[3830] ARRL 160 VE3CRU Single Op LP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: VE3CRU
Operator(s): VE3CRU
Station: VE3CRU

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Whitby Ontario
Operating Time (hrs): 11

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 127  Sections = 45  Countries = 1  Total Score = 11,822

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

As a H + P contester, I found many gaps in frequencies, so fewer to pounce on
for qso's.  Friday night, a few hours into the contest I saw the LED's on my
Palstar AT1KD tuner wandering wildly back and forth from low swr to perhaps 2.7
swr and red lights.  Turns out it was extremely windy outside and the top 20' of
mast for the new sloper bent over 45 degrees, allowing the 60' vertical wire to
trail on the ground 10' when the wind died down.  Backed off on power when it
could not be corrected.  Found the problem Saturday and made essential repairs.
 I heard sections I could not work Friday that were not heard the rest of the
contest.

Lacking time for this contest, my qso count is just over half of last year's
total of 249, but the multi's remained the same.  First time dx heard and
worked.  The sloper has a base coil and only 3 radials thus far, so lots of
room for improvements.

Thanks to all for a fun contest.  Looking forward to next year.

73,  Bill   VE3CRU


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