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02/25/2005 | WZ1V
Guess you could say I operated the first third of the contest and Murphy operated the rest. At 1000' elevation in FN31, the 60+ mph wind driven snow yanked a coax relay box loose from the tower Saturday night, disconnecting my transverters and leaving ... Read More
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02/24/2005 | N8NQ
Even though I have been licensed since 1971, this was my first ARRL International DX contest. Wow, is this fun! I have to admit to a little "big gun" envy as I listened to many fine operators rack up QSO after QSO. Some guys were working stations I cou... Read More
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02/24/2005 | VE3FN
I quickly assembled my 10 GHz narrow-band (SSB/CW) station just before the first weekend. I used a 10 GHz transverter made by DB6NT and a 2 Watt DB6NT amplifier. I used an old Icom IC-202 as the IF.
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02/24/2005 | K3EGE
Since operating time was limited, I tried working as many countries per band as I could with just one contact per band for each new country worked. Wound up with 184 Q's and 184 mults with breakdown: 10 meters 25/25, 15 meters 30/30, 20 and 40 meters e... Read More
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02/24/2005 | W0EB
First major contest with my QRP Elecraft K2. Managed a couple of 160 meter contacts to the Caribbean before my #22 hookup wire antenna came down in the Kansas winds. Worked S & P the whole contest @ 5 watts. 10 and 15 meters were the best, 20 produc... Read More
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02/24/2005 | LU3DY
LU3DY -Almirante Brown Radio Club- was active on the ARRL DX CW contest in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first ever multi single operation from Argentina on CW mode. LU1DAY -sk- hosted that operation on 1965 and operators were LU8DQ -sk- L... Read More
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02/23/2005 | K3MD
Due to broken leg, station was moved to first floor bedroom by Gordon AB3AX. Linear runs on 117V. CU next year from WP2Z! John Read More
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02/23/2005 | K0TV
Thanks to everybody who called in. We appreciate the points very much.
A boss I had a long time ago told me that in every project, there are three serendipities and two big problems. This year's CW contest seems to have followed that maxim.
The first s... Read More
