[OKDXA] 160 meter contest conditions

[Robert Redmon]

Outstanding, Ed! Also, lots of hard work. I just don't seem to be 
motivated enough to do that anymore. I sure miss those W7FG multi op 160 
contests in the 80s! Ah, to be young and full of ambition and energy!

Yes, conditions have been very good on 160 this fall...very quiet. It 
was much easier to make qsos with 100w this year than years past. I 
worked the Malta station last night and UT2XQ. Heard many others (TF4M 
was loud, but I worked him the other day...when he was painfully weak.)

Bob K5SM.
Ed Gilliland wrote:
> 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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