Call: K3PP
Country: United States
Mode: SSB
Category: Single Operator Low Power
BAND QSO
QSO PTS PTS/Q PREFIXES
160
3 8 2.7
2
80
9 26 2.9
4
40
25 138 5.5
15
20
159 401 2.5
117
15
151 362 2.4
105
10
70 184 2.6
45
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Totals 417
1119 2.7 288 =
322,272
Official 417
1119 2.7 288 =
322,272
Certificate winner!
Number 20 out of 112 Entries Single-op Low Power All Band USA
Official scores published in the March 1999 issue of CQ Magazine
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 WPX contest. Click on the
image for a larger version.
The graph shows the growth in QSOs, Mults, and Score over time. It also shows the rate for the past 10 QSOs at each point and the band I was on at the time. It's easy to see how my numerous off periods hurt my score. You can also see how the decent runs at the end produced a lot of QSOs and multipliers. That's why the score shot up so rapidly. The right strategy can net some incredible score in the WPX contests.
Thanks to everyone for the QSOs!
Transceiver 1: Icom
IC-775DSP
for most of my QSOs
Transceiver 2: Icom
IC-736 for other QSOs
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: 1/2 sloper
80m antenna: Inverted-L
40m antenna: Dipole at 20 feet (I
need better)
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
Other antenna: Butternut
HF9V-X Multiband HF/6m
vertical
Automated HF antenna switching using Top-Ten
Devices band decoder
and automatic antenna switch