[NCC] Fwd: ARRL 160 W1NN Single Op LP

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

Ah, the joys of being fresh meat!
A shame that the ARRL is still stuck in the 1960's world worrying about "manufactured QSOs", rather than making it easy for all of us to become fresh meat after our use-by date has passed.  And thereby giving the serious guys some more new people to work as the contest goes on.

73  -  Jim   K8MR


-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Offutt <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
To: Mad River Radio Club <mrrc at groups.io>; North Coast Contesters <ncc at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 6, 2021 12:53 am
Subject: [NCC] Fwd: ARRL 160 W1NN Single Op LP




Lots of big scores from members, especially NO3M & K1LT.  You guys are 
impressive!

73, Hal W1NN


ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2021

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 1:20
Remote Operation

Summary:
Total: QSOs = 150      Sections = 48      Countries = 1      Total Score 
= 14,847

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

My 160 dipole is unavailable due to the malfunction of my remote switch. 
My K3
loads my 80 meter dipole pretty well but, understandably, it doesn't 
work very
well. Nevertheless, I was able to have a nice 135 hour run on Saturday 
night.
Much to my surprise, two West Coast stations called me. I heard 4-5 
pretty loud
EU stations plus KP4 and KP2, but the only DX that could hear me was C6. 
I was
afraid of what prolonged operation like this could do to my radio, so I only
operated a bit and I won't be operating much in the Stew or the Jan 160 
contest.

73, Hal W1NN remote at tokyo