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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
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01/26/2014 | LU/K3ZJ
'Back in the day' I spent many lazy hot afternoons on 10 meter AM, using the 50-watt homebrew transmitter and arm-rotated 3-element 'plumbers' delight' beam at LU5DGQ's station. The first ARRL 10-meter contest was still years in the future but through... Read More
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01/25/2014 | N2SLN/R
One of the things I have the most fun doing in Amateur Radio is over coming the challenge of operating out in the field. By that measure the ARRL January VHF Contest was the most fun I have had in a very long time. I took part as the second operator ... Read More
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01/25/2014 | N2SLO
Dupe- No E's this time...... conditions rough Read More
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01/25/2014 | N2SLO
No E's this contest. Decided not to work the 3B with lower power. The extra watts on 2M and 6M doubled my score from last year, and significantly increased my Q's, to a total of 129. Conditions were not so good, Heavy static and noise both days to the ... Read More
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01/25/2014 | KA7RRA
I had a lot of fun for this contest. This was my 1st time has a rover and I have to get better organize. I was active in 3 grids, I was going to try for 4 grids,but it got to late,and on Sunday was the big game. I would like to have a bigger veic... Read More
