Probably no one else from RI entered. Nevertheless, always pleased to have more wall paper.
Happy New Year to all.
73, John, K1JSM
Probably no one else from RI entered. Nevertheless, always pleased to have more wall paper.
Happy New Year to all.
73, John, K1JSM
I was up my tower today in the nice wx to realign some antennas that were twisted on the mast and saw the remains of a massive Hornets Nest under my top plate. Wow, that would have been an unpleasant climb with a quick descent had I gone up there before the big windstorm blew their nest off the tower. I also fixed my 160m antenna and made 60 QRP Qs this weekend to check it out – and to make sure our big guns XX and AN had the RI multiplier in their logs. Purely S&P with such low power and interesting which stations can hear and which can’t. Worked as far West as MO. I will send in my paper log later on for what the puny score is worth. 73, Chris
Guess I'll go ahead and post my results. Go ahead and add your scores here too. 2017 ARRL 160M Contest Call: W1AN Location: CT Category: Single Op, HP Unassisted Club: CTRI Contest Group QSOs Sections Countries -------------------------- 824 70 28 Score: 178,596
I repaired my beverages after all the windstorms of the last few months. Large trees and limbs and wires were down everywhere in the lower woods with the RG6 coax broken and chewed by some small creatures with little teeth. I also added an unterminated ~200 foot beverage running East and West. This proved out to work great as I didn’t need to do as much switching between the others. Noise levels were fairly low except for some occasional man made noise. Possibly leaf blower motors or mowers? Missed several west coast sections and ND MB NT and PR. Mostly running, no assistance. Surprised to work S01WS. A total of 52 5 pointers are in the log. Did hear and work KE1J(VT), KS1J, W1XX, K3IU, W1CTN. Also several RI stations are in the log. Slept thru both sunrises so I gotta set the alarm next time.
Beat last years score by a little.
There is no members meeting this month. Next meeting is Saturday January 13, 2018 at 10 AM.