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CQ VHF Digital Contest 2025 — Working from Home

For the last several VHF contests, I’ve operated single operator portable or hilltopper from EM01 near Hico, TX. I actually “worked from home” for...
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Rover

VHF Texas Panhandler Once More in DM85

I set up at my daughter's place, the Rillo Ranch, in DM85xk. From July 3 to July 5, I managed to log 235 VHF...
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QRP

ARRL June VHF 2025 Edition — Single Op Portable — Fun in the Sun, Not in the Rain

The ARRL June VHF contest typically offers numerous QSOs, with seasonal Sporadic E propagation facilitating long-distance QSOs on 6 meters. That’s what I experienced...
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Amateur Radio

Fiberglass Push-Up Mast Revisited — Portable and Home Stations

I recently decided to purchase another fiberglass push-up mast to make it easier to take my show on the road. The current 25-foot mast...
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Antennas

New 6 and 2 meter Dual Band Yagi

The past few days have been dedicated to building and setting up an Antennas-Amplifiers Dual Band 6m2m14DX-2C. I was searching for something that would...
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Radio Contesting

January VHF Single Op Portable – Freezing Temps, Cold & Cruel Propagation

The temperatures were in the 20s with some wind, and six meters was even colder—as is often the case during the January VHF contest....
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