[NCC] K8MR 160M Halftime Report

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

101 x 39 in 3.5 hours.
On Friday I got my 160 meter antenna again hooked up. It's an inverted-L, about 50 feet up, for which the string at the far end had become disconnected over the summer, resulting in an extra 10 feet or so of wire at the feed end. With no way to pull the wire back, I routed the extra wire around some other trees, and hooked up two quarter wave elevated radials running along the top of the fence separating the condo complex from the outside world.
Not a great antenna, but still a good antenna for a condo situation! Florida is a long way from a lot of people. No W6, W7, and only one W0 worked.  But the ZF's, KP2's, C6, XE, etc., are a lot louder down here  :-)
I pretty much figured out that if the other guy wasn't pushing S9, he wasn't likely to hear me. For much of the night W8 land (not to mention W1, W2, and VE land) didn't get that loud. I do recall getting K1LT, K8MFO, W3HKK, W8CAR, KW8N, NA8V, and NO3M into the log. I once even heard (barely!) K8ZT working somebody. For a number of guys I had to monitor the QSB, trying to pick a rise in the signal if they were going to hear me.
Not sure of my plans for tonight, but I may well say screw the one callsign rule, and get on as W3USA for a not-to-submit entry. I'd rather be working people than trying to scrape up another 25 QSOs as K8MR.
Have fun tonight!

Jim   K8MR