[Waverley ARS] 160 Contest Wrap

[Adam Carmichael]

I myself was quite amazed at how many other operators were on the band - 
it was packed. Finding a clear freq to call CQ sometimes proved impossible.

Congrats to the other 5 operators, and a big congratulations to Laurie 
who somehow scored more bonus points (122) than normal points (121) for 
a total of 243!!

73 and Regards,

Adam

Gordon & Kizny wrote:
> 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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