- THE TRIPLE H NET

HHH NET Records of Significance

(work in progress as of November 21, 2023)



Net Founded: Hank Greenberg, W2LTP, in 1976

First Net Control Stations: W2LTP (SK), WB0YJQ (now KD0QV), and W9ZGV (SK)*.

First Secretary (Administrator): WB8SSR (SK), second administrator is W7FTT

First QSL Bureau Manager: WB0EYT (SK), second manager is WN7M (SK)

First WAS Certificate on the Net: December 1979, to N7AJS (SK), a YL

Total WAS Certificates Awarded: 989.

Total DXCC Certificates Awarded: 3.

First DXCC Certificate on the Net: June 15, 1987, to W0IDI (SK).

Total Awards Issued by the Net: 5638.

Most Official Net QSO's: 75000+ by W0HHH (SK).

Most Awards/Endorsements to a Single Station: 226 by W7FTT.

Most Net QSO's in a 1 Month Period: 600 by KF0CC: completed in December, 1992.

Most Net QSO's in a 1 Year Period: 5700 by KF0CC: completed in 1993.

Most Mobile QSO's in a 1 (30 days) Month Period: 926 by W2LTP (N6PJL, operator): completed from July 18 to August 14, 2001.

Most Mobile QSO's in a 1 Year Period: 3853 by AC4EZ (SK): completed from December 1991, to November 1992.

Fastest WAS Worked on the Net as a Mobile: WB6FNI, October 24 to November 4, 1989. (12 days)

Most Completed Net QSO's in 60 Minutes by an NCS: 73 by KJ6WF (now KI7CJ). QSO's were made to
WB6FNI/5 (mobile) while he was on the Texas / Oklahoma border.

Most Different Callsigns Held by a Net Member: 12 by Larry Fischl; who was originally KA7KAB, then N7DCC,
KD7CD, KI6AE, KF7FU, KF7HF, KJ6WF, KF7XZ, KK6EO, KG7NO, KM6QQ, and currently, KI7CJ.

Most Completed Net QSO's During a Complete Net: 197, NCS was WB6FNI on March 14, 1992.

Most Total Net Check-Ins During a Complete Net: 111, by NCS WB6FNI, on November 16, 1991.

Most Worked All States Holders Checked-In During a Complete Net: 94 on January 1, 1998. NCS was W7FTT.

The Longest Running Net: 5h 42m by NCS WB6FNI (0700 to 1242 Z) on November 29, 1991.

Most DX Net Check-Ins During a Complete Net: 27, by NCS WD6DNE (SK), in 1980.

Most DX Countries Worked/Verified on the Net: 120 by W7FTT

Most Calls Received by a Single DX Station During a Complete Net: 80, by ZK2IK, Niue Is., on
March 26, 1985. NCS was WB6FNI

Most Calls Received by a Domestic Station at One Location During a Completed Net: 66, by WB6FNI/7,
in Cheyenne, WY, on November 1, 1989. NCS was KJ6WF.

Most Calls Received by a Domestic Station at More than One Location During a Completed Net: 134, WB6FNI/6,
on 10 different islands in California, on May 27, 1994. NCS was KF0CC.

Most Different States Checked-In During a Completed Net: 43, on December 21, 1991. NCS was WB6FNI.

Most Different State Capitals (Dover, DE - Annapolis, MD and Trenton, NJ) Checked-In During a Completed Net by
One Station:
 3, on November 12, 1999 by WN1F/m. NCS's W7FTT and K2CD.

First to Qualify for a Net Award During a Single Net Operation: N0OJO; worked 53 WAS # holders
to qualify for the 50-50 award, March 14, 1992 (N0OJO had just been awarded
WAS #500 at the start of the Net). NCS was WB6FNI.

Most Awards/Endorsements earned During one Year: 46, NC2O, 2001

Number of (known) Silent Keys (SK's) from the WAS Official Net Roster: 172.

Annual QSO Parties held New Year's Eve (December 31, every year): 32 (1990-2022), NCS's W7FTT, W4MTS (SK) and KJ6MS


First Awards/Endorsements Issued in each Award Category
WAS (Worked All States): N7AJS (SK)
#2 W0IDI (SK)
#3 W0IDI (SK)
#4 W0IDI (SK)
#10 WB6FNI
#20 WB6FNI
#30 W7FTT
#40 W7FTT
#50 W7FTT
YL - 25 (Young Ladies): WB6FNI
#100 WB6FNI
#200 W7FTT
YL - WAS (Young Ladies): WB6FNI
M - 25 (Mobiles): W9ZGV (SK)
50 W5AMN (The 50 level is discontinued)
100 W2NKD (SK)
200 WB6FNI
300 WB6FNI
400 WB6FNI
500 WB6FNI
600 WB6FNI
700 WB6FNI
800 WB6FNI
900  W7FTT
1000  W7FTT 
1100  W7FTT 
1200  W7FTT 
1300  W7FTT 
1400  W7FTT 
1500  W7FTT 
1600  W7FTT 
1700  W7FTT 
1800  W7FTT 
1900  W7FTT 
2000  W7FTT 
2100  W7FTT 
2200  W7FTT 
M - WAS (via Mobiles): WB6FNI
#2 WB6FNI
#3 WB6FNI
#4 WB6FNI
#5 WB6FNI
M - WAS (as a Mobile): W2NKD (SK)
#2 WB6FNI
#3 WB6FNI
#4 WB6FNI
#5 WB6FNI
M - WAS (as a mobile to all mobiles): K5DUG
#2 W7FTT
SCA (State Capitals): 20 W0IDI (SK) (20, 30, and 40 levels are discontinued)
25 KA9NBE (SK)
30 WB6FNI
40 WB6FNI
#1 50 WB6FNI (only 25 and 50 levels available now)
#2 50 W7FTT
#3 50 W7FTT
#4 50 W7FTT
#5 50 W7FTT
WPX - 75 (Prefixes): N7AJS (SK) (75 level is discontinued)
100 W0IDI (SK)
150 W0IDI (SK)
175 W0IDI (SK)
200 W0IDI (SK)
225 W0IDI (SK)
250 W0IDI (SK)
275 WB6FNI
300 WB6FNI
325 W7FTT
350 W7FTT
DX - 50 (Countries): N7AJS (SK)
75 N7AJS (SK)
100 W0IDI (SK)
110 WB6FNI
120 W7FTT
WASA (Worked All South America): W0IDI (SK)
WACA (Worked All Central America): W2NKD (SK)
TCA (Trans Can-Am): WA4ENU (SK)
#2 W7FTT
#3 N1EDN (SK)
#4 W7FTT
#5 W7FTT
ASC-26 (Alpha-Bet Soup): W2LTP (SK)
#2 W7FTT
#3 W7FTT
#4 W7FTT
#5 W7FTT
50-50 (WAS Numbers): W9ZGV (SK)
75 W0IDI (SK)
100 W9ZGV (SK)
125 WB6FNI
150 W0IDI (SK)
200 W0IDI (SK)
225 WB6FNI
250 WB6FNI
275 WB6FNI
300 W0IDI (SK)
350 WB6FNI
400 WB6FNI
450 WB6FNI
500 WB6FNI
600 W7FTT
700 W7FTT
800 W7FTT
900 W7FTT
PPC (Picture Postcard): WB6FNI
1x2x1 (Extra Class Callsigns): WB6FNI
CIA - 15 (Caribbean Island Award): WB1DKS (SK)
20 WB1DKS (SK)
25 WB1DKS (SK)
30 WB6FNI
PIA - 15 (Pacific Island Award): WA4ENU (SK)
20 WA4ENU (SK)
25 WA4ENU (SK)
30 WB6FNI
35 WB6FNI
40 W7FTT
MA (Monroe Award): W2NKD (SK)
APA (Australian Prefix Award): WB6FNI
73 (ARRL Sections Award): KB8VZ (SK)
USPX (United States Prefixes): WB6FNI
WAC-7 (Worked All 7 Continents): W0IDI (SK)
IOTA-100 (Islands on the Air): WB6FNI
200 WB6FNI
300 WB6FNI
400 WB6FNI
500 W7FTT
QSO-1000 (Official Net QSO's): W0IDI (SK)
2000 W0IDI (SK)
3000 WB6FNI
4000 WB6FNI
5000 WB6FNI
6000 AC4EZ (SK)
7000 AC4EZ (SK)
8000 KF0CC (SK)
9000 KF0CC
10000 KF0CC
11000 KF0CC
12000 KF0CC
13000 KF0CC
14000 KF0CC
15000 KF0CC
16000 KF0CC
17000 KF0CC
18000 KF0CC
19000 KF0CC
20000 KF0CC
21000 KF0CC
22000 KF0CC
23000 KF0CC
24000 KF0CC
25000 KF0CC
26000 KF0CC
27000 KF0CC
28000 KF0CC
29000 KF0CC
30000 KF0CC
31000 KF0CC
32000 KF0CC
33000 KF0CC
34000 KF0CC
35000 KF0CC
36000 KF0CC
37000 KF0CC
38000 KF0CC
39000 KF0CC
40000 KF0CC
41000 W0HHH
42000 W0HHH
43000 W0HHH
44000 W0HHH
45000 W0HHH
46000 W0HHH
47000 W0HHH
48000 W0HHH
49000 W0HHH
50000 W0HHH
51000 W0HHH
52000 W0HHH
53000 W0HHH
54000 W0HHH
55000 W0HHH
56000 W0HHH
57000 W0HHH
58000 W0HHH
59000 W0HHH
60000 W0HHH
61000 W0HHH
62000 W0HHH
63000 W0HHH
64000 W0HHH
65000 W0HHH
66000 W0HHH
67000 W0HHH
68000 W0HHH
69000 W0HHH
70000 W0HHH
71000 W0HHH
72000 W0HHH
73000 W0HHH
74000 W0HHH
75000 W0HHH (SK)
5 and 10 Senior Award (475 USA stations): WB6FNI
NAME-50 (50 Different Names): KF0CC (now W0HHH)
100 W7FTT
200 N7IOD (SK)
QRP-10 (Working 10 QRP Stations): W7FTT
25 W7FTT
100 NC2O
QRP-QRP (WAS): W7FTT
Trucker-10 (Working 10 Truckers in Different States: KN4WL (Now AB4SM)
25 N4EIL (now NS3Q)
50 KF0CC (now W0HHH) (SK)
XYL/OM Combo-10: KK4CD (SK)
25 W7FTT
Club-10 (Working 10 Different Club Stations): N4EIL (now NS3Q)
25 KF0CC (SK)
50 KA9HHH (SK)
75 KA9HHH (SK)
100 KA9HHH (SK)
Veteran's Award-10 (Working 10 Veterans): K4YCF
25 WA4YDO (SK)
50 WA4YDO (SK)
100 K2CD
WAS-Veteran's Award K4YCF
* Note; (SK) is a Silent Key

All Net Awards/Endorsements Issued by Month/Year
  MONTH------1979-----1980-----1981-----1982-----1983-----1984-----1985-----1986 
January         0       24        0        6        4       10        3       12 
February        0       28        2        9        4        6        2        9 
March           0       15        1        8        4        6        6        4 
April           0        8        0        4        4       15        0        3 
May             0       10        6        7        9        6        2        2 
June            0        7        1        6        4        8        3       13 
July            0        4        6        6       10        7        6        7 
August          0        4        3        4        5        2        5        3 
September       0        9        2       10        6        1        4       10 
October         0        4        3        7       14        8        3        3 
November        0        2       10        4        7        3        5       21 
December       23        2       18        3       11        0        9       14 
 Totals        23      117       52       74       82       72       48      101 
  MONTH------1987-----1988-----1989-----1990-----1991-----1992-----1993-----1994 
January        18       25       41       91       26       22       16       14 
February        9       15       36       51       57       28       16       11 
March           3       11       47       39       14       42        4        4 
May            30        0       50       38       25       62       24       13 
June            8        0*      26       57       21       22       23        7 
July            9       71       53        5       11        9       35        4 
August          5       25       51       41       14       29        7       11 
September       7        9       36       27       10       17       11        5 
October         6       17       21       31       36       11       20        5 
November       26        8      118       33       25       30        6        3 
December       45       44       68       11       38       48        7       10 
 Totals       172      226      599      501      302      352      180       90 
  MONTH------1995-----1996-----1997-----1998-----1999-----2000-----2001-----2002 
January         6        3        7       22       13       14       24       37 
February        7       15        3       14       21       18       35       30 
March          12        9        3        6       12       14       52       23 
April           2        3       12       21       13       33       22       26 
May             2        4        6       13       18       26       34       12 
June            3        3        8        8       12       29       19       12 
July            4        4        9       11       16       15       11        3 
August          1        4       17       26       14       22       49       15 
September       5        8        6        8        8       26       15       12 
October         3       10       27       27       24       38       26        2 
November        8        8       44       23       23       27       19        6 
December        9       20       32       18       37       54       35       10 
 Totals        62       91      173      197      211      316      330      188 
  MONTH------2003-----2004-----2005-----2006-----2007-----2008-----2009-----2010 
January         7       18       13       15       11       11        7       10 
February       17       10        8        3        2        3        4        7 
March           8        6       28        1        6        8        4        3 
April           8       22        8        2        2        6        2        3 
May             4        1        7        3        5        3        2        2 
June            9       11        1        1        1        2        4        1 
July            3        2       15       10        7        5        5        2 
August         11        5        4        2        9        7        3        1 
September      11        2        3        5        6        3        1        4 
October        11        1        1        1        6        4        1        5 
November        5        1       10       15       18        2        2        5 
December       33        7        4       10        3        9       11        9 
 Totals       127       86      102       68       76       63       46       52 
  MONTH------2011-----2012-----2013-----2014-----2015-----2016-----2017-----2018 
January        41        3       18        5       15       26        0        0 
February       11        2        2        7        3        6        0        0 
March           9        3        2        3        6        4        0        0 
April           2        1        5       21       11        7        0        0 
May             8        1        3       26       10        2        0        0 
June           10        1        2        2        9        4        0        0 
July            1        3        1        3        1        0        0        0 
August          5        9       10        2        1        2        0        0 
September       1        1        1       22        2        3        0        0 
October         2        4        6       11        2        3        0        0 
November       10        2        5        8       21        2        0        0 
December        7        2        3        3        5        3        0        0 
 Totals       107       32       58      113       87       62                   
 * W7FTT Issuing Awards (after date)              TOTAL = 5638

All Net WORKED ALL STATES Certificates Issued by Month/Year
  MONTH------1979-----1980-----1981-----1982-----1983-----1984-----1985-----1986 
January         0       20        0        2        0        3        0        1 
February        0       25        2        2        1        2        0        0 
March           0       16        1        2        0        2        0        1 
April           0        8        1        2        2        1        0        2 
May             0        6        0        1        2        2        1        2 
June            0        7        2        3        3        4        2        1 
July            0        4        5        1        4        1        4        3 
August          0        4        1        2        2        1        3        0 
September       0        9        2        1        1        1        2        2 
October         0        4        2        2        1        1        1        0 
November        0        3        4        1        1        1        0        2 
December       23        2        7        1        2        0        3        3 
 Totals        23      108       27       20       19       19       16       17 
  MONTH------1987-----1988-----1989-----1990-----1991-----1992-----1993-----1994 
January         1        0        5        4        4        3        0        3 
February        2        2        7        1        6        4        8        6 
March           0        1        9        6        9        5        0        2 
April           4        0        2       10        2       10        3        1 
May            11        0        3        6        8        4        7        4 
June            2        0        7        2        6        5       11        1 
July            0       12        5        1        5        4        3        0 
August          2        3        6        6        7        2        2        0 
September       1        2        4        1        4        9        4        2 
October         1        8        2        3        5        1        1        0 
November        2        4        3        5        6        2        3        0 
December        0        4        5        1       11        5        0        1 
 Totals        26       36       58       46       73       54       42       20 
  MONTH------1995-----1996-----1997-----1998-----1999-----2000-----2001-----2002 
January         2        2        2        4        0        0        2        3 
February        4        2        1        3        4        4        1        2 
March           0        4        0        0        2        4        5        3 
April           1        0        1        4        4        3        2        4 
May             1        0        1        2        1        2        2        0 
June            0        0        2        1        0        1        2        1 
July            1*       0        3        2        2        0        1        0 
August          0        0        7        3        4        4        4        0 
September       2        4        2        0        1        1        3        0 
October         1        2        6        2        2        5        0        0 
November        1        1        3        3        2        4        0        2 
December        1        3        6        3        5        8        6        3 
 Totals        14       18       34       27       27       36       28       18 
  MONTH------2003-----2004-----2005-----2006-----2007-----2008-----2009-----2010 
January         2        2        1        0        2        3        1        1 
February        1        4        0        0        0        0        0        0 
March           2        0        1        0        2        1        1        0 
April           1        0        1        0        0        1        0        1 
May             2        0        1        0        2        0        0        0 
June            2        5        0        0        0        0        1        0 
July            0        0        2        1        4        0        1        1 
August          2        1        2        0        3        3        0        0 
September       6        0        1        2        0        1        0        0 
October         0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0 
November        3        0        1        2        1        0        0        3 
December        2        4        1        1        0        2        1        3 
 Totals        23       16       11        6       14       11        5        9 
  MONTH------2011-----2012-----2013-----2014-----2015-----2016-----2017-----2018 
January         0        0        1        1        2        1        0        0 
February        0        1        0        0        0        0        0        0 
March           1        2        1        2        1        0        0        0 
April           1        0        0        3        0        1        0        0 
May             0        0        0        7        0        0        0        0 
June            3        0        0        1        3        1        0        0 
July            0        2        0        2        0        0        0        0 
August          2        2        1        1        0        1        0        0 
September       0        0        0        1        1        1        0        0 
October         1        2        3        2        1        0        0        0 
November        3        1        2        1        1        0        0        0 
December        0        1        1        2        2        1        0        0 
 Totals        11       11        9       23       11        6                   
 * W7FTT Issuing Awards (after date)              TOTAL = 969

Worked All States Net Members by States/Ranking
 State       WAS #'s   Rank      State       WAS #'s   Rank 
Alabama        11       19      Montana         7       36
Alaska          8       35      Nebraska        8       43
Arizona        22        6      Nevada         14       10
Arkansas        4       47      New Hampshire   6       30
California     74        1      New Jersey      9       31
Colorado       16       13      New Mexico     11       23
Connecticut     9       33      New York       20        7
Delaware        3       48      North Carolina 15       15
Florida        46        2      North Dakota    7       37
Georgia        16       14      Ohio           21        8
Hawaii         13       17      Oklahoma       14       16
Idaho           6       39      Oregon         26        5
Illinois       20        9      Pennsylvania   15       11
Indiana        13       24      Rhode Island    7       34
Iowa            5       40      South Carolina 10       22
Kansas         10       25      South Dakota    6       49
Kentucky        9       28      Tennessee      17       12
Louisiana      12       26      Texas          31        4
Maine           5       45      Utah            5       38
Maryland       11       27      Vermont         6       50
Massachusetts   5       41      Virginia       12       32
Michigan        9       29      Washington     35        3
Minnesota      15       20      West Virginia   9       18
Mississippi     6       42      Wisconsin       5       44
Missouri       12       21      Wyoming         4       46

Awards/Endorsements Issued - Honor Roll
 1. W7FTT      226         31. KB7JJO (SK) 37         61. W9VS        21
 2. N1EDN  (SK)136         32. K3SKU  (SK) 36         62. N4ZNH       20
 3. W0HHH  (SK)135         33. K4VZ   (SK) 36         63. AA7KV       20
 4. N7IOD  (SK)101         34. VE7SCC      36                           
 5. KK4CD  (SK) 90         35. KC8YM       35                           
 6. K2CD        84         36. N7EMY  (SK) 34                           
 7. KB8VZ  (SK) 80         37. WA4YDO (SK) 34                           
 8. KA9NBE (SK) 79         38. NK7Y   (SK) 33                           
 9. KB6PYD (SK) 75         39. KA9HHH (SK) 33                           
10. N1GWG  (SK) 75         40. N6AJR       30                           
11. N7JGK  (SK) 74         41. NS9I        30                           
12. VE7JMC (SK) 74         42. W4TAT  (SK) 29                           
13. WB6ORJ      72         43. VK2NRB (SK) 29                           
14. W9ZGP  (SK) 69         44. NC4RP       29                           
15. AB5BG  (SK) 68         45. AC4EZ  (SK) 28                           
16. W9IH   (SK) 65         46. K0JLG  (SK) 27                           
17. N9PPM  (SK) 65         47. NS3Q        27                           
18. WC9N        61         48. W9NLS  (SK) 27                           
19. N0PUI       60         49. AA4JI       27                           
20. N5MXQ  (SK) 59         50. KC3JM       26                           
21. W1NXW  (SK) 57         51. W8WKG       26                           
22. K0TPK       56         52. AH6OK       26                           
23. W0IDI  (SK) 52         53. W2LTP  (SK) 24                           
24. NC2O        47         54. AB4SM       23                           
25. AF2HD  (SK) 46         55. KJ6MS       23                           
26. K7LL   (SK) 43         56. KA4VPM (SK) 22                           
27. W7QVO  (SK) 42         57. K3DRJ       22                           
28. N6WMF       39         58. N5DT        22                           
29. K4YCF       42         59. KC4PV  (SK) 21                           
30. KA7RDW      37         60. KH6FKG (SK) 21                           

Worked All States Holders by License Class/YL-DX
Extra Class        348
Advanced           147
General            163
DX                  69
YL's                42
Club                39
SK                 172
Whereabouts (?)      8
DXCC (Different)    18
These accumulations will not necessarily add up to the total WAS numbers issued

Last Updated:  November 24, 2023:  Mark A. Nodine, KJ6MS - HHH Net Co-Administrator

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