[NCC] Fwd: ARRL 160 K8MR Single Op LP

[Jim Stahl]

Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: webform at b4h.net
> Subject: ARRL 160 K8MR Single Op LP
> Date: December 3, 2017 at 7:49:23 AM EST
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k8mr at arrl.net
> Reply-To: k8mr at arrl.net
> 
> ARRL 160-Meter Contest
> 
> Call: K8MR
> Operator(s): K8MR
> Station: K8MR
> 
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: WCF
> Operating Time (hrs): 5
> 
> Summary:
> Total:  QSOs = 145  Sections = 40  Countries = 6  Total Score = 14,168
> 
> Club: Florida Contest Group
> 
> Comments:
> 
> I operated as K8MR on Friday night and for an hour early on Saturday evening,
> then went QRT to operate as W3USA.
> 
> 65 foot vertical wire hidden in the trees, with a minimal ground system, at the
> Florida condo in Sarasota. Fun to note the difference from back in Ohio
> (propagation and location, not the crummy station). Loudest signals were ZF9CW
> and C6AGU. Being a thousand miles from most activity resulted in many copyable
> stations not being able to hear me, especially if those guys spent their time
> listening on an east-west RX antenna. Having a marginal signal, one notes the
> short time QSB, and often had to pick a QSB peak to complete a QSO. I'm
> definitely distance challenged: only one QSO in W6/7, and only three mults each
> in W0 and W1.
> 
> In one noteworthy achievement, I did manage a 10 QSO run, without any noted
> cluster spots. (RBN may have helped some folks find me).
> 
> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
> 
> 
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