[VHFcontesting] June 1987 VHF Contest

[Arthur Jackson]

Boy does that bring back great memories.
  It was the one contest that probably kept me in VHF. 
   
  From here in N. Texas....
  I was new to 6-Meters (one week).  I worked VUCC in 18 hours.  It was open here on all night too.
   
  It was the only time in my 25 years on 2-Meters that I worked Es in two opposite directions AT THE SAME TIME!!!   (California and Georgia).  Until 2003, it was my shortest 2-Meter E QSO (NM/AZ border) I had ever made ,although the eastern ones were also close.
   
  Of course here locally, K5UGM EM12 worked W5HUQ EM90 on 220 MHz Es and several double hop 2-Meter Es occurred.
   
  The DX conditions were every bit as good late Sunday night as it was when it first opened up early Saturday afternoon.  Had it not been for everyone's exhaustion when it was over, I think 2-Meters opened up again to MN and ND after the contest ended.
   
  I have never experienced "Es" conditions like that since.  Still waiting for one more chance.
   
  73's
  Art Jackson KA5DWI
  S.W.O.T. Chairman ( www.swotrc.net )