[PVRCNC] [PVRC] ARRL DX CW TI7W

Ted tsrwvcomm at aol.com
Tue Feb 20 11:05:31 EST 2018


Jaw dropping! 

Congrats Nate! 

World Champion!

73, ted N9NB


Sent from smartphone, please excuse typos

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 10:54 AM, Nathan Moreschi <n4ydunate at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ARRL DX Contest, CW
> 
> Call: TI7W
> Operator(s): N4YDU
> Station: TI7W
> 
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: Costa Rica
> Operating Time (hrs): 48
> Radios: SO2R
> 
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>   160:  530    56
>    80: 1057    60
>    40: 1624    61
>    20: 1893    61
>    15: 1571    59
>    10:  366    37
> -------------------
> Total: 7041   334  Total Score = 7,054,080
> 
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> First and foremost, a very special thanks to N3KS for inviting me to use his
> incredible station in Costa Rica. Kam continues to make great additions to the
> antenna farm and other station hardware.
> 
> This was the first time I managed to go the the distance as a single op in a 48
> hour contest. The prep several weeks prior to the contest really paid off -
> especially the increased level of exercising.
> 
> The bands turned out to be solid. The 10M opening on Saturday lasted about 45
> minutes and it was much less and weaker on Sunday. Nonetheless, it was very
> productive for some much needed mults.
> 
> While 15, 20 and 40 were great producers, I was really thrilled with the low
> band performance. Kam has installed a pair of 80M wire yagis (3 elements roughly
> 100 feet high) in the treetops of the jungle. These antennas were fantastic -
> and RX was really nice. Dual pileup was much easier on the low bands this year
> because of the antennas and nearly perfectly quiet bands. I really enjoyed the
> low bands this time.
> 
> Congrats to all of the others out there who put in great scores and to those who
> travelled to put some good DX on the air.
> 
> On a final note, thanks to everyone who gave me a lot of encouragement and tips
> on how to improve (especially KL9A and N3KS) - this really is one awesome
> hobby!
> 
> 73!
> 
> Nate/N4YDU
> 
> CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
> CALLSIGN: TI7W
> CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
> CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
> OPERATORS: N4YDU
> 
> -------------- 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    175    172      0      0    347    347    4.9
> 0100       0      0    175    116      0      0    291    638    9.1
> 0200       5    141    153     13      0      0    312    950   13.5
> 0300     124    113      0      0      0      0    237   1187   16.9
> 0400      27    140     99      0      0      0    266   1453   20.6
> 0500      68     28    115      0      0      0    211   1664   23.6
> 0600      49     95     32      0      0      0    176   1840   26.1
> 0700      32     55     39      0      0      0    126   1966   27.9
> 0800      13     19     30      0      0      0     62   2028   28.8
> 0900      12     18     22      0      0      0     52   2080   29.5
> 1000       6     38     41      0      0      0     85   2165   30.8
> 1100      29     66     34      0      0      0    129   2294   32.6
> 1200       0      5     57     81      1      0    144   2438   34.6
> 1300       0      0      0    106     88      0    194   2632   37.4
> 1400       0      0      0    123    101      0    224   2856   40.6
> 1500       0      0      0     97    169      0    266   3122   44.3
> 1600       0      0      0     41     82    109    232   3354   47.6
> 1700       0      0      0      0    136    158    294   3648   51.8
> 1800       0      0      0     86    114      0    200   3848   54.7
> 1900       0      0      0    107    121      0    228   4076   57.9
> 2000       0      0      0    120     96      0    216   4292   61.0
> 2100       0      0      0    102     49      0    151   4443   63.1
> 2200       0      0      0     71     75      0    146   4589   65.2
> 2300       0      0     57    105      6      0    168   4757   67.6
> 0000       0     11     78     57      0      0    146   4903   69.6
> 0100       0     72     60      0      0      0    132   5035   71.5
> 0200       5     68     71      0      0      0    144   5179   73.6
> 0300      36     48     27      0      0      0    111   5290   75.1
> 0400      26     37     33      0      0      0     96   5386   76.5
> 0500       5      5     49      0      0      0     59   5445   77.3
> 0600      10     26     28      0      0      0     64   5509   78.3
> 0700      21     17      5      0      0      0     43   5552   78.9
> 0800       4     12     13      0      0      0     29   5581   79.3
> 0900      14      3      9      0      0      0     26   5607   79.6
> 1000      33     11      7      0      0      0     51   5658   80.4
> 1100      11     19     35      0      0      0     65   5723   81.3
> 1200       0      6     36      1      1      0     44   5767   81.9
> 1300       0      0     10     35     10      0     55   5822   82.7
> 1400       0      0      0     32     50      0     82   5904   83.9
> 1500       0      0      0     33     88      1    122   6026   85.6
> 1600       0      0      0      0     46     95    141   6167   87.6
> 1700       0      0      0     11     46      3     60   6227   88.5
> 1800       0      0      0     45    115      0    160   6387   90.7
> 1900       0      0      0     75     89      0    164   6551   93.1
> 2000       0      0      0     57     63      0    120   6671   94.8
> 2100       0      0      4     84     15      0    103   6774   96.2
> 2200       0      0     24     76     10      0    110   6884   97.8
> 2300       0      4    106     46      0      0    156   7040  100.0
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Total    530   1057   1624   1892   1571    366   7040
> 
> Gross QSOs=7350        Dupes=310        Net QSOs=7040
> 
> Unique callsigns worked = 3062
> 
> The best 60 minute rate was 368/hour from 0009 to 0108
> The best 30 minute rate was 380/hour from 0011 to 0040
> The best 10 minute rate was 426/hour from 1708 to 1717
> 
> The best 1 minute rates were:
> 10 QSOs/minute    1 times.
>  9 QSOs/minute    7 times.
>  8 QSOs/minute   25 times.
>  7 QSOs/minute   66 times.
>  6 QSOs/minute  114 times.
>  5 QSOs/minute  231 times.
>  4 QSOs/minute  353 times.
>  3 QSOs/minute  452 times.
>  2 QSOs/minute  570 times.
>  1 QSOs/minute  558 times.
> 
> There were 3844 bandchanges and 2444 (34.7%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
> 
> Multi-band QSOs
> ---------------
> 1 bands    1380
> 2 bands     577
> 3 bands     421
> 4 bands     318
> 5 bands     225
> 6 bands     141
> 
> The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
> 
> K3TN        K1AR        K9IMM       W0AIH       K3MD        N5AW        
> W3FIZ       K3ZO        N4RV        K8GL        K0UK        VE9HF       
> K2SX        W1NG        WA8RCN      K3LR        NR4M        WA3C        
> W3DQ        W9SN        N1MM        N0IJ        AB3CV       W9RE        
> W3LPL       W1JQ        AB2DE       W8MJ        W3FV        VE3RZ       
> K1LT        WA4PGM      K3PP        N3RD        K5EK        K1RX        
> N4RA        K8MFO       N8TR        KR4F        K3SW        N8BJQ       
> K4XL        W1EBI       VA2WA       W1RM        N0NI        K2KQ        
> K3PH        VE3MGY      N3QE        W7DO        W1GD        WE9V        
> K3CT        K1RV        W0MU        N2MM        N0AT        N2WK        
> N8VV        K1ZE        KS1J        AD5A        NG3J        K2XR        
> K3ZU        K3TC        WW3S        VE3JM       KF3B        K3CCR       
> K8AZ        VE3MM       K3AU        N2LBR       W2CG        WB8JUI      
> KE1J        KK1W        W8FJ        K0OO        K3OO        N1UR        
> K5ZD        VE3YAA      WX1S        K1TTT       KU2C        K1ZZ        
> N9CK        N8AA        NN3W        N3RS        K3WW        K2AX        
> W9XT        N3ZA        KM7W        N2IC        K6LL        K2QMF       
> N4AF        NE3F        K9ZO        AA3B        K3ND        W1DX        
> W1FM        AA9A        N1PGA       VY2TT       N5DX        VE3VN       
> N8EA        VY2ZM       K3EL        N2TK        K1KI        K9NW        
> XL3A        N1EN        N7NR        W5WZ        WA4JUK      NZ3O        
> KV1J        W0ETT       WA1NPZ      K4TCG       NF1O        WA1Z        
> W2LE        K1JB        K2WK        NJ1F        K7SCX       KD4S        
> K4CIA       K1TR        N2WKS
> 
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