[3830] TBDC W1NN Single Op LP

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                    Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EN91
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 311  Total Score = 1,754

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

I wanted to put in a full effort but I was very jet-lagged and just couldn't
find the energy to stay on the whole time.  Started out with three hours from
4:20 to 7:20 local but got too sleepy and went to bed.  I woke up at about
midnight and got back on for another 2.5 hours.  Turned out that this was a
very good time to be on and this is when I worked all my EU and most of my West
Coast.  But by about 3:15 local (0815 zulu) I had worked everyone on the band
and the rate fell off so I went back to bed.  After waking up at 6 AM I put in
another 80 minutes.  

QRN was not noticeable at the beginning of the contest but gradually increased
so that it became quite annoying by the middle of the night.  But it looks this
part of the country (Ohio) had it easy compared to the folks in the southeast.

My pseudo 205' G5RV with a 160' ladder line feedline wouldn't load as a dipole
but I was able to load up half of the antenna as a long wire so that's what I
used.  Over half ot the feedline was about 4' off the ground and the vertical
section was only about 60' but this antenna worked surprisingly well and I felt
pretty loud for a low power station.  To my surprise I managed to work G, GM,
DL, CT1, HB9, OH, OM, OK, UA2 and a couple of others.  Some of them even
answered my CQ's. 

I think this was my first time to work this contest and the format is fun. 
It's nice to have something a little challenging to copy.  A little more
activity would be nice but it seems to be well established now so I expect it
will just get better and better from now on.  Thanks to the Boring folks for
sponsoring a great event.  

Rig was an OMNI VI.

HNY & 73

Hal W1NN


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