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  • Bunkhouse, Towers, and Antennas on a Sunny Day. L to R, 2m tower, 6 meter tower, UHF tower, Internet and Telephone tower
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    01/26/2007 | KB0HH

    What a contest! Ice, snow, frozen tower bearings, operators and rovers snowed in at home, good food, and good company! Our score was decient thanks to good local propagation on 2 meters and some good skip to the northeast and east on 6 meters. The UH... Read More

  • W6FT and KG6LRX setting up the 2m beam.

    01/26/2007 | N6NA

    The River City Amateur Radio Communications Society operated the January 2007 VHF Sweepstakes from a local park in CM98. While the contacts were few, we had an excellent time of fellowship and "playing radio". N6NA operated 2m sideband and simplex al... Read More

  • Homebrew transmitter QRV at the operating desk

    01/26/2007 | AA4LR

    Although last year, I skipped SKN, I found something to inspire me. In my junkbox was the chassis and remnants of a transmitter. This was one of those projects that never quite worked. It had originally been a 6DQ6 oscillator / PA transmitter, but was ... Read More

  • 01/26/2007 | KE4DRN

    No contacts for me on 6m this contest from FM05
    operated sunday afternoon but very quiet band.

    I will have my 6m moxon on a rotor
    along with 2m ssb for the next contest in June.

    Still had some 'fun' taking down my temporary
    mast and moxon during the f... Read More

  • 01/26/2007 | KF2U

    This was my first VHF contest. I put a a 5-el 6M yagi and a 4-el 2M yagi up on the roof 2 days before the contest. Now every ham knows an antennas performance is inversely proportional to the weather you put it up in. With my QTH near Buffalo, NY , on ... Read More

  • 01/25/2007 | W3SO

    W3SO, LM, FN00, WPa section

    6M: 356/56
    2M: 418/61
    222: 110/36
    432: 177/40

    Totals: 1061/193 Score = 260,164

    Operators: AI3M, W3BTX, W3IDT, W3SF, W3YOZ, WR3Z, and K4VV. (All are PVRC members).

    WX not so bad.maybe 1-2" of snow after 4" earlier befor... Read More

  • 01/25/2007 | WA4IIF

    This was my first SKN event, and I enjoyed it greatly. I operate mostly CW, so my CW wasn't rusty, but my straight key fist was! For SKN I used what I think is a Navy flameproof key. (I thought it was an old military key, possibly from an aircraft, but... Read More

  • 01/25/2007 | WA5TMC

    Not bad for 90 minutes total operating time, all on an 80-meter inverted vee up 35 feet! So, is there a trophy for that category or what? Read More

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