CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB - 2023
Call: W1XX
Operator(s): W1XX
Station: W1XX
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: RI
Operating Time (hrs): 13.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 475 State/Prov = 40 Countries = 23 Total Score = 85,365
Club: CT RI Contest Group
Comments:
A storm last winter took out my former aluminum T-vertical array. This was
replaced for the contest by a funky Inv-L-T consisting of #18 covered wire held
vertical by a fiberglass 12M SpiderPole.....then extending 40 feet horizontally
to a 32 foot T on each side. Worked better than expected.
With only two EU Friday night in the log, I opted for sleep at 1:30 AM. Got up
at 5 AM and caught KU1CW (OR) exactly at my SR -- up to that point, my only Q
west of Colorado. EU the 2nd night was much better but not enuf of 'em. Quit
at 2 AM for 5 AM wake-up that yielded little. State/Province mult count was very
disappointing.
Always an interesting scenario: You're calling an EU right on the same
frequency as a stateside CQn who can't hear him. Chaos ensues. "We've
already worked." "The frequency is occupied." Etc....Worse yet,
which happened to me this weekend -- a new EU mult right under a rag-chew in
progress. "Idiot" ... followed by expletives. Since it was a no-win
situation, I QSYed. Fortunately,
that mult called in later. Always fun !
73, John, W1XX
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