[ADXA] 160 Experience

[Steven Rutledge]

Well, I’m ready for any CW traffic.  I just know nothing about the band so it will be slow going. I picked up the low hanging fruit early in my DX career.

> On Nov 11, 2020, at 6:02 PM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> 
> Now you're cooking Steve!!! Now get ready for 7Q7RU on 160 meters.
> 
> Don, 7Q6M who is their host at the Embangweni Mission Hospital fired up the 160 station on CW a couple of nights ago to check things out. He had an S8 noise level and they were going to work on RX antennas the following day but the TX sig was BIG. Through his S8 noise and a HUGE pileup he was only able to work three NA stations, and those were:
> NO3M (my buddy Eric in PA)
> W5ZN
> K5UR (my little buddy Rick) hee hee
> 
> BOOOOOOOMI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> :-))
> 
> 
>> On 2020-11-11 17:36, Steven Rutledge wrote:
>> Well, after never being able to be on 160, including my QTH in
>> Memphis, due to RFI, I decided to try again.  I have a Cushcraft
>> MA-40/80 vertical that I installed with the most radials my city lot
>> could accommodate several years ago.  It was mostly an experiment as I
>> have resonant vees on 40 and 80.  Anyway, I discovered the CC MA-160
>> vertical and found that it used the same base as the MA-40/80.  So, in
>> the meantime, I found a used MA-160 on-line and bought it.  I
>> assembled it and with the help of my wife, I dropped it on the
>> existing base section.  I'm glad there are no pictures or audio
>> recordings.
>> Last night, about 0100L, I woke up after falling asleep watching a
>> movie and decided to see what I could hear.  Well, in a few short
>> minutes I worked:
>> 5T5PA, HI8RD, V31AE, XE2T, VA3FF, LA3WKA, G3NSM and XE1MW.  All of
>> this was via FT8 since that is where the signals were for my "test."
>> I guess the damn thing works.  No RFI in the house either.  This will
>> be interesting.
>> 73,
>> Steve, QQ
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