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  • 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

  • The weather became nice by mid morning on Sunday, after cloudy and rainy weather prior to that.   Here is a shot of my Six Meter 3-element Yagi up 15 feet and my Two Meter 3-element Yagi on the roof of my car.

    09/15/2009 | WB2AMU

    I was able to put in a decent amount of time this year for the contest, compared to last year. I operated QRP portable from a nearby hill on Long Island (grid FN30) that is up at 250 ASL. As there was no significant winds around, I was able to put my... Read More

  • Create 5130-2n, Cushcraft 224wb, Diamond A502HB.

    09/15/2009 | W4AMP

    Really good contest this year, activity was up here in the Southeast US. Tropo and ground wave only made it interesting. Really enjoyed 432 and 1296 this year. See everyone next year. Read More

  • Assembling the 2M beam.

    09/14/2009 | K5LRW

    Our group was N5JDT, KB7SQF, KE5EGP, KE5ZGI, and me. N5JDT found an 8000 foot remote spot in Southern New Mexico within the Lincoln National Forest. Getting two travel trailers up the gravel road was a challenge. Getting them out on Sunday was even h... Read More

  • Radios used in contest.. FT-736R, FT-897 and TS-2000X

    09/14/2009 | WV9E

    Conditions were simply flat the entire contest here in W.Central Wisconsin. Living in the radio Black Hole of the coulee region bottoms it's a struggle against trees and hills/bluffs on all sides but direct North or South... Could hear and worked most ... Read More

  • Coastal Fog in CM87

    09/14/2009 | K6JRA

    Enjoyed roving in four grids near San Francisco.

    Started Saturday morning in the coastal fog (CM87), and finished the next day on sunny Mt. Diablo (CM97).

    Used three hoop antennas rather than the usual beams, and made 100+ contacts mostly in Califo... Read More

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