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  • 01/30/2012 | W9SZ

    This wasn't the best VHF contest I've been in, but it wasn't the worst either. Once again I was a Single-Op Portable from a hill 45 miles from home. Saturday brought equipment failures, weird conditions, either very poor conditions or lack of activity,... Read More

  • 01/30/2012 | WB9FOL

    Ahhhh finally the 10 meter contest conditions were back just like the good ol' days. This year my little 5 watt ssb signal worked over 70 countries and as far away as Guam (7000 miles). I even posted a one minute on Youtube of a few of the European con... Read More

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    01/27/2012 | ke4wbo

    another january 'test gone by, worked guys off the calls for a few that cared to spin the vfo   k0vxm 7 bands and nn4aa 3 bands   ki4fia decided to turn his antenna 160 degrees and work northeast el96  2bands  tried 1296 cw   nill   oh well themz the b... Read More

  • 01/27/2012 | KD5IKG/R

    Well this was another challenging rover trip, working in Ohio the week before the contest and flying out of Austin, TX.  Radio gear was in Houston, EL29. Was trying to beat a snow storm home that was estimated to hit Chicago about the time of my flight... Read More

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    01/26/2012 | N3AWS

    Operated SO QRP portable on six meters only and worked 54 grids and 138 QSO's for a score of 7,452.  Used my Icom 756 Pro II at 5 watts and my Superantennas YP-3 3 element portable yagi with the Superantennas 21 foot portable mast.  Had some good Es bo... Read More

  • 01/25/2012 | N0XJA

    This was a first, both for me and for my kids.  I had upgraded to General Class early last year, but just recently got an antenna put up and borrowed a rig from a friend.  My prior HF experience was a few contacts made at Field Day last year, so these ... Read More

  • 01/24/2012 | W4KK

    My station for this contest was a TS-480SAT running 50 watts into a square loop at 30 feet on six meters.  I enter all my VHF logs into the ARRL Log-of-the-World system and encourage everyone else to do this in order to make awards like VUCC easier to ... Read More

  • 01/24/2012 | N4BRF

    Our Final contest score was 10k+ mostly due to 6M E skip openings and worked 60 grids. We had to quit abt 5 PM Sunday eve while the band was still open. Too bad!!! All three antennas (~25 ft high) were fed with 100 ft lengths of RG8X coax - excess coil... Read More

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