ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: W7RH
Operator(s): W7RH
Station: W7RH
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: N. Arizona
Operating Time (hrs): ~20
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 584 Sections = 73 Countries = 9 Total Score = 102,418
Club:
Comments:
The 2006 ARRL 160 Contest was my first full blown single op attempt in more than
ten years. I was previoulsy active on Top-band with the call KG7D in Washington
and Nevada. With residential property in Las Vegas at over $1-million dollars
per acre my contesting and operating activites came to a halt as lot sizes or
home owners associations came into play.
My top Band station is located in Northern Arizona about 20 miles from Seligman
and 50 miles to the Grand Canyon. After a year and a half of preparation and
work the 5 element array was tucked in nicely on it's 6.5 acre corral. (Active
cattle ranch) The 5 short 50 foot verticals complete with almost 18 miles of
radials and several thousand feet of feedlines and control cables allow OMNI
directional, East/West 4 element broadside fire and 3 elements in-line for each
of the four quadrants. I might add it's also 100% solar powered with the nearest
powerlines 9 miles away. There is 500ft of feedline to the control/distribution
box from the backside of the old TS-570.
Conditions during the contest were good but not super. I missed ND, ME and NNY
for stateside sections. I can't imagine no operators in Buffalo. Afterall the
Minnesota guys play hamradio all winter! The JA stations were plentiful but
scattered through 12 kHz of High Power CQ machines. My apologies to the NTX
station whom I captured his frequency by working the UA0 through him. The old
split operation and 200 JA runs are history. Mostly mid-latitude stations. I
heard a few european stations but they were very weak and not workable through
the eastern seawall.
It was nice to turn off the radio Sunday morning with a good effort made and a
fun time for all.
73
Bob Kile, W7RH
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