[NCC] Fwd: TBDC W1NN Single Op LP

[Hal Offutt]

Activity pretty low but easy to find a clear CQ frequency.  I was hoping to work K8MR at his FL QTH but never heard him although I did hear and work quite a few loud FL stations.  Once a very weak K8 called and I thought it was probably Jim but it turned out to be K8CN, who usually operates QRP from NH.

73, Hal

Stew Perry Topband Challenge - Spring

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 6+
Remote Operation

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 240  Total Score = 637

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Operating remote from Japan where this is a daytime event.  I didn't have high
expectations but after a 92-QSO first hour I decided to spend a little time
operating, although the rate plummeted after that first hour.  I turned on the
repeat function and sat around 1812 and called CQ for several hours while
working on my 2015 taxes. At my dinner time, I took a break and then got back
on for a few minutes at Ohio sunrise in hopes of working KH6 but by then the
QRN level had risen noticeably and I never heard a peep.  KH6AT and KH6ZW were
quite loud earlier but I never caught them calling CQ.

Signals from TX and the Southwest were the strongest I have ever heard on 160,
and those from the West Coast were also quite strong.  I think I worked more
CA/WA/OR stations than in any other 160 contest I have worked, with quite a few
of them actually calling me.  OTOH, I never heard a single EU station, although
I didn't spend a lot of time looking.

Thanks, Tree, for creating such a fun event.

Station:  K3 and a dipole at about 50' average height.

73, Hal W1NN
Remote from Tokyo