94 q’s, 627 points raw score. Best: G3BJ 33 points, K6XX 27 pts (including x3 for qrp).
3h 45m op time
5 watts to a 65’/65′ inverted L with 16 65′ radials (originally intended for 80m).

Did anyone give this a try? I worked AB1BX in Warren but didn’t hear anyone else.

This contest is one of my favorites even tho 160 is not very qrp-friendly. The best part is that you get rewarded for taking the time to work QRP stations by a 4x multiplier, so I don’t feel like such a pest :). The other unusual feature is that your score grows as everyone submits logs and you get those credits. Although you probably don’t pull ahead of anyone. The downside is they post your longest qso, and the pressure is on for it to be someone other than K1LT.

Anyway last year I worked 5 in Eu but this year I wasn’t getting heard. G3BJ was not the strongest (probably due to 400w limit there) but he had the patience to stay with it for my only one. Lots of Europeans were called, even RW7K, just not quite workable. US conditions seemed better though and I got several 4 & 5 pointers and K6XX, who must have some remarkable rx capability because he was pretty weak here. The activity in this is pretty amazing considering it’s CW only and with all the frustrations of 160, like noise and the mysterious large antenna systems. A lot of qrp entries. Many others outscored me with seemingly no better antenna systems than mine so more research seems to be needed! —
Dave K1SX

Ran 160 Contest for about 4-5 Hours…. Looking forward to the all band contests…

Bob W1IG

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: CT
CALLSIGN: W1IG
CLUB:
CONTEST: ARRL-160
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: 160M
CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-POWER: QRP
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 320
OPERATORS: W1IG
NAME: Bob Munro
ADDRESS: 378 Wilson St
ADDRESS-CITY: Waterbury
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: CT
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 06708
ADDRESS-COUNTRY:
EMAIL: w1amf@nullaol.com
CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7342.0
QSO: 1812 CW 2018-11-30 2221 W1IG 599 CT K1RO 599 NH
QSO: 1803 CW 2018-11-30 2231 W1IG 599 CT K1JB 599 ME
QSO: 1803 CW 2018-11-30 2238 W1IG 599 CT W1WEF 599 CT
QSO: 1806 CW 2018-11-30 2338 W1IG 599 CT K3TN 599 MDC
QSO: 1806 CW 2018-12-01 0148 W1IG 599 CT W1VE 599 ENY
QSO: 1806 CW 2018-12-01 0152 W1IG 599 CT KB1EFS 599 EMA
QSO: 1805 CW 2018-12-01 1942 W1IG 599 CT W1CTN 599 CT
QSO: 1815 CW 2018-12-01 2001 W1IG 599 CT W2GD 599 SNJ
QSO: 1819 CW 2018-12-01 2004 W1IG 599 CT K1KI 599 CT
QSO: 1823 CW 2018-12-01 2011 W1IG 599 CT W1GD 599 WMA
QSO: 1818 CW 2018-12-01 2019 W1IG 599 CT NN2DX 599 ME
QSO: 1820 CW 2018-12-01 2031 W1IG 599 CT K1RV 599 EMA
QSO: 1825 CW 2018-12-01 2035 W1IG 599 CT K1VR 599 EMA
QSO: 1808 CW 2018-12-01 2052 W1IG 599 CT VE3PN 599 ONE
QSO: 1812 CW 2018-12-01 2054 W1IG 599 CT K3WW 599 EPA
QSO: 1823 CW 2018-12-01 2109 W1IG 599 CT K1LZ 599 EMA
END-OF-LOG:

Conditions were rough with low noise. Ran the wire antenna with the FT-817. Ran it for about 4 hours on and off. Looking forward to the tower and beam going up in the spring!!

Bob W1IG

START-OF-LOG: 3.0
LOCATION: CT
CALLSIGN: W1IG
CLUB: CTRI Contest Group
CONTEST: ARRL-10
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: 10M
CATEGORY-MODE: CW
CATEGORY-POWER: QRP
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 336
OPERATORS: W1IG
NAME: Bob Munro
ADDRESS: 378 Wilson St
ADDRESS-CITY: Waterbury
ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: CT
ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 06708
ADDRESS-COUNTRY:
EMAIL: w1amf@nullaol.com
CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7342.0
QSO: 28004 CW 2018-12-08 0104 W1IG 599 CT WA1J 599 MA
QSO: 28018 CW 2018-12-08 0106 W1IG 599 CT K1RM 599 CT
QSO: 28021 CW 2018-12-08 0109 W1IG 599 CT W1QK 599 CT
QSO: 28017 CW 2018-12-08 1458 W1IG 599 CT W3EP 599 CT
QSO: 28012 CW 2018-12-08 1503 W1IG 599 CT K1KI 599 CT
QSO: 28026 CW 2018-12-08 1524 W1IG 599 CT W0AIH 599 WI
QSO: 28026 CW 2018-12-08 1557 W1IG 599 CT NE0U 599 MN
QSO: 28016 CW 2018-12-08 1616 W1IG 599 CT K9NR 599 IL
QSO: 28046 CW 2018-12-08 1628 W1IG 599 CT NV9L 599 IL
QSO: 28054 CW 2018-12-08 1629 W1IG 599 CT K1RU 599 CT
QSO: 28039 CW 2018-12-09 1507 W1IG 599 CT W1VEM 599 CT
QSO: 28031 CW 2018-12-09 1850 W1IG 599 CT N4TB 599 FL
QSO: 28039 CW 2018-12-09 1857 W1IG 599 CT WO4O 599 FL
QSO: 28042 CW 2018-12-09 1929 W1IG 599 CT K1ZZ 599 CT
END-OF-LOG:

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2018 ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: W1AN
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 11

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 588  Sections = 69  Countries = 25  Total Score = 115,830

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Played a little in this one after hours Thursday and Friday in the swamp splicing multiple animal chews on the beverage feedlines. Only spending half the time in the chair I did not come anywhere close to my highest score of 245,000 in this contest back in 2015. Conditions were quiet Friday evening but noisier with the rain later Saturday.
73, John W1AN

Here is the result of my minimal effort this weekend.I heard W1DX once on 15, but didn’t hear anyone else.

Call: K3IU
Operator(s): K3IU
Station: K3IU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: USA - RI
Operating Time (hrs): 8.1

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    0     0        0
   80:   21     8       17
   40:   64    13       33
   20:  181    14       51
   15:   50    12       35
   10:    0     0        0
------------------------------
Total:  316    47      136  Total Score = 163,602

This is the BIG CW test! Work everybody! I’ll be ready. Any ops out there need a chair? Let me know.
73, John W1AN

2018 ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: W1DX
Operator(s): K1ECU W1WBB W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: USA
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:     
   80:  335
   40:  206
   20:  329
   15:   47
   10:     
------------
Total:  917  Sections = 83  Total Score = 152,222

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Bill W1WBB and Charles K1ECU and I enjoyed the fair to decent condition last weekend on phone. I started out on 20M Saturday running low power. That proved to be a very frustrating experience. It seemed I couldn’t even hear myself so I jumped to HP and warmed up the amp. By about midnite I had worked nearly 70 sections. An early start in the morning before sunrise got the section total easily to near 80 before the arrival of the the first relief crew member Bill W1WBB. I became backup/break operator for the rest of the contest when Charles K1ECU arrived later. WY was number 81. Two back to back NL sections were worked to fill slot number 82. Last section 83 worked was AK by Bill. Worked W1XX, W1CTN, K1ECU (from home qth). Heard KI1G very late.

NG1Mike stopped by Sunday noonish to visit and operate. Lunch and an extended chat session got in the way of operating, but he did go home with a rig and cables to test out his new tower and antennas. He just may be on for the 10M contest with his new setup.

73, John W1AN

2018 WAE DX Contest, RTTY

Call: W1DX
Operator(s): N6ERD K1DM W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: M/S HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   QTCs  Mults
-------------------------------
   80:   89    89    10   108
   40:  259   259   190   171
   20:  468   468   150   154
   15:   46    46    50    66
   10:                       
-------------------------------
Total:  862   862   400   499  Total Score = 629,738

Club: CT RI Contest Group

This was the first time for all three of us operating in the WAE RTTY. The contest is very much like the 48 hour CQ WW RTTY where you work everybody. So QSOs are almost unlimited. Difference is in the scoring and what is considered a multiplier. Countries have multipliers as well as adding a new one for each district such as W2, W3, etc. Also is the addition to the QSO count for each exchange of a QTC which is basically an exchange of info of a max of 10 prior QSOs to an eligible operator on another continent. N1MM makes exchanging QTCs easy as most is automated in RTTY. If the operator is eligible to receive or send you a group of QTCs, the keystrokes of Cntrl +Z or Cntrl +Z (twice) will bring up the QTC receive/send exchange screen. There is a learning curve involved, but tutorials and videos are available. Our score could have improved more significantly if we were better prepared.
73, John W1AN

SATURDAY, November 10, 2018

The CTRI Contest Group meeting

Meeting location: South Kingstown Public Library (aka Peace Dale library)
1057 Kingstown Rd
Wakefield, RI 02879

Meeting start time: 9 AM.

The October CTRI meeting was held at the W1XX QTH in South Kingstown on the 13th.  After a successful raising of the 160 meter vertical (Thank you!), a regular meeting was held.

From time to time, CTRI has made a special group effort in selected contests.  1.5 million points (a record) in the New England QSO Party (2011) and the 10 Meter Contest come to mind.  The reception to try this again in the ARRL Sweepstakes was somewhat lukewarm but some indicated their intention to give it a go.

Sweepstakes — CW on Nov. 3 – 4 and Phone on Nov. 17 – 18 — is the granddaddy of contests.  I think this is the 80th running.  If CW is not your thing, then give phone a shot.  I’ll be in there on both.

An N1MM+ reminder:  enter the data in pairs like 39A and 61RI.  That way there is no ambiguity between QSO number and the check (year first licensed).  Review the rules on the ARRL website.

N1MM+ has become the de facto default logging program. If you need help, Ken, K3IU, has volunteered to be our “N1MM Resource Person” [kenk3iu AT cox DOT net]. He helped me immensely in transitioning from TRLog a few years back. Ken suggests you reference the on-line N1MM+ manual.

More meeting happenings:  Discussion touched on the New England director election, VP6D, Field Day, and oh, yes club elections.  Newly elected:  John, W1XX, President;  Bill, W1WBB, VP;  Mike, NG1M, Secy/Treasurer; Charlie, K1ECU, Contest Mgr.;  Jim,. KS1J, Recording Secy.

73!

 

 

FINALLY – after FOUR LONG YEARS – going to raise my WRTC2014 Antenna!!

 

Plan is for this SATURDAY Nov 3 at 10AM – giving those whose who are planning to participate in ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW (which starts at 2100Z or 5PM) plenty of time to get home.

 

Please let me know if you will be attending so I can plan food, etc.

 

31 White Falls Trail, Wakefield RI   CELL:  401-714-2753

 

Hope to see you there!

73  Mike NG1M

My work schedule has kept me very busy. I haven’t been able to prepare the shack for the upcoming test. Nor have I been able to track down the source of the S9 noise. It, however, has diminished a bit. Perhaps by Saturday PM I can start limited operation. So if you have plans on operating here it will need to be Saturday evening or Sunday. Let me know. I hope to have all ready by then.
John W1AN

Usually I have to wait to the final days of a big expedition, but I saw W1XX’s spot on 40 cw this morning and I actually worked them with 10w to a wire.  6:40 local. Huge signal, great op, and the pileup was behaving.     If I can, anybody can!  tnx John–

Dave K1SX