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  • VY1RST antenna farm!  Homebrew horizontal V beam in bed of truck and Shakespeare 2010 vertical off front tire.

    11/23/2009 | VY1RST

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    My XYL Claire, WL7MY and I made about 400 Qs in 3 days of operating before and during November SS phone contest from
    Buckshot Bettys Cafand Cabins in Beaver Creek, Yukon.
    Band conditions were horriblethe very worst Ive seen in two decad... Read More

  • Workers from BSA International Department give special badge and information to all scouts who attended.

    11/22/2009 | K2BSA/5

    The National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas hosted their first ever Jamboree on the Air event this past October. Via the Irving Amateur Radio Club and other hams from the Dallas/Fort Worth area and through the Circle Ten and Longhorn Scout Councils ... Read More

  • 11/19/2009 | W7PSK

    I was not serious this year as too many commitments with a sick mom in Law living with us. So I was using the CW for States I need for my 5 Band WAS using only LOTW. With that on 80 meters I need 9 states and I worked 5 of them. But alas NONE seem t... Read More

  • AE5B adjusting the beam. Our low loss hard line made up for the broken reflector.

    11/17/2009 | AE5B

    The infamous Buena Suerta ARS had a very successful Field Day operation this year. No one fell out of their chair, no serious RF burns, and even more important, no one was arrested. We did have some setbacks. The group originally had planned to operate... Read More

  • W6YI SS CW 2009 team, L to R:  Doug-N6RT, Dan-N6MJ, John-K6AM, Jim-W6YI, Dennis-N6KI (not pictured)

    11/16/2009 | W6YI

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  • KC4HW cleaning up all the sections/provinces during the 2009 ARRL SS CW.  Was my first "Clean Sweep"!

    11/15/2009 | KC4HW

    This picture was inspired by Arnie/W4EIP (was W2DTJ). Arnie worked a Clean Sweep many years ago! He has helped me with encouragement on CW and listening to me babble on about Ham Radio for years! He is celebrating 60 years in Ham Radio this Decembe... Read More

  • 11/14/2009 | K5BZH

    CW Sweepstakes, made 220 raw contacts and 69 raw sections, not bad for a lite contester using S&P, a trap vertical, and a handkey. That should put me at about the 40 percentile level. I plan to move to an electronic keyer in 2010, if I was smart Id p... Read More

  • My Black Widow kit-built paddle (W5JH) with custom finger pieces by WB8LZG.

    11/14/2009 | N8XMS

    I was so tired on Saturday from raking leaves that I couldnt even muster the energy to turn on the radio. I did manage to enjoy a few hours on Sunday and at least made enough contacts (106) to apply for a participation pin. As usual I operated QRP wi... Read More