[3830] ARRL 160 K6VO(K6NR) Single Op HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2023

Call: K6VO
Operator(s): K6NR
Station: K6VO

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 3:13
Remote Operation

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 157  Sections = 56  Countries = 2  Total Score = 18,734

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

I operated remotely using my station near Williams, Arizona.
Conditions seemed very poor Friday, they got notably better on
Saturday evening. I was running 400 watts from a IC7610 and Elecraft
KPA500 amplifier. Antenna was a 30ft high inverted L over mostly 
short radials, and not enough of them. Station is at 7000ft
elevation, perhaps that helps. 

I also made a few contacts as K6NR from California but
there was bad noise there and it made the band seem pretty dead.
In Arizona I have a 580ft NE Beverage in the trees, along with 3
BOGs that seem to work very well. I could hear much better there,
but my transmit antenna needs improvement. A number of fairly loud
stations could not hear me, although I made to the east coast and
the Caribbean a number of times.

Thanks for the QSOs, 73, Dana


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