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2015 ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)

Add Your 2015 ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW) Soapbox Comment

11/24/2015 | N2DM

Hi to all! Awesome conditions in the cw portion. My FT-817 was doing fine business, paired with a 1/4 wave ground mounted vertical. This vertical used the "Sunny Day" crappie pole(as in ST LOUIS VERTICAL). Only operated couple of hours, but very reward... Read More
11/20/2015 | K1PAD

I had lots of fun running low power with a very modest antenna (see photo) from the beach house overlooking Block Island Sound in RI section. I missed the elusive NT section otherwise got 'em all. Read More
11/10/2015 | AB2ZY

My CW skills have always sucked, mostly because I don't put the effort into improving them. 10-15 WPM is a stretch for me. In order not to feel like a total loser for relying on CWget to enable copy during a contest, I decided to try an 83 QSO clean sw... Read More
11/10/2015 | KE0Z

My daughter recently moved to Omaha. I remembered that NE was often a troublesome section to find so with her permission I set up there for the 2015 CW sweepstakes. The antenna is a Field Day variety push-up mast with wire dipoles, not terrific but e... Read More