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  • 02/22/2009 | KC2TA

    Well, it seems that we were blessed with a small blessing of somewhat better conditions over the weekend. Worked an number of new ones including T27A - worked him on 40 meters the first day, catching him on my second call. Couldn't seem to push throu... Read More

  • Terry <b>W8ZN</b> at home with rover mobile

    02/18/2009 | W8ZN/R

    We had a rocky start that drastically reduced our time on the air for the maiden voyager of the new W8ZN rover and call sign. The uWave rotator died about 20 minutes into operating from our first stop at Reddish Knob, VA (FM08). The 5 and 10 GHz band... Read More

  • 4 bands including 10GHZ dish

    02/14/2009 | N0KGM

    This was an important contest for me this year because I spent the previous several months setting up a 10GHZ and 24GHZ station for the first time and plan to use the contest as the true test.

    There is a group of us in Utah, who set the goal to also ha... Read More

  • 02/12/2009 | N6ZE/ROVER

    I had very limited operating time, & ran QRP from the West side of the WA/OR coastal mountain ranges. This yield a very minimal score! I actually spent 2 hours in rare grid CN77 and heard nothing at all on late Sunday afternoon. At the start of the con... Read More

  • Professor Harvey (ac0eg) with one of the groups

    02/11/2009 | VARIOUS

    JAMBOREE-ON-THE-AIR
    AT
    WEBELOS Woods 2008
    QUIVIRA COUNCIL
    October 18, 2008


    White Buffalo District, Quivira Council held their Fall WEBELOS Woods at Camp Kanza during the Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) weekend and invited the Boeing Employees Amateur Radio ... Read More

  • 02/09/2009 | K5ASK

    i will not be entering a log or participate in roving until the arrl fixes the roving rules. How can one man with 8 statations be allowed to dominate a contest and the ARRL see that as fair. Read More

  • 02/09/2009 | KC9JTL

    My son Christopher and I participated in this, our first-ever VHF contest. The event was promoted locally by Todd Sprinkmann, KC9BQA and he succeeded in mobilizing quite a few locals to participate. It ended up being a real blast.

    Of course, lots of ob... Read More

  • Carrie (W6TAI) poses with her rover setup in Shell Beach (CM95) the day after the contest.  She was first licensed as KI6UZV 12 days before the contest and operated under that call.  She received her vanity call four days after the contest.  Carrie drove and operated alone but had mentoring from several longtime radio amateurs.  None of them had ever seen a newcomer learn more quickly how to operate a contest or aim a microwave dish to find weak signals.  Carrie holds a graduate degree in urban planning and works in that field. 
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    02/07/2009 | N6NB/R

    These rover expeditions have continued to grow as the rules evolved. By January, 2009, we had eight complete 10-band stations available, and all eight were on the road. It has taken many years of work to build these stations.

    W6TE/R (with WA6LUT part... Read More