Well the ARRL 160 has come and gone.
Band conditions were exceptionally good this year.
The noise level at our QTH on Saturday had dropped to a S3 which made pulling those weak ones out much easier.
Heard a ND but wasnt able to work him. Didn’t hear a AK or HI station but did work several DX stations and heard an east coaster working a UA1 which I thought was pretty neat for 160.
Propagation is funny on 160 when you aren’t a regular user of the band. The signals you hear can surprise you…. we worked a station from Sweden and I figured it was a pirate because the signal was so strong and loud. I would have expected for it to have some auroral flutter coming over the pole, but it was a solid signal.
We operated FD style, in a tobacco barn in the middle of nowhere using a generator…..of course this weekend the temp dropped to 19 degrees outside, had it been the weekend before it would have been a confortable 50 degrees.
As quiet as it was, I think we will be operating CQ WW 160 from there…hopefully it wont be as cold……..
73, Jack K4SAC
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