call: K7IDX Call: K7JQ Call: K7LJ Call: K7MKL Call: K8GL Call: K8PO Call: K9DU Call: K9MWM Call: KD5J Call: KD7DCR Call: KD7H Call: KD7JET Call: KD7MSC Call: KD7PCE Call: KE2VB Call: KE3D Call: KF7GNI Call: KF7IUH Call: KG7H Call: KI0F Call: KJ4QDZ Call: KK1KW Call: KN7K Call: KQ0C Call: KQ2M Call: KT7E Call: KU1CW Call: LN8W Call: LX7I Call: LZ2PL Call: LZ2ZD Call: N0BUI Call: N0KE Call: N1DD Call: N2IC Call: N2MM Call: N2RJ Call: N3ME Call: N3RC Call: N3UM Call: N3ZZ Call: N4DU Call: N4LZ Call: N4RA Call: N4UU Call: N5LZ Call: N6AR Call: N6BY Call: N6HE Call: N7BV Call: N7LR Call: N8BJQ Call: N8II Call: N9ADG Call: N9AUG Call: N9FC Call: N9OK Call: NA3M Call: NA4K Call: NE8J Call: NE8P Call: NH7A Call: NI7R Call: NL7Z Call: NN3RP Call: NR5M Call: NT6AA Call: OE3K Call: OH0X Call: OH2BH Call: OH4A Call: OH8X Call: P40W Call: PP1CZ Call: PY2YU Call: PZ5MM Call: R3GZ Call: R5GA Call: RA9AE Call: RC0F Call: RC9O Call: RG3K Call: RM3F Call: RT4RO Call: RT5Z Call: S51F Call: S53MM Call: SM3C Call: SP9LJD Call: SP9XCN Call: TK5KP Call: TO5A Call: UP0L Call: UU7J Call: UV5U Call: VA7ST Call: VC3R Call: VE2IM Call: VE3AD Call: VE3FWA Call: VE3JM Call: VE3OI Call: VE3RTU Call: VE4EAR Call: VE6EX Call: VE7WO Call: VE9HF Call: VK3TDX Call: VK4GH Call: VO1MX Call: VY2ZM Call: W0AO Call: W0RX Call: W0UA Call: W1FJ Call: W1HIS Call: W1RH Call: W1ZT Call: W2NO Call: W3LL Call: W3TZ Call: W4GHD Call: W4JAM Call: W4KW Call: W4NZ Call: W4QN Call: W4UT Call: W5JNP Call: W6FA Call: W6KC Call: W6NF Call: W6PH Call: W6SX Call: W7CAR Call: W7FP Call: W7OM Call: W7SO Call: W7WLL Call: W7WZ Call: W8MJ Call: W8OHT Call: W9RE Call: WA3F Call: WA6KBL Call: WA6KEK Call: WA7PRC Call: WB4MSG Call: WC6H Call: WD8RYC Call: WI9WI Call: WO7V Call: WW2DX Call: WX4US Call: ZD8O Call: ZK2X Class: SOAB LP Call: 3V8SS Call: AA0AA Call: AA4FU Call: AA6K Call: AB1OD Call: AD4Z Call: AD7XV Call: AF7S Call: BD3MV Call: BD9ALM Call: BH4WFT Call: CX9AU Call: DF2SD Call: DH4PSG Call: DJ5MW Call: DK8EY Call: EA3WX Call: EA8OM Call: EA8ZS Call: EU2DX Call: EU4CQ Call: F4ASK Call: F4GCU Call: F5BEG Call: F5RD Call: F8ATM Call: IK1DFH Call: K0CN Call: K0SV Call: K0TT Call: K1HT Call: K1VU Call: K2DN Call: K2DSL Call: K2PO Call: K4ALE Call: K4IDK Call: K4TOJ Call: K4WES Call: K6CSL Call: K6GHA Call: K6JS Call: K6MBY Call: K6MMU Call: K6TUJ Call: K6WSC Call: K7HBN Call: K7SV Call: KA0CSW Call: KB1EFS Call: KB3LIX Call: KB7HDX Call: KB7QND Call: KD9MS Call: KE5LQ Call: KF7DYX Call: KJ4EX Call: KJ4VTH Call: KK4CIS Call: KK4KW Call: KL7AC Call: KN3A Call: KQ4Y Call: KS4X Call: LA6VQ Call: LT4K Call: LY6A Call: LY8O Call: M0OSH Call: MM0LID Call: N0EOP Call: N1UR Call: N2WN Call: N3TD Call: N3UA Call: N4EK Call: N4JF Call: N4TZ/9 Call: N4VDL Call: N5AW Call: N5DO Call: N5VI Call: N6BM Call: N6RV Call: N6WIN Call: N7BEF Call: N7IR Call: N7WA Call: N7ZG Call: N8AA Call: N9CM Call: NA6G Call: NE1RD Call: NE7D Call: NJ8J Call: NM2L Call: NM3G Call: NT0F Call: NV4B Call: NW2K Call: NX0I Call: NZ4O Call: OE5JSL Call: OK1CLD Call: OZ5WQ Call: PY2SBY Call: PY2SE Call: RT9S Call: RU4AA Call: RU4SO Call: RV9UP Call: RW1CW Call: RX1CQ Call: S57AL Call: SN3B Call: SP2RIQ Call: SQ8JMZ Call: TF3PPN Call: UA1CEI Call: UR5MM Call: US0HZ Call: VA2WA Call: VA3GKO Call: VA3KAI Call: VA7RN Call: VE1RSM Call: VE1ZA Call: VE2EBK Call: VE3FDT Call: VE3JI Call: VE3MGY Call: VE3NB Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3TU Call: VE3TW Call: VE3XAT Call: VE7BC Call: VP9I Call: W0ETT Call: W1JQ Call: W1OHM Call: W2AJW Call: W4BK Call: W4GDG Call: W4HRC Call: W7KAM Call: W7QN Call: W7YAQ Call: W8KTQ Call: W9ILY Call: W9KB Call: W9VQ Call: W9ZRX Call: WA1DRQ Call: WA2JQK Call: WA3AER Call: WA7NWL Call: WB1DX Call: WB8YYY Call: WF7T Call: WM3O Call: WT6P Class: SOAB QRP Call: K8ZT Call: KP4KE Call: KR2Q Call: LA1TPA Call: LY7Z Call: LZ2SX Call: N1TM Call: N4MM Call: N8HM Call: ND0C Call: OK1XOE Call: RN4HAB Call: VA3DF Call: VA3RKM Call: W6QU Class: SOAB(A) HP Call: 9M2CQC Call: A65BP Call: AA2DC Call: AA3B Call: AA6PW Call: AA7V Call: AB2E Call: AB3CX Call: AE1T Call: AE4TX Call: AK4I Call: AL9A Call: CF7FC Call: CX5TR Call: DL4YAO Call: EA4ETW Call: EB3CW Call: EC2DX Call: EE7L Call: ER4A Call: EV1R Call: EW8DJ Call: F4FFH Call: F5CQ Call: F8CRS Call: FP/KV1J Call: G3TBK Call: GM0FGI Call: HA8LLK Call: JQ1BVI Call: JT1RF Call: K0IO Call: K0KX Call: K0MD Call: K1EO Call: K1GU Call: K1JB Call: K1KD Call: K1KO Call: K1LT Call: K1RH Call: K1TR Call: K1ZZI Call: K2CYE Call: K2GN Call: K2ONP Call: K2QPN Call: K3IU Call: K3NM Call: K3PP Call: K3SV Call: K3TN Call: K3TUF Call: K3WW Call: K3YD Call: K4BP Call: K4IU Call: K6GFJ Call: K6LL Call: K6SRZ Call: K6ST Call: K6TA Call: K7ABV Call: K7BG Call: K7EG Call: K7FA Call: K7IA Call: K7NV Call: K7VIT Call: K7XC Call: K9GS Call: K9MMS Call: K9YC Call: KA2KON Call: KB0EO Call: KC2QLJ Call: KD2JA Call: KE3X Call: KE4UW Call: KG0US Call: KI6QDH Call: KO7X Call: KR2E Call: KT4Q Call: KT6VV Call: KU1T Call: KY7M Call: LW3EWZ Call: LX5T Call: N0HR Call: N0IM Call: N0LD Call: N1DG Call: N1EU Call: N1IBM Call: N1WR Call: N2BJ Call: N2GC Call: N2SQW Call: N2VW Call: N3AM Call: N3BM Call: N3MX Call: N3WD Call: N3ZA Call: N4BCD Call: N4DJ Call: N4DW Call: N4DXI Call: N4GG Call: N4KG Call: N4LR Call: N4NM Call: N4NW Call: N4RV Call: N4VV Call: N4ZC Call: N6DA Call: N6ML Call: N6QQ Call: N6WS Call: N7RK Call: N7TR Call: N7TT Call: N8TR Call: N8UM Call: NA2M Call: ND8L Call: NE6I Call: NF3C Call: NF4A Call: NG7Z Call: NK3Y Call: NN3W Call: NP4Z Call: NU6T Call: NW3H Call: OG2A Call: OG4T Call: OH0Z Call: OH6DX Call: OL3R Call: OQ5M Call: P40A Call: RG9A Call: RW4W Call: S50B Call: S57DX Call: S58M Call: SO8A Call: SO8T Call: SQ8JX Call: SQ8LSC Call: ST2AR Call: SV5DKL Call: UA0SR Call: UB0A Call: UC0A Call: UT2UU Call: VA2AM Call: VE3RZ Call: VE7TG Call: VE9MY Call: W0BR Call: W0ERP Call: W0RIC Call: W0ZQ Call: W1EBI Call: W1EQ Call: W1GD Call: W1MAT Call: W1MAW Call: W2CDO Call: W2GPS Call: W2IRT Call: W2JU Call: W2LE Call: W2RE Call: W2YR Call: W3GM Call: W3KL Call: W3UA Call: W3UL Call: W3WC Call: W4AS Call: W5GN Call: W6PK Call: W6TK Call: W6XR Call: W7PP Call: W7WW Call: WB0N Call: WB6CZG Call: WB6JJJ Call: WG5J Call: WH7M Call: WI2E Call: WI7N Call: WJ2D Call: WS7L Call: WW2Y Call: YL5T Call: YO9HP Call: YP9W Class: SOAB(A) LP Call: 7S7V Call: AA8IA Call: AB4SF Call: AD1C Call: C6ARW Call: CJ3A Call: DK5OS Call: DL2CC Call: EI5GSB Call: ES5TF Call: G3VAO Call: HB9SVT Call: HL1VAU Call: K0AD Call: K0PC Call: K2RS Call: K3AU Call: K4FTO Call: K4NAB Call: K5IID Call: K7TQ Call: K8BL Call: K8GT Call: K9OR Call: KA2D Call: KF7GYE Call: KG4EM Call: KL2HD Call: KM4JA Call: KS1J Call: KT4LST Call: KT4ZB Call: N1CC Call: N1IW Call: N3ALN Call: N4CW Call: N9UA Call: OT1S Call: P40P Call: PY1ZV Call: RF9C Call: RL6M Call: RO3DX Call: RX9CAZ Call: S50XX Call: SM7E Call: UR5IFB Call: VA7BEC Call: VE3AJ Call: VE6FI Call: VE6TN Call: VE7ABC Call: VO1DJT Call: W1MD Call: W3KB Call: W4EE Call: W4KPG Call: W4ZW Call: W6AAN Call: W6DTW Call: WA4PGM Call: WL7BDO Call: WO1N Call: XU7ACY Call: YO5OAG Class: SOAB(A) QRP Call: DL8LR Call: HG6C Call: NN7SS Class: SOSB(A)/10 HP Call: AA8LL Call: DF9ZP Call: DH8BQA Call: DL2IAN Call: E71A Call: EA3JW Call: EA4DEC Call: ES5MG Call: F4FFZ Call: F5UTN Call: F6FYA Call: IR2L Call: IT9ZTX Call: JF1SQC Call: JH3PRR Call: K2PLF Call: K2SSS Call: K2SX Call: K4EU Call: K4UTE Call: K4ZGB Call: K6AW Call: K7LY Call: K8MM Call: KG6DX Call: KR4F Call: N4BP Call: N4ZZ Call: N6KI Call: OG5B Call: OH2BP Call: OK1SKJ Call: OZ1ADL Call: PR2P Call: R7LV Call: RC9F Call: S53O Call: S56P Call: SP1NY Call: SV2DCD Call: TM7X Call: UA2FX Call: UA6AA Call: UW1M Call: UW5ZM Call: V55A Call: VA3DX Call: VE1OP Call: VE3CX Call: VE5UF Call: VE6WQ Call: VK4MA Call: VK6DXI Call: VO1KVT Call: W7UT Call: W7ZR Call: WU9B Call: Z36N Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP Call: DF8XC Call: F4FDA Call: I2WIJ Call: IK4TVP Call: IW1QN Call: K4WW Call: K9QC Call: KP2/K0BBC Call: N2FF Call: N4OX Call: N7MAL Call: OK6MA Call: PU1TMT Call: S56A Call: SQ8J Call: UA4ALI Call: VE3CWU Call: VK8DX Call: W0PV Call: W1WBB Call: WL7E Call: WN6K Call: YO9BXC Class: SOSB(A)/10 QRP Call: LU7HZ Call: RA3FY Class: SOSB(A)/15 HP Call: 9M8Z Call: DL2ARD Call: EA3QP Call: EA7LL Call: ES5RY Call: EU1AZ Call: G4ERW Call: HA8JV Call: KU5B Call: KV0Q Call: N2MUJN Call: N2MUN Call: N2YBB Call: N5ZK Call: N6WM Call: OK1CDJ Call: OK1FPS Call: S50K Call: S53F Call: TM1E Call: TM4CW Call: VE6JY Call: VY2TT Call: WA5ZUP Call: YO5OED Call: YT0Z Call: YU5R Class: SOSB(A)/15 LP Call: DL5RDP Call: HA3DX Call: N9TGR Call: OK3C Call: RV3ZQ Call: UA0WY Call: VU2CDP Call: WA1FCN Class: SOSB(A)/15 QRP Call: SP4LVK Class: SOSB(A)/160 HP Call: LY5E Call: LY7M Call: N6RO Call: NX5M Call: OK6W Call: SO8R Call: YL6W Class: SOSB(A)/160 LP Call: HA8BE Call: YU1AST Class: SOSB(A)/20 HP Call: 9Y4D Call: CT1IUA Call: EA3IN Call: F8ARK Call: IT9/LY5W Call: OG73X Call: OH6TN Call: OK1IC Call: OL9Z Call: PI4COM Call: PR7AR Call: PS8DX Call: PW5G Call: PX2V Call: RA9AU Call: SO4M Call: Z37M Class: SOSB(A)/20 LP Call: ES2MC Call: SQ9HQ Class: SOSB(A)/40 HP Call: KD4RH Call: LN9Z Call: N6SS Call: OH8A Call: ON5KQ Call: OZ1FJB Call: SO8N Call: VE6WZ Call: YT1VP Call: YU0W Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP Call: AH6RR Class: SOSB(A)/80 HP Call: AA9A Call: DL5NAM Call: DM0Y Call: RA9FW Call: SP3GEM Call: SP3GTS Call: SP5LS Call: YT4A Class: SOSB(A)/80 LP Call: 9A1JSB Call: UT7X Class: SOSB/10 HP Call: 8R1EA Call: AY5F Call: BX5AA Call: CT3FQ Call: E77A Call: EA1DR Call: EA5AER Call: EA7OT Call: EC7ZK Call: EF9A Call: ES1AN Call: F1UVN Call: F8AAN Call: FY/F5HRY Call: G0HVQ Call: GW4OH Call: GW9T Call: H2T Call: K7MY Call: K9BGL Call: KH7Y Call: KL8DX Call: N2CU Call: N2EIK Call: N2YO Call: N4CC Call: N5RZ Call: N6AN Call: N7CW Call: NB4M Call: NF8J Call: PP5KR Call: PY2LED Call: S50G Call: SN8B Call: TF4X Call: TM0T Call: UN8GU Call: VA3PC Call: VE3KZ Call: VE9AA Call: VU2LBW Call: W0BH Call: W1ZK Call: W4EF Call: W4ZV Call: W5PR Call: W6FB Call: WB9Z Call: XE2B Call: ZC4LI Call: ZX5J Class: SOSB/10 LP Call: 5H3EE Call: 9W2CEH Call: AB1J Call: AB7ZU Call: CV4C Call: CX5CBA Call: HI3EPR Call: JA6WFM Call: K2PS Call: K3SWZ Call: K6LRN Call: K7DR Call: K7ULS Call: LQ1H Call: LU6FOV Call: LW7DUC Call: LZ2HA Call: LZ2PS Call: M0TNX Call: N2GA Call: N3LL Call: N5UWY Call: NR7Q Call: NV9L Call: NX7TT Call: OP4A Call: PJ7PL Call: PU2LEP Call: PU5FJR Call: PU8WWW Call: PY1PL Call: PY2SEI Call: SV9GPV Call: VA3EC Call: VA3YP Call: VY2LI Call: W0PAN Call: W0RAA Call: W6ZL Call: WA7BNM Call: WC7CW Call: WR1Q Call: XE3N Call: YU1B Call: YW5W Class: SOSB/10 QRP Call: EU1AA Call: K4CIA Call: K4WI Call: VE3GTC Call: VE3HG Call: W5GAI Class: SOSB/15 HP Call: CX2DK Call: DJ7WW Call: EY8MM Call: FY5KE Call: GI5K Call: K0RH Call: K2UR Call: N2NS Call: N4PN Call: N7DD Call: N9RV Call: NK6A Call: OH7HD Call: OL8M Call: OZ7X Call: PR5B Call: S52OP Call: TF3AO Call: UV0I Call: VE7XF Call: VO1MP Call: VY1EI Call: W0YR Call: W7VO Call: WA3A Call: YU5A Class: SOSB/15 LP Call: C4Z Call: G4FKA Call: HI3K Call: KS2G Call: N4IJ Call: OL9M Call: OZ5E Call: PJ7X Call: SN1T Call: UA9OMT Call: VE7CV Call: W4LC Call: ZP5DBC Call: ZP6DER Class: SOSB/15 QRP Call: OK1AIJ Call: VE6BMX Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: 9A2AJ Call: I4FYF Call: KV4FZ Call: OH6MW Call: W3GH Class: SOSB/160 LP Call: NA4W Call: R9AT Call: UK9AA Class: SOSB/20 HP Call: CE3DNP Call: CG7SZ Call: EI2CN Call: ES5RW Call: FY5FY Call: NN4F Call: S57Z Call: TF3CW Call: UI9I Call: W7WA Call: W9IIX Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: A52PP Call: E21EIC Call: FM5FJ Call: K4YCR Call: LQ5H Call: N7BK Call: RZ1ZZ Call: SP5GRM Call: SQ9OKV Call: UN6LN Call: VA3GUY Call: VE3NR Call: W2TF Class: SOSB/20 QRP Call: EA1HFI Call: J28AA Call: VA7IR Call: YO2MBU Class: SOSB/40 HP Call: 4L0A Call: 4M6CQ Call: EE3E Call: FM5CD Call: G3TXF Call: OH0V Call: VE2IDX Call: VE3FU Call: WD0BGZ Call: WU6W Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: CE3GDR Call: EA5HSI Call: EI4CF Call: HB9DHG Call: JA1XMS Call: NS3T Call: OZ1JVX Call: YL3CU Class: SOSB/40 QRP Call: ES6Q Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: DR1D Call: EF8S Call: EW1DO Call: GW4BLE Call: K1KNQ Call: OH1TX Call: S57C Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: E74WN Call: NA8V Call: SP4SHD Call: VE3CV Class: SOSB/80 QRP Call: OL4W