CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: AA1K
Operator(s): AA1K
Station: AA1K
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Delaware
Operating Time (hrs): 29:55
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1272 State/Prov = 56 Countries = 60 Total Score = 547,046
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
Congrats to W4AN and W8JI!
Some fantastic conditions to Europe both nights. They seemed to come in waves.
The first night we could hear weak European signals on and around our frequency
almost from the opening bell -- they all were working each other, while we had a
good run of North American stations (129 first hour, 119 second hour). At 0225z
I heard 4X3WN, louder than any Europeans, call someone just off my frequency,
but I couldn't get his attention. DJ2YA was the first Eu in the log, at 0234z,
followed quickly by P3F -- who was very loud. Then a lull until OM7M, S57M and
DJ4AX called in in quick succession at 0307z. LZ2DF, who had been CQing just
below my frequency for quite a while, finally pulled me out at 0354z. The band
took another dip til 0K2WM popped in at 0425z followed by DJ0MDR, RN6BN, Z32AU,
F5LQ, CT1FJK, F5NV, OM3IAG, G4OBK, G0CKP, YT0A and OK1RF spread out over the
next 35 minutes.
The band took another dive, with no DX in the log from 0500z till HG3DX at
0541z, then a 10-minute gap until S59ABC at 0551z, which was when the floodgates
opened. We had a 100+ hour at 0600z, mostly Europeans. A dozen or so others
called in after 0700z, and EI6BT closed the band at 0810z. PR0F had called in at
0702z.
A YV, PJ2, KP4 and a couple of KH6 stations broke up the doldrums of the next
few hours. We heard stations next to us working KL7J and ZL6QH but never heard
either all weekend. Wyoming gave us our last of the 48 states, but no sign of DC
all weekend.
The fireworks started earlier the second night, with many small waves, with
PA3KT, CT3 and D4 in the 22z hour, four Europeans in the 23z hour, 14 in the 00z
hour, 11 at 01z, 7 at 02z (when I heard EY8MM for half an hour but couldn't
raise him!), 34 at 03z (with 4L2M and 4X3A calling in back to back at 0351z,
with both much louder than any of the Europeans), 12 at 04z, 21 at 05z, and 24
from 0600-0630z, when the band seemed to fold. Only three other Europeans
squeaked through from 0630-0746z. A YV and a PY also made it in the log in this
period. More doldrums for the next few hours, a few Western US/Canada stations
but no Pacific DX until two VKs worked at 1200z, 15 minutes before sunrise
here.
Only one European worked in the last 2.5 hours of the contest Sunday night,
ON6AA. Heard many others but almost all were dupes.
Missed VO2, VE4, VE5, VY1, VY0, VE8 -- and D.C. Maybe I'll take the mobile rig
down to the capital next year!
Noise first night was nonexistent, and only very low-level QRN the second night
for a few short periods.
2 point QSOs: 963
5 point QSOs: 60
10 point QSOs: 249
Breakdown (NA stopped counting at 1600z Sunday!)
UTC 160 rate total
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22Z 0 0 0
23Z 0 0 0
00Z 129 129 129
01Z 119 119 248
02Z 96 96 344
03Z 64 64 408
04Z 88 88 496
05Z 58 58 554
06Z 101 101 655
07Z 64 64 719
08Z 43 43 762
09Z 25 25 787
10Z 25 25 812
11Z 16 16 828
12Z 14 14 842
13Z 0 0 842
14Z 0 0 842
15Z 0 0 842
16Z 0 0 842
17Z 0 0 842
18Z 0 0 842
19Z 0 0 842
20Z 0 0 842
21Z 1 1 843
22Z 16 16 859
23Z 15 15 874
00Z 31 31 905
01Z 32 32 937
02Z 24 24 961
03Z 56 56 1017
04Z 34 34 1051
05Z 33 33 1084
06Z 45 45 1129
07Z 15 15 1144
08Z 14 14 1158
09Z 11 11 1169
10Z 15 15 1184
11Z 16 16 1200
12Z 19 19 1219
13Z 0 0 1219
14Z 0 0 1219
15Z 0 0 1219
N America: 970 970 (79%)
(100%)
S America: 7 7 (0%)
(100%)
Europe: 231 231 (18%)
(100%)
Africa: 3 3 (0%)
(100%)
Asia: 3 3 (0%)
(100%)
Oceania: 5 5 (0%)
(100%)
Mult QSOs
CT 22
MA 32
ME 5
NH 18
RI 6
VT 9
NJ 45
NY 50
DC --
DE 4
MD 27
PA 60
AL 16
FL 39
GA 22
KY 11
NC 38
SC 13
TN 38
VA 45
AR 8
LA 8
MS 9
NM 11
OK 10
TX 47
CA 53
AZ 13
ID 4
MT 2
NV 3
OR 7
UT 8
WA 24
WY 2
MI 37
OH 59
WV 15
IL 52
IN 27
WI 28
CO 15
IA 7
KS 4
MN 25
MO 14
NE 2
ND 2
SD 2
NS 3
QC 7
ON 30
MB --
SK --
AB 1
BC 3
NWT --
NB 3
YT --
PEI 1
NF 2
LB --
4L 1
4X 1
5B 1
9A 8
CM 1
CT 1
CT3 1
D4 1
DL 38
EA 8
EA6 1
EA8 1
EI 2
ES 3
F 5
FM 2
FY 1
G 24
GI 1
GM 1
GU 1
GW 1
HA 8
HB 5
I 9
IT9 1
KH6 2
KP2 1
KP4 1
LA 1
LX 2
LY 6
LZ 2
OE 2
OH 3
OK 32
OM 6
ON 5
OZ 1
PA 8
PJ2 1
PY 2
PY0F 1
S5 18
SM 1
SP 8
SV 1
TI 1
TZ 1
UA 5
UA2 3
UR 3
V3 2
VK 2
XE 3
YL 3
YO 1
YU 11
YV 2
Z3 1
ZF 1
The gear:
FT1000MP with Inrad 250 hz pair and 400hz pair filters, TS940S spotting RX,
4-1000 amp 1.5 KW, MFJ 1025 phasing box.
RX antennas: 14 Beverage antennas, lengths from 450 to 935 feet, some are phased
pairs.
TX antennas: 100-ft Rohn 25 tower with a 6-meter beam for top loading; series
fed; wire t-shaped parasitic elements to NE/SW make this a 3-el array. Hundreds
of radials on the ground.
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