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TNQP Results: K4TCG M/​2 LPK1GU

We encoun­tered some quirk­i­ness in the log­ging soft­ware (WriteL­og) at the start but we got over it soon enough. I real­ized lat­er that some­how we were trig­ger­ing a coun­ty line change even though we were not mov­ing. Once all oper­a­tors (includ­ing me) cycled through a few con­tacts, all was sol­id on both com­put­ers. We lost one Q to …

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TNQP: K4TCG M/​2 LP @ K1GU Sunday !

I will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the K4TCG Mul­ti-op effort at K1GU dur­ing the Ten­nessee QSO Par­ty. Look­ing for­ward to this ven­ture: It is my first guest/­­mul­ti-op expe­ri­ence. I hope I don’t mess any­thing up! TNQP is large­ly respon­si­ble for my entry back into Ham Radio and Con­test­ing and I have been look­ing for­ward to this out­ing. Also on my TNQP buck­et list is …

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Top 10 Rookie Mistakes

Kirk K4RO is a local and fan­tas­tic con­test op. He recent­ly asked on the Ten­nessee Con­test Group Google Group page what the com­mu­ni­ty thinks are the top ten rook­ie con­test­ing mis­takes. Kirk writes the Con­test­ing 101 page for the Nation­al Con­test Jour­nal. I can’t wait to see the arti­cle he pro­duces as it will speak direct­ly to me. Here is my …

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