[3830] ARRL 160 K8RR Single Op HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2019

Call: K8RR
Operator(s): K8RR
Station: K8RR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 24.4

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 920  Sections = 78  Countries = 16  Total Score = 178,036

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

One might think that a small town Ohio backyard with an S-6 RF noise level would
be a deal breaker for the 2019 ARRL 160. But, signals were clear on an Active
Receive Vertical and a nice big maple-supported Inverted-L wire base fed over 60
radials, all squeezed in, each only about 25 feet in length. RF Gain reduction,
attenuation and phasing techniques with a Ten Tec Orion II and a DX Engineering
NCC-2 helped snag about 920 Qs. Of course, full legal limit really works on Top
Band. Yes, there were a few stations I couldn't pull out of the noise, but it
sure was fun getting nearly all of the sections; 78 out of 83 plus 16 DX mults!
Not too shabby if my copy was all good. I was surprised to hear AK calling me! I
hoped for, but didn’t hear, NT (Yukon/NW Territories) and PAC (Hawaii), and
somehow I missed SJV, SK and WTX (?). All in all, it was a satisfying 24 hour
contesting effort. Thanks everyone! 73, Rod K8RR


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