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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
Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s):
@ Non-member
$ QRO power
CERTIFICATES |
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | KN1H | K1IX | - |
W2 | KA2KGP | KN2G | K2OID |
W3 | K3JZD | KC3MIO | AK3X |
W4 | K4BAI | NA4O | WG8Y |
W5 | N5GW | KE9DR | KE5YUM |
W6 | K6GPB | - | - |
W7 | - | - | - |
W8 | W8GG | NF8M | - |
W9 | K9NUD | WB9HFK | W9DWR |
W0 | N0TA | KD0DK | NN0SS |
Canada | VE3IIM | VA3NU | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - BUG CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | - | - | - |
W2 | N2DGQ | - | - |
W3 | K3RLL | NN3E | - |
W4 | K7EK | - | - |
W5 | - | - | - |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | N7QR | - | - |
W8 | KI8FV | - | - |
W9 | - | - | - |
W0 | - | - | - |
Canada | - | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | KB1M | - | - |
W2 | N2ESE WA1GWH (TIE) | - | - |
W3 | W3IPA | KQ3Z | - |
W4 | AF4PX | N2TNN | K4KBL |
W5 | - | - | - |
W6 | KI6M | - | - |
W7 | K7TRT | - | - |
W8 | WI8J | WA8SAN | - |
W9 | K9EYT | WD9EGW | - |
W0 | - | - | - |
Canada | - | - | - |
DX | DK1VD | - | - |
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | - | - | - |
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BUG | - | - | - |
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K/K | VE3DQN | - | - |
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FIRST TIME ENTRANT HIGH SCORE |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | - | - | - |
BUG | - | - | - |
K/K | - | - | - |
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER |
Prizes | - |
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!
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