Hi, All
I decided to do something a little different in this year's ARRL 160M
contest. My goal was to see how close I could get to 160M WAS running QRP
- 5 Watts output. Besides being quite a challenge, I figured it would be a
good indication of antenna performance.
Well, in just under 5 hours of "hunt and pounce" Friday night I managed to
work 46 states. Did not get HI or AK (of course) and could not find a LA
or ND in the lower 48 to even try to work. Came back later and worked some
others, plus worked a few Saturday night until the QRN got too bad from an
approaching storm system. Conditions, however, did not seem good at all on
either night.
Worked a few "DX" stations with my peanut whistle, too: VE2, VE3, VY2, 6Y,
P4 and ZF2. Thanks to all those who took the time to pull my signal out of
the noise, but for most it seemed just as if I were running 100W or
so. Guess the labor of installing all the extra radials last winter really
paid off.
73,
Charles - K5ZK
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