2015 CQ WPX RTTY Contest Results

Sure hope that lots of members stayed at home this weekend and made some contacts in this contest. Between snow relocation projects, I have managed to put in a couple of hours.

Please post your results by adding a comment to this posting. Don’t forget to submit your log to the contest sponsor. Note the following from the published rules…

XII. LOG DEADLINE:

A. All entries must be sent WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS after the end of the contest: no later than 2359 UTC 20 February 2015. Resubmitting an entry after the deadline will result in it being considered as a late log.

 

5 comments on “2015 CQ WPX RTTY Contest Results

  1. Band     QSOs     Pts  WPX
       3.5       8      28    4
         7      14      44   12
        14      96     242   94
        21      98     259   95
        28      57     158   57
     Total     273     731  262
    

    Score: 191,522
    1 Mult = 1.0 Q’s

  2. Call: W1AN
    Operator(s): W1AN
    Station: W1AN
    
    Class: SOAB HP
    QTH: CT
    Operating Time (hrs): 20
    
    Summary:
     Band  QSOs
    ------------
       80:    0
       40:  265
       20:   98
       15:  311
       10:  414
    ------------
    Total: 1088  Prefixes = 586  Total Score = 1,853,518
    
    Club: CTRI Contest Group
    

    Had fun. Spent most of the week cleaning up the shack in preparation. I used the contest as an excuse to do so. No late nights for me. I just can’t put in the hours I’d like. Conditions were surprisingly good on 10M. I was hoping to add to the QSO total more on 20M but activity wasn’t as it should be. Was the total affected by not having a rare prefix? I can’t say for sure, since I didn’t seem to work many W1, W2. etc. I did work NG1G. I thought Pat was back! I later discovered the call was on loan to K1SD who put it to good use.

    Now time to get ready for the CW test! …and more snow.

    73, John W1AN

  3. CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

    Call: NG1G
    Operator(s): K1SD
    Station: K1SD

    Class: SOAB HP
    QTH: Rhode Island
    Operating Time (hrs): 25

    Summary:
    Band QSOs
    ————
    80: 79
    40: 572
    20: 202
    15: 147
    10: 449
    ————
    Total: 1449 Prefixes = 694 Total Score = 3,096,628

    Club: CT RI Contest Group

    Comments:

    Wow. What a fun test.

    The week before the contest, I had been thinking about operating at John
    W1AN’s station in CT as part of a M/2 effort. But, another New England
    blizzard was forecast for the weekend, so I decided to operate from home and
    keeping the XYL happy (We went to NP3U for 2013 WPX RTTY and New England got
    clobbered!). I was still undecided how much effort to put into the contest. I
    didn’t want to be just another K1, so at the last minute I asked good friend
    and fellow CT RI Contest Group member Pat if I could borrow NG1G. “By all
    means” he said. I thought that could spice things up and it gave me an
    incentive to put in a more significant effort.

    I started the contest on 40 meters running on VFO A and later started
    S&Ping on the K3s 2nd VFO (SO2V). Using the K3’s SUB RX for S&P
    while CQing is not nearly as ideal as a 2nd radio (SO2R), but it does produce
    good results and helps keep you occupied during slow periods. I’m not at all
    proficient at it, but used it during the entire test and it was fun and fairly
    productive. For all of Friday night I stayed put on 40 meters and stayed put
    in the chair. For the next 6.5 hours I didn’t move; a personal record for
    me. When I finally got out the chair at 0630Z (0130 local) I actually had some
    trouble walking!

    I got a bit of a late start on Saturday morning. Started on 10 meters at 1400Z
    and ran there until about 1900. After a break, I moved between 10 (with a great
    run of JAs around 2230) and 15 until 0040Z when I moved back to 40 and stayed
    there until 0230Z. Went to 80 till 0430. 80 meters just wasn’t very
    productive (79 total QSOs), so went back to 40 till 0540.

    I got an earlier start on Sunday. I had been neglecting 20 meters until now
    because 10 and 15 had been so good for me. I opened up on 20 at 1130Z and ran
    and S&Ped on the 2nd VFO for the next 3 hours. Whilst running Europe on 20
    I had a great surprise when BA7QT called in at 1240Z. I had to ask for a repeat
    on the call several times because I was sure it was a DA7. I was finally
    convinced and was then immediately rewarded with YB0MWM to boot. Soon
    thereafter I worked the 4H1T on the 2nd VFO. Spent about 4 hours back on 10,
    then back to 20 for another 3 hours (with HS1NIV for another rare, for me, deep
    Asia QSO/mult, calling in at 2018Z), then to 40 for an hour till 2347. I went
    to 15 for the last few Qs of the contest; JG3FEA made it into the log at
    23:59:48 for a new multiplier!

    Some asides:

    I really loved getting S/N 002 at 2320Z Sunday night and then 035 from another
    at 2358Z! That’s what I’m talking about!

    I was running on 10 meters Sunday afternoon with the Skyhawk pointed EU and the
    A4S due west when M0PNN reports “Biggest signal on the band.” That felt
    good.

    N1MM+ worked fine. MMTTY was useless on 40 meters Friday night and marginal at
    best, on Saturday and Sunday. 2Tone was solid; normal decode and flutter were
    great; one or both windows usually pulled it out.

    This was one of the best results for me in a long time and the best performance
    from this station. Everything worked as it was supposed to.

    Thanks to everyone for the Qs and the many requested repeats. And a special
    thanks to Pat for the loan of NG1G.

    73 James K1SD

    K1SD is:

    Elecraft K3; Ten Tec Titan
    Bencher Skyhawk @ 70’; Cuchcraft A4S @ 42’; WX0B StackMatch; Inverted Vs on
    40 and 80 meters.
    N1MM+ ver 1.0.4678.0 (I wasn’t about to install the upgrade during the
    contest)

  4. Here is the result of my meager 6 hour effort. Only club station I recall working was NG1G early on, probably on 40. At the time I was wondering if the signal was originating from Pat’s or W1AN’s or somewhere else. Now we know. Astounding effort, James. Super score.

    CallSign Used : K3IU
          Operator(s) : K3IU
    
    Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
    Assisted Category : ASSISTED
                 Band : ALL
                Power : HIGH
            Club/Team : CTRI Contest Group
    
    
            Band     QSOs     Pts  WPX
             3.5       3       6    3
               7      89     372   79
              14      51     136   36
              21      82     222   62
              28      63     165   44
           Total     288     901  224
    
                Score : 201,824
    

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