[VHFcontesting] Trivial Trivia Dat From The 2021 ARRL 222 MHz & Up Contest

[David Olean]

Hello Pete

That was a great exercise, and I was surprised at the result. In the 
past, all the VHF/UHF activity was in the NYC-Philly metro areas. Now, 
it seems that activity is slowly shifting out of there. I am not sure if 
it is improving in New England, or just dropping in NY, NJ, & PA? Note 
that OH, VE3, & WPA area far outstripped the NYC Philly area!! That is 
amazing.  VA and MDC tied NYC & Philly as well! Heck, CA and NV beat out 
NYC!

I do know that having a 222 activity night has helped with 222 activity 
here in New England. My hope is that with consistent results for Tuesday 
evenings, others might be enticed to get their rig out of mothballs or 
make an entire setup from scratch, to partake of the fun on Tuesday 
nights. I can't further explain the New England activity.  I think fewer 
VHF ops here have moved away!  I worked a bunch of stations and had 
three of them northeast of me! That is a good sign. K1DY, N1BUG, and 
KV1J were well appreciated.

Looking forward to winter, I doubt that I can keep up a presence on 222 
then. It gets pretty ugly up there by Dec 1st.

73

Dave K1WHS

On 8/12/2021 10:30 AM, peter h wrote:
> While sitting ON HOLD during a phone call, I took a quick look at the 
> 3830 Rumor Page Data for The 2021 ARRL 222MHz & Up Contest.
>
> I totaled the number of QSOs reported from each area, such as CA/NV. 
> Activity levels (& reported activity) varied greatly by region.
>
> WA/OR/VE7/NT:   132 QSO
>
> NTX/STX/OK/AR/LA:   8 QSO
>
> MN/WI/IA:  203 QSO
>
> MI/OH/VE3/NNY/WNY/WPA:  395 QSO
>
> CA/NV:  309 QSO
>
> IN/IL:  46 QSO
>
> MS/AL/GA/FL/SC:   99 QSO
>
> NC/VA/MDC/WV/DE:  299 QSO
>
> EPA/NJ/ENY/WLI:    299 QSO
>
> CT/MA/ME/RI/VT/NH/VE2:   615 QSO
>
> ID/VE6:  ZERO QSO
>
> UT/WY/CO: ZERO QSO
>
> AZ/NM/WTX: ZERO QSO
>
> ND/SD/VE4/VE5: ZERO QSO
>
> NE/KS: ZERO QSO
>
> KY/TN: ZERO QSO
>
> VE9/VE1/VY2/VO: ZERO QSO
>
> AL/HI/DX/MM: ZERO QSO