IARU HF World Championship
Call: K9NW
Operator(s): K9NW
Station: K9UWA
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: Indiana
Operating Time (hrs): 22.5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 56 5 3
80: 183 16 20
40: 407 24 41
20: 821 35 40
15: 199 16 19
10: 49 5 3
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Total: 1715 0 101 126 Total Score = 1,160,197
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
First 1 1/2 hours were lost waiting for a serious thunderstorm to pass through.
The QRN level for the next two hours allowed only S&P of loud guys - mostly W/VE
types. Finally the noise dissipated enough on the high bands to allow for
CQing. Low bands were noisy but signals on 40 made that band manageable.
80/160 were a tough slog for anything resembling DX.
Nice to have a quiet 20m stay open all night. It allowed for a brain refresh
every now and then after fighting the QRN on the lower bands.
Worked two of the Russian "WRTC warm-up" stations, both on 20. YR0HQ called in
on both 10 and 15 while I was beaming north/northwest. Switching to NE antenna
made the signal go away. Some weird polar E-skip thing?? Who knows... After
working W1AW/KL7 on 10m I was hoping for the "ARRL" sweep but not even a trace
of signal heard from Rich's FB station through all the noise on Topband.
Thanks for the QSOs!
And, as always, mega-thanks to John and Jean!!
73, Mike K9NW
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