IARU HF Championship 1998
XK7SZ (VE7NTT op)
Single-op Mixed Mode
QSOs Zones HQ
160 27 10 1
80 129 20 3
40 347 34 8
20 1306 41 23
15 236 25 4
10 16 7 2
Total 2061 137 41 for 1,329,126
Many thanks to Allan, VE7SZ, for the use of his FB station and
antenna farm.
Conditions in VE7 were not so good for the first 14 hours of the
test, and very good for the last 10 hours. Among the "low-lights" were
a first hour on 40 CW of only 65 (compared to a 106 from my station at
home in 1997), and a total shutout to Europe on 15 meters. The only EU
I heard on 15 was OL8HQ, at about 1800Z, who was peaking at 90 degrees
and was not workable. Also only logged about 25 JAs on 15.
On the plus side, twenty really picked up to Europe starting at
about 02Z, with 3 hours over 100, mostly on CW. Later, as others have
noted, the JAs were really, really loud on 40 and 80. I found, overall,
that I could run the USA ok on SSB, but not too much else, and that the
5 point contacts picked up dramatically when I switched to CW. This
led to an overall change in strategy, as I figured I'd probably spend
60% of my time on phone (it turned out to be just the opposite!).
I was pleased with the zone mult of 137, but with EU QSOs only on
20, I missed all of those EU HQ stations on the other bands. My HQ
multiplier total was frankly pathetic!
Thanks to all for the QSOs.
73,
Gary Caldwell VE7NTT
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