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  • 12/16/2005 | NP2KW

    It was cruel and unusual punishment on friday evening to hear all the stations warming up before the contest,..then total silence when the clock struck 0000 hrs. The band didn't open till 17 or 1800z saturday.
    Lots of USA and Canada. Seemed like the wh... Read More

  • 12/15/2005 | PY1WX

    HI ALL ...


    Running 5 watts into my MA5B,this years no propagation in PY1 ( very closed !)
    no Asia and Oceania, but ... good conditions from central / norte america.
    73 for all
    Thanks to all and see you in next year.
    PY1WX - Junior

    QRP 5W / MA5B Cushcr... Read More

  • 12/15/2005 | KD2MX

    This was my first 10-meter contest. Having been off the air for many years, and reading about the sunspot doldrums, I expected the worst for band conditions. I was pleasantly surprised...

    I didn't hear much Friday night but the band stayed open well ... Read More

  • Zdenek, OK1DFC, new 33 dish used to conquer the first place on 1296 MHz single operator assisted class

    12/15/2005 | OK1DFC

    During the first leg of the ARRL EME I was QRV on 1296 MHz all the time. I only missed the last 2 and a half hours of Saturday-Sunday due to a strong wind storm. Conditions during the first night were very strange; my own echoes were weaker than usual.... Read More

  • 12/15/2005 | NX5M

    Well first off, late afternoon Friday I got sick with a stomach virus....chills,
    fever and within two hours of the contest I was in the boys room radiating in
    both directions (if you know what I mean). This kept me out of the shack the
    first night (ex... Read More

  • 12/14/2005 | N4TP

    N4TP is one of the two callsigns of the Tampa Amateur Radio Club, having acquired it upon our merger with the Tampa Bay Amateur Radio Society. The other, W4DUG, has been TARC's club call since the 1930's. We are blessed with a self-contained clubhous... Read More

  • 12/14/2005 | LR5U

    Left:LU6UO, center:LU7EE, right: me....Lot of fun at LU1UG club station, nice and warm people. Poor conditions, band dead for EU almost all the time, not to say to JA... Short but good openings for USA on LU afternoon/evening. As usual many more people... Read More

  • 12/14/2005 | W1JCJ

    My S.O. thought I was an insane recluse when I mentioned that I would be spending the bulk of the weekend holed-up in the shack. After Friday night's poor conditions and few QSO's, I was beginning to agree and thought about yielding to the pressure to ... Read More

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