[VHFcontesting] all night 6M Es opening

[Zack Widup]

When was the VHF contest with the HUGE opening in the Midwest?  It was a
January VHF Sweepstakes and was one of the years 1976-79 but I forget
which exactly.

I always keep hoping that will happen again here, but it hasn't lately.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Fri, 30 May 2003, Paul Kiesel wrote:

> There was a better one in the 1987 June Contest.
> 
> K7CW
> 
> --- jon jones <n0jk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 6 M wss open from 0330 utc May 30 all nignt. Even
> > worked YV1DIG fk60 around 
> > 1 am local!  Still going with WB9MVQ/Ø dn87 just
> > going in the log. Heard 
> > many many double hop Es between east and west coast.
> > 
> > Just think if this opening had occured during the
> > June VHF QSO Party...
> > 
> > de NØJK
> >