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The NAQCC September 2014 Challenge All challenge info such as rules are now in the hands of Gary K1YAN. Email him with any questions in that regard at . The results on this page are the responsibility of Hap K7HAP. Email him with any questions in that regard at . PREMISE: The interest in QRP operating has spurred the offering of many kits and rigs over the years. They range from a single band, crystal controlled QRPp kit that fits in a mint tin (the Altoids alternative), analog single band rigs and even DDS vfo, multi band kit offerings. Here are some of them. TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z RULES: Simply make all the words in the list below from the call signs of stations you work to master the challenge. The comments in parenthesis and the "/ " in 2N2/XX are not part of the challenge. NO contest or sprint QSO's allowed QSO's must be made using CW and QRP. 2N2/XX (NORCAL - Various bands, analog VFO, 5W TX) ROCKMITE (SW LABS - Various bands,crystal control RX / TX, 500 mW) FIREFLY (HENDRICK'S QRP KITS - 30M SDR RX, VXO, 2.6 W) SIERRA (WILDERNESS RADIO - Multi band, plug in band modules, 3 W) POWERMITE (TEN TEC - 40 & 20M, DC RX, 2 W) FIREBALL 40 (NJ QRP CLUB - Various bands,crystal control, 40 mW) QRP PLUS (INDEX LABS - Multiband, 5 W) SUPER TUNA (QPR ME - Various bands,crystal control TX, 1.5 W) EXPLORER (OHIO RESEARCH - Various bands, analog VFO, 2 W) GLOWBUG 40 (GLOWBUG KITS - 40M TX, single tube, QRPp TO QRP output) AT SPRINT (KD1JV KITS - 4 Band, DDS VFO, 4 W) The 86 total characters contain these 24 different letters and numbers: A B C E F G I K L M N O P Q R S T U W X Y 2 4 0 AWARDS: A certificate and Participation Point go to everyone making all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. A Participation Point goes to everyone making at least 1, but not all words and submitting their report before the deadline. PRIZES: A choice of an item made by master woodworker Gregg WB8LZG as shown on our prizes page here goes to someone selected via a random drawing from all who participate and submit a report for this month's challenge. A person can only win once, then they become ineligible for future drawings. LOGS: For your report, list the words you made and the station used for each letter in the word. The number of stations listed must be the same as the number of letters in each word, even though you use the same station for more than one letter as in: WORD - K3WWP, N2OD, WA8REI, N2OD Note how N2OD is listed for both the O and D. 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: 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: Hap - K7HAP 8532 Canterbury Dr. Annandale, VA 22003 All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. Final Results: SM5MEK: 2N2/XX - OK2BMA/P G0ILN OK2MBA/P JT1AA/5 ON4LX/QRP ON4LX/QRP ROCKMITE - ON4LX/QRP OM8CM 0M8CM IK5IIS OM8CM IK5IIS TM6CL US5HE FIREFLY - UK8IF IK5ISS AM05BWR TM14JEM UK8IF G0ILN HA5FLY SIERRA - IK5IIS IK5IIS TM14JEM R14CWC/6 R14CWC/6 JT1AA/5 POWERMITE - LZ37MP OM8CM PA9CW/P US5HE AM05BWR OM8CM IK5IIS TM14JEM OK1NE FIREBALL40 - F/G3NQO/P IK5IIS R163VW OK1NE UN7AB IT1AP/5 LZ37MP LZ37MP ON4LX/QRP G0ILN QRPPLUS - ON4LX/QRP R163VW LZ37MP PA9CW/P DL1DGS UK8IF DL1DGS SUPERTUNA - DL1DGS UN7AB PA9CW/P EG7SDC UR7VT TM14JEM UN7AB OK1NE JT1AA/5 EXPLORER - UE85AGN EG5ELX PA9CW/P DL1DGS ON4LX/QRP RZ4I/4 EG7SDC RZ4I/4 GLOWBUG40 - G0ILN G0ILN ON4LX/QRP PA9CW/P UN7AB UK8IF G0ILN ON4LX/QRP AM05BWR ATSPRINT - JT1AA/5 JT1AA/5 IK5IIS PA9CW/P ON4LX/QRP IK5IIS G0ILN JT1AA/5 G3JFS: 2N2XX - DM200TSV RX9WN DM200TSV RX9WN RX9WN ROCKMITE - G4AYR S51WO EG5SDC OK2QA/P SM7ZDI SM7ZDI DM200TSV EG5SDC FIREFLY - F6IWD DL6LBI CO6RD EV1R OK4FF DL6LBI G4AYR SIERRA - SM7ZDI SM7ZDI EG5SDC G4AYR RX9WN G4AYR POWERMITE - S50P S51NO S51WO EG1SDC RX9WN SM7ZDI I1ULJ DM200TSV EG1SDC FIREBALL40 - F6IWD I1ULJ R6AP LA9LE DL6LBY G4AYR I1ULJ I1ULJ G4AYR S50P QRPPLUS - OK2QA/P R6AP S50P SP7HOV DL6LBI I1ULJ SM7ZDI SUPERTUNA - S51WO I1ULJ SP7HOV LA9LE CO6RD CT7/RC2A Z30U RX9WN W1AW/1 EXPLORER - EV1R CX2BR R6AP LA9LE SP7HOV EV1R TM14JEM EV1R GLOWBUG40 - G4AYR LA9LE SP7HOV S51WO DL6LBI Z30U G4AYR G4AYR S50P ATSPRINT - W1AW/1 CT7/RC2A S51WO IF9/IT9PPG CX2BR F6IWD SN50MKS TM14JEM K3WWP: 2N2/XX - DM200TSV RX9WN DM200TSV W1AW/1 RX9WN RX9WN 2N2XX - CO2IR N1IX CO2IR MW0EDX MW0EDX ROCKMITE - W3JAR CO2IR CO2IR K9IL AM05HT CO2IR W1VT MW0EDX FIREFLY - DF9ZV CO2IR W3JAR MW0EDX DF9ZV K9IL YW5D SIERRA - S59N K9IL 5E7R CO2IR CO2IR W1AW/1 POWERMITE - LZ37MP CO2IR YW5D 5E7R 5E7R AM05HT K9IL W1VT HI3LFE FIREBALL40 - LU7HF N1IX 5E7R HI3LFE AM01CBX W1AW/1 K9IL DK7LX W1AW/4 AM05HT QRPPLUS - WA8KOQ OM5RM LZ37MP K7HP DK7LX S58MU S59N SUPERTUNA - S58MU S58MU K7HP EG5SDC OM5RM AM05HT LU7HF N1IX W3JAR EXPLORER - EG5SDC AM01CBX P43E N9ZXL AO8BWC G3ZRJ P43E G3ZRJ GLOWBUG40 - G3ZRJ N9ZXL AO8BWC YW5D AM01CBX LU7HF G3ZRJ W1AW/4 AM05HT ATSPRINT - W3JAR AM05HT S58MU P43E HA0NAR IZ4ZZB N9ZXL TK5MH N9SE: 2N2XX - YL2BJ KB3ENU YL2BJ N1IX N1IX ROCKMITE - CO6RD K4AOA KC5QIH KB3ENU AM08BLV KC5QIH W1VT KB3ENU FIREFLY - KF5RAU KC5QIH CO6RD KB3ENU KF5RAU AM08BLV YL2BJ SIERRA - VO2NS W5EIU W5EIU KF5RAU KF5RAU W1AW/7 POWERMITE - K4HPP K4AOA W1AW/7 W5EIU MI0SRR AM08BLV W5EIU W1VT OM3SEM FIREBALL40 - N8FF V44KAI K5ZRK OM3SEM KB3ENU W1AW/7 AM08BLV YL2BJ K4HPP AM08BLV QRPPLUS - KC5QIH K5ZRK K4HPP K4HPP YL2BJ KB3ENU OM3SEM SUPERTUNA - OM3SEM KB3ENU K4HPP G3HGE MI0SRR N5PHT W5EIU KB3ENU K4AOA EXPLORER - G3HGE W1XT N5PHT CO8LY CO8LY MI0SRR AB2EW MI0SRR GLOWBUG40 - G3HGE CO8LY CO8LY W1AW/7 KB3ENU W5EIU G3HGE K4HPP AM08BLV ATSPRINT - K4AOA N5PHT NS9I N5PHT XE1RK V44KAI N5PHT HT5T I5SKK: 2N2XX - 9A2DX F5IN 9A2DX 9A2DX 9A2DX ROCKMITE - R6AF OZ4UN EG7SFC G3LIK DL5YM F5IN HA9RT EG7SFC FIREFLY - F5IN F5IN R6AF ZB3MED F5IN G3LIK DL5YM SIERRA - EG7SFC G3LIK G4BUE G0ORH G0ORH 9A2DX POWERMITE - G3RXP OZ4UN W1MK EG7SFC HA9RT DL5YM G3LIK HA9RT EG4ESP FIREBALL40 - R6AF G4IIY HA9RT G4BUE G4BUE 9A2DX G3LIK DL5YM OZ4UN G0ORH QRPPLUS - IQ4AX G3RXP G3RXP EG4ESP DL5YM OZ4UN EG7SFC SUPERTUNA - HG15SPORT YU1WN EG4ESP EG4ESP G3RXP OK1RT G4BUE F5IN R6AF EXPLORER - EG4ESP G3RXP HG15SPORT DL5YL G0ORH OK1RT ZB3MED OK1RT GLOWBUG40 - G0ORH DL5YL G0ORH W1MK G4BUE OZ4UN G0ORH OZ4UN G0ORH ATSPRINT - R6AF OK1RT HG15SPORT HG15SPORT HG15SPORT G4IIY OZ4UN OK1GT K1IEE: 2N2XX - YL2TQ UN5P YL2TQ UA6HX XE2ST ROCKMITE - EG8COR AO8BWC LZ73TRC TK5MH EG7MAL DL6LDI LZ73TRC EG7MAL FIREFLY - EG7SFC DL6LBI LZ73TRC EG7MAL HA4FF DL6LBI YU7LS SIERRA - YU7LS EI5DR EG8COR R7CA LZ73TRC UA6HX POWERMITE - UN5P AO8BWC W8HOG EG8COR R7CA EG7MAL EI5DR LZ73TRC EI5DR FIREBALL40 - EG7SFC OM5MI EG8COR EI5DR AO8BWC AO8BWC LZ73TRC YU7LS HA4FF AM0BLV QRPPLUS - YL2TQ DR50RRDXA LX/PA1AW W6P LZ73TRC YU7LS EG7SFC SUPERTUNA - EG7SFC YU7LS GX8HPC/A XE2ST CX2BR YL2TQ UA6HX AN07DX AO8BWC EXPLORER - EG7SFC UA6HX LX/PA1AW YU7LS W8HOG EI5DR EG7SFC CX2BR GLOBUG40 - W8HOG YL2TQ W8HOG AO8BWC UA6HX W8HOG HA4FF AM08BLV ATSPRINT - UA6HX YL2TQ YU7LS GX8HPC/A EI5DR OM5MI AN07DX HT5T KI6FCT: 2N2XX - EA2LU N0EVH KH2TJ K6HPX N4EX ROCKMITE - KB4BKR K5ACO K5ACO K5ACO K9ZMD AA4IT AA4IT AA7EQ FIREFLY - AE9F K4PIC N7RR AE5B K0LAF K0LAF KE6YF SIERRA - NS7P K5WI AE9F N7RR W0ERI AA4IT POWERMITE - K4PIC W4DOW W4DOW EA2LU W7RV N4ELM KB9ILT KB9ILT K6EL FIREBALL40 - VA6FUN N7IK WA6RIC N1EU AE5B AA4IT K6EL K8LIG AA4IT K0LAF QRPPLUS - AA7EQ WA6RIC K6APW NS7P KB9ILT K7FU W4MPS SUPERTUNA - W7SAG EA2LU K6HPX KE5AKL N7RR K7TQ N1EU N0TA AA7EQ EXPLORER - KE6YX N5EX W0CP EA2LU W4QO N7RR N0EVH KB4BKR GLOWBUG40 - K8LIG KE5AKL W4QO W4QO KB4BKR N7UN KG3W K4PIC N0TA ATSPRINT - AD5A KH2TJ WA2USA W4MPS W0ERI W0ERI N4MJ WA7JTM PA0XAW: 2N2XX - DK2VM SN50MKS DK2VM 4X4NJ 4X4NJ ROCKMITE - G3VRU HF70OMG R14CWC/1 SN50MKS SN50MKS II0IAML TM100RS Z63MED FIREFLY - HF70OMG II0IAML G3VRU Z63MED HF70OMG SV9/LZ1PM SM2BYW SIERRA - SN50MKS II0IAML EI7JK R14CWC/1 R14CWC/1 PA70KP POWERMITE - PA70KP HF70OMG R14CWC/1 EI7JK EW8BR SN50MKS II0IAML TM100BS EW8BR FIREBALL40 - DR20RAFG II0IAML DR20RAFG EW8BR TM100BS PA70KP II0IAML II0IAML R14CWC/1 SN50MKS QRPPLUS - HB9CVQ DR20RAFG PA70KP PA70KP SV9/LZ1PM G3VRU SN50MKS SUPERTUNA - SN50MKS G3VRU PA70KP UE16MT DR20RAFG UE16MT YU2NZ SN50MKS PA70PARA EXPLORER - UE16MT 7X4AN PA70PARA 9A/DL1EKO/P 9A/DL1EKO/P UR5XMM 9A/DL1EKO/P UR5XMM GLOWBUG40 - G3VRU 9A/DL1EKO/P 9A/DL1EKO/P R14CWC/1 TM100BS YU2NZ G3VRU R14CWC/1 SN50MKS ATSPRINT - PA70PARA UE16MT SN50MKS PA70PARA DR20RAFG II0IAML 4X4NJ IW2HTH/P K0ALN: 2N2XX - N2ESE N5XZ N2ESE N5XZ N5XZ ROCKMITE - VE3BJR AA5CO AA5CO K6III N7MFB K6III W7TST N4EUQ FIREFLY - N7MFB K6III VE3BJR N4EUQ N6MFB WB7PVL WY7I/4 SIERRA - W7TST K6III VE3BJR K7ROH K7ROH WD4ASZ POWERMITE - WB7PVL AA5CO WB7PVL VE3BJR N7HRK N7MFB K6III W7TST K7EP FIREBALL40 - K9FL K6III N7HRK K7EP WB7PVL WD4AHZ WB7PVL AE0SL WD4AHZ AE0SL QRPPLUS - N4EUQ VE4MR WB7PVL K7EP AE0SL N4EUQ W7TST SUPERTUNA - AE0SL N4EUQ K7EP N2ESE VE4MR WTST WB6UBK N5XZ AA5CO EXPLORER - N2ESE K7GJX W6P K9FL WB7TOK K0RU N2ESE K0RU GLOWBUG40 - K7GJX K9FL WB7TOK WB7PVL WB7PVL WB6UBK K7GJX WD4AHZ AE0SL ATSPRINT - AA5CO W7TST AE0SL W6P WX4RM K6III N4EUQ WB7TOK WU1V: 2N2XX - W2IW N0KWA W2IW W0GXQ/M W0GXQ/M ROCKMITE - PR7AR CO6WD R7CA KD4ESO AM08BLV IZ4BEZ HT5T W9EBE FIREFLY - AF4K IZ4BEZ R7CA W9EBE AF4K AM08BLV YY5LAY SIERRA - W0SZV IK4VFD W9EBE R7CA PR7AR AF4K POWERMITE - W6P CO6WD W9EBE W9EBE PR7AR AM08BLV IK4VFD HT5T KD4ESO FIREBALL40 - IK4VFD K6III PR7AR KD4ESO W9EBE AF4K AM08BLV W6JL AF4K W0SZV QRPPLUS - W0GXQ/M EG1RSO W6P SP3DGV EG5LEV UE16MT W0SZV SUPERTUNA - DJ3AS UE16MP PR7AR EG5LEV EG1RSO HT5T UE16MP N0KWA AM08BLV EXPLORER - EG5LEV HB9DAX PR7AR EG5LEV KD4ESO OX3XR EG5LEV OX3XR GLOWBUG40 - W0GXQ/M W6JL KD4ESO W9EBE W9EBE UE16MT W0GXQ/M AF4K W0SZV ATSPRINT - AM08BLV HT5T DJ3AS SP3DGV EG6RMA K6III ON7PQ TF3JB WB0PYF: 2N2XX - K2SAN K2SAN AF2Z K8MXC/M WM3X ROCKMITE - W7DRA KZ5OM K8MXC/M K2SAN KZ5OM K4BAI KF7ATL AA3EE FIREFLY - KF7ATL K0MIS KC0ZLR AA3EE F6HKA W9DLN W4HAY SIERRA - K2SAN W4SIG WB8ENE KB4RRU KB4RRU K2SAN POWERMITE - K3YP WB5HOW W7DRA WB8ENE AB7RM K0MIS K5TIA WA5TCZ K6ELQ FIREBALL40 - AF2Z KA7ICF N4RS W7GVE KB4QQJ/4 K4BAI KG4LLQ KF7ATL K4BAI K0MIS QRPPLUS - KG4LLQ WA3PRR K4WOP WA3PRR KG4LLQ W4UT K0MIS SUPERTUNA - K8WSN AB3LU N4API KE5AL WA3PRR W4UT W4CU W9DLN K4BAI EXPLORER - KD8DEU WM3X NT8P KC0ZLR K0ODF W4RQ W5EIU K4ARQ GLOWBUG40 - KG4LLQ AB3LU K9OZ W9DLN KB4RRU AC6FU W7GVE KB4QQJ/4 KC0ZLR ATSPRINT - AA3EE K5TIA WK2S HP2SM VE4RM K8III K8WSN W1ATV K1YAN: 2N2XX - W2HDI N1GKE W2HDI OZ8X OZ8X ROCKMITE - RK3ER OZ8X RV1CC N1GKE SN50MKS W2HDI W9CBT N1GKE FIREFLY - K1AF W2HDI RK3ER N1GKE K1AF LX/PA1AW OH4MDY SIERRA - SN50MKS W4VPI K4JEE RK3ER RK3ER W1AW/1 POWERMITE - SP7ASZ OZ8X W1AW/1 K4JEE RV1CC SN50MKS W2IFB W9CBT K4JEE FIREBALL40 - W2IFB W2IFB RV1CC K4JEE W9CBT W1AW/1 WA4NLF WA4NLF K4JEE SN50MKS QRPPLUS - W4MQC/1 HA9RT LX/PA1AW LX/PA1AW HB0/DL2SBY Z30U SN50MKS SUPERTUNA - SN50MKS WN9U W6P RK3ER W2OR YT9M WN9U N1GKE HA9RT EXPLORER - RK3ER LX/PA1AW W6P LX/PA1AW OH4MDY KK4SER EH5SDC KK4SER GLOWBUG40 - N1GKE HB0/DL2SBY OH4MDY W1AW/1 W9CBT Z30U N1GKE K4JEE SN50MKS ATSPRINT - HA9RT HA9RT SN50MKS SP7ASZ HA9RT W4VPI SN50MKS HA9RT PA7PYR: 2N2XX - OZ2NYB/P OZ2NYB/P OZ2NYB/P AM01CBX AM01CBX ROCKMITE - RK3ER OZ2NYB/P EA3CV/P RK3ER SN0SM II5IHLP TM14JEM RK3ER FIREFLY - F5UKL II5IHLP RK3ER RK3ER F5UKL LZ37MP YP0F SIERRA - SN0SM II5IHLP EA3CV/P RK3ER RK3ER TM80AA POWERMITE - YP0F OZ2NYB/P SW8WW EA3CV/P EG8MRA SN0SM II5IHLP TM14JEM EH5SDC FIREBALL40 - HF70OMG II5IHLP EG8MRA EG7SFC OZ2NYB/P TM80AA F5UKL F5UKL TM14JEM SN0SM QRPPLUS - UE16HQ S5/DL2RVL/P YP0F LZ37MP LZ37MP F5UKL SN0SM SUPERTUNA - SN0SM F5UKL II5IHLP EG7SFC EG5GRA TM80AA Z30U SN0SM TM80AA EXPLORER - EH5SDC YO6EX/P LZ37MP LA/DM3ZF/P YO6EX/P EG5GRA EH7SDC DL2RUF/P GLOWBUG40 - EG7SFC LA/DM3ZF/P YO6EX/P SW8WW OZ2NYB/P Z30U EG7SFC TM14JEM SN0SM ATSPRINT - TM80AA TM80AA SN0SM PA/DL7VMM/P S5/DL2RVL/P II5IHLP SN0SM II1IAST WY3H: 2N2XX - KD2ABL N4LCD XE2ST XE2ST XE2ST ROCKMITE - WB2YRL K2OGT N4LCD KD2ABL N3BPM W6I XE2ST XE2ST FIREFLY - K4AXF W6I WB2YRL K7SEL K4AXF N4LCD WB2YRL SIERRA - XE2ST WD4AII XE2ST W6RGG W6RGG KD2ABL POWERMITE - K2PMC K2OGT W1AW KE5AL N4QR N3BPM F6FAI HT5T K7SEL FIREBALL40 - F6FAI F6FAI N4QR KE5AL KD2ABL KD2ABL KD2ABL KD2ABL N4LCD N0CVW QRPPLUS - N4QR AC9BR N3BPM N3BPM K7SEL W4CU XE2ST SUPERTUNA - K2SSS W4CU K2PMC KB5AE WB8APR WA4FAT KD8ADU N3BPM WB8APR EXPLORER - KD8DEU N8XX WB8APR WB2YRL KD8AZO WA3PRR KB5AE WA3PRR GLOBUG40 - K2OGT AM08BLV KD8AZO AM08BLV KD8DEU K4ZGB K4ZGB AM08BLV ATSPRINT - KB5AE CT1HMN K2SSS WB8APR AC9BR WD4AII N8XX HT5T W2JEK: 2N2XX - VO2NS OZ4UN VO2NS LX/PA1AW LX/PA3EWP ROCKMITE - HA9RT ON7PQ EG8COR KB3ENU YT9M CO2IR TY1AA LX/PA3EWP FIREFLY - HA3FTA YL3IZ CO2IR KB3ENU 3B9FR ON6VL TY1AA SIERRA - ES7DC GH3IT EG8COR 3B9FR 3B9FR W1AW/7 POWERMITE - ON7PQ OH4MDY W1AW/0 IZ4BEZ DL2RU/P 737M IZ4BEZ TY1AA HA2NEP FIREBALL40 - HA3FTA GH3IT PJ5/OL8R ES7SDC YL2BJ TY1AA LX/PA1AW PJ5/OL8R OH4MDY HA0NAL QRPPLUS - DJ8QP EG8COR ON7PQ HA2NEP YL2BJ OZ4UN SQ7OXU SUPERTUNA - ES7DC OZ4UN DJ8QP EG5CVF CO2IR YT9M SQ7OXU VO2NS SX7AMF EXPLORER - EG8COR LX/PA3EWP LX/PA3EWP YL3IZ OH4MDY HA9RT IZ4BEZ PJ5/OL8R GLOWBUG40 - GH3IT LZ/PA3EWP OZ4UN OG2W 3B9FR DL2RU/P GM0GAV OZ4UN GM0GAV ATSPRINT - TY1AA HA9RT ES7SDC LX/PA1AW EG8COR IZ4BEZ HA0NAL HA3FTAAll the above get a certificate and participation point. All below get only a participation point. K9JWV: EXPLORER - LU8YE ZM90DX SM5COP LU8YE SM5COP AB7RW/M JH8GEU W1SFR QRPPLUS - A25TQ W1SFR SM5COP K4BP LU8YE LU8YE SM5COP POWERMITE - SM5COP SM5COP AB7RW/M LU8YE W1SFR SM5COP N6IC VK9NT JH8GEU GLOWBUG40 - JG6JAV LU8YE SM5COP W1SFR JA7BME LU8YE WA6FGV OH4MDY ZM90DX N8XMS: 2N2XX - XE2ST W9ZN XE2ST XE2ST XE2ST ROCKMITE - W8SFR OH8MBN KD5CB KD5MM KD5MM WA8REI HA3FTA K8EWM SIERRA - W8SFR WA8REI K8EWM W8SFR WORW W1AW/1 POWERMITE - CT1JOP OH8MBN W1AW/1 KB1EFS W0RW K8EWM IK5ZWU HA3FTA KB1EFS SUPERTUNA - W8SFR IK5ZWU CT1JOP XE2ST WA8REI CT1JOP IK5ZWU W9ZN W1AW/1 EXPLORER - XE2ST OX3XR PJ5/OL8R PJ5/OL8R CT1JOP PJ5/OL8R WA8REI PJ5/OL8R ATSPRINT - HA3FTA CT1JOP KB1EFS PJ5/OL8R WA8REI IK5ZWU OH8MNB XE2ST AB9YC: 2N2XX - KH2L N6L KH2L OX3XR OX3XR GLOWBUG40 - KB5GA KH2L CO8LY W1AW/4 KB5GA WY2U KB5GA W1AW/4 WD0K W4DUK: 2N2XX - KA2KDJ WB4MNK KA2KDJ K3PXC K3PXC VE3FUJ: SUPERTUNA - WB2NVS N1WPU N1WPU K1EEE VE3ARQ WB9CTP N1WPU NA6Y VE3ARQ VE3HNE: 2N2XX - K2PAY N9ZXL K2PAY N9ZXL N9ZXLSoapbox: SM5MEK: This time it took me 23 calls and nine days to fill the whole list, but many more qso,s. Some of them was during my small trips out on the nature and operating portable with 3 - 5 W and my BCR. G3JFS: Thanks to a large number of special event and /P calls in the log I finished this challenge more quickly than expected. Although there are a few small signs of improvement conditions are generally unstable and not great for qrp working. I fired up a 1 watt 40m tx in readiness for the original QRP Challenge planned for this month and struggled to make any contacts. The best that I did was 500 miles. K3WWP: I thought this one sounded harder than it actually was. I attribute more time to get on the air as I move toward retirement as NAQCC VP plus very good conditions in the 2000-2200Z time frame that I have been able to get on the air. Although it's not a 100% DX calls solution, still a lot of the letters and numbers did come from DX stations as I continue my DX streak which as of September 7 when I finished the challenge stood at 556 straight days. Thanks to all who 'donated' letters and numbers to my solution. Now I need a 6 and a U to finish the European Chapter September challenge. I hope to get those tomorrow (Sept 8) - then including the Nancy challenge which I finished yesterday, I'll have all three done for the month. I sure do love these alphabet challenges. They are so much fun and so..... well, challenging, especially when one gets down to those last few letters/numbers. N9SE: Kind of a let-down after they are done. Wish I could figure out a way to make it last longer I5SKK: Nice to be on the air and to meet so many peoples in order to get calls and make this beautiful race with myself, nice to do all in QRP and CW, it's a pleasure indeed. K1IEE:The bands sure made one wonder if this challenge would be finished in time. Just got to make it happen and its fun. Thanks to all 73 Dick PA0XAW: Hard work after a 10 day's holiday in the UK. Nice call for me was II0IAML, good for 6 times the letter I, and 2 times the letter L! 7X4AN was new for me in using qrp, so a nice bonus! As a HEATHKIT fan, I mist this name in the challenge. Again great fun! Best 73, Age K0ALN: Fun challenge... Love those 3X3 calls - especially when they have letters that count! Took a little patience, but finally got everything together. Had to wait for "R's" this time around. Most of the others seemed to be regularly available. WU1V: Enjoyed the challenge which I finished on my 68th birthday. A really nice subject for this challenge. I'd never heard of any of those QRP rigs. Nice combination of DX and US stations contacted. This challenge took me 3 weeks of mostly play and very little effort. Always nice to see QRP sigs reaching from my MA QTH to the West Coast and to Europe, and down to South America. Greenland was a nice contact, as was Iceland. 72 all, de Rick N8XMS: Well this was the 2nd month in a row that I struck out. Operating time was very limited again for most of the month and I only had one rig name completed going into the final week. My schedule then loosened up a little bit and I put in a good effort during the final week, getting 6 more rigs. So a little bit short but a lot of fun. AB9YC: Lots of stuff going on this month, and I made many contacts, just not enough calls with strategic letters. VE3FUJ: I enjoyed this Challenge, I had plenty of recorded calls, more so than most other times when I nearly complete the challenge. However, this time it was the " GLOBFIX " that fouled me up, just didn't get any. Brion WY3H: Took me a while to get the final "P" and "Rs"ut final got them on 9/29. Fun, as usual. see you all in November. W2JEK: WAS A LOT OF FUN, MOSTLY DX THAT INCLUDED TWO ALL TIME NEW ONES. 72 AND 73 DON YOUNGER |