Wow John! Outstanding effort! I'm down around 450 QSOs but hoping to
add a few tonight. Condx last night both to EU and the west coast were
exceptionally good..
73
Hal N4GG
On 12/6/2014 9:21 PM, John Colyard via SECC wrote:
> ARRL160 Summary Sheet
>
> Start Date : 2014-12-05
>
> CallSign Used : W4IX
> Operator(s) : W4IX
>
> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
> Band : 160M
> Power : LOW
> Mode : CW
> Default Exchange : SC
> Gridsquare : EM84WX
>
> Name : John Colyard
> Address : 490 Silver Thorne Drive
> City/State/Zip : Wellford SC 29385
> Country : USA
>
> ARRL Section : SC
> Club/Team : South East Contest Club
> Software : N1MM Logger V13.10.2
>
> Band QSOs Pts Sec
> 1.8 843 1704 81
> Total 843 1704 81
>
>
> Score : 138,024
> Rig : FT-1000 MP
>
> Antennas : Inv L, 3 Rcv Antennas
>
> Soapbox : I had to leave early Sunday morning for a business
> trip to Tuscon, AZ so I only had limited time to play. I ran the first
> 12 hrs of the contest ( Friday night ) until 1000Z when things were
> just so slow and everyone on skimmer was a dupe so I pulled the plug.
> Started up at 2100Z Saturday and things were extremely slow for a
> couple hours...picked up just a little at darkness but I knew I had to
> leave soon so I just picked at skimmer until everyone was a dupe and
> pulled the plug. So I had 700 Q's in 12 hours and 143 Q's in 4 1/2
> hours...Did manage to work a few DX stations...PJ2,KP2,XE2, G & I.
> M5O called me and I worked G4IIY and IQ9IU (who had a tremendous
> signal ). Also got KH6LC but missed KL7 for WAS. Missed EB, SB and PR.
> Also missed SK, NL & NWT. I put up a new Inverted L out in the woods
> and the vertical section is approx. 75 feet up and at the base of the
> tree, the ground slopes down approx. 25 feet so it seems to be in a
> good location. Have 14 radials installed. I also have a 350 foot
> terminated east beverage. A 300 foot unterminated free wire to the NE,
> and a 900 foot unterminated beverage to the NW. All 3 RCV Antennas
> payed off. Even though the band was extremely quiet, it helped pull
> out the weak ones from overcrowded frequencies. Did anyone on the East
> Coast experience the awesome W6/W7 land condx? I thought they were
> awesome....would have been incredible if I had an Amplifier!!
>
>
> I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
> established for amateur radio in my country. My report is
> correct and true to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be
> bound by the decisions of the Contest Committee.
>
>
>
> Date : 2014-12-07 Signature : John Colyard
>
>
> *John Colyard
> Tandem Communications
> Director of Installations
> MAIN 772.216.6700
> EMAIL jrcccd at aol.com
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>
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