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Louisa Preston KB5LBN tries her hand in the CW contest. We used
TR LOG to send CW. TR LOG
integrates the logging of contacts with CW memory keying. All of our
operators learned the software very quickly.
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Kevin Mandaville KT5I scans 15M on Saturday afternoon of the CW contest.
Both weekends, we made the vast majority of our contacts on the high bands.
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Johanna Preston W5JLP, making CW contacts. Johanna operating
several hours of the CW contest, mostly calling CQ.
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Louisa Preston KB5LBN and Johanna Preston W5JLP hanging out at the shack
during the CW contest.
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Monique Stinson N3TNN listens as Kevin Mandaville KT5I works the
pile-ups on phone.
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Monique Stinson N3TNN during the phone contest. Monique operated
several hours in both the CW and phone weekends, and even managed to get
the rate meter in the logging program to peak at 90/hr on Sunday afternoon!
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Louisa Preston KB5LBN listens as Kevin Mandaville KT5I operates
in the phone contest. It was a very cold weekend for Texas, with
temperatures near freezing, with a cold rain all day Saturday.
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Monique Stinson N3TNN, trying to keep warm. The N5XU station
is unheated, relying upon the two 3-500Zs in the Heathkit SB-220
as the main source of heat.
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Ken Harker WM5R operating CW. Ken operated many hours in the
high ends of the CW subbands, calling CQ and working stations
at CW speeds between 15 and 20 WPM.
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Another photo of Ken WM5R on the paddles.
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Monique Stinson N3TNN listens and takes notes as Ken Harker
WM5R works a station on CW. Throughout both contest, we had
two sets of headphones, letting someone not operating listen
in to the action.
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Ken Harker WM5R making QSOs in the phone contest.
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Another photo of Ken Harker WM5R in the phone contest, rotating the
triband antenna.
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Johanna Preston W5JLP makes some contacts in the phone contest.
We used a Heil Proset headset microphone and a foot switch for the phone
contest.
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Another photo of Johanna on the microphone, and Ken listening in.
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Louisa Preston KB5LBN listening in on the action.
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Monique Stinson N3TNN makes some phone contacts while Louisa Preston
KB5LBN listens. Monique had some of the highest Sunday contest rates
of all of the club operators.
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From left to right: Louisa Preston KB5LBN, Monique Stinson N3TNN, and
Johanna Preston W5JLP. Louisa is the club Secretary-Treasurer, Monique is
the club Cice-President, and Johanna is a former Secretary-Treasurer of
the club.
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Louisa Preston KB5LBN, on the microphone, and Johanna Preston W5JLP,
listening in, are obviously having too much of a good time.
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Kevin Mandaville KT5I, on phone.
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Kevin Mandaville KT5I operates in the phone contest while Robert K5PI
listens in. Robert made a few contacts for us, despite severe jet-lag
returning from an overnight trip to Dallas.
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Kevin Mandaville KT5I just an hour or two before the end of the
contest, maintaining the intensity of the hunt.
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