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2012 SSB

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KF6HISO HIGH ALLLimited time to operate, good conditions
KF9TISA HIGH ALLPropagation not as good as last year. No Africa, no near east, no pacific
KG0AL/7SO LOW ALLVery good 10 Meter openings. 100 Watts power output max
KG9HMSO LOW 10MRealistic HTX-100 25 Watts to Attic Dipole at 30 feet
KH6IDF/7SO QRP 10MOperating 5W, Yaesu FT817ND
KH6MBMULTI-MULTIFor a new challenge, members of the Sandwich Islands Shortwave Club, KH6TE, chose to enter the Xtreme catorgy as a Multi-Multi operation using the callsign KH6MB. Three sites were used with two remote sites on Oahu linked via Internet. Reliablity of the remote sites was excellent with no faults encountered. A tsunami warning and mandatory evacuation on Saturday evening forced us to quickly abandon our central operating position for 5.5 hours. At 1:28 AM we were back on the air at our original location to finish the contest
KH6OASO HIGH ALLAny antenna is better than no antenna, but the tsunami evacuation didn't help
KH6QJSA HIGH 80MThanks
KH7CWMULTI-TWOK2WR=Yankee Clipper Contest Club HAD A GREAT TIME ON 10M IN PARTICULAR. ONLY THING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER WAS CONDX TO EUROPE ON HIGHER BANDS
KH8/JA2ZLSO LOW ALLI enjoyed the contest
KI6OROSO LOW ALLYL
KI6RGRSO LOW ALLSubmitted for contacted stations to get credit for QSO This log submitted after deadline
KI7DGSO HIGH ALL80M gave birth to a bunch of LIDS worst I've seen in years
KI7MSA HIGH ALLBoth amps went out, 200 watts
KJ4FELSO LOW 20M100 Watts
KJ4QDZSO HIGH ALLWOW! In the last hour of the contest I found that 10m was wide open and seemed to have it all to myself. There I found many bread and butter qso's and several new multipliers in zones 24, 27, 28, 29 & 30. What a surprise!
KJ4UNXSO LOW ALLran 100 watts with no spotting programs
KJ4YQKSO LOW ALLMy First contest I learn alot during this contest
KJ6VRJSO QRP 20M5W
KJ7QTSO LOW 10MFrom our hilltop hideout high above the Soldiers and Sailors Republic of Renton, the Aardvark Acres Contest Catastrophe is ashamed to submit the following log for your dining and dancing pleasure
KK4CISSO LOW ALLK3/N1MM/wires in palm trees fun contest thanks to 10m being open. i really struggled to be heard on Saturday on any band, but was happy with cndx on Sunday. Winds related to Hurricane Sandy were very strong alll weekend long in Miami, so I had to repair all of my antennas at various times over the weekend, and gave up trying to keep the delta loop in the air (when it was up, worked great, though). thanks to the organizers and all of the participants who were able to pull me out of the noise. 73 KK4CIS
KK4KYLSO LOW 10M100 watts max. First contest for me, Very Excited
KK7VLSO QRP ALLRADIO Is A YAESU FT-817ND. MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT WAS 3 AND 1/2 WATTS
KL2RSO HIGH 15MExtremely limited time available, so I opted for a single-band entry on 15. The conditions were remarkably good at times and difficult at others. Saturday morning European signals, normally due north, were skewed east, and oddly enough some of the Caribbean stations were stronger on the north antenna! Weird, and the surprises made sure I never got complacent,
KL5ESA LOW ALLALL S&P ON 10/15/20 USING FT-590S 100 WATTS
KL7AIRMULTI-ONEExcellant Contest best score yet for us
KP4RVSO HIGH ALLExcellent and Good Propagation
KR2QSO QRP ALLFUN CONTEST
KT4FQSO LOW 15MGood conitions just not enough time
KT8DSO HIGH 80MVacuum tubes forever! HF=Collins
KU2MSO LOW 15MMy last contest for a while, having lost my tower and antennas to Sandy!
KU4VSO HIGH ALLFor only having wire antennas for all bands in my back yard trees, the results were pleasing and I HAD FUN!! After several months of station improvements it all seemed over too soon. No wind or rain at my QTH during the contest as Hurricane Sandy passed by off the coast of NC; others were not so lucky. 10m bandwidth was wider than Sandy both days, as it was hard to find a spot without being on top of someone. Hope this will NOT be as good as 10 gets for the next 11 years! Used a Pixel PRO-1B for RX on 160/80/40 for the first time and with manipulating RF Gain control it made a big difference hearing the DX and attunating local stations calling also. If I could hear the station I could usually make a QSO. GREAT start to the contest season!
KV4TSO HIGH 40MNice conditions on 40 meters... Very enjoyable
KV5QSO LOW ALLIcom 7600 with G5RV Jr. Antenna
KW4JSO HIGH ALLGreat contest...plenty of players!
KW7XXSO HIGH ALLToo bad that work had to get in the way of ham radio this weekend. I was only able to get on the air for a few hours each day in between 12hr night shifts at work. The bands seemed to be in really good shape, especially 10m. I never attempted to get onto a run. I operated almost all casual S&P trying to grab at least a few points for the Orca DX and Contest Club. Thanks to all that worked me!! Dean KW7XX Equipment: FTdx-5000 Alpha 87a Steppir DB18 80m Inverted V
LA1DSASO LOW ALLKenwood TS-590S + div home made antennas
LA2ABMULTI-ONECondx good all bands but high noise level on low bands 10m big surprise, wide open for first time this year We enjoyed contest, mni nice DX stns to work! Hope to be back next year!
LA2NTASO LOW ALLRX/TX FT-950
LA3RLASO LOW ALLTranceiver Kenwood TS-570D, Po 100W. Antenna 160m Carolina Windom 22m high, 20m Endfeed vertical. QTH Hegra, Stjordal, Wala V, Wanca V-21, JP53NL
LA5UJSO LOW 15MUSE HY-GAIN-18VS WITH 2 ELEVATED RADIALS
LA6CFSA LOW ALLjust fooling around to see if any intersting callsigns show up
LA6PBASO LOW ALLIC-756 PRO III Double zepp-antenna (All-band dipole)
LA7HMULTI-ONEOperated from new QTH, close to the sea. Great!
LA9BMSO QRP 40MVery good conditions except for the last 6 hours. Good for QRP
LA9GYSO LOW 10MOperated from Trondheim in mid Norway, Remoterig via Internet, TS-480 and a R-7000 antenna 70 km away. Operated only at 10 meter band
LB4CDSA LOW ALLsuperb conditions! Got some new dxcc, but with 3 youngsters around operating is casual to say the least. Great event and exting to hear the whole world in a weekend:)
LU1FLSA HIGH 15MExcellent participation; very variable conditions during all the contest in 15 Mt. 73 to all
LU1IBLSO LOW ALLComputer crashed, data lost, spent all night recovering thank God succesfully
LU3HFASO QRP 10MSOUTH ALSO EXIST

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