The first year a station made over 1,000 QSOs(after dupes and log check) on
6 Meters in the June VHF QSO Party was 1998. That year the following
stations broke the mythical 1K barrier:
1,358 W5KFT(K5TR op)
1,212 N5HHS
1,090 W5UWB
1,066 W1XE
1,031 KØGU
1,009 W8CM
WD5K made *only* 953 contacts running low power. :-)
Conditions on 6 Meters were reported as good that year, but from reports not
any better than 1992 or 1987. My conclusion is the higher QSO totals in 1998
reflect more 6 Meter stations on the air and available to work in that
contest. Note W5KFT made almost 400 more QSOs on 6 than WBØDRL did in 1992.
1998 was not a fluke, in the 2000 June contest W5KFT made 1,104 6M QSOs.
- Jon NØJK
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