[3830] NA Sprint SSB VP2E(N5AU) HP

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                    NA Sprint SSB Contest

Call: VP2E
Operator(s): N5AU
Station: VP2E

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: ANGUILLA
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   46    1.75
   40:   59    1.75
   20:   44      .5
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Total:  149    Mults = 34  Total Score = 5,066

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Comments:

We got up a triangle loop for 40M broadside to the US with the top about 80
feet.   It appeared to be working OK, but it's hard to tell if it will be good
enough for the ARRL CW.   I guess we will find out next weekend.   The 3L 40
won't be operational again for several more months.    It's on the ground for
maintenance and a rotor / mast / bearing change-out.   We also need to keep it
down for a while to allow trolleying of antennas from the main tower to a new
"landing zone".   The power company has run HV lines up the roads close behind
us so our former landing zone for trolleyed antennas is now off-limits.

The salt water environment gets to just about everything.   It's hard to keep a
station going here even under calm conditions.   When the hurricanes come along,
you just hold on and hope.   We lost a few element tips during OMAR last
October.   It was most inconvenient having a hurricane right before the CQ WW
SSB, but we survived and N5TJ went on to set a possible new NA 20 single band
record (not official yet).

The new 40M loop is fed through an I.C.E. 2/1 balun which matches the
approximate 100 ohms of the loop back to 50 ohm coax very nicely and makes for
a good broadband antenna.    If the top is high enough to put the RF out at
close to the right angle, it should work fine in ARRL.    If successful, we may
try a higher triangle for 80M broadside EU for DX contests with the top about
200 feet.    

Glad to pass out the VP2E multiplier to as many as I could, and see all of you
in ARRL CW.

73

N5AU


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