[3830] ARRL 160 N6ZFO Single Op LP

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Mon Dec 9 00:42:50 EST 2013


                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: N6ZFO
Operator(s): N6ZFO
Station: N6ZFO

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SF
Operating Time (hrs): 8

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 134  Sections = 57  Countries = 2  Total Score = 15,516

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Equipment:  FT1000MP MkV into inverted L (75 f. vertical and about 20 radials on
the ground)

Comments:  If one does enough contests one will be bad. This was the one.  No
traction at all, and hardly a single moment of joy . . . everything was a
struggle except XE2S and T32RC, which were worked easily.

>From here conditions were far less than ideal.. . Arising early Sunday morning
(0330) I found JA's with strong signals. . up to S-7 but none calling CQ and
none would answer mine.  Later, nearer sunrise, JA's were way down. . maybe 5 S
units below good conditions. . got only a Z. O? out of one. JA2YBK was way down
in strength and during the time he called CQ no one answered.  

May also have an undiagnosed antenna problem. . . SWR was 1.0:1 and that's not
correct. . it's always been closer to 1.3:1 previously.  

Limited time because of complex final exam due Sunday in a major UC Davis wine
course.

73 Bill n6zfo


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