[3830] CQ160 SSB N4KG Single Op HP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB

Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 363  State/Prov = 55  Countries = 18  Total Score = 66,576

Club: 

Comments:

I recently added an inverted L in the SE corner of my property after
'disappointing' results from my full size Elevated GP.  Then I discovered water
must have gotten into the CATV feedline to the GP so I replaced that and the GP
appears to be 'back'.  

THEN I discovered a noticable pattern effect where the GP showed considerably
better signals to the North and West while the Inverted L showed better signals
to the East and South.  The two antennas appear nearly equal to the NE.

Guess what?  There is a 130 ft tower with 3L15 on top almost exactly half way
(0.3 WL on 160M) between the two vertically polarized antennas.  I 'assume' it
is acting as a sub-optimum REFLECTOR to the other antennas.  I'm considering
adding yet another Driven Element suspended from a 90 ft pine tree to the NE of
the 'Reflector'.

I don't know what to do about the 'Big Resistor in the Sky' that appears to
follow the EST / CST Time Zone Line.  Trade Alabama's Tornadoes for NC's
Hurricanes?  Hmmm...

Tom  N4KG


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