[SCCC] W6PH ARRL 160 SOHP

[W6ph at aol.com]

                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest



Call: W6PH

Operator(s): W6PH

Station: W6PH



Class: Single Op HP

QTH: Lone Pine CA (ORG Section)

Operating Time (hrs): 10



Summary:

Total:  QSOs = 547  Sections = 77  Countries = 7  Total Score = 95,424



Club: Southern California Contest Club



Comments:



Equipment: K3 SPE 1.3K-FA

Antenna:  Homebrew inductively loaded sloper below 5L 10M yagi at 60 feet



I thought that conditions were not that great.  I had atmospheric noise at 
S5

to S7 both nights.  Additionally signals were generally weaker than in past 
160

contests.  A marker for me is the quantity and strength of signals from W1. 
 I

had less than 10 contacts this year with W1 and they were in and out of the

noise.



The band does not go long until 4 pm PST.  Signals from well equipped 
stations

all over the US start arriving and many are workable.  After about an hour 
the

band goes into a lull and comes out fairly strong around 7 pm.



Without a receiving antenna I am an alligator at times as the noise masked 
many

callers.  I apologize for that.



A friend called in late Saturday night asking if I had heard NE which I had

not.  After we signed, a NE station called in two contacts later.  I was 
still

missing WTX on Sunday morning and calling CQ with no answers.  A very faint

K5OAI called in as the sky was getting light and gave me WTX as my last

contact.



I ended up missing NL, VT, NNY, ONN, PR, and NT.  DX were VP2, PJ2, VP9, TI,

JA, XE, and C6.



My enthusiasm level wasn't that high with all the noise.  I quit at 10 pm on

Friday night and at 11 pm on Saturday night.  I did get back up for the last

two hours of darkness both mornings but most of the band had been worked 
out. 

In general I thought activity was lower than in past years.



73, Kurt W6PH