[3830] IARU KT8K SO Mixed QRP

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                    IARU HF World Championship

Call: KT8K
Operator(s): KT8K
Station: KT8K

Class: SO Mixed QRP
QTH: EN82cg SE Michigan
Operating Time (hrs): 14:11

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
  160:    3      0      1       2
   80:   37      1      4       4
   40:  128     10     10      21
   20:  108     21     12      17
   15:   36      0      7       2
   10:    8      0      2       0
-------------------------------------
Total:  320     32     34      46  Total Score = 56,480

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks to all for pulling my peanut whistle signal out of the noise.  At the
beginning I was as excited as a kid walking into his birthday party, but
fatigue and pain toned that down eventually.  Still, conditions were pretty
good and I had a great time.  Just wish I could stand to put in more BIC (Butt
In Chair) time.  

At first I thought the sun was being unkind again, as propagation wasn't all
that great here, but I was able to find places where I could be heard a very
long way away even when signals were faint - the miracle of HF radio!  This is
a great contest because the lower participation than in the biggies (CQWW DX,
WPX, ARRL DX, etc.) leaves more room to operate on the most popular bands, and
with my tiny signal I NEED that.  Couldn't get a run going anywhere this time -
maybe it was just the condx - but it was big fun all the same.  

Antennas: 20/40/80 inv. vee at ~45 feet
tribander driven element suspended vertically at 50 feet
~500 foot horizontal loop (sagging badly) w. autotuner
K9AY loop for rx (but I can hear everybody that can hear me without it  ;-)

Still don't have that big tower <sob>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNWZjzrzgwA
but I've got a new multiband trap vertical I hope to get up in the air.  With
my luck it still won't beat the big inverted vee, but I can try ... 
More importantly, my wife says I need to buy an expensive chair (like a Herman
Miller or Steelcase or something) and I have no doubt that could restore some
of my ability to stay in the chair - the most critical factor in putting up a
good score!  Watch out!  I'm not done yet.  Contesting is a blast, and I hope
to C U all in the next big one.  - Tim, KT8K


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