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  • <i>Control head for custom control system</i>

    01/24/2006 | N5AC

    PLAN B

    My 2003 Avalanche suffered a meltdown just before the holidays in December and the 4x4 transfer case died. A replacement was not available, so I got a rental car until it could be fixed. Just a week before the contest, I was notified that my Ava... Read More

  • Map showing the location of QRP portable operation from Mt Herman, DM79mb, Colorado.

    01/23/2006 | K0NR

    For the fourth year in a row, I did a backpack QRP portable operation from one of the local mountaintops, Mt Herman (DM79mb). This year the trail was covered by 6 inches of snow which made for some slow going up the mountain. It also supplied a very pr... Read More

  • After 4 hurricanes, new antennas were put up. 20M Monobander, 6M7, 222-5WL, 2M5WL and 2nd 6M7. Small tower has 21 over 21 on 432Mhz, and 45 el Loopers for 1296 and 2304 and a 902Mhz antenna.

    01/23/2006 | KC4PX

    One can realize that this IS the "bottom" of the sun spot cycle and conditions on 6 meters alone was as poor as one could expect. My XYL was happy to see this because the house was full of visiting relatives. As for the weather, beautiful 80 deg Florid... Read More

  • The W6GMT/R on a hill over looking Edwards Air Force Base in DM15 Mountians in Back are the Tehachapi Mountians

    01/23/2006 | W6GMT/R

    The W6GMT/R started the contest in CM97 from an overview off Interstate 5 in a lite rain. We traveled 675 miles activated 9 Grids on both sides of the Tehachapi Mountians and ended at the home QTH on DM05 with 231 contacts. I ran alone using my FT-84... Read More

  • 01/23/2006 | W8JWN

    I tried SO2R, low power for the first time. Well, that experiment lasted only one hour! I wasted the first hour trying to decode with the second radio, my old TS-830S, on 15 meters. I must have called some guys 10-20 times and never made a contact! ... Read More

  • 01/23/2006 | WA1RKS

    Another SS has come and gone,and a dismal one at that. I can see by just the few postings here already that I was not the only one to think so. My score from last year was down abt 500 points, tho I did improve my 432 contacts by 1 ! Salute! Band condi... Read More

  • Wade Norris K5WPN/AAA6OK

    01/23/2006 | K5WPN

    Well other Jan contest under our belts. I did notice a very low amount of station here in the Oklahoma area in the contest. If it was not for several of my ham freinds going rover it would realy been bad, So I wished to thanks KD5CLK Tony, KD5TDK Chris... Read More

  • The operating position. Made more comfortable this year by the addition of a rotor control instead of 'armstrong'  antenna pointing.

    01/23/2006 | N6VMO

    Once again I operated from the Satellite Amateur Radio Club site in CM94sp in Single OP High Power category on 50, 144, 902 and 1296.

    Equipment used on 2M and 23cM:
    Kenwood TS-790A with
    TE Systems 1452G 350W 2M amplifier and
    1x17el M2 2M5WL. 23cM with... Read More

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