[NLRS] ARRL 2025 June VHF Contest results

[Jon Platt]

I think the contest results have been posted for a little while, but I just noticed them.   Overall, our club placed 8th out of 47 clubs in the medium club category with 24 logs, a pretty good showing.  All of the following are club member and division winners in their noted operating categories (Dakota Division except where noted):

Classic Rover WØAUS/RLimited Rover  KAØRYT/RUnlimited Rover  WBØLJC/RSingle Operator, High Power  N9MU (Central)Single Operator, Low Power  NØURSingle Operator, Low Power  W0UC  (Central)Single Operator, Analog Only, High Power  WØGHZSingle Operator, Portable NØSUWSingle Operator, Three-Band  KØVGLimited Multioperator  NØEO


Our club sponsors three different ARRL contest plaques for this event; one for the overall SO3B first place winner, one for Dakota Division SOLP and the third is to be rotated to different deserving divisions at the yearly discretion of the ARRL Contest Manager.  This year those three plaque winners were:

Overall Single Operator, Three-Band Northern Lights Radio Society KO9ADakota Division Single Operator, Low Power Northern Lights Radio Society NØUR

Delta Division Single Operator, Low Power Northern Lights Radio Society AJ6T


Jim Wilson, K5ND, has written an EXTENSIVE 70 page report on this contest that you can find on the Leagues website at  https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2025/Jun-VHF-2025-FinalFullResults.pdf  .    From that report:   
   - The total number of entries for this year came in at 1,296, up by nearly 11% from 2024’s 1,169.  
   - Log checking found 7,459 different call signs in the submitted logs.
   - 80% of all contacts were made on 6m, 11% on 2m, the rest on 222 and up (see the report)
   - 70% of all contacts were digital.  Broken down by band: 6m 76%, 2m 61%, 432 30%, 222 35%.  10G was 1%.    

K5ND's report contains lots of interesting information and maps showing 6m and rover activity during the contest, its a recommended look.
73, JonW0ZQ
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