This past weekend was the 2009 IARU HF World Championship. I started out when the contest began Saturday morning and worked it for a few hours before taking my kids to the airport for a trip to visit their grandparents. After returning from the airport I operated a bit before heading out to dinner. In the evening I operated a bit more before thunderstorms rolled in and I called it a night.
I ended up logging 202 contacts with a just bit more CW Q’s then SSB Q’s. Because of the storms at night, 40m and 80m were noisy and I got off the air (mostly because of the storm but I was pretty beat anyway) so I missed out on the prime 40/80m time and US contacts and multipliers.
I didn’t notice anything exotic when making or reviewing the contacts other then my 2nd contact with a station in Nigeria that I’ve already sent a QSL card to via the bureau.
Here’s my score summary:
Band Mode QSOs Pts Sec
3.5 LSB 2 2 1
7 CW 20 48 10
7 LSB 11 23 6
14 CW 77 195 25
14 USB 75 181 23
21 CW 7 21 0
21 USB 9 25 4
28 USB 1 3 1
Total Both 202 498 70
Score : 34,86073,
K2DSL