[VHFcontesting] Available records

[Jim Worsham]

If that had been me, my sister would have just had to call back later!

73
Jim W4KXY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Available records


> > I find it interesting that in the 16 years that the Single Operator
> > Portable category has been in the ARRL June VHF QSO Party, 23% of all
> > ARRL/RAC sections have never had a single contest entry in that
category -
> > ever.  I don't think it's a huge surprise to learn that nobody has ever
> > entered the contest from the Northwest Territories/Yukon
Territory/Nunavut
> > section before (in any category,) but I find it mildly amazing that
nobody
> > has ever entered the contest (in any category) from KP2, even just on
six
> > meters.
>
> However, there was a documented QSO with VY1JA at the start of the June
> contest a couple of years ago.  The band was actually open from the
> Pacific Northwest at the start of the contest and a CW QSO took place
> between Oregon and the Yukon.  However, right after that QSO, Jay's
> sister called on the phone to talk.  After the phone call, the band was
> dead for the rest of the weekend for Jay.
>
> He didn't send in a log, but did send an e-mail to the ARRL indicating
> that it was his only QSO.
>
> Many other stations were QRV on the same frequency and were calling and
> calling while Jay was on the phone.  Meanwhile, the station that worked
> him moved up the band with a huge smile on his face...
>
> Tree N6TR
> tree at kkn.net
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