[3830] TBDC KK4R Single Op LP

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                    Stew Perry Topband Challenge - Pre-Stew

Call: KK4R
Operator(s): KK4R
Station: KK4R

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FM17
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 51  Total Score = 127

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

I learned something in this contest:  I'm going to set up a 
receiving antenna for 160m.  I was plodding along in the contest, 
making sparse contacts just above the noise level.  There were 
stations that I could detect, but not copy.  It was slow, and 
everyone that was copiable was a dupe, so I went and watched half 
a movie, came back in an hour and worked 8 more stations, then 
went and finished the movie.  Back at the radio again and making 
a few contacts, I realized that nobody seemed to need any fills 
from me, but I was struggling with them.  I wondered if I 
listened on another antenna would there would be better S/N?  It 
was easy to switch to my 10m loop, so I did.  All of a sudden, I 
could copy some of those stations right at the noise level on the 
160m inverted-L, and shortly, with one hand on the switch, I had 
about 10 more QSOs in the log.  Operating like this, with one 
hand occupied with the antenna switch, wasn't great. I almost ran 
out at midnight to throw a wire on the ground and see it 
behaved like a BOG.


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