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02/15/2003 | K5ZD

No Lab-NF section. Kept looking and hoping for VO1MP, but no luck.

This contest was a blast for the first 11 hours. After that, it was
just a grind. Which seems strange since conditions and activity were
the best I have heard in a long time. Must ... Read More
02/06/2003 | N8ZM

Our first January contest from our favorite hilltop in EN80. No longer running Field Day style (generator, tents, no A/C or heat) now that we have real 200 Amp service installed. Three 1500 watt heaters plus the exhaust from the amps and we were toasty... Read More
02/06/2003 | KB1JFC

This was my first contest ever and I really liked it. I liked the fact that nobody I contacted was in a rush. I was using my normal key which is a J. H. Bunnell that I got from a box in the cellar of this great surplus electronics place that used to be... Read More
02/06/2003 | N6NB

I know this sounds a little crazy, but I drove my van almost 7,000 miles (from California to the northeast and back) in the middle of a cold, snowy winter just to for the 2003 January VHF contest.
The station worked fine during the long trip... Read More
02/04/2003 | K0NR

The weather has been so unusually warm here in Colorado, I decided to combine hiking and radio operating for the January VHF contest. On Saturday afternoon, I hiked to the summit of Mount Herman, a reasonably small peak (DM79, 9063 feet in elevation) w... Read More
02/03/2003 | WA5TKU

This is my first VHF contest in several years. It was good to hear all the new local activity. In general conditions were like I remembered for a January contest, bands were pretty dead. Noise level on 6 was 20 over with the noise blanker and agains... Read More
01/31/2003 | WA0VSW

Thanks to Steve KB8SCI, my only contact, for making SKN memorable! Read More
01/30/2003 | KQ6EE

I had so much fun on vhf/uhf contest. On Jan 18,19, I hike up San Gabriel Peak which is 6000+ feet above sea level. I packup my FT-817, IC-T81A, dual beam antenna and mag. mount. I didn't do much on Saturday because I went to school. I did a lot con... Read More