[Elecraft] N6WG 2003 CQ WW 160m Contest Results

[Bob Tellefsen]

I just picked up the December 2003 CQ, because I saw that it had the 2003
scores
for the CQ WW 160m contest.  I wanted to see how I had done with my 5w, K2
and
WimpyWire vertical.

I looked for the CA scores, and found them on p. 105.  I found I had taken
first
place QRP in CA.  Considering the handicap of operating from the west coast,
I
thought this was pretty good.  Then being curious, I wondered if I had
beaten any
QRPers in other states/provinces.

Digging through the scores I found I had beaten the entered scores of QRPers
in 14
states/provinces--CT, ME, NJ, NY, MD, GA, NV, WA, MI, WV, CO, IA, VE2, VE7.

To be fair, I checked on how many state/province entries had beaten me.
There
were 10--MA, NC, VA, AZ, UT, OH, IL MN, MO, VE3.  This didn't seem like a
very
long list, so I checked for states/provinces with no QRP entries.  There
were 29--NH, RI, VT, DE, PA, AL, FL, KY, SC, TN, AR, LA, MS, NM, OK, TX, ID,
MT,
OR, WY, IN, WI, KS, SD, VO1, VY1, VE5, VE6, VE9.
I'm sure there were QRPers in the contest who just did it for the fun, and
never entered
their scores.

Ok, now I'm really getting greedy.  Did I beat the top Low Power station in
any state/
province?  Turns out there were 8--CT, MA, RI, AR, ID, WY, VE5, VE6.  Wow,
QRP Lives!

Ok, what has this proved?  Not a darned thing, really, other than that QRP
is a lot of
fun and can turn in surprising results in contests.  But then, you already
knew that,
didn't you?

73, Bob N6WG