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03/18/2009 | FP/KV1J
Operating from the French island of Miquelon, off the southeast coast of Newfoundland. Tough time of the year to go there! Had delays in both air and sea travel due to storms and sprained my ankle when I slipped on the ice while traveling.
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03/16/2009 | W9SZ
To start off, I think I have convinced most people that I am stark, staring mad. At least my non-ham friends now believe this! I think a lot of ham friends now do, too.
The night before the contest I set up the 9-band station (144 thru 10368 MHz) in my... Read More -
03/14/2009 | GW7X
The planned single-band 40M operation here *almost* didn't happen!
Just hours before the start of the contest the PSU failed in the main station computer - fortunaetly this was around 14:00 (2pm local time) and I was able to get a repair, if it had be... Read More -
03/13/2009 | PJ7B
Have been doing this contest from St. Maarten for over 10 years. Very little activity on 15 and 10 meters this year. For one of the first times there was another PJ7 on the air in the contest so that really cut down the qso's on 20 meters. Did have ... Read More
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03/13/2009 | EI4CF/P
Having had a good time with the portable setup in the CW test two weeks ago, I decided to try again at the same location in the phone section. This time the wx was horrible, cold and windy, with thunder and lightning on the Sunday evening. This eventua... Read More
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03/12/2009 | WA6WPG
With only 100 watts, 80 meters has always been a challenge. This year with a new antenna, it was a real thrill to work CU2X as my second contact while the sun was still up in California. The time passed quickly and I had a great time on 80. Read More
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03/11/2009 | YW5W
This ARRL Contest was very unusual for me, because this things:
My first contest with my brand-new special callsign.
My first Phone contest from 2 years ago (when I was active in ARRL's contest from 2001 to 2006).
My first ARRL contest on 40m SOSB ever... Read More -
03/11/2009 | EI4CF/P
I used the same set up as that of the 2009 CW Arrl test. However, I found I could not hold a frequency for very long and had very few good runs. The 2 el quad behaved well, and the Icom 7800 performed wihout a fault. The quad was again beside the sea a... Read More
