[3830] CQ160 CW N1DC Single Op LP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: N1DC
Operator(s): N1DC
Station: N1DC

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Braintree MA
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 321  State/Prov = 43  Countries = 16  Total Score = 50,268

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Put a big effort into building and installing a new 160M Inverted L since last
weekend. I've been using an 80M dipole with OK results for the past 5 years.
Amazingly the weather cooperated with bare ground and temps generally in the
30's. Got a reasonable SWR (2.5/1) in the CW portion with only two short ground
radials. Antenna is up about 60 feet on one end and 32 at the "L" end
fed with RG-8/X. Not perfect but IT WORKS! Snow moved in the day after the
antenna went in the air. 

This was my best effort ever in a 160M contest with 16 DXCC countries in the
log and almost triple my previous best score. Finally I can hear stations that
are buried in QRN on the dipole.

Station: TenTec Omni 7 @ 100W, MFJ Differential T Tuner, Winkeyer USB,  N1MM
Antenna: 160M Inverted L (TX and RX)

Thanks for the QSO's and being patient with heavy QRN at times.
No room for a beverage, but the L is a quantum leap better than the dipole.

73  Rick  N1DC


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