[OKDXA] Stew Perry 160 m Contest

[Kim Elmore]

The noise was terrible on 160 m for the Stew Perry contest. I had a 
terrible time until about midnight, but after that 160 m became as quiet 
as any other band. I shunt feed my tower for tx K9AY loops for rx. Rates 
got slow in the wee hours of the morning and I started falling asleep, 
so I packed it. the preliminary scoreboard shows that I'm credited with 
129 valid QSOs for a score of 853, which is nothing to brag about.

I entered in the low-power (100 W) category and am amazed to see myself 
in 6th place for my category. It must've been equally bad for everyone, 
though, which explains why I placed so well with such a poor showing. I 
had way too many busted QSOs (over 10%!) because I'm rusty, but it was a 
good workout. I was pretty sure I worked F5IN, but the opening was fast 
degrading and what i thought I heard was wishful thinking as I didn't 
get credited with him.

73,

Kim N5OP

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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
doesn’t matter who said it./