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It CAN be done..CQ 160 Fone QRP with handicap :)

Subject: It CAN be done..CQ 160 Fone QRP with handicap :)
From: N3ADL@aol.com (N3ADL@aol.com)
Date: Sun Feb 25 19:08:20 1996
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Had to get the ears ready for ARRL....still haven't passed the stone :(

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                      CQ 160 METER CONTEST -- 1996
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      Call: N3ADL                    Country:  United States
      Mode: SSB                      Category: Single Operator QRP
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               QSO   QSO PTS  STATES COUNTRIES
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     Totals    320     707      40       4    =3D   31,108
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                                   11 hours OP time
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All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
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Equipment Description: IC-761 and Mosley PRO 67B at 60'
                       on a 55' motorized crankup tower
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            Club Affiliation: FRANKFORD
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Notes: I was supposed to guest OP at WT3Q again this year but a =

kidney stone changed my plans. I had posted a note earlier in =

the day on the Frankford Radio Club packetcluster network =

urging folks to get on with anything they could load up and =

work the masses and I was forced to do the same. The only =

antenna that the ICOM would load on 160 with the internal tuner
was the Mosley PRO 67 yagi. The SWR was so high that low power =

was out of the question so I turned the rig down to 5 watts =

output and prayed I could hear SOMETHING. THANK GOD for =

Timewave DSP-59+! Fiddle'n with the knobs produced a nice =

tight response and surprisingly I could hear quite well. I =

worked 4 DX as you can see and I sat for L O N G periods of =

time in pileups but the run freq produced 2 mults and lotsa =

nice stateside Q's. Worked ON4UN,VP5/,P4, and XE on my 7 el 160 =

yagi :) HI! I hope I urged some folks to get on that would =

normally not participate in this great contest. See you from =

the KY3N Superstation for ARRL phone. 73 de Doug//N3ADL
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