Well, I think doing QRP is nuts on 160M, but I tired it during the RAC
Winter Contest and made 26 QSOs in about 1.5 hours, and I have to admit it
was kinda fun, and I was just pokin' along.....
So, me thinks I'll try QRP during the Stew Perry and see how it goes.....
Now if I could just locate the source of my nasty 160M noise.....
73 Mark K3MSB
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:14 AM, K4OWR <k2owr@comcast.net> wrote:
> :::: I will indeed be in there trying out all my new CW interface goodies.
> I have not really operated CW in a contest in many years.
> BTW FYI in the CQ 160 contest last year, In 9 hours I made 972 contacts in
> all 48 states plus 12 countries :-) :-) For first in TN and 17th. in
> country. All on phone.
> I did run full power though. One of these days I may try qrp just to
> punish myself.
> BILL K4OWR
>
>
> On 12/23/2015 9:34 PM, Jim F. via Topband wrote:
>
>> Amen brother Jim !
>> Hope K4OWR catches the drift and gives it a try :-) Jim / W1FMR
>>
>>
>> From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>> To: topband@contesting.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 1:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op
>> On Wed,12/23/2015 10:38 AM, K4OWR wrote:
>>
>>> "/162 contacts in the log, with 51 sections, including 8 countries/"
>>> is terrible in any contest.
>>>
>> Huh? For QRP with a completely portable operation, I'd call that pretty
>> good.
>>
>> The late jazz saxophonist Gene Quill was sometimes criticized for being
>> a poor imitation of the great Charlie Parker. At one point, he handed
>> his horn to one of those critics, saying "Here -- YOU play Charlie
>> Parker solos."
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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