[SECC] CQ160 CW NJ8J Single Op LP

[Ben Coleman]

                     CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2021

Call: NJ8J
Operator(s): NJ8J
Station: NJ8J

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 152  State/Prov = 33  Countries = 3  Total Score = 12,564

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Icom IC-7300
LDG AT-11MP Automatic Antenna tuner
120 ft OCF doublet fed with ladder-line
Logger: N1MM+

Beat my old CQ160 score - came close to doubling my previous high score.

I'm still kinda surprised that the doublet gets me out at all on this 
band.  I had done a bit of fiddling on the part in the front of the 
house - since it was wrapped around the front porch support, I had cut 
it shorter, which resulted in the AT-11MP not being able to match on 
more bands, so I had added more wire back on, and strung it across the 
front of the house to another tree (the original front yard tree support 
is gone, after having dropped a big branch on my car a few years ago). 
I have verified that the far back end of the doublet is actually on the 
ground, which makes it even more surprising that I can actually get out.

I actually felt less rabbitty than usual this time.  I seemed get more 
Qs than I'm used to on 160 on the first call.  It'll be interesting to 
see how it does when I make my way through be backyard forest and get 
the far end of the doublet back up off the ground.

Ben
-- 
Ben Coleman nj8j at benshome.net
  "I love the way Microsoft follows standards.  In much the
same manner that fish follow migrating caribou."
                                             Paul Tomblin

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