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A View of the shack before the contest with the Tower in the background.
All of the club's VHF beam antennas reside on that one tower.
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The VHF position at N5XU. From left to right: brick amps for 144/432,
Yaesu 726 (144 MHz & 432 MHz), TS-600 (50 MHz), HTX-100 and home-brew
transverter (222 MHz). |
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The newly converted 6M amplifer that puts out about 500 watts. It weighs
a bit over 100 pounds. |
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Another view of the operating position. The computer ran N6TR's logging
program. |
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A close-up of the 6M amp. |
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A fuzzy shot of the club's new 222 MHz transverter. It puts out about 15
watts. The HTX-100 10M rig was used to drive the transverter and was on loan
from George (K5TR). |
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Ken (KM5FA) starts to work stations on 6M. This contest had the best 6M
conditions in January we had ever seen! |
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Ken (KM5FA) still on 6M. When 6M was open all other bands took a back
seat. It would have been nice to have the 6M beam on another tower so that
the other band's antennas could be pointed in whichever direction was
needed. |
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Ken (KM5FA) calls out on 6M while Matt (KC5EMV) tries to find stations
on 2M. |
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Ken (KM5FA) checks the log while Michael (KD5AAD) checks out 2M
or 70cm. |
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Michael (KD5AAD) and Ken (KM5FA) calling CQ on two bands at once. There
appeared to be minimal interference between the radios even with the antennas
only a few feet away from each other. |
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It gets crowded! Matt (KC5EMV) watches while Ken (KM5FA) continues to work
stations on 6M. Gregory Reeves gets some on-the-air experience with Michael
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