LF
It was a red-letter day today as I achieved my 1000th QSO using
600m.
This includes 72 cross-band contacts, virtually all of which were
600m / 80m.
Rog GW3UEP was my 1000 th QSO with runners up G3XPU - No.
999 and EI0CF - No. 998.
QSO break-down according to mode:
928 CW, 34 RTTY and 5
QRSS
600m
STATIONS
My personal 600m (EU) spreadsheet lists a total of
59 stations and many of these go back
to the start of the UK 600m allocation in March 2007.
Of these I have
worked or heard only 15 in the past month (excluding beacons).
Many
stations on my list came up only briefly and were never heard of again:
G3KZU, G3YHV . . .
Others were once very active but have subsequently gone
QRT: G3UNT, G3VTT, G4GDR. . .
MOST FREQUENTLY WORKED
With
so few active operators it is obvious that one will work the same stations
many times and the top 10 stations account for 70% of my total contacts.
My
most frequently worked stations are:
GW3UEP -
120 G3KEV - 102 M0FMT -
90 G3ZWH - 80 (alas now
SK)
G3DXZ - 67 G4GDR
- 60 EI0CF/ GI4DPE -
51 M0JXM - 48
G3UNT -
45 G3VTT - 38
CROSS-BAND AND EU
STATIONS
There are a few 'regular' stations who listen to 600m
and enjoy a cross-band QSO:
DK6NI, F6CNI, F6ACU, OH1LSQ, PA0LCE, G3TVF . .
.
and our few EU MF friends are still active:
ON4KTJ, OR7T and
OZ8NJ. . .
WSPR ON
600m
I personally find it sad that the present level of
enthusiasm for the WSPR mode was never achieved for hand sent Morse
(CW), which after all is the mode which I call to mind when thinking of the
old MF marine band.
If the WSPR 'enthusiasm' phase lasts, with more and
stronger stations operating 24/7 in the narrow 3 kHz segment which is the 600m
band then I guess it may be time for me to QSY.
73 Chris
G3XIZ
