[3830] CQ160 CW W1NN Single Op LP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2020

Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 8.0
Remote Operation

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 403  State/Prov = 53  Countries = 18  Total Score = 74,976

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Apparently I was operating a different contest from many others because I did
not find conditions so great and certainly not as good as in the recent Stew
Perry contest. 

I was pretty busy with other things this weekend so I was only on for around 8
hours and missed most of the EU opening on the first day, but I did spend
several hours on Saturday night trying to work EU and SA but I didn't have much
success. I ended up with only 13 EU stations, including just one DL and one F. 
I couldn't get any station in the UK or Spain to hear me, including a couple
that I easily worked in December.  UA and UR were easy to work in December but
only one this time.  In the Stew I worked 45 EU.  Not whining, mind you, just
reporting my experience.  

In general, the band seemed poorer to the east but better to the west for me. 
In the Stew, I worked half a dozen Eastern Canada sections but this time only
LB.  But I worked a lot more CA and West Coast than in the Stew.  Unfortunately
nobody in SA could hear me except for YV1.  CX, CE and LU were louder than I
have ever heard them but I never even got a ? from any of them despite many
calls. Maybe summer QRN there? 

It was nice to work all states except for ND, AK and HI. No VE5 or VE7. 

My station:  A single K3 barefoot to a dipole at an average height of around
45-50 feet.

Despite the frustrations, it was lots of fun!  Nice to work lots of friends and
lots of calls that I do not hear in other contests.

73, Hal W1NN remote in Tokyo


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