ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: WA2FZB
Operator(s): WA2FZB
Station: WA2FZB
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: SNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 190 Sections = 51 Countries = 6 Total Score = 19,839
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
My first 160m contest ever. I had essentially no topband experience, since I
never had room for a proper antenna, but I recently found a simple modification
for the Hustler 5BTV online, and decided to try it out. It called for replacing
the 32 inch whip on the 80 meter resonator with a 19 foot wire, which I tied
off to my tower using a small dacron line at about 35 feet. It was
narrow-banded, inefficient, and noisy as hell, but it loaded up fine and
apparently radiated some small percentage of the 500 watts that I sent to it.
But hey, I had fun and I worked 35 states! And I can't wait to try it again
next year.
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