[CQ-Contest] HST

[Chris Pedder]

At 18:24 21/12/2004, Jim Cain wrote:
> >Yes.  I believe most number of QSO's.  Was KV4AA.
>
>It was KV4AA for number of QSOs in a single calendar year. I remember 
>writing this news story in the early 1990s and if I remember correctly it 
>was for 1976, when Spenceley used the "Bicentennial call sign" AJ3AA. It 
>was a little over 40,000 QSOs.
>
>I tried the Guinness (limited) on-line database but didn't turn anything up.
>
>Jim Cain, K1TN

For some unknown reason I have a 1986 Guiness Book of Records to hand:
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Most assiduous Radio Ham

Richard C. Spenceley (d. 30 July 1982) of KV4AA at St Thomas, Virgin 
Islands built his contacts (QSO's) to a record level of 48,100 in 365 days 
in 1978.

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personally, I don't favour the use of the apostrophe, but that's how it 
appears in the book.

Chris