ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station: W6PH
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Lone Pine CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 547 Sections = 77 Countries = 7 Total Score = 95,424
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
Equipment: K3 SPE 1.3K-FA
Antenna: Homebrew inductively loaded sloper below 5L 10M yagi at 60 feet
I thought that conditions were not that great. I had atmospheric noise at S5
to S7 both nights. Additionally signals were generally weaker than in past 160
contests. A marker for me is the quantity and strength of signals from W1. I
had less than 10 contacts this year with W1 and they were in and out of the
noise.
The band does not go long until 4 pm PST. Signals from well equipped stations
all over the US start arriving and many are workable. After about an hour the
band goes into a lull and comes out fairly strong around 7 pm.
Without a receiving antenna I am an alligator at times as the noise masked many
callers. I apologize for that.
A friend called in late Saturday night asking if I had heard NE which I had
not. After we signed, a NE station called in two contacts later. I was still
missing WTX on Sunday morning and calling CQ with no answers. A very faint
K5OAI called in as the sky was getting light and gave me WTX as my last
contact.
I ended up missing NL, VT, NNY, ONN, PR, and NT. DX were VP2, PJ2, VP9, TI,
JA, XE, and C6.
My enthusiasm level wasn't that high with all the noise. I quit at 10 pm on
Friday night and at 11 pm on Saturday night. I did get back up for the last
two hours of darkness both mornings but most of the band had been worked out.
In general I thought activity was lower than in past years.
73, Kurt W6PH
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