Adam,
You might want to try to short the center and braid of you dipole together and
use it as a "T" antenna on 160 meters. It will work even better if you can lay
out some radials. A "T" will act as it is a top loaded vertical...
73, jeff
>
> From: Adam S Hoffman AF4QZ <af4qz@arrl.net>
> Date: 2003/12/08 Mon PM 09:46:42 EST
> To: SECC@contesting.com
> Subject: [SECC] Sorry I missed the fun...
>
> Hello all
>
> Have recently gotten into contesting semi-seriously and wanted badly to
> participate in 160 meter contest this past weekend. However, my tuner
> wouldn't tune my dipole for anything, no matter how many times I tried, which
> is strange since it has tuned it many times before....guess that's just
> contester's luck!
>
> See everyone in the 10 meter contest this weekend! If you need SC mult, I
> suggest that you go to John's K4BAI. I am very close to the Savannah River,
> thus making a contact with Georgia difficult, but every contest that I can
> remember, most recently the South Carolina QP, John has successfully worked
> me!
>
> I will be on both CW and SSB, so if you hear me, give me a shout!
>
> 73
> Adam AF4QZ
> Aiken, SC
>
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