I did about 10 hours of the contest from DM12. Ended up with ~4000 points better than last year. A few 6s, a single 8, but no KH/KL or EU stations. Worked pretty much all of VEs but one special was VO2AC, best DX PJ2T, with a CO2 not too far behind. Was hoping to find D4C but no luck. TX antenna is a 36' wire vertical with a 1024 sqft caphat. RX antenna W6LVP receive only loop, IC-7600 barefoot putting it all together.
73! Mark KA6WKE Website: https://www.ka6wke.net Live Stream: https://www.ka6wke.net/live-stream YouTube: http://bit.ly/ka6wke-live-stream Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ka6wke-live-stream Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ka6wke EMail Announcement: [email protected] Author: 4NEC2 The Definitive Guide EMail List:: [email protected] On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 5:52 PM Kenneth Grimm <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree that conditions were a long way from being ideal. Friday was less > ideal than Saturday. However, from here in Virginia I managed to work 20 > sixes, 33 sevens and 60 fives and that with a very good beverage pointed at > Europe. If I heard a weak signal answering my CQ and I was having > difficulty getting the call, I would quickly switch directions on the > beverage and it was frequently someone from "beyond the midwest." It was > embarrassing to ask for repeats from stations that were then quite strong. > Europeans were tough on Friday and a little easier on Saturday. There were > a few that I could hear that were alligators. I worked 41 in zone 14, 45 > in zone 15. This is about half of what I did in last year's contest. So, > no, it wasn't the greatest ever for me either....on the other hand, I had > the pleasure of exchanging reports with K6RK, W0FLS, W5ZN and VE9AA amongst > the others. Thanks for those Qs and I hope to see you all again in future > 160 tests! > 73, > Ken - K4XL > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
