IARU HF World Championship
Call: K9MMS
Operator(s): K9MMS
Station: K9MMS
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: IL Zone 8
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 5 0 2 1
80: 30 0 6 2
40: 303 0 23 18
20: 564 0 26 28
15: 106 0 11 10
10: 7 0 3 1
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Total: 1015 0 71 60 Total Score = 382,389
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
All CW using an IC-756PRO3. After the first 156 QSOs, I decided to use the
AL-811H amplifier (500 - 600 Watts). During most of the daylight hours on
Saturday, it seemed more like a domestic, NAQP contest. Few EU signals heard,
and many of them were weak and difficult to work. I decided that staying LP
would be mostly frustrating trying to work the DX stations. I had considered
maybe even dropping out of the contest early, since I was not hearing much DX
for several hours.
I did not hear any of the R3 / WRTC stations until later in the afternoon. I
spent about 3 hours tuning and chasing the R3/WRTC stations on 20 CW and
managed to work all but 5 of the 50, plus the two R3/ stations. Eventually the
band opened rather well to EU, and I enjoyed a nice run. Then, I decided to
spend much more time in the radio action. Subsequently, I decided to stay at
it longer and try to make 1000 QSOs. This is the first time that I have broken
the 1000 Q level in the IARU contest. It ended up being fun after all.
73,
Gary
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