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May 2023 QRP/CW Sprint (#223)
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 45 45 90 17 1530 x2 3060 40 Meter Dipole at 40 feet
AC1KV 32 32 64 17 1088 x2 2176 40M Ground Mounted Vertical / 20M Dipole @ 30ft
K1YAN 19 19 38 10 380 x2 760 G5RV Jr. @ 30'
N1BRI 16 16 32 9 288 x2 576 g5rv up 50ft
K1WOR 14 14 28 9 252 x2 504 inverted vee up 25'
KN1H 8 8 16 6 96 x2 192 28' VERTICAL WIRE
WB1GYZ 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 Doublet
K1IX 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 K1POO OCFD @35'5
W2 Division
KA2KGP 41 41 82 17 1394 x2 2788 G5RV up 25'
W2SH 32 32 64 16 1024 x2 2048 270' cf dpl @ 45'
KN2G 26 26 52 13 676 x2 1352 55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE
W2JEK 21 20 41 12 492 x2 984 20M gnd plane on roof--40/80 end fed wire 110 ft l
K2CWM 13 13 26 10 260 x2 520 Vertical (elevated)
W3 Division
KC3MIO 39 39 78 18 1404 x2 2808 Doublet 125' @ 45',135' OCF @40'
K3JZD 32 31 63 15 945 x2 1890 40m Dipole @25'
W6WU 21 21 42 15 630 x2 1260 EFHW on 80, Loops on 40 and 20
AK3X 13 13 26 8 208 x2 416 102' inv vee with tuner and twin lead feed
N3CAA 8 8 16 6 96 x2 192 EFHW inverted vee up 18'
KD3CA 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 132ft OCF Windom @30 ft
W4 Division
KC5F 44 44 88 22 1936 x2 3872 80m EFHW as Inverted L, about 40' up
W4NLT 24 24 48 17 816 x2 1632 84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30 ft
WX4RM 19 19 38 12 456 x2 912 4BTV gnd mtd vert
WT4U 18 18 36 9 324 x2 648 80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'
N2AWE 12 12 24 12 288 x2 576 vertical, roof mounted
K4WM 11 11 22 9 198 x2 396 40 m attic dipole
KI4MZC 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 dipole @ about 50 feet
KN4ZXG 9 9 18 6 108 x2 216 EFHW ~30'
WD4OHD 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 Ground-Mounted Verticals
WA4CHQ 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 40m Delta Loop
WG8Y 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 10-80 OCF@40FT
W1BLU 5 4 9 4 36 x2 72 EFHW @36'
NA4O 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 W3EDP Jr end fed@20'
KK4ITX 3 3 6 2 12 x2 24 Inv V & L 53ft
W5 Division
KD5ZCQ 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Homebrew G5RV at 30'
KE5YUM 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 80 meter dipole at 25 feet
KI5FZV 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 VERTICAL MFJ-1622
W6 Division
K6GPB 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 G5RV 20 feet
W7 Division
KC7DM 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 420' loop @ 50'
KI7LW 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 End Fed Vert 24 ft
KJ7KDB 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 Ultimax 100 24' vertical
W8 Division
W9 Division
WB9HFK 49 48 97 23 2231 x2 4462 EFHW @ 30 Ft.
K9NUD 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 132' doublet up 35'
KD9EBS 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Magnetic Loop Antenna
K9QEW 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 4BTV
KA9FQG 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 G5RV at 37 ft.
W0 Division
N8LA 14 13 27 11 297 x2 594 dipole @ 35'
W1TM 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 HF kits end fed 40-20-10 meter.
AA5LH 8 8 16 6 96 x2 192 40-10 Delta Loop @ 25'
KD0DK 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 102 ft end fed long wire
AA0W 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 OFC Dipole @ 30 Feet
NO2D 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 80 M doublet at 30 feet
$W8GG 6 6 12 4 48 x2 96 fence mounted vertical
Canada Division
VA3KRJ 21 21 42 14 588 x2 1176 Endfed random wire 105' long 20' up
VE3IIM 16 16 32 10 320 x2 640 fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet
VA3NU 15 15 30 9 270 x2 540 88' Dipole @ 25'
VE3SIF 8 8 16 5 80 x2 160 G5RV Jr
DX Division
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
W1TER 17 17 34 11 374 x1.5 561 dipole @ 35 feet
W2 Division
AC2YD 37 37 74 19 1406 x1.5 2109 gnd mtd 1/4-wave fan vertical with 32 radials
N2DGQ 38 38 76 17 1292 x1.5 1938 OCF Dipole @ 25'
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
KG4IKQ 43 41 84 22 1848 x1.5 2772 Dipole @ 30'
K3RLL 12 12 24 6 144 x1.5 216 Flat Black After-Dark_Only Vertical
W5 Division
W6 Division
W7 Division
W8 Division
K8NGW 16 16 32 12 384 x1.5 576 43' gnd mtd vert w/ base loading coil & 32 radials
W9 Division
W0 Division
WU0A 7 7 14 6 84 x1.5 126 vertical, 18' from ground
KD0V 5 5 10 5 50 x1.5 75 cf Zepp @ 30 feet
AE0IB 3 3 6 3 18 x1.5 27 End Fed vert 24' into a tree branch
Canada Division
DX Division
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
KB1M 32 32 64 17 1088 1088 40M EFHW, 20 & 40m dipoles
N1JI 5 5 10 3 30 30 88' Doublet @ 30 ft.
N2CN 3 3 6 3 18 18 Attic dipole
W2 Division
K2OID 25 24 49 14 686 686 80M OCF Dipole @35'
WA2FBN 9 9 18 7 126 126 EFHW sloper at 25ft
WA1GWH 8 8 16 7 112 112 40m dipole at 15 ft
N2ESE 7 7 14 7 98 98 20&40mtr dipole@35ft
W3 Division
KQ3Z 4 4 8 4 32 32 Doublet at 65 ft
W4 Division
K4KBL 30 28 58 16 928 928 ZS6BKW INV @ 60'
K4KRW 20 20 40 14 560 560 Inverted V @ 65'
W5 Division
W6 Division
W7 Division
W8 Division
WI8J 15 15 30 13 390 390 130 ft wire at 20 ft
WA8SAN 9 9 18 9 162 162 End fed wire @ 25 ft
NF8M 6 6 12 5 60 60 6BTV
W9 Division
N9EEE 20 20 40 14 560 560 EFHW sloper up to 60 feet
K9EYT 8 8 16 6 96 96 Dipole at 20"
AB9BZ 2 2 4 1 4 4 16' Vertical
W0 Division
KC2MJT 5 5 10 4 40 40 EFRW Sloper feed ~20'
Canada Division
VE3DQN 14 14 28 12 336 336 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
AE7AP 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 2el @ 30 feet
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 | KN2G |
W3 | KC3MIO | K3JZD | W6WU |
W4 | KC5F | W4NLT | WX4RM |
W5 | KD5ZCQ | KE5YUM | KI5FZV |
W6 | K6GPB | - | - |
W7 | KC7DM | KI7LW | KJ7KDB |
W8 | - | - | - |
W9 | WB9HFK | K9NUD KD9EBS (TIE) | - |
W0 | N8LA | W1TM | AA5LH |
Canada | VA3KRJ | VE3IIM | VA3NU |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - BUG CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | W1TER | - | - |
W2 | AC2YD | N2DGQ | - |
W3 | NN3E | K3WWP | - |
W4 | KG4IKQ | K3RLL | - |
W5 | - | - | - |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | - | - | - |
W8 | K8NGW | - | - |
W9 | - | - | - |
W0 | WU0A | KD0V | AE0IB |
Canada | - | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | KB1M | N1JI | N2CN |
W2 | K2OID | WA2FBN | WA1GWH |
W3 | KQ3Z | - | - |
W4 | K4KBL | K4KRW | - |
W5 | - | - | - |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | - | - | - |
W8 | WI8J | WA8SAN | NF8M |
W9 | N9EEE | K9EYT | AB9BZ |
W0 | KC2MJT | - | - |
Canada | VE3DQN | - | - |
DX | DK1VD | - | - |
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | AE7AP | - | - |
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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 | K1WOR | K4WM | KI5FZV |
BUG | - | - | - |
K/K | N9EEE | - | - |
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER |
Prizes | - |
STATS:
Logs submitted: 87
Total participants: 117
Total QSOs: 1193
States + Provinces represented: 37 + ON + DX
SOAPBOX:
K3WWP - Doubled my usual 1 QSO tonight and could have stuck around and made more, but I didn't.
KD0V - My father-in-law and Ham Elmer, W7OZJ became a SK yesterday evening. He had been a Ham since 1946! Live is a bit gloomy around here today. Sounded like the making for a good Sprint. Take case everyone, - Merlin
W1BLU - Radar shows wx approaching. QRT for safety. 20M was so much better tonight. My condolences to KD0V.
NO2D - Very hard to dig out the info. Several were well under 559. All a long way from Colorado, so band obviously quite long. I gave up after making 5 contacts. Too much QRN from local storms. Thanks for the contacts and thanks to those who make the sprints possible. I enjoy them, even when conditions not so hot. NO2D, Pete
W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Visiting the kids in North Dakota so signing /ND tonight. i was using a fence mouted vertical and yaesu FT990. SR i hv to claim "hi pwr" cuz the FT990 only goes down to 7 watts. Still fun to hand out ND even if only fer 6 qso's. Heard N8LA but he didnt hr me. Still always fun on a sprint night. See u all next time es at FD. 73 Gregg W8GG
AB9BZ - I had fun transmitting 610mW to a homebrew 16 foot vertical fed with 300 ohm twin lead. Contacts are in the 1000 Mile per watt range. Thanks for the Q's 72 ab9bz
WD4OHD - Had to duck out early this evening but ended up dividing my six QSOs pretty evenly between 20m and 40m. Pretty quiet conditions on 20m and some good signals but also some vicious QSB. Nothing heard on 80m. Glad to work KG4IKQ who apparently lives only a few miles from where I grew up in NC.
K4KBL - 20 was great for about the first 30 minutes then gone here in GA. Went to 40 and confronted the static crashes for as long as I could. Called it a night at 930 local. Always a great time...
K9NUD - I wish I had some more time. The bands seemed to be pretty good, with contacts on 20 and 40
AA5LH - A good time on 20M as it was very workable. Switched to 40M @ 0130Z but nothing heard. Enjoy it as with every month. Take Care all. CUL 73/72
N1BRI - Testing out another homebrew. This one was built by Dave NZ1J, had a lot of fun and was pleased to make the qsos. 72!
KC2MJT - 20 was very good to me tonight. 40 very crowded. Lost a few contacts due to QSB. Credit to VE3SIF for giving it one hell of a try to pull me out of the ether - unfortunately to no avail
N2CN - 20 was surprisingly good tonight.
KI4MZC - IC-7300 to a dipole, 5w, using a straight key. I need to check to see when the last time I did this sprint - it's been a while, I think! I had to cut out for a while tonight to do the Georgia cw training (traffic) net, then resumed the sprint. I could not get on 80m because of tuner problems and I might have had a few more QSOs otherwise. So, I stuck to 40 & 20m; 40 was a bit noisy here tonight. Oh well, 72/3 all!
KN1H - Operating from a campground on the NH-ME border. 20 was dead, 40 noisy and short and I had insufficient wire for 80M. Thanks to those who actually heard me tonight! KX2 on battery to 28' wire, KY 605/U straight key.
72, John, KN1H
WA4CHQ - First sprint using my DIY 1 tube (6T9) xtal controlled transmitter (3w)...RX was the Drake 2B and antenna was a Delta Loop. Key was a mini cootie. Operated only an hour. Now for the best part...I actually had 6 QSO's but only looked at my watch for the first one! geeze.... I still had fun.
K9EYT - 20 sounded so good for the first Hr. K3s K line at 5 watts .next time 72 Ray
W1TM - First challenge with the new to me Drake TR-7 at 5 w. Signals were very weak on 20 but made plenty of contacts.
KJ7KDB - No luck tonight. Sounds like most of the action was in the eastern part of the country. Still fun to try! 73 Tim
K9QEW - High noise levels on 40m. 72/73s STAY TUNED! Daryl
WG8Y - Hi all, Couldn't spend much time tonite. Too bad. 20m sounded gud here in NC. Worked 5 Q's on 20m and pulled the plug. Getting ready to head to Ohio.Not going to Dayton this year but headed to NE Ohio to see family and friends. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y
K4KRW - Fun night, Thanks everyone. Quite a bit of QSB. Started out rough. I sent K1WOR three different numbers before I sent my correct NAQCC number. LOL
73, Richard
K3RLL - Fun night on 20m and, once again, I think I qualified for the WANJ (Worked All New Jersey) award. ;-) The Garden State Thruway must have had a 20meter access ramp this evening. Great mix of new & 'seasoned' ops made for an enjoyable half-hour. 72/73 ... Don
KQ3Z - Got a really late start. 40 was the only band with activity.
VE3DQN - 20m was actually crowded tonight! Signals very close to each other, not hearing each other :-) Also caught the last half hour on 40m. Lots of activity.
VA3NU - Was nice to have 20 Meters open at start of Sprint. Worked 20M then switched to 40M to finish the Sprint and conditions were good on both bands. Nice to hear everybody tonight. Larry 72
WB1GYZ - Half an hour was more than enough tonight. Lots of good sigs but I faded and pulled the plug. 72 till next time.
K3JZD - Could not give this event my full attention. But as always, enjoyed working familiar calls as well as new calls. 40M only. K4 at 5 watts with a 40M Dipole at 25'. 73, Jody - K3JZD
AC1KV - Another fun sprint. Thanks for all the Q's.
KC5F - 20m and 40m nice here, with lots more activity on 40m. Didn't hear anyone on 80m. I'd just fixed a local QRN problem here, or I wouldn't have heard anyone! Thanks, all!
N2DGQ - Enjoyed my second sprint with NAQCC. Forty Meters was pretty good tonight. Not too much noise. Looking forward to many more sprints in the future.
N3CAA - Nasty QSB this evening; had to really strain my wet behind the ears CW ears for at least a few of the contacts. Great time as always, TNX everyone for the QSOs.
WB9HFK - Another great evening of QRP fun! QSB and QRN was a bit of a challenge, however. Thanks for the QSO's - sorry to any that I just could not pull out of the muck. 72, Mark WB9HFK
KD3CA - Forgot sprint was on, only made it for 6 minutes.73's to all Don
AC2YD - Thanks for good ears/antennas out there! I wanted to practice my bug technique, so entered that way tonight. Focused on Run mode to keep my fingers busy with CQs and sending a variety of callsigns, instead of just my own callsign with my exchange. Had some nice runs going on 20 and 40, and a very modest run on 80; thanks for the calls!
WX4RM - Most of my contacts tonight were on 20 meters, since 40 was so noisy with qsb. Had fun as always.
KK4ITX - NO2D and I tried hard but nada, heard K4KBL and KC5F and tried but no luck. Storms to the East. Best night for some time. Ran FT-818 on batteries from the screen porch, at least I could hear tonight. Great to hear everyone.
K2OID - 40 Meters was very good. Actually had a pile-up for nearly half an hour. Lots of New England this month. Great fun as always.
W2JEK - Got on early. Had 4 QSO on 20,. 12 on 40 and 5 on 80. R ig KNWD 570D and J-38 key. Had fun.
2/73 DON W2JEK
K2CWM - Tired so quit a little early, but always a fun sprint. Always a straight key.
KE5YUM - Great sprint. Thanks to those who worked me. Terry
NN3E - Thanks Everyone for all the QSO's
See you next time ..
72
Kevin NN3E
WT4U - 20m was hopping! For some reason it was mostly hopping to NY & NJ for me, so not so great on multipliers, but the best it's been in a while. 40m noise level was high and a lot more work to pull out the signals, and 80m was a wall of QRN.
KC3MIO - Icom 7300 at five watts. Interesting evening. Took a quick look at 20, heard some signals but no contacts and switched to 40. Went back to 20, made four contacts and returned to 40 which was very active for almost an hour. During a lull, I went back to 20, called CQ and AK7AP in MT came back at 0203 - I got a big charge out of that. Finished on 80. Worked some two digit numbers and three 11000 numbers - welcome to the NAQCC. Finally, Rest in peace Steve Szabo, WB4OMM, who was a great President of the club.
KA2KGP - 40m. was the best band this NA. 80m was noisy. Good turnout too. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 25 ft. w/ old WWII German Junkers straight key. 73 to all & tnx for contacts.
K1WOR - Living in MA, I got mostly eastern states, but was pleasantly surprised toward the end with a MT qso. Thanks to the runners -- I'm more comfortable with the S&P, although my score will be lower. Fun!
AA0W - Storms in the area. 20 Meters open long QSB.
40 Meters lots storm noise. Thanks to all for QSO's.
WA2FBN - Fun sprint; 40m condx were good, band seemed short. Tnx to all. 72 Ken WA2FBN
KN2G - Another good night. I thought I might just jump in and out but the calls just kept popping up! It is always so amazing to send a few watts into the ether and get a response from someplace exotic like TN, ON or PA..... 72
KB1M - I had planed to run QRPp again tonight but the possibility of working a Dx station won out in my mind and I was rewarded with DK1VD. 20 was good but
to crowded around 14060, to work some stations I heard. Thank You for very enjoyable evening. 72/73, Walt
N9EEE - This is my first QRP sprint. This was truly fun to work only QRP signals where we all know the game to make a contact, and we're not afraid to work a station that barely moves the needle. It goes both ways. I'll be back for more. --73-- Dick N9EEE
K8NGW - Started out on 20 with solid contacts. Everyone, however seemed to vacate at 0100. I moved to 40 for another round of solid contacts. Just before the end of the sprint, I went back to 20 and there, just above the static was AE7AP in Montana. We exchanged 339 and 229 signal reports seconds before the sprint ended. What a great night!
VE3IIM - ..Condx pretty good. I was actually the subject of a pile-up..!
Good fun, all round..
W2SH - 20m was open but the skip zone wasn't long and I
heard nothing from over 700 miles distant. The
absence of a vertical antenna doesn't help this
situation. 40m was very active and accounted
for 23 QSOs, plus five each on 20m and 80m.
AK3X - Fun sprint as usual, although I missed the first hour. Stayed on 40 meters.
N8LA - KX-3; 5W; 200' Dipole @35'; NAQCCode Warrior with W8GG finger pieces wired as dual paddle side swiper by AD0BI. 20 had much noise but was able to work a number of stations through it. 40 was fairly good and was able to work a number of stations there also. Sorry was not able to hear friend W8GG. Sorry, also, to learn of the passing of NAQCC friends W9CC and WB4OMM. May they rest in peace. Hoping we can get together again next month. Best 72, Lou N8LA
NF8M - Remote operation of home station in Michigan from Dayton. No straight key through the internet, however, so keying was via Mortty through N1MM+. TNX es 72
K4WM - Still amazed with amateur radio after 61 years and particularly CW and lately QRP!
Thank you all those who listened for my signal and QSO'd with me during this sprint.
Till next time, stay healthy and keep listening!
73, Joel/K4WM
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