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01/25/2011 | WD6DBM
ANOTHER great SKN! I tried to make it an all Heathkit night, but got flummoxed by some nasty local noise that required the DSP noise reduciton on my K3. For most of the event I was on a highly modified HW-16 built by my Elmer, W5NYT. I also used a p... Read More
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01/25/2011 | N2YTF/P
I wasn't able to contest on Saturday, but Sunday was free and my friend and new ham Jesse, KC2YUG was up for a challenge, so Sunday with temps in the teens Jesse and I decided to contest from the summit of Hook Mountain http://www.sotawatch.org/summits... Read More
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01/24/2011 | N1DPM
Everything all checked out and ready to go 1 week before the SS. Now for our annual New England mid January ice storm followed by the deep freeze. Was I even going to be able to get on??? We got lucky and some temps in the low 30's and bright sunshi... Read More
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01/24/2011 | NL7HJ/R
Two solutions to the January doldrums in Alaska: 1) hop an Alaska Airlines jet nonstop to Hawaii, or 2) work the VHF SS. No sunscreen required for Option 2! Another 1,100 mile rove, starting in Homer on Saturday morning. From there, worked Grids BP40, ... Read More
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01/24/2011 | K0AWU
Activity was better than what I feared for the contest. Pretty much the same as the last 4 years. Prior to that we had a bit of 6m Es in Jan that would help with activity and the grid count. I ran on 6,2,222,432,902,1296 and 10Ghz. Unusual here, but I... Read More
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01/24/2011 | K5LLL
Conditions were worse than normal with a cold front moving through on Sunday. Activity was poor. Rovers were the saving item, only two in the area but they covered about 10 grids. Working 3456 CW with a moving rover (K5GJ/R) was a blast. DId manage sev... Read More
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01/24/2011 | W3IW
Zero degree temperatures. Frozen rotator. Lightweight homebrew beams trashed by heavy ice and snow. The discone just didn't cut it. Perhaps June! Read More
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01/24/2011 | W2BZY
Horrible Conditions, Had to struggle to make contact on the higher bands (Above 2M) that usually were a breeze. Activity level seemed below normal (even for a January test). Also - Where were the Rovers? Breif visit from Murphy at start of contest =... Read More
