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    01/20/2020 | KM4KMU

     Thanks go to:  K2EZ/R, K1TEO, N2NT, KM4OZH/R, KC5JSR/R (a trucker), N3NGE, Terry W8ZN and the several hundred Hams who got onto FM in Va, Md, Pa and WVa. KM4KMU FM Only FM08XW Freezeland Road at 2400 ft ASL 50MHz 33 Q's 7 Grids 144 MHz 97 Q's 9 Grids ... Read More

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    01/20/2020 | K5ND/R

    The rainy weather over the previous week cleared for a sunny but cold weekend. My roving operation was beset with a number of challenges, which is a typical experience. But I managed to activate 11 grids in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma, put 119 QS... Read More

  • 01/20/2020 | K2DRH

      One contact with my XYL Fran N2KMA on 2M HTs inside our house.  About the only working VHF antennas I have that are not encased in at least a 1/4 inch of radial ice and under approximately 5:1 SWR.   Could actually do it on 4 bands and quadruple the ... Read More

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    01/19/2020 | N2YTF/P

    Life left me little time to contest, but I did manage to get playtime from about 2PM tp 5PM EST Sunday afternoon. With such little time my setup was cut down a bit. I setup at SOTA summit W2/NJ-009 with a 2m and 6m beam connected to a 706MKIIG and then... Read More

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    01/18/2020 | ki0g

     J-38 key used in 2020.  Note the Shorting Lever or switch indicating it was intended for land line telegtaph use. Read More

  • 01/16/2020 | W2ROO

      This was a first for W2ROO and W2NTN.  We operated the ARRL Roundup multi-op QRP using the W2ROO station in WNY, using only FT8.  We used a combination of local operation by Jamie while he was at his home QTH, and since he had air travel during the e... Read More

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    01/16/2020 | W2NTN

    My Dad was the original W2NTN, and I requested his callsign when he became a silent key.  My straight key for SKN 2020 is my Dad’s first key, which I believe is a Signal Electric Company key he used in approximately 1941.  Gary N2OT and I who were orig... Read More

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