The June, '87 VHF QSO Party is arguably one of the best overall VHF contests
for Es and tropo.
I was the primary 6M op at WB0DRL that year. 6M was open 'round the clock.
We worked 49 states (missed KH6) and ~ 20 countries. There was a big 2M Es
opening Sunday morning to W4 and the first ever 220 MHz Es QSO was made (not
by us!)
In addition - there was tropo all the way from central KS to W1 land. We
worked W2SZ/1 up through 432 MHz. We were short contest ops - so I had to
leave 6M to work the 220 MHz position Sunday morning. W2DRZ was 20 over 9 on
220 MHz tropo and W2SZ/1 was solid copy.
Had we worked 6M to the max - we would have beat W2SZ/1 for the top M/M that
year...
- N0JK
> What the heck, I will, too:
>
> I was living in Midland, TX for the 1987 June test.
>
> My 6-meter antenna was down leaning against the
> garage, but I still worked 130 grids running just 15
> watts from my transverter. 432 tropo was great. I
> worked WB0DRL, Loren. I got a call from Dean, WA0TKJ
> and we worked handily. I worked all over the southern
> Great Plains and into Louisiana on 432. I worked all
> W4 states on 144 sporadic-E. Also worked W6 stations
> simultaneously with W4s. It was mass mayhem. And, FUN!
>
> 73,
> Paul, K7CW
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