It's not quite as easy as Jim says. As far as I know it's only been done 4
times in the June contest and almost surely less than 6 times in September
[I know of 3]. Currently a good grid score on a flat band is in the
eighties. More than that takes some kind of enhancement.
As more stations adopt FSK441 in the middle of the night and more random
contacts are made on that mode, it will be interesting to see who if anyone
will be the first to work 100 grids on 2 meters WITHOUT any enhancement.
73 Gene W3ZZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Worsham [mailto:wa4kxy@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:08 PM
To: 'John Geiger'; 'Eugene Zimmerman'
Cc: VHFcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [VHFcontesting] Shortest time to 2m VUCC
I know that in the case of WS4F it took some really seriously good
conditions. But Gene is right, just about every contest at least one
stations works 100+ grids on 2 meters.
73
Jim, W4KXY
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:04 PM
To: Eugene Zimmerman
Cc: VHFcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Shortest time to 2m VUCC
Hi Gene,
Wow! Never would have thought that 100 grids in a single weekend could be
done on 2m. That is surely impressive. Probably need a mixture of enhanced
propagation-like Eskip with some tropo or aurora thrown in.
73s john W5TD
--- Eugene Zimmerman <ezimmerm@erols.com> wrote:
> I know what 6m VUCC can and has been done in less than a weekend, but
> does anyone have an idea as to how quickly someone has earned a 2
> meter VUCC? I think I did it in 5 months or so after moving to the
> new QTH in 2001.
>
> 73s John W5TD
>
_______________________________________________________
>
> Hi John
>
> What you did was a fine performance. But 2 meter VUCC has been made in
> a single weekend quite a few times in the past. On 2 meters in the
> June contest at least by W8VP (121) W9UD, AA9D and N8FMD. In the
> September contest by K8GP (twice) WS4F (1986?) and probably others.
>
> 73 Gene W3ZZ
>
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