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  • From left:  the Subaru Baja used by N6MU/R and K2MM, the
Ford van used by N6NB/R and W6XD and the Chevy Blazer used
by N6ZZ/R and N2IC.  This photo was taken in Alamogordo, NM near sundown Friday, just before the Blazer was outfitted with a 10-band station and antenna stack.

    02/05/2005 | N6NB

    Given excellent January weather, we traveled 1,000 miles during
    the contest and activated 22 grid squares in New Mexico and
    West Texas. Art Goddard, W6XD, celebrated his retirement from the ARRL Board of Directors by taking part in this adventure (i... Read More

  • J-47 Key

    02/04/2005 | NI9Y

    I dusted off my J-47 key which I used as KN9EUV in 1955. I made nine contacts with that old straight key. The J-47 was given to me by my elmer, W9JOZ now SK. The very first contact was a local station on 3.697 KHz. The most interesting contact was ... Read More

  • 02/04/2005 | WC4J

    Well blizzard blues set in early thursday as I and Barry WA4HR packed for the weekend adventure. We quickly scrapped the trip to Reddish Knob at 4300 ft for the back up site Fairfax County transfer station at 600ft, still one of the highest areas in No... Read More

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    02/02/2005 | OZ4MM

    Very pleased to be active during this year again in the ARRL EME contest. Was operating as single operator and only CW here on 144,432,1296 & 2304. Activity as others mention seem down than other years, especialy on 144MHz and 432MHz were operatores s... Read More

  • 02/02/2005 | PY2QA/QRP

    This is my second year in the 10 meter contest as a QRP CW only entry. It was a great contest I really enjoyed despite the poor propagation. Thanks to all who listened for me. God bless us all. 73 from Adriano PY2QrpAlways. QTH: Americana - SP, Brazil. Read More

  • 02/01/2005 | K0AWU

    Our weather was back to "Minnesota Normal", snow and below zero at night, that is not "Minnesota Nice", in fact that was enough to discourage rovers! There was only one known rover within 200 miles and I never heard him once. Rovers were close to 30% o... Read More

  • 01/31/2005 | VK4CDI

    One WSJT contact (W5UN) only in the contest, but it was my first EME QSO! What a buzz! Only received I2FAK but have since completed. Roll on 2005 contest! Read More

  • 01/31/2005 | KB8RQ

    I enjoyed the contest as always. The activity was down this year than previous years. I do enjoy running the Digital mode but it is very hard to do without being able to spot your self during the contest. Self-spotting creates a lot more activity an... Read More