[3830] ARRL 160 EA7X(@EC7WR) SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2020

Call: EA7X
Operator(s): EA7X
Station: EC7WR

Class: SO Unlimited HP
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Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 317  Sections = 59  Countries = 0  Total Score = 37,170

Club: 

Comments:

After erecting the 30 meters vertical and a hard work on the Beverages antennas,
under a freezing cold and rain, on Thursday night conditions seemed to be
fair-to-middling. Friday night it was not too bad during the first hours after
dusk but it spoiled later without a reasonable peak at dawn. Saturday it was
much worse.
I spent hours doing S&P with the bandmap help. The QSB was so heavy that
most of the times you had to wait for a decent peak to call and pray for the
corresponsal to be idle without any NA callers. As this is US "domestic
contest" it's tough to be heard and keep the running frequency unless you
are a rare avis or the propagation is great. The DX-Window removal from the
rules this year IMHO is a big mistake. If the ARRL 160m contest committee wants
participation from abroad it should consider to replace it back.
 
Glad to hear and work W0AIH, Paul's fave band. Very nice from his friends to
keep the station running.
Only worked two stations from the left coast, in ORG and EB.

Sorry for those who were not logged, lost in the signal dip, and thanks everyone
for their patience on copying a weak far away signal.

Many thanks again to my hosts Raúl EC7WR and Bego for their hospitality and
letting me playing with the radios.

FTDX101d + PowerGenius XL amp.
Top loaded 30m vertical with 4 elevated radials + 2 Beverages to NA.


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