2009 CQ WW RTTY
September 27-28, 2009
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Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 259 402 45 35 12
40: 612 1253 50 68 20
20: 700 1709 42 76 22
15: 155 342 21 51 19
10: 7 11 2 3 3
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Total: 1733 3717 160 233 76 Total Score = 1,743,273
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
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2009 NA Sprint
September 12, 2009 |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 61
40: 109
20: 51
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Total: 221 Mults = 42 Total Score = 9,282
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Team: YCCC #1
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2009 NAQP
August 1, 2009 |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 41 18
80: 128 33
40: 308 49
20: 253 47
15: 103 27
10: 72 20
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Total: 905 194 Total Score = 175,570
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2009 CQ WPX CW |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: SOSB40 HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Summary:
QSOS = 856 Prefixes = 487 Total Score = 1,484,376
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2009 New England QSO Party
Claimed 2nd Place NE SOLP Mobile |
Call: WA1Z/M
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z/M
Class: SO Mobile LP
QTH: 15 cty
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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80: 104 0
40: 440 0
20: 646 0
15: 12 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 1202 0 Mults = 73 Total Score = 175,492
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
A big thank you to everyone who took the time this weekend to play in the NEQP.
From the New England perspective, activity seemed to be near an all-time high. I hope if felt that way from the outside looking in. It seemed I had more "followers" from county-to-county this year than in the past.
My Saturday schedule was thrown out the window before the contest even started.
I usually check into my hotel in KENME about an hour before the contest starts and then move into position to begin the contest. I got caught in a RT95 closure about 15 miles south of the hotel for about an hour due to someone flipping their U-Haul truck. I had about an hour's drive from the hotel to where I wanted to start in WALME, but I left the hotel 20 minutes before the contest started. I changed routes and got to WALME as soon as I could, making a few contacts from KENME before getting there.
I decided to venture up to SOMME at the end of the night on Saturday to keep the rate up until the end of the first contest period. Ended up making 45 QSOs on 80 alone from SOMME and continued operating there during the day on Sunday.
On Sunday, it was clear that everyone wanted me to get to this year's Holy
Grail, FRAME, as soon as possible. <g> I hope everyone who was looking for FRAME got me.
I went to 15 three or four times on Sunday and only got a short string of
callers once when I stopped on top of a hill in SOMME. Never bothered with 10.
Had a 113/hour in the last hour of the contest, which is always fun - even from a car. Broke the 100 QSO barrier in 5 counties. Still need to work on the ergonomics; the operating position is very uncomfortable.
175k breaks K1KI's SO-Mobile NEQP record but I'm looking forward to seeing a monster score from Tom this year too.
73 es CU next year,
Bob WA1Z
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2009 ARRL DX CW
2nd Place USA SOABLP |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 71 51
80: 305 64
40: 552 86
20: 836 84
15: 89 46
10: 0 0
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Total: 1853 331 Total Score = 1,840,029
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
First attempt at using SO2R. I like it, but now I really know what everyone means when they say it takes a while to master.
Station:
TT Orion and Elecraft K3 linked with Top Ten DXD
Antennas:
RX: four 92-Meter Beverages NE, SE, SW, NW
160: Inverted L
80: 1/4-wave Vertical
40: 2 ele wire Yagi fixed NE at 55', 4-element K1WA Sloper Array
20: 2 ele Moxon fixed NE at 55', Delta Loop at 50'
15: 2 ele Yagi fixed NE at 45', 2 ele fixed SE at 35', Delta Loop at 45'
10: 2 ele Yagi fixed SE feeling *really* left out of the fun
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2009 CQ 160 Meter CW
Claimed 1st Place SOLP USA, claimed new SOLP record |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
QSOs = 1012 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 59 Total Score = 428,156
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Station:
Elecraft K3 and Ten Tec Orion (RX-only spot station), audio routing through Top Ten DX Doubler
Antennas: Inverted L (vertical portion about 25 Meters), four 92-Meter long Beverages NE,SE,SW,NW
Conditions were fantastic! Looking forward to seeing all the huge scores that come out of this. Thanks to everyone for all the QSOs!
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2008 Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge
20th Place USA SOHP |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FN42
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
QSOs = 482 Total Score = 2,028
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
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2008 CQ WW RTTY
1st Place USA SOAB LP |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 324 507 45 43 15
40: 428 799 46 68 21
20: 754 1828 45 88 24
15: 64 144 9 30 14
10: 5 9 1 2 2
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Total: 1575 3287 146 231 76 Total Score = 1,489,011
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
It was nice to have quiet conditions in this contest for a change!
Lots of antenna work this summer paid off. I more than doubled last year's
score with only two more hours of operating.
Thanks to everyone for all the contacts!
Station:
Ten Tec Orion, Icom IC-746PRO, 100 watts
80 Meters: 1/4-wave vertical, RX Beverages
40 Meters: Sloper array, phased verticals and RX Beverages
20 Meters: 2-element Moxon @ 50' fixed NE, full-wave delta loop E/W
15 Meters: 2-element Yagi @ 45' fixed NE, 2-element Yagi fixed W
10 Meters: 2-element Yagi @ 30' fixed SE
40-10: Multi-band dipole @ 55'
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2008 BARTG RTTY
2nd Place World SO-6HR |
Call: WA1Z
Operator(s): WA1Z
Station: WA1Z
Class: SOAB-6 HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band QSOs Countries Call Areas
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80: 49 13 13
40: 100 19 14
20: 155 42 14
15: 2 1 2
10:
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Total: 306 75 43 Continents = 6 Total Score = 216,648
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2007 CQ WW RTTY
2nd Place USA SOAB LP |
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 39.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts St/Prov DX Zones
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80: 208 313 42 31 12
40: 231 408 39 49 18
20: 457 969 39 70 18
15: 52 101 9 20 12
10: 5 9 2 3 3
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Total: 953 1800 131 173 63 Total Score = 660,600
Comments: Bring on the sunspots. This was my first RTTY contest doing SO2R and it didn't take long to realize what I had been missing. I hate to think what this year's score would have been if I didn't set up the two radios this time! Almost finished the contest with a nice double mult, coming across BD7KLO in the last half hour with a very nice signal into NH on 20 Meters. Unfortunately, we couldn't make it. |
