A huge thanks to everyone who assisted me in getting prepared for the contest. Those include K6AM, ZF1EJ and CARS, ZF1RC, W6VNR, ZF1DJ, KL9A, K3LR, KM3T, N6TV, N2NL, W6YI, W6TMD, N9JA and Icom, and KK6SCE. Most people who know me, know that I am not skilled technically so some simple things for others may come as a challenge for me. Without everybody's help, there would be no way for this operation to have happened. I was able to bring down a pair of IC 7800's thanks to the enormous help of ICOM and Ray, N9JA. I know a lot of people questioned my sanity when they heard I was bringing these radios down, but I really feel they helped me tremendously. This was my first shot at being single op from the DX side. I was extremely lucky to be offered the seat at ZF1A. The goal for the contest was to successfully operate in a dual CQ environment at high rates on both radios. In order to prepare for this, I practiced with 2 laptops running MorseRunner on each side over the last few months. I was actually quite surprised how life like MorseRunner was as compared to actual operating. I was able to control the pile up just like as if I was using the program. Having this training was an enormous help. Everything at the station worked great. Andrew ZF1EJ was a big help in getting the beverages and the temporary 160m antenna up. It was a lot of work but well worth it. Congrats to all the other high scorers out there! Also thanks to everyone who moved for me. Not all the moves worked, however almost everybody at least tried to QSY for me. It was an honor operating from the ZF1A shack. I hope to be back here again in the future. For those who like numbers, I have included them below. 73, Dan N6MJ Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW CALLSIGN: ZF2MJ CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE OPERATORS: --> TO4GU has an unknown country prefix. --> TO8M has an unknown country prefix. --> TO8M has an unknown country prefix. --> TO4GU has an unknown country prefix. --> TO8M has an unknown country prefix. -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 149 179 1 0 329 329 3.2 0100 0 0 178 177 0 0 355 684 6.7 0200 0 44 113 154 0 0 311 995 9.7 0300 0 191 0 61 0 0 252 1247 12.2 0400 111 105 0 0 0 0 216 1463 14.3 0500 52 136 34 0 0 0 222 1685 16.5 0600 0 33 186 0 0 0 219 1904 18.6 0700 0 54 147 0 0 0 201 2105 20.6 0800 0 55 137 1 0 0 193 2298 22.5 0900 4 48 127 3 0 0 182 2480 24.3 1000 1 52 100 12 0 0 165 2645 25.9 1100 0 0 79 100 34 0 213 2858 28.0 1200 0 0 0 102 181 0 283 3141 30.7 1300 0 0 0 74 107 59 240 3381 33.1 1400 0 0 0 0 72 175 247 3628 35.5 1500 0 0 0 0 98 185 283 3911 38.3 1600 0 0 0 0 156 178 334 4245 41.5 1700 0 0 0 0 191 168 359 4604 45.0 1800 0 0 0 106 189 11 306 4910 48.0 1900 0 0 0 69 212 35 316 5226 51.1 2000 0 0 0 1 173 126 300 5526 54.1 2100 0 0 0 125 79 0 204 5730 56.1 2200 0 0 0 37 137 11 185 5915 57.9 2300 0 0 0 147 75 0 222 6137 60.0 0000 0 0 24 154 0 0 178 6315 61.8 0100 0 0 111 151 0 0 262 6577 64.3 0200 35 0 104 37 0 0 176 6753 66.1 0300 46 16 90 0 0 0 152 6905 67.5 0400 11 77 111 0 0 0 199 7104 69.5 0500 0 79 125 0 0 0 204 7308 71.5 0600 0 1 136 0 0 0 137 7445 72.8 0700 0 1 95 0 0 0 96 7541 73.8 0800 1 12 67 0 0 0 80 7621 74.5 0900 1 59 39 0 0 0 99 7720 75.5 1000 0 11 106 0 0 0 117 7837 76.7 1100 0 0 17 86 24 0 127 7964 77.9 1200 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 8098 79.2 1300 0 0 1 1 133 25 160 8258 80.8 1400 0 0 0 0 116 61 177 8435 82.5 1500 0 0 0 1 91 90 182 8617 84.3 1600 0 0 0 67 63 14 144 8761 85.7 1700 0 0 0 128 75 0 203 8964 87.7 1800 0 0 0 125 21 142 288 9252 90.5 1900 0 0 0 108 0 146 254 9506 93.0 2000 0 0 0 91 10 9 110 9616 94.1 2100 0 0 0 106 143 0 249 9865 96.5 2200 0 0 4 69 110 0 183 10048 98.3 2300 0 13 110 1 51 0 175 10223 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 262 987 2390 2473 2676 1435 10223 Gross QSOs=10399 Dupes=176 Net QSOs=10223 Unique callsigns worked = 5770 The best 60 minute rate was 368/hour from 0014 to 0113 The best 30 minute rate was 388/hour from 0017 to 0046 The best 10 minute rate was 414/hour from 0028 to 0037 The best 1 minute rates were: 10 QSOs/minute 1 times. 9 QSOs/minute 9 times. 8 QSOs/minute 43 times. 7 QSOs/minute 135 times. 6 QSOs/minute 233 times. 5 QSOs/minute 404 times. 4 QSOs/minute 563 times. 3 QSOs/minute 662 times. 2 QSOs/minute 474 times. 1 QSOs/minute 239 times. There were 5146 bandchanges and 3667 (35.9%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. ----------------- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y ----------------- 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct --------------------------------------------------------------------- North America 205 603 958 1389 1330 863 5348 52.3 South America 5 13 27 28 40 27 140 1.4 Europe 48 294 1070 774 1031 509 3726 36.4 Asia 0 64 304 250 243 12 873 8.5 Africa 4 6 13 15 15 19 72 0.7 Oceania 0 6 16 17 15 5 59 0.6 ??? 0 1 2 0 2 0 5 0.0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 262 987 2390 2473 2676 1435 10223 Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 3 59 4 4504 5 3392 6 2205 7 15 8 36 9 8 10 2 ------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------ Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B9 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 4J 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 4L 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 4O 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 0.0 4X 0 0 3 3 4 4 14 0.1 5B 0 2 2 3 2 4 13 0.1 5H 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 6W 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0 8P 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.0 8Q 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 9A 2 6 15 14 13 10 60 0.6 9H 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 9M6 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0 9Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 A4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 A6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 A7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 A9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 BY 0 0 1 8 4 0 13 0.1 C9 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.0 CE 0 1 1 3 2 3 10 0.1 CE0Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 CM 1 3 2 1 2 1 10 0.1 CN 1 1 2 2 1 1 8 0.1 CT 0 2 5 3 6 5 21 0.2 CT3 0 2 1 1 2 1 7 0.1 CU 0 2 1 1 2 2 8 0.1 CX 0 1 2 2 1 3 9 0.1 D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 DL 4 43 153 137 193 99 629 6.2 E7 1 2 4 5 2 3 17 0.2 EA 0 7 26 22 48 41 144 1.4 EA6 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 0.0 EA8 2 2 5 6 3 6 24 0.2 EI 0 6 7 10 8 10 41 0.4 ER 0 0 4 1 4 1 10 0.1 ES 1 2 2 3 6 1 15 0.1 EU 0 8 21 13 10 2 54 0.5 F 1 7 29 35 41 36 149 1.5 FG 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 FM 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 FY 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0 G 1 10 44 36 41 24 156 1.5 GD 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 GI 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 0.0 GJ 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.0 GM 0 2 6 7 5 3 23 0.2 *GM/s 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0 GU 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 GW 0 1 2 6 3 2 14 0.1 HA 0 6 34 18 20 16 94 0.9 HB 0 1 12 4 11 6 34 0.3 HC 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 HI 2 3 4 3 2 3 17 0.2 HK 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.0 HP 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 HR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 HZ 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.0 I 0 8 58 28 79 49 222 2.2 IS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 *IT9 1 2 5 3 6 7 24 0.2 J6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 JA 0 56 264 179 219 1 719 7.0 JW 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 JY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 K 175 545 884 1272 1217 779 4872 47.7 KH0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0 KH2 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.0 KH6 0 4 3 3 6 2 18 0.2 KL 0 2 1 2 4 1 10 0.1 KP2 1 1 1 2 2 1 8 0.1 KP4 1 2 3 2 1 1 10 0.1 LA 0 3 10 15 10 4 42 0.4 LU 0 3 3 5 9 7 27 0.3 LX 1 1 4 1 2 2 11 0.1 LY 2 6 17 13 15 2 55 0.5 LZ 2 4 22 12 20 16 76 0.7 OA 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.0 OE 0 2 10 7 8 13 40 0.4 OH 3 15 20 24 30 6 98 1.0 OH0 0 1 1 3 1 1 7 0.1 OK 2 10 42 30 60 24 168 1.6 OM 1 5 17 9 12 5 49 0.5 ON 0 2 14 17 13 9 55 0.5 OX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 OZ 1 4 5 8 10 2 30 0.3 P4 3 2 3 1 1 1 11 0.1 PA 2 2 26 19 24 12 85 0.8 PJ2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.0 PJ4 1 2 2 2 2 2 11 0.1 PJ5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.0 PY 0 1 8 6 15 7 37 0.4 PZ 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.0 S5 1 10 26 21 20 15 93 0.9 S9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 SM 3 6 29 35 27 6 106 1.0 SP 5 19 64 34 69 16 207 2.0 SU 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 SV 0 0 6 4 4 8 22 0.2 SV9 0 0 1 2 1 2 6 0.1 TA 0 0 3 1 1 2 7 0.1 *TA1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 TF 0 2 2 5 1 1 11 0.1 TI 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.0 TK 0 1 2 2 2 2 9 0.1 UA 5 52 171 89 105 6 428 4.2 UA2 2 3 3 2 2 1 13 0.1 UA9 0 4 26 42 8 0 80 0.8 UN 0 2 1 6 3 0 12 0.1 UR 6 16 96 36 49 10 213 2.1 V2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 V3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 V4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1 V6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 V7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 VE 19 36 54 95 87 70 361 3.5 VK 0 1 3 6 1 0 11 0.1 VP2E 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 VP2V 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.0 VP9 1 0 1 2 1 1 6 0.1 VU 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.0 XE 1 2 1 4 3 2 13 0.1 YB 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 0.0 YL 1 3 7 10 12 1 34 0.3 YN 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0 YO 0 2 18 10 18 8 56 0.5 YU 0 7 20 7 8 14 56 0.5 *Z6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 YV 0 1 4 4 3 2 14 0.1 Z3 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0.0 ZA 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0 ZB 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 ZD8 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 ZF 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 0.1 ZL 0 1 3 3 5 0 12 0.1 ZS 0 0 2 1 3 4 10 0.1 ??? 0 1 2 0 2 0 5 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 262 987 2390 2473 2676 1435 10223 ------------ M u l t i p l i e r S u m m a r y ------------ Mult 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- 05 109 256 433 622 519 363 2302 22.5 04 71 212 350 534 513 340 2020 19.8 14 13 100 378 361 449 267 1568 15.3 15 22 110 351 239 366 188 1276 12.5 03 14 112 155 212 271 143 907 8.9 25 0 56 264 179 219 1 719 7.0 16 11 75 289 138 168 19 700 6.8 20 2 8 55 36 51 44 196 1.9 08 8 15 17 13 19 10 82 0.8 09 5 7 12 10 10 7 51 0.5 17 0 5 18 20 7 0 50 0.5 33 3 5 8 9 6 8 39 0.4 11 0 1 9 6 15 8 39 0.4 13 0 4 5 7 10 10 36 0.4 18 0 0 7 21 0 0 28 0.3 31 0 4 3 3 6 3 19 0.2 19 0 2 2 8 4 0 16 0.2 24 0 0 1 8 4 0 13 0.1 35 1 1 1 3 3 4 13 0.1 06 1 2 1 4 3 2 13 0.1 40 0 2 2 6 2 1 13 0.1 32 0 1 3 3 5 0 12 0.1 12 0 1 1 3 3 3 11 0.1 21 0 0 4 4 2 1 11 0.1 01 0 2 1 2 5 1 11 0.1 38 0 0 2 1 3 4 10 0.1 07 1 4 3 1 0 0 9 0.1 27 0 0 2 3 2 2 9 0.1 02 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 0.1 28 0 0 5 2 1 0 8 0.1 30 0 1 0 4 1 0 6 0.1 10 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0.0 29 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 0.0 36 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0.0 37 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0.0 22 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.0 39 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0 34 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 262 987 2390 2473 2676 1435 10223 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 3579 2 bands 970 3 bands 575 4 bands 331 5 bands 235 6 bands 80 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: N5DX W2FU K9IMM AA9A PJ4Q LX7I KE3X K5ZD W9SN K0BJ K3ZU LY2W K0MPH K9ZO E7DX W1TJL W7VJ W1EBI K6AM K4TCG ES9C K3LR N0KV KA1IOR W8MJ K8AZ K9CT 9A1A K3OO CN2AA N3ND W3LPL KV2K VY2ZM K0ZR K1GQ W1NT II9P N2SQW W1NG VE6SV W2CG K4LM NQ4I W9AV N3RS VA3DF WE3C NR4M W4AAW K3PA D4C EF8R KC1XX SN8B OM7M K5TR N6AR KE2D AD4Z K3NM UA2F VC7O W1HIS DR4A WX4G K1ZR N4TZ KS1J N3RR K4LQ N4WW V47T W9RE N1IX N8BJQ P40L VE2IM HI3K ED8X ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 68 255 979 834 1038 405