[NCC] ARRL 160 K8RR Single Op HP

[Rod]

                     ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2019

Call: K8RR
Operator(s): K8RR
Station: K8RR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 24.4

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 920  Sections = 78  Countries = 16  Total Score = 178,036

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

 One might think that a small town Ohio backyard with an S-6 RF noise level would be a deal breaker for the 2019 ARRL 160. But, signals were clear on an Active Receive Vertical and a nice big maple-supported Inverted-L wire base fed over 60 straight ground radial wires, all squeezed in, each only about 25 feet in length. RF Gain reduction, attenuation and phasing techniques with a Ten Tec Orion II and a DX Engineering NCC-2 helped snag about 920 Qs. Full legal limit really works on Top Band. Sure, there were a few stations I couldn't pull out of the noise, but it sure was fun getting nearly all of the sections; 78 out of 83 plus 16 DX mults! Not too shabby if my copy was all good. I was surprised to hear AK calling me! I hoped for, but didn’t hear, NT (Yukon/NW Territories) and PAC (Hawaii), and somehow I missed SJV, SK and WTX (?). All in all, it was a satisfying 24 hour contesting effort. Thanks everyone! 73, Rod K8RR

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