G3TXF : CQWW 160m CW Contest : Jan 2020
G3TXF Claimed : QSOs : 1,572, DXCC : 79, States/Prov : 48, Points : 1,176,782, Single-Op Assisted, QRV : 25 hours

The main feature of this year's entry in the CQWW 160m CW Contest was the use of a single dipole for transmit. Last year (2019) a major effort was put into installing a 100ft vertical with a large number of radials, however this year it was back to a horizontal dipole, plus the two Beverage receive antennas.
The weather over the CQWW-160m Contest weekend was mostly dull, although there was a half-hearted sunset on Sunday evening.
DX - - EU -
W
240
 - DL
258
UA9
25
 - UA
111
VE
17
 - UR
79
EA8
7
 - G
78
KP2
4
 - OK
78
4X
3
 - SP
58
5B
3
 - I
57
CT3
3
 - S5
43
JA
3
 - OH
38
4J
2
 - SM
37
The photo (l) shows the centre of the 160m dipole (fed through a balun) suspended just below a rotary dipole for 40m.

The table (r) shows that the highest number of stations worked were in DL (258) closely followed by the USA with 240 stations worked. Missing States were (3:) DC, (7:) OR, WA, WY, (0:) ND, NE, SD. Many VE Provs (NF, PEI, MB, SK, BC, NT, YT and NU) were also missed too.
During the first night (at around 02z) the operator appears to have nodded off for the best part of one hour. During the second night a deliberate break was taken from about 23.30z on Saturday to 03.30z on Sunday. Overall operating time was about 25 hours.
At around 0535z on Sunday there was a medium delay echo, whereby I could hear half of the final "T" of Test echoing back to me.
There was a long list of nice potential multipliers that were heard (or more likely just "seen" on the RBN screen) but that were not worked.
These included : A50C, various BYs, C6AEI, CE2LR, CN3W, CO2RQ, EX8M, HC0E, HC2AO, various HLs, HR2/F2JD, HV0A, J68GD, KH7XX/KH6LC, NL7A, LU8DPM (called many times without success!), T6AA, TG9ADM, TK0Y/TK1EP, UK7AL and numerous YBs.
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