01/27/2004 | KC2LSU This winter VHF contest was a nightmare -- my antenna rotator stopped working! I had to keep running out every 20 or so minutes to push my 2 meter beam another 45 degrees. I finally had the time to crack it open today, and discovered it had a few bolts that had loosened up in there -- thank goodness it wasn't rust, or ice!

Near the end of the contest, after I got tired of turning my patio deck beam back and forth I threw out a dipole for 6 meters on top of the 2 meter beam -- and I actually heard a station! So I proceded to make my first contact ever on 6 meters!!!! I managed to connect with a few more stations before the band shut down for my makeshift antenna. -- KC2LSU