CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2021
Call: K3MTR
Operator(s): K3MTR
Station: K3MTR
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: FM19
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 10 State/Prov = 4 Countries = 0 Total Score = 104
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Well... what can I say? I don't have a 160 m antenna. Nor did I whip up a super
tuner to "bend" an existing one into 160. This started as a curiosity:
if I "break the rules" (so to speak) and xmit QRP into a 40 m antenna
on 160 m, could some of the big guns pick me out? I know, I know: I probably
shouldn't test super-high SWR. I don't mean to make a habit of it, but it was
always a curiosity if it would at all work. Now, I don't intend to have any
success on something like SSB on 160. And I didn't expect to chew the rag with
someone in CW, coming in with a signal surely so faint that the other OMs must
have questioned whether they were only "hearing things". But a big
contest... that's where people put extra effort into straining their ears! HI.
And what can I say, after I managed to hear that joyous di di di di dit dah dit
dah dit following my call sign, I couldn't stop at just one. Most of my itch for
this test was spent at WA3EKL multi, but having just a wee bit of fun at my own
QTH for this was a delight. I pretty much only worked local PVRCers, but I was
quite surprised that my puny QRP signal into a horribly non-resonant antenna on
a notoriously noisy band was heard as far as Ontario---twice! Make no mistake: I
know it was all of you who made the QSO possible. I appreciate your patience and
ear-strain for this "test in a test". 73 de K3MTR
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