K3PP 2001 ARRL DX Phone Contest

                 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 2001
 

      Call:      K3PP
      Category:  Single Unlimited
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      All Band
      Mode:      SSB
      Section:

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES

      160       17       51   3.0       14
       80       76      228   3.0       53
       40      161      483   3.0       71
       20      565     1695   3.0      103
       15      516     1548   3.0      116
       10      776     2328   3.0      114
     --------------------------------------

     Totals   2111     6333   3.0      471  =   2,982,843

  Published   2085                     469  =   2,933,595 ONLY 1.7% UBN Reduction
 
 

Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club
 

Comments
I'm hoping this is my second Top-Ten finish in a major DX contest.  Claimed scores on the Internet showed me at #7, but I'm certain to drop a few positions in the published results.  Stay tuned!

I entered my log into an Excel spreadsheet, ran some calculations and produced an interesting graph of my progress over the contest period.  This kind of data will be a useful study for my next ARRL DX contest. Click on the image for a larger version.

Take a look at my rates for the 48 hours of the contest.


Another view of my rate over time.  The blue shows the first 24 hours and the red shows the second 24 hours.  This view is a great way to contrast one day from the next and identify common times of high rate.  It also clearly demonstrates the worsened conditions on Sunday, in this case.


This pie chart shows the distribution of QSOs by band.  There are no surprises here.  The high bands rule!


Here's another expected result from a station in Pennsylvania.  The vast majority of my QSOs are with Europeans!  Thanks EU!


Thanks to everyone for the QSOs!

My equipment for the 2001 ARRL DX Phone Contest:

Transceiver 1:    IcomIC-775DSP    for most of my QSOs
Amplifier:        Acom 2000A

Gateway 2000 486 33 MHz Computer for logging, running CT Version 9.37
It's an old, clunky computer now, but it does the job for logging!

  160m antenna:    Inverted-V at 60 feet
   80m antenna:    Dipole at 50 feet
                   Force 12 EF-180BV Vertical with 4 raised radials at 10 feet
   40m antenna:    Dipole at 40 feet
   20m antenna:    Force 12 EF-420 4 el monobander at 68 feet
   15m antenna:    Force 12 EF-415 4 el monobander at 76 feet
   10m antenna:    Force 12 EF-410 4 el monobander at 84 feet
                   Force 12 EF-410 4 el monobander at 35 feet (fixed EU)
Other antenna:     ButternutHF9V-X Multiband HF/6m vertical

Automated HF antenna switching using Top-Ten Devices band decoder
and automatic antenna switch

Last Updated on 06-May-2001
By Glenn D. O'Donnell, K3PP
Email: [email protected]