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It was raining before the contest. This is the six meter vertical, looking
southeast toward Darryl K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. |
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A view of the club shack in the rain and mist. |
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This is Ken KM5FA's 12VDC portable lead acid battery power pack, and
Alinco DJ-580T dual band HT. This was our modest FM station for the contest,
and made a whopping zero contacts! But it did run on battery power the
entire contest. |
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A photo of the VHF contest station less than an hour before the contest.
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Once again Ken (KM5FA) is the anchor operator for the contest. Note the
white CW keyer to Ken's left that he constructed himself. |
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Ken enters in another QSO. The club used N6TR's TR Log software to keep
track of our contacts and score. |
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Ken still operating. The headphones with the boo microphone was used a
little bit during the contest but it did not have as much "punch" as the
handheld microphone, or so it seemed. |
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Close up shot of the CW keyer constructed by Ken. The back of the box has
several outputs that can go to multiple radios and each output can be selected
individually. This allowed us to call CQ on 144 and 222 MHz at the same time.
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Note the collection of snack foods and drinks on top of the surplus
receiver in the upper right-hand corner. Help N5XU operate in the future and
you will be fed! |
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Ken keeps plugging away at 6M. When the 50 MHz band is open in Texas
everything else takes a back seat. |
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This weird shot is a close approximation of what you might have seen had
the N5XU shack cam been operational at the time of the contest. Look for us
in the future! |
