ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2019
Call: NC6K
Operator(s): NC6K
Station: NC6K
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: SDG
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 723 Sections = 82 Countries = 17 Total Score = 153,549
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
Conditions were as good as I can ever remember on 160 Meters. Noise levels were
very low, and Friday night was great for propagation in all directions. Things
weren't nearly as good Saturday night/Sunday morning, but I still picked up 250
QSOs the second shift, which isn't bad. I won't be competitive with other areas
due to a dearth of 5-point QSOs. I don't know where most of Asia was, but they
were not on the band as far as I could tell. There was a sprinkling of JAs, UAs
and a JT that could not hear me despite hundreds of calls. Central and South
America were almost MIA, and I never heard V6
K, who was supposed to be on for the contest.
My excuse for not having a higher score this year was using a backup radio. The
Icom IC-7610 is quite a nice radio, but not quite up to my Flex 6700
(temporarily QRT due to some mystical ailment) in terms of selectivity and
sensitivity. That said, it's quite a nice radio for one-third the price of the
Flex. On the upside, my half-sloper (essentially a 67' piece of wire fed against
my tower) is a huge improvement over any antenna I've ever used on the band.
This year's score is more than double my best previous effort.
Wait 'til next year!
73 de NC6K
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