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Contest Soapbox
2018 ARRL June VHF Contest
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08/25/2018 | PJ4V
Regarding FT8, it “saved the day” for the PJ4V multi-op from Bonaire in the contest. Lauren Libby, WØLD, Dave N7BHC and I operated from the PJ4G contest station as PJ4V in the 2018 June VHF contest. We had planned to run high power with a M2 6M1K2 ampl... Read More
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06/18/2018 | WB2SIH/R
Activated FN32 and FN33. 6-1296. Read More
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06/17/2018 | N0LD/R
As we discussed what we would do during the June VHF Contest, a friend in our local club, Ross, K5SRT, expressed interest in joining us. With little prior VHF contesting experience, Ross brought an engineer's organization to the task. I loaned a 2m, ... Read More
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06/16/2018 | N0URW
N0URW,,EN41GO,, Iowa,, I remember when these vhf contests were 2 meters as the main go to band, before moving on to other bands. Now with so many HF+ 6 meter rigs out there, and FT-8. It has changed to 6 meters as the main go to band. With FT-8 bei... Read More
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06/15/2018 | KD5IKG/R
It was a Great Contest! My lovely wife bought me a new radio after sending my aging rover radio in for repair three time is 18 months. Murphy was with me, had the wrong microphone port configured so no audio out for the first two hours, finaly rescu... Read More
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06/15/2018 | KD5IKG/R
It was a Great Contest! My lovely wife bought me a new radio after sending my aging rover radio in for repair three time is 18 months. Murphy was with me, had the wrong microphone port configured so no audio out for the first two hours, finaly rescu... Read More
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06/14/2018 | KF2MR/R
I had a great time in the 2018 June VHF Contest. I roved in FN12, FN13, FN02, and FN03 with 10 bands. One of my highlights on Saturday was working W2SZ over a 341km path up to 5GHz. This was a new distance record for me on 3.4 and 5G. Though Sunday... Read More
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06/14/2018 | W4DVE
I thought June 2017 was challenging with the rain and wind, but this year mother nature upped the ante with snow. As usual, K7ALO and I got to the top of South Fork Mountain (el 4800 ft) early Friday afternoon to setup. We managed to get some of i... Read More