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2010 CQWW 160 Meter Contest
376 QSO's  47 States  18 Countries
Ice/Snow Storm & Loss of Electricity
for all of 1st night and half of 2nd night

2009 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
1381 QSO's  116 Mults = 346,492
Claimed Score

2008 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
1189 QSO's  93 Mults = 225,804

2007 ARRL 160 Meter DX Contest
1311 QSO's  113 Mults = 314,253

2006 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
1214 QSO's  92 Mults = 227,240

2005 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
1010 QSO's  91 Mults = 183,547

2004 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
247 QSO's  69 Mults = 34,293

160 Meter 8 Circle Vertical Receiving Array
Is The Primary Receive Antenna at W5ZN

Download Info Here

Photos & Video of the installation now here at N4HY
W5ZN DX Activity

177 DXCC Countries

33 Zones
160 Meter Page
03 OCT 09
3D2KJ
Fiji
Direct
04 OCT 09
3D20CR
Conway Reef
Direct
12 NOV 09
TX3A
Chesterfield Island
LoTW
20 OCT 09
ZY0T
Trindade Island

13 NOV 09
5N0OCH
Nigeria
LoTW
16 NOV 09
9G5TT
Ghana
Direct
17 NOV 09
R1FJM
Franz Josef Land

23 NOV 09
9L7NS
Sierra Leone
LoTW
26 NOV 09
DS1REE
Korea
LoTW
27 NOV 09
A25NW
Botswana

27 NOV 09
FK8CP
New Caledonia
Direct
03 DEC 09
BU2AQ
Taiwan
Direct
06 JAN 10
7Q7BP
Malawi

19 JAN 10
HV0A
Vatican
PIRATE
24 JAN 10
VP8DMN
Falkland Islands
LoTW
24 JAN 10
TX3D
Austral Islands
LoTW
27 JAN 10
ST2AR
Sudan
Direct
31 JAN 10
A7/M0FGA
Qatar
LoTW
01 FEB 10
Z36W
Macedonia

09 FEB 10
TX4T
French Polynesia
LoTW
11 FEB 10
9X0CW
Rwanda

14 FEB 10
C21DL
Nauru

02 MAR 10
SV5/DJ7RJ
Dodecanese

Recent New Countries Worked on 160 Meters
Winter 2009/2010 Season
In the distance, the short verticals that make up the W5ZN 8 Circle Vertical Array
N4HY inspecting the installation
HEY! Is that my Peanut M&M's tee shirt you're wearing?
W5LUA providing quality control oversight of W5ZN
Yea, Joel needs continuous adult supervision!
John, K9DX, explains the controls of his 9 Circle Vertical Array at the K9DX 160 meter SuperStation
Hear W5ZN on 160 Meters as received by UT7QF in the Ukraine
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Antenna Pattern Measurements
The W5xN 160 Meter Gang!
Joel W5ZN and Dave W5UN
At the W5UN 160, 80 & 2 Meter SuperStation
November 18, 2009
Oh yea! Those early mornings listening for DX on 160 meters!
Bob N4HY and AL W5LUA listen intently as I explain my interpretation of "Regular Perturbations and Nonlinear Filtering" (Bob's Dissertation) to them at 3 AM following an intense 2 hour pontification of philosophy!
Design, Construction & Evaluation
of the
8 Circle Vertical Array for Low Band Receiving
by
Joel Harrison, W5ZN & Bob McGwier, N4HY

Rev. 3 11-16-09 Now Available - Download Here
Look for this article in the March/April issue of QEX !!
Go Green???  Go Grey!!!
Low Band DX'ing via the Grey Line