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  • 01/20/2009 | N3ALN

    I had a great time participating in the contest as a low power station. This year I added 1296 MHz and 903 MHz and I just got 903 MHz up a few days before the contest date. I observed that there were not the band openings in past contests. I worked a b... Read More

  • One of the 6M antennas on the Ground

    01/20/2009 | K2DRH

    I approached this January VHF Contest with dread. The station was working well except for an intermittent on 6M that worked fine on transmit and would give me a normal SWR, but would attenuate the receive signal about 50% of the time until I transmitt... Read More

  • I did have fun !!!

    01/20/2009 | N8QE

    6 & 2 meter band conditions were really poor for the entire contest. On top of that we had sub zero temperatures, and lots of snow on the ground causing frozen rotor complaints by many. Lots of local Northeast Ohio activity was there. I didn't detect o... Read More

  • In this photo that was taken on Sunday, you can see the three-element Two Meter Yagi that is mounted on a tripod on top of the car roof and the three-element Six Meter Yagi that is inserted into an umbrella stand that is located in front of the car.  Note the large snow flakes that was coming down at the time!

    01/20/2009 | WB2AMU

    For the week prior to this year's event, we had a significant cold spell and some snow here in Long Island in grid FN30. I was glad to see that the temperatures moderated a bit to 20 degrees by Saturday for my QRP portable effort on a nearby 250 foot ... Read More

  • 01/20/2009 | KC2QZF/R

    KC2QZF/R worked as a limited rover in Western NY Section. We traveled to 6 grids and worked several additional. Thanks to Gary N2WLS my co-pilot, 2M op, and ace logger who managed to keep up thru a couple of (almost) pile-ups. Thanks to Kevin K9KVN for... Read More

  • My mug.

    01/20/2009 | K7CW

    Hello Everyone. I enjoyed working many of you in the contest. I also had fun in this contest. One negative thing was that the appearance of the sun brought on the powerline noise with it. Fortunately, it was narrow pulse stuff and my noise blanker took... Read More

  • 01/19/2009 | 4A1DXXE

    Starting the year contesting and using a very "different" call, celebrating our 4th. Anniversary of Grupo DXXE http://www.dxxe.org and looking for the triple Play Award on mind, starting with the RTTY part.
    Tnx for all the Q's and the fun , great F... Read More

  • Larry, W8WR, works with a Scout on 40 meters.

    01/18/2009 | N8MA

    In October 2008, the Montcalm Area Amateur Radio Club (N8MA) hosted Jamboree on the Air. Four troops in Michigan attended from Mount Pleasant, Cedar Springs, Lakeview, and Jenison. We had scouts talk on the air, in which we got to meet hams of all ages... Read More

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