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March 2026 QRP/CW Sprint (#257)
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 24 24 48 15 720 x2 1440 Doublet @ 30 feet.
WB1GYZ 19 18 37 15 555 x2 1110 Doublet
K1YAN 12 12 24 9 216 x2 432 g5rv jr. at 30'
W1BRY 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 114 ft wire dipole 15' off ground
W2 Division
KA2KGP 35 35 70 16 1120 x2 2240 G5RV up 20'
K2OID 15 15 30 11 330 x2 660 80M OCF Dipole @40'
KB2GKC 14 14 28 11 308 x2 616 40m 1/2 wave endfed up 30 ft
KN2G 18 18 36 7 252 x2 504 fan dipole @ 55'
W2SH 14 14 28 8 224 x2 448 72' wire vertical
W3 Division
K3JZD 37 37 74 20 1480 x2 2960 40m @25'
KC3MIO 17 16 33 13 429 x2 858 288' loop average height 30'
W4 Division
KC5F 47 44 91 19 1729 x2 3458 80m EFHW up about 40'
K4BAI 40 40 80 17 1360 x2 2720 20M dip at 35'; 140' cf zepp inv vee; 40M dip 35'
WG8Y 22 21 43 15 645 x2 1290 10-80 OCF@40
KN1H 16 16 32 9 288 x2 576 END-FED 28'WIRE
NA4O 10 10 20 9 180 x2 360 41 ft EF@25 ft
WX4RM 9 9 18 8 144 x2 288 4BTV gnd mtd vert
K4JPN 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 80 M CF Zepp
K4WY 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 80 meter dipole
KA8VZB 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft
WD4OHD 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 40m Dipole
KK4ITX 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Alpha Match FMJ, 13ft vertical
W5 Division
KE5YUM 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 80 meter dipole at 28feet
W6 Division
W7 Division
KI7LW 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Inv Vee 20 ft
W8 Division
W1BLU 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 EFHW @ 30'
W9 Division
WB9HFK 34 33 67 18 1206 x2 2412 EFHW @ 30 Ft.
N9JFZ 23 23 46 13 598 x2 1196 Grd Mtd 4BTV & G5RV at abt 25'
N8HWV 21 21 42 13 546 x2 1092 80m EFHW at 15 ft agl
K9QEW 18 18 36 10 360 x2 720 4BTV
W9DWR 20 20 40 8 320 x2 640 Hustler 6-BTV Ground Mounted Vertical
KA9FQG 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 G5RV @ 37FT
$AA9L 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 trap dipole @ 40 feet
W0 Division
NN0SS 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 inverted V @ 30 feet
N0TA 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 Doublet at 25 ft, Vertical
AA0W 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 80-40-20 Dipole @ 30 ft
Canada Division
VE3HUR 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 vertical
DX Division
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
W2 Division
N2QFD 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 G5RV @25' AGL Invert Vee
W3 Division
NN3E 2 2 4 2 8 x1.5 12 40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '
W4 Division
W4NLT 28 28 56 14 784 x1.5 1176 84 ft end fed in V configuration at 30ft
K3RLL 10 10 20 8 160 x1.5 240 After-dark black stealth HOA vertical
KJ4R 9 8 17 9 153 x1.5 229 134' EFHW
W5 Division
W6 Division
W7 Division
N7QR 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials
W8 Division
W9 Division
W0 Division
Canada Division
VE3IIM 17 17 34 9 306 x1.5 459 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
W1TER 17 17 34 9 306 306 40 mtr end fed
KB1M 1 1 2 1 2 2 40m dipole
W2 Division
WA1GWH 8 8 16 7 112 112 40m quarter wave inverted L over ground radials
N2ESE 8 8 16 6 96 96 ZS6BKW@25ft
W3 Division
KC3RN 20 19 39 14 546 546 EFHW @ 24'
KD3CA 1 1 2 1 2 2 132 ft ocf windom @30 ft
W4 Division
WB0CJB 24 24 48 15 720 720 6BTV gnd mtd vert
N4MJ 24 24 48 11 528 528 80 EFHW up 30 feet
W8GG 14 13 27 10 270 270 Phoenix vertical 10 radials
NI4U 8 8 16 8 128 128 84' EFRW (Inverted L) up 50'
K4KBL 2 2 4 2 8 8 endfed @ 35'
W5 Division
W6 Division
W7 Division
KF7Z 14 14 28 13 364 364 Dipole at 25'
W8 Division
WI8J 16 16 32 12 384 384 130 ft EFHW at 20 ft
WA8SAN 12 12 24 8 192 192 End Fed Wire @ 25ft
NF8M 0 0 0 0 0 0 6BTV
W9 Division
WD9EGW 14 14 28 12 336 336 MC-750 Vertical sitting on back deck
K9FAA 7 7 14 6 84 84 EFHW at 45 feet
AB9BZ 2 2 4 2 8 8 EFHW @ 30'
W0 Division
Canada Division
VE3DQN 9 9 18 7 126 126 40/80m trap dipole @20ft
DX Division
DK1VD 4 4 8 3 24 24 Vertical
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
Straight Key
Bug
K1SP 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 Trap Vertical
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 | NX1K | WB1GYZ | K1YAN |
| W2 | KA2KGP | K2OID | KB2GKC |
| W3 | K3JZD | KC3MIO | - |
| W4 | KC5F | K4BAI | WG8Y |
| W5 | KE5YUM | - | - |
| W6 | - | - | - |
| W7 | KI7LW | - | - |
| W8 | W1BLU | - | - |
| W9 | WB9HFK | N9JFZ | N8HWV |
| W0 | NN0SS | N0TA | AA0W |
| Canada | VE3HUR | - | - |
| DX | - | - | - |
| SWA - BUG CATEGORY |
| Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| W1 | - | - | - |
| W2 | N2QFD | - | - |
| W3 | NN3E | - | - |
| W4 | W4NLT | K3RLL | KJ4R |
| W5 | - | - | - |
| W6 | - | - | - |
| W7 | N7QR | - | - |
| W8 | - | - | - |
| W9 | - | - | - |
| W0 | - | - | - |
| Canada | VE3IIM | - | - |
| DX | - | - | - |
| SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY |
| Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| W1 | W1TER | KB1M | - |
| W2 | WA1GWH | N2ESE | - |
| W3 | KC3RN | KD3CA | - |
| W4 | WB0CJB | N4MJ | W8GG |
| W5 | - | - | - |
| W6 | - | - | - |
| W7 | KF7Z | - | - |
| W8 | WI8J | WA8SAN | NF8M |
| W9 | WD9EGW | K9FAA | AB9BZ |
| W0 | - | - | - |
| Canada | VE3DQN | - | - |
| DX | DK1VD | - | - |
| GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY |
| Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| SK | - | - | - |
|---|
| BUG | K1SP | - | - |
|---|
| K/K | - | - | - |
|---|
| FIRST TIME ENTRANT HIGH SCORE |
| Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| SK | - | - | - |
| BUG | - | - | - |
| K/K | - | - | - |
| PRIZE DRAWING WINNER |
| Prizes | - |
STATS:
Logs submitted: 64
Total participants: 83
Total QSOs: 809
States + Provinces represented: 31 + ON + DX
SOAPBOX:
N2QFD - Only time for one. I start my days at 0430 and it's a work day. Need to do these more I'm realizing I'm an old timer now seeing the numbers in play! Have fun tonight and thanks for keeping QRP alive and well.
AB9BZ - Thanks for the sprint, tried the QMX Quisk setup with remote option, working great. Thanks for the QSO's 72
NI4U - Operated for about 35 min tonight trying out a new antenna. Found some stations on 20M (died out quickly here) and lots of activity on 40M. Spun the dial on 80M, but couldn't find anyone. Got decent signal reports, so I'm pleased with the new EFRW I put up this week!
KF7Z - Nice condx tonight, lots of calls from past sprints, nice to hear John,K4BAI in GA and Charles,W2SH out in NJ. thanks for the email reminder for the sprint, I have a hard time remembering when the sprints are but love to jump in for a bit and see just what 5 watts can do. See you next month 73 Danny
KN1H - Tonight we are camping near Rocky Mount, NC on our way home from 3 1/2 months on the road. Has been an interesting winter, I apologize to one and all for all the curve balls with a different QTH every month! We should be fairly stable for a while at least. It was fun tonight to work from the middle of the East Coast, everyone is loud here! Wish I could have gotten more of an antenna up to work 80M but campsites are pretty small. KX2 @ 5W,straight key and battery. 72, John, KN1H/4
K3RLL - What a great evening. 20m was solid with some good signals and great operators. Went down to 40m at the end to chase my former PA neighbor and, Voila! K3JZD heard my faint whistle in the wind. Very successful, if not high scoring, evening. Thank you! 72,... Don
WD4OHD - Fighting some antenna problems this evening but managed one QSO all the same. Not a lot of NAQCC signals heard on 40m. Most of them were fairly weak and plagued with QSB, so maybe I didn't miss too much tonight. Hope to be functional again next time.
N8HWV - It's been a while. 40 was great. Didn't hear much elsewhere.
VE3DQN - Strong signals tonight. Gave out several honest 599s.
K2OID - Good conditions on 40 tonight with skip all over the place. Worked Colorado for the first time in quite a while. Had nice chat with Paul, KE4SC, who was QRP and had a NA number but was not in the sprint. Go figure! Fun as always.
KN2G - Apologies for the bad keying tonight. I had to adjust the contacts mid stream and it didn't get any better! As usual, some valiant code warriors worked hard for me. Thanks for all the courtesy during our sprints. I got several on 2 bands tonight. Amazingly one on 20 and 80! Plus a few new to me... 72 till April.
KK4ITX - Regular QRM here at night, one QSO on 40 and happy to get it. Doing much better on the Monthly Challenge working during daytimes. See ya next month!
K3JZD - 40m Only. Started off strong. Low noise, no QSB. Deteriorated the last 45m. Guess I should have tried 80m. But I was hoping 40m would go long to the West. It didn't. Nice to have a quick visit with everyone. K4 @ 5w 40m Dipole. 72, Jody - K3JZD
KC5F - Nice signals tonight - great to work W9DWR and N4MJ on all three bands and several others on two. Especially nice to not miss the Sprint like last month, when I was in a country without reciprocal licensing. I need to plan vacations around the NAQCC Sprint, or go to a country where I can get on the air!
N4MJ - Fun evening even with QRN on 40/80m. A triple play for KC5F and K4BAI. Worked both on 20/40/80. Unusual but gratifying. Thanks Steve and John.
73 de n4mj//glenn
WG8Y - Hi all, Ran my Xiegu X6100 @ 5W into 10-80 OCFD tonite. Worked app 1.5 hours tonite. Caught a pota station at the start for my only 20m contact. 40m was in pretty gud shape. I had stopped for a while around the end of the first hour. Listened on 80m and heard KC5Fso had to work him for a double. He was loud so decided to call for a bit. Had 5 more Q's on 80m that included two more doubles. W4NLT & KN2G. tnxs guys. Also tnxs to AA5XA for the repeats. Had a fade every time you sent the X in your call HI HI. Finally got it.
72 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y
W4NLT - Just back from vacation and fun to work the QRP faithful tonight. Most action on 40m. TNX for the QSOs. 72 Andy
K9QEW - Started on 20m but band gave out QSY t0 40m.
72 & STAY TIMED. Daryl
WX4RM - Always look forward to the monthly sprint. Noise level was very high tonight, so I kept to hunt and pounce stations that were loud enough to be heard over the noise. Had fun as always.
N9JFZ - Made contacts on 20, 40 & 80. Bands seemed to be in good shape. Good time again.
72 All, N9JFZ, Rusty
W9DWR - This was a great month for NAQCC! The bands were doing very well and there seemed to be a lot of participation tonight. Thanks for the contacts! 73!
N7QR - 98th Sprint nothing on 80, 40 too noisy 20 was good with the time change, 1.5 hours KX3 K1EL keyer in bug mode with BY1 - see you next month! Russ Portland OR (how come no uses 3830 for sprints?)
KC3RN - Conditions were better than last month. Had a pretty good run for the first hour, then things just seemed to die. Came back for the last 45 minutes to snag a few more. Ran my Argonaut VI fir the duration.
DK1VD - Conditions were better than Jan/Feb but only 45 min must say fun again cu 72 gl
WI8J - Thanks for the contacts!
VE3IIM - Condx pretty good. Sorry to the weak ones calling..not the best antenna here!
Will be back next month
WB1GYZ - Decent conditions just like old times.
W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Great night for sprint as the propagation was on our side fer a change. I fired up my trusty K2 on battery pwr feeding a modified 4BTV "Phoenix vertical" wid 10 buried radials. 20m was wide open at the start, and most of the lil' pistols were true 599 signals. Some were actually LOUD ! Glad to hear OT Terry KE5YUM, and many other old friends as well and some new calls too. went to 40m to catch some action there. 40 m was noisy but busy. There was also a FP sprint gg on at the same time as NAQCC. I heard AA2YO calling CQ FP fer 15 mins and finally decided to answer him. I hadn't made a FP QSO in quite a while. Went back to ck 20m at 0125 only to find KF7Z, and WB1GZY in WY and CT fer new mults. back to 40 fer a couple more es called it a night. Seemed I had a beeline up the east coast es VA ! Had a blast as usuall. Always look fwd to playing QRP wid the gang. Hope to hear you all next month. 73, Gregg W8GG
K4WY - Nice path to FL tonight despite conditions
K4BAI - 20 meters was better than it has been in months. 40 and 80 were also good. Thanks for all QSOs. 73/72, John, K4BAI.
KE5YUM - After a long hiatus due to chemotherapy, I returned to the sprint. Signals were good on 20 meters and I worked three quickly. Looking forward to next month. Terry, FT 710, 5 watts, CWMORSE camelback key.
KA2KGP - 20m. only yield 1 contact, but 40 & 80 were good here in WNY. My rig was IC-7000 at 5 w. into a G5RV up 20 ft. w/ an old WWII German Junkers Straight key. Another good NA sprint. 73 to all.
W1BRY - was trying for at least 6 contacts- OH WELL!
NX1K - Good condx until bands got quiet after 0200
KB2GKC - GE all. Bands were pretty good in Central NY tonight. 40m was quiet and open late...40m busy with some QRN. Good to hear everyone. 72 John
K9FAA - My first NAQCC sprint. Surprising to me how well five watts and a simple wire antenna worked. I'm reducing power next time. Maybe four watts.
AA0W - Conditions were good, signals were strong just not many to work.
20 M was open to both coasts at the start. 40 M seemed the same.
WD9EGW - I enjoyed the Sprint. Lots of activity and I'm looking forward to April.
72,
Chuck
WD9EGW
KC3MIO - Band conditions were good, but I wasn't. Ran out of gas.
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