[3830] ARRL 160 N2GC SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2020

Call: N2GC
Operator(s): N2GC
Station: N2GC

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: NLI
Operating Time (hrs): 25

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 996  Sections = 81  Countries = 22  Total Score = 213,828

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

IC756PRO3, AL-1200, Double L @ 55' (vertical part is only 45-50')
No RX antennas and lots of local noise so if I didn't hear you I am sorry but
that is probably why.

Had high hopes for finally breaking 1000 QSO's in this contest after getting off
to my best start ever. Was able to hold a good run frequency with good neighbors
on either side of me for over 4 hours at the start until the slop bucket net
fired up. Don't they know there is a lot of room above 1900 during CW contests?


My local noise floor seems to be getting worse from year to year at my suburban
location. This year I used a Timewave DSP filter that worked pretty well at
knocking some of it down and my eardrums are happy too. Only 28 5 pointers this
year. Missed KH6, KL7 and NT but I am pretty sure a VY0 was calling me on Sunday
morning but I could not pull the call out of the noise. I am curious to know if
I had the prefix right or was I dreaming while half asleep at the key. 

I threw in the towel after it got so slow on Sunday morning that I could not
scrape out 4 more QSO's for the life of me to reach 1K. Even with the lousy
conditions we had I am pleased with the results and much fun was had in the
process.

73's Mike N2GC


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