IOTA Contest
Call: W1WBB
Operator(s): W1WBB
Station: W1WBB
Class: SO(A)24Mixed LP
QTH: NA-031 Aquidneck Is.
Operating Time (hrs): ~17
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80: 2 2
40: 91 23 4 4
20: 319 57 79 30
15: 5 4
10: 3 2 1 1
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Total: 420 88 84 35 Total Score = 537,510
Club: CT RI Contest Group
Comments:
Strategy was to maximize island QSOs for mults/points in S&P while at times
running to get QSO count up. Kept at it over 12 hr mark with improved
conditions into Eu into Day 2, reaching 500k pts goal. Best QSO/mult count for
me in this event. Had 186 total 15-pt QSOs - 37% of all QSOs.
Taming the 'Eu Beast' pileup while running on CW once spotted on cluster was a
real challenge. So many stations zero-beat on frequency with callers 500 Hz
wide and numerous out-of-turn/LID ops...discipline was enforced and I gradually
worked thru large piles on 20m and 40m to provide new mult for many. Rig TX
issues kept me off 15m band so many add'l Q's/mults lost there. Nice brief
opening on 10m Saturday to Italy about 2100Z added a few unexpected mults.
As this was primarily a 20m/40m contest for me I entered Mixed-mode to be able
to jump to SSB when things got slow and locate additional mults. With high
Aurora level polar & near-polar paths were closed...not even a JA in log!
Good condx to Eu on 20m after 1800Z thru 0530Z - band remained open to areas
worldwide even as I shutdown after 0700Z. Forty meters was very noisy with
much thunderstorm QRN - repeats on #'s needed often.
Event remains mostly an Eu contest from here...agree that much more
participation needed from Caribbean and elsewhere to make this really fun.
But always a good time operating from my island QTH!
QSOs to LoTW. Rig: Icom 706mkIIG; Hexbeam up @ 32'; 88' Doublet up @ 45'; N1MM
Logger; vintage Dell computer on final leg - sorry for cw speed issues.
73, Bill W1WBB
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