[3830] K4AB IARU SOHP MIXED MODE

Larry A. Crim k4ab at nerak.companet.net
Mon Jul 14 16:06:35 EDT 1997


K4AB IARU '97 Single-OP, Mixed-Mode

BAND     QSO   QSO-PTS   PTS/Q     ZONES   HQ STNS

 160       5         7    1.40       2       1
  80      58       126    2.17      11       4
  40     342      1080    3.16      27      14
  20    1162      3662    3.15      33      22
  15      64       194    3.03      16       5
  10       0         0    0.00       0       0
_____________________________________________________________
Totals  1631      5069    3.11      89      46

           Score: 684,315 points


The solar flux was down a bit this year as compared to last year. (69 
verses 74).  I didn't think that a small 5 point differential in flux was 
all that important, but it cost me 55 QSO's on 10 meters and 136 on 15m.
However, the QRN on the low bands was lower this year.

In a strange ironic twist, it seems that the "Black Hole" got a 15 meter 
European opening that we didn't get here in the South.  I worked just a 
handful of Europeans, while it seems that the midwest guys had a much 
better opening.

What a fun contest!  The 24 hour format makes this an easy contest to 
operate.  Went to a baseball game Friday night, Got up at my regular time 
on Saturday morning, leisurely went about my morning routine, sat down 
and operated the contest, went to bed for a few hours and got up just 
before noon Sunday.  The 1200Z start/stop time is very convient for us 
stateside guys.  

Its neat to operate a contest full-bore, and still have Friday night and 
most of Sunday.


73,
Larry K4AB

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