Tom,

Hope you can get the RFI stuff sorted out.   This weekend is the CQ 160 
SSB.    Not as much activity as  the CW contests, but  probably the last 
of the big 160 events for the season.


Also this weekend  are  SC and NC state QSO parties and NAQP RTTY. 
I'll probably have to flip a coin.

73, good luck with  getting back on the air, Steve  KW3A
On 2/22/2016 12:47 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Steve:
>
> I've never worked China or India from here, so those are two countries I'm
> definitely looking for in future contests, or generally.
>
> And, of course, I'd love to do much more dxing on 160 meters.
>
> Late Saturday evening, while I was wrestling with my ongoing RFI issues, I
> tuned around 160, and heard more activity than I expected, so working DX on
> that band apparently is quite possible.
>
> Always stuff to look forward to in the future!
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 10:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: ARRL CW DX Contest, W3IUU
>
> Lloyd and Mike,
>
> You guys did great and sounds like a lot of fun was had by all.  I think
> Mike is running low power and  wire antenna, so very nice.
>
> I only put about 80 in the log.  In the first hour Friday night, I saw a
> packet spot from Jim KY2D for a station from China on 20 meters.   I
> jumped up there and worked him.
>
> Except for some short stretches in the afternoons on 20 and 15, I spent both
> evenings and both early mornings  roaming around 160 meters, trying to get
> some DX in the log before the season ends.
>
> I did work 14 DXCC countries on 160  and got 2 new ones (PJ6 and YV),
> which I guess was the reason for   doing it this way.
>
>
> Everything I did on 160 was to my south, through the islands and into South
> America although I did work CU and KH6.
>
> I've come to the realization that if I ever want to get my country total on
> this band to 100 before I turn 100, I will need to  Improve some
> things here.   Perhaps a project for the summer.
>
> Congrats to all who played this weekend, Steve  KW3A
>
>
> On 2/21/2016 9:58 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen wrote:
>> I had a blast, as I usually do during this contest. About 19 hours of
>> operation, 836 QSOs and 263 multipliers. I missed a lot of good stuff
>> on 10 meters yesterday, apparently, and don't try to work 160 from
>> here. My report isn't in a format that is easy to compare with Mike's
>> N3FJP output, but you'll see it below.
>> This morning, before heading to church for 5 hours, I decided to try
>> to catch up on 15 meters. In 19 minutes I made 59 QSOs in Europe,
>> calling CQ, or more than 3 QSOs per minute. There were some nice
>> pileups trying to call me at times. I think I ran stations about 6
>> times on 15 or 20 during the contest, which accounts for maybe a third
>> of the QSOs. The rest were search and pounce.
>> You can work a lot of Europeans on 80 and 40 from here on the east
>> coast, but Japan is much harder from here. And my 40 dipole is still
>> partially wrapped around a guy wire, which is probably acting as an
> additional sloper.
>> My best antenna by far is the 6-element KT34XA triband beam at 60
>> feet, and the rotor can be commanded from the N1MM Logger Plus
>> program. Although I am entering in the high power category, output
>> power was 300 to 400 watts. On Friday night I worked someone right after
> Tom worked them.
>> Congratulations to everyone who entered, even if they made a few QSOs.
>> The objective is to have fun.
>>     Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.5481.0
>>
>> Band     QSOs       Cty
>>     3.5      32        28
>>       7     139        63
>>      14     334       71
>>      21     288        74
>>      28      43        27
>> Total     836      263
>>
>>
>>        Score : 659,604
>> 73,
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>>
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