The price of admission for 160 is an efficient antenna.? I'm probably at the low end with a 165' inverted-L up 75' with 47 mixed length radials from 15 to 70'.? I use a K2 at 5 Watts.? ?
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I like the Stew Perry event held around the end of the year.? Participation is dropping off and the propagation (good for the higher bands!) is not so good for 160.? I've gone from 194 QSO's in 2020 to 81 this past year.? In 2020, I forgot and started out at 10 Watts, reducing my power to 5 Watts as I got rolling - so to keep a clean conscience I had to put myself in the QRO division.?
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I had 24 QSO's in the recent NAQCC 160 meter sprint.? ?
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I've had to deal with local noise issues, one of which was a nearby sodium street lamp that was trying, and failing, to ignite.??
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I've pretty much avoided the 160 contests/sprints during the warmer months because of the noise levels. YMMV
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73
Jerry W
KI4IO
Warrenton, VA
