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2018 ARRL September VHF Contest

  • 12/28/2018 | Ve3DS

     Despite the soggy conditions the contest was a great event. Lots of VE activity was noted, with a good turn out noted in Southern Ontario. We managed to make contacts on 3456 and 5760 Mhz this time around, and will have the station in much better shap... Read More

  • 10/16/2018 | KG6IYN

    Like many others this year in this event, plans changed or were severely modified for the contest weekend. I was limited by available time to get a plan together, and that made this one of lthe ess than a handful of VHF and up contests where i operated... Read More

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    09/23/2018 | N0LD/R

    Our team included Randy Wing (N0LD), Harvey Jones (W0HGJ) and George Mackus (AB0RX).  Our focus was on building points and multipliers by traveling with K5SRT/Rover.  K5SRT/Rover was manned by Ross Terry (K5SRT), Bob Kirby (K3NT), and Nick Farlow (KB0Y... Read More

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    09/15/2018 | K2EZ/R



    Work conspired once again to interfere with my September effort. I flew home Thursday specifically for the contest but had to be back in Texas by Tuesday. I therefore opted to make another long rove from the northeast to Texas. Having done this befo... Read More

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    09/12/2018 | KM4KMU

    FM Only Category Claimed Score 14,749 (not including SSB Q's and grids) Multi's:  43 Points:  343 Frq    Q's  Pts  Grids   50   30     30      7 144 135   135    20 220   22     44      8 432   67   134      8 I emailed every ham I worked in all previo... Read More

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    09/11/2018 | KF2MR/R

      I activated 4 grids from tried and tested locations: FN12, FN13, FN02, and FN03. I was pleasantly surprised by the good level of activity this contest. Every grid produced some nice surprises and lots of microwave activity. I had a 10 band sweep fo... Read More

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    09/11/2018 | K5ND/R

     My rove went reasonably well despite the rain on Saturday and, of course, the poor 6 meter Es for the weekend. I set up the rover operation in seven grids: EM03, EM02, EM01 on Saturday; EM11, EM21, EM22, and EM23 on Sunday. I managed 34 Qs and 14 grid... Read More

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    09/10/2018 | WB2SIH/R

     Limited operating time but had a lot of fun and activated 5 grids.    Read More

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