[600MRG] 630m WAS List 10Jun19 attached

[N1BUG]

Hi John,

> Ralph's list does not track states worked by each station.

True enough! I should look at it more often. He does note states
worked in the comments when known.

> But you could easily track active states on 2200m in much the same way
> that Ralph does with states colored in on a map.  Doing so might
> encourage people to keep information up to date and in the public
> domain.

I will give it some thought. That is probably beyond what time
allows for the present.

> Having said that, I DO track QSO's completed daily as best as I can
> for my daily reports and that's one of the ways that Ralph figures out
> if there is a new station to add to the "WAS list" which is published
> on Monday's.  Some of the additional information is gleaned from
> things that I write in the daily reports (like state totals or modes)
> or from e-mail interactions that Ralph has with operators.

Your daily reports are invaluable in keeping up with what is going
on and who is working who. It probably helps to drive new activity
as well. I wish we had something like that for 2200m. When Ron tried
to do something for 2200m and then had to withdraw, I seriously
thought about stepping forward. But I would most likely have ended
up with the same situation. For the next year or so I am even more
busy and have very little time for radio, unfortunately! I will do
my very best to be available for QSOs during the winter.

> BUT the trend seems to be
> that there will be more stations on 2200m this coming season, most of
> which are also very active on 630m right now,  looking for Q's but I
> don't have a feeling for exactly what that means yet.  It could mean
> stations monitoring both bands while actively working one, making a
> jump when an opening is observed.  OR there are many stations that
> have separate stations for each bands and can operate both bands at
> the same time.  Or it could mean something as simple a a band change
> for the season.  We will see what happens.

That is good news! My primary motivation for getting on was for
QSOs. Thus far I have been rather disappointed with the apparent low
interest in 2200m but hopefully that is changing! I am watching
solar activity closely and hoping we haven't yet reached solar
minimum. If not, this coming winter season will be prime time.

73,
Paul N1BUG