[NCC] FW: ARRL 160 K8AL SO HP
Scott Detloff K8DX
k8dx@raex.com
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 05:32:35 -0500
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ARRL 160-Meter Contest
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Call: K8AL
Operator(s): K8AL
Station: K8AL
Class: SO HP
QTH: Guernsey County, OH
Operating Time (hrs): 18
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Summary:
QSOs Sections Countries
Total: 701 75 10 =3D 122,060
Club/Team: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Rig: FT-1000 and AL-82
Antennas: Deformed dipole at 60', broadside east/west; 1/4 wave sloper =
at 75',=20
slanting north downhill.
This was my first half-serious venture into 160m contesting. Because of =
other=20
commitments, I did most of Friday night and about half of Saturday =
night. This=20
is definitely a different game! It became painfully evident that =
serious=20
competition requires more antenna than I have time to build right now. =
The=20
behavior of my two primitive antennas is rather interesting: The sloper =
has a=20
significant vertical component and works better into Europe than the =
dipole (no=20
surprise), and better to the west coast in the later hours of the night. =
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However, it is greatly inferior to the dipole (off the end!) for =
Caribbean and=20
South America (I know, at 60' directionality is not to be expected). =20
Apparently, the sloper has front-to-back favoring north, even though =
modeling=20
it over flat terrain does not show this at all. When VK6HD appeared, I =
tried=20
several times with the sloper, since it was doing much better to the =
west=20
coast. Failing in this, I switched to the dipole, and his signal came =
up by at=20
least an s unit; two calls and I had him, through a sizeable pileup. I =
suspect=20
this was actually a southward path along the gray line (1200z). Strange =
stuff!
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<BR>Call: K8AL<BR>Operator(s): K8AL<BR>Station: K8AL<BR><BR>Class: SO =
HP<BR>QTH:=20
Guernsey County, OH<BR>Operating Time (hrs):=20
18<BR> <BR><BR>Summary:<BR>  =
; =20
QSOs Sections Countries<BR>Total: =20
701 75 =20
10 =3D 122,060<BR><BR>Club/Team: =
North Coast=20
Contesters<BR><BR>Comments:<BR><BR>Rig: FT-1000 and=20
AL-82<BR>Antennas: Deformed dipole at 60', broadside east/west; =
1/4 wave=20
sloper at 75', <BR>slanting north downhill.<BR><BR>This was my first=20
half-serious venture into 160m contesting. Because of other=20
<BR>commitments, I did most of Friday night and about half of Saturday=20
night. This <BR>is definitely a different game! It became =
painfully=20
evident that serious <BR>competition requires more antenna than I have =
time to=20
build right now. The <BR>behavior of my two primitive antennas is =
rather=20
interesting: The sloper has a <BR>significant vertical component =
and works=20
better into Europe than the dipole (no <BR>surprise), and better to the =
west=20
coast in the later hours of the night. <BR>However, it is greatly =
inferior=20
to the dipole (off the end!) for Caribbean and <BR>South America (I =
know, at 60'=20
directionality is not to be expected). <BR>Apparently, the sloper =
has=20
front-to-back favoring north, even though modeling <BR>it over flat =
terrain does=20
not show this at all. When VK6HD appeared, I tried <BR>several =
times with=20
the sloper, since it was doing much better to the west <BR>coast. =
Failing=20
in this, I switched to the dipole, and his signal came up by at =
<BR>least an s=20
unit; two calls and I had him, through a sizeable pileup. I =
suspect=20
<BR>this was actually a southward path along the gray line =
(1200z). =20
Strange stuff!</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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