NAQCC 160 Meter Sprint

[Larry Makoski W2LJ]

This Wednesday evening (Thursday morning UTC time) the NAQCC will be
hosting a 160 Meter Sprint - great news for all you fans of the Top Band!

The Sprint will be on Wednesday evening January 24th and will run from
8:30 to 10:30 PM EST, 7:30 to 9:30 PM CST, 6:30 to 8:30 PM MST and 5:30
to 7:30 PM PST or from 0130 to 0330 UTC on the morning of January 25th.  
The recommended frequencies are:

1810 kHz +/- 3kHz

The exchange is as follows:
RST - SPC (State Province or Country) - NAQCC Nr.
(non-Members send power level in place of NAQCC Nr., e.g. 5W, 1W, etc.
Be sure to add the W.)

Remember the bonus multipliers that you get for using either a straight
key or bug during the event. All entries must be postmarked or email
dated before 2400Z on January 31st, 2007.

For full details, please visit
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/sprint200701_special.html

And to join the NAQCC (if you haven't already!) please go to
http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/joinup.html

ALSO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please don't forget the ongoing NAQCC WAS Bear Hunt.  I do not have 160
Meter capability and will not be able to join you in the Sprint.  
However, I will put station W2LJ on the air to give out that rarest of
states, New Jersey, to anyone who might need it for QRP WAS!  I will be
on the air as follows: From 0100-0230 UTC on 7.055 MHz and from
0230-0400 UTC on 3.560 MHz.  Before or after the Sprint come on by and
say "Hello"!

73 de Larry W2LJ
NAQCC #35

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[wayne burdick]

Thanks for the info, Larry.

At QRP levels, virtually any QSO on 160 meters is cause for celebration
  :)   Anyone who hasn't tried 160 meters, whether QRP or QRO, should
get on for at least a few minutes and give it a try. If you have a K2
with 160 m installed as well as a KAT2 or KAT100 ATU, you may very well
be able to load an 80-m or 40-m or random-wire antenna system on 160 m.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Jan 23, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Larry Makoski W2LJ wrote:

> This Wednesday evening (Thursday morning UTC time) the NAQCC will be
> hosting a 160 Meter Sprint - great news for all you fans of the Top
> Band!

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[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

I use a 500' loop and work a multi-state area CW with my K2.  The loop
is 10 to 30 ft high, mostly on the low end of that range and through
trees and shrubs, and fed with 300 ohm ladder line to a BL2.  The height
isn't a big deal on 160m as it is pretty much impossible to get any
meaningful height anyway.

Leigh/WA5ZNU
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[wayne burdick]

Larry Makoski W2LJ wrote:

> This Wednesday evening (Thursday morning UTC time) the NAQCC will be
> hosting a 160 Meter Sprint - great news for all you fans of the Top
> Band!

Hi Larry,

Not much of an antenna for 160 m here, and very noisy, but I did work
Andy, KD0EH. The start time was a bit early for 160 m here in CA.
Something around 3 AM would produce lower noise, if not more stations  
:)

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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