[3830] ARRL 160 K4BAI Single Op HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K4BAI
Operator(s): K4BAI
Station: K4BAI

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 14:26

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 683  Sections = 72  Countries = 8  Total Score = 111,200

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 1 KW output, "t" dipole with three radials.  XYL and I went
to a bar association Christmas Party Friday night and missed four hours of prime
time. Band seemed pretty good and three Europeans called me while I was CQing. 
Saturday night seemed pretty good early and there were a number of Europeans
coming through at our sunset, although I was unable to work any of them.  After
a few hours on Saturday, I suddenly started getting a lot of hash from my laptop
logging computer, so I disconnected the computer keying line and that cured the
problem.  Hope I can figure out how to key from the laptop without noise in the
future.  

By 0415Z Saturday night, the QRN was so bad from nearby thunderstorms that I
went to bed for the night.  

I found that the 40 meter dipole works better as a receiving antenna than the
"t" vertical does. It is quieter and the signals seemed quite strong.  So, I
used it on the receive post for the last 2/3 of the contest.  Maybe it is
similar to a beverage for a city lot dweller.

Thanks for all the QSOs.  

Missed sections:  WMA, SDG (heard), SF (heard), SJV (heard and called), ND, MB,
NT, AK (never worked on 160 from home QTH).  DX worked:  VP2E, 6Y0A, NP4A,
KV4FZ, P40TA, DL7CX, IK1YDB, PA3GCV, KH6ZM, CO2JD, ZF2AH.

73, John, K4BAI.


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