[SECC] Fwd: CQ160 CW WF4W Single Op HP

[Jeff Clarke]

RJ

Don't give up. You should try shorting  the feed line of your 80/160m 
OCF and tune it with a tuner to make it a T vertical. It should work 
fine with just one radial. For a long time K4BAI was shorting the feed 
line of his 80 meter Inverted V and not using any radials. When he ran 
his amp he could work some EU stations. We recently improved his antenna 
to a "real" Inverted L.  He lives on a pretty small city lot and we put 
just one 130 foot long radial on it zig zagging into the bushes in his 
backyard. I think he feels he might be getting out better than he did 
with his old antenna. Plus he's not dealing with RF issues inside his 
shack anymore. He could probably comment on that.

Here's a good webpage with ideas for 160 meter antennas. - 
http://topbandhams.com/?id=6

Jeff

On 2/1/2021 07:40 AM, RJ Hubbard wrote:
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> Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 7:34 AM
> Subject: CQ160 CW WF4W Single Op HP
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> <rj.wf4w at gmail.com <mailto:rj.wf4w at gmail.com>>
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>                     CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2021
>
> Call: WF4W
> Operator(s): WF4W
> Station: WF4W
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH:
> Operating Time (hrs): 6
>
> Summary:
> Total:  QSOs = 427  State/Prov = 52  Countries = 4  Total Score = 52,696
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> My 160m game is WEAK! My 80/160m OCF is prettyt much an NVIS antenna - 
> it's
> worthless. So I stuck a 19' lenght of wire into the 80m resonator of 
> my 6btv and
> turned it into an invered L :) -- works pretty well domestically - DX isnt
> happening on this thing though.
>
> Still a lot of fun - what CW contest ISNT fun? I was able to get some 
> pretty
> decent runs and rates and I'm beginning to like S&P more and more as I 
> find
> the balance between runs and S&P.
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