[OKDXA] 160 meter contest conditions

[Ed Gilliland]

Hi Bob,
Thanks.  I operated just over 21 hours.  1,409 Qs, 77 sections, 40 DX.  
I started the contest at 2230Z and didn't get out of the chair for 9 
hours.  Had 944 Qs during that time.  I had WAS the first stint but 
missed NWT and NNY.  In retrospect I should have stayed with it but I 
couldn't sit any longer.  Hi!  Conditions on 160 tonight are great!  Got 
EY8MM, UA9NN, TF4M, 9H1XT among others. 

cul, Ed

Robert Redmon wrote:
> 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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