As last year, we went on air as HB9HQ for the IARU HF Championship. Since we could organise some good CW operators, we were able to operate additionally 15m CW.
Because of the great effort of HB9ELV, everything was planned perfect. For the 15m part we had a 5 el monobander on 26m and the Optibeam 9-5. For 160m we used an inverted-V, a dipole, a G5RV and a loop. As last year, we installed the beverages to North and East direction.
Like everybody, we were also afraid of bad propagation due to the solar flare. 15m was good, the rates were constantly around 100 Qso/h during day time. At the end we counted 1180 QSO’s on 15m (last year HB9HQ reached 552 QSO’s). The solar flare did not affect too much.
On 160m we were really struggeling. The band was very quiet and the HB stations were rare. Finally we reached 255 QSO’s on 160m (last year we could log 291 stations). The result is still ok, if we compare to other HQ stations in Europe. It seems that 160m was very bad to many of us.
From the other Swiss HQ stations we haven’t any news yet. If you have some results, let us know! 🙂
It was a nice weekend with a lot of fun, great discussions and excellent beer 🙂 We were happy that the equipment did a great job and Murphy stayed at home 😉 We want to thanks all guest operators for their great effort! We hope we meet you soon again!
73 de HB9EE
IARU HF Championship as HB9HQ on 160m SSB and 15m CW
HB9HQ OP's at HB9EE Meta Data Image Width 800 Image Height 597
5el for 15m Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 7, 2012 18:21 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 76 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
5el for 15m Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 8, 2012 18:41 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 77 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
5el for 15m Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 8, 2012 21:03 Image Width 800 Image Height 581
Friday night, arrival of the guest OP's Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 13, 2012 21:45 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 711 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
Saturday morning, waiting for start, last preparations are ongoing Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 09:54 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 112 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
the 160m loop is finally installed Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 12:26 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 83 Image Width 358 Image Height 600
160m loop at feeding point Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 12:26 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 77 Image Width 358 Image Height 600
DL1II starts on 15m CW Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 14:55 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 141 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
HB9EMP starts on 160m SSB Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 14:56 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 100 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
160m Shack Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 20:54 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 211 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
DJ3CQ Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 14, 2012 20:59 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 111 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
BBQ Spot Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 15, 2012 02:32 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 1279 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
Antennas for the HB9HQ contest at HB9EE Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 15, 2012 11:07 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 77 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 15, 2012 11:08 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 75 Image Width 800 Image Height 478
Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 15, 2012 11:09 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 77 Image Width 358 Image Height 600
Meta Data Camera HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio X315e Date/Time July 15, 2012 11:09 Focal length 3.69 mm ISO 76 Image Width 358 Image Height 600
