04/15/2005 | WB2AMU For the past five years, it has always snowed on the weekend of the January VHF contest here in Long Island, New York. Of course, being the ham radio nut that I am, I always go for the single operator portable category where I operate from a hill about seven miles from my home QTH. This year, we had a major blizzard that began about two hours before the start of the contest. I ran up to the hill to get about 45 minutes of operating before I decided that four inches on the ground was a signal that it was time to leave. We waited out the storm which dropped about 15 inches of snow and then went back to the hill on Sunday afternoon to take pictures and to work what we could. Six Meters was pretty quiet but there was some tropo enhancements on Two Meters that was fun. Maybe next year, the trend will break with rain instead! -- WB2AMU