2004 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
12/13/2004 |
W5WZ
Location: Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Ground elevation at my home is 235 feet above sea level.
Single-Op
QRP to a dipole for transmit and receive
Icom 756ProII
116 QSOs
Wow! This was fun! My first time on 160m. Before the contest, I had made a single 160m contact on a 80m dipole in the entire 7 years I have been a ham.
The day of the contest, I put up a 160m dipole, rather low at less than 50 feet, with ends dangling to withing a few feet of the ground. Running QRP is a good challenge to be heard on top band! Now after a single weekend, I've worked 36 states QRP 160m on my simple antenna. I don't have any special receiving antenna, not yet!
Sections worked:
NH, WMA, NNJ, NNY, SNJ, WNY, DE, EPA, WPA, AL, GA KY, NC, NFL, SC, SFL, TN, VA, AR, LA, MS, NM, NTX, OK, STX, AZ, ID, MT, UT, MI, OH, WV, WI, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, MAR, ON
No DX worked :(
-- W5WZ
Ground elevation at my home is 235 feet above sea level.
Single-Op
QRP to a dipole for transmit and receive
Icom 756ProII
116 QSOs
Wow! This was fun! My first time on 160m. Before the contest, I had made a single 160m contact on a 80m dipole in the entire 7 years I have been a ham.
The day of the contest, I put up a 160m dipole, rather low at less than 50 feet, with ends dangling to withing a few feet of the ground. Running QRP is a good challenge to be heard on top band! Now after a single weekend, I've worked 36 states QRP 160m on my simple antenna. I don't have any special receiving antenna, not yet!
Sections worked:
NH, WMA, NNJ, NNY, SNJ, WNY, DE, EPA, WPA, AL, GA KY, NC, NFL, SC, SFL, TN, VA, AR, LA, MS, NM, NTX, OK, STX, AZ, ID, MT, UT, MI, OH, WV, WI, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, MAR, ON
No DX worked :(
-- W5WZ
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