Steve:
You are right. ... I'm thinking of the ARRL DX SSB contest in early March.
And, I forgot about the CW contest Feb 21--22, although I typically haven't
had much luck with that one for whatever reason. Ends up being mostly an S
and P effort for me, with very little c q ing for understandable reasons.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: CQ WW 160-meter CW Contest
Tom I think you are thinking of the ARRL DX SSB March 7-8.
Prior to that is the CW version on Feb. 21-22.
I'm going to try the WPX RTTY in mid Feb, if I get things working well
here.
The only other DX I heard on 160 this weekend was KV4FZ. He was
pretty light Friday evening and had a small crowd. I've got him in the log
on 160 a number of times, so didn't bother.
73, Steve KW3A
On 1/25/2015 4:37 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Steve:
>
> Well, I do think it was a good outing for me, especially given the
> limited time I had to operate.
>
> Wanted to operate more, but just ran out of energy around 10 or 11
> p.m. each evening.
>
> I heard HI3CC from the Dominican Republic, but just couldn't work him
> after several tries.
>
> He was down at my noise level anyway.
>
> I'm looking ahead now to future contests, and I guess the next big one
> is the CQ WW SSB contest in early March.
>
> May try to play a bit in the CQ WW 160-meter SSB contest later in
> February, but with my antenna situation as it is, I don't seem to do
> nearly as well on phone as I do on CW for that band.
>
> If I'm forgetting a major contest somewhere along the line, please let
> me know.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CQ WW 160-meter CW Contest
>
> Tom,
>
>
> Sounds like you had a good outing this weekend. I was on a little bit
> each evening, but didn't stay up late either night. Did about an hour
> early each morning. Mostly S and P. Put 235 in the log, with 38
> states, DC, 2 VE provinces and 2 DX. I also worked the ZF2 and HI3CC.
> Both the DX stations were worked between 1100 and 1130 UTC
Saturday.
>
> Worked as far to the west as California, but never heard anything from
> Europe. I may have been on at the wrong time, or just couldn't hear
> them if they were there.
>
> The station and Writelog software worked just fine, although I did
> have a change in the resonant point of the antenna due to snow Friday
night.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 1/25/2015 11:45 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Hi, all.
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>> With babysitting grand-kids late Friday through yesterday, I didn't
>> have time to put a great effort in on the CQ WW 160-meter CW contest,
>> but I was at least able to do something.
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>> I put in about 2 hours Friday evening, and about 4 hours last night,
>> and ended up making 190 contacts. I'd say my effort was 70% S and P,
>> and 30% C Q ing.
>>
>>
>>
>> I got as far west as Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and worked many
>> states throughout the eastern half of the US. Perhaps my best
>> contact was ZF2DX from the Cayman Islands at about 10 p.m. Eastern last
night.
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>>
>>
>> I was running 100 watts with my W8AMZ 160-meter half sloper.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wonder if anyone else was able to play in the contest?
>>
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>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ: Big Rapids, MI
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