IARU HF World Championship
Call: A71A
Operator(s): A71BX, A71CV, K5GN
Station: A71BX
Class: Headquarters HP
QTH: Doha, Qatar
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 0 0 0 0
80: 116 0 14 31
40: 533 139 29 45
20: 634 488 37 47
15: 328 168 24 41
10: 293 237 15 36
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Total: 1904 1032 119 200 Total Score = 4,041,730
Club:
Comments:
Thanks to Ali 'BX for his hospitality and strong effort to prepare the station
for this effort. Thanks also to Abdulla 'CV for his perseverance to get
permission to put the Qatar Amateur Radio Society club callsign on the air from
Ali's fine station.
Ali has developed a nice station with two FT-2000's and two towers. Much of
the preparation time was spent on installing and testing station automation
using MicroHam products. Now the band-pass filters and stub filters follow the
radios immediately as they change bands. One amplifier is auto-tune and the
other, reliably repeatable manual tune. This made it fairly easy for the HQ
station to bounce frequently from band-to-band.
Station 1: Yaesu FT-2000 + Acom 2000
Station 2: Yaesu FT-2000 + Emtron DX-2SP
Tower 1: OptiBeam OB12-4 @26m, 80m sloper from 26m
Tower 2: OptiBeam OB9-4@18m
160m vertical
Receiving loop
We didn't have time to focus on the 160m vertical, which didn't sound right,
and no QSOs were made there as a result. 80m was a struggle for much of the
night, but a nice sunrise run helped us reach our band goals. 40 was terrific
as usual, though it seemed difficult to work the eastern Asia area. 20 seemed
poor for long-haul, but solid to Europe with great activity. 15 and 10 opened
strongly/variably primarily on Es. Did manage to work Zones 4,7,8, and 9 in
North America on 15. No such luck on 10m this time.
QARS is a club that is getting stronger, with a lot of new operators learning
the ropes and getting set up at home. We look forward to the fall season for
social and on-the-air activities after the summer heat begins to fade.
Meanwhile, Ali now has SO2R automation and will be on the air frequently to
practice and learn how to do this well. Watch for him on the low end of 20!
73 from the QARS group
Dave K5GN
Ali A71BX
Abdulla A71CV
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