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  • Picture on the 2M Yagi tie strapped to the 6M boom

    09/12/2006 | WA4UJY

    I had not done this in a while and decided that the Sept QSO party would be a great chance to get back in the game. I built home brew 6 meter and 2 meter beams and found a great spot at around 4000 feet on Tray mountain GA (EM84)on the Appalachian trai... Read More

  • Camp Site on Tray Mountain, GA. You can see the 2M Yagi tie strapped to the 6M boom

    09/12/2006 | WA4UJY

    I had not done this in a while and decided that the Sept QSO party would be a great chance to get back in the game. I built home brew 6 meter and 2 meter beams and found a great spot at around 4000 feet on Tray mountain GA on the Appalachian trail . Th... Read More

  • This is a shot of two of the antennas at my portable setup: the three-element Six Meter Yagi and the three-element Two Meter Yagi that I used for 144 and 432 MHz.

    09/12/2006 | WB2AMU

    I operated in the QRP portable category again for this contest from a hill on Long Island, Grid FN30. This was a decent contest for September, although Six Meters suffered with poor conditions overall. No Sporadic-E was observed here at all, so there... Read More

  • The top antenna on my tower is a Cushcraft A449-11S for 70cm. 
The next one is a Cushcraft 148-10S I used for the contest but is in need or serious re-tuning to get down in the lower portion of 2 meters. 
The bottom is a Cushcraft A50-5S for 6 meters, and when I get the 2 meter beam re-tuned I shouldn't have to climb the tower for a few more years, I hope.

    09/12/2006 | NS3M

    I tried to basically get on the air for the June VHF QSO Party, and found that I was limited to 6 meters through the transverter and I didn't have enough drive power to excite the amplifier. I also found that my 2 meter transverter was not operational ... Read More

  • Rig with microwave extension please pass on the left...

    09/12/2006 | K3UHF/R

    Short story:
    Worked from 15 grids, over 600 contacts.

    Long story:
    Got harassed by the national park service ranger who thought I should have a permit to operate a radio in a national park. Or several radios to several antennas on one vehicle. Well I g... Read More

  • trusty rover 6-1296 10gigs

    09/09/2006 | KE4WBO

    Great contest we rovered 12 grids starting in em56 kentucky heading south thru alabama than east to florida ran 2m-1296 low power on loops did my best sunday morning leaving pine level, alabama when i ran into af4od and leapfrogged grids south thu a... Read More

  • Here is my antenna setup.

    09/08/2006 | KQ6EE

    kq6ee was at San Gabriel Peak (6000+')during the Field Day on LOWER POWER. I did most of the UHF and VHF (from 6m to 1.2G). But this time, I brought my HF antenna. Ham Radios are alway fun. Plan for next year already!!!. 73 Read More

  • My temporary Contest QTH - A Spectacular 25 Feet above Football Field Level !

    09/01/2006 | KG6IYN

    After what I thought was a great contest year start in January, I had more than a few unexpected issues passed my way ... Double Whammy for June, having to take care of a family member that was ill and had to assist in some emergency remediation for my... Read More

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