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2020 ARRL June VHF Contest
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08/14/2020 | N0LD/R
We decided to operate as a pair of vehicles - both of us operating as Unlimited Rover - our path is in the first picture. However, friends kept appearing along the way! KB0HH made his inaugural (surprise) Rover trip to the grid square near Manches... Read More
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08/02/2020 | WA6LE
Three of us from the WA6LE group decided to work a joint VHF Contest and a SOTA activation from a 4020' high point above Los Angeles. We worked all bands on SSB and FM from 6 meters to 1.2 GHz. In 5 hours we made 143 contacts. It was a fun time for our... Read More
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06/29/2020 | KA7RRA
This is the 1st VHF/UHF contest I have entered in a long time I had a friend of mind make me some halo antennas a VHF,6 meters,and UHF. We could not get the UHF antenna to work,so I bagged UHF and just work 2 meters and 6 . I left his house at about ... Read More
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06/22/2020 | K2ET/R
After thinking about it, this was only my third June Contest really going for it as a rover. Sure, I know that when I’m in it, I probably don’t have the slightest shot at winning, but I go out to have fun. I attempted to participate in 2015, and 20... Read More
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06/19/2020 | K7CNT
Once again I setup portable operations in the Cerbat Mountains at Windy Point Campground at 6,125 ft. And yes the wind blew the entire time. Was setup outside under a canopy with the old FT-726r running 10 watts on 6/2/432 mhz. Had a 3 element yagi fo... Read More
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06/18/2020 | KB4BKV
My son, Jason (currently studying for his technician), and I headed up to the northwest corner of FM19 to a mountain in WPA on Saturday morning. The weather was perfect with temperatures in the mid-60's during setup. After making a few phone contacts... Read More
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06/18/2020 | KZ9O
Ryan (KB9OWD) and I got our families together for a mini vacation at a lake home in northern Wisconsin (EN46). I dragged up hundreds of pounds in radio gear from home. I was able to get a new 432 yagi setup and upgraded two coax runs to LMR-400 by Frid... Read More
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06/18/2020 | AA4Q
After acquiring the IC-7300 and 9700 last year, I now have 4 VHF bands plus 222 and 900 handhelds. So I spent the last month or more building the long-planned 6m Quad, 432 Quagi and 1296 loop yagi.
I planned to head to the mountains of Northern AZ and ... Read More