CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB
Call: K7HKR
Operator(s): K7HKR
Station: K7HKR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 16 State/Prov = 7 Countries = 1 Total Score = 256
Club:
Comments:
100 watts, 7-foot (2.1-meter) diameter magnetic loop from AZ, centered at 16
feet (5 meters)
I had recently done a few upgrades to my "large" small transmitting
loop, and those worked well. I had to set up the antenna in a snow shower, but
that cleared up by the time I got on the air with clear weather both nights.
My loop has a predicted efficiency of 0.5% at 1850 kHz, so I was working with an
ERP lower than most QRP stations. I had only made one QSO on 160 before this
contest, so I couldn't do much worse than that.
The main highlights were completing WABS, i.e., "worked all border
states" (CA, NV, UT, CO, and NM), and rather easily working the one Idaho
station I heard.
It was rare to hear anyone working much rate for more than a few minutes, so
while I was immensely grateful for the stations that had to stick with me for a
minute or three to get my call, I didn't have to feel too guilty for wasting
their time with my little patio antenna.
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