CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: CE1/K7CA
Operator(s): CE1/K7CA
Station: CE1/K7CA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Chile
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 624 State/Prov = 55 Countries = 45 Total Score = 614,500
Club:
Comments:
Where were all the great conditions I've been hearing about.
Right, they were all up north. At least we had plenty of summer
QRN to move the S meter, S9 + 10dB. However, there were still plenty
of signals around the band. I know there were lots of stations calling
under the QRN because I could hear them in there but just not loud enough
to compete with the QRN. If you think it's difficult to hold a frequency
in NA you should try it from down here where everyone has their RX antennas
pointing away from you and signals are down. However, that is 160m contesting
and it is still loads of fun and always has nice surprises in store if you are
patient.
The K3 worked great but did not have diversity RX since the 2nd RX broke
a few days before the contest and I didn't want to take a chance on creating
more problems by trying to fix it before the contest. Parts are hard to find
down here if you are in a hurry.
Equipment:
K3, Ameritron AL-572 amp, 42' top loaded vertical with 30 1/4 WL radials, 450'
beverage, 4 el phased broadside/endfire short vertical array.
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