Tried the new contest call for the first time, seemed to cause some
a few people to get confused, but worked well for the most part. Only
operated about 6 hours.
Had a few people try to take my freq while I commandeered 1800.7 on
Sat night, one inparticular that stands out is an N8... he was on
1801.1 for a while, then decides to move down to 1800.8 (probably because
of QRM) and pretended he didn't hear me, then moves to 1800.5 and
pretended he didn't hear me again... first right above me, then below me...
this happened 2 times also! There is also one particular W5 who always
seems to show up on freq calling CQ without bothering to see if it's in
use... either he never hears me (which is not the case) or he has got
a bad set of ears. This W5 did the same thing to at least 3 others
that I heard while I was tuning. I hate it when ops of super stations
try to steal the freq of a casual operator, or of anyone for that matter!
Operated from the station of K9QVB which consists of a KT34, 40m rotary
dipole and inverted Vs for 80 and 160 at about 60 ft.
Rig was an old Collins KWM-380, great radio!
73,
Paul K9PG / KX9ZZ
ex WX9E
ARRL 160 SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 07-Dec-96, 08-Dec-96
Callsign Used : KX9ZZ
Operator : K9PG
Category : Single Op Low Power
Default Exchange : 599 IL
Team/Club : Society of Midwest Contesters
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Countries
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160CW 330 330 663 52 1
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Totals 330 330 663 52 1
Final Score = 35139 points.
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