NA Sprint CW Soapbox built 2-18-2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA3B Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,660 20 faded very early. 40 also went long here. 80 was nice, but how nice can it be? 73 Bud AA3B Year 20 40 80 All Mult Pts FEB07SPT 48 94 118 260 41 10660 FEB06SPT 42 130 111 283 43 12169 FEB05SPT 84 124 90 298 40 11920 FEB04SPT 58 144 88 290 46 13340 FEB03SPT 105 134 86 325 51 16575 FEB02SPT 116 136 73 325 48 15600 FEB01SPT 109 130 85 324 49 15876 FEB00SPT 105 122 72 299 42 12558 FEB99SPT 103 102 89 294 49 14406 FEB98SPT 85 91 85 261 42 10962 FEB97SPT 94 96 92 282 45 12690 FEB96SPT 40 59 105 204 41 8364 FEB95SPT 82 84 76 242 41 9922 FEB94SPT 72 100 88 260 41 10660 FEB93SPT 94 94 82 270 41 11070 FEB92SPT 100 103 72 275 42 11550 FEB91SPT 89 94 67 250 35 8750 Rates by Hour Year 01 02 03 04 FEB07SPT 80 68 53 59 FEB06SPT 78 65 75 65 FEB05SPT 86 67 73 72 FEB04SPT 90 75 66 59 FEB03SPT 92 79 67 87 FEB02SPT 94 82 69 80 FEB01SPT 92 79 66 87 FEB00SPT 83 72 70 74 FEB99SPT 81 69 65 79 FEB98SPT 69 56 56 80 FEB97SPT 69 68 58 87 FEB96SPT 47 43 63 51 FEB95SPT 77 53 48 64 FEB94SPT 63 67 58 72 FEB93SPT 69 70 55 76 FEB92SPT 74 70 56 75 FEB91SPT 70 58 52 70 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA5B Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,280 Went to 40 too early, moved to 80 too soon, went back to 40 too late. Other than that, things went about as well as I'd hoped. Lots of frantic fun, as always! 80: Inverted L (40 ft up, 30 out) taped to fiberglass pole. 40: Inverted V at 50 ft. 20: Dipole at 40 ft. 73, Bruce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE6Y Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,360 The usual frantic 4 hours, and a good exercise for tuning up of software and clearing of mental cobwebs in anticipation of ARRL DX CW next weekend. CU all from Aruba as P49Y! 73, Andy AE6Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ1YFK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1 FT890, 100W, Doublet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G4BUO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,000 Good signals on 40, but spoiled by the RTTY QRM. After about an hour it was clear everyone had QSYd from 20 down to 40m and I kept getting beaten out, so at 1:10am local it was time for bed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0BJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,132 Should have moved to 80 sooner. I can blame my lackluster rate partly on running my computer in safe mode, which meant no auto keying and a goofy display, plus a non-resonant 40 antenna. But let's face it -- I'm just not suave at this contest.... yet... Lotsa fun in any case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0CAT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,580 -- KA9FOX invited me to join his first-ever Sprint Animal Team hence the callsign K0CAT. I thought he should have used his own call, but in an effort to have a "RAT-pack" team Scott chose to adopt K9RAT (canine rat ???) for his use. I almost achieved "worked all animals" in the sprint, missing only KM0O, even working the unusual Canine Sex thing (how did that one get in the group??). AC0W was on only briefly,so was pleased to work him. -- It was interesting to come into the Sprint with a brand new callsign and no practice . . that caused very few problems. I did all the CW by hand sending, i.e. no computer assisted CW. -- Following someone's suggestion, I added an L network at the base of my 160 meter vertical to adapt it to 80 m. It seemed to work very well., adding an ease of communication previously unknown to my meager 100 watts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0OU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,520 Was on my way to a dismal showing when I got 4 mult's in the last 20 minutes including MT at 03:58 to make it respectable. Had fun, even tho 20 died early and I ended up on 80 earlier than ever before. Worked KH6/VE7AHA on 40, which was fun but VE7 would have been a mult for me. I did manage J79WI and an XE who was not contesting but I got an exchange out of him. Still the best 4 hours in radio. C U all in the ARRL DX from K5GO. 73 es tnx for the Q's. K0OU Steve in MO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,095 Haven't tried this for a long time. Last couple times, a few years ago, I was getting about 320. I think I blew it when I moved to 40 too soon. I needed more Qs on 20M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,696 Boy the first 20min were pure frustration..thanks to all PTL bill UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,256 Seems like 20 & 40 were hard to hear and to be heard. Rates were pitiful. 80 was better. Total mults down. I was hoping for a significant improvement over my last Sprint. Maybe next time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1KD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,944 Well, got a late start since bedtime for my young daughter falls right in the middle of this contest. This contest has become my favorite over the past few years. See you next time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1KI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,360 Interesting conditions... only mult I heard that got away was MD. Gonna have to figure out how to do this with real two radio action someday. -- Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,405 6 RATs, 1 CAT, 1 C0W and 1 BUG. RUFF going... Hours: 102-80-85-68 Last 2 Qs were mults - K1VSJ with a low nr for RI and J79WI who I just saw in person at K5KG's barely 24 hrs before. Also tnx to VE9DX for being on for the last hr. Wkd all mults heard, although others mentioned WV, AL, KY and VE4 which I missed altogether. Tried to drum up some more FL activity at the Orlando meeting earlier today, but only wkd W5JBV and K9VV in FL. Still fun despite condx and the tedium of SO1R in the last hr - only 12 Q after 0340Z. 73, Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,439 Tough slog this time. 20 dried up quickly, and I kept checking 40 but only heard RTTY sigs around 7040. Too late I realized that everyone had scooted down the band. Live and learn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2SX/4 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,145 It was bad enough operating this contest with a vertical and a KW but barefoot is much worse. The SC mult did raise my signal level a bit but vy few knew I was here. On top of that, the computer decided not to send cw so I had to do the whole contest manually. At least I didn't have to use a pencil and paper for logging altho given the troubles I had with the logging program I might have been better off if I had used a pencil. Of course, I didn't work a single SC station. Is this the sign of times to come? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3STX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,550 I knew things weren't looking good when my 40/20 dipole fell out of the tree this week. So I was stuck running LP with my multiband ladder-line fed-dipole and 80 M vertical. 20 was horrible here, it was slow from the start, few stations in my 30 min of operating. After tucking in kids for the night, back on at 0130 to find very very little activity on 40 M; what happened! I really lost it on 40 M, I guess everyone was working each other while I was tucking in the kids. 80 was good, but too much QRN and many weak stations that my vertical just couldn't pick up. I was hoping to crack the 200 Q mark, maybe next year. Our here in Maryland this seems like a 2 band contest. Thanks for a great time, it sure is fun. Never even heard another Maryland station, was I the only one? paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3WW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 8,640 worst I can remember..almost quit several times, then heard 3 new mults on 80 and kept pushing..never worked them.. KL7, SC, VE9DX Would not have made that much difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,152 FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 1 KW output, TH6DXX, dipole, zepp, inverted vee. 40 meters is increasingly difficult to work in this contest above 7025, at least, due to the CQ RTTY WPX Contest. 20M went long and then weak very early. 40 M went long early, too. 80M was great, but signals from teh far northwest were a bit weak here. Many thanks to Jeff, KU8E, who drove down and climbed my tower Saturday afternoon to put back up the 80M inverted vee that had been on the roof for the past several months. Please look for PJ4/K4BAI and PJ4/KU8E from Bonaire Feb 13-20. In ARRL DX CW, I will be PJ4A SOABHP and Jeff will be PJ4/KU8E on 160M single band. QSL all three calls via K4BAI. 73, John. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,214 First CW Sprint in a year, having missed the last one. Haven't been able to make the Thursday night games due to band rehearsals. I was rusty, and band conditions weren't very good. I was also putting in a full time effort in the RTTY contest this weekend, which made for a lot of fun in front of the radio on a cold weekend. 73 -Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5AF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,647 Wow, one of my highest QSO totals with one of my lowest mult totals. Wasn't sure whether I'd even get on for this. XYL and I had lots of Saturday projects, and it was a rare Saturday night off for me. I finally got out to the shack about a half hour before the contest and discovered problems with my computer interface, but managed to get everything fixed before the bell. Missed Al, Id, Ky, Me, Nd, Ri, Sd, Ut, Vt, Wv, Wy and all VE except Ve3. Worked everything heard. Hourly rates: 80/75/63/55 Longest dead period was the last 5 minutes of the contest, with zero Qs. Conditions were really strange here. I felt like most signals on 20M were weak, yet I worked everything I called and had the highest number of couplets there. QRN was fairly bad here, don't where it originated, but present on all bands. Asked for many fills as a result. Participation seemed a little low, but still, this is the best four hours in ham radio. Thanks to all! Paul, K5AF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5KA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,070 Apparently all the RAT's infested 20 meters early. Then they forced all the diddlers down to 7.025. Ken K5KA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5OT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,544 So the incessant gnawing sounds on 40M were from another mode? I thought it might have been RAT-induced. Hmmmm. Thanks to Richard and Susan for another fine visit to the King (Radio) Ranch. 73, Larry K5OT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5RAT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,423 Yuck- 20 died early here, and was never open to the east. 40 also went long very early. 80 was good, but had too much time to spend there. The new 4-square seemed to work well to the west coast on 80. Go Rats! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5TR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,678 Another fun CW Sprint. Thanks to all for the Q's and to George once again for the use of his great station. HR 80 40 20 HR TOT CUM TOTAL -- ------ -------- -------- ------ ----- 0 --- 35/9 76/23 111/32 111/32 1 18/0 67/4 5/1 90/5 201/37 2 65/1 24/1 --- 89/2 290/39 3 54/2 14/0 --- 68/2 358/41 D1 137/3 140/14 81/24 358/41 73, Gator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5YAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,551 Was a RAT infestation for sure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ZD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,792 Was planning to go low power, but bands sounded so strange at the start that turned the amp on just minutes before the contest. Glad I did! The WPX RTTY contest made 40m a challenge. That contest is getting too big for the Sprint to compete with. Especially in Europe -- making it even more difficult for us in the Northeast. The PACC contest also added some loud guys calling CQ contest. Bands were long almost from the start. Glad I did 40 at the beginning to get a few "close" guys. Went to 80 the earliest I ever have and again was able to get some W2/W3 guys that got real weak later. Heard people working guys that would have been new mults, but didn't get a shot at them. WV, AL, VE9 You could sure tell who the hard core SO2R guys were. K5TR and N6TR (and others) seemed to be CQing all the time on the off band. However, in this contest, with activity so concentrated on one band at a time, there wasn't much to pick up. I usually did better to stay focused on one band rather than try to get fancy. I vote that the Phone and CW Sprints go back to their "traditional" dates. CW first weekend of Feb and Phone the second. Randy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,710 That didn't feel as bad as last week during the SSB sprint. But where were all the mults? Never heard KY, RI, ME, WV, ID, WY, UT, KL7,SD, ND. And where were all the VEs. Only worked VE3 and barely heard VE9 but got beat out. 73, Ken, K6LA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,476 A nice relaxing so1r effort. Conditions were pretty good. Thanks for the Q's. Next weekend I'll be sniping DX, hooked up to Telnet, just for fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6NV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,712 For this contest I had a hard time getting my brain engaged. Had to ask for to many repeats when I shouldn't of had to, my error rate will still probably be high. All eqipment worked flawlessly, noise level was way down below the typical S-9 I ususally have and plenty of activity. Was pleasently surprised on 80 with the number of calls I received. 40m was a little tougher, Had to take off for the last 30 min. FT-1000 MP with AL-80b @ 850w 3el Yagi Inverted vees W/L software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6OWL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,150 Some big numbers heard out there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6RAT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 9,972 K6RAT is a great call! I wish conditions were a match. After 20 minutes or so things got really slow for me and never really picked back up. 40 was pretty good for the second hour but the last two hours were frustrating, especially on 80, where I got beat out time and again. The mults did a good job of hiding from me. I never heard seven of the eight mults that others found. Thanks to Scott for organizing the Animals. I was happy to have coined the name! 73, David N6AN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7NV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,526 Almost didn't do this one....Glad I did. Good to hear y'all. 73, Kurt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8GU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,400 That was brutal. I still need to get better at when to work the second radio and when to ignore it. Given the condx, I'm pleased at my results for 3 hours and all antennas and station within a 70 X 100 X 25 foot box. Thanks for the QSOs... 73, --Ethan, K8GU/9. (aka someone else) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 8,118 I got a late start, not unexpectedly, after dinner with my wife. Then at 0145z things were so slow I took a sanity break for 15 minutes. Missed ME, RI, VT, AL, KY, ID, MT, UT, WY, WV, ND, SD, VE2-5-6-7-8. J79WI was the only DX worked. Cool to work KL7WV twice, to get # 2 from VE4XT, and work VE9DX at 0359z. Please send sunspots soon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,357 Trying not to have a cow but all I can say is rats.....condx here were ruff! 73, Mike K9NW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9PG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27 n2ic, ae6y, k5tr, n2nl, w6yi, no5w, n6ro, n7cw and w6een made it into my puny log. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9RAT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,048 Have been itching to use the K9RAT club callsign for a long time... finally got motivated to find some other RATs for a team... and picked up a cat and a couple of cows along the way, then threw in some canine fornication for good measure. And "Sprinting On All Fours" was born. That was fun! First time using DX Doubler SO2R box with TRLog -- sorry for the lid moments. Mults Missed: AL, IA, ID, KY, ME, ND, RI, SC, SD, UT, WI, WY, VE1/2/4/5/6/8 Worked J79WI for only DX. Heard VE9DX but got beat out. Cannot believe I missed Wisconsin. :-( Station: Rigs: FT-1000MP, IC-746 - SO2R with Top Ten Devices DX Doubler Antennas (1 tower): F12 C4XL @ 95ft (2 ele on 20m & 40m) F12 EF180C @ 100ft (rotatable dipole on 80m) Alpha-Delta DXCC @ 50ft (inverted vee for 10-80m) Pictures at: http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/gallery 73 - Scott KA9FOX ka9fox@qth.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9SEX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 7,380 Only heard and missed was NE, VE9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9VV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,072 Still in JAX w/hospitalized W4LIS, so operated from gracious host K4WWK's QTH. FT-1000 & inverted-L. On & off for an hour or so to work a few of the guys. Nice to work VE9DX and all the usual suspects! Single paddle vs. normal iambic paddle a bit of a challenge. Fun as usual. 73, Fred, K9VV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB7Q Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 5,472 I found some decent antennas at W7LR's house for this one. Have K-2 will travel - Bob lives just 4 miles south of me! The RTTY was nasty on 40 meters, it jammed all the Sprint guys into the lower 30 Khz which made it hard for us "wee ones" i.e. QRP'ers to find a spot. None-the-less it was great to hand out that Montana multiplier for folks and it just made working 80 Meters later a pure joy. Other then 20 closing 45 minutes after the start of the contest, conditions seemed quite nice, no real QRN or QSB here. 73, Gene K-2 90' vertical on 80M Lazy 'V' array on 40M TH-7@75' on 20M N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2MX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 30 First time brave enough to give this a try. Only had a bit of time at the beginning and end. 20m was pretty much shot here from the start. 40M was a mess of RTTY. 80M was quiet at the start...only a few other slowpokes. Came back for the last 30 minutes and managed a couple of Qs. I'm not quite ready for prime-time. Will be practicing for the next one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG5U Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 5,474 Lot's of mistakes. Lot's of wasted time. Lot's of CQ's. One computer lockup. My money band (20m) closed way, way too early. Probably shouldn't have bounced between 20 and 40. Station worked well; operator didn't. In spite of that, lot's of fun. As usual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7WV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 6,405 Conditions were terrible up here. I hope it will be better next weekend. Tim W3YQ/KL7WV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KM9M Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 425 Jumping in near the end on a whim... DANG!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN5H Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,218 Chased P40LE around and after finally working him, realized he aint no mult. Even passed up VE9DX to get P40. Good thing I found VE9DX later. Heard Alabama but no QSO. This was the debut of the new Arizona Sprint Society, also known as the ASS. Only heared co-member W7YS once but never got him. Thanks for trying. Great job by KO7AA, KY7M and KC7V. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,860 I didn't have enough time to learn/set up N1MM logger for the special Sprint format and it proved to be very frustrating!! 40M was so packed! I checked more than once to see if I had mistakenly turned on the wide SSB filters. The QRM made any SO2R very frustrating for this op, and I went out to dinner w/XYL after just 2 hours of "fun". Congrats to the rest of the AZ Sprint Society for the better scores... 73, Bill KO7AA in Tucson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2Q Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 2,070 My first sprint ever (qrv 40 years this month). Sure was "different" than compared to what I'm used to. Got a direct email about 11am requesting that I get on to boost activity...had nothing else cooking, felt honored to be asked, so what the heck; I'm not getting any younger. Got on 2 hours late and 20 was 99% dead; went directly to 40. 40 was long and it was weird working lots of California (qrp here) and nothing local. Same on 80..."DX" was loud, but locals were PW here. Took me a while to get used to the QSY rule and THOUGHT I heard some big score types not following it to the letter...but maybe I'm wrong. One band change. Oh yeah...since others mentioned it, I did work VE9DX. Elecraft K2 @ QRP 40: 402CD @ 80 feet 80: inverted Vee apex at 55 feet Hope I helped the winner win bigger than w/o me! LOL de Doug KR2Q ps. Tnx Salad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT0R Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,686 Well, got on as time permitted. I was going to go back to some RTTY but, said to myself the sprint would be more fun. And it was. Bands seemed in fair shape. Even worked Ak and KH6. I was all excited to get kh6 but I guess no mult for Pac. Oh well. Mults heard not worked were K0OU in Mo, Al,Ar. Always nice to hear and mix it up with all the great operators out there. See you all next time. Vry 73 Dave KT0R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU8E Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 9,048 RTTY Sucks !!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV8Q Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 429 Due to rig problems, I could only operate on 20 meters this year. Not much there with low power and a 102' G5RV. Hope to see you all on three bnads next year. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KZ5D Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,716 This year's Sprint conflicted with Mardi Gras Ball. XYL had to go, so I got the first 54 minuttes in before having to leave. Got off to a good start, then floundered with software glitch. But, next year, the Mardi Gras will be over before the Sprint. Yeah! See you guys nin September for 4 full hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ4UU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 200 Didn't expected so much with 100w/inv.vee:) Thanks to all! 73 Iliya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0AC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 820 Got on to give out the mult. Iowa should have been easy this time since there were more than myself on the air. Bill, N0AC Ten Tec Orion, butternut vertial, N1MM log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0SXX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,346 Great contest as usual but this was the first time I've really felt handicapped not having access to the amateur extra bands. When I first hit 40M everything above 7.025mhz was full of rtty sigs. The contest was going great guns between 7.000 and 7.025 but I couldn't play! Eventually activity came up between 7.025 and 7.030 so was able to get going. Time to get the books out and get the Extra! Fun to work the GM Ski Bums! W0MU(20,80), N2IC(20,40,80), K0BJ(80), W0ETT(20,40) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2IC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 15,666 Spent too much time early in the contest on 40 - didn't think 20 would close so early. Lots of fun, as usual. Thanks for the QSO's ! 73, Steve, N2IC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2NL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,268 This ended up being a difficult Sprint for me. 20M fell off the cliff at 0100Z, and I should have focused more on 40 than trying to push 20 by CQing with the second radio. That probably cost me a few QSO's. I made the same mistake later when I forced the issue on 40 when I should have been working 80m harder. 40 usually is a bottomless pit for me, but activity really seemed limited last night with the RTTY contest drawing more and more people from the Sprint. I think it's time to swap back the Sprint weekends. I heard and chased three multipliers all over the place without success - WV, AL, and VT. The first big "winter" storm of the year in the SF Bay Area threw another wrench into the mix. While it was only rain at sea level, there were some significant winds up at the top of the mountain where W6NL is located. He estimated the winds to exceed hurricane force for a while about midway through the contest, by the number of buckets needed to catch drips coming through the *walls* from the horizontal rain. It was very eerie driving down the mountain at night with zero visibility in the clouds with several small rock slides to avoid. The highest winds generated some significant static on 40, bad enough to shut down the amps (87A's) several times. This will probably be my last serious contest effort from California. I have been slated to transfer back to Key West, Florida early this summer. I'll be stationed aboard a patrol boat, so my activity may be somewhat limited depending on how flexible the Navy housing office will be with antenna requests. I want to take the opportunity to thank everyone in the NCCC for the incredible hospitality and welcome I received when I moved here in 2005. Special mention to K6AW, N5KO, and N6TV who got me connected with W6NL and K6BL. Dave and Barb selflessly opened their home to me on several occasions, and for that I'm indebted. It's been great to put faces to all the W6 callsigns, and I'm leaving with many, many new friendships that I hope to cherish for years in the future. 73, Dave N2NL/6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2NT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,760 Sprint from the NE in this part of the cycle, combined with RTTY= Fahgeddaboudddiittt. 73, Andy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2RM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,952 Mults pretty lame this time. I pushed pretty hard on 20m - main 40m antenna at N2RM has been out of commission for years. Looking back I probably shold have went to 40m for a few minutes right at the start. On another note, my VCR w/ Time Machine that I left programmed at the home station actually came on at the right time and recorded all 4 hours of 40m in last nights Sprint. Now I can relive the pain if I want. Thanks to all the local W2/W3 that were QRV after my arm twisting. 73, John N2NC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2ZN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,360 Not feeling it this time. Next time, we need a CAT or two to take care of all those RATS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BB Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,532 20 died after about an hour or so, and with the RTTYers all the way down below 7025 (one guy was on 7014), the Sprinters had to squeeze between 7010 and 7025 for the first two hours. The RTTY crowd seemed to move up later, and there was space up to 7030 the final two hours. Operating SO2R on 7010-7025 and on 14030-14050 meant that my RF isolation problem cause me to trash out 20 meters when I transmitted on 40, so I was limited in SO2R the first 90 minutes, having to transmit on 20 and look for stations to call on 40 with the 2nd radio. 40 was terrific, even though it went pretty long, and 80 was great as well. Many signals didn't seem all that loud on 80, but the band was quiet. The following mults each had a single contact-very much appreciated: MT, AK, J7, VT, VE1, and RI. A RI station called me with #1 toward the end, and that was a nice little "pop." KL7WV and VE9DX both were active, and J79WI called on 40 with a very low number. I had to swing one 40 meter yagi down that way and the operator was patient...very much appreciated. Worked every mult I heard. rate HOUR 80CW 40CW 20CW TOTAL ACCUM ---- ------ ------ ------ ----- ----- 0 0 40 59 99 99 1 17 69 11 97 196 2 56 26 0 82 278 3 51 18 0 69 347 TOTAL 124 153 70 One of these was a dupe..sorry K1KI-my error. Tree and Gator were well ahead of me. Nice going. I was in line with all the other stations from a quick glance at the log numbers. Nice activity from this immediate area with N5RZ-at-K5TR, K5OT-at-K5NA and W5JAW, plus other Austin Powers team members (KZ5D, W5WMU, N5DX, N5DO, AC5AA, K5AF, K5MR were worked and come to mind immediately). I'm tired, going to hit the sack. Thanks to the BARC for this great event, and to all the excellent CW operators. What a thrill for me to compete in this. 73, Jim N3BB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3GJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,420 80m was the money band! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4AF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,136 Rough sledding on high bands. The skip was really long. Nice to work KL7WV on 3 bands tho. Great fun as always. 73, Howie N4AF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 7,182 Only could catch the last 3 hours....out of town with grand daughter at gym meet. Still don't have the Sprint thing down-pat, but seem to do better in the CW test. Will hand in there.. 73, Paul, N4PN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,335 After reading N3BB's article in the NCJ, I thought that I could improve on my operating technique and really use TR correctly as SO2R. So I read the info on the TR Log website regarding TR, the Sprint and two radios. I tried it during the practice sprint on Friday night and it seemed to work pretty well. At one point I answered N6TR's CQ on 40M while I was listening to an empty frequency on 80M. As I was sending my exchange to him, I suddenly heard N6TR calling CQ on 80M. I was momentarily confused, then realized that this was how SO2R in the Sprint should work. Full of enthusiasm for my newly honed skill, I started out the real Sprint using this technique -- and promptly got totally lost. I had a terrible start and finally just went back to my old way of doing things. One good (or bad) thing about operating low power in the Sprint is that you are not real sure who else is operating LP. If someone has a higher QSO number, you can just assume they are HP and keep on going. With a little over an hour to go I worked K5AF. I knew Paul was also LP, so I was interested to see how he was doing. He was 4 QSOs ahead -- so I set a goal to try to close the gap in the last hour. 50 minutes later I heard him and he was 7 ahead and he ended up 8 ahead. Oh well, I tried! Again thanks for all the fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,482 I worked the last hour of the contest from my home using a wire I put up for the 160 contest. 80 meters sounded very good from here with lots of loud signals. Hopefully I was a new multiplier for some of you. 73 Kevin/N5DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 13,932 Rates: 106, 68, 81, 70. 58 Bandchanges, ~50 second radio Qs. Was eagerly looking forward to this one, as I'd missed many recent Sprints due to music business conflicts, but this ended up in disappointment. Off to a good start (61 in first 30 min on 20m, one radio). Then I went to SO2R mode and mild disaster set in. Although I practice sprints each week on Thursdays, I used a different TR config file and the special SO2R features went bonkers: ALT-D and CQ on other radio- They sent exchanges on the wrong radio, or no exchange at all, so did a lot of lid hand-sending. I had several lockups and QSO gaps of 4 minutes in the second hour (40m prime-time)when resetting the computer and trying to figure out what went wrong. In third hour I went to a 'manual' SO2R mode and things improved, but too late for a big SO2R boost. Last hour was slow as I'd worked out 80m, and very few on 40m. Heard, but out of phase for NH and WV. Oh well, Sept. is coming. Shared the station with K6AW who did the RTTY WPX and during breaks, set up five stations for the ARRL DX test next weekend (Tnx Steve) Next Thurs. NCCC practice will be NS rules. I hope to get my software (and brain) fixed by then! ro ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6TR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 16,676 Twenty was strange - signals were down - but they were still there and could be worked. First QSO was 9V1YC on 40 meters - and he was ahead of me! It feels like the RTTY contest is impacting activity as a lot of the regulars seem to be in the other contest. Only had 41 band changes - not much two radio action between 40 and 20 (wanted to work as many on 20 as I could before it went dead) and not too many QSOs left on 40 when I went to 80. Antennas: 5 ele 20 (42' boom) at 73 feet - east 3 ele 20 (12' boom) at 85 feet on KL7 3 ele 40 (27' boom) at 106 feet - east 4 square on 80 meters Rigs: 2 X TS850S / pair 3-500Zs (Henry 2K and Viewstar PT2500A) Missed mults: Id Ky Me Nd Ri Sd Ut Wv Wy VE2, 5, 6, 7, 8. Worked J7 as my only DX (P40 and 9V don't count). Great to work VE9DX on 80 meters as well as Delaware. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 2,376 This was much more fun than the SSB Sprint. I more than doubled my QSO count, and more than quadrupled my score. My best two hours were the first and the last. On 20m I can easily work the east coast, but 40m was a lot more of a struggle. Then when I moved to 80m in the last quarter of the third hour, my rate went up. I give all the credit to my vertical. I'm using my 160m vertical as a top-loaded half wave vertical on 80m, and it seems to really work. Only three or four stations were louder on my 40m dipole, loaded as a short dipole on 80m. I managed to work CT and NJ on 80, and was called by VE3EJ for a big surprise. My biggest problem was getting into the swing of the Sprint. I didn't really start to do well until I moved to 80m. Also had a momentary case of fumblitis, when I couldn't seem to press the right keys for TRLOG. Gotta get over this :-) There were probably a few stations wondering what strange sequence I was sending :-) Anyway, I had fun, and that's the name of the game. Now to get ready for the CQ WW DX. Hope to hear you all in the chase. 73, Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6XI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,275 Serious intermittent noise, perhaps precipitation static, cost me many QSOs on 40 and, especially, 80. Apologies to many callers I missed while operating in "alligator mode." The conflict with WPX RTTY is intolerable on 40m. PLEASE, PLEASE move it back to the old date or some other date. Although I am an FOC member (speaking only for myself), I do not object to the conflict with the Marathon although a completely unconflicted date would of course be better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ZZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 13,596 Haven't done a Sprint in CA for 13 years! Thanks to W6AQ for letting me guest op... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8XX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 513 Why did it appear that the only signals on 40 metres were in California? I gave up on 40 after a short while because there didn't seem to be anything else to work. Several folks didn't seem to listen even for a second or two on the contact frequency. Many folks just hit a couple dit's to acknowledge they received my info. If I didn't hear those dits, or had another doubt about whether they received my info and they didn't respond I just cancelled the info in my log. Of course, using an antenna which seemed to be working more like a dummy load didn't help much either. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4BW Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 2,592 40 was El stinko > 7025. 73 Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4K Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,029 Thanks to Jeff, K4BP for the use of his hardware, sure makes a differance. (Walked in the door at 2359z and had the first contact logged at 0002z after the amp warmed up) One radio and two band changes, equal time on each band. Steve NA4K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF1R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,456 Got to the shack just before 0030Z, and didn't make my first QSO until 0037. My CW was a little rusty after a 2-3 month hiatus from CW contesting. Nice to hear members of the YCCC teams on the air. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO5W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,128 RTTY or not the CW sprint is definitely the most contesting fun for me from my small antenna-restricted QTH. It's one RAT race I enjoy being a part of with all the great CW operators and big DOGS. But I sure am sorry I missed Mike's horny little QRPup. I knew the last hour or so was going to be tough since I hadn't had time to put up the stealth 80M antenna, but I had a plan. About an hour before the start I opened the metal garage door, moved the Pathfinder out to the driveway, slapped on and tuned up the HiQ 4/80 mobile antenna and got the laptop and spare IC-7000 all set up in the Pathfinder. The SWR was about 1.2:1 on 80M. Great, I was in bizness! At about 0300Z I'd dump the log from the desktop onto a flash drive, sprint down stairs to the vehicle and finish up on 80M. And that's what I did when 20M faded early and 40M seemed like it had played out around 0250. Down the stairs, out through the garage, close the garage door, into the car, start it up for warmth, install the log file, check the interface to the WinKey and the radio. All systems are go! 80M here I come, RTTY or not. NOT, holy COW Batman the SWR is out the ruff -- what the heck. Oh well, its too cold and not enough time to trouble shoot now -- I'll do that in the morning. Back inside I squeeze out only a dozen or so additional Qs on 40M. It's morning now and I'm back from the trouble shoot. When placed broad side, large metal objects interact with small mobile antenna. Let's see now, where's that copy of EZNEC. 73 and CU in the next one -- RTTY or not, Chuck/NO5W Radio: IC-7000 Antennas: 40 and 20M wires @25ft Software: CQ/X de NO5W ver 1.7 Keyer: WinKey by K1EL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40LE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,175 Low power, small vertical antenna - wonder how anyone could hear me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3NR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 7,272 Mk-Vfield, Al-811 400w, hf6v vertical. Tnx QSOs. 73, Chris. -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0000 0 0 12 23 0 0 35 35 17.3 0100 0 0 48 4 0 0 52 87 25.7 0200 0 39 18 0 0 0 57 144 28.2 0300 0 57 0 0 0 0 57 201 28.2 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 0 97 78 27 0 0 202 Gross QSO's=202 Dupes=0 Net QSO's=202 Unique callsigns worked = 136 The best 60 minute rate was 69/hour from 0232 to 0331 The best 30 minute rate was 74/hour from 0229 to 0258 The best 10 minute rate was 96/hour from 0237 to 0246 There were 3 bandchanges and 0 (0.0%) probable 2nd radio QSO's. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 4 161 5 39 6 2 ------------ M u l t i p l i e r S u m m a r y ------------ Mult 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- CA 0 14 25 16 0 0 55 27.2 TX 0 6 11 2 0 0 19 9.4 TN 0 8 3 0 0 0 11 5.4 AZ 0 2 4 5 0 0 11 5.4 CO 0 3 4 0 0 0 7 3.5 GA 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 3.0 MN 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 3.0 OK 0 3 3 0 0 0 6 3.0 MA 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 2.5 OR 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 2.5 NJ 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 2.5 IN 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 2.5 VA 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 IL 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 NM 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 2.0 NC 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 2.0 PA 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 2.0 OH 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 MS 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1.5 WA 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1.5 ON 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1.5 FL 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1.5 KS 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1.5 CT 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 MO 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.0 NV 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.0 LA 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.0 MI 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.0 WI 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 MT 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.5 J7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.5 AR 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 NE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 DE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 MD 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 0 97 78 27 0 0 202 Callareas Worked Area QSOs Pct ------------------ 0 19 9.4 1 10 5.0 2 11 5.4 3 14 6.9 4 19 9.4 5 35 17.3 6 56 27.7 7 16 7.9 8 9 4.5 9 13 6.4 Multi-band QSO's ---------------- 1 bands 79 2 bands 48 3 bands 9 The following stations were worked on 3 bands: K5AF K5OT K6RAT KY7M W6YI N6TR AE6Y K6RB W6YX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,527 FT1000D + TH6 and wires ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3FU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,950 80m V up 20ft and an R7 (tnx VE3KI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3NE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,878 Huh... Rough condx...but fun. I was called by KL7WV on 80m and I catched him on 40 too. Did not hear any VE7, 6, 5, 4, 2 or 1...?? Worked VE9DX though. Did not hear any WY, SD, ND, ID, KY, RI and AR. Some signals were very watery on 80m. I have only 39 sec in total...:-) I was beaten most of the time when called someone with others but kept going like the bunny in the battery commercial...:-) See you in the next one. 73 Lali VE3NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 450 Nice to work England, but couldnt work my own province. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3XB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,296 This is my first NA Sprint effort ever. Well... need to learn a lot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 8,930 Note to myself: don't start Sprint with a headache, although Q#1 AK helped. Too few mults this time around. Missed ID UT WY ND SD (NE heard) (LA heard) AL KY WV RI ME and all but VE3. Only DX worked was a G who called me on 40m. You all still make this the best four hours in ham radio. 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ETT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,562 Well, my son's Lacrosse game didn't get over on time. By the time we made it home and I got the rig/computer going I lost almost 20 minutes. Never caught up despite pretty good condx on 40 and 80m. 40m was QRM alley with the WPX rtty test going at the same time; sure would be nice to exchange ssb and cw weekends to avoid the wpx test. Nice to work GM Ski Bum team members: K0UK, W0MU, N2IC, N0SXX and K0BJ. 73 Ken, W0ETT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0MU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 7,182 Just got the MK2R+ working for SO2R on cw. It was an experience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1EBI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 6,806 Missed first 45 minutes, but didn't want to miss a third straight Sprint! George W1EBI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1NN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,101 Many thanks to John AC8E for allowing me to operate from his FB station. This one was a little tough from this part of the country. 91 of my contacts (36% of the total) were with the West Coast (49 from CA alone) vs. only 6 for my own state. With my neighboring states I had 7 with PA, 5 with MI and 6 with Indiana. That pretty much tells the story of this Sprint. I thought about starting on 40 but I expected 20 to die early so I start there. Maybe a mistake. If these condx continue, maybe those of us in this part of the country will have to start on 80 to make sure we work out own states. Still lots of fun and I enjoyed every Q, even those with CA. I can't wait for the next one. 73, Hal W1NN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1WEF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 10,803 Cant believe I stuck with it for 4 hours with a bad sciatica problem, but wanted to see if I could hold my lead against a few guys who usually beat me! I think I did. JACK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2RQ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 7,676 More problems than I could ever imagine during this contest. The final straw was when the shack lightbulb burned out, leaving me totally in the dark, except for the radio lights. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4PA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 13,760 The hardest Sprint in many years... overall activity seemed low... I am positive this is the first time I've had the highest Q count per band on 80m in a Sprint... translation: sunpsots, please hurry! I see K1TO is only 13 QSO's ahead of me. I'm grasping for any straw that might indicate something to smile about :-) Next weekend VY2PA at VY2ZM's place on PEI SOABHP for ARRL DX CW. Can't wait. 73 Scott W4PA w4pa.journalspace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5JAW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,474 Probably spent too much unproductive time on 20m in the first hour. I decided that (being SO1R) I would harvest all I could there at the sacrifice of rate early on, thinking I could catch up on 40 later. My bent windom is more like a weird vertical array, and seems to work better for dx than domestic contesting. The two big time low power guys in this area , K5AF and N5DO, creamed me in every pile-up (too many!) that we competed in. Maybe I will have to put a low horizontal wire just for these affairs. I heard 3 mults that I didn't get. The number of participants seemed a bit low, with wide gaps even on our restricted space on 40m. As always, great fun knocking heads with so many great operators. 73, Jim, w5jaw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6EEN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,546 I discovered the computer inteface to the second radio wasn't working five minutes before the contest. The second radio then completely died about an hour in. Murphy continues to visit regularly, but I was happy to at least get 300 QSOs. 73 de Doug, N6RT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6RK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 192 Sprint visits in sprint. Rig: Icom IC-7000, 100W Ant: inverted-V Software: Writelog 10.62H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 14,784 Hours: 98, 98, 88, 69 Interesting conditions this time around. 20m absolutely tanked by 0100z, so ended up going to 80 far earlier than ever before. 80m was by far the best I have ever heard it for any contest. You know the band is good when VE9DX is an honest s9. I agree that the date for this contest needs to be changed. Participation overall seemed to be down, and I think alot of the regulars were up on RTTY. It was still a lot of fun, and am already looking forward to the next one. 73, Dan N6MJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,382 After getting a late start last year this time I convinced Matt, WX5S, to abandon a nice RTTY run on 20M so that I could switch the radio and computer to CW Sprint. I had everything set up but the power supply to the keyer had disappeared and we couldn't find a wall-wart with the right plug. Thanks to Matt and Rebar, KI6CCH, who helped me find it and get set up with a couple minutes to spare. Rebar continued to operate the WPX RTTY contest on one radio while I did the sprint on the other. Contest observations: Rain static on the high 6-element 20M Yagi was S7 so I used a low 205CA on 20. Only mult heard but not worked was VE4. Received more #1 QSOs (7) than I remember from any previous sprint. Too many RATs makes it hard to remember which of them you've already worked on a band. Worked at least 3 Sprint newbies who continued to call CQ on frequency instead of giving it up. Several operators, including a couple of WRTC competitors, have not figured out that there are two distinct Sprint exchanges. This undoubtedly lowers their score as well as confusing the rest of us. Many operators aren't waiting for the acknowledgement of the previous Q and send their call immediately. I had to remove 1 Q from my log that I couldn't confirm because someone jumped in early and was louder than my "NR?" request. I worked some Sprint regulars later in the evening in WPX RTTY, including one of the missing mults. Moving CW Sprint to a different weekend would increase activity and move 40-meter operation back to the normal part of the band (at least there wasn't a major DXpedition this time). Regardless, it was a fun 4 hours and I was glad to make over 300 Q's, even though it's likely that log-checking will bring me below 300. -Mike, N7MH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,512 Had to work today so shot this one down. Also, Paul, W0AIH was so kind to send me a new switch for my MFJ tuner, so I had to get that wired in before I got on. Thanks Paul!! It is hard to start out with number 1, 2.5 hours into the contest. Kept getting nr?? nr?. Guess I'da been better to use 001, even if that takes longer. Maybe someone should look into changing the SSB and CW dates so it doesn't coincide with the WPX RTTY test. Sprint is one of the best contests out there. Really enjoy the CW sprints. 73 to all TS-450SAT + SB200 + vertical ant. N1MM lgger 7.0.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1Z Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,328 Just in it to have some fun and contribute to the YCCC team. I was all set to do a full 4 hours, but got an email from a friend about UA9YAB being very LOUD on Topband. Then the YV0 guys showed up, then the J2 ... :-) I got back on 80 just before the end of the contest to push the QSO total over 100. In all, a great evening of radio! 73, Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA5RAT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,240 20 was in pretty bad shape here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7LT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 11,972 Brutal. 20m Tanked at 0050z... absolutely DEAD. So much for milking Q's with the big antennas on 20! Just not loud enough on 40 and 80 to be competitive. It was fine while fresh meat, but after that, could not milk the Q's, or even get the smaller guys to hear me. Lots of people CQ'd in my face on those bands. But it'll be great when LaMar's station is at 100%! Long story short, had to go with just 1 radio. 2 band changes. Only mult heard and not worked was K0IO in IA. Can't we get someone on from Idaho? Still lots of fun, even with the poor condx! Big thanks to LaMar for use of the station! -Chris KL9A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WQ5L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,172 20 meters sure went to the dogs. And rats, and cats, and ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW2Y Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 9,240 Equipment: FT-1000D, Ten-Tec Titan, 20m dipole @ 40ft, 40m and 80m dipoles at 35ft. This was one of my worst efforts. I had a decent start on 20m for the first 25 minutes before it closed. Then I was forced to go to 40 and 80 early and I had several interruptions along the way due to family matters. One of them I had to take off 30 minutes to pick up the kids at a movie theater at 0230z. I should have run low power again, because I could only run up to 500 watts output without setting off the house alarm . I've noticed many CW sprinters were actually operating in the RTTY contest instead. Something has to be done about this conflict. Oh well, it was still a fun time. Peter WW2Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 352 Was off to a great start and then "life" interrupted and I had to run. Well, there is always next time. Pat WW9R Index of Calls Call: AA3B Class: Single Op HP Call: AA5B Class: Single Op LP Call: AC0W Class: Single Op LP Call: AE6Y Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ1YFK Class: Single Op LP Call: G4BUO Class: Single Op HP Call: K0AD Class: Single Op HP Call: K0BJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K0CAT Class: Single Op LP Call: K0IO Class: Single Op HP Call: K0OU Class: Single Op HP Call: K0RF Class: Single Op HP Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Call: K1KD Class: Single Op HP Call: K1KI Class: Single Op HP Call: K1TO Class: Single Op HP Call: K2PS Class: Single Op LP Call: K2SX/4 Class: Single Op LP Call: K3CR Class: Single Op HP Call: K3STX Class: Single Op LP Call: K3WW Class: Single Op HP Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op HP Call: K4RO Class: Single Op HP Call: K5AF Class: Single Op LP Call: K5KA Class: Single Op HP Call: K5MR Class: Single Op HP Call: K5OT Class: Single Op HP Call: K5RAT Class: Single Op HP Call: K5TR Class: Single Op HP Call: K5UV Class: Single Op LP Call: K5YAA Class: Single Op LP Call: K5ZD Class: Single Op HP Call: K6LA Class: Single Op HP Call: K6LL Class: Single Op HP Call: K6NA Class: Single Op HP Call: K6NV Class: Single Op HP Call: K6OWL Class: Single Op LP Call: K6RAT Class: Single Op HP Call: K6RB Class: Single Op HP Call: K7NV Class: Single Op HP Call: K7RAT Class: Single Op HP Call: K8GU Class: Single Op LP Call: K8MR Class: Single Op HP Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Call: K9PG Class: Single Op LP Call: K9RAT Class: Single Op LP Call: K9SEX Class: Single Op QRP Call: K9VV Class: Single Op LP Call: KB7Q Class: Single Op QRP Call: KC7V Class: Single Op LP Call: KD2MX Class: Single Op QRP Call: KG5U Class: Single Op QRP Call: KL7WV Class: Single Op HP Call: KM9M Class: Single Op LP Call: KN5H Class: Single Op HP Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op HP Call: KQ6ES Class: Single Op LP Call: KR2Q Class: Single Op QRP Call: KT0R Class: Single Op HP Call: KU8E Class: Single Op HP Call: KV8Q Class: Single Op LP Call: KY7M Class: Single Op HP Call: KZ5D Class: Single Op HP Call: LZ4UU Class: Single Op LP Call: N0AC Class: Single Op LP Call: N0SXX Class: Single Op LP Call: N2GC Class: Single Op HP Call: N2IC Class: Single Op HP Call: N2NL Class: Single Op HP Call: N2NT Class: Single Op HP Call: N2RM Class: Single Op HP Call: N2ZN Class: Single Op LP Call: N3BB Class: Single Op HP Call: N3GJ Class: Single Op LP Call: N4AF Class: Single Op HP Call: N4DW Class: Single Op HP Call: N4PN Class: Single Op HP Call: N5DO Class: Single Op LP Call: N5DX Class: Single Op LP Call: N6AA Class: Single Op HP Call: N6NF Class: Single Op LP Call: N6RO Class: Single Op HP Call: N6TR Class: Single Op HP Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Call: N6XI Class: Single Op HP Call: N6ZZ Class: Single Op HP Call: N7CW Class: Single Op LP Call: N8EA Class: Single Op HP Call: N8XX Class: Single Op LP Call: NA4BW Class: Single Op QRP Call: NA4K Class: Single Op HP Call: NE6I Class: Single Op LP Call: NF1R Class: Single Op LP Call: NO5W Class: Single Op LP Call: P40LE Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3NR Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3EJ Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3FU Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3NE Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3XB Class: Single Op LP Call: W0BH Class: Single Op HP Call: W0ETT Class: Single Op LP Call: W0MU Class: Single Op HP Call: W1EBI Class: Single Op HP Call: W1NN Class: Single Op HP Call: W1WEF Class: Single Op HP Call: W2RQ Class: Single Op HP Call: W4AU Class: Single Op HP Call: W4NZ Class: Single Op HP Call: W4PA Class: Single Op HP Call: W5JAW Class: Single Op LP Call: W5KI Class: Single Op HP Call: W6EEN Class: Single Op HP Call: W6EU Class: Single Op HP Call: W6RK Class: Single Op LP Call: W6TK Class: Single Op HP Call: W6YI Class: Single Op HP Call: W6YX Class: Single Op HP Call: W6ZZZ Class: Single Op HP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op HP Call: WA1Z Class: Single Op HP Call: WA5RAT Class: Single Op HP Call: WA7LT Class: Single Op HP Call: WQ5L Class: Single Op LP Call: WW2Y Class: Single Op HP Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: Single Op HP Call: AA3B Call: AE6Y Call: G4BUO Call: K0AD Call: K0IO Call: K0OU Call: K0RF Call: K1KD Call: K1KI Call: K1TO Call: K3CR Call: K3WW Call: K4BAI Call: K4RO Call: K5KA Call: K5MR Call: K5OT Call: K5RAT Call: K5TR Call: K5ZD Call: K6LA Call: K6LL Call: K6NA Call: K6NV Call: K6RAT Call: K6RB Call: K7NV Call: K7RAT Call: K8MR Call: K9NW Call: KL7WV Call: KN5H Call: KO7AA Call: KT0R Call: KU8E Call: KY7M Call: KZ5D Call: N2GC Call: N2IC Call: N2NL Call: N2NT Call: N2RM Call: N3BB Call: N4AF Call: N4DW Call: N4PN Call: N6AA Call: N6RO Call: N6TR Call: N6XI Call: N6ZZ Call: N8EA Call: NA4K Call: VA3NR Call: VE3EJ Call: W0BH Call: W0MU Call: W1EBI Call: W1NN Call: W1WEF Call: W2RQ Call: W4AU Call: W4NZ Call: W4PA Call: W5KI Call: W6EEN Call: W6EU Call: W6TK Call: W6YI Call: W6YX Call: W6ZZZ Call: W7WHY Call: WA1Z Call: WA5RAT Call: WA7LT Call: WW2Y Class: Single Op LP Call: AA5B Call: AC0W Call: DJ1YFK Call: K0BJ Call: K0CAT Call: K0UK Call: K1GU Call: K2PS Call: K2SX/4 Call: K3STX Call: K5AF Call: K5UV Call: K5YAA Call: K6OWL Call: K8GU Call: K9PG Call: K9RAT Call: K9VV Call: KC7V Call: KM9M Call: KQ6ES Call: KV8Q Call: LZ4UU Call: N0AC Call: N0SXX Call: N2ZN Call: N3GJ Call: N5DO Call: N5DX Call: N6NF Call: N7CW Call: N8XX Call: NE6I Call: NF1R Call: NO5W Call: P40LE Call: VE3DZ Call: VE3FU Call: VE3NE Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3XB Call: W0ETT Call: W5JAW Call: W6RK Call: WQ5L Call: WW9R Class: Single Op QRP Call: K9SEX Call: KB7Q Call: KD2MX Call: KG5U Call: KR2Q Call: N6WG Call: NA4BW