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The NAQCC July 2018 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 . PARADE SCRAMBLE PREMISE: In this patriotic month there will be fourth of July parades in many towns. Our challenge words this month come from the sights and sounds associated with these celebrations. At first glance you may not recognize them, but after a bit of mental gymnastics I’m sure they will become clear. If you need a little help, there are hints for each of the scrambles and, as a last resort, you will find the unscrambled words at the bottom of this page. Good luck and happy 4th! TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z RULES: Just make ALL these words from calls of stations you work subject to the General Challenge Rules. The hints ARE NOT part of the challenge word list. (Any spaces in the phrases should be ignored. For example the challenge phrase "INVERTED V ANTENNA" should be treated as if it is the single word "INVERTEDVANTENNA.") EFIF NAD MUDR SPORC (You hear a tweet and a boom as they pass by) RAPDAE TOSLAF (If you dont want to parade on foot these are for you) RINGCHAM DABNS (Music on the move) NERBANS DAN GLAFS (Staff toppers) TARNVEES PORGUS (Stars of the show in tan, blue or green) TABON GLINTWIR (Stepping smartly and giving it a spin) The 83 total letters contain these 20 different letters: A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W You can use each letter in a call TWICE. For example you could use K3WWP for 2 K's, 4 W's, and 2 P's. 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 his call for 8 of the letters in the words. See General Rule #5 for more details on what callsign letters can be used. If you need some help with your alphabet challenge record keeping take a look at our Alphabet Tutorial page for everything from some great pencil & paper methods to fully computerized tools. 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 the 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: Please submit your challenge word list in UNSCRAMBLED form. 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 NEXT - NF8M W8REI N8XMS K9EYT (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 as text in the horizontal format shown above 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 All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. !! SPOILER ALERT! ... UNSCRAMBLED WORDS FOLLOW! FIFE AND DRUM CORPS PARADE FLOATS MARCHING BANDS BANNERS AND FLAGS VETERANS GROUPS BATON TWIRLING Final Results: AH6AX: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - W4FOA W4OIS W4FOA KE9V W1TAG N3MLB AD9Y AD9Y W4SRE K1PUG N3MLB AC2C CO8RMM W4SRE K1PUG W4SRE PARADEFLOATS - K1PUG W1TAG CO8RMM AC2C ND9M KE9V AF4K N3MLB CO8RMM AC2C W1TAG W4SRE MARCHINGBANDS - N3MLB AD9Y CO8RMM AC2C F6HKA W4OIS N3MLB K1PUG N3MLB AD9Y NA9E ND9M WA2JSG BANNERSANDFLAGS - N3MLB NA9E NA9E KN4YB W4SRE N4RAY WA2JSG NA9E KN4YB W4DBO AF4K N3MLB W4FOA K1PUG W4OIS VETERANSGROUPS - KE9V W4SRE W1TAG NA9E N4RAY W4FOA N4OW W4OIS W1TAG W4KRN W4FOA K1PUG N4PGJ K4ISW BATONTWIRLING - KN4YB WA2JSG W4TMW W4FOA N4OW W4TMW W1TAG WB6IZG W4KRN KA3LOC WB6IZG ND9M W1TAG N4OW: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - N9YHF HD1FIFA N9YHF K2E HD1FIFA N9YHF HD1FIFA HD1FIFA N4RAY K1PUG W4AMV AB9CA WB4DBO N4RAY K1PUG W5WSF PARADEFLOATS - K1PUG HD1FIFA N5IR AH6AX WB4DBO K2E HD1FIFA K2L WB4DBO AH6AX KA5TJS W5WSF MARCHINGBANDS - W4AMV AH6AX N5IR AB9CA N9YHF HD1FIFA N9YHF K2G WB4DBO AH6AX N4RAY WB4DBO KA5TJS BANNERSANDFLAGS - WB4DBO N4RAY N4RAY N5IR N3HEE HA8RM KA5TJS N4RAY N5IR DL5UZ HD1FIFA K2L W4AMV K2G W5MSV VETERANSGROUPS - W4AMV N3HEE KA5TJS N3HEE HA8RM W4AMV N3HEE W5MSV K1PUG CO8RRM CO8RRM K1PUG K8MPH K8NS BATONTWIRLING - WB4DBO KA5TJS N4DT CO8RRM N3HEE N4DT W5WSF N5IR CO8RRM DL5UZ N5IR ND9M K1PUG G3JFS: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - 3Z18FWC IZ2QXG 3Z18FWC DD4EA OH0/DL1SVA SN85LOT OH0/DL1SVA OH0/DL1SVA SX12ASTRO YU2TT TM2GGR HB9CBR OH0/DL1SVA SX12ASTRO R18PAN OH0/DL1SVA PARADEFLOATS - R18PAN OH0/DL1SVA HB9CBR DD4EA DD4EA DD4EA HG18FIFA OH0/DL1SVA OH0/DL1SVA DD4EA SN85LOT OH0/DL1SVA MARCHINGBANDS - TM2GGR SX12ASTRO HB9CBR HB9CBR OH0/DL1SVA IZ2QXG SN85LOT IZ2QXG HB9CBR SX12ASTRO R18PAN DD4EA SN85LOT BANNERSANDFLAGS - HB9CBR R18PAN R18PAN PA3CNO EA2BD R18PAN SN85LOT R18PAN PA3CNO DD4EA HG18FIFA OH0/DL1SVA PA3CNO IZ2QXG SX12ASTRO VETERANSGROUPS - OH0/DL1SVA EA2BD SN85LOT OE6SGD R18PAN PA3CNO ON6KZ SX12ASTRO TM2GGR DL9BBR SN85LOT YU2TT PA3CNO SX12ASTRO BATONTWIRLING - HB9CBR EA2BD SX12ASTRO SN85LOT ON6KZ SX12ASTRO 3Z18FWC HG18FIFA DL9BBR SN85LOT HG18FIFA IR0UN TM2GGR K4KBL: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - AF5XF J32FIFA AF5XF EU1KY AF5XF NN9K W8DEA W8DEA KB5ZCR EU1KY KK4BMB KC4ZPB N9OL KB5ZCR KC4ZPB KG0TS PARADEFLOATS - KC4ZPB AF5XF W8RDG K3ZGA DL5UZ EU1KY AF5XF KB2PLW N9OL K3ZGA N8AFT KG0TS MARCHINGBANDS - KK4BMB N8AFT W8RDG KC4ZPB KI4VH J32FIFA NN9K K3ZGA KC4ZPB N8AFT NN9K DL5UZ AA4LS BANNERSANDFLAGS - KC4ZPB AA5KV NN9K N9OL W8DEA W4RFT AA4LS AA5KV N9OL W8RDG AF5XF KB2PLW AA5KV K3ZGA N5SUN VETERANSGROUPS - AA5KV W8DEA N8AFT KE7A W4RFT AA5KV N8AFT N5SUN KA3PKG HA8RM K1OV EU1KY KB2PLW WB0SND BATONTWIRLING - KB2PLW KA3PKG W3TTT K1OV N8AFT W3TTT KB2PLW KI4VH HA8RM N9OL KI4VH KK4BNC KA3PKG N4RAY: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - F6HKA K4ISW F6HKA K6ELQ KA3LOC N3MLB WB4DBO WB4DBO K4BXR W8BUD N3MLB KA3LOC K5OGX K4BXR K5MP K4ISW PARADEFLOATS - K5MP KA3LOC N4QR AH6AX K8JD K6ELQ WB9TFF N3MLB K5OGX AH6AX W3TTT K4ISW MARCHINGBANDS - N3MLB AH6AX N4QR KA3LOC AH6AX K4ISW N3MLB K5OGX K4BXR AH6AX N4OW K8JD KO5USA BANNERSANDFLAGS - K4BXR K9DAC N4OW N4QR KD2E W8RDG KO5USA K9DAC N4QR W8BUD WB9TFF N3MLB KA5PVB K5OGX N4NSG VETERANSGROUPS - K0JVX KD2E W3TTT KN4BEV W8RDG KA5PVB ND9M N4NSG W8RDG W4KRN WB4DBO W8BUD KA5PVB W5MSV BATONTWIRLING - N3MLB F6HKA W3TTT WB4DBO ND9M W3TTT K4ISW WI5H W4KRN KA3LOC WI5H W4KRN W8RDG WB4DBO: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - AF2Z W4OIS AF2Z WA0CIE N4RAY N4RAY W8RDG W8RDG N4RAY W8BUD W9BM KA3LOC W4OIS N4RAY NT8P W4OIS PARADEFLOATS - NT8P N4RAY W8RDG KA3LOC W8BUD WA0CIE K0FD KA3LOC W4OIS KA3LOC NT8P W4OIS MARCHINGBANDS - W9BM AH6AX W8RDG KA3LOC AH6AX W4OIS N4RAY W8RDG W9BM AH6AX NT8P W8BUD KD5RSS BANNERSANDFLAGS - W9BM AH6AX NT8P N9WVM WM3PEN W3MWR KD5RSS AH6AX N9WVM K8JD K0FD KA3LOC AF2Z W8RDG KD5RSS VETERANSGROUPS - N9WVM WM3PEN NT8P K6ELQ W3MWR AF2Z N5WVR KD5RSS W1TAG N5WVR KA3LOC W8BUD K4MP KA5TJS BATONTWIRLING - W8BUD K9DAC W1TAG KA3LOC N5WVR W1TAG W4OIS N4IDH N5WVR K6ELQ N4IDH N4OW W1TAG PA9CW: EFIFNADMUDRSPORC - OE/DL4MHA/P HG18FIFA HG18FIFA HG18FIFA SP9PND/P DL3VTA/P DL3VTA/P OE/DL4MHA/P RU18WC DL3VTA/P TM2GGR SP9PND/P DL3VTA/P OE/DL4MHA/P TM2GGR 7S18FWC RAPDAETOSLAF - R18IRN DL3VTA/P DL3VTA/P DL3JJ/P OE/DL4MHA/P OE/DL4MHA/P DL3VTA/P OE/DL4MHA/P SP9PND/P DL3VTA/P OE/DL4MHA/P HG18FIFA RINGCHAMDABNS - R18IRN HG18FIFA SP9PND/P TM2GGR 7S18FWC OE/DL4MHA/P HG18FIFA OE/DL4MHA/P DL3JJ/P HG18FIFA HB9BQB/P R18IRN HB9DST/P NERBANSDANGLAFS - R18IRN HB9JOE/P R18IRN HB9BQB/P HB9AGO/P RC18NN HB9DST/P OE/DL4MHA/P HB9AGO/P RC18NN TM2GGR DL3VTA/P SX12ASTRO HG18FIFA SX12ASTRO TARNVEESPORGUS - DL3VTA/P SX12ASTRO SX12ASTRO RC18NN DL3VTA/P HB9JOE/P OE/DM1LE/P SX12ASTRO OE/DL4MHA/P HB9JOE/P R18ISL TM2GGR RU18WC SX12ASTRO TABONGLINTWIR - TM2GGR OM18FIFA HB9BQB/P HB9JOE/P R18ENG TM2GGR DL3JJ/P R18IRN R18ENG TM2GGR 7S18FWC R18IRN SX12ASTRO AA4NN: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - N2FRB W6VIO N2FRB K1ESE HA8CT KB3NSK WA4DT WA4DT WR2K UY3LA K4GM HA8CT W6VIO WR2K K1PAD KB3NSK PARADEFLOATS - K1PAD HA8CT N2FRB UY3LA K1PAD K1ESE K4WFM UY3LA W6VIO UY3LA HA8CT KB3NSK MARCHINGBANDS - K4GM WA4DT N2FRB HA8CT HA8CT W6VIO KB3NSK K4GM KB3NSK WA4DT N2FRB K1PAD K1ESE BANNERSANDFLAGS - KB3NSK OK1AR N2FRB SV1ENG K1ESE OK1AR K1ESE OK1AR SV1ENG P48ADI K4WFM UY3LA K1PAD K4GM SV1ENG VETERANSGROUPS - W6VIO K1ESE HA8CT SV1ENG OK1AR K1PAD EA6NB SV1ENG SV1ENG I1MMR OK1AR UY3LA P48ADI SV2/RW3AL BATONTWIRLING - N2FRB SV2/RW3AL WA4DT OK1AR EA6NB WA4DT W6VIO I1MMR I1MMR SV2/RW3AL I1MMR K9FN SV1ENG N8XMS: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - ZF9DX HI3T ZF9DX WM3PEN AA4LS N3MLB ZF9DX WB4DBO N0DLR K4QU WM3PEN HB9CVQ KA3LOC N0DLR KA2KGP WO5S PARADEFLOATS - WM3PEN AA4LS K3RNC AA4LS ZF9DX K2E K2F KA3LOC KA3LOC KA2KGP CT3MD NN0SS MARCHINGBANDS - WM3PEN KA2KGP K3RNC HB9CVQ HI3T VE3RIA NN0SS KA2KGP HB9CVQ KA3LOC N3MLB CT3MD NN0SS BANNERSANDFLAGS - K2B K2A WM3PEN WM3PEN VE3RIA W3MWR NN0SS K2A N2CX CT3MD K2F K2L KA3LOC KA2KGP NN0SS VETERANSGROUPS - VE3RIA K2E CT3MD VE3RIA VE3RIA VE3RIA N2CX AA4LS K2G VE3RIA K9UOV K4QU WM3PEN AA4LS BATONTWIRLING - K2B VE3RIA HI3T K9UOV NM1I HI3T WM3PEN VE3RIA W3MWR K2L HI3T NM1I K2G KB1M: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - K2F K2I K2F K2E K2A WM2PEN K2D K2D R18PAN EA8/UA5C K2M K2C EO90L R18PAN WM2PEN TI5/N3KS PARADEFLOATS - WM2PEN K2A R18CRC R18PAN CT3MD K2E ZF9DX K2L EO90L R18PAN TI5/N3KS TI5/N3KS MARCHINGBANDS - K2M 9A2G R18CRC K2C K2H K2I WM2PEN K2G K2B 9A2G TI5/N3KS CT3MD KP4ES BANNERSANDFLAGS - K2B EA8/UA5C TI5/N3KS R18PAN WM2PEN R18CRC KP4ES EA8/UA5C R18PAN ZF9DX ZF9DX K2L EA8/UA5C K2G LY85DS VETERANSGROUPS - K9AJ/VY0 WM2PEN TI5/N3KS KP4ES R18CRC EA8/UA5C WB4MNK LY85DS 9A2G LZ115RF RC18RO EA8/UA5C PJ2/KB7Q K3S BATONTWIRLING - PJ2/KB7Q RX3QAK CT3MD RC18RO WB4MNK CT3MD WM2PEN TI5/N3KS LZ115RF LZ380PM TI5/N3KS YV5DRN 9A2G WB4OMM: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - AF4OI AF4OI AF4OI K9EZ K2A KN1H W4DUK W4DUK KJ4R W4DUK KB1M KC3RN AF4OI KJ4R KA2KGP WX2S PARADEFLOATS - KA2KGP K2A K4KRW AF4OI WD0K K9EZ WB9HFK KB9ILT AF4OI AF4OI KB9ILT WX2S MARCHINGBANDS - KB1M AK3X K4KRW KC3RN KH1/KH7Z AF4OI KN1H WG8Y KB1M AK3X NN0SS WD0K K1SX BANNERSANDFLAGS - KB1M WA8SAN NN0SS NN0SS WA5IEK KC3RN K1SX WA8SAN NN0SS KD9EBS WB9HFK KB9ILT WA8SAN WG8Y W2SH VETERANSGROUPS - AA2VG WA5IEK KB9ILT KD9EBS KC3RN WA8SAN WA8SAN W2SH K2YGM KR7RK CO3LF W4DUK VO1MP NN0SS BATONTWIRLING - KD9EBS WA5IEK N0TA CO3LF WA8SAN N0TA WX2S WA5IEK KR7RK K4KBL WA5IEK KC3RN K2YGM KA5PVB: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - KF5KMA K5VI KF5KMA WA5ROE N4RAY N3NNU AD5A AD5A KX0R N3NNU K9PM AC0PR WA5ROE KX0R K9PM N7TMS PARADEFLOATS - K9PM N4RAY N4RAY WA6MM ND9M/7 WA5ROE N1ZF N7LP WA5ROE WA6MM WA7JTM N7TMS MARCHINGBANDS - K9PM AD5A N4RAY AC0PR K0BH K5VI N3NNU KG5BMK KG5BMK AD5A N3NNU ND9M/7 WB5USB BANNERSANDFLAGS - KG5BMK AD5A N3NNU N3NNU KG5HEJ KR7RK WB5USB AD5A N3NNU N4CD N1ZF N7LP AC0PR KG5BMK KA5TJS VETERANSGROUPS - K5VI KE5AKL WA7JTM KE5AKL KR7RK AC0PR N4RAY KA5TJS KG5LMG KR7RK KZ5OM N3NNU AC0PR KE5SXT BATONTWIRLING - K0BH WA7JTM N7TMS KZ5OM N4RAY N7TMS WA6MM K6III KR7RK KG5LMG K6III ND9M/7 KG5LMG KJ4R: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - HG18FIFA K2I HG18FIFA WM3PEN KA8TNK KA8TNK K2D K2D R1DX EO1030UA K2M K2C KB8NOD R1DX WM3PEN W2JS PARADEFLOATS - WM3PEN KA8TNK OH1VR HG18FIFA KB8NOD WM3PEN HG18FIFA K3ZL KB8NOD HG18FIFA KA8TNK W2JS MARCHINGBANDS - K2M J32FIFA OH1VR K2C K2H K2I KA8TNK HG18FIFA KB8NOD J32FIFA WM3PEN KB8NOD S53R BANNERSANDFLAGS - KB8NOD K2A WM3PEN KB8NOD K2E K8DZR S53R K2A KB8NOD R1DX HG18FIFA K3ZL N8AI HG18FIFA SP2LNW VETERANSGROUPS - OH1VR K2E KA8TNK EO1030UA K8DZR N8AI N8AI SP2LNW N9GVP S53R OH1VR EO1030UA W4PM VA3SB BATONTWIRLING - PJ2/KB7Q WA4FQN HZ1TT OH1VR N8AI HZ1TT WM3PEN HG18FIFA S53R N8LI HG18FIFA N8LI N9GVP W3IQ: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - W2MFT WB9ICL W2MFT WA0CIE WA9VFD NI9M WA9VFD WA9VFD K3DRJ K1PUG NI9M WB9ICL KB3MOW K3DRJ K1PUG WA2JSG PARADEFLOATS - K1PUG WA9VFD N3RO KC2ICA KZ4D WA0CIE WA9VFD WB9ICL KB3MOW KC2ICA W2MFT WA2JSG MARCHINGBANDS - NI9M W1KJA N3RO WB9ICL KC3HWU WB9ICL NI9M WA2JSG WB9ICL W1KJA KK4BNC KZ4D N9SS BANNERSANDFLAGS - WB9ICL WA0CIE KK4BNC N3RO W4EAB K3KYR N9SS WA0CIE N3RO K3DRJ WA9VFD WB9ICL WA2JSG WA2JSG N9SS VETERANSGROUPS - WA9VFD W4EAB W2MFT KD4EE K3KYR WA2JSG N3MLB N9SS K1PUG K4NGR N3RO K1PUG W9KMP WB8SCT BATONTWIRLING - KB3MOW W4EAB W1TAG N3RO N3MLB W1TAG WB9ICL NI9M K4NGR K4LXY NI9M K0NIA K1PUG ZL1BQD: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - ZL1FV JF1IST ZL1FV 3D2GE 5W1SA UX0UN ZL1BDO ZL1BDO RA0RY UX0UN ZL1BMW ZL1COP ZL1COP RA0RY ZL1COP 5W1SA PARADEFLOATS - ZL1COP 5W1SA RA0RY RA0RY 3D2GE 3D2GE JF1IST ZL1FV ZL1COP RA0RY JF1IST 5W1SA MARCHINGBANDS - ZL1BMW ZL1AAS RA0RY ZL1COP ZL1BJH JF1IST UX0UN FK8GS ZL1BJH ZL1AAS ZL1TRN 3D2GE JF1IST BANNERSANDFLAGS - ZL1BJH ZL1AAS ZL1TRN ZL1PN ZL3NE P29RR JF1IST ZL1AAS ZL1PN JH6GDV JF1IST ZL1FV JD1BHA FK8GS FK8GS VETERANSGROUPS - ZL1FV ZL3NE JF1IST ZL1RE P29RR JD1BHA ZL3NE FK8GS 3D2GE P29RR ZL1BDO UX0UN P29RR ZL1AAS BATONTWIRLING - ZL1BMW 8J1SAM ZL1TRN ZL1BDO ZL3NE ZL1TRN 5W1SA JH0ILL P29RR ZL1COP JH0ILL V73NS 3D2GE K1YAN: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - K2F K2IWQ K2F K3IF/VE9 KA3SJK NZ1J KI4ODO KI4ODO CO8RRM NK2U CO8RRM CO8RRM KI4ODO CO8RRM K1PUG KA3SJK PARADEFLOATS - K1PUG KA3SJK N4KER K9AJ/VY0 KD6WW/VY0 K3IF/VE9 K3IF/VE9 K2L KI4ODO K9AJ/VY0 HA8SLT KA3SJK MARCHINGBANDS - CO8RRM KA1FSX CO8RRM CO8RRM HA8SLT K2IWQ NZ1J KG4BBK KG4BBK KA1FSX NK2U KD6WW/VY0 KA1FSX BANNERSANDFLAGS - KG4BBK AA8LF KB6NU KB6NU N4KER N4KER W4USR AA8LF N4KER DK1WI K3IF/VE9 K2L AA8LF KG4BBK KA1FSX VETERANSGROUPS - KD6WW/VY0 N4KER HA8SLT EU1KY W4USR AA8LF N4PGJ W4USR K1PUG W4USR KI4ODO NK2U N4PGJ HA8SLT BATONTWIRLING - KG4BBK AA3EJ N2GWT/MM KI4ODO NK2U N2GWT/MM K2IWQ KI4ODO CO8RRM LY5W KI4ODO N4KER K1PUG NF1U: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - K8FAC WI5H K8FAC F5UQE W1TAG N5SUN K3DRJ K3DRJ K3DRJ N5SUN K7VM NO8C NO8C K3DRJ G4PVM N5SUN PARADEFLOATS - G4PVM W1TAG K8PRG AK3X WA9VFD F5UQE WA9VFD K4CML NO8C AK3X W1TAG N5SUN MARCHINGBANDS - K7VM KA0HVW K8PRG NO8C WI5H WI5H N5SUN W1TAG WB6IZG KA0HVW NN0SS WA9VFD NN0SS BANNERSANDFLAGS - WB6IZG K8FAC NN0SS NN0SS W4SRE WQ1RP NN0SS K8FAC NN0SS K4DJ WA9VFD K4CML WA9VFD W1TAG K4ISW VETERENSGROUPS - KA0HVW W4SRE W1TAG NE5TH WQ1RP NE5TH N5SUN K4ISW WB6IZG W4SRE N4OW N5SUN K8PRG NN0SS BATONTWIRLING - WB9TFF WA9VFD WB9TFF N4OW N5SUN WB9TFF WI5H K4ISW W4SRE N3MLB K4ISW NO8C WB6IZG W2JEK: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - F6HKA VE2PID KP4TF VE2PID KY5A KB6NU HG5DX W8BUD RI8PAN KB6NU LZ380PM RN3CT RC18RO RN3CT HA7PO E7TESLA PARADEFLOATS - NA3P AC4CA RN3CT F6HKA W8BUD E7TESLA F6HKA LY5A HA7PO K4NAX KP4TF K4VSV MARCHINGBANDS - LZ380PM AC4CA R18PAN RN3CT F6HKA VE2PID R18PAN VE3BXG W8BUD AC4CA K4NAX HG5DX E7TESLA BANNERSANDFLAGS - VE3BXG HA7PO KB6NU K4NAX VE3BXG RC18RO K4VSV R18PAN NA3P VE2PID KP4TF LZ380PM NA3P VE3BXG K4JYS VETERANSGROUPS - K4VSV E7TESLA KP4TF VE2PID RC18RO F6HKA R18PAN K4JYS HG5DX WB2RPW HA7PO W8BUD NA3P OH5TS BATONTWIRLING - KB6NU AC4CA RN3CT RC18RO RN3CT RN3CT KD6WW/VY0 PV8ADI RC18RO E7TESLA PV8ADI NA3P HG5DX AK3X: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - YW18FIFA YW18FIFA YW18FIFA WB9EAD YW18FIFA NX9Y HD18FIFA HD18FIFA K1ARR K1PUG ND9M/7 N2CZ K5OGX K1ARR K1PUG N1SG PARADEFLOATS - K1PUG YW18FIFA K1ARR HD18FIFA ND9M/7 WB9EAO HD18FIFA KB2PLW K5OGX HD18FIFA KP4TF N1SG MARCHINGBANDS - ND9M/7 VA3SZ K1ARR N2CX HD18FIFA YW18FIFA NX9Y K1PUG WB9EAO VA3SZ N1SG ND9M/7 VA3SZ BANNERSANDFLAGS - WB9EAO WB9EAO NK6A NK6A K6ELQ R18CRC VA3SZ WB9EAO N1SG WB2ELD HD18FIFA KB2PLW NK6A N1SG K1SWL VETERANSGROUPS - VA3SZ K6ELQ KP4TF KF4IZE R18CRC NK6A ND9M/7 K1SWL K1PUG R18CRC WB9EAO PJ2/NA2U PJ2/NA2U W9XS BATONTWIRLING - KB2PLW K1ARR HI3T WB9EAO ND9M/7 HI3T K1SWL KF4IZE R18CRC WB2ELD KF4IZE N2CX N1SG PA0XAW: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - HG18FIFA HG18FIFA HG18FIFA SM6EQO/P HG18FIFA DL1VBN GD0OUD GD0OUD TM2GGR GD0OUD TM2GGR AO18FWC AO18FWC TM2GGR LZ380PM SM6EQO PARADEFLOATS - LZ380PM HG18FIFA RA1ALS OH0/DL1SVA GD0OUD SM6EQO/P HG18FIFA RA1ALS AO18FWC OH0/DL1SVA TM2GGR RA1ALS MARCHINGBANDS - TM2GGR RA1ALS RA1ALS AO18FWC HG18FIFA HG18FIFA DL1VBN TM2GGR DL1BVN RA1ALS HB9BIN/P GD0OUD RA1ALS BANNERSANDFLAGS - DL1BVN RA1ALS EA6NB EA6NB DL8ECA/M R18CRC S5/SQ9PDL/P RA1ALS HB9BIN/P S5/SQ9PDL/P EG8RTF RA1ALS AO18FWC TM2GGR S5/SQ9PDL/P VETERANSGROUPS - DL1VBN DL8ECA/M TM2GGR EA2CW/P R18CRC AO18FWC EN90L S5/SQ9PDL/P TM2GGR R18CRC GD0OUD GD0OUD S5/SQ9PDL/P S5/SQ9PDL/P BATONTWIRLING - GB9BIN/P DL8ECA/M EG8RTF GD0OUD EN90L EG8RTF AO18FWC YO3FRI R18CRC LZ380PM YO3FRI ON3UN TM2GGRAll the above get a certificate and participation point. All below get only a participation point. K8RJW: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - K2F K2I K2F WM3PEN AB1OC NK2U K2D K2D RN3CT NK2U K2M RN3CT AB1OC RN3CT LZ380PM SN85LOT PARADEFLOATS - LZ380PM AB1OC PF2018FRA K2A KA2DDX WM3PEN AF4K LY5W AB1OC K2A RN3CT SN85LOT MARCHINGBANDS - K2M KA2DDX PF2018FRA RN3CT K2H K2I NK2U K2G AB1OC KA2DDX RN3CT KA2DDX S58MU BANNERSANDFLAGS - AB1OC AF4K RN3CT WM3PEN K2E CT8/R7KW S58MU AF4K WM3PEN KA2DDX AF4K LY5W WA9VEE K2G W7SW BATONTWIRLING - K2B PF2018FRA CT8/R7KW WA8KOQ WN1F CT8/R7KW LY5W XE2I CR3DX LZ380PM XE2I SN85LOT G2F VE3DQN: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - KP4TF KA9FOI KP4TF W4TJE KA9FOI K4NA K4DAL DK1WI N8RRG KU8T WB8FMA R25RRC KA9FOI N8RRG KP4TF S57S PARADEFLOATS - KP4TF KA9FOI N8RRG K9AJ/VY0 K4DAL W4TJE KA9FOI K4DAL KA9FOI K9AJ/VY0 KP4TF S57S VETERANSGROUPS - K9AJ/VY0 EW2W KP4TF EW2W OK2RZ K4NA K4NA S57S N8RRG OK2RZ OK2RZ W6PU W6PU S57S BATONTWIRLING - W8BFMA K4NA KU8T OK2RZ N8RRG KU8T W4TJE DK1WI N8RRG K4DAL DK1WI N8RRG N8RRG N9SE: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - WA3RF VE2PUI WA3RF VE2PUI KA3LOC K1NAJ WD9DWE WD9DWE WA3RF KB3VQU K5MP KA3LOC KA3LOC WA3RF VE2PUI WA2JSG PARADEFLOATS - VE2PUI KA3LOC K1RAQ WA3RF WD9DWE VE2PUI WA9VFD KA3LOC KA3LOC WA3RF K0TQ WA2JSG MARCHINGBANDS - K5MP K1NAJ K1RAQ KA3LOC HB9CVQ VE2PUI K1NAJ WA2JSG HB9CVQ K1NAJ NM1W WD9DWE K8NS NN0SS: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - K2F AI6FC K2F K6ELQ AI6FC N4TQZ KM6OKD KM6OKD WR2G NK2U KM6OKD AI6FC K4WOP WR2G K4WOP WA7SPY K1IEE: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - ZF9DX K2IR ZF9DX VE3IID WA3BAT NO8C VE3IID VE3IID K2IR K1GRU W4PM NO8C NO8C K2IR K4WOP S55N PARADEFLOATS - K4WOP WA3BAT K1GRU DL/RA1A ZF9DX VE3IID F5LIZ W1L NO8C WA3BOT WA3BOT S55N MARCHINGBANDS - W4PM DL/RA1A DL/RA1A NO8C HA7PO K2IR NO8C KG4W WA3BAT WA3BAT N3QW ZF9DX SV8ANW BATONTWIRLING - K1BG WA3VYP/4 W1DTY K4WOP S55N W1DTY N3QW VE3IID RC18KA VE2ELW VE3IID SV8ANW K1BG WA2FBN: BANNERSANDFLAGS - PJ2/KB7Q W8DEA N9MM N9MM VE2DDZ KX0R WA2STI TM100ARM W2NMY W8DEA HD18FIFA W2LMT W8DEA K2G WA2ST WI5H: FIFEANDDRUMCORPS - NF1U WB6IZG NF1U K6ELQ N4RAY NF1U WB4DBO WB4DBO N4RAY NF1U KZ5OM KK4BNC WB4DBO N4RAY K1PUG KA5TJSNot eligible for a certificate or participation point for the following reason(s): @ = Non-member $ = QRO power Soapbox: AH6AX: Enjoyed this one - working the anagrams was double fun! Thanks for your creative talents!! 73/72 - Larry N4OW: Another enjoyable challenge. QRP does WORK ! N4RAY: Really enjoyed this challenge, will be doing it every month now. N8XMS: This one went fairly smoothly for me. The hold-out letter was an "R" but I eventually collected all of them. KB1M: The last couple of letters always seem to be a "cliff hanger". 73, Walt WB4OMM: Looked for the final "P" call for several days. Finally got VO1MP on 40M. Thought I'd never find one. Always fun. Always a challenge. 72, see you all next month. Steve KA5PVB: Band conditions and better power levels this month (non-QRPp) made for an easier time of collecting the required number of QSO's to fill the Challenge. Headed out of town to find cooler temps (New Mexico mountains) for a week! Looking forward to next months Challenge and "BETTER" propagation conditions! Lately, seems like even 40 meters is really poor! 73, Chuck K8RJW: 1 "S"trike away from a HomeRun! Oh well, always next month. Still like these challenges. '72, Bob KJ4R: Came close to not getting all the letters this month. The 13 colonies stations sure helped me early in the month. Finally got the last letter I needed, an "S", on 7/31. A week out of town and several nights lost due to thunderstorms in the area made this month a real "challenge" for me. Always a lot of fun. ZL1BQD: This was the most difficult for me so far. Probably didn't help being in Papua New Guinea for two weeks (P29RR) and so had to scramble and work hard the last few days! Cheers, Roly K1YAN : It was a tough month for completing the challenge. After a five day drought with no QSOs it was the 19th and I was two letters short of completing my first word. Finally got done on the evening of the 29th after a lot of unanswered CQs and calls to some DX stations who just didn't copy my whole call. NF1U: Another fun event. For me the numerous Storms this month resulted in very noisy conditions, just had to work a little harder to finish. W2JEK: WAS A GOOD CHALLENGE AND LOTS OF FUN DESPITE POOR CONDITIONS. THE LETTERS 'S' WERE MY LAST ONES. GOT THE LAST ONE ON JULY 27 BY WORKING OH5TS WHO WAS GETTING READY FOR THE IOTA CONTEST. 72/73 DON AK3X: As with all the challenges, this one was fun. I needed one more callsign with a "T" in it to complete the challenge. Turned on the rig and was stepping thru the bands to get to 20 meters when I heard HI3T on 30 meters working none other than John, K3WWP. I quickly adjusted my antenna tuner and threw out my call. He copied every possible busted callsign possibility of AK3X, finally working me as AK3Q. I gave up and moved up the band to hear John calling CQ. After working John, I went back down the band and tried again... this time was successful. I am sure everyone has similar stories of getting that last letter. 72 to all, Peter K1IEE: The second month in a row I miss all the letters. Letter S needed 3 more of them. My operating times and the bands conditions still create a bigger challenge for me. Getting on the air that's what its all about. Thanks to all 73 Dick WA2FBN: Band condx still pretty poor at my QTH, not may signals heard. The letters O and G were tough for me this month, not a single call with an O! Hope for better next month. 72 Ken |