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03/11/2009 | EI4CF/P
Having read about the enhancing effect of salt water on antennas I decided to move to the sea-side for this test. I, with the help of Tony ei6ggb, put up a two element quad for 20m on the edge of a raised beach, about 20' above the sea at high tide, an... Read More
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03/11/2009 | KB0HH
The contest was fun as usual. There were extra events in the area that kept things interesting! A range fire near the Bunkhouse burned a great amount of stored hardline and antennas. A tornado passed to the north of us on Saturday evening causing th... Read More
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03/10/2009 | W4HIJ
My first contest after being without an HF radio for awhile. I put my new Yaesu FT450-AT to work and was pretty pleased with it overall. I'm not a serious contester. I pretty much just play in them but I have a blast. Biggest problem was Saturday night... Read More
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03/10/2009 | AF6ME
Contesting is a great way to sharpen my skills as an operator, test my skill at squeezing the last bit out of my equipment, and just plain enjoying the fun of jumping into a pile-up to hear a station coming back to your call. Limited to a trapped mult... Read More
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03/09/2009 | W1WH
This was my first contest in 30 years of hamming. I had a blast! I was really surprised at what my simple 100 watt/dipole station could do at this point of the sunspot cycle. Read More
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03/09/2009 | KP3VA
As a new entry to the contest world was KP3VA, running Multi (2) Operatos-Two Transmitters. KP3S, Carlos and NP3HM, Jorge as the operators. Only operated 40 out of 48 hours total, had some transmitter problems saturday and had to finish with only one t... Read More
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03/09/2009 | W0SZP
Other than Straight Key Night, this was the first contest I ever participated in. Even with the sunspot numbers low, I readily discovered that DX is out there if you try. I casually operated and had no problem working all portions of Europe and South A... Read More
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03/09/2009 | KD6WKY
I was surprised to receive a first place award for the East Bay Section. When I researched it, I discovered I was the only one to submit a log for my category in the East Bay! Woohoo! Read More
