[GCARC] AB2E CQ160mCW HP(A)

[Agustin Neron Properties LLC]

CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2025
Call: AB2E
Operator(s): AB2E
Station: AB2E
Class: Single Op Assisted HP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 401 State/Prov = 50 Countries = 28 Total Score = 86,580
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
Rig: FTDX-9000D/OM Power 2000A+ amp
Antenna:
Inverted-L over 100ft tree, 6 elevated tuned radials,
RX Ant: HiZ4 60ft 4-square (optimized for 80m due to space limitations)
Op time: 9.5 hours
Wish I had more time to operate. Fri night was not good to EU for me, only
worked 2 stations. Good luck working US/VE, but missed DC, ND, WA,NV, WY. Very
few VE's on and missed a lot of those. Sat night condx much better, and got
PJ2T, FM5BH, ZF5T, and KP4AA in the log first call. EU was strong enough to
round out DX mults with 28, all but 5 were EU, and 1 Africa mult. I have no room
for a beverage on a 210ft square lot, and my HiZ4 is compromised in the NW
position due to one vertical being in close proximity to a metal garage.
Generally works well for EU, and was typically 3 S-units lower noise than
listening on the Inverted-L, and when I added the u-tune filters on the 9000D,
that cut noise an additional 2 s units. All told, 4-5 S units lower using the
HiZ4 with the mechanical Yaesu u-tune filters. It was fun to see the EU skimmers
call me out on Sat night.
Finally cracked 400Qs at the very end before going to bed.
73
Darrell AB2E

Contest: CQ160CW
Band QSOs Pts   StP DXC  Pt/Q
1.8      401  1110   50    28    2.8
Total   401  1110   50    28    2.8
Score: 86,580
1 Mult = 5.1 Q's

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