At 05:29 PM 7/21/2004, Ev Tupis/W2EV wrote:
>Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>>The ARRL June VHF QSO Party is _the_ premier VHF+ competition of the year
>>for North America. It sees _by far_ the most operations of any VHF+
>>competition all year long.
>
>From: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/
>
>June VHF QSO Party 2003: 818 Logs Submitted
>June VHF QSO Party 2004: 620 Logs Submitted
620 is not the final number. Paper logs are not included yet, for example.
725 is a good estimate to use.
> ---
> 719 Average over the past two years
771 average
>January VHF Sweepstakes 2003: 798 Logs Submitted
>January VHF Sweepstakes 2004: 834 Logs Submitted
> ---
> 816 Average over the past two years
>
>The January VHF Sweepstakes wins..."by far".
They are pretty close.
Compared to 1996 the number of logs in June has dropped by 20% but in January
the drop is 50% Hard to figure why there is so much of a difference.
-- Tom
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