CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K5ZD
Operator(s): K5ZD
Station: K5ZD
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: W1
Operating Time (hrs): 8.3
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 764 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 53 Total Score = 416,130
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Only limited time due to other priorities. And interference from some kind of
local electronic pollution that wipes out the band for hours at a time.
When no local interference, bands were very quiet and seemed good. Europeans
weren't loud, but easily workable both nights. Had a great run along Europe
sunrise on Sunday morning.
Missed SD and KL7. Never heard either one!
Did 3 hours Friday night with my usual antennas. On Saturday I installed a
Comtek phasing box I had recently purchased. Was dismayed to find my verticals
were too far apart for the 1/4-wave phasing lines to reach (bad engineering on
my part). So just plugged in some extra coax to get on the air. Did see some
pattern when I switched, but am sure it is not working optimally. Even so,
didn't seem to hurt on being able to work stations. Now I have to decide if I
want to invest in 3/4-wave phasing lines. That can be expensive on 160 (and
all to solve a 20' problem).
Breakdown by Continent
160 Total %
EU 252 252 33.0
NA 502 502 65.7
SA 4 4 0.5
AF 4 4 0.5
OC 2 2 0.3
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