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01/30/2006 | KC2IRO/7
I operated this contest from BP72 in Glennallen, Alaska. I had 5 watts on 6 meters, 10 watts on 2-meter, and 350mW on 446 FM. Unfortunately even some of the "close" stations were difficult to get, and even 6-meter CW wasn't going very far. Local noi... Read More
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01/29/2006 | WD0ACD
Ahhh....Christmas Break..... Hey! Why not add a couple more bands to the ACD rover-mobile for the January Contest.....Gee, if it was only that simple!
We all know the rest of this story: My wife Karla - N5KUR, my roving partner Joe - K5FOG, and I wor... Read More -
01/29/2006 | KI7JA
The Camp at 3200 Feet in CN94, Central Oregon, with about 1.5" of snow. Temperature got down to +17degrees F Saturday night. I had 2M, 222, and 432 on one pole, 6m on another pole, and 1296 was on a 1" piece of conduit stuck in a stump. Band conditi... Read More
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01/29/2006 | KB0HH
Conditions seemed rather poor during the contest. We did manage a few scatter QSOs on 6 meters though. The 1296 amp lost all it's internal smoke early in the contest, they don't work well after their smoke gets out. Many thanks to the ops who found ... Read More
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01/29/2006 | W4SHG
Well it was time again for the January VHF Sweepstakes. Its now 2006 and I have things ready a week in advance for a change. I just received some nice new HEMT preamps for my 3.456 and 5.760 microwave gear as I found myself in the basement with the sol... Read More
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01/28/2006 | K3PX
Once again, I enjoyed Straight Key Night for the New Year - 2006. I made 30 enjoyable QSO's, all on 40 meters. I worked as far north as VE1DY, Nova Scotia, VE9CQ, New Brunswick, as far south as KP2HC, U.S. Virgin Islands and several western states. I h... Read More
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01/28/2006 | AC4FS
This was my first Straight Key Night. I had been preparing for it for several months, brushing up on my Morse code sending and copying abilities. I had also been pushing this in our local club, in hopes I'd get a few other members to participate (I a... Read More
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01/28/2006 | VE3WMB
I only made 4 SKN contacts but I had a blast as usual. It was great to hear so many SKN stations on the air. To key my K1, I used a Cold War Era Swedish Army Straight Key that was given to my by some Swedish friends. This key is simply wonderful. The h... Read More
