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January 2024 QRP/CW Sprint (#231)
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 36 34 70 14 980 x2 1960 160 meter horizontal loop at 55 feet
KN1H 30 29 59 13 767 x2 1534 END-FED 400' WIRE
K1YAN 12 12 24 6 144 x2 288 G5RV Jr. @ 30'
K1IX 5 5 10 3 30 x2 60 K1POO OCFD @35'5
KQ1P 4 3 7 4 28 x2 56 80/40 dipole @ 30'
N1BRI 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 OCF
W2 Division
KA2KGP 22 22 44 16 704 x2 1408 G5RV up 25'
KN2G 18 18 36 12 432 x2 864 55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE
W2SH 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 72' wire vertical; 270' cf dipole at 45'
KB2GKC 5 5 10 3 30 x2 60 40m 1/2 wave endfed up 30 ft
W3 Division
KC3MIO 22 22 44 16 704 x2 1408 Doublet 125' @ 45',135' OCF @40
K3JZD 25 24 49 12 588 x2 1176 40m Dipole @25', 80m EFRW @20'
AK3X 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 102' inv vee apex 35' with tuner
N3CAA 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 EFRW 84' long up 25'
W4 Division
K4JPN 31 31 62 17 1054 x2 2108 80 M CF Zepp
WG8Y 23 23 46 15 690 x2 1380 10-80 OCF@40FT
K7EK 24 23 47 11 517 x2 1034 120' broadband inverted vee, apex @ 65'
WX4RM 16 16 32 12 384 x2 768 6BTV gnd mtd vert
W4NLT 13 13 26 8 208 x2 416 84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30 ft
WT4U 11 11 22 9 198 x2 396 80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'
N2TNN 8 8 16 5 80 x2 160 EFHW up 35 ft N to S
KO4TFE 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 1/4 Wave Vertical
K9EYT 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 60' wire 15' up HOA stealth
KA8VZB 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft
W4DUK 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 72 ft long at 12 ft high "Gutter-Tenna"
KK4ITX 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 EFRW
W5 Division
N5GW 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 doublet @ 25'
AC5BX 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 G5RV over house
KE5YUM 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 80 meter dipole at 28'
KQ7L 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 Wolf River Coils portable ground mounted vertical
W6 Division
K6GPB 6 6 12 4 48 x2 96 G5RV 20 feet
W7 Division
N7KM 31 29 60 19 1140 x2 2280 80 METER OCF DIPOLE @ 40 FEET
W8 Division
NF8M 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 OCF dpl @35ft/bev
W9 Division
K9NUD 46 46 92 20 1840 x2 3680 132' EFHW up 40'
WB9HFK 42 42 84 21 1764 x2 3528 EFHW @ 30 Ft. - End Fed 150 Ft.
K9QEW 16 16 32 12 384 x2 768 4BTV
AA9L 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 160 80 40M trap dipole
N8HWV 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 80m EFHW at 15 ft agl
KA9FQG 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 G5RV at 37 ft.
W0 Division
N0TA 33 33 66 24 1584 x2 3168 Doublet at 25 ft, Vertical
W1TM 11 11 22 11 242 x2 484 EFLW resonant on 40, 20, and 10 up 30 feet.
AA0W 15 15 30 8 240 x2 480 OCF Dipole @ 30 feet
NO2D 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 80 m doublet @ 30 feet
N0RZ 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 dipole@35'
N8LA 3 2 5 2 10 x2 20 dipole @ 35'
Canada Division
VE3IIM 10 10 20 10 200 x2 400 fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet
VE3SIF 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 End Fed Half Wave
DX Division
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
WB1GYZ 7 7 14 5 70 x1.5 105 100' Doublet
W2 Division
N2DGQ 8 8 16 7 112 x1.5 168 OCF Diploe @ 25-Feet
W3 Division
NN3E 4 4 8 4 32 x1.5 48 40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '
W4 Division
AA2MX 36 36 72 20 1440 x1.5 2160 OCF DIPOLE
K3RLL 5 5 10 5 50 x1.5 75 44' wire up and over garage roof
KJ4R 3 3 6 3 18 x1.5 27 134 foot EFHW
W5 Division
W6 Division
W7 Division
N7QR 4 4 8 3 24 x1.5 36 Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials
W8 Division
K8NGW 16 16 32 12 384 x1.5 576 43' vertical w/ 32 radials and a base loading coil
W9 Division
W0 Division
Canada Division
VE3HUR 4 4 8 4 32 x1.5 48 vertical
DX Division
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
W1TER 14 14 28 9 252 252 40 meter EFHW
KB1M 5 5 10 4 40 40 40M EFHW, 20 & 40m dipoles
N1DN 5 5 10 4 40 40 EFHW at 25 feet
W2 Division
K2OID 21 21 42 14 588 588 80M OCF Dipole@40'
N2ESE 7 7 14 7 98 98 20&40mtr dipole@35ft.
WA1GWH 8 8 16 4 64 64 40m dipole at 15 ft
WA2FBN 2 2 4 2 8 8 EFHW sloper at 25ft
W3 Division
K3ES 8 8 16 5 80 80 40m EFHW Inverted V up 30 ft.
K3WWP 1 1 2 1 2 2 ~110' attic random wire
KQ3Z 0 0 0 0 0 0 135' Doublet at 65'
W4 Division
KR4AE 40 40 80 19 1520 1520 dipoles @35 feet
N4MJ 32 32 64 17 1088 1088 80M OCF @ 40'
AF4PX 22 22 44 13 572 572 Dipole @ 25'
K4KBL 20 20 40 14 560 560 ZS6BKW INV @ 60'
K4KRW 12 12 24 9 216 216 Inverted V @ 65'
K4EAK 8 8 16 6 96 96 EFRW
W8GG 4 4 8 3 24 24 Gnd mounted vertical , 10 radials
W5 Division
KN5EE 1 1 2 1 2 2 EFHW @40'
W6 Division
KD0FNR 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 m halfwave dipole sloping parallel to hillside
W7 Division
WA7QCC 1 1 2 1 2 2 Attic dipole up 20'
W8 Division
WI8J 18 18 36 13 468 468 130 ft EFHW at 20 ft
WA8SAN 11 11 22 8 176 176 End Fed Wire @ 25 ft
W9 Division
N9EEE 9 9 18 7 126 126 EFHW sloper up to 40 feet
N9SE 6 6 12 4 48 48 160M vertical, 40 ft top loaded
W0 Division
Canada Division
VE3DQN 2 2 4 2 8 8 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 18 18 36 12 432 x2 864 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 | KN1H | K1YAN |
W2 | KA2KGP | KN2G | W2SH |
W3 | KC3MIO | K3JZD | AK3X |
W4 | K4JPN | WG8Y | K7EK |
W5 | N5GW | AC5BX | KE5YUM |
W6 | K6GPB | - | - |
W7 | N7KM | - | - |
W8 | NF8M | - | - |
W9 | K9NUD | WB9HFK | K9QEW |
W0 | N0TA | W1TM | AA0W |
Canada | VE3IIM | VE3SIF | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - BUG CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | WB1GYZ | - | - |
W2 | N2DGQ | - | - |
W3 | NN3E | - | - |
W4 | AA2MX | K3RLL | KJ4R |
W5 | - | - | - |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | N7QR | - | - |
W8 | K8NGW | - | - |
W9 | - | - | - |
W0 | - | - | - |
Canada | VE3HUR | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | W1TER | KB1M N1DN (TIE) | - |
W2 | K2OID | N2ESE | WA1GWH |
W3 | K3ES | K3WWP | KQ3Z |
W4 | KR4AE | N4MJ | AF4PX |
W5 | KN5EE | - | - |
W6 | KD0FNR | - | - |
W7 | WA7QCC | - | - |
W8 | WI8J | WA8SAN | - |
W9 | N9EEE | N9SE | - |
W0 | - | - | - |
Canada | VE3DQN | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
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 | - | - | - |
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER |
Prizes | - |
STATS:
Logs submitted: 82
Total participants: 113
Total QSOs: 970
States + Provinces represented: 34 + ON
SOAPBOX:
N9SE - First sprint in a quite a while. Forgot how much I enjoy them!
K3RLL - RBN was pretty kind to me but the QRZ Propagation Chart sure didn't match my conditions this evening. 20m: Didn't hear a peep. On 40m, Happy for my five contacts. I think this is my 173rd regular NAQCC Sprint. You'd think I'd be more successful at it by now. (GRIN) 72, ... Don
NO2D - Thanks to all who help make the sprints possible.
NO2D, Pete
NQ2W - Happy New Year! Glad that 20m was open at the start. 40m was in pretty good shape but my fist got a little tired so I called it quits. Thanks for the contacts and the opportunity to participate. I appreciate the efforts of those NAQCCers that make these sprints possible. Thank you! 72, Will, NQ2W
K4KBL - On for an hour tonight...first time for deliberate QRM on frequency. No call sign just letter, numbers and nonsense...too bad, even on a QRP sprint !
N2DGQ - Could only hang in there for about an hour. Where were the little signals? 40M was quite. Hope to be able to stick around more next month. 73
W1TM - Good cold night to play radio! Thanks
K4KRW - Thanks everyone! Bands seemed pretty quiet here. I got a late start and 40 was already winding down. Great hearing everyone. 73, Richard
N1BRI - Got home late after CERT training and was happy to make a couple q's. 72
N3CAA - Was good to get in the first few QSOs of 2024 this evening. Only a few stations heard, but the antenna might be to blame more so than band condx. Probably time to build that EFHW for 80m. Thanks for the QSOs es 72!
N0RZ - Got a late start but the reception was good on 40.
until next month 73 Charles n0rz
AA9L - Good to be back.
K9EYT - Snow bird QTH Tarpon Springs FL .20 was dead ,40 was not real good . ICom 706 to a wire at 5 watts. Thanks for the Q 72
N2TNN - Very not friendly conditions
KQ7L - Very few signals heard here in Texas. But I tried,,, :) Joel
K9NUD - Wow, great signals and low noise on 40 and 80 tonight! I used the KX3/PX3 and my trusty KN4YB cootie key tonight. Sorry for the ones I could not pull out tonight :-(
K4JPN - Tried 20M but nothing heard, 40M was hopping and then down to 80M with more fun. 72 Steve K4JPN
K1MZM - Weird noise on both 40 and 80 tonight but there were some very strong signals. Thanks to everyone for the contacts. Hope to see you on 160 next week.
WA7QCC - Didn't hear many NAQCC to onight. Did work K3Y/KH6 and K3Y/5 and a couple POTA and CWT stations though, so did add a few to the log.
AA2MX - The bands started slow but finished strong, especially 80m. Thanks everyone for a great sprint
72's Bill
K9QEW - Fun Night. All QSOs on 40 meters using my Homebrew rockbound
"FUNMITTER". This little jewel does the job. Band gave out after the first hour. 72/73s & STAY TUNED! Daryl
KN2G - I have been working on my paddle to make it less crunchy. It lasted most of the sprint but got rough again in the last bit. I may have to silver solder the contacts since stainless to stainless has never worked out that well for me. My weakest contact tonight was N8LA. Fine work to get me! 20 lasted only a little while, 40 was nice until it faded and 80 was noisy but active. See you next week at the most amazing sprint of the year!
K3JZD - Started on 40m, but it seemed like it got too long. Went to 80m and played some more. K4 running 5w to cold wire antennas with cold coax. 73, Jody - K3JZD
KD0FNR - It was a lot of fun to operate, but 20 meters seemed to be completely shut down out here in CA! At least by the time I got Project TouCans on the air. Still, it's fun, thanks for putting this on!
N9EEE - All going good for 30 minutes until I received an urgent message that our club website was down. Decisions, decisions.
KN1H - Thanks to all for a very enjoyable sprint! Looking forward to 160M next week. 72, John, KN1H
WG8Y - Hi all, Started on 20m. Worked CO. & UT then the phone rang. Back at it 15 min. later and 20m was dead here in NC. Worked 5 on 40m but band was a little down here. Spent last hour on 80M. I lost a couple contacts in the QRM. Thanks for trying guys. I was tilting my head from side to side on a couple Q's trying see which hearing aid was better. Hi Hi.
Still fun working everyone. Now gotta get a wire up for the 160M sprint next week.
72 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y
W4NLT - Nothing heard on 20. 40 was noisy with QSB. Lost several QSOs part way through. 80 was active buy noisy also. Thanks for the QSOs 72/73 Andy
K3ES - Lots of fun, despite heavy QRN. Thanks to those who stuck with me!
K2OID - 40 had lots of QSB but some unusually long skip (UT and CO from NY) but died completely after the first hour so had to QSY to 80. Not very many stations, but the signals were strong. Great fun as always.
N4MJ - Was fun while it lasted on 40m. Band died at/about 0245Z.
Tnx to all participants.
K8NGW - 20M was open to the west where I picked up 2 CO's, a UT, and a CA. 40M had a high constant QRN which drowned out the light signals. With low noise, 80M was the place to be! See you all next week on 160M!
K7EK - Great turnout on all bands. I look forward to future sprints. Happy New Year!
NF8M - About 15 minutes between other things to do. 80 in great shape tonight. 72 all!
N7QR - 78th - nothing on 80 but 20 and 40 were cooking. KX3 with '58 Presentation Vibroplex for the first hour and a half. See ya next month. Russ Portland OR
WX4RM - Had fun as usual, I always look forward to these sprints. At 0300Z a very high speed contest took over 40 meters, glad I had 80 meter band to migrate to.
N7KM - Nice bands for an hour and a half. When 20 died I went to 40 and had a hard time finding a frequency to use. It was great hearing so many NAQCC stations on, even though it was crowded. I was using my old K2 I build in 2001, it's still a great rig. Thanks to every one for making it a very enjoyable evening.
KE5YUM - This sprint was number 150 if my count is correct. Signals were great on 20 for the few minutes I could spend. VE3IIM had a big signal in Arkansas and it was great to hear NQ2W again. FT 817 5watts CWMORSE straight key. Terry
KB2GKC - Good to hear everyone
W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Gud conx fer sprint last nite. 20m was just open but weak sigs at start. 40m was busy wid lots of signals. I heard abt 20 stations that didnot hear me. I sure do miss my dipoles at 35 ft. The vertical works but dosent pack the punch the dipoles have. Somehow my time in the logging program went south??? I played wid i fer a bit and it did not cooperate. Congrats to W2SH, Charles, on his 200th sprint. Time flys when ur having fun ! See u all next month. 73 Gregg W8GG
KQ1P - Very loud QRN here plus QSB made for hard work, but fun of course!
K1IX - Lost antennas in recent storm so operated with patched up OCFD. quit early tnx for Q"s 73 Frank
KR4AE - Lots of fun es tnx fer the q's!!
KJ4R - Long days at work.... Early to bed early to rise. Only time for 3 quick contacts. Thanks to N0TA, N4MJ, and K9NUD. Hope for more time next month. 73 to all.
WB9HFK - 40M was good until about 0230Z or so when the activity went away. Moved to 80M and it was noisier than normal. Thanks for the Q's and see everyone next week on 160M! 72, Mark WB9HFK
KA2KGP - Only 2 on 20m. but 40m. & 80m. were good here in WNY. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 25 ft. w/ old WWII German Junkers Straight Key. Keep warm out there ! 73
WT4U - My 40 meter noise went away. Fixed or just snowed in? Anyway, first Sprint in a while I've made contacts in all 3 bands. Welcome our newest member, Jake KC7WXD #11676 who heard folks calling "CQ NA" and looked it up. The Sprints are a great advert for the club. See ya on top band!
WB1GYZ - Thanks for a fun Sprint.
KN5EE - This was my first CW contact ever! Thanks KR4AE, hope I wasn't too much of a lid. 72!
NN3E - Enjoyed the sprint .
Until next time .
72
Kevin NN3E # 9851
WA2FBN - Penntek TR35 into 40m EFHW sloper. TNX 72 Ken
N5GW - KX3 to doublet. Only stayed on a short time after a long day.
AK3X - I got the reminder email, checked the website and still forgot about the sprint until there were only about 30 minutes left. 40 meters was awash with the CWT guys so I went to 80. Managed a few contacts and had some fun. 72 to all and HNY.
VE3IIM - ..Nice to see 20 was still open. Heard nothing on 40!
N8LA - KX-3, 5W, 200' Dipole Up 35', NAQCCode Warrior With W8GG Finger Pieces Wired as Dual Paddle Side Swiper by AD0BI. Did not get on for almost first half hour. Conditions sucked. (Hope XYL doesn't find out I used that word as she never allowed her students to use it in English class. But this ain't English class.) Took a break and tried again with almost no luck. Thanks to the three stations who worked me and apologies to those I couldn't copy completely, especially the station I probably miscopied as W4LNM. Best 72 for the new year, and beyond, to all. Lou N8LA
KC3MIO - First time with my newly acquired KX3, but was very frustrated at the start. I did work N7KM in UT and AA0W in NE on 20 but nothing else so I turned to 40. By the end of the first hour I was about ready to give up, but 80 was good for the next 40 minutes. It looks like some pretty decent scores were made so conditions were good. I found out the next morning that one of the feed lines were detached on both doublets, which explained the SWR going nuts. It has been windy here, so I should have checked. Happy New Year to all and congrats to KN5EE for your first CW contact - many more will come. Looking forward to next week's 160 sprint.
AA0W - Good conditions from here. Lots of signals.
Fun times on 20.40 and 80 meters.
Thanks to all.
Copy on N2TNN @ 03:10 no contact
KK4ITX - More SOB stories. 20m was dead here in WCF, tried 40m which had been working well but I couldn't and still can't get a tune on 40m!
Put new wire and transformer up and still no 40m. Every other band works !
W2SH - 20m was just beginning to close and I only
managed one QSO. 40m did not seem to be heavily
populated, but 80m was thankfully more active.
N1DN - Good to get back on the air after being away for some time. Thanks to all for the contacts. 72 Phil
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