This is truly amazing!

Thanks for sharing it, Lloyd.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:35 PM
Subject: FW: [PVRC] PVRC/CARA Team sets new FD QSO record!


This is the preliminary count from W3AO:
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
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Behalf Of Mark Bailey
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 5:02 PM
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Subject: [PVRC] PVRC/CARA Team sets new FD QSO record!

Thanks to excellent conditions on all HF bands and 6 meters, perfect 
weather, months of preparation, what must have been record participation 
by the amateur community, and the MANY PVRC'ers who turned out to work 
us on multiple band/modes,  the W3AO PVRC/CARA team finally broke the 
all-time record for number of QSO's in ARRL Field Day---a record which 
had stood for 30 years!  Our preliminary count is 12,172 QSO's, not 
counting 376 GOTA QSO's in excess of the 500 Q max.  (We had so many 
GOTA ops that our GOTA station ran almost the full 24 hours, and GOTA 
coach KE3Q got virtually no sleep!)  The previous record of 11,201 QSO's 
was set by the Yankee Clippers Contest Club and friends operating W1VV/1 
in 1981---a fantastic effort running KW's on all bands.  The math says 
that W3AO averaged just over 500 QSO's/hour for the entire 24 hour 
period!  Now to see who won the PVRC plaque for most QSO's with 
W3AO/KE3Q in FD 2011!
73,
Rol, K3RA, PVRC FD Chairman
Dave, W8AJR, CARA FD Chairman