[AK-VHF] ARRL 2015 January VHF Contest

[Edward R Cole]

At 06:57 AM 12/9/2014, Edward R Cole wrote:
>At 11:47 PM 12/8/2014, you wrote:
>>Hello, Everyone - I've posted the announcement 
>>for the January VHF Contest on the AVG 
>>"Contests" web page. Alaska VHF-Up Group 
>>Contest Page There are some new categories that 
>>you can read about in the rules. Stay warm! 73, 
>>Paul K7CW / VE7IBAVG Contest Guy | Â  | | 
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>
>Thanks, Paul.
>
>Haven't gotten to Christmas, or even New Years 
>-- but the Jan VHF Contest will be upon us too 
>quickly after the holidays.  Good to plan any 
>station or antenna work beforehand.
>
>As regular check-in's to the Saturday Net know, 
>I lost my 2m preamp on the vertical polarity* of 
>my eme array.  So I will be lowering the array 
>sometime this month to troubleshoot/repair 
>it.  That will give me a chance to verify that 
>927.5 and 1296 equipment is working properly 
>(mounted in tower-top enclosures).  I should 
>have ability to activate all bands 50-thru-1296 
>for the contest.  *Vertical pol is standard use for VHF-SSB in Alaska.
>
>For those not reading the mail on the MoonNet 
>e-mail reflector, I have been working on a new 
>150w amplifier for 1296-eme which is installed 
>but not quite operational.  I cannot rotate the 
>dish toward Anchorage so not usable for local 
>contacts (except maybe KL7XJ who is south of me).
>
>Early wishes for the coming Holidays!
>
>73, Ed - KL7UW
>http://www.kl7uw.com
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73, Ed - KL7UW
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