2004 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
12/09/2004 |
WD5BJT
QTH: Clermont Harbor, MS, USA
This is my second attempt operating the 160 Meter contest. My first effort in 2003 resulted in 2 QSO's. Much antenna/operating theory was gained by reading ON4UN's book "Low Band DXing" and K1ZM's "DXing on the Edge" since that poor showing. I operated a few hours due to "honey-do's" and made 38 QSO's with CO6LPB being my only DX contact.
Station consists of an inverted-L at 85 feet supported by a tall pine tree, with four 100 foot extension cords as radials (use clip leads to tie the 3 wires together), a low 160 Meter folded dipole, and a Kenwood TS-430S with 100 watt output.
Watch out next year (more radials, better RX antenna, more operating time is in the works).
73,
Charlie -- WD5BJT
This is my second attempt operating the 160 Meter contest. My first effort in 2003 resulted in 2 QSO's. Much antenna/operating theory was gained by reading ON4UN's book "Low Band DXing" and K1ZM's "DXing on the Edge" since that poor showing. I operated a few hours due to "honey-do's" and made 38 QSO's with CO6LPB being my only DX contact.
Station consists of an inverted-L at 85 feet supported by a tall pine tree, with four 100 foot extension cords as radials (use clip leads to tie the 3 wires together), a low 160 Meter folded dipole, and a Kenwood TS-430S with 100 watt output.
Watch out next year (more radials, better RX antenna, more operating time is in the works).
73,
Charlie -- WD5BJT
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