IARU HF World Championship
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160:
80: 94 0 6 3
40: 207 0 15 12
20: 382 0 26 37
15: 112 0 6 3
10: 52 0 3 1
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Total: 847 0 58 56 Total Score = 301,074
Club: British Columbia DX Club
Comments:
* FT2000 + SB221 (400-800w)
* N1MM Logger special edition 9.6.2
* 3 ele. SteppIR @ 45'
* 40M twin half-squares (US-VE or Asia)
* 80M twin verticals (US-VE or Asia)
SFI=68 A=2 K=2
Total of 15 hours on. Generally good conditions, except for 80M which was a bit
noisy. For once, 10M opened to more than one or two stalwart stations and the
callers kept coming.
Ended up with 56 HQ/official stations -- 21 HQ stations worked last year, and
40 in 2007). That leaves 58 zones worked, vs. 59 last year and 70 in 2007. So I
suspect conditions were a bit better in 2007, which was my previous best outing.
Score up about 122,000 (40%) from last year, and up 62,700 (21%) from 2007.
The Steppir 3-element plus 40 dipole worked very nicely, and on 40M the dipole
was the workhorse outperforming the twin half-square array in head-to-head
switching. Last year the half-square array gave me my best-ever 40M total (119
more Qs than this year) so I'll have to see why it's not quite hitting the mark
since being taken down then re-arranged this spring.
Figure the new antenna gets some of the credit for significantly improved
totals on 15M and 10M. On 20M CW it's a saw-off between the new Steppir and the
old Mosley Classic-33 with the longer 18' boom. Still, the Steppir won the 20M
5-pointer DX derby (averaging 3.27 points/Q vs. 3.02 last year... was just 2.95
in 2007). EU openings over the pole were pretty weak, with mostly HQ station
worked and few others. Never heard much from JA other than a few flurries on
40M in hour 3 and on 20M after 0700z early Sunday morning.
On 80M the twin vertical array felt weak early in the evening 0300z but by late
evening 0600z it was doing just fine. Never did catch last year's 120 Qs on 80M
because I kept bouncing up to 40M as there was usually more to work there.
Overall, 80M activity seemed down this year.
Had a trio of five-banders, which wouldn't have happened without 10M opening up
a bit. Special thanks to K7HP, N0NI and W7YAQ. Was great to hear the VE7 lads
out in force. VA7RN called in with a whopping signal on 80M. Also VE7XF and
VA7KO were booming every time I worked 'em.
Progression in band totals over the past few years...
HP HP HP LP
Band 2009 2008 2007 2006 HQ Zones
---- -------------------------
160 0 7 1 0
80 94 126 120 103 3 6
40 207 326 169 228 12 15
20 382 212 369 285 37 26
15 112 38 36 14 3 6
10 52 8 8 0 1 3
------------------------- --- ---
Total 847 717 703 630 56 58
Pt/QSO 3.12 3.12 2.97 3.19
-- Bud, VA7ST
http://www3.telus.net/va7st
Year Qs Pts. Mult Score (claimed)
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2009 847 2641 114 301,074 -- 51 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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