I thought conditions Friday night were outstanding.
Saturday night by comparison was nowhere near as good.
Used a Gap Voyager 40' center feed vertical.
Rick K9KK
John Geiger wrote:
> Let me start off by saying my antenna on 160 is pretty bad. No, lets make
> that really bad! It is a 105 foot dipole feed with a few feet of twinlead,
> which finally changes over to coax, and is about 35 feet high at the apex.
> People who model it for 160 are reduced to tears.
>
> Now that we have that out of the way, how did others find the 160 conditions
> this past weekend? For me, they were some of the best conditions I have ever
> heard in the 160 contest. I heard a total of 11 countries on (much more than
> I have ever heard before) and worked 2 new countries on the topband-ZF and
> 6Y. Also worked PJ2 and HC8 although I already have those confirmed on 160.
> Also worked VT for state #46 on 160. Overall, had a blast in the contest
> doing what I could with what I have.
>
> I did so much tuning on the radio I reinjured my shoulder which I originally
> hurt on Thanksgiving. Guess I will have to tune left handed for the 10 meter
> contest.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
>
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