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  • 10 meter loop antenna

    12/14/2009 | HS8JYX

    This contest is a my first time in 10 meter band I decided using a loop antenna as the Arrl handbook because it's easy to create, affordable, lightweight and are important to give a gain better then dipole antenna 2.1dB. On Saturday I contacted at leas... Read More

  • The W7RH antenna consists of 5 50ft vertical elements arranged to provide 4 el broadside E/W, 3 elements end-fire NW, SW, SE, NE and OMNI.
details at http://members.cox.net/midnight18

    12/13/2009 | W7RH

    Many people wonder what it takes to have a competitive score in the low power category from west of the Rockies. I believe it takes the following: Excellent TX antenna, Low noise receive antenna and environment, Good operator, Cooperation of the weathe... Read More

  • 12/11/2009 | YO2IS

    This is my 20-th ! ( 1990 - 2009 ) in row participation in the
    traditional annual ARRL E.M.E Contest.
    Lost the first leg on 1296 MHz because of equipement failure.
    Excelent conditions and very good activity on 432 MHz in the second
    leg. Had to fi... Read More

  • The newly constructed 2x4 tiltover tower with the mast and antennas mounted, ready to rotate up...

    12/09/2009 | WA4UF

    Just found the lost log sheet for the contest and uploaded it. Better late than never, right?

    This was the first contest with my newly rearranged shack and tiltover wooden tower. Antennas were the same as the last couple of contests- homebrew yagis f... Read More

  • The antennas are all up and ready to go.  The green wire at top is the 40m dipole.  About halfway down you can see the half-homebrew Buddipole stuck to the top of a broom handle velcroed to the mast.

    12/09/2009 | WA4UF

    I headed for my now more or less customary location, my inlaws' back porch in Largo, FL. I had tried to limit what I took along, but I still ended up with a fair pile of stuff:

    * Kenwood TS-430s HF transceiver

    * MFJ-9406 6m transceiver

    * Yaesu FT-100 ... Read More

  • 13cm system

    12/08/2009 | WD5AGO

    We operated the ARRL EME contest (27th yr) again multi tasking. 1st the microwave portion from our home QTH using our new 3.1m dish. We picked up 2.1 dB sun noise over our 2.7m dish used the last 4 years on 13cm. This year we added a twist and helped... Read More

  • 12/08/2009 | N0DET

    What a neat contest! As a condo dweller, 160 has always been a non-operable band for me. This year, however, I used the tower at work (county communications center) and erected a quick and dirty inverted L antenna, 150 feet long at 40 feet , and used... Read More

  • 12/08/2009 | EB1DNK

    This was my 6 ARRL EME contest to operate from IN62ci with my 4x17 antenna. I was qrv only on 144. Thank you for all nice contacts! My setup is now fully remote controllable over the computer (EA4TX controller). I hope to be qrv also on 432MHz next yea... Read More