ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: AE0EE
Operator(s): AE0EE
Station: AE0EE
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 465 Sections = 71 Countries = 2 Total Score = 68,328
Club: Minnesota Wireless Assn
Comments:
100 W into a dipole up 20-30', keyed by hand with an iambic paddle and a
vibroplex bug.
A bit tough Friday night, but got better later in the evening as things thinned
out. Saturday evening's propagation was terrible---I could hear a crowded band,
but stations were either ones I'd worked or couldn't hear me. I called CQ
without much success, and finally established a productive run frequency when a
QRQ QRO QRM station took my frequency without so much as a "QRL?" or
"?". After that I took a break for much of the evening to work on a
30 m antenna, and not much rate was lost.
Late Saturday night conditions improved, and I managed to get some productive
BIC time in until around 0900z. Propagation was bad around sunrise, with few
stations heard and even fewer new ones.
I started out on an iambic paddle. I'm not sure whether accumulated debris
made the contacts have issues or if the heat of calling CQ a lot made the keyer
malfunction, but I had trouble where the dash paddle would just stop sending
dashes. Since I've been making strides in using a bug, I pulled it out and
went from there, pounding out probably 300 of the QSOs without any electronic
assistance.
I got KH6 this year, but missed KL7, so I'm now just one state away from WAS on
160 m. I also think I added a new country (TI) to my DXCC chase.
For next year, I'd like to get more proficient with the bug, or else to make
sure I have a reliable iambic paddle and keyer system. An improved transmit
antenna would be nice too, but we'll see what I can manage.
Comparison with last year:
Up: states, countries, bug use
Down: QSOs, sections, score, propagation
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