[3830] ARRL 160 K1LT M/S HP

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Sun Dec 2 16:00:05 EST 2007


                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K1LT
Operator(s): K1LT + PACKET
Station: K1LT

Class: M/S HP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 30

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1553  Sections = 78  Countries = 48  Total Score = 429,534

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

2007 must be the year when the mythical, magical "good" low-sunspot
conditions occur.  Conditions Friday night were excellent, while
conditions Saturday night were just good.  Low noise (lower Friday)
and no storms made for pleasant "hearing".

One small disadvantage with good conditions is that the DX comes in
small, sporadic bursts rather than as a "mini-DX contest" at 05 and 06
GMT.  For some reason Saturday night nearly all of the Europeans
vanished.  Maybe they worked everyone Friday night.  I really missed
the Saturday night DX run fun.

During the CQ WW CW I noticed that I have a severe noise problem which
obscures signals on the 330 degree and due North Beverages.  I spent
the week between the contests verifying that the noise was not
inherent in the antennas themselves.  I guess I need to go hunting for
a local source.  Surprisingly, the noise cannot be heard in the
adjacent directions (300 degrees and 30 degrees), which is why I
suspected the antennas rather than a local source.  The source must be
the low-budget farm just to the north of my location.  I was lucky
that JA8DMB was able to override the noise.  Also, I was barely able
to detect that RW0CWA heard my call through the noise as well.  These
two contacts were the first time that I've worked Asia (other than
Cyprus and Turkey) since last year.

I used the Steerable Phased Vertical Array as a second receiver for
the diversity receiving capability.  It was very handy to put "east"
signals in one ear and "west" signals in the other.  That saves a lot
of time otherwise wasted searching through Beverages to find a signal.
I never needed to steer the Phased Array, since all of my DX came from
Europe.  The surprise contact came from 5H3EE, and I don't recall
which antenna I was listening to when he called.

On the other hand, the broadband nature of the direct conversion
receivers led to frequent overload situations which diminished the
utility of that receiving system.  Never depend solely on a single
technology during warfare!

I was amazed that VY1JA was not mobbed when he was spotted early
Sunday morning.  I surmise that by that time, only die-hard contesters
remained on the air.

I missed PR and VE4 for a sweep.  How could I miss PR???

I need to improve my sleep management.  I just cannot maintain my
motivation after being awake for more than about 14-16 hours.  That,
or go back to operating multi-op.  Anybody for the CQ 160?  See you
all in the SPTBDC in 4 weeks.

Equipment:

IC765 and ETO 91B (thanks, Jeff!)
Steerable Phased Array Receiving System (see k1lt.com)
14 Beverages every 30 degrees and spares
65 foot "T" with 80 radials

Breakdowns:

UTC   160  rate total
---------------------
22Z   132   132   132
23Z   111   111   243
00Z    92    92   335
01Z   114   114   449
02Z   110   110   559
03Z    73    73   632
04Z    76    76   708
05Z    83    83   791
06Z    52    52   843
07Z    55    55   898
08Z    39    39   937
09Z     9     9   946
10Z    20    20   966
11Z    37    37  1003
12Z    41    41  1044
13Z    39    39  1083
14Z    19    19  1102
15Z     0     0  1102
16Z     0     0  1102
17Z     0     0  1102
18Z     0     0  1102
19Z    13    13  1115
20Z    25    25  1140
21Z    29    29  1169
22Z    43    43  1212
23Z    25    25  1237
00Z    51    51  1288
01Z    66    66  1354
02Z    23    23  1377
03Z    28    28  1405
04Z    46    46  1451
05Z    26    26  1477
06Z    15    15  1492
07Z    16    16  1508
08Z    11    11  1519
09Z     0     0  1519
10Z     4     4  1523
11Z     1     1  1524
12Z    18    18  1542
13Z    11    11  1553
14Z     0     0  1553
15Z     0     0  1553

DX Prefix      Total
--------------------
5H             1
8P             1
9A             1
C6             1
CM             1
CT3            1
CU             1
DL             12
E5/s           1
EA             1
EA6            1
EI             1
ES             1
F              3
FM             1
G              9
GI             1
GM             4
GW             3
HI             1
HP             1
I              5
J3             1
JA             1
LA             2
OE             1
OH             1
OK             3
OM             1
ON             2
OZ             2
P4             2
PA             2
PJ2            1
S5             4
SM             6
SP             3
SV             2
UA             1
UA2            1
UA9            1
UR             6
VP2M           1
XE             1
YO             1
YU             1
YV             2
ZF             1


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