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
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  160:   96    52
   80:  434    77
   40:  814   100
   20: 1542   119
   15:  133    67
   10:   19    16
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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