2019 ARRL DX Contest CW K5ZD
Call: K5ZD
Operator(s): K5ZD
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: W1
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R
Band QSOs Mults
160: 239 71
80: 548 90
40: 911 110
20: 1291 116
15: 404 89
10: 3 2
Total: 3396 478 Total Score 4,869,864
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Best low band conditions ever! Amazed to have 62 countries on 160 in just the first night! No QRN. Must have been quiet in Europe too because was able to call and have guys respond on the first try.
Various antenna and equipment problems continue to indicate the need for more station maintenance. Couldn’t access the stack on 15m so did most of my work on the 5-ele at 33′. Alpha 76CA started making a burning smell so my wife made me turn it off. Switched in the backup AL-1200, but it had a relay problem so wouldn’t always hear well after transmitting.
Missed some great hours on Sat afternoon while building bedroom furniture for my daughter.
Heard 4 stations on 10m and managed to work 3 of them. It was stone cold dead.
Fun having the cluster spots so I could chase DX between running. Also nice to have the scoreboard going to keep up the motivation.
No excuses. Had a blast and more than exceeded my goals.
Thanks to everyone around the world who hunt for W/VE QSOs all weekend.
By Continent:
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
NA 21 27 41 41 27 0 157 4.6
SA 9 11 30 32 36 3 121 3.6
OC 3 7 21 12 5 0 48 1.4
EU 201 488 782 1138 326 0 2935 86.4
AF 4 7 17 17 8 0 53 1.6
AS 1 8 20 51 2 0 82 2.4
Rate:
QSO/DX by hour and band
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off
0000Z --+-- --+-- 78/31 10/8 --+-- --+-- 88/39 88/39
0100Z - 86/24 42/29 1/0 - - 129/53 217/92
0200Z - 90/23 40/11 - - - 130/34 347/126
0300Z 54/34 31/14 1/0 - - - 86/48 433/174
0400Z 25/10 68/12 1/0 - - - 94/22 527/196
0500Z 48/13 9/3 53/5 - - - 110/21 637/217
0600Z 20/5 18/0 20/3 - - - 58/8 695/225
0700Z - 9/1 3/0 - - - 12/1 707/226 50
0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 707/226 60
0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 707/226 60
1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 707/226 60
1100Z - 1/0 4/3 34/15 - - 39/18 746/244 43
1200Z - - 3/3 198/20 - - 201/23 947/267
1300Z - - - 178/14 43/22 - 221/36 1168/303
1400Z - - - 32/18 95/16 - 127/34 1295/337
1500Z - - - 3/1 2/2 - 5/3 1300/340 54
1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 128/1 9/7 1/1 138/9 1438/349 2
1700Z - - - 85/8 28/19 - 113/27 1551/376 3
1800Z - - - - - - 0/0 1551/376 60
1900Z - - - - - - 0/0 1551/376 60
2000Z - - - - - - 0/0 1551/376 60
2100Z - - - - - - 0/0 1551/376 60
2200Z - - - - - - 0/0 1551/376 60
2300Z - 38/1 16/2 6/1 - - 60/4 1611/380 24
0000Z --+-- 46/1 59/5 --+-- --+-- --+-- 105/6 1716/386
0100Z 7/1 30/4 56/3 - - - 93/8 1809/394
0200Z 45/3 6/3 12/2 - - - 63/8 1872/402
0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 1872/402 60
0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 1872/402 60
0500Z 10/1 - 1/1 - - - 11/2 1883/404 51
0600Z 11/3 69/1 7/4 - - - 87/8 1970/412
0700Z 8/0 24/0 92/1 - - - 124/1 2094/413
0800Z --+-- 3/2 116/1 --+-- --+-- --+-- 119/3 2213/416 6
0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 2213/416 60
1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 2213/416 60
1100Z - 1/0 7/0 5/2 - - 13/2 2226/418 46
1200Z - 1/1 - 153/2 15/4 - 169/7 2395/425
1300Z - - - 36/7 127/7 - 163/14 2558/439
1400Z - - - 67/3 52/3 - 119/6 2677/445
1500Z - - - 141/0 8/3 - 149/3 2826/448
1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 101/1 5/1 2/1 108/3 2934/451
1700Z - - - 43/3 6/2 - 49/5 2983/456
1800Z - - 1/0 - 2/1 - 3/1 2986/457 55
1900Z - - 10/1 17/5 12/2 - 39/8 3025/465 21
2000Z - - 108/0 12/5 - - 120/5 3145/470
2100Z - - 105/3 10/0 - - 115/3 3260/473
2200Z - 2/0 63/0 19/2 - - 84/2 3344/475
2300Z 11/1 16/0 13/2 12/0 - - 52/3 3396/478
Tot: 239/71 548/90 911/110 1291/116 404/89 3/2
Best 60 mins: 226 (a wall of Eu calling the first morning)
Worked on 6 bands: None!
Worked on 5 bands: 101!!