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Subject: [3830] ARRL 160 - KC1XX (KM3T,op) Single-op (long)
From: Dave Pascoe KM3T <km3t@contesting.com> (Dave Pascoe KM3T)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:19:33 -0500 (EST)
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST -- 1997

      Call: KC1XX                    Country:  United States
      Mode: CW                       Category: Single Operator

               QSO   QSO PTS  PTS/QSO    SECTIONS  COUNTRIES
     Totals   1300    3005     2.31         76         34    = 330,550

     Hours on: about 27.5 (but CT lies like a dog)

Equipment Description: Icom IC-781+AL-1200 amp (1500W out)
Antenna(s): 1/4-wave vertical with raised resonant radials
            Beverages (EU,South,West)

Club Affiliation: YCCC

Missed sections: ORG,AK,YT (heard KL7Y but not well enough)

Story
-----
I hadn't done this one seriously since about 1985 or so when I tried it
from W3GM's place.  It was fun then and it was fun this time....well, sort
of fun.  The first night is awesome and then the rates start falling
through the floor.  It's a little like a Sweepstakes for 160.

Matt put up a full-size 1/4 wave vertical (a nice piece of work..you have
to see it....web page coming soon) this year.  Also nice work by Krassy
K1LZ on the insulators.....you really have to see those to believe it!
Krassy is a master in the machine shop!  So I thought it would be good to
get on in some of the 160 'tests to see how the antenna plays.  We'll be
on Multi-Op in the CQ 160 CW 'test.

I started out with decent rate....a 100 first hour followed by 90,83,90,99
hours.  Cool!  Had the occasional European call in, some with excellent
signals.  G0IVZ was the first EU and pretty loud as I recall. P40P called
in within the first 10 minutes for a mult.  I turned out to be the only
mult from South America. 

OY9JD and TF3IRA called in for some cool mults. The first night EU was
spotty until about 0400Z when EU sunrise started to kick in.  0500-0730Z
were particularly good to Europe.  Condx to Europe were horrible Saturday
night.

I was going to quit early on Sunday morning but decided it would be cool
to make it to 1300 Q's so I kept pressing on.  It's amazing to work guys
during the day on 160.  The vertical makes this possible.  Horizontally
polarized antennas don't work as well during the daylight hours.

Hats off to K1ZM for a fine score from his Cape Cod location (you have to
see the pictures of that place!).  He's just a couple of hundred feet from
the Atlantic Ocean. He's really loud into Europe from there!  It was nice
to beat all the multi-op guys though!

You have to be a little warped to operate all of this contest....I didn't
quite stay on for the whole thing...long enough to feel like a lunatic but
not long enough to put myself out of commission for Monday.  :-)

Thanks for all the Q's.
73 
Dave
KM3T

=================================================

Additional stats
---------------------
Continent stats:
North America   CW  1163    89.5
South America   CW     1     0.1
Europe          CW   135    10.1
Asia            CW     0     0.0
Africa          CW     1     0.1
Oceania         CW     0     0.0

Rate sheet:
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  KC1XX  ARRL 160 METER CONTEST  Single Operator

HOUR      160   HR TOT  CUM TOT
  22   100/37   100/37   100/37
  23    90/13    90/13   190/50
   0    83/9     83/9    273/59
   1    93/5     93/5    366/64
   2    99/5     99/5    465/69
   3    67/4     67/4    532/73
   4    55/9     55/9    587/82
   5    81/7     81/7    668/89
   6    43/4     43/4    711/93
   7    33/5     33/5    744/98
   8    41/2     41/2   785/100
   9      .        .    785/100
  10      .        .    785/100
  11    18/1     18/1   803/101
  12    13/0     13/0   816/101
  13     7/0      7/0   823/101
  14    14/0     14/0   837/101
  15     3/0      3/0   840/101
  16      .        .    840/101
  17      .        .    840/101
  18     9/0      9/0   849/101
  19    14/0     14/0   863/101
  20    24/0     24/0   887/101
  21    39/1     39/1   926/102
  22    39/0     39/0   965/102
  23    49/3     49/3  1014/105
   0    33/0     33/0  1047/105
   1    37/2     37/2  1084/107
   2    31/0     31/0  1115/107
   3    27/0     27/0  1142/107
   4    26/0     26/0  1168/107
   5    30/1     30/1  1198/108
   6    30/1     30/1  1228/109
   7    19/1     19/1  1247/110
   8      .        .   1247/110
   9     6/0      6/0  1253/110
  10    14/0     14/0  1267/110
  11     4/0      4/0  1271/110
  12    10/0     10/0  1281/110
  13     2/0      2/0  1283/110
  14     8/0      8/0  1291/110
  15     9/0      9/0  1300/110
DAY1  926/102      .    926/102
DAY2   374/8       .     374/8
TOT  1300/110      .   1300/110
BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr  KC1XX  ARRL 160 METER CONTEST  Single
Operator

HOUR    160   HR TOT   CUM TOT

  22   60/100   60/100   60/100
  23   61/89    61/89   121/94
   0   59/84    59/84   180/91
   1   61/91    61/91   242/91
   2   60/99    60/99   301/93
   3   59/68    59/68   360/89
   4   60/55    60/55   420/84
   5   61/79    61/79   481/83
   6   59/44    59/44   540/79
   7   50/40    50/40   590/76
   8   58/43    58/43   648/73
   9     .        .     648/73
  10     .        .     648/73
  11   23/48    23/48   670/72
  12   27/28    27/28   698/70
  13   17/24    17/24   715/69
  14   40/21    40/21   755/67
  15    2/94     2/94   757/67
  16     .        .     757/67
  17     .        .     757/67
  18   40/14    40/14   797/64
  19   38/22    38/22   835/62
  20   57/25    57/25   891/60
  21   63/37    63/37   954/58
  22   57/41    57/41  1011/57
  23   59/50    59/50  1070/57
   0   51/39    51/39  1121/56
   1   63/35    63/35  1184/55
   2   61/30    61/30  1245/54
   3   57/29    57/29  1302/53
   4   45/35    45/35  1347/52
   5   61/29    61/29  1408/51
   6   50/36    50/36  1458/51
   7   45/25    45/25  1503/50
   8     .        .    1503/50
   9   10/35    10/35  1513/50
  10   48/17    48/17  1561/49
  11   18/14    18/14  1578/48
  12   35/17    35/17  1613/48
  13     .        .    1613/48
  14   12/39    12/39  1626/48
  15   32/17    32/17  1658/47
DAY1 15.9/58      .    15.9/58
DAY2 11.7/32      .    11.7/32
TOT  27.6/47      .    27.6/47
BREAKDOWN in kilo-points by hr  KC1XX  ARRL 160 METER CONTEST  Single
Operator

HOUR    160   HR TOT   CUM TOT

  22     67       67       67
  23     30       30       97
   0     24       24      121
   1     18       18      139
   2     19       19      158
   3     14       14      171
   4     22       22      193
   5     24       24      216
   6     14       14      231
   7     13       13      244
   8      8        8      252
   9     .        .       252
  10     .        .       252
  11      3        3      256
  12      1        1      257
  13      1        1      258
  14      2        2      259
  15      0        0      260
  16     .        .       260
  17     .        .       260
  18      1        1      261
  19      2        2      262
  20      3        3      265
  21      8        8      273
  22      6        6      278
  23     11       11      290
   0      4        4      294
   1      8        8      301
   2      4        4      305
   3      3        3      308
   4      3        3      311
   5      5        5      316
   6      5        5      320
   7      4        4      325
   8     .        .       325
   9      1        1      325
  10      2        2      327
  11      0        0      327
  12      1        1      328
  13     .        .       329
  14      1        1      330
  15      1        1      331
DAY1    273       .       273
DAY2     58       .        58
TOT     331       .       331

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