North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: W1UJ
Operator(s): W1UJ
Station: W1UJ
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: W1
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 62 20
80: 107 38
40: 87 31
20: 66 29
15: 8 6
10: 1 1
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Total: 331 125 Total Score = 41,375
Club: BARNSTORMERS
Team:
Comments:
Since removing the tower a couple of months ago :(, I have had a SteppIR driven
Element strapped to an extension ladder- up for the high bands and a coax-fed
80m dipole for 40m and longer.
If I think back in history about other hams wanting to get on HF and asking me
for my opinion, and want a simple, useful antenna with potential for gain on
some bands-- I always suggested the same thing. A center-fed zepp type antenna
fed with an antenna tuner for all bands.
So, with a bit of epiphany on Friday night, on Saturday morning, I set out to
simply replace the coax on the 80m dipole to the home-brew open wire line. It
looks like I finished around 1930z and started making QSOs.
I am very very happy with the results. I am not off of the air, and can have
fun at the same time. I rarely missed out on a QSO if I heard them, even on top
band! The K3 internal tuner handled all bands except for 160m. Installed the
ATR-30 tuner later in the afternoon when the low bands started taking hold and
made the familiar 'tuning sheet' on the back of a QSL card. :)
K3 & Single 80m dipole fed with home-brew OWL.
Had fun!
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