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12/08/2008 | VE3CUI
Well, talk about feeling absolutely, 101%, STOOOOOPID...!
On the last day of the contest, at around 10:50AM, I told my XYL that I was going to take a break from decorating our Christmas tree, and excused myself to the shack to see how the daylight prop... Read More -
12/08/2008 | K6EI
I had fun running QRP and beat my personal record in terms of total QSOs in the contest, although my multipliers and total score were less than last year. Working stations east of the Mississippi was a real challenge this year with only Wisconsin and ... Read More
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12/08/2008 | KA0P
Was on for a short bit using my FT-757, and 70 ft random wire with tuner. I was able to work 14 sections. Looking for next year to have up a quarter wave wire, which should be a bit better.
73, Dave Read More -
12/08/2008 | NZ1U
I had the thrill and privilege of operating this year for the first time from the contest station of KB1H using the local Barnstormers Contest Group call NZ1U from CT. We operated multi-op with myself, W1WBB, doing the lion share of the operating and ... Read More
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12/08/2008 | AA0CX
Score not bad considering 100 watts into a gutter/drainpipe antenna on my apartment building, and having to take a break Saturday for dialysis (I'm getting a kidney transplant next month!) I loved the contest, it was my first ARRL 160 Meter CW. Oh, yo... Read More
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12/08/2008 | N1BUG
I'm not sure if that was fun or torture! I'm usually of the "life's too short for QRP" mindset, but I decided to try the single op QRP category this year.
Being QRP I did mostly S&P. I got a lot of practice sending my callsign and "5NN ME"! I found I c... Read More -
12/07/2008 | KB7Q
A front was rolling through Montana, so I appeased the wind gods by spending Thursday up at the cabin rigging a poor approximation of an inverted 'L'. It turns out I was just able to fly the balloon vertical and keep it out of the trees. Friday was gre... Read More
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12/07/2008 | WD5BJT
My log shows 155 Q's in casual operating this year. Conditions on the Mississippi Gulf Coast were good this weekend. Power line noise did plague me at times, so a call to the local electric power company is in order.
Working off and on, with the assist... Read More
