Best Bands and Times to Work the WRTC2014 Stations
Two WRTC station tests were conducted during the IARU HF Championships of 2012 and 2013. The data below shows the total number of QSOs made by the test stations on each band for every hour of the contest. Conditions may be different in 2014, but this gives some general guidance on where the stations are likely to be operating.
Sunrise: 1122 Z Sunset : 0221 Z
2012 Station Test July 14-15, 2012
Solar terrestrial indices:
Solar Flux Ap K-index
00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21
July 14, 2012 148 17 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 5
July 15, 2013 141 60 4 5 6 6 5 5 6 5
Total logs = 13
| HOUR (UTC) | 80m | 40m | 20m | 15m | 10m | TOTAL |
| 1200 | 0 | 1 | 381 | 553 | 0 | 935 |
| 1300 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 532 | 65 | 854 |
| 1400 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 699 | 110 | 962 |
| 1500 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 447 | 135 | 749 |
| 1600 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 445 | 121 | 704 |
| 1700 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 471 | 88 | 843 |
| 1800 | 0 | 0 | 383 | 386 | 28 | 797 |
| 1900 | 0 | 0 | 671 | 219 | 16 | 906 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 745 | 301 | 8 | 1054 |
| 2100 | 0 | 0 | 449 | 334 | 83 | 866 |
| 2200 | 0 | 16 | 794 | 258 | 37 | 1105 |
| 2300 | 0 | 214 | 617 | 121 | 13 | 965 |
| 0000 | 3 | 376 | 436 | 93 | 18 | 926 |
| 0100 | 76 | 611 | 335 | 30 | 0 | 1052 |
| 0200 | 437 | 514 | 191 | 38 | 0 | 1180 |
| 0300 | 257 | 491 | 242 | 9 | 0 | 999 |
| 0400 | 203 | 431 | 169 | 9 | 0 | 812 |
| 0500 | 222 | 276 | 245 | 1 | 0 | 744 |
| 0600 | 132 | 206 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 423 |
| 0700 | 185 | 156 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 395 |
| 0800 | 59 | 103 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 215 |
| 0900 | 76 | 70 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 188 |
| 1000 | 22 | 175 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
| 1100 | 0 | 268 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 416 |
2013 Station Test July 13-14, 2013
Solar terrestrial indices:
Solar Flux Ap K-index
00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21
July 13, 2013 114 10 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2
July 14, 2013 113 20 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Total logs = 25
| HOUR (UTC) | 80m | 40m | 20m | 15m | 10m | TOTAL |
| 1200 | 0 | 81 | 767 | 329 | 0 | 1177 |
| 1300 | 0 | 19 | 771 | 499 | 69 | 1358 |
| 1400 | 0 | 6 | 424 | 800 | 127 | 1357 |
| 1500 | 0 | 2 | 324 | 451 | 441 | 1218 |
| 1600 | 1 | 3 | 418 | 1030 | 109 | 1561 |
| 1700 | 0 | 2 | 350 | 1048 | 191 | 1591 |
| 1800 | 0 | 1 | 622 | 791 | 138 | 1552 |
| 1900 | 2 | 8 | 1010 | 420 | 45 | 1485 |
| 2000 | 0 | 14 | 1129 | 404 | 83 | 1630 |
| 2100 | 1 | 86 | 1149 | 372 | 30 | 1638 |
| 2200 | 0 | 272 | 1120 | 120 | 1 | 1513 |
| 2300 | 0 | 941 | 1364 | 35 | 1 | 2341 |
| 0000 | 52 | 1292 | 753 | 16 | 0 | 2113 |
| 0100 | 689 | 1413 | 259 | 4 | 0 | 2365 |
| 0200 | 1437 | 819 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 2435 |
| 0300 | 710 | 690 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 1730 |
| 0400 | 391 | 850 | 387 | 1 | 0 | 1629 |
| 0500 | 309 | 505 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 1149 |
| 0600 | 250 | 435 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 866 |
| 0700 | 375 | 230 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 640 |
| 0800 | 352 | 279 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 644 |
| 0900 | 173 | 241 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 523 |
| 1000 | 2 | 284 | 317 | 11 | 0 | 614 |
| 1100 | 1 | 148 | 541 | 74 | 1 | 765 |