[SECC] KA1DWX SSB NAQP

[Don Durk, ka1dwx]

Station: KA1DWX
QTH: Alabama
Operating Time (hrs): 9

 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   17     8
   80:   62    31
   40:  105    30
   20:   99    37
   15:   15    10
   10:   10     9
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Total:  308   125  Total Score = 38,500

Club: South East Contest Club

Team: SECC Team 3 - nice work guys!

Tnx to all for the Q's and their patience while I peck typed! Tnx SECC gang - WW4LL -  3QSOs; WA4TII - 2QSOs, the hard way, 10 & 160!; W4BD - 2Qs, 80 & 160,  with my thanks since as I was tuning up on 3780 following Bob's requested QSY from 160 to 80 G0EVY called!; KT4ZB - with my apology for the difficulty I had in copying his call!; WT8Y; AA4LR & K4VU aka V31RG! 

Prop was most unusual. 10 and 15 were mostly dead  stateside,  yet  VK/ZL was fair on 15  Sat  afternoon and  we had some single hop skip 2330 -0000. On 10, I finally got some sporadic e to New England @ 0000 -0030 and some shorter sporadic e due east @ 0130-0200 !  

 FT 1000D;  AL 572 OFF Line; AL 1200 not in use in AL
 Antenna (used for 160 -10 meters) : Rhombic, fed w/ 600 ohm line w/ several tuners. It is 4 legs; each  leg 135 feet in length, firing bi-directionally (i.e. - unterminated), up 60 to 65 feet, tree supported.
   My winter low band antennas are all packed up for our re- location to Delaware which starts in November. The winter antenna  for 80 & 160  used  was phased inverted L's, each 160 feet in length, with approximately 60 to 65 feet vertical and 100 feet horizontal (55 to 65 feet up). Each element had 19,  133 foot  radials. Phasing was accomplished with a 375 foot (approx) stub of 450 ohm line for 160/80 meters. The attempt was to have the phased L's   fire bi directionally  on 160 ( 3/4 wave phase on 160 is near 375 feet) and the  in a cardiod pattern ( 1 1/2 wave cardiod phase is near  378 feet ) on 80. The antenna system is  fed at one of the two ends.                    Don,,,,ka1dwx