2005 ARRL August UHF Contest
Two weeks prior to this contest,, I was going full speed ahead with testing all the new changes to 222/432 & 1296... Everything looked good...August rolls around and 432 & 1296 appear to have problems... Not good...It wouldn't be until a week after the contest that I finally get 432 back up to 100%...1296 is still messed up...
Contest Day:::
I found very little activity out there... Even running high power
on 222 & 432 resulted in very low numbers... I heard a rumor the
NLRS would have several rovers out.. I even talked to a few base
stations that had worked some of them... I however heard none of them
on Saturday,, and only one on Sunday... Given the very limited amount of time I was on both days really shows in my score... And it wouldn't be fair for me to descibe band conditions... I'll leave that to those who contested throughout the entire time..Well it's time to get things ready for the Sept. vhf contest... So much to do and so little time... It will be a miracle if everything is up and running by then...73's for now from Dan ,,, NRW,,, en41go,,,Iowa -- N0URW
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