[3830] CQ160 CW K0ZR Single Op HP

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Mon Jan 27 22:02:09 EST 2014


                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: K0ZR
Operator(s): K0ZR
Station: K0ZR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Virginia
Operating Time (hrs): 18.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 901  State/Prov = 57  Countries = 31  Total Score = 197,824

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

This year’s contest started off extremely well for me in that the first hour
saw rates of 4-5 per minute multiple times.  My first hour hit ~ 130/hour
compared to only ~ 45/hour for the same time in 2013.  Unfortunately things
tapered off as is usually the case.  This year DX conditions were very
UNfavorable compared to the great opening I experienced in 2013, when a 3-4
hour span of great DX to Europe occurred.  In 2013 I worked DX, other than VEs,
a total of 135 times compared to only 43 for this year, 2014.  The “opening”
never occurred.  And although I had to my advantage the DX Engineering receive
four-square this year, which helped immeasurably when noise levels got as high
as S-9, it was not sufficient to overcome the lack of propagation.  I did
manage, with considerable effort, to amass more QSOs this year than last; a
total of 901 compared to 853 in 2013.  Still had a good time but am still
disappointed with the absence of some good DX openings.


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