CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K9MMS
Operator(s): K9MMS
Station: K9MMS
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: IL
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 799 State/Prov = 56 Countries = 24 Total Score = 155,040
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Wow, what great conditions on Friday night! Day two was not nearly as
productive for me -- even though I tried just as hard on Saturday. This was my
best DX QSO count ever (LP) in a 160 meter contest.
It was frustrating that even with three 160 meter TX antennas (inverted L,
sloping Marconi, and Cushcraft MA160V) it is still difficult to make my LP
signal heard in EU. I need to revise the 160 TX antenna situation to
better-optimize it for DX work.
Worked: 47 contiguous states (never heard WY) plus D.C. ; 8 VE provinces ; 31
DX QSOs (24 countries) . . . three KL7's and two KH6's in the count.
My Elecraft K3, 100 watt P.A. / tuner failed in three successive 160 meter
contests (SP 160 warm-up, ARRL 160, and the real SP 160) in 2008. The K3 is
still at Elecraft for analysis, resolution, and repair. I used my IC-746PRO
for this entire contest. The noise reduction and filtering are great. I tried
to use an ICE 186A receiving antenna switch with the IC-746PRO, but the two
units did not play well together at all -- time delays incompatible as
currently configured. A few times, I manually switched the receiving antennas
in and out, but for most of the contest, I was without the use of the separate
(four) receiving antennas. Bah, Humbug!! Fortunately, though, the IC-746PRO
performed very well on receive, and it did not balk at long CQ runs -- as did
the K3 (which failed after 1 to 3 hours into each of three 160 CW contests
while transmitting). Kudos to ICOM!!
On Friday, at the beginning of the contest, an early CQ run from 2212 to 0059
Z, on 1805 kHz with low power, netted 250 QSOs. That was FUN! On day two, I
just could not get any good CQ runs going, and S&P found many already in the
log. Also, for me at least, I did not hear nearly as much DX as I did on
Friday night.
Day one: 542 QSOs, and 75 mults, for 98.7 kpts.
Day two: 259 QSOs (2 dupes), and only 5 more mults, for 155,040 points.
As always, 160 meter CW contests are great fun. Thanks for the QSOs.
73,
Gary . K9MMS
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