[CQ-Contest] [novicerigroundup] monday nite fray or i guess i am getting old

[w7dra at juno.com]

well its monday night and i got home from folk dancing (the name  has
been changed to 

World Dance") because they think "folk dancing" sounds too old and foggy,
but i digress..........

got on at about 0530z and heard no one on 40, called a few CQs, and went
down to 80 (thank god for mulitband transmitters, ie the Hw16)

it is winter, cold outside so in the basement we go.............. me and
Barry the cat on my lap, and using the HQ100 with a BC453 back end.
heard a couple of guys and the low end of 80, but no contacts.

time to improve my basement rig antennas

mike w7dra

comment: in changing my antennas i plan for 40 have a vertical up a tree
with two radials down at about a 45 degree angle

fed with RG58 coax or radio shack speaker cord (#18 wire?) and an
inverted vee up 60 foot high center fed with RG58 or the ubiquitous radio
shack speaker cord? antennas will be link fed from an antenna tuner

somewhere around here i have a big roll of 72 ohm transmitting twin lead
(#12 or 14 stranded wire can't remember for sure), heavy and hard to find
in this mess

so now ham radio contesting will be restricted to
1) ARRL 160 QRP 2+ hours operation
2) CQWW 160 QRP (another 2 +hours max)
3) NRR 10 hours spread over the week  (will be my main contest emphasis)
4) CX/WES if i can ever remember when they are

the people on these lists have pointed out how difficult it will be to
get rid of my boat anchors (HRO Sixtys. rack mounted 211 trasnmitter,
GG813s etc)

for some reason i am NOT getting rid of my 80 meter contest station
(SX71/BC453 ARC5 VFO/DX20/three parallel 810s at 600W/ raised quarter
wave vertical) i guess any station (only station!) i received a "second
in world" award merits keeping

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