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January 2023 QRP/CW Sprint (#219)
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
K1MZM 37 37 74 16 1184 x2 2368 160 meter horizontal loop at 55 feet
AC1KV 21 21 42 13 546 x2 1092 40M Vertical/ EFHW
K1YAN 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 G5RV Jr. @ 30'
W2 Division
KA2KGP 25 24 49 14 686 x2 1372 G5RV up 25'
W2SH 24 24 48 13 624 x2 1248 270' cf dpl @ 45'
K2CWM 16 16 32 9 288 x2 576 Vertical (elevated)
KC3MIO 13 13 26 9 234 x2 468 65' EFHW 30' to 5'
KN2G 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE
W3 Division
K3JZD 39 39 78 26 2028 x2 4056 40m Dipole @25', 80m 107' EFRW @ 20'
W6WU 23 23 46 15 690 x2 1380 40M loop and EFHW on 80M
KD3CA 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 OCF Windom @55 ft
AK3X 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 102' doublet inv v. Tuner
N3CAA 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 EFHW inverted vee up 25'
W4 Division
KC5F 52 51 103 24 2472 x2 4944 80m EFHW up about 40'
WX4RM 20 20 40 14 560 x2 1120 6BTV gnd mtd vert
WT4U 20 20 40 12 480 x2 960 80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'
KA8VZB 9 9 18 9 162 x2 324 60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft
WG8Y 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 40/80 dp & 80m loop
N2GDS 8 7 15 5 75 x2 150 17' whip on sand spike + loading coil + EFHW tuner
W4VQS 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 inv vee @ 30'
K9EYT 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 33ft wire at 18ft
NA4O 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 W3EDP endfed@20'
W4LSV 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 22' gnd mtd vert
W5 Division
N5GW 19 19 38 13 494 x2 988 doublet at 25'
KG5HCF 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 40m dipole at 20ft.
AC5BX 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 G5RV over house into trees.
KE5YUM 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 20 meter dipole @16 feet
W6 Division
K6GPB 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 dipole @ 20'
W7 Division
KN1H 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 28' VERTICAL WIRE
K7ZI 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 OCF Dipole at 50 ft.
W8 Division
W8GG 25 25 50 14 700 x2 1400 trap dipoles at 35'
N8XMS 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 HyGain AV640 Vertical
NF8M 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 OCF dpl @35ft/bev
W9 Division
WB9HFK 35 35 70 23 1610 x2 3220 EFHW at 30 Feet
K9QEW 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 4BTV
K9NUD 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 132' Doublet up 35' and 6BTV ground-mounted
KA9FQG 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 G5RV at 37 ft.
W0 Division
KD0V 24 23 47 12 564 x2 1128 cf Zepp @ 30 feet
AA5LH 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 Delta Loop @ 25'
NN0SS 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 80 meter Inv Vee @30ft
N8LA 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 dipole @ 35'
AA0W 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 OCF Dipole@30 feet
N0TA 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 Doublet at 25 ft
Canada Division
VE3SIF 17 17 34 10 340 x2 680 G5RV Jr
VE2ZAZ 16 16 32 9 288 x2 576 40m Half-Sloper, apex at 37'.
VA3NU 14 14 28 8 224 x2 448 88' DIPOLE @25'
VA3KRJ 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 endfed longwire @ 20ft
VE3IIM 12 12 24 7 168 x2 336 fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet
DX Division
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
WB1GYZ 15 15 30 9 270 x1.5 405 100' doublet HB open-wire
W2 Division
K3CKO 19 16 35 11 385 x1.5 577 G5RV2 AT 60 FEEY
W3 Division
NN3E 3 3 6 3 18 x1.5 27 40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '
K3WWP 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 ~110' attic random wire
W4 Division
AA2MX 28 28 56 16 896 x1.5 1344 80 MTR OCF DIPOLE
K3RLL 8 8 16 7 112 x1.5 168 44' Unun wire up and over garage roof
W5 Division
WI5H 10 10 20 7 140 x1.5 210 95ft Wire Loop 20M, OCFVee @ 30 ft 40M
W6 Division
W7 Division
W8 Division
W9 Division
W0 Division
Canada Division
DX Division
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
KB1M 11 11 22 9 198 198 40M EFHW, 20 & 40m dipoles
K1IX 4 4 8 4 32 32 OCFD @ 35'
W2 Division
WA1GWH 10 10 20 6 120 120 40m dipole at 15 ft
N2ESE 7 7 14 7 98 98 20&40mtr..dipole@35ft
WA2FBN 8 8 16 6 96 96 EFHW sloper at 25ft
N2JJF 9 8 17 4 68 68 G5RV junior at 25 feet
W3 Division
AC5XK 14 14 28 10 280 280 dipole at 40 feet
W3IPA 13 13 26 10 260 260 EFHW @ 35ft inverted V
W4 Division
K4KBL 31 29 60 22 1320 1320 ZS6BKS INV @ about 60'
W8DXU 11 11 22 9 198 198 Indoor random wire
KM4JEG 8 8 16 7 112 112 efhw to 25ft
W5 Division
W6 Division
KD0FNR 1 1 2 1 2 2 Inverted vee, 20 meters (14.058 MHz) @ 20.75 feet
W7 Division
N7QR 0 0 0 0 0 0 Butternut gnd mtd vert w/o radials
W8 Division
WI8J 16 16 32 12 384 384 130 ft EFHW at 20 ft
WA8SAN 12 12 24 10 240 240 End Fed Wire @ 25 Ft
NG8S 9 9 18 7 126 126 Longwire at 30 ft
W8RTJ 9 9 18 7 126 126 endfed wire at 25ft , vertical
W9 Division
NN9K 38 37 75 21 1575 1575 130ft end fed@25ft
AB9BZ 7 7 14 6 84 84 EFHW @ 30'
W0 Division
W1TM 10 10 20 9 180 180 Endfedz dipole at 30 feet.
KC2MJT 5 5 10 5 50 50 EFRW @25'
Canada Division
VE3DQN 4 4 8 4 32 32 80/40 trap dipole @20ft
DX Division
DK1VD 1 1 2 1 2 2 GND MTD VERT
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
Straight Key
NQ2W 30 28 58 17 986 x2 1972 3el yagi @ 32', 40m dipole @ 60', 80m dipole @ 50'
Bug
Keyer/Keyboard
Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s):
@ Non-member
$ QRO power
CERTIFICATES |
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | K1MZM | AC1KV | K1YAN |
W2 | KA2KGP | W2SH | K2CWM |
W3 | K3JZD | W6WU | KD3CA |
W4 | KC5F | WX4RM | WT4U |
W5 | N5GW | KG5HCF | AC5BX KE5YUM (TIE) |
W6 | K6GPB | - | - |
W7 | KN1H | K7ZI | - |
W8 | W8GG | N8XMS | NF8M |
W9 | WB9HFK | K9QEW | K9NUD |
W0 | KD0V | AA5LH | NN0SS N8LA (TIE) |
Canada | VE3SIF | VE2ZAZ | VA3NU |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - BUG CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | WB1GYZ | - | - |
W2 | K3CKO | - | - |
W3 | NN3E | K3WWP | - |
W4 | AA2MX | K3RLL | - |
W5 | WI5H | - | - |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | - | - | - |
W8 | - | - | - |
W9 | - | - | - |
W0 | - | - | - |
Canada | - | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | KB1M | K1IX | - |
W2 | WA1GWH | N2ESE | WA2FBN |
W3 | AC5XK | W3IPA | - |
W4 | K4KBL | W8DXU | KM4JEG |
W5 | - | - | - |
W6 | KD0FNR | - | - |
W7 | N7QR | - | - |
W8 | WI8J | WA8SAN | NG8S W8RTJ (TIE) |
W9 | NN9K | AB9BZ | - |
W0 | W1TM | KC2MJT | - |
Canada | VE3DQN | - | - |
DX | DK1VD | - | - |
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | NQ2W | - | - |
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BUG | - | - | - |
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K/K | - | - | - |
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FIRST TIME ENTRANT HIGH SCORE |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | - | - | - |
BUG | - | - | - |
K/K | KD0FNR | - | - |
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER |
Prizes | - |
STATS:
Logs submitted: 79
Total participants: 105
Total QSOs: 967
States + Provinces represented: 35 + ON QC + DX
SOAPBOX:
K3WWP - Still have my strong local noise here. Not as bad as it was at one time, but still enough to discourage me from putting in more than a token effort into our sprints. Oh well, still have the memories of those 40, 50, 60 QSO sprints from the early NAQCC era.
AB9BZ - Only operated 1 hour. Thanks for the Qs. 72 ab9bz
N8XMS - It sounded like conditions were really good and I wish that I could have had more than my 20 minutes of available time to play.
K9NUD - I had to cut it short, which is too bad. Lots of great signals tonight!
DK1VD - Just one Station to start in the new year
i could finish it an then a local unknown noise was starting
KC2MJT - 40 worked for me tonight. Tnx to all. QSB on 20 prevented me from completing any QSOs there with any success.
KM4JEG - I didn't forget this month. Tried to get KD0V on my 1 watter on 20M but he never heard me calling. I had to switch to my KX2 instead but i got him in the log at 0135. TU
WG8Y - Hi all, Started half hour late and was only on for app 45/50 minutes.
Tried 20m. only a couple very faint calls. went to 40m. worked one then called CQ on 20m and worked WI5H in TX. Called some more and was spotted on west coast,by an EA8 and other stateside beacons but no takers. Worked a couple more on 40m and two on 80m and pulled the plug. Time for an 807 and some pretzels. Hi HI.
73 from N.C. Mark WG8Y
K3RLL - Conditions seemed much better this evening. RBN was my friend, for a change and even stronger on 20m. Not many signals on 20m but they were the strong and the brave! No killer score but a good evening. Thanks for the nice contacts and watch your email for the warmer WX I'm sending you, Will ;-)
72/73 ... Don
K4KBL - Great time for about 90 min with new ZS6BKW antenna. Worked CO, UT and NE as well as many other friends...
W3IPA - I was able to finally make my 2nd sprint. I had a bug ready to go so I thought. Unfortunately wasn't able to use it for this sprint so had to fall back to paddles.
AA5LH - Nice to hear many stations tonight. 40M started out dull but grew as the evening went on. Hope everyone has a great 2023. Take Care.
N3CAA - Sending with a straight key using the non-dominant hand is starting to progress but still quite slow. Apologies to everyone who heard it.
VA3KRJ - Enjoy this event and loving QRP operation!
K7ZI - Heard many stations but unable to work most. Lots of QRM, great competition for those I could copy. Great sprint until the CWT "showoff's" come up on frequency just before 8pm.
KC5F - I didn't get to hunt much on 40m - they just kept coming back to my CQ's! A few more on 80m to end a good night. Thanks to everyone, including DK1VD!
W6WU - Signals were good on 40M. Thanks for all the QSO's. Hope to meet you in the 160M sprint.
K2CWM - Thanks all for the contacts. Happy New year to all.
VA3NU - 40M was in good shape tonight. Just had to duck and dodge some CWT activity for a bit.
Always a fun event and hope to see everyone next month.
Larry 72
AA2MX - An fun evening with qrp, thanks everyone
Bill
K3JZD - 40m was doing fine for the first 90 minutes. Pretty good short and long propagation Then along came the usual high power tune-ups and the wall to wall event. So it was time to escape to our niche on 80m to make a couple more QSOs. K4 at 5w, 40m dipole at 30', 107' EFRW at 25' on 80m. 73, Jody - K3JZD
VE3DQN - Fair conditions from my high noise QTH. Tnx to all participants for continuing to make this a fun sprint.
K9QEW - All OPS on 40m and high noise levels. 50% of QSOs made using
my ole HB rockbound "Funmitter" A challenge at times but more
fun. 72/73s & STAY TUNED! Daryl
VE3IIM - 40 was in great shape here. Headed to 80m when CWT started up. Heard some I couldn't work..OK, MN..Good fun!
NF8M - Op time 10 min. Got home late from helping son with electrical work at his house. Good condx on 80 fer QRP tonite. TNX QSOs es 72
NQ2W - It was great making some QSOs on 20m! 40 seemed kind of quiet...80 was good with strong signals. Thank you for the enjoyable sprint. I hope 2023 is off to a good start for everyone! 72, Will, NQ2W
KD0FNR - Wow! First time I've ever worked an entire contest, and first time I've ever made a QSO in a contest!!!
I expected the 20 meter band to be shut down, but the RBN showed the Rockmite making it into Canada routinely with the furthest RBN station being VE2WU in Quebec which was kind of hard to believe.
But then, four minutes later, I had a QSO with KN1H. Since it was my first contest QSO, I went a bit deer-in-the-headlights and copied the QTH as AZ, but the license database says KN1H is in NH. (Maybe they're travelling this week, but either way, woohoo!!! First contest QSO :) )
About 2:36 GMT the 20 meter band completely shut down here in San Francisco. It began to recover at 3:24 GMT when at least the Stanford RBN station down the Bay could here me again albeit at 0 dB.
What fun! Thanks everyone!
73 de KD0FNR
Hamilton
WX4RM - Band conditions were much better than last month. Had a good time as usual. Always look forward to the monthly sprint!
KE5YUM - Wow! I almost missed the Sprint, but 20 was still open when I sat down in front of the FT 817 with my CWMORSE straight key. I worked one in the few minutes I had. See you next month.
NG8S - Lots of QRN and QSB but did manage to get 9 stations. Challenging but fun! Robin, NG8S
WI8J - Thanks for the contacts! 72
W8RTJ - Been some time since I have done a sprint . Forgot how much fun it is . Could only do very little this time but sure going to try more for upcoming ones . 72 to all
N2GDS - On vacation and couldn't operate indoors, so I set up a vertical whip on the beach, in the dark, with a loading coil and an EFHW tuner that I normally use for SOTA activations. Rig was a homebrew direct-conversion receiver with a transmitter rockbound to 14060 and 14062. So no hunting and pouncing, just CQing and hoping!
W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters ! I fired up on 20m and heard several stns calling CQ NA, but only bagged one N2GDS. So i went to 40m where things were really hopping. worked 21 QSOs there. Strange condx here in Mid-Michigan. Almost nothing heard west of the Mississippi, but EAST and SOUTH were very gud. I heard Ol' pal N8LA calling , but after a moment he disappeared into the either. Had a Beeline into New England, and had a nice run fer abt 30 mins. After an hour i went to 80m and work 3 more there. Got the 2fer wid WT4U. Just as 80m seemed to be picking up, i had to pull the plug early to walk impatient dog. A fun evening with 25 Q's in just over an hour. Hope to see u all next sprint. 73 Gregg W8GG
N5GW - KX3, hb straight key & doublet. I could only operate the first hour, because a squall line of T storms including lightning arrived.
W4LSV - Only on for 20 minutes High Power Contest Stations made it a real challenge on 40 meters at 0230Z
KD3CA - Only spent about half hour in sprint . 40 mtr band was good here. CU in the 160 mtr sprint . All the very best t0 all . 73 Don
KA2KGP - Nice turnout this Sprint with good band conditions. Rig: IC-7000 into a G5RV up 25 ft. w/straight key. 73 all
WB1GYZ - Thanks to all for another fun Sprint.
K3CKO - i MESSED UP THE FIRST 18 CONTACTS BY SENDING THE WRONG MEMBER NUMBER. more THAN HALF OF THE STATIONS I WORKED SENT ME A WRONG NUMBER. this WAS MY FIRST SPRINT IN OVER A YEAR I'm still confused.
WT4U - Heard and lost one station on 20m. Lots of action on 40m. 80m was pretty good, and reasonably long, but I ran out of new stations to work with 30 minutes left on the clock. Now to go hang a longer wire for next week!
AA0W - Contest on 40 M switched to 80M for a few contacts. Winter storm made 80M difficult.
WA2FBN - Condx on 40m were good tonight. Used LNR MTR 3B (older version with one digit LED display) and Vibroplex paddle. Only had time to work first half of the sprint. 72 Ken WA2FBN
AK3X - Forgot all about the sprint until I heard NQ2W calling CQ NA. On had about 15 minutes to play but 80 was is good shape. 72 to all.
N2JJF - Only had half an hour to play radio but i had a lot of fun. Lots stations on 40
KN1H - Operating portable from campground at Lake Pleasant, AZ. In the desert on the shore of a lake, oddly enough! 12V battery, 28' wire which tuned up well on 20 and 40, KX2 and KY 605/U straight key. Thanks to Will, NQ2W for the 2-fer! 72, John, KN1H/7
KN2G - NEVER GETS OLD!
W2SH - 20m was getting ready to close but yielded two QSOs. Its skip zone was fairly short. 40m and 80m were both active, and my QSOs were evenly split between those two bands.
KC3MIO - We had to go to our son's house in NE NJ to babysit GD while his wife worked. I brought my rig and set up a 65' LNR EFHW hanging off a Spiderbeam mast at 30' sloping to 5', running NNW/SSE. I sat out on the deck, about 42F, but the stars were out and the planes were on approach to Teterboro. There was no wind and it was comfortable to work my CW Morse straight key without gloves. I was pleasantly surprised by the low noise levels on 40 & 20 and I wanted to do the whole sprint, but I stopped after an hour to keep peace in the household. Used HAMRS to log on iPad which imported nicely into Sprintlogger. A good time as usual and thanks to my contacts and the NAQCC. Happy New Year and CUAGN on the 160 sprint.
N8LA - I HATE COMPUTERS !!!!!!!! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE TRIED TO ENTER THIS INFORMATION. WHEN I HAD ENTERED ALL THE CONTACTS AND WAS DOING SOAP BOX, IT DELETED EVERYTHING !!!!!!! KX-3; 5W; 200' Dipole Up 35', NAQCCode Warrior with W8GG finger pieces wired as dual paddle side swiper by AD0BI. Thanks to all who worked me and apologies to all I was unable to work. After I sent Gregg W8GG my information, I lost him. I thought the smoke wafting into the shack from an adjacent condo may have been from someone jumping the gun with the impending legalization of recreational Marijuana here that was affecting my brain, but my XYL assured me that it was just cigar smoke, not Saint Louie Whewie competing with Maui Wowie! Best 72, Lou, N8LA
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