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  • The new W0JT/R station in my driveway just before the start of the contest.

    10/17/2002 | W0JT/R

    I hadn't been out as a rover in 2 years, and decided to hit it really
    hard this time. Unfortunately, Murphy decided to ride along in the
    passenger's seat (uninvited, of course), and things didn't work out
    anywhere near the way I planned. You can read... Read More

  • 144 FM Beam Pointing to Atlanta

    10/09/2002 | W4EUH

    Again, I enjoyed another VHF contest operating from my North GA QTH.
    My goal is usually to just to try to beat the prior years score after some sort of improvement. That goal was not meant to be this year.
    Conditions were never exciting. Always good t... Read More

  • After 15 years in ham radio it is nice to finally have a tilt over crank up tower. After this contest the Cubex 2el tri-band Hf quad goes back up and its back to HF DXing. 73  Tony

    10/07/2002 | KC4AUF

    This years Sept.QSO Party contest was especially meaningfull to me because it included two of the students from my Wednesday night "Elmer Hour" class I teach,Dave Keifer N4DWK and Parke Slater N4KFT.They too are from the centeral Virginia area and repr... Read More

  • LOOKING EAST TO PITTSBURGH YOU CAN SEE THE CITY BUILDINGS!

    10/06/2002 | W3KWH

    FUN AS USUAL. WE FINALLY PULLED OUT SOME OF THE AMPS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED SINCE THE MID 90'S AND THEY WORKED. THE BEST WAS FIRING UP THE JOHNSON THUNDERBOLT FOR 2 METERS HITTIN' THE SWITCH AND SEEING IT PLAY AGAIN. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE OLD TS-820... Read More

  • The set up at K1TR FN42BU, 2290' Pack Monadnock Mtn.

    10/04/2002 | K1TR

    Expected high winds from tropical storm Hannah kept me from
    original destination (Mt. Washington) so I did a little hilltopping
    on Saturday from Pack Monadnock Mtn, NH. Had some fun and got
    home before the rains. Read More

  • KF8QL/R and K8DOG set up in EN72.  Log Ant. for 6/2/220, smYagi for 432, Loopers for 903/1296

    09/26/2002 | KF8QL/R

    KF8QL/R would like to thank all the Great Lakes Ops that worked us. Bob, K8DOG and I especially want to thank K2YAZ for all those microwave contacts, and the great coffee while we visited. Nice shack Bob! No help from propogation this year around th... Read More

  • 09/25/2002 | KK1L

    I picked a great contest to try SO2R for the first time. I would have surely
    fallen asleep had it not been for the second radio! Yikes who turned off the
    ionosphere?

    I thought I would use the second rig barefoot...just an all band vertical + poor
    band ... Read More

  • Early morning rigging of one of the aerial arrays aboard the trawler BUMPS prior to departure.

    09/23/2002 | N2MO

    Many enjoyed the second expedition this year welcoming OMARC, N2MO members to participate in a 24+ hour high seas adventure to activate rare Grid Square FM-39 in the VHF/UHF contest from the vessel BUMPS belonging to fellow club member Edward Thomas N2... Read More

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