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08/17/2010 | KC9REL
Hello, this is KC9REL, and my name is Mike. I'm a rookie, having just gotten my license in January of this year (2010). This was my first attempt at contesting, and I had a lot of fun with it. I knew going in that I wasn't going to go for the top spot,... Read More
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08/16/2010 | KJ6ELO/N6CCH
This was my first go at mentoring a contest newbie in the Rookie Round-up. I must say, it sure felt like Field Day with so much variety in the signals and exchanges. The solar activity did not help matters much, we received a bulletin from NOAA #10-2 ... Read More
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08/16/2010 | KF5HJK
WOW!! This is all I could say for quite some time on Sunday afternoon August 15th, 2010. Even my wife was curious about the whooping and hollering emanating from my makeshift shack in the breakfasdt nook. I knew with my somewhat DWreckpedit... Read More
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08/16/2010 | W1AW
I took a couple hours and activated W1AW for the Rookie Roundup. It was nice to use the name "Hiram" and hand out some QSOs. Get those score reports in! Hope everybody had fun, Sean KX9X Read More
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08/15/2010 | N6NB/R
The Southern California Contest Club rovers had another good contest. We had five new participants roving with us this time: K6B (WB6BFG), K6HTN, KJ6CNK, N6NC and N6UWW. Some had not done UHF+ contesting before, but they all learned quickly.
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08/10/2010 | N6ZE/Rover
I operated as a Rover (Limited) for the August 2010 ARRL UHF Contest and utilized 70 cm FM/SSB/CW and 223.5 MHz FM only. The contest time period matched existing travel plans from Southern California to Seattle, WA so I was able to conduct “Trans-... Read More
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08/09/2010 | WB3IGR
Had a GREAT contest. Raised the antennas 10 feet and changed out a few for more elements and gain. Glad I did! My best DX on 1296 was K1WHS in FN43 Maine, a little over 400 air miles. Did that with just a 5 watt transverter and a single 45 ele loop yag... Read More
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08/09/2010 | K2DRH
As predicted, this UHF contest was a real challenge for me to even be on the air, much less competitive. It all came together at the very last minute when repaired preamps, transverters and sequencers arrived on Thursday from both SSB and DEMI. Both ... Read More