[3830] CQ160 CW N8BJQ SOLP

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                     CQ 160 Meter Contest, CW
                    
Call: N8BJQ
Operator(s): N8BJQ
Station: N8BJQ

Class: SOLP
Operating Time (hrs): 10

QTH: OH

QSOs: 388  States/Provinces: 46  Countries: 17  Score: 60417

Comments:

IMPROVED MY ANTENNA BY ADDING 10" OF SNOW AND ADDED A BEVERAGE WHICH MEANT I
COULD NOW HEAR MUCH FARTHER THAN I COULD TRANSMIT.  LOW POWER ON 160 IS NOT 
FUN BUT THE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE AMPLIFIER BEFORE THE CONTEST CONVINCED ME
NOT TO USE IT.  I WAS SURPRISED THAT I DID WORK SOME DX.  MY FIRST TRY USING
A BEVERAGE (LANCE JOHNSON ELBERT COUNTY PREAMP) AND I WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY 
EU STATIONS I COULD HEAR (BUT MOST DID NOT HEAR ME).  NEXT YEAR MORE BEVERAGES
AND A WORKING AMPLIFIER


TX ANTENNA - 1/4 WAVE VERTICAL
RX ANTENNA - 660' BEVERAGE  NORTH EAST 
RIG   ICOM 765



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