[VHFcontesting] Contest contacts band info

kevin kaufhold kkaufhold at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 13 15:39:40 EST 2004


I am researching the first contest contacts on the VHF
/ UHF bands.  Does anyone know of any band activity in
the VHF contests earlier than the following dates?  If
so, call signs / sections of operation would be
greatly appreciated. 


Band                     Contest            Callsign

56 Mc  (became 50 MHz)  1939 UHF Relay      28 ops

112 Mc (became 144 MHz)	1939 UHF Relay, #2  several
ops

235 Mc (became 220 MHz)	3rd UHF Relay,1940  several
ops

400 Mc (became 432 MHz)	1941 UHF Marathon   W6IOJ & 
                                            W6FLN

2400 Mc	(aka 2.4gg)	1949 June 	    W9GLY

1215 Mc	(became 1296)	1951 Sept	    W6LNZ

10,000 Mc (aka 10g)	1955 Jan	    W7JLP &   
                                            W7OKV

3,300 Mc  (aka 3.3g) 	1955 June	    San. Bern;
                                            W1UIZ/1 &
                                            WIUN/1

5,700 Mc  (aka 5.7g)	1961 June	    K1DIT

21,000 Mc (became 24 g)	1961 June	    K1DIT

47 g	(was 50,000 Mc)	1982 June           W2SZ/1

Light			1982 June           W1FZ

902 MHz			1986 Jan	    11 ops

142 g	 		1993 June   	    WA1MBA &
                                            WB2BYW

75 g  			1997 Jan	    NS6X

241 g   		1997 Jan	    NS6X

119 g			???			

new SHF bands 		???			
				


Thank you.

Kevin
W9GKA
	



		
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