ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2021
Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 186 Sections = 39 Countries = 2 Total Score = 15,498
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
With low power and a low "bent dipole," I'm not sure "Having
Fun" is the
right word for this contest. "Worthwhile Challenge" is probably
better.
But I did have fun. I had three goals:
A Personal Best
WAS -- need AK CA HI NV OR WA
DXCC -- HAVE 86 Confirmed
The results: Sort-of, No, No. The sort-of: it was a personal best here
in Massachusetts, but only half of my best score at my "old" QTH in
Maine.
I just finished putting up my Hy-Power 75/160 loaded "dipole" down
here,
brought down from Maine, although it doesn't fit in my small back yard.
QUESTION: With most 160 stations using verticals of some sort, and the fact
that stations close to me were weak, does the ~20dB cross polarization from
my low "bent" dipole have that much effect??? (I assume it does.) Or
is it
just that low power and a low dipole is a challenge? (One of these days I
hope to have a real 160 antenna.)
Friday night/Saturday morning (5:30 local) were OK. Saturday night saw
lots of QRN. Sunday morning (6:30 local) didn't yield anything other than
east coast. Best "DX" was the Dakotas. (My two countries were
closer!)
Rig: TS-590SG
Actual BIC = 8 hours (Classic "60 minute" time = 10:10)
Antenna: 35' Mast supporting a Hy-Power 75/160 loaded dipole, running S-N
Southern leg straight to one corner of yard
Northern end turning to E after 25' and then SE
after another 30' to fit into my 60x100 back yard
The "legs" drop down to about 15' at the ends.
Logger: N3FJP 160 Meter Contest Log Ver 5.0
99% S/C&P due to my meager CW & typing skills
73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
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