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Contest Soapbox
2017 ARRL September VHF Contest
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01/31/2018 | W4NH
Arriving at our usual portable site (EM84) Friday afternoon to begin setup we were told there was the possibility of being shut down early due to Hurricane Irma. We got on the air with the start of the contest Saturday afternoon, but come Sunday morni... Read More
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11/12/2017 | N0LD/R
Overview: Nick Farlow, KB0YHT - Harvey Jones, W0HGJ - and myself Randy Wing, N0LD planned a route to include 15 grids in 4 states; we actually made it thru 13 grids in 4 states. We had 5 or more contacts in all but 1 of these grids. This was perha... Read More
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11/04/2017 | K2DRH
Apparently my first posting of this entry has disappeared: Getting ready for the VHF contests this year seems to have reached new levels of absurdity. Skip to the bottom if you want to read all the details about this one, but it is necessary for you t... Read More
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11/03/2017 | KD5IKG/R
It was a less then stellar contest. My new partner on this contest goes by the name of "Murphy", I am sure you know him also. This was going to be the best trip ever, finally bought commercial antennas, retired the loops and home-made "Cheap-Yagi's"... Read More
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11/03/2017 | KD5IKG/R
It was a less then stellar contest. My new partner on this contest goes by the name of "Murphy", I am sure you know him also. This was going to be the best trip ever, finally bought commercial antennas, retired the loops and home-made "Cheap-Yagi's"... Read More
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10/14/2017 | KM4KMU
Less activity on FM than last year. Strange conditions, 446 and 223.5 were outstanding with as good or better propagation and much lower noise than 2m despite the 2m having equal or better VSWR, power, line losses and impedance match. 223.5 was by f... Read More
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10/03/2017 | K5ND/R
My first trip as a rover. It made this usually quiet contest here in North Texas much, much more interesting as I moved from one grid to the next. Still didn’t work many stations, but worked the same ones from several different grids. Activated 8 gri... Read More
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09/23/2017 | N6NB/R
Most of the 2017 September VHF Contest soapbox items, including mine, seem to have disappeared. I guess I should resubmit this. As weak-signal VHF activity continues to decline in Southern California (and to a lesser extent in Northern California), I'... Read More