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    06/23/2010 | N8DEZ

    I operated portable from the foothills that block signals from my home QTH in Sylmar, CA.  This was my first time contesting portable. I operated 6m to 23cm from the back seat of the truck.  Everything worked perfectly! Only trouble I had were the bee... Read More

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    06/23/2010 | W9ZRX

    This year the xyl and I decided to stay home in EN60 because of the lousy economy.  So I decided to erect my 40-ft aluminum pipe mast and use a pair of Stacked PAR Loops.  This mast uses heavy wall tubing, and overlapping slip joints.  Sections are lo... Read More

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    06/21/2010 | N6LB

    Enjoyed the six meter opening with 10 watts and a dipole worked 1500mi.I had a lot of fun setting up my portable station for the first time .Everything worked great see ya again Read More

  • 06/21/2010 | KB0HH

    What an exciting contest!! Six meters was great! We added a 6 element divergent antenna 120 degrees off of the pair of 8 elememnts. We just flip a switch to get more coverage. I am sure we missed many contacts due to the band being open in all dire... Read More

  • 06/21/2010 | ng4c

    By far the best 6 meter opening for me in more than 10 years. Was able to work only 1 day of the contest. First hour netted 150 + contacts. Was able to lto finally log a few VE's and Fla stations on sunday morning. No europeans on saturday. Final tota... Read More

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    06/21/2010 | K0ARY

    Thanks to all who participated in Kids' Day 2010. There was alot of activity on 20 meters and my granddaughters almost got thier WAS. Hope to see you all again next year. Bruce, Trinity and Adrianna. Read More

  • 06/21/2010 | W9SZ

    This had to be one of the worst June VHF contests I've been in. Murphy took almost every opportunity to strike this time.
     
    I planned on leaving town at about 4 pm on Saturday and getting everything set up by 7 pm. I got the car loaded just before a bi... Read More

  • 06/20/2010 | K1WHS

    I sure was not ready for this contest! It has been a hectic Spring and I just did not get the station put together in any fashion at all! I did have 50 and 144 hooked up when the contest began. Art, K1BX came over to operate six meters, and the first s... Read More

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