Hi All,
The results of CQ 160m 2019 have been published and I'm happy to report
that I won the SO LP Category in the CW leg.
My story with 160 started with the 3V3S (2009) activity I conducted with
a German team who put up a ground plane for 160 on the roof of 3V8SS
shack. The antenna was partly surrounded by buildings. The QTH is in
Sousse city and I can barely hear/work EU from there using 100W.
When I later operated 3V8BB station (2014) with High Power Capabilities
and inverted-V for 160, I had access to more further areas but I kept
receiving emails from many DX stations reporting my signal was very loud
but I was completely deaf (no RX antenna was used at the time). Never
imagined the difference an RX antenna could make!
Then I started doing CQ 160 CW from 3V8CB in the south of capital Tunis.
18m long light tower was used for inv-L and plenty of space around
allowing the build of a 260m beverage to NA and a switchable K9AY.
The results on the LP category started to be more interesting and gave
me more appetite to further experiment with RX antennas.
So I decided to develop something in 3V8SF station, 15km away from my
house. It also has plenty of space around and is few hundred meters away
from sea. A 17m-long top loaded vertical was built, 16 radials.
Beverages, BOGs, 4 Square, etc. Very interesting time spent
experimenting.
This effort brought my worked DXCC count to 130, WAZ to 31 and WAS to 39
in just 6 months using 100W (20% FT8).
I would like to thank everyone in this reflector for the very valuable
information you share and all the technical support I'm getting from
many hams. I'm grateful for all the help they provided.
I look forward to the new season and to work you all............. on 160
CW! :-)
NB: My website below includes more info on the station and audio
recordings of 160 DX QSOs I'm proud of.
73 Ash 3V8SF 3V8SS
www.kf5eyy.info
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