Gary Fortun, K4GIF, and Rich Kennedy, K3VAT, want to thank everyone who participated in the club’s special 70th anniversary W4R event in April. Here are some fun stats:
A total of 2229 QSOs were made with the following breakdown of bands:
- 24 on 160
- 294 on 80
- 1294 on 40
- 241 on 30
- 291 on 20
- 63 on 17
- 6 on 15
- 2 on 12
- 3 on 10
- 3 on 6
- 6 on 2
- and 2 on 70
This represented contacts with 65 countries and five continents for a total of 1,380,848 DXCC miles! Our participants contact 50 states and 708 counties, 27 CQ zones and 1393 grids. Well done!
Congrats and thanks to these participants:
- Top SSB for a club member from the W4RKC station: Daniel KG4WHO with 128 SSB
- Top SSB for a club member from home station: Tom AF2D with 50 SSB
- Top digital for a club member: Gary K4GIF with 445 FT8
- Top DXCC contact not favorable band conditions: Rich K3VAT working Fo5WR, French Polynesia on 80 meters, FT8
- Top SSB for a former club member with 33% of all QSOs: Mick W8MLS with 704 SSB