[3830] TBDC K5AF Single Op LP

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                    Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: K5AF
Operator(s): K5AF
Station: K5AF

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 2.25

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 79  Total Score = 260

Club: 

Comments:

Wanted to get on for a while to test the Inverted L with FCP, and it seemed to
work fine.  The band was very quiet and most stations were worked on the first
call.  I did not feel very loud, but was able to enjoy a couple of short runs.

My Inverted L is 30' vertical and about 100' of wire that slopes downward to a
fence and then zig-zags along the fence to use up its entire length.  I'm
wondering if a high-Q inductor at the base of the antenna and less wire at the
far end near the ground be a better alternative.

I'm also hoping to try a helically-wound vertical for the CQ160 test and see
how that plays.  30' is about the most I can get away with in this
neighborhood, so I'll consider all options.

This is a very great contest format and I hope other contests will eventually
evolve into something similar.

73,  Paul, K5AF


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