2007 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
01/23/2008 |
VE7CA
Always a treat to work so many familiar calls during this great contest.
My xmtng ant. for 160M is a full sized quad loop but very odd shape. It goes up from the shack vertically 90ft. then horizontal 110ft, then sloping down towards the fence and along the top of the fence all the way around the back yard to the feed point. We have very tall trees here in the West. It is the best ant. that I have had for this band after trying many different configurations. For receive I use my 40 meter rotating dipole and a fixed 40 meter dipole in the attic feeding a phasing noise canceller which really helps reduce local noise and makes operating more bearable.
I ran 100 watts from my homebrew tranceiver. Go here for a look at my transceiver.
http://www.shelbrook.com/~ve7ca/Hbr200.htm
Hope to work all you guys again next year.
73
Markus
VE7CA -- VE7CA
My xmtng ant. for 160M is a full sized quad loop but very odd shape. It goes up from the shack vertically 90ft. then horizontal 110ft, then sloping down towards the fence and along the top of the fence all the way around the back yard to the feed point. We have very tall trees here in the West. It is the best ant. that I have had for this band after trying many different configurations. For receive I use my 40 meter rotating dipole and a fixed 40 meter dipole in the attic feeding a phasing noise canceller which really helps reduce local noise and makes operating more bearable.
I ran 100 watts from my homebrew tranceiver. Go here for a look at my transceiver.
http://www.shelbrook.com/~ve7ca/Hbr200.htm
Hope to work all you guys again next year.
73
Markus
VE7CA -- VE7CA
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