Call: DH8BQA
Operator(s):  
Station: DH8BQA

Added: 16/Jul/2012
Contest: IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: JO73ce
Operating time: 24

Summary: 
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
  160:   0       27     4       16
   80:   0      388    13       28
   40:   0      351    13       33
   20:   0      389    28       44
   15:   0      226    20       37
   10:   0      423    14       31
-------------------------------------
Total:   0     1801    92      189  
Total Score = 1,256,351
Club: 

Soapbox: 

Had some trouble with my otherwise
trusty Elecraft K3 on 15 m. :-( When
switching back from TX to RX in 80% of
all cases I had some attenuation in
the RX path, something around 10-15 dB
like a stuck relay. Would not know of
any band-specific TX/RX switching
circuits but didn't dig into the
schematics yet.
Will have to contact
Elecraft support, I suppose. Really
strange as it only effected 15 m.
Using the same antenna (and antenna
switching circuit and coax)
for 20 &
10 m, too, I can rule that out as the
culprit ...

Besides this I found
conditions sucked. Not much US and
their signals quite attenuated. Not a
single JA either. Aurora played it's
full up here in Northern Germany. But
was lucky to catch some very good
E-skip opening Saturday afternoon on
10 m. That made up for the bad condx a
bit at least. :-)

More details for
all you "number fetishists" ;-)
here:
http://www.dh8bqa.de/sh5/dh8bqa/2012/2012_iaru-hf_dh8bqa/

73,
Olli - DH8BQA