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  • Hot air balloon floating behind quad.

    02/10/2007 | NX9T

    I was pleasantly surprised with the conditions and activity. While I didn't have a lot of "on the air" time available, I did manage to have a decent outing in mixed mode.

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  • SO2R RTTY setup in a "multi-2" configuration with TX lockout using WriteLog 10.62e/MMTTY/Windows XP-SP2.  Mini-keyboard and trackball plus 19" LCD for each computer/radio.  Three identical labtops networked wireless--one on each Icom Pro2 and a third as a spare with a back-up copy of the log.  JPS NIR-12 DSP audio filter, iBox audio/RFI isolation, parallel Hal DXP38 and MMTTY decoders on each radio.  Bose QC-2 headphones with audio from each NIR-12 in respective ear.  Alpha 87A and 86 amps, ICE 419A bandpass filters, Dunestar bandpass filter on the three Beverages, SixPak and StackMatch antenna switches.

    02/04/2007 | P49X

    1558 unique call signs in this log ... RTTY contesting just continues to grow. Thanks for all the QSOs and QSYs and multi-band contacts. Looking forward to having 10 meters as a fifth band in the future. Only 16 10-meter QSOs this year on Sunday mid... Read More

  • The perfect opening on a cab-merlot box for a mag-mount.

    02/04/2007 | WS7V

    This was my first participation in a VHF contest. I have no VHF rigs, so W7MY prepared and loaned me a plastic milk crate, which contained four portable radios, one each for 50, 144, 222, and 902 mhz. The antennas were vertical whips. I was having diff... Read More

  • This photo, taken at the Madera grid convergence, shows (from left) N6NB/R, W6YLZ/R, W6TE/R and KG6TOA/R.

    02/03/2007 | N6NB/R

    These rover expeditions seem to keep growing. This time four stations roved together from Orange County, California, to the College City grid convergence northwest of Sacramento. We had W6TE and WA6LUT, KG6TOA and KI6AAY, W6YLZ (roving without a seco... Read More

  • Federal Tel/Mackay Radio FT-106 Ship radio console at KYVM/K6YVM with Gary, WA6KCP, tuning the Scott HF receiver.  The HF transmitter is above.  In the center is the MF transmitter, and battery controls; to the right is the antenna switch, station clock, and emergency MF receiver (crystal set).  The main MF receiver, and Auto Alarm units are just visible at the right.

    02/02/2007 | K6YVM

    Gary Elliott, WA6KCP, and Steve Hawes, WB6UZX, of the Red Oak Victory Amateur Radio Club operated SKN from the radio room of the SS Red Oak Victory using the original 1944 Federal Tel/Mackay radio equipment and the main antenna on the ship, a 130-foot ... Read More

  • 02/01/2007 | WA2BTR

    This was my first semi-serious attempt from home (FN20) at a VHF contest. Up to this point I have generally contested from my cabin in Maine (FN54) on a few bands with marginal results. Finally assembled all the parts necessary to get on through 1296... Read More

  • 02/01/2007 | K8EP

    With great anticipation, the Eastern Panhandle ARC gathered on North Mountain near Martinsburg, WV on September 8th in preparation for the September VHF QSO Party. Even though a couple of our regular participants were not going to be able to make it th... Read More

  • 01/31/2007 | K6VRS

    This was my first SKN that I participated in. I enjoyed it immensely. Signals that I heard were fantastic - - chirps, clix, and drifting. Man, that's real radio!
    The rig I was used was a Johnson Viking Ranger along with my Hallicrafters SX-101... Read More

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