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02/07/2010 | K0NR
After taking a few years off from operating backpack portable during the January VHF Sweepstakes, I returned to the summit of Mt Herman (DM79mb) near Monument, Colorado. The trail did not have much snow on it but it was very icy in spots. I reached the... Read More
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02/05/2010 | WA9CFK
A fun time I worked only a dozen contacts off and on for about six hours. Nice rag chews and a chance to chat.
Bad was noisy but workable.
Waiting for next year. Read More -
02/05/2010 | K9PY
For the first time I hiked up to the top of Wasson peak (4,687 feet)
near Tucson carrying 25 pounds of equipment on my back. Didn't make
many contacts because it was really cold up on the peak. So I made
some contacts, packed up the equipment and s... Read More -
02/03/2010 | W9SZ
Every year I enter this contest as a Single Op (QRP) Portable. Sometimes I wonder why. Maybe its for the adventure of it. I never know what conditions will be like, weather-wise or otherwise. Ive set up and taken down antennas in ice storms and blizzar... Read More
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02/03/2010 | WA2FGK
Right before the contest I listened for the W3CCX/b on 1296 and could not hear it.. I looked outside and noticed the antenna was far from the needed direction. Put my climbing belt on and checked things out.. A U champ on the HyGain rotor had snapped i... Read More
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02/02/2010 | WV9E
Operating from home station with no enhancements was a pleasant surprise
this time around. I ran the lower 4 bands and quadrupled my last year
SS score. This I think shows that contest activity was reasonably high
for our area considering the weather ... Read More -
02/02/2010 | N2COP
Two great events take place on New Year's Day every year: SKN and the National Hockey League's Winter Classic, which is the only NHL game played outdoors each season. This past year the Philadelphia Flyers played the Boston Bruins in historic Fenway P... Read More
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02/02/2010 | N6NB
VHF SS 2010 went really well for the Southern California Contest Club rovers, despite a week of heavy rain and several feet of snow at higher elevations. Miraculously, the eleven 10-band stations all survived the weather. AF6O's toolbox rover was cov... Read More
