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February 2024 QRP/CW Sprint (#232)


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
NR1D     34   34  68   18 1224  x2  2448  40 Meter loop                                     
AC1KV    37   36  73   16 1168  x2  2336  20m dipole @ 25' / 40m ground mounted vertical    
K1IX     15   14  29   11  319  x2   638  K1POO  OCFD  @35'5                                
N1BRI    13   13  26    9  234  x2   468  OCF dipole                                        
K1YAN    10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  G5RV Jr. @ 30'                                    
K1WOR    10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  inverted vee up 25'                               
KQ1P      5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  80/40 dipole @30'                                 

W2 Division
AA2VG    36   35  71   16 1136  x2  2272  Carolina Windom at 45 ft                          
KN2G     29   29  58   16  928  x2  1856  55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE                   
KA2KGP   26   26  52   12  624  x2  1248  G5RV up 25'                                       
WB9G     18   18  36   12  432  x2   864  125ft. Inverted-L at 40 ft. above ground          
W2SH      9    9  18    8  144  x2   288  72' wire vertical; 270' cf dipole at 45'          

W3 Division
K3JZD    41   41  82   16 1312  x2  2624  40m Dipole @25', 80m EFRW @20'                    
KE3V     10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  40m vertical delta loop, 30' apex                 
K3EMS     7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  62' inverted L                                    
AK3X      6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  102' inv vee with tuner                           

W4 Division
KC5F     49   49  98   24 2352  x2  4704  80m EFHW up about 40'                             
WG8Y     35   35  70   17 1190  x2  2380  10-80 OCF@40FT                                    
N2TNN    29   29  58   16  928  x2  1856  Loop up 55 FT                                     
W4JL     29   28  57   14  798  x2  1596  EFHW @35                                          
W4NLT    26   26  52   15  780  x2  1560  84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30ft          
K7EK     26   25  51   14  714  x2  1428  120' broadband inverted vee, apex @ 65'           
WX4RM    15   15  30   14  420  x2   840  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
KA8VZB   10   10  20   10  200  x2   400  60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft                          
WT4U     10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'                              
K9EYT     7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  40 ft long wire                                   
WD4OHD    6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  40m dipole                                        
KK4ITX    6    5  11    5   55  x2   110  EFRW 35ft Inv V then 30ft L                       
NA4O      5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  41' EF@20'                                        
W4HH      2    1   3    2    6  x2    12  end-fed 150-ft wire 20 feet up                    
$WB0CJB  32   31  63   15  945  x2  1890  6BTV gnd mtd vert                                 

W5 Division
N5GW     14   14  28    8  224  x2   448  doublet @ 25'                                     
KQ7L      4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  20/40m dipole at 15'                              
KA5HZV    4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  OCF DIPOLE                                        
AC5BX     3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  G5RV over house                                   
KE5YUM    3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  80 meter dipole at 28 feet                        

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

W7 Division

W8 Division
NF8M     25   25  50   13  650  x2  1300  6BTV (40) OCF dpl @35ft/bev (80)                  

W9 Division
K9NUD    53   53 106   23 2438  x2  4876  80M EFHW up 40'                                   
WB9HFK   39   39  78   19 1482  x2  2964  EFHW @ 30 Ft.                                     
K9QEW    20   20  40   13  520  x2  1040  4BTV                                              
KA9FQG   14   14  28    9  252  x2   504  G5RV at 37ft                                      
KD9EBS    3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  Attic Dipole at 25'                               

W0 Division
N0TA     46   46  92   26 2392  x2  4784  Doublet at 25 ft, Vertical                        
N8LA     22   22  44   13  572  x2  1144  dipole @ 35'                                      
W1TM     11   10  21    7  147  x2   294  40-20-10 EFLW up 30 feet                          
AA0W      8    8  16    6   96  x2   192  OCF Dipole@ 30 feet                               
KA8HDE    6    6  12    5   60  x2   120  G5RV @ 35'                                        

Canada Division
VE3SIF   27   27  54   12  648  x2  1296  End Fed Half Wave                                 
VE3IIM    9    9  18    7  126  x2   252  fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet             
VA3KRJ    6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  Enfed random wire 105' long 20' up                

DX Division

SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division
WB1GYZ   14   14  28    9  252 x1.5  378  100' Doublet open-wire feed                       

W2 Division
WA2FBN    5    5  10    4   40 x1.5   60  EFHW sloper at 25ft                               

W3 Division
KC3MIO   31   31  62   15  930 x1.5 1395  125' Doublet up 45'                               
NN3E      4    4   8    4   32 x1.5   48  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
KJ4R     23   23  46   17  782 x1.5 1173  134' EFHW                                         
K3RLL     5    5  10    3   30 x1.5   45  EF 44' Wire up over garage roof                   

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division
N7QR      3    3   6    3   18 x1.5   27  160 m dipole                                      

W8 Division

W9 Division

W0 Division
KD0V      5    5  10    3   30 x1.5   45  cf Zepp @ 30 feet                                 
KG0RD     4    4   8    3   24 x1.5   36  18foot Ground mounted vertical without radials    
$WU0A    10   10  20    9  180 x1.5  270  G5RV AT 35 FEET                                   

Canada Division
VE3HUR    5    5  10    4   40 x1.5   60  dipole                                            

DX Division

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

W1 Division
W1TER    20   20  40   11  440       440  40 meter EFHW                                     
KB1M     15   15  30   11  330       330  40M EFHW, 20 & 40m dipoles                    

W2 Division
WA1GWH    9    9  18    5   90        90  40m                                               

W3 Division
KQ3Z      8    7  15    5   75        75  Doublet @ 65'                                     
KC3RN     4    4   8    4   32        32  40m EFHW @ 20'                                    
K3WWP     1    1   2    1    2         2  ~110' attic random wire                           

W4 Division
K4BAI    48   46  94   20 1880      1880  88' cf zepp, 40M dipole, 80M inverted vee dipole  
AF4PX    40   40  80   21 1680      1680  Delta loop                                        
K4KBL    41   38  79   21 1659      1659  ZS6BKW INV @ 60'                                  
K2OID    22   22  44   15  660       660  40M Dipole @ 10'                                  
KO4TFE   22   22  44   13  572       572  DX COMMANDER                                      
N4MJ     17   17  34   12  408       408  40M Windom @ 40 feet                              
K8BYP    16   16  32   10  320       320  40 DP 20 ft                                       
W8GG     10   10  20    7  140       140  Gnd mounted vertical , 22 radials                 
W2QL      3    3   6    3   18        18  Comet UHV-6 on Outpost Tripod                     

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division
KI7LW     3    3   6    2   12        12  Inv Vee 20 ft                                     

W8 Division
WI8J     20   20  40   12  480       480  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WA8SAN   16   16  32   13  416       416  End Fed Wire @ 25 ft                              

W9 Division
N9SE      6    6  12    6   72        72  40M OCF dipole @30 ft                             
WS9J      3    3   6    3   18        18  Double Zepp at 45'                                

W0 Division
N0RZ      9    9  18    5   90        90  dipole@30'                                        
KC2MJT    3    3   6    3   18        18  EFRW                                              
NO2D      1    1   2    1    2         2  80 m doublet @ 30 feet                            

Canada Division
VE3DQN   18   18  36    9  324       324  80/40 trap dipole @20ft                           

DX Division
DK1VD     3    3   6    2   12        12  GND MTD VERT                                      

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

Straight Key
NQ2W     41   41  82   24 1968  x2  3936  3el yagi @ 32', 40m dipole @ 60', 80m dipole @ 50'

Bug

Keyer/Keyboard
K1DW     16   16  32    9  288       288  40 yagi at 40 ft                                  


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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 89
Total participants:             120
Total QSOs:                     1434
States + Provinces represented: 36 + AB ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

N1BRI - thanks for the q's. Mostly 40m as usual. I was calling on 80m for a bit and reverse beacon seemed to indicate good condx... but crickets. good time tonight but feeling a little tired so I'm calling it early. 72

K3RLL - Interesting evening. Started out on 20m but lost 2 or 3 to QRM. Went to 40m but it was high noise and lost KC5F and another. Went back to 20 and things went far better. Booming signal out of the Empire State was NQ2W and he could hear me too! Went back to 40m again and couldn't hear anyone. Best RBN, by far, was from Slovenia tonight. I guess skip was long? 72 and thank you, ... Don

WB9G - It's been a long time since I worked this sprint. Great fun and great ops! Thanks for all the QSOs. 72, Chris WB9G #6311

W1TM - My Drake is on the bench so borrowed my friends Oak HIlls Classic. Nice little rig. Was able to make similar results with the old QRP kit rig.

KE3V - It was a nice night for radio.

N0TA - 20m was in really good shape for the start. 40m was OK - nothing great. K3, doublet and vertical, Amplidan key.

K9EYT - This is sprint # 100 for me . Winter QTH Tarpon Springs FL, Rig Icom 706 5 watts to an end feed 40 foot wire at 15Ft very stealth for the HOA. Thanks for QSO . 72 Ray

NQ2W - Got started a little late and ended a little early. 20, 40, and 80 all seemed to be pretty good with mostly strong signals. Lots of fun! Thanks for the QSOs and the opportunity to participate. I hope you hear me in the next one! 72, WIll, NQ2W

NF8M - Op time 1 hour. 40 in FB shape. Tnx QSOs es 72

N4MJ - Split activities night - NAQCC Sprint & Fox Hunt, all on 40 meter. hi hi Got both Foxii and fair on the NA group. Didn't seem to be as many NA stations tonight. ??? Fun anyway. Thanks to ALL participants 73 de n4mj

K3WWP - Home late from club meeting, but took time to get my one QSO in the sprint.

WD4OHD - Got a late start this evening but still managed to make a few good QSOs on 40m. Still using a substandard antenna, so my apologies to those of you struggling to hear my signal. I hope to have a proper 40m dipole installed by this time next month. Best to all.

K4KBL - Great time tonight...sorry I could not dig out that last caller. Lets give it another shot next time for sure.

K9QEW - Tried 20 meters low activity and 40 meters seemed to give out after first hour. Band condx fair still had fun. 72/73s & STAY TUNED Daryl

KC5F - I hated to miss the Sprint last month, so I had to get this one first on my calendar. Nice quiet conditions on 20, 40 and 80, but there didn't seem to be as much activity. Lots of fun working everybody, as awlays! 73 and thanks, Steve

DK1VD - Better than January 24 woke up early not at the end :-)) And a fun to work 3 stn booooming was AC1KV thanks to all 3 for a contact

K9NUD - Thanks for all the great contacts on 20, 40, and 80! More repeat calls than most nights. The bands were pretty good tonight. I know I missed one or two - sorry I could not pull you out. Great to see all the familiar calls, along with a few new ones. Welcome AF4PX! :-)

K6GPB - Only got to work last 1/2 hour of Sprint. Look forward to more time next month. 72 de K6GPB

K7EK - This sprint collided head on with the QRP Foxhunt which which runs split. Caused a lot of confusion as their pileup of baying hounds was right in the middle of our published working segment.

KN2G - I tried calling for short stretches tonight. Usually I just hunt and pounce. Got a new personal best at 29 contacts. I expect that since the bands were so open that there will be some big scores tonight. HOWEVER, it is always fun to grab a teeny weeny signal and make a contact while surfing through the ether. Some good fists and some great ears out there! 72 ken

VE3IIM - Enjoyable as usual!

K3JZD - 40m was pretty busy here in WPA this evening. Low noise level and strong signals. Spent few minutes on 80m near the end. 80m was noisy. Nice to work everybody. K4 - 5w - 40m Dipole - 80m EFRW. 72, Jody - K3JZD

WB1GYZ - Good turnout tonight with some strong sigs.

NR1D - Fun time, while the snow melts. 20 meter was nice and long for a change.

VE3DQN - Unusually good conditions in eastern Ontario tonight. Folks gave me such good signal reports that I was afraid I was running higher power. I checked; I wasn't.

W2QL - Unfortunately got a phone call so couldn't play as much as I hoped.

AA2VG - Had fun running my KD1JV tribander and the KX3.

AF4PX - Thank you to all! only 1 station I couldn't hear well enough to work

WG8Y - Hi all, Started on 20m.Band was quite here in NC. Worked 5 Q's and it shut done. Went to 40m and found everyone. Man it was wall to wall signals. Had to really work to squeeze some of the calls out form between everyone. Went to 80m for the last 25 minutes and worked several double. Finally had a Sprint without much QRN. Had fun! Hope everyone did too. 72 From N.C. Mark WG8Y

KQ3Z - Got on late. 40 meters was really active at my QTH

K2OID - Brought my 40M QRP XCVR with me on vacation in GA, strung up a dipole in the trees and Wow what fun! Conditions were really good tonight. TNX to everyone, but especially to WD4OHD for hanging in there to complete our QSO. C U next month from my home QTH.

W4JL - First NAQCC Sprint and it was enjoyable! Straight Key (HAM KEY) 5w into my homebrew EFHW's up about 35 feet across my backyard, start about 6 feet, rig was FT-891, Hope to catch you all again 72 W4JL Dave NC @10660

W4NLT - Another fun night with lots of folks out there. Not much action on 20M but 40M was hot. TNX for the QSOs. 72 Andy

K1IX - Great condx best I have seen in a long time on 40cw along with great participation. tnx for all the Q's 73 Frank

WX4RM - Conditions were good tonight with qso to the west with California NR5NN and to the east with Germany DK1VD. This was a very happy surprise for me, I think I will go out and hug my little vertical antenna, :) Thanks to all for hearing my little peanut whistle signal. Ron WX4RM

KE5YUM - Outstanding conditions on 20 for the time I was able to spend on the sprint. Worked three quickly from the east coast. 73 until next month. Terry. FT 817 with CWMORSE Straight key.

KC3RN - I had other commitments tonight, so I only had a few minutes to operate. Still managed to squeak out a few contacts.

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters ! Good condx fer sprint last night. 20 was open but no west coast stns heard. Good signals on 40, but lots of noise. Heard a couple on 80 but they didn't hear me. pulled plug after an hour. 73 till next month. Gregg W8GG

N2TNN - Very nice night with so many stations on the air. Thank you for all the contacts. 73, Dean

WB9HFK - Part time on 40M this evening. Also, took part in the QRP Fox 40M Hunt. Thanks for the QSO's! 72, Mark WB9HFK

K4BAI - Took out a little time to work the two QRP foxes, W4CMG and WB7S. Thanks for all QSOs. 73, John, K4BAI

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

KC3MIO - KX3 @ 5W into 125' doublet up 45'. I had shoulder replacement surgery on my right (dominant) arm on January 30th and assumed that I would miss the sprint since my arm would be in a sling for four weeks. But I did try to make some QSOs and succeeded. I did better with my Bencher BY1 so I tried that for the sprint. Cndx were favorable, especially on 40. I had a run of 17 QSOs on 7.0425 from 0159 to 0237 which tired my right arm. Apparently my brain was sending signals to both arms and the right was still twitching. I had to take a break to ice the shoulder. I came back after 0300 and heard WB9HFK loud and clear where I left off. Three more on 40 and six on 80, which was also in good shape from NE PA. Tnx to all and Happy Valentine's Day.

NO2D - Managed to make one NAQCC contact before switching to chasing foxes on the Tuesday evening Fox Hunt. Just not skilled enough to work both events simultaneously. Pete, NO2D.

K3EMS - 80 and 40 meters both seemed to be in good shape this evening.

KK4ITX - Typical noise here in WCF, 5w FT450D. Used NAQCC Logger for the first time, it does save time and eliminate re-typing errors and hen scratching reading. Looks like a good turnout tonight. See you next month.

WT4U - Decent conditions and was surprised not to make more contacts on 20m. Worked several of my favorite NAQCC admins, and spent too long unsuccessfully camped out trying to catch Don VE3DQN. Altogether, a fun evening.

KB1M - For extra fun ran QRPp at 900mW, felt that I had a very good evening, toped off with 2 CO stations on 20 and GA once on both 20 and 40, also a 2fer with k9nud. Many thanks for the Q's and extra effort to pull me out of the QRN. 72, Walt

KA5HZV - Haven't done the NAQRP in a while. Was geat fun although I couldn't work it long. Next Month... Ron

KD0V - Thanks everyone for the contacts, 20M was really hopping in here, but I was exhausted.

K8BYP - WOW ! 17 x MY FIRST SCORE (WHICH WAS "ONE") nEED bETTER BANDS !! GOOD THING WE DONT HAVE TO HANDLE TRAFFIC ON THESE CONDX.. 5w YAESU 857

WA2FBN - Bands very noisy. Used my KN4YB DL150 right angle bug. Tnx to all who copied me. 72 Ken

KQ1P - Got a late start and had a fine time.

WS9J - just jumped on for the final minutes of the sprint and heard plenty of activity!

W2SH - This was another occasion when I concurrently participated in the 40m Fox Hunt along with the NAQCC sprint. I failed to earn a vulpine pelt of the two on offer. 20m was open for the first half hour. 40m was confusingly busy with the Fox Hunt. 80m was a pleasant relief.

AA0W - Good conditions lots of stations Thanks to all for fun evening

WB0CJB - I only got to operate an hour of this sprint due to a club meeting. After the second contact I realized I hadn't turned the rig down to 5 watts. So I will be sure to turn the rig down in time for the next sprint.

KG0RD - This was my first NAQCC event and I had a lot of fun. I was using my FT-450D at 5 watts, however, in the next event I plan to use a real QRP rig 1 watt called the Hilltopper.

N5GW - 20 and 40 in good shape - 80 a bit noisy here from local wx fronts. Battery started going dead after about an hour (my internal battery, not the radio battery!) so I had to hit the sack after a long day.

N8LA - KX-3; 5W; 200' Dipole Up 35'; NAQCCode Warrior with W8GG Finger Pieces Wired as Dual Paddle Side Swiper by AD0BI. WOW, what a day!! 2/13/24 (our time) was World Radio Day; 2/14/24 (UTC) was Sprint date, Ash Wednesday, Valentine's Day, and would have been the 98th birthday of my dear Mother-in-Law who passed away on 1/30/24!! To top it all off, the bands were open like crazy! Scored Trifecta of band contacts and several Daily Doubles of station contacts! Life is good! Thanks to all who worked me and apologies to all I was unable to pull out. HPE to CU All next time. Lou, N8LA

AK3X - Fun sprint as usual. Lots of domestic interruptions as usual hi hi. 72 to all