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  • This picture shows my little radio active family.
DJ1AA myself OP Mirko, Beate and our son Farin with
age 1 1/2 year.

    12/13/2005 | DJ1AA

    Hi all,

    please find below my final result in the ARRL 10m contest.
    From my point of view I got only very weak signals. No
    USA and no Canadian calls in the log. I live in north
    west Germany with location about 70km south of Hanover
    city (Expo 2000) with... Read More

  • Do you think is posible a good performance with children around the shack?. For it, the contest I prefer for now are in low bands (They are sleeping, hi).

    12/13/2005 | EA7NW

    Hello guys:

    Worse condx than ever in this contest (that I remember). With my rotary dipole tribander and 100 watts, only few openings to central europe saturday morning and USA sunday afternoon, but only to 2 states (FL, VA). At 16 utc, band dead, and ... Read More

  • 12/13/2005 | AB2IW

    Well, that was fun... QRP again from ENY.. No one from EU or AS.
    Managed 54 Q's w/ 23 mults. Only 6 DX. May be enough for something...
    Thanks to all who heard my sig from NY. I'll see you all next year.
    73 AB2IW Mark Read More

  • 12/13/2005 | KX1G

    That was one of the more interesting 10m contests. I had put in only a token effort the past two years, but decided to give it a serious effort this year. I was rewarded by being there for a short but good opening on Saturday, and then a longer opening... Read More

  • 12/12/2005 | N4XML

    The year was 1989 and the ink was not even dry on my Novice ticket when my Elmer, Scottie Lawrence K4SL (previously AA4LY) suggested I enter the Novice Roundup contest, so I did, and only having my license for 30 days finished Section Leader in S.C. I... Read More

  • 12/12/2005 | N4XU

    Operated CW only, low power (100 watts). Used my backup radio, a Kenwood TS2000, utilizing the internal ATU into a 40 meter rotatable dipole at 60-ft. Unfortunately, the tri-band yagi "bit the dust", so had to resort to whatever was available. Managed ... Read More

  • 12/12/2005 | N1YZ

    This is the first contest I've participated in where I submitted a log. It was worked entirely mobile while Christmas shopping. While only 34 stations were worked, 15 states and one Canadian province-- at times it was at the rate of one a minute and t... Read More

  • 12/12/2005 | W8DO

    Obviously propagation was not good for us in the Great Lakes area. There were many surprises, especially the wide open conditions around noon Sunday. Everything was booming in, including ZL to EA8 during a six hour hot spot. The TH-11 and Icom ProI... Read More

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