IARU HF World Championship
Call: K4RO
Operator(s): K4RO
Station: K4RO
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: TN
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 25
80: 165
40: 425
20: 778
15: 307
10: 80
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Total: 1780 0 204 0 Total Score = 978,792
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
Band QSOs Pts Sec
1.8 25 45 8 wire vertical with one elevated radial
3.5 165 353 31 half-sloper, ground mounted vertical
7 425 1157 59 two el wire beam to EU, rotatable boom dipole at
100'.
14 778 2396 69 Mosley PRO-57A @ 60' & 100', Windom @ 50'
21 307 689 25 " " , NW/SE beaming dipole at 50'
28 80 158 12 " " , Windom @ 50'
Total 1780 4798 204
Score : 978,792 Rig : 2X IC-781, AL-1200, AL-811, N1MM Logger 9.5.1
Sorry, I have no no breakdown of zones VS HQ mults.
Missed my usual full time effort last year, and was glad to be back in the
saddle this year. I woke up the night before the contest at 3:00AM local
time, and just could not get back to sleep. The opening felt like the second
day of a 48-hr DX contest, which was a little unnerving. Thunderstorms and
some "domestic tranquility" moments kept my operating time to about 23 hours.
Speaking of tranquility, I must acknowledge my darling Susie for putting up
with my full time efforts in both the WPX CW and IARU contests. As you all
know, there is a lot more time than just the operating weekend time involved.
There were a dozen trips up the tower, and countless other tasks to prepare
the station for the game. Susie helps with with tower work, and encourages my
efforts. I am very grateful for her support.
The contest started out pretty rough, featuring my worst opening hour ever.
After fruitlessly trying to scare up a QSO on 20M at the starting bell, my
first QSO was at 1204Z with local N4ZZ - on 40 meters! So much for a big
opening hour to start things off. My total QSOs were down by 150 from my
previous PB, but my final tally was 150k higher for a new PB score. However,
my logging program seemed to be logging every 5th QSO with a zone 8 station
as 3 points, and I have no idea why. 80% of zone 8 stations were correctly
logged as 1-point, but occasionally I would see one go in as 3 points.
I'm not sure effect that may have on my final score (besides log checking.)
The contest was a lot of hard work, but also very satisfying in they way
that only a full-blown effort can be. I know I can still do better though.
I never heard any of the Russian WRTC-style stations, so you competitors
really have your work cut out for you next year. :-) I kept my CW speed
up a little higher than usual, which seemed to help my rate. After all
these years I might be starting to get it. Not only do stations call you
faster, but every one of your CQs or exchanges is shorter. It all adds up.
The best DX of the contest was AT1HQ. Thanks for calling in. The HQ stations
did a bang up job. Hats off to the excellent teams; it's a lot of hard work
to pull off a coordinated effort on all bands simultaneously.
The best part is exchanging dits and dahs with friends all over the world.
As XE1KK put it, there nothing like the feeling of a single "dit dit" from
a friend in some other place, traveling over the magic ether of radio.
73 -Kirk K4RO www.k4ro.net
Callsign: K4RO
Contest: IARU-HF
Category: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW
Operators: K4RO
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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1200 0 0 10 76 0 0 86 4.8
1300 0 0 3 101 2 0 106 5.9
1400 0 0 0 33 60 0 93 5.2
1500 0 0 0 10 76 10 96 5.3
1600 0 0 0 18 41 35 94 5.2
1700 0 0 0 12 43 17 72 4.0
1800 0 0 0 21 30 16 67 3.7
1900 0 0 0 94 5 2 101 5.6
2000 0 0 0 34 40 0 74 4.1
2100 0 0 0 68 10 0 78 4.3
2200 0 0 3 71 0 0 74 4.1
2300 0 0 13 78 0 0 91 5.1
0000 0 0 22 38 0 0 60 3.3
0100 0 2 14 55 0 0 71 3.9
0200 0 8 0 24 0 0 32 1.8
0300 5 17 82 0 0 0 104 5.8
0400 0 0 85 5 0 0 90 5.0
0500 0 17 78 0 0 0 95 5.3
0600 7 41 5 0 0 0 53 2.9
0700 6 50 12 0 0 0 68 3.8
0800 7 26 20 2 0 0 55 3.1
0900 0 3 33 0 0 0 36 2.0
1000 0 1 33 6 0 0 40 2.2
1100 0 0 12 32 0 0 44 2.4
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Total 25 165 425 778 307 80 1780
Gross QSO's=1800 Dupes=20 Net QSO's=1780
Unique callsigns worked = 1133
The best 60 minute rate was 120/hour from 0328 to 0427
The best 30 minute rate was 136/hour from 0329 to 0358
The best 10 minute rate was 156/hour from 0331 to 0340
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSO's/minute 23 times.
3 QSO's/minute 127 times.
2 QSO's/minute 387 times.
1 QSO's/minute 533 times.
There were 317 bandchanges and 130 probable 2nd radio QSO's.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 2
4 835
5 645
6 273
7 3
8 17
9 4
10 1
------------ M u l t i p l i e r S u m m a r y ------------
Mult 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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08 11 63 122 196 123 41 556 30.9
06 1 39 78 120 61 16 315 17.5
07 6 24 57 100 64 8 259 14.4
28 0 4 49 97 1 0 151 8.4
04 3 5 18 31 20 5 82 4.6
29 0 0 8 42 1 0 51 2.8
27 0 1 9 32 2 0 44 2.4
45 0 0 6 22 6 0 34 1.9
02 0 4 7 9 4 2 26 1.4
15 0 1 4 9 4 2 20 1.1
30 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0.9
09 0 1 3 6 2 0 12 0.7
ZRS 0 0 4 8 0 0 12 0.7
18 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 0.6
FRR 0 2 1 5 2 0 10 0.6
09 1 1 2 3 2 1 10 0.6
03 0 1 2 2 3 1 9 0.5
URE 0 0 4 1 2 1 8 0.4
60 0 0 5 3 0 0 8 0.4
59 0 0 4 3 0 0 7 0.4
61 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 0.3
09 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.3
09 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 0.3
URE 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.3
RSGB 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.2
AARC 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.2
11 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.2
PZK 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.2
12 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0.2
IARU 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
09 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
09 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2
09 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
URE 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
URE 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
URE 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
13 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.2
ZRS 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
REF 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
REF 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
59 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.2
BFRA 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.2
31 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.2
RCA 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
05 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
64 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
FRR 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
09 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
09 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.1
URE 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
13 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
13 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
ZRS 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
DARC 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
REF 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
32 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
31 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
31 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
36 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
58 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
54 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
NZART58 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
58 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1
LABRE58 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1
58 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
UARL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
FRRA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
LABRE58 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
58 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
JARL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
MRASZ58 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
58 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
32 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
55 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
NZART58 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
58 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
REP 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1
LABRE58 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1
58 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
R3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
RCV 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
LABREWIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
WIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
SRR 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
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Total 25 165 425 778 307 80 1780
Multi-band QSO's
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1 bands 739
2 bands 232
3 bands 95
4 bands 47
5 bands 16
6 bands 4
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
W5KFT N4OGW K1ZZ VE3NE
----- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O ' s -----
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 0 33 155 450 81 20
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