From Scott Robbins (W4PA) article "The 2005 ARRL International DX CW Contest. Is now the "good old days" of contesting?" published in www.arrl.org:
"....Victory in the DX Single Op Assisted category was had by Latvia's Girt, YL2KL, who operated 9Y4W from Trinidad & Tobago. Girt's line score of 5875/336 for 5,922,000 points is also the new overall scoring record for Assisted entries, breaking the 2004 record set by KH7X (KH6ND, op)... "
Comments from Girts:
My personal best single op 48-hour operation (1050 QSOs in first 5 hours, 3800
QSOs in first day).
Thanks for excellent competition to 8P5A, P49Y, ZF2TJ and HI3TEJ!
Station: 9Y4ZC
Class: SOAB HP
Operating Time: 46 hrs
Summary:
| Band | QSOs | Mult |
| 160m | 181 | 47 |
| 80m | 640 | 55 |
| 40m | 1177 | 59 |
| 20m | 1395 | 58 |
| 15m | 1392 | 59 |
| 10m | 1177 | 58 |
| Total | 5962 | 336 |
Claimed Score = 6009696
QSO Rate graph:
QSOs/Mult by band and hour:
| Hour | 160m | 80m | 40m | 20m | 15m | 10m | Total | Cumulative | Off Time |
| D1-0000Z | --+-- | --+-- | --+-- | 26/20 | 186/38 | --+-- | 212/58 | 212/58 | |
| D1-0100Z | - | - | - | 215/29 | - | - | 215/29 | 427/87 | |
| D1-0200Z | - | - | 34/20 | 162/3 | - | - | 196/23 | 623/110 | |
| D1-0300Z | - | - | 219/28 | - | - | - | 219/28 | 842/138 | |
| D1-0400Z | - | - | 209/6 | - | - | - | 209/6 | 1051/144 | |
| D1-0500Z | 17/14 | 57/24 | 78/1 | - | - | - | 152/39 | 1203/183 | |
| D1-0600Z | 98/23 | 46/8 | - | - | - | - | 144/31 | 1347/214 | |
| D1-0700Z | 19/4 | 122/13 | 1/1 | - | - | - | 142/18 | 1489/232 | |
| D1-0800Z | 17/3 | 22/1 | 50/0 | --+-- | --+-- | --+-- | 89/4 | 1578/236 | |
| D1-0900Z | 8/0 | 43/3 | 21/0 | - | - | - | 72/3 | 1650/239 | |
| D1-1000Z | - | 29/1 | 44/1 | - | - | - | 73/2 | 1723/241 | |
| D1-1100Z | - | - | 96/1 | - | - | - | 96/1 | 1819/242 | |
|
D1-1200Z |
- |
- |
27/0 |
105/2 |
- |
- |
132/2 |
1951/244 |
|
|
D1-1300Z |
- |
- |
- |
126/1 |
31/1 |
- |
157/2 |
2108/246 |
|
|
D1-1400Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
99/4 |
92/22 |
191/26 |
2299/272 |
|
|
D1-1500Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
200/15 |
200/15 |
2499/287 |
|
|
D1-1600Z |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
136/5 |
136/5 |
2635/292 |
|
|
D1-1700Z |
- |
- |
- |
1/0 |
126/6 |
50/8 |
177/14 |
2812/306 |
|
|
D1-1800Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
117/5 |
61/2 |
178/7 |
2990/313 |
|
|
D1-1900Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
151/3 |
35/2 |
186/5 |
3176/318 |
|
|
D1-2000Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
116/0 |
20/1 |
136/1 |
3312/319 |
|
|
D1-2100Z |
- |
- |
- |
9/1 |
142/0 |
- |
151/1 |
3463/320 |
|
|
D1-2200Z |
- |
- |
- |
186/1 |
- |
- |
186/1 |
3649/321 |
|
|
D1-2300Z |
- |
- |
- |
92/0 |
63/0 |
- |
155/0 |
3804/321 |
|
|
D2-0000Z |
--+-- |
--+-- |
7/0 |
151/0 |
--+-- |
--+-- |
158/0 |
3962/321 |
|
|
D2-0100Z |
- |
101/2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
101/2 |
4063/323 |
|
|
D2-0200Z |
- |
23/0 |
74/0 |
- |
- |
- |
97/0 |
4160/323 |
|
|
D2-0300Z |
1/0 |
- |
134/1 |
- |
- |
- |
135/1 |
4295/324 |
|
|
D2-0400Z |
12/2 |
73/1 |
1/0 |
- |
- |
- |
86/3 |
4381/327 |
|
|
D2-0500Z |
- |
2/0 |
107/0 |
- |
- |
- |
109/0 |
4490/327 |
|
|
D2-0600Z |
3/0 |
70/2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
73/2 |
4563/329 |
|
|
D2-0700Z |
6/1 |
32/0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38/1 |
4601/330 |
|
|
D2-0800Z |
--+-- |
6/0 |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
6/0 |
4607/330 |
53 |
|
D2-0900Z |
- |
- |
4/0 |
- |
- |
- |
4/0 |
4611/330 |
47 |
|
D2-1000Z |
- |
14/0 |
13/0 |
4/0 |
- |
- |
31/0 |
4642/330 |
|
|
D2-1100Z |
- |
- |
34/0 |
13/0 |
- |
- |
47/0 |
4689/330 |
|
|
D2-1200Z |
- |
- |
24/0 |
22/1 |
1/0 |
- |
47/1 |
4736/331 |
|
|
D2-1300Z |
- |
- |
- |
52/0 |
3/0 |
- |
55/0 |
4791/331 |
|
|
D2-1400Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
102/0 |
102/0 |
4893/331 |
|
|
D2-1500Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
28/0 |
70/1 |
98/1 |
4991/332 |
|
|
D2-1600Z |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
--+-- |
48/0 |
74/1 |
122/1 |
5113/333 |
|
|
D2-1700Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
70/1 |
53/1 |
123/2 |
5236/335 |
|
|
D2-1800Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
94/0 |
2/0 |
96/0 |
5332/335 |
|
|
D2-1900Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8/0 |
116/0 |
124/0 |
5456/335 |
|
|
D2-2000Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
85/0 |
85/0 |
5541/335 |
|
|
D2-2100Z |
- |
- |
- |
- |
53/0 |
81/0 |
134/0 |
5675/335 |
|
|
D2-2200Z |
- |
- |
- |
73/0 |
56/1 |
- |
129/1 |
5804/336 |
|
|
D2-2300Z |
- |
- |
- |
158/0 |
- |
- |
158/0 |
5962/336 |
|
|
Total: |
181/47 |
640/55 |
1177/59 |
1395/58 |
1392/59 |
1177/58 |
|
|
|
Multipliers by band ( 1.8 / 3.5 / 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 MHz ):
QSOs (including dupes) by states and provinces:
| Nr |
States/Provinces |
Total |
1.8 |
3.5 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
28 |
| 1 |
CA |
551 |
13 |
54 |
112 |
120 |
153 |
99 |
| 2 |
PA |
367 |
14 |
50 |
67 |
83 |
72 |
81 |
| 3 |
NY |
349 |
6 |
42 |
66 |
77 |
82 |
76 |
| 4 |
TX |
349 |
17 |
45 |
82 |
63 |
90 |
52 |
| 5 |
FL |
291 |
10 |
21 |
61 |
68 |
60 |
71 |
| 6 |
NJ |
285 |
10 |
37 |
47 |
75 |
52 |
64 |
| 7 |
VA |
239 |
8 |
24 |
45 |
53 |
54 |
55 |
| 8 |
MA |
224 |
7 |
32 |
43 |
54 |
41 |
47 |
| 9 |
OH |
223 |
6 |
20 |
40 |
63 |
46 |
48 |
| 10 |
IL |
210 |
5 |
24 |
46 |
50 |
54 |
31 |
| 11 |
WA |
199 |
1 |
16 |
55 |
43 |
52 |
32 |
| 12 |
MD |
171 |
6 |
22 |
30 |
37 |
35 |
41 |
| 13 |
TN |
152 |
4 |
17 |
32 |
32 |
31 |
36 |
| 14 |
MI |
151 |
3 |
19 |
33 |
36 |
37 |
23 |
| 15 |
NC |
150 |
6 |
10 |
26 |
38 |
28 |
42 |
| 16 |
MN |
140 |
2 |
13 |
28 |
32 |
45 |
20 |
| 17 |
CT |
126 |
4 |
16 |
22 |
27 |
24 |
33 |
| 18 |
CO |
124 |
3 |
7 |
28 |
29 |
36 |
21 |
| 19 |
ON |
124 |
5 |
13 |
23 |
32 |
29 |
22 |
| 20 |
WI |
124 |
1 |
12 |
20 |
41 |
36 |
14 |
| 21 |
NH |
103 |
5 |
8 |
15 |
27 |
22 |
26 |
| 22 |
AZ |
93 |
3 |
7 |
19 |
22 |
24 |
18 |
| 23 |
AL |
92 |
1 |
5 |
21 |
24 |
16 |
25 |
| 24 |
GA |
91 |
3 |
10 |
14 |
19 |
22 |
23 |
| 25 |
IN |
86 |
3 |
11 |
12 |
26 |
19 |
15 |
| 26 |
OR |
83 |
3 |
8 |
19 |
21 |
21 |
11 |
| 27 |
MO |
79 |
1 |
9 |
12 |
22 |
25 |
12 |
| 28 |
IA |
66 |
2 |
7 |
14 |
20 |
16 |
7 |
| 29 |
WV |
46 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
| 30 |
SC |
45 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
14 |
| 31 |
AB |
41 |
|
3 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
4 |
| 32 |
BC |
41 |
|
5 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
5 |
| 33 |
NM |
40 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
| 34 |
NV |
38 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
| 35 |
KS |
37 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
| 36 |
OK |
37 |
|
1 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
6 |
| 37 |
RI |
36 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
11 |
| 38 |
ID |
35 |
|
2 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
| 39 |
UT |
35 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
| 40 |
AR |
32 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
| 41 |
ME |
31 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
| 42 |
KY |
29 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
| 43 |
LA |
29 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 44 |
VT |
26 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
| 45 |
MS |
24 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
| 46 |
NE |
22 |
|
3 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
|
| 47 |
NS |
22 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
| 48 |
DE |
21 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
| 49 |
MT |
20 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| 50 |
SD |
19 |
|
1 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
| 51 |
SK |
18 |
|
1 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
| 52 |
QC |
16 |
|
2 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
| 53 |
ND |
12 |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| 54 |
NF |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| 55 |
PEI |
9 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| 56 |
NB |
7 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| 57 |
DC |
6 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| 58 |
MB |
4 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 59 |
WY |
4 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
8P5A and 9Y4W hourly rate comparison:

| YL2KL address: |
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