[NCC] 160 contest whip #2 (edited)

[Dan Kovatch]

Greetings fellow NCCers,

Now that NAQP CW is gone with phone to go it's time to think about CQWW 160.
I will on from the W8CAR super station almost full time. Pete,
N8TR, will be on in assisted in both modes. Tim, K3LR/5, will be on
'portable' from his home. What are your plans? Let us know via the reflector
and direct and I'll put a list here and on the web page (yes, it actually
will be updated this week!)

NO ANTENNA you say?
I used to be one of you. Some ideas below

Things to try:

1) Tie the 80 meter coax together and use the end fed wire input on your
tuner-this worked for me years ago till I had room for a 160 antenna. You
can also probably get away with feeding the ground side of the coax as a
sort of inverted L.

2) Open wire feed? Use one side as the antenna OR tie leads together and fed
it as a T

3) Put up an inverted L-130 feet with as much vertical as you can
get-loading coils are okay to make up length. I used 30 feet up, 60 over and
30 down with a base tuner and worked my first DX barefoot on 160 in the late
80s with my TS830S!!!! I only had about 6 radials of 45 feet or less in a
VERY cramped back yard up against a neighbors cinder block garage.

4) BORROW someone's station. If you know someone who has a 160 antenna be
nice and ask to do a SO or a MultiSingle-have fun.

5) I'm sure others have used other methods to get on 160-any other ideas???

73 fer now
Let me hear your plans!

Dan W8CAR
160 contest whip

It's hard to believe I taught English at one time!
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