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Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest

To: Roger Kennedy <roger@wessexproductions.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
From: Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:16:36 -0500
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Hi Roger and gang,

I operated W9VW which is a pretty big contest station Saturday morning but
did not get on 160 meters until 0545 UTC, and I commented to my fellow
operators that conditions were about as poor as I have ever encountered on
160 from Indiana into Eu and I was running 1300 watts versus the 100 watts
I typically run from my home station.  I was also having issues with our
other transmitter getting into our 9 circle RX array which did not help..

I did operate some from my home station Sunday morning but started at 0400
UTC and actually put a considerable amount of Eu stations in my log running
my 100 watts, so maybe conditions favored the earlier hours????  Next year
I will definitely try and get on 160 much earlier in the evening if I'm
invited back to W9VW.  I certainly felt embarrassed with my performance.

73,
Don (wd8dsb)
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