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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I operated a while Friday night and had fun. Conditions were good, the band noise was lower than usual for me, and everything was working. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Saturday night, not so much. When I turned on the computer Windows 10 decided to do a major update which took forever, and afterwards WriteLog would not work right. Also my SWR was way up from Friday night. I shut everything down and found something else to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Today, with help from AA5AU, I got WriteLog working again. It was easy – when you know what to do. I’ll check out the 160M antenna later, when the weather is warmer than 40 deg F, dry, and the wind not blowing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Marsh, KA5M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> LCC [mailto:lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Lott<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 4, 2016 9:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> Contest Club Louisiana <LCC@louisianacontestclub.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [LCC] ARRL 160m CW contest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>It was nice to get on even though it was part time and with not much of an antenna for transmit<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Using just a slopper and no radials under it<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>hung on a tilt over device that looks like something out of Junk Yard Wars<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>176 Q's<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Goal was to work all 50 states on the 160 meter band from the new QTH<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Missed KL7, CT, ID, OR and South Carolina !<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Worked Ted KN5O<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>and he had one of the better signals<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>as compared to others from The Ark-La-Tex<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Worked N8OO, but I think he sees me as still in LA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>and did not hear my NTX report :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Some of the guys out west (Oregon for one)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>had really big signals but were not hearing the masses that were calling them<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Looked for AA5AU, KA5M and others but missed ya all<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Name : Steve</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Address : 125 Contest Lane</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> City/State/Zip : Ben Franklin TX 75415</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Country : USA</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> ARRL Section : NTX</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.5995.0</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Band QSOs Pts Sec Pt/Q</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> 1.8 176 373 57 2.1</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Total 176 373 57 2.1</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> Score : 21,261</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt'></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><a href="http://www.KG5VK.com" target="_blank">http://www.KG5VK.com</a><br>My Ham Radio Friends<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>