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05/14/2005 | W6JV
Living in a villa, with an association that does not allow antennas of any type on common elements, I headed for Sunset Beach Park in Tarpon Springs, Florida to operate the 2004 Sweepstakes.
Operating portable, a battery powered IC-706MkIIG, using vert... Read More -
05/07/2005 | K3EAR
Well another January event has passed. This year the weather conditions were no where near as bad as the previous two years for us but all the surrounding areas seemed to have had it bad. Of course those would be where we were trying to work. After dom... Read More
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04/15/2005 | WB2AMU
For the past five years, it has always snowed on the weekend of the January VHF contest here in Long Island, New York. Of course, being the ham radio nut that I am, I always go for the single operator portable category where I operate from a hill abou... Read More
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04/06/2005 | KG6IYN
For every VHF or UHF Contester (and Contest), there is a reference standard definition for "the Best of Times" and also for "the Worst of Times". Some might even go so far as to as to use the Murphy Scale in these references - I know I did, this was my... Read More
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04/06/2005 | KB9YGD
Well I had a ball and didnt intend to enter the contest but worked a few stations and turned it in fully expecting to be on the very bottom of the list.I didnt have a way or program to send it in in cabrillo so i scratched it out on paper and turned i... Read More
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04/06/2005 | OE4A
FT-1000MP
FT-1000Mp Mark V
+ 2 home made amps
160m Inv V @18m + 160m beverage
80m Inv V @ 25m + 160m beverage
40m 3 el yagi @ 20m
20m 4 el yagi @ 18m
15m 5 el yagi @ 25m
10m 5 el yagi @ 14m
+ 20m 15m 10m Optibeam OB16-3 @ 25m
logging software Writelog... Read More -
04/05/2005 | P40A
I arrived in Aruba five days before the ARRL DX Phone contest. After making a few emergency home repairs I was able to finally install the freestanding 160m vertical that I started in October. I also temporarily installed a pennant for receive and I h... Read More
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04/04/2005 | FG/F5CWU
Well, this contest was my first experience outside france for a contest. The caribbean zone is interesting and allow nice battle
between the stations active for the major contest. I arrived there
on wesnesday with several capacitors to repair the ampli... Read More
