2018 ARRL DX Contest CW K5ZD
ARRL DX Contest, CW Call: K5ZD Operator(s): K5ZD Station: K5ZD Class: SO Unlimited HP QTH: W1 Operating Time (hrs): 27.5 Radios: SO2R Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 160: 96 52 80: 434 77 40: 814 100 20: 1542 119 15: 133 67 10: 19 16 ------------------- Total: 3038 431 Total Score = 3,928,134
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments
Entertaining weekend. Mostly because I operated the good parts and walked away when it stopped being fun. Of course, watching the scoreboard always seemed to pull me back in for more operating time to chase the next guy on the list!
Low bands were great the first night. Very quiet. Must have been quiet in Europe as well since I called many weak stations on 160 and they came right back.
No meters like 20 meters on Sat morning. That’s what happens when 15 doesn’t open so everyone is on the same band. Had 14006 for a long time. A few short runs (I hesitate to call them that) on 15m.
Went to 40m at 1940z and was suprised to find I could get answers from very weak Eu.
Excellent opening to Japan on 20m just before sunset.
Coolest QSO was ZL3X on 10m. Weak and just in for a few minutes.
The bands seemed broken on Sunday morning. Just not as open as Sat. Good run on 40m, but after 2200z I couldn’t do anything. Calling guys on 80 and 160 got beat out by every W3 or W4 that was calling. Can’t tell if it was conditions or my antennas need work.
It is nice to do a DX contest where everyone is looking for us. Especially on the low bands.
Really enjoy operating assisted to help with the multipliers!
By Continent
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
EU 65 384 722 1355 48 0 2574 84.7
SA 6 10 23 38 39 13 129 4.2
NA 22 24 33 36 28 4 147 4.8
AF 3 7 14 17 7 1 49 1.6
OC 0 8 11 14 11 1 45 1.5
AS 0 1 9 80 0 0 90 3.0
Rates
QSO/DX by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off 0000Z --+-- --+-- 119/30 17/14 --+-- --+-- 136/44 136/44 0100Z - 72/28 41/18 - - - 113/46 249/90 0200Z 17/15 43/14 28/10 - - - 88/39 337/129 0300Z - 16/2 17/3 - - - 33/5 370/134 39 0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 370/134 60 0500Z 9/7 69/1 4/1 - - - 82/9 452/143 27 0600Z 18/13 55/12 8/0 - - - 81/25 533/168 0700Z 1/0 23/6 7/2 - - - 31/8 564/176 26 0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 564/176 60 0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 564/176 60 1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 564/176 60 1100Z - 3/0 11/7 102/29 - - 116/36 680/212 13 1200Z - - - 204/10 - - 204/10 884/222 1300Z - - - 182/9 3/2 - 185/11 1069/233 1400Z - - - 142/0 27/12 - 169/12 1238/245 1500Z - - - 144/1 21/18 - 165/19 1403/264 1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 92/16 16/11 10/9 118/36 1521/300 1700Z - - - - - 1/1 1/1 1522/301 57 1800Z - - - - - - 0/0 1522/301 60 1900Z - - 27/0 44/12 21/6 3/2 95/20 1617/321 1 2000Z - - 30/3 4/3 - - 34/6 1651/327 42 2100Z - - 65/3 39/8 6/3 - 110/14 1761/341 2200Z - 14/2 81/4 10/1 3/1 1/1 109/9 1870/350 2300Z 6/3 45/1 7/5 21/2 - - 79/11 1949/361 0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 1949/361 60 0100Z - - - - - - 0/0 1949/361 60 0200Z 4/2 3/3 - - - - 7/5 1956/366 52 0300Z 9/5 7/2 34/7 2/1 - - 52/15 2008/381 0400Z 7/2 - - - - - 7/2 2015/383 35 0500Z 8/1 7/2 - - - - 15/3 2030/386 35 0600Z 14/3 55/0 40/2 - - - 109/5 2139/391 0700Z - 3/1 83/1 - - - 86/2 2225/393 19 0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 2225/393 60 0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 2225/393 60 1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 2225/393 60 1100Z - 3/1 3/1 105/3 - - 111/5 2336/398 7 1200Z - 1/1 2/1 129/0 6/1 - 138/3 2474/401 1300Z - - - 41/0 - - 41/0 2515/401 30 1400Z - - - 18/2 13/9 - 31/11 2546/412 44 1500Z - - - 125/1 6/2 - 131/3 2677/415 1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 72/3 2/1 1/1 75/5 2752/420 1700Z - - - - - 3/2 3/2 2755/422 51 1800Z - - - 6/0 5/1 - 11/1 2766/423 49 1900Z - - - 19/1 1/0 - 20/1 2786/424 41 2000Z - - 50/0 4/2 - - 54/2 2840/426 25 2100Z - - 91/2 7/0 3/0 - 101/2 2941/428 2200Z - 3/1 56/0 11/1 - - 70/2 3011/430 2300Z 3/1 12/0 10/0 2/0 - - 27/1 3038/431 20 Total: 96/52 434/77 814/100 1542/119 133/67 19/16
Best 60 mins: 210
6 bands (8):
CR3DX FM5BH P40E P40W PJ2T PJ4A TI7W V47T
5 bands (33):
6Y2T 9A1A CE2MVF CR3W CR6K CU4DX EA2RY EA5RS EA6FO ED7P ED8W HG7T HH2AA HP3SS IR4X KP2M KP4KE LX7I M6T NP2N P49Y SN7Q SN8B T48K TM3R V26M V3T VP2MSS VP5K VP9/W6PH ZF1A ZF9CW ZL3X