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Most of the stuff on here is about Ham Radio, especially about Ham Radio Contests. See new Intro To Contesting presentation, either PDF or PPT. Originally done for a local club, feel free to adapt it for yourself or other presentations.
Be sure to check out the What's New page regularly for the latest changes.
I make my station available for guest operators most weekends for contests and special events. If you are interested check out the calendar of events below. There is no charge for this, I just ask that you come with a positive attitude and plan on operating as much as you can. I would rather see operators interested in getting on the air using the station than just having it sit here. If you are interested in learning more about contesting you can also visit during the multi-operator events that are on the calendar, those are good times to meet other contesters and get answers to your questions. You may also want to check out the ARRL and Yankee Clipper Contest Club web sites for more information on Ham Radio and Contesting.
I am transitioning the station description to a Wiki edited format to make it easier to keep up to date. The link to the Aluminum and Steel Farm below is the older form. To see the most recent updates see the new Station Wiki.
I have an Aluminum and Steel Farm in Peru Mass. I grow a variety of towers and antennas, mostly for the HF Contest bands. I presently have 5 towers (6 if you count the one with the TV and 2m talk-in antennas) ranging from 60' to 180' tall. I also have 6 1/2 operating positions with radios, amplifiers, computers, and all that other stuff that is needed to keep a station running.
The K1TTT AR-Cluster node has been on the air since December 1999.
At my station we operate a lot in Ham Radio contests. On this site are the scores from contests and links to other summer activities including tower building and picnics are divided up by year:
Real time scores are available at: Real Time Score Board during contest operations.
Play/RePlay/Download Pileup file. This file used to play automatically on this page. It is a pileup of 4 callsigns in CW, see how many you can pick out of the pile.
I have programs for propagation prediction and utilities for use with the CT contest logging program and the PacketCluster network software.
Like everyone else, I have a list of interesting links. If you want to see sites I have found interesting I have added an export of my personal links, otherwise the list below breaks down ones that I have extracted from various sources. There are also some links from the Technical Reference pages where they apply to particular topics.