IARU HF World Championship
Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS
Class: SO SSB QRP
QTH: WWA
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160:
80: 6 3 0
40: 23 5 1
20: 124 11 7
15: 36 5 0
10: 2 1 0
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Total: 0 191 25 8 Total Score = 14,223
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
After examining last year's results, I figured the category
where I had the best chance for a "Top Ten" finish was
Single-Op, SSB only, QRP. So I recorded my messages, turned
down the power and began the tune and call, tune and call...
Ouch - No sunspots, A index up to 20, and lots of summer static
in North America. In the end, all that work and only one
African (EA8) and no Europeans in the log. Also no 160m contacts
- though I tried calling several people. The local start time of
5AM is pretty poor conditions, only the low bands open, and I only
managed two contacts in the first hour! (nobody was listening
very hard yet.) Everytime I wandered away from 20m the rate would
plummet, so I'd be back trying to compete with the crowd. As usual
for QRP, calling CQ wasn't productive - so it was back to tune
and call. If the station wasn't at least S9, they were unlikely to
answer me, so I had to search and call the loudest big guns. My
tuning knob got a great workout, I learned how to call at least
ten times before giving up, and in the end I still fell short of
my goal of 200 QSOs. Well, next year we might have some sunspots...
Thanks for the contacts,
NN7SS (K6UFO)
80-meter half-sloper
40m: Cushcraft 40-2CD yagi at 50ft
20m: 3-el SteppIR at 50ft
Yaesu FT-1000MP
Writelog software
QSO by hour and band.
80M PH 40M PH 20M PH 15M PH 10M PH Total Cumm Off
D1-1200Z 1 1 - - - 2 2 45
D1-1300Z - 1 9 - - 10 12
D1-1400Z - - 11 2 - 13 25
D1-1500Z - - 13 4 - 17 42
D1-1600Z ---+- ---+- 11 5 ---+- 16 58
D1-1700Z - - 8 7 - 15 73
D1-1800Z - - - 7 - 7 80
D1-1900Z - - 1 4 1 6 86 34
D1-2000Z - - 5 3 1 9 95
D1-2100Z - - 7 4 - 11 106
D1-2200Z - - 1 - - 1 107 58
D1-2300Z - - 4 - - 4 111 14
D2-0000Z ---+- ---+- 7 ---+- ---+- 7 118
D2-0100Z - - 12 - - 12 130 34
D2-0200Z - - 8 - - 8 138
D2-0300Z - 6 11 - - 17 155
D2-0400Z - 6 15 - - 21 176
D2-0500Z 2 7 1 - - 10 186 6
D2-0600Z - - - - - 0 186 60
D2-0700Z - - - - - 0 186 60
D2-0800Z ---+- ---+- ---+- ---+- ---+- 0 186 60
D2-0900Z 1 1 - - - 2 188 53
D2-1000Z 2 1 - - - 3 191
Total: 6 23 124 36 2
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