BORA BORA - aa7jv-mm

LOST OLD 160M INVERTED L TO HELENE (ONLY THAT AND 31 HOURS WITH
NO POWER, SO I COUNT MYSELF BLESSED). GOT NEW INV L UP JUST IN
TIME FOR SP. ABOUT 20 FT SHORTER, FAR END ABOUT 10 FT LOWER, FLAT
PART GOES WEST-SOUTHWEST INSTEAD OF SOUTH BY WEST. IT SEEMS TO
WORK ABOUT AS WELL BUT IS PICKIER ABOUT ANTENNA TUNER SETTINGS.
CALLING IT A WIN OVERALL, FOR A 100FT BY 150FT LOT IN SUBURBS. - af4t

TS-590 , VERTIKAL +2X DIPOL , BEV:300-550M - e79d

WKD TWO JAS AND HRD ONE UA0.
SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ONE.
BENT-INV.V@12MTRS
73'S AKIRA, JA8RWU - ja8rwu

FT-817ND DP YAGI - jh7uju

THANKS TO BOB W4DR AND ROSALIE FOR HOSTING ME AT THEIR STATION.
THE BAND WAS VERY QUIET, BUT PROPAGATION WAS LIMITED AS WELL AS
ACTIVITY WAS SCARCE.  N1MM SAYS I OPERATED 10 HOURS, BUT AFTER A
LATE START AT 22:50, I WAS ON FOR OVER 13 HOURS: I HAD 3 X 60
MINUTE PERIODS WITHOUT LOGGING A QSO! I DID MANAGE TO CATCH 2
VERY WEAK EU  STATIONS AS WELL AS AA7JV/MM, BUT I DIDNT HEAR
ANYTHING OUT OF VK6.  HEARD BUT NOT WORKED:  G3PQA, W7TMT AND I
THINK IT WAS W6AYD .  EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I HEARD, I WORKED.
KENNY K2KW - k2kw

"HOPEFULLY, CW ACTIVITY ON 160M WILL IMPROVE." - k3tw

QRP FROM PHILADELPHIA ON A STEALTH END FED! - ka3ttt

QRP STATION IN KC, KS. 133FT INVERTED L AT ABOUT 20 FT UP. NOT A GOOD
TOP BAND SETUP BUT I HAD FUN WITH A LOT OF GREAT OPERATORS.
JOE KF0XV - kf0xv

1/8 WAVE SLOPER AT 40FT. - kg9z

VERY LIGHT PARTICIPATION. VE3MGY WAS THE BIG BEACON ON THE BAND BUT
NOT MANY WERE CALLING HIM. AS ALWAYS, I HAD A GOOD TIME, EVEN IF ONLY
FOR AN HOUR. - km1r

BEST QRB IS 1847KM FOR K5GN AT EL19 - n4ydu

GEOMAGNETIC STORM DID A NUMBER ON BAND CONDITIONS. MOSTLY AN EN/EM/FN/FM
GRID CHASE. FIRST DM GRID HEARD AND WORKED WAS DM93 AFTER I ROLLED OUT OF
BED AFTER 10:50UTC. ONLY OTHER DM GRID WAS DM65 FOR ONLY MY SECOND 6 POINTER.
EN18 WAS MY ONLY OTHER 6 POINTER. I DID HERE THE K7RAT STATION CQING RIGHT
FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES JUST BEFORE MY LOCAL SR. MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CALL
BUT WAS NOT HEARD IN THEIR RECEIVER. GL TO EVERYONE IN THE BIG STEW LATER
THIS YEAR. I'LL BE QRT AND QSY BACK NORTH VISITING THE KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS.
73 GENE, N9TF. RIG, K3S 100 WATTS.
ANT. 6BTV GROUND MOUNTED W/160M PARALLEL INVERTED L WIRE AT FEED POINT. - n9tf

FIRST TIME ON 160 METERS SINCE 20 YEARS AGO. ENJOYED THE CONTEST EVEN
THOUGH COULD NOT SPEND MUCH TIME ON IT THIS TIME.  ONLY HAVE A DIPOLE
UP ABOUT 30-40 FEET, AND 60 WATTS, BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS
MAKING
CONTACTS OUT TO 600 MILES. - nn4rh

TNX FOR CONTEST. 73! - rx3qne

BEST QRB IS 3003KM FOR UA9BA AT MO04 - sc7dx

BEST QRB IS 2116KM FOR OH3KQ AT KP19 - sq7u

BEST QRB IS 4119KM FOR GM6XX AT IO86 - un0l

ICOM-718 - uw3wf

COULD ONLY OPERATE LAST 5 HOURS. DISAPPOINTING CONDX. A FEW REASONABLE STATESIDE SIGNALS, BUT MOSTLY VERY WEAK AND NOT HEARING VK6. - vk6gx

160M SHOWED TYPICAL SIGNS OF TOP-OF-THE-SOLAR-CYCLE
HIGH-LEVEL ABSORPTION - SIGNALS WERE FEW AND VERY WEAK!
ONLY QSOS WERE AA7JV/MM, N4XD AND K1LT - AND VK6GX.
GOT AWAYS WERE WR5O (HEARD FOR 30 MINS) AND K9NW.
QSO RATE WAS JUST OVER ONE AN HOUR. GREAT FUN THOUGH, AS ALWAYS. - vk6vz

NOT THE BEST CONDX. GOOD THING I WENT WITH 100 W AND NOT QRP THIS TIME. - vo1na

THANKS FOR THE CONTACTS. THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THE CONTEST.
BAND WAS VERY QUIET. 73 - DAN, W1QK - w1qk

BEST CONTEST! - w4jfa

ONLY W6AYC FOR A 7 PTR AS BEST DX.  BAND QUIET BUT DIDN'T COOPERATE CONDITON WIS - w9re

THIS WEEKEND WAS ABOUT RUNNING EVERYTHING QRP FROM THE WA6TQT SUPER STATION.
I RAN ANZA STN-2 INTO A CRIPPLED 160-METER HORIZONAL TRI-SQUARE (THE S-E LEG
IS WEIRDED OUT).  SOMETIMES POINTING THE ANTENNA "WEST" GAVE BETTER
SIGNALS EAST THAN POINTING IT "NE", WHICH SEEMED TO WORK MORE "SE" - W-E-I-R-D.
UNFORTUNATELY, A HANDFUL OF SOLAR DISTURBANCES MADE THE BAND HORRENDOUSLY NOISY.
RUNNING QRP, MADE IT EVEN TRICKER:  I COULD HEAR W2/W3 (BUT NOTHING IN BETWEEN),
WHILE THEY COULDN'T HEAR MY CALLS (OR EVEN THE LEFT COAST) AT ALL. - wq6x

SKOOKUMLOGGER, FLEX 6600M, 160 INV-L - wu4g