CQ 160 Meters CW and Phone Contest

At the beginning of the year, the two 160-meter contests take place. The CW Contest is always held on the last weekend in January, and the SSB Contest on the last weekend in February.I took part in both of them.

CQ 160-meter CW contest.

In the meantime, I have put up a long-wire antenna for the lower bands again. However, I am not yet satisfied with the results of this antenna. Something still needs to be done.

Here is the result:

Band    QSOs    Pts    StP    DXCC
1,8        115      509     0       26

Score : 13.234

As usual, here is the map showing the distribution of QSOs. It is noticeable that there are almost no connections in the southwestern direction. I can only speculate as to why this is the case. I believe that the gap has arisen because the house is located in that direction.

 

CQ 160-meter SSB contest.

I also took part in the 160-meter SSB contest. I tried to optimize the antenna once again, but with only moderate success. I set up another small auxiliary mast and ran the antenna over it. Unfortunately, this did not yield as much as I had hoped.

Here is the result:

Band    QSOs    Pts    StP    DXCC
1,8           33        129     0       14

Score : 1806

Here again is the map showing the QSOs made. Just like in the CW section, there is a gap in the distribution of countries. It is in the same place as in the CW section.

 

The map was created with https://qsomap.cqgma.org/ADIF_to_Karte.php and the text was translated with Deepl.