ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: N3HEE
Operator(s): N3HEE
Station: N3HEE
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 845 Sections = 76 Countries = 19 Total Score = 157,885
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
I am only running 500 watts with very modest antennas so I cant compete in the
HP category. I do it so I can work some DX and west coast stations and
experiment with diversity RX and antennas. Probably should try LP or QRP next
year?
I did better (by nearly 15K points) this year by working 5 more countries and a
few more Q's. I took some time off early Saturday evening to have dinner with
XYL and watch our Clemson Tigers win the ACC championship. They went 13-0 this
year !!
The highlight was being called by KH6AT during one of my runs early Sunday
morning at 09Z. He was surprisingly strong. I also had lots of fun working 6
UK/EU countries one after another on Saturday evening. They were very strong
and I was able to break small pile ups to get them. Much better conditions to
EU/UK on Saturday night. I worked 76 sections missing WTX,LAX,SB,SF,SJV,AK
& NT. I did see AK spotted early Saturday morning but could not hear him
well enough to even try to work him. I need AK to complete my 160 WAS. Never
saw or heard NT.
I had some local QRN on Friday night. Neighbors plasma TV and some pulsing AC
line noise. I haven't heard that TV or AC line noise for months but it
appeared Friday night just in time for the test! Thankfully Saturday night was
QRN free.
I decided to try SO2V (for the first time) on Saturday evening once things
calmed down enough that I could concentrate on both VFO's. That was allot of
fun and I made many S&P new spot contacts while holding my run frequency. I
will continue to develop that skill !
Friday night I was experimenting with my new 200 foot "bent" BOG and
found a very good combination using diversity RX that really helped me hear the
weak ones. I used the BOG on the second RX with ATT off with RF gain wide open
and the Inverted L on the main RX with ATT on and RF gain at mid way and NR
turned on. I could not use this setup on Saturday night because I needed the
second RX for SO2V operation.
Gear was K3 at 500 watts. TX antenna was Inverted L with K2AV FCP. RX antenna
was 200 foot bent (70 feet SE and 130 feet NE) BOG. N1MM+ Logger. NaP3 pan
adapter.
Joe
N3HEE
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