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01/01/2012 | K2JX
This year was the first SKN that I did not use vintage gear having sold off my collection in 2011. However, I was on with a WW-2 J-38 key used by a WW-2 Signal Corps Code instructor during the war and built by Lionel. I did manage a few QSO's on 80 and... Read More
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01/01/2012 | W0AAA
I tried SKN this year from my ice fishing house on Movil Lake, MN. Set up an IC-746 and 2-12 volt deep cycle Marine batteries and ran 50 watts to a Transworld antenna out on the ice. I used my first straight key, an Ambassador Deluxe, which I had as ... Read More
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12/31/2011 | WA9STI/6
I operated from a mountain top above the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles using an FT-817 at 5 watts and a Buddipole. I hiked up late in the afternoon on Saturday so only had an hour and a half operating time before the light faded. But I still had... Read More
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12/29/2011 | K5HDE
12 months ago I didn't know CW. After the year of learning the code, practice sending, endless hours of copying, and just over 100 QSOs in LoTW, here I was an hour before the contest nervous. Me a guy who spends most of time in the digi modes about to ... Read More
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12/19/2011 | NZ5N
This was an interesting contest for me, especially having spent my first 2 years on EME with a single, hand-turned antenna in my restricted community. Then last spring, Pete N8PR offered me some antenna space at his spacious QTH, we put up a pair o... Read More
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12/18/2011 | N3AWS
I operated SO SSB QRP from my portable location in Moss Point, MS just across the state line from Alabama. This QTH has a very low noise floor most of the time. I used my Icom 756 PRO II at 5 watts output and my portable Superantenna YP-3 three eleme... Read More
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12/18/2011 | KA2LIM
Operated from my VHF contest station site. SOHP PHONE only. Antenna is a 6 element yagi that I built 30+ years ago. Started at 0630 local time on Saturday morning and Europe was already starting to come in. Finally pulled the plug 12 hours later and th... Read More
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12/17/2011 | wG0AT
My goats and I decide to play in the 10m ARRL contest on top of Mt Herman. We put up a Buddipole 2-el 10m yagi and with 5-watts QRP we work the world. But can't prove it because my goat Rooster ate my log sheets. I'm serious! The video tells the stor... Read More
