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March 2019 QRP/CW Sprint (#173) Corey KF0U is responsible for the contents of this page. Questions should go to him at ![]() KF0U Comments - Ended up with 95 total logs. Looking forward to the next time and we break the 100 log barrier. Have a great couple of months and thanks to everyone who assisted with the scorekeeping. Check the Soapbox for all the first timers! N2CN Comments - Scores have been cross-checked and the results are now final. Log count corrected to 94. Final Results SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KN1H 35 34 69 21 1449 x2 2898 400' End-fed wire W1PQO 21 21 42 10 420 x2 840 Dipole @ 25ft WB1GYZ 16 15 31 10 310 x2 620 Sloping vee K1IEE 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 OCF 120FT long wire @ 30FT W2 Division W2SH 28 28 56 21 1176 x2 2352 Inverted L;86'V,68'H KA2KGP 25 25 50 18 900 x2 1800 G5RV up 25 ft. W2JEK 26 24 50 16 800 x2 1600 110 ft end fed up 20 ft AA2VG 18 18 36 11 396 x2 792 Carolina Windom @ 35' KN2G 15 15 30 11 330 x2 660 55ft fan dipole inv vee WA2JSG 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 Vertical @ 10' WA2NYY 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 80m OCF dipole at 30' W3 Division AI4SV 42 39 81 22 1782 x2 3564 Dipole @35' K3EW 26 25 51 17 867 x2 1734 160 Mtr Horiz Loop , 540 ft lg, 65 ft up N3LPJ 21 21 42 14 588 x2 1176 170' inverted L at 85' AK3X 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 40 m EDZ inv vee apex 30 ft KC3RN 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 OCFD @ 40' W4 Division K4KBL 33 32 65 17 1105 x2 2210 OCF dipole @ 45' WX4RM 18 18 36 12 432 x2 864 6BTV gnd mtd Vertical KQ4MM 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 132' EFHW WT4U 13 13 26 12 312 x2 624 132' end-fed inverted V @ 35' N4FI 10 10 20 9 180 x2 360 115' random wire at 25' W4DUK 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 End-fed Zepp @ 20' K8LBQ 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 Inverted vee dipole at 30' WG8Y 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Maxcon 10-80ocf & 35ft. KB0ETU 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Dipole @35 feet WM3X 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 OCF dipole @ 15' W4NLT 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 84 ft end fed at 30 ft WD4OHD 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 80m & 40m dipoles W5 Division N5GW 48 48 96 20 1920 x2 3840 CFZ at 50' & 75' W6 Division W7 Division KC7DM 19 19 38 12 456 x2 912 480' horizontal loop @ 60' AJ4JA 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 EFHW @ 7' (SHORT TREES) KN6EY 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 40m Isotron @ 15' W8 Division AJ8S 38 37 75 26 1950 x2 3900 204' wire @ 50' NF8M 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 80m dipole (xmit), 250ft Beverage (rcvg) N8XMS 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 R7 Vertical W9 Division WB9HFK 53 52 105 25 2625 x2 5250 OCF Dipole @ 25Ft - 150Ft. Random Wire KC9IL 50 50 100 25 2500 x2 5000 G5RV at 45 feet. W9CC 12 12 24 12 288 x2 576 Gnd mtd vert N8HWV 12 12 24 10 240 x2 480 EFHW AT 15 FT KC9UL 10 10 20 9 180 x2 360 EFW 55' Long 20ft High KD9EBS 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Fan Dipole @ 25' in the attic W0 Division N0TA 39 39 78 20 1560 x2 3120 1/4 wave Gnd Mnt Vertical NN0SS 21 21 42 16 672 x2 1344 80 meter INV VEE K0CW 15 15 30 12 360 x2 720 And Mounted Vertical AA5LH 11 8 19 10 190 x2 380 Delta Loop @ 25' N8LA 9 9 18 8 144 x2 288 Dipole @ 35' W0KFG 9 9 18 5 90 x2 180 Wire loop in garage attic @ 16' KD0DK 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 117 ft long wire K2HT 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Gnd Mted 14AVQ KE0GVW 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 Dipole @ 17' Canada Division VA3NU 13 13 26 11 286 x2 572 Inverted Vee @25' DX Division SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division W2 Division W3 Division K3WWP 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 ~110' attic rnd wire W4 Division KJ4R 39 39 78 21 1638 x1.5 2457 40m 33' vertical 80m 67' wire vertical K3RLL 20 20 40 13 520 x1.5 780 Black Stealth HOA Restricted Vertical W5 Division NF5U 36 36 72 19 1368 x1.5 2052 40m/80m trap dipole at 33ft W5ODS 33 33 66 19 1254 x1.5 1881 G5rv@50ft W6 Division W7 Division W8 Division KI8JY 9 9 18 9 162 x1.5 243 Windom at 20'-30' K8NGW 6 6 12 6 72 x1.5 108 43' vertical w/ 32 radials AB8FJ 3 3 6 2 12 x1.5 18 End-Fed Wire @ 15' W9 Division K9DRP 14 14 28 10 280 x1.5 420 EFHW @ 40 ft AA9L 7 7 14 5 70 x1.5 105 160-80-40 trap dipole @ 50 feet W0 Division Canada Division VE3IDS 12 12 24 11 264 x1.5 396 Doublet @ 35' DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KB1M 13 13 26 10 260 260 40 M Dipole @ 30ft N2CN 11 11 22 11 242 242 ZS6BKW at 60 feet KC1DVT 5 5 10 5 50 50 Efhw @ 30' @N1YL 4 4 8 4 32 32 Dipole W2 Division WA1GWH 13 13 26 8 208 208 40M 1/4 wave inv L N2JJF 9 9 18 7 126 126 G5RV at 20 feet N2ESE 7 7 14 7 98 98 40mtr.dipole@55ft. WA2FBN 7 7 14 6 84 84 EFHW at 25 ft KB3SAR 4 4 8 4 32 32 Off-Ctr Dipole 50' W3 Division NR3Z 31 29 60 21 1260 1260 OCF dipole up 35 ft W4 Division KB9ILT 49 49 98 27 2646 2646 Dipole at 40 ft, End fed wire at 60 ft N4MJ 23 23 46 14 644 644 40M Windom @ 40 feet WB4OMM 15 14 29 12 348 348 G5RV at 35 feet K4RHG 12 11 23 8 184 184 Stealth long wire 40 ft high KU4A 4 4 8 4 32 32 1/4-wave sloper at 40' K9EYT 3 3 6 3 18 18 60 Ft 23ga wire HOA stealth W5 Division WD5RS 11 11 22 10 220 220 Ground Mounted 6BTV Vertical WI5H 6 6 12 5 60 60 95' vertical loop KE5YUM 1 1 2 1 2 2 20 meter dipole @ 25 feet K5MBA 1 1 2 1 2 2 40M EFHW inverted vee abt 25 feet W6 Division W7 Division KF7Z 4 4 8 4 32 32 Dpl@ 25' W8 Division WA8SAN 13 13 26 12 312 312 End Fed wire @ 25 Ft. K3CTN 6 6 12 6 72 72 Inverted L @ 30' N9CX 6 6 12 6 72 72 G5RV jr 20 ft WB8ENE 5 5 10 5 50 50 40M dipole @ 15' N8VAR 5 5 10 5 50 50 40m Dipole @ 20ft WB8LZG 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dipoles @ 30' W9 Division KE9V 5 5 10 5 50 50 Dipole @ 30 feet W0 Division AA0W 11 11 22 10 220 220 OCF Dipole K0EW 6 6 12 6 72 72 OCF dipole @ 25' WD0K 5 5 10 5 50 50 Ctr fed zepp Canada Division VE3DQN 21 21 42 15 630 630 Dipoles@40ft VE3GNU 5 5 10 5 50 50 Fan dipole---DXCC @ 35' DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key 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: 94 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 125 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 1316 States represented: 36 + ONSOAPBOX: WB4OMM - Conditions not too bad tonight. Some QSB, but what was there was fairly good and workable. No S8 noise when starting here tonight, but it was up to S4 but the time I quit. 72 and good luck to all! Steve WB4OMM KE9V - Bands kinda noisy but what else is new? KX3 and dipole at 30-feet. Thanks for the Q's! 72 de Jeff N8HWV - Great band conditions tonight on 40. WG8Y - Hi all, Could only spend app. 1/2 hour in the Sprint.Been tending to my ill wife's needs.40M was long. Came close to working all four corners. Worked ME.FL.TX & OR with 2 CO stations worked in the middle. Hope to have more time next month. 73 from N.C. Mark WG8Y VE3DQN - Fun evening. Tried to run but no takers. Maybe I don't have enough patience. KQ4MM - First NAQCC sprint in awhile, used my new KX3 and had a blast.. Will mark my calendar for next month ... K1IEE - Band seemed to have very little activity on 40M. Tried 80M with only one contact. Still had a good time. 73 Thanks to all Dick KF7Z - Just had a few minutes to jump into the sprint after I replaced a bad balun, but can hear again so was a good test for the antenna. 73 Danny WA2JSG - Used my IC-703 again, 5 watts into a vertical. Bencher Straight Key. K4KBL - Far better conditions tonight ! Really enjoyed the Sprint even worked KF7Z in WY on 40 meters ! Heard more stations on tonight. Hope the newsletter and our FB page is encouraging more participation. Always look forward to the NAQCC Sprints. WD5RS - My First NAQCC Sprint. Noise was up and down but 40 held together up until about 0200. Then moved to 80 meters and found even more noise. Got a couple there though. KC9IL - Great conditions this evening on 40 meters despite the rain coming in. 80 meters was a bit noisier but still productive. Grateful for the noise blankers in the Icom 7610. Thanks everyone and see you next time. K9DRP - 40 was working tonight! My first run with an EFHW. Couldn't get thru to KG5OWB in TX. TNX to KJ4R fer 2 bands. K3EW - Had to dig hard for qsos. Not high participation on this sprint. Thank you for of the qsos. 40 was very good and 80 came on late. KB3SAR - This was my first NAQCC sprint. Thank you for the contacts. This was great fun. I am still learning CW and contesting. Thank you for your patience! 73 KJ4R - Seemed like band condx were pretty good tonight. Started out on 40 and switched to 80 with a little over 30 mins left. My thanks to AA0W who had to send his call multiple times before I could get it. The QSB kept taking out the suffix. Sorry about that Ron and thanks for your patience! Used KX3 and Vibroplex bug. Thanks to everyone for the contacts and fun as always. KB0ETU - Same number of contacts as last month. Thought the bands were pretty band tonight. Surprised to get Colorado and Connecticut. Ahhhhhh - wonders never cease. Thanks for the contacts - know it was tough. Equipment used was a K-2 with Scheunemann key and a G5RV antenna up 35 feet. Hope to hear you all better in the next sprint. 72 NF8M - Nice solid sigs on 80 tonite. The Beverage (east-west bidirectional) really makes a difference. K8NGW - Quite a bit of QSB on 40. N4MJ - 40m has been weird this winter. Started out fairly good tonight then at around 0145 it practically died. Have been experiencing similar condx during Fox Hunts on 40m this winter. KB9ILT (Paul), WB4OMM (Steve), K3EW (Phil) all had 599 sigs. Hope everyone had a good time. Spring has sprung. Enjoy. 73 de n4mj//glenn K0EW - Lots of action on 40 tonight. KE0GVW - Contacted K2MO at 0112 on 40 meters, but I was TOO SLOW to complete the QSO. Will work on my speed. AI4SV - Tried 20 for a few minutes, nada. 40m had a lot of non-sprint activity and was noisy, so I mostly hung out on 80m, mostly hugging the east coast. There were a few calls I couldn't pull out -- sorry. Tnx participants and organizers. 72. Jack KN1H - A very nice sprint, the perfect way to usher in Spring! Both 80 and 40 open and fairly quiet. Heard nothing on 20M however. IC-7300 and Nye Viking Master Key. 73, John, KN1H K3RLL - K3 with 1969 Vibroplex Lightning to HOA-restricted antenna (so I appreciate each and every contact). 40m was jumping tonight but with an awful lot of QRM, carriers, digi, etc. Was giving better reports than receiving so maybe time to wax my coax? Fun night. 72/73 ... Don W0KFG - Dabbled in a few NAQCC sprints before but this time actually submitted a log, hi. NF5U was strongest sig on the band but just couldn't hear me. Happy to net a handful of Q's anyway. Tnx/72 all. KD9EBS - Dipole in the attic at 25 feet. "Youkits" HB-1B 5 Watt. Flameproof Navy Key. Thank you all for the good time! 72! W5ODS - 20m was dead, 40m was active but heavy noise, 80m quieted down and turned out active also in OK. Lots of sprinters on tonight. Looking forward to another. 72 and 73 to all. Gary w5ods N8XMS - I consider seven QSOs and six multipliers to be pretty good considering that I only operated for about 45 minutes with plenty of QRN and rain causing some SWR issues with my antenna. KE5YUM - 20 meters was very quiet in my area, but I was able to work KC7DM who had a very good signal. I only had 30 minutes tp play in this my 97th sprint. All the best, Terry KC3RN - Only had about 30 minutes to operate, but managed to make 3 contacts. This was my first sprint using a straight key and my TS-530 (dialed down to 5 watts). Stayed on 40m the entire time. W1PQO - Had a rough start due to key issues at the beginning but overall a good night. N8LA - Happy to be back at sprint after missing last month. Morning after last month's sprint, I left for Michigan to be with my brother during the last days of his life and help with his funeral. May he rest in peace. That sadness was countered by the happiness of my Spotlight story in the March Newsletter. Three ops from my past contacted me about it and we had enjoyable conversations online and over the telephone. Such is life. I do believe that sorrows shared are divided and joys shared are multiplied. Thanks for sharing. Lou N8LA. WB8ENE - Spent about 1/2 hour in the sprint on 40 meters. Had about an S4 noise level, so the signals I heard were just above that. Rig is Elecraft K3, using Bencher BY-1 paddles. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art KU4A - With company from out of town, and having respiratory issues, wasn't able to put much time in on this. 40m was in excellent shape. NR3Z - Not much activity on 40 so switched to 80. Signals were either very strong or just above noise noting in-between. Great time as always KB9ILT - Started on 20 and nothing heard. Went to 40, then to 80 with little luck on either band. Running was unproductive, so I tried search and pounce, which wasn't much better. Absolutely the worst sprint conditions I could remember, so after almost 30 minutes I was ready to call it quits when I realized I was still using the 20 meter dipole. Switching to the long wire was like night and day. Suddenly the bands were full of NAQCC QSOs, some 10 to 20 db over! Apparently the bands were in great condition after all. WB9HFK - I spent the first hour on 40M and was quite pleased to find alot of activity! The 2nd hour on 80M was good also. Thanks for all the QSO's! 72, Mark WB9HFK N5GW - KX3 to a pair of doublets. 20M was dead here. 40M was in better shape than in a long time, allowing 39 contacts. Signals were mostly quite good, some very strong. 80M was fair, yielding 9 contacts. Maybe 20M will open up next month - CU all then. 72, Gene, N5GW AJ4JA - Worked from a park behind my hotel. Low trees, and I was in a valley. 20 was dead, but I managed a couple of contacts on 40. KC9UL - Was fun and signals were pretty good. Just couldn't spend the complete time on the air. WT4U - Best Sprint yet. Came out of the gate with my first QRP VE3 and then added ME and CO from my most-wanted list. Bogged down toward the middle as I kept finding I was waiting around for the wrong side of a QSO to end or scanning the band w/o hearing a CQ NA. Picked back up on 80 at the end with a mad rush to squeeze in a few more. AJ8S - It was fun again. 80 meters was still best. Thanks and 73/72 to all. K5MBA - I only had 30 minutes to participate. Thank you. AA2VG - It was a fun sprint. I decided to try out my newly built KD1JV (Weber tribander). It is a tribander CW kit that I built for 40,30 and 20. I spent all of my time on 40m. Wow this little radio is fantastic. Fabulous receive ability used with a leadsounds mini plug-in speaker. It may not match my KX3...but it's very close. 72 Peter AA2VG WM3X - Firmly established that my NGM dipole doesn't work very well. NGM? Oh, that stands for "near ground mounted." No place to go now but up. KA2KGP - 20m. was dead, 40 had weak sigs. but 80 was in good shape. Rig: ICOM IC-7000 at 5w. into G5RV up 25 ft. 73 to all VA3NU - Conditions were pretty good last nite with some QRN on 80 W2JEK - Started on 40 with 3 QSO and then to 80 for the rest. good conditions with qso's to ok and ne on 80. Was sorry to miss qso with N6MRS but qrn beat him out. Rig Yaesu FT-840 at 5 W to 110 ft end fed wire 72DON WX4RM - Conditions started out bad, but glad I stuck in there, 45 minutes later they were great. Had fun as always, but more fun since I was able to hear all those stations! VE3GNU - Challenging conditions at this end---variable signal strengths on 40, and regrettably couldn't connect with NF5U in Texas, i.e. quite a stretch this time---and always looking forward to the next sprint. Thanks to all for 'being there'. KI8JY - Good conditions in OH tonight. Thanks to all for a nice contest. W4NLT - Got in late. W2SH - Pleased to find that with this month's switch to daylight saving time 20m was open, and N0TA 1,600 miles distant was an easy QSO. But no other signals were heard, nor any of my CQs answered. Conditions were good, with long skip zones on 40m. Ditto for 80m with several kilomile-distant stations heard and some of them worked. K4RHG - Spent the whole sprint at the low end of 40 meters sending CQs. Conditions were good with the band noise quiet for a change. Had best sprint in a couple of years. K9EYT - 2OM DEAD AND 40 WAS OK LOTS OF QRN HR IN WEST CENTRAL FL, 200 FT FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO . ICOM 706 60fT WIRE UP 20 FT HOA STEALTH. 73 RAY N2JJF - Been off the air for a few months so great to participate in sprint once again. WB1GYZ - Good Sprint, and not only that, also snagged a SKCC number when the op mistook CQ NA for CQ SK. N1YL - Thanks for slowing down for me. WB8LZG - Hello fellow sprinters! This is the 1st sprint Iv'e missed in about 50 of em.I hope all of u had fun while I was On vacation with XYL out in Arizona es California. I DID bring along an FT817 go kit es dipoles . Fully intended to set up and play /7land, but we were in the middle of travel to a destination in the desert, es by the time I got to hotel parking lot to set up, there was only 1/2 hr left in the sprint. es no time to erect the antennas in time. Very disappointing! I went into "sprint withdrawl". Had to settle fer a cool 807 and relax fer the evening. Just wasn't the same! Missed it so much, that I dreamed abt it! CW in my sleep, beep beepity beep. Calling CQNA endlessly on a busy band with no answers! Guess the only thing to do is get on the air /qrp from one of the national parks this next week. See u all next sprint. 73 Gregg WB8LZG WD0K - Late start, mostly nice conditions then at 0210z the whole show took a powder. was fun while it lasted. Till next time! 72 de wd0k AA0W - Conditions were fair 40 and 80 were active. WD4OHD - Couldn't hang around long. Just made a few QSOs. Band conditions while I was on were not great. Better luck next month. WA2FBN - Good to back on after a couple of months off the air. Sprint was fun as always and some good sigs on 40m. Thanks to all. 72 Ken WA1GWH - Another longish skip sprint from here near Syracuse, NY. Worked no ops closer in than NC and TN. Three MO in a row! 72, Garry KN2G - ANOTHER FUN NIGHT! I find that this sprint hones a lot of my still rusty cw skills each month. Plus it is still amazing to reach out so far on 5 watts or less. |