All states on 160M!

Last Updated on Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:46 PM Written by N1WQ Monday, February 21, 2011 11:38 PM

I’ve finally got all US states worked on 160M! Actually I worked Hawaii, the last one I needed, back in January during CQ WW CW 160M contest. I woke up in the middle of the night, and worked KH7Y. I could barely hear him, but I was 99% sure we got QSO completed. Unfortunately Fred has not uploaded his log to LoTW yet, so there was still 1% chance left, that he does not have me there.

So last weekend I went to 160M again during ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX contest. The conditions were much better, and I was able to work three Hawaii stations. And one of them, KH6LC, confirmed our qso via LoTW today! That’s it! I’ve got 49 states confirmed via LoTW, and all I need now is to get QSL from Rhode Island. Will send my card later this week.

I have also made a few QSOs with Europe on 160M during ARRL contest, including famous ON4UN. He is the only guy there, who got my callsign right from the very first time! What a DXer!

We also got another big snow storm during last weekend. Another 19 inches (48 cm) of snow is on the ground. The biggest February snow storm since 1967!

Here we go:

WAS 160M CW