[Waverley ARS] 160 Contest Wrap

[Colin Marks]

Congratulations Laurie and to all others involved!
An amazing effort.
I have never before even listened on 160m band let alone operate there....I always thought of it as an RF desert where the only thing to be heard was S9 static!
I did listen for some time with my 20m 1/2 wave dipole - very inefficient.
I heard VK2BV of course 5/9+ and I must say good audio quality. The "F call" operators seemed very efficient and spoke well.
It was interesting to note that - although I could hear some of the stations that were worked - there were several that you were having contacts with but which I could not hear at all! This says something for the efficiency of your improvised  loop antenna......
I have to say that before the contest I was pretty pessimistic about your prospects. In fact to me your score is amazing - I never thought there were so many stations able to operate on that band.....
Particularly well done by you Laurie for taking the initiative and organizing the project.
73         Colin         VK2LV

From: Gordon & Kizny 
  To: members at vk2bv.org 
  Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 8:21 PM
  Subject: [Waverley ARS] 160 Contest Wrap


  What a success!

  We may not be in the winners circle but club members can be proud of the team effort in last night's Trans Tasman Contest (160M phone section).

  Six operators (VK2CEC, VK2FNRD, VK2FLTJ, VK2FDGW, VK2JAH, VK2TUI) racked up a total of 148 contacts for a total of 854 contest points.

  It may not be any indication due to propagation variables, but last year's winner made 153 contacts for a score of 1147. The equal third place station then made 154 contacts for a total 800 points. 

  Considering this was the first contest for some of our operators, and the first contest run as a club station in recent memory, it was a fantastic effort!

  The stats show we averaged about 26 QSOs per hour with contacts from VK1,2,3,4,5 & 7 and ZL 1,2,3 & 4. 

  Not only has it honed our operating skills, it has also raised our antenna "expertise" with our full wave long wire loop proving almost too good to be true! Sure there were some louder stations on air (were they really only running 100 watts?), but all agree our operation went better than expected, even though we missed out on any elusive VK6s.

  The contest team is now eagerly looking forward to the next one!

  Thanks to all club members for their support during the night and Prezzo Eddie for his encouragement.

  And thanks also to those who provided food for the troops; especially Daniel and his mum for the hearty gourmet soup!

  73 
  Laurie VK2JAH


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