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  • KF4PCT

    09/17/2009 | KF4PCT

    Great contest!

    I had never operated in the Sept. contest before and little knew what to expect.

    The weather was beautiful the whole weekend and even though I experienced no band enhancement from EM96, I did operate from atop a 3041 tower known as Fancy... Read More

  • Where did you say you are?

    09/17/2009 | N5QYC

    From the hills of the Arkansas Ozarks in EM36 to exotic calls such as W8ULC in EM 79 at 540 miles and K2DRH in EN41 at 347 miles. These being my farthest contacts on 2 meters ssb. The lack of 6 mtr e'skip made my work that much harder to make a dece... Read More

  • Mt. Hood, OR (11,023 ft) viewed from CN94 and often used as one big reflector, bouncing signals across grids in every direction.

    09/16/2009 | N7XB

    With temps in the mid-80's, I could not miss the chance to head up into the Cascades in Western Oregon. I normally operate this contest from Larch Mountain (4,076 ft) east of Portland, OR in CN85.

    But this year I decided to add an hour to my drive and ... Read More

  • UHF array  
starting from the top
1296 -55el dir sys looper
432 -4-22el k1fo/k3iwk yagis
222 -1 16 el k1fo
5.7g -2' spun aluminum dish with w3mrx triband feed 2.3/3.4/5.7ghz
2m- 2 par loops stacked
6m- 1 ku4ab loop

    09/16/2009 | KE4WBO

    Another September Vhf qso party gone by, the weatherman was wrong again this weekend and weather improved greatly after saturday morning which looked dismal for the weekend, to clear skies for the rest of the contest. The prior week to the contest we m... Read More

  • My M2 2M7 yagi on a 10 ft. mast and 6 Meter "dipole" west of Lawrence, KS in EM28.

    09/16/2009 | N0JK

    Operated single op QRP Portable Sunday morning west of Lawrence, KS in EM28. Rain had been predicted, but the clouds parted and had a nice sunny morning. I did not have a 70 cm antenna along, but made 5 QSOs on 432 MHz by "loading up" the 2M yagi. Thus... Read More

  • Mike, N0EXE near the top of Decorah Mound.

    09/15/2009 | KC9ECI

    Mike, N0EXE and I loaded our gear in to backpacks and climbed to the top of Decorah Mound early Saturday morning. Decorah Mound is just outside of Galesville, WI, in grid square EN44ib. It was a difficult climb, but well worth the effort once we got ... Read More

  • 09/15/2009 | KB4JHU

    Truly enjoyed the band this weekend. Ed w7lgd and Michael kb4jhu worked the VHF contest as rover on 6m, 2m and 440. We worked 3 grids in southen middle tennessee. The bands were fair, and the views were great. It was a great saturday afternoon, gre... Read More

  • 5 Watt 1296 transverter and SSB pre amp just under the 15 element loop yagi at 40 ft.

    09/15/2009 | WB3IGR

    I had a good time on this one! I added 2304 and managed 3 QSO's with 2 grids! On 903 17 Q's and 10 grids, and on 1296 14 Q's and 8 grids. Best ever from here. Read More

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