[3830] IOTA W1WBB SO(A)12Mixed LP

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                    IOTA Contest - 2022

Call: W1WBB
Operator(s): W1WBB
Station: W1WBB

Class: SO(A)12Mixed LP
QTH: NA-031
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  CW Mults  Ph Qs  Ph Mults
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   80:   10        7                
   40:   74       31      10       9
   20:  157       48      33      27
   15:   44       15       5       4
   10:                              
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Total:  285      100      48      40  Total Score = 507,500

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Comments:

Exceeded 500k pts for only second time in this contest since first participation
in 2010 (first time ever over 500k within 12-hour op-time category for me). 
Quite good HF condx even though SFI at 91 was 25 points below the preceding 90
day-avg of 126 (and at the lowest point for SFI and sunspot numbers over the
past month, sadly). Geomagnetic field was quiet throughout with slow/steady
solar winds around 350 km/s and no unusual solar activity

Worked 15m early on while it offered up mults/Qs starting after 1400z. Nothing
heard/spotted on 10m throughout the contest...maybe next year!  Strong signals
on 40m (with no real thunderstorm QRN here) by evening time as K-index stayed at
just "2" for pretty much the entire contest.  Ran out of time (due to
12-hour Op category) to commit more effort to 40/80m by likely starting on upper
HF bands too early on Day 1 and chasing the many strong 20m signals well into
the evening.

Worked highest percentage of island stations ever: 196 QSOs for about 59%. 
Worked 62 unique IOTA entities: AF-3, AS-2, EU-37, NA-14, OC-4, SA-2.
Roughly 50% of my contacts were in 'Run' mode (all 'Run' QSOs made via CW).

Once again, enjoyed providing the NA-031 Aquidneck Island mult for many.  TNX
for the QSOs and IOTA Contest fun!  QSL via Club Log and LotW ONLY please.

73,  Bill  W1WBB

Icom IC-7300 and MFJ-929 Auto Tuner; 5-band [10m-20m] Hexbeam (hub at 32 ft), 88
ft doublet up ~40 ft on 40m/80m, (bent) 80m dipole sloping from ~55 ft down to
30 ft, 160m Inv L; N1MM Plus Logger, WinKeyer USB CW interface.


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