Yeah, I was one of those other callers! Maybe our 6m
antenna will be pointed north at the beginning of the
contest. :)
K7CW
--- Tree <tree@kkn.net> wrote:
> > I find it interesting that in the 16 years that
> the Single Operator
> > Portable category has been in the ARRL June VHF
> QSO Party, 23% of all
> > ARRL/RAC sections have never had a single contest
> entry in that category -
> > ever. I don't think it's a huge surprise to learn
> that nobody has ever
> > entered the contest from the Northwest
> Territories/Yukon Territory/Nunavut
> > section before (in any category,) but I find it
> mildly amazing that nobody
> > has ever entered the contest (in any category)
> from KP2, even just on six
> > meters.
>
> However, there was a documented QSO with VY1JA at
> the start of the June
> contest a couple of years ago. The band was
> actually open from the
> Pacific Northwest at the start of the contest and a
> CW QSO took place
> between Oregon and the Yukon. However, right after
> that QSO, Jay's
> sister called on the phone to talk. After the phone
> call, the band was
> dead for the rest of the weekend for Jay.
>
> He didn't send in a log, but did send an e-mail to
> the ARRL indicating
> that it was his only QSO.
>
> Many other stations were QRV on the same frequency
> and were calling and
> calling while Jay was on the phone. Meanwhile, the
> station that worked
> him moved up the band with a huge smile on his
> face...
>
> Tree N6TR
> tree@kkn.net
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