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September 2026 QRP/CW Sprint (#263)


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
KN1H     25   25  50   12  600  x2  1200  400' end-fed wire                                 
KQ1P      6    5  11    5   55  x2   110  80/40 dipole                                      
KA1YZC    3    3   6    2   12  x2    24  inverted v g5rv @30'                              
K1IX      2    2   4    1    4  x2     8  OCFD @ 35'                                        
W1BRY     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  114 ft wire dipole 15' off ground                 

W2 Division
KA2KGP   22   22  44   14  616  x2  1232  G5RV up 20'                                       
KC3MIO   20   19  39   11  429  x2   858  133' EFHW; inverted L up 25-30'                   
K2OID    16   16  32   10  320  x2   640  80M OCF Dipole @ 40'                              
W2SH      8    8  16    7  112  x2   224  72' wire vertical                                 

W3 Division
N3CAA    14   14  28   10  280  x2   560  40m EFHW up 20'                                   

W4 Division
KC5F     39   37  76   18 1368  x2  2736  80m EFHW up about 40'                             
WG8Y     27   26  53   16  848  x2  1696  40M DP UP 25FT.                                   
WD4OHD    7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  40m/30m Fan Dipole                                
NA4O      7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  41 ft EF @ 25 ft                                  
WX4RM     8    8  16    5   80  x2   160  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
K4WY      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  dipole                                            
KK4ITX    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  Vertical 13ft                                     

W5 Division

W6 Division
K6GPB     1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  dipole @ 20 feet                                  

W7 Division
N7KM      5    5  10    3   30  x2    60  OCF DIPOLE @ 40 ft                                

W8 Division
W8GG     10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  modified 4BTV gnd mnt  20 radials                 

W9 Division
WB9HFK   21   20  41   13  533  x2  1066  EFHW @ 30 Ft.                                     
K9QEW    13   13  26   10  260  x2   520  4BTV                                              
N9JFZ    15   15  30    8  240  x2   480  Ground Mounted 4BTV & G5RV at about 25 ft.    
W9DWR    11   11  22    5  110  x2   220  6-BTV Ground Mounted Vertical                     
N8HWV     2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  80m EFHW at 15 ft agl                             

W0 Division
N0TA     21   20  41   14  574  x2  1148  vertical & doublet                            
NO2D      1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  80 meter doublet @ 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
N2TNN    26   26  52   18  936 x1.5 1404  135ft wire up 35 ft NW to SE                      

W3 Division
KE3V     10   10  20    6  120 x1.5  180  Fanned dipole inverted vee with apex at 25'       
NN3E      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
W4NLT    18   18  36   12  432 x1.5  648  84ft end fed @ 30ft                               
K3RLL     6    6  12    5   60 x1.5   90  After-dark-only black HOA Stealth Vertical        

W5 Division
N5GW      3    3   6    2   12 x1.5   18  doublet @ 25'                                     

W6 Division

W7 Division
N7QR      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  G5RV jr @ 15' strung N/S                          

W8 Division
N8GR      6    6  12    4   48 x1.5   72  EFRW @ 30'                                        

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
W1TER     8    8  16    5   80        80  40 meter EFHW                                     
KB1M      3    3   6    3   18        18  20 ,40 M Dipoles                                  

W2 Division
WA1GWH    9    9  18    7  126       126  40m quarter wave inverted L over ground radials   
N2ESE     5    5  10    4   40        40  40 mtr dipole@25ft                                
WA2FBN    2    2   4    2    8         8  dipole @ 25 ft                                    

W3 Division

W4 Division
N4MJ     21   20  41   12  492       492  80 - 6 EFHW 30'                                   
K4KRW    11   10  21   10  210       210  Iverted V @ 65'                                   
K4KBL     5    5  10    5   50        50  endfed @ 35'                                      
NI4U      2    2   4    2    8         8  80m EFHW                                          

W5 Division
KA6J      7    7  14    5   70        70  ground mount vertical                             

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
K8NGW    15   14  29    9  261       261  43' gnd mtd vert w/ base loading coil & 32 radials
WA8SAN    7    7  14    5   70        70  End fed wire @ 25ft                               
WI8J      6    6  12    5   60        60  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WB8ENE    1    1   2    1    2         2  41' end fed wire @ 10'                            

W9 Division
AB9BZ     1    1   2    1    2         2  EFHW @ 30'                                        

W0 Division

Canada Division
VE3DQN    6    6  12    6   72        72  40/80m trap dipole @20ft                          

DX Division
DK1VD     1    1   2    1    2         2  Vertical gnd mtd                                  

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

Straight Key

Bug

Keyer/Keyboard


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CERTIFICATES
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 52
Total participants:             74
Total QSOs:                     492
States + Provinces represented: 27 + ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

NI4U - 40 started out great, then I got sidetracked hunting Route 66 stations. When I came back to the sprint, the bands had died out for me. Still had fun in the 30 minutes I was on the air! See you next month. 73, Mike NI4U

K4KRW - Thanks everyone! Great to hear all of you. 73, Richard

WD4OHD - Some QRM, generally weak signals on 40m but made some contacts despite the less than ideal conditions. When my straight key started acting up and I couldn't figure out how to fix it on the fly, I decided to pack it in for the night. Thanks to those who hung in there with me.

WG8Y - Hi all, Didn't hear anyone calling NA on 40m so found a hole and started calling.Wow! worked quite a few then it slowed Way down. Pulled the plug after an hour. Was a fun hour though. Had a couple more thongs to finish up before hitting the sack. 72 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y

K3RLL - Back in FL with nice weather but lousy HOA antenna restrictions. Sure glad NAQCC ops have great ears! ;-) Some pretty good signals on 40m tonight. Big sigs into FL were KB1M and WB9HFK. 72, ... Don

N4MJ - Noisy (QRN) bands, not a lot of activity. Started late, quit early. LOL Thanks to all participants. 73 de n4mj

N2TNN - Slow start on 20 but 40 was hoppin' and used the Hole-in-wall bug tonight. Very smooth and easy to send. 72

KC5F - Slow start on 20m, then much better on 40m. More QSOs at the end on 80m than on 20m, and a lot harder, too, with lots of QRN and QSB, but what's the fun in easy QSOs! Interestingly, all NAQCC calls on 80m were folks I'd worked on 40m. But where were NC, SC, GA and AL? Oh well. Lots of fun, as usual. Thanks, all! 72, Steve

K9QEW - 40m OPS only using my Homebrew rockbound"Funmitter" Somewhat more challenging but FUN! One has to make them come to you-hard to chase. 72 & see you next month. Daryl

K2OID - Interesting night. 40M poor but workable until 0200Z when it went completely dead and it seemed everyone QSYed to 80. Worked mani stations on both bands. Thanks to everyone for digging my signal out of the noise and for your patience. Lots of A1 ops in the NAQCC! Lots of fun tonight as well.

KN1H - Thanks for another fun Sprint! Great to see 80 coming to life after its Summer Siesta. 72, John, KN1H IC-7300 5W and Nye Viking Master Key.

W9DWR - I didn't think I was going to be able to make it tonight, so it was nice to have time to fit in most of it. The east was my friend tonight, PA (4), NC (3), NY, NJ, and 2 local IL. 73!

N9JFZ - Contacts on 40 and 80 meters. 40 was the best for me. 72 All!

KK4ITX - Noise is not my friend!

K8NGW - Where did everybody go? 20m seemed in fine shape. I hit N7KM in UT, KN1H in NH, and KA6J in TX. Then I called till the top of the hour with no takers. 40m also seemed in fine shape, but lacking operators. I worked W1AW/4 (who was running 50 watts) along the way. Moved to 80m which had quite a bit of noise and fading, but again few operators. Was somebody having a party and I wasn't invited??? :-) See you all next month.

N7QR - 103rd sprint 1.5 hours KX3 BY2>K1EL run as a bug, many POTA and special event stations on 40 but none would reveal their power. Russ Portland OR

WX4RM - Conditions were just so-so tonight. Half of my contacts were with Illinois, which had good signal strength. Had fun as always.

DK1VD - KC3RN Thanks for your patience good RX and ears :-))

KQ1P - QRN at S7 here plus QSB, but able to work through it.

KA2KGP - Poor band conditions here in WNY this NA Sprint. 20 was nil, 40 was weak & 80 was high QRN. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 20 ft. w/ memory keyer for CQ's & straight key for QSO's. 73 to all,

WB8ENE - 20 was dead and 80 was dead. 40 was busy with mostly RT66 contacts, but I managed to snag one NAQCC station. I also got one RT66 contact and one W1AW contact. Hopefully conditions will be better next time. 73, Art

NO2D - Nearby thunderstorms made lots of 40 meter ORN so decided discretion the better part of valor after only one contact. NO2D, Pete

W1TER - All contacts made within a half hour window.Dead start, deadfinish

W2SH - The skip zone on 20m was nonexistent, and my QSO with KC3MIO, 14 miles distant, was probably by ground surface wave. Activity level on 40m was not high. I tried 80m where no signals were heard and there were no replies to my CQs.

W1BRY - Still trying to quit the reader cold turkey

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! I fired up my FTdx1200 to a gnd mnt vertical wid 20 radials. I started out on 20m with QSOs with KN1H and N7KM, then 20 faded out... went to 40 for 8 more QSOs then called it a night at 0945pm local. Had trouble with my cable on the trusty J-38 during QSO with KA2KGP, and had to do a quick key change. I took some sprint time out to work a couple of the Rte 66 stations. (they were right on top of some of us, so why not? ) Grabbed W6I es W6P. Great night playing radio with many of the old gang. Had a splendid evening. Tns to all. 73 Gregg W8GG

N7KM - I enjoyed my 15 minutes on the sprint. I got called away and when I came back 20 was dead. Thank to all who keep the sprint going. 72 Ken N7KM

WA2FBN - Only able to work last half hour; very few stations heard. TNX 72 Ken

WA1GWH - Lots of deep QSB last night. Solid copy then gone for a moment or nearly so. Thank you for the repeats! Quite a few OPs were on, must be the coming winter season. 72 and TU from near Syracuse, NY! Garry

N3CAA - Storms held off until after the sprint ended so I could operate from the backyard. 40m was poor, lots of QSB, which some static crashes towards the end of the sprint as the storms got closer. Had a few callers that I couldn't make out their callsign, hopefully work them next month. TNX es 72, Corey

KC3MIO - Haven't been active lately due to move from PA to NJ so it was nice to get back in the sprint. Icom 7300 at 5 watts into a 133' EFHW as an inverted L up about 25-30'. I was tired and almost packed it in early but stuck with it and 80 provided some nice action at the end. 73/72 Rich and thanks to my contacts.

N5GW - I didn't have much time but never want to miss a sprint. I was using one of my homemade bugs.