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  • KP3/N2BA 2 element wire beam (VE7CA) fixed north-west

    02/26/2006 | KP3/N2BA

    This year my family and I rented a house on the beach on the northern coast of Puerto Rico. I set up a fiberglass pole on the 2nd floor balcony and ran a VE7CA 2 element narrow spaced wire Yagi (see: http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/0111035.pdf) down t... Read More

  • This is what it looks like at this time of the year at JP92DX. Photos by SM3WMU.

    02/25/2006 | SC3A

    We entered the contest with my new callsign at SM3RAB:s DX- and contest QTH(JP92DX) with half throttle all the way due to some family business. Good low band condx and very poor over 20 meters. But upcoming weekend in the Phone-part we will boost up th... Read More

  • 02/24/2006 | W2GLE

    Only my second contest in over 50 years as a ham. Put a real effort into it and had a great time. Really enjoyed the activity. Looking forward to the next one. Read More

  • W5ZN at the controls on the main HF station on 80 meters

    02/24/2006 | W5ZN

    Greetings from W5ZN

    Single Op Single Band 80 meter effort this year.

    Lot's of sleet and freezing rain Friday night and Saturday, but the beverages stayed up and I was able to complete the competition.

    371 Q's and 87 mult. Was nice to grab VK9NS but mis... Read More

  • 3 element SteppIR with cross brace for top of K1WA sloper array.   At the bottom of the cross brace is the apex of the 80M inverted Vee.

    02/23/2006 | N7ZG

    This was my first real effort in this contest and I enjoyed it immensely. I love the exchange as it helps me gauge propagation. I was anticpating good conditions on 40 so I built a K1WA array for this contest, and I wasn't disappointed. EU is toug... Read More

  • Dave, K3SK looking for that elusive NT section.

    02/23/2006 | K3SK

    My first serious contest effort in years. I had a great time and completed "clean sweep" as well. Read More

  • 02/23/2006 | NF1A

    Had to limit my involvement to a 4 hour, 2 band effort, but had lots of fun anyway. Made 120 Q's for a rate of about 30 / hr S & P. But the first 80 Q's were made from my "Exercise Bike Mobile" contest station shown in the photo. Great way to stay i... Read More

  • 02/23/2006 | SP1NY

    It was a first performance test of my all new antenna system on "real battle field". Contest was great and I had a lot of fun especially sunday afternoon when I was able to rise some pile-up's calling CQ on 20 meters. Conditions on 15 meters were poor ... Read More