W4R Special Event Recognitions

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