ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: K5NA
Operator(s): K5NA, +PACKET
Station: K5NA
Class: M/S HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 723 Sections = 78 Countries = 28 Total Score = 165,042
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
This was an off year for me because I couldn't stay in the operating chair for
too long at any one sitting. I have a pinched nerve/muscle in my leg that makes
it painful to sit in one place for very long. So this year I kept my ARRL 160M
operating effort at a minimum, even though this is my favorite contest of the
year.
I was in and out of the ham shack both evenings doing some running and a lot of
search and pouncing. I went to bed at 10:30 PM local time on Friday night and at
10:00 PM the second night, just too sore to go any longer. I did get up both
mornings before sunrise to operate for a while.
Conditions seemed very good with European signals quite loud at times. The band
was loaded with USA signals from both coasts and everyone was loud. I expect
there may be some record setting scores for this year.
I was surprised that many sections seemed easy to work. I went into Sunday
morning needing four more sections and managed to get # 77 (WY) and # 78 (NT
â?? VY1JA). I missed ND and VE4 and finished Sunday morning CQing and listening
on the north beverage, just hoping that one of those two sections would show up.
But they didnâ??t.
I hope to be back in the ARRL 160M Contest at full speed next year.
73, Richard â?? K5NA
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