[VHFcontesting] Grids Worked on Six in the June Contest.

[curtis roseman]

VHF Contesters: 

In addition to the Six Meter 1000 QSO Club we have the June Six Meter 250 Grid Club.  Like the QSO Club, this one has 24 members at the moment.  Here it is.

CALL  YEAR   QSOs  GRIDs  CLASS  SECTION

KC4PX 08 1365 287 B SFL
K5JL 87 969 279 M OK
W5PR 08 1710 278 B STX
WB0DRL 92 976 278 L KS
W0UC/9 92 832 272 M WS
WD5K 08 1439 267 B NTX
K8GP 06 1140 262 M WV
W5KFT 96 1161 269 L STX
K5TR 08 1392 264 L STX
KC4PX 03 949 263 B SFL
K5QE 08 1422 262 M STX
N5HHS 00 1077 262 B STX
W5KFT 00 1104 260 L STX
K5AM 00 1020 260 B NM
K5AM 03 1011 260 B NM
NW5E 03 993 260 B NFL
K9NS 06 1272 258 L IL
W7XU 98 944 258 L SD
K5CM 92 846 256 B OK
K5CM 87 985 256 B OK
AA9D 92 749 253 M IL
N6CA 87 730 253 M SB
K5TR 03 1129 252 B STX
NN9K 92 655 252 M IA

The table includes all those entries that logged at least 250 Grids on six, based on official results from previous contests and claimed scores from the 2008 contest.   Claimed scores come from the 3830 archives, last checked on July 1.   It is likely that some of these numbers will change with the official results, and also some additional stations who have not yet reported their scores may have worked 250 grids.   Nonetheless, this gives us a simple way to compare 2008 to other years.  If I missed anybody, please let me know. 

The 250 Grid Club dates way back to the 1987 Contest, which experienced fantastic conditions on six.   However, several other years are also represented.  Five made it in 1992 and, yes, five made it in 2008.   The geographic spread of this club, compared to the 1000 QSO club, is similar, except that California is represented here and Massachusetts is not.  

 In 2008, KC4PX claimed  the highest claimed number of grids ever worked: 287.  So, by the measures of high QSO and Grid totals, 2008 clearly stacks up as one of the very best years for six meters.  

73, Curt Roseman k9aks