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November 2023 QRP/CW Sprint (#229)


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    32   31  63   15  945  x2  1890  160 meter horizontal loop at 55 feet              
AC1KV    26   26  52   14  728  x2  1456  Ground mounted Vertical                           
KN1H     26   26  52   14  728  x2  1456  END-FED 400' WIRE                                 
K1IX      9    9  18    6  108  x2   216  OCFD @ 35' or  inverted L                         
K1WOR     6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  inverted vee up 25'                               
N1BRI     6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  droopy G5RV                                       
KQ1P      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  80/40 dipole @ 30'                                

W2 Division
KA2KGP   29   29  58   19 1102  x2  2204  G5RV up 25'                                       
W2SH     20   20  40   13  520  x2  1040  270' cf dpl @ 45'                                 
KN2G     18   18  36   12  432  x2   864  55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE                   
KB2GKC    4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  40m 1/2 wave endfed up 30 ft                      
KD2OMV    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  EF 135' long, up 75 feet                          
AA2VG     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  Carolina Windom up at 45ft                        

W3 Division
KC3MIO   27   26  53   19 1007  x2  2014  125' Doublet up 45'                               
K3JZD     7    7  14    7   98  x2   196  40m Dipole @25'                                   
AK3X      5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  102' inv vee apex 35' tuner                       
KD3CA     5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  132ft OCF Windom  @30 ft                          

W4 Division
KC5F     40   40  80   22 1760  x2  3520  80m EFHW up about 40'                             
N2TNN    30   30  60   18 1080  x2  2160  EFHW   up 35 ft N to S                            
W4NLT    24   24  48   13  624  x2  1248  84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30ft          
WX4RM    11   10  21    9  189  x2   378  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
W8GG     10   10  20    6  120  x2   240  Gnd mounted vertical                              
NA4O      4    4   8    3   24  x2    48  41'EF@22'                                         
WG8Y      3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  10-80 OCF@40FT                                    
KK4ITX    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  65 ft EFHW sloper 33ft > 4ft.                  
WT4U      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'                              
W4HH      1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  end-fed 150-ft wire 20 feet up                    
KA8VZB    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft                          
K4JPN     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  80 M CF Zepp                                      
KN4RQD    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  40m EFHW                                          

W5 Division
N5GW     34   34  68   20 1360  x2  2720  inverted L up 60 ft.                              
AC5BX     2    2   4    1    4  x2     8  G5RV over hose                                    
KE5YUM    0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  80 meter dipole @ 28 feet                         
KQ7L      0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  20/40m dipole at 15'                              

W6 Division
K6GPB     2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  G5RV 20 feet                                      

W7 Division
N7KM     25   24  49   19  931  x2  1862  ZS6BKM/OCF Dipole                                 
KJ7KDB    0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  Ultra max 100 24' vertical wire                   

W8 Division
KD8RGJ   11   11  22    8  176  x2   352  80m LL-fed horizontal loop @ 30ft                 
NF8M      4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  40m hamstick on car                               
N8DD      2    2   4    1    4  x2     8  EFHW up 30 feet                                   

W9 Division
WB9HFK   40   40  80   17 1360  x2  2720  40M - EFHW @ 30 Ft ---. 80M 150 Ft. Random Wire   
KA9FQG    7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  G5RV at 37 ft.                                    
N8HWV     2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  EFHW AT 15 FT                                     

W0 Division
N8LA     15   14  29   12  348  x2   696  dipole @ 35'                                      
NN0SS    11   11  22    8  176  x2   352  40 meter inv vee                                  
W1TM      8    8  16    7  112  x2   224  EFLW resonant on 40, 20, and 10 at 30 feet        
AA5LH     6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  Delta Loop @ 25'                                  
KA8HDE    5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  G5RV @ 35' over house                             
AA0W      3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  OFC Dipole @ 30 feet                              

Canada Division
VE3IIM    3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  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   12   12  24    9  216 x1.5  324  100' Doublet                                      

W2 Division

W3 Division
NN3E      6    6  12    4   48 x1.5   72  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
AA2MX    34   34  68   23 1564 x1.5 2346  OCF DIPOLE                                        
K3RLL     7    7  14    5   70 x1.5  105  After-dark only vertical (HOA)                    

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division
N7QR      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials           

W8 Division
K8NGW    12   12  24   10  240 x1.5  360  43' vertical with 32 radials                      

W9 Division
K9DRP     4    4   8    4   32 x1.5   48  EFHW 80 @ 40 ft                                   

W0 Division
KD0V      7    7  14    7   98 x1.5  147  cf Zepp @ 30 feet                                 

Canada Division
VE3HUR    0    0   0    0    0 x1.5    0  vertical                                          

DX Division

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

W1 Division
KB1M      4    4   8    3   24        24  40M EFHW, 20 & 40m dipoles                    

W2 Division
K2OID    17   17  34   12  408       408  80M OCF Dipole @40'                               
N2ESE     6    6  12    6   72        72  20&40mtr dipole@35ft                          
WA1GWH    3    3   6    3   18        18  40m dipole at 15 ft                               
WA2FBN    1    1   2    1    2         2  EFHW sloper at 25ft                               

W3 Division

W4 Division
K4BAI    52   51 103   21 2163      2163  88' cf zepp, 40M dipole, 80M inverted vee dipole  
AF4PX    21   19  40   16  640       640  Delta loop                                        
K4KBL    15   14  29   12  348       348  ZS6BKW INV @ 60'                                  
N4MJ     13   13  26   10  260       260  40M Windom @ 40 feet                              
WA4AAK   10   10  20    7  140       140  130' CF Zepp up 30'                               
K4KRW     6    6  12    6   72        72  Inverted V @ 65'                                  

W5 Division
KA6J     21   21  42   13  546       546  Ground mounted vertical                           

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
WI8J     12   12  24    9  216       216  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WA8SAN    9    9  18    5   90        90  End fed Wire @ 25 ft                              
WB8ENE    5    5  10    3   30        30  41' end fed wire @ 10'                            

W9 Division
KY0Q      6    6  12    4   48        48  EFHW at 35ft                                      
N9EEE     5    5  10    4   40        40  EFHW sloper up to 50 feet                         
AB9BZ     1    1   2    1    2         2  EFHW @ 30'                                        

W0 Division
NO2D      3    3   6    3   18        18  80 m doublet @ 30 feet                            
KC2MJT    2    2   4    2    8         8  Endfed random wire @ 25'                          

Canada Division
VE3DQN    8    8  16    7  112       112  80/40 trap dipole @20ft                           

DX Division

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

Straight Key
NQ2W     22   21  43   15  645  x2  1290  3el yagi @ 32', 40m dipole @ 60', 80m dipole @ 50'

Bug

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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 81
Total participants:             101
Total QSOs:                     861
States + Provinces represented: 33 + ON

SOAPBOX:

N1BRI - Only had a little while tonight. Thanks for the Q's everyone! 72.

K3JZD - Poor Conditions. 72, Jody - K3JZD

W4HH - Very disappointing. Called 18 different stations, all 5x5 to 5x9+; worked one. CU next month.

KY0Q - Conditions, at least for me, were not good tonight. I had limited time tonight but I had fun and enjoyed the contacts. Thanks for the Qs.

KD0V - Could only operate for a short time this evening. Thanks Everyone.

AB9BZ - 40M Noisy tonight, thanks for the sprint. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, 73 Ab9bz

K3RLL - 20M: Lots of signals at the opening gate, but someone must have yelled "FIRE!" as they all disappeared faster than my last SS check. 40M: More signals and some very strong. I wonder what it means when so many of these good ops were 599 and I was just the opposite? Hmmm...? Lots of fun on a rainy Florida evening. 72/73 ... Don

NF8M - The wandering hamshack is in Traverse City, Michigan tonight. Same setup as last month - FT891 set to 5 watts and hamstick. 30 min op time. Much QSB and weak sigs on 40 tonight, missed several who couldn't hear me. Tnx fer qsos.

KD3CA - Conditions not very good for me, tried about 1/2 hour, and quit. Happy Thanksgiving to all . 73's Don

N4MJ - Nil on 80 or 20 meters. 40m was NOISY and activity seems sparse. Tnx to all participants. 73 and Happy Thanksgiving.

WG8Y - Hi all, Was only on for a few minutes. Sore back keeping me from sitting for very long. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y

KK4ITX - I worked the whole Sprint tormenting Ops with my Covid recovering joints, probably should have just rested! It was great to finally hear K4BAI a real 599, it pays to wait until the end.

WA4AAK - Heard stations only on 80m and 40m - nothing on 20m. Made 10 contacts hunt-and-pounce in about 1 hr.

NA4O - I usually search and pounce but after hearing only one station (the very reliable WB9HFK) calling tonight, I tried calling CQ. Many thanks to those stations that did respond. There may have been some others, but everything was right at noise level at best. Sorry if I missed some. Very tough night here tonight. KX3@5W, Vibroplex Straight key.

AA5LH - Nice to hear what I could this evening. Signals in CO were weak and QSB massive. Happy to get this count during this Sprint. Sorry for the missed calls. Happy Thanksgiving to All. Take Care

K4KRW - I didn't have much time tonight. But I got some nice contacts on 80m Great hearing everyone. 73, Richard - K4KRW

WX4RM - Gave 20 meters a try at start, band had closed. Found 40 meters high noise level, so very glad for those stations able to hear me tonight. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

VE3IIM - ..Very poor condx tonight. Nothing heard on 20, 40 and 80 not much better. Solar Flare?

K1IX - Good activity with some local QRN but still a good time doing S&P tnx QSO's 73 Frank

NO2D - Got started way late. 20 M was dead here. 40 was covered by the fast CWT folks. 80 worked okay for me. Interesting that 80 meters spanned all the way from Colorado to Vermont, North Carolina, and Georgia. I heard nothing closer in the short time I operated. Always fun. Thanks to those who make it happen. Pete, NO2D

KC5F - When I started on 20m, I thought my EFHW had come down! 40m and 80m were much better, but not as much activity as some months. Still ended up alright, but tougher than usual. I hope conditions are better for my POTA activation tomorrow afternoon!

VE3DQN - My "DX" this evening was a QSO with Ken N7KM in UT, 3200 km from eastern ON. Seeing a photo of his antennas on qrz.com I can say that he did all the heavy lifting. Tnx, Ken!

K1MZM - Glad to join the fun again this month after missing a month or two due to a busy schedule. Lots of SWR on my "Improved antennas" so I am impressed that folks seemed to hear me tonight. Thanks to everyone for a good evening of QRP.

AA2MX - Great sprint tonight, slow start on 40 but 80 M had great signals. Thanks for a fun evening 72's Bill

N2TNN - Started slowly but picked up speed and ended well on 80 meters. Thanks to all!! 72, Dean

KN2G - Tonight I unplugged the power supply and ran lights and radio by battery. I was a bit tired after a 300 mile drive this afternoon but was able to eek out some contacts at a leisurely pace. I got in plenty of eavesdropping across the bands. 20 was dead to me. 40 was very good and 80 somewhere near excellent in my humble subjective opinion. As always, amazing how a little wire and a bitty electronic doodad can launch a signal into the wilds of the atmosphere and receive an understandable reply nearly instantly!

KN1H - Thanks to all for the fun sprint! Conditions directly proportional to wavelength tonight. IC-7300 and Nye Viking Master Key.

N7QR - 76th, 20 and 80 dead, 40 noisy but tnx fer those who stuck with me. Did the first 1.5 hours, a high power contest came on at 0300. See you next time and happy Thanksgiving! Russ Portland OR

K9DRP - I was only able to join the party in the last 20 minutes. 40 was over run with CWTers, but I found a few NAQCC stations on 80. I've sure missed these sprints! Ran with the RGO One and a bug (but did use the cootie for a slower OP). Hope to be back in full next month.

WB9HFK - 40M for the 1st Hour, and 80M for the 2nd Hour. Thanks for the QSO's and Happy Thanksgiving to all! 72, Mark WB9HFK

W4NLT - Good to see all the QRP faithful out there tonight. Got several two banders. Most action on 40 and 80. Thanks for all the QSOs 72 Andy

K2OID - 40M was "interesting" tonight. Kind of dead with relatively long skip until 0200 when some kind of QRO CW contest started and wiped the QRP Station out, so finished up on 80M. TNX to KA8HDE for sticking with me for our QSO. Nice to see a lot of the regulars. Fun as usual!

K8NGW - Deep QSB on 20M but I was able to snag N7KM in Utah! Lots of QRN on 40 where it seems like the CWT ops chased all the NAQCC ops to 80M. Happy Thanksgiving everyone ... see you in December.

N7KM - Nice night. I worked 20 until it died then moved to 40 which was open for another hour. 80 was dead. There was no short skip so I only work two stations from the western states. I was using my KX3 for a change giving my faithful old K2 a rest. I wish the bands had stayed open longer. I felt cheated since I don't get to do this very often. Thanks for everyone making it an enjoyable evening. Ken N7KM

NQ2W - I only had a short time to operate. I'm happy to have made QSOs on 20, 40, and 80m. Thank you for the contacts and the opportunity to participate. I hope everyone has a very enjoyable Thanksgiving! 72, Will, NQ2W

NN3E - I ENJOY THE NAQCC SPRINT . 40 WAS MY BAND , TRY 80 LATER BUT NOTHING HAPPENING . HAPPY THANKSGIVING 72 KEVIN NN3E

KE5YUM - No luck tonight--no contacts! 20 was very weak and I heard one readable signal (N7KM) but was not heard despite numerous CQs. 80 was very noisy as usual. Oh well. That's how it goes. 73, Terry FT 817 CWMORSE Straight key.

KC2MJT - Fun as always

KA6J - Good to be able to participate this sprint, as I typically have a schedule conflict on Wednesdays. The band condx here in So TX were tough, heavy QRN. 20 went dead early on, too much noise on 80 so most all my available time was spent on 40, which finally became useable toward the end of the sprint. Using a FT-710 @ 5w into a ground mounted vertical.

KB2GKC - The bands were cooperative

N8HWV - Tough condx here.

WB8ENE - Seems like I had a pipeline to GA this time. My antenna doesn't load up on 80, and it was too late in the day for 20, so I made all my contacts on the 40 meter band. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art

KQ7L - Didn't hear anyone on 20m, so tried 40m. Very noisy (S9+)! A bit frustrating, but fun! I'll keep trying..

KA2KGP - A nice turnout this sprint. 20 m. was nil, but 40 & 80 were good here in WNY. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 25 ft. w/ old WWII German Junkers Straight key. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. 73

KC3MIO - Xiegu G90 @5 watts into 125' doublet up 45' with Vizkey Camelback. Tried 20 and first contact was AC1KV in CT only 137 miles from me which was strange. Made one more in MI and seeing no activity moved to 40 for 18 contacts including N7KM in UT and AA5LH in CO. Too many other signals on 40 so turned to 80 which was productive. Happy to work K4BAI in GA but nothing the last 13 minutes. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

K4BAI - Heard one weak station on 20, but couldn't ID. W1AW was plenty strong there, but no answers to CQs on 20. 40M was quite good until the CWT started at 0300Z. That was probably a good thing as most of us with 80M antennas moved to 80 and it was better than it has been in a long time with the best "DX" being KN1H in NH. Welcome South to W8GG, now in FL. Thanks for all QSOs. Look for me later this month as PJ4/K4BAI from Bonaire and with KU8E, N8VW and PJ4NX as PJ4A in CQ WW DX Contest, CW. Happy Thanksgiving to all. 73/72, John, K4BAI.

W1TM - Not as many stationed worked this time and there was some QSB. Work some new stations and it was a good test after rehanging my antenna at a slightly different angle.

WT4U - Noise level on 40 in the evenings is still keeping me down.

N9EEE - The signals on 40m were unusually lower. I looked out my window this morning...my EFHW sloper is now a drooper. Yeah, I'll blame it on that.

N8LA - KX-3; 5W; 200' Dipole up 35'; NAQCCode Warrior with W8GG finger pieces wired as dual paddle side swiper by AD0BI. Missed last month's sprint because of funeral and hospitalizations among in-laws. Able to make contacts on all three bands. Eighty was great for the first time in quite a while. Thanks to all who worked me and apologies to all I was unable to pull out. Thanksgiving Blessings to all. Lou, N8LA

N5GW - I was using my inverted L with a 30 X 50 foot metal pole barn roof as ground. It worked very well on both 40M and 80M compared to my low doublet. Conditions were fair but participation seemed to be down a bit.

AA2VG - I was ready for a good night but after the first QSO my GenLog stopped working on my new shack Windows 11 computer.I spent the rest of the evening loading the NAQCC Sprint Logger to the computer. I'm ready for next month!!

N8DD - The noise on 40m in Cleveland was thick as pea soup.

K1WOR - Conditions were pretty good until the 25+ wpm QRO contest started...

WB1GYZ - Managed to snag Utah, despite poor conditions. Fun as always.

WA1GWH - Worked 40m only and not many members heard from here near Syracuse, NY.

W2SH - 20m was jn the process of closing down for the night. Some short skip stations were heard but conditions were too unstable for any QSOs. 40m activity seemed to be less than usual; still I was pleased to have N7KM in Utah answer my CQ. 10 QSOs on 40m and 10 on 80m.

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters ! Just got down to FLA a couple days ago. Did a quicky vertical on a ground mounted post. 2 radials fer 40m. I was skeptical abt being able to hear anybody with a S9+ noise level. But pleasantly surprised to work 10 QSOs. I even had answers to a couple CQs. SRI to several of you who i just couln't pull out of the wicked QRN. SRI to Peter, AA2VG I copied everything but his numbers. Even thou i could see what the number was in the logger, i never got all the numbers, so i couldn't count him. Had a great time pulling the rest out of the either. See you all next sprint. 73 Gregg W8GG

KD8RGJ - Had a few "busted" QSOs due to fading signals. But always fun to pounce around for 2xQRP NAQCC contacts.

KQ1P - Strange conditions for this sprint, deep QSB and QSOs were hard to make.

AK3X - Not much time for radio but enjoyed while I could. 72 to all.