[SCCC] CQ160 CW W4EF(@W4EF/6) Single Op HP

[Michael Tope]

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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: CQ160 CW W4EF(@W4EF/6) Single Op HP


>                     CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
>
> Call: W4EF
> Operator(s): W4EF
> Station: W4EF/6
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 17.5
>
> Summary:
> Total:  QSOs = 643  State/Prov = 54  Countries = 17  Total Score = 140,296
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Rig: Yaesu FT-847
>
> Amplifier: Drake L-7 at 1KW output
>
> Power Source: 2 x Honda EU2000i Generators in Parallel
>
> Antenna: 45ft tall top loaded vertical w/16 x 100ft radials (Friday night)
>          25 x 100ft radials (Saturday night)
>
> http://www.dellroy.com/W4EF's-Ham-Radio-Page/Salton-Sea-05/Salton-Sea.htm
>
> Operated portable along the eastern shore of the Salton Sea with a 45 ft
top
> loaded vertical (modified gap antenna). Had planned to put up a W8JI
shorty 4
> square that I built for receiving, but my wife and I got to the site too
late
> and I just didn't have time to get it installed and get any sleep. I had
hoped
> to put it up during the day on Saturday, but the SRA park ranger made me
move my
> TX antenna because I was blocking the turnaround for 18-wheelers who use
the
> park's porta-potties at night, so I spent all day Saturday tearing it down
and
> re-installing it (including the 2500 feet of radial wire). After moving
the TX
> antenna, there was just no time left for installing the RX array. The park
> ranger was kind enough to let me operate all night on Friday before she
made me
> move the TX antenna on Saturday morning, so I can't complain too much
(next time
> I will ask permission before I install my antenna - hi). Anyway, it was
too bad
> about the RX array since I had S5 to S7 power line noise all weekend from
the
> nearby medium voltage lines. It definitely would have helped (ahh, next
year).
>
> BTW, sorry for any dupes I may have inflicted on others. My new (used)
laptop
> bombed out on QSO #1 (K9DX), so I threw it aside and logged the whole
contest on
> notebook paper with no dupesheet (I didn't have time to make one up - hi).
>
> Congratulations to Ken, N6RO for setting a new (and exceptional) highwater
mark
> from W6 in the CQ 160. I hope have my act more together next year and be
gunning
> for him.
>
> 73 de Mike, W4EF.............................
>
>
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