CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: N6RO
Operator(s): N6RO + PACKET
Station: N6RO
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 709 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 32 Total Score = 220,809
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Original plan was a full bore single op effort, but the weather did not
cooperate. Rain static on all antennas started as the contest began, so I
watched tennis on TV until the rain stopped. Got on late (0330Z) in the best
EU opening I've ever heard from CA, logging 11 EU including 9A, CT, DL, EA, G,
OM, ON, SP, CN, CU. Rain started again, so watched hockey on TV until about
06Z, worked US for 1.5 hours, went to bed with 3 hours total time. Got on
early Saturday morning for the last 3 hours before sunrise; logged 55 JAs and
15 other Asians incl. BY, HL, UA9, VR, JT. Ended first day with 300Q/52M/18C,
with 6 hours on.
Saturday night featured intermittent rain all night until about 10Z Sunday AM.
Whenever the precip static went below S7 I got on in spurts and connected to
packet to go for mults. Condx, even with no noise, were not as good as Friday
night, only heard a few EU that I already worked. But picked up 5 more mults
(missed Nt, Yt, NS, Lb, Mb) and 14 more countries. So the revised goal of a
personal best in country mults was met.
Can't complain too much about the rain; it was not there for the 2007 ARRL 160
and Stew Perry, and I did fairly well in those events. I plan to build a
receiving loop with umbrella for rainy days before next 160m season!
Continent List 2008 CQWW CW N6RO
160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL
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USA calls = 538 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 538
VE calls = 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
N.A. calls = 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
S.A. calls = 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Euro calls = 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Afrc calls = 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Asia calls = 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
JA calls = 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
Ocen calls = 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Unknowns = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 709 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 709
Stuff: FT1000mp, Alpha 76; wire 4 Square array for TX, 600' E-W reversible
bev., 480' NE-SW bev., 600' JA bev.; TRlog, VE7CC cluster, one bottle of Sake.
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