CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: VY2ZM
Operator(s): WW2Y,K1PX,K1ZM
Station: VY2ZM
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: PEI
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1353 State/Prov = 55 Countries = 75 Total Score = 1,204,710
Club: 1/3 YCCC, 1/3 FRC
Comments:
Thanks to all who called in; we surely had fun in this contest despite poor
condx to Europe and the Pacific NW after 0300z on Friday night. Saturday night
was quite a bit better and we actually worked MORE Europeans the second night
than the first.
This year our crew consisted of Peter WW2Y, Jim K1PX (who usually enters this
contest in the LP category from Conn), and Jeff K1ZM. Jim and I went up early
to run out some temporary Rx antennas and braved some -25F temperatures and deep
snow in the process. This year, while we did bury the snowmobile a couple of
times, Jim and I always managed to dig it out and get it going again. On
several days it was so COLD outside that if you breathed in, you could feel your
nostrils freeze up on the intake of air. Looking out the rear window you could
see pack ice on most days out on the ocean as far as the eye could see and, on
some days, there were some small icebergs floating by. It was definitely not a
time to be climbing a tower as the windchill was intense at times.
In the SCENES WE'D LIKE TO SEE AGAIN DEPARTMENT we are pleased to report:
1) Jim "Big Jake" Monahan crashing through the knee-deep snowdrifts on the way
in like a trooper - this on the mile-plus walk down to the house from where we
had parked our car out by the road.
2) Peter "QLF" Hutter struggling with his paddle to send our call - did pretty
well after a few hours too.
3) Jeff "Zee Man" K1ZM - living up to his reputation as being able to fall
asleep almost anytime, in any position, anywhere. The old guy was sound asleep
in his chair in front of the R4c by 0930z each night - right on schedule!
Congrats to W4AN and PJ2X for fine scores. Hope to see you again next year.
73 JEFF
K1ZM@aol.com
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