IARU HF World Championship 2001 Call: DL1IAO Operator(s): DL1IAO Station: DL0WW Class: SO Mixed HP QTH: JN49FO Operating Time (hrs): 24 Radios: SO2R Summary: Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults ----------------------------------- 160: 13 6 15 80: 92 31 32 40: 167 29 49 20: 487 581 74 15: 460 430 75 10: 79 116 44 ----------------------------------- Total: 1298 1193 289 = 2,637,125 Club: Bavarian Contest Club Comments: TS870 + Alpha87 FT1000MP + TL922 CT v9.23 network on 2 notebooks (160) 25m INV L (80) Bobtail (NW/SE), Delta Loop (40) 3el M2 Yagi @20m (linear-loaded) (20) 4el M2 Yagi @27m (15) 5el Yagi @25m (10) 6el Yagi @24m (RX) magnetic Loop 2R-QSOs: 351 (one signal) best last-10 rate: 387 best hour: 185 Gave all and had a blast! 2nd radio was especially useful chasing all the loud HQ stations without interrupting the highband runs significantly. One hour before the start I had no power and wired up the equipment in complete darkness. Thanks to Manfred/DF9ZW we were able to fix it! With 10 minutes to go I lost power again but was able to fix it by myself. No more complaints after that. Until about 0745z I did not even think of leaving the chair. As expected the late morning hours were not too productive and the rate started to drop below 100. During these hours I heard KQ2M a couple of times running stations (maybe US) very fast. Thanks to all the rare DX stations for calling in and to those willing to move to another band! 73, Stefan DL1IAO@contesting.com http://www.dl1iao.com