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01/29/2009 | KI6ZX

I have participated in SKN several years now and enjoy it more than any other contest. It is so relaxed! This year I used my Knight T-60 transmitter and the HB-QST Neophyte direct conversion receiver. The transmitter was crystal controlled as in the... Read More
01/29/2009 | W4RXR

I ran a small portable QRP operation this contest near home in EM65. For many of the same reasons we all face from time to time I could not get too far from town to my best ridgetop locations. This left me in a much compromised location: trees, highe... Read More
01/26/2009 | KM3G/R

The best laid plans of mice and men... I planned to run the entire Delmarva peninsula grid this year including the two just across the bridge in Virginia Beach. It was my first experience at roving. I learned a lot. I learned that real rovers don't... Read More
01/26/2009 | W0RTK

Only time for one contact, and that was with K0SX. I always have good intentions of spending a lot of air time on SKN. but it doesn't work out. My aim is to have some vintage gear on the air in 2009, the station I had in 1959. My calendar is marked f... Read More
01/25/2009 | KC2TA

First time I can honestly say that I was disappointed following a contest.

Band conditions were the pits! I did a great deal of listening and found that the stations I heard had already been put into the log on most, if not all of the three bands av... Read More
01/24/2009 | K0NR

This year I tried something very different...I just focused on the 2 Meter band. I went up to our cabin in the mountains (which doesn't have much in the way of antennas installed....yet) and set up a M2 2M9 Yagi on the deck, driven 50 watts out of the ... Read More
01/24/2009 | WB3IGR

The second day of the contest we operated WB3IGR (fixed) from FM18xs. Between the football games, I guess we did ok. I added 903 to the station this year, bands 6 meters through 1296. Operators Bill, WF1L and George, WB3IGR. Read More
01/23/2009 | WB3IGR/R

This was the first time as a rover. Me and Bill, WF1L has a great time. We went into grids FN20, FN10, and FM19. Bands were 6 meters through 1296. Didn't have much of a plan and the score was low, but we still had fun! We plan on doing it again, maybe ... Read More