[3830] ARRL 160 VE3OSZ Single Op LP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: VE3OSZ
Operator(s): VE3OSZ
Station: VE3OSZ

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Ottawa
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 627  Sections = 71  Countries = 8  Total Score = 100,804

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Had a bad start to the contest. We had freezing rain on Friday which coated my
inverted L wire with ice, seriously de-tuning it. As a result I could only
operate in the range 1800 to 1815 for the first few hours. After about 8 hours
the ice fell off and normal operation became possible again. For the first few
hours there was heavy QRN. Throughout the first night there was generally high
static, perhaps caused by ice on the power lines.

Propagation on Friday night was not good. I heard nothing from Europe. Saturday
night was better and I had a few EU QSOs. GI0KOW had the best EU signal. But
conditions were much worse than during the 2005 contest. After hearing nothing
from WA or BC during the first night some good signals from that region finally
arrived on Saturday night.

Hoping that conditions will be much better for the Stew Perry event later this
month.

Station:

Drake TR7 - 100 watts
Home brew tuner
Antennas: inverted L, one Beverage, one pennant
TR Log


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