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2017 ARRL January VHF Contest
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02/26/2017 | KF2MR/R
This is the second year in a row we had wonderful weather in Western NY for the January VHF contest. The oddly warm temperatures also produced morning and evening fog, which is rare in January. Activity in the greater Rochester Area was great and it ke... Read More
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02/05/2017 | WX3P
An interesting January contest for portable operation. No snow - no ice - no frigid temperatures - no high winds! What fun is that? I got stuck in mud with my Jeep surrounded by cows (does that make it a multi op?) After getting unstuck I was able to... Read More
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01/31/2017 | N0JK
Had to work Saturday afternoon & night, so only limited time to operate. Late Sunday afternoon after I got up, the APRS map looked promising for tropo to the north, so I went out portable to try 2 Meters with K2DRH EN41. Bob was
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01/30/2017 | N0LD/R
Nick Farlow, KB0YHT and myself, Randy Wing, N0LD, activated several grids this weekend as a rover in the January 2017 VHF Contest in Texas and Oklahoma. Our antennas include a loop for 6m, 2 stacked loops for 2m, 2 stacked loops for 70cm, a 2m beam... Read More
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01/28/2017 | KM4KMU
Operated from Reddish Knob on the Va/WVa border FM Only running all four bands. Great turn out from all the surrounding grids. Several stations after making a low band QSO from the QTH went mobile to hill tops to complete QSO's on the higher bands. Sev... Read More
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01/27/2017 | WA5TKU
Was only able to take part in the contest for a short time and the results reflect it. Signals were good fro the middle of the afternoon Saturday. Looking forward to being more active in June. Read More
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01/26/2017 | K2EZ/R
By far the best part of the contest was overnight 6m opening into Europe. Around 2am local time (0700 UTC) when nobody else seemed to be on locally, it turned an otherwise dead time into a welcome boost of Qs and multipliers. I didn’t hear other stat... Read More
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01/25/2017 | WB2SIH/R
Had fun activating 7 grids. Great weather considering it is January! Thanks to all I was able to work. ! 73, Buff Read More
