[VHFcontesting] States worked during a contest

[Neal Sulmeyer]

I know that in 1976 our Multi effort did net all 50 states on 6M.  The
amazing facts are:

It was our first VHF contest from our QTH atop Castro Peak (2800' above
Malibu, CA)

The 6m station was a Yaesu FT101B with ftv650 xverter with about 10w out,
and 5el HB yagi on a 20' mast.

80% of our 6m QSO's were on CW.  Fred, W6PVB (now AD6C) has sooopper ears!

And I was hooked on VHF contest ever since!



Neal Sulmeyer, K4EA (ex AE6E, WB6PXP)



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of curtis roseman
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 16:39
To: w9rm at yahoo.com
Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
Subject: [VHFcontesting] States worked during a contest

VHF Contesters: 

All 48 states have been worked several times during June contests on 6
meters , and it is probable that somebody has worked all 50 (in 2006?).   

I took a quick look back at some ancient, pre-1992 scores and found the
following:   

During the 1970s, the W0OHU group consistently worked between 45 and 48
states.
W9UD/0 in Minnesota worked all 48 in 1981, and 47 in 1982. 
In 1987, WB0DRL (KS) and WD8ISK (OH) each worked 47
In 1987, N6CA (CA) worked 46
In 1991, NN9K/0 (NE) worked 46

The above is just a sampling that I could easily get my hands on; it is far
from a complete list of high state totals.  Since 1992, I would bet that 48,
49 or even 50 have been worked several times. 

John, I know of no such records having been compiled.  One has to translate
from ARRL sections to states before 1985 (which is easy) and from grids to
states since then (which is not so easy).

73. Curt Roseman, k9aks


----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Morehouse <w9rm at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:17 am
Subject: Re: [VHF] States worked during a contest
To: vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu

> JOHN:
> 
> I've assisted in working WELL over 40 states several times as a 6M 
> op from multi-op stations AA9D and K9NS.  I would need to go back 
> in the logs but it's very possible we've done "all 48" at least once.
> 
> Since the logging programs don't care about states in VHF 
> contests, it's never been immediately obvious during the contest.
> 
> Jay W9RM
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 2/9/09, John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [VHF] States worked during a contest
> > To: vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu, 50mhz at mailman.qth.net, 
> 6meter at yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 11:53 PM
> > A friend and I were having a discussion on the local UHF
> > repeater tonight about good 6 meter performances during a
> > contest, and we got to wondering what has been the most
> > states worked on 6m during a VHF contest.  Is this record
> > listed anywhere?  Anyone have 40 or more states worked
> > during a single contest?
> > 
> > 73s John AA5JG
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