CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: VY2ZM
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: VY2ZM
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: PEI
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1787 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 71 Total Score = 1,632,512
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Wow! What an experience...160 will never be the same from home! Topband
sounded better at 2 PM local from PEI than it ever has from NC in the best of
conditions!
North America CW 995 54.3
South America CW 3 0.2
Europe CW 811 44.3
Asia CW 12 0.7
Africa CW 8 0.4
Oceania CW 1 0.1
Many good mults were heard but got away (VQ9, A6, 9K2, YV, P4, PY, ZL, etc) but
the best thrill was working JA8ISU Sunday morning for the first time ever by
VY2ZM in a contest (although Jeff has worked many JAs outside of contests).
It took me awhile to learn that Jeff's best antennas were often his transmit
antenna (a 2X2 array of full size verticals that can be switched in 6
combinations...some with multiple simultaneous directions). His best RX
antenna is one he calls the 6-pack...a 3X2 combination of small verticals with
binomial feed...which has about 40 dB F/B in the NE/SW directions. NA stations
literally disappear when this is beamed NE toward Europe!
One interesting note about power line noise. We were being plagued by a power
leak which we identified and reported to the local power company. They didn't
get it fixed in time for the contest so they just turned off that section of
power line (that particular service was unused in the winter}!
Below is a link to some photos...including one of the small 6-pack verticals.
Note the balmy weather (-14C and often a 30+ kph wind) and Jeff's snowmobile
taxi:
http://tinyurl.com/2n2aqc
Thanks again to Jeff for a fantastic experience!
73, Bill W4ZV
Countries with 10 or more QSOs:
9A 12
DL 174
F 12
G 55
HA 25
HB 16
I 32
LY 18
OH 23
OK 72
OM 22
PA 21
S5 26
SM 27
SP 41
UA 64
UR 34
YU 11
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