7th World HST Championship

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7th World HST Championship

• Belgrade, Serbia
• September 2007
• http//www.hst2007.org

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Categories

• A,B Youngster Females/Males (lt 16 y.o.)
• C,D Junior Females/Males (lt 21 y.o.)
• E,F Females/Males (no age limit)
• G,H Senior Females/Males (gt 40 y.o.)
• I Senior Males (gt 50 y.o.)

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Exercises

• Each competitor fulfilled a total of 8 exercises
  falling into 3 categories
• Reception
• Letters (26 letters of English alphabet)
• Figures (10 figures)
• Mixed (Letters Figures 5 punctuation marks
  ?,./)
• Transmission
• Letters
• Figures
• Mixed
• Practicing
• RufzXP
• Morze Runner

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Reception

• Texts are transmitted with increasing speed until
  the last competitor stops
• Start at 10 WPM, increment 2 WPM
• Reception is allowed either by hand or on a
  computer
• You can try as many texts as you want but can
  submit only 3 radiograms you choose which
• Submission is automated via Alexandria software.
  Results are known instantly.

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Transmission

• 10 minutes for 4 attempts
• Letters
• Figures
• Mixed
• Repeat any of the above at your choice
• Automated via HST2006 software by Andrei Bindasov

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Practicing

• RufzXP (by DL4MM)
• 50 single callsigns are transmitted. Goal is to
  accurately record as many as possible.
• If a callsign is recorded correctly, speed
  increases by 5. Otherwise, it decreases by 5.
• Two attempts are allowed. The better result is
  taken as the official.
• Morze Runner (by VE3NEA)
• 10-minute simulation of a contest. Goal is to
  make as many QSOs as possible and earn maximum
  number of points. Multipliers and special
  callsigns are taken into account.
• You select the transmission speed. The simulated
  stations will call you with approximately the
  same speed.
• All in the presence of QRMs. You need to use RIT
  as stations are often off the frequency you are
  tuned to. Signal strength varies, too, from
  approx 539 to 599. Fortunately, no LIDs ?.

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Notes on Individual Results

• Reception speeds above 40 WPM are common across
  all categories
• Highest reception speeds
• Figures - 60 WPM (note this was in Junior
  category!)
• Letters 56 WPM
• Mixed 44 WPM
• Highest transmission speeds
• Figures 47 WPM
• Letters 51 WPM
• Mixed -- 44 WPM

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World Records

• No new world records in individual exercises
• But barrier of 200 WPM was broken! (Goran
  Hajosevic, YT7AW)

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Team Results

• 1st Place Belorussia
• 2nd Place Russia
• USA 7th Place ?

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Links

• http//www.iaru-r1.org/HST20Rules2007.pdf
• http//www.rufzxp.net by Mathias Kolpe DL4MM
• http//www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/ by Alex
  Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA
• http//online.wsj.com/public/article/SB11916160420
  6850468.html?modedits
• An interesting article by Wall Street Journal
  about K7QO (in part about him converting
  literature into Morse code)