[SADXA] ARRL_160_Contest

[Carl Foster]

Mike,

I didn't get the idea that Wes thought your signal was in any
way bad, just very strong due to proximity. You are +30 at my
QTH, but not strong enough to overload the receiver.  I don't
believe that he meant to demean your signal quality.

I am near Ina and La Canada. I was wondering where your
station was located because your signal is the strongest in
most contests. It is also very clean. I thought you were within
a mile or so, but it appears that you are west of the Tucson
Mountains. Good show.

Carl  KB7AZ

On 12/4/2022 12:54 PM, Michael Gibson via SADXA wrote:
>   Very sorry to hear this comment, Wes.
> This is the first comment of this naturethat I have seen since I relocatedhere from Hawaii some years ago....
>
> I am running a Yaesu FT-1000MP, bought brand new in 1997.I got the key clicks modification done less than a year later.Running a Ten Tec Titan (bought from K7NN) at 1200 watts, toa home made inverted L with an apex height of 48 feet, using 4elevated radials. K7NN and I have known each other for 50+ years.
> Perhaps a direct message, to me, would have been more appropriate?
> Aloha-MikeKH6ND & KH7X(club call)
>
>
>
>
>      On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 10:05:02 AM MST, Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
>   
>   Although I'm not much of a contest op, I dabbled in the 160 contest for a few
> hours.  Strictly an S&P effort. With a few exceptions I pretty much worked
> everyone I heard and called.  After a few hours you run out of new ones.  I did
> work four JAs, I think before anyone else heard them.  I heard and called PJ2T
> but as often the case they didn't hear me.  My experience is that Caribbean
> stations are deaf to the west.  Maybe they have RX antennas pointed to EU or
> something.   As usual KH7X destroys the band for me.
>
> 128 Qs, 272 Points, 51 multipliers = 13821
>
> Wes  N7WS