[PVRCNC] AL4T ARRL 160M

[Brad Hedges]

AL4T
 
Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 137  Sections = 49  Countries = 5  Total Score = 14,161
 
I am really pleased with the performance of my broad-banded 80M sloper. It
performs exactly as I had hoped, requiring only two tuner settings to cover
the entire 3.5 - 4.0 range, and all I have to do for the lower end of 160 is
change the inductor tap setting. Pretty easy to use. Working barefoot - and
knowing I had to get up this morning and go back to work - I was not able to
put out a full effort, especially since I didn't get on until Saturday night
and only worked about four hours.
 
I hope to get up for the December meeting - we tear down our field site
Wednesday & Thursday, so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch.
 
Take care & very 73,
Brad
AL4T
 
 
 
 
 
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
 
Comments:
 
I came home from a field exercise for a few hours and saw on the N1MM
Reflector
someone had trouble setting up for this contest. I opened N1MM, set up, and
clicked on the rules for the contest... and found out it was going on right
then! This was 2200 local, Saturday. I tuned up my 80M fan sloper and
answered
a couple of CQ's... and I was off!
 
I burned up my amp in SSCW a few weeks ago and haven't fixed it yet, so I
did
all S&P and had some of the best rates I've had - 120/hr for a minute, 72/hr
for 10 minutes, 54/best hour.
 
This was my first foray into 160M, other than a half-dozen Q's in CQWWCW,
but I
have been working on low band antennas and hope to do a bunch more. I've got
a
K9AY hanging in the front yard, my sloper and my still-incomplete FS 80M
vert
in the back.
 
Thanks for the Q's and CU in the 'tests,
73,
Brad
AL4T
 
Sergeant First Class, Infantry
82d Airborne Division