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  • A yellow flambouyant in Puerto Rico. We had temperature around 78 to 80 F during the contest with some rain.

    12/15/2008 | NP3CW

    The 2008 10M contest was very slow on the first 2 hours with only a total of 8 contacts with 5 locals,two PY and only one LU. Silent band after that and went to bed for a nice sleep.Next morning the band started to open mostly to FL and later some from... Read More

  • 12/15/2008 | N7IV

    Saturday evening we had North Dakota weather (minus 15 degrees and 45 mph wind) so I figured it would be good to get into the 10 meter contest. I expected to do a mixed (phone and cw) entry but the band conditions were not compatible with phone operat... Read More

  • 12/15/2008 | WB5R

    I was not able to get the five element monobander up in time for the contest. Did use the tribander. Glad we had an opening on Sunday afternoon. Ten meters is always fun. See you next year! Read More

  • 12/15/2008 | N5PU

    Really enjoyed the small amount of time I had in the test. Glad 10 opened up for a little bit! Wish I had my beam back up! Read More

  • 12/15/2008 | N8QE

    What a pleasant unexpected surprise 10 meters was for the contest. The normally dead band came alive here in Northeast Ohio this weekend on both SSB and CW. Running 100 watts to my Alpha Delta DX-EE dipole at 40 feet I was able to make contacts west to... Read More

  • 12/15/2008 | W8JWA

    Tho I only had 32 QSO's
    I still had fun.I was using a Knwd TS480SAT with a Hygain 18AVS Vertical running 100 watts.Seems like I had a pipeline into Florida!CU next year!73's,Jim Andrews,W8JWA Read More

  • Force 12 C4SXL on 70 ft TriEx LM470D

    12/15/2008 | W1TR

    This was my first time operating the 10 meter contest with a tower and beam. It was quite a different experience using a Force 12 C4SXL on a 70 ft crank-up tower. There was also the matter of the IC-756p3 and the Emtron DX-3 amplifier! Fortunately t... Read More

  • All operators of this weekend; from left to right,
back:JO1LVZ,JF1AKD,JF6DEA,7N1KAE,JA9COB
front:JA1DYB,JH1KRC,JA1FY,JE1OYE
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    12/14/2008 | 8J1AXA

    We took part in 144MHz single band, mixed mode, unassisted, with the 18m diameter commercial parabolic dish, owned by JAXA (Japan Aerospace
    Exploration Agency) gathering 9 operators during the first moon path of the second leg, Saturday, Nov.15 only.

    3... Read More

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