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  • I am the one smiling at the far end (right), with the red shirt. The rest are my fellow fiends members of the Radio Club Grapa. We are a hell of a good team and some are members of AREH and a good hand in case of emergencies.

    07/12/2004 | HR1CP

    Tnx to all the participants in the Contest. It is always a nice experience to meet so many good people doing the same effort. Hamradio is a strong part of my life mainly because the desire to make friends with sane actitud toward life. I have learned a... Read More

  • Darrell, K9AIH contemplating the A-4S, G5RV, and Homebrew 160 meter vertical.

    07/12/2004 | N9TTX

    N9TTX Field Day 2004

    Two "veterans", two "newbies", part-time ops/coaches, four portable towers, scrounged coax, a good generator, lots of aluminum, wire, and steel, and plenty of enthusiasm makes for a successful Field Dayand the weather wasn't bad e... Read More

  • 07/12/2004 | N9TTX

    N9TTX IARU World Championship story:

    I decided to go camping this weekend, and took the G5RV and the Yaesu FT-101ZD out for a spin. The feed point was up about 30 feet in the air and in an inverted V configuration. I had the computer along to do the ... Read More

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    07/12/2004 | F4DZY

    My very first contest, a lot of fun, very nice DX and new ones for me (9M2, 9K, ST, 8N, etc...) with only a dipole + vertical 1.50 meter high and 80 W !
    Active 2 X 5 hours, a total of 150 QSOs, 42 DXCC, 100 WPX, 13 CQZones and 30 ITUZones.
    Thanks to al... Read More

  • WA2IID/R on Mount Equinox in south western Vermont.  Spectacular view.

    07/12/2004 | WA2IID/R

    Once again Tom (KB2SSS) and I had a great time. Not as high of a score as we would have liked, but great time! We operated all bands up to 10368.

    We started in FN21tq just south of Ellenville NY. Great site to the south and east. Not too bad to t... Read More

  • K0BJ's 1996 WRTC commemorative t-shirt

    07/12/2004 | K0BJ

    CW ONLY ZONE 7 KANSAS, USA

    Although Ive never entered this contest seriously, its a favorite with its fun and informative multiplier system, and decision whether to go mixed mode or cw only. During WRTC years there's that additional twist too... Read More

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    07/11/2004 | KE3HT/R

    Interesting trip, Well thats the best word for it. I had one failure, my new 222mhz preamp apparently did not work. You might say I really don't know about the rest of the equipment. Why? Every band was strange. Only 6meters was strange good. 2meters... Read More

  • 07/11/2004 | KC0DEB

    This was my 1st IARU HF WC, and I enjoyed it! Worked it with <100W and a wire dipole, a BIG thanks to the Ops who had to dig me out of the noise level. Did not make it through the full 24 hours, next time I will try to get some sleep BEFORE the contest... Read More

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