Topband: How to win an ARRL 160m contest for WTX

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

Sam,

My (top) HAT is off to you !

It never ceases to amaze me what folks are doing on TOPBAND and it inspires 
me to continue even though I have a very poor 160m installation here.  I may 
even try 160m mobile once again.......I did it in the mid 90's for a cpl yrs 
with a tossed together and modified system and iirc worked 13 or 14 
countries on 160m /M (100W)...mostly while in motion.  FT-101E, Webster 
Bandspanner and ice cream bucket coil on top with a huge capacity hat above 
that.  Didn't work very well, but it did "work"...maybe 1.2% efficiency? HI 
HI

Hope to see you on.

Good going man !

Mike VE9AA

Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sam Morgan
  To: topband at contesting.com
  Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:42 AM
  Subject: Topband: How to win an ARRL 160m contest for WTX


  Morning folks,
  Yesterday I received a pleasant surprise from the ARRL in the mail.
  I opened it up and there was a certificate for winning 1st place in the
  2008 ARRL 160 Meter Contest running QRP in the WTX section.


  The Hi-Q is an excellent antenna. Above the 5/160 coil my installation has 
a
  EB-8 tophat and a 102" whip, so it's all of about 13.5 feet tall. For the 
ground
  plane there are sixteen radials each 13 feet long, with a wire connecting 
the
  outer ends of the radials. There is one radial each for 160m, 80m, 60m, 
40m, and
  30m thrown in there for grins, all laying on the tar and gravel roof at 20 
feet.

  , times the Hi-Q's 1.3% efficiency on
  P.S. My hats off to all those that did all the hard work copying my peanut
  whistle, those guys/gals were the greatest! -- KA5OAI
  </quote>

  -- 
  GB & 73
  K5OAI
  Sam Morgan


  _______________________________________________
  160 meters is a serious band, it should be treated with respect. - TF4M


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