IARU HF World Championship
Call: W1SJ
Operator(s): K1LI W1SJ
Station: W1SJ
Class: M/S LP
QTH: Medfield, MA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160:
80: 273 16 25 14
40: 349 25 31 32
20: 506 285 58 30
15: 327 123 31 20
10: 31 18 3 3
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Total: 1486 467 148 99 Total Score = 1,405,430
Club:
Comments:
This was a WRTC Test Station, operated under WRTC rules. The zones multipliers
shown above are actually DXCC countries.
We were too worn out to do any live testing after working with Jim/KK1W and his
fantastic Hampden County ARA gang to set up two stations on Friday, so we had to
really scramble Saturday morning. Networking issues, in particular, caused us to
be late starting the event. Vacation travel, the distance between our homes and
the use of borrowed equipment prevented us from doing enough pre-event station
testing. We were able to overcome or work around some of the numerous headaches
that resulted; some we just had to live with, but Murphy was clearly busy
messing more seriously with other stations.
We used two K3s, an INRAD triplexer with ICE bandpass filters(thanks, HCARA!)
and N1MM Logger v13.6.01 (rescored with v13.07.01).
We didn't get any serious activity going until the fifth hour of the contest.
The next thirteen hours were pretty steady at around 100 per hour. The final
eight were somewhere between a mighty struggle and a complete bust. The
relatively low F/B of a 2-el beam worked in our favor, as we were able to
contact stations in EU and NA without turning the antenna. While we never felt
loud, we were able to hold a CW frequency, seldom had to wait in line for more
than a call or two to work DX and HQ mults, and saw the "Last 10"
rate meter hit 240 a few times, so overall we didn't feel at a disadvantage to
other sites.
With one rig on 40 and the other on 80, the K3 would display the HIGH RFI
warning. I believe this resulted from the relatively long, parallel coax runs
from the antennas. Placing a W1HIS-style choke at the antenna input to each rig
cured the problem. IMO, next year's contestants should be advised to either
place a coax grounding block at the service entrance, install ferrite chokes,
or both.
We enjoyed several sets of visitors - especially during the slack times! - and
the arrival of hot pizza for dinner (and cold for Sunday brunch!) was a real
treat. Especially in light of the need to install twice as many stations next
year, we need to more than double the number of vehicles allowed onto the
MSH-HRI grounds. This year's limit of three vehicles wasted precious time
swapping people and gear between vehicles to get everything on site.
Hearty thanks to the WRTC2014 organizers, donors, directors, Milara, volunteers
and visitors for allowing us to have a great operating experience.
Brian/K1LI and Mitch/W1SJ
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