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  • Keith (KI6BDR) making late night contacts -- the lights of the Silicon Valley in the background.

    07/03/2009 | W6ZZZ

    This year the weather was hot and so were the bands, with plenty of contacts made by our West Valley Amateur Radio Assoc team. We operated QRP in the 9A Battery from Mora Hill overlooking Los Altos, California from an elevation of 500 feet. Saturdays... Read More

  • Radios in position.

    07/03/2009 | N0BHT

    Lots of fun again. Took the Pinzgauer up about 2000 feet above the valley and setup camp. I used a new buddipole and hustler whip with resonators. Radios were the Icom 706 original and the Yaesu 817 for backup. The Pinzgauer makes an excellent camp... Read More

  • The KF4VTT/VP9 operating point.

    07/02/2009 | KF4VTT/VP9

    I was at the QTH of VP9GE on the north shore of Bermuda for a vacation/mini-DXpedition. The antennas and accommodations were excellent. For the contest a simple five element 6M beam was put up in the yard only about 8 feet above the ground. The rig w... Read More

  • 07/02/2009 | VE7IYOA

    Mount Tolmie, Victoria, B.C Canada

    VE7IYOA participated in the ARRL VHF Contest which resulted in only a few contacts made on VHF and some on HF during a 4 hour period. Only 6 stations were logged on VHF and 4 on 20 meters. A 5/8 2 meter Ground plane ... Read More

  • Frandy works the Bencher. No computer keying for us!

    07/02/2009 | W1NY

    Frandy, N1FJ and I (WB1DBY) worked 3 on, 3 off on 20 cw and 80 cw. With that schedule we pretty much kept the station on the air for the full 24 hours minus a 2 hour thunder storm. We also cooked our own food, away from the clubs food (but made us much... Read More

  • The N8UR contest site at the Beaver Head Lighthouse (EN75).

    07/02/2009 | N8UR

    W8RKO, WD8DPA, and I operated portable from Beaver Island, MI (EN75). We were at the south end of the Island, looking down about 280 miles of Lake Michigan toward Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and beyond.

    This was our first attempt at a por... Read More

  • KM6NN at the CW position using an Elecraft K3

    07/02/2009 | KF4L

    The Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society set up at the East Montgomery County Fire Station in their pavilion. This year is was in 100 degree heat and threatening thunderstorms. During the operation we had visitors from the Montgomery County Emerg... Read More

  • Almost Heaven West Virginia

    07/02/2009 | K8DF

    K8DF, Stonewall Jackson Amateur Radio Association (SJARA),
    Field Day for 2009 started for the members of SJARA when we met on the grassy knoll behind the local YMCA located in the Lowndes Hill Civil War Historical Park. Completely surrounding the Fiel... Read More

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