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  • 02/09/2011 | KC8KSK

    I operated from Pilot Mountain State Park in NC. It was a beautiful afternoon but cold. I missed some operators that I normally catch from this location. I'm not sure if it was my poor timing or they not did not participate. Equipment used was FT-817, ... Read More

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    02/05/2011 | W0STU

    This was my first contest of any kind, ever.  I was operating portable from the top of Mount Herman near Monument, Colorado.  My station was set up near K0NR's, and we were happy to have company from K0JJW, KD0MFO, and N0OLD.  It was a bit chilly up to... Read More

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    02/04/2011 | ZF2AH

     Great fun as usual, nice to meet everyone again, and some new contesters too. Joe Read More

  • 02/03/2011 | WA4UF

    Well, nuts.  I had about 6-1/2, maybe 7 hours on-air before work-related travel interfered.  In that time I managed just one.... ONE... contact!  I sure hope June finds us with some better band conditions! Read More

  • 02/02/2011 | N3LL

    Very flat bands here. Most signals15-20 db below normal. Guys I usually work on ssb we had to do cw ! See ya in june. Read More

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    02/01/2011 | KM3G

        I was going to go either North to the Poconos and portable, or into the makshift shack in the backyard shed, but it was just too cold for either.  I have beams for the lower 4 bands that I was going to set up in the backyard on a crank up tower.  A... Read More

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    01/31/2011 | W4RXR

    Had another fun run at Portable QRP with modest antennas on 50,144,222,and 432. 1296 was DOA and portable operating leaves no way to diagnose and repair. The accompaning picture shows the tent and antennas. It was a little cold but a good sleeping bag ... Read More

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    01/29/2011 | K0NR

    I was back again on the summit of Mount Herman (DM79) for an afternoon backpack portable QRP operation. This year, Stu W0STU and a few other hams joined me, with Stu and me both running independent Single Op Portable stations. The weather was cold (jus... Read More

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