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06/20/2010 | W5DQ

This year was completely the reverse of last year here in the Upper Mojave Desert of Southern California. Last year I made one QSO to a rover about 50 miles from my QTH. This year it was a slow start but quickly developed into sheer pandamonium. For s... Read More
06/19/2010 | K2QO/r

Another June contest is over and the two thing that were huge standouts were the great 6M openings all weekend and the camaraderie. What fun! My rover partner W2TAU and I did the short version of our "normal" rove covering 6 grids and about 400 miles.... Read More
06/18/2010 | KC9JTL/R

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5etCgFGSE2o/TBd_XV-FCkI/AAAAAAAAAyI/XoM2J0889FU/s200/100_6786.jpg" / After a rocky start, this contest definitely turned around and became a lot of fun.

We were scrambling past our scheduled departure time to pull equipm... Read More
06/16/2010 | WA4UF

Well, another contest, another VHF antenna. This time around it was a new 10 element 2m WA5VJB Cheap Yagi on a PVC boom, to replace the wooden boom edition that was demolished by the rainy winter. A nagging suspicion about the lack of 6m stations hear... Read More
06/16/2010 | WD9EWK

I decided to work some 6m SSB in between satellite passes from DM34tx/DM35ta, giving out DM35 in the contests. Using only 10W into a vertical, I heard stations all across the continental US and worked stations between Arizona and the Midwest. A fun w... Read More
06/15/2010 | KJ5RM

I decided to work the VHF contest running QRP with antennas/masts that I could carry around portable and quickly install, ie Single-Op-Portable. This really added to the challenge but also add to the enjoyment of the contest. Doing so in the 100 d... Read More
06/15/2010 | N5QO/R

I knew that I was driving to Arkansas with my dad, W7STT, from Ham-Com in Plano when the contest would be going on. We decided to hook my FT-817 to the 2m 5/8 wave mag. mount. An opening to the Eastern US opened up on 6m. Imagine our surprise whe... Read More
06/15/2010 | kc2qzf/r

Wow. Let me say that again, backward. Wow. 6 Meters. Wow. We had an absolute BALL out there in the kc2qzf limited rover this time around. Kevin, K9KVN took the rear seat this time around and handled 2M SSB and FM, and some 432 SSB. More to follow with ... Read More