IARU HF World Championship
Call: KC7V
Operator(s): KC7V
Station: K8IA
Class: SOABCW LP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160:
80:
40: 345 21 11
20: 331 17 22
15: 75 8 4
10: 5 4 1
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Total: 756 0 50 38 Total Score = 191,664
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
Thanks go to Bob K8IA for letting me do a simple remote into his station for
IARU.
I used a Bencher Skyhawk for 10-20 which is fixed at 45 feet due east at 90
degrees. I used his 3 element 40m yagi at 70 feet. We take down the 80m
vertical after WPXCW to prepare for the summer thunderstorm season. It usually
starts right around July 1 in AZ. This year we were lucky with no lightning
storms but did get a little rain. His 80m is not built to withstand heavy
winds and storms.
So, for simplicity, I skipped 80/160 for this contest. Overall I thought
conditions were decent but there were slow times during the day on Saturday.
It was good early, then slow, and picked up again later afternoon-early
evening. 40 was strong for a while. I spent a fair amount of time during the
day on S&P for mults.
I went to sleep around 05:30z Saturday evening. I have a busy day Sunday and
need to be alert. I got up for the last 90 minutes only to find 40m in a
serious funk. Running 100w no longer cut it. I made 10 QSO's in that 90
minutes, but luckily two of them were mults.
I worked more EU that expected, given the beam is pointed well away from EU.
But I also called some EU that did not hear me. Such is the game. Overall I
cannot complain. I worked a bunch of contesting friends, had fun and will be
ready to do it again this fall.
73,
Mike KC7V
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