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    12/17/2003 | K7OX

    Well conditions were not very good up here in the Pacific Northwest at 48 Degs North. Usually at the begining of the contest can work stations around the state while still daylight. However, didn't hear a signal until an hour into the contest when I ... Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | KI5YG

    I had a lot of fun, considering... my antenna was a 40M dipole, up 10 meters, I used a KWM2 (vintage '61) and an antenna tuner (MFJ 989B). 188 contacts. Got Japan, Italy, French Guiana, VK, ZL, too many to mention. Suprising, considering the operati... Read More

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    12/17/2003 | CX2AQ

    Thanks to all fer copy my weak signals !!

    Very bad condx this year, but I enjoy working with my 5 watts battery powered QRP.

    Rig: Ten-Tec Argonaut 515 + 3 el. Yagi ( Cushcraft A3S )

    73s , Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

    RON Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | N8AP

    Was Michigan in a DX hole? No Europe, Asia, or JAs. Just a single EA8 and ZL with the rest all South America and the Caribbean. My points were way down without the usual DX multipliers. Maybe the worse showing ever. Was Michigan the only DX deprived a... Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | AC4FD

    This is my second 10 Meter Contest and numbers were not as good as last year. My total time operating is probably a little over 6 hours but operation was sporadic.

    Probably my biggest suprise was when I checked out the band on 10 meters before going to... Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | KB4QLZ

    Conditions were not as good as last year. Friday night only worked about 20 stateside stations, and a couple in the Caribbean. Saturday KB4FWN and KG4RTA came over to work some. Picked up a few in Europe, and more states. Saturday night we had an ice s... Read More

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    12/17/2003 | W3DQ

    My wife and daughter went out of town, leaving me with our 9 year-old son, who wanted to be entertained the entire weekend.

    Started out great guns on Friday night, only to have the roof-mounted yagi get snarled a tree. Stuck it out with the dipole an... Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | KB4KBS

    On Saturday I hooked up the TS-120S to a mag-mounted Hustler with a 10M resonator and a tuner, then sat in my van with an extension cord running to an exterior AC outlet at the Fire Station. It was cold and windy in the AM, cold and wet in the PM. For... Read More