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01/24/2006 | K3UHF/R
January 2006 contest Notes:
After taking a year off from roving I was excited about doing it again. I re-invented the roof rack system to a five foot tall and more stout aluminum vertical frame in combination with fiberglass cross booms purchased on e... Read More -
01/24/2006 | W9SZ
This was an unique contesting experience for me. I left home at 5:30 AM on Sunday, got to my hilltop at 6:30 AM and was set up by 7:30 AM. Temperature was a little below freezing and everything was covered with frost. The view was breathtaking and s... Read More
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01/24/2006 | KQ6EE
KQ6EE was at the top of San Gabriel Peak(6161') above Pasadena, CA. I only operated for couple hours only on Sunday. It was pretty windy and cold. I didn't want to be frozen to death. That's why I hiked down before noon. I bring all my ht and FT-8... Read More
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01/24/2006 | F6IRF
After the disapointing 2005 attempt (did not manage to enter the top-ten in HP category), I decided to try something else... so why not LP; better be at max allowed power in LP than at 1/3 of the max allowed HP power!
Started on 20m, but the band was... Read More -
01/24/2006 | KA7RRA
I was in 2 contest this weekend,The VHF sweepstakes and the NAQP! I had the TS-2000 set up for VHF and 6 meters And the IC-7000 for HF
I was using the HALO antenna's and my coax cable was short by about 3 feet,so I had to move the TS-2000 closer to... Read More -
01/24/2006 | N5AC
PLAN B
My 2003 Avalanche suffered a meltdown just before the holidays in December and the 4x4 transfer case died. A replacement was not available, so I got a rental car until it could be fixed. Just a week before the contest, I was notified that my Ava... Read More -
01/23/2006 | K0NR
For the fourth year in a row, I did a backpack QRP portable operation from one of the local mountaintops, Mt Herman (DM79mb). This year the trail was covered by 6 inches of snow which made for some slow going up the mountain. It also supplied a very pr... Read More
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01/23/2006 | KC4PX
One can realize that this IS the "bottom" of the sun spot cycle and conditions on 6 meters alone was as poor as one could expect. My XYL was happy to see this because the house was full of visiting relatives. As for the weather, beautiful 80 deg Florid... Read More
