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06/16/2005 | W6SBA
A poor choice breakfast item at Carl's Jr caused KH6WZ to make more frequent trips to the loo rather than the rig all weekend. In any case, here is our set up this year, with all bands except 5760.
New bands included 3456, with a new SSPA, putting out ... Read More -
06/16/2005 | WA7PDC
Contest started out ( as usual ) about as busy as a Magtag repairman! I knew that there were stations on due to the pings off an occasional meteor. I suffered through the Memorial Day opening with my 2-4CX250s amp on the repair bench. Fortunately, got ... Read More
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06/15/2005 | K2DRH EN41
It started out like every other contest; equipment in need of repair and lots of tower work to be done. Somehow it all got finished in time and Saturday dawned full of promise. Es had been pretty scarce the previous week engendering hopes of a big op... Read More
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06/15/2005 | W6DWI
W6DWI Single-OP Portable DM16
Telescope Pk. Death Valley NP, Inyo Co. CA USA
I started planning for this Junes contest last September. It was simple and
ambitious, a dream, but one that would not come with out some pain. I would
hike 6.7 miles through ... Read More -
06/15/2005 | W6SBA
W6SBA, the South Bay Amateur Radio Club, operated as a multi-unlimited station from DM04uj - the REAL Magic Mountain, roughly 16 miles east of the Southern California amusement park of the same name and nearly 4000 feet higher in elevation. The site o... Read More
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06/15/2005 | W9ZB
I put up the whole antenna installation just before the contest, including an "Arrow" UHF (using a mount made from part of an old aluminum snow shovel). Everything worked flawlessly until the rotator stopped working after a few hours. It took a coupl... Read More
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06/14/2005 | K7MWD
K7MWD Limited Multiop from DM34
After working the contest from the same location over the last few years we decided to go out on a limb and try a new spot. Our old location had become infested with FM broadcast transmitters and other high power commer... Read More -
06/14/2005 | KQ6EE
KQ6EE hiked up to Mt. Disappointment ( 5994' ). On Saturday, I didn't do any contest because of my son's high school graduation. So on Sunday, I packed up everything(Ft-817, Alinco 220 ht, Icom 4 bander ht, and 2 bander beam antenna) , and summit at M... Read More