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July 2024 QRP/CW Sprint (#237)


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
NX1K     31   31  62   19 1178  x2  2356  Doublet at 30 feet                                
KN1H     22   22  44   12  528  x2  1056  END-FED 400' WIRE                                 
AC1KV    16   16  32   11  352  x2   704  40m ground mounted vertical / 20m Dipole @25'     
K1IX      6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  OCFD @ 35'                                        
WB1GYZ    3    3   6    2   12  x2    24  100' Doublet open-wire feed                       
KQ1P      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  Horizontal Vee @20'                               
KK4ITX    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  Inv L 40m EFHW                                    

W2 Division
KN2G     25   25  50   15  750  x2  1500  55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE                   
KA2KGP   24   23  47   15  705  x2  1410  G5RV up 25'                                       
W2SH     10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  72' wire vertical                                 

W3 Division
KC3MIO   29   29  58   17  986  x2  1972  125' Doublet up 45'                               
W6WU     17   17  34   12  408  x2   816  EFHW @23ft as inv V                               
N3CAA     8    8  16    6   96  x2   192  40m EFHW @ 25'                                    
AK3X      8    8  16    6   96  x2   192  102' inv vee@ 35'. Tuner                          

W4 Division
KC5F     43   43  86   23 1978  x2  3956  80m EFHW up about 40'                             
N2TNN    24   24  48   18  864  x2  1728  160 meter loop up 55 feet                         
WX4RM    22   22  44   15  660  x2  1320  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
WB0CJB   22   22  44   13  572  x2  1144  6BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
W4NLT    20   20  40   13  520  x2  1040  84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30ft          
WG8Y     14   14  28   10  280  x2   560  HB 10-40 EFHW @20ft                               
NA4O     12   12  24    8  192  x2   384  41' EF@20'H                                       
KO4TFE   10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  1/4 Wave Vertical                                 
WT4U     10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  80m EFHW Inv-V @ 35'                              
WD4OHD   10   10  20    6  120  x2   240  40m dipole                                        
WA4SPJ    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  EFHW up 40'                                       

W5 Division
KA6J     16   16  32   12  384  x2   768  Ground mounted Vertical                           
N5GW     13   13  26   10  260  x2   520  doublet @ 25'                                     
KE5YUM    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  80 meter sloping dipole @ 28'                     

W6 Division
K6GPB     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  G5RV 20 feet                                      

W7 Division
KC7DM     9    9  18    7  126  x2   252  450' loop @ 50'                                   
$KJ7KDB   0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  Ultimax 100 24' vertical                          

W8 Division
NF8M     14   14  28    8  224  x2   448  6BTV                                              

W9 Division
WB9HFK   12   12  24    8  192  x2   384  EF 150 Ft. Wire                                   
K9QEW     6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  4BTV                                              
W9DWR     6    6  12    4   48  x2    96  Dipole @ 15'                                      
KA9FQG    5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  G5RV @ 37ft                                       

W0 Division
AA5LH    15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  40-10 Delta Loop @ 25'                            
KD0DK    11   11  22   10  220  x2   440  102 ft. long wire                                 
KA8HDE    8    8  16    8  128  x2   256  G5RV @ 35'                                        
W0DCX     8    8  16    7  112  x2   224  84' RW up 33' at end                              
AA0W      7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  137 Ft OCF Dipole @ 30 Ft                         
NN0SS     5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  Inverted Vee @ 30 feet                            

Canada Division

DX Division

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

W1 Division

W2 Division
N2DGQ    29   28  57   16  912 x1.5 1368  Diploe 20-Feet                                    
N2QFD     6    6  12    5   60 x1.5   90  40m Zepp @ 25'AGL                                 

W3 Division
K3RLL     5    5  10    5   50 x1.5   75  G5RVjr @ 35'                                      
NN3E      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
KJ4R      3    3   6    3   18 x1.5   27  134 foot EFHW                                     

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division
N7QR      1    1   2    1    2 x1.5    3  Butternut HF6V gnd mtd w/o radials                

W8 Division
K8NGW    13   13  26    9  234 x1.5  351  43' gnd mt vert w/ 32 radials                     

W9 Division
K9DRP     6    6  12    3   36 x1.5   54  80M EFHW @ 40 ft.                                 

W0 Division

Canada Division
VE3IIM   13   13  26    9  234 x1.5  351  fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet             

DX Division

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

W1 Division
KB1M      4    3   7    4   28        28  20 Mtr dipole                                     

W2 Division
WA1GWH   13   13  26    9  234       234  40m dipole at 15 ft                               
N2ESE     5    5  10    5   50        50  20and40mtr dipoles at 35ft                        
KB2GKC    3    3   6    3   18        18  40m 1/2 wave endfed up 30 ft                      
AA2VG     1    1   2    1    2         2  Carolina Windom at 45 ft                          

W3 Division
W3IPA     5    5  10    3   30        30  8010m EFHW @ 30'                                  
K3WWP     1    1   2    1    2         2  attic dipole                                      

W4 Division
K4BAI    46   45  91   23 2093      2093  Dipoles for 20, 40, 80M up about 25'              
K4KRW    40   40  80   19 1520      1520  Inverted V @ 65'                                  
N4MJ     35   35  70   18 1260      1260  40 OCF at 40'                                     
AF4PX    24   22  46   15  690       690  Delta loop                                        
K4KBL    20   19  39   13  507       507  ZS6BKW INV @ 60'                                  

W5 Division

W6 Division
KD0FNR    3    2   5    3   15        15  20m 1/2 wave Dipole with embedded rig; 15 ft up   

W7 Division

W8 Division
WI8J     13   13  26    9  234       234  130ft EFHW at 20ft                                
AB8SV     6    6  12    4   48        48  40m dipole in attic                               
W8GG      3    3   6    3   18        18  trap dipoles @ 35'                                
WA8SAN    2    2   4    2    8         8  End Fed Wire @ 25 ft                              

W9 Division
N9EEE    19   19  38   12  456       456  EFHW                                              
K9EYT     8    8  16    7  112       112  g5rv at 30'                                       
WD9HBC    6    6  12    6   72        72  SteppIR Small Vertical                            
AB9BZ     1    1   2    1    2         2  EFHW @ 30'                                        
WD9EGW    1    1   2    1    2         2  MC 750 portable vertical on back deck             

W0 Division

Canada Division

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
NQ2W     25   24  49   16  784  x2  1568  3el yagi @ 32', 40m dipole @ 60', 80m dipole @ 50'
K3JZD    17   17  34   10  340  x2   680  3 El Beam 20m, 48" Base Loaded Whip 40m      

Bug

Keyer/Keyboard
VE3DQN   17   17  34   11  374       374  3el yagi @50ft; 40m dipole @40ft                  


Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s):
@ Non-member
$ QRO power
CERTIFICATES
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
Division1st2nd3rd
W1NX1KKN1HAC1KV
W2KN2GKA2KGPW2SH
W3KC3MIOW6WUN3CAA AK3X (TIE)
W4KC5FN2TNNWX4RM
W5KA6JN5GWKE5YUM
W6K6GPB--
W7KC7DM--
W8NF8M--
W9WB9HFKK9QEWW9DWR
W0AA5LHKD0DKKA8HDE
Canada---
DX---
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Division1st2nd3rd
W1---
W2N2DGQN2QFD-
W3K3RLLNN3E-
W4KJ4R--
W5---
W6---
W7N7QR--
W8K8NGW--
W9K9DRP--
W0---
CanadaVE3IIM--
DX---
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Division1st2nd3rd
W1KB1M--
W2WA1GWHN2ESEKB2GKC
W3W3IPAK3WWP-
W4K4BAIK4KRWN4MJ
W5---
W6KD0FNR--
W7---
W8WI8JAB8SVW8GG
W9N9EEEK9EYTWD9HBC
W0---
Canada---
DXDK1VD--
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Key Type1st2nd3rd
SKNQ2WK3JZD-
BUG---
K/KVE3DQN--
FIRST TIME ENTRANT HIGH SCORE
Key Type1st2nd3rd
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K/K---
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER
Prizes-

STATS:
Logs submitted:                 77
Total participants:             99
Total QSOs:                     927
States + Provinces represented: 33 + ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

KJ4R - Had to call it quits after just 3 QSO's. Storms / lightning close by. 20M seemed good for the time I could operate. Had RBN hits deep into Europe and some in 7 land as well. Thanks to W8GG, N9EEE, and W6WU who found me before I had to pull the plug. 73 to all until next time.

AB9BZ - Got the new QMX+ on the air running 3W. Thanks for the sprint, 72 ab9bz

K3RLL - Another fun half-hour on 20m, which was hopping at the opening gate but signals started to fade pretty quickly. 40m, on the other hand, must blocked by construction of something this evening. Thanks for the contacts and nice greeting from Will. 72... Don

NQ2W - Only a short time to operate but it was a busy time. Thanks for the contacts and the opportunity to participate. Always a pleasure...72, Will, NQ2W

AC1KV - Have to quit early due to thunderstorm. Thanks for the Qs.

WD9HBC - It's been 17 years and that was a blast! 5 watts into my very modest vertical and lots of local noise and still worked stations. I went with my keyer this month since it didn't appear many IL W9's were in that category and I vainly hope I can get a certificate. Next one will be straight key. 72, Jim

N2QFD - So, pretty tired tonight and thanks to Glenn N4MJ, you inspired me to go to bed! Hi Hi. Work for Utility and we've had storms up here, was up at 0430 but didn't want to miss swapping a few numbers tonight. Hope everyone had a great sprint and look forward to trying again a little better rested! 72 and tnx to all.

K4KBL - This has to be the weirdest sprint Ive ever been involved with in years. Started on 20 and doing ok. 20 started to fade and I thought 40 would be really busy, not a chance tonight.

NF8M - Op time 1:15. Interesting night - some good sigs on 20 but some noisy ones also but nice to have 20. 40 was noisy with distant lightning but some vy fb sigs. 72 es cu next month.

KO4TFE - Using a new TR-35 that I built from a kit. One of the last one's ever sold.

WD4OHD - I didn't hear much on 40m when I began the Sprint at 0049 UTC, so I tried 20m. Good signals there during the first hour. Then I went to 40m and found conditions were improved. Stayed there until pulling the plug at about 0200. Pretty good band conditions overall for a summer month, with only moderate noise.

KA6J - Conditions a little rough here in So Cent TX tonight. Running an X6100 to a ground mounted 4BTV vertical. Sorry to those I could not pull out of the noise! Thanks all for the sprint! 72

N2DGQ - Twenty was open most of the night. Had a good run. Forty was done by the time I got there. Typical good time. Fortunately, the thunderstorms stayed away from my QTH. See you all next time!

WD9EGW - Thanks for the QSO 72, Chuck

KN1H - Thanks everyone for the fun Sprint. Noise from both near and far T-Storms was quite strong. Amazing how 5W can overcome it with persistence! IC-7300 and Nye Viking Master Key. 72, John, KN1H

KC5F - 20m and 40m were great tonight, except for the lightning QRN on 40m. I almost had to disconnect, but the storms didn't get too close. Sorry for the missed QSO with KD0FNR/1 on 20m - you had a great signal and then disappeared mid-QSO. At least one other missed because of the QRN on 40m, but most were great signals. Thanks, all, for the fun!

AA5LH - Been out for a couple of months. Nice to hear many station on 20M. So Much so I stayed there vs. fighting static crashes on short time with 40M. Thanks for all the Q's. Take Care.

NX1K - First sprint in quite a while. Fun event, and enjoyed working some old friends and new ones.

K9DRP - Only able to jump in on the last half hour (school bus refresher course). Noisy! Noisy! Noisy! Had to be an S7 for me to hear you. But still fun. Argo V inline tonight with a bug/cootie. 73, Don

AB8SV - I had very noisy conditions and lots of fading, thanks for the contacts! had fun as always

K4KRW - Flex 6600 and Begali Pearl tonight. I made contacts on 3 bands. I got one DX contact from Germany. Thanks DK1VD for hanging in there. I could just barely make out your signal. Fun night. Thanks everyone. 73, Richard

AA2VG - Only on the air for a couple of minutes with my QMX. Tnx Lee AA5LH for the contact. Great to CU AGN.

KN2G - Oh wow! 20m burned up 20 minutes of nothing for me. 40 definitely carried the night. I decided to take the plunge and call for a while. It was a little overwhelming but really fun! I brought in over a dozen contacts that way tonight. But for me s&p is still the most relaxing because I can take my time. I quit a few minutes early since my few functioning brain cells were overheating. I apologize to those of you that I fumbled. 80 was tough but good for a few at the end.

VE3DQN - Good cndx, good signals, glad to have 20m open, had success in running for 20 minutes on 40m.

W6WU - QRN! Noisy night, thunderstorms passed through an hour before the sprint started. Low-band QMX into homebrew EFHW 49:1 xfmr and 65 ft of wire hung as Inv-V hung from 7M Spiderbeam pole. Hope to hear you in the FOBB. Thanks for the QSO's! 72, Steve

K9EYT - 20 and 40 both sounded good for a change tnx's for the QSO,S, ELECRAFT K3S AT 5 WATTS G5RV at roof top level.72

N3CAA - Got home late and could only go QRV for only 20 minutes at the end. First 5 minutes yielded only one search & pounce contact, so ended up calling CQ and picked up 7 more in quick succession. Was a lot of fun calling CQ for the sprint, it's just like a POTA activation but in air conditioning. TU for the QSOs and look forward to the August sprint.

WG8Y - Hi all, Used my new QRP Labs QMX 20-80 tonite.I've been tinkering with the QMX and My new QMX+, 6 thru 160 on my work bench in the garage so worked the Sprint from there. Got a little muggy out there. Hi Hi. Love both these little rigs. I put together a qrp power 10-40m EFHW just a couple days ago and decided to give it a try tonite. It slopes from 5 feet up to app 20ft into a pine tree.Just did casual S&Ping on 20 & 40m. Had fun. 73 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y

W4NLT - A little overlap with FPs but managed to get some of the QRP faithful tonight. Thanks for the QSOs. Andy 72

AF4PX - Sorry for the repeats, it was just plain to hear tonight! As usual "The funest 1.5 Hour!"

W9DWR - I just joined NAQCC and this was my first sprint and first NAQCC contacts. Thanks for the fun! Looking forward to many more.

N4MJ - Early on no sigs for NA on 40m. Went to 20m. Found a few but band slowed around 0100z. Back to 40m. Band finally came alive although I've seen it much busier. Thanks to all participants and sorry I couldn't get a couple of stations. QSB and QRN interfered, especially for the weaker stations. 73 de n4mj//glenn

N7QR - 83rd 40 and 80 too noisy. Many broken calls on 20 for 1.5 hours. Fun anyway! Russ Portland OR

WX4RM - Thunderstorms ended just as sprint began, caught a break there. Signals on 20 were strong and lasted almost the entire night. I think the ground mounted Vertical worked better with the rain. Had fun as always.

DK1VD - Hi the best was 20m open for 30 min the time i need to catch K4KRW thank you. 40 m was like to train my ears low sigs and qsb but it was fun again

KE5YUM - A bit noisy with static crashes but I managed to get two good contacts. Looking forward to next month. FT 710 @ 5 watts with a CWMORSE straight key. All the best, Terry

K1IX - Everybody must be on vacation ! had low activity level here. But still a good time. tnx for the Q's. 73 Frank

KB2GKC - Bands quieted down..... 20m has been nice in the evenings.

WB1GYZ - Stormy wx, rough cdx, pulled plug early.

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! I had gud intentions of working entire sprint, but that didn't happen. Got 3 QSOs on 20. Call cq on 40 es coulnt pick em out. Had to QRT at 845pm. too bad as 20 was open. See u next month. 73 Gregg W8GG

KA2KGP - 20 & 40 were good but 80m. was poor this sprint. Nice turnout for this NA. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into G5RZv up 25 ft. w/ straight key. Keep cool this summer ! 73

WT4U - It was looking iffy, but the thunderboomers passed through in time for the Sprint. After working John K4BAI on 20 & 40m, I wanted to go for the trifecta, but had to shut down for an early morning start. Bands were better than expected, with lots of strong signals and tolerable QSB.

K4BAI - 20M was better than it has been for many months in the NA. 40 and 80M were covered with QRN. Very hard copy through it. Tried 80M twice in the last 15 minutes and never heard any signals--just QRN. Thanks for all QSOs. QSOs by band: 20M: 19. 40M: 29. 73/72, John, K4BAI

KQ1P - T-storms rolling around but got some QSOs.

W0DCX - TNX FOR THE QSOs! I was using my new Begali Blade SK.

N2TNN - Nice event but only one band was active. 73, Dean

WB0CJB - 40M was very noisy. Thanks to all who called me and stuck it out while I tried to get their call correctly.

K3JZD - My simple wire antennas are temporarily down due to a construction project in my back yard. This month I went from one extreme to another : From a K4 at 5 watts and 3 EL Beam on 20m to sitting on my front porch with a KH1 hand held with its Base Loaded 48" Whip on 40m . Turns out that I was using a lot of factory defaults in this unfamiliar KH1, including using the widest possible receive filter and running Low Power (2 watts). So, it was no surprise that I did not do real well on 40m. Kudos to those who heard me and worked me on 40m. 72, Jody - K3JZD

K9QEW - 20 meters operations only 72 Daryl

AA0W - Poor Conditions from my station. Lots of noise and weak signals. Fun time thanks to all for the contacts.

KK4ITX - Storms to the south was problematic from time to time. Lots of activity with the WFTB and the Sprint. Thanks for picking me out of the weeds!

N9EEE - Equal parts S&P and Running. Equal parts 20m and 40m. My EFHW was a good performer...battered by recent storms...looks more like a sagging noodle than a sloper :)

VE3IIM - bands were noisy here..still enjoyed it!

AK3X - Missed the first 30 minutes and made a few contacts, then the XYL sent me on a one hour errand. It's always something. I did make a couple more when I returned

KC3MIO - K2 @ 5 watts into 125' doublet. I was pleased to work KC7DM in OR. Not much to the SW and 80 was a real disappointment. Only one contact (KN2G) on 80 and no other CQs heard and no responses. Nice to work some new members and some new (to me) low numbers. Tnx to all my contacts and 73/72 till next month, Rich.

KD0FNR - Woohoo!!! KO6BTY and I got Project TouCans back up and running the day of the sprint. (Its been down for about three weeks.) And what a blast! But wait, the story gets better! We are in Maine for LobsterCon, (a QRP con) and we were camping on W1REX's farm! For those who might not know the significance, Project TouCans consists of a Rockmite feeding a Tuna Topper, all embedded in the air in a dipole, and W1REX is the purveyor of both of those kits! I think the rig made more sprint QSOs than it ever has before, so that was nice too. The rig was spotted well into Europe and Eastern Europe, (being in Maine helps, Im sure), but no dx contacts. It was also spotted as far South as Costa Rica. Apologies to kc5f and thanks for trying to get back to me. The keyer on Project TouCans has gone back to its old decision that frankly, two AA batteries is not enough to power a RaspberryPi for the length of the sprint. I could answer your call, and then the keyer would conk out again before I could complete our QSO.

N5GW - 20M was in good shape this time. 40M was OK. I usually don't even listen on 80M this time of year because of heavy QRN.

W2SH - I was in the midst of lightning storms, and much of my time was spent disconnecting the antenna and grounding it, and then reconnecting it and turning the rig back on. 20m behaved nicely for a bit over the first half hour. 40m was smothered with QRN. Nothing was heard on 80m.

WA1GWH - I started a bit before 9PM EDT and not too many ops on 40m. But, after a call or two had a pileup on my hands. Worked about a dozen stations in a row in 15 minutes. Thanks for the contacts! 72!