[NCC] ARRL 160

[tleek8az]

Great to know you're getting back in the saddle again, Scott.

Don't forget to mark Saturday, January 16 on your calendar for the annual
'AZ Post-Holiday open house.

73,
Tom, K8AZ

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 12:12 AM, N3RA via NCC <ncc at contesting.com> wrote:

> Well.  First time on the air in quite some a while.  Sure was nice to be
> back on and make a few Q's!!
>
> I put up a 160m inverted V with the center at 50 to 60 feet last week.  It
> was one I bought and had laying around for many years.  Fed with RG8x which
> is not ideal as a multi band antenna but at least it got me on the air a
> bit. I may change it to open wire at some point.  I have a Butternut HF9V
> new in the box that I will be use as the next project.  Need a few items to
> be able to do that so better get on the phone with DXE soon!
>
> Had to log and send by hand since I didn't have any logging software
> handy.   Working on getting it typed in so I can submit.   The IC 765
> amazingly worked after sitting on a table in the basement for a long time.
>
> Lots of things to  work on to get it better arranged and organized.  Need
> to find the headset and adapter cable at some point too.  :-)
>
> Got on quite late Saturday and spent about 1 1/2 hours working my way up
> the band.  Even managed to run guys for 5 or 10 minutes.    Did not realize
> until I finished that Ontario was now 4 sections.  I gotta get out more.
> Yeesh.
>
> Bottom line:
>
> Q's: 110
> Sec: 46
> DX: 4 (managed to work EI at least)
> Score:  11,400.  Manually calculated for the moment.
>
> Great to work everyone and look forward to a few q's this weekend as well.
>
> 73
> Scott, N3RA
>
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