CQWW SSB 2016

[k9rzz]

I know the contest isn't quite over yet, but how's it going?

I'm running 100 watts and a wire ground plane hung in a tree for 10/15/20m. Have worked all continents but it's been rough going! Frustrating when you're calling someone who's S9+10db and they CQ right back in your face.

 

[WA8ZTZ]

Tough going on 40 yesterday, could hear them... they couldn't hear me. K index was 5 maybe had something to do with it. Better conditions on 40 today.

Anyway, 10 opened for the contest like it always does .

 

[k9rzz]

Final total for me 55q's, 15 zones. Only 2 Europeans, 2 Africans, 4 Japan. No VK/ZL. Nobody was really very loud on 10 meters at all, 2 Qs there. Looking forward to Sweepstakes CW !

 

[kj3n]

Final total for me 55q's, 15 zones.

180 Qs, 21 zones.

Only 2 Europeans, 2 Africans, 4 Japan.

Not a lot of EU, but it was there. I made EU contacts on 5 bands. 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10. Only 2 for Africa, D4C and 6W1RY. No JA, unfortunately.

No VK/ZL.

Slim pickings here as well.

QSO: 7000 PH 2016-10-30 1057 KS3D 59 05 VK4KW 59 30
QSO: 7000 PH 2016-10-30 2134 KS3D 59 05 VK6NC 59 29 (long path on 40m!)

I was hoping to do better than that.

Nobody was really very loud on 10 meters at all, 2 Qs there.

Location, location, location.

QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1442 KS3D 59 05 YW4D 59 09
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1443 KS3D 59 05 KP3Z 59 08
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1444 KS3D 59 05 V26B 59 08
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1502 KS3D 59 05 ZW8T 59 11
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1503 KS3D 59 05 PJ7PL 59 08
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1509 KS3D 59 05 HK3TK 59 09
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1512 KS3D 59 05 P40L 59 09
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1518 KS3D 59 05 V3A 59 07
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1523 KS3D 59 05 CT1BWU 59 14
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1526 KS3D 59 05 8P5A 59 08
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1526 KS3D 59 05 EF2A 59 14
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1527 KS3D 59 05 HI3K 59 08
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1531 KS3D 59 05 TM6M 59 14
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1532 KS3D 59 05 CT1DVV 59 14
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1537 KS3D 59 05 CR6K 59 14
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1540 KS3D 59 05 FG4NN 59 08
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1543 KS3D 59 05 EA8URT 59 33
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1615 KS3D 59 05 YN5Z 59 07
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1629 KS3D 59 05 EA6LP 59 14
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1630 KS3D 59 05 9Z4Y 59 09
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1642 KS3D 59 05 OA4O 59 10
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1916 KS3D 59 05 CE0Y/NO9E 59 12
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1918 KS3D 59 05 LU8EOT 59 13
QSO: 28000 PH 2016-10-30 1932 KS3D 59 05 PJ2T 59 09

Everything done at 100w and wire antennas.

 

[n3ouc]

CQWW SSB

I don't know what was up but 40 meters on Saturday night had a terrible noise level. S9+ all night sounded like a train engine..
Did ok with limited time to play. Had 223 Q's 27 Sections. No VK's but had a couple ZL's and 6 JA's. South and Central America were loud on the high bands and Europe/Africa was loud on 40/80 when you could hear anything on 40. I wish I had more time on Sunday because all of a sudden everything was open.. I have to plan better for the CW test.. Hope I can do much better.
Had an R5 Vertical for 10-20 and a OCF for 40-80 at 100 watts.


Mike

 

[IcomIcR20]

I put in about 30 hours for my first major DX contest. I finished with 303 QSOs and 125,771 points and 173 multipliers.... I don't know how that will stack up this year, but last year (with far better conditions) that score would have put me in 24th out of the about 300 entries into the SOAB Rookie category.

I picked up quite a few ATNOs including Senegal, ZD8W, and the Vatican!

My best band BY FAR was 15m..... 20m was almost worse than 10m (but 10m was very good for 0 sunspots)!

With 0 sunspots, the bands were better than I expected (but not great either).

My country total surpassed 100 this weekend.... I did not think that I could talk to over 100 countries after being on the air on HF just three months!

I had a BLAST!

Contest Summary Report for CQ-WW
Created by N3FJP's CQ WW DX Contest Log
Version 5.2 N3FJP's Amateur Radio Software

Total Contacts = 303
Total Points = 125,771

Operating Period: 2016/10/29 00:06 - 2016/10/30 23:51

Total Contacts by Band and Mode:

Band CW Phone Dig Total %
---- -- ----- --- ----- ---
40 0 64 0 64 21
20 0 41 0 41 14
15 0 160 0 160 53
10 0 38 0 38 13
-- ----- --- ----- ---
Total 0 303 0 303 100


Total Contacts by Country:

Country Total %
------- ----- ---
Canada 35 12
Puerto Rico 26 9
Spain 24 8
Brazil 18 6
USA 18 6
Italy 14 5
US Virgin Is. 12 4
Canary Is. 10 3
Dominican Republic 9 3
Venezuela 9 3
Cuba 7 2
France 7 2
Costa Rica 6 2
Portugal 6 2
Aruba 5 2
Barbados 5 2
Bonaire 5 2
Morocco 5 2
Turks & Caicos Is. 4 1
Uruguay 4 1
Antigua & Barbuda 3 1
Cape Verde 3 1
Cayman Is. 3 1
Croatia 3 1
Curacao 3 1
Hungary 3 1
Jamaica 3 1
Mexico 3 1
Slovenia 3 1
St. Kitts & Nevis 3 1
Chile 2 1
Colombia 2 1
Ecuador 2 1
French Guiana 2 1
Hawaii 2 1
Ireland 2 1
Nicaragua 2 1
Sint Maarten 2 1
Suriname 2 1
Trinidad & Tobago 2 1
Argentina 1 0
Ascension I. 1 0
Austria 1 0
Azores 1 0
Belize 1 0
Bermuda 1 0
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 0
Bulgaria 1 0
Ceuta & Melilla 1 0
Corsica 1 0
Cyprus 1 0
Federal Republic of Germany 1 0
Guadeloupe 1 0
Guatemala 1 0
Iceland 1 0
Israel 1 0
Madeira Is. 1 0
Montserrat 1 0
Sardinia 1 0
Senegal 1 0
Sicily 1 0
Slovak Republic 1 0
Switzerland 1 0
Vatican City 1 0

Total = 64


Total Contacts by Continent:

Continent Total %
--------- ----- ---
NA 146 48
EU 74 24
SA 57 19
AF 22 7
AS 2 1
OC 2 1

Total = 6


Total Contacts by CQ Zone:

CQ Zone Total %
------- ----- ---
08 79 26
14 42 14
09 30 10
15 30 10
04 23 8
05 18 6
11 18 6
33 17 6
03 10 3
07 10 3
13 5 2
35 4 1
02 3 1
06 3 1
20 3 1
10 2 1
12 2 1
31 2 1
36 1 0
40 1 0

Total = 20

73 de IcomIcR20!