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<pre>IARU HF World Championship
Call: K5ER
Station: K5ER
Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: Louisiana
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Zones HQ Mults
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160: 0
3 1 0
80: 0
22 6
5
40: 0
250 21 26
20: 0
547 29 32
15: 0
142 15 15
10: 0
11 4
3
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Total: 0 975
76 81 Total Score = 430,651
Club: Louisiana Contest Club
Comments:
Nice to work several LCC members, including
Steve, KG5VK; Bobby, WM5H; Pat, W5WMU; and Mark, N5HMH. Still wish we
could get more members excited and on the air for some of these really
fun events.
This was my eighth time in this, one of my
favorite contests. Edged out my previous best
by 1500 points. Still way behind the leaders, but had a good time.
Bands seemed really odd this year. 100% domestic
for first 45 minutes when
a YB and JA both called me within minutes. I've never had 20 open to
there at
that time of morning. Again back to domestic with only about 10 DX worked
until
almost 17:30 when the gate to EU finally opened. The JA window, which
usually
happens between 3-6pm local in Louisiana didn't happen until after
midnight.
Worked more VK's than usual, but that was also only after about 05:30Z.
Although 40 was good Sunday morning, 20 was again late to open as I got
only 8
EU contacts between 5-7AM local. Seemed that for the entire contest,
the
"regular" openings were about 6-7 hours behind their usual
times. In
the South, we also depend on a strong 10 meter opening to Central/South
America. Only had 4 domestic and 7 DX on 10, so it was a bust.
Other than strange band condx, nothing broke,
score increased over last
year, and had a good time, so can't complain. Thanks to all for stopping
by and
making it a fun weekend.
73,
Mark, K5ER
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