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May 2021 QRP/CW Sprint (#199)


N2CN Comments - Results are final.

Final Results
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division
WB1GYZ    8    8  16    7  112  x2   224  Sloping Vee                                       
W1VKE     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  80-10 EFHW slope 30 feet to 10 feet               

W2 Division
W2SH     31   31  62   20 1240  x2  2480  270' cf dpl @ 45'                                 
KA2KGP   29   29  58   17  986  x2  1972  G5RV up 25'                                       
W2JEK    17   17  34   12  408  x2   816  END FED WIRE 110 FT LONG, UP 20 FT                
K2CWM    15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  Vertical (elevated)                               
KN2G      7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  buddipole                                         

W3 Division
K3JZD    41   41  82   22 1804  x2  3608  40m Dipole @25', 80m 107' EFRW @ 20'              
KC3MIO   32   32  64   21 1344  x2  2688  Doublet 125' @ 40'                                
KW2A     21   21  42   15  630  x2  1260  end-fed wire at 45'                               
AK3X     15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  102ft inv v at 35ft. 300 ohm feed/tuner           
K2DEP    10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  G5RV @ 27 ft                                      
KD3CA     6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  OCF  Windom @55 ft                                

W4 Division
KC5F     29   29  58   18 1044  x2  2088  80m end fed half wave at 40'                      
ND1J     28   27  55   13  715  x2  1430  OCF @ 30ft                                        
WT4U     18   18  36   14  504  x2  1008  80m end-fed Inv V @ 35'                           
N4ARY    26   24  50    8  400  x2   800  Horizontal EFHW @ 40' & Fan Dipole @ 50'      
WX4RM    15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  6BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
WG8Y     10   10  20   10  200  x2   400  40-80 TRAPPED DP @35ft                            
K8LBQ    11   11  22    9  198  x2   396  inverted vee @ 30'                                
K4JPN    12   10  22    5  110  x2   220  80 M CF Zepp                                      
W1BLU     8    7  15    6   90  x2   180  End Fed @ 36'                                     
W4HH      5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  end-fed 150-ft wire 20 feet up                    
N4FI      4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  40m dipole in attic                               
KK4ITX    4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  35ft EF/9:1 Inverted at 18ft                      

W5 Division
KF9LI    15   15  30   10  300  x2   600  30 FT EFLW                                        
W8WEU    10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  dipole @ 20'                                      
NC5G      8    8  16    6   96  x2   192  Dipole @ 25'                                      
N5GW      6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  doublet at 25'                                    
KE9DR     3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  420' Random Loop @ 50'                            
AC5BX     2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  G5RV 25' into trees                               
KG5SSB    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  1/4 wave vertical for 20m on tripod               
KE5YUM    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  80 meter NVIS dipole at 16 feet                   

W6 Division
AI6SL     7    7  14    5   70  x2   140  Inverted V fan @ 32'                              
WU6P      4    4   8    3   24  x2    48  dipole at 30feet                                  
K6GPB     2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  65' end fed 15' high                              

W7 Division
KC7DM     6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  480' horizontal loop @ 60'                        
KN1H      1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  30' wire                                          

W8 Division
WB8LZG   14   14  28   12  336  x2   672  dipoles @ 30'                                     
N8XMS    10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  HyGain AV640 Vert                                 
AB8RL     6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  40M vertical                                      
N8GZ      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  Attic Dipole at 25 feet                           

W9 Division
WB9HFK   39   39  78   20 1560  x2  3120  Ground Mounted Hustler 6BTV with 60 Radials       
W9CC     19   18  37   14  518  x2  1036  gnd mtd vert                                      
K9QEW    15   14  29   11  319  x2   638  4BTV GP                                           
N8HWV    13   13  26   10  260  x2   520  EFHW AT 15 FT                                     
N7QR      6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  Buddistik strapped to 4th fl balcony              
K9EYT     6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  G5rv                                              
KD9EBS    4    4   8    3   24  x2    48  Attic Dipole at 25 Feet                           

W0 Division
N0TA     42   40  82   23 1886  x2  3772  Doublet @25'                                      
KD0Q     23   23  46   13  598  x2  1196  OCF inverted vee @ 75'                            
W0ITT    15   15  30    9  270  x2   540  inverted vee @ 32 feet                            
AA5LH     8    7  15    6   90  x2   180  Delta Loop @ 25'                                  

Canada Division
VE3SIF   28   28  56   14  784  x2  1568  end-fed 58' wire as a sloper with 9:1 unun        
VA3NU    11   11  22    9  198  x2   396  40M EFHW@ 25'                                     
VE9BEL    9    9  18    7  126  x2   252  end-fed dipole @ 25ft                             
VA3RSA    6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  Inverted-vee fan dipole up 25 ft                  

DX Division
CO8CML    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  Inverted "V" @ 20?                      

SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division
NF1U     13   13  26   10  260 x1.5  390  end fed half wave at 40ft                         

W2 Division
WA2FBN    6    6  12    5   60 x1.5   90  EFHW sloper at 25ft                               

W3 Division
NN3E      8    8  16    7  112 x1.5  168  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             
K3WWP     2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  ~110' attic random wire                           

W4 Division
KJ4R     46   45  91   22 2002 x1.5 3003  134' EFHW                                         
AA2MX    25   25  50   15  750 x1.5 1125  80 MTR OCF DIPOLE                                 
K3RLL     9    9  18    7  126 x1.5  189  31 Unun Wire over garage roof                     

W5 Division
NF5U     22   21  43   14  602 x1.5  903  40m/80m trap dipole at 33ft                       

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
K8NGW    15   15  30   12  360 x1.5  540  43' gnd mtd vert w/ 32 radials                    

W9 Division

W0 Division
KD0V      3    3   6    3   18 x1.5   27  cf Zepp @ 40 feet                                 

Canada Division

DX Division

SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division
KB1M     36   36  72   18 1296      1296  20m inv v, 40 m dipole @ 30'                      
N2CN      8    8  16    7  112       112  40m indoor dipole                                 

W2 Division
K2OID    24   24  48   14  672       672  80M OCF Dipole @35'                               
WY7N     14   13  27   13  351       351  OCF Dipole @ 100'                                 
WA1GWH   15   15  30   11  330       330  40m 1/4 wave inv L & ground system            
N2JJF    13   13  26    9  234       234  Hamstick dipole at 20 feet                        
N2ESE    10   10  20   10  200       200  40 and 20 meter dipole                            
N2EIM     7    7  14    6   84        84  gnd mtd vert                                      

W3 Division
AC5XK    11   11  22    6  132       132  INVERTED VEE AT 45 FEET                           
K3EMS     7    7  14    7   98        98  Inverted V @ 25ft                                 

W4 Division
K4BAI    38   37  75   17 1275      1275  88' cf zepp 40'; 40m dip at 30'.                  
N4MJ     34   34  68   17 1156      1156  40M Windom @ 40 feet                              
K4KRW    25   25  50   15  750       750  Inverted V @65'                                   
W2QL     13   13  26   10  260       260  loaded dipole at 14 feet                          
K4KBL    12   12  24    9  216       216  HyEndFed @ 50'                                    
AB4QL    11   11  22    8  176       176  40 & 80 M dipoles @ 40'                       
KU4A      6    6  12    6   72        72  40m slp dip @40'                                  
AG4CC     6    6  12    4   48        48  EFHW @ 3l0'                                       

W5 Division
K5WX     19   19  38   13  494       494  ZS6BKW at 40 feet                                 
W5WIL     2    2   4    2    8         8  240' doublet @ 40'                                
WB0ISG    2    2   4    2    8         8  inverted v fan dipole @ 20ft                      

W6 Division
W2AFE     2    2   4    2    8         8  Elecraft AT1 vertical with 40' counterpoise       

W7 Division

W8 Division
WI8J     14   14  28   12  336       336  130 Ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WA8SAN    2    2   4    2    8         8  End Fed wire @ 25 ft                              

W9 Division
NN9K     40   38  78   17 1326      1326  130ft end-fed @25ft & HF2V                    
AB9BZ     2    2   4    2    8         8  Dipole at 25 feet                                 

W0 Division
N8LA     14   13  27   11  297       297  dipole @ 35'                                      

Canada Division
VE3GNU    7    7  14    5   70        70  DXCC@40'                                          

DX Division

GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

Straight Key

Bug

Keyer/Keyboard
WB4OMM   17   17  34   10  340       340  3 el Mosley Yagi at 35 feet                       
VE3DQN   15   15  30    9  270       270  20m yagi @50ft; 40/80m dipoles @40ft              


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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 98
Total participants:             137
Total QSOs:                     1322
States + Provinces represented: 37 + NB ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

WB4OMM - My G5RV is down for replacement, so only worked 20M tonight using the beam - and it was hot for the first 50 minutes! Great signals and very little noise. Nice change! Band died at 50 mins in, so I quit - I hope 20m stays like this and better in the coming months! Thanks to all that worked me, will look for you next month with new wire for 40/80! 72, Steve WB4OMM

N8XMS - It has been several months since I was able to work a sprint, and even though I only had about 30 minutes available tonight, it was great to be back. 73

K4KBL - Truly weird conditions this evening with several in state contacts on 40 meters. Only could work about an hour but had fun. Got to QSO with my buddy Aaron K4ARY !!

KD0V - Not the best evening here in southern Minnesota. At 0023Z the county was put under a tornado warning. I was called into action as part of the county emergency management team. After that noise level on 40M was S7 to S9. Called it quits early. See you all net month. Take care!

KE9DR - Looks like 20 is trying to open. Quit early, still had fun Thanks to all. 73 Bert KE9DR

VE3DQN - Good signals tonight! 20m stayed open for 30 minutes for us. Even got N0TA in CO on 40m! Tnx!

K3EMS - 40 meters was in pretty good shape this evening. Had the "yips" tonight- if you got an extra dit or two I apologize.

W4HH - Gud condx on 40, lots of signals. CU next month

WG8Y - Hi all, Started 40 minutes late. Did S&P for an a little over an hour. 20m was open here in NC. Worked John,K4BAI and heard a few others but went to 40M which was full of gud signals. Did S&P for a few more and pulled the Big Switch. Long busy day here. 72 all From N.C. Mark WG8Y

WB1GYZ - We tease impossibly weak sigs from the ether and call it fun. The insanity of it... and yet I'll be back next month to do it again.

KK4ITX - My first Sprint !! Lost several to QSB but that's part of the game. Thanks for the fun.

N2CN - 40 was hopping tonight... not too shabby with an indoor dipole.

K3RLL - 1960 E.F. Johnson Speed-X bug keying K3 to 31' wire up and over garage. (HOA) Plenty of sprinters but difficult to hear on 40m this evening for some reason. Thanks for the skilled ops who heard me. 72/73 ... Don

N8HWV - Great band condx on 40 and some even on 20. Fun.

KC5F - 1 on 20m, 3 on 80m. 40m was the workhouse tonight. Thanks, all!

K5WX - 20 meters was nice for the first hour. But, 40 meters was very noisy here tonight. Good fun!

KN1H - Visiting family in Arizona this month. Set up KX2, pocket-size 12V battery and Electrovoice 605U straight key feeding a clandestine 30 up and 30 out wire antenna in a horrible, noisy, HOA location. Operation was doomed to failure but, thanks to John, N0TA, there was one QSO for the log!

N0TA - 40M pretty good except for the band of thunderstorms across the mid US. Worked 2 non-members. Thanks for the Q's. K3, doublet, Amplidan, NAQCC Sprint Logger.

K2DEP - Been a while. Had lots of fun. Bands getting much better. 72 to all.

AA2MX - Good conditions, lots of activity. Thanks for the sprint.

AI6SL - Noisy bands at my QTH. Lost several stations in the noise. Never heard anything on 80m.

K4KRW - I got contacts on 3 bands. Thank you to N8LA for picking me out of the noise. Best signal I heard was from KJ4R next door in SC. Thanks everyone! Most fun I've had in a sprint in a while. Richard - K4KRW

KN2G - ran the buddipole, 817, and Harbor Freight battery pack from the gazebo outside the house. Warm, no mosquitos and fun.

AB8RL - Got in contest very late - used my new mcHF xcvr on battery power for the first time in a Sprint. Performed very well to a vertical antenna. 40 was in very good shape.

K2CWM - 20M was pretty good tonight, so made most of my contacts there. Used my old IC-703 with MAXSET set to 5 watts, running off a power supply turned down to 12v. Used my little American Morse Straight Key and Butternut vertical (pictured on my QRZ page), Always enjoy these sprints.

KD9EBS - Greetings: Great conditions on 20 and 40! "Youkits" HB-1B, Running 5 Watts into attic dipole at 25 feet The key is J38. 72/73

AG4CC - Thanks for the Q's. 20m was in good shape, but not many there.

W1BLU - Fun as always. 40M was hopping and then quieted down. TU NF5U fer your patience! 73 to all.

N4ARY - Well I had a good time with a few exceptions. I'm always happy to work such a good event with some great ops. I don't want to get preachy, but you gave me a soapbox so I'm going to use it. Three times tonight I had stations calling CQ over me. Twice was from the same station who had worked me on the freq I was running already. I was surprised that another member and QRPer would do that. I know that QRP stations can be hard to hear and it happens to us all, but please, listen before calling CQ and send "QRL ?" Hope to catch you all next month. 72

KJ4R - Had a few stations that I could not copy due to QRN and QSB. My apologies to those that I could not hear. Good to see 20M open some. KX3 and Vibroplex bug to EFHW. 73 to all.

N7QR - 55th sprint - KX3 @ 5 Watts, QRPGuys paddle programmed for straight key into Buddistik strapped to railing of 4th floor balcony in Park Ridge IL only for an hour and a half. 40 was good. Much easier sprinting from the Midwest compared to the Westcoast. Russ

N4MJ - Fun evening. Tnx to all participants. 73 de n4mj//glenn

ND1J - Static horrible at my location. Rough pulling out callsigns tonight. Really rough. Fun time, though.

K9QEW - Operated two bands (40 and 20 meters) 40 meters had high noise level.(S4-S5) Use my new IC7300, J38 key to a 4btv. 72/73s & Stay Tuned Daryl

NC5G - Been a long time since I participated. Band conditions not very good in Texas tonight(lots of QRN), but it was fun to participate again. Looking forward to doing it again.

W2JEK - HAD A GOOD NIGHT. 40 WAS THE BEST BAND BUT GOT A FEW ON 80. BEST DX WAS N0TA IN COLORADO. GOOD CONTEST 72 73 DON W2JEK

K8NGW - 20M then 40M kept me so busy that I never made it to 80M! Less noise and fading than the past few months made for a very enjoyable evening.

VA3NU - Stayed on 40M tonight and signals picked up as it got darker outside. Several signals were a true 599. Lots of QRM in the house, don't ask Hi Hi. Larry 72

K2OID - 40M was absolutely fantastic tonight for a change.

AC5XK - Thanks everyone!

KE5YUM - I only made one contact in my allotted time for the sprint. With my limited antenna setup, I was thankful for that. See you next month. Terry

KC3MIO - I thought 20 would be in play and I heard N0TA just before the start. but I couldn't manage any contacts and turned to 40 which is where I made all but one. When 40 got sparse in the last 15 minutes, I tried 80 but nothing but weird noise. After much effort, I copied KC1DVT in ME but couldn't get past that. I noticed that the SFI was at 65 just after the sprint. Thanks for the contacts and welcome to new members. Thanks to NAQCC and hoping for good conditions for the Milliwatt Sprint next month.

WI8J - Worked WB4OMM on 20M and the rest on 40M. A great time again with the IC-705. Thanks to N0TA for squeezing me in at the final buzzer. Thanks for the contacts! 72

W1VKE - My first NAQCC QSO. I will be participating more in the future as my CW improves.

KD3CA - Only managed to work a few minutes in the last half hour. Was some QRN but some very good signals. Heard a 3 land station calling CQ NA who was 599 plus 10 over ? 73 to all Don

VE3GNU - Stayed on 40---band seemed to be 'short' tonight with generally weak signals at this QTH. Thanks to all for participating. Jupiter @5 W. and Begali paddle--and always looking forward to the next sprint. 73---Ernie

WB8LZG - Hello Fellow Sprinters ! Fired up the FT1200 on solar pwr,5W to diploes. Great to hear some action on 20M. Got 6 QSOs there. Stns to the south were LOUD. Stns to the west were weak. Strange condx here. W2SH answered me, and when I came back to him, he was gone. ?? 40M was very noisy here, but still plenty of stns to work. Also propagation was short. No west coast. Went to 80 to finish up. Nice to work Frank,NF8M, as we usually don't work each other due to close proximity, and old pal Louis N8LA too. Nice to hear several old friends as well as a couple newcomers. Sorry to a couple of u who tried to call me es I couldn't make out the entire call. (better luck next time) Looking fwd to FD and the MW sprint next month. 73 Gregg WB8LZG 1444

KA2KGP - A good nite for a sprint, even 20m. was open for a while. 40 & 80 were good here in WNY. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into G5RV up 25 ft. w/ old WWII German Junkers straight key. 73

WT4U - Thought this would be the month for 20m, but only RBN was hearing me. 80 was noisy. 40 was busy, though propagation could be weird. Hardest I worked was to pull out Karen AG4CC, but as soon as the QSO was done her signal went to 579. Fun as always. Brian WB4IT heard us on 40m and sent in an application so he can play next time.

K4BAI - Good conditions on all three bands. Amazingly short skip on 20 with QSO with AA2MX in adjoining NC. 40M was very active. 80M was OK, but only three NA spriters worked were also in GA. Did hear AA2MX in NC working one of the other GA stations. Thanks for all QSOs. 73, John, K4BAI.

WB9HFK - An evening of QRP Fun! I stayed on 40M for the entire Sprint. QRN levels a bit high. Fun to work many regulars and some new members! See everyone next month! 72, Mark WB9HFK

N2JJF - Lots of activity tonight on 20M. Happy to try out my hamstick dipole on 20 ft mast.

K3JZD - K3JZD - Seemed like a good turnout. 40m was both long and short - made it ideal. 80m had a lot of QSB - I was only there briefly. KX3 - 5w - 40m Dipole - 80m 107' EFRW Jody - K3JZD

W2AFE - Deployed to Quarry Lakes park in Fremont CA with Kx2 and AT-1 on 20 meters.

VE9BEL - Heard many stations, but they coud not hear me. Great fun again! 73 Bernard

K4JPN - Started out good on 20M with 2 QSOs, then nothing else on 20M, best results on 40M with a couple on 80M. 73, Steve K4JPN

WX4RM - Yes, 20 meters was open and I finally was able to work California, New Hampshire and Texas. There was high noise levels on 40, but that was the main band for contacts tonight. Had fun as always.

WA1GWH - 40m quite noisy from here in central New York but quieted down some after 9 PM. Worked close in and out to WI, MI, NB but sigs mostly not very strong at any distance.

AB9BZ - Fun sprint, glad to work the Prez and WI. Thanks for the contacts, 73.

KB1M - Great conditions overall here, with 20 good for the first half hour, even Reverse Beacon seemed to hear me especially well. 72/73, Walt

W0ITT - Thanks for a nice event. I used my FT857D down at 5 watts for most QSO's, but turned on my QRPp 1-watt transmitter for the last 2 contacts: thanks to W5WIL and KF9LI for having good ears. 72 de Gary W0ITT #9113

N8GZ - I had to work around my local club weekly 2 meter net, It was maddening to watch the pan-adapter full at the QRP freq's and not to be able to call. Thanks to all! great fun as always. 73, N8GZ

AK3X - Managed a full hour with few interruptions. 40 meters only and band sounded good. 72. Peter

CO8CML - Nice to be again in the Sprint, after a long time absent.Only worked 20m band using an inverted "V" antenna.QRM was strong and only for 30 minutes could hear a few stations.Thanks to Stephen WB4OMM for the QSO.I hope to be there next sprint.

AA5LH - Amazing how 20/40 have bounced back. Worked 20M for the first 30 mins until it died. On 40M it was a greater challenge. Worked only four stations with fair-good results. On 80M I heard only 1 station & unable to make contact. Went back to 40M. My apologies to the 2 gentleman attempting QSO between 0210-0220z. I just couldn't pull you out. Take care.

N8LA - KX3, 5W, 200' Dipole @ 35', NAQCCode Warrior. WOW! 7 20 meter contacts, including DA PREZ!! Yes, Virginia, there is a Cycle 25 and it is arriving even before Christmas? Worked people on all three bands, including homeboy Gregg, WB8LZG, on 80 whose beautiful finger pieces grace the NAQCCode Warrior. K9WWT gave me a call also on 80 and we had a QSO, 500W to 5W. Thanks to all for the great sprint contacts and apologies to any I could not pull out. Until next time I wish all the best of health and QRP fun! Lou, N8LA

W2SH - 20m was open but rather unstable with QSB sometimes causing signals to completely disappear. Action was mainly on 40m where QRN was absent. While 80m also lacked noise, it regrettably had little activity, this despite producing signals with good strength out to 600 miles.

WB0ISG - Lots of fun this time around! Lots of static crashes and the FT-818 wide receiver made for difficult operating but I worked two ops. Need to get that audio filter built up. 72!

N5GW - 20 had a few weak QSB signals. 40 had heavy QRN from local rain storms - so I gave up early.

WA2FBN - I could only make part of the sprint; conditions seemed pretty good on 40m. Tnx to all. 72 Ken