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2017 ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest
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09/23/2017 | N2AMC
This was my first time on the 1296 band in my 39 year ham career. I was running a 1296 transverter (20W out) that I recently purchased at a ham convention. It was driven by my old Yaesu FT-290 RII and a homebrew sequencer that I recently built. The an... Read More
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08/10/2017 | N6NB
A group of us decided that the new 222 and Up Distance Contest was a good occasion to do something new: operate in Colorado, more than 1,000 miles from our homes in California. So W6TE, K6MI and I drove to Colorado in separate vehicles outfitted with ... Read More
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08/07/2017 | KF2MR/R
Leading up to this contest I had worked long and hard on upgrades for 2.3, 3.4, and 5G stations. My rover rebuild is now complete. The most rewarding part of the contest was finding out the gear worked like it should and extending my personal best DX o... Read More