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Subject: [3830] ARRLDX SSB W4ZV SOSB/10 HP
From: btippett@alum.mit.edu (btippett@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:03:01 -0800
                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: W4ZV
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: W4ZV

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: North Am
Operating Time (hrs): 31

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:           
   80:           
   40:           
   20:           
   15:           
   10: 2212   135
-------------------
Total: 2212   135  Total Score = 895,860

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Very strange contest for me!  I was debating whether to do it at all since my
XYL had an out-of-town guest.  The weather forecast looked rainy for the weekend
and then they decided they would rather use our season symphony tickets for a
"girls night out" so I decided to go for it and not feel guilty.  

       I had my rate sheet from my 2000 record in front of me and Friday night
started out poorly with 190/19 compared to 251/29 in 2000.  Saturday morning
started with a bang and I had my best SSB hour ever with a 217 hour at 1241Z! 
Then things quickly slowed down and I became sandwiched between two loud EU
stations.  I tried moving much higher in the band but that didn't help much. 
The bottom line is that I only had 3 hours above 100 compared to 7 hours in
2000!  Saturday night was also poor and I was now 1471/114 versus 1818/116 in
2000 by the time I QRT.  Sunday morning started slowly and Bernie W3UR at W3LPL
stopped by and asked how I was doing before the band opened to EU.  I was
SHOCKED when he said they had about 1900 and I was still just under 1500! 
Sunday was slow even though I moved high in the band and I never had ONE hour
above 100 compared to 2 in 2000.  I ground out the rest of the day and
maintained my 400 QSO deficit compared to W3LPL and about the same compared to
my 2000 record (2577/127).  

       The only bright spot was all the truly exotic DX that called and I had 8
more mults than in 2000.  If I could have made about 200 more Q's, I might have
broken my record, but I honestly still do not understand what I would do
differently.  I finished down 12% in Q's compared to the average of W3LPL
(2634), K9NS (2559) and KC1XX (2345) and I'm normally much closer.  Anyway it
was a fun way to spend a rainy weekend and thanks to everyone for the QSO's!

                                                     73,  Bill  W4ZV

                     160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent

North America   SSB    0    0    0    0    0   53   53     2.3
South America   SSB    0    0    0    0    0   99   99     4.3
Europe          SSB    0    0    0    0    0 1583 1583    69.0
Asia            SSB    0    0    0    0    0  494  494    21.5
Africa          SSB    0    0    0    0    0   24   24     1.0
Oceania         SSB    0    0    0    0    0   40   40     1.7

BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  W4ZV  ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST  Single Operator

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    95/13    95/13   95/13 
   1      .        .        .        .        .      71/4     71/4   166/17 
   2      .        .        .        .        .      17/0     17/0   183/17 
   3      .        .        .        .        .       7/2      7/2   190/19 
   4      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    190/19 
   5      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    190/19 
   6      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    190/19 
   7      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    190/19 
   8    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....  190/19 
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    190/19 
  10      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    190/19 
  11      .        .        .        .        .      90/28    90/28  280/47 
  12      .        .        .        .        .     209/23   209/23  489/70 
  13      .        .        .        .        .     143/4    143/4   632/74 
  14      .        .        .        .        .     124/4    124/4   756/78 
  15      .        .        .        .        .      77/3     77/3   833/81 
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    72/0     72/0   905/81 
  17      .        .        .        .        .      88/2     88/2   993/83 
  18      .        .        .        .        .      76/5     76/5  1069/88 
  19      .        .        .        .        .      70/8     70/8  1139/96 
  20      .        .        .        .        .      62/10    62/10 1201/106
  21      .        .        .        .        .      50/0     50/0  1251/106
  22      .        .        .        .        .      86/2     86/2  1337/108
  23      .        .        .        .        .      65/2     65/2  1402/110
   0    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    34/2     34/2  1436/112
   1      .        .        .        .        .      24/0     24/0  1460/112
   2      .        .        .        .        .      11/2     11/2  1471/114
   3      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
   4      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
   5      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
   6      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
   7      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
   8    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    ..... 1471/114
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
  10      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1471/114
  11      .        .        .        .        .      34/1     34/1  1505/115
  12      .        .        .        .        .      87/3     87/3  1592/118
  13      .        .        .        .        .      78/2     78/2  1670/120
  14      .        .        .        .        .      90/3     90/3  1760/123
  15      .        .        .        .        .      59/0     59/0  1819/123
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    51/4     51/4  1870/127
  17      .        .        .        .        .      83/1     83/1  1953/128
  18      .        .        .        .        .      55/0     55/0  2008/128
  19      .        .        .        .        .      86/0     86/0  2094/128
  20      .        .        .        .        .      37/1     37/1  2131/129
  21      .        .        .        .        .      19/2     19/2  2150/131
  22      .        .        .        .        .      34/2     34/2  2184/133
  23      .        .        .        .        .      28/2     28/2  2212/135
DAY1    .....    .....    .....    .....    ..... 1402/110    ..... 1402/110
DAY2      .        .        .        .        .     810/25      .    810/25 
TOT       .        .        .        .        .   2212/135      .   2212/135

       By comparison, here are the same numbers for my 2000 record:

                     160   80   40   20   15   10  ALL   percent

North America   SSB    0    0    0    0    0   51   51     1.9
South America   SSB    0    0    0    0    0  108  108     4.0
Europe          SSB    0    0    0    0    0 1836 1836    67.2
Asia            SSB    0    0    0    0    0  661  661    24.2
Africa          SSB    0    0    0    0    0   16   16     0.6
Oceania         SSB    0    0    0    0    0   60   60     2.2


BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  W4ZV  ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST  Single Operator

HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  

   0    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    85/18    85/18   85/18 
   1      .        .        .        .        .     100/5    100/5   185/23 
   2      .        .        .        .        .      49/3     49/3   234/26 
   3      .        .        .        .        .      17/3     17/3   251/29 
   4      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    251/29 
   5      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    251/29 
   6      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    251/29 
   7      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    251/29 
   8    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....  251/29 
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    251/29 
  10      .        .        .        .        .       7/7      7/7   258/36 
  11      .        .        .        .        .     129/26   129/26  387/62 
  12      .        .        .        .        .     176/14   176/14  563/76 
  13      .        .        .        .        .     177/8    177/8   740/84 
  14      .        .        .        .        .     126/7    126/7   866/91 
  15      .        .        .        .        .     132/4    132/4   998/95 
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....   117/3    117/3  1115/98 
  17      .        .        .        .        .     106/2    106/2  1221/100
  18      .        .        .        .        .      96/1     96/1  1317/101
  19      .        .        .        .        .      78/5     78/5  1395/106
  20      .        .        .        .        .      44/1     44/1  1439/107
  21      .        .        .        .        .      33/4     33/4  1472/111
  22      .        .        .        .        .      67/2     67/2  1539/113
  23      .        .        .        .        .      68/2     68/2  1607/115
   0    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    79/1     79/1  1686/116
   1      .        .        .        .        .      76/0     76/0  1762/116
   2      .        .        .        .        .      53/0     53/0  1815/116
   3      .        .        .        .        .       3/0      3/0  1818/116
   4      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1818/116
   5      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1818/116
   6      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1818/116
   7      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1818/116
   8    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    ..... 1818/116
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .   1818/116
  10      .        .        .        .        .       1/0      1/0  1819/116
  11      .        .        .        .        .      67/1     67/1  1886/117
  12      .        .        .        .        .     106/0    106/0  1992/117
  13      .        .        .        .        .     115/2    115/2  2107/119
  14      .        .        .        .        .      74/0     74/0  2181/119
  15      .        .        .        .        .      37/0     37/0  2218/119
  16    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    72/0     72/0  2290/119
  17      .        .        .        .        .      61/0     61/0  2351/119
  18      .        .        .        .        .      58/0     58/0  2409/119
  19      .        .        .        .        .      57/0     57/0  2466/119
  20      .        .        .        .        .      40/1     40/1  2506/120
  21      .        .        .        .        .      22/3     22/3  2528/123
  22      .        .        .        .        .      31/4     31/4  2559/127
  23      .        .        .        .        .      30/0     30/0  2589/127
DAY1    .....    .....    .....    .....    ..... 1607/115    ..... 1607/115
DAY2      .        .        .        .        .     982/12      .    982/12 
TOT       .        .        .        .        .   2589/127      .   2589/127


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