[Elecraft] More 160 meter Elecraft MOJO

[Tom Althoff]

Browsing through the soapbox comments at the 3830 Reflector at 
www.contesting.com is about the only way to find out rigs/antennas vs 
scores.

A guy did pull out all the Soapbox comments separated from the score 
announcements at the following link:
http://www.eskimo.com/~mwdink/3830/

73 de Tom K2TA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <d.cutter at ntlworld.com>
To: "Tom Althoff" <althoff at verizon.net>; <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Elecraft] More 160 meter Elecraft MOJO


> Be interesting to know what antennas/rigs/power the leaders were using. 
> Is there a web site that covers this?
> David
> G3UNA
>
>>
>> From: "Tom Althoff" <althoff at verizon.net>
>> Date: 2006/12/04 Mon AM 11:07:22 GMT
>> To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] More 160 meter Elecraft MOJO
>>
>> Sounds like everyone was putting their K2's through the paces over the
>> weekend.
>>
>> I only got a chance to play for about 45 minutes in the ARRL 160M contest
>> with 75Q's and 29 sections at 5W to a dipole at 30 ft.
>>
>> But last weekend in the CQWW running 100W I broke the old SOSB/80/LP 
>> record
>> for the 2nd call area and N2WN broke the national and 4th call area 
>> records
>> in the same category.  Both of us were using K2/100's.
>>
>> Great little radios that let you slide up along side a 40 over 9 big gun
>> CQ'ing and work the faint DX 500 Hz away!
>>
>> Tom K2TA
>> K2/100 #1117
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Craig D. Smith" <craig at powersmith.net>
>> To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 12:13 AM
>> Subject: [Elecraft] More 160 meter Elecraft MOJO
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Wanted to join the other Craig and Mark in expressing my pleasure in 
>> > using
>> > my K2 this weekend on the 160 meter contest.  Very modest setup here 
>> > due
>> > to
>> > HOA restrictions on antennas (none allowed).  Many neighbors were up on
>> > their roofs this week putting up Xmas lights, so I took that 
>> > opportunity
>> > to
>> > get up on my roof and attach an extension to the "inverted L" I have
>> > draped
>> > over the roof.  Ran a AWG26 black stealth wire from the end of the 
>> > antenna
>> > to a pine tree in the front yard - maximum height about 22 feet and 
>> > less
>> > than 1/4 wavelength - non optimal for 160!  But managed to load it with
>> > the
>> > K2 internal tuner.
>> >
>> > Had only made two QSOs on 160 previously in my ham career, so didn't 
>> > know
>> > what to expect.  But with 5 Watts operating about 4 hours each evening 
>> > I
>> > managed 131 QSOs and 39 sections from here in Colorado.  Delaware and
>> > British Columbia was best "DX".  Best of all was enjoying the way the 
>> > K2
>> > operated - flawlessly, just as it did for Field Day, Sweepstakes and 
>> > the
>> > CQ
>> > WW DX contest.  Thanks Elecraft!
>> >
>> > 73
>> >          ... Craig AC0DS
>> >
>> >
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