CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2021
Call: K8GU
Operator(s): K8GU
Station: K8GU
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 1:40
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 150 State/Prov = 38 Countries = 1 Total Score = 13,299
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Did not plan to operate this contest since I do not have a "proper"
160-meter antenna yet. However, I found that I could sort of load my open-wire
fed 80-meter dipole on 160 by cranking all of the knobs on my Ten-Tec 238A tuner
to their maximum values and setting the impedance tap/configuration switch
appropriately. The K2 did not complain too loudly, although it folded back to
as little as 40 watts as I moved up the band and had to retune. I have a box at
the base of the vertical portion of the open-wire feeder to feed the common mode
(tee-configuration) against ground eventually, but have not gotten it all tuned
up yet.
Thank you to everyone for pulling me out. It's clearly a testament to the good
operators and excellent receiving equipment on the band.
73,
--Ethan, K8GU.
http://www.k8gu.com/ (way out-of-date...some day!)
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