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Re: [VHFcontesting] Too Many Contests?

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Too Many Contests?
From: Tom Frenaye <frenaye@direcway.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:58:40 -0400
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At 05:29 PM 7/21/2004, Ev Tupis/W2EV wrote:
>Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>>The ARRL June VHF QSO Party is _the_ premier VHF+ competition of the year
>>for North America.  It sees _by far_ the most operations of any VHF+ 
>>competition all year long.
>
>From: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/
>
>June VHF QSO Party 2003: 818 Logs Submitted
>June VHF QSO Party 2004: 620 Logs Submitted

620 is not the final number.  Paper logs are not included yet, for example.  
725 is a good estimate to use.

>                         ---
>                         719 Average over the past two years

771 average

>January VHF Sweepstakes 2003: 798 Logs Submitted
>January VHF Sweepstakes 2004: 834 Logs Submitted
>                              ---
>                              816 Average over the past two years
>
>The January VHF Sweepstakes wins..."by far".

They are pretty close.

Compared to 1996 the number of logs in June has dropped by 20% but in January 
the drop is 50%   Hard to figure why there is so much of a difference.

             -- Tom


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