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10/14/2011 | WA6JBD
Never, EVER put power to your rig at 1:30 AM the morning of the contest as you're loading up to go. Somehow got the +12v onto the -24v input. Ah, well, the sequencer took the hit for the rest of the rig. Spent most of Saturday building a new sequencer ... Read More
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10/12/2011 | VE3FHM
The highlight was working K2KIB on 10 GHz at 520 Km. The lowlight was blowing up my 24 GHz rig due to a loose wire. Read More
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10/03/2011 | KD5IKG/R
Well, it was another quiet trip in STX this year. Unusual conditions and poor propogations, just glad I had my daughters along for the ride to keep things interesting between contacts, 45 contacts in 400 miles, not a great trip. Most of those were wi... Read More
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10/01/2011 | KH6WZ
I took a week of vacation days to build a new 24GHz rig before "part 1" of t his contest - but didn't make it! Needless to say, I didnt make much more progress for the Part 2 of this contest. So, had to do a 10GHz only effort. With zero planning, I was... Read More
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09/30/2011 | KB0HH
We had a good contest! We had no internet, no band enhancements from any band .. .. it was all guts .. .. power and antennas from each end! We ate well, The Mid West Mania was a blast! We worked 20+- rovers in our area. Many thanks for those folks ... Read More
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09/30/2011 | KB0HH
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09/28/2011 | KB0HH
What a contest! The Midwest Rover Mania created a great number of contacts!! A couple of rovers stayed at theBunkhouse .. .. they went one direction on Saturday, spent the night, and went another on Sunday .. .. Funtimes! There is always something ... Read More
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09/26/2011 | WB2AMU
I enjoyed this contest as the weather was decent and I was able to put in a decent amount of time in the portable category from a hill on Long Island in FN30. I had the misfortune to discover that I was missing one of the elements from my portable Si... Read More
