[CVCC] CQ 160 CW - W4PM

[H. M. Motley, Jr.]

I worked a number of CVCCer's in this one:
W4MYA, WK4Y,  K2WK, KG4W, WA4PGM, and W4HJ.  Did I miss any?  Was Kyle QRP in this one.  If so he must have a monster antenna because he was lighting up my S-meter big time! 

I'm anxious to hear how the score turned out at Jonathan's place and whether we managed to blow up any equipment!  When I left on Saturday morning in the log were 690 Q's in 57 W/VE areas and 55 countries and a points total at 256,928 and nothing had broken yet!   Jonathan said this was the highest country total he had seen in a 160 contest from his station and the numbers could only get bigger once Roy fired up Saturday evening and worked a bunch more. 

Thanks Jonathan for the warm hospitality and allowing us to use your fine station.  It was great fun!

Here's what I did from home - fantastic conditions!

73,
Puck, W4PM
             

CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: W4PM
Operator(s): W4PM
Station: W4PM

Class: Single Op Assisted HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 15.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 731  State/Prov = 55  Countries = 47  Total Score = 242,658

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

RIG: Ten Tec Omni VII, Ameritron ALS-600 500W
TX ANTENNA: Inverted L - 60' vertical, 88' horizontal, Nine 45' radials
Low Noise RX antenna - NONE!

I split my time equally between the W4ML at W4HZ multi-op as the first night
operator and my home station on the second night. This way I could add more
points to the club score.  The better antennas (Tx & Rx) and higher power at
W4ML yielded a greater number of multipliers but I actually made a few more Q's
at home the second night  due the the greatly improved conditions.  The fantastic
opening to EU allowed me to actually run EU stations which has never occured
before in my experience in 160 contests at my station and I was even able to
work a JA and a UA0 station for the first time ever on 160! 

Thanks for the Q's.  CU in this one next year.

73,
Puck W4PM