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  • 06/15/2009 | KC2QZF/R

    What a great time! Thanks to K9KVN Kevin for our 2300 mile 6M contact and generally being a great co-pilot. We had a good time travelling to FN02, FN03, FN12, FN13, FN22, FN23 and working a TON of great stations. Everything worked! We didn't have to mo... Read More

  • Gathering extra grid multipliers using EME.

    06/15/2009 | W6AB

    What a great weekend for a VHF contest!

    The weather remained cool and clear, and the refurbished Satellite Amateur Radio Club radio room made it a very enjoyable event. We were able to get all the bands we planned on operating on the air by contest s... Read More

  • Standing at the top of Pike Peak in Colorado

    06/15/2009 | KQ6EE

    First time did contest in Colorado and 14er. I drove to Pike Peak (14000+') in Sat. morning thinking it started at 11:am (old Pacific time). But it should start at 12:00 noon (mountain time). My grid square was DM 78. I drove down at about 1:30 pm ... Read More

  • Park on mount with aluminum mast and 3 element beam on 6m

    06/15/2009 | N2YTF

    What a contest from a cliff side park in the north west corner of FN30!

    I started by hiking with some gear to my operating location (on a SOTA summit http://www.sota.org.uk/) so that I could also have a valid SOTA activation.

    The contest gear proper ... Read More

  • W4AMP 2009 Station. Yaesu FT2000, Icom 910H, Jetstream JT220.

    06/15/2009 | W4AMP

    Great six meter opening most of Saturday and some of Sunday. Great ducting Sunday morning. Missed out on a resurgence of 1.2 ghz contacts in Georgia, all of the antennas not up yet. Activity was brisk on 144,432,1296. Several experienced HF operators i... Read More

  • 06/15/2009 | W7EME

    I operated portable, from 1600 ft above the beach at CN72. No path to the east. Had a great time by my lonesome. It was a beautiful and peaceful place. Read More

  • 06/15/2009 | K7XC

    While not the best contest I have done from home, it was a fun weekend! Lots of rare grids on this time due to the FFMA, what a tribute to Fred's legacy! 6M was open most of the time both single and double hop but very unstable with signal levels varyi... Read More

  • 06/15/2009 | VA2SG

    I dont have equipment for 2 and 432, anyway being too far north...
    Went at shack around 4H45 PM saturday to find the 50 mhz band in good shape. Worked bunch of stations until around 7H30 PM, almost all in W8 and W9. No double hop saturday but thought t... Read More