Tag: CQ WW

The log check for the 2015 CQ WW contest landed in my email a few days ago. Only one busted QSO due to NIL (Not In Log). Not bad, although 0 would be better. That brought me down to 108 contacts and a final score of 24119.

Looking forward to being back on the air in time for the next CQ WW.

************************** Summary ***************************

     109 Claimed QSO before checking (does not include duplicates)
     108 Final   QSO after  checking reductions

     280 Claimed QSO points
     271 Final   QSO points

      59 Claimed countries
      59 Final   countries

      30 Claimed zones
      30 Final   zones

      89 Claimed mults
      89 Final   mults

   24920 Claimed score
   24119 Final   score

    3.2% Score reduction
    0.9% Error Rate based on claimed and final qso counts
       0 (0.0%) calls copied incorrectly
       0 (0.0%) exchanges copied incorrectly
       1 (0.9%) not in log
       0 (0.0%) duplicates (Removed without penalty)
       0 (0.0%) calls unique to this log only (not removed)

********************** Results By Band ***********************

             Band   QSO  QPts  Zone Cty Mult

   Claimed   160M     0     0     0   0    0
   Final     160M     0     0     0   0    0

   Claimed    80M     0     0     0   0    0
   Final      80M     0     0     0   0    0

   Claimed    40M     1     3     1   1    2
   Final      40M     1     3     1   1    2

   Claimed    20M    24    59    13  17   30
   Final      20M    24    59    13  17   30

   Claimed    15M     0     0     0   0    0
   Final      15M     0     0     0   0    0

   Claimed    10M    84   218    16  41   57
   Final      10M    83   209    16  41   57

   Claimed    All   109   280    30  59   89  Score    24920
   Final      All   108   271    30  59   89  Score    24119

************************* Not In Log *************************

28532 PH 2015-10-24 2139 AB4UG            5 LT0H            13

*******************  Multipliers by band  ********************

160M multiplier total 0





80M multiplier total 0





40M multiplier total 2

OK    

 15

20M multiplier total 30

CM    EI    FM    HC    HI    HK    HK0/a KG4   KL    OH    
P4    PJ4   PY    SM    TF    VE    YV    

  1  2  3  4  5  7  8  9 10 11 14 15 40

15M multiplier total 0





10M multiplier total 57

9A    CE    CN    CT    CT3   CX    D4    DL    EA    EA8   
F     FG    FJ    FM    FS    FY    HK    HK0/a HP    IT9   
JA    K     KP2   KP4   LU    OA    P4    PA    PJ2   PJ7   
PY    TI    V2    V4    VE    VK    VP2M  VP2V  XE    YN    
YV    

  3  4  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 25 30 33 35

Spent a few hours playing in the 2015 CQ WW contest. Didn’t play nearly as long as I did a couple years ago.

10m was pretty active, and that’s where I ended up spending most of my time tuning around. 10m was good for getting to EU early in the day, and then into South America mid to late afternoon. Late afternoon/early evening when 10m started fading out was when I started hearing stations across the Pacific. Grabbed a few contacts on 20m when 10m died out, and snagged a contact on 40m toward the end of the contest just to cover that end of the spectrum.

Even though the number of QSOs and my score didn’t match what I did in 2013, still had a few good highlights this year.

• JA7OWD (Japan) on 10m
• VK2GGC (Australia) on 10m
• KL7RA (Alaska) on 20m
• TF2LL (Iceland) on 20m
• KG4EM (Guantanamo Bay) on 20m

109 QSOs across 3 bands this year. I’m happy with that.

 Band     QSOs     Pts  ZN    Cty
     7       1       3    1    1
    14      24      60   13   18
    28      84     221   16   39
 Total     109     284   30   58
Score: 24,992

Final scores for the CQ WW 2013 contest are available and the 60 828 points I racked up in the Single Op Low Power All Band category got me #819 in the world, #280 in North America and #49 in the US 4th call area. With the Rookie overlay, it puts me at #55 in the world, #19 in North America and #4 in the US 4th call area.

For my first big contest effort, I’m pretty pleased with that.

The CQ WW log check report for my submission dropped into my mailbox last night and it looks like i’ve got a few busted QSOs. Ended up with 177 contacts and 60 828 points (down from the 185 QSOs and 70 716 points in my initial submission). Turns out there’s also a point penalty for QSOs that aren’t in the other person’s log, or incorrectly copied call signs. 4 of my QSOs got dropped for not being in the other contact’s log, which is kind of disappointing because I know at least two of them were clearly copied by both sides (at least I thought so anyway). Another 4 QSOs got dropped because I didn’t copy the call sign correctly (either typo’d or heard incorrectly). Rats.

On the other side, 2 stations didn’t copy my call sign correctly, and 3 got the exchange wrong.

I like these log check reports. Gives me some things to keep in mind for the next contest.

************************** Summary ***************************

     185 Claimed QSO before checking (does not include duplicates)
     177 Final   QSO after  checking reductions

     498 Claimed QSO points
     444 Final   QSO points

      94 Claimed countries
      91 Final   countries

      48 Claimed zones
      46 Final   zones

     142 Claimed mults
     137 Final   mults

   70716 Claimed score
   60828 Final   score

   14.0% Score reduction
    4.3% Error Rate based on claimed and final qso counts
       4 (2.2%) calls copied incorrectly
       0 (0.0%) exchanges copied incorrectly
       0 (0.0%) band change violations
       4 (2.2%) not in log
       0 (0.0%) duplicates (Removed without penalty)
       0 (0.0%) calls unique to this log only (not removed)

************************* Not In Log *************************

28338 PH 2013-10-26 1626 AB4UG            5 ED5N            14
21303 PH 2013-10-26 2215 AB4UG            5 D4C             35
14247 PH 2013-10-27 0020 AB4UG            5 XP1A            40
14223 PH 2013-10-27 2301 AB4UG            5 NR5M             4

********************* Incorrectly copied *********************

21245 PH 2013-10-26 2101 AB4UG            5 KP4BDC           8 correct     KP4BD       
21285 PH 2013-10-26 2129 AB4UG            5 HI3Q             8 correct     HI3K        
21336 PH 2013-10-27 2040 AB4UG            5 PX2T            11 correct     PX2C        
 7171 PH 2013-10-27 2235 AB4UG            5 SN2T            15 correct     SN2B        

********* Stations Copying Your Exchange Incorrectly**********

28000 PH 2013-10-26 1436 TM7F            14 AB4UG            4  should be 5 
 7182 PH 2013-10-27 0218 ED5N            14 AB4UG            4  should be 5 
14202 PH 2013-10-27 2256 CT3MD           33 AB4UG            4  should be 5 

************* Stations Copying AB4UG Incorrectly *************

21367 PH 2013-10-26 2258 ZW5B            11 AB4U             5
 7169 PH 2013-10-27 0212 RN3F            16 KB4UG            5

The raw scores (pre-log checking) for the 2013 CQ WW contest are now available.

My claimed score of 70716 (had someone notify me that I didn’t appear in his log…must have made a typo or something entering it) was high enough to give me a rank of 856 out of 2020 in the Single-Op Low-Power All-Band category for the world and 290 out of 651 in North America.

Seems acceptable to me. The top 46 call signs in this category scored 1M+ points and it’s not until #693 where the points drop below 100k.

If CQ WPX is any indication, I expect log checking process will take about 5-6 months and then the final scores will be released.