CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: KB7Q
Operator(s): KB7Q
Station: KB7Q
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Montana
Operating Time (hrs): 28.0
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1012 State/Prov = 58 Countries = 14 Total Score = 168,840
Club:
Comments:
Any weekend 160 meter contest that you can work WAS/WAC, bag Moracco on the
first call from Montana, and work JA's listening QRX up at 1945 Khz with 100
watts is a classic event. This weekend was a fantastic display of propagation.
The contest started out slowly for me - I spent the whole first hour running up
and down the band doing S&P for just 30 contacts. Grrr. It got better as things
went along: VK6VZ/4 and ZL6QH were peaking 579 here several times, and were
worked as soon as the crowds thinned a bit.
Some challenges: A small front moved thru and the wind turned the balloon
vertical more over then up, the tuner went into spasms trying to keep up until
things stabilized. Next, a kind soul clued me in the not only was my K2 ripe
with key-clicks; it had a nasty chirp too. A quick 25 minute pit-stop ensued to
pull the rig apart and tighten the final transistors' heatsink screws. Thought I
did that well enough before! Just glad I had read about that malady on the
Elecraft reflector at some point and knew what the cure was. It is a long
four-wheel drive down from the cabin and back to Bozeman to bum a replacement
rig from a ham friend! ;-)
Conditions seemed very stable with little ot no QSB/QRN. Life is GOOD!
Best,
Gene, KB7Q
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