[SECC] Fwd: CQ160 CW AA4GA Single Op QRP

[Lee Hiers]

CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: AA4GA
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 4:46

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 175  State/Prov = 45  Countries = 5  Total Score = 20,900

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Wow, this was fun.  Basically haven't been on 160 since operating Multi with
W4WA about a sunspot cycle ago.  Saturday afternoon I put up my first-ever 160
antenna and put in a few hours Saturday night.  QRP is pretty neat, in that a
receive antenna setup isn't as necessary as it would be with 100 Watts or more.

Was able to get a small run or two going, which was surprising...even had an LX
hear my signal on a QSB peak, but it didn't last long enough for us to complete
the QSO.  My guess is that condx were pretty good...wish I had some experience
to compare with.  I heard a lot of European DX that I had no shot at,
as well as a few
South and Central American stations.  I heard all of the lower 48
states except WV and
WY, and only missed 10 counting KH6 and KL7.

I should have done this earlier in the season!  Hopefully the antenna will
still be up next winter!

KX3 at 5 watts to Inverted-L (about 65' vertical and 70' horizontal,
feed at about 12', with 3 resonant
radials)


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