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W1AW/5 LA - an overviewW1AW/5 LA - an overview
by K5ER
First part, June 4-10
Second part, Nov 26-Dec 2
ARRL Project GoalsARRL Project Goals
Provide a “One of a Kind”, year long operating event
Encourage more “On Air” activityAllow each state to use W1AW/xIn conjunction w/ 100th anniversary
of ARRL
DescriptionDescription
Every ARRL member and official has point value
Each W1AW/x station has a value Year long points gathering competition Opportunity for WAS - W1AW multi band - multi mode
Visit http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party
FOR MORE INFO...
PlanningPlanning
Guidance from ARRL - Get on - Make Q’s - Have Fun!
Need Spreadsheet for schedule / Operator list
Need to coordinate stations / operators In a week, there are 168 hours x 10 bands=1680 x3 modes=5040 possible slots (+ Sat) Task seemed daunting - lots of slots to fill
Implementation/ Team BuildingImplementation/ Team Building
Picked a modifiable spreadsheet for scheduling
Contacted LCC members and others to encourage participation
Contacted owners of “Large” stations who could host Multi-Ops, to allow more operators access to large antenna
Dedicate several pages on N5LCC web site to this operation
ProceduresProcedures
Posted basic rules on what was allowed / needed
Continued working to get more operators Most scheduling done via email/phone editing schedule 4-5 times a day
Need to have more scheduling done ahead of time
This worked pretty good, but...
ScheduleSchedule
Opted to NOT let others see who our Ops were - had caused issues w/ other groups
Web form for OTHERS, who only saw a slot was “Active”
Web form for PARTICIPANTS, could see WHO was in the slots
only ONE station per band/mode at a time “Split” very good for pile-up control
Our Team (week 1)Our Team (week 1)
AA5AU, AC5O, K1DW, K5ER, K5FNQ, K5SL K5TFH, KA5HCO, KA5M, KE5WB, KG5VK, KN5O, KR5R, KX2P, KZ5D, N5FH, N5HMH, N5JF, N5MEG, N5UXT, N5WE, N5ZVW, NA5G, W5BEK, W5LA, W5RGS, W5RY, W5TMP, W5WZ, W5XU, W5ZR, WA5KBH, WB5JHY, WM5H
Results IResults I
W5ZR scheduled CW operations WA5KBH scheduled Satellite Ops K5ER scheduled SSB / RTTY ops We had 34 operators active at 27 stations We logged 576 hours
So how did we do??
Results II Band ActivityResults II Band Activity
160 CW-16, SSB-81,RY-25 total 122 80 CW-365, SSB-255, RY-153 total 773 40 CW-1424-SSB-1540, RY-624 total 3,588 30 CW1248, RY-429 total 1,677 20 CW-3907, SSB-5576, RY/DIG-1606 total 11,089 17 CW-1665, SSB-1994, RY-772 total 4,431 15 CW-1987, SSB-1863, RY-855 total 4,705 12 CW-62, SSB-325, RY-399 total 786 10 CW-367, SSB-371, RY-189 total 927 VHF/SAT CW-222, SSB/fm-353, RY-41 total 616
Results IIIResults III
We had 28,714 Raw Qso’s 12,358 SSB, 11,263 CW and 5,093 RTTY Highest % of RTTY so far We had 174 Sat Qso’s (2nd highest so far) Most active on Sat - N5JF w/ 79 Most active on CW - W5ZR w/ 2650 Most active RTTY - AA5AU w/ 2556 Most active on SSB - W5WZ w/ 4177
ObservationsObservations
Log submission fairly quick, but only abt 2/3 followed instructions
rec’d .adi, .log and .txt files, & one w1aw-5.log - correct is <your call>_<your qth>_<your grid>.adi
N3FJP does NOT log Sat Qso’s correctly - had to edit every one
West coast/JA wants more low band activity East coast/EU wanrts more WARC band activity Only ONE gripe email, dozens “Thank You’s” Need better scheduling - multiple bands at once Need more operators!
WEEK II Nov 26-Dec 2WEEK II Nov 26-Dec 2
Need activity on multiple bands at once Easier Scheduling W5WZ found and hosted interactive
spreadsheet each participant scheduled their own
slots, on the fly
Our Team (week 2)Our Team (week 2)
AA5AU, AC5O, AE5V, AE5VB, K5ER, K5RUS, K5SL K5TFH, K5UQ, KA5HCO, KA5M, KC5WA, KD5DW, KF5LOQ, KG5VK, KI5EE, KR5R, KZ5D, N5FH, N5GP, N5MEG, N5VU, NA5G, NA5Q, W5LA, W5RGS, W5SUM, W5TMP, W5WZ, W5ZR, WA5KBH, WB5JHY, WM5H
Results IResults I
Everyone scheduled own slots - FAR better
More band changes, less wasted time We had 33 operators active at 27 stations We logged 477 hours
So how did we do??
Results II Band ActivityResults II Band Activity
160 total 733 (+611) 80 total 1223 (+450) 40 total 4778 (+1190) 30 total 1211 (-466) 20 total 6208 (-4881) 17 total 3851 (-580) 15 total 3477 (-1231) 12 total 2764 (+1978) 10 total 2803 (+1881) VHF/SAT total 62 (-554)
Results IIIResults III
We had 27,110 Raw Qso’s 16395 SSB, 6819 CW and 3896 RTTY
So how does this compare??
Results IVResults IV
Mode - Week1 - Week 2 - result SSB - 12358 - 16395 - UP 4037 CW - 11263 - 6819 - Down 4444 Dig - 5,093 - 3896 - Down 1197 Overall, week 2 was down 1604 qso’s
Results VResults V
Week 1 - 28,714 Raw Qso’s
worked 576 hrs = 49.85/hr Week 2 - 27,110 Raw Qso’s
worked 477 hrs = 56.84/hr
for comparison, 56.84/hr times 48 hours (standard DX contest) = 2,728 - Very respectable
Our top op hit 420/hour for short period!
Results VIResults VI
Most active on Sat - WA5KBH w/ 63 Most active on CW - W5LA w/ 3061 Most active RTTY - AA5AU w/ 2264 Most active on SSB - W5WZ w/ 6155
Top RTTY both wks - AA5AU - 4820 Top SSB both wks - W5WZ - 10,332
W1AW/5 LAW1AW/5 LA
W1AW/5 LA, 2 week total - 55,824
Overall W1AW/x made over 3.5 million QSO’s, program deemed huge success
Thanks to all who participated.
Questions?