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11/05/2003 | W5KDJ
500mw - 300 QSO's - 71 sections in 10Hr.17min. Who needs power. Props were very good in Houston, 10m open only west. Had a SID
Sunday noon, thought my equip had failed. Appears we had a good
QRP turn out as I worked 16 Q stations. Glad to hear a l... Read More -
11/05/2003 | K6KYJ
This comment is for those ops in the CW SS who set their speed at 35 wpm and never deviated.
When you are driving on an icy road, do you still drive right at the speed limit? Sending at 35 wpm during two major solar flares makes as much sense as drivin... Read More -
11/05/2003 | N4HY
With 8 hours to operate and my beams on the ground for the new
tower, the vertical and I had a great time on Low power. That
is until nature turned the lights out. After the flare, literally
the only signal I could hear from 3.5 Mhz to 30 Mhz was N2N... Read More -
11/04/2003 | K0PG
I am an occasional cw contester. Those occasions usually involve contests that have exchanges like "5NN IL." You can imagine that I was a little shaky taking another stab at this event, but I figured that I would S & P my way through it, listening to... Read More
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11/04/2003 | K0WA
1110 QSOs 79 Sections = 175380 Claimed Score Beloit KS (north-central)
We enjoy operating from the W0NO QTH. Alan has built a top-flight Multi-2 station in rural Mitchell County. While he doesnt operate much cw, Alan enjoys hosting the old Fl... Read More -
11/04/2003 | N8CPA
I am certainly not a real competitor, but I love participating in CW SS with a quasi-religious zeal! I only run low power in my vertical and VEE. I don't make a lot of contacts, but I always have a blast.
I made my first incursion into the fray in '9... Read More -
11/04/2003 | N8XMS
I knew that using a VXO controlled Wilderness Radio SST-40 with 2 watts out to an old trap vertical would be a little bit rough so I set a modest goal for myself and actually managed to reach the goal! It was a lot of fun. Thanks to all of the "great... Read More
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10/30/2003 | WX7G
Thanks to all who pulled my signal out of the noise! This is my first time running QRP on top band but it won't be my last. Ran 5 watts to a 40 foot top-loaded vertical in my antenna covenant neighborhood. This tilt-over vertical only makes appearances... Read More
