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by N5TGL on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Great story and great writeup. Like I've always said, you always miss 100% of the opportunities you don't take! Good work and congrats!

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by AB2RC on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Sounds about the same as my entries to the 2005 & 2006 November Phone Sweeps, I was the only QRP entry in Southern NJ, so win was by default.... If you don't enter your log, you cant win. Maybe I will try again this year.

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by WA8MEA on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
OK....we're taking an "office pool" bet to see which one of the "regulars" first utters those infamous words: "LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR QRP!" The phrase should be filed away with these other outdated words/phrases: * "Here's the 411 on this." * "Thank you for taking my call." * "....if you will...." * Any utterance from a teenager with the word "like" used at least twenty times in the oration.... * Glenn Baxter and his overuse of "uh". (Someone said Glenn's up to 24 UPM. That's 24 Uh's Per Minute....) Have I missed any???? 73, Bill - WA8MEA http://HamRadioFun.com

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by WB2TPS on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Good for you... I won the NLI section award for the 160 contest several years ago...the same way... I like the 160 contests. My amp doesn't cover 160 so it is 100watts to a G5RV fed as a marconi. A really crummy antenna. Thanks to all the guys who take the time to dig my piss weak signal out of the mud....

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by N0AH on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
All equipment being the same, Right location defined by minimal QRN compared to everyone else during the contest--

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by K0BG on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Hey! Great! You've epitomized exactly how most mobile operators would feel if they made a contact on 160 meters. If they only knew, that is. Alan, KØBG www.k0bg.com

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by K7LA on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Bravo. Good show!

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by NI0C on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Nice job, Sam. Don't miss the QRP ARCI Topband Sprint, which is 0000 to 0600 UTC Dec. 3. Two way QRP on topband is great fun. 73, Chuck NI0C

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by W8EH on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Good job. QRP on 160 isn't the easiest thing to do. I did a similar thing in the CQ WPX CW a couple years ago and won a single band QRP class.

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by K1BXI on November 4, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
For what it's worth, I won the Maine section in the 160 meter cw contest 50 years ago with 3 contacts! (I was the only one to send in a log) But not QRP by todays standard, and only had 25 kHz to play with and fight the LORAN pulse signal up here on the North East coast. Used a DX100 and a dipole. 90 watts out, which I believe in those days anything under 100 watts was considered QRP (maybe that was input power though) Top band operations sure have improved since then..... John

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