IARU HF World Championship
Call: W6YX
Operator(s): N7MH
Station: W6YX
Class: SOABCW LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 23:10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 1 0 1 0
80: 91 0 11 3
40: 398 0 25 13
20: 569 0 33 42
15: 157 0 15 9
10: 1 0 1 0
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Total: 1217 0 86 87 Total Score = 619,497
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
I decided to try the LP category and was originally planning to do mixed mode
but there was enough activity on CW to keep me busy so I stuck with CW.
My run frequency was taken over more frequently than if I'd been running high
power. Using the W6YX FT1000MPs I did not have a panadapter to quickly find
another open frequency so I'd be reduced to a single radio while searching for
a new run frequency.
Getting the EU HQ stations to hear my LP signal on 20 was a challenge until
about 2300Z when I began to be able to work almost anyone I could hear on the
first call. Trying to run EU on 20 was not successful until much later, after
0530Z, when I had a brief run of 22 EU QSOs in 16 minutes until a loud EU
station started CQing on the frequency. The only HQ station that I heard on 20
but never worked was OP0HQ who was plenty loud but didn't hear my LP signal.
While tuning across 15 meters late I stumbled across TM0HQ on a skewed path
peaking at 90 degrees. Thanks to the TM0HQ 15 meter op for sticking with me
and completing the QSO at 2349Z. I also heard 9A0HQ around the same time and
bearing but got no response. Earlier in the day I'd only worked 2 Europeans
and hadn't heard many more.
Around 45% of my QSOs were S&P. Earlier in the contest it was more like
60% but I had some nice runs on 20 and 40 in the last few hours.
Thanks to N6DZ (KX7M?) for 6 bands. He's the only station I heard on 10 the
few times I checked. After realizing that our 160 M antenna was not working
and I couldn't get the FT1000MP tuner to tune up on any of our other antennas
on 160 I took a chance and called N6DZ for the lone 160 QSO using an 80 meter
inverted vee.
73,
-Mike, N7MH
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