Phil: I've worked K0DU many times in contests, but don't think I worked him this week-end on 160. Also, I'm curious: another Colorado ham very active in contests is w0 d l e. Do you know of him? 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:08 PM Subject: Re: 160 Meter CW Contest Tom and Steve, Sounds like you guys had fun. Making any contacts on 160 is always fun. I only made the one contact running 14 watts and 18 to 1 SWR when I worked my friend, K0DU, who lives about 250 miles to the west and south of me. Phil. K0NX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 6:15 PM Subject: Re: 160 Meter CW Contest > Being a third rate cw op, I decided to just see how many states or > provinces or DX countries I could work. Only finished with 72 contacts, > but worked 43 states, 5 Canadian provinces, and 14 DX QSO's in 12 > different countries. No new ones in the log, but had a lot of fun. > Ran the TS-2000, 700 watts, and a 164 foot loaded dipole. > > Tom: Sorry I didn't come across you, maybe in the SSB contest. > > 73, Steve KW3A > > On 1/30/2011 7:24 PM, tom behler wrote: >> Hey, Phil: >> >> I agree that 160 was indeed in great shape this week-end. >> >> I didn't come up with a big gun contester score, but worked 152 stations >> across the eastern 2 thirds of the US, and a few Canadian stations. >> >> I did it with 100 watts and my Carolina Windom 160 compact up about 37 >> feet, >> with my high-tech 100-foot piece of RG8X coax in the shack at the >> transmitter to act as a tuning stub. >> >> Again, not a great score, but an accomplishment in my mind because, three >> months ago, I had never been on 160 despite being a ham for most of my >> life. >> >> I'm looking forwrd to the SSB contest in February. >> >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Phil Scovell"<[log in to unmask]> >> To:<[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 7:22 PM >> Subject: 160 Meter CW Contest >> >> >> I did a lot of checking of 160 meters over the weekend and was amazed = >> how good the signals were and how much activity I heard. I always tune = >> for the Colorado boys to see how well they are doing. I've worked the = >> contest in years gone by with a shunt fed 55 foot tower once and 100 = >> watts output and another time, with 85 foot slopers with coiles at the = >> top for matching and it is always fun to work. I only have the G5RV up = >> at 35 feet and my SWR is 18 to 1 down low in the band so I can't get on = >> the band but I heard a friend in western Colorado so I tried and running >> = >> 14 watts output, worked him after a few call exchanges. K0DU is in = >> western Colorado and along with K0CL and K0UK, both old time contesters, >> = >> and just a wire hanging out, they made 1,264 Q with 54 countries and the >> = >> first night alone, they worked 56 Japanese all under Jerry's call of = >> K0DU. I heard the Colorado boys, at times, working Europeans, whom I = >> could not copy, and of course, the east coast stations were working = >> Europe like we work Japan from here in Colorado. So it is true once = >> again; when the upper bands are poor, the low wave bands work better. = >> Running 100 watts, I have worked all states on 160, except for the state >> = >> of Maine, which I heard and chased all over the band during a contest = >> and never snagged, and a few Caribbean. I have copied, with poor short = >> antennas, Vk and UA and JA, however, on 160. I posted an article that = >> was published in the old World Radio news magazine called "A Short = >> Vertical For The Top Band," hear on the list which was only 32 foot tall >> = >> and running 100W, worked east and west coast and KH6 with it, many = >> times, and had a ball even with the low power. >> >> Phil. >> K0NX >> >