CQ WW DX CW Contest 2010 Part 1

CQ WW CW 2010 is finished. The first results are started to arrive. Many of them just can not be left without comments.

First of all, I’d like to emphasize P33W result.
The MS team consisted of RA2FA, UA2FZ, RW4WR, RV1AW, & RA3AUU was able to make over 9000 QSO with excellent mults number, and claimed new World and Asia records !!!!
Besides that, P33W managed to win against D4C team, and D4C managed to do impossible thing – they lost against the Asia team :-)

No wonders, - operators skill may overlap any geographical advantages.

To say the true, I was surprised with EF8M score in SOAB entry.
I bet before the contest , EF8M will hit the world record, and I was sure in that, because the past UDXC proved that the station potential had grew up.
Nobody wanted to bet after I showed RD3A result from Moscow

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: RD3A
Operator(s): RD3AF
Station: RD3A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MOSCOW
Operating Time (hrs): 44

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 306 18 64
80: 1107 32 106
40: 1140 36 128
20: 825 31 93
15: 552 34 113
10: 127 18 54
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Total: 4057 169 558 Total Score = 5,000,306

That was from Moscow, without 10m conditions!!!!!
It seemed to me, the result from EA8 had to be much higher.

I thought, the only problem might be QSO number.
Everybody pointed at 6500 QSO in the year before, and I would find difficulty to quarrel with this.
Morse Runner is not a style to score many QSO number.
Whatever, the result is surprising for me.

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: EF8M
Operator(s): RD3A
Station: RD3A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Gran Canaria
Operating Time (hrs): 46
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 212 15 58
80: 681 23 78
40: 2496 32 104
20: 1375 33 90
15: 1561 32 108
10: 1400 24 101
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Total: 7725 159 539 Total Score = 16,054,698

By the way, I have no clue, where folks found 6500 QSO? I believe, 7000 QSO was claimed the last year.
The result is so much unexpected that I won’t surprise if it was a mistake, and the final score would be a few million points more :-)
If the result will remain the same it was claimed, ‘Pepsi Generation' has chance to win CQ WW this year. But let’s wait for his result in this year.
Though, he rats his generation, and perhaps will claim Unassisted again.

Well, if we would believe this claimed score, it’s a wonder: either Willy UA9BA lubricated his antennae with wizard ‘mult-attractive’ grease, or the second crew of RZ3AXX knows the secret, and leave the host of the station unaware?

If we compare WW CW 2010 result above with result of RA3AKT (operated RZ3AXX) below:

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: RZ3AXX
Operator(s): RA3AKT
Station: RD3A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 193 14 59
80: 1135 30 113
40: 1199 36 127
20: 880 34 111
15: 595 31 123
10: 68 11 43
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Total: 4070 156 576 Total Score = 5,056,656

Let’s suppose for a moment that RA3AKT spent more time for search, but for those who is sure in this, I prepared one more example.

Now, vice versa:

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: RZ3AXX
Operator(s): UA8AA
Station: RD3A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Moscow
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 334 718 15 66 21
40: 620 1461 42 95 27
20: 922 2249 54 106 37
15: 451 1124 14 101 32
10: 23 46 0 14 11
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Total: 2360 5598 125 382 128 Total Score = 3,554,730

Call: EF8M
Operator(s): RD3AF RZ3AZ EA8CAC OH1RY
Station: EF8M

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Las Palmas
Operating Time (hrs): 47

Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 767 2294 50 69 20
40: 1581 4739 55 90 30
20: 1772 5295 56 103 33
15: 2300 6883 55 115 35
10: 582 1725 6 82 28
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Total: 7002 20936 222 459 146 Total Score = 17,314,072

Look, even M2 from EA8 could not score UA8AA multiplier in some bands. That is, either grease, or secret; take it or leave it :-)

Although, nobody argued with me, I throw up my cards :-)

Yury VE3DZ claimed excellent score from Suriname. He made 6700 QSO with quite simple setup.

Wonderful score is claimed by RA9CKQ who operated 3V3A from Tunisia this year.
Perhaps, this score may be commented later in more details.

And of course, I’d like to appreciate beautiful scores of 4L8A SOSB 40m and EY8MM SOSB 160m.

To be continued,
73 Al 4L5A