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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
