Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Peter,  If you think calling CQ in a contest while  running 5 watts and 
not getting a single reply is fun then have at it. Working some stations 
with 100 watts is more fun for me.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 12/24/2015 5:36 PM, Peter Voelpel wrote:
> Qrp on 160 is fun:
>
> CQ WW CW this year:
>
> SOSB/160 QRP
> Call	QSOs	Zones	Countries	Op Time	Score	Club
> GM4AFF	409	11	52	16	27,657	
> K9JWV	16	7	5		496	
>   
>
> SOSB(A)/160 QRP
> Call	QSOs	Zones	Countries	Op Time	Score	Club
> OL1A(OK1CW)	476	10	60	18	37,380	
> DJ7WW	308	11	55	28	25,476	RR DX
> S57M	404	6	47	29	21,359	SCC
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark
> K3MSB
> Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Dezember 2015 22:06
> To: K4OWR
> Cc: topBand List
> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op
>
> Well,  I think doing QRP is nuts on 160M,  but I tired it during the RAC
> Winter Contest and made 26 QSOs in about 1.5 hours, and I have to admit it
> was kinda fun, and I was just pokin' along.....
>
> So, me thinks I'll try QRP during the Stew Perry and see how it goes.....
> Now if I could just locate the source of my nasty 160M noise.....
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:14 AM, K4OWR <k2owr at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> :::: I will indeed be in there trying out all my new CW interface goodies.
>> I have not really operated CW in a contest in many years.
>> BTW FYI in the CQ 160 contest last year, In 9 hours I made 972 contacts in
>> all 48 states plus 12 countries :-) :-) For first in TN and 17th. in
>> country. All on phone.
>> I did run full power though. One of these days I may try qrp just to
>> punish myself.
>> BILL K4OWR
>>
>>
>> On 12/23/2015 9:34 PM, Jim F. via Topband wrote:
>>
>>> Amen brother Jim !
>>> Hope K4OWR catches the drift and gives it a try :-) Jim /  W1FMR
>>>
>>>
>>>         From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>>    To: topband at contesting.com
>>>    Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 1:55 PM
>>>    Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL 160CW Contest QRP Portable Op
>>>      On Wed,12/23/2015 10:38 AM, K4OWR wrote:
>>>
>>>> "/162 contacts in the log, with 51 sections, including 8 countries/"
>>>> is terrible in any contest.
>>>>
>>> Huh? For QRP with a completely portable operation, I'd call that pretty
>>> good.
>>>
>>> The late jazz saxophonist Gene Quill was sometimes criticized for being
>>> a poor imitation of the great Charlie Parker. At one point, he handed
>>> his horn to one of those critics, saying "Here -- YOU play Charlie
>>> Parker solos."
>>>
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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