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May 2015 QRP/CW Sprint (#127) OK the time for questions about score changes is over and the results below stand as is for all time now. Final Results SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KB1UOH 28 26 54 14 756 x2 1512 Dpl K1IEE 21 21 42 15 630 x2 1260 OCF long wire @30' KN1H 20 20 40 13 520 x2 1040 End fed wire @50' K1SX 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 270' doublet @15' W1ZU 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 125' doublet - 30' at center W2 Division W2SH 44 44 88 23 2024 x2 4048 270' dpl@45' K2YGM 36 35 71 20 1420 x2 2840 80- EFHW, 20/40- G5RV KA2KGP 35 35 70 18 1260 x2 2520 Dpl @25' W2JEK 20 19 39 15 585 x2 1170 20m gnd pl,40/80 end fed, both @20' W3 Division AF3Z 33 33 66 16 1056 x2 2112 Fan dpl @15' WB3T 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 40m dpl @20' KD3CA 4 0 4 4 16 x2 32 OCF windom @33' W4 Division WH6LE 42 39 81 26 2106 x2 4212 215' horizontal loop @45' N4SX 37 35 72 17 1224 x2 2448 W5GI Mystery Antenna @38' WX4RM 30 30 60 18 1080 x2 2160 6BTV gnd mtd AA2VG 24 23 47 15 705 x2 1410 Home made Carolina Windom 10-40 @25' N4ERM 25 25 50 14 700 x2 1400 Carolina Windom @50'; 265' loop @45' WG8Y 22 22 44 14 616 x2 1232 HB 20-40 DP @30' N4FI 19 19 38 14 532 x2 1064 Attic G5RV jr K2UFT 14 14 28 12 336 x2 672 80m Doublet @40' K4KRW 13 13 26 10 260 x2 520 Dpl @25' K4ARQ 13 13 26 9 234 x2 468 EFZ @50' W4DUK 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 End-fed Zepp @20' WB9G 10 10 20 6 120 x2 240 Indoor dpl @40' NA4O 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 Fan dpl @45' W5 Division W5TVW 22 22 44 17 748 x2 1496 80 meter horizontal fullwave loop @20' KA5TJS 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 80 mtr dpl @30' @AB5XM 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 Qtr ~ elev vert @25',2 counterpoise,homebrew $WB5HQO 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 Inverted vee @16' W6 Division WK6L 11 11 22 10 220 x2 440 Windom(Inverted Vee), 35' 40M/20M N6IET 13 12 25 8 200 x2 400 Roof mtd AV-680 vert @50' K6MGO 14 14 28 6 168 x2 336 EFHW on 20m and indoor doublet for 40m WB0USI 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Vert @25' NS3C 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 Dpl @20' W7 Division AA7VW 48 46 94 22 2068 x2 4136 20m dpl @75' W7FST 31 30 61 21 1281 x2 2562 GND MTD VERTICAL, 26' HI K9JWV 35 33 68 19 1292 x2 2584 36' vertical, 12 elevated radials N7KM 33 33 66 18 1188 x2 2376 Home brew ZS6BKW Doublet @35' KF7WNS 31 30 61 16 976 x2 1952 3 wave length 20M long wire @45' WD7Y 19 19 38 14 532 x2 1064 102' doublet @30' K7EW 13 13 26 8 208 x2 416 GND MTD VERT + 2 RADLS/BAND KE7YTE 10 10 20 9 180 x2 360 Vertical Dipole fed @18' KC7DM 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 135' dpl @65' AE7CG 3 3 6 2 12 x2 24 Dpl @10' WB7SDE 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Dpl @20' W8 Division N8XMS 34 34 68 21 1428 x2 2856 R7 Vertical WA8AXF 32 32 64 22 1408 x2 2816 130' doublet @40' / Delta Loop apex 40' KD8RUQ 30 30 60 20 1200 x2 2400 InvV dpl @40' NF8M 22 22 44 15 660 x2 1320 80m OCF dpl @35' WB8LZG 16 16 32 14 448 x2 896 Dpl @30' W3HI 15 15 30 10 300 x2 600 80m horiz. loop @25' K8RJW 13 13 26 11 286 x2 572 6BTV @15' WB8ENE 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 132' doublet @15' / 20M dipole @20' KB8FE 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 Dpl indoor 15' KA8VZB 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 60' End fed wire @20' N8BB 3 3 6 1 6 x2 12 Dpl @50' W9 Division KB9BVN 42 41 83 23 1909 x2 3818 Attic dpl at about 30' W9CC 20 20 40 15 600 x2 1200 6btv N9RLO 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 135' sloper @30' W0 Division N0TA 53 50 103 27 2781 x2 5562 Doublet @30', Gnd mnt 1/4 wave vertical WB0PYF 28 27 55 21 1155 x2 2310 Dpl @55' K0ALN 24 24 48 16 768 x2 1536 InvV @35' AA0W 12 12 24 9 216 x2 432 Dpl K0EUN 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 Car-mounted Hamstick 20/40 K0FNR 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 zig-zag end-fed dipole 3' to 10' N8LA 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 Dpl @35' Canada Division VE2TH 39 39 78 22 1716 x2 3432 Inv Vee @32' VE3FUJ 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 G5RV @50' DX Division CO8CML 7 7 14 4 56 x2 112 Inverted "V" Dipole @27' SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division K1IX 14 14 28 10 280 x1.5 420 HB OCFD @38' N1JI 10 10 20 6 120 x1.5 180 88' doublet @ 25' W2 Division W3 Division AB3RU 28 27 55 16 880 x1.5 1320 G7FEK @33' K3WWP 21 21 42 16 672 x1.5 1008 ~110' attic rnd wire, 20M attic dpl AK3X 10 10 20 7 140 x1.5 210 40m inv vee @25' W4 Division AK4NY 20 20 40 15 600 x1.5 900 G5RV 35' Center 50' Ends KT4OM 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 80m dpl @60' W5 Division NF5U 19 19 38 15 570 x1.5 855 FD3 OCFD @33' WI5H 14 14 28 9 252 x1.5 378 Loop @20' N5RDN 2 2 4 1 4 x1.5 6 Inverted vee @30' W6 Division W7 Division N7QR 3 3 6 2 12 x1.5 18 Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials AL7JK 2 2 4 2 8 x1.5 12 Dpl @35' W8 Division AB8FJ 15 15 30 10 300 x1.5 450 Inverted L W9 Division W9GFB 9 9 18 8 144 x1.5 216 Multiband dpls W0 Division KD0V 43 43 86 25 2150 x1.5 3225 CF Zepp @50' WD0K 5 5 10 4 40 x1.5 60 Dpl @25' Canada Division DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division K1QO 39 38 77 19 1463 1463 OCF dpl @35' NR1D 31 29 60 21 1260 1260 40 Meter Loop W1SFR 33 32 65 15 975 975 OCF 60' AB1VL 9 9 18 9 162 162 OCF dpl @20' W2 Division N2ESE 23 23 46 17 782 782 80m OCF dpl @25' WA2FBN 14 14 28 12 336 336 Dpl @30' N2COD 7 7 14 4 56 56 Hustler Mobile Vertical N5RWK 4 4 8 3 24 24 G5RV Jr @30' W3 Division KB3AAG 41 41 82 20 1640 1640 Loop @30' N8XEE 21 21 42 13 546 546 40M Doublet @40' KB3SJQ 9 9 18 6 108 108 Gnd mtd vert W4 Division N4MJ 32 32 64 18 1152 1152 Extended Dble Zepp 40' peak. Ends 10' WD4EXI 11 11 22 10 220 220 G5RV @30' and dpl @40' K4WLW 13 13 26 8 208 208 InvV @30' KU4A 11 11 22 7 154 154 Sloping dpl @40' W5 Division N5GW 28 28 56 21 1176 1176 CFZ @50' N5DRG 28 27 55 17 935 935 Wire loop @35' AC5T 27 25 52 14 728 728 Dpl @28' NC5G 13 12 25 10 250 250 20 mtr dpl @20' KE5YUM 4 4 8 2 16 16 Inverted v @30' W6 Division KG6UBG 3 3 6 3 18 18 30' vert wire w/3 gnd radials KC4FIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 InvV @15' W7 Division W7TAO 12 12 24 8 192 192 Doublet dpl @30' KF7Z 7 7 14 6 84 84 Dpl @23' KA5DWI 3 3 6 2 12 12 Cushcraft ATV-3 Vertical base @3' W8 Division AC8JW 15 15 30 10 300 300 End fed half wave N8ZYA 8 8 16 7 112 112 Indoor 50' random wire W9 Division K9EYT 20 20 40 14 560 560 G5RV @25' AB9YC 16 14 30 13 390 390 Dpl @20' W0 Division NQ0N 12 12 24 10 240 240 OCFD @25' N0WKZ 4 4 8 3 24 24 20M HW End Fed - Vert @ Gnd Level Canada Division VE2DDZ 12 12 24 9 216 216 End fed random wire @25' VE3DQN 7 7 14 5 70 70 Vertical @4mtrs; 40M delta loop @8mtrs VE3NWN 3 3 6 3 18 18 40/80 Trap Dipole @25' DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key K4BAI 54 52 106 24 2544 x2 5088 TH6DXX @55'; 40m dip @40' Bug Keyer/Keyboard N1IX 55 54 109 29 3161 3161 3 el yagi @70' NQ2W 5 5 10 5 50 50 Mini beam @25' Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s): @ Non-member $ QRO power ! Late log ~ Submitted as check log
STATS: Logs submitted: 122 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 183 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 2,166 States represented: 41 + NB ON QC + CM F GSOAPBOX: AB9YC - I had good intentions this evening, and 20 started out pretty clear... only not many signals. I went to 40 hoping that's where the action was, but had S5 noise. I managed some contacts, but the noise slowly crept up to S7+ in just 20 minutes. My apologies to everyone I could not hear through my noise. See you next month. K3WWP - It took almost exactly an hour to get my 20 tonight. Then after #20, got a tail end call from K3MD for a bonus QSO. Good conditions tonight. I think if I figured it, my average RST would be a record for me out of all the sprints I've been in. Thanks to all for the QSOs. Now get those logs in so we can go over 100 and hopefully a lot further. N1JI - I dusted off my 1948 Vibroplex for the first time in many years. Thank you and 72/73 to everyone who was able to copy me! N0WKZ - Thank you to the operators I was privileged to work this evening and thank you for your patience. D Keath - N0WKZ KB8FE - Weather good here in northern Ohio. However, most signals were rather weak. Most activity heard about halfway through the sprint. WB9G - Good conditions on 40m for the first hour. QSB set in during the second. Thanks for the QSOs! 72, Chris WB9G WA8AXF - One of my better sprints... spent an hour on 20 and an hour on 40... more multipliers on 20, but faster rate on 40 so it was a good mix. Slowed down after a LID running RTTY started transmitting right no top of me. Searched and pounced after that 73 to all! K4KRW - I didn't get much time to play tonight. But still had a great time. Thanks everyone! - Richard NR1D - KX3 heard well. N0TA - 20m was GREAT, and caught some new mults on 40 at the end. Thanks for the Q's! K3 (5w), doublet & vertical, Begali Spark, & Gen Log. KB9BVN - Finally got one on 20m...40m was great tonight, I think this is my best NAQCC sprint score so far. Still on the attic dipole though...gotta fix that this summer. Heard many many regulars and it is always awesome to work a few VE's anytime I can. Using the battery powered K2 tonight at 5W. KF7Z - Got late start and could only get 40 meters working but it picked up nicely after 2:00,Always a fun little sprint, See you all next month. 72 Danny AB3RU - Great sprint tonight. I used my bug for the first time in a sprint so thanks to everyone for putting up with my erratic send. Non-member qso of the night was N9IXD who kindly turned to 5w after I told him about the sprint. Since I was using my bug he started sending just a teeny bit faster than I can copy, so a good challenge keeping up. AB8FJ - K3/10 at 5W to the Inverted L. Used my Lafayette Radio Electronics Bug purchased back in 1971. Used a potato chip bag clip as an extra weight to help slow it down a bit more. Very enjoyable sprint. Looking forward to the next one. NQ0N - My second Sprint. Lots of fun for me. Tnx. W1ZU - My first sprint with the KX1, much more challenging than using the KX3! Lot's of fun (and I definitely need more practice!) WB0PYF - Nice NAQCC Sprint. 20m held up well, KX3 rocks again 72, Ray KD8RUQ - Had a great time again, been away for a while, thanks to all. And hope i can get the time to do it again. Great to see the participation of the group, thanks again and Sorry i was gone so long. Take Care 73 Mike KD8RUQ... K2UFT - Could only do last 30 mins. Fun as usual. Straight key was a "mostly" Speedex built from spare parts. W3HI - I didn't find much on 20 here in WV, so I made all contacts on 40 amongst the QRN. I initiated my KX3 tonite, along with a Begali Spark which happened to follow me home a few weeks back. I think the Spark will handily replace the J-38 I've used since the 60s. The KX3 is difficult for me to zero beat. Hope I didn't make too many have to use RIT to copy me. As always, I enjoyed working the sprint and thank all for reading my fist. Got to work N8ZYA, another WV'ian, on my last contact. John, I listen for the WVN periodically, but it's been too rough for me to copy you here in Elkins on 40m. See you all next month, maybe with better propagation? --72, W3HI AL7JK - Hello to all ! We are well into the summertime propagation mode here in Alaska now with more than 17 hours of daylight. Signal levels were rite at the noise floor with a cyclic Qsb. Heard several stations briefly emerge from the noise floor only to disappear into oblivion, N6IET, N7IGK, K6MGO tried my best to work you guys. N7FST responded to my call but Qsb wiped out my end when I tried to send my info, couldnt tell if you guys got it, next time. To the folks at NAQCC, thankyou for another fun evening! 72/73 from Eagle River, Alaska K1IEE - Found conditions on 40M and 20M very good. For the most part bands have been very quiet all month. So it was nice to hear all the activity. G3RSP gave his power 2W instead of ENG. I logged it in as ENG. Thanks to all 73 Dick WG8Y - Hi all, I put a 20-40M loaded DP up on a 30Ft.Jackite pole just to play with in the Sprint. Started out on 20m & did my usual S&Ping to see how the wire would hear.Bounced back and forth from 20 to 40 & ended up on 20M. With app. 6-7 minutes to go I spun down to 14.058 to start another sweep of 20 and heard G3RSP cqing NA. Thought,wow, must have heard wrong.Nope,got him. A solid 559 here.He gave me a 589.I'll take that any day. 5 watts to a wire at 10:23 PM on 20m. That's what makes QRPing fun. Also tnxs to W7TAO for the 5 minutes of repeats & pulling me out. Hi Hi. Take care all & 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y KN1H - Could only manage about an hour in the sprint. It was great to see all 3 bands in good shape even with summer approaching. W2JEK - Was on for the full time. Bands seemed pretty good. Had 9 qso on 20, 11 on 40 and 1 on 80. Was pleased to work K3WWP uor retired VP. Rig Yaesu FT-840 at 5W, wire antennas and SPEED-X key. Lots of fun. 72 and 73 Don Younger W2JEK # 1135 WI5H - Missed the last Print and had to start late because of thunderstorms this time. When I fnally got on the air, 20 was better than I thought it would be. 40 was terrible. Had some fun and made a few contacts. 72 'till next time, Mike - WI5H WX4RM - Good conditions, half contacts on 20, half on 40. Cuba station came thru great! Had fun again...Ron AE7CG - Band conditions on 20M were good enough to make a few QSOs! 72, Loren, AE7CG, Arizona. VE2TH - Hi! It was another nice sprint, with "ENG" as a new one, and also NV,LA.& Cuba. Thanks to all of you, and see you next month in the milliwatt & regular sprint as well. All the very best to all, 72/73 Michel N4SX - 20 Meters was where it was at tonight, especially the first 30 minutes or so and still produced right up until the end. Lots of fun tonight, but some crazy propagation. 37 total qso's with TX/5, NY/5, NH/4, and NJ/4.......4 states making up half my contacts! Needless to say my multi's ran low. I also got G3RSP from over the big pond and CO8CML from down south. The farthest west was my last two for the night and both from OR. 80 was very noisy here and just could not pull out W1SFR, but thanks for trying, and I know there were a couple more I missed too. 40 was also poor here this month. I also worked a couple of non-members and it was great having some new blood coming into the gang. And that K1SX......you just have to love that call, you know! Next month all........Thanks and 72 Randy N4SX KB3SJQ - New shiny TenTec Argonaut 539 & ground mounted vertical (trapped) with 5 watts. Receiver in the TenTec Argonaut 539 is brilliant. Would put it up against the KX3 any day of the week, and its half the price! Best 73! KB3SJQ KF7WNS - Only one contact on 15M, but seemed to be in good shape. Stayed busy on 20M most of the time. K1 and 3WL long wire working well. Good to hear the familiar calls and many new ones. 72, Gary N5DRG - 20 meters was good tonight, 40 not so much as thunderstorms moving into the Austin / cedar Park, TX area. Serious static crashes. Good to work Paul N8XMS for the first time anywhere...Danny N5DRG AA2VG - Hello to all from South Carolina. Vacationing on Fripp Island SC. Although Ham antennas are not allowed I was able to put up my home made low pwr Carolina Windom without the Fripp security police noticing it! The contested ended with a crash as a sudden rain and lightning storm shut me down and the ensuing power failure crashed the computer.. GenLog saved the data and my log... 72 Peter AA2VG K9EYT - Worked both 20 and 40 meters and they were up and down all night. Rig IS KX3 was on battery power ( 8400mah LIFE 4 cell) for the sprint. Antenna G5RV and BENCHER PADDLE. 72 Ray WB5HQO - My QTH is QRP hostile. I'm glad to use QRO. I want to thank my contacts. I had a fun time. K0ALN - Fun evening! Weather settled down just in time for the sprint, and I was able to hear a good crowd. 20 started out strong with a bit of QSB, and finally faded quite a bit by about 0200. 40 seemed to be quite strong with lots of competition right up to the end. Looking forward to some fun summer sprints! 72,s W5TVW - 20 meters started out hodge podge, but eventually "populated"! Slacked up after a while so switched to 40. QRN was terrible and just weak signals there. Came back to 20 and eventually the activity waned and back to 40. Stayed here till end of the sprint. Did not wander to 80 as figured there would be nobody I could hear thru the crud. My first attempt at a sprint with the FT-817 on a Lion battery internally. Worked the entire sprint and had some of the charge still producing 5 watts out. NICE! The "normal" NiCads just lasted an hour or less then output falls to 2.5 watts! Like the Lion and LiPo battery packs and very light! Good battery test! N6IET - I exercised my new Ten-Tec Patriot powered by an SLA 7Ah battery out on my top floor balcony. After the first 40 minutes the 20m band fizzled (more like "sizzled" w/QRN). 40m was even worse, so I called it a day. NF8M - Fun sprint tonight, though I got a bit of a late start. I picked up an American Morse KK1 straight key kit at Dayton since I have been looking for a lightweight portable key for when I work the sprints away from the home QTH. Although I was home tonight I used the KK1 instead of the usual J38. It's a nice little key with good pivot feel, a knob as big as the J38's and just enough heft so it doesn't dance on the table. TNX to all I worked tonight & CU next month! 72 N7KM - I enjoyed the evening. I put up an 80 meter antenna but the time is too early for 80 meter propagation here in Utah, maybe in winter. Thanks to everyone who makes this happen. I had non-ham visitors during the final hour of the sprint and they were wowed! A simple activity like this is a good recruiting tool. Thanks again. N5RDN - First time in a while. 73/rob K1IX - Still trying to work the rust out of the bug ! AB1VL - /P from NE VT. Started running on 40 but got vy few calls so I went to 20 and got a few quick ones. Then back to 40 by 0115 and did some S&P but lines were long and noise was s3-s5. Was on the Argo 5 but wished I'd brought the K3. Preamp would have made a big difference. Good fun and big tnx to the organizers. NQ2W - Survivor finale was on...only played radio during the commercials! Thanks for the QSOs. Hopefully, see you all next month. 72, Will KA5TJS - 20 was not to bad. 40 was a bust here! Had fun. CUL: Allen KA5TJS N5GW - KX3 at 5W to CFZ. 20M was in good shape even allowing for noise due to local T-storms. It seems that after the first hour, everyone heads for 40M because propagation is beginning to diminish on 20M after sunset. Didn't try 80M which was probably unusable. After the first hour and a half I heard an ominous sound - no it wasn't my cat complaining - it was distant thunder, abruptly ending the outing. However I was thrilled to have worked G3RSP. Two banders with N0TA and K9JWV. I was fortunate to have such a large ratio of multipliers to contacts (21/28.) WB8ENE - I made a few contacts on 20 before switching to 40. I didn't see any activity on 80, so I spent the rest of my time on 40, which was quite active here in NE Ohio. I actually made more contacts than I usually do during my one hour allocated to the sprint, and part of that time was spent listening to one of our members explaining NAQCC to someone he was having a QSO with. Rig is Elecraft K3 with a Softrock Lite II as a panadapter. Key is Begali Blade. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art N8XMS - What a great sprint! For the first time in a long while I had the full 2 hours to play. Conditions were good, except for some local pulsing QRN, and participation seemed to be high. I wouldn't be surprised if some participation records get broken this month. K9JWV - Wow - 40 meters was the money band for s/w Utah this month. Lots of new call signs, always a good thing. VE3FUJ - The band was excellent compared to earlier in the day. I wasn't mentally prepared, made too many gaffs, things got worse so I packed it in early. Sorry to all. Brion 3011 K1QO - Many thanks to all who called and to those who support this group. I would particpate more if I could submit a cabrillo log, unfortunately I seem to have lots of trouble with Gen Log:( and it takes me way too long to fat finger into the log after the contest is over. I guess I'm technically inept. I had two dupes which I was unable to log with Gen Log..I would have like to have logged them since I'm not sure how the other person will decide to log the dupe. 72/88 de K1QO KA2KGP - A great sprint with a real good turnout. The bands were strong with lots of NA QSO's. CO8CML - Thanks to all OM worked.Hope see all next sprint.73 es GL.Carlos. N8ZYA - I was amazed at the 20 meter band this evening. Most contacts were here and worked two "coast to coast" stations in Oregon. (only one verified due to QRM). Switched to 40 meters for the last 1/2 hour and worked 3 quick stations before the end of the sprint. I ran the WV QRS net from 9 pm till almost 10 pm- but the sprint is always TOP priority. The band conditions were fantastic here in WV. Checked in two new stations on the WV QRS net. I can never remember the 20 meter band being so good. Looking forward to next month! Considering I worked the sprint for only an hour...I'm very happy with the results tonight. KD0V - Good Sprint. Band conditions were good in the upper Midwest. Hope to see you all next month. 72, Merlin KD0V K4WLW - My first Sprint. It was lots of fun! My PC is a Mac so I'm having to enter my log manually since I can't run the PC logger. Forgive me if I made a formatting mistake. Can't wait until next month's Sprint! 73, Bill - K4WLW WA2FBN - Fun sprint as always, great working fellow QRPers. Using my new Mountain Topper 3 band cw QRP rig with 8 NiNH batteries. Antenna - dipole up 30ft and Bulldog (paper clip) paddle. Tnx to all who copied my 3 watts. AK4NY - Great night of fun, started on 40 but QRN was terrible, moved to 20 and the action was fast and furious for awhile, I actually have more QSO's than logged - couldn't read my own handwriting to transcribe. Ended the evening of 40 but QRN was still very high here. Looking forward to next sprint. K6MGO - Using my 31' EFHW with 9:1 Unun on Jackite Pole on 20 made 7 contacts mostly in OR instead of usual mid-west and east coast for first hour then switched to 50' doublet in garage rafters for 40m second hour and made another 7 contacts on west coast. Was a lot of fun and tnx to all who answered my call. CU next month. WB8LZG - Hello fellow sprinters. Ran the TT Argo 509 again last nite. battery power es solar charged ! It doesn't get any better ! 20m was in good shape. worked most of the west coast states. No east coast stns heard on 20m. went to 40 fer a few Q's. Very busy es crowded on 40 !Welcome aboard to new member K4WLW 7801.Got tired es pulled the plug early at 9:55pm Nice to work old friend Charles W2SH fer my last QSO of the nite. Hope to hear u all in the mw sprint next month as well as the regular sprint. 73 Gregg VE3NWN - My first time entering a NAQCC Sprint, and my first time using GenLog. Hope it is done correctly. Had lots of fun. 73 VE3NWN KB1UOH - My rig was a OHR 500 at 5 watts. The antenna was a dipole and the key a J-37. WD4EXI - Good fun again. Thanks to all. AA7VW - It's good to be back with an antenna that works. This time I set up on a hill near the woods thanks to the permission of a nearby farmer. Lots of static crashes but no lightening reached the ground that I know of. It was very loud at the end of the sprint. East coast signals were generally down but several came through great. Thanks to all who tolerated my repeat requests. For me the fun is back. W9GFB - Fun Time! K7EW - condx in OR started out good but deteriorated after one hr - wah! N2COD - Did a few sprint QSO's from the mobile in WNY. Bands seemed in good shape, especially 20m. Everyone have a nice Memorial Weekend. 73 K8RJW - Thanks to all those who pulled me out. It was a little struggle but still a whole lot of fun. '72, Bob AB5XM - This is my first NAQCC Sprint. I am not a member. I have been sticking with Slower speed cw contests but thought I would try a new one. I was hoping to get at least one contact but I ended up with five so I was quite pleased (I don't go for high counts, just whatever I can get is great). I just like to see where my signal can be picked up. So, overall I enjoyed the contest and hope to do it again in the future. I'm still trying to imporve my cw copying ability. Thanks & 73 Allan AB5XM AC5T - Conditions on 20m were very good here in Texas. Thanks to all those who worked me. I look forward to doing it again next time. 73 K4BAI - Very good conditions and strong signals on 20M. Felt was on course for 70 QSOs. Unfortunately, 40M was very disappointing. There was high QRN and signals were not very strong. Good activity again this month. Hope to work you all in CQ WPX CW next weekend from NY4A, which is the club call for N4AF in North Carolina. K4QPL and AA4FU will also be operating. 73/72, John, K4BAI. VE2DDZ - I had a good time again. There seemed to be more activity this month. N7QR - 20 OK, nothing on 40 and 80. Presentation Vibroplex with an IC706. Only did the first hour as had to go to waterboard. CU next month. N4MJ - Someday I'm going to make more contacts and work more states. HI A bit of a coincidence when I worked N1IX and the next Q was W2IX. Thought I was hearing things at first. HI 73 de n4mj AK3X - Only had about 20 minutes to play...40 meters with DSW-20 @ 3 Watts. Band was in good shape when I was on. Usually use a straight key for these, but forgot and used my bug for this one. Good time as usual, while it lasted. 72 for now, Peter K2YGM - I wasn't sure I would be up to the sprint tonight having just been released from the hospital for a heart procedure. I could feel my blood rush when I discovered that 20 was open to the West, and that more multipliers were available. I did my thing on 20 for awhile and then checked 40 and 80 where I bounced back and forth whenever I heard something I needed. It was nice hearing some new stations in there as well as some of the old timers with whom I could say hello to..The KX3 did well with filtering the QRM, and I tried battery power for a few QSO's as well. Until next time 72 Bob K2YGM W1SFR - Missed the first half hr helping a new cw op so all for a good cause hihi Too bad 20m didn't cooperate so not much action to the West for me.73 Steve KC4FIT - My first CW QSO in 25 years. Painful. Terrible copy, lousy fist. Took 30 minutes to copy and complete. But, thanks for the sprint. I will be back. KB3AAG - First l am sorry for how bad my copy was! I had to ask for a bunch of agns! I fell the other night and broke three ribs! I think my sending was alright but it seemed the vicoden was copying. I turned down my power to 3.6 watts and just did 40m but it seems I still took w3 dist. Next month its 3 watts! Come on you paddelers lets get a competition going! I will gradualy drop till beat! Frank NC5G - Always enjoy these sprints when I can participate. Stayed on 20 the whole time. Sigs were good. N8LA - KX-3, Navy Flameproof (AKA Sinbad Popeye Key), Dipole @ 35'. Still recovering from Dayton and, as usual, many activities going on at the same time (St. Louis QRP Society picnic meeting, Morse Telegraph Club weekly get together online, helping my friend WB0TUA move his equipment to storage from house he has to be out of Friday.) Helping my friend took precedence, but he graciously allowed me to go home to get on for final half hour of sprint. Happy to work K4BAI whom I had the great pleasure of meeting at CWOPS table at Dayton. Glad to work my crosstown friend WB0PYF, also. WB3T - Another fun sprint! Rig = Ten Tec TKit 1340 with Freq Mite and built-in SWR detector, J38 straight key. Good band this month. 72 and see you next time! N5RWK - Operated from Half Moon, NY N1IX - (20) 3 el at 68 ft - (40) 2 el at 70 ft First sprint in a long time. Forgot what a chore it is to format the log. Surprised to work K1IX (nice call). Thanks to my neighbor K1QO for 3 bands!! W2SH - Conditions in NJ were remarkably good. Only moderate QSB on 20m and it stayed open, at least for the first hour. 40m was atmospherically quiet and signals really loud. 80m was unfairly neglected, for it too was quiet and the skip easily ranged from close in to at least 700 miles. Now for this operator's errors. I asked N3RSP for his QTH. Back came "Harlowe"; wha'dat I thought, but gave a bogus QSL. Later the NAQCC member list showed with the member number copied I'd worked G3RSP. I initiated one dupe the other station didn't spot. Another station initiated a dupe with me and I sent "sri dupe", but without breaking in before he'd finished giving all his stuff. Leaving 20m for 40m, the keying of known good operators there was so sloppy I couldn't properly read what they were sending. Finally I realized 40's much stronger signals were overloading my rig because I'd forgotten to reduce the rf gain setting I'd had on 20m. Previously, on 20m there had been 20 minutes of severe hash I'd mitigated slightly with increased rf gain. Luckily I discovered my wife had turned on eight 12-Volt lights whose switching power supplies are notorious noise makers. These NAQCC sprints really give participants valuable operator training K0FNR - Was able to hunt-and-pounce for an hour-- 20M was in good shape here--- fun!! Corey KF0U is responsible for the contents of this page - the results and soapbox. Any questions about that go to  .John K3WWP is still responsible for cross-checking of logs, so if after submitting your log, you discover any discrepancies that don't affect anything on this page, send the info to  .See General Sprint Rules for rules common to every NAQCC sprint. RULES specific to this month's sprint: None Date and time: Thursday, May 21, 2015 0030-0230Z Entry Deadline: All entries must be RECEIVED before 2400Z on the Sunday following the sprint. So submit as soon as possible. Preferred method of submitting your log and report is our on-line autologger. Log submission time is over now KF0U Comments - Now at 120 total entries. Still shooting for 125 by the end of the reporting period. Glad K2YGM felt up to posting a great score in W2 section of the Straight Key Category. First timers found in the Soapbox include K4WLW, VE3NWN and @AB5XM. Next update will final one. [122 logs now. I'm cleaning up the Sunday stragglers as Corey takes the day off. Let's make his day, and mine too, by reaching 125 (or more) logs by closing time! - K3WWP] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||