ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: N4WW
Operator(s): N4WW
Station: N4WW
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: apopka,fl
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 583 Sections = 78 Countries = 29 Total Score = 135,680
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
Like a moth to light. I continue to get into this contest after years of
ignoring it mainly because no dx to dx qso points makes for minimal dx
activity.
Forgot the time it started as usual and finally on the air at 0000z. I knew
Saturday night was mostly wasted as big birthday party out to a restaurant.
Noticed immediately good Florida activity with my friends k9om, n4tb and
wx4g hard at it running their cq machines. And the lessor known to me
n2cei/k0di with his always impressive cq machine and great scores usually
multi-op. After years of trying to improve 160 antennas I am always amazed
how poorly I get answers to CQ's. I had a few answers at beginning but then
20 cq's one answer 20 cq's one answer. It just gets old cqing with no
answers. It may take only 2 minutes or so to cq and theoretically a rate of
plus 30 with bumps to 60 an hour are probable but I just get bored.
Assisted
category and the great n1mm software make it too easy to skip around and
work the band.
Congrats to nice score from Bob wx4g hard to imagine he and Dick hear
europe
so well especially from west coast of Florida. And Dick k9om is hard to
beat
on 160, he must live close to inland waterway to do so well. My ground is
10
to 20 feet of sugar sand before moisture in soil. Good for orange trees but
not 160 verticals.
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