VE6JY 160 ARRL

[Don Moman]

                             ARRL 160 SUMMARY SHEET


    Contest Dates : 06-Dec-96, 07-Dec-96, 08-Dec-96


    Callsign Used : VE6JY
        Operators : VE6JY + CLUSTER

         Category : m/op hi power

   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   Countries   
 ______________________________________________________________

  160CW      247         246        564      64        12 
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 Totals      247         246        564      64        12 


    Final Score = 42,864 points.

Equipment: Ft1000 / Alpha 77DX
Antennas: Horiz Dipole at 145/110 ' for east coast/Japan
          Horiz Dipole at 75' for central US
          Delta loop @ 140'
          Inverted Vees (low and high band) at 145'
          13 beverages, between 60 and 2700' long, various directions.
          
A rare chance to hear and work Europe made this contest a real memorable one! 
Not much the first night (heard UA2FF but he only heard bits of my call before 
he faded) from Europe but the JA's were good copy from 0900 onwards.  

Worked 10 European countrys in the 0200 - 0500 UTC area the second night:
GW6, 9A2, SM4, SP2, UA2F, OT6, GM3, DK8, PI4, OZ3. Most of these were new to me 
on top band. 

Many of the 160 tests are frustrating because we can hear but not be heard, but 
not a problem this year. There are always a few exceptions with high QRN or 
listening on a beverage, but generally what was heard was worked. That and an 
Europan opening on a contest weekend....Can't ask for much more. Had we had 
advance notice, would have got the troops together and done a "real" m/op 
effort instead of just me and a limping cluster doing s&p.


VE6JY is Don Moman               email: ve6jy at freenet.edmonton.ab.ca 
Box 127 Lamont, Alberta
T0B 2R0  (403) 895-2925


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