[SCCC] CQ160 SSB WA7BNM Single Op LP

[Bruce Horn]

                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB

Call: WA7BNM
Operator(s): WA7BNM
Station: WA7BNM

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: S.Calif
Operating Time (hrs): 1.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 23  State/Prov = 10  Countries = 1  Total Score = 539

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

This was more of an antenna test than a contest for me. Strung two full-size
radials around the eves of my house and garage (sort of a handlebar mustache
pattern) about 10 ft above the ground. Suspended an inverted-L (well a droopy
inv-L) from my tower with the apex at about 70 ft and the "horizontal"
portion sloping downward at 45 degrees. Resonant at 1.9 MHz, but with a >4:1
SWR at best - no matching network.

Most QSOs were the result of very good ears and persistence on the part of the
ops.

Rig: K3, 100 watts

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)