ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: KE7YF
Operator(s): KE7YF
Station: KE7YF
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 105 Sections = 39 Countries = 3 Total Score = 9,198
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
After the Mesa Hamfest, I threw up an inverted L, close to my roof - average
height about 15 feet. I tied the ground side into my 40M vertical ground
system - two buried 33-foot radials. Didn't have time to tweak the length -
it's slightly long. SWR was 2.0 from 1800KHz-1835KHz, then creeping higher as
I go up in frequency. My AL-811 seemed to be happy up to 1860KHz, so I was
able to work high power (500W). I used my 40M vertical for receive, since the
noise level on the vertical was around S0 (with preamp1 on. The inverted L had
S8-S9 noise level most of the time (also preamp1 on).
I was able to work most strong stations that I heard and even a few weaker
ones. Logged 29 states, 3 DX - ZL9X, C6AGU, PJ2T. Only heard one other DX -
ZF2AH, but he couldn't hear me at that time. It was a real kick to finally get
a transmit antenna working for 160M contests. With a little more tweaking, I
should be ready for Stew Perry, CQ WW 160.
Thanks for all the Q's.
73........Paul........KE7YF
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