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Thomas M. Delker - K1KY CFO#395 - Smyrna / Gallatin / Short Mtn. TN
C.A.T.S. (W4CAT) - 147.30 (114.8) / 145.23 / 223.98 / 444.45 & 444.65
Stones River A.R.C. (K4FUN) - http://www.Voy.net/~rfi/stones.html
Tennessee Contest Group (K4TCG) - http://www.k4ro.net/tcg.html
Fistfighters United Nashville (NT4L) 146.955 (114.8)
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CQ 160 SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 23-Jan-98, 24-Jan-98, 25-Jan-98
Callsign Used : K1KY
Operator : K1KY
Category : SO, Low Power, Unassisted
Equipment : Ten-Tec Omni 6+, Icom IC-735, TRLog 6.20 - P120 Laptp
Antennas : 240' Loop @105/75/45/13' Strung between 2 towers
Carolina Windom 160 @ 130'
4 Bevs: NE @ 500', N @ 595', NW/SE fed at both ends
Location: Music Mountain - Gallatin, TN
Default Exchange : 5NN TN
Name : Thomas M. Delker
Address : 113 Richland Ave.
City/State/Zip : Smyrna, TN 37167
Country : United States
Team/Club : TENNESSEE CONTEST GROUP
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Countries
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160CW 691 661 1529 56 17
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Totals 691 661 1529 56 17
Final Score = 111617 points. Op Time: 28.5 Hrs.
Soapbox Comments
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My first CQWW 160 CW. What a blast! Interesting weekend with many
plans and goals. The feedline to the Windom is touching the loop at
the 105' level and I get 7 watts back down the opposing antenna when
running 100w! Made the decision to go low power and play with
2-radio setup with some success. Was able to run dualing Cqs at
each end of the band -- may have had to get a repeat every once in a
while on the really weak ones. Was very effective at S&P while CQing
on the main radio. 2nd radio RX was tied to the NE beverage
exclusively. This was my first attempt at a 160 contest with low power
and except for the inability to get through to some DX stations, I
found the experience extremely satisfying as I felt fairly well balanced
with only a handful of stations I could not pull out calling me.
Slept from 2am-5:30am first night. Went to the Gallatin Hamfest
Saturday morning, held a Tennessee Contest Group Meeting (with several
of our CQWW 160 contestants present), gave tours of the "contest" station.
Noise crashes seemed worse on the second night, physically gave out
at 2a.m., overslept to 6a.m. -- managed to put KL7 and my very first
JA on 160 in the log! (Helps when you know where/how to work them.)
I'll be back with better antennas & separation. Might even do it low
power again!
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