[3830] ARRL 160 N4OX Single Op HP

[N4OX at webtv.net]

                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: N4OX
Operator(s): N4OX
Station: N4OX

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: NFL
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 759  Sections = 68  Countries = 5  Total Score = 112,347

Club: Other (specify when prompted)

Comments:

My first time operating this contest. I rented a 120 foot lift for the weekend.
Antenna was an inverted vee hung from the lift. No beverage first night as I
have to set-up "Field Day" style as I live on the grounds of an elementary
school and cannot install antennas until after school is out of session at 3:45.
Makes it difficult to run a beverage with the all the questioins from the
numerous cookie crunchers and only 15 minutes before the start of the contest.
Beverage made a difference second night as I worked alot of stations I would
have never heard without the beverage ( 540' NE ). I have been out of work for 2
months with an injured back, so I operated with several breaks the first night
and the second night I had to take an extended 3 1/2 hour break as my back was
hurting too badly too operate anymore. I got in the "DX window" a couple of
times due to being half asleep. Not much DX heard or worked here. Maybe next
year I'll try a vertcal hung from the lift with elevated radials. Great fun even
though I was not at my best physically. See everyone in the ten meter contest.

73, Jay N4OX

Thanks to KB4ET for the loan of his AL-1500.


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