CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: N9RV
Operator(s): N9RV + PACKET
Station: N9RV
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 918 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 46 Total Score = 258,427
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Quarter wave wire vert, three 880' two-wire beverages,
IC765/HF-2500.
Thought I might have another op show up, so I turned the packet
box on for this one. It certainly made for a different, and
probably more interesting, contest. Especially since I don't
have the technology for listening with a second RX on the same
band. So I picked up a lot of mults and Q's by picking off the
spots.
Conditions on both nights were extremely quiet here, and I think
I did about as well as I could. My 160 xmit antenna here is in a
little bit of a hole. But the tower that supports it keeps growing,
so now it is almost a full sized vertical, which has helped a bit.
Most EU was worked in the pileups -- which were pretty fierce at
times. Had very few come back to CQ's. On the other hand, I
managed some nice answers from SA and KH6. I could hear the EU
coming back to N2NT and others, but not to me!
I didn't have the willpower to take on Saturday night. There were
W/VE's calling CQ about every 400 hz, and many of them had DX underneath
them. So whenever I called the DX, I'd get cussed out by the W/VE
protecting his turf. I've got a pretty thick skin, but after two or
three hours of that I had about had it. I don't think the abandonment
of the window made this a better contest, sorry. If you're loud enough
to get DX answers to your CQ's, I am sure you didn't miss it, but it
was sorely missed here.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
|