[RMVHF] Fwd: [VHFcontesting] How Good was Six Meters in the June Contest?

[Nate Duehr]

Congratulations to K0GU here in Colorado for attaining over 1000 QSO's  
on 6m during the June contest.

Nate WY0X

Begin forwarded message:

> From: curtis roseman <croseman at usc.edu>
> Date: July 1, 2008 4:50:43 PM MDT
> To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] How Good was Six Meters in the June Contest?
>
> VHF Contesters:
>
> With everybody working DX on six meters these days, perhaps we  
> forgot how good the band was during the June contest.   Here is one  
> measure:  the number of stations working more that 1000 QSOs.
>
> The "Six Meter 1000 Club" is listed in the table below  [I hope the  
> formatting works out ok; if not I can try another method].  The  
> table includes all those entries that logged at least 1000 QSOs 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 1000 Qs.   Nonetheless, this gives us a simple way to compare  
> 2008 to other years.  If I missed anybody, please let me know.
>
> The results are quite impressive:  Of the 24 stations on the list,  
> the top five are from 2008.   The previous record of 1358 QSOs, by  
> W5KFT in 1998, was shattered by five different stations in 2008  
> (assuming the numbers hold up).
>
> CALL YEAR  QSOs  GRIDs CLASS  SECTION
> W5PR 08 1710 278 B STX
> WD5K 08 1439 267 B NTX
> K5QE 08 1422 262 M STX
> K5TR 08 1392 264 L STX
> KC4PX 08 1365 287 B SFL
> W5KFT 98 1358 245 L STX
> K9NS 06 1272 258 L IL
> N5HHS 98 1212 233 B STX
> W2SZ 06 1168 247 M WMA
> K8GP 06 1140 262 M WV
> W5KFT 96 1161 269 L STX
> K5TR 03 1129 252 B STX
> K9MU 06 1094 229 A WI
> K4SN 08 1105 244 B SFL
> W5KFT 00 1104 260 L STX
> W5UWB 98 1090 221 B STX
> N5HHS 99 1077 262 B STX
> W1XE 98 1066 240 L CO
> K0GU 98 1031 234 B CO
> K8GP 05 1025 135 M WV
> N5HHS 96 1023 232 B STX
> K5AM 00 1020 260 B NM
> K5AM 03 1011 260 B NM
> W8CM 98 1009 210 B NTX
>
> A total of six new members of the club were added in 2008 (with  
> possibly more to come).    In 2008 and other years, it is clear that  
> stations in Texas have the greatest chance of joining the club.    
> However, it is interesting to note that a total of eight states are  
> represented, from Colorado, to Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, back  
> to Wisconsin.  So it can be done from other parts of the country.
>
> The first to join the club were W5KFT and N5HHS in 1996.  Someone  
> has joined the club in eight of the thirteen years since then, so it  
> really has become fairly common.  Will this trend hold up?  Who  
> knows, but I agree with K5TR that one of these days somebody will  
> work 2000 on Six in the June contest.   Then we will have to start a  
> new club.
>
> 73, Curt Roseman k9aks
>
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Nate Duehr
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