ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2020
Call: WA3EKL
Operator(s): WA3EKL KB3VQC K3MTR N3DPB
Station: WA3EKL
Class: M/S HP
QTH: SEVERN, MD
Operating Time (hrs): 19.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 512 Sections = 87 Countries = 18 Total Score = 93,525
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
A FUN CONTEST SORT OF LIKE ONE BANDED SS EXCEPT LESS TIRESOME, LESS BORING AND
WITH DX ADDED. EVEN WITH OUR BEVERAGES EUROPE WAS NOT AS STRONG AS LAST
WEEKEND. IT WAS STILL EXCITING WITH THE MULTIPLE US STATIONS HOWEVER WE JUST
COULDN'T GET THAT ALASKAN MULTIPLIER!
FOUND MANY 30 WPM US OPS THAT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. A FEW TIMES HEARD A 30 PLUS
OP CALLING A 20 WPM OP AS MANY AS 6 TIMES THEN A 20 WPM OP CALLED AND WAS
IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED. THE FAST OP CONTINUED HAMMERING AWAY 30 WPM AT THE SAME
STATION. TO BE POLITE MY QUESTION WOULD BE JUST HOW INTELLIGENT ARE YOU OR DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT SUPER FAST AND WINING IS THE ONLY GOAL? THERE WERE OPS
PLUGGING AWAY AT 16 WPM MAKING CONTACTS AND WE AS OTHER OPERATORS RESPECTFULLY
AND IN GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP SLOWED DOWN FOR THEM AND GAVE THOSE OPERATORS THE
CONTACTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW, OLD, EXPERIENCED, AND INEXPERIENCED OPERATORS
USING COMPUTER ASSISTED SOFTWARE TO HELP THEM "LEARN" AND OR
"CORRECTLY" DECIPHER CW. HERE IS A THOUGHT, DROP YOUR CODE SPEED DOWN
TO 2 WPM BELOW THE SPEED AT WHICH THE CODE READERS WILL NO LONGER DECIPHER. YOU
JUST MIGHT GET A BOAT LOAD OF MORE CONTACT INSTEAD OF A BOAT LOAD OF TIME
WASTING REPEATS! ARE YOU ONLY IN THIS GAME TO WIN? IF SO A "NO ERROR
RATE" ON THE OTHER END WILL ALWAYS NET YOU THE GREATEST NUMBER OF Q'S.
ENOUGH SAID?
ALL OUR OPS HAD A SUPER GREAT TIME. THE REBUILT HOME BREW PAIR OF 813'S (THAT
BRINGS BACK MEMORIES FOR SOME) CHUGGED ALONG PERFECTLY INTO THE INVERTED
"L" WITH 36 SEVENTY FIVE FOOT RADIALS. DID I MENTION THOSE REALLY
WEAK EUROPEANS THAT WE WERE STRAINING OUR EARS TO HEAR THEN THE US STATION IN
THE NEXT STATE THAT CALLS AND BLOWS OUR EARPHONES OFF OUR HEADS! THAT WAS FUN
TO. HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE CONTEST AS MUCH AS WE DID. TNX TO ALL THE
STATIONS THAT CONTACTED US. 73 FROM THE CREW, WA3EKL KB3VQC K3MTR N3DPB
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