CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K1TO
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 16
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 810 State/Prov = 54 Countries = 38 Total Score = 210,036
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
Discovered too late on Friday that one half of my inverted vee was lying in a
tangled mess on the ground, due to high winds and cold wx that morning. So,
with an antenna that "resonated" at 2150 KHz, alsmot packed it in, but decided
to run low power the first night - operated for 6 hours and made 247 QSOs. Even
had D4B pull me out of the mud once nobody else was calling.
Fixed the vee on Saturday, and re-erected short Beverages to the N and NW to
supplement the existing European Beverage. With rx signals 20-30 dB louder,
operated 9 hours Sat night, this time with an amp on, producing 532 more QSOs,
including a fair number of Europeans.
Brought the portable TV into the shack and operated the last 45 minutes while
watching the Super Bowl, adding 31 more Qs, including GU4YOX, to the log. Heard
an LA station, the only Scandinavian heard here all weekend.
Although I thought the Beverages allowed me to hear quite well, several DX
packet spots indicate otherwise. Can't claim any local thunderstorm noise this
time around. Hope I wasn't too much of an alligator.
Mult-wise: Never heard WY, DC or KL7. Heard VA5DX only the first night when my
tx signal was impotent. Never heard VE4, although I see that others missed it,
too. Highlight was having RN6BN and 4X3A answer within a 3-minute span. YO2LDC
was surprisingly loud, too. Also heard on the 1st night - 5B4AGC, P3F, Z36W,
EA6IB, a CT1, ZL6QH (and dozens of unworked Europeans).
Most who encroached on my run freq were cordial about moving and apologized -
with one notable exception.
Some terrific scores out there - congrats. With sunspots going down, down,
down, I suppose that the scores will keep going up, up, up.
Now that Tampa Bay just won the Super Bowl, we won't be able to get any real
news on the local channels here for a while!
73, Dan
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