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July 2018 QRP/CW Sprint (#165) Corey KF0U is responsible for the contents of this page. Questions should go to him at  .N2CN Comments - Cross-checking is complete. Let me know by email at 
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KF0U Comments - Ended at ninety-two logs reported. Guess vacation season is upon us. See you September. Thanks for sending corrections. SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KN1H 28 28 56 17 952 x2 1904 400' End-fed wire WB1GYZ 24 24 48 16 768 x2 1536 80 ft. doublet fed open wire K1SX 22 22 44 16 704 x2 1408 Multiband doublet at 50' K1IEE 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 OCF dipole @ 30' KA1DBE 13 13 26 7 182 x2 364 OCF Dipole @ 40' KQ1P 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 80/40 dipole at 40' W2 Division W2SH 32 32 64 20 1280 x2 2560 270' dpl at 45'; inv L up 86', out 68' KA2KGP 23 23 46 16 736 x2 1472 G5RV up 25 ft. W2JEK 12 11 23 8 184 x2 368 End fed wire 110 ft long, up 20 ft WA2JSG 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 Vertical @ 10' KD2MX 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Wire @20' W3 Division K3JZD 35 35 70 20 1400 x2 2800 40m dipole @ 25' AH6AX 36 35 71 15 1065 x2 2130 Windom OCF Dipole @ 50' KD3CA 22 22 44 15 660 x2 1320 Ocf Windom @33 ft KE3V 24 23 47 13 611 x2 1222 Inverted L @30' AK3X 18 18 36 11 396 x2 792 OCF Doublet at 27 ft N4KEZ 9 9 18 6 108 x2 216 EFHW in "L" config NO3J 7 7 14 4 56 x2 112 End fed quad band @ 25 feet W4 Division KJ4R 40 40 80 20 1600 x2 3200 34' Vertical K4KRW 36 35 71 20 1420 x2 2840 Dipole @ 35' WG8Y 27 26 53 17 901 x2 1802 HB 10-80M OCF dp@30ft & 6bvt K4KBL 25 25 50 16 800 x2 1600 Inverted V @ 45' WX4RM 17 16 33 13 429 x2 858 6BTV gnd mtd vert KQ4MM 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 End Fed Half Wave 80-10M K8LBQ 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 Inverted vee dipole at 30' W4DUK 14 14 28 10 280 x2 560 End-fed Zepp @ 20' N4OW 17 17 34 8 272 x2 544 80M LOOP 12' AVG HGT WA4SPJ 12 12 24 10 240 x2 480 Inverted "L" @ 30' AF4OI 9 9 18 7 126 x2 252 80m dipole @ 25ft N4FI 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 Attic 40m dipole K4ZEB 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Inverted vee W5 Division WB5UAA 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 Inv V @ 30' KA5TJS 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 80 mtr inv vee @ 30ft. WA5IEK 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 MFJ-2010 IN ATTIC, G5RV AT 25 FEET W6 Division WK6L 3 2 5 2 10 x2 20 Inv. Vee.,20 and 40M W7 Division KC7DM 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 450' horz loop @ 60' KF7WNS 6 5 11 4 44 x2 88 232 ft long wire WA7QCC 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Dipole in attic, at 20' W8 Division N8XMS 32 32 64 17 1088 x2 2176 R7 Vertical WB8LZG 34 34 68 16 1088 x2 2176 Dipoles @ 30' NF8M 14 14 28 10 280 x2 560 6BTV vertical K8GSD 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 VERTICAL @30' W9 Division WB9HFK 39 39 78 26 2028 x2 4056 Hustler 6BTV Gnd Mtd with 60 Radials NX1K 23 23 46 13 598 x2 1196 30' ell; Doublet in Attic KD9EBS 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Magnetic Loop Antenna Horizontal at 15' KA9FQG 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 G5RV @ 37' K9QEW 3 3 6 2 12 x2 24 4BTV GP VERTICAL W0 Division N0TA 21 21 42 19 798 x2 1596 Doublet @ 30', 1/4 wave Gnd Mnt Vertical NW0M 21 21 42 16 672 x2 1344 OCF Dipole at 45' NN0SS 21 21 42 16 672 x2 1344 80 meter inv bee @40feet AA0W 10 10 20 9 180 x2 360 Dipole @ 28 feet KD0DK 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 117 ft end fed long wire K0FNR 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 1/4WL 20M vert@8' w/4radials AA5LH 5 4 9 5 45 x2 90 G5RV Inverted Vee @ 35' Canada Division VA3NU 9 9 18 9 162 x2 324 InvertedVee @ 25' VE9BEL 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 End-Fed Dipole up 20ft in a tree DX Division SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division W2 Division WB2LQF 18 18 36 10 360 x1.5 540 63' EFHW @ 27' IN HALF SQUARE GEOMETRY W3 Division K3RLL 20 20 40 13 520 x1.5 780 G5RVjr @ 35' K3WWP 15 14 29 11 319 x1.5 479 ~110' attic rnd wire & attic dpl W4 Division K9EZ 35 34 69 18 1242 x1.5 1863 G5RV @ 70' W4EDN 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 FAN DIPOLE UP 30 FT W5 Division NF5U 20 20 40 16 640 x1.5 960 40m/80m trap dipole at 33ft W6 Division W7 Division N7QR 0 0 0 0 0 x1.5 0 Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert, no radials W8 Division W9 Division AA9L 16 16 32 13 416 x1.5 624 160-80-40 trap dipole @ 50 feet W0 Division KD0V 35 34 69 21 1449 x1.5 2174 Cf Zepp @ 50 feet WD0K 5 5 10 4 40 x1.5 60 Ctr fed zepp Canada Division DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KB1M 24 24 48 13 624 624 20 mtr inv V, 40mtr dipole @ 30ft N2CN 13 13 26 10 260 260 ZS6BKW @ 60' W2 Division K2YGM 42 42 84 21 1764 1764 G5rv @ 45 ft 80m EFHW WA1GWH 11 10 21 7 147 147 40M dipole @ 15 ft N2ESE 5 5 10 5 50 50 80Mtr.OCFdipole W3 Division KC3RN 10 10 20 8 160 160 G5RV Jr at 35' W4 Division KB9ILT 62 60 122 27 3294 3294 160ft endfed - 60 ft up & 100 ft run WB4OMM 35 35 70 19 1330 1330 G5RV at 35 feet N4MJ 29 29 58 18 1044 1044 Windom @ 55' N4IAG 12 12 24 8 192 192 Horizontal loop at 70' KU4A 10 10 20 7 140 140 Sloping dipole @ 40' K4BAI 1 1 2 1 2 2 40m coax fed dipole up 35' W5 Division K5MBA 7 7 14 7 98 98 40M EFHW abt 20' NQ5M 5 5 10 5 50 50 40m dipole, 8' at north end sloping to 6 KE5YUM 2 2 4 2 8 8 20 meter inverted V at 17 feet N5MAJ 1 1 2 1 2 2 40 m dipole @ 4' NVIS W6 Division KG6UBG 1 1 2 1 2 2 Long wire loop @ 30 ft W7 Division N7YY 4 4 8 4 32 32 160 meter loop up 35' AA7CU 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mobile 10' whip on the roof @ 12 ' W8 Division WA8SAN 20 20 40 14 560 560 End Fed wire @ 25 Ft. W9 Division N9SE 7 7 14 5 70 70 Inverted-vee @70' W0 Division WZ0W 14 14 28 11 308 308 Dipole @ 30' Canada Division VE3GNU 7 7 14 6 84 84 4band endfed @18'-30'---E-W orientation DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key Bug Keyer/Keyboard NN9K 61 61 122 25 3050 3050 3 El Yagi@55' --GM Vertical VE3DQN 24 24 48 11 528 528 3el yagi @50', dpls @40' Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s): @ Non-member $ QRO power ! Late log ~ Submitted as check log
STATS: Logs submitted: 91 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 128 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 1454 States represented: 33 + AB NB ONSOAPBOX: K3WWP - See my web site Diary at k3wwp.com. WB5UAA - Hunted and pounced on every one I heard on 20M. 40M was very noisy for me. Didn't even try 80M. Tnx, C U AGN! Guy, WB5UAA . WA2JSG - Just 10 contacts this evening, 5 on 20m, and 5 on 40m. IC-703, 5 watts off a 12v battery, vertical. Kent Str Key. . N7YY - Well, at least the terrible band conditions made filling out the log easy. . K1IEE - Again 40M was the band to be on. Good sprint. Thanks to all 73 Dick . KQ4MM - Great sprint, my first in a while, ran my cootie and my KX2, lots on QRN on 40M, but thats were the people were.. made a few on 80 and 20, but the bulk on 40.... thanks to all for the contacts..72 Brian - KQ4MM NW0M - First NAQCC Sprint since 2013!!! Thanks for the Qs. KX3 5 watts, OCF dipole at 45', and AC2C SprintLogger. 73, Mitch NW0M . WZ0W - Another fun sprint. See everyone next month! . K4KBL - Static crashes made it difficult for sure but had fun and thats what its about !! . K4ZEB - A bit of QRN tonight, but first contact in a NAQCC sprint! K9QEW - 40m Band Condx Fair/Good. . KE3V - First sprint in some time. Was fun. Keep up the good work. KN1H - Thanks for another fun Sprint! Conditions were surprising as more stations were logged on 20M than 40 and 80 combined. Had a fun time and hope everyone else did as well. 72, John, KN1H . KJ4R - Started out on 20 but only made 3 contacts so moved to 40 where my vertical typically works much better. Good condx on 40 but lots of QRN. Sorry to the AA5 that called me but the static crashes kept taking out the suffix. Never could get a good copy. Fun as always and thanks to everyone for the contacts. 73. PFR 3B to vertical. WB4OMM - When the Sprint started, 20M was hot here on the Central Florida East Coast. No noise, all good signals with some QSB. Worked for an hour until I ran out of folks (25 Qs). Went to 40M and it was it's usual noisy self here. Had to hunt around for folks, QSB deeper and longer. 80M was so noisy I heard no one until just before the end of the sprint and snagged K2TGM on a second band. Worked a few folk on two bands. Was surprised at working OR on 20M (thanks KC7DM) and the last QSO of the night, CO on 40 (thanks N0TA). A few had big signals - huge signals for the night was a tie, KJ4R in SC and AF4OI in KY both blew me out of the chair on 20M. Worked lotsa states tonight. Hope everyone got Baker Island this month. 72/73 to all, see you next month. Steve WB4OMM AH6AX - Another fun Sprint! Seemed to be fair condx tonight and lots of activiey on 40m - later there were a few stations on 80m. 73/72! . K4KRW - 20m and 40m both worked well for me. I tried 80m but no joy. This was the first time I used my new straight key. I picked up a Begali Blade at Dayton. It has a nice feel to it. It was great hearing everyone. QSB was bad at times. Still, lots of great signals tonight. 73, Richard WG8Y - Hi all,20m was pretty gud shape here in NC.Started S&Ping then called CQ for a while. Was surprised to have K3WWP, John call me on 20m.Gud signals from all over on 20m.Also 1st time I worked someone from my home town,Salisbury,NC. tnxs Kent,K9EZ.Jumped around last hour.Tried 80m but after 3 Q's in 3 different states went back to 40 & 20m Yep,20 was still open here at 0224z. Had fun. hope everyone did too. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y K1SX - Tnx all! Spent too much time on 20 as usual, didn't try 80. Good fun. AF4OI - Thanks for another nice NA Sprint!! Running 5 watts into 80m dipole using straight key and Genlog. 72 Bob AF4OI KY 8923 . K3JZD - 40m had some nice rotation this evening. I appreciate those who I had a hard time pulling out of the noise sticking with me until we got it done. Got two new SPCs in the last 5 minutes - it pays to work the event all the way to to the end. Need activity to build up the participation. Jody-K3JZD W2JEK - Got on late. No luck on 20. Had 5 QSO on 40. Had 7 QSO on 80. Tried working VE6BIR but lost him in QSB. Sorry. Rig YAESU FT-840 at 5W. SPEEDX key. End fed ant. Lots of fun. 72 DON W2JEK KD9EBS - Greetings and thank you all for the great sprint. "Youkits HB-1B" 5 Watt. Magnetic Loop Horizontal at 15 feet. Straight Key 73! 72! VA3NU - QSB and QRM presented the usual challenge this month. Still fun to get in on these sprints and work the familiar calls as well as some new ones. Till next month -Cheers and beers- KG6UBG - drastically need an antenna party, new rig etc . K2YGM - Thanks to all that called. Hope to see you all again next month 72 de Bob K2YGM . N7QR - IC706 and a 1958 Vibroplex Presentation to a ground mounted Butternut HF6V vertical without radials (and it shows as it has been unusually dry and hot.) Nothing on 80. Some that I heard: UTC Freq Call 0115 14061.3 AA7CU CQing 0120 14063.3 NW8M CQing a couple more on 20 and 40 I couldn't get the full call on due to deep QSB. No QSOs made even though many CQs during first hour only, due to meeting. CU next month. Russ, Portland OR . KF7WNS - Didn't have much time to play, but lots of activity. . NF8M - Nice condx es many stations on 40 tonight. TNX es 72 . N4MJ - A better night than the past few. Missed one as far as I know - K3FCS got clobbered by another station. Thanks for trying. Thanks to all for participating. 73 de n4mj//glenn . WA5IEK - During a thunderstorm I used my MFJ-2010 antenna in the attic. . N8XMS - My ears are ringing from all of the QRN but it was a good outing for me and I had a lot of fun. I logged membership numbers from 56 to 9448 so a good spread of participation from veterans to newer members. . WB8LZG - Hello fellow sprinters ! Fired up the ftdx1200 last nite at 5 w. 20 was open nicely at the start and I made over 15 QSOs there. went to 40 after 45min. 40 was packed with signals ,but lots of noise too. SRI to several of you who answered my CQ's and did NOT get thru. many times there were weak callers getting covered up by strong ones. Keep trying guys! Also SRI to KA5TJS. I could NOT get the S in ur call. got all the rest but could,nt pull out the call, so had to scratch you. Bands were short, had everal close in Q's with nearby states on 20m. Nothing heard from out west?? checked 80 fer a bit and picked up K2YGM fer the 3fer. A big welcome to WZ0W. UR call didn't show up in the Member list so it confused me. I finally ignored the computer es logged you! Went to 20 fer 1 last QSO before the end. Great fun ! see u all next month. 73 Gregg WB8LZG VE9BEL - A LOT OF NOISE ON 40M TONIGHT, BUT HAD FUN! 73 BERNARD . KE5YUM - Sprint number 90 for me. It was 102 degrees Fahrenheit in the shack at sprint time so I only stayed for the first 30 minutes. Signals on 20 were good to the east coast from north Texas near Oklahoma. FT 817 at 5 Watts. . KA2KGP - 20m. was open 1st hour. 40 & 80 were a good also. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into G5RV up 25 ft. 73 to all. K5MBA - Lots of static this evening making 20M useless. Worked 40M when the static level moved to S5. Still had a great time! Thanks. KA5TJS - Signals were pretty good on 20 meters last night so I stayed there for the whole 45 min. I had to play last night. Got 7 ops in 7 states so not a bad night for me. Great fun and good ops. I did work one more but after 3 tries he could not pull my call out so I gave up! TNX and see you all next month. HOT in ETX. K3RLL - Nice to be back in PA with an actual, real outdoor antenna -- and one that doesn't have to go up only after dark! (HOA Antenna restrictions in FL are brutal.) Sprint was really jumping with more calls at one time than this old op could parse. What a delight in these uncertain (ionospheric times). Was really rolling along until the phone rang. Oh well. Great evening and my apologies to those kind enough to call whom I was unable to separate. 73/72 ... Don KD0V - Good sprint here in southern Minnesota. 20M was especially good during the first hour. Signals were weak, but easy to copy. 40M hard lots of QRN, QSB, and appeared to go dead around 0215Z. 72's - Merlin VE3GNU - With the loss of half of my DXCC resorted to my end-fed 4 band model running more or less E-W----plus first-time use of a K-2 loaner---impressive rig! Good condx on 40 here----my apologies to N2CN and KJ4R for error-sending. Thanks to John K3WWP for my initial contact, and to all for their participation. Ernie . WB9HFK - I stayed on 40M for the entire Sprint. I thought conditions were pretty decent - some QSB however. Thanks for all the Q's and sorry to those I just couldn't pull out of the noise. See everyone next month! 72, Mark WB9HFK VE3DQN - Signals were good. First sprint using a yagi on 20m, and it sure helped during 30min of twilight. K9EZ - Second Sprint. First time ever running a bug. Bought a High Mound BK-100 a few months ago and never played much with it. It took me a while to get it set, and I am sure there are other settings. It sure was a learning curve and would like to thank all of those that could put up with my sending. 20 started nice. 40 was just loaded with S8 noise. 80 was obscene. FT-817, G5RV 72 Kent K9EZ KQ1P - 40M was the workhorse tonight. Many strong signals. . N4IAG - I worked a few on 20 and the rest on 40. Thanks to all! KU4A - Turned out to be "Pipeline to Pennsylvania" night for me, as four of ten QSOs were with the Keystone state. Tried 80m a couple times, never heard anybody. KB9ILT - Overall band conditions were good, though 40 was noisy but signals punched through it well. Set a personal best for QSO number. Not sure if it was because of the good conditions or because I raised my antenna from 20 ft to 60 ft- probably both. K8LBQ - Tough copy here in Georgia on 40 probably due to high noise level from thunderstorms in region WB2LQF - THIS WAS MY FIRST REALLY SERIOUS SPRINT SINCE I UPDATED MY STATION. I PLAYED FOR THE ENTIRE TWO HOURS. I USED MY NEW KN4YB RIGHT ANGLE BUG FOR TONIGHT'S SPRINT, ALONG WITH MY NEW KENWOOD TS-590SG DIALED BACK TO 5 WATTS. I "DID THE MATH" USING MY ELECRAFT DL1 DUMMY LOAD AND MY FLUKE DMM AND CONFIRMED 4.45 WATTS RF BEING DELIVERED TO THE ANTENNA. THE ANTENNA IS A 63 FOOT MYANTENNAS EFHW-4010 UP ABOUT 27' AND INSTALLED OUTSIDE WHERE IT BELONGS, MOUNTED IN A HALF-SQUARE GEOMETRY. I HAD TO JOIN THE HOA AND BECOME THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO PULL THIS ONE OFF. IF TONIGHT IS ANY INDICATION, IT WAS WORTH THE EFFORT !! I STARTED OUT ON 40M AND STAYED THERE ALL NIGHT. NOISE LEVEL WASN'T BAD BUT QSB WAS VERY DEEP AT TIMES. OVERALL, SIGNAL STRENGTHS WERE SURPRISINGLY STRONG. THE TS-590SG RECEIVER IS FABULOUS AND VERY USER-FRIENDLY TO OPERATE. FROM MY QTH THE BAND SEEMED 'SHORT' IN THAT I WORKED FROM MAINE TO THE MID-WEST AND FROM ONTARIO DOWN TO SOUTH CAROLINA BUT NOTHING BEYOND AND NOTHING CLOSE-IN. HAD A GREAT TIME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH. ZUT! KD3CA - In spite of bad QRN and QSB there was a lot of 599 signals on 20 and 40 mtrs. Had to use all the KX3 rig's filters and noise blanker's through the sprint. . But was fun as usual . Best 73 to all Don WB1GYZ - When did we lose privilege on 80? AA0W - Lots of QRN local thunder storm. KX2 and a dipole KB1M - A fun sprint, though my ears were happier when I pulled the plug. Worked on two bands WB4OMM and KB9ILT. I got to use the new finger pieces that I won in a NAQCC drawing, they look and work great. Thanks for the QSO's. 72/73 Walt N4OW - 20 was good - 40 was not so good. Many contacts few multipliers, a strange sprint, but always fun. I will have to wax my antenna before the next one ! 72 de N4ow, AL 7700 N4KEZ - 40M was a QRN-Fest... KA1DBE - Originally planned to go retro with the HW-8 and my very first key (40 years old!). Couldn't find the power cord. Still used the key though. Static crashes were bad during the last 20 minutes. Thanks for the Qs! 73/72, Jeff, KA1DBE AK3X - 20 meters was very good for the first 30 minutes. Moved to 40 for another 45 minutes or so, with some strong sigs but some with lots of QSB. If every signal was 599 this would be no fun at all! 72 to all, Peter KC3RN - Only had about an hour on the air this month, but managed to make a few contacts through the QRN. KD2MX - I only had a few minutes to play. Heard one decent signal above the noise . NN0SS - Good conditions on 20 meters in MN this evening W2SH - 20m was in fine shape. Its skip zone was somewhat reduced, and KC7DM was the only west coast station heard (and worked). 18 QSOs on 20m of which four were also contacted on 40m. Seven QSOs on 40m and seven on 80m. As I've mentioned previously, 80m is unfairly neglected in the summer months. This is a shame because received signal strengths (rarely below 579) greatly exceed the QRN level, and this is certainly not the case on 40m. WX4RM - Made most of my contacts on 20 Meters, and also during the first half hour of the sprint. Had a good time as always! WA1GWH - Recently made some circuit changes in my old SW-40+ QRP transceiver to better shape the audio. Turned out sounding quite well, so used it at 1W along with my 40M dipole at 15 ft. My own mW contest! Signals were quite good during the sprint. 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