There were quite a few good openings this season. We took down our E/W slopers just before CQWW CW and replaced them with 2 top loaded phased verticals (vertical height about 30m). The new antenna seemed to work as expected by simulations and showed up to be clearly better on low angle conditions. A few East Coast stations also worked us with very low power (like 5 or 10 watts) for a 2nd or 3rd QSO.
73 Jukka OH6DD OH0Z 160m W/VE summary: 911 QSOs, 623 unique calls (574 USA, 49 VE) Zone 5: 380 unique calls Zone 4: 209 Zone 3: 34 1st QSO: Nov 6 2017 Last QSO: Feb 13 2018 ZONE 5 NY 53 unique calls PA 42 VA 35 MA 34 FL 30 MD 29 NC 25 NH 23 GA 18 NJ 17 CT 16 ME 13 SC 7 WV 6 RI 5 VT 4 DE 3 QC 7 NB 6 NS 4 PE 2 NF 1 ZONE 4 OH 29 unique calls MI 21 IL 16 TX 14 TN 13 WI 13 MO 12 IN 9 KY 9 CO 8 MN 8 IA 6 AL 5 OK 4 MS 4 LA 4 AR 3 NM 3 MT 1 ON 23 SK 2 AB 2 ZONE 3 AZ 12 unique calls WA 7 OR 5 CA 3 UT 3 ID 1 NV 1 BC 2 US states not worked: HI (KH7XS hrd), AK, WY, ND, SD, NE, KS. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
