CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: K3STX
Operator(s): K3STX
Station: K3STX
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 11
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 259 State/Prov = 47 Countries = 4 Total Score = 30,753
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
My first real effort in a 160 M contest. Took off a day of work to put up an
inverted L (70 feet vertical, 60 horizontal) and layed down 12 radials (8 were
66 feet and 4 were 32 feet, it's all I had) and hooked radials to chain link
fence around my small suburban lot. I am VERY disappointed with my performance,
especially with NO European DX worked at all. I heard LOTS of loud EU, but on
the first night I called and called and called. Nothing. Even far western USA
was a struggle, and in many cases the freq. was clear but they did not even ask
"K3?". I thought an inverted L was supposed to be a good antenna for 160. I
doubt it was the fact that I only ran 100 watts, cuz' there are many New England
low power stations who make dozens of DX mults and make many hundreds of QSOs. I
will have to re-think this. Forcing XYL to tend to the kids (including an
infant) while daddy plays on the radio to make a measly 4 DX QSOs might not have
been the best political move I have made.
If anyone has ideas of how I can improve things, let me know. It's not that I
could not hear THEM, THEY could not hear ME! All the Beverages in the world
won't help there. Could more radials REALLY make that big a difference?
paul
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