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  • Key and Plug Assembly No.8 used during World War 2 by the British and Canadian armed forces.

    01/26/2010 | N8GU

    Too many footballs games competing with SKN this year. Poor band conditions were a problem
    as well. This year I QSOd with:
    NZ6Q
    NO5W
    K1YRW
    K3Y/4
    K4REB
    WB4KLI
    WB2KKI

    This year I used my World War Two Key and Plug Assemby No. 8. It was used by the Bri... Read More

  • Portable contest set-up in EM18, taken when it was a little warmer and the grass still green.

    01/26/2010 | N0JK

    A slow contest - I noted no tropo at all on 2M and up. No Es on 6M.

    I operated early Sunday morning from EM18 in the contest. Very cold and windy (gusts to 40 mph) at the "Cattle Pens" in the heart of the Flint Hills. My fingers almost froze getting th... Read More

  • Fog and drizzle in FM08

    01/26/2010 | K4GUN/R

    What a difference a year makes! Last year, my job and other obligations kept me very close to home for the January contest. This year, I was able to do a little travel, although not as much as I would have liked.

    We started near Philadelphia in FM2... Read More

  • N1KXR/R meets N1FJ/R in Holyoke, Massachusetts. N1FJ/R is using a 2 Meter beam located on the tri-pod between the vehicles, and a Buddipole for 6 Meters which is visible behind Larry-WB1DBY's vehicle

    01/26/2010 | N1KXR/R

    2010 was my first year out as a solo rover. While I stayed in Western Massachusetts (FN32), I covered the four counties driving about 175 miles. While on the road, I operated in FM mode on 2 meters and 70cm using mobile mounted antennas which were vert... Read More

  • This is our standard setup.  A three-element Yagi on a tripod for Two Meters on our car roof (also used on 432 MHz) and a three-element Yagi on Six Meters, mounted in an umbrella stand.

    01/26/2010 | WB2AMU

    This was the first time in years for us in FN30 in Long Island that there was no snowfall or very cold weather for our QRP portable operations. Weather was cool at around 40 degrees F both days at our hilltop location. Band conditions were flat on Sa... Read More

  • 01/26/2010 | N3ALN

    I was excited to start the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes. I have been working on my station and trying to get everything in working order and not let Murphy rear its ugly head. During the summer I noticed that I was very weak on 903 MHz and I removed t... Read More

  • A picture of the antenna, tuner and radial system out in the snow.  My cabin is in the background.

    01/25/2010 | N6QEK/VY1

    Thank you to all of you who worked me from the Yukon Territory of Canada. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I am already planning to return to Whitehorse in 2011 for the next RTTY Roundup.

    I would have liked to have bagged a whole lot more 80 meter Q's,... Read More

  • Sunday: M2-2M12,50-5S(W5WVO),M2-6 ELE 432

    01/25/2010 | K7ULS

    Powder Mtn. Ski Resort 9000'
    Only 30 qso's

    Farthest contacts 2 meter ssb.

    KR0VER/R DN80AA (419.68 mi)

    W0EEA DM79VH (422.81 mi)

    N0SMX DM79RM (400.95 mi)

    W0ETT DM79PM (392.66 mi)

    73 Mike Read More

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