[3830] ARRL 160 W3HKK SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2020

Call: W3HKK
Operator(s): W3HKK
Station: W3HKK

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 21.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1112  Sections = 101  Countries = 21  Total Score = 231,595

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

An all-time high 1112 Q's! Fastest start ever: four runs>100; 11 runs>60
Q's/hr. Strong domestic sigs until last  four hours when it became a slog and
steady stream of (41)dupes. Finally began turning them away.  But until then it
was  awesome and steady.

DX however was a different story. With the  rebirth of the solar cycle and
higher K's, the Euros(12 cos) were never strong or plentiful.  rather, just one
here and there. MIA were the usual Euros plus S.A. 
  
Noise was a bit of an issue with  annoying QRN esp. Sat afternoon and early
evening.  But that eased as  the evening wore on. As did a mild headache. 

Top Five sections were: MN-VA-OH-IL-VE3, but the West Coast was consistently
strong after 11pm til sunrise.

The pre-sunrise boost was   quite good Sat morning but  never sustained itself
Sun morning. Although it seemed  every other qso required me to rotate the SAL30
rx antenna to pull them out of the noise. A 1 and a 0 and a 4 and a VE3...round
and round she goes.

Overall this was "a really good shew", and a lot of fun.


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