[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: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 21

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
  160:     1            1        
   80:    74            8       2
   40:   408           20      11
   20:   621           31      29
   15:   142           14       6
   10:                           
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Total:  1246    0      74      48  Total Score = 546,072

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

This contest had two very different personalities -- the first half was mean and
forbidding, but the second half was open and welcoming. Well, maybe not fully
open but better than the first 12 hours.

Opened on 20M and had a good few hours, then the bottom fell out. Nothing on
10M, and 15M was weak with very little workable over the pole to Europe.
Fortunately, by Saturday afternoon 20M was stronger and stayed open well into
the night. 40M was pretty good in the evening and very good after 0600z here.
80M sounded quite strong but there wasn't as much to work as I had hoped.

Managed to smash my previous-best from 2011, despite the so-so conditions.
RI1ANT on 40M was a wonderful surprise in the final half hour, as was ZS2NF
just before midnight local (0700z) on 20M.

Hope the WRTC teams had a great time. I worked as many as I could find, and
stayed in the chair further into the morning than I otherwise might have,
calling CQ to the east in case they still needed Zone 2 on 80M and 40M. All 59
teams did an amazing job with 100W on poor bands (at least they were poor on
the West Coast, but perhaps not from MA -- was amazed to see so many 4,000-plus
QSO totals). Congratulations to all.

After 14 years, we said goodbye to our much-loved family dog Tippy on Thursday
evening. She was my constant companion on so many back-yard projects and a
remarkable presence in our lives. It was a very sad day and we will miss her
very much. A boy and his radio, and his dog. We sure had a great run, Tip.

-- Bud VA7ST

Year  Qs   Pts.  Mult  Score (claimed)
---------------------------------------
2014 1246  4476  122   546,072 -- 48 HQ SOCW    (HP)
2013  664  2016  115   231,840 -- 53 HQ SOCW    (HP)
2012  836  2644  140   370,160 -- 62 HQ SOCW    (HP)
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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