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  • 04/04/2004 | K6FAF

    First Arrl Dx Contest under this callsign, worked to figure out QTH capabilities (3550 feet a.s.l., 100w into a 3/3 10/15/20 at 18 feet over a down slope towards EU and AF, and an up slope towards AS and OC, under 5% for 15miles)
    Worked 12 hours total,... Read More

  • 04/03/2004 | KC1XX

    Congratulations to K3LR on his team's victory, cleaning our clocks on
    the "middle" bands (40/20/15). And also congratulations to W3LPL on a
    great score.

    It's not whether you win or lose (winning is nice), but how you play
    the game, and we had lots of ... Read More

  • 03/31/2004 | K3UD

    Started out to use limited operating time to hand out some points for the serious competitors but then became addicted. Had an Alaska station call me near the end of the contest.... a first. I was fortunate in 1983 to win the Kentucky section low power... Read More

  • Last QSO on sunday morning on 80

    03/31/2004 | DK7AN

    Since two years I use a full size dipole for 80 meters. Now some more stations with good receiving antennas in North America can listen my 100 watts. With 80 meter contesting in ARRL DX contest I do not disturb my family. A few hours before sleeping t... Read More

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    03/30/2004 | EA5DFV

    Hello! This is my favourite contest and this year I was planning to run SO2R for first time. I can get some competitive second rig and other stuff, and this contest is very adecuate for it with my fixed antenna setup. But the February 7th I broke my le... Read More

  • Smokey the Goat kept coming over to see what we were doing. I think some of our contacts heard him on the air.

    03/24/2004 | N2LWL

    After almost ten years of being off-air, I decided to get into the swing of things with the ARRL DX Phone contest. I picked up 16 new countries towards DXCC, and my 10-year-old son Eryk saw I was having lots of fun - now he wants to get his ticket! Ery... Read More

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    03/20/2004 | 7J2YAF

    I was almost ready for 15 meters single band operation.
    Just 20 minutes before the contest starting, Gozilla(Strong Wind)
    came to my station and broke my tower down. Read More

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    03/18/2004 | ZS6WPX

    Nice Contest! I only spent about 1/3 of the time on as I had other
    things taking me away from the radio, and only managed to work 10/20m. Bottom line: Mega Fun!
    de ZS6WPX Read More