Congratulations, Chris!
Whats time we are make a 1001 QSO x-band 502 kHz/7030 khz?
Roman
* Chris Osborn <[email protected]> [Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:03:17 +0000
(GMT)]:
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
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Roman RW3ADB.
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