12/26/2004 | N9TTX Well the Second year of operating the 160 Meter contest. Last year I tossed up the homebrew vertical, but his year due to weather and work conditions and schedules I did not tear down one setup and put up another, so I used the G5RV as the standard dipole setup and tuned constantly. So those trying to pick me out were probably having a tough time evidenced by K9BZ (Just across town from me) working a MN staion on 1st or second call, and then my finally making the MN contact after repeated tries. Not an efficient antenna, but it netted 100 QSO's with only 100 watts going out the wire. Frequency drift was my bane again...as well as meticulously re-tuning the G5RV every few KC's. It was a pain, but it was fun, and I got to know my 160 meter capabilities a whole lot quicker than if I was using a more optimized setup. Thanks to all who I made contact with. 73. Dave...N9TTX -- N9TTX