K5TT 160M Score

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K5TT (Ex WV5S) 1996 ARRL 160M Contest Score

Oklahoma, High Power, Single Op

QSO's         762

Countries      11

Sections         75

Score          137,772

Equipment:
Quickly assemble shunt tower with variable cap still in the line.  
Impedance changes as it "heats up".  Some number of radials on 
ground.

Short Beverages toward EU and JA.

Sick FT-990.  Murphy played a little trick a week before test.  Audio 
level very low.  Used DSP-9+ as audio amp.  Loud sigs ( on freq and 
adjacent) overloaded audio stages.  That's the reason for so many repeats.

Alpha 76PA.  It didn't break this time.

Low QRN for a change.

160m testing is the most fun.  Thanks to everyone for making it that 
way.

73,



Jim Hood, K5TT
President, Oklahoma DX Association
wv5s at icon.net
Past operations: KC6SS, V63SH, /XE, /WH6, /NH7, /KP2
Previous calls: WV5S, W0PUD, W7KDH, K5TWD
USA-CA # 432

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