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07/15/2003 | KF4KWO
Made my first real homebrew antenna for this contest - a monoband dipole for 10. I made 5 QSO's with South American stations in 30 minutes, but conditions were really bad. Since the HTX-10 is my only rig right now, I hung it up and decided to try aga... Read More
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07/15/2003 | N7JI
Wow, what a Field Day!
Between having a job end due to plant closure, looking for a new one, having a sick wife and toddler, recovery from a week-long business trip to the east coast, and a complete lack of planning, I was truly amazed to find any ope... Read More -
07/15/2003 | N1IST
I only got a few hours to participate in between trips to the mall
(why do they insist on running sales in the middle of a contest :-)
I'm a casual contester - a TS50 into a beat-up R7. The bands were
quite poor for most of the day on Saturday, though... Read More -
07/15/2003 | KH6SH/K7
On Thursday evening before the contest, an out-of-control wildfire started on our mountain that garnered my attention all evening longand it proved to be a factor for several days. An evacuation of our neighborhood was ordered by 0330 local on Friday ... Read More
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07/15/2003 | KG6RJ
I had actually forgotten about the contest until late Friday evening. I had spent the day Friday scavenging parts from my old R5 vertical to repair a bad trap on a second-hand R7 and the subsequent tuning. While checking the SWR, I heard another stat... Read More
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07/15/2003 | W1NRG
This year, I had the opportunity to operate FD with the Meriden Amateur Radio Club for the first time in many years.
We operated 2F from the Wallingford, CT, Civil Preparedness building, which is where the club holds its meetings. Our 2F entry was a d... Read More -
07/15/2003 | KC4PX
The June VHF Contest from EL98QG in Florida reminded me of my Contest Days in New Jersey, the VHF Alley of the North East. During the first four (4) hours of the contest, 6 meter contacts resulted in a run rate of 100+ per hour. Florida was open to the... Read More
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07/15/2003 | W5TQ
Field Day 2003 brought a triumphant end to a quest that began just prior to Field Day 2002. Mitch London, KD5HCV and Alan Russell, no call, had the idea to make contacts using a longwire antenna hung from a weather balloon that Russell had had for many... Read More
