ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: ES5Q
Operator(s): ES5TV, ES5RY, ES5QX
Station: ES5TV
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Jogeva
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 131 Sections = 36 Countries = 0 Total Score = 9,216
Club:
Comments:
Decided to test the new full size 4 Square antenna in this contest and hoped for
propagation similar to CQWW CW. It was not even close to that.
First night was very difficult with just 33 QSOs. It was very difficult to
catch attention of NA stations. We heard hundreds of them but very few came
back, ACOM200A and 4 Square was not enough:) First one to finally send ? and
react at 23.33 UTC was K4LTA.
The second night was much better and we got spotted several times and guys
coming back to CQ.
We got all K1, K3 and K8 mults. Missed NNY fro K2, AL and SFL from K4. Got CO,
IA and SD from K0. W0SD was our last QSO ast 02.23 on Sunday after having
called him throughout the contest. One before last was AA0RS who came to our CQ
and gave us CO. KV0Q whom we also called all the contest for hours and hours
never came back! No K5, K6, K7 or K9 worked although heard many of them. Worked
VA5DX who was the only station on the band first morning for quite a while, what
a strange propagation. Second morning heard W7IZL but he did not copy us.
Hoped to get some LP QSOs or KL7 but no sign of any signals LP whatsoever.
The new antenna works great. 42m high heavy duty verticals are made by Juha
OH1JT and Pekka OH2HE from Finnish Antenna. They are heavily tapered from 13
aluminium tube sections, the lowest one 138mm in diameter. Verticals are guyed
from 3 heights to 3 directions and matching is done with Comtek ACB-160. I
intend to put 64 1/4 wl radials to each ground mounted vertical, currently only
8 radials per each are in place. Will post some pictures also later.
Beverages are almost not any more needed with this antenna.
73
Tonno
ES5TV
ES5Q
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