Contesting

Some contest results! Well...I have something to report from the Iowa QSO Party: High Power: http://w0yl.com/IAQP_2020_Results START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CREATED-BY: N3FJP's IAQP Contest Log (Out of State) 2.1 CONTEST: IAQP CALLSIGN: W8WLK LOCATION: EM89 CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CATEGORY-POWER: HIGH CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CATEGORY-BAND: 80M-40M-20M CATEGORY-MODE: SSB CATEGORY-TIME: 10-HOURS CATEGORY-OVERLAY: OVER-50 CLUB: Madison County Ohio ARC CLAIMED-SCORE: 99 OPERATORS: WALTER L KENYON JR NAME: Walter L Kenyon Jr ADDRESS: 5420 Goodson Road ADDRESS-CITY: West Jefferson ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: OH ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 43162 ADDRESS-COUNTRY: US EMAIL: kenyw@aol.com QSO: 7207 PH 2020-09-19 1409 W8WLK 59 OH K0WOI 59 DAL QSO: 7213 PH 2020-09-19 1432 W8WLK 56 OH KN0G 59 STR QSO: 7222 PH 2020-09-19 1433 W8WLK 59 OH KE0KKD 59 BEN QSO: 7288 PH 2020-09-19 1435 W8WLK 56 OH NA1KW 59 VAN QSO: 7264 PH 2020-09-19 1504 W8WLK 56 OH W0BNW 59 BOO QSO: 7213 PH 2020-09-19 1508 W8WLK 59 OH AD0RW 59 JOH QSO: 7210 PH 2020-09-19 1908 W8WLK 59 OH AA0KW 59 LIN QSO: 7217 PH 2020-09-19 2310 W8WLK 59 OH KE0YRU 59 STR QSO: 7198 PH 2020-09-19 2313 W8WLK 59 OH N0HJZ 59 MAD QSO: 7180 PH 2020-09-19 2331 W8WLK 59 OH W0YR 57 BOO QSO: 7224 PH 2020-09-19 2352 W8WLK 59 OH AE0S 59 POL END-OF-LOG: The winner came in at 63630 and I was right behind all the way with a grand total of ...99! Yep...really behind him almost all the way! "A Tale of Two Evenings" It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. On Friday evening, It seemed like I worked every ham in FL and TX. I even had a ZL (New Zealand) call me at around 11 PM local time and two Californians called me around midnight. But, they don't call Sporadic E-Skip sporadic for nuttin'. Maybe they should call it Fickle E-Skip. Friday evening was hot. Saturday evening was not. Sunday was good, with a mix of E and F skip. I even snagged a few Europeans. "Sunspots, we don't need no stinking sunspots!" I missed ND, DE, DC, and AK.(Never even heard them) I missed about half of the VE provinces. Locally, I worked Mark, N8FTB, and Carl, K8NU. 2020 ARRL TEN METER CONTEST Call used: K8MP Location: OH Category: Single-Op Mode: CW Power: High Callsign of Operator(s): K8MP Exchanged Information: K8MP RST OH Hours of Operation: 12:24 band QSOs points mults ------------------------------------------------------ CW 472 1888 65 ------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 472 1888 65 SCORE: 122,720 For the 160 contest: I only operated 11.5 hours and ran low power to my Inverted-L but I'm pleased with my score. I worked Dale (KTQ), Chuck (KKN), and Mike (K8ROX). Mike is a former member who moved out of the area a few years ago. I heard Tom (HAI) but we were both S&P at the time so I couldn't call him. I picked up every US section in the lower 48 except NV (Nevada), EWA (Eastern Washington), and SJV (San Joaquin Valley) I worked nine Canadian sections. I never heard Alaska or Hawaii. NNY (Northern New York) is usually very rare but I worked four of them. DX-wise, it was slim pickins. I got C6 (Bahamas), ZF (Caymans), V31 (Belize), XE (Mexico), and KP2 (US Virgin Islands) 3 times! I never heard any Europeans, which is unusual. 2020 ARRL 160 METER CONTEST Call used: K8MP Location: OH Category: Single-Op Mode: CW Power: Low Callsign of Operator(s): K8MP Exchanged Information: K8MP RST OH Hours of Operation: 11:30 band QSOs points ------------------------------------ 160 614 1240 ----------------------------------- TOT 614 1240 X 79 multipliers = 97,960 Club or Team Name: Delaware Amateur Radio Assn 160 again: First contest I've worked since Field Day! Used the new 160 Inverted V I put up and it worked much better than an Inverted L. The good news is you don't have to mess with a bunch of radials with a V. Decided to run high power this time (400+ watts). Worked Joe (TA), Joe (MP), Dave (DL), Tom (HAI) + 6 countries: C6, CO2, CT9, V31, XE2, ZF2. Hardly any 6's or 7's the first night but this morning was better. Total time: 15:23. Always fun! ARRL160 Summary Sheet Start Date : 2020-12-04 CallSign Used : W8KTQ Operator(s) : W8KTQ Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Assisted Category : NON-ASSISTED Band : 160M Power : HIGH Mode : CW Default Exchange : OH Gridsquare : EN80 Name : Dale Bauer Address : 3120 N Three Bs and K Road City/State/Zip : Sunbury OH 43074 Country : USA ARRL Section : OH Club/Team : Delaware Contest Team Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8755.0 Band QSOs Pts Sec Pt/Q 1.8 767 1555 76 2.0 Total 767 1555 76 2.0 Score : 118,180 Rig : Elecraft K3/P3/KAT500/KPA500 Antennas : 160M Inverted V @ 45'; PRO-1B Magnetic Loop Contests coming up: December 16 • NAQCC CW Sprint • QRP Fox Hunt • Phone Fray • CWops Mini-CWT Test December 17 • CWops Mini-CWT Test • RTTYOPS Weeksprint December 18 • NCCC RTTY Sprint • QRP Fox Hunt • NCCC Sprint • AGB-Party Contest • Russian 160-Meter Contest December 19 • RAC Winter Contest • Feld Hell Sprint • OK DX RTTY Contest • Padang DX Contest • Croatian CW Contest • RTTYOPS Weekend Sprint December 20 • ARRL Rookie Roundup, CW • Run for the Bacon QRP Contest December 21 • K1USN Slow Speed Test • OK1WC Memorial (MWC) December 22 • Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest • RTTYOPS Weeksprint December 23 • SKCC Sprint • Phone Fray • CWops Mini-CWT Test