ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2020
Call: W3HKK
Operator(s): W3HKK
Station: W3HKK
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 21.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1112 Sections = 101 Countries = 21 Total Score = 231,595
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
An all-time high 1112 Q's! Fastest start ever: four runs>100; 11 runs>60
Q's/hr. Strong domestic sigs until last four hours when it became a slog and
steady stream of (41)dupes. Finally began turning them away. But until then it
was awesome and steady.
DX however was a different story. With the rebirth of the solar cycle and
higher K's, the Euros(12 cos) were never strong or plentiful. rather, just one
here and there. MIA were the usual Euros plus S.A.
Noise was a bit of an issue with annoying QRN esp. Sat afternoon and early
evening. But that eased as the evening wore on. As did a mild headache.
Top Five sections were: MN-VA-OH-IL-VE3, but the West Coast was consistently
strong after 11pm til sunrise.
The pre-sunrise boost was quite good Sat morning but never sustained itself
Sun morning. Although it seemed every other qso required me to rotate the SAL30
rx antenna to pull them out of the noise. A 1 and a 0 and a 4 and a VE3...round
and round she goes.
Overall this was "a really good shew", and a lot of fun.
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