M2W in IARU HF World Championships

ContestÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â : IARU HF World Championships
CallsignÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â : M2W
ModeÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â : PHONE
CategoryÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â : Single Operator (SO)
Band(s)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â : All bands (AB)
ClassÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â : Low Power (LP)
Zone/State/…Â : 27
LocatorÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â : IO91VJ
Operating timeÂ : 7h45

BANDÂ Â QSO DUP ITUÂ HQÂ POINTSÂ Â AVG
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160Â Â Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â 0.00
80Â Â Â Â 3Â Â 0Â Â 1Â Â 2Â Â Â Â Â Â 5Â 1.67
40Â Â Â 21Â Â 0Â Â 4Â 13Â Â Â Â Â 33Â 1.57
20Â Â Â 79Â Â 0Â 10Â 23Â Â Â Â 201Â 2.54
15Â Â Â 27Â Â 0Â Â 4Â 10Â Â Â Â Â 55Â 2.04
10Â Â Â 14Â Â 0Â Â 3Â Â 6Â Â Â Â Â 28Â 2.00
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TOTALÂ Â 144Â Â 0Â 22Â 54Â Â Â Â 322Â 2.24
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TOTAL SCORE : 24 472

Dupes are not included in QSO counts neither avg calculations

OperatorsÂ Â Â Â Â Â : M0TZO

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Was active in the IARU HF World Championships as M2W from Midday (UTC) Saturday 12th July – about 8am (UTC) Sunday 13th July, by which time I was knackered.

I could have probably done as little better, but was also looking after my 9 year old nephew.

Was my first big scale HF contest on my own, although I was going to do with Peter M3PHP, but he had a medical emergency (he is better now).

Equipment used:-

Icom IC-756ProIII
- Yaesu FT-897 for a few contacts on 80m as had better ATU
Icom SM-20 Desk Mic
WinTest Logging Software (but RigExpert S/D wouldn’t work, so manual band changes)
Laptop to keep Nephew amused for hours quietly

OK, wasn’t the best entry, and will not win any awards, but I did better than my CQ WPX entry were I got Zero entries.