IARU HF World Championship
Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG
Class: SO CW LP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 39 0 7 0
80: 93 0 18 0
40: 191 0 46 0
20: 207 0 42 0
15: 79 0 23 0
10: 56 0 15 0
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Total: 665 0 151 0 Total Score = 250,000
Club: Alabama Contest Group
Comments:
Note: NA 10.53 does not calculate score correctly since ALL HQ stations are
listed as ONE POINT QSO's regardless of QTH! Zones and HQ mults are also
combined. AARGH !
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Where did all the DX go?
Daytime propagation across the Oceans was DISMAL from Alabama!
Afternoon, Evening, and Nighttime Propagation was much more productive.
This contest â??feltâ?? like an FOC Marathon with itâ??s Bonus Points for 5 and
6 Band QSOâ??s and with activity from NA, Europe, and the British Empire.
Saturday night I began filling in missing bands, mostly with other Zone 8
stations including 3 excursions to 10 and 15 Meters with N4OGW (MS), W9WI (TN),
and WA1FCN (AL) after Midnight local time to complete 6 Banders with each of
them.
6 Band QSOâ??s = 11 - 5 Band QSOâ??s = 10 - 4 Band QSOâ??s = 16
I was pleased to contact CU2A, LU4A, and TI5N on 5 Bands.
CU2A and T90HQ were my only Europeans on 10 Meters.
To my mind, the 1 / 3 / 5 QSO point format is WAY TOO Discriminatory to
stations in densely populated Zones. Consider the following:
1 Point QSOâ??s = 266 = 40% of Qâ??s => 266 points = 15% of Score
3 Point QSOâ??s = 246 = 37% of Qâ??s => 738 points = 41.7% of Score
5 Point QSOâ??s = 153 = 23% of Qâ??s => 765 points = 43.2% of Score
Zone 6 = 74 QSOâ??s, Zone 7 = 87 QSOâ??s, Zone 8 = 266 QSOâ??s (1
pointers)
Yes, working stations on different Continents is more difficult, BUT, how can
one justify giving 3 points to guys in the Central States for working the
nearby East and West Coasts while awarding only 1 point to East Coast Stations
for working other East Coast Stations? This is Especially Discriminatory for
those of us living in the SouthWest corner of Zone 8 with a HUGE handicap to
Europe compared to our fellow Zone 8 inhabitants in the upper NE USA.
Looking at my QSO Breakdown by Continent is especially revealing:
NA = 77%, EU = 14.7%, SA = 5.2%, OC = 1.2%, AF = 1%, AS = 0.8%
Interestingly, K4TD (AL) and N4OGW (MS) who put in more time and ran High
Power
had similar distributions. Iâ??m gald I didnâ??t take this contest too
seriously and took lots of OFF Time during the Day!
Tom N4KG / LP (= 100W) in North Alabama
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