[SCCC] ARRL 160 Meter CW Contest

[N6QQ]

                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: N6QQ
Operator(s): N6QQ
Station: N6MXU

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: ORG
Operating Time (hrs): 18

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 402  Sections = 73  Countries = 7  Total Score = 66,000

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

After 52 years of operation - had a grand total of 68 Q's on 160 meters.

Bill (N6MXU) at his location:  set up an inverted V at 115 feet for me.

Found his Icom PW-1 wouldn't load into the antenna.  So, I brought over my ACOM 2000A, had reflected
power 400 watts coming back - but seem to work OK.  Will need to figure out why the
antenna was giving us so much trouble.

As this was first outing on 160 meters, didn't know what to expect.

Started operating around 7:30 pm local time.  By 10:30 local, band almost sound like 40 meters.
Stations were everywhere.  Many stations were S9 + 30 db's.  It look like stations out to 1500 miles,
Co, WY, NM, WA were very strong.

By 11:30 local, East coast stated coming in.  W1, VE1's, were running around S5.  Around 12:30 am, 
band seem to died on me.  Around 3:00 am, band pick up from the East Coast again.  At 7:30 am,
heard JA3YBK, but no luck in working him.

Next evening (Sat night) back to work.  Looked like I worked most the stations the night before.
Worked an additional 160 stations.

DX stations are below.  

        160   Total

    6Y       1       1
    C6       1       1
   HC8       1       1
     K     359     359
   KH6       4       4
    KL       3       3
   KP2       1       1
   PJ2       1       1
    VE      28      28
   VP5       1       1
    XE       1       1
    ZF       1       1


Conclusion:  Worked all 50 states 73 sections and 8 countries.

LoTW - already shows 46 confirm states.

Had a good time at N6MXU's station - but do not yet know how well I did against other local 
stations.

73 John - N6QQ




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