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Subject: [3830] CQ160 CW N2AA(@W2GD) Multi-Op HP
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 01:28:11 +0000
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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2022

Call: N2AA
Operator(s): N2HM W1GD W2CG W2GD W2NO W2RQ
Station: W2GD

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: NJ
Operating Time (hrs): 33

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1479  State/Prov = 58  Countries = 67  Total Score = 803,750

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

Elecraft K3S x 3 - Diversity Enabled
OM2000HF  1250 watts
Win-Test Logging Software 
2 element vertical wire Yagi @ 240' with NE, West and Omni options
Beverage antennas N, NE, E, S, SW, W, NW, plus HI-Z Four 
Support: K2TW KE2D KU2C KS3F 


Our core 160m CW Team has been operating together for over 35 years.  Gene
Walsh, N2AA was one of the original team members.  We miss enjoying his very
special brand of camaraderie on contest weekends. This year we were pleased to
honor Gene's memory by using his call, N2AA during the CQ160 CW and we hope to
continue to do so for years to come.  

Station preparations were made more complex this week when we learned a major
winter storm would be arriving curing the contest. As many of you may now know
the station is located on the immediate coast of Barnegat Bay 20 miles north of
Atlantic City in Southern New Jersey.  We had to prepare for possible power
outages and even the possibility of being temporarily marooned by the predicted
deep snow at our isolated location. Several team members opted to forego
attending.  The storm performed as predicted by the weather service, leaving
behind 18 inches (50 cm) of snow driven by 40 mph winds which created local 
blizzard conditions for several hours.  Fortunately we never lost power and had
time to dig out the vehicles when the storm ended Saturday afternoon. 

Here are a few numbers:

309 Ten Pointers and 87 Five pointers First Night
 84 Ten Pointers and 15 Five pointers Second Night
393 Total Ten Pointers ... down from 446 last year and not much more than half
of the 726 Ten Pointers in 2020.

EU signals were plentiful the first night and there was a very good period of
signal enhancement at EU sunrise.  The second night propagation was
exceptionally poor, EU signals were very weak and those we managed to work were
at the noise floor.  

We had over three hundred fewer total QSOs than last year's 1814.  The Covid
effect has diminished leaving us all with lower activity overall.   

125 total multipliers ... up from 114 last year but still far below the 147
worked in 2020.    

Worked all 50 states after completing a somewhat labored contact with KL7SB the
second night. JA3YBK was our last contact at sunrise on Sunday morning.

Missed five VE Provinces: LB, MB, NT, YT and NU. Countries heard but not worked:
 3V8, 4U1A, OH0, TA and TF.


Other Observations:

Static levels were somewhat elevated as expected during the coastal storm Friday
evening but no as bad as we'd expected. All of the antennas weathered the storm
without damage.   

The routine ritual of walking beverages before each contest was completed during
a work party earlier this week. We now find less physical activity on setup day
helps everyone's endurance. Age is catching up with us. 

Signals from EU were noticeably stronger the first night with a significant
sunrise enhancement.  West Coast conditions were also better the first night as
well.  Conditions the second night were for lack of a better word 'terrible'
with weak signals coming from all directions.  There was no EU sunrise
enhancement.

Contest activity was normally intense during peak hours each night with the
highest concentration of stations between 1810 and 1850.  We opted to CQ higher
in the band for several hours to stay clear of the chaos. 

We had only one minor equipment malfunction. The run XCVR developed a connection
problem in the RX signal path to the beverage antennas which rendered the unit
mostly deaf for several hours the first night. The problem was temporarily
solved by having the run operator listen on the 'slave' XCVR that normally
monitors the runner. Problems we had with TX array performance experienced last
season have been completely resolved.  

The growth in Scoreboard use is obvious and we find following the efforts of
fellow Multi-op teams and Single Op competitors enhances the contest experience.
 It was fascinating to watch the horse races develop and leads pass back and
forth. 

Congrats to the K1LZ Team for an outstanding effort and to the K3LR Team for a
spirited competition.

Thanks to all the stations who called us.  We hope you had as much fun as our
team did.  

We greatly appreciate the continued hosting each year of our 160 meter contest
activities by the owners of WYRS-FM. 

Hope to hear everyone again next 160 season.  

73,
 
John, W2GD
For the Entire 160 CW Contest Team


Statistics Courtesy of K8IA.
 
-------------- 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     191      0      0      0      0      0    191    191   12.9
2300     133      0      0      0      0      0    133    324   21.9
0000      84      0      0      0      0      0     84    408   27.6
0100     108      0      0      0      0      0    108    516   34.9
0200      59      0      0      0      0      0     59    575   38.9
0300      80      0      0      0      0      0     80    655   44.3
0400      88      0      0      0      0      0     88    743   50.2
0500      90      0      0      0      0      0     90    833   56.3
0600      82      0      0      0      0      0     82    915   61.9
0700      55      0      0      0      0      0     55    970   65.6
0800      22      0      0      0      0      0     22    992   67.1
0900      11      0      0      0      0      0     11   1003   67.8
1000      33      0      0      0      0      0     33   1036   70.0
1100      42      0      0      0      0      0     42   1078   72.9
1200      21      0      0      0      0      0     21   1099   74.3
1300      21      0      0      0      0      0     21   1120   75.7
1400       5      0      0      0      0      0      5   1125   76.1
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1125   76.1
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1125   76.1
1700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1125   76.1
1800       1      0      0      0      0      0      1   1126   76.1
1900       4      0      0      0      0      0      4   1130   76.4
2000      15      0      0      0      0      0     15   1145   77.4
2100      34      0      0      0      0      0     34   1179   79.7
2200      29      0      0      0      0      0     29   1208   81.7
2300      26      0      0      0      0      0     26   1234   83.4
0000      27      0      0      0      0      0     27   1261   85.3
0100      33      0      0      0      0      0     33   1294   87.5
0200      32      0      0      0      0      0     32   1326   89.7
0300      35      0      0      0      0      0     35   1361   92.0
0400      26      0      0      0      0      0     26   1387   93.8
0500      21      0      0      0      0      0     21   1408   95.2
0600      12      0      0      0      0      0     12   1420   96.0
0700       7      0      0      0      0      0      7   1427   96.5
0800      14      0      0      0      0      0     14   1441   97.4
0900       9      0      0      0      0      0      9   1450   98.0
1000      14      0      0      0      0      0     14   1464   99.0
1100      14      0      0      0      0      0     14   1478   99.9
1200       1      0      0      0      0      0      1   1479  100.0
1300       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
1700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
1800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
1900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
2000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
2100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1479  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total   1479      0      0      0      0      0   1479

Gross QSOs=1526        Dupes=47        Net QSOs=1479

Unique callsigns worked = 1479

The best 60 minute rate was 191/hour from 2200 to 2259
The best 30 minute rate was 216/hour from 2206 to 2235
The best 10 minute rate was 240/hour from 2206 to 2215


----------------- 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   1086      0      0      0      0      0   1086   73.4
South America     10      0      0      0      0      0     10    0.7
Europe           372      0      0      0      0      0    372   25.2
Asia               5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.3
Africa             1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
Oceania            5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.3
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total           1479      0      0      0      0      0   1479


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