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08/22/2011 | WA1N

I had a great time today in the rtty contest. The 20m band stayed open all day and seemed to explode with rookies right at the start. A severe thunderstorm forced me to put everything away only after an hour after the start but the second it passed I... Read More
08/17/2011 | N0TTW

As I always try to do, I take a week off from work to prepare the station for the UHF contest. This year was no different as I used this time to improve my antenna feedlines, adding a new band (902/3) and interfacing it into the existing NCS audio syst... Read More
08/11/2011 | KB0HH

We operated multiop from EM06 which is NW Oklahoma. We encountered about 10 rovers in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Thanks to all of you! We ate well, caught some large fish, and visited a lot! Such is the way at the Bunkhouse during a contest! The... Read More
08/09/2011 | K2QO/R

August is not a contest that I generally go out for whole hog and this year a family vacation was scheduled over the contest weekend. What to do? Build the Lowe's Loops for 432 from a recent QST and run one band while mobile from wherever we were on th... Read More
08/09/2011 | ke4wbo

We reworked the uhf tower once again, after the January contest the whole array was blown to the ground from a winter gale. The gale with 80-90knot winds blew thru here taking the 1296 and 432 stacks down to the ground, so we picked thu the antenna... Read More
08/08/2011 | N1RU

This was the first contest that I'd entered since the 1981 Novice Roundup. I had a great time. After nearly 20 years off the air, I'm back on HF with a QRP signal and an attic antenna. I'm enjoying ham radio as much as ever, and I'm looking forward to ... Read More
08/08/2011 | N5QYC

Since I normaly don't work the UHF contest it was a treat for me when I didn't have to work on a Saturday so I was able to try out the UHF contest again this year. Band conditions were dismal to non existant here in the Ozarks. Out of the maybe eight... Read More
08/08/2011 | N6ZE/R

I operated as a Limited Rover from CN87 & CN88 locations on Whidbey Island, WA during the Aug. UHF Contest. On Sunday morning, I heard KW7Yat less than 20 miles distant transmitting a 70 Cm LSB signal which kept moving slightly up and down the band. Af... Read More