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Sep 2016 QRP/CW Sprint (#143) KF0U Comments - Good month given the conditions. Looking forward to next months Sprint. 73 de KF0U. K3WWP Comments - No one questioned any scoring changes resulting from cross-checking, and the deadline for doing so has now passed, so the results are now final. Now I need to do some final fine-tuning like finding the high scoring first time entrants, and posting the scores on the sprint on-line database either tonight or tomorrow at the latest. Final Results SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KN1H 27 26 53 17 901 x2 1802 End fed wire @50' WS1K 20 19 39 14 546 x2 1092 200' Doublet @30' K1IEE 18 18 36 14 504 x2 1008 OCF long wire @30' WB1GYZ 20 20 40 10 400 x2 800 Modified Delta Loop K1VDF 5 4 9 4 36 x2 72 Single delta shape loop cut for 40 meters W1PID 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 136' Windom OCF W2 Division W2SH 35 35 70 21 1470 x2 2940 270' dpl @45' KA2KGP 17 17 34 12 408 x2 816 Dpl @25' W2JEK 17 17 34 11 374 x2 748 20m gnd pl, 40/80 end fed both @20' WA2JSG 12 12 24 9 216 x2 432 Vertical elevated @10' KD2AEF 9 9 18 6 108 x2 216 G5RV Jr. 10m-40m attic install @35' AA2VG 8 6 14 5 70 x2 140 RadioWorks Carolina Windom 10-80 @40' KD2MX 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 600' wire @20' WA2FBN 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 64' end fed sloper up 25' W3 Division WA3YLQ 8 8 16 8 128 x2 256 End fed 66' wire @25' KD3CA 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 132' ocf windom @33' W3TTT 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 Inverted Vee @60' W4 Division KB4QQJ 35 35 70 22 1540 x2 3080 Doublet @33' W4OEP 31 31 62 19 1178 x2 2356 Inverted Ell K4KRW 30 30 60 14 840 x2 1680 Dpl @35' W4KRN 27 27 54 15 810 x2 1620 InvV @50' WG8Y 25 25 50 15 750 x2 1500 HB 40-80 DP 40ft & hb 20m wire vert NA4O 24 23 47 15 705 x2 1410 Dpl @45' WX4RM 22 20 42 16 672 x2 1344 6BTV gnd mtd vert w/36 radials WD4OHD 24 23 47 13 611 x2 1222 40m wire dpl K4ORD 21 21 42 14 588 x2 1176 40 dpl @40', 80 vee @30' K9IA 18 18 36 11 396 x2 792 Gnd mtd vert W4DUK 11 11 22 10 220 x2 440 End-fed Zepp @20' N4FI 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 Attic G5RV jr, 110' rnd wire up 25' N3CKI 8 8 16 5 80 x2 160 Dpl @20' W4HH 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 OCF dpl @25' KB0ETU 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 Dpl @35' WM3X 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 OCF dpl @35' KK4UGD 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Dpl @25' WE4SGA 2 2 4 1 4 x2 8 100' long wire tuned with tuner. 35' W5 Division N5GW 34 33 67 22 1474 x2 2948 CFZ @50' W5WIL 15 15 30 10 300 x2 600 20m dpl @20' / 40m doublet @30' KE9DR 12 12 24 11 264 x2 528 Delta Loop @35' WB5UAA 8 8 16 8 128 x2 256 InvV @30' KA5PVB 5 4 9 4 36 x2 72 Full Size G5RV @30' KF5RZG 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 G5RV @30' KE5YUM 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 Buddistick W6 Division WK6L 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 40M/20M Windom Vee, up 35' W6STR 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 G5RV @30' K6CSL 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 Dpl, V Delta Loop, H Loop, Vertical K6MGO 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Indoor doublet in garage rafters W7 Division KC7DM 10 10 20 10 200 x2 400 400' skyloop @65' KF7WNS 9 8 17 8 136 x2 272 208' OCF Long Wire @45' K7ZI 5 5 10 3 30 x2 60 OCF Dipole, inverted "L" apex @ 50' K8MPW 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Rotating 40m dpl @35' AL7JK 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Vert @25' AE7CG 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Dpl @10' W8 Division AB8RL 20 20 40 13 520 x2 1040 40/30 DX Engineering Vertical WV8DH 15 15 30 12 360 x2 720 ZS6BKW (G5RV) @32' N8QY 12 12 24 9 216 x2 432 G5RV 30' NF8M 10 10 20 9 180 x2 360 6BTV vertical W9 Division NX1K 25 25 50 14 700 x2 1400 Long Wire with UNUN W9CC 16 16 32 16 512 x2 1024 6btv WB9HFK 19 19 38 13 494 x2 988 OCF dpl @25' N9SE 13 13 26 11 286 x2 572 Inverted Vee @68' KD9VT 15 13 28 10 280 x2 560 G5RV in inverted V @38' KA9DVX 12 12 24 10 240 x2 480 G5RV JR @25' KD9EBS 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 End-Fed Wire @~27' KA9FQG 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 G5RV @37' W0 Division N0TA 30 28 58 17 986 x2 1972 Vertical & doublet @30' K6XT 18 18 36 13 535 x2 1070 Center fed longwire @50' WB0PYF 16 14 30 11 330 x2 660 Dpl @55' AA0W 15 15 30 11 330 x2 660 Dpl NO2D 16 16 32 9 288 x2 576 Dpl @30' KE0CU 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 Gnd mntd vertical KD0DK 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 End fed long wire Canada Division VE3DQN 16 16 32 12 384 x2 768 Mltbnd vert; 40M loop @8mtrs; 80M dpl VE3FUJ 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 L.W. @12 - 33' bend around DX Division SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division W2 Division W3 Division K3WWP 27 26 53 17 901 x1.5 1352 ~110' attic rnd wire, 20M attic dpl W4 Division KJ4R 32 30 62 16 992 x1.5 1488 Vertical W5 Division NF5U 21 20 41 14 574 x1.5 861 40/80m trap dipole @33' W6 Division W7 Division W8 Division N8XMS 26 26 52 17 884 x1.5 1326 R7 Vertical W9 Division W0 Division KD0V 7 7 14 6 84 x1.5 126 CF Zepp @50' Canada Division DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division AA0FD 9 9 18 7 126 126 G5RV @50' KC1DVT 6 6 12 5 60 60 EFHW @50' KB1M 3 3 6 3 18 18 40 mtr dpl, 20 mtr invV @30' N1JI 1 1 2 1 2 2 163' doublet @25' W2 Division K2YGM 26 26 52 17 884 884 40-G5RV MINI,, 80-PAR ENDFEDZ N2ESE 13 13 26 10 260 260 80mtr. OCF @25' WA1GWH 9 9 18 6 108 108 40M dpl @15' W3 Division KC3RN 19 19 38 16 608 608 Carolina Windom 40+@35' AB3RU 19 19 38 14 532 532 G7FEK @33' KB3AAG 12 12 24 10 240 240 Vert loop top @30' K3RLL 5 5 10 2 20 20 G5RVjr @35' W4 Division N4MJ 38 37 75 19 1425 1425 Windom K4VD 28 28 56 16 896 896 Dpl @25' KU4A 5 5 10 4 40 40 40m slp dpl, 80m 1/4-wave slp W4KKY 4 4 8 4 32 32 End fed antenna @40' W5 Division WI5H 14 14 28 12 336 336 Random wire loop W6 Division W7 Division W8 Division KE8DI 37 37 74 20 1480 1480 130' Doublet @40' AC8JW 15 15 30 11 330 330 Horizontal loop @35' AB8FJ 14 14 28 10 280 280 Inverted L @15' WB8LZG 12 12 24 9 216 216 Dpl @30' WA8SAN 6 6 12 6 72 72 End Fed @15' W9 Division K9FO 36 34 70 20 1400 1400 40M dpl @50' K9EYT 9 9 18 7 126 126 G5RV @25' W0 Division N0WKZ 10 10 20 4 80 80 20 Meter Half Wave Sloper K8UDH 4 4 8 3 24 24 Multiband Inverted V @30' Canada Division VE3IDS 11 11 22 7 154 154 Doublet @35' VE3GNU 9 9 18 8 144 144 Endfed 10/20/40 @18'--E-W DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key K4BAI 50 48 98 23 2254 x2 4508 TH6DXX @55'; 88' CF Zepp @50'; inv v KG6UBG 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 3el yagi @60' Bug KF6C 3 3 6 2 12 x1.5 18 Steppir DB18 @50' Keyer/Keyboard NN9K 41 40 81 19 1539 1539 3 el beam @45', gnd mtd vert W8RTJ 23 23 46 16 736 736 Force12 yagi @50' K2CM 8 7 15 6 90 90 3 el beam, wire dpl Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s): @ Non-member $ QRO power ! Late log ~ Submitted as check log
STATS: Logs submitted: 111 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 161 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 1,576 States represented: 42 + ONSOAPBOX: N9SE - Only had 30 minutes to operate, but lotsa' fun! 72 de Marty N9SE KD0V - Band condition were very bad here. QRN S9 ti S9+20DB Cut the Sprint short. Thanks to those I could not hear. Merlin KD0V #2002 W3TTT - I worked for only one hour. Since the last sprint, I installed an IF 250 Hz filter in my Icom 718. For some reason, it did not work very well. I mean, I could hear all sorts of signals with the filter off, and with the filter on, the weaker signals would disappear. By accident, I discovered that if I adjust the IF band pass control, moving the IF a little higher, that the IF filter worked wonderfully! What a discovery. Is that normal for Icom IF filters? Anyway, with the IF filter working nicely, it was a pleasure. I could hear just about everything. I am waiting for the milliwatt sprint to use my Small Wonder rig. The Small Wonder had a blown final transistor last time. I find that I am improving my skills with each sprint. Thank you to all my contacts, and especially to the organizers of the sprint . N8XMS - I started late after getting home from church and at first I thought that it was going to be a rough night with a lot of static crashes and not many QSOs. The static crashes continued but fortunately the QSO's started rolling in. I spent about an hour on 40 meters and made 26 contacts with 17 multipliers. Thanks everyone. It was a lot of fun! NO2D - 20 Meters was good and very quiet until it just dropped out. 40 meters was very noisy. I tried 80, which was also noisy, and then got in a ragchew with a non-participant. I copied K3ZGA's # as 1733. That is not what it is in the member list. I was way off. I include him so he will get credit. I also counted FL as a new SPC, but perhaps should not have counted either. Hope you can figure it out. Lots of fun, and fast action on 20 meters this evening. All long skip. Pete, no2d. AB3RU - Fun sprint as always. Started on 40 and the first few qsos were really hard to pull out of the noise but conditions got better as the night went on. See you all next month, 73! K8MPW - First sprint, happy I made one contact. WA2JSG - Listened on 20m at beginning of sprint but heard nothing, so made my dozen contacts all on 40m. Fun sprint, as always. Icom IC-703, 5 watts off an old 8 year old 12v car battery (hi hi) to a multi-band vertical. Kent Str Key. Curt WA2JSG SNJ KF5RZG - First time trying on 5W. Was Really surprised how many I could get out to. I look forward to these events every month. Great! KE8DI - First Sprint in a few months - nice to hear many again. Went to 80 around 0150, high noise and deep QSB so all but one contact was on 40 this time. 73 til next time. Dave K3WWP - Strange night. 20 was totally devoid of sprint QSOs here, so I made my way to 40. Things started out good there with 10 QSOs in 25 minutes, then it went steadily downhill from there. I only added 17 more QSOs before quitting about 5 minutes before the end. Conditions seemed good with strong signals, and I got good reports from those I worked. There just weren't that many of them. 80 provided 5 QSOs but my noise was S8 to S9 there from something or other. I worked a couple new members. Hope they will be sprint regulars from now on. Thanks to those I did work and if I missed your answer on 80, sorry about that as Don Adams would say. See you all for the anniversary sprint next month. KC3RN - A good time, as always. Made a couple of contacts on 20 and 80, but 40 continued to be the "money band". It was my first straight key sprint, and it was a lot of fun. Thanks to AB3RU and K4BAI for always being there!! I think I've worked you two in every sprint I've participated in! WV8DH - Worked mostly 40 meters and the band was somewhat noisy for me. But still a lot of fun. I gave out the wrong number to the first person I worked, so sorry about that. I didn't count him. Best 72/73 from WV, Dave N0TA - Fun time using Kd1Jv TriBander with a Sotabeams DSP filter. Worked a lot better than I expected. Used GenLog and a Begali straight key. Thanks for the Q's! WS1K - Fun! Made contacts on all three bands tonight. The majority of contacts were on 40. K1IEE - Noise level was high on 40M however signals were strong and able to overcome the noise. Thanks to all 73 Dick K4KRW - Great hearing everyone tonight. I Used my Sierra tonight and my SpeedX straight key. Great fun as always. Thanks everyone! Richard W4KKY - First sprint in a long time WB0PYF - Only able to work about 40 minutes tonight. Hope next month be better. Thanks for all the contacts, 72, Ray KN1H - Thanks for another fun sprint. QSB was fierce. Apologies to AA7EE, totally lost you mid-qso, cu next month! IC-7200 and Nye-Viking Master Key. KJ4R - Good conditions on 40 tonight. Had fun with Vibroplex bug and PFR-3B. Thanks to everyone I worked. 72 until next month. K2CM - This is my first NAQCC Sprint. Fun; but, band noise was terrible. I used our club's remote station in Owego, NY for all the contacts. I tried our other remote in Binghamton, NY and tried my own station here in Vestal, NY; but, the lowest noise level was in Owego. Ouch! I made two contacts on 80M ; but, forgot to lower the power, so deleted the 80M contacts. Darn! I would have had 10 contacts if I had remembered to lower the power! KD9EBS - Thank you all! 72/73! WD4OHD - Good signals on 40m tonight. Not much heard from SE Tennessee on 80m or 20m. Thanks to all. K4ORD - 20M was open at first got 2 stations in CO, very loud, then on to 40M where the QRN was very heavy, but signals were pretty good got 14 there, and on 80M with much QRN got 5 more. Used my MODEL HK-3M HAM-KEY, I struggle a bit with a straight key! Thanks to all 72/73 Riley K4ORD KE9DR - 20 had some strong signals the first hour, then died down. 80 was too noisy and had some QRN & QRM but lots of good signals. Once again another fun night. Thanks to all. 73 Bert, KE9DR KB4QQJ - Lots of crashes die to some local thunder boomers rolling through south and east of me. Lots of signals though. A special "Thanks!" to KC7DM in OR for sticking with me to make the contact. It was tough but we made it!Thanks!! I noticed one operator exchanging 5w instead of his NAQCC number? I logged it as he sent it. I ran the KX3 into a doublet at 33 feet. Logging - NAQCC Logger by K2RFP- Great logging for NAQCC Key - SKCC Club Key WG8Y - Hi all,Another fun sprint. I spent most of the Sprint C&Ping.Always have more fun seeing who I might hear.Tnxs K7ZI, Rich in UT.for digging me out.Took a while but we got it.Darn QRN/QRM always spikes when you ask for a repeat. HI HI. K3WWP,John,you were an honest 599 when I first heard you.Thanks all for a fun 2 hours. Maybe we'll see some of you in the Peanut Power sprint Sunday afternoon. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y K2YGM - I didn't think condx were very good tonite, so i just dragged along and did mostly S&P.. after awhile 80M came alive so I switched over and stayed there for the rest of the allotted time. Still lots of fun and of course thanks to all the work that's put in by our checkers and log collectors. see you all next month 72 Bob K2YGM KD2AEF - First of many NA Sprints. Look forward to the next one. 73's Joe kd2aef AL7JK - Hello to all. The first hour into the Sprint I could only hear bits and pieces down in the noise level on 20 mtrs. Mostly searched for signals, called CQ only a few times. After several repeats to complete the exchange was able to work Gary KF7WNS. Thanks for your patience Gary ! 72/73 de AL7JK Eagle River, Ak AE7CG - Thanks to Dave AB9CA for my only QSO on 20M. Band condition was high QRN, so I am thankful to have made a single QSO. Hope band conditions will be better next month. 72 from Arizona, Loren K6CSL - Wow! It's been a while since I have had the time to get into an NAQCC Sprint. Conditions not the best, but still fun. 73's to all from the Northern San Joaquin Valley, Bert, K6CSL WX4RM - Was good to be back in my favorite contest, after missing the last 2. High noise level tonight, and appeared to be shorter skip conditions, not even hearing the West Coast. I had fun...Ron WX4RM Alexander, NC WI5H - Worked with a 30+ year old keyer tonight and Bencher paddles. It has been a long time since I used a keyer. 20M was really good for a while. Then went to 40M for a QRN special. My noise level was terrible! As always, it was good fun. CU next Sprint...72 dit dit KF7WNS - 20M was really ugly tonight. Sorry to all those that I lost or was unable to copy the call sign. The QSB was like driving off a cliff...here one second - gone the next. 40M seemed to be pretty busy, but I only had a short time to work. I hope to be able to work the whole sprint one of these days. Thanks and 72 to all. KE5YUM - The gods of propagation did not favor me last night. I worked only two in S-8 noise here in North Texas, but I was thankful for them--two new call signs in the log from NH and CA. All the best, Terry KU4A - No storms here, but I thought conditions were unusually poor. Nobody was strong. Made five QSOs in a half hour and gave up. N5GW - I had set up the Argo V for a workout, but it was malfunctioning, so I switched to the KX3. 20M was good for the first half hour, but it turned out that 40M was even better. Only heard a few weak signals on a noisy 80M band. It was fun, as always! W1PID - I operated with an old SST Wilderness radio VXO kit and a straight key. 2 watts out. About 4 khz bandspread. What a hoot! Thanks for the QSOs. 73 Jim W1PID VE3DQN - As it gets dark earlier these days, I was glad to see 20m stay open as long as it did. Sri to shut down about 0200 as I would have liked to catch more 80m q's in the last final 15 min. K4BAI - FT1000MP, 5W. Note to score checker: KA5PVB sent his SKCC number by mistake. I knew it was too high and asked for his NAQCC # or his power. He gave me his power as 4W. Now Chuck has advised me that his NAQCC # is actually 8060. So, I have shown his number as 8060, instead of "4W" so you won't have to recompute my score giving me credit for two points instead of one, which is what has happened in the past when a member sent power instead of member #. 20M was open to the west and the three stations I worked in CO and TX were very strong. Spent too much time on 20, but did work the CO mult only on 20. 40M was mostly pretty good. There was some QRN and I had to ask for some repeats. Apologies to AI2T as he faded out during his exchange and I was not able to copy it. 80M was a bit noisy, but the 3 stations worked there (VA and NC) were strong and NC was a new mult. I didn't work anybody on 40M (44 QSOs) closer than MS or FL or VA. Did work OR (2 stations), ON, and NH on 40. Thanks for all QSOs and see you all next month when I will be signing N4A to celebrate the "birthday" of NAQCC. 73/72, John, K4BAI. W6STR - Thanks for running the Sprint. KA2KGP - Terrible band conditions this sprint. 20m. was dead with only 1 contact, 40 & 80 were noisy with s-8 QRN but useable. Hope for better band conditions next month. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into dipole up 25 ft. and a straight key. K9FO - Glad to be back! I started making several contacts before seeing I had about 200 miliwatts output. Thought about continuing qrpp but cranked it up to 5 watts for cqing. Stayed on 40 the entire time, nothing on 20 and too much noise on 80. Rig: IC 7000 @ 5 Watts, Coax fed 40 dipole @ 50 feet. 73/72, Will, K9FO AA0FD - Really like hearing realistic RST for my 5W. Pretty sure I am not 599 everywhere. WA1GWH - Operated only 40M with an SW-40+ at 900 mW. Quite a bit of QRN from up here near Syracuse, NY, so thanks to the ops who "listened hard" for my signal! Garry W2JEK - Was on for the full two hours. Had 3 QSO on 20, 6 QSO on 40 and 8 QSO on 80. Not much activity on 20. 40M not in good shape and found making contacts difficult. Was on 80 for the last half hour and found good conditions and activity. Rig FT-840 at 5 watts. Had a good time. 72 and 73 Don Younger W2JEK # 1135 N4MJ - Fair evening. Front end of Sprint was busy, backend not so busy. Was hoping for more multipliers. KG6UBG - 20M solid for first hour, then dropped out. Next sprint will try Yaesu FT-817nd. AC8JW - Noisy conditions here in Michigan last night. Good to see familiar contacts and picked up a new on here in Mich in Diamondale. VE3IDS - My second sprint, had fun and I think better results than last time. Took a while to get genlog running, it should be easier next month and I will have more operating time and less head scratching time hi hi 72 Don VE3IDS K2YGM - I didn't think condx were very good tonite, so i just dragged along and did mostly S&P.. after awhile 80M came alive so I switched over and stayed there for the rest of the allotted time. Still lots of fun and of course thanks to all the work that's put in by our checkers and log collectors. see you all next month 72 Bob K2YGM K9EYT - KX3 Bencher Paddle G5RV 25' 20 dead 40 started good 80 QRN 72 Ray K4VD - A fun evening. Thanks! AB8FJ - Worked 80 and 40 for the sprint this evening. A lot of noise on the bands tonight here in Ohio. Rig used was my K3/10 @ 5W to the Inverted L. Looking forward to the N3A event and the next sprint. NF8M - Played around for an hour or so. Breaking in the 6BTV that I bought at Dayton and finally got up this past weekend. Heard one weak sig on 20, unworkable (couldn't make out call), plus S9 noise. Seemed like a struggle on 40 and 80; the QRP segment on 80 is at the top end of where I have the resonator whip set. N8XMS was much louder tonight now that we're both vertically polarized! Paul's about 5 or 6 miles away so it's pure groundwave. Hoping for better condx (and a few more radials) as fall progresses. 72 til next month. K6XT - Tnx all who worked me. Usually I hear well but T-storms in my area made weak sig copy difficult. KB0ETU - Bands in very poor shape from this location, plus missed the first hour, but, at least I made some contacts. Thanks guys. 72, Phil VE3GNU - As usual, mostly on 40M, but good to hear some stations on 20M near the start of the Sprint. Also---I'm on a 'streak' of 7 months and planning to keep it going! Thanks to all for your patience and courtesy. Argonaut V and Begali paddle---overall lots of QRN--- WE4SGA - Thanks again for a great QRP event. The bands weren't the best here in Southeast GA, but I was able to make a few contacts and have some fun in doing so. WM3X - Conditions at my QTH were awful. I worked every station I could hear, all 5 of them. VE3FUJ - Static and static crashes were S7 - 9 so a lot of letters and numbers were wiped out at times. One contact around 0050 I had to Scrap as everything about was all wrong. so that was a total loss. I gave up after 1/2 hr as my head was spinning from the static even using a "CAP" filter didn't improve things enough. Brion WB8LZG - Hello Sprinters ! Fired up the Argo 509 agn last night. Condx not as gud as last month , but still a lot of stns to work. 20 only had a few peeps at the start , and I couldn't raise a QSO there. 40 was gus but packed wid QRN, QRM, es psk, but that's where the action was. I had a "beeline" into the Carolina's as I worked 4 in NC es 1 SC stn. Not much from out east. went to 80 fer a couple mre Q's.Very noisy , but lots of fun. Pulled plug at 9:30 es called it a nite. 73, Gregg KD3CA - Condx not gud here , QRN very bad , had to work hard to make 8 contacts. Many thanks for those I worked , SRI to those I couldn't . 72, 73 to all Don W5WIL - Started on the patio with MTR and 20M portable dipole. Few heard, then the skeeters found me so moved inside - IC740 to 240' doublet on 40 and 80m. Lots of static. Found some on 40 but noise level just too high on 80, but always fun. 73 Dennis KA5PVB - 20 METERS DIED OUT ABOUT 0050 UTC AND 40 METERS WAS REALLY NOISY HERE S-9+ NOISE FLOOR WITH CRASHES GOING HIGHER (MY FT-817 ONLY SHOWS S-9 AND + FOR ABOVE SO DON'T KNOW EXACT LEVEL). I WAS HAVING FUN UNTIL I REALIZED I WAS SENDING MY SKCC # INSTEAD OF MY NAQCC 3 8060. HOPE SENILITY ISN'T STARTING TO SET-IN ALREADY (I'M ONLY 75 NOW). HOPE TO DO IT RIGHT NEXT MONTH, ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENTS! 73, CHUCK K6MGO - 20 meters completely dead, and 40m was dead for first hour and then only QRO stations heard. Finally last half hour or so started to hear a couple of NAQCC members calling, and worked Bert, N0TA in CO, Thanks Bert. It was really rough listening to noise for 2 hours. AA0W - Deep QSB on 40 RTTY on 7040 N0WKZ - Thanks to all. It was an enjoyable evening. W2SH - 20m closed early; 40m was noisy with a fairly limited skip distance; 80m had plenty of noise but strong signals overrode it. QSOs: 20m 3; 40m 20; 80m 12. Occasionally I?ll miss a portion of a membership number and request a repeat. K8NQQ had a good signal and I copied his number, but because I rarely meet members with less than three-digit numbers I asked for a repeat. He confirmed my original copy, but when we signed I sent ?You are a lucky guy; hi, hi?. View him in the membership list and you?ll see what I mean! KB1M - I only had 5 minutes at the start and 15 at the end of the sprint operating time, still as always it was great to take part, and the three QSO's salvaged my evening. 73, Walt NX1K - 20m was dead here. 40m was hopping but everyone seemed to be gone by 0200. Still, lots of fun as usual. 72 'till next month. AB8RL - 20 Meters was dead. 40 went south last 45 minutes of contest with virtually no stations being heard. Still had fun ! Rig K3S at 4 watts. WB5UAA - Almost forgot to submit. The seasonal shift to the low bands begins! KD0DK - Terrible conditions with severe thunderstorms in the area. Managed just 4 contacts, but still a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to better conditions for the October Sprint. 72/73 Dave KD0DK KB3AAG - I enjoyed it as usual. Ran my KX1 again and it didn't argue with me quite as much. It did refuse to go to 80 mtrs so just a 40 effort. Sorry to all who tried and the little fellow couldn't hear. She is headed home to be reset and updated and hopefully to be better behaved! Now waiting for next month. Frank WA2FBN - Fun sprint as always. LNR LD5 at 5w into end fed antenna. J-38 key. Tnx to all who worked me. 73 Ken WB1GYZ - 40 crackled, 80 was dead but a fun two hours non the less. Tks to all. N8QY - Will I can say this was the worst sprint that I can remember. 20m and 80m had so much noise s9 or more. I worked 40m all night . note to scorer K8NQY IS A GOOD CALL BUT HIS 8888 NR WAS NO GOOD. LOGGED AS 1 POINT AND 5W.Check QRZ FOR MORE INFO. AA2VG - Could only stay for a while but as usual had fun. AA2VG Peter K7ZI - LAST CONTACT, NN0K, WAS UNABLE TO COPY HIS STATE BEFORE CONTEST ENDED. BAND VERY NOISY, DIFFICULT TO COPY ANY STATION. NOT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING DID I DISCOVER ONE END OF ANTENNA WAS LYING ON ROOF OF HOUSE! QRP REALLY DOES WORK! W4KRN - Strong signals on 20m. 40 seemed fairly noisy, 80m good the last hour. Thanks for the contacts my fellow piggies. Hope to cu next month. 72 <('o')> KD9VT - I started late and quit early. I had my times mixed up and only operated for an hour. I need to remember to look at my calendar. K3RLL - lim pickings this evening: nothing on 20m, some on 40 but couldn't hear me and nothing on 80m by the time I gave up for tonight. Sure hope someone got a lot of good contacts. Thanks to those skilled ops who pulled me out of the noise tonight. 73 ... Don K1VDF - 1 st qrp contest 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  .IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are planning to operate in the sprint from a state other than your home state - OR - will be using a callsign that is different from one that you have used in previous sprints we need to know about it for our cross checking and record keeping. Please email this information to John K3WWP before the start of the sprint using the NAQCC33 address shown above. See General Sprint Rules for rules common to every NAQCC sprint. RULES specific to this month's sprint: None Date and time: Thursday, September 22, 2016 0030-0230Z Entry Deadline: All entries must be RECEIVED before 2400Z on the Sunday following the sprint. So submit as soon as possible. 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