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| The low-loss feeder to the 160m vertical is 150m long and was buried by use of a digger prior to the CQWW CW contest. | Ian G3WVG in the storm trying to save the 160m vertical. The strong light is from Jack's car headlights and not from sunshine! | The calm before the raging storm. Jack GW8DX's large GXP HF four-band antenna in the background behind G3WVG/m. |
Ian G3WVG writes :
Near the peak of 11 year solar cycle it probably wasn't a good idea to attempt a single band 160m entry. I felt that LF conditions were going to be poor, and so it proved. Nevertheless it was going to be the same for everyone and as ever CQWW-CW provided loads of activity.
Thanks go to my pal Jack GW8DX for letting me use his brand new hilltop location in West Wales. His beverage set-up was excellent for receive and for the TX antenna I used a 55ft top loaded vertical with around 60 radials.
The radio conditions on 160m were not good, but the weather was much much worse!
Would I do it again? Yes, of course I would!
73 - Ian G3WVG MW5B
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| MW5B operating on 160m throughout the contest. | MW5B 160m Single-Band Summary. |
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| MW5B 160m : 78% EU, 18% NA 2% Asia. | MW5B 160m : 20 Zones. |
Top 20 DXCC Worked
Total W/VE QSOs : 184 (same as the number of DLs!)
| DXCC | QSOs | DXCC | QSOs | |
| DL | 184 | HA | 25 | |
| W | 164 | UR | 23 | |
| UA | 60 | HB | 20 | |
| G | 54 | VE | 20 | |
| I | 45 | LY | 19 | |
| OK | 45 | OH | 19 | |
| SP | 41 | PA | 19 | |
| F | 39 | ON | 18 | |
| SM | 27 | EA | 17 | |
| S5 | 26 | OM | 15 |