CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K9NW
Operator(s): K9NW
Station: K9UWA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1193 State/Prov = 58 Countries = 57 Total Score = 406,255
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
I was only planning some token participation. The antenna array lost two
directions to the weather a few weeks ago, one of them being NE - meaning
Europe, so knowing I was going to be severely handicapped in that very
important direction I wasn't exactly juiced. (SW was the other missing
direction.) The contest was already 3 hours old by the time I got going and I
started out just tuning for DX for a couple hours. I was still able to work
the "usual suspects" off the SE antenna but it was obvious condx were very
good. Ultimately, as others have noted, I got sucked into the fray by the FB
activity and condx!
I was mildly amused when I crossed the 140K mark sometime late Friday night as
I recalled an effort 20 years ago going all out both nights for that score -
and I think it might have even made Top 10! Times certainly have changed....
Despite the compromised antenna, still managed 112 ten-pointers including 12
JAs (I cannot fathom working 150+ that some are reporting!!) and a couple zone
19 stations very early. Obviously missed a lot of EU QSOs. A minor highlight
was 64 QSOs in the 14z hour Saturday morning...that's 9-10AM EST. Pretty sure
I've never had a daytime hour of that magnitude in a 160 'test.
WAS. WAC. Missed VE4, VE8, VY1, VO2
Savor this one! A very large time....congrats to all the very FB scores out
there!
73, Mike K9NW
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