I recently posted a claim that I once ran 325 European stations in one hour
on SSB. A noteworthy correspondent legitimately challenged that claim.
I regret to report that I did *not* work 325 Europeans in one hour, and
retract my claim. There were only 226 of them.
However, I was apparently operating in the U.S. band segment, and 99
Americans also called in, for 325 stations total in that hour (1200Z, first
day, 1994 CQWW SSB, VP2E M/S, 15M). I apologize for misleading anyone.
I suspect that others have done as well or better than this. I did not
intend to sound like I was bragging, and apologize if it sounds that way.
But it was a really memorable contest with some really great hours.
The whole point of my note was to demonstrate that 200 Qs per hour average
for a full 48 hours is very very difficult unless you are running only Ws
from the Caribbean or nearby, near the bottom of the cycle when they have
nothing else to work. A peak rate of 200 for a few hours is hard enough when
running Europe, let alone a 200 average. I seriously doubt that 10K QSOs in
one weekend will be achieved soon by a station running mostly Europeans.
But I intend to try!
73,
Doug K1DG
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