[3830] ARRL 160 VE6TL Single Op Limited-Ant HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2023

Call: VE6TL
Operator(s): VE6TL
Station: VE6TL

Class: Single Op HP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant 
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 92  Sections = 29  Countries = 0  Total Score = 5,336

Club: 

Comments:

Very similar score to last year as condx were horrible.  Last year, I went low
power as my old Yaesu amp was no longer working and still managed exotic
multipliers like Hawaii, Maine and STX (exotic for me in AB).  This year, prop
limited me to western NA, as far south as NM and AZ and as far east as Chicago. 
My newly acquired KPA500 and KAT500 allowed for up to 500W on the shunt-fed 40'
tower but even this "high power" only served to warm the clouds above.
With the same antenna and 400W in 2017, I managed 51 sections and 3 countries in
2 hours (and double the present score), so I know this weekend's condx are about
as poor as they can get.  

Jerry VE6TL
Calgary, AB

FTdx5000mp
Elecraft KPA500 amp 
Shunt-fed 40' tower


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