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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=k5qe@sabinenet.com href="mailto:k5qe@sabinenet.com">Marshall Williams</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=k5yg@aol.com href="mailto:k5yg@aol.com">Bill Musa</A> ;
<A title=n5ya@n5ya.com href="mailto:n5ya@n5ya.com">Bill Simpson</A> ; <A
title=cclark4379@earthlink.net href="mailto:cclark4379@earthlink.net">Chuck
Clark</A> ; <A title=k5mq@k5mq.com href="mailto:k5mq@k5mq.com">Dave Teague</A> ;
<A title=georged@demontrond.com href="mailto:georged@demontrond.com">George
DeMontrond</A> ; <A title=xagolds@gmail.com
href="mailto:xagolds@gmail.com">Jason Goldsberry</A> ; <A
title=k5aih@verizon.net href="mailto:k5aih@verizon.net">Jim Slots</A> ; <A
title=tgsaba@bellsouth.net href="mailto:tgsaba@bellsouth.net">Ted Saba</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:49 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> The June Contest</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hello to everyone that participated
at K5QE in the June VHF Contest. I want to thank you all for coming and
for working so hard.<BR><BR>Especially, I want to thank George and Ted, our two
new ops. Both of you made serious contributions to the effort, in spite of
being thrown into unfamiliar circumstances. I remember how hard it was for
me when I went to George's station...all unfamiliar gear, unfamiliar logging
program, just everything different. Because of that, I have a new
appreciation for how hard it is to walk into someone else's station and do a
good job.<BR><BR>We had our best contest ever this time. Last year, we
broke the 1M point barrier. That is the first time that has ever been done
in the 5th Call District, I am fairly sure. This year, we did
better. Last year, we had 1300+ QSOs on 6M with 245 grids. This
year, we had fewer QSOs, but more grids(thanks to everyone that worked
6M). The 6M band was just not wide open this year like it was last
year. The microwave contacts this time were really great. We had a
full roster of contacts and grids worked(thanks Ted). <BR><BR>Here are our
preliminary results for the June 2009 VHF Contest<BR><BR>6M: 1245 /
252<BR>2M: 344 / 98<BR>222: 105 / 40<BR>432:
164 / 43<BR>902: 72 / 23<BR>1296: 72 /
25<BR>2304: 22 / 14<BR>3456: 14 / 10<BR><BR>Total score
1,365,520<BR>Total QSO's 2039<BR>Total QSO Points 2704<BR>Total Mults
505<BR><BR>Of course we will lose some of this to the ARRL's log checking, but I
am hoping we can stay above 250 grids on 6M. That is sort of a magical
high water mark for 6M contests.<BR><BR>So, thanks again for coming. We
really do appreciate your efforts. I know the food was good as everyone
was complaining about overeating....HI.<BR><BR>73 Marshall
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