These are the results for the December 2022 leg of the 6m & 2m WSPR Leaderboard Challenge.

A special thanks to John VK2IJM who has been maintaining the results tables whilst in and out of hospital battling a serious health issue.

Some comments as outlined by John VK2IJM -

144 MHz Comments -

This summer we have broken the previous 2m distance record set last year @ 3218 km, with a huge 3385 km path from ZL2GT to VK5PJ.

Leaders in the various categories as follows -

Overall 2-Way station rank - VK2DVM 15287
Two-way spots total - VK3MAP & VK3DXE both with 41 two way paths
Max TX distance - ZL2GT 3385 km
Max RX distance - VK5PJ 3385 km
Max 2 way distance - VK2DVM to ZL1RQ 2135 km

50 MHz Comments -

Some big distance paths in comparison to previous years.

Leaders in the various categories as follows -

Overall 2-way station rank - VK4Z-QG62 - 102311
2-Way Spots - VK2EFM-QF56 - 79
Max TX Distance - VK5ADE - 13743 km
Max RX Distance - VK5ZRL - 13231 km
Max 2-way Distance - VK2DVM to N3IZN - 12184 km

Comments from Leigh VK2KRR - I've noted the propagation is generally poor on both bands this summer. Much less Sporadic-E propagation and the E intensity is generally less than previous years. Probably the worst for some time in regards to Sporadic-E. However on 6m WSPR it could be said that its been the best on record in regards to paths to and from the USA, with numerous paths recorded from Chris N3IZN and also for the first time another station AA7FV was also receiving paths.
Tropospheric Ducting has been almost non existent across the Tasman to New Zealand and the usual Bight Paths. How ever having said that, the VK5AKK path to Albany area has been present quite a lot and also an unusual path often present from VK3DXE to Albany area also.
On both 6m and 2m the amount of days with no decent propagation has been the worst we have recorded, despite the numbers of operators participating being higher. We still have a lot of January left so hopefully we will see some more interesting openings before the end of the month.

2m Results Dec 22 below.



6m Results Dec 22 below



January leg of the Leaderboard Challenge still in progress, results to be posted soon.