IARU region 1 September VHF contest
Arguably, to all 144MHz aficionados, this is the most important contest of the year. A contest that attracts thousands of...
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AUSTRALIAN HAM RADIO STORE
As expected, Japan is on the very top with almost 1.3 million licenses.
But look at Thailand and Korea: 140,000! Not many of them on HF, but in those two countries, UHF/VHF activity is widespread amongst school kids and students and they all love their call signs.
Australians doing quite fine with 15,000 in 18th place.
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