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The NAQCC Feb 2010 Challenge


Final Results:

Name - Calls used
WB2YAF:
PUNXSUTAWNEY- K3WWP-WU1E-N2ESE-N2XRJ-N2ESE-WU1E-N0STL-AE6DW-K3WWP-N8BFL-
K1IEE-KA0RJY
PHIL-K3WWP-KJ4OHW-K1IEE-N8BFL
WIARTON-K3WWP-K1IEE-AE6DW-K3MRG-N0BGT-KJ4OHW-N2ESE
WILLIE-WB8FWJ-K7IA-W2LG-W2LG-KC0INP-K1IEE
SIR-N2ESE-KC0INP-K3MRG
WALTER-WB8VMW-F6HKA-W2LG-N0BGT-N2ESE-N3RSD
WALLY-WB8FWJ-F6HKA-KB9MLE-KB9MLE-KA0RJY

N1LU: sent an .xls file - made all names.

K9OSC:
PUNXSUTAWNEY - W2BPI  K2UY  NN8R  KB5GXD  K5KS  K2UY  NU7T  K5CA  W2BPI
NN8R  KI8EK  K2UY
PHIL - W2BPI  K0HL  W2BPI  K0FL
WIARTON - W2BPI  W2BPI   K5CA  NN8R  K8CIT  W8BPO  F5NBX
WILLIE - W4LZW  K4IBZ  K5LG  K5LG  K4IBZ  KI8EK
SIR - K5KS  NI3R  NN8R
WALTER - W4LZW  EA1CBX  K0FL  K8CIT  EA1CBX  KI3R
WALLY - W3DWI  EA1CBX  WD4LZC  WD4LZC  K2UY

W2JEK:
punxsutawney-k0pc, ne0u, na0n, n6xi, w2sh, ne0u, k3wt, n0ar
w0ad, na0n, ae8m, aj4ay.
phil-k0pc, w9lhg, n0im, w9lhg.
wiarton-w0zq, n6xi, n0ar, n0ar, kt0r, af4o, n0ar.
willie-w0zq, n6xi, w9lhg, k4lta, n0im, ke0g.
sir-w2sh, kc0inp, n0ar.
walter-w0ad, aj4ay, k4lta, kt0r, ne0u kt0r.
wally-w9lhg, w0ad, k6ll, k6ll, aj4ay.

K1IEE:
Punxsutawney- KO4OP K4UK N3AQC WA1BXY W2SH NILU K9WWT N3AQC W3BI N3AQC
KA2EGL WB2YAF
Phil- K3WWP W3HZZ K2PQI KA2EGL
Wiarton- W3BI K2PQI N3AQC K4ORD K9WWT KO4OP K9NZ
Willie- WB2YAF W3BI KA2EGL N1LU W3BI WA2NED
Sir-W2SH N2EI K4ORD
Walter- W3HZZ WB2YAF WB2KLS W4STX KA2EGL KB4JR
Wally- WB2YAF WB2YAF N1LU W2KLS WB2YAF

N8XMS:
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL = NP2CP, N1LU, N2BW, DS0DX, 5E50SA, N1LU, PJ2T, 5E50SA,
N2BW, N2BW, 5E50SA, W5YDM, NP2CB, W2SH, N5KIP, K4CML
WIARTON WILLIE = N2BW, N5KIP, 5E50SA, KB4JR, PJ2T, K4ORD, NA9F, WW5G,
K4BAI, K4CML, N3LL, K4BAI, 5E50SA
SIR WALTER WALLY= 5E50SA, K9IS, KB4JR, WW5G, NA9F, N3LL, CT1JLZ, EA1DR,
W5YDM, NA9F, N3LL, N1LU, W5YDM

K3WWP:
PUNXSUTAWNEY - RX3APM, UR5FEO, IO3N, TX4T, YL2SM, UR5FEO, TX4T, RX3APM,
CW5W, IO3N, LY8O
PHIL - RX3APM, KH6J, PI4TUE, LY8O
WIARTON - CW5W, PI4TUE, RX3APM, UR5FEO, TX4T, LY8O, AN2A
WILLIE - TF3CW, DL1IAO, LY8O, EM7L, DL1IAO, UR5FEO
SIR - YL2SM, IO3N, UR5FEO
WALTER - TF3CW, RL3A, EM7L, RT3T, UR5FEO, RT3T
WALLY - G5W, RL3A, YL2SM, YL2SM, LY8O

KH6OZ:
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL--K5PBR,W6UT,VE7KBN,W4HEX,K5PSH,WB5LCU,W1RET,VE3AKV,NW7US,
KK5NA,N4RE,N5PJY,K5PBR,W4HEX,K0IVK,WB5LCU.
WIARTON WILLIE---WB6OJB,KE6OIO,KK5NA,KB0ROC,W1RET,N9OL,N8BB.
VA2BBW,KD8IFJ,K5ZOL,WB5LCU,K0IVK,W7JZE.
SIR WALTER WALLY--K7SDW,KE6OIO,KG5RJ.
WA0BGV,VE3AKV,K5ZOL,W6UT,N4RE,K5PBR,WB5JWI,KK5NA,N9OL,N9OL,KK7YJ.

KQ1P:
PUNXSUTAWNEY: 6W/PA3EWP, FG/F6AUS, KB2NB, KD2MX, FG/F6AUS, FG/F6AUS,
TM6M, FG/F6AUS, W5YDM, N8BB, 6W/PA3EWP, W5YDM
PHIL: 6W/PA3EWP, HA5JI, HA5JI, KC3EGL
WIARTON: 6W/PA3EWP, HA5JI, HA5JI, K4ORD, CT1JLZ, K4ORD, N8BB
WILLIE: 6W/PA3EWP, WA1VIL, KC3EGL, YL2BJ, WA1VIL, 6W/PA3EWP
SIR: FG/F6AUS, DL1IAO, K4ORD
WALTER: W5YDM, FG/F6AUS, YL2BJ, TM6M, KC2EGL, WA1AR
WALLY: K3WWP, AA2YV, W9DLN, W9DLN, W5YDM

WA7HDI:
PUNXSUTAWNEY- W4LVP KC5GWU WA6DKN W5EX KD6SX KC5GWU WA5OLT WA6DKN
WD6DBM WA6DKN W5EX N4LZY
PHIL- W4LVP WB5NHH K4IBZ WA5OLT
WIARTON- KC5GWU K4IBZ WA6DKN WB6RBJ WA5OLT WA5OLT KJ7N
WILLIE- W5EX K3IAN WA5OLT XE1ELA K3IAN WA6UBE
SIR- KD6SX KI6IM WB6RBJ
WALTER- W5EX WA5OLT XE1ELA AE6TA XE1ELA N6RNP
WALLY- WA6DKN WA5OLT WA2JLW WA2JLW N4LZY

NU7T:
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL
JA1YPA 5W0OU C6ANM JH7XMO SO8A 5W0OU T8CW JA1YPA T8CW F5NTV 
E73W JA1YPA
JA1YPA F6HKA JR8VIE KH6LC
WIARTON WILLIE
e73w ua0fai c6anm j5nar f5ntv 5w0ou c6anm
5w0ou ua0fai fm5Ld fm5Ld ua0fai e73w
SIR WALTER WALLY
SO8A JR8VIE CR2X
5W0OU JA1YPA KH6LC T8CW EF8M CR2X
T8CW J5NAR LU5FF LU5FF JA1YPA

WY3H:
Made all names

Certificates go to: All the above

Soapbox:
N1LU - These alphabet challenges are my favorite. 17 calls used to complete it. Used a Cobra Ultralite @40' with either my FT-817 or my IC-746 at 5W.

K9OSC - Made these contacts with my K1 on 40 and 30 meters using a CF Zepp @ 30 feet. Great fun.

W2JEK - was lots of fun. used 18 calls. most from mn qp and fybo plus a few others over the feb. 6/7 weekend. still needed letter s which i got working charlie w2sh in the sprint. looking forward to the next challenge. 72 and 73 don younger w2jek #1135

K1IEE - Had a fun time. Thanks John for the tutorial that helped allot. Used the HW-9 with 4 watts and the HW-8 with 1 watt for the contacts on 40 and 80.

N8XMS - I always enjoy our alphabet challenges. I used 19 different callsigns. My most useful callsign was the exotic (for me anyway!) 5E50SA special event station in Morocco, which I maxed out by using 6 different times.

K3WWP - I had the challenge finished except for one T, then decided I'd do another one with just DX calls from the ARRL DX Test. That's the one I'm posting. Actually doing it in a contest is really not much of a challenge, but.... The other one was more challenging. Anyway both were fun, and if you're reading this, and have never done one of our alphabet challenges, you're really depriving yourself of a lot of fun. If you like crossword puzzles, word searches, and other similar puzzles, you'll enjoy an alphabet challenge and you'll also be helping to put more CW signals on the air!

KH6OZ - Used my FT897D at 5w into a heathkit antenna tuner and a 40M windom apex at abt 32ft. All solar powered with 1--130w panel and 4 6v batteries. Thanks, 73's George KH6OZ

KQ1P - This was a fun challenge and I had all the needed letters except 'I' and 'T' early in the month. I made an effort to work more DX stations in this challenge, but I still needed the DX contest to help me finish.

WA7HDI - Brand new Yaesu FT-817nd radio dipole for 20 meters and vertical for 40 meters took three days to get the last "R" didn't think I would make it as I did not work the contest. Joe

WY3H - This challenge was relatively easy. I'm glad I completed it. Although it was a lot of fun and I think February groundhogs are an amusing and interesting tradition. After all the snow we got this winter and after all the snow we got in February I still harbor a deep-seated hatred for Punxsutawney Phil and his awful forecast.


PREMISE:
This is the month the little furry creatures we call groundhogs boldy come forth and make their prognostications for the final six weeks of winter. This challenge was first suggested by Don VE3HUR. This is its second running.


TIME FRAME:
The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z


RULES:
There are many groundhog prognosticators around the world. For this alphabet challenge we want you to make the names of just three of them using letters in the calls of stations you work:

PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL
WIARTON WILLIE
SIR WALTER WALLY

This is a reduction from 2008's six names because some members complained our challenges are too hard for them.

For reference, the following 15 letters are contained somewhere in the words:
A E H I L N O P R S T U W X Y

You can use a letter in a call TWICE. For example, N3AQC's A could be used in WIARTON AND WALTER.

If a call has two or more of the same letters, only one may be used. For example, only one of the three E's in K3EEE could be used for two E's in the words (for example PUNXSUTAWNEY and WILLIE). You can't use the two extra E's for anything.

Subsequent QSO's with the same station cannot be used for additional letters. For example, no matter how many times you work K3WWP, you can only use the P from his call for two letters in the words.

See the Alphabet Tutorial page for an excellent way to track any and all of our alphabet type challenges.


AWARDS:
A certificate goes to anyone making all three names.


PARTICIPATION AWARD AND WEB LISTING:
To get a Participation Point and to be listed in the results you must make at least one of the three names.


LOGS:
Include a list of the names and the calls used to make the names as in this example:

JOHN - KB5JO KB5JO W2SH N4FI
SHANNON - W2SH W2SH WA8REI N4FI N2COD N2COD N2COD

You may also include comments about the challenge.

Please preface any comments you want posted with "SOAPBOX:" so we will know what you want posted and what is private.

Send your results to:

E-mail: pix_email_naqcc (1K)

You must type that address into your email program.

Subject must read: (your call) NAQCC (month) Challenge

For example: K3WWP NAQCC February Challenge

Postal mail:
John Shannon, K3WWP
478 E. High St.
Kittanning, PA 16201

All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z.