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March 2018 QRP/CW Sprint (#161) Corey KF0U is responsible for the contents of this page. Questions should go to him at ![]() Entry Deadline: All entries should have been RECEIVED before 2400Z on Sunday March 25, 2018.
KF0U Comments - Really enjoyed this putting this results page together. Nearly everything came together quickly because of the new Autologger!!! Thanks to everyone involved this month and I look forward to working with all in May. N2CN Comments - The results are now final for this sprint. Final Results SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KN1H 29 29 58 19 1102 x2 2204 400' End-fed wire WB1GYZ 21 21 42 12 504 x2 1008 125 ft sloping wire to top of pine tree K1IEE 12 12 24 10 240 x2 480 OCF dipole @ 30' N1DN 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 Dipole 50' W2 Division W2SH 28 26 54 21 1134 x2 2268 270ft dpl@45ft; inverted L, 86ftV,68ftH KA2KGP 22 22 44 15 660 x2 1320 G5RV up 25' W2JEK 23 23 46 14 644 x2 1288 20m gnd pl, 110 ft end fed, both at 20ft AA2VG 19 17 36 11 396 x2 792 Carolina Windom @40 WA2JSG 12 11 23 7 161 x2 322 Vertical @ 10' KD2MX 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 LONGWIRE LOOP @20' W3 Division AH6AX 32 31 63 16 1008 x2 2016 WINDOM OCF @ 50' KD3CA 27 25 52 15 780 x2 1560 132 ft ocf Windom @33 ft AC2C 23 22 45 13 585 x2 1170 Random Wire up 25 ft K3JZD 20 20 40 14 560 x2 1120 40m dpl@25,' 80m 59' sloped EFRW AK3X 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 OCF doublet at 27' WA3FIR 9 9 18 6 108 x2 216 OCF dipole 20' N4KEZ 3 2 5 2 10 x2 20 Vertical EFHW W4 Division WG8Y 29 25 54 17 918 x2 1836 40-80M hb dp@45ft & 6bvt N4OW 19 19 38 13 494 x2 988 80M INVERTED V low loop @ Avg hgt 12' KQ4MM 14 14 28 12 336 x2 672 60f end fed wire W4KRN 14 14 28 12 336 x2 672 Inverted vee@50' WA4SPJ 13 13 26 11 286 x2 572 Inverted "L" @ 30' W4DUK 14 14 28 9 252 x2 504 End-fed Zepp @ 20' WX4RM 11 10 21 9 189 x2 378 6BTV gnd mtd vert WK4WC 9 9 18 6 108 x2 216 OCF Dipole up 50 feet K4NYI 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Sloper @ 40' WD4EXI 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 G5RV junior @35' WD4OHD 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 40m dipole K4JPN 7 7 14 4 56 x2 112 80M cf Zepp N4FI 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 115' random wire @ 25' W4HH 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 OCF Dipole @ 25 ft KA8VZB 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 ~60' random wire @ 20' W5 Division N5GW 39 39 78 21 1638 x2 3276 CFZ at 50' & 75' KA5TJS 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 80 meter inverted vee @ 30 ft. KU5M 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 End fed wire, 120' long, up 25' KG5HCF 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Dipole @ 25' W6 Division K6MGO 6 6 12 4 48 x2 96 45' indoor doublet approx 12' high W7 Division KC7DM 14 14 28 10 280 x2 560 450' horz loop @ 60' W8 Division W3NP 39 38 77 16 1232 x2 2464 160 Meter Horizontal Loop @ 50' WB8LZG 21 21 42 15 630 x2 1260 Dipoles @ 30' K8KUF 10 9 19 6 114 x2 228 Windom at 35 feet KB8FE 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 End Fed Wire - 66.5' long - sloping !NF8M 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 6BTV & OCF Dpl 35ft W9 Division WB9HFK 47 47 94 23 2162 x2 4324 OCF Dipole at 30 Ft./150Ft. Random Wire NX1K 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 30' ell with base at 12' W9CC 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 6BTV KC9UNL 6 6 12 4 48 x2 96 20" max height N8HWV 5 4 9 4 36 x2 72 Inverted vee @ 15' KD9EBS 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Dipole at 25' in the attic W0 Division N0TA 39 37 76 24 1824 x2 3648 1/4 gnd mnt vertical NN0SS 20 19 39 10 390 x2 780 80 meter Inv Vee @40ft NO2D 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 40 M dipole @ 30' K0FG 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 Dipole @ 45' K0FNR 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Doublet @ 25' AD0YM 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Ocf dipole @ 30' Canada Division VE3DQN 21 21 42 16 672 x2 1344 Dipoles@40' VA3NU 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 88' inverted vee @ 25' VE9AT 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 134'end fed wire between two towers @50' DX Division SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division K1IX 12 12 24 9 216 x1.5 324 OCFD @ 38' W2 Division W3 Division K3WWP 20 19 39 12 468 x1.5 702 ~110' attic random wire W4 Division AK4NY 25 23 48 14 672 x1.5 1008 270' OCF Dipole at 90 ft KJ4R 21 21 42 15 630 x1.5 945 Ground Mounted Vertical N4EEV 16 14 30 11 330 x1.5 495 Open feed doublet @ 35ft W4EDN 9 9 18 4 72 x1.5 108 Inv v at 70 ft W5 Division NF5U 17 16 33 10 330 x1.5 495 40m/80m trap dipole @33ft WI5H 8 8 16 8 128 x1.5 192 90 ft Wire Loop WB4BIN 3 3 6 2 12 x1.5 18 85' attic random wire W6 Division W7 Division W8 Division N8XMS 8 8 16 6 96 x1.5 144 R7 Vertical W8ES 5 5 10 4 40 x1.5 60 80m doublet @ ~30 ft W9 Division AA9L 7 7 14 7 98 x1.5 147 160-80-40 trap dipole @ 50 feet N9SE 0 0 0 0 0 x1.5 0 Dipole @70' W0 Division KD0V 38 35 73 20 1460 x1.5 2190 Cf Zepp @ 50 feet Canada Division VE3IDS 7 7 14 4 56 x1.5 84 130' doublet @ 35' DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KB1M 14 14 28 11 308 308 40 mtr dipole at 30 ft W2 Division W2JAZ 18 18 36 14 504 504 Carolina Windom @ 40' K2YGM 18 18 36 13 468 468 40m INV VEE 80m EFHW WA1GWH 6 5 11 5 55 55 40M dipole @ 15 ft N2ESE 5 5 10 5 50 50 40mDipole@45FT. KC2MJT 1 1 2 1 2 2 G5RV @30' W3 Division W3KWH 9 8 17 7 119 119 1/2 wave dipole @ 60 ft W4 Division K4KRW 28 27 55 17 935 935 Dipole@35' N4MJ 23 23 46 15 690 690 Windom @ 55' KB9ILT 17 17 34 13 442 442 Endfed at 20 feet K3RLL 15 15 30 10 300 300 Black after-dark vertical WM4X 12 12 24 9 216 216 Inverted Vee with apex at 20 ft WB4OMM 10 9 19 8 152 152 G5RV at 45 feet KU4A 8 8 16 6 96 96 40m slp dip @ 40', 80m 1/4-wave slp @ 40 K8LBQ 6 6 12 6 72 72 Inverted vee @ 30' K4TRH 7 7 14 4 56 56 InvVee 30ft N4IAG 5 5 10 5 50 50 Dipole @ 70' W4LAS 3 3 6 2 12 12 End fed half wave !K4RHG 12 12 24 8 192 192 Stealth long wire 40 ft high W5 Division K5MBA 11 11 22 9 198 198 40M EFHW abt 20' N5XE 7 7 14 6 84 84 80-M horizontal loop at 20 feet KE5YUM 1 1 2 1 2 2 OCF 40 @ 24 feer W6 Division W7 Division KF7Z 31 30 61 19 1159 1159 Dpl@ 25' N7YY 6 4 10 4 40 40 160M horizontal loop up 35' W8 Division WA8SAN 12 12 24 10 240 240 End Fed @ 25` W8RTJ 9 9 18 9 162 162 End fed wire @25' AC8JW 9 9 18 7 126 126 End fed half wave W9 Division K9JWI 49 49 98 25 2450 2450 Gnd mtd vert & 80M inv vee @ 35' K9CW 19 19 38 13 494 494 40m/80m inverted V at 60' W0 Division K9OSC 40 39 79 20 1580 1580 CF Zepp 35' K8UDH 20 19 39 15 585 585 Zepp @ 35' WD0K 2 1 3 1 3 3 Center fed zepp, up 30' Canada Division VE3GNU 5 4 9 3 27 27 Fan-dipole @35' NW-SE dir. DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key K4BAI 46 44 90 27 2430 x2 4860 TH6DXX; 40Mdip; 88'cfz; 80M inv vee dip NN9K 44 41 85 25 2125 x2 4250 3el Yagi@50ft, 135ft end-fed @ 25ft Bug Keyer/Keyboard Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s): @ Non-member $ QRO power ! Late log ~ Submitted as check log
STATS: Logs submitted: 108 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 159 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 1524 States represented: 39 + NB ON QC DXSOAPBOX: KC2MJT - Well, tail between legs after 20 minutes. Noise, did I mention noise. Thank you K4kRW for hanging in there. WB4OMM - At the start, nothing on 20M (no surprise) and 40M had S8 noise, then the noise disappeared around 30 mins into the Sprint. Not many signals heard, and deep QSB on what was there. Tried 80M after 60 mins, nothing but noise! Oh well......still got wot work a few folks, and as always, I truly enjoyed it! 72/73 to all, see you next month! Steve WB4OMM K3RLL - K3 to flat black after-dark HOA vertical: Lots of signals tonight on 40m and some pretty strong. Nice to start out with K3JZD and end up with N8XMS. Big thanks for super-patient W2SH. 72/73 ... Don AA9L - Used my 2 tube transmitter, 7.045 xtal controlled. Not very frequency agile. The Vibroplex is still challenging for me. 73, AA9L NX1K - Been a while for me. Good to be back in it. N4EEV - First sprint of new year for me as been hurting to much sit in chair for long. I like the new Sprint Logger! Good stuff. Invited 2 non-members to join. Thanks for the QSO, 72 Mike WD4EXI - Noise levels at my QTH were quite high on 40M. It wasn't easy pulling out signals tonight. Thanks to all. 72 Val - WD4EXI WD4OHD - I got started late this evening and found my 80m dipole was not functioning properly. I made a few contacts on 40m before giving it up. Conditions seemed to be unusually bad. Weak signals, QSB, QRM. When I checked the bands this morning I heard almost nothing, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the poor propagation. Hopefully, conditions will be better next month. KD0V - The first hour on 40M was fantastic. Thanks everyone for the contacts. 72 until next month. WA2JSG - Used my IC-703 off a 12v battery running 5 watts to a multiband vertical. Kent SK-1 Str Key. Nice sprint as always. KJ4R - Got off to a good start on 40, but then things slowed down to a crawl. Went to 80, but my antenna doesn't match well there and couldn't get anyone to hear me. Came back to 40 and only made 2 QSO's in 20 mins of calling. Threw in the towel at 0215. Thanks to everyone for the contacts. 73. W4EDN - Band great early. then at end no one heard me. K1IEE - Signals on 40M all had peaks and valleys. One second 599 then the same station went in the noise then back up again. Still another fun sprint. Thanks to all 73 Dick NF5U - Got a bit of a late start after church. As usual it was a lot of fun. Thanks to all the great ops that copied my signal. 73's, see you all next month. KQ4MM - Fun Sprint, tied my best at 14 ... Some on 40 most on 80M, used KX2@5W into End Fed Wire ... K3JZD - 40m was long - I was lighting up RBN monitors in UT, CO, and VE6 on 40m. But did not hear any NAQCC stations from out that way. Only worked into FL and MS on 40m. 80m had more action tonight, even with my marginal 80m antenna. KX3/40m Dipole/80m 59' EFRW sloped from 8' to 20'. Jody - K3JZD N9SE - I tried using my HB crystal oscillator on the colorburst freq, but no takers. KD9EBS - Thank you all for the good time. Dipole antenna at 25 feet, in the attic. 'Youkits' HB-1B Transceiver, running 5 watts. Navy flameproof CW straight key. 73/72 de KD9EBS N8HWV - Sorry to the 4 out of 5 ppl I sent skcc num to i/o naqcc num. Baby in one hand, key in the other. NN0SS - Great conditions on 40 meters WI5H - I worked one hour then had to QRT. 3 on 20M and 5 on 40M. Thanks to all for a fun Sprint. 72 until next time. DIT DIT K4KRW - Fun night. This was the first time in a while I could work a whole sprint. 40m was pretty dead but I still managed to get some contacts there including Wyoming about half way in. I got a lot of my regular contacts on 80m. I even got my neighbor (well almost neighbor) W4EDN. Thanks everyone! Richard KN1H - Good to have 40M working again! Spent first hour on 40 and second on 80 with about equal results on each band. QSB was short and deep creating all kinds of trouble, but what a lot of fun. Happy Spring to all! N7YY - Dang it! Missed the first hour - need to set an alarm next month. 40 sounded good NO2D - Dusted off an old Ham-Key straight key and my venerable old Ten-Tec Delta 580, I guess for nostalgia's sake. Wish it had a narrower filter because we all crowd into such a small part of 40 meters. The 40 M band was in great shape tonight. Thanks to the sponsors. Pete, NO2D WG8Y - Hi all, Started kinda slow.Worked 2 on 20m then went to 40m. Only worked 2 agn. Band was long.Worked MN & QC then on to 80m. Usually don't go to 80m that early but found lots of gud signals and some QRN. Worked my ole bud in Ohio NT8P.Hi Ron. Caught you calling CQ.Gud deal. Went back to 40m just to see if it shortened up. Asked if the freq. was busy on 7.030 and had a 10 min qso with CM8NMN who thru his call out.FB. he was solid S8 running 30watts.Then back to 80m & called for last half hour. Sorry about getting a little sloppy with the fist towards the end. Had shoulder surgery in Jan.& my whole arm was running out of gas. Had fun playing with my old 4 dollar Ameco straight key. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y K2YGM - Bounced around for this sprint. Lots of QRN on both bands.. Hope conditions improve next month 72 Bob K2YGM KF7Z - Fun little sprint tonight,nice to hear from John K4BAI in GA, haven't QSOed with him for a bit. lots of fading tonight so had to ask for several repeats, thank you if you were one. see you next month form WY Danny W4HH - Able to operate only a few minutes; be back next month. KB8FE - Nice weather in northern Ohio. Few stations heard on 40 meters and they were rather weak. Conditions were up and down. Spring is finally here! WB8LZG - HELLO FELLOW SPRINTERS ! I FIRED UP THE FTDX1200 @ 5W AGN LAST NIGHT. I ACUALLY TRIED SOMETHING NEW. THEY HAD TO DRAG ME KICKING ES SCREAMING INTO THE MODERN AGE. BUT I FINALLY TRYED THE NEW LOGGING PROGRAM BY AC2C. hmmmmmm I THINK I LIKE IT ! EASY ES FAST. IT DID MAKE ME A BIT LAZY THOUGH. I STILL ENJOY PAPAER BUT THIS SURE STREAMLINED SPRINT LOGGING. GAVE A LISTEN ON 20M AT THE START, NADA. 40M HAD LOTS OF SIGS BUT THE QSB WAS MURDER! SRI TO THE COUPLE OF CALLERS I MISSED. AT TIMES THE SIGS WOULD DISSAPEAR. FLIPPED BACK ES FORTH TO 80M TO FIND THE BEST ACTIVITY. SEEMED LIKE I HAD A "BEELINE" TO THE SOUTH AGN AS I WORKED 3 FL STNS 3 GA STNS ES MS ES TX TOO. NOT A PEEP HEARD FROM ANYONE IN NEW ENGLAND ???? 40M SEEMED TO GO LONG EARLY. 80 WAS PACKED WID PEANUT WHISTLES, BUT QUITE PACKED IN. ALOT OF FUN AS USUALL. SEE U ALL NEXT MONTH, 73 GREGG WB8LZG K5MBA - Lots of strong signals this evening. Had a lot of fun! KE5YUM - I could only stay for a few minutes tonight. Thanks to Ron K4RHG for working me. FT 817, 5 Watts, OCF 40 @24 feet. Terry W3KWH - We missed a few callers due to noisy conditions on 40 plus band was dead ...still fun. KA5TJS - I only tried 40 meters on this one. Band was not real good here in ETX. TNX for pulling me out of the QSB. Used the ICOM 7410 @ 5 watts and Inverted Vee at 30 ft. Also the HB cootie. CU all next month. VE3IDS - Good sprint. I used my HW-101 @ 5 watts with a Speed X bug. Look forward to next month's sprint. K4JPN - Only had a short period of time to be on, 40M and 20M were poor. 80M seemed to be opened only to the SE. 72 Steve K4JPN WK4WC - Thanks to all! AH6AX - Thanks for another fun event. N4MJ - Bands still noisy and somewhat inconsistent. Heard an OR station calling and trying to work me but just could not pull him through. SRI, would love to have had that one. Missed one other but no idea who it was nor where he was located, just too weak and the QRN/QSB stalled the Q. 80 was just too noisy. Someone pulled the switch on 40 early. All things considered it was a good night contact number wise. Tnx to all participants. 73 de n4mj//glenn PS John, N0TA, had the top sig. N5GW - KX3 & rake tine key to CFZ. 20M mostly dead. 40M & 80M in good shape. WA1GWH - Only worked 40M and it was pretty sparse and very in and out with stations and with a fairly long skip. Strong sigs would suddenly appear for a while then disappear. Closest in worked from here in NY was GA. Farthest was WY, MS and FL. 4W to a 40M dipole at 15 ft. Thanks for the contacts! Garry WA1GWH VA3NU - 40 meters closed almost immediately at start of Sprint and 80 meters didn't open until later in the Sprint. Still had lots of fun searching for signals. Larry VA3NU 72 W8ES - Only had the 1st 1/2 hour to play. Thanks for the contacts! See you next sprint. 72 from West Virginia, Jay W8ES AK4NY - Interesting evening - 40 was dead for me here, so I just waited till dark and went on 80. Latter in the evening there was some very strange QRM -sounded like a sweeping warble. Still had fun, hope everyone else did, hope to catch you on the air 72/73 de Tom W3NP - Started on 40 but band seemed long with a lot of slow QSB - wked 2 stns in MN and 3 in FL. Seems I either got a good sig report or wasn't heard at all. Went to 80 which was much better. The little 10 khz portion of the band was packed tight. Mostly did S&P until the last 20 minutes or so. K3 @ 5w to 160m loop, GHD cootie and Ron's AC2C logger (much easier to use). Tnx to all from West Virginia. 72, Dave WB9HFK - Conditions on both 40M and 80M pretty decent. Thanks for all the QSOes! CU next Month! 72, Mark WB9HFK KD3CA - Was fun as usual, 80 mtr was very good for me , lots of strong signal's Many thanks to all , 73 Don AA2VG - Had fun as usual. Ran the KX3 and then switched to the IC7300. I used my American Morse MS2 key. It is a well balance straight key, small and easy to use. 72 Peter AA2VG K8KUF - Radio: Yaesu 817nd at 5 watts Antenna: Windom 80m was noisy at first but quieted down during the second half of the sprint. N4IAG - My first sprint. Only worked a few, but I'll be back! KB1M - Thankfully the 40M band had improve over the horrendous QRN of the previous evening and I never heard any digital QRM during the sprint. Thanks for the QSO's. 73/72, Walt N4OW - 40 Was very good at my QTH. Plasma TV RFI wiped out all of 3.550 to 3.570 only W3NP could break through. 72 de N4ow 7700 K6MGO - Band was long with no short path again, heard N5GW in MS better than N6IET who is only a few miles from me. Tnx to all who participated CU next month. 72 de Bill, k6mgo W2JEK - Was able to be on for the whole time. Band conditions not very good. But had a lot of fun anyway. 72 and 73 Don W2JEK K1IX - Tnx N4EEV for working thru the hvy QSB to complete contact. Good activity tonight. Rig FT-2000 @ 5w to OCFD. tnx all for Q's ton of fun. 73 Frank W2SH - Daylight time delayed 20m's closing just enough for two QSOs. Between them LU5HK calling CQ DX was readable enough to merit a couple of calls. No luck, but had a QSO resulted it surely would have been a miles-per-Watt winner during a monthly sprint. 40m had its long skip, which has been common this year, and the seven QSOs all ranged from 800 to 1,800 miles distant. Without closer-in stations, overall activity was light. 15 minutes before the end a brief peek at 40m showed the band nearly dead. 80m was active and yielded 19 QSOs. With our fourth nor'easter in three weeks in full swing, the QRN was deafening. Gel cells had been charged to quickly power up the station if needed, but the mains power did not fail. KC9UNL - Fun Event. Love the new NAQCC Logger N8XMS - Conditions were rough but it was still a lot of fun. I decided to dust off my old 1967 Vibroplex bug so I need to apologize to everyone who tried to copy my fist! KU5M - First time. late start, tnx all for patience. N5XE - This was my first NAQCC Sprint. I was checking the bands and came across stations calling CQ NA, and decided to see what was going on. I didn't stay long, but did work a few stations. 40 meters seemed decent in Oklahoma. Thanks to all that were able to copy my signal. AK3X - Strictly an 80 meter effort for about an hour. First QSO was with John, K3WWP, alway a good start. First sprint with my new to me Argonaut 516... happy with the rig. 72 until next time.. Peter WX4RM - Nothing heard on 20, only on 40 and 80. Had a good time as always! WB1GYZ - Each contact hard won. We will appreciate all the more when bands improve. K8UDH - This was my first opportunity to use the new NAQCC SprintLogger by AC2C and the new NAQCC Autologger. They are excellent tools and a great asset for NAQCC. Thanks Ron. W4KRN - Got on the air the last hour, 80m only band I had success on. AK4NY 599 great signal. Only worked 1 staton on 40m K8UDH in NE. Tnx for the contacts. Cu all next month. 72 K3WWP - See my web site diary at k3wwp.com. VE3DQN - My best score in a long time, maybe ever in a Sprint. AD0YM - First time participant. Still need to work on protocols regarding the flow of the exchange. Hope to do better next time. WM4X - Bands were a bit noisy but had fun. Elecraft KX2 worked great. Looking forward to next sprint. VE3GNU - Only spent an hour---signals were variable in strength---my first attempt this calendar-year---thanks to all. Argonaut V and Begali paddle. 73---Ernie KD2MX - I didn't have much time to spend but wanted to see if my snow covered, partially on the ground wire would work. It does! KB9ILT - QRT early due to poor conditions. The reverse beacon heard me, but very few NAQCC members did. W2JAZ - This was my first sprint using a new radio I've had for about a year. When it first came out it was called the Omnia SDR Proficio (second generation Peaberry), but it's no called the Omnia SDR Multus. It's a wonderful little SDR rig that covers all HF bands at about 5 watts out and uses HDSDR software or Genesis GSDR. It is capable of all modes including SSB, CW and digital. Great little radio that performed well for me.73s Rick, W2JAZ K4RHG - Only had 12 QSOs, all located in a band from 990 to 1650 nm northwest of my Naples, FL QTH. Interesting how propagation works. |