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    06/13/2013 | WA9STI

    It has been 14 years since my last VHF contest on one of my favorite peaks in the Santa Susanna Mountains at 2800’ above the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.  I loaded up my gear in a 35+ pound backpack to make the one hour hike to the top which w... Read More

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    06/12/2013 | ki7bp

     With the light snow pack in Idaho this year, We were able to access a mt. top in Valley County at 7800 ft. Grid DN-24 BK.  The wx was much better  than the band conditions for us. just a great weekend and thanks to all the stations that worked us from... Read More

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    06/12/2013 | K7NG

    From Iron Mountain in CN72:   We actually did better than I thought we would, mainly thanks to excellent 6M conditions.  We were a bit disappointed that 2M really didn't produce like we'd hoped.

    Murphy works in strange ways.  (1) Due to a mistake I ... Read More

  • 06/11/2013 | W9SZ

    I got off to a late start, as seems to happen a lot these days. Got to
    my favorite hill by noon and got everything set up by 2 pm or so.
    Everything seemed to work OK. Band conditions were pretty poor. I
    worked K9CT on all bands he had but 1296. It seem... Read More

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    06/11/2013 | N6NB

    The June 2013 VHF contest was marked by contrasts.  Propagation was mediocre, a disappointment after several very good years.  The weather was wonderful or terrible, depending on where you were.  The east had a lot of rain caused by the remnants of a t... Read More

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    06/10/2013 | N0JK

    I made two visits to EN20 in the contest - first was Saturday at the start of
    the contest and again Sunday morning. QTH was just north of the EM29/EN20 grid line in Missouri near the town of Oregon, MO about 2 miles south of I-29 75 mile marker on a gr... Read More

  • 06/10/2013 | n1imw

    Rats. . .couldn't seem to get much going this year. . .from New Hampshire I could barely copy anybody on 6. . .so I went out to work on the lawn for an hour and come back and still didn't copy anbody on 6. . .then I went to 2 sideband and made a few co... Read More

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    06/10/2013 | k7uls

    Class: Single Op LP

    Summary:
    Band QSOs Mults
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    6: 259 91
    2: 21 12
    432: 11 7

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    Total: 291 110 Total Score = 33,220
    Comments:

    Powder Mountain 9000' DN41
    M2-2M12,M2-6M7,M2-432-9WL
    FT-897D,ICOM-910H,MIRAGE B-320-G
    SignaL...
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