K5ZD Commentary, CW

2015 CQ WW CW Multiplier Station QSOs per Hour

Doug KR2Q created the following data from the 2015 CQ WW CW Logs for top Multi-Single stations. The table shows how many QSOs were made by the multiplier station during each hour of the contest. In the CQ WW Multi-Single category, the multiplier station is only permitted to work new multipliers.  It is quite busy in the first day, but becomes much more difficult on the second day.

TABLE OF MULTIPLIER STATION QSOS PER HOUR OF THE CONTEST

hour CN2AA P33W EF8R ED8X UP2L ES9C TM6M PJ4Q OM7M E7DX
1 57 73 50 50 91 71 56 50 45 67
2 56 48 55 29 45 33 52 23 37 26
3 33 32 29 45 29 30 27 29 20 43
4 65 24 35 12 24 17 56 28 15 39
5 44 18 22 10 50 23 23 11 35 14
6 23 35 27 25 21 23 23 13 22 21
7 20 51 19 48 22 45 8 7 25 35
8 28 30 39 26 16 20 26 5 45 60
9 52 30 40 40 25 21 66 6 55 34
10 15 24 30 17 14 32 24 4 53 27
11 23 14 19 18 23 34 28 16 41 25
12 17 12 20 9 19 22 19 35 26 26
13 15 25 20 19 19 21 11 11 22 16
14 8 12 12 9 11 24 28 16 18 15
15 10 17 3 21 7 15 16 19 18 18
16 8 12 5 16 6 9 12 16 18 15
17 10 6 13 14 4 7 12 13 10 8
18 11 10 10 13 5 9 4 8 11 9
19 4 3 6 15 7 9 2 12 6 5
20 6 3 5 4 6 2 4 8 3 7
21 8 7 7 6 5 5 1 5 6 4
22 10 7 11 11 7 4 5 6 3 6
23 8 5 10 5 4 8 4 4 3 7
24 4 2 3 11 5 5 3 2 1 2
25 4 5 8 4 3 4 1 5 6 3
26 5 2 3 5 4 4 1 4 7 6
27 3 1 3 2 2 5 3 3 6 4
28 2 1 3 13 3 4 2 10 2 2
29 3 7 0 6 8 3 1 7 2 2
30 0 5 1 9 3 2 0 7 6 7
31 0 5 0 0 3 9 0 1 8 8
32 7 3 4 6 3 4 7 2 4 3
33 7 5 11 1 5 4 10 0 6 6
34 4 1 0 1 6 3 7 2 3 1
35 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1
36 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2
37 1 2 0 6 5 2 1 2 2 1
38 1 7 0 10 2 1 4 15 4 5
39 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 4 7 1
40 4 2 2 1 2 0 7 2 3 4
41 1 4 2 2 2 1 3 5 1 1
42 3 2 4 1 3 2 3 2 4 2
43 5 0 6 1 1 0 0 7 0 2
44 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 4 0 2
45 3 1 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
46 1 1 3 0 1 5 1 1 1 0
47 1 3 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 2
48 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
Total 597 562 553 555 531 548 567 444 612 595
Day 1 535 500 490 473 465 489 510 347 538 529
Day 2 62 62 63 82 66 59 57 97 74 66
last 12 hours 25 26 27 29 21 16 24 51 23 21

 

K5ZD Announcements, CW

CQ WW CW 2015 Disqualifications

We regret to announce the following disciplinary actions issued for CQ WW CW 2015.

Entry Violation Operators
3Z9DX Self-spotting,Power, Remote SP5MXZ
4X2M Unclaimed Assistance 4X2M
B7Q Self-spotting BA1DU BA7QT BA7QQ BD7RS BG7SRM BG7TJA BG7RN BG7QAG
DR4A Multiple signals DC8SG DH2WQ DJ9KM DK5PD DK9VZ DL6WT
DR5N Multiple signals, time shifting DF1MM DJ1MM DJ9DZ DK5OS DL4JU DL9YAJ
E79D Unclaimed Assistance
ER1OO Unclaimed Assistance, Self spotting, Signal quality
EW7DK Unclaimed Assistance
HA3MQ Self-spotting
HG3M Unclaimed Assistance, Self-spotting, Power HA3MY
II4K Self-spotting IZ4AMS
LZ2TU Self-spotting
N0FW Unclaimed Assistance
NP2P Self-spotting N2TTA
OL3Z Multiple signals OK1CRM OK1DQT OK1FCJ OK1FPS OK1HMP LZ3SF
OL4A Multiple signals, Time shifting, Out of band OK1DO OK1FFU OK1JKT OK1RI OK8WW OM6NM
OZ1HX Unclaimed Assistance
R7AW Unclaimed Assistance
R7CA Self-spotting
R7CD Unclaimed Assistance
R7NW Unclaimed Assistance
RA0FF Self-spotting
RA3Q Unclaimed Assistance
RA3UAG Unclaimed Assistance
RV9CM Unclaimed Assistance
RW3XZ Unclaimed Assistance
S52NR Self-spotting
SP1MGM Self-spotting, Unclaimed Assistance
SP3FHV Unclaimed Assistance
SP6EIY Unclaimed Assistance
SP9M Unclaimed Assistance SP9MZH
SV2JAO Unclaimed Assistance
UT1UL Unclaimed Assistance
UT7E Multiple signals UT4EO UT5EL UR3EZ UT5ECZ UT4EU UR7EQ US3EO UR5EFJ UV5ERY US6EU UR5ECW UV5EVW UT5EDU
W2YC Self-spotting AA2WN W0MHK KA2NDX WK2G K2SE W2YC
YT65A Unclaimed Assistance YU5RA
YV5KG Unclaimed Assistance
ZP9MCE Self-spotting
K5ZD Announcements, CW, Log checking, SSB

Correction to 2015 Classic Overlay Scores

We are sorry to report that a significant scoring error was found in the results of the CLASSIC Overlay category for the 2015 CQ WW Contests.  This error affected all three modes; RTTY, SSB and CW.

The scoring error occurred only for those entries that operated beyond the 24 hour limit of the Classic overlay.  The rules permit entrants to keep enjoying the contest, but the Overlay score will only count the first 24 hours of operation. The QSOs and points were correctly counted, but the country and zone multipliers did not stop at the 24 hour limit.  As a result, stations that operated beyond 24 hours received a much higher score than they should have.

The scores for all three modes have been updated in the online database.  More information for each mode is available at:

RTTY – http://www.cqwwrtty.com/results_2015rtty_errata.htm

SSB – http://www.cqww.com/results_2015ssb_errata.htm

CW – http://www.cqww.com/results_2015cw_errata.htm

The biggest changes were in the CW results.  P40W took the Low Power and World High honors.  N2IC/5 was the winner for High Power.

We are very disappointed that a scoring error of this magnitude was not detected before the results were finalized. The log checking software has been updated and we will spend more time on results checking next year.

Thanks to Marko, N5ZO, for spotting the error and bringing it to our attention.

 

K5ZD Announcements, SSB

CQ WW SSB 2015 Disqualifications

The CQ WW Contest Committee takes its job as referee for the contest very seriously.  Each year a group of dedicated members spends many hours pouring over logs, listening to SDR recordings, and following up on input from the contest community.  We do not always have perfect information and it is difficult when each entrant is operating from their own station without any outside observer. Even so, the logs and recordings often tell us a clear story. It is our job as referees to call them as we see them.

Each disqualified entrant is notified of the decision and given 5 days to respond. We do this to allow everyone the opportunity to present an explanation of what appears in the log.

We regret to announce the following actions for CQ WW SSB 2015.

Entry Violation Operators
4L9QQ self spotting
BA7QT self spotting
E70A self spotting
EI9HX log padding
G5RR self spotting M0NPT
H2X self spotting 5B4ALX
HG3ITU self spotting HA3MY
II0I unclaimed assistance, self spotting IZ0PAU
IN3EIS self spotting
IQ5PO self spotting IU5ASA, IU5ASL, IU5BLZ, IU5CTX, IU5CZU, IU5FVE, IZ5NRF, IZ5UFR, IZ5EKX, IZ5RAQ, IZ5VCI, IZ5TIG, IZ5WAN, IK5MES, IK5ABG, IK5BCM, IK5NAW, I5WNN, I5OYY, I5NSR, I5KJB, IK5ZTW
IZ5WTV self spotting
IZ8IFL self spotting
J42T two signals, self spotting IK0EFR, SV2BFN, SV2BXZ, SV2CLJ, SV2DCD, SV2DSJ, SV2JAO, SV2NRU, SV5DKL, SV7CLI
LZ2JE use of assistance
M1U self spotting M0UTD
NP2P self spotting N2TTA
ON4MW use of assistance
R3GMT self spotting
R7AW use of assistance
R8LA self spotting
R8UT use of assistance
RK6CC use of assistance
RW3DU self spotting
RW9JZ use of assistance
RY3D self spotting, transmission >7200
S52NR self spotting
S54I self spotting S55X, S50SL, S51TS, S52ON, S55L, S55K, S55KM, S57FA, S55PV
SO4R self spotting SP4G, SP4TKR, SP4ETO, SP4JAE, SQ5CQ, SQ2NNN, SP2QOT, SP4JTE
SP5C self spotting
SP5DL use of assistance
SV9RGI self spotting
TG9ANF self spotting
UT2T self spotting UR5TEX
UT7E self spotting, two signals UR3EZ, UR5EAW, UR5ECW, UR5EFJ, UR5GDX, UR7EU, US3EO, UT5ECZ, UT4EO, UT5EL, UV5EOZ, UV5EUK
UZ4I self spotting, signal quality UR5IFB
YT1S self spotting YT5MM
YV4YC self spotting
Z62FB self spotting
ZP9MCE self spotting

Two logs were withdrawn before the 30 day deadline: DL2R, Z3B