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  • 06/20/2007 | N3AWS

    Planning for this contest began while I was deployed to Qatar from early January through late May 2007. I had two jobs while deployedStaff Radiologist and Medical Operations Flight Commanderleaving little time for ham radio or any other outside intere... Read More

  • Temporary Station in the kitchen:
6m: IC-551 + TE Systems 0510G, 2m: IC-251 + Heathkit VL2280

    06/19/2007 | KD0Q

    Temporary station and limited operating time resulted in 35 grid squares from the cornfields of EN32! Read More

  • 06/19/2007 | KI7BP

    This year Gary KB7QFE and Ted KI7BP worked the contest from grid
    DN 15 on the Idaho/ Oregon border overlooking Hells Canyon and the snake river. the seven Devils wilderness area at an Elv. of 8,244 ft.

    the band conditions were poor at best, but the v... Read More

  • 06/18/2007 | N0EDV

    As usual, I operated portable from EN67. This year was different since my long-time second op (AI9Z, ex-KB9IQR) couldn't make it this year. I struggled to set up the antennas on Saturday as the wind was blowing from the SSW at about 40 knots. Sunday... Read More

  • RoverLite in EN33.  Top to bottom is 2304, 6m dipole, 3456 end mount, 432 end mount, 222/2m 4 element end mount, 1296 looper end mounted, and 902 looper end mounted.  The three foot RadioShack tripod is bolted to a Yakama roof rack.  You can see the LMR400 feedlines entering the left side window where the top of the window is sealed with foam insultation for water pipes.

    06/17/2007 | W0ZQ/R

    For me the June VHF contest is a shake down cruise to prepare for the ARRL's August UHF contest (aka Rovermania). My goals for this years June contest were to test out the new 902, make sure the 2304 repairs were working, check out a couple of new rov... Read More

  • 06/17/2007 | KI4SNY

    The Fancy Gap Contest Club, KI4SNY, operated from the Blue Ridge Parkway at an elevation of apprx. 3015' in grid square EM96. The site is located in Carroll County, Virginia, near Fancy Gap. We operated on four bands; 50, 144, 220, and 432 mhz. Club pa... Read More

  • Kevin, KL0RG operating at the 2-meter position. Kevin worked some skeds arranged before the contest and also worked several tail-enders and replies to KL7FF CQs.

    06/16/2007 | KL7FF

    Kevin, KL0RG and I visited Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (IOTA NA-041) in grid locator CO35 to take part in the 2007 June contest. Kevin lives nearby, in Ketchikan, but I travelled by Alaska Marine Highway ferry from Bellingham Washington to get there... Read More

  • WA9TKK QRP Portable in DM41

    06/16/2007 | WA9TKK

    Same location as last year from the top of Mt. Wrightson south of Tucson at 9,453 feet elevation in DM41. Hiking time to the top was about 3 hrs, 50 mins including a lunch break at Baldy Saddle. I cut about 40 mins. off of last year's time by taking th... Read More