CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: KD2MX
Operator(s): KD2MX
Station: KD2MX
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: Oakland, NJ
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 232 State/Prov = 41 Countries = 0 Total Score = 21,976
Club:
Comments:
This was my first CQ160 contest and all the activity made for lots of fun. I've
been inactive for many years and only returned to HF last fall, making my first
160 contact in November. I worked the ARRL and Stu Perry contests and these
events got me hooked on top band. Due to RFI problems discovered during the
ARRL 160, I kept turning down my power and found that operating QRP was
surprisingly effective, even with my seemingly less-than-ideal, ~300 ft. end-fed
longwire at about 30ft. So I decided to stick with QRP for this contest.
Thanks to all who took the time and trouble to dig my 599 signal out of the
mud.
There seemed to be more activity this weekend than during the other two
contests. The low part of the band was awfully crowded at times and I can never
understand why more ops don't spread out during a contest. I probably worked
more stations up the band where it was a little quieter. I worked almost
exclusively S&P, being a little gun and not that quick with the CW yet as I'm
still working to get my CW into contest shape.
Biggest thrill of the weekend was when NT0V in North Dakota answered one of my
few CQs, giving me a new state. I was pretty happy with 41 states but did hear
another six or so that I couldn't get, even though I'd worked some of them
before QRP. I have yet been able to complete any DX QRP contacts so I'll be
working to improve the antenna here.
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