CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: W7WHY
Operator(s): W7WHY
Station: W7WHY
Class: Single Op Assisted LP
QTH: OR
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 131 State/Prov = 37 Countries = 7 Total Score = 15,356
Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
Comments:
Working a 160 contest here with low power is like pulling teeth. I hear lot of
stations and they don't hear me.
I thought if I changed the antenna, maybe things might get a little better. I
put up a new inverted L Friday and it seemed to help a lot.
Friday night the band sounded better than I have heard it in years. Lots of
European DX coming in, the east coast was really loud, and 160 sounded like 20
meters. My noise level on the inverted L was about S-2. But, still really
struggled to work anyone other than 6's and 7's.
Saturday night was better. I actually WORKED 2 european stations for the first
time ever on 160. GM3POI must have a good set of ears as they came back to me
on the first call, even though they were S-1. Also worked CU2X with a good
signal. The UA0 and PJ2 were also goodies here. Thanks for a real thrill for
an OT!
I think this is the last time I'm gonna operate this contest without an amp. I
musta heard '..--..' 10,000 times :-) 73 and thanks for CQ for putting this
contest on.
Tom W7WHY
TS-450SAT + invertd L antenna ~100 watts.
N1MM Logger (gets better all the time)
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