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July 2026 QRP/CW Sprint (#261)


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     34   34  68   18 1224  x2  2448  Doublet @ 30 feet.                                
KN1H     16   15  31   11  341  x2   682  OCF Dipole up 30 feet                             
KA1YZC    5    5  10    4   40  x2    80  Inverted V G5RV                                   
NA4O      4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  17' vertical on top of car                        
KK4ITX    3    3   6    3   18  x2    36  35ft EFRW @ about 10ft. (HOA) black telephone wire

W2 Division
KB2GKC   32   30  62   17 1054  x2  2108  40m 1/2 wave endfed up 30 ft                      
KA2KGP   34   34  68   14  952  x2  1904  G5RV up 20'                                       
KN2G     17   17  34   12  408  x2   816  fan dipole @ 55'                                  
W2SH     11   11  22    7  154  x2   308  72' wire vertical                                 
KC3MIO   10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  133' EFHW; inverted L up 25-30'                   
AA2YK     5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  Dipole at 30,                                     

W3 Division
K3JZD    28   25  53   18  954  x2  1908  40m Dipole @25'                                   
AK3X     15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  102' inv vee. 300 Ohm feed@35'                    

W4 Division
KC5F     50   49  99   22 2178  x2  4356  80m EFHW up about 40'                             
WX4RM    14   14  28    9  252  x2   504  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
WG8Y     10    8  18    9  162  x2   324  GRD MNTED 6BTV                                    
KN4RQD   10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  EFHW at 25 feet                                   
KA8VZB    6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  60 ft end fed wire up 20 ft                       
K4WY      4    4   8    3   24  x2    48  dipole                                            

W5 Division
KE5YUM    0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  80 meter dipole @ 28 feet                         

W6 Division
K6GPB     0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  dipole                                            

W7 Division
KJ7KDB    0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  Ultimax 100 24' vertical                          

W8 Division
W8GG     23   22  45   15  675  x2  1350  Modified 4BTV, gnd mnt, 20 radials                
KA8FQS    6    6  12    6   72  x2   144  Off Center Fed Dipole @ 13 feet                   
NF8M      4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  6btv, efhw@ 30 ft                                 
KB8PVQ    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  Inverted vee up 30' at the peak                   

W9 Division
WB9HFK   30   30  60   19 1140  x2  2280  EFHW @ 30 Ft.                                     
N8HWV    16   16  32   13  416  x2   832  80m EFHW at 15 ft agl                             
W9DWR    14   14  28   10  280  x2   560  Hustler 6BTV ground mounted vertical              
N9JFZ    10   10  20   10  200  x2   400  Ground mount 4BTV & G5RV at about 25 feet.    
K9QEW    10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  4BTV                                              

W0 Division
NN0SS     8    8  16    8  128  x2   256  inverted V @ 30 ft                                
AA0W      4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  80-40-20 Dipole @ 30 Ft                           

Canada Division
VA3NU    15   15  30   10  300  x2   600  40M efhw @25'                                     

DX Division

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

W1 Division
W1TER    15   15  30   11  330 x1.5  495  40 mtr EFHW                                       

W2 Division
N2TNN    30   30  60   17 1020 x1.5 1530  135ft wire up 35 ft NW to SE                      

W3 Division
KE3V     20   20  40   13  520 x1.5  780  Mystery Antenna with apex @ 25'                   
K3RLL    12   12  24    8  192 x1.5  288  G5RVjr @ 35'                                      
NN3E      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
W4NLT    25   25  50   13  650 x1.5  975  84ft end fed @ 30ft                               

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division

W9 Division

W0 Division

Canada Division

DX Division

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

W1 Division
N2CN     32   31  63   18 1134      1134  40m dipole at 35 feet                             
WY7N     16   16  32   11  352       352  Off-center-fed dipole @ 100'                      
KB1M     10   10  20    7  140       140  20 ,40 M Dipoles                                  

W2 Division
N2ESE    13   13  26    9  234       234  ZS6BKW@25FT                                       
WA1GWH    8    8  16    8  128       128  40m quarter wave inverted L over ground radials   
WA2FBN    3    3   6    3   18        18  EFHW sloper @ 25ft                                

W3 Division

W4 Division
K4KBL    25   24  49   17  833       833  endfed @ 35'                                      
WB0CJB   21   21  42   14  588       588  6BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
N4MJ     20   19  39   14  546       546  80 - 6 EFHW 30'                                   
NI4U     15   15  30    9  270       270  OCF up 35'                                        
K4KRW     7    7  14    6   84        84  Iverted V @ 65'                                   
WA4AAK    5    5  10    5   50        50  EFHW 10/20/40 @ 25 ft.                            

W5 Division
N5GW      3    3   6    2   12        12  doublet @ 25'                                     

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
WA8SAN   10   10  20    8  160       160  End fed wire @ 25ft                               
WI8J     10   10  20    7  140       140  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WB8ENE    5    5  10    4   40        40  41' end fed wire @ 10'                            

W9 Division
WD9EGW    3    3   6    3   18        18  MC-750 Vertical sitting on back deck              
AB9BZ     2    2   4    2    8         8  EFHW @ 30'                                        

W0 Division
NO2D      5    5  10    4   40        40  80 meter doublet @ 30 feet                        
KF0U      2    2   4    2    8         8  EFRW @ 30'                                        

Canada Division
VE3DQN   12   12  24   10  240       240  40/80/160m fan dipoles @40ft                      
VE3IIM   11   11  22    9  198       198  fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet             

DX Division
DK1VD     1    1   2    1    2         2  GRND MTD Verti                                    

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

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SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 63
Total participants:             93
Total QSOs:                     793
States + Provinces represented: 33 + ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

AB9BZ - Had the QMX+ on the air. Bands were rough tonight, thanks for the contacts. 72 ab9bz

K4KBL - Great time mostly on 20 meters. worked Jim, ND9M in SD and Bruce, WY7N in UT along with some familiar friends. Even 40 meters wasn't too noisy for a change !

K4WY - Tough night on 20 and 40 I heard many stations but only was able to contact a few. Time to check the antennas! 72

KE3V - It was a nice night for a sprint. Most activity was on 40m. Didn't hear anyone on 80m.

WA4AAK - Four contacts on the noisy 40m band, and 1 contact on 20. Thank you WB0CJB, K0HNL, K3JZD, WB9HFK, and KC5F! 72 from Alabama.

NO2D - Enjoyed the sprint. Thanks to all who make these sprints possilbe. Pete, NO2D

N2CN - 40m was noisy but fruitful.

KN1H - Rediscovered an OCF dipole running through the trees that I hadn't used in years. Seems to work OK on 80, 40 and 20 with no tuner, although I got a lot of 539 reports! Fun to make some combo QSOs with both NA and FP numbers.

N8HWV - 40 m was the only game in town. Condx were pretty good compared to the static lately. Thanks, 73.

N2TNN - The bands improved as we went along. Good hearing the familiar calls and 40 meters was full. 72, Dean

K9QEW - 20 meters was a little rough with deep QSB. 40 meters seemed much better with good activity. QRT early. 72 Daryl

WY7N - I haven't done one of these for a while. Glad to be back!

NF8M - Only able to get on for the last 10 min or so after son's birthday dinner and visit. Gud condx on 40m, strong sigs from all. 72 until next time.

VA3NU - Been awhile since I was on so had great fun tonight working familiar OPS and also new ones to me. Great to stay inside and make contacts while avoiding the smoke from all the wildfires. 72 to all. Larry

K3JZD - All 40m. Strange conditions. In addition to QSB something was affecting the tone of all but the strongest signals. Maybe the sun was playing games with us again. Had to give up a few. Sorry. K4 at 5 watts and 40m Dipole. 72, Jody - K3JZD

KF0U - After being a NAQCC member for years and helping out with the scoring before it was automated, I finally took the plunge and actually participated in my first Sprint. Had fun trying to pick out stations, but still not good at hearing them just above the noise level. I'll work on it:)

N4MJ - Some new Ops. Tnx for the fun. 72/73 de n4mj

KC5F - Nice signals on all three bands, other than some QSB, but not many takers on 80. One was new member KB8PVQ. Another new member worked was KA1YZC, on 40. Nice to meet you both! NI4U was the only station I worked on all three bands, although there were many I worked on 20 and 40. And always nice to work Fred, DK1VD, on 40m. All-in-all, a nice night. Thanks, all! - Steve

KB8PVQ - This was my first Sprint as an NAQCC member and I didn't get started until 16 minutes until the end! Thanks to Rusty, N9JFZ, and Steve, KC5F, for my first NAQCC QSOs! 72 from west central Ohio de Jason.

K4KRW - I got a late start. Thanks everyone! It was nice to hear some familiar signals tonight. I only tried 40 meters and it was working well. 73, Richard

K6GPB - Rough night. Didn't hear any members and of course could not make any contacts. Hopefully better conditions next month. Look forward to it. 72

N9JFZ - Contacts on 20, 40 & 80 meters this evening. 72 All

NI4U - Had a great time tonight. 40m came alive with lots of stations! Happy to catch KC5F on 20, 40, and 80m.

NX1K - Only a few on 20m, rest on 40m. The latter was very noisy here and I may have missed a few callers. I was disappointed to not hear anyone on 80m. All that said, I had a good time working some familiar and some new (to me) folks.

KN4RQD - Managed one contact on 20 with KN1H - all of the rest were on 40. Not many signal reports above 559. Always a fun time, thanks for organizing!

WG8Y - Hi all, Nice nite here so played backyard patio portable. Started with a Xiegu X6100 at 5W. on internal power.After 6/7 Q's I switched to my QMX 80-20 Rig.I have it in a combo case from KF4VE that has a slot for a talentcell 3000 battery.Nice. Bounced around tonite from 40m to 20m. 6 Q's on each band. Had fun. Thanks for the contacts . 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y

W9DWR - Had a great time! I missed a couple near the beginning on 20 meters due to QSB. Only 1 contact on 20 and nothing on 80 tonight. 40 was the winner. 73!

KN2G - An excellent night just wandering around and getting some new to me calls. Finished off the night with Dave, WA3SCM in a nice slow qso... I was feeling so uncompetitive after breathing the Canadian smoke all afternoon... Sad that so much tundra must burn. I keep working on my keying... thanks for the patience everyone!

VE3DQN - Good signals tonight. Fun to make 20m contacts for the first half hour.

W4NLT - Another fun night. A few call I haven't worked before along with the QRP faithful. TNX for the QSOs 72 Andy

KK4ITX - Not the best of nights but much better than it has been. 40m worked best, EFRW antenna, 35.5 ft telephone black hook up wire sloping from 11ft to 4ft. Rig was as shown in this month's newsletter. Had several that I could hear clearly but they couldn't hear me good enough to complete. Good time!!

KA8FQS - This was my first sprint. I used my Western Electric "Lewis" key.

KE5YUM - The propagation gods did not favor me last night--no contacts. Perhaps I will have better luck next month.

K3RLL - Really good evening with lots of participation and good signals on 20m. So nice to have an outside antenna here in PA. 72, ... Don

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Wonderful eve fer a sprint! I fired up the FTdx 1200 at 5w to modified 4BTV vertical wid 20 radials. 20m was in fine shape at the start, albeit the skip was very short. Not a peep heard from the west coast. Nothing from Fla es only 1 TX stn. However I did grab 3 ON stns from Canada. Nice to work old friends Don K3RLL es Charles W2SH, back to back. After 12 QSOs on 20m I jumped to 40m. Lot's of signals on 40 es some true 599. Some also right at the noise es that "wicked QSB" was trying to steal several QSOs away from me. Went to 20 agn at 0930 to check fer westies but no joy. 80 ,nada, just noise. Finished up wid a few more on 40 before gg QRT. Had a super fun time this evening, tns to all. 73 Gregg W8GG

KB2GKC - GE everyone. Great band conditions this evening. 20m was going strong past 0100 hrs here in NY....followed by a pretty quiet 40 meters. Good to here all the NAQ activity. See you next time ...72

KA2KGP - Another good NA Sprint. 40m. had the only good band conditions here in WNY. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 20 ft. w/an old WWII German Junkers straight key. 73 & keep cool !

WB8ENE - 20 is usually better than 40, but not this time. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art

KJ7KDB - Called CQ on both 40 & 20 meters with no luck. Will continue to keep trying. Still fun to get on the air. 72 de KJ7KDB Tim

WX4RM - Only 1 contact on 20M tonight, my little signal just was not heard. But 40M produced loud signals, and that is where most of my contacts were made.

WB0CJB - Band conditions were really noisy. I stated out with the 7300 but ended up using my K2. Several stations were in the noise and fortunately came up enough to get the QSO. I almost stopped before 0200 but right after I got 5 QSOs so I stuck it out. Thanks to everyone who hung in there with me. 72 WB0CJB

KC3MIO - Move to NJ completed. After spending most of the day at DMV getting NJ licenses and registrations, needed comic relief. Too tired to work entire sprint, worked till just after 0100, using new 133' EFHW in inverted L configuration with MTR-4B running 5 watts. Only contacts on 20; brief tests of 40 and 80 yielded no contacts. 73/72 and looking forward to next month. Rich

WA2FBN - Only able to operate last half hour of sprint; 40m was still open. 72 Ken

AK3X - All on 40 meters. For extra fun I used my 3 watt Small Wonder Labs DSW40 that I built about 25 years ago. It still works fine as do my DSW20 and DSW30. 40 meter was in good shape here.

WD9EGW - Enjoyed the Sprint. Thank you to the organizers. 72, Chuck

VE3IIM - Sorry to the weak ones calling me. Guessing I need to do some antenna work! Fun, as usual. Some new calls too..

W2SH - The skip zone on 20m was fairly short. Activity level on 40m was high. I didn't sample 80m.

N5GW - I did not have much time for the sprint. The summer doldrums make for poor propagation, so I am hanging on till fall!

NA4O - Portable from the car in Cape Cod for a short time. Great to be able to join in this sprint. 17' vertical on top of car with one counterpoise, KX2 @ 5W.