[3830] ARRL 160 K6BW(N2NL) Single Op HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K6BW
Operator(s): N2NL
Station: N2NL

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Novato, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 302  Sections = 64  Countries = 2  Total Score = 40,260

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

KW + 1/2 wave sloper @ 125ft on a hilltop QTH

   My plans for a semi-serious effort were thwarted by some Bad Chicken.  I
spent most of the first night on the wrong seat!  I felt better Saturday, but I
was just screwing around at that point.  My new 1/2 wave sloper seems to work
pretty well, and I seem to be able to hear OK with it as well.
   This was my first ARRL 160 contest since my winning effort in 1996 from N2RM.
 It's a completely different contest from out here!  I was amazed at the never
ending pool of W6's and W7's available to work.  On the other hand, the W1's
seemed very under represented, and the few I worked were all pretty weak.  I
assumed that AU was a factor, since NL7Z was way down from his usual signal, but
the solar numbers didn't support my theory.
    I'm looking forward to the Stew Perry contest in a couple weeks, and I hope
to get a couple RX antennas installed at the QTH by then.  I'll make sure to
avoid the chicken!

73, Dave N2NL/K6BW


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