|
February 2021 QRP/CW Sprint (#196)
Andy N2CN is responsible for the contents of this page. Questions should go to him at .
N2CN Comments - Results are final.
Results
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
K1MZM 31 31 62 17 1054 x2 2108 160 meter horizontal loop at 60 feet
KN1H 28 28 56 17 952 x2 1904 400' END FED WIRE
W1PQO 8 8 16 5 80 x2 160 25 ft Dipole
WB1GYZ 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 sloping vee
KQ1P 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 80/40 dipole @ 30'
W2 Division
WA2NYY 34 34 68 18 1224 x2 2448 80m OCF dipole at 30'
W2SH 27 27 54 19 1026 x2 2052 270' cf dpl @ 45'
KA2KGP 22 22 44 17 748 x2 1496 G5RV up 25'
K2CWM 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 Vertical (elevated)
WB2LQF 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 63 foot. Inverted L up 40 feet
W2JEK 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 ens fed wire 110 ft long
N2GDS 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 12' loaded whip from apartment window up 100'
W3 Division
KD3CA 38 37 75 22 1650 x2 3300 OCF Windom @55 ft
KC3MIO 25 24 49 13 637 x2 1274 Doublet 125' @ 40'
K3JZD 22 21 43 14 602 x2 1204 107' EFRW @ 20'
W3TTT 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 vertical wire fed wid ladder line wid tuner
AK3X 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 Storm damaged inv vee at 18 ft
KC3NDU 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 80/10 EFHW @ 40'
KW2A 5 5 10 3 30 x2 60 end-fed wire @ 50'
KE3V 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 80m horizontal loop @ 20ft
W4 Division
WT4U 23 23 46 14 644 x2 1288 80m end-fed Inv V @ 35'
KC5F 23 23 46 13 598 x2 1196 80m end fed half wave at 40'
K4JPN 20 20 40 12 480 x2 960 80 M CF Zepp
W4KRN 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 Inv Vee up 50'
WD4EX 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 Folded Skeleton Sleeve Dipole 35FT
WG8Y 14 13 27 12 324 x2 648 80m full wave loop
N4OW 13 13 26 12 312 x2 624 HP6V - ELEV. 8'
WD4OHD 14 14 28 11 308 x2 616 40m dipole at 30 ft
WX4RM 14 14 28 10 280 x2 560 6BTV gnd mtd vert
AA2VG 11 11 22 8 176 x2 352 Inverted V fed with 300 Ohm TV twin lead up 30'
WD4CFN 8 8 16 8 128 x2 256 140' doublet up about 40'
W8DXU 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 indoor end fed wire
N4FI 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 115' random wire at 25 ft
K4KRW 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 Inverted V @ 65'
N4API 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 Ground mounted 6BTV Vertical
K3FA 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 End fed wire up 65'
W1BLU 4 3 7 4 28 x2 56 Dipole @36'
NA4O 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 OCF@20'
K9EYT 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 50' END FEED WIRE
W4HH 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 end-fed 150-ft wire 20 feet up
N7EDK 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 EFV WIRE UP 32'
W5 Division
N5GW 38 38 76 22 1672 x2 3344 doublet at 25'
KF9LI 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 31 FT End-Fed Longwire
KE9DR 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 420' Random Loop @ 50'
K5ZU 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Dipole @ 40 ft.
KE5YUM 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Buddistick
W6 Division
K6FA 6 6 12 4 48 x2 96 Vertical (Butternut HF9V) Ground Mounted
AI6SL 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 Inverted V fan @ 32'
W7 Division
KC7DM 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 480' horizontal loop @ 60'
W8 Division
NF8M 16 16 32 14 448 x2 896 6BTV(40) OCFdpl/bev(80)
W8CDC 13 12 25 11 275 x2 550 dipole @70'
AB8RL 6 5 11 5 55 x2 110 G5RV
N8GZ 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Hustler 5 BTV ground mounted
W9 Division
W9CC 23 23 46 15 690 x2 1380 gnd mtd vert
WB9HFK 15 15 30 11 330 x2 660 OCF Dipole
KA9FQG 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 G5RV at 37 ft.
N8HWV 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 EFHW AT 15 FT
W0 Division
N0TA 32 32 64 18 1152 x2 2304 Doublet @25'
AA0W 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 Dipole @ 30 ft
NN0SS 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 80 meter Inv Vee @40ft
AA5LH 4 3 7 4 28 x2 56 25' Delta Loop
NO2D 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 80 M doublet at 30 feet
Canada Division
VE3SIF 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 end-fed 58' wire as a sloper with 9:1 unun
VA3NU 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 88' Dipole @ 25'
VE9BEL 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 end-fed dipole @25'
DX Division
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
W2 Division
WA2FBN 2 2 4 2 8 x1.5 12 dipole at 25 ft
W3 Division
NN3E 6 6 12 5 60 x1.5 90 40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '
K3WWP 5 5 10 4 40 x1.5 60 ~110' attic random wire
W4 Division
AA2MX 39 39 78 18 1404 x1.5 2106 ocf dipole
KJ4R 34 34 68 19 1292 x1.5 1938 67' wire vertical
W4EDN 15 15 30 11 330 x1.5 495 inv V at 50 ft
KW4WA 9 9 18 8 144 x1.5 216 gnd mtd vert
K3RLL 10 10 20 6 120 x1.5 180 31 ft H.O.A. non-approved wire over garage roof
W5 Division
NA5N 7 7 14 6 84 x1.5 126 Terminated folded dipole 133 ft. long
WB4BIN 4 4 8 3 24 x1.5 36 mobile whip
W6 Division
W7 Division
N0DA 3 3 6 2 12 x1.5 18 G5RV @ 50'
N7QR 0 0 0 0 0 x1.5 0 Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials
W8 Division
K8NGW 11 11 22 9 198 x1.5 297 43' gnd mtd vert w/ 32 radials
W9 Division
K9DRP 4 4 8 4 32 x1.5 48 EFHW 80 @ 40 ft
W0 Division
KD0V 21 21 42 14 588 x1.5 882 cf Zepp @ 30 feet
Canada Division
DX Division
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
W1ND 16 16 32 10 320 320 124.5' Random Wire up 35' Inverted Saggy L
KB1M 10 10 20 6 120 120 40 M Dipole @ 30ft
K1IX 4 4 8 4 32 32 HB EFHW 250'
N1JI 3 3 6 3 18 18 163 doublet @ 25'
KC1DVT 0 0 0 0 0 0 indoor loop
W2 Division
WA1GWH 13 13 26 11 286 286 80m 1/4 wave inv L w/ ground system
K2OID 14 14 28 10 280 280 80M OCF Dipole @ 40'
N2ESE 10 10 20 10 200 200 120ft.dipole@35ft.
KK7A 5 5 10 4 40 40 OCF Dipole @ 100'
W3 Division
NR3Z 10 10 20 7 140 140 OCF dipole up 30 ft. & 135 ft EF random 25ft
W4 Division
K4KBL 40 38 78 23 1794 1794 HyEndFed @ 50'
K4BAI 39 38 77 22 1694 1694 40M dipole, zepp, 80M inverted vee
WB8LZG 17 17 34 12 408 408 75' EF wire top @50'
WB4OMM 15 15 30 13 390 390 G5RV at 35 feet
N4MJ 19 19 38 10 380 380 40M Windom @ 40 feet
AB4QL 8 8 16 7 112 112 40 & 80 M dipoles @ 40'
W2QL 5 5 10 2 20 20 Loaded Dipole at 14 ft
KU4A 3 3 6 2 12 12 40m slp dip@40', DX-B @40'
W5 Division
WI5H 15 15 30 10 300 300 OCFD @ 33ft 40M, 95ft wire loop 80M
K5WX 6 6 12 6 72 72 ZS6BKW inverted vee at 40 ft.
N5MHI 2 2 4 2 8 8 100' Longwire at 8 to 20'
W6 Division
W7 Division
W8 Division
WI8J 10 10 20 9 180 180 130 ft EFHW at 20 ft
WA8SAN 10 10 20 6 120 120 End fed wire @ 25 ft
N8HZM 9 8 17 7 119 119 gnd mtd vert
W9 Division
WR9R 5 5 10 5 50 50 Vertical quarter-wave over radials
AB9BZ 1 1 2 1 2 2 EndFed @ 30ft
W0 Division
N8LA 11 10 21 8 168 168 dipole @ 35'
N0RZ 4 4 8 3 24 24 gnd mtd vert, random wire, inverted vee up 35 ft
KC2MJT 3 3 6 3 18 18 Rain Gutter
K0EW 3 3 6 3 18 18 OCF dipole @ 25'
Canada Division
VE3DQN 3 3 6 2 12 12 80/40 trap dipole @18ft
@VA3AMX 2 2 4 2 8 8 Vertical Ground Mounted (DX-88)
DX Division
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
Straight Key
W6GY 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 3 El 40M Wire Beam at 33ft (Beaming South)
Bug
Keyer/Keyboard
Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s):
@ Non-member
$ QRO power
! Late log
~ Submitted as check log
CERTIFICATES |
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | K1MZM | KN1H | W1PQO |
W2 | WA2NYY | W2SH | KA2KGP |
W3 | KD3CA | KC3MIO | K3JZD |
W4 | WT4U | KC5F | K4JPN |
W5 | N5GW | KF9LI | KE9DR |
W6 | K6FA | AI6SL | - |
W7 | KC7DM | - | - |
W8 | NF8M | W8CDC | AB8RL |
W9 | W9CC | WB9HFK | KA9FQG |
W0 | N0TA | AA0W | NN0SS |
Canada | VE3SIF | VA3NU | VE9BEL |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - BUG CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | - | - | - |
W2 | WA2FBN | - | - |
W3 | NN3E | K3WWP | - |
W4 | AA2MX | KJ4R | W4EDN |
W5 | NA5N | WB4BIN | - |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | N0DA | N7QR | - |
W8 | K8NGW | - | - |
W9 | K9DRP | - | - |
W0 | KD0V | - | - |
Canada | - | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY |
Division | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
W1 | W1ND | KB1M | K1IX |
W2 | WA1GWH | K2OID | N2ESE |
W3 | NR3Z | - | - |
W4 | K4KBL | K4BAI | WB8LZG |
W5 | WI5H | K5WX | N5MHI |
W6 | - | - | - |
W7 | - | - | - |
W8 | WI8J | WA8SAN | N8HZM |
W9 | WR9R | AB9BZ | - |
W0 | N8LA | N0RZ | KC2MJT |
Canada | VE3DQN | - | - |
DX | - | - | - |
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | W6GY | - | - |
---|
BUG | - | - | - |
---|
K/K | - | - | - |
---|
FIRST TIME ENTRANT HIGH SCORE |
Key Type | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
SK | KF9LI | K6FA | KC3NDU |
BUG | KW4WA | - | - |
K/K | WR9R | VA3AMX | - |
PRIZE DRAWING WINNER |
Prizes | N5MHI |
STATS:
Logs submitted: 113
Total participants: 147
Total QSOs: 1213
States + Provinces represented: 37 + NB ON
SOAPBOX:
KE9DR - Condx not good tonight, only made 4 contacts. Still had fun, Thanks to all. 73 Bert KE9DR
WB4OMM - Could only do an hour tonight. Signal on 40M marginal - surprised to work W6GY in ID!, 80M seemed much better before I I had to go QRT. BIG WELCOME to new members WR9R and KC3NDU....hope you come back for more! 72/73 to all! Steve WB4OMM
K3RLL - 1960 E.F. Johnson Speed-X bug to K3 to my HOA non-approved stealth wire on garage roof. It makes me appreciate each and every skilled op who hears me. Big signal here tonight was Larry W9CC. Very high noise level tonight. Sorry for those I missed. I was trying. 72/73 ... Don
KC2MJT - 20M was a desert. 40 and 80 a challenge. I worked W4NA twice then realized my mistake. He has good ears and probably a better memory than me. I seemed to be in the mud as most stations struggled to copy me with 33N reports. Gave up do to noise and no signals after 45 minutes.
K5ZU - KD3CA had the loudest signal at my end. I'm glad he copied my flea-power 5 watts.the band just didn't work for me tonight but I had fun anyway.
K2CWM - Just a half dozen fer me tonight. Very tired and feverish after my 2nd COVID shot earlier today. Kent Straight Key and vertical.
Keep safe everyone......
KC5F - Nice, quiet bands for a change. Thanks, all!
K4KRW - Tried out new rig tonight. Thanks everyone! Richard
WB4BIN - First sprint in quite a while. Not many QSO's but still fun.
N4OW - Extreme line noise and QSB made this another tough sprint.
WB2LQF - Forty was very noisy. Tried 80 with my too short antenna and it loaded up OK. Eighty was nice and quiet by comparison. I actually made 3 contacts before I had to stop. Used my Cootie tonight and my new FTdx-10 cranked down to 5 watts. Still learning the new rig. Looking forward to next month when I won't be "behind" my radio. It's got plenty of great features but I have to be familiar enough to use them on the fly.
WG8Y - Hi all, Started about 20 minutes late. Was on 75 SSB with my brother who was trouble shooting his Drake TR4CW/rit. Worked 2 q's on 40 then got text from my Bro. N8DPD that he found the trouble on the TR4CW so back to phone for a few minutes.Then went to 80m and mainly did S&Ping till 300Z. Called a couple times and had a SKCC member call me. Gave him NAQCC & my SKCC no. Said that's enough. Crazy night. 807 time. Hi Hi 72 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y
K6FA - First time in Sprint. 40 meters was the best but did make a QSO on 80 meters. Used my new straight key KK1B from American Morse that I received today and put together before the sprint. Very nice small key with good feel. See you next time if I remember.... Maybe 20 will be good then.
K0EW - Only got 1 hour to operate tonight, but still had fun. As usual, 80 was active, nothing heard on 40 or 20.
W2QL - Also made contact with K4KBL. I copied his report (559 GA 8806) but I didn't hear him again after I gave mine, so I'm not sure if we made a contact and I didn't include it in my log. I don't want him to lose the credit, if he did copy my report!
KE3V - 80m band conditions were pretty good during the half hour or so I was on the air.
Had a good time.
72, Kevin, KE3V
K5WX - Didn't get home until the second hour...but always fun. Thanks!
N5MHI - Tons of QRN
AB8RL - Got in the Sprint late with 15 minutes left. Managed a few contacts and participation credit - 73 to all. Tom AB8RL
N0TA - Started slow on 40m, but activity on 80m was really good. Thanks for the Q's. K3, doublet, NAQCC Sprint Logger, Amplidan key.
N7EDK - Bad night, nobody hearing me except W9CC, but we couldn't complete a QSO on 40m !Next month......
WA2NYY - This sprint started off kind of slow, nothing doing on 20, went to 40, signals were decent but not too many. Then on to 80 which a bit of work, almost quit after the first hour, but then it picked up to more Q's than I thought I had. Signals seemed to be a bit down tonight. But a good time as always on a cold snowy night here in upstate NY.
72 Mark
AA2MX - Great evening for a sprint, thanks to all of the great NAQCC OP'S
KN1H - Only had the second hour to play tonight but had a great time on 80M surfing the QSB. IC-7300 and Nye Viking Master Key.
KJ4R - Almost forgot about the sprint and got a late start at 0210. Only worked 80M, but band seemed pretty good with low noise. Some deep QSB from time to time but overall a good night. I'm very sorry to the 3 stations that were calling me with less than a minute to go. Couldn't pull any one signal out between stations on top of each other and the QSB. Thanks to all for the QSO's
K1MZM - 80 seemed a little noisier than usual tonight. I was especially pleased that KD0V was able to pull me out of the noise.
K3JZD - Couple on 40m, then off to 80m. 80m was pretty busy. At 0330z it was empty. So the NAQCC Sprint kept the 80m band going strong for a couple of hours. Jody - K3JZD
N8GZ - Great time! thanks to all!
WD4CFN - Tnx for the Q's!
AI6SL - Nobody was here out west today, heard not a single CQ NA call. Got reasonable RBN reports for my CQs but only 2 QSOs. Judging by the RBN, 40m and 80m were okay but 20m was dead from the start. Will try again next time.
NA4O - Worked last hour only. Nothing on 20 or 40. Very difficult on 80 with weak signals, qsb and noise. KX3@5W, Vibroplex Straight Key. But always glad to be part of another NAQCC Sprint!
VA3AMX - Hello - I was relaxing listening the bands and heard folks calling NA. Did a quick search and find you guys. Decided to give a try at 0315z. I made 2 QSOs with members. Thanks 72, VA3AMX Eric
PS: Rig: KX2 @5W; Antenna: Vertical Ground mounted - DX-88
K3FA - 20M was closed here. 80M and 40M had S9+ noise but I heard a lot of signals. Thanks everyone for a fun time running QRP!
W2JEK - GOT ON LATE. HAD PROBLEM WITH TUNER. ONLY 2 QSO.
72/73 DON W2JEK
K4KBL - Wow what a night !!! 40 meters was great to start with stations N0DA ID, KF9LI NM, N0RS KS and KK7A ID being worked. It was an all time high for me with a combined 40 contacts on 40 and 80 meters.Can't say enough about the HyEndFed antenna.
Hope all had a great time.... Best 72'
VA3NU - Some nice signals on 80 tonite with some QSB. Nice Sprint.
WB9HFK - 40M for only about 40 minutes this Month. Spent the rest of the
time chasing QRP Foxes. Thanks for the Q's! 72, Mark WB9HFK
N4MJ - Fair night considering I lost 55 minute while Fox Hunting. hi hi
Thanks to all participants.
73, stay SAFE, stay dry, stay warm
n4mj//glenn
KK7A - Operated remotely. My chair was in Idaho, but the station was in New York.
WB8LZG - Hello Fellow Sprinters Running the FT817 on solar power to EF 75 foot wire. Gud sprint condx on 40 tonight. Started out slow, but got better as the night went on. Got 1 QSO on 80 and signals were in the mud mostly, so I went back to 40 fer the rest of the time. Worked old friends and new members alike tonight. gud fun. SRI to a few who called and I didn't get but a letter or two. Had a "beeline" into TN. Thanks to a couple of you guys fer hanging in there on repeats. Hope to hear u all next month. 73, Gregg #1444
NA5N - Kinda QRN here and everybody seemed bunched up on the same freq +/- 100 Hz. Used Ten Tec Argo 5W and old 1938 McElroy bug. Always fun as usual working new numbers and old.
KC3NDU - This was my first sprint. I had a really good time. What a great bunch of operators. Im looking forward To March.
WI5H - IC-705 @ 5W and 40M was in pretty good shape. Only good sigs I heard on 80M from my location were John N0TA and Gene N5GW.
72 DIT DIT
N7QR - 52st sprint - KX3, 1958 Vibroplex, Butternut HF6V gnd mtd
vert w/o radials for an hour and a half. Skunked! Only
heard 3 stations on 40, all in the mud. Not much on the
bands tonight except for the FT8 Freqs. CU next month.
Russ, Portland OR
AB4QL - I worked some new ones tonight, that was fun. Only 80M tonight.
WD4OHD - Band conditions on 40m only fair tonight. No NA signals heard in last quarter hour. Nothing heard on 20m. I would have tried 80m, but my 80m antenna is temporarily down. I'll be switching over from dipoles to a vertical on 80m and 40m before the next monthly sprint. Thanks to all who participated tonight.
W4HH - Here on the Chesapeake Bay -- noise, weak signals
W8CDC - Sprint=fun. Band conditions were pretty good.
I am not a great operator, so thanks to everyone who worked me.
Tony W8CDC
N8HZM - Antenna problems. Could work 40m only, no antenna for 80m. Got lonely toward the end.:-)
N0RZ - I had some broken qrn and qsb and antennas coated in ice caused 2 broken qsos. I test drove a friends kx3, what a rig! Maybe I can sell enough pop bottles to buy one. until next time 73
W1ND - This was a challenging Sprint. Noise here S5-S7 at times. Had to turn off all the lights in the house, including near my rig (that made for some fun operating).
Lots of SKCC folks out.
Only one 40M contact, can't wait for Spring & Summer when I get two more bands up here.
Finally worked Jerry (K4KBL) He peaked at 589 in the QSO just before me.
Another fun one.
NN3E - Thanks everyone fer the QSO'S
Stay safe
72
Kevin
KE5YUM - I only managed 1 complete contact in my allotted time for the sprint. Thank you WT4U! This is my last sprint from Texas as my wife and I are moving to Arkansas later this month. All the best, Terry
WI8J - Great fun! Thanks for the contacts! 72
VE3DQN - Operating from my home QTH with a low compromised antenna is always tough. Only a few signals were breaking above the noise level.
KC1DVT - This could have been behind the lines in Europe. Total radio silence except for a single CQ NA on 20 & 40m. Pathetic conditions.
WD4EX - This was my first time back in the sprint. Used Viking SpeedX hand key working KX3@5Watts into a 35ft high 20/40 meter Folded Skeleton Sleeve Dipole (QST 2011). Antenna worked on 80 meters but not as well.
Thanks to all.
W4EDN - 80 was great, 40 was ZERO. was going to work 30 mins, and stayed the whole time.
W3TTT - I think that this is a personal best for me. Bands were great! I hope that everyone had as much fun as I did. RBN had me hitting WA TX and Canary Islands - 5 watts! Fantastic. Started on 40 and called CQ. When getting no more answers, I switched to 80 and it was hoppin'. Rig was an FT-891 cranked down to the lowest power - five watts of course. Ant was my "vertical" wire into a tree. It actually slopes at abt 45 degrees, so who can tell what the rad pattern would be. Power was frm a battery but we don't get extra points for that, do we?
VE3SIF - tnx for the qsos - a fun sprint. 80 meters was a bit noisier than usual here.
K4JPN - Tried 20M, but nothing heard, switched to 80M and 40M and picked up a number of members in spite of the heavy QRN. 72, Steve K4JPN
KC3MIO - It's always interesting to look back at the log and see where the QSO "deserts" are - the time periods when none are made. Sometimes they occur when trying to dig signals out of band without many (40 last night). As usual lately, 20 was dead here in PA, only 3 on 40 and 80 was the mainstay. I heard WI5H but could only make out WI5 and he couldn't hear me. A bunch of stations responded to my CQ in the last minute but I couldn't sort them out so I called it a sprint. Used the G90 last night and it continues to be fun to operate. 73/72, Rich
WA1GWH - Conditions on 80m were quickly up and down, QSB wise. I'd get one part of the exchange easily and then miss another a second or so later. Thank you for all the repeats, operators! The new 5 column logging format is FB! 72, Garry, WA1GWH
K4BAI - About 1:37 hours of operating time. Took time out for two NTS nets (receiving 3 messages and NCS of one net) and working one of the two QRP foxes on 40M. Bands pretty good, but never got a good run going on 80M. No signals on 20M prior to start time. Thanks for all QSOs. 73/72, John, K4BAI.
K1IX - Where was everybody ?
KD3CA - 40 and 80 mtrs both pretty active here . Sri I did miss a few in the QRM. Many thanks to all for the call's. 73 Don
KW4WA - First timer. It was really nice to contact Hams using simple equipment.
KW2A - All-tube rig for this sprint; 1-tube crystal controlled transmitter @ 3W and Drake 2B receiver.
N2GDS - Poor band conditions and serious fading!
WT4U - A busy Sprint, and one of my best in a while. Even tried 20 a few times: deathly quiet, though RBN claimed I was getting out. 40 was great for the first hour. 80 was crowded and noisy, and required some knob twiddling to home in on the right signal. A fun evening.
NO2D - NAQCC and fox hunt on at same time. NAQCC won out this time. Did not get
any foxes, but happy to get three NAQCC members. As always, thanks to
those who make the sprints possible. Pete, NO2D
AA0W - Late start band was in fair condition.
Thanks for the QSO's. KX2 internal battery
WX4RM - Conditions were marginal, 20 meters DOA. 40 meters produced good distant contacts, all North/South from Canada to Florida. 80 meters was again the most productive, being able to work the neighboring states. I just could not get my signal to go West tonite.
W4KRN - Started a bit late in the Sprint. Stayed on 80m, strong signals there, but dealt with some QSB. Wished I had of gotten on earlier. Tnx for all the contacts. 72
NR3Z - Always fun
WA2FBN - Only able to get on last 15 min. Tough copy thru all the noise. 72 Ken
AB9BZ - 40 Meters was quiet by me, called CQ many times but no luck. Picked up a station while tuning around. Thanks for the sprint. 73 ab9bz Dave
W6GY - W6GY in Idaho using the IC-705 and 40M 3 El wire Beam. Enjoyed the Sprint. Notables were WB4OMM-5933 FL and KL7CW-2333 AK. Stations heard, not worked: 40M KC6CNN, N4OW, N8LA, N8HZM, WB8LZH 80M AI6SL, N0TA
Looking forward to next month...73 Gary
KA2KGP - A good nite for the sprint. 80m. was the best band as 40m, was weak here in WNY, Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into G5RV up 25 ft. with an old WWII German Junkers straight key. Keep warm everyone! 73
KQ1P - Skunked!
AA5LH - Thanks everyone attempting to contact with me on 40M. I saw on RBN that I was getting out but I just I didn't hear you. Noise/Static at the QTH. Come warmer weather, some antenna work needs to be done. Take care & Be Safe.
VE9BEL - I heard one station that's it.
73
Bernard
W2SH - 40m was a bit more populated than in the prior two sprints. I took a break at 0200Z to gain a pelt in the 40m Fox Hunt before switching to 80m where the activity was much greater than on 40m; as a result the QRM was intense. With 30 inches of snow on the ground, I found that my antenna tuner settings needed considerable readjustment in order to get minimal SWR.
N8LA - KX3; 5w; 200' Dipole @ 35'; NAQCCode Warrior. 80 noisy but started calling CQ and finally got some answers and ran some from NC -- there seems to be some kind of direct line between here and NC. Heard KD2KEH calling CQ just below NAQCC frequencies and gave him a call and chatted a while since it had been quite a while since I had made a contact. He was SKCC and I was using keyer, but we still had a nice short chat. Was then able to work a few more after that. Thanks to all who worked me and apologies to all I was unable to work. I hope we all can connect next time. Best 72/73 to all. Lou, N8LA
AA2VG - Had some fun working portable from SC
NF8M - Operating time 1.5 hrs. 40 was noisy and sparse so I went to 80. Nice run in last half hour. Tnx for calls. 72 all.
N5GW - KX3 to doublet and straight key. There was some QRN on 40 and 80 due to local rain front. Most signals were strong enough, but I lost one Florida station to the QSB dragon. Maybe next month 20 will start to open up.
AK3X - Only on for the last half hour or so and using a storm damaged antenna. Ice loading and wind snapped my no expenses spared fiberglass fishing pole that makes up the upper 17 feet of my mast. Spliced it together with Gorilla tape but antenna apex is now at about 17 or 18 feet. Have a new pole (Spiderbeam 40 ft) waiting for the weather to clear and allow me to put the antenna back up to a better height. 72 to all for now, Peter
|