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    06/17/2015 | k7uls

    2015 JUNE VHF 9000' POWDER MOUNTAIN Class: Single Op HP
    Summary:
    Band QSOs Mults
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    6: 233 97
    2: 24 20
    432: 6 5
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    Total: 263 122 Total Score = 32,818
    Comments:
    M2-6M7, M2-2M12 X 2 (PHASED) ,M2-432-9WL
    FT-897D, ICOM 9... Read More

  • 06/16/2015 | K3GM

    It was a pretty much run-of-the-mill VHF contest.  I was operating 6 meters only.  The contest was in its final hours and I was hoping to get one more grid to make it and even 20.  Then around 00:30 UTC, Sunday evening, the band broke wide open and we ... Read More

  • 06/15/2015 | K2DRH

    This is a rather long rambling so if you don’t want to read about all the broken stuff and my struggles to keep competitive skip down to the contest information.   The winter was cold and so was the spring, but it was dry and windy. Then came the rain.... Read More

  • 06/15/2015 | w9yoy/r

    Over the past 7 years of being involved in this contest, this has to be by far the worst yet.  Travelled into 4 grids but could only activate 2 grids.  Only local contacts, few 6m DX, only 10 grids (51 6m contacts, mostly local), only local 2m SSB (not... Read More

  • 06/15/2015 | W5ZN

    6 meters was dead, and I mean DEAD until late Sunday night. 2 meter EME helped fill the void but not like a weekend filled with 6 meter openings. Operated in Single Operator High Power category this year. The new rule to allow self spotting work great ... Read More

  • 06/04/2015 | AE6JV

    5 watts to a roof mounted vertical. I had a blast. Read More

  • 06/04/2015 | AE6JV

    My first CW contest. I had a blast. Read More

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    05/03/2015 | W7JZE

    I was relicensed in 2009 after being QRT for ~40 years.  Other than a single Field Day GOTA contact 2 years prior, I had never operated in a Field Day event. I got excited about the idea of putting together an emergency power, backyard Field Day statio... Read More