[3830] CQ160 CW G6M(G4BYG) Single Op HP

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CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: G6M
Operator(s): G4BYG
Station: G6M

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Harrogate,England.
Operating Time (hrs): 25

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1072  State/Prov = 38  Countries = 63  Total Score = 629,735

Club: Brimham Contest Group

Comments:

Band     QSOs     Pts  StP  DXC  Pt/Q
   1.8    1072    6235   38   63   5.8
 Total    1072    6235   38   63   5.8
Score: 629,735
1 Mult = 10.6 Q's

 This annual contest is not for the fainthearted but has attracted me over many
years.
 Although it seems like a European Slug Fest at times.
 I decided to try the Single Operator High Power Non-Assisted Category. A new  
  challenge for me.
 Having our contest groups farm qth available again, a decision was made to try
a Vertical Tee Transmit antenna as an experiment.
 Consulting various books/magazine articles and info from the internet an 85ft
vertical Tee was constructed.
 With invaluable help from Neil M0WKR and Alan G4ERZ, after tuning and testing
the performance looked promising.
 Neil (the farm owner) installed 2 reversible Beverage Receive antennas and a
low Dipole,so all was set for the contest weekend.
 Thankfully the weather was fair for the whole weekend (A luxury for this
location in late January).
 After the usual first couple of hours of mayhem things began to settle down
and it became clear that band conditions
 were far from ideal with few stations from the far east being heard or worked.
The early morning opening to the USA was very
 disappointing and only a few of the regular stateside contestants were
worked.
 After a short daytime sleep I was active again by 1700z Saturday. Fortunately
the propagation conditions were much improved
 during this session and a lot more USA stations were worked throughout the
early morning period. Again the propagation to the East
 was poor with few distant stations being worked.
 After a decent 4hr daytime sleep the final session was started at 1700z and
although new stations to work were hard to find
 I was rewarded in the final hour with YE1K in Indonesia and VK6LW over in
Western Australia.
 Radio was an Elecraft K3 and Yaesu Quadra amplifier. Software was
N1MMLogger+.
 Final total was 629,735 points from 1072 Q's with 38 States and VE Prov and 63
DX countries 
 My heartfelt thanks go to Neil and his wife Sue who kept me fed watered and
motivated during the contest.
 Hope to be back next year for more fun in this unique contest.


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