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09/18/2009 | W4APP
It's September and that means another trip to the top of Virginia's second highest peak, Whitetop Mountain (5520) for the September VHF QSO Party. This year we went armed with a few new weapons, not the least of which was the call of our new club, App... Read More
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09/18/2009 | VE2BAP
Oops! I did it again! I operated from FN45EB, on the same site, elevation 2800 ft. (See June 2009 soapbox). This time I spent the night on the mountain, so I could stay a longer time on the air.
I experienced no opening or any propagation condition,... Read More -
09/17/2009 | W2RJO
This is my second Fall VHF/UHF contest (I started contesting in Septmber2008). Conditions did not seem that spectacular and it rained on and off most of the contest. I also had a major sinus infection which made things not as enjoyable as usual.
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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
