[3830] CQ160 CW KD4D(@N3HBX) Single Op LP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: KD4D
Operator(s): KD4D
Station: N3HBX

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1093  State/Prov = 57  Countries = 49  Total Score = 420,184

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Great Fun!  Thanks again to John Evans for letting me use the "farm" again.  He
has installed a new "HiZ" vertical 4-element array - this helped a LOT with the
snow static and various types of band noise.

When I arrived, the 3-element K3LR vertical wire array wouldn't accept 500
watts without having the SWR jump up and, sometimes, "stick".  What to do?  I
decided to try LOW POWER.  This was a first for me in the contest. I had no
idea what to expect.

What did I learn from this?  As I've read before, "Attitude is everything". 
This didn't change my operating technique a lot.  

1)  I was able to run - even a rather productive European run for over two
hours Saturday night!  :-)  
2)  I did get pushed around the band a bit more.  
3)  I could work MOST of what I could hear.  I did not have much luck calling
Europeans on our sunset - many CQ'd in my face.
4)  I could bust most of the pileups.  I had to work at it though - listening
to see what the DX station was responding to, varying speed and frequency,
etc..  Running high power, I have to do less of this.  Breaking the pileup on
3V8BB Saturday (couldn't get through Friday) was a highlight of the contest for
me.
5)  Don't work the Friday before the contest starts.  I knew this one, but... 
:-)  I fell asleep after our sunrise Saturday for about 20 minutes.

The band was very good Saturday before European sunrise.  I worked KH6 but no
other DX west - no ZL/VK, JA, KL7, etc..  Zero Asia QSO's!

Rates and multiplier information follow.  Thanks for the QSO's!

73,

Mark, KD4D

1/25/2013	179
22	87
23	92
1/26/2013	587
0	84
1	30
2	42
3	63
4	42
5	31
6	41
7	51
8	45
9	25
10	30
11	27
12	19
13	2
21	7
22	28
23	20
1/27/2013	327
0	29
1	34
2	19
3	24
4	43
5	44
6	39
7	19
8	15
9	8
10	17
11	18
12	18
Grand Total	1093

Continent Breakdown
AF	2
EU	186
NA	894
OC	4
SA	7
Grand Total	1093

Count by Country
K	832
VE	50
DL	47
G	19
OK	15
S5	10
UR	8
YU	7
F	7
I	7
EA	6
SP	6
HA	6
OM	5
LY	5
PA	5
9A	4
KH6	4
XE	3
HK	3
EI	3
CT	3
GW	3
SM	2
YO	2
UA	2
OZ	2
FM	2
ON	2
GM	2
V3	1
4O	1
LZ	1
OH	1
KP2	1
OH0	1
E7	1
HI	1
ES	1
HC	1
CE	1
6Y	1
LX	1
J7	1
CM	1
3V	1
YL	1
PJ2	1
PY	1
C6	1
EA9	1

Count by Section/Province
OH	69
VA	63
PA	61
NY	50
MD	39
FL	37
MA	34
IL	33
ON	33
NC	31
TN	30
MI	27
TX	24
CA	23
NJ	23
GA	22
AZ	20
NH	20
AL	17
MN	16
IN	16
WI	16
MO	13
WV	13
CT	13
IA	12
CO	11
KS	9
SC	9
NM	9
WA	8
RI	7
ME	7
QC	7
VT	6
DE	5
KY	5
AR	4
UT	4
NB	4
LA	4
NV	3
NE	3
OR	3
NS	2
OK	2
ID	2
AB	2
ND	2
DC	2
MS	2
SD	1
MT	1
WY	1
BC	1
PEI	1
Grand Total	882


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