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01/25/2006 | KM5VI
KM5VI and N5LYG ventured to the park for a little 10m activity. The bands where better than we expected. We mustered about 597 q's on 3 dipoles for 117,944 points. We had 1 10m dipole @ 80', a 10m sterba (that rocked) @ 65' and a 10-80m folded dipole @... Read More
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01/25/2006 | K6 ILM
Decided to try multiple rigs for first time in 51 years. No luck with 1929 hartley & Gross Eagle combo or Hallicrafters SR-75 tranceiver, a little better with Lettine 240 & National FB-7 combo, as well as Ameco AC-1 & National SW-3 combo, then gangbus... Read More
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01/25/2006 | KL7UW
Very Nice turnout by Alaskans for their third VHF contest. I estimate over 34 stations with most activity on 144-MHz FM simplex. Bands from 6m thru 33cm were activated this contest.
My plans to rover to Homer, AK on a 1100-foot ridge were cancelled ... Read More -
01/25/2006 | KD4MCA
I began this contest with high hopes, and while my score was not what I wanted it to be (rotor failure, poor propagation, etc) my high hopes were fulfilled by the operators I ran into on the bands.
Murphy started off with a bang, keeping me at work l... Read More -
01/24/2006 | K1DS/ROVER
Had the best Jan VHF contest ever from the roverthis was the first mild weather January contest weekend weve ever had. Completed about 600 QSOs and 70+ grid mults. It was a pleasure to be able to set up the antennas and attach the cables without frozen... Read More
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01/24/2006 | N6ZE/ROVER
This year's VHF SS operations were different than for the past few years:
At work, I operated from 1700 - 2400 UTC on Saturday on 2.5 meters at 38,000 ft. (Oops, can't count that!)
When driving home from LAX airport, I made some QSOs on 6,2,70 from DM0... Read More -
01/24/2006 | W5UWB
Please - lets schedule next years 'test during the OFF
week between the NFL Divisional Playoffs and the SuperBowl.
I love the contests but NFL football takes precedence!
73 - John Read More -
01/24/2006 | VE3WCC/R
Great contest! Only operated for 6 hours Saturday evening but managed to operate from FN14,FN15,FN24,FN25 and make 75 QSO's with a total claimed score of 2320.
Antennas were loops on 144/222/432 and verticles on 50/902/1296.
Luckily the snow stopped a ... Read More
