[VHFcontesting] June 1987

[jon jones]

The June, '87 VHF QSO Party is arguably one of the best overall VHF contests 
for Es and tropo.

I was the primary 6M op at WB0DRL that year. 6M was open 'round the clock. 
We worked 49 states (missed KH6) and ~ 20 countries. There was a big 2M Es 
opening Sunday morning to W4 and the first ever 220 MHz Es QSO was made (not 
by us!)

In addition - there was tropo all the way from central KS to W1 land. We 
worked W2SZ/1 up through 432 MHz. We were short contest ops - so I had to 
leave 6M to work the 220 MHz position Sunday morning. W2DRZ was 20 over 9 on 
220 MHz tropo and W2SZ/1 was solid copy.

Had we worked 6M to the max - we would have beat W2SZ/1 for the top M/M that 
year...

- N0JK

 > What the heck, I will, too:
 >
 > I was living in Midland, TX for the 1987 June test.
 >
 > My 6-meter antenna was down leaning against the
 > garage, but I still worked 130 grids running just 15
 > watts from my  transverter. 432 tropo was great. I
 > worked WB0DRL, Loren. I got a call from Dean, WA0TKJ
 > and we worked handily. I worked all over the southern
 > Great Plains and into Louisiana on 432. I worked all
 > W4 states on 144 sporadic-E. Also worked W6 stations
 > simultaneously with W4s. It was mass mayhem. And, FUN!
 >
 > 73,
 > Paul, K7CW

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