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09/16/2004 | K4JSI/3
I decided to go Single Operator Portable in the September 04 VHF Contest, given that my home antenna system needs some serious work. It had been 12 years since Id done much on the Ultra Highs, and the contest offered a chance to wring out my FT-817 o... Read More
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09/16/2004 | W8PAT
Very interesting contest here in EN81. Tropo to the East was very good Saturday afternoon. I worked W2SZ/1 (MA FN32) on 50, 144, 222, 432 and 1296. But within an hour K1WHS (ME FN43) and WB1GQR (VT FN33) were in the log on 50, 144, 222, 432. All thr... Read More
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09/15/2004 | KF0M/R
The weather was nice in Kansas and Oklahoma for the contest but there were no significant band openings. We ran ten grids in KS. and OK. covering 640 miles with my XYL KB0TZZ doing the driving. Best DX Saturday was working W0EEA DM79 in Colorado from ... Read More
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09/15/2004 | WA1RKS
Had a good time as usual, even though band conditions here seemed down. Was not able to work lots of stations on 2m,432,that I worked easily in prior contests. Everyone was great as per hard contacts, had to go CW a lot,and patience was commendable on ... Read More
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09/14/2004 | K1WHS
We had a great weekend, with nice weather, and some good conditions on Saturday night. We were operational on all the bands between 50 and 24 GHz. The operators included: W1MRQ (Just back from Antarctica), W2PED, W1SD, K1DY, K1TOL, N1DPM, WA1T, N2CEI, ... Read More
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09/14/2004 | KG6GMT/R
We rove most VHF contests.
This was the first September contest in MN last year we were back in CA for the winter by this time. Great weather and good contesters WHAT more could you ask for? Saturdays trip found us in EN37,EN36,EN26,EN27,EN28, and EN38... Read More -
09/14/2004 | N5AC
Although there was no significant E-openings, I had a good time roving around Texas -- prospective ham and son, Ryan, accompanied me and held antennas as we stopped on the side of the road to make contacts. We were active on 6m, 2m, 432, and 1.2. Thi... Read More
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09/14/2004 | KO4ER
Inactive for a few years in the contest, put the station back up with added band of 432.
When I did some pre-contest checking, I discovered my 9913 coax at the 2m beam connector now features running water.
The beam for 432 was a rush job, used 65 feet... Read More