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2020 ARRL January VHF Contest
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01/21/2020 | N6NB
This is about roving in the January, 2020 VHF Contest, but it's really about more than that. The FCC is proposing to abolish our 3.4 GHz band and severely limit amateur radio access to 5.7 GHz.
This will affect amateurs, including me, A LOT. Over the... Read More -
01/20/2020 | KM4KMU
Thanks go to: K2EZ/R, K1TEO, N2NT, KM4OZH/R, KC5JSR/R (a trucker), N3NGE, Terry W8ZN and the several hundred Hams who got onto FM in Va, Md, Pa and WVa. KM4KMU FM Only FM08XW Freezeland Road at 2400 ft ASL 50MHz 33 Q's 7 Grids 144 MHz 97 Q's 9 Grids ... Read More
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01/20/2020 | K5ND/R
The rainy weather over the previous week cleared for a sunny but cold weekend. My roving operation was beset with a number of challenges, which is a typical experience. But I managed to activate 11 grids in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma, put 119 QS... Read More
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01/20/2020 | K2DRH
One contact with my XYL Fran N2KMA on 2M HTs inside our house. About the only working VHF antennas I have that are not encased in at least a 1/4 inch of radial ice and under approximately 5:1 SWR. Could actually do it on 4 bands and quadruple the ... Read More
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01/20/2020 | K2DRH
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01/19/2020 | N2YTF/P
Life left me little time to contest, but I did manage to get playtime from about 2PM tp 5PM EST Sunday afternoon. With such little time my setup was cut down a bit. I setup at SOTA summit W2/NJ-009 with a 2m and 6m beam connected to a 706MKIIG and then... Read More