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  • 08/18/2009 | N0EDV

    More Photos from the first weekend! Read More

  • <B>Mount Greylock Eastern Overlook (FN32kp)</B>

    08/17/2009 | W1AUV

    First Weekend

    Sunny and hot is the best way to describe the first weekend of the contest in New England. Conditions? Well, regardless of propagation I define conditions in terms of people. We had what seemed like more people than we did last year. I gu... Read More

  • Denis & Don operating CW

    08/17/2009 | N2MO

    N2MO -- Jul 30, 2009 20:37 ET
    OMARC participated in FD as a 3E entry. CW operated from a tent with 6M and HF Phone and Digital from within Club House using generator power. We had 26 members in attendance throughout the weekend. Food was prepared by Co... Read More

  • In EN42aw with corn to my east, and corn to my west.
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    08/17/2009 | KC0IYT/R

    I roved to six grids this contest. I started with the EN32/EN42/EN33/EN43 grid corner in North-East Iowa (near West Union, IA), and finished on Sunday in the Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN area for EN34 and EN35.

    Rain showers passed through the MN/IA/WI area... Read More

  • View from my back yard (EN45fa) to EN34ir.  Qso completed at 143 Km.

    08/17/2009 | N0EDV

    My first microwave contest and I sure had fun the first weekend! Longest QSO was 290.6 Km which I don't think is too bad for a 10 GHz transverter I built from the DEMI kit with 2W (external amp) out and a NF of 3.5 dB. Read More

  • Beautiful Hitchcock Nature Center

    08/14/2009 | K0SWI

    The South West Iowa Amateur Radio Club (SWIARC), based out of Council Bluffs, Iowa; had a spectacular year this year. Approximately 60 people participated (mostly because of dinner on Saturday) and assisted in running the HUGE 9A station. We made exa... Read More

  • None of these Rover-to-Rover QSO's were orchestrated. And none of them were at trivial distances. Guess what I think of grid-circling.

    08/13/2009 | W9FZ/R

    Had a great time! Set a personal record for the UHF contest. I did these same 8 grids in '05, '06, and '07. This time activity levels were GOOD! Conditions only popped to the "good" range in one brief period near the end.

    I'm still finishing getting... Read More

  • 08/10/2009 | W8PGW

    The propagation deities were not good to the W8PGW VHF+ operators this
    year...:( Only 48 contacts and 11 grids. Two of those on 3456MHZ this
    year...:) Planning on more Microwave bands for September hopefully.

    As for KB0HH looking for a cook/chef/chief ... Read More