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02/06/2006 | KG4LEV
Each year, hams all over get excited about participating in the VHF Contest in January. Thanks to the ARRL for sponsoring such a great event along with many others throughout the year. This year the Western Piedmont Amateur Radio Club (located in Morga... Read More
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02/04/2006 | K7BV
From my perspective, 2006 saw a very typical January VHF SS. I count as norms the following: (1) winter winds = lots of power line noise (2) not one single Sporadic Es opening (3) NFL playoffs on TV competed for potential contacts (4) Murphy arriving f... Read More
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02/04/2006 | W6XD/R
Thanks to everyone who worked us as we moved through 15 grid squares.
This year we stayed in California and limited our total trip to less than two days, starting the contest in Orange County (DM13) at 11 a.m. (PST) Saturday and returning there about... Read More -
02/03/2006 | KA0P
Did not get to operate a lot, but fired up the old HW101 and straight key for 4 nice contacts. Hope to have my old DX-60/Drake 2B ready for next year.
73, Dave KA0P Read More -
02/03/2006 | W3KWH
Very slow contest!!! Propagation was nil. Even normal groundwave was way below normal conditions. Only good thing was there was no snow to keep us from getting to our clubhouse!!! Fun as always though sorry if we missed anyone due to the poor condition... Read More
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02/02/2006 | W8RU
My daughters and I were hoping to get on for "Kids Day" but ended up missing it due to a family get-together. They are at the age where they're curious about what I do on the radio. I invited them to join me during the VHF SS, figuring it would be a ... Read More
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02/01/2006 | N1KPW/ROVER
Well, even though I didn't get to participate as much as I wanted to, due to my work schedule changing I was only on the air for about 8 hours, I still had fun and have to say this was a successful contest for me. First, let me say my Rover station is ... Read More
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02/01/2006 | 9A5CW
Great contest with good activity, congrats to F6IRF for his FB score.
For the first time I have used 2 radio setup, IC735 and TS440s, i had lot of fun playing so2r... The big mistake was that i used old WF1B software which is not good for so2r, 2XPC wi... Read More