IARU HF World Championship
Call: K5WA
Operator(s): K5WA
Station: K5WA
Class: SOABMixed LP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 16 1 4 2
80: 103 6 11 16
40: 348 76 28 41
20: 464 228 34 40
15: 126 2 19 26
10: 5 0 4 1
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Total: 1062 313 100 126 Total Score = 923,210
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
I guess we'd better get used to low sun spots bringing a contest to a halt from
south Texas. The first 12 hours were brutal but as 0000 Sunday came around I
got a breath of fresh air when EU started coming up to make the middle of the
contest bearable even though storm QRN played a heavy role for the rest of the
contest. Stateside signals were just booming after 0000 and I finally felt I
could hold a run frequency for a while. W9RE stopped by for a SSB Q and was 45
over on 40 (I think it was) so I guessed we could end the contest on a
reasonable note.
I missed my goal of matching N5AW's SOABLP score from last year but my plan of
working S&P mults almost exclusively the first 12 hours seemed to be an OK
strategy to compete in LP with Marv. Last year I went HP and ran most of the
time but my mult count was only 2/3 of N5AW's. Learn from the best is my
motto. I'm sure his score will be 15-20% higher than mine (as usual) this
year but I'm still learning this LP game. I play tennis and I see a lot of
similarity between LP/HP and single/doubles in tennis. They are similar games
but very different skills and strategy are required to do well.
Thanks to K5TU for helping me get the 3 element 40M quad running a couple of
weeks ago because it played well. My 4 element KLM 40 beam at 160' (which is
being replaced soon) even played reasonably well considering it has some fatal
intermittent. I was very pleased with the 160 and 80M 4 squares too as I
really needed low band directivity this weekend to null out storm QRN.
My best moment was before the contest when I got to try out my new KX2 on these
big antennas at the contest station. Elecraft sure makes sweet products and I
look forward to travelling with this little gem of a rig. The poor little KX2
thought it had died and gone to heaven being coupled to lots of gain and
directivity which it won't see again because it only gets a BuddiPole (at best)
on my business and vacation trips.
Thanks for the Qs and, as usual, it sure seemed like fun AFTER the contest is
over. ;-)
73,
Bob K5WA
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