IOTA Contest - 2022
Call: W1WBB
Operator(s): W1WBB
Station: W1WBB
Class: SO(A)12Mixed LP
QTH: NA-031
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80: 10 7
40: 74 31 10 9
20: 157 48 33 27
15: 44 15 5 4
10:
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Total: 285 100 48 40 Total Score = 507,500
Club: CT RI Contest Group
Comments:
Exceeded 500k pts for only second time in this contest since first participation
in 2010 (first time ever over 500k within 12-hour op-time category for me).
Quite good HF condx even though SFI at 91 was 25 points below the preceding 90
day-avg of 126 (and at the lowest point for SFI and sunspot numbers over the
past month, sadly). Geomagnetic field was quiet throughout with slow/steady
solar winds around 350 km/s and no unusual solar activity
Worked 15m early on while it offered up mults/Qs starting after 1400z. Nothing
heard/spotted on 10m throughout the contest...maybe next year! Strong signals
on 40m (with no real thunderstorm QRN here) by evening time as K-index stayed at
just "2" for pretty much the entire contest. Ran out of time (due to
12-hour Op category) to commit more effort to 40/80m by likely starting on upper
HF bands too early on Day 1 and chasing the many strong 20m signals well into
the evening.
Worked highest percentage of island stations ever: 196 QSOs for about 59%.
Worked 62 unique IOTA entities: AF-3, AS-2, EU-37, NA-14, OC-4, SA-2.
Roughly 50% of my contacts were in 'Run' mode (all 'Run' QSOs made via CW).
Once again, enjoyed providing the NA-031 Aquidneck Island mult for many. TNX
for the QSOs and IOTA Contest fun! QSL via Club Log and LotW ONLY please.
73, Bill W1WBB
Icom IC-7300 and MFJ-929 Auto Tuner; 5-band [10m-20m] Hexbeam (hub at 32 ft), 88
ft doublet up ~40 ft on 40m/80m, (bent) 80m dipole sloping from ~55 ft down to
30 ft, 160m Inv L; N1MM Plus Logger, WinKeyer USB CW interface.
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