[3830] SS CW WU3U Single Op LP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: WU3U
Operator(s): WU3U
Station: WU3U

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EPA
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:  129
   40:  195
   20:  107
   15:   77
   10:   25
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Total:  533  Sections = 78  Total Score = 83,148

Club: Mifflin County ARC

Comments:

Hello All DE WU3U (Tim in Philadelphia, PA),

This was my first serious attempt at SS CW in years after finally buying my own
home recently.

However, I live in a city row home and don't have space for monster antennas
and unless I become very friendly with my neighbors whose houses my dream
tribander's elements would hang - I cannot put up a beam!

All the antennas used for this effort were wire dipoles...and the 40 meter
dipole is bent into an upside down U shape to fit the space.  I resonate it on
80 meters with loading coils at either end and it's about 40 feet off the
ground.

I used the 40 meter antenna on 15 meters and from the same feed point, I feed
20 and 10 meter dipoles.

And it was rough going in there with basic antennas like these!

But I had a blast, operated a little over 22 hours...was exhausted at the end
but satisfied that I did the best I could with my "pipsqueak"
hardware.

Hope all had as much fun as I did!

73 all,

Tim
WU3U
"Amateur Radio in the Heart of South Philly"


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