[OKDXA] ARRL 160

[Jeff Martin]

I also operated the ARRL 160 test... In a part time effort I ended up with 466 QSOs. My contesting is nearly always a part time effort... hi... I don't have the station or the endurance for a full time effort. I do like to get on the CW contests and get some N1MM practice though... Worked the following DX: V31XX, C6AGU, CO2RQ, PJ2T, KP2DX, V31MA, ZF9CW, NP2J, & NP2X. Also worked the following locals: K5CM, N5OT, W5TM, & K5SM. Played with my new switchable loop RX antenna. It makes a difference in pulling out the weak ones... Good times making some CW QSOs...

73,
Jeff - K5WE


-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2021 11:21 AM
To: Oklahoma DX Association
Subject: [OKDXA] ARRL 160

I played in the ARRL 160 contest least night for a bit over an hour. I 
lost track of when the contest was and so missed the first night, but 
that's OK because I wasn't truly prepared for two late nights; I'm not 
sure two late-nighters in a row is even possible for me these days! I 
also didn't water the area under my antenna, so my TX antenna efficiency 
was not optimal.

I was strictly S&P, high power,  single op would more or less ran 
through spots. Results: 60 Qs, 4428 points claimed. I only heard one DX 
station: PJ2T. I saw others spotted but never heard them on my K9AY 
loops or any other antenna I tried.

73,

Kim N5OP

-- 
Kim Elmore, Ph

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

/“I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two 
reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and 
secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven." – Jascha 
Heifetz/
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