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To: 3830@contesting.com, vmpaul@iname.com
Subject: [3830] ARRL 160 WB0TEV M/S HP
From: webform@b41h.net
Reply-to: vmpaul@iname.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:23:14 -0800
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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: WB0TEV
Operator(s): WB0TEV, CLUSTER
Station: WB0TEV

Class: M/S HP
QTH: NTX
Operating Time (hrs): 11.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 194  Sections = 61  Countries = 4  Total Score = 26,000

Club: North Texas Contest Club

Comments:

I hadnâ??t planned on putting much time in this contest.  I couldnâ??t even
remember the last time I was on 160 and thereâ??s probably something in the
Geneva Conventions about how many folks I can subject to my occasionally
mangled Morse.  Instead of just a couple of hours or so Iâ??d intended, the BIC
time was almost 12 hours total.  


Nonetheless, as the sun was setting Friday night I got some sandpaper and
cleaned some of the corrosion off of the screw lug contacts on the two high
voltage door knob capacitors I use as a limited matching network to  shunt feed
my 63 foot tower for 160 (with the big Mosley PRO-67-B) acting as something of a
capacity hat.  The rest of the matching takes place inside the shack using an
old Dentron Super Tuner.

I got started over 4 hours late but got hooked nonetheless.  Figured Iâ??d try
to help fatten the logs of others and help represent the North Texas Contest
Club. 

It was strictly an S&P affair aided by the Cluster, hence the Multi-Op entry. 
I was struck by the dearth of  District 2 calls, only 7 out 194 QSOs.   After
the first night I thought Iâ??d never get any New York or California sections
but a few did dribble in later. On the other hand Minnesota topped the most
frequently worked section.  The top 4,  MN, TN, IL and CO comprised 24% of the
Qâ??s in the log.

Was able to work just about everything I could hear, and there in lies the rub.
 To really do well on 160 you need a receive antenna with some directivity and
while I had a quasi-Beverage strung out years ago, presently Iâ??m doing both
TX and RX on my shunt-fed tower with all the attendant noise that comes with
it.  The 500 or so watts from the old Dentron ML-2500 did the trick on the TX
side though.  

Only DX worked was PJ2, XE, VP2M and ZF.   I was surprised to work 61 of the 80
ARRL sections missing ND (sorry to hear of AC0Wâ??s woes), NLI, NNY, SNJ (ref.
my earlier complaints about lack of 2â??s), WCF, WTX(?!) LAX, SB, SDG (read
that lots of others wondered where SDG was too), OR, WWA, VI and in the
â??no-surprise thereâ?? department, PR, PAC, AK, MB, NL and NWT.

Bring on the 10m contest!  Hope to put WB0TEV in lots of logs next weekend.

Victor - WB0TEV

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: WB0TEV
CONTEST: ARRL-160
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: MULTI-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: WB0TEV

-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
2300       0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
0200      17      0      0      0      0      0     17     17    8.8
0300      13      0      0      0      0      0     13     30   15.5
0400      11      0      0      0      0      0     11     41   21.1
0500      14      0      0      0      0      0     14     55   28.4
0600      17      0      0      0      0      0     17     72   37.1
0700      19      0      0      0      0      0     19     91   46.9
0800       6      0      0      0      0      0      6     97   50.0
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     97   50.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     97   50.0
1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0     97   50.0
1200       4      0      0      0      0      0      4    101   52.1
1300       5      0      0      0      0      0      5    106   54.6
1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
1700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
1800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
1900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
2000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
2100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
2200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    106   54.6
2300       8      0      0      0      0      0      8    114   58.8
0000      10      0      0      0      0      0     10    124   63.9
0100       1      0      0      0      0      0      1    125   64.4
0200       8      0      0      0      0      0      8    133   68.6
0300      17      0      0      0      0      0     17    150   77.3
0400      14      0      0      0      0      0     14    164   84.5
0500      11      0      0      0      0      0     11    175   90.2
0600      14      0      0      0      0      0     14    189   97.4
0700       5      0      0      0      0      0      5    194  100.0
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1300       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    194  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    194      0      0      0      0      0    194

Gross QSOs=194        Dupes=0        Net QSOs=194

Unique callsigns worked = 194

The best 60 minute rate was 22/hour from 0528 to 0627
The best 30 minute rate was 30/hour from 0533 to 0602
The best 10 minute rate was 42/hour from 0340 to 0349

The best 1 minute rates were:
 1 QSOs/minute   88 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    193      0      0      0      0      0    193   99.5
South America      1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
Europe             0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
Asia               0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
Africa             0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
Oceania            0      0      0      0      0      0      0    0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total            194      0      0      0      0      0    194

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   4       147
   5        41
   6         6

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
K              182      0      0      0      0      0    182   93.8
PJ2              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
VE               8      0      0      0      0      0      8    4.1
VP2M             1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
XE               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
ZF               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total          194      0      0      0      0      0    194

------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
MN        15      0      0      0      0      0     15    7.7
TN        11      0      0      0      0      0     11    5.7
IL        10      0      0      0      0      0     10    5.2
CO        10      0      0      0      0      0     10    5.2
VA         8      0      0      0      0      0      8    4.1
OH         7      0      0      0      0      0      7    3.6
IN         7      0      0      0      0      0      7    3.6
GA         6      0      0      0      0      0      6    3.1
NTX        5      0      0      0      0      0      5    2.6
STX        5      0      0      0      0      0      5    2.6
WI         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    2.6
MO         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
KS         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
NFL        4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
MI         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
WPA        4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
AL         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
0          4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
NM         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
AZ         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    2.1
NC         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
ON         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
NE         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
AR         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
WNY        3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
SV         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
EPA        3      0      0      0      0      0      3    1.5
WY         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
KY         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
LA         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
IA         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
SC         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
MDC        2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
SCV        2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
OK         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
ENY        2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
EB         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
NNJ        2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
RI         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
CT         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    1.0
ID         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
SF         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
NV         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
SFL        1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
EWA        1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
UT         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
WV         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
ME         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
BC         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
SJV        1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
VT         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
QC         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
SK         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
DE         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
NH         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
MT         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
MS         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
SD         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
MAR        1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
ORG        1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
AB         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
EMA        1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.5
------------------------------------------------------
Total    194      0      0      0      0      0    194

U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
   0      34    17.5
   1      13     6.7
   2       7     3.6
   3      16     8.2
   4      25    12.9
   5      20    10.3
   6      14     7.2
   7      12     6.2
   8      15     7.7
   9      26    13.4
--------------------
Total    182    93.8


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