[SCCC] K0XP SOULP

[Steve]

                     ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2019

Call: K0XP
Operator(s): K0XP
Station: K0XP

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: ORG
Operating Time (hrs): 13:35

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 253  Sections = 69  Countries = 13  Total Score = 41,192

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

Who wudda thunk it: I burned up my antler tuner using just 100W! Many folks
didn't seem to be listening for weak signals between their CQs, 
especially those
from rarer sections and DX. I nominate C6AGU for "Best Ears" award. I
heard almost every section and those I didn't work, I never found CQing (other
than common ones like GA, SFL, and a couple others). A real surprise 
was finding
JT1CO CQing before he was spotted; but I could not get through to him 
this time.
My 49-foot tree wire gave a decent account of itself, however.

Forgot to mention this: FAR too many folks in other sections seemed 
to be thinking "which section is he in, considering his call??", 
instead of COPYING what they hear. I noticed the folks who got my 
section right the first time were invariably old-time contesters, 
while the newer contesters and DXers seemed to be trying to reconcile 
K0XP with being in ORG section. Some of those folks took 2 or 3 
minutes of repeated ORG ORG ORG ORG ORANGE ORG ORG to finally copy 
it. I don't think signing /6 would have helped; I've done that before 
and it didn't seem to help. Of course, though, more powah and a 
better antler would help immensely... The same happened in the CQ WW 
CW last year: 50 out of 159 QSOs (according to the log checker 
report) got my zone incorrect as zone 4 because they did not listen 
and copy it correctly as zone 3.