[NCC] K8MR CQ 160 CW Operations

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

 CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station:  K8MR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs):  5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 515  State/Prov = 52   Countries = 24  Total Score = 105,460

Club: Mad River Radio  Club

Comments:

I was planning to operate Friday night with my own  call, but when I finished 
up
Saturday morning with 85K, I decided to spend  the extra hour or so to make it
to 100K, which I don't think I had ever done  before in a 160 test.

Can I claim the PJ2 multiplier?  Had dinner  Saturday night with 
W0CG/PJ2DX/PJ2T
and W8WTS, who had planned to be at PJ2T  this weekend (with K8ND) until a 
major
work project intervened. 


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                     CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: W3USA
Operator(s): K8MR
Station:  K8MR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs):  3

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 352  State/Prov = 47   Countries = 4  Total Score = 41,004

Club: Mad River Radio  Club

Comments:

This was my day two operation, Saturday night and  early Sunday. Either
conditions were down from Friday night, or a light snow  had created a lot of
power line noise that was not there the first  night.  Or both. 

A combination of fresh meat status and a packet  spot make for a good 
imitation
of being rare DX. At one point I had the 10  qso timer over 300/hr.

73  -  Jim  K8MR



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CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: W8FD
Operator(s): K8MR
Station:  K8MR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs):  0:20

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 65  State/Prov = 21   Countries = 0  Total Score = 2,919

Club: Mad River Radio  Club

Comments:

A quick appearance Sunday afternoon to make some  qsos available to those who 
had
survived the first 46 hours.

As I said  in my W3USA comments, the combination of being new and a being
spotted sure  can generate a nice high rate experience. Thanks to CQ for not
sharing ARRL's  phobia about using more than one callsign during the contest. 
I
trust none of  the people I worked 2 or 3 times minded either.

Again, some light snow  led to a lot of power line noise, so after working the
big guns I did feel  like an alligator when the weaker stations were trying to
call  in.

73  -  Jim  K8MR




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