[3830] ARRL 160 WD0T Single Op QRP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: WD0T
Operator(s): WD0T
Station: WD0T

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: SD
Operating Time (hrs): 3.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 55  Sections = 22  Countries = 0  Total Score = 2,420

Club: 

Comments:

This 160m test was REALLY fun.  I set up the TS440/keyer/ tuner in my Suburban
outside of my mothers house in Sioux Falls, SD.  I used a Marconi T antenna,
end fed, with 20ft of vertical #14 copper insulated wire and 120ft horizontal
top hat at 15ft up. Was using a 6ft aluminum step ladder with a broom wire tied
to the top of the suburban for the center support of the antenna, with one end
of the flat top tied to a tree in the front yard, and the other end run over a
portable basketball hoop in the side/ back yar..  It took me three hours Friday
to come up with the setup and get it going.  Weather was not good for antenna
work, cold and windy. 

The antenna worked well, I can't believe it!! I ran 5w Qrp, so there were a LOT
of very good ears out there to hear my weak signal.

Some of the best signals that I heard were W0SD (great friend Joe, W0DB
operating) who was 40miles west of me, K9BWI, WD5R, N5RR, and W5YY. Many others
also very loud, but these were the best at my qth.

Its amazing who can really hear well, whom I don't expect to work ,and those
who are really loud that just can't hear my signal at 5 watts. The weakest
signal that I was able to work was at S7 level, and really anybody above S9 on
my TS440s was typically very easy to work.  

I have taken a lot of pictures of my setup, it got a lot of attention from the
neighbors who would drive by in the morning and check it out.  Had to tear it
down Saturday and Sunday morning to use the Suburban for other activites in
Sioux Falls, with my 7 year old daughter competing in a swim meet, and my wife
wanting to do other things.  My mom and sister both got big laughs out of how
the setup looked!

Thanks everyone for working me, you really made it fun for me, and will be
looking foward to working you in the 10m contest this next weekend from KD0S, I
will be the CW operator there. 73 God Bless, Todd WD0T


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