CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K7RAT
Operator(s): K6AW N0AX N6TR
Station: N6TR
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: Oregon
Operating Time (hrs): 35
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1171 State/Prov = 58 Countries = 27 Total Score = 292,655
Club: Boring ARC
Comments:
The Dragon ate our Asian QSOs. Down about 50 or 60 QSOs with Japan. However,
we improved on the overall QSO total from last year by about 50 QSOs - but they
weren't 10 point QSOs, so our total score is down about 10 percent. No sign of
VE4. Only a couple of European QSOs in the log. Maybe NEXT year we will get a
decent opening to Europe during the contest. Yeah - right.
Many thanks to Steve, K6AW and Ward, N0AX for making the trip to Boring again
this year. We sort of knew what to expect this time.
Rigs - FT1000MP Mark V with 2 x 3-500Z (Viewstar amplifier) - TS850 (spotting)
Antennas - 80 foot tower with gamma match - and about 45 quarter wave radials
Multiple beverages pointing five directions (30, 70, 120, 250 and 300
degrees).
Coffee: Peru Organic (provided by Boring Bark)
Food: Wan Lun Chinese Takeout and Nuts on Sports Pizza (delivered)
Cats: 3
Dogs: 1
Daughters: 3
Wife: 0 (on vacation in Mexico - had to wait at airport for 30 minutes so I
could finish the contest before leaving to pick her up. Made five more QSOs).
Distance from spotting inverted vee and transmit antenna: 90 feet
Power dissipated in 50 Ohm dummy load in the front of the attenuator to protect
the spotting receiver when transmitting with 1500 watts: 50 watts (estimated
based on how warm the Cantenna got).
Number of N2N* stations worked: 3 (N2NL, N2NT and N2NC).
Number of stations worked using topband chat page only: zero.
Number of stations worked using a Vibroplex bug: 2
No small animals were harmed during the course of this contest, except perhaps
a few earth warms who were toasted near the radials.
A Boring Amateur Radio Production - with support from the Northern California
Winery association and the Vashon Island Stationless Ham Repository.
Directed by Bert and Bo (the cat).
Sountrack available on Rat Records.
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