CQWW Contest, 27.-28. November 2004

HB9CZF - SOAB LP

Friday afternoon I arrived at my contest hut and started to assemble my station. I planned to install a second LW for 160m but it was somehow to windy and chilly outside. I later learned I didn't miss too much on topband.

Setup was traditional. The Omni VI+ connected to the 3el SteppIR yagi and the K2/100 to the 41m LW. SO2R was basically only between the highbands and lowbands or in other words between 40m and 20/15m.

A few weeks back I purchased the USB micro KEYER which I successfuly tested during the WAE RTTY. In CQWW only rig control (virtual COM3) was required since my Dell notebook offers one RS-232 (COM1).

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DX-Cluster entries over the weekend:

21076.6 HB9CZF 27-Nov-2004 0813Z ww <JA3PYC>
21136.8 HB9CZF 27-Nov-2004 1449Z <N8ET>
14097.0 HB9CZF 28-Nov-2004 1352Z <K9NS>
14097.1 HB9CZF 28-Nov-2004 1356Z <W3CF>
14097.0 HB9CZF 28-Nov-2004 1400Z <K3LR>

Conds were terrible. Weak signals, fluttery signals, bent paths, could hear my own backscatter, ...

Rig: K2/100 @ LW and Ten-Tec OMNI VI+ @ SteppIR
Ant: 3el SteppIR for 10-20m and 41m LW for 40/80m.
Log: Writelog 10.50D

Claimed Score

	QSOs	QSO Points	Zones	Countries
160m:	0	0		0	0
80m:	207	263		8	44
40m:	242	413		21	73
20m:	523	1039		24	68
15m:	431	994		31	74
10m:	 89	207		24	43
Totals:	1492	2916		99	302

Score: 	2916 * (108 + 302) = 1'195'560

Rate Sheet

QSO/ZN+DX by hour and band
 Hour     160M     80M     40M     20M     15M     10M    Total     Cumm    OffTime
D1-0300Z    -       -     36/33     -       -       -     36/33     36/33  
D1-0400Z    -       -     54/12     -       -       -     54/12     90/45  
D1-0500Z    -     28/25   21/10     -       -       -     49/35    139/80  
D1-0600Z    -     93/15     -       -       -       -     93/15    232/95  
D1-0700Z    -      7/1     9/4    65/24    8/11     -     89/40    321/135 
D1-0800Z  --+--   --+--   18/8    --+--   79/12   --+--   97/20    418/155 
D1-0900Z    -       -      3/1      -     16/1    33/21   52/23    470/178 
D1-1000Z    -       -       -       -     26/20   10/6    36/26    506/204 
D1-1100Z    -       -       -     35/12   15/13     -     50/25    556/229 
D1-1200Z    -       -       -     58/23     -       -     58/23    614/252 
D1-1300Z    -       -       -     10/2    18/3    17/22   45/27    659/279 
D1-1400Z    -       -       -       -     88/15     -     88/15    747/294 
D1-1500Z    -       -      5/3      -     75/5     2/0    82/8     829/302 
D1-1600Z  --+--   --+--   20/10   --+--   --+--    2/1    22/11    851/313 
D1-1700Z    -       -      8/3    29/4      -       -     37/7     888/320 
D1-1800Z    -       -     36/6    15/1      -       -     51/7     939/327 
D1-1900Z    -     61/9     1/0     3/0      -       -     65/9    1004/336 
D1-2000Z    -       -       -      4/2      -       -      4/2    1008/338    54
D1-2100Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    1008/338    60
D1-2200Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    1008/338    60
D1-2300Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    1008/338    60
D2-0000Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--    0/0    1008/338    60
D2-0100Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    1008/338    60
D2-0200Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    1008/338    60
D2-0300Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0    1008/338    60
D2-0400Z    -     17/2      -       -       -       -     17/2    1025/340    42
D2-0500Z    -      1/0    10/2    12/1      -       -     23/3    1048/343 
D2-0600Z    -       -      7/1    53/12     -       -     60/13   1108/356 
D2-0700Z    -       -      6/0    49/3     6/4      -     61/7    1169/363 
D2-0800Z  --+--   --+--    1/1    --+--   19/2     5/3    25/6    1194/369 
D2-0900Z    -       -       -     28/0    15/5     1/0    44/5    1238/374 
D2-1000Z    -       -       -     11/2     8/1     8/4    27/7    1265/381 
D2-1100Z    -       -       -       -     17/5     7/8    24/13   1289/394 
D2-1200Z    -       -      5/0      -     41/8     3/1    49/9    1338/403 
D2-1300Z    -       -       -     53/4      -      1/1    54/5    1392/408 
D2-1400Z    -       -      2/0    98/2      -       -    100/2    1492/410 
Total:     0/0   207/52  242/94  523/92  431/105  89/67 

Country & Zone Distribution 

          160M    80M    40M    20M    15M    10M   Total
    3V              1      2      1                     4
    4L                            1      1              2
  4U1I                     1                            1
  4U1V              1                                   1
    4X              1                           1       2
    5B                     1      2      1      4       8
    5U                     1      1      1      1       4
    8P                                          1       1
    8Q                     1                    1       2
    8R                                   1              1
    9A              3      2      3      1      1      10
   9M2                                   1      2       3
    9N                     1             1      1       3
    9Y                            1             1       2
    A4                                          1       1
    A6                     1      1                     2
    BY                     1      1                     2
    C6                     1             1              2
    CE                                          1       1
    CM                     1      1      1              3
    CN              1             1                     2
    CP                                   1      1       2
    CT              1             1                     2
   CT3              1      1      1      1      2       6
    CU                     1                            1
    CX                                   1              1
    D4                                   1      1       2
    DL             19      9      8      9      1      46
    EA              3      2      8      5             18
   EA6                            1                     1
   EA8              1      1      2      4      2      10
    EI                     1      3             1       5
    ER                            1                     1
    ES                     2      1      2              5
    EU              3      3      7      4             17
    EX                     2      1      4              7
    EY                     1      1      1              3
     F              6      5      2      1             14
    FM                                   1      1       2
     G              6      4     11      1             22
    GI                     1             1              2
    GJ              1      1                            2
    GM              4      7      3                    14
    GU                     1      1                     2
    GW              1      1                            2
    HA              9      5      5                    19
    HB              2      1      4      1      1       9
   HC8                     1             1      1       3
    HI                                          1       1
    HL                                   2              2
    HP                            1                     1
    HS                     1             2              3
     I              4      3      4             1      12
   IG9                                   1              1
    JA                     3     35     38             76
    JT                            1      1              2
     K             21     38    143    143      3     348
   KH2                                   1              1
   KP2                     1                    1       2
   KP4                     1      2      1      1       5
    LA              4      3      4                    11
    LU                            1      4      2       7
    LX              1                                   1
    LY              6      3     13      2             24
    LZ              2      4      4      2             12
    OD                     2      1      1      1       5
    OE              2             1      1              4
    OH              6      6     18     10             40
   OH0              1      1             1              3
    OK             21      5      4      7             37
    OM              7      3      1      1             12
    ON                     2      1      1      1       5
    OX                                   1              1
    OY                     1                            1
    OZ              3      3      2      3             11
    P4                     1             1      4       6
    PA              6      2      2      2             12
   PJ2                     1                            1
    PY                            1      3      1       5
    S5              8      7      1      2             18
    S9                                          1       1
    SM              4      5     12      1             22
    SP             10      2     12      4             28
    SU                            1      1      1       3
    SV              1      1      1      1              4
   SV9                            1                     1
    T9              1      2      1                     4
    TA                     1                            1
    TF                     1                            1
    UA             12     26     65     70     21     194
   UA2                     1      1                     2
   UA9              1     10     30     29     13      83
    UK                     1      1                     2
    UN                     1      6      7      2      16
    UR              8     14     31     14      1      68
    V2                     1                    1       2
    V3                     1             1              2
    V5                                   1      1       2
    VE              2      4     19      8             33
    VK                            1      1              2
  VK9C                                   1      1       2
  VP2M                                          1       1
  VP2V                                   1      1       2
   VP5                     1             1              2
   VP9                                          1       1
    VR                                   1              1
    XU                                   1              1
    YB                                   1              1
    YI                                   1              1
    YL              1      2      6      1             10
    YO              2      6      8      1             17
    YU              8      5      9                    22
    YV                            1                     1
    Z3              1      1      2                     4
   ZC4                                   1              1
    ZL                     2      1      3      1       7
    ZS                                   1              1
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Sunday late afternoon I heard Zone 31 (KH7X) with an S5 signal on 20m but he was S&P-ing.

Contintent Distribution

          160M    80M    40M    20M    15M    10M   Total      %
    AS       0      2     27     81     93     26     229    15.3
    EU       0    178    156    263    149     28     774    51.9
    NA       0     23     49    166    159     12     409    27.4
    AF       0      4      5      7     11      9      36     2.4
    SA       0      0      3      4     12     11      30     2.0
    OC       0      0      2      2      7      2      13     0.9
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Update: 29.01.06