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Subject: [3830] CQWW CW K5ZD SOAB HP
From: webform@b4h.net
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:37:48 +0000
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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2023

Call: K5ZD
Operator(s): K5ZD
Station: K5ZD

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 44
OpMode: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  156    15       60
   80:  526    24       99
   40: 1148    31      120
   20: 1089    38      130
   15: 1099    37      133
   10: 1053    34      129
------------------------------
Total: 5071   179      671  Total Score = 12,473,750

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Nothing like a high solar flux to bring out the fun.  Best part was that it
didn't mess up the low bands.  Never expected 60 countries on 160.

Bought a used C31xr to replace the TH7 the week before the contest. Was
installed last weekend with help from KW1X and AA1ON.  A great addition to the
station.  

Some intermittent problem on 40m.  Transmit was ok, but on receive it would drop
10-20db in signal levels at times.  I had to transmit to restore receiving. 
Very annoying.  Seemed to get worse as I transmitted more.  Probably one of my
homemade hardline connectors.

Replaced one of the encoders in my K3 during the week.  It had broken during the
V4 trip.  When I tried to make my first QSO of the contest I hit the key and the
power went out.  Quickly tracked it down to a loose connection at the power
supply (another thing that made the trip to V4 and back).  So started the
contest 2 minutes late.

Surprise band the first night was 160.  It was very quiet here.  Must have been
quiet in Europe as I was having no trouble calling stations and having them come
right back.  Even got some answers to CQs. Second night I could still hear Eu
well, but they couldn't hear me as easily.

Meant to take a short 20 minute nap on Sat morning.  Woke up wide awake an hour
later.  The alarm on the iPad showed it was going, but I didn't hear any sound. 
Immediately jumped on the radio and found 20 already going.  That would have
been a disaster.

Conditions on Sat were ok, just one band lower than expected. And by the time
15m winds down, everyone in Eu has left 20 to go to the low bands.  I pushed to
20m early on Sunday to bring the totals up.

Took another 2 hour nap the next morning.  More as a proactive measure since I
didn't really feel that tired.  One of the 'benefits' of old age is that I don't
seem to need sleep as much.

When I woke up Sunday morning and sat down on 40m, could not believe how loud
the JA signals were.  Several were 20 over with very little flutter.

The opening to Japan/Asia on Sunday evening was the best I have ever heard from
here.  The JA signals on 20 were great.  Then got really good on 15.  Even
worked a few on 10.

Some nasty pileups.  A few people seemed to be over-aggressive in their calling.
 By that I mean I kept hearing the same guys be annoying.  Also noticed a lot of
times when a guy would call and then not hear the DX come back to them.  And not
just once.  You need to be able to recognize your own call coming back through
the noise.

Did work 4W8X on 5 bands. Amazed to hear them on 80. Even more amazed they could
hear me.

Loved watching the scoreboard.  I use the mode where it shows all single ops
regardless of Assisted or not. My goal on Saturday afternoon was to catch up
with the multiplier total of K1ZZ.  And to not let N5DX get more than 1000 QSOs
ahead of me. I think I only finished 975 behind. 

I am going to have to learn this 2BSIQ thing.  Especially with multiple bands so
open at the same time.  I did manage to put together one 2BSIQ period of about
40 minutes on Sat morning that showed the potential.

Great fun.  Thanks to everyone who gets on for the best weekend of DXing in the
year.

Station

K3 + AL-1200
K3 + AL-1500

160m: 1/4-wave GP, shunt fed tower
80m: 4 square
40m: 2/2 @ 110'/70'
20m: 5/5 @ 100'/50'
15m: 5/5 @ 66'/33'
10m: 6/4/4 @ 100'/65'/30'
10-20m: C31xr @ 40'

By continent

          160M    80M    40M    20M    15M    10M   Total      %

    EU      99    435    977    821    908    873    4113    81.1
    AF       5      9     13     16     18     17      78     1.5
    NA      47     59     93     90     56     52     397     7.8
    SA       3     10     17     33     32     71     166     3.3
    AS       2      8     33    104     67     25     239     4.7
    OC       0      5     15     25     17     15      77     1.5


Rates

QSO/ZN+DX by hour and band

Hour   160M     80M     40M     20M     15M     10M    Total     Cumm    Off

0000Z  --+--   --+--  119/44   12/17    7/10    2/4   140/75    140/75  
0100Z    -     16/16   89/12   19/24    5/5      -    129/57    269/132 
0200Z    -    118/34   40/6      -       -       -    158/40    427/172 
0300Z   2/4    90/11   25/19     -       -       -    117/34    544/206 
0400Z  51/35   13/12   12/7      -       -       -     76/54    620/260 
0500Z  34/17   18/14   17/18    5/5      -       -     74/54    694/314 
0600Z  25/5    39/3     8/8      -       -       -     72/16    766/330 
0700Z    -     20/6    87/7    20/11     -       -    127/24    893/354 
0800Z   6/2     1/0   104/1    21/12   --+--   --+--  132/15   1025/369 
0900Z    -      3/0    57/9    13/4      -       -     73/13   1098/382 
1000Z    -       -      6/0     5/2      -       -     11/2    1109/384    5
1100Z    -       -      5/3    61/10   33/23     -     99/36   1208/420   60
1200Z    -       -       -      8/6   187/22    3/5   198/33   1406/453 
1300Z    -       -       -       -    172/11   24/24  196/35   1602/488 
1400Z    -       -       -       -    108/3   101/39  209/42   1811/530 
1500Z    -       -       -       -     94/8   120/15  214/23   2025/553 
1600Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   44/17  115/4   159/21   2184/574 
1700Z    -       -       -    112/18    7/8    16/12  135/38   2319/612 
1800Z    -       -       -     96/13   14/13    8/10  118/36   2437/648 
1900Z    -       -      1/2     3/3    12/10    9/6    25/21   2462/669   20
2000Z    -       -     10/0    23/9     6/5    19/5    58/19   2520/688 
2100Z    -       -     45/1    27/4     7/3    13/0    92/8    2612/696 
2200Z    -      8/1     6/2    46/2     1/2     8/1    69/8    2681/704 
2300Z    -     34/7     2/3     7/6    11/4     9/4    63/24   2744/728 
0000Z  --+--    2/0    48/2    12/3     1/0    --+--   63/5    2807/733   20
0100Z   1/1    10/1    54/1     4/2     2/1      -     71/6    2878/739 
0200Z   2/1    10/3     6/2     3/1     1/0      -     22/7    2900/746   20
0300Z  10/1    23/5    30/0      -       -       -     63/6    2963/752 
0400Z  10/4     4/0    78/1     1/1      -       -     93/6    3056/758 
0500Z   8/4     4/6    70/0     3/0      -       -     85/10   3141/768 
0600Z   4/0    69/0    25/1      -       -       -     98/1    3239/769 
0700Z   1/0    37/1    58/0      -       -       -     96/1    3335/770 
0800Z  --+--   --+--    8/0     1/0    --+--   --+--    9/0    3344/770   52
0900Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    3344/770   60
1000Z   2/1     6/2    11/2    11/1      -       -     30/6    3374/776    8
1100Z    -       -      1/0   104/2    26/4      -    131/6    3505/782 
1200Z    -       -       -       -    125/0    49/11  174/11   3679/793 
1300Z    -       -       -      5/5     7/8   155/3   167/16   3846/809 
1400Z    -       -       -      2/0     4/4   142/3   148/7    3994/816 
1500Z    -       -       -      6/3     2/1   139/2   147/6    4141/822 
1600Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   79/0    67/3   146/3    4287/825 
1700Z    -       -       -     35/1    72/2    13/2   120/5    4407/830 
1800Z    -       -       -    144/2     7/0     4/0   155/2    4562/832 
1900Z    -       -       -    122/1      -     12/3   134/4    4696/836 
2000Z    -       -       -     72/0    18/0     8/1    98/1    4794/837 
2100Z    -       -       -     62/0    14/1    12/3    88/4    4882/841 
2200Z    -       -     73/0    17/0    15/1     5/3   110/4    4992/845 
2300Z    -      1/1    53/0     7/0    18/4      -     79/5    5071/850 

Total:156/75 526/123 1148/151 1089/168 1099/170 1053/163

Best 60 minutes: 254 starting 25-Nov-2023 14:27

Worked on 6 bands (53):
8P5A 9A1A C37N C6AQQ CN3A CR3A CR3W CR6K D4C DF0HQ DF6QV DK1AX DK1KC DK5TX
DL1EFW DP9A DR4A ED1R ED8M EF6T EI7M EW5A HB9CA HG3N HG7T HQ9X II2S IO3F LA8OM
LN8W M6T M6W MI5I OM7M OT7T OX7AM P33W PJ2T PJ4K SN7O TI7W TK4W TM1A TM6M TO7A
V47T VC7M VO2AC VP5M XM3A YR8D YT5A ZF1A

Most worked entities:

          160M    80M    40M    20M    15M    10M   Total
    DL      18     91    163    156    192    188     808
    SP       6     29     54     50     66     50     255
     I       5     23     56     61     45     63     253
     F       5     20     48     48     41     45     207
    UA       1     13     63     40     54     24     195
     G       5     19     47     39     32     52     194
    OK       6     27     42     32     47     39     193
    EA       2     15     45     40     30     43     175
    VE      22     28     42     41     17     14     164
    PA       1     13     33     30     32     39     148
    HA       3     14     41     32     31     26     147
    JA                    13     76     41     10     140
    UR       5     10     37     20     41     25     138
    S5       4     12     25     27     20     25     113
    SM       2     14     34     19     18     15     102
    YO       2     11     30     12     29     15      99


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