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11/20/2008 | KI9A
Had a blast, only spent about 17 hours on, but managed over 1000 QSO's, and a sweep. Equipment is ICOM 756Pro3, Heath SB1000 @ 700 watts, an open wire fed 135' long dipole at 50', Cushcraft A3 tribander @ 25', and a GAP Voyager vertical for the low ban... Read More
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11/20/2008 | K8DV
This years marks our first somewhat serious attempt at participating in November Sweep Stakes!
It all came together by a comment made at FD this past June by AA8MC who said he always wanted to do something for SS. From there we started talking about... Read More -
11/20/2008 | WD8BCS
Used a balloon lifted half wave "vertical" for 80 meters, and a trap vertical for the other bands. Had to struggle with rain, snow and winds that pushed the antenna into more of an "L" configuration, but I believe it worked well anyway. Thanks to Bob ... Read More
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11/20/2008 | AJ4JD
This was my first time contesting in the November Sweeps. I only worked it for a few hours but had a lot of fun nonetheless. I will definitely work it again come next November. Hopefully the exchange required won't be as bad next time.
73 and Happy DX... Read More -
11/19/2008 | KI6VC
SweepStakes is the most challenging contest of the season with a real exchange. Propagation this year was only marginally better then CQP but still better. Here are a few random thoughts I had during the fray:
My apologies to the 11 ops I bad mouthe... Read More -
11/19/2008 | KA3JLW
My first serious contest effort and to quote a prior post - what a BLAST!!!
I set goals and PVRC encouraged me to set them higher. I beat even those goals. Almost got the sweep (76) and more importantly, learned a few things that will really help nex... Read More -
11/19/2008 | KB1NRB
What a BLAST!!! My first sweepstakes,and i worked 65 sections. rig is a Yaesu 857 feeding a g5rv @25'.. It was great to hear stations up and down all bands from 20 - 80 meters. Completely a search and pounce effort here. worked 45 states in under 24hrs... Read More
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11/19/2008 | W1CRS
The W1CRS (Connecticut Radio Society) 2008 SSB Sweepstakes Multi Op operation was conceived when my main rig did not return from the repair shop and I did not want to do another contest with my FT-897D.
When I mentioned my dilemma to Bob, W1RPG, he sa... Read More
