We are now up to 61 countries worked between and the club station pulls into a commanding lead.
G0KCH Score = CQ zones x band slots = 552
Countries (Entities) heard in = 28 Band slots = 69 CQ zones = 8
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 6
G3NZP Score = CQ zones x band slots = 192
Countries (Entities) heard in = 23 Band slots = 32 CQ zones = 6
Max Power(dBm) = 27 Bands Operated = 7
G3RMK Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2516
Countries (Entities) heard in = 45 Band slots = 148 CQ zones = 17
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 11
G3VJM Score = CQ zones x band slots = 120
Countries (Entities) heard in = 20 Band slots = 24 CQ zones = 5
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 5
G3YSX Score = CQ zones x band slots = 1875
Countries (Entities) heard in = 35 Band slots = 125 CQ zones = 15
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 10
G4ANN Score = CQ zones x band slots = 288
Countries (Entities) heard in = 32 Band slots = 32 CQ zones = 9
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 1
G4FYY Score = CQ zones x band slots = 224
Countries (Entities) heard in = 28 Band slots = 28 CQ zones = 8
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 1
G4PEO Score = CQ zones x band slots = 464
Countries (Entities) heard in = 27 Band slots = 58 CQ zones = 8
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 5
G4PFW Score = CQ zones x band slots = 210
Countries (Entities) heard in = 24 Band slots = 30 CQ zones = 7
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 4
G7OBF Score = CQ zones x band slots = 20
Countries (Entities) heard in = 10 Band slots = 10 CQ zones = 2
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 1
GX3WSC Score = CQ zones x band slots = 5400
Countries (Entities) heard in = 54 Band slots = 225 CQ zones = 24
Max Power(dBm) = 27 Bands Operated = 10
M0HQM Score = CQ zones x band slots = 138
Countries (Entities) heard in = 23 Band slots = 23 CQ zones = 6
Max Power(dBm) = 30 Bands Operated = 1
M0TZZ Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2380
Countries (Entities) heard in = 43 Band slots = 140 CQ zones = 17
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 9
M0WID Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2584
Countries (Entities) heard in = 43 Band slots = 152 CQ zones = 17
Max Power(dBm) = 37 Bands Operated = 8
VK6PG Score = CQ zones x band slots = 12
Countries (Entities) heard in = 3 Band slots = 3 CQ zones = 4
Max Power(dBm) = 37 Bands Operated = 1
Number of observers that heard us = 1034
Total countries worked 61
Archives for 2016
Current Standing in the CARC WSPR Competition as of St Valentine’s Day Morning
G0KCH Score = CQ zones x band slots = 488
Countries (Entities) heard in = 28 Band slots = 61 CQ zones = 8
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 5
G3NZP Score = CQ zones x band slots = 186
Countries (Entities) heard in = 23 Band slots = 31 CQ zones = 6
Max Power(dBm) = 27 Bands Operated = 7
G3RMK Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2499
Countries (Entities) heard in = 44 Band slots = 147 CQ zones = 17
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 11
G3VJM Score = CQ zones x band slots = 120
Countries (Entities) heard in = 20 Band slots = 24 CQ zones = 5
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 5
G3YSX Score = CQ zones x band slots = 1610
Countries (Entities) heard in = 33 Band slots = 115 CQ zones = 14
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 10
G4ANN Score = CQ zones x band slots = 288
Countries (Entities) heard in = 32 Band slots = 32 CQ zones = 9
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 1
G4FYY Score = CQ zones x band slots = 224
Countries (Entities) heard in = 28 Band slots = 28 CQ zones = 8
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 1
G4PEO Score = CQ zones x band slots = 364
Countries (Entities) heard in = 25 Band slots = 52 CQ zones = 7
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 4
G4PFW Score = CQ zones x band slots = 196
Countries (Entities) heard in = 23 Band slots = 28 CQ zones = 7
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 4
G7OBF Score = CQ zones x band slots = 20
Countries (Entities) heard in = 10 Band slots = 10 CQ zones = 2
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 1
GX3WSC Score = CQ zones x band slots = 4531
Countries (Entities) heard in = 50 Band slots = 197 CQ zones = 23
Max Power(dBm) = 27 Bands Operated = 10
M0HQM Score = CQ zones x band slots = 138
Countries (Entities) heard in = 23 Band slots = 23 CQ zones = 6
Max Power(dBm) = 30 Bands Operated = 1
M0TZZ Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2346
Countries (Entities) heard in = 43 Band slots = 138 CQ zones = 17
Max Power(dBm) = 23 Bands Operated = 9
M0WID Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2482
Countries (Entities) heard in = 42 Band slots = 146 CQ zones = 17
Max Power(dBm) = 37 Bands Operated = 8
VK6PG Score = CQ zones x band slots = 12
Countries (Entities) heard in = 3 Band slots = 3 CQ zones = 4
Max Power(dBm) = 37 Bands Operated = 1
Number of observers that heard us = 981
Total countries worked 57
To put this is a wider perspective, the WSPR database so far this month, with about half the month remaining is 500MB. It contains 5,933,563 spots. There are 2241 observers, which means that between us we have been heard by just under half of the possible observers, although allowing for the fact that some are active on multiple bands takes this up to 5565 possible unique spots.
The breakdown of observers across the bands is:
2200m observers = 86
630m observers = 324
160m observers = 318
80m observers = 503
60m observers = 171
40m observers = 898
30m observers = 889
20m observers = 1042
17m observers = 278
15m observers = 345
12m observers = 101
10m observers = 411
6m observers = 104
4m observers = 1
2m observers = 68
70cm observers = 16
23cm observers = 10
Stewart/G3YSX
CARC WSPR Competition update 13 Feb 201
Here is today’s status
CARC WSPR Competition Adjudicator
G0KCH Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 4
CQ zones = 8 ,Countries = 28 ,Band slots = 61
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 488
G3NZP Max Power(dBm) = 27 ,Bands = 7
CQ zones = 5 ,Countries = 22 ,Band slots = 30
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 150
G3RMK Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 11
CQ zones = 17 ,Countries = 44 ,Band slots = 144
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2448
G3VJM Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 5
CQ zones = 5 ,Countries = 20 ,Band slots = 24
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 120
G3YSX Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 9
CQ zones = 14 ,Countries = 29 ,Band slots = 80
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 1120
G4ANN Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 1
CQ zones = 9 ,Countries = 31 ,Band slots = 31
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 279
G4FYY Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 1
CQ zones = 8 ,Countries = 27 ,Band slots = 27
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 216
G4PEO Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 4
CQ zones = 7 ,Countries = 24 ,Band slots = 48
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 336
G4PFW Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 4
CQ zones = 7 ,Countries = 21 ,Band slots = 25
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 175
G7OBF Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 1
CQ zones = 2 ,Countries = 10 ,Band slots = 10
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 20
GX3WSC Max Power(dBm) = 27 ,Bands = 9
CQ zones = 23 ,Countries = 46 ,Band slots = 165
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 3795
M0HQM Max Power(dBm) = 30 ,Bands = 1
CQ zones = 5 ,Countries = 21 ,Band slots = 21
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 105
M0TZZ Max Power(dBm) = 23 ,Bands = 9
CQ zones = 17 ,Countries = 43 ,Band slots = 134
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2278
M0WID Max Power(dBm) = 37 ,Bands = 8
CQ zones = 17 ,Countries = 41 ,Band slots = 144
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2448
VK6PG Max Power(dBm) = 37 ,Bands = 1
CQ zones = 4 ,Countries = 3 ,Band slots = 3
Score = CQ zones x band slots = 12
Number of observers that heard us = 892
Total countries worked 54
The power I am reporting is the power that members are sending in their WSPR transmissions. If you have been reporting the wrong power, please let Keith (G3VKW) and I know.
For those not familiar with dBm the conversion to Watts for the powers reported is:
23 dBm = 200mW = 0.2W
27 dBm = 500mW = 0.5W
30 dBm = 1W
37 dBm = 5W
73
Stewart/G3YSX
CARC WSPR competition as of 11th February 2016
G0KCH CQ zones = 8 ,Countries = 27 ,Band slots = 57 ,Bands = 4 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 456
G3NZP CQ zones = 4 ,Countries = 20 ,Band slots = 28 ,Bands = 7 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 112
G3RMK CQ zones = 17 ,Countries = 44 ,Band slots = 137 ,Bands = 11 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2329
G3VJM CQ zones = 5 ,Countries = 20 ,Band slots = 23 ,Bands = 4 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 115
G3YSX CQ zones = 11 ,Countries = 26 ,Band slots = 47 ,Bands = 7 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 517
G4ANN CQ zones = 8 ,Countries = 29 ,Band slots = 29 ,Bands = 1 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 232
G4FYY CQ zones = 7 ,Countries = 26 ,Band slots = 26 ,Bands = 1 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 182
G4PEO CQ zones = 5 ,Countries = 15 ,Band slots = 17 ,Bands = 3 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 85
G4PFW CQ zones = 6 ,Countries = 18 ,Band slots = 21 ,Bands = 3 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 126
G7OBF CQ zones = 1 ,Countries = 9 ,Band slots = 9 ,Bands = 1 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 9
GX3WSC CQ zones = 23 ,Countries = 45 ,Band slots = 152 ,Bands = 9 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 3496
M0HQM CQ zones = 5 ,Countries = 21 ,Band slots = 21 ,Bands = 1 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 105
M0TZZ CQ zones = 16 ,Countries = 40 ,Band slots = 118 ,Bands = 7 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 1888
M0WID CQ zones = 17 ,Countries = 39 ,Band slots = 129 ,Bands = 8 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 2193
VK6PG CQ zones = 4 ,Countries = 3 ,Band slots = 3 ,Bands = 1 ,Score = CQ zones x band slots = 12
Total countries worked 54
The countries heard in between us as a group are:
Asiatic Russia, Australia, Austria, Balearic Is., Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Canary Is., Czech Republic, Denmark, Dodecanese, England, Estonia, European Russia, Falkland Is., Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, French Guiana, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kaliningrad, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Reunion I., Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Unknown, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela, Wales.
Uknown is a reference to the following still to be classified observers:
56RXRX KP20tj
UNLIS JN89bo
HAN JO21ww
WINSWL CM88om
CX2ABP/D GF25hf
Q13BBR JO62sk
LU1KCQ/D GF12nv
If someone would like to identify which CQ zone and country they should be assigned to, that would be helpful.
Finally only three entrants have claimed single band status, if anyone else is in that category, please let me know.
Finally if anyone is interested in the code it can be found at https://github.com/g3ysx/CARC-WSPR-comp/ . The key script is CWCA.py. If there are any bugs, please let me know.
73
Stewart/G3YSX
WSPR Club contest
Hi All,
Just to clarify, If you are doing a Multi Band entry, then Your Country Score is made up of all the Countries you are reported in on all bands you operate.
For instance, if you are Reported in France on 80m, 40m, and 15m, then that scores 3 countries.
If you are reported in France on 80m twice, 3 times on 40m and once on 15m then that still only
counts as 3 countries.
The Final Score is then the total number of Countries, multiplied by the total number of CQ Zones.
Hope that clarifies the scoring.
73 Keith
Update on WSPR Contest Morning of 10th Feb
G0KCH zones 8 countries 27 slots 57 bands 4 score zones x slots 456
G3NZP zones 4 countries 18 slots 22 bands 3 score zones x slots 88
G3RMK zones 17 countries 44 slots 132 bands 11 score zones x slots 2244
G3VJM zones 5 countries 20 slots 23 bands 4 score zones x slots 115
G3YSX zones 8 countries 25 slots 37 bands 3 score zones x slots 296
G4ANN zones 8 countries 29 slots 32 bands 4 score zones x slots 256
G4FYY zones 7 countries 26 slots 28 bands 3 score zones x slots 196
G4PFW zones 6 countries 18 slots 21 bands 3 score zones x slots 126
G7OBF zones 1 countries 9 slots 9 bands 1 score zones x slots 9
GX3WSC zones 21 countries 42 slots 130 bands 9 score zones x slots 2730
M0HQM zones 5 countries 21 slots 23 bands 3 score zones x slots 115
M0TZZ zones 16 countries 40 slots 117 bands 7 score zones x slots 1872
M0WID zones 17 countries 39 slots 129 bands 8 score zones x slots 2193
VK6PG zones 4 countries 3 slots 3 bands 1 score zones x slots 12
Total countries worked 53
The club station GX3WSC is still in the top spot, with G3RMK second and M0WID in third. I hope to find some time to do some power analysis today.
I know that I am reporting some of you as multi-band, when you are single band. If single band entrants could let me know, I will code up a fix for this in the reporting.
The bigger picture is as follows:
Observers = 1921
Total unique band observers = 4458
2200m observbers = 70
630m observbers = 282
160m observbers = 258
80m observbers = 409
60m observbers = 148
40m observbers = 719
30m observbers = 712
20m observbers = 859
17m observbers = 210
15m observbers = 264
12m observbers = 74
10m observbers = 278
6m observbers = 93
4m observbers = 1
2m observbers = 61
70cm observbers = 11
23cm observbers = 9
There are 768 stations in my observer file. This indicates that there are plenty of reporting stations that have not yet seen any of us.
Stewart/G3YSX
Update on WSPR Contest Morning of 8th Feb
Here are the latest scores:
G0KCH zones 8 countries 27 slots 46 bands 4 score zones x slots 368
G3NZP zones 3 countries 15 slots 18 bands 2 score zones x slots 54
G3RMK zones 17 countries 43 slots 125 bands 10 score zones x slots 2125
G3VJM zones 5 countries 20 slots 22 bands 3 score zones x slots 110
G3YSX zones 8 countries 25 slots 37 bands 3 score zones x slots 296
G4ANN zones 7 countries 26 slots 27 bands 2 score zones x slots 189
G4FYY zones 7 countries 23 slots 24 bands 2 score zones x slots 168
G7OBF zones 1 countries 9 slots 9 bands 1 score zones x slots 9
GX3WSC zones 21 countries 42 slots 130 bands 9 score zones x slots 2730
M0HQM zones 4 countries 17 slots 19 bands 3 score zones x slots 76
M0TZZ zones 15 countries 38 slots 109 bands 6 score zones x slots 1635
M0WID zones 14 countries 37 slots 107 bands 8 score zones x slots 1498
VK6PG zones 4 countries 3 slots 3 bands 1 score zones x slots 12
Total countries worked 51
To give you some idea of the opportunity I wrote a program to look at the wider picture. Ignoring contacts claimed to be on or around 1.4 KHz or at 9999.999999 MHz there are 1743 observers, or if you count them individually per band a total of 3890. By contrast we have been heard by 677 between us.
On each of the bands the situation since we started is:
2200m observers = 63
630m observers = 264
160m observers = 226
80m observers = 355
60m observers = 130
40m observers = 624
30m observers = 633
20m observers = 747
17m observers = 177
15m observers = 226
12m observers = 62
10m observers = 228
6m observers = 85
4m observers = 0
2m observers = 53
70cm observers = 9
23cm observers = 8
More detail as I get time to write more code.
Stewart/G3YSX
Update Morning of 7th February
G0KCH zones 7 countries 26 slots 44 bands 4 score zones x slots 308
G3NZP zones 3 countries 14 slots 18 bands 2 score zones x slots 54
G3RMK zones 17 countries 42 slots 122 bands 10 score zones x slots 2074
G3VJM zones 5 countries 20 slots 22 bands 3 score zones x slots 110
G3YSX zones 8 countries 25 slots 38 bands 3 score zones x slots 304
G4ANN zones 8 countries 25 slots 26 bands 2 score zones x slots 208
G4FYY zones 8 countries 23 slots 24 bands 2 score zones x slots 192
G7OBF zones 1 countries 2 slots 2 bands 1 score zones x slots 2
GX3WSC zones 21 countries 40 slots 115 bands 9 score zones x slots 2415
M0HQM zones 5 countries 16 slots 16 bands 1 score zones x slots 80
M0TZZ zones 14 countries 36 slots 105 bands 6 score zones x slots 1470
M0WID zones 14 countries 37 slots 108 bands 8 score zones x slots 1512
VK6PG zones 2 countries 2 slots 2 bands 1 score zones x slots 4
As you can see the club station went straight into first place in the open section.
As a group we have now been observed by 609 stations, of which I have yet to clasiffy
56RXRX
F59706
F61609
FINSWL
HAN
I112387
NL8992
NL9222
PHALIURE
UNLIS
I will tease out their locators for a future post and would appreciate help classifying them into entities (countries) and zones.
73
Stewart/G3YSX
Results as of this afternoon 6 February 2016
G0KCH zones 7 countries 25 slots 41 bands 3 score zones x slots 287
G3NZP zones 2 countries 4 slots 4 bands 1 score zones x slots 8
G3RMK zones 16 countries 38 slots 114 bands 8 score zones x slots 1824
G3VJM zones 4 countries 19 slots 21 bands 3 score zones x slots 84
G3YSX zones 7 countries 24 slots 37 bands 3 score zones x slots 259
G4ANN zones 7 countries 24 slots 25 bands 2 score zones x slots 175
G4FYY zones 8 countries 21 slots 21 bands 1 score zones x slots 168
G7OBF zones 1 countries 1 slots 1 bands 1 score zones x slots 1
M0HQM zones 5 countries 16 slots 16 bands 1 score zones x slots 80
M0TZZ zones 13 countries 35 slots 97 bands 6 score zones x slots 1261
M0WID zones 14 countries 37 slots 108 bands 8 score zones x slots 1512
VK6PG zones 2 countries 2 slots 2 bands 1 score zones x slots 4
I have now fixed most of the observer entries in my observer file, so once again USA, Australia, Italy and Canada are independent countries.
One problem that I cannot solve is that not all reporters put the correct band in their report to the database, so some members will find that they will be reported as making transmission on more bands than they actually used.
73
Stewart/G3YSX
WSPR Challenge. CARC Club Station
While mucking about with carpet tiles I set the club K3 running on WSPR. Power output is 1/2W which is a bit higher than most but was the only attenuator I could find to allow the auto ATU sense the correct band. This needs 1W drive to the ATU.
Here’s a map of where we’ve been heard. Spots are combined 40-10m.