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12/26/2004 | N9TTX
Well the Second year of operating the 160 Meter contest. Last year I tossed up the homebrew vertical, but his year due to weather and work conditions and schedules I did not tear down one setup and put up another, so I used the G5RV as the standard di... Read More
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12/26/2004 | N9TTX
I can tell over the last three years that my operating skills are getting better. 2002 was filled with people. I could not find a decent open area to run until after 28.650, and most people I could hear I was able to work though I was not used to pic... Read More
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12/25/2004 | WA1MKE
I have participated in the ten meter contest most years since the 1970's. This one has to be the worst from a propagation point of view. I heard no Europeans. This was mostly a north south event from my vantage point in 9 land. Only TX and FL were i... Read More
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12/23/2004 | N1XIH/7
Following a telephone call and email to Dan N1ND at ARRL Headquaters on the Thursday I flew from London, England to Portland, Oregon arriving on the Friday evening. I wanted to take part in the contest from Seaside OR. Thinking that it would help in m... Read More
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12/22/2004 | N7IV
My goodness, this year's contest was hard work in ND. The propagation up here was really strange and interesting with very FB paths to the Southern Hemisphere and very marginal paths everywhere else. I called lots of you folks with little effect; kin... Read More
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12/21/2004 | KI0F
Well its December now and I have another November SS memory to file away. For myself one of the ops at KI0F this year it was a great time. It was a privilege for me to be invited to operate the contest and then be able to write about it here. It was g... Read More
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12/20/2004 | NX5M
We could have gone qrt for the last 3 hours of the contest. Less than 20 qsos were logged between 2100z and 2359z Sunday.
Five minutes before the start of the contest there were very few signals on the band. But once 0000z hit there was certainly lif... Read More -
12/20/2004 | W1AJT/VE3
This was my first 10m contest and with a new rig (TS-480SAT) and Hamstick (7 foot mobile vertical) antenna clamped to my balcony railing in downtown Toronto. Well the rig desperately needs the optional I/F filter. I had to constantly play with the fi... Read More
