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.

Call	QTH	50	144	222	432	902	1296	2304	3456	5760	10	24+	SCORE
K8TQK	OH	55	33	21	24	18	20	13	9	3	6	0	202
WA8RJF	OH	56	28	13	10	7	7	5	2	0	0	0	128
W4WA	GA	56	25	14	13	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	125
K0AWU	MN	54	42	7	9	2	5	0	0	0	6	0	125
W0GHZ	MN	48	29	6	12	5	6	3	2	2	6	1	120
KC9BQA	WI	53	18	12	14	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	114
KB9TLV	WI	55	16	5	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	93
N0VZJ	MN	56	15	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83
W0ZQ	MN	32	11	7	8	5	6	4	3	1	1	0	78
K9JK/R	IL	42	13	8	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	74
N0AKC	WI	28	22	5	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	68
N9TTX	WI	44	7	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	67
N4MM	VA	54	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66
W6GMT	MN	54	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
K0SHF	MN	41	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	59
K0KFC	WI	32	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	49
VE3OIL/EN43	ONT	32	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	49
W0ZQ/R	MN	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	2	48
N0EDV	WI	38	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
VE3OIL/FN03	ONT	23	7	4	4	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	45
VE2PIJ	ONT	23	7	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
KF0Q	MN	36	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43
VE3OIL/FN04	ONT	2	11	8	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	33
KF0Q/R	MN	0	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	0	31
N0EDV/R	WI	3	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12

Central States VHF Society

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