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  • The interior was very comfortable!

    06/24/2007 | K4VRC

    K4VRC, The Villages Amateur Radio Club and the Sumter ARES did a joint Field Day and had use of the Sumter County, Florida Mobile Operations Center which includes 2 amateur operating positions when it is used in emergency operation. We had full use of... Read More

  • It rained...and then it rained some more...and then...

    06/24/2007 | W9ILF

    Ivin W9ILF and I were holed up at Johnson County Park near Franklin Indiana,
    which is 20 minutes away from my home. We left my house loaded for Field
    Day at about 1PM. We got a late start because it was raining..and we were
    waiting for it to stop ... Read More

  • The 2m antenna was first to go up, then blew down three times.  The damaged antenna still worked well.

    06/22/2007 | KI7JA

    This was one of the most difficult, most destructive contests I have ever operated in. I had a difficult time finding a location to operate from as SOLP in DN03 (S.E. Oregon) after the original location didn't pan out. It was about 8:30 pm when I fou... Read More

  • Dick, AI3M, at 432 MHz position, passing a distant grid down to 6m.

    06/21/2007 | W3SO

    GRID: FN00sn, ARRL-SECTION: WPA, CATEGORY:MULTI-LIMITED

    OPERATORS: W3BTX, K4VV, WR3Z, W3IDT, AI4M, W3YOZ

    SOAPBOX: With just six operators and 50, 144, 222, and 432 MHz bands
    being open simultaneously, for long periods of time the Wopsononock Mountaint... Read More

  • 06/20/2007 | N3AWS

    Planning for this contest began while I was deployed to Qatar from early January through late May 2007. I had two jobs while deployedStaff Radiologist and Medical Operations Flight Commanderleaving little time for ham radio or any other outside intere... Read More

  • Temporary Station in the kitchen:
6m: IC-551 + TE Systems 0510G, 2m: IC-251 + Heathkit VL2280

    06/19/2007 | KD0Q

    Temporary station and limited operating time resulted in 35 grid squares from the cornfields of EN32! Read More

  • 06/19/2007 | KI7BP

    This year Gary KB7QFE and Ted KI7BP worked the contest from grid
    DN 15 on the Idaho/ Oregon border overlooking Hells Canyon and the snake river. the seven Devils wilderness area at an Elv. of 8,244 ft.

    the band conditions were poor at best, but the v... Read More

  • 06/18/2007 | N0EDV

    As usual, I operated portable from EN67. This year was different since my long-time second op (AI9Z, ex-KB9IQR) couldn't make it this year. I struggled to set up the antennas on Saturday as the wind was blowing from the SSW at about 40 knots. Sunday... Read More

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