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June 2023 QRP/CW Sprint (#224)


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   17 1258  x2  2516  40 Meter Dipole at 40 feet/ 265 foot EFHW         
KN1H     31   31  62   17 1054  x2  2108  400' End-Fed Wire                                 
N1BRI    30   30  60   14  840  x2  1680  g5rv                                              
K1YAN    11   11  22    8  176  x2   352  G5RV Jr. @ 30'                                    
K1IX      5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  OCFD @ 35'                                        
KK4ITX    3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  Inv L 40m EFHW                                    

W2 Division
KA2KGP   39   38  77   20 1540  x2  3080  G5RV up 25'                                       
KN2G     21   21  42   13  546  x2  1092  55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE                   
K2ZC     19   19  38   12  456  x2   912  40M dipole                                        
W2SH     18   18  36   12  432  x2   864  270' cf dpl @ 45'                                 
K2CWM    10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  Vertical (elevated)                               
W2JEK     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  110 ft end fed wire up 20 ft.                     

W3 Division
K3JZD    47   45  92   24 2208  x2  4416  40m Dipole @25', 20m 107' EFRW @ 20'              
W6WU     23   23  46   14  644  x2  1288  Linked dipole as Inv V @ 20ft                     
KD3CA    15   15  30   10  300  x2   600  132ft OCF Windom  @30 ft                          
AK3X     11   11  22   10  220  x2   440  102' inv vee at 35' with twin lead and tuner      

W4 Division
KC5F     48   48  96   24 2304  x2  4608  80m EFHW as Inverted L, about 40' up              
W4NLT    24   24  48   14  672  x2  1344  84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30 ft         
W4CMG    15   15  30   12  360  x2   720  G5RV Inverted vee up 35 ft                        
WX4RM    15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
WG8Y     13   13  26   10  260  x2   520  10-80 OCF@40FT                                    
AB4QL    10   10  20    9  180  x2   360  40 & 80 M dipoles @ 40' grnd mtd 20M          
K4JPN     9    9  18    7  126  x2   252  80 M CF Zepp                                      
WD4EX     7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  Dipole @ 30ft                                     
KN4ZXG    6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  EFHW ~30'                                         
WT4U      7    7  14    4   56  x2   112  80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'                              
NA4O      5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  EF@25'                                            
W4QDV     5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  ZS6BKW ("Burger King Whopper") BT 70' Poplar tree
KA8VZB    5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft                          
W1BLU     2    2   4    1    4  x2     8  dipole @36'                                       

W5 Division
KA6J     17   17  34   11  374  x2   748  Ground mounted Vertical                           
N5GW     11   11  22   10  220  x2   440  doublet @ 25'                                     
KE5YUM    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  20 meter dipole at 16'                            
KD5ZCQ    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  G5RV                                              
KI5FZV    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  VERTICAL MFJ-1622                                 

W6 Division
K6GPB     0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  G5RV 20 feet                                      

W7 Division
KJ7KDB    0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  Ultimax 100 24' vertical                          

W8 Division
W8GG     33   32  65   17 1105  x2  2210  trap dipoles at 35'                               
NF8M     10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  6BTV                                              

W9 Division
WB9HFK   52   52 104   27 2808  x2  5616  EFHW @ 30 Ft.                                     
K9NUD    22   22  44   16  704  x2  1408  132' doublet up 35'                               
K9QEW    21   21  42   15  630  x2  1260  4BTV                                              
N8HWV    16   16  32    9  288  x2   576  EFHW AT 15 FT                                     
KA9FQG    5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  G5RV at 37 ft.                                    
KD9EBS    4    4   8    3   24  x2    48  Attic Dipole at 25 '                              

W0 Division
N0TA     19   18  37   14  518  x2  1036  Doublet at 25 ft, Vertical                        
N8LA     14   14  28   11  308  x2   616  dipole @ 35'                                      
AA0W      9    9  18    8  144  x2   288  OCF Dipole @ 30 Feet                              
W0JMW     8    8  16    7  112  x2   224  DX Commander Classic Vertical                     
AA5LH     9    9  18    6  108  x2   216  Delta Loop @ 25'                                  
NN0SS     7    7  14    5   70  x2   140  80 meter Inv Vee @30ft                            
KD0DK     6    6  12    4   48  x2    96  102 ft end fed long wire                          

Canada Division
VA3KRJ   18   17  35   16  560  x2  1120  Enfed random wire 105' long 20' up                
VA3NU    20   20  40   13  520  x2  1040  40M EFHW @ 25'                                    
VE3IIM   19   19  38   11  418  x2   836  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   14   14  28    6  168 x1.5  252  100' doublet                                      

W2 Division

W3 Division
NN3E      5    5  10    5   50 x1.5   75  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             
K3WWP     1    1   2    1    2 x1.5    3  attic dipole                                      
$W3PNM    8    8  16    7  112 x1.5  168  efhw at 40 feet                                   

W4 Division
KJ4R     27   25  52   18  936 x1.5 1404  134' EFHW                                         
K3RLL    10   10  20    8  160 x1.5  240  Flat Black After-Dark_Only Vertical               

W5 Division
WA5RML    8    7  15    7  105 x1.5  157  Fan dipole hanging on my backyard fence @5 ft AGL 

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
K8NGW    18   18  36   16  576 x1.5  864  43' gnd mtd vert w/ base loading coil & 32 radials

W9 Division

W0 Division

Canada Division
VE3IDS   22   22  44   12  528 x1.5  792  110' doublet at 35'                               
VE3HUR    7    7  14    6   84 x1.5  126  vertical                                          

DX Division

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

W1 Division
KB1M     21   21  42   14  588       588  40M EFHW, 20 & 40m dipoles                    
N2CN      1    1   2    1    2         2  Attic dipole                                      

W2 Division
K2OID    27   27  54   17  918       918  80M OCF Dipole @35'                               
WA1GWH    9    9  18    7  126       126  40m dipole at 15 ft                               
N2ESE     5    5  10    5   50        50  20&40mtr dipole@35ft                          
WA2FBN    2    2   4    2    8         8  EFHW sloper at 25ft                               

W3 Division
KC3RN    25   25  50   16  800       800  40m EFHW @ 20'                                    
K3GG     12   12  24    9  216       216  fan dipole in inverted v at 50 feet               

W4 Division
K4BAI    43   43  86   23 1978      1978  88' CF zepp 45'; 20M inv v 40'; 40M dip 30'       
KY4GS     1    1   2    1    2         2  OCFD up 25'                                       
N4MJ      1    1   2    1    2         2  40M Windom @ 40 feet                              
W4LSV     1    1   2    1    2         2  22' gnd mtd vert                                  

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division
KF7Z     21   21  42   15  630       630  Dipole at 25'                                     
KI7LW     4    4   8    4   32        32  End Fed Vert 24 ft                                

W8 Division
WI8J     16   16  32   11  352       352  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WA8SAN   12   12  24    8  192       192  End fed wire @ 25 ft                              
WB8ENE    8    8  16    5   80        80  41' end fed wire @ 10'                            

W9 Division
AB9BZ     3    3   6    3   18        18  end fed at 30'                                    

W0 Division
WU0A      7    7  14    5   70        70  DIPOLE UP 15 FEET ON OVER THE RAILING OF A DECK   

Canada Division
VE3DQN   12   12  24    8  192       192  40/80m dipoles @40ft                              
VA3WGX    9    9  18    7  126       126  ZS6BKW AT 40 FT                                   

DX Division

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

Straight Key
WO7T     17   17  34   12  408  x2   816  5 El LP on 12' boom                               

Bug
KF6C     46   46  92   27 2484 x1.5 3726  Steppir DB18 at 50 ft                             

Keyer/Keyboard
NQ2W     37   37  74   24 1776      1776  3el yagi @ 32', 40m dipole @ 60', 80m dipole @ 50'


Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s):
@ Non-member
$ QRO power
CERTIFICATES
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
Division1st2nd3rd
W1K1MZMKN1HN1BRI
W2KA2KGPKN2GK2ZC
W3K3JZDW6WUKD3CA
W4KC5FW4NLTW4CMG
W5KA6JN5GWKE5YUM
W6K6GPB--
W7KJ7KDB--
W8W8GGNF8M-
W9WB9HFKK9NUDK9QEW
W0N0TAN8LAAA0W
CanadaVA3KRJVA3NUVE3IIM
DX---
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Division1st2nd3rd
W1WB1GYZ--
W2---
W3NN3EK3WWP-
W4KJ4RK3RLL-
W5WA5RML--
W6---
W7---
W8K8NGW--
W9---
W0---
CanadaVE3IDSVE3HUR-
DX---
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Division1st2nd3rd
W1KB1MN2CN-
W2K2OIDWA1GWHN2ESE
W3KC3RNK3GG-
W4K4BAIKY4GS N4MJ W4LSV (TIE)-
W5---
W6---
W7KF7ZKI7LW-
W8WI8JWA8SANWB8ENE
W9AB9BZ--
W0WU0A--
CanadaVE3DQNVA3WGX-
DX---
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Key Type1st2nd3rd
SKWO7T--
BUGKF6C--
K/KNQ2W--
FIRST TIME ENTRANT HIGH SCORE
Key Type1st2nd3rd
SKW4QDV--
BUG---
K/KK3GGVA3WGX-
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER
Prizes-

STATS:
Logs submitted:                 89
Total participants:             125
Total QSOs:                     1276
States + Provinces represented: 38 + ON

SOAPBOX:

W1BLU - Was looking forward to this sprint. Storms bypassed me all evening until the sprint started. TS rolling in. QRT for safety. Maybe next month? 72 all!

VE3DQN - So glad for summer months to be able to get some QSOs on 20m. Deep QSB on 20m tonight but was able to get AZ. Heard CA but he dropped right out.

AB9BZ - Thanks for the sprint and the contacts. 73 ab9bz

WB1GYZ - 40 was the workhorse band, as usual; though an hour was enough after a long day.

N0TA - 40m was rough!

K3RLL - Late start when main rig didn't want to come to life. (Looks like I have a job tomorrow!) Swapped out to my early K2. Forgot how nice that old radio is. 20m had a good crowd with some serious QSB but it seemed to empty out about 0100z. Found KC5F easily down on 40m to round out my 'Big Ten'. Hope hear you all on the mW Sprint next week. Thanks for the contacts. 72/73 ... Don

WG8Y - HI all,Put in app an hour all on 20M. Had a long day so cut it short tonite. Great to still be hearing signals at 10PM here in NC on 20M. QRP to boot. See everyone next week in the QRPp Sprint. Fun stuff. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y

K9NUD - I had to drop out early but it was a fun time tonight. 20M wasn't great but 40M made up for it. Thanks for the contacts!

NF8M - Quiet condx for a change. Just got back from the NA CW Weekend in VA in time to put in abt 30 min. Tnx qsos es 72 till next time.

AB4QL - Fun to jump back in for a while. Glad to see some new numbers tonight. QSB was interesting! I got to use my new Begli Sculpture Swing tonight, I think I like it! Barry

AA5LH - Thanks to everyone's efforts tonight.Started on 20M w/7 Q's. First Sprint Canada stn for 2023, Robert-VA3KRJ & double entry w/Mark-WO7T. Finished up on 40M w/2Q's. Take Care & hope to see ya at M/W Sprint.

W0JMW - Decided to jump in after 2 months off the radio. As usual 40m was tough with a lot of QRN. Checked 80m late but didn't hear anything. Thanks everyone and look forward to the mW sprint. 73 Jeff

VA3KRJ - The NAQCC Sprint is always fun. Conditions were pretty good tonight on 20 and 80m. 40m a bit noisy in my QTH. Thanks everyone for the QSO's.

KF7Z - Condx good tonight to the east coast from WY, worked 20 meters until things died off and thunderstorm rolled in. Thanks for the Qs and I will post to LOTW shortly. 72 Danny

NQ2W - As always, a load of fun! For the most part, signals were very good. A few times the 40m QRN stole a letter or two but all ops were happy to repeat. Thanks for the very enjoyable QRP evening! 72, Will, NQ2W

VA3NU - Stayed on 40M, lots of strong signals tonight with some static crashes at times. Always a fun event. 72

KN1H - Thanks to all for the fun sprint. Great activity and nice to have all 3 bands alive on the same night! IC-7300, Nye Viking Master Key. 72, John, KN1H

WA5RML - Elecraft KX3 @5 wts to a fan dipole hanging on my backyard fence. Most interesting QSO was with Paul, WQ5X who is not a member, but was running QRP with a Yaesu FT-817nd to an antenna hanging on his backyard fence also! It turns out that Paul is a neighbor from a mile or two down the road. Maybe a future NAQCC member. Thanks for the QSOs! 72, Andy - WA5RML

K1MZM - 80 was very noisy tonight but 40 seemed in pretty good shape. Trying out a new 265 foot EFHW antenna at 50 feet to see how it plays. My early impression is that the old 40 meter dipole at 40 feet works just as well. Thanks for all the fun. Hope to see you next month.

K2CWM - Got in an hour late but still managed ten contacts. Used my old 1943 Lionel J38 str key. Always fun.

KC5F - Lots of static crashes, but 20m and 40m were good. Too much noise on 80m here in western NC. Didn't work a single NC or SC, but it was lots of fun, as usual. Thanks, all!

WO7T - Started out OK on 20M, but after that not much action even on other bands I checked. On 80M I netted Zip, on the KX3. Sorry for a few that called and called but I could not pick out of the noise level here. Thanks a lot for the NAQCC Sprint Logger program for AC2C. Wish we had an open 10M band to be having this sort of QRP fun.

KA6J - Conditions a little rough in So Central TX tonight. Used the x6100 and ground mounted vert. Thanks for the contacts!

NA4O - Noise not bad tonight, but sigs not far above it. 40M only. KX3 5W Vibroplex Straight Key, 41' EF@25'

N1BRI - I wasn't feeling too well earlier and I took some dayquil. Glad I did, a lot of fun tonight. Thanks to everyone and sorry to those I missed. Made it to WO7T AZ on 20m and saw i was getting out into France and Germany with my little hobbypcb iq32. 72

W4CMG - Fun Sprint - glad I finally got some time to "play" for the full 2 hours. Thanks for everyone's patience as I used my SK for the sprint. Slow, but more points :)

K3JZD - It was a dark and stormy night. Really. QRN and QSB. But, no lightening so I was able to keep going. Tried 20m at the start - no real activity there - but I was getting more RBN spots from Europe than from the US. 40m was humming. K4 dialed down to 4.9 watts. 107' EFRW on 20m and dipole on 40m. 72, Jody - K3JZD

KF6C - Great fun did not expect to make so many qsos.

KC3RN - Lots of static crashes here tonight, but still did okay. My first sprint with my (new to me) Argonaut 509. Very happy with the 509's performance.

W4NLT - Had a slow start on 20M then shifted to 40M where most of the action was. Thanks for the QSOs. 72 Andy

K2OID - 40M was fantastic for the first hour but died a bit in the second. Still, this was my highest score ever. Great fun as usual.

VE3IIM - 20 WAS DISAPPOINTING HERE..40 WAS MY BEST BAND. FUN AS USUAL!

K6GPB - Was able to participate for only a few minutes. Did hear KF6C in NY on 20 and he was able to get only a portion of my call. Tks fer the try. Maybe next time.

K9QEW - Good activity and all Qs on 40 meters. 72/73s & STAY TUNED

K8NGW - 20M had very deep fading ... I had to time my just right to make the contact! 40M had lots of noise and static crashes. I'll see all of you milliwatt'ers next week!

K4BAI - 20 and 40M in good condition, but lot of QRN on 40. 80M seemed OK, but heard no NA activity and got no answers to CQs there. By band: 18 QSOs on 20M and 25 QSOs on 40M. Activity dropped off toward the end. Many stations I HAD heard were no longer QRV. Only one QSO in last 21 minutes, but that was with W6WU in DE for a new multiplier. Thanks for all QSOs. 73/73, John, K4BAI.

KJ7KDB - Fun to try again this evening. I heard NQ2W from NY on 20 meters but could not complete a QSO. I sent my call sign multiple times but no luck. I tried calling CQ NA also, but nothing there either. Maybe next time. 73 Tim

WX4RM - Both 40 and 20 meters were active tonite, though QSB made headphones a necessity. Had fun as always.

W2JEK - Got on late. Had QSO with KA2KGP

WB8ENE - Listened on 20 early and 80 later on, but nothing heard on either of these bands, so I made all of my contacts on 40. Normally 40 has about an S7 noise level here, but for some reason it was only about S3 this time. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art

W6WU - Operating from Camper in Delaware. Conditions on 20 were variable, on 40 had high background noise. Thanks for QSO's

KE5YUM - Rough band conditions in my area but I two great contacts, including DX to ON. 73s until next month. Terry

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Fired up on solar power tonight @ 5 watts to trap dipoles @ 35 ft. Used my trusty E.F.Jhonson J-38 key. Good condx overall. 20 was open most of the sprint. I started out with 6 QSOs on 20, the went to 40. 40M was hot with activity. worked many new members last nite. Welcome aboard to all. Found Ol' pal Louis N8LA as well. Had a beeline into NY and CO and Ontario as well, 5 QSOs with NY, 4 with CO es 4 with ON. Had a nice little run on 40 at 930. then went to 80 to grab a few there. Had 2 fers with KA2KGP es W6WU. I had only intended on operating fer 1/2 hr but condx were gud es they just kept coming so went until 1012pm then pulled the plug. Enjoyed every minute of it! See u in the mw sprint next week. 73 Gregg W8GG

KK4ITX - QCX-Mini at 1.8w. Got off to a start on 20m after checking propagation with WSPR. Band was wide open frpm Alaska to just about everywhere in the U.S. and EU, but no QSOs.

K1IX - Great condx but had many local interuptions and had to quit early. Tnx for the Q's CUAGN, 73 Frank

WA2FBN - Used my Pentek TR35 on 40m. Band condx poor, only able to work first half hour of sprint. Tnx to all who keep these fun sprints going. 72 Ken - WA2FBN

KD3CA - Managed a bit more time for this Sprint, band was very QRN with QRM at times. Did manage to work station's on 3 bands. Thanks to all for the calls. 73's Don

WB9HFK - 40M for the entire 2 hours. QRN a bit higher than normal - so, sorry to anyone I could not pull out of the noise. Thanks for the Q's and see everyone next week for the mW event! 72, Mark WB9HFK

WT4U - A bit of fun on 20m working a few who were down in the noise, but didn't hear a whole lot on 40m. Stayed up too late for baseball game the night before and the little gray cells were a bit too tired to keep pulling them out. I'll rest up for mW next week.

WD4EX - First time back in quite awhile. 40 too noisy at my QTH. Had less than an hour to work, but had fun. Ussed KX3 at 5W to Shaded Skeleton Sleeve 20/40 Dipole at 30ft.

KA2KGP - The bands were OK this sprint, but 80m. was long & weak. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 25 ft. w/ old German WWII Junkers Straight Key.

K4JPN - Tried 40M but QRN was rough, also tried 15M, but nothing heard. All stations worked were on 20M which seemed to go out around 0100Z, but later worked CO and CT on 20M. 72 Steve K4JPN

W4QDV - Had a really good time but challenging with the QRN due to storms in west Georgia. Met some fine operators on the air before having to QRT. We'll definitely be back next time. Thanks for the QSOs, friends! 73, Dave

W2SH - Lots of QRN on 40m and 80m. 20m was only briefly open and its skip zone was not very long.

KB1M - The QRN won over my ears, felt that I was sending CQ to stations that I could not properly hear reply. TU for the QSO's. 72, Walt

K2ZC - I only operated the first 50 minutes of the sprint. I used a kit radio from QRP-Labs, the QCX running 4 watts to a 40m dipole up 30 feet. Thanks to all for the qso's. 72 Dave k2zc

KN2G - Thanks WT4U for working so hard to get me out of the mud so early in the sprint. I appreciate all of you who say "tu ken" Ufortunately I have not yet mastered the logging software. I have lost numerous logs trying to work the thing so I Can't give you the same courtesy yet.... 72's SEE YOU FOR THE MILLIWATT SPRINT!!!

AA0W - Conditions not the best 20M good 40M poor. 40 was difficult to hear stations thru the storm noise. Thanks for the fun sprint.

N5GW - Storms in the area but QRN not bad. Most sigs heard on 20 meters.

AK3X - Missed most of the first hour and had several interruptions as usual, but still a fun sprint. 40 meters only.

N8LA - KX-3; 5W; 200' Dipole @ 35'; NAQCCode Warrior with W8GG finger pieces wired as dual paddle side swiper by AD0BI. 20 noisy, but able to work 5 stations through the noise. 40 a bit better. Heard friend Gregg, W8GG, on 20, but unable to work him there. Luckily, was able to work him on 40. Glad this sprint occurred when it did. Gave me an excuse for avoiding attending perverted version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night so that I could work the sprint on this month's thirteenth night. Thanks to all who worked me and I hope I didn't miss anyone who tried to work me. I hope we can get together next time. Best 72/73, Lou, N8LA