[3830] IARU VA7ST SO CW HP

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                    IARU HF World Championship

Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 18

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
  160:    5             3       0
   80:   92             9       4
   40:  242            21       8
   20:  439            26      25
   15:  114            10       5
   10:   40             6       4
-------------------------------------
Total:  932     0      75      46  Total Score = 355,014

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

* FT2000 + SB221
* N1MM Logger
* 3 ele. SteppIR @ 47'
* 40M SteppIR dipole @ 47'
* 80M twin verticals (US-VE or Asia)

This year: SFI=86  A=14  K=2
Last year: SFI=80  A= 2  K=2

Did not think I'd get even close to last year, because Europe never really
opened here. Just the big guns, and no more. Very poor on 20M over the pole.
Still, I bumped up my personal best Q total by a good margin (932 vs. 847 in
2009), and was just five mults shy of the previous best last year (126).

718 out of 932 Qs were three-pointers. Couldn't land more 5-point EUs...
thought it was bad last year, when I stayed on 20M until 0500z digging out the
occasional EU with flux at just 80. This year, I had to move to 40M in daylight
and the lack of Europe on both 40M and 20M left a big hole in the final score --
the usual West Coast 50N knee-whacking handicap. Gimme distance-based scoring
any time.

10M was open nicely to much of North America for a while -- tripled last year's
QSO and mult totals on that band.

15M was about the same as last year for Qs, but mults were down quite a bit
with only three European stations worked during a brief window at around
1340z.

40M was great to anywhere that didn't have a polar path. Result: Qs and mults
set new high-water marks.

No JAs on 80M, but the band was in good shape -- in the 1000z hour, VK4CT
sounded like he was across town. 

Thanks for the contacts. 

-- Bud VA7ST

http://www.orcadxcc.org
http://www3.telus.net/va7st

Year  Qs   Pts.  Mult  Score (claimed)
---------------------------------------
2011  932  2936  121   355,014 -- 46 HQ SOCW    (HP)
2010  842  3062  126   385,812 -- 51 HQ SOCW    (HP)
2009  847  2641  114   301,074 -- 56 HQ SOCW    (HP)
2008  717  2239   80   179,120 -- 21 HQ SOmixed (HP)
2007  703  2091  114   238,374 -- 40 HQ SOCW    (HP)
2006  630  2012   96   193,152 -- 44 HQ SOCW    (LP)
2005  267   843   42    35,406 -- 10 HQ SOCW    (LP)
2004  462  1446   88   127,248          SOCW    (LP) 
2003  181         31    17,019          SOCW    (LP)
2002  235   799   77    61,523 -- 27 HQ SOCW    (LP)


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