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  • 06/21/2008 | KC8KSK

    I was on vacation with my family in northern Georgia EM74 and I operated QRP portable during the contest. Equipment used was a FT-817 radio, MFJ 903 tuner, P1 portable vertical antenna mounted on a camera tripod for 6, and an AH-510R BNC vertical ante... Read More

  • Water drops on the beams. Sunday morning wet weather in New England

    06/20/2008 | K1PU

    My second entry into this contest (2007 effort was a last minute QRP setup with 6 meter dipole and a "el cheap-o" beam for 2m/432).
    Saturday conditions where not stelar, but not without a surprise or two.
    Gave me a chance to fine tune some things and h... Read More

  • Traming the multiband looper array
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    06/19/2008 | K0MHC

    What started out as a test of station upgrades soon escalated into a wild and memorable contest event. I was finally ready to turn on the transceiver at 2300Z only to discover that it was near the end of an aurora opening. I picked up 5 AU stations via... Read More

  • 06/19/2008 | KA3ZLS

    Had alot of fun during this contest. I was actually able to get off of work on time on Saturday to be home for the beginning of the contest but had to shut everything down for a couple of hours on Saturday evening due to thunderstorms. 6 meters wasn'... Read More

  • 06/19/2008 | KI7BP

    Thanks to all that worked us in SE. Oregon. An area called the Trout Creek Mts, elv. of 5,200ft, near the White Horse Ranch. Grid DN-02. The wx was good and just a great FathersDay weekend. We had the snow caped Steen Mts. to our NW. at 9,500ft. hope ... Read More

  • 06/18/2008 | N9PUZ

    This was the first time I've participated in a VHF contest. Dennis WD9EEK and I operated in Central Illinois as a rover station with pretty modest antennas: We had a 3-element 2 meter beam and a 6 meter dipole. 15 contacts total but an unbelievable amo... Read More

  • Antenna farm

    06/18/2008 | VE3/KC8QVO

    WOW! WOW! WOW!

    What else can I say? This was a really GREAT contest! I worked some spectacular openings and had a blast!

    I operated from EN39 at my family's place on Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada. I have not worked a contest from up there until n... Read More

  • Shack for the contest! K7SMA

    06/18/2008 | K7SMA

    The contest sure started slow on Saturday but Sunday's opening was really a lot of fun. Best score so far, for me from Oregon, especially being stuck down in the Columbia River gorge. I must admit to being tempted to use the newly converted SB201 on 6 ... Read More

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