KP3/NP3VI Desecheo Stats

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KP3/NP3VI Desecheo Stats. Some interesting items stand out in the recent Club Log stats for KP5/NP3VI.

Of 18,934 Q’s (so far) since they’ve been “on the air” – 53% are FT8 contacts, 7% are SSB and 40% are CW.

I’m thankful to be one of the 43 (grand total) that made it through on 20 Meters SSB the other day. I recorded that Q here: N0UN working KP5/NP3VI. The stats show 45, but there were two of us that worked them twice because of QRMers, so effectively only 43 (or less) got through.

You never how long an expedition will last. Weather, solar flares, license permitting, politics, equipment failures, etc. can (and do) cut these activation’s short all the time.

Maybe they’ll pick up more human mode SSB Q’s over the next couple weeks? I sure hope so!

I thought I saw a timing “schedule” for modes and geographic locations posted earlier today on their Facebook page, but then it disappeared. It’s possible they’re adjusting that schedule and it’ll be republished soon. I see in comments all around the Internet Hams are frustrated they’re waking up early and staying up late, but they’re not making it into the log. Between charging batteries, low power output & propagation, many aren’t even hearing KP5/NP3VI at all.

I know here I’ve waited for hours on the higher bands to make my call in the pileups. I’ve had to wait for that perfect “spotlight propagation” that favors Colorado several times. I’ve heard stations back east say they are 20 over and even with 8 elements on a 36′ boom on 10 Meters I couldn’t even sniff’m UNTIL that spotlight propagation and signal angle was on Colorado.

Anywho, we’ll see how this plays out for the next few weeks until they go QRT. I’ll see you in the human mode pileups! For those that take the lazy way, just set your automated computer scripts before you leave for your man-bun haircut appointment and maybe when you get home your text messenger software will tell you it worked them.

😉

Oh, one more thing. Congratulations to those cowardly imbeciles that have pirated my callsign in the CW and FT8 pileups. Your dupes and FT8 Q’s have cost other Hams several contacts. Your actions are knocking other Hams out of the box, not me. Way to go!

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”

N0UN