Event: CQWW 160m CW contestSection: low power assisted
Logger: N1MM+
Station: Icom IC-7300 100W
Antenna: 160m sloper
Actually it was not my intention to take part in this contest. But at sunday I was outside and suddenly though I could easily extend the 60m band sloper to get it working on 160m. I grabbed some wire from the garage and connected it to the wire that already hung on the tower, did plant a small fiberglass pole with a pulley to lead the wire through and made a corner to another pole in the garden. Pretty simple....SWR 1:1 on 1840KHz with a R=52 and X=2. Excellent! When returning in the shack I noticed a very high noise level so I doubt it would work. So I waited till it got dark and was surprised...
I took part for the last 2 hours and 20 minutes of the contest. Resulting in 102 contacts and 27 DXCC. I had 2 dupes, my fault. Why N1MM+ counted 28 DXCC is unclear to me?
It surprised me I had good signals from 9K2 and UN9.