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11/23/2009 | K3WQ
I entered the contest on a whim, using my vintage Heathkit station. With a separate receiver and transmitter I had to do lots of knob twiddling to tune and spotvery busy! I only operated for four hours, but it was fun.
I made a showing on 15 meters,... Read More -
11/23/2009 | W7VO
We had our first run at ARRL SS SSB (Multi-Single) from the new QTH here in OR, and had a blast. We had some problems, such as a power output control on the FT-2000 that was accidentally turned almost OFF for the first half hour of the contest. (no won... Read More
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11/23/2009 | K7XC
Friday morning I left the house, late, for a doctors appointment in Reno (1 hr drive) thinking with the winds coming I needed to lower the tower when I get home later.... I never got that opportunity....
For years now, my primary antenna tower has been... Read More -
11/23/2009 | KE7VUX
My second Sweepstakes. My operating time is divided up (and sometimes assisted) by my 3 year old and 10 month old daughters and what they think I should be doing, but I still managed to make double the contacts (158 vs 70) and sections (66 vs 36) comp... Read More
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11/23/2009 | KZ2I
I keep saying I'm getting too old for this $%^&** (60 next week 46 of them on the air), but every Phone SS sees me glued to the chair for 24 hours. I had worked class U on CW portion to see if I could get a sweep there with a minimum of that beeping s... Read More
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11/23/2009 | WA7U
This was our second SS-phone effort from WA7U. We've grown a nice crop of antennas in the past year, so we'll work on station ergonomics and switching next. We just picked up an older Alpha amp and it not only helped hold a frequency, it kept the shack... Read More
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11/23/2009 | K8BZ
I had a limited amount of time to work the contest this year, and wanting to keep the Clean Sweep mug collection growing I decided to try to work all 80 sections in 80 QSOs for a maximum possible score with the minimum number of contacts. Obviously the... Read More
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11/23/2009 | W8VCK
Hadn't entered this one seriously for a couple of years and really
enjoyed it. Stumbled into VY on 15 before the contest started so I knew it was going to be a good affair, and sure enough earned the coveted mug Sunday morning around 9AM by working On... Read More
