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2016 ARRL January VHF Contest

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02/02/2016 | K2DRH

The story of this VHF contest begins with an ice storm with 60-80 MPH winds right after Christmas that destroyed several Midwest antenna farms. While my QTH was mostly spared, the local electric distribution system was not. After 2 years of work and ... Read More
02/02/2016 | W7QQ/r

Our plan was to activate four grids south of Phoenix, Arizona, then overnight in Payson, Arizona and return to the home QTH near Albuquerque New Mexico by way of two grids in the Painted Desert National Park in northeast Arizona. We were tired of the ... Read More
02/02/2016 | K2EZ/R

This was my fourth rove since my first last January. New for this rove was a new logging system, improved antennas, better DC power to the rigs/amps, and lower loss feedlines. I also set ambitious plans to activate a large number of grids All the wo... Read More
02/01/2016 | W9SZ

I guess this was my "token effort" for this contest this year. I haven't been in the January contest in a few years, so I thought I'd get into this one. I only had Sunday available. I knew the temperature was supposed to get into the 50's here. That ... Read More
01/31/2016 | K0NR

This year, I decided to operate portable from Mount Herman (DM79mb), which happens to be a Summits On The Air summit. Two birds, one stone. January weather is always a risk. On the hike up the mountain, I encountered icy conditions on the trail but not... Read More
01/31/2016 | N2YTF/P

I worked the contest after hiking up to the castle on SOTA summit W1/HH-002 Mt. Carmel, operating portable at 50W with my IC-706MKIIG on 2m only with a fantastic G4DHF 5 element wire beam. 29F with a steady blowing wind and after hiking up I was expo... Read More
01/26/2016 | WA8Q

Dave, K8WRS, helps with testing before Winter Field Day. Read More
01/25/2016 | WA8Q

Now is a good time to check your gear. This is not a thing to find the morning of the contest. I just tested the SWR and found a bad PL-259. Read More