CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: W3EF
Operator(s): W3EF
Station: W3EF
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 29.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 905 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 51 Total Score = 320,976
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Wow...haven't been on for this contest in 7 years, but I clearly picked the
right year to return! My two phased inverted Ls may be a bit crude but they
clearly worked, particularly since I bumped them each up to 4 elevated radials
this week and raised most of the radials to 16'. Now most of the EU stuff I
can hear on the beverage I can actually work (some of it even before 0500Z).
As other have commented, some of it even called in! Sweet!
I overslept Saturday morning and missed the grey line, but the rest of the
weekend was fine and the final 2 hours added a few points as well (in a vain
attempt to catch the scores of some who had already posted to 3830!). Heard my
first ever JAs on 160, though I didn't work one. Most interesting mult was
MM0XAU for the Shetland multiplier (on his grey line). CE1/K7CA seemed weaker
than usual but I was very happy to snag him as well. Missed only Idaho for the
lower 48 (though I did hear it call someone) and never heard KH6, VE4, VO2, or
the YU/NT/NU trio.
Congratulations to WA1Z, K1EP, and anyone else who broke the old LP record.
Never thought I'd even be close, but I came within 10% of it. Progress!
This is also the year I've switched to N1MM Logger. It's superb. I am still
working out the kinks in the operator though....
73 and cu in ARRL DX,
Maury W3EF
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