2003 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
12/09/2003 |
K6EI
I had a blast working T32WW (Christmas Island) with my mighty 5 watts early on Saturday morning.
A buddy was kind enough to lend me his Elecraft K2 for the contest, so I took advantage of having both a transmit antenna (an inverted L) and a lower-noise 10-foot diameter receive antenna. This arrangement definitely helped when the QRN levels got above S5 the first night.
Suggestion next year: Since almost everyone sends 599 as part of the exchange, why not substitute power level (H for high, L for low, Q for QRP) instead of RST? This would make the contest more interesting for the participants. Working a distant station partially buried in noise would be far more meaningful if I knew he was running 5 watts instead of a kilowatt. -- K6EI
A buddy was kind enough to lend me his Elecraft K2 for the contest, so I took advantage of having both a transmit antenna (an inverted L) and a lower-noise 10-foot diameter receive antenna. This arrangement definitely helped when the QRN levels got above S5 the first night.
Suggestion next year: Since almost everyone sends 599 as part of the exchange, why not substitute power level (H for high, L for low, Q for QRP) instead of RST? This would make the contest more interesting for the participants. Working a distant station partially buried in noise would be far more meaningful if I knew he was running 5 watts instead of a kilowatt. -- K6EI
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