[OKDXA] 160 meter contest conditions

[Robert Redmon]

Big signal, as usual, Ed. Heard you on a number of occasions. Did you do 
the contest full time?How many Qs? I like to try to WAS and/or all W/VE 
sections. Didn't get close this time.  Probably should have settled 
somewhere and called cq for a while, but just wasn't in the mood.

Bob K5SM

Ed Gilliland wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> My first two contacts were G5W at 2230Z and OM2VL at 2231Z, in full 
> daylight.  I thought to myself here we go were going to have great 
> conditions but conditions here were mediocre.  Lots of activity here in 
> the US but the Europeans were generally weak to down in the noise.
>
> 73, Ed/W5TM
>
> John Geiger wrote:
>   
>> Let me start off by saying my antenna on 160 is pretty bad.  No, lets make that really bad!  It is a 105 foot dipole feed with a few feet of twinlead, which finally changes over to coax, and is about 35 feet high at the apex. People who model it for 160 are reduced to tears.
>>
>> Now that we have that out of the way, how did others find the 160 conditions this past weekend?  For me, they were some of the best conditions I have ever heard in the 160 contest.  I heard a total of 11 countries on (much more than I have ever heard before) and worked 2 new countries on the topband-ZF and 6Y.  Also worked PJ2 and HC8 although I already have those confirmed on 160. Also worked VT for state #46 on 160.  Overall, had a blast in the contest doing what I could with what I have.  
>>
>> I did so much tuning on the radio I reinjured my shoulder which I originally hurt on Thanksgiving.  Guess I will have to tune left handed for the 10 meter contest.
>>
>> 73s John AA5JG
>>
>>
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