[3830] ARRL 160 K4XL SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K4XL
Operator(s): K4XL
Station: K4XL

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: Virginia
Operating Time (hrs): 18

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 931  Sections = 78  Countries = 43  Total Score = 249,748

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

It is great to see the band full of signals and for conditions to be so good. 
The first evening was excellent with lots of mults.  Within the first six
minutes, I had worked my first 5 pointer and lots of Europeans followed.  QSB
and skewed paths provided some interest!  Lots of QRN when the beverages pointed
in a Westerly direction, but all quiet to the East making even weak Europeans
solid copy.  The second evening was not so good.  Signals from Europe were
scarcer and perhaps a bit weaker.  QRN to the West was at least as bad and
perhaps a bit worse.  My goal was to at least match last year's score, but I
failed primarily because of interruptions at peak times and of course, creeping
old age
!  No equipment malfunctions to blame, but there are always improvements to be
made to antenna and all the gadgets that make a good score. (I've got to put the
beverage selector in a better location!)

Thanks for the Q's.

Icom-7800
Alpha 78
Folded Unipole
6 Beverages


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