CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: NK7U
Operator(s): NK7U, K7ZO, W7ZRC, N7WR, KL9A, W7CT
Station: NK7U
Class: M/M HP
QTH: Oregon
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 34 11 12
80: 203 22 42
40: 667 35 98
20: 1015 38 131
15: 2049 37 141
10: 1248 31 120
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Total: 5216 174 544 Total Score = 9,788,494
Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
Comments:
That was fun. The second highest ever CQWW SSB at NK7U! Second only to last year
and the amazing conditions we had then. In hindsight I don't think we realized
how special 2011 was until we reviewed our results Friday in our pre contest
briefing. But with great hope and expectations NK7U assembled a group of
operators for this year's edition.
* NK7U -- Joe and tireless station builder extraordinaire spent the summer
preparing his station for CQWW. More on this later. His current QTH is his
fourth in the Baker City Oregon area.
* K7ZO -- Scott made the two hour drive over from Boise and celebrated the 20th
Anniversary of his first CQWW at NK7U in 1992.
* W7ZRC -- Rod, one of the NK7U regulars, also made the drive over from Boise.
Rod is a competitive contester in all modes and has been the part of many many
NK7U teams over the years.
* KL9A -- Chris, making the five hour drive down from Spokane to add a few
thousand QSO's to the log and motivate us all to work the bands just a bit
harder. It is always a pleasure and honor to have Chris join us as one of the
top contesters in the country. He and partner N6MJ were top three finishers in
the last two WRTC's.
* W7CT -- Jim making the six hour drive up from Salt Lake. Mostly a CW and RTTY
op Jim can also grind out SSB QSOs with the best of them. He is also a pretty
good connector solderer -- a skill always in demand at NK7U and Joe put him to
work on this.
* N7WR -- local op Jerry dropped by a couple times to give us needed relief
spells. Jerry is the ham who got Joe on the air in his first contest back in
the 1980 CQWW SSB. That contest ended for them 23 hours and 695 QSOs after it
started when the amp went up in a puff a smoke.
As a category we settled in on M/M. Well, actually a casual M/M compared to the
big gun operations elsewhere. We had too many operators for M/S. Not enough for
M/2 and we really didn't feel energized for tracking band changes and
assignments needed for M/2. So, we chose M/M with the general intent just to
have fun and sit down and operate when you wanted. We all got in plenty of butt
in chair time this weekend.
Our one goal this year was to set a new W7 M/M record. We got pretty close last
year and we felt we could do it this year. We didn't achieve that goal but all
in all we are quite pleased with our score. In a typical case of Mr. Murphy a
new and loud, S9+, source of noise sprung up in the week before the contest
right in the direction of JA. We had to set the Noise Blankers to their maximum
setting to knock it down, with the usual side effects when we encountered loud
stations nearby -- something that happens fairly often in CQWW. This noise cost
us a couple hundred QSO's and we apologize to those JA's and others in Asia who
called us and we never returned to their call.
Joe did a huge amount of work on the high band antennas over the summer and
they sure played well. His station and a few comments follow:
* 10 Meters - 6/6/6 fixed Japan, 5/5/5 fixed Europe and a rotating 7/7/7.
Getting these antennas in place was a major effort for Joe over the summer with
the hopes that 10 would be open for the fall contest season. All that work paid
off and we put more than 1,000 QSO's in the log on 10 for only the second time
ever. We had almost 1,600 last year but our openings were much longer. This
year our Europe openings pretty much died out by 1800 UTC whereas on the
memorable Sunday last year we were still working Europe well past 2000 UTC.
Even conditions last weekend were better. During the JARTS RTTY contest we were
working Europe on 10 well past 1900 UTC.
* 15 Meters -- 5/5/5 fixed Europe, 6/6/6 rotating and a rotating C31. We had
the Europe stack last year and knew how good it was when after the dust settled
we had 2,132 QSOs on 15. However Joe felt the whole system was lacking
otherwise. So up went the 6/6/6 stack over the summer and wow does it play
well. It is great to Japan, deep Asia, or when we need real firepower to break
a pileup into the Caribbean, South & Central America, and Africa. KL9A more or
less dedicated himself to 15 this year and once again we put more than 2,000
QSOs in the log. Also for the second time ever. There was lots of activity on
15 this year and with not as much space to spread out as on 10 things got testy
at times. Our most serious frequency fights were on 15 with the usual suspects
being on the other end. No need to name names.
* 20 Meters -- 5/5/5 fixed Europe, 4/4 fixed Japan, and 5/5/5 rotating. We had
the Europe stack last year and part of the rotating stack. Joe completed out
the rotating stack this year. Generally he believes "If a two stack is good a
three or four stack will be better" so last year's 5/5 was built out into a
5/5/5. The fixed JA stack was added. We just barely got 1,000 QSOs in the log
this year, a level we have achieved every year since 2004. At one point on
Friday night K7ZO commented that "Geez this band is as crowded as it is during
low sunspot years but then again it would not be open now in low sunspot
years". K7ZO, though he thought he was far enough away, unwittingly infringed
on the SSTV area on Saturday morning and suffered the verbal wrath of a notable
VE7 as a consequence. Life is too short for this stuff and that is what the
large knob in the center of the radio is for.
* 40 Meters -- 4/4 rotating and 3 rotating. The antennas were unchanged from
last year though in the after contest Scotch tasting session we cooked up some
ideas for next year. However we actually improved our efforts on 40 quite a bit
from last year with our QSO count going from 440 to 667 and mults from 127 to
133. In part we believe it is because the high band conditions were not quite
as good and JA's moved to 40 instead of hanging out on 20 while it was open to
Europe. Our JA count went from 107 last year to 300 this year accounting for
almost the total QSO increase. W7CT also deserves credit for long hard sessions
in the chair both nights to make this happen.
* 80 Meters -- 4 square and rotating dipole. Unchanged from last year though in
the same after contest Scotch tasting session we cooked up some ideas for next
year. Amazing we had a productive conversation for that long! Overall 80
performance was pretty much unchanged from last year. Joe had some nice JA runs
in the morning but we missed out on a long path opening like we had last year.
* 160 Meters -- array of 4 sloping dipoles. This system really gets out on
transmit and we had fun busting pileups of east coast stations. KL9A happened
to catch CR2X on 160 before he was spotted and managed a QSO easily. We then
enjoyed listening to the pileup after throwing a spot out for the masses. After
several years with this system we realize we can work everyone we hear and the
real problem is hearing stations. Joe is in the process of putting up a large
receiving array dedicated to 160. We will report more later.
A few other tidbits:
* We continue to see the growing activity out of China. This year we had 97
China QSO's with 66 different callsigns.
* Wow there were a lot of EA8's on this weekend. We had 11 different stations
in the log.
* Similarly we had 10 ZS's in the log.
* Despite 10 meter conditions being down we had a pipeline into Brazil this
year with 75 in the log vs 59 last year.
* JW2US on Bear Island was totally unexpected and we believe a first contact
ever for this entity at NK7U. We worked him first on 15 and then he called back
later for a dupe. At that time we moved him to 20 for another mult. These kind
of QSOs made possible both by a strong signal from NK7U as well as the
contesting spirit from others and are what makes CQWW so fun. Similarly having
7Q7DFC call in on our Europe 10 meter run was great. And our 20M QSO with
almost antipodal FR4NT was a thrill.
* We were disappointed we didn't get 40 zones on any band but looking at
postings we are not the only ones in that situation. We missed Zone 34 on all
bands and only got Zone 39 on 20.
* As we noticed last year there still are many of the once common Caribbean
multipliers missing from our log: VP2E, J8, VP2V, FS, PJ5, etc with sparse
showings from J3, J6, J7 and ZF.
* Thanks to these 6 banders: PJ2T, HK1NA, VP2MDG, XE1RCS, VE3EJ, KH6MB, KL7RA,
CR2X, VE3JM, VE7GL, TI8M, and VC2T
* We did post our score during the contest on CQCONTEST.RU. It is a pretty
slick system they have put together and deserves support from everyone.
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: NK7U
CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB
-------------- 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 1 42 133 158 334 334 6.4
0100 0 0 2 42 108 33 185 519 10.0
0200 0 0 5 58 82 0 145 664 12.7
0300 0 0 0 71 9 0 80 744 14.3
0400 0 0 15 6 0 0 21 765 14.7
0500 2 5 31 4 0 0 42 807 15.5
0600 4 15 21 2 0 0 42 849 16.3
0700 0 11 25 0 0 0 36 885 17.0
0800 3 14 31 0 0 0 48 933 17.9
0900 1 5 53 0 0 0 59 992 19.0
1000 1 22 55 0 0 0 78 1070 20.5
1100 0 7 72 0 0 0 79 1149 22.0
1200 0 12 73 0 0 0 85 1234 23.7
1300 1 31 42 8 0 0 82 1316 25.2
1400 0 1 9 69 76 4 159 1475 28.3
1500 0 0 0 50 133 76 259 1734 33.2
1600 0 0 0 36 123 90 249 1983 38.0
1700 0 0 0 71 147 58 276 2259 43.3
1800 0 0 0 73 82 42 197 2456 47.1
1900 0 0 0 30 77 46 153 2609 50.0
2000 0 0 0 28 39 38 105 2714 52.0
2100 0 0 0 18 52 43 113 2827 54.2
2200 0 0 0 15 86 81 182 3009 57.7
2300 0 0 0 29 86 77 192 3201 61.4
0000 0 0 8 38 83 52 181 3382 64.8
0100 0 0 8 51 70 9 138 3520 67.5
0200 0 3 15 41 38 0 97 3617 69.3
0300 0 3 14 26 0 0 43 3660 70.2
0400 9 6 19 1 0 0 35 3695 70.8
0500 6 2 13 0 0 0 21 3716 71.2
0600 1 4 3 0 0 0 8 3724 71.4
0700 0 4 7 0 0 0 11 3735 71.6
0800 3 1 7 0 0 0 11 3746 71.8
0900 0 7 12 0 0 0 19 3765 72.2
1000 2 8 20 0 0 0 30 3795 72.8
1100 1 22 25 0 0 0 48 3843 73.7
1200 0 9 49 0 0 0 58 3901 74.8
1300 0 6 16 6 0 0 28 3929 75.3
1400 0 5 16 20 19 4 64 3993 76.6
1500 0 0 0 18 113 79 210 4203 80.6
1600 0 0 0 37 101 96 234 4437 85.1
1700 0 0 0 25 89 43 157 4594 88.1
1800 0 0 0 24 90 56 170 4764 91.3
1900 0 0 0 15 48 22 85 4849 93.0
2000 0 0 0 6 41 29 76 4925 94.4
2100 0 0 0 28 28 44 100 5025 96.3
2200 0 0 0 4 33 24 61 5086 97.5
2300 0 0 0 23 62 44 129 5215 100.0
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Total 34 203 667 1015 2049 1248 5216
Gross QSOs=5323 Dupes=107 Net QSOs=5216
Unique callsigns worked = 3841
The best 60 minute rate was 334/hour from 0000 to 0059
The best 30 minute rate was 378/hour from 0000 to 0029
The best 10 minute rate was 468/hour from 1537 to 1546
The best 1 minute rates were:
10 QSOs/minute 2 times.
9 QSOs/minute 6 times.
8 QSOs/minute 19 times.
7 QSOs/minute 35 times.
6 QSOs/minute 68 times.
5 QSOs/minute 126 times.
4 QSOs/minute 225 times.
3 QSOs/minute 362 times.
2 QSOs/minute 496 times.
1 QSOs/minute 728 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 29 110 125 225 255 269 1013 19.4
South America 3 9 23 51 49 174 309 5.9
Europe 1 1 104 492 986 361 1945 37.3
Asia 0 64 351 203 675 362 1655 31.7
Africa 0 5 9 16 22 36 88 1.7
Oceania 1 14 55 28 62 46 206 3.9
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Total 34 203 667 1015 2049 1248 5216
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 52
4 1166
5 1590
6 2344
7 8
8 45
9 5
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3V 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
4J 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
4O 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
4X 0 0 1 3 2 0 6 0.1
5B 0 0 2 4 2 1 9 0.2
5N 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
5Z 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
6W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
6Y 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
7Q 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
8P 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.1
8R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
9A 0 0 5 6 16 3 30 0.6
9H 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
9K 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0
9M2 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1
9M6 0 0 2 2 1 2 7 0.1
9V 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.1
9Y 0 0 1 3 1 1 6 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 1 2 1 0 4 0.1
A7 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1
BV 0 0 1 0 4 1 6 0.1
BY 0 1 16 5 47 21 90 1.7
C3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
C5 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
C6 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1
C9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
CE 0 1 3 6 4 13 27 0.5
CM 0 1 2 1 2 2 8 0.2
CN 0 2 2 3 2 5 14 0.3
CT 0 0 3 5 12 14 34 0.7
CT3 0 1 1 2 2 3 9 0.2
CU 1 1 1 1 2 4 10 0.2
CX 0 0 1 2 2 4 9 0.2
D4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
DL 0 0 9 52 203 38 302 5.8
DU 0 1 8 2 11 4 26 0.5
E5/s 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0.1
E7 0 0 1 3 2 2 8 0.2
EA 0 0 12 23 61 76 172 3.3
EA6 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1
EA8 0 0 2 3 2 11 18 0.3
EA9 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.1
EI 0 0 1 3 8 11 23 0.4
EK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
ER 0 0 1 1 4 0 6 0.1
ES 0 0 2 4 13 0 19 0.4
EU 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0.1
EX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
F 0 0 2 11 36 40 89 1.7
FG 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1
FK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
FM 0 1 2 3 2 2 10 0.2
FR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
FY 0 1 0 1 2 2 6 0.1
G 0 0 1 10 39 22 72 1.4
GD 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0.1
GI 0 0 0 1 2 5 8 0.2
GJ 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0
GM 0 0 2 6 15 12 35 0.7
*GM/s 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
GU 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.1
GW 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.1
H4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
HA 0 0 4 9 12 3 28 0.5
HB 0 0 1 2 12 2 17 0.3
HB0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
HC 0 1 1 2 1 3 8 0.2
HI 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0.1
HK 1 1 1 3 1 3 10 0.2
HL 0 1 10 3 24 7 45 0.9
HR 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.1
HS 0 0 1 3 6 3 13 0.2
HZ 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1
I 0 0 6 28 84 60 178 3.4
IS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
*IT9 0 0 2 3 8 6 19 0.4
J3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
J6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
J7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
JA 0 60 300 97 539 316 1312 25.2
JT 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
JW 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
*JW/b 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
K 6 38 54 114 137 150 499 9.6
KG4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0
KH0 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1
KH2 0 3 1 1 1 4 10 0.2
KH6 1 6 8 10 6 11 42 0.8
KL 1 5 6 7 17 13 49 0.9
KP2 0 1 2 4 3 5 15 0.3
KP4 1 3 2 4 3 8 21 0.4
LA 0 0 1 4 13 1 19 0.4
LU 1 0 5 6 10 53 75 1.4
LX 0 0 1 3 2 1 7 0.1
LY 0 0 0 11 15 1 27 0.5
LZ 0 0 1 6 10 1 18 0.3
OA 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
OD 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
OE 0 0 3 7 7 3 20 0.4
OH 0 0 1 24 19 2 46 0.9
OH0 0 0 2 3 1 1 7 0.1
OK 0 0 2 13 35 8 58 1.1
OM 0 0 4 4 12 4 24 0.5
ON 0 0 4 8 24 5 41 0.8
OX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
OZ 0 0 1 5 7 1 14 0.3
P4 0 1 2 2 2 3 10 0.2
PA 0 0 1 13 40 4 58 1.1
PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1
PJ4 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
PY 0 2 5 19 17 75 118 2.3
PZ 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
S5 0 0 3 10 18 5 36 0.7
SM 0 0 2 18 35 1 56 1.1
SP 0 0 5 20 61 6 92 1.8
SV 0 0 0 1 9 1 11 0.2
SV5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
SV9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
T8 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
TA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 1 3 2 1 7 0.1
TG 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0
TI 1 2 2 3 2 3 13 0.2
TK 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1
UA 0 0 8 100 53 0 161 3.1
UA2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1
UA9 0 2 15 62 29 6 114 2.2
UK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
UN 0 0 2 8 2 0 12 0.2
UR 0 0 3 28 31 0 62 1.2
V2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
V3 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
V4 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
V8 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0
VE 17 46 40 68 64 51 286 5.5
VK 0 0 18 4 11 7 40 0.8
VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1
VP5 0 1 3 1 3 3 11 0.2
VP8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
VP9 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.1
VR 0 0 1 0 3 4 8 0.2
VU 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 0.1
XE 2 4 3 6 6 8 29 0.6
XU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
XX9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
YB 0 1 13 5 23 9 51 1.0
YL 0 0 1 6 6 0 13 0.2
YN 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
YO 0 0 1 10 22 0 33 0.6
YS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
YU 0 0 3 7 14 1 25 0.5
YV 0 0 1 2 4 6 13 0.2
Z3 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0.1
*Z6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
ZD7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
ZD8 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
ZF 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
ZL 0 1 2 1 5 4 13 0.2
ZP 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 0.1
ZS 0 0 1 3 5 10 19 0.4
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 34 203 667 1015 2049 1248 5216
------------ 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 61 310 99 563 323 1356 26.0
14 1 1 43 172 520 248 985 18.9
15 0 0 45 165 330 110 650 12.5
04 15 42 50 80 118 120 425 8.1
16 0 0 12 133 90 0 235 4.5
05 4 9 15 39 55 70 192 3.7
03 4 31 26 57 22 11 151 2.9
11 0 2 5 19 18 80 124 2.4
08 2 11 17 22 24 34 110 2.1
24 0 1 18 5 54 26 104 2.0
13 1 0 6 8 12 58 85 1.6
20 0 0 5 26 48 3 82 1.6
28 0 1 16 8 29 15 69 1.3
09 2 5 7 14 13 19 60 1.2
01 1 5 6 8 20 15 55 1.1
17 0 0 5 38 3 0 46 0.9
27 0 5 12 5 14 10 46 0.9
33 0 3 5 8 9 21 46 0.9
18 0 0 4 24 16 0 44 0.8
31 1 6 8 10 6 11 42 0.8
19 0 2 8 9 13 6 38 0.7
30 0 0 17 3 11 7 38 0.7
07 1 5 4 7 5 8 30 0.6
06 2 4 3 6 6 8 29 0.6
12 0 1 3 6 4 13 27 0.5
38 0 0 1 3 5 10 19 0.4
02 0 3 4 5 4 2 18 0.3
32 0 2 2 2 5 6 17 0.3
21 0 0 1 12 3 0 16 0.3
26 0 0 1 3 8 3 15 0.3
35 0 2 2 3 4 2 13 0.2
40 0 0 2 5 4 2 13 0.2
10 0 1 2 3 2 4 12 0.2
22 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 0.1
36 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.1
23 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0.1
37 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1
29 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
39 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 34 203 667 1015 2049 1248 5216
Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands 3011
2 bands 505
3 bands 184
4 bands 74
5 bands 55
6 bands 12
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
PJ2T HK1NA VP2MDG XE1RCS VE3EJ KH6MB
KL7RA CR2X VE3JM VE7GL TI8M VC2T
------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 10 65 262 519 1378 777
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