W2GD 160M CW SCORE

[0004504465@mcimail.com (Eugene Walsh)]

              W2GD 160M CONTEST 
 
MULTI OP: W2GD, NS2K, K2TW, WA2SRQ, WU3A, 
          KU2C, WA2MKM, N2AA
 
USCG STATION SANDY HOOK, NJ (Right in the middle of nowhere!)
 
ANTS: Put up on Sunday, 14 Jan
 
      DELTA LOOP AT 200 FEET (TOP)
 
      INV VEE FM 110 FEET (DIDN'T WORK)-
      CHANGED ON SAT TO HALF WAVE SLOPER FM 200 FEET.
      (That Worked)
 
      4 Beverages
 
2200 Friday; Contest Started.
 
             We briefly communicated with as many people 
             as we could in as many places possible.
 
1600 Sunday; Contest ended, took down antennas. We counted up:
             
             1515 QSO   70 DXCC  58 S/P   SCORE 837K
 
Low points;  Big Storm, 50 knot winds, 2 loop failures
             due to water in feed point!  Frantic repairs
             in raging winds.  Angry seas all around.  
 
High Points; Big Storm, 50 knot winds, 2 loop failures
             due to water in feed point!  Frantic repairs
             in raging winds.  Angry seas all around.  
 
Thanks to all for a super good time!
             
              N2AA