CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: WA6L
Operator(s): WA6L
Station: WA6L
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 80 State/Prov = 31 Countries = 2 Total Score = 5,940
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
I decided a couple of months ago that this would be my first 160M contest, so of
course I waited until Saturday morning to put up an antenna. I spent the entire
day at it. That included low-crawling through 150' of California scrub with the
end of the new coax clenched in my teeth (so it seemed), digging a short trench
to get the cable to my house, building and installing the coax balun, and
stringing the antenna. It is a coil-loaded sloper coming off the top of my
tower.
Everything tested fine, so at 0400Z I got started. Soon I realized that I was
missing the one most important thing you need for a 160M contest -- rest. My
juvenile brain had written a check that my senior-citizen body couldn't cash.
I spent 2-1/2 hours in the chair, at which point CW stopped making sense. When
I heard the dreaded "QSO B4," I knew it was time to go to bed.
I got up early and worked another 1-1/2 hours, but I had missed the most
productive hours. But it was sure a lot of fun while it lasted!
My little K2 sure is a great little CW machine. With the filters cranked down,
there was no more noise than you would find during a typical day on 20M. There
were plenty of stations to work and I had a great time. Best of all, I now
have the antenna up and ready, so next time will be better.
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