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12/21/2009 | N2YTF
I setup the YP-3 portable yagi on a telescoping mast in a parking lot in Harbor Island Park in Westchester, NY.
My contest newbie buddy Patrick, KC2RBE was going to join me later in the contest, but setup was on my own.
While the yp-3 isn't too bad t... Read More -
12/21/2009 | IZ1BPN
Hello EME folks,
thanks a lot for this nice event once more. We finally spent not so much time trying to win the contest itself since we had, as usual, a lot of people visiting our shack during both legs. This means for us many hours spent in public re... Read More -
12/19/2009 | KY2P
1st time as full time contester and submitter. Great learning experience! I used my random wire, hamstick on a fence, and a 10m dipole...none was better than the other. The band was mostly local with VERY spotty sporadic E, until Saturday night - at... Read More
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12/19/2009 | KC2TA
Well, looking back on the comments made subsequent to last year's contest which I ended with "...and hopefully better conditions as the cycle improves", my hopes weren't quite fulfilled. As a matter of fact, they seemed somewhat similar if not slightl... Read More
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12/19/2009 | K4HQK
Spent only a few hours on the contest thanks to family obligations, but even that much was fun and instructive. Like everyone else, Saturday was dead here in the D.C. area--ground wave QSOs only--while Sunday picked up with some 1,100-mile sporadic E, ... Read More
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12/19/2009 | N5SM
This was my first contest and I really enjoyed it. I operate entirely
cw and have been doing so for 36 years. I always avoided contest because I didn't know what they were all about. A friend (k5bzh) talked me into this one and I am hooked! Really enjo... Read More -
12/18/2009 | N5SM
Although I have been a ham since 1973, I have just started working the contests. Am primarily a CW operator. This was my first Ten Meter Contest, I made 57 contacts, all CW. We didn't have a lot of hours with band openings. I have found contesting ... Read More
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12/18/2009 | K1PU
Well, not the finest hour for sun spots and 10 meters. Solar flux got up to 76 and there where some openings, but nothing "Big". I had a limited effort this year, got some time in on Friday night, worked the locals. Saturday I was working at the new QT... Read More
