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  • 06/21/2019 | KA9NOH

     16 hours until the start of 2019 FD and everthing is going smoothly.  waiting for that first big glitch to hit  Read More

  • 06/18/2019 | K2DRH

    The half inch or more of radial ice that happened twice during some very unusual rainy February thaws followed by quick temperature drops and windy days didn’t destroy much of the VHF stuff (HF was another story), though the falling ice did mash up a ... Read More

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    06/18/2019 | KF2MR/R

      Congratulations to the Rochester VHF Group on its 70th anniversary. For the past few years I have led the group in contesting activities, but all of this changed in 2019 and it is quite obvious in the June contest. Local participation and club inte... Read More

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    06/17/2019 | AL1VE/r

     Saturday was a bust in western KS as QRN from many T-storms made it almost impossible to make a contact. Next day in Eastern CO was colder, cloudy, but way better with great band conditions to all directions.  Read More

  • 06/17/2019 | W3EP

    Six-meter CW/SSB activity was surprisingly good, with at least 9 hours of sporadic-E conditions over the weekend. The band was open to W4, 8, 9, and 0 when the contest started Saurday afternoon.  Over the next two hours, I ran more than 200 QSOs, about... Read More

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    06/14/2019 | NC5AX/R

    "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"   Team NC5AX/R (AF5WN/KK5WA) constructed a new antenna setup for the June contest using a telescoping fiberglass mast, picked up a DS 432 rover yagi (to go with our 144 and 222 rover yagis), a Par SM... Read More

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    06/13/2019 | K7XC

    Not the best contest ever but it wasnt the worst either. saturday 6M Es started out weak & almost unusable but as time past it slowly improved. Tropo on 144, 222, & 432 was pretty good but lacked activity. Was hard to get the W6's attention. The new ho... Read More

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    06/11/2019 | K5ND/R

    Operated from 8 grids in the Texas Panhandle. Great weather and lousy conditions on Saturday. Lousy weather and great conditions on Sunday. Even so, the entire weekend was lots of fun. See my full blog post at https://www.k5nd.net/2019/06/k5nd-r-june-2... Read More