Tom,
Sounds like you had fun. I was only on a short time and put about 2
dozen in the log. Some on the 480 and some on the 2000, all barefoot.
If I had heard any DX, I would have connected the amp.
I guess the next two 160 tests are the ARRL CW and SSB later this winter.
73, Steve KW3A
On 12/27/2015 12:43 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
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> I spent a few hours last evening playing in the Stew Perry 160-meter CW
> contest, and wound up putting 122 qsos in the log.
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> As I had expected, conditions on 160 meters were not the greatest. Lots of
> QSB, and QRN from storms in the southern part of the US.
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> Due to the fact that the contest exchange involved grid square numbers, I'm
> not exactly sure of my most long-distance contact, but I am confident that I
> covered much of the East Coast, Great Lakes, and Mid West regions of the
> country.
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> I did notice an interesting problem with the N3FJP logging software for this
> particular contest, which I'll describe in another e-mail.
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> All and all, the contest was fun, for the short time I was able to work it.
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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