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02/18/2014 | KF5CRF
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02/18/2014 | KC2TA
WOW!!!! After a number of years trying with indoor antennas, I feel vindicated! Claimed score in excess of 537K points on just shy of 700 Q's running 100 watts to a fan dipole in the yard up 20 feet or so at the feed point. Conditions seemed to be j... Read More
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02/18/2014 | K1BBS
The joy, wonder, and magic of ham radio is alive and well ... you can see it in the faces of my students. It's amazing to watch their expressions as they respond to the human voice ... a bit of a novelty since they have spent their lives comm... Read More
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02/12/2014 | K7NIT
From CN85 I entered the FM-Only category, I used an FT-817 running 5 Watts for three bands. Antennas were a Moxon for 2 meters, a vertical whip for 0.7 meters, and a sort of diagonal dipole for 6 meters. I made more contacts than I expected, but was h... Read More
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02/08/2014 | K7ATN
For my first VHF contest I operated QRP Portable from Bald Peak near Hillsboro, Oregon (CN85). I know the location from my SOTA activations.
The best thing about the weekend was the great weather - it certainly got chilly at 1600 feet after the sun wen... Read More -
02/05/2014 | N9DG
Well had some scary pre-contest problems. First was that the 1hp electric motor powered hydraulic pump that I use to raise and lower the tower did not like the 8 degree temperature that I was trying use it in at all. In normal Summer temps it will st... Read More
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02/03/2014 | K6TY
A bout of laryngitis is no impdiment on Straight Key Night! Al, W6LX, and I had a very long, very pleasant conversation just before midnight local time. He lives across town from me, and the groundwave path on 40 m was easy. We ran break-in, as if we... Read More
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01/31/2014 | WA4QJN/1
Let's just call it "The Curious Case of The Keyer's Revenge." I had been enjoying my first SKN for several hours and was in contact with Bill, AA4LR, in Rome, GA. Suddenly I realized that even though I could still hear my keying in the sidetone of my... Read More
