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  • <b>Afternoon Fog on Camelback</b>

    06/16/2009 | K2QO/R

    Well, another June VHF contest is in the books. This time around, my rover partner W2TAU and I decided to try starting our rover in Packrats territory. We wanted to see if the extra night out and extra 300 miles of driving would result in more fun per ... Read More

  • My car converted from civilian use to the W0ZQ-rovermobile.

    06/16/2009 | W0ZQ/R

    Another fun June VHF contest has come and gone. I really enjoy roving in the June contest because of the long days, warm weather, and the corn is still just one foot high. This year I repeated the same route that I took during the years August UHF co... Read More

  • TS480SAT at 100W

    06/16/2009 | VA2SG

    Went to shack at 4H45PM saturday to find 50mhz in gud shape. Worked 102 stations, all W8 W9 until 7H45PM and this brought good promises for sunday. But condx were vy poor sunday un central Quebec and worked 16 stations sunday, again all in W8 and W9, ... Read More

  • 06/16/2009 | N8QE

    The 6 meter band openings to Florida and the Southwest from Northeast Ohio were great. The 6 meter openings seemed to keep everyone away from 2 meters. Nothing heard to the Northeast or West from my QTH on 6 meters. Only had about 3 hours during the we... Read More

  • 06/15/2009 | KC2QZF/R

    What a great time! Thanks to K9KVN Kevin for our 2300 mile 6M contact and generally being a great co-pilot. We had a good time travelling to FN02, FN03, FN12, FN13, FN22, FN23 and working a TON of great stations. Everything worked! We didn't have to mo... Read More

  • Gathering extra grid multipliers using EME.

    06/15/2009 | W6AB

    What a great weekend for a VHF contest!

    The weather remained cool and clear, and the refurbished Satellite Amateur Radio Club radio room made it a very enjoyable event. We were able to get all the bands we planned on operating on the air by contest s... Read More

  • Standing at the top of Pike Peak in Colorado

    06/15/2009 | KQ6EE

    First time did contest in Colorado and 14er. I drove to Pike Peak (14000+') in Sat. morning thinking it started at 11:am (old Pacific time). But it should start at 12:00 noon (mountain time). My grid square was DM 78. I drove down at about 1:30 pm ... Read More

  • Park on mount with aluminum mast and 3 element beam on 6m

    06/15/2009 | N2YTF

    What a contest from a cliff side park in the north west corner of FN30!

    I started by hiking with some gear to my operating location (on a SOTA summit http://www.sota.org.uk/) so that I could also have a valid SOTA activation.

    The contest gear proper ... Read More

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