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03/05/2009 | VP2VVA
This was my 65h Birthday Contest-Pediton trip present to myself.
I want to thank my host George, VP2VQ, his lovely XYL Gilda,
daughter Tiffany Nicole and son Joseph for helping make this
very short trip a fun time, as well as a primarily 20m single ban... Read More -
03/04/2009 | NP3CW
During the 2009 ARRL International DX Contest I had so many family
activities that I made only 11 QSO's in 36 minutes before ending of
the contest. Worked MA,DE,PA,NY,IA,WA,CA,MN,and from Canada BC and
ON.
There were only 3 bands active at the end of... Read More -
03/03/2009 | YV6BXN
I think my code speed need went up because I am not skill cw contester :) This was my first real attempt at a CW contest. Thanks to everyone for be patient during exchanges, I was able to handle the 20+WPM speeds of the stations calling but sometime I ... Read More
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03/03/2009 | ZS1JY
This was my first real ARRL CW contest I participated in. The Friday night before the contest I constructed an NB6M paddle key, which worked great during the contest (using Icom IC706MkIIG running 100W into dipole and G5RV antennae). Overall the cont... Read More
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03/01/2009 | KH6/W3GW
For our effort, Maria and I travelled to Wainapanapa State Park, in Hana, on the island of Maui, to operate in the low power category. Here is a picture of me operating my trusty 10 watt 'Travelradio' originally described by Rick Littlefield, K1BQT, in... Read More
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02/28/2009 | VK4TJF
well to start off with I found that no one was entering the category of mixed mode low power here in Australia, so my strategy was to casually contest during the weekend have some fun and possibly luck out and be the only entry in the category. this wa... Read More
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02/28/2009 | HB9LCW
This years ARRL CW Contest was my 1st with 80m only.
The QRM on the band was sometimes unbelievable.
Thanks to the RFS-2 receive four square system from DX-Engineering (used the first time)I was able to hear also weak signals.
My working condition was ... Read More -
02/27/2009 | K5MV
Contest was fun except for 10 meters. Not much of a opening, but did OK on 80 through 15. 40 and 80 meters were good friday and saturday nights. Only worked the contest a few hours, but managed to make over 300 Q's using a 75 meter inverted V and 160 m... Read More
