States Above 2006-2007 Results

Central States VHF Society 2006-07 States Above 50 MHz Contest Results

As of April 2008

Conducted by Jim Hermanek K0KFC.

CallQTH5014422243290212962304345657601024+SCORE
K8TQKOH553321241820139360202
WA8RJFOH562813107752000128
W4WAGA562514139800000125
K0AWUMN5442792500060125
W0GHZMN48296125632261120
KC9BQAWI531812147730000114
KB9TLVWI551657442000093
N0VZJMN561575000000083
W0ZQMN321178564311078
K9JK/RIL421389020000074
N0AKCWI282255440000068
N9TTXWI44776030000067
N4MMVA54804000000066
W6GMTMN54501000000060
K0SHFMN41633220002059
K0KFCWI32433020005049
VE3OIL/EN43ONT32631111101249
W0ZQ/RMN6455555434248
N0EDVWI38721000000048
VE3OIL/FN03ONT23744211101145
VE2PIJONT23766200000044
KF0QMN36700000000043
VE3OIL/FN04ONT21184222100133
KF0Q/RMN0055444423031
N0EDV/RWI3413100000012

 

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Central States VHF Society 2006-07 States Above 50 MHz Contest Wrap-Up

The 2006-2007 CSVHFS "States Above" is now in the books and retaining their positions at the top of the list for an unprecedented 4th year were Bob Mathews, K8TQK and Tony Emanuele, WA8RJF. With solar cycles continuing the decline (and, hopefully bottomed out) both Bob & Tony maintained operating results somewhat consistent with previous years. Congratulations to both!

Third place honors were shared between Charles Hooper, W4WA and Bill Davis, K0AWU. Both turned in continued strong activity over the VHF bands in spite of band conditions. Gary Mohrlant, W0GHZ was an overall close fourth!

Looking at the entire year, we see a few less total entries, but stronger results on an individual basis. Compared with the previous year, individual stations turned in more activity on several bands. Nine stations maintained strong activity on the lower bands...notably W6GMT, N4MM, N0VZJ, KB9TLV, KC9BQA, K0AWU, W4WA, WA8RJF, & K8TQK all turning in over 50 states/provinces on 50 mhz. Six stations also produced more than 20 states/provinces on 144 mhz. They were N0AKC, W0GHZ, K0AWU, W4WA, WA8RJF, & K8TQK.

The lower microwave bands showed increased activity with Jon Platt (W0ZQ/R) leading and turning in good rover results on 1296, 2304 & 3456. Five stations (K8TQK, K0AWU, W0GHZ, K0KFC & W0ZQ) reporting between 4 and 6 states on 10ghz displayed almost an average of twice the previous year's result. Increased experimentation with rainscatter mode played a large part on 10 ghz. Similar increased activity was seen on 24 ghz with Jon Platt (W0ZQ) leading the way with his rover results. Russell Beech (VE3OIL/R) turned in laser QSO activity while operating rover in FN04.

Hopefully, you've had a fun year on the weak signal bands! The promise of improving band conditions plus more operators points us toward another good year in 2007-2008. Our thanks to John Kalenowsky (K9JK) for preparing an Excel spreadsheet for tracking & entry of your operating results. If unable to access or download John's work on the CSVHF website, feel free to mail paper or e-mail copies to me as you've done in the past.

Also, our thanks to Jon, W0ZQ for monthly tracking of "states above" on the NLRS web site. Please send him your updates regularly.

Thanks for the Qs!

Jim Hermanek K0KFC
CSVHFS States Above Program Administrator