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September 2024 QRP/CW Sprint (#239)


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     23   22  45   10  450  x2   900  OCFD @50'                                         
K1IX     12   12  24    9  216  x2   432  OCFD @ 35'                                        

W2 Division
KA2KGP   24   24  48   12  576  x2  1152  G5RV up 25'                                       
KN2G     20   20  40   13  520  x2  1040  55FT FANNED DIPOLE INVERTED VEE                   
K2OID    19   19  38   12  456  x2   912  80M OCF dipole @40'                               
W2SH     15   15  30   10  300  x2   600  72' wire vertical                                 

W3 Division
K3JZD    35   33  68   19 1292  x2  2584  40m Dipole @25'                                   
KC3MIO   21   20  41   17  697  x2  1394  125' Doublet up 45'                               
AK3X     19   19  38    9  342  x2   684  102' in vee doublet @35'                          
N3CAA     9    9  18    7  126  x2   252  Homebrew frisbee retriever vertical w/40m coil    

W4 Division
K4BAI    41   39  80   23 1840  x2  3680  127' center fed zepp up 25'.  20M dipole at 30'.  
NA4O     12   12  24    8  192  x2   384  41'EF@20'                                         
WG8Y     10   10  20    8  160  x2   320  10-80 OCF@40FT                                    
WX4RM     7    7  14    6   84  x2   168  4BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
W4DWS     0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  80 meter loop @ 50'                               

W5 Division
N5GW     13   13  26    9  234  x2   468  doublet @ 25'                                     
KE9DR     5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  380' Loop @ 55ft                                  
KE5YUM    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  80 meter dipole                                   

W6 Division
K6GPB     5    4   9    4   36  x2    72  G5RV 20 feet                                      

W7 Division

W8 Division
W8GG     19   19  38   14  532  x2  1064  trap dipoles @ 35'                                
NF8M     17   17  34   11  374  x2   748  40m: EFHW@25ft; 80m:OCFD/Bev.                     

W9 Division
K9NUD    47   47  94   21 1974  x2  3948  80M EFHW up 40'                                   
WB9HFK   32   32  64   20 1280  x2  2560  EF 150 Ft. Wire                                   
W9DWR     8    8  16    3   48  x2    96  Dipole @ 15'                                      
K9QEW     5    5  10    3   30  x2    60  4BTV                                              

W0 Division
N0TA     32   32  64   20 1280  x2  2560  Doublet at 25 ft, Vertical                        
KD0DK    12   12  24    8  192  x2   384  102 ft. long wire                                 
NN0SS     8    8  16    6   96  x2   192  inverted V @ 30ft                                 
AA5LH     5    5  10    5   50  x2   100  40-10 Delta Loop @ 25'                            
AA0W      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  OCF Dipole @ 30 Feet                              

Canada Division
VE3IIM   15   15  30   11  330  x2   660  fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet             
VA3NU    13   13  26    8  208  x2   416  40m EFHW @25'                                     

DX Division

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

W1 Division

W2 Division
N2DGQ    20   20  40   10  400 x1.5  600  OCFD @ 20-Feet                                    

W3 Division
K3RLL    13   13  26   11  286 x1.5  429  G5RVjr @ 35'                                      
NN3E      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
K7EK     20   20  40    9  360 x1.5  540  135' OCFD apex 20', 120' T2FD (inv vee), apex 65' 

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division
N7QR      3    3   6    3   18 x1.5   27  Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials           

W8 Division
KI8FV    10   10  20    6  120 x1.5  180  G5rv up 25 feet                                   

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
KB1M      4    4   8    3   24        24  20 & 40m dipoles                              

W2 Division
N2ESE     7    7  14    7   98        98  20 & 40 meter dipole                          
WA1GWH    7    7  14    7   98        98  40m dipole at 15 ft                               

W3 Division
W3IPA    11   11  22   10  220       220  8010m EFHW @ 30'                                  
KQ3Z      5    4   9    5   45        45  Doublet @ 65ft in the trees                       

W4 Division
AF4PX    30   24  54   19 1026      1026  Delta loop                                        
N2TNN    28   28  56   14  784       784  160 meter loop up 55 feet                         
K4KBL    26   25  51   15  765       765  ZS6BKW INV @ 60'                                  
N4MJ     21   20  41   11  451       451  40M Windom @ 40 feet                              
K4KRW     6    6  12    5   60        60  Inverted V @ 65'                                  
N4ARY     6    5  11    5   55        55  Folded dipole at 25ft                             

W5 Division

W6 Division
KI6M      6    4  10    6   60        60  dipole @ 30'                                      

W7 Division
K7TRT    12   12  24    9  216       216  135 FT EFHW @ 40 FT                               

W8 Division
WI8J     13   13  26    9  234       234  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WA8SAN    3    3   6    3   18        18  End fed wire @ 25 ft                              

W9 Division
K9EYT     5    5  10    3   30        30  g5rv at 30'                                       
WD9EGW    2    2   4    1    4         4  20 meter dipole up 20 feet                        

W0 Division

Canada Division

DX Division
DK1VD     2    2   4    2    8         8  GND MTD VERT                                      

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

Straight Key

Bug

Keyer/Keyboard
VE3DQN   18   17  35   13  455       455  40m dipole @40ft                                  


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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 57
Total participants:             101
Total QSOs:                     787
States + Provinces represented: 34 + ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

W3IPA - Conditions on 40m were quite rough for me, some calls were in the noise (tnx for sticking around for me to get your calls right.)

NF8M - Op time a bit over an hour. Good condx on all bands. 20 was a bit quiet when I got on. 40 was best. 72 til next month.

WG8Y - Hi all, started app. 20 min late. Surprised to hear 20m still open. Well, for a few minutes anyway. Heard & worked MT, CO & CA. then the band went away. Worked a few Q's on 40m while just tuning around. Pulled the plug a half hour early. Long day. 72 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y

VA3NU - Weak signals on 20M so switched to 40M which was in much better shape. See you next month .. Larry 72

N2DGQ - First started on 20 was pretty until it wasn't. Remainder of the contest was on 40 Meters. See you next month. 73 Ernie N2DGQ

KN1H - Pretty noisy tonight so dusted off my OCFD which has been hiding in the pine trees for about 5 years and seldom used. Was noticeably quieter on receive than my usual EFW and seemed to be working at least OK on transmit. 72, John, KN1H

K9NUD - Nice bands tonight, and lots of familiar calls. I used my KX3 @ 5W with a cootie. I ran on 40 until 0200 and repeated quite a few on 80 after that.

KN2G - Very good night with plenty of fuzz on 20 to start and then clear on 40 and slightly crackly on 80. I tried a new speaker tonight and it isn't optimized for CW sigs. Sorry to those early on who had to deal with my key being intermittent. I temporarily fixed it. I may need to whine to my wife about that KX2PD..... As always, great fun with great ops.

K9QEW - Limited to 20m ops only. Band gave out early. 72/73s Daryl

NA4O - 40M only tonight. Great to hear some regulars and a number of new calls. 5W from KX3 with Vibroplex Straight Key and as always a very compromise antenna.

N2TNN - Fun stuff but the bands were QRN to the max. 72, Dean

N4MJ - Activity was a bit slow but a fairly good turnout. I had to miss part of the event as I had local QRM (XYL). hi hi Thanks to all patient participants. 73 de n4mj//glenn

KQ3Z - Was only able to work the last 20 minutes all on 40 meters. Heard a lot of peep signals tonight tried to work as many as I could in 20 minutes. Thanks for the contacts.

WX4RM - Noise level kept my QSO number down, but still had fun as always.

VE3DQN - A great start to the Sprint was a QSO with Fred DK1VD in Germany, I think the first DX QSO I've had in a Sprint. 18 Qs in 40 minutes, all on 40m. A very satisfying sprint evening, thanks to all.

KI8FV - I've just recently retired after 40 years of being a teacher. First time in 5 years I've had an opportunity to do naqcc or even any Morse code at all. Had a great time! Hope I remembered how to do these logs correctly.

N3CAA - Called CQ on 20 a few times at the beginning, but no takers so moved to 40m for the rest of the sprint. Could hear several CQs but the S7+ QRN with QSB would have made contact very difficult. Couldn't send 3's for the life of me this evening for some reason, apologies for any confusion! I'll miss next month's sprint due to a work trip but looking forward to the November sprint. TNX es 72

K2OID - Relatively poor conditions on 40 tonight. Lots of stations from some kind of POTA contest that definitely were not QRO. Still did OK. Fun as always.

W9DWR - Had a lot of fun and getting better the 3rd time around. Thanks for the contacts! I was definitely favoring my home state of IL and GA was coming in well with one lone PA. Had one from the north in MI, but unfortunately I couldn't count it.

N7QR - 85th 20 was the band, heard some on 40 but no contacts, nothing on 80. First time got MI! 1.5 hours. Russ Portland OR

W4DWS - Rough...

K7EK - Rough going this evening. 20m died shortly after sunset so no contacts, 40m was good to excellent but with a high noise floor. I had to fight for every contact. 80m was also very noisy with very little activity noted.

KE5YUM - Sprint #158 for me. Conditions were excellent on 20 for the brief time I was on. It was great to work two that I had not worked in a while. All the best, Terry FT 710 @ 5 watts using a CWMORSE Camelback key.

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Gud nite fer sprint last eve. 20 was open nicely es netted several QSOs at the start. want to 40 es had a little run there. I kept checking 80, but no joy there. went back fer a listen on 20 and found N7QR still there. 40 was the workhorse tonight tho. Plenty of peepers out there es some POTA boys too. Worked many old friends last nite.Too much fun as usuall ! Tns fer all who called. Long day,so pulled plug early. 73 till next month. Gregg W8GG

K1IX - Good condx and good activity thnx Qsos's 72 Frank

WB9HFK - Another fun evening! Thanks for the QSO's! 72, Mark WB9HFK

K3JZD - 40m Only. Long, but with a higher than usual noise level and mild QSB here. Fred-DK1VD persisted in sending his call repeatedly until I was able to pull him out of my noise level. Thank you Fred, it is always nice to work into Germany with 5w CW and a wire. I logged NAQCC numbers from very low ones to recently assigned ones. Great to have such a broad participation. Gave K3RLL a solid 599 as he completed his last 2024 Sprint in PA with a 'real antenna'. Finished up the event with a rag chew with a non-member. KX3 with my 40m Dipole that I was recently able to put back up. 72, Jody - K3JZD

K7TRT - CONDX seem to be improving. Worked first half hour on 20m, then switched to 40m for 45 minutes. Had a lot of fun. TNX to all for your patience in digging out my pipsqueak SIG from MT. 72.

KA2KGP - Another good NA Sprint. 20m. was nil, 80 had a few but 40m. was the best band here in WNY. Tnx to all who sprinted ! 73

AA0W - Poor Conditions again this month. Summer Storms high noise level. 40 Meters only usable band.

KC3MIO - I went to a local hamfest on Sunday and bought a TenTec Rebel 506, which I had never heard of, for $25. It has three knobs, two buttons and one switch, and no frequency display. I put it on the air on Sunday night and worked four stations including three during the Flying Pigs RFTB. I decided to try it out for the sprint. I worked only three stations on 20 (IA,CA and MS) and then switched to 40, which required opening the case and changing three jumpers. All in all, I like this radio and had fun. 40 M was pretty packed with signals and it was active to the end. Nice to work some low numbers and some new members. Tnx and look for everyone during the anniversary. 73/72 Rich

N5GW - 20M was pretty good, and 40M was fair here. Maybe next month 80M will start to open up.

AK3X - Missed the first 45 minutes. Stayed on 40 until the last 15 minutes and dropped to 80 meters. 40 was a little noisy, and 80 was a little worse. Thanks for the fun. 72 to all.

VE3IIM - 40 WAS A MESS HERE WITH VERY STRONG AURORA FLUTTER! WAS SURPRISED HOW WELL 80M WAS..GOOD FUN ALL ROUND!

W2SH - 20m stayed open with a long skip zone for nearly the first 45 minutes. Activity on 40m seemed lighter than usual. Only one station on 80m was heard and then logged.

K4KRW - Thanks everyone!