[VHFcontesting] re. W3ZZ's QST contesting article - 6M Qs

jon jones n0jk at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 7 03:52:16 EDT 2003


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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