NAQP SSB Soapbox built 2-20-2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 42,224 The bands were in pretty good shape. Wish it could have been full time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD4EB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,300 Had a little time near the end of the contest. Was fun to hear the voices of those I work often in CW and RTTY contests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD6ZJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 33,201 My equipment worked without a hitch but not all was without flaws. Since there are several way to spell Loren I decided at the last minute to use a nickname from work "sparky" to make things easier. In retrospect I should have come up with an easier one hi hi. Acording to the logger I contested the full 10 hours but I had many interruptions from my 3 year old son. The ladies bailed on me today so I had him all to myself. Drug the radio from the shack to the family room and tried to keep him busy and happy. The downside was the antenna switch is in the shack but on a positive note it is much warmer in the house. I'm very happy with my score, plenty of stations to work. Took advantage of the extra breathing room om 80M. I put up an inverted L on 160M a few days ago and it did better than the short vertical but still only a few on 160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI2N Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 22,506 Some fun. Got on to help Team RDXA (Woohoo!). Very few local mults on 40 meters, just like the CW weekend. And the "75-80" meter phone band is BIG now. Takes a l-o-n-g time to pick through looking for contesters amongst the other "interesting" QSOs. LOTS of room below 3800. Also heard some CW between 3600-3650 (which I like). I think some new band-planning is in order. Tnx to everyone who dug me out. 73, Redd, AI2N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI4ME Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,400 START-OF-LOG: 2.0 CREATED-BY: N3FJP's NAQP Contest Log 2.4 CONTEST: NAQP-SSB CALLSIGN: AI4ME CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CLAIMED-SCORE: 4400 OPERATORS: AI4ME NAME: Don Michalek ADDRESS: 2437 Broomsedge Trail ADDRESS: Virginia Beach, VA 23456 ADDRESS: (e-mail) ai4me@cox.net SOAPBOX: Very cool to work the Motorola Club Station as well as K9SG "Doc" of 3Y0X fame! QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2048 AI4ME DON VA K7XV LYNN UT QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2049 AI4ME DON VA K7ZSD BRAD OR QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2050 AI4ME DON VA K5RC TOM NV QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2051 AI4ME DON VA N6NF TOM CA QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2104 AI4ME DON VA VE6CNU JERRY AB QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2106 AI4ME DON VA WA2MNO BOB MN QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2107 AI4ME DON VA K0AIZ ART NE QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2108 AI4ME DON VA KT0R DAVE MN QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2112 AI4ME DON VA K0RH JIM KS QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2113 AI4ME DON VA NB7V DAVE MT QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2115 AI4ME DON VA K0UK BILL CO QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2119 AI4ME DON VA KD6JHV NOEL UT QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2120 AI4ME DON VA K7RL MITCH WA QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2121 AI4ME DON VA K0OU STEVE MO QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2122 AI4ME DON VA K5TR ED TX QSO: 14000 PH 2007-01-20 2125 AI4ME DON VA K0OB GREG MN QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2135 AI4ME DON VA N0KE PHIL CO QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2136 AI4ME DON VA WY7FD DWAYNE WY QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2152 AI4ME DON VA VE6EX DAN AB QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2154 AI4ME DON VA KJ7QM STEVE WY QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2157 AI4ME DON VA K0UK BILL CO QSO: 21000 PH 2007-01-20 2200 AI4ME DON VA W7KQZ ERNIE AZ QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2203 AI4ME DON VA WE9N JOHN IN QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2204 AI4ME DON VA K4SE RON MO QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2205 AI4ME DON VA N2BJ BARRY IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2206 AI4ME DON VA KY5R AL AL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2207 AI4ME DON VA VE3HG PETER ON QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2209 AI4ME DON VA K9CT CRAIG IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2210 AI4ME DON VA NS4T KEN SC QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2211 AI4ME DON VA K4ZGB TOM AL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2213 AI4ME DON VA W3VR LOU FL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2218 AI4ME DON VA K0OB GREG MN QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2218 AI4ME DON VA N4PN PAUL GA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2219 AI4ME DON VA N5PA AL MS QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2220 AI4ME DON VA WA8JIM JIM OH QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2222 AI4ME DON VA N0BUI MIKE MN QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2226 AI4ME DON VA K8KHZ SEAN MI QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2227 AI4ME DON VA VE3SY PAUL ON QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2256 AI4ME DON VA W1AJT/VE3 ART ON QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2258 AI4ME DON VA KS9W BOB IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2300 AI4ME DON VA WW4LL FRED GA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2302 AI4ME DON VA VE3XD DON ON QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2303 AI4ME DON VA WD9CIR STEVE IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2304 AI4ME DON VA K1ZZI RALPH GA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2306 AI4ME DON VA K9NS FRANK IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2309 AI4ME DON VA K4JNY JEFF TN QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2322 AI4ME DON VA KM0TO MOTO IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2332 AI4ME DON VA N9HHE CLAUDIA IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2335 AI4ME DON VA KM9M ZIG IL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2336 AI4ME DON VA WG0M MIKE MN QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2339 AI4ME DON VA AI4FR JOHN FL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2341 AI4ME DON VA W5WMU PAT LA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2344 AI4ME DON VA WF3C CHRIS FL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-20 2354 AI4ME DON VA K0FVF DAN MN QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0147 AI4ME DON VA K9NS FRANK IL QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0148 AI4ME DON VA VE3SY PAUL ON QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0150 AI4ME DON VA W9RE MIKE IN QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0151 AI4ME DON VA K4PK DON VA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0154 AI4ME DON VA VA3NR CHRIS ON QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0157 AI4ME DON VA KA1DWX DON DE QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0201 AI4ME DON VA KY5R AL AL QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0210 AI4ME DON VA W4KAZ ANDY NC QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0217 AI4ME DON VA W4MYA BOB VA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0228 AI4ME DON VA K4QPL JIM NC QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0230 AI4ME DON VA N3SD GREG PA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0232 AI4ME DON VA W4NTI DAN AL QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0237 AI4ME DON VA W5WMU PAT LA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0239 AI4ME DON VA K1ZZI RALPH GA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0241 AI4ME DON VA NQ4I RICK GA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0243 AI4ME DON VA N4OX JAY FL QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0246 AI4ME DON VA N4PN PAUL GA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0249 AI4ME DON VA KC4HW JIM AL QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0251 AI4ME DON VA K0RH JIM KS QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0252 AI4ME DON VA NK7U JOE OR QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0254 AI4ME DON VA N6NF TOM CA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0258 AI4ME DON VA WB4UIC TOM WY QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0501 AI4ME DON VA W6TA STU CA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0506 AI4ME DON VA NQ4I RICK GA QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0508 AI4ME DON VA K9MUG ROD AL QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0509 AI4ME DON VA W8OH MIKE OH QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0510 AI4ME DON VA W4MY MARTY NC QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0511 AI4ME DON VA K4CZ BARRY NC QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0512 AI4ME DON VA K4JNY JEFF TN QSO: 3500 PH 2007-01-21 0514 AI4ME DON VA K9SG DOC IN QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0522 AI4ME DON VA K0UK BILL CO QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0523 AI4ME DON VA K5YAA JERRY OK QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0524 AI4ME DON VA K4BAI JOHN GA QSO: 7000 PH 2007-01-21 0526 AI4ME DON VA W5UMS MIKE MS END-OF-LOG: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL2F Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,352 15m was only open to CA, but I got a good 2 hour window on 20m where my qso rate was ok for my little station. 73 - AL2F Kris 'ED' in AK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0GAS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 25,000 pARTICIPATION SEEMED TO BE DOWN WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING WITH THE CONDITIONS. NICE TO WORK A BUNCH OF THE GMCCers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0OU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 117,822 Got a couple of locals to move to 10, otherwisw nil. And 15 wasn't much better, only some of the big west coast stations. 20 took up the slack but the mults hurt. The rate took a big dive when I went to 80 and 160. The snow here caused tremendous noise on those bands. Hope to do better in the sprints in Feb. Sure is a great way to spend a winter day. Was also fun testing out the new freq's on 40 and 80. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 66,780 Ten and fifteen meters provided no joy. I had a good run on 20m and could feel when a packet spot was posted because there would be an occasional mini pile up. It was nice to see W1AW active during the contest although I almost logged the name as "Flipper"! I had one difficult contact that took some effort to get into the log. I looked up the callsign later and discovered this fellow only had indoor antennas. It didn't matter... he's in the log! I like the 100-Watt limit and the 10 of 12 format of the NAQP. It's long enough to satisfy the need to contest but short enough to leave you wanting more! 73 de Bob - K0RC in MN P.S. Set aside some operating time on Saturday February 3, 2007 to participate in the Minnesota QSO Party. Ten active mobile stations will again activate all 87 MN counties this year. Full details at: http://www.w0aa.org/mnqp.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 180,693 THANKS FOR THE Q's.........JIM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 166,074 W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0WA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 96,600 Working on the low bands was painfull. 40 and 80 meters seemed to go nowhere from Kansas. 160 meters seemed to be a little better but lack of good antenna choices hampered the effort on 160. Always like this contest and I am glad it runs twice a year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,665 Not much time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LAX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,104 iT WAS NICE TO SEE 15 M UP AND RUNNING AT THE BEGINING OF THE CONTEST. lATER JUST WHEN i THOUGHT 40M WAS GOING OUT IT WHEN LONG AND PROVIDED SOME NICE CONTACTS.DID NOT GET IN ALL THE TIME i WOULD HAVE WANTED MY DAUGHTER WENT IN LOBOR WITH HER FIRST CHILD (AND OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD)! GREAT FINISH TO A CONTEST....MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DONIG FINE!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZZI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 113,920 Great contest. Thanks for all the Q's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2TTT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 34,255 Social obligations kept me from doing a longer time at the wheel, but was great fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3MQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 14,104 Trying out new radio and new software. Definitely found some glitches. Had a great time handing out multipliers. Looking forward to the NAQP RTTY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3STX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,440 Still working on my phone skills, thanks for all the patience. As much as I used to think I hated SSB, this contest was alot of fun. I spent almost all my time running, and I had one 5 QSO/min and a handful of 4 QSO/min, that was really fun. Thanks for the good time, see you in the CCW Sprint. paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 101,283 FT1000MP, 100 watts, TH6DXX, zepp, dipole, inverted vee. Out of town when contest started and missed the first 2 1/2 hours. Thanks for all the QSOs. Hope to work you all as PJ4A from Bonaire in ARRL DX CW next month. I will also be QRV Feb 13-20 as PJ4/K4BAI, mostly CW. 73, John, K4BAI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 102,714 Played longer than expected. Nice to get back in the chair. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,228 Went into this one with a "slight" cold I've been trying to keep in check for about a week now ... voice started going quick, and by 2300Z, there was nothing left of the SHARK in FLORIDA! Barely touched 40m and never even got to 75m where I was looking forward to putting some of my FCG Brothers in the log. We gave it the ol' college try! Wish it had been a CW weekend! Had alot of fun with SHARK this year ... alot of my contacts were OKAY with meeting me on the beach, but definitely NOT in the water! 73 Frank - K4EJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4JNY Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 400,227 Band conditions where very strange, we missed alot of normally easy mults. This was the 1st NAQP M/2 for the K4JNY crew, was alot of fun, we will be back. 73 Jeff K4JNY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4NLX Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 26,158 NAQP is always great fun and this year we did a skake-down of Sue (K4SDJ) and Steve (W4SWJ) Jonas' station. They have just added new equipment, including an ICON 756 Pro3 and PW-1 amp along with a number of accessories. Steve has learned the age old Ham maxum "that when you fix one thing, two others pop up"! So, naturally we were late getting on the air after changing out some coax. However we accomplished the main goals of finding the station bugs, getting on-the-air experience for casual contesters and having a real good time. By the time everyone was comfortable with S&P and short runs, we were on 80m where conditions were supurb and we held our own. Thanks to Steve and Sue for the great food and station, to Coastal Amateur Radio Society for the club call, to all who made contacts (including SECC'ers NQ4I, WW4LL, K4BAI, K4ZZI, N4PN & others) plus a special thank you to Ed, W4MMQ, who has spent hours mentoring Steve on how to build a great general purpose station. Best to all - Jere, KT4ZB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4PK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 23,450 Got a late start, but had a great time. Thanks for all the 80M q's. -Don K4PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 129,748 This was my first single op phone effort in three years. I think I'm a little rusty at SSB single op. Neither the station nor the operator are optimized for phone. I found out AFTER the contest that I could have had another 6-12 dB of mic gain, if I'd paid more attention to all of the gain stages. I'm still figuring out the nuances of soundcard SSB interfacing. K3NA's articles in the NCJ were very helpful, but I still managed to miss one trim pot that needed tweaking. I need to fix the antenna tuner on the IC-765 so that I can get more than 40 watts out on phone with my CW-tuned antennas. Any pointers to tuner repair for the IC-765 would be gratefully accepted. N1MM Logger worked very well. I didn't have a single computer crash the entire contest. I finally figured out what the Backslash and the Pause key do, about six hours into the contest! I didn't use those keys at all on RTTY, and didn't even know they were available. (I was just using the mouse on RTTY.) Those keys are essential for SSB SO2R operation (and probably CW too, but I use TR-Log on CW.) I decided to go ahead and use my real name, although I had to repeat it a gazillion times as usual. I was surprised how many folks called me "BOB." Careful using those databases folks! Perhaps over the next few NAQP phone contests, I'll populate all those databases with my real name, and it will decrease the amount of repeats. Or maybe I'll just start using "Rumplestiltskin" again. :-) I fell flat on my face on 20 meters through serious time mis- management. I also managed to cheat myself out of some operating time through just not paying attention. After full-blown efforts in the RTTY Roundup and NAQP CW, my intensity wasn't really present this weekend. I just played friendly, and said hello to a lot of folks whose voices I haven't heard in years. I didn't push the second radio hard at all. The highlight was moving KO7X successfully all the way to Ten Meters, my only out-of-state QSO. Decent signal too! Great to work several Nashville-area hams on six bands, some of whom are fairly new to contesting. The extra room on 75 meters was really great. It seemed everyone still tried to pile in just above 3800. The only frequency fight I had was with another contester at 3843. You know, the old "I'll just park here 1kc away until you move" kind of LID. I moved to 36xx, and the last ten rate meter went from 100 to 200 for quite a long while. Lots of room to breathe down there, and plenty of stations to work. Good to bump into KU8E for a nice ragchew after the contest was over. Congratulations to the K4JNY crew for a fine showing on their first NAQP multi-op effort, and to N4ZZ who will surely have the highest Tennessee score. Thanks for the QSOs, and see you next time. 73 -Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,651 I had a great time getting the Auburn University Amateur Radio Club station on the air for something other than Field Day! I didn't have as much luck in the contest as we were hoping that I would, but the club picked up a new member and had an old member rejoin. To me, that made the questionable score more acceptable! I was never able to get a good run going. I tried several times and it never really got momentum. I'll have to practice my fishing tactics and see if I can improve. Also, it is obvious that we HAVE to get some antennas up for the low bands to be competitive. Late in the evening I was working in excess of 10 minutes each to pull out the last 15 contacts. Thanks to all the members of the Alabama Contest Group for allowing me to participate on your team. Hopefully, my participation was beneficial! It looks like everything will come together for K4RY to participate in the RTTY contest. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4TD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,204 The XYL gave me a "last minute pardon" from some "honeydo's" so had more free time today than previously anticipated. Worked on my 160M vertical off and on during the daylight part of the contest. All antennas and towers are again operational. Did lots of listening on 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160. Plenty of good signals to work. However, did not hear anyone calling CQ from: ND, NE, SD, NJ, HI, AK, NB, NL, NS, NU, NWT, PEI or QC. Got moved around quite a bit. Really enjoyed that. Had more fun than expected given that I'm a CW person... :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5DDS Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 93,198 MO1RMS.... Multi Op One Radio Modest Station. Erik, KD7YKQ and Jake, KD7YKO, both of whom were anxious to become involved in HF contesting, joined me to see what this contesting stuff is all about. NAQP is a great contest for getting one's feet wet..... Erik and Jake did the majority of the operating, and had a ball....95% running, 5% S&P..... thanks for all the Qs...... Don N5LZ, DDS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ER Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 66,719 My best entry as a SO in NAQP. Almost beat last years multi-op entry (would have beat it if I had the extra two hours that the multi had). FINALLY learning how to mix Run vs S&P for better score. Thanks everyone for the Q's and Mults. See you in Dayton! 73, Mark, K5ER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5TR Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 591,090 This was a fun contest. K5PI was the one that prompted me to get on and operate this contest and I am glad he did. WM5R and K5PI did most of the operating - I filled in here and there a few times. Both 10 and 15 were open fairly well but there was just a lack of stations to work on those bands during the times and places they were open. Great job by K9NS - I just dont have the signal on the low bands to keep up at this part of the solar cycle. Also great to see W5WMU, NK7U, K4JNY and quite a few others putting in some real M/2 efforts. I am looking forward to a year or two from now when we have 10-40 in great shape - that should produce some really huge scores. 1 Contest Dates : 20-Jan-07, 21-Jan-07 Callsign Used : K5TR Operators : WM5R, K5PI, K5TR Category : M/2 BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults __________________________________________________ 160SSB 64 64 64 27 80SSB 289 286 286 50 40SSB 626 617 617 55 20SSB 1053 1032 1032 59 15SSB 261 259 259 45 10SSB 60 60 60 19 __________________________________________________ Totals 2353 2318 2318 255 Final Score = 591,090 points. HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE -- ----- -------- ------ -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- ----- 18 --- --- --- 189/41 72/21 --- 261/62 261/62 0.02M 19 --- --- --- 142/10 91/7 --- 233/17 494/79 0.04M 20 --- --- 40/21 144/1 18/0 --- 202/22 696/101 0.07M 21 --- --- 31/9 162/3 23/1 --- 216/13 912/114 0.10M 22 --- --- --- 146/2 50/13 7/5 203/20 1115/134 0.15M 23 --- --- --- 125/1 7/3 50/14 182/18 1297/152 0.20M 0 --- --- 143/17 114/1 --- 3/0 260/18 1557/170 0.26M 1 --- 53/29 119/3 31/0 --- --- 203/32 1760/202 0.35M 2 7/6 91/11 97/1 --- --- --- 195/18 1955/220 0.42M 3 21/12 50/5 94/2 --- --- --- 165/19 2120/239 0.50M 4 18/7 41/3 61/1 --- --- --- 120/11 2240/250 0.55M 5 18/2 54/2 41/1 --- --- --- 113/5 2353/255 0.59M D1 0/0 0/0 71/30 908/58 261/45 57/19 1297/152 D2 64/27 289/50 555/25 145/1 0/0 3/0 1056/103 TO 64/27 289/50 626/55 1053/59 261/45 60/19 2353/255 Cabrillo Statistics (Version 06g) by K5KA Callsign: K5TR Contest: NAQP-SSB Category: MULTI-TWO ALL HIGH SSB Operators: WM5R, K5PI, K5TR ** 0 ****** Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ************** Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- 1800 0 0 0 189 0 0 189 13.8 1900 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 10.3 2000 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 10.3 2100 0 0 0 160 0 0 160 11.7 2200 0 0 0 146 0 0 146 10.7 2300 0 0 0 121 0 0 121 8.8 0000 0 0 0 106 0 0 106 7.7 0100 0 53 0 28 0 0 81 5.9 0200 7 91 0 0 0 0 98 7.1 0300 21 49 0 0 0 0 70 5.1 0400 18 41 0 0 0 0 59 4.3 0500 17 0 41 0 0 0 58 4.2 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 63 234 41 1032 0 0 1371 ** 1 ****** Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ************** Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- 1800 0 0 0 0 72 0 72 7.6 1900 0 0 0 0 90 0 90 9.5 2000 0 0 40 0 17 0 57 6.0 2100 0 0 31 0 23 0 54 5.7 2200 0 0 0 0 50 7 57 5.9 2300 0 0 0 0 7 50 57 6.0 0000 0 0 142 0 0 3 145 15.3 0100 0 0 117 0 0 0 117 12.4 0200 0 0 96 0 0 0 96 10.1 0300 0 0 90 0 0 0 90 9.5 0400 0 0 60 0 0 0 60 6.3 0500 1 52 0 0 0 0 53 5.6 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 1 52 576 0 258 60 947 -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1800 0 0 0 189 72 0 261 261 11.1 1900 0 0 0 141 90 0 231 492 9.8 2000 0 0 40 141 17 0 198 690 8.4 2100 0 0 31 160 23 0 214 904 9.1 2200 0 0 0 146 50 7 203 1107 8.6 2300 0 0 0 121 7 50 178 1285 7.6 0000 0 0 142 106 0 3 251 1536 10.7 0100 0 53 117 28 0 0 198 1734 8.4 0200 7 91 96 0 0 0 194 1928 8.2 0300 21 49 90 0 0 0 160 2088 6.8 0400 18 41 60 0 0 0 119 2207 5.1 0500 18 52 41 0 0 0 111 2318 4.7 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 64 286 617 1032 259 60 2318 Gross QSO's=2353 Dupes=35 Net QSO's=2318 Unique callsigns worked = 1500 The best 60 minute rate was 272/hour from 0010 to 0109 The best 30 minute rate was 310/hour from 0010 to 0039 The best 10 minute rate was 342/hour from 0010 to 0019 The best 1 minute rates were: 8 QSO's/minute 3 times. 7 QSO's/minute 21 times. 6 QSO's/minute 37 times. 5 QSO's/minute 84 times. 4 QSO's/minute 170 times. 3 QSO's/minute 155 times. 2 QSO's/minute 140 times. 1 QSO's/minute 80 times. ------------ 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 2 20 82 132 8 0 244 10.4 Oh 2 11 22 57 7 11 110 4.7 vE3 1 15 17 43 24 2 102 4.3 Il 2 9 25 52 5 5 98 4.2 Mi 0 12 25 44 9 2 92 3.9 In 4 11 19 40 7 9 90 3.8 Pa 0 9 24 35 11 1 80 3.4 Tn 7 13 18 28 4 1 71 3.0 Ny 0 4 14 29 21 0 68 2.9 Nc 1 8 18 36 2 1 66 2.8 Az 1 11 22 31 0 0 65 2.8 Ky 1 4 13 32 5 6 61 2.6 Va 2 8 19 26 5 0 60 2.5 Tx 9 15 16 7 6 4 57 2.4 Wa 0 2 16 25 14 0 57 2.4 Wi 2 8 12 25 4 4 55 2.3 Mn 3 7 12 24 5 3 54 2.3 Ga 4 13 13 21 1 1 53 2.3 Fl 1 4 15 31 1 0 52 2.2 Md 0 7 11 22 6 0 46 2.0 Co 4 6 18 15 2 0 45 1.9 Or 0 6 12 15 10 0 43 1.8 Ma 0 1 4 19 18 0 42 1.8 Al 4 9 11 16 1 0 41 1.7 Sc 1 3 16 17 0 1 38 1.6 Mo 0 3 15 14 2 4 38 1.6 Nh 0 5 5 11 15 0 36 1.5 Ut 0 4 12 17 0 0 33 1.4 Ia 1 7 8 13 2 1 32 1.4 Ct 0 4 5 11 11 0 31 1.3 Nj 0 2 5 15 8 0 30 1.3 Ok 1 7 7 4 1 2 22 0.9 Id 0 2 5 11 2 0 20 0.8 Ks 3 4 6 5 1 1 20 0.8 Ar 1 4 9 4 1 0 19 0.8 Wv 0 2 5 10 0 1 18 0.8 Nv 0 2 9 7 0 0 18 0.8 Nm 1 5 10 1 0 0 17 0.7 Me 0 0 2 6 7 0 15 0.6 Wy 0 2 5 7 1 0 15 0.6 Vt 1 1 4 6 3 0 15 0.6 Mt 0 1 4 10 0 0 15 0.6 vE7 0 1 3 6 4 0 14 0.6 La 3 4 6 1 0 0 14 0.6 vE6 0 1 1 4 5 0 11 0.5 De 0 2 2 4 3 0 11 0.5 Ms 1 3 3 4 0 0 11 0.5 Ri 0 1 2 4 3 0 10 0.4 Sd 0 1 3 3 2 0 9 0.4 Ne 0 1 2 5 1 0 9 0.4 vE2 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0.3 vE9 0 0 1 3 3 0 7 0.3 Ak 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 0.3 vE4 0 1 1 4 1 0 7 0.3 vE5 0 0 1 3 2 0 6 0.3 vO1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1 Nd 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 DX 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 Hi 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 XE 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 KP4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 64 286 617 1032 259 60 2318 Callareas Worked Area QSOs Pct ------------------ 0 214 9.2 1 181 7.8 2 150 6.5 3 244 10.5 4 364 15.7 5 175 7.5 6 256 11.0 7 234 10.1 8 225 9.7 9 275 11.9 Multi-band QSO's ---------------- 1 bands 952 2 bands 361 3 bands 121 4 bands 54 5 bands 7 6 bands 5 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: K5KA WB8JUI N5AU N0NI W9RE ----- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O ' s ----- Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 14 58 210 575 84 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5YAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 94,128 Made a James Brown concert with some of Davey Crockett's relatives! Enjoyed. 80 very quiet and productive here. 73, K5YAA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5YAC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 30,672 Was looking forward to this contest for weeks, but local noise (S9+) nearly wiped out 40 and 80 at my QTH. Still managed to have a pretty good time, but I know there were several calling that I just couldn't make out. Sorry, maybe next time. Thanks to those that hung in there with me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6AM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 131,408 Everything was fine until the sun went down and took 20 with it. These little antennas just get stomped on the low bands. Congrats to Dan, N6MJ and the other top scorers. And thanks for all the moves. John, K6AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GEP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 18,067 Much better condix than NAQP CW. Much more fun. Made my 200 QSO goal. 40m and 80m were about as quiet as I've ever heard them. No atmospheric noise, not much power line noise, and no local RFI. Nice to see 15 open with spotlight propagation, but I wish I had a better antenna to take advantage of it. 20 was fairly congested. I missed some very large state multipliers on 20. No CO, WI or FL (in addition to the usual rare ones)? I usually work about a dozen CO stations on 20. Had a short run going on 40 tonight to push me toward my goal. Rig: FT-990 Ant: Alpha Delta multiband dipole - inverted vee, 20 ft at apex. Software: N3FJP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 225,615 That was fun! Lots of local noise is creeping in on 80 and 160 though. Thanks for all the qso's and especially for the moves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6MM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 77,586 Enjoyable time. Lots of activity but a little sparse on 80M tonight. Missed Hawaii and Maine, and a bunch of VE mults. Thanks for the Qs...best 73. John, K6MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6QK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 88,872 I'm beginning to like this contest more and more. I did more on 80 and used 160 for the first time in this contest. I even bettered my score significantly over my last effort in August. All things considered, a very positive experience. Thanks to all for a very courteous contest and the Q's 73, Harv ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6TD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 43,900 Nice runs on 20m and 15m. 40m went long way too early. 40m an 80m weren't too good after 03:00Z from NorCal. thanks to all for the QSOs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6VVA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,600 A bit of periodic fun while processing LQP logs. 73... Rick, K6VVA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7LMM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,300 Participated with Utah DX Assn #1. I hope I helped the team effort. Operated for the first time with WriteLog and an Inv Vee at 60ft. Could not establish a run freq. All S&P. Heard many more stations than could hear me. Got to get a directional antenna!! Had a great time. Like Arnold, "I'll be back." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 286,200 My deepest thanks to Tom (K7RI), Jack (W7JK), and Paul (KW7Y) for their tremendous help repairing the recent storm damage to the station’s antennas. It was a lot of work in the cold snowy weather, and I am extremely grateful for their assistance. It’s great to have the station whole again. As for the contest, the raw score is down about 18K from 2006. The highlights were a 180+ hour on 15m at the start, and a 200+ hour on 40m. I thought 1,500 Qs was a possibility until I ran into a propagation brick wall at about 03:30Z. 40m got funky, 80m went flat, and 160m was a struggle to work back East. Thanks to all the great operators for the Qs and another Saturday of NAQP fun. 73 de Mitch, K7RL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7XV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 43,200 This was a blast to work this contest. I am new to contesting. The more I do it the more I like it. Whats next!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ZSD Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 386,900 Thanks to Kevin, K7ZS, Mark, W7ZB, and Craig, AH8DX for coming up to Smoke Ranch on short notice for this test. They were great, and we had fun. We ended up tag teaming the contest just about every hour, so the pace was perfect. Band conditions were good but thin to the east coast except for 20m, and a shorter period on 15m. From here, 40m could have been a lot better, and 80m and 160m at a 100 watts is always short with not enough operators within striking distance. It looks like the advantage went to the middle of the country in these conditions. It is really enjoyable to work so many good operators across the country. The use of a name rather than a signal report is a lot of fun. I never heard anyone ask is that my real report. It was fun working stations for the second time or more and addressing them by name, very personable. Congratulations to NK7U for waxing us again, but this time, only on two bands, 80 and 40. Thanks for all the Qs, see you next time, Brad QSO/MUL by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm OffTime D1-1800Z - - - 119/35 154/31 - 273/66 273/66 D1-1900Z - - - 114/10 98/4 - 212/14 485/80 D1-2000Z - - - 110/3 70/3 - 180/6 665/86 D1-2100Z - - - 114/2 72/2 - 186/4 851/90 D1-2200Z - - 1/1 114/2 35/0 - 150/3 1001/93 D1-2300Z - - 47/23 74/4 7/0 - 128/27 1129/120 D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- 128/20 57/0 --+-- --+-- 185/20 1314/140 D2-0100Z - 80/32 83/6 - - - 163/38 1477/178 D2-0200Z 9/7 43/6 51/0 - - - 103/13 1580/191 D2-0300Z 10/3 47/4 57/0 - - - 114/7 1694/198 D2-0400Z 20/5 21/1 22/0 - - - 63/6 1757/204 D2-0500Z 41/6 26/1 - - - 1/1 68/8 1825/212 Total: 80/21 217/44 389/50 702/56 436/40 1/1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8BB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 103,796 One three-hour stretch and one five-hour stretch. IC-765 (x2) trap vertical, wires Several times the rate meter got near 300 and once it jumped over 300. I don't get many of those moments, so they are fun then they happen! LOTS of elbow-room on 75m now ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8FC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 141,075 Great time. I have not done a SSB contest in years . Thanks to everyone, and special thanks to the GMCC members. It was a great time to work many of the guys I regularly contact during cw contests on phone. Forgot how much fun it was. K2/100 was flawless as ususal. Go Ski Bums #1 /joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 30,352 The NAQP shared time with the VHF SS. I've finally figured out a reasonable way to do two contests at the same time. I set up my mobile laptop for VHF and used the regular shack logging computer for NAQP. I kept the usual stored W9XT voice messages for the VHF contest, so punched F1 on the NAQP computer to have the IC-746 CQ in the VHF contest. After the NAQP ended I moved the VHF file to the shack computer and continued to do VHF on that one. Highlight for the weekend was working local WA8TJL on 6-2-222-432-1296, and then moving him to 10 meters and down for an 11 band contest qso. That's a new record for me. I also worked another local on 6-2-432 plus the lower six for 9 bands. I moved W3YX down from six meters to 10 for the PA mult, only to find that he was also in Ohio. I later moved N3SD up there for my second 10 meter multiplier. 75 meters was interesting. So much room, everyone could find a place to CQ, so no really super runs there (though the poor short distance propagation in the late evening didn't help either). 73 - Jim K8MR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 66,598 Part time effort...rough going on 15 and 20. Nothing heard on 10. 40 and 80 were very good but had to leave when the runs were good. 160m antenna is temporariy out of service. Lots of fun and enjoyed the enthusiasm of everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9GX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 178,880 My best effort ever in this contest. Highlights: working N5AU on all 6 bands. Working N7RQ "the Radio Queen" and having 8P6 and EI6 call me on 75. Thanks for all the Qs. What a blast. 73, Mark, K9GX Team Leader Kentucky Contest Group Team "Alpha-less" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MUG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 73,438 I didn't expect to operate so long, this is my least favorite mode. However, the lower bands were great again and I couldn't quit. I spent some time putting up a long rhombic on 10m and didn't get around to the 160m antenna which obviously needed work. Tnx to all for your patience lots of good guys and gals out there. 73 Darrell....AKA ROD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC4HW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,540 Used the Tribander fixed NNW and it worked pretty good on 20M. I really never looked ON 10 or 15 meters. Just figured it was to late when I got on at almost 2253Z. The 40M delta played pretty good. I repositioned the 80M sloper and it seem to work better. Lots of noise on 80 it seemed. The dipole work pretty good on 160M, but noise was the issue. I could ESP copy some station calling but could not get it. Had several on 80M the same. Got to get the receiving antenna up before I can get serious on those bands. I had a good time and tryed to take a little more casual approach with the contest. I made some pretty good contacts throughout the contest. I did make some more progress on the Rohn 25. Got all the parts sorted out for the 10M and 15M antennas. Need to purchase a couple of damaged parts, but anticipated that delay. Also installed the first guy assembly bracket with torque arms on the Rohn 45. Really just poke around most of the day doing some of the little stuff that is required to make this come together. Had fun in the contest, thanks to everyone for the QSOs! 73 Jim/KC4HW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2MX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 375 A tiny score but an exciting hour or so for me. The VHF contest was very boring so I came down to work some of the sprint. I forgot to turn up the power after tuning up on 20m and actually worked somebody on one call using just 5w. Never had any luck with ssb qrp previously. Kept at it and had a lot of fun. Must have been great condx. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD4YLR Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 34,771 We had a slow start due to ice troubles. Had great fun though! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG5U Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 9,126 After a nearly complete rebuild of the station to correct some problems, it was good to be on the air with at least one radio to verify things were nearly back to working status. Conditions on 15/20 were good, but never heard a thing on 10m. Pity. 73, dale, kg5u ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,563 Had a nice time with this contest. 15 and 20 meters were terrible from my QTH, 40, 80 and 160 were a little better. I was surprised there wasn't more activity on 160 meters, but I do know the regulars there weren't happy with us. My goal was to work about 250 stations, which I think I would have achieved had I not had my doorbell ringing at 10:45 pm. A parents worst nightmare. One of my son's friends was missing. Well, my focus was on finding this 14 yr. old boy, and thankfully about 12:30 a.m. we found out he was safe and sound at a friend's home. The outside temp. is about 18 deg. and we were fearful something could have happened to him and he was unable to get home. God answered a lot of prayers tonight in our neighborhood. Hope to see you next weekend in the CQ 160 meter CW contest. Scott KN3A G5RV @ 25 ft. Kenwood TS450SAT N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,220 20 meters was in its usual great shape with some great rates for a couple of hours. K4RO moved me through the top four bands as we found both 15 and 10 to be open. I found one other lonely station on 10 and worked him as well. Otherwise, all quiet there. There were at least 3 other Wyoming stations on the bands this time and I had a QSO with two of them. CU all on 160 next weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2Q Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 11,076 Missed cw so thought I'd make up by doing some phone. Yup, it's confirmed...I really don't like phone. Ran my usual QRP despite no such category. Never heard so many stations THANK me for their first NJ mult. Huh? NJ a needed mult with only 4 hours to go? Glad to help out! de Doug KR2Q 402CD @ 80 feet Inv V for 80, apex around 55 feet Inv V for 160, apex around 50 feet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS2G Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,050 PLEASE tell me this is the bottom! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT0R Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 168,502 Well the contest started as a limited Multi-2 effort. Just Jim KE0L and myself. I started off myself and Jim joined me round 12:30 - 1:00 local time. 20 meters was in good shape but 15 was almost non-existent. Only states heard were Ca and Az on 15 meters. I never heard anything on 10 meters. NE9U said it opened around dust but I never noticed. We kept going on 20 and 40 most the afternoon. Hard to believe going to 40 meters at 2:00 pm cst. I would check 15 and 10 but never too much. Had some nice runs on 20 and 40. Had to quit around 6:00 pm. Jim needed Wings and I had to take my boys to the Monster Jam Truck show here in Minneapolis. Jim returned around 8:00 and I joined him around 11:00 after the show. 80 and 160 were very noisy here. Even the high bands had some noise. I think since so dry here made the power lines buzz. All in all a good time and thanks to all that called in and qsy’d or tried,. Did not have a lot of success with moving guys. But a lot did work. Always fun to see that the qsy worked. Only 6 band qso was with Bob WA2MNO. Thanks for the double mult at the end on 10 and 15 meters Bob. And always nice to see old friends on the bands. Vry 73 Dave KT0R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KY5R Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 288,057 It was great to be back in Multi op class thanks to a rejuvinated N4YQ. Jeff took a break from contesting fer about 5yrs but now back with a high drive attitude. He just walked in sat behind a radio a got with it. A little rusty but did better than expected. 40mtrs was a gud experience for him in his 2nd baptism of contest operating. He's a "junk yard dog" in the heat of the battle and with a little more seat time will come into his own shortly. The ham shack (which is getting remodled/revamped) and antennas worked well . Newly built remote ant sw worked FB along with band decoder.Getting ready to install new operating position for multi-op efforts. All in all we both had an enjoyable time. It was great to have another op to share in the wealth. Will continue the multi-op effort throughout the new year. TNX for the Q's es see everybody in Aug. 73's Tim, KY5R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0XB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 110,188 Man, 10 hours of a SSB contest makes one truly value CW! HI Anyway, fun for all. I enjoyed it. I chose to operate just one radio today given the short exchange, it's hard to work both rigs effectively. Action was pretty good all day, but I couldn't get any good runs going. I think the propagation to the midwest was less than great, as I listened to W9RE and K9NS running them all the time. Soap Box: NUMBER 1: People, learn to zero beat! How hard is it? NUMBER 2: Are you guys SURE you're watt meter is right? Can't beleive some "100 watt" signals. Number 3: People who change operators and change names for the same call during the same contest? What's with that? OK. Hoping for 10 and 15 meters to return. 73 all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1KWF Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 38,700 Too much S&P not enough running...spent too much time the last 5 hr trying to hunt down ND , NJ (?), and HI..plus a bunch of VE's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1LN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 47,080 This contest quickly changed from the possibility of operating for the full 10 hours to just squeezing in 6.0 hours. Between going out shopping with my wife (from 21:00UTC to 23:00UTC), dinner (24:00 - 01:00) and then extending dinner to watch a DVD (until 03:00) -- and, no antenna for 160, well - 6 hours was about it. As with NAQP-CW, 75/80 turned out to be the most fun. My high burst rate was 180 with the best 60 minute rate hitting 124. Actually the final 90 minutes of operating was all 75 meters (except for 5 Qs on 40) and averaged a rate of 124. The little inverted-V continues to amaze me. Today I adjusted the length back to CW and my first Q was with VU7RG - FIRST CALL. Location - Location - Location. Can't wait for the big antennas to get completed. I just could not get a run going on 20 - and FORGET 40 due to my off time schedule and with the international broadcast. So 15, 20 and 40 were mostly S/P. My final Qs were around 04:24 and 04:29 with a couple of my Houston buddies. First Mike - K5NZ - called me. While still talking to Mike, Colin - KU5B - came on frequency and we talked for a few minutes. With them in the log - PULL TO PLUG. Game over. Thanks to everyone for the Qs - see you next time. 73, Bruce - N1LN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2GA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,870 I just operated a short while, trying to make some Q's on 80 and 160. it was nice to hear all the activity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,100 On for only a short while, two separate times, as Saturday was my wife's birthday and I was saving up good will for several CW contests coming up. I was interested in propagation on 15 and 10 meters. 15 was its usual very long with the tier of extreme NE and NW locations pounding in, but only esp scatter for anything closer. New England was S9 plus while NJ and IN/IL were S-zero but audible. Ten meters was totally dead in the 1800Z hour but opened at 2330 as it was getting dark with strong E-skip signals from the midwestern US on up to VE3. It had rained earlier here and was misting, and the bands were totally quiet. These conditions are rare here and it reminded me of how much inherent noise floor I have gotten used to normally. Many stations on 15 could not hear me while they were completely solid here at S-zero. It will be interesting to read the reports on ten meters to see who caught this opening. Sorry I was not able to operate longer as the conditions seemed interesting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3KHK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,982 Rig : ICOM 706MIIG, no extra filters Antennas : 160m G5RV at 40’ Interface : microKEYER Tuner : MFJ-949B Autotimer Logging Software : N1MM Power : 100w QSL : LOTW (upload completed), Direct, or Bureau Soapbox : This is the first time I tried for 160m contacts. To my surprise all I heard I was able to get, but one, not bad for a first time 160m try. 73 ES CUL John R. Klim II N3KHK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4GG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,182 Just a little casual tuning around....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4OX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 174,038 I have never put in a full 10 hours in an NAQP. Since I set up Field Day style for the major contests, I have never done a Field Day setup for NAQP since it is only a 10 hour contest. I decide to put in a full 10 hours with my stealth antennas, which consist of an 80 meter dipole at 45 feet, a 20 meter dipole at 30 feet, a 1/4 wave 40 meter vertical and a 160 meter inverted "L". I'm still using a Kenwood TS-830S which is starting to show its age. Not having a beam on 15 and 20 meters hurt the score and multiplier total. I started on 20 meters and the band just never felt right and closed early here without getting a good opening to the west coast or northeast......I missed some easy multipliers, as you can tell by the mult total of only 35. I still had fun......it amazed me that I could average a 100 Q's an hour with a minimal antenna setup. My total investment in my "major" contest station is under $1000.00, which includes a MJF-434 voice keyer and a Heil boom headset purchased new. Not a bad ROI in the fun category as far as I'm concerned. 73, Jay N4OX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 248,040 WHAT A BLAST! AND HAVING TO TAKE OFF 2 HOURS WAS NOT A BLAST! Lots of fun and condx from here were outstanding...never did have any time when could not find someone. Had many good runs on all bands except 10 & 15. Contacts and mults up this year except for 15 meters. Fun having Pedro, NP4A, K7EDX (WA) and KV4CF (VI) all call in that last 10 minutes I had left to operate (around midnight) on 80 meters. W9RE, K6LL, K6LA, K7ZSD, NK7U and lots of others were really smoking. 80m and 160m were just about as good as they could be. Good to work all the usual good friends and many new calls in there also. Thanks for all the contacts. Know I missed a few that I just could not pull out...next time. 73, Paul, N4PN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 170,448 My rate was great -- until I went down to 80 and 160 and I slowed to a crawl. I missed the 10M opening that N3BB found, although I did check 10M from time to time. My congratulations to the VE3's -- they were out in force. As usual I worked more Californians than anything else (74) but VE3 was number 2 in my log with 49. A fun way to spend a Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5KF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,104 Very Part Time. Nice easy exchange...lots of "Ed's" in TX. Good way to spend a cold, rainy day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5ZC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 131,376 I ran the contest via remote control. Using my remote hf system is getting more and more efficient for contesting. Equipment: TS-480HX (set to 100 watts for this one) C3 Tribander at 70' Sloping dipole on 40m Sloping dipole on 80m No antenna on 160, I need to fix this some time Rich - N5ZC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6KI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 171,390 10 DOA 15 Puny...... 80 and 160, getting Qs was like pulling Hen's teeth I just have too much ambient noise around me and even my 6 foot RX Loop with preamp couldn't pull the weak ones out - condx on 80 and 160 not so good 40/20/15 the money bands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 13,912 This was my first try at the NAQP SSB contest. I've always done CW only before. This just served to remind me why I prefer CW :-) I enjoyed the contest, for the most part. I never identify as a QRP station, so I was surprised how many stations recognized me as a QRPer and gave encouraging comments. Thanks, fellows. Fred, K6DGW, has mentioned how signals just turn into an indistinct mush around the dinner hour out here. I think I'm going to try to remember that in my planning of off-times in the next NAQP I work. I had fun moving a couple of stations between bands. I really need to work on this more, as I had more opportunities than I used. My station is set up for instant band change, so all I need do is type in the new frequency and I'm there, ready to transmit. During moves, I was always waiting for the other guy to arrive. This outing was a bit disappointing. Like the NAQP CW run, I had a lot of unworked mults still up on the screen at the end of the contest. I suppose the midwest and eastern weather situations can account for a part of that. There were whole sections of the US and Canada that I never heard a peep out of. Ditto any DX. Thanks for all the Qs, and the patience with my little signal. Now to work on my setup for the CQ 160 CW coming up. Hope to see a bunch of you there next weekend. 73, Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA5TR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,276 With 20m and 10M attic dipoles, you do learn humility! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NB1B Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 27,525 Had a few hours to get on and pass out a few QSOs...almost half my QSOs were made in one hour (1850-1950Z). Nice to see so many stations on. Thanks for the Qs. Dennis NB1B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ND8L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 24,748 First contest from new QTH. Rig: FT-1000MP Antennas; Two element Quad @ 50' (20-10) Carolina Windom @ 40' (80-40) Must to my chagrin...couldn't get the windom to load on 160...missed a bunch of Q's there. Great contest though... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE9U Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,954 Work is beginning to interfere with my ham radio activities, so only part time effort. :-((( 10 was open at sunset between wisconsin and texas/kansas...strong sigs but not many around. Worked W0BH in KS for the SWEEP! Scott NE9U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG7Z Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,160 Boy, I can really see where my beam antenna makes a difference in numbers. I lost it during the big windstorm last month. So I was using an 80M delta loop and a tunable 160M inverted L. The L actually worked pretty well on all bands and was less noisy than the loop. That's surprising. Anyway, was glad to see some activity on 15M. Lots of loud signals on all the bands. Kudos to the fine ops who pulled my puny signal out of the noise. Worked several of the big stations on several bands. Thanks for the q's Paul NG7Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG9T Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 53,340 I did this one with my 11 year old grandson, Joe. Just one radio, no cluster, and lots of fun. Sure is plenty of elbow room on 75 and 40 now! Jim K8IR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI7T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 111,215 SO1R Great contest..I made a tactical error by staying on 20M to long so by the time I got to 40M the band was past its peak here. I tried to recover on 40M but of course that effected my score on both 80M and 160M.. Oh well I had a great time. Station ICOM PRO II Antennas: Stacked C31XA's Stacked C4's Stacked KT34's 2 ele 40M 40M vertical 75M rotable dipole 75m vee's full size 75M vertical 160M sloping ground planes (east and west) 4 beverages... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NK7U Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 489,831 Congrats to the big M/2 Scores out there from K5TR, W5WMU, and what looks like another win by the K9NS score. In these years where the low bands make the difference this is a contest for the midwest and south to win. When both 10 and 15M come back -- look out, the northwest will be back challenging things again. We got off to a giant start on 15M which was not expected listening to the bands right before the start. We could hear all of two signals on the band leading up to the start. Obviously it was open but no one was on. We had 119 15M QSO's in the first 30 minutes and a 184 first hour, just like K7RL had. When the band closed we had a pretty good number of QSO's -- wish we had a few more mults. 20M was "Mr Steady" for us with the first 6 hours averaging 107/hr. Not a lot of out of the ordinary mults on -- HP was a good one. 40M was its usual noisy zoo. If you were willing to hang in there an grind it out it did produce -- though half the QSO's would require a repeat to get half the call. At times it seemed like a bottomless pit and we did have a 135 hour which is not bad. How did K7RL turn in a 200 hour? We went to 80M right at 0100 UTC when 20M died. It was a bit too early, but we really didn't have any choice. We settled in at 3802 which we stayed on right to the end. It was nice to have the KP4 and KP2 mults call in near the end. 160M for us was a major dissapointment for us this year. No matter what we did we just couldn't get it going. We probably had at most a half dozen QSO's east of the Mississippi River. Last year we were 142 X 36 on 160M and being down a dozen mults really hurt our score. This is where the midwest creams us with them being so close the population and mult rich east coast. We also agree with K7RL that around 3:30 UTC the bands seemed to "go soft" and rates really started to slow. Or, it could be the single ops back east were turning in for the night. Overall our score is down about 6% from last year. Amazingly we had the exact same number of QSO's -- our mults were down. 2006 2007 Band QSOs Mults QSOs Mults ---------------------------------- 160: 142 36 74 24 Just couldn't get it going 80: 433 59 421 54 Where were the mults 40: 414 56 504 55 A bright point 20: 634 59 692 56 About even -- a few more mults would be nice 15: 516 43 447 39 Down 10: 0 0 1 1 Found a local to make a sked with us! ---------------------------------- Total: 2139 253 2139 229 See everyone in the next contest Scott/K7ZO ========================= QSO/MUL by hour and band Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm D1-1800Z - - - 119/37 184/32 - 303/69 303/69 D1-1900Z - - - 86/7 69/4 - 155/11 458/80 D1-2000Z - - - 96/4 56/1 - 152/5 610/85 D1-2100Z - - - 112/1 88/1 - 200/2 810/87 D1-2200Z - - - 132/1 49/1 - 181/2 991/89 D1-2300Z - - 96/36 96/3 1/0 - 193/39 1184/128 D2-0000Z --+-- 3/2 115/12 50/2 --+-- --+-- 168/16 1352/144 D2-0100Z - 81/36 135/7 - - - 216/43 1568/187 D2-0200Z - 116/11 95/0 - - - 211/11 1779/198 D2-0300Z 23/12 88/2 42/0 - - - 153/14 1932/212 D2-0400Z 23/5 64/0 17/0 - - - 104/5 2036/217 D2-0500Z 28/7 69/3 4/0 1/1 - 1/1 103/12 2139/229 Total: 74/24 421/54 504/55 692/56 447/39 1/1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN3W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 182,512 Thanks to Bob W9GE for letting me use his station! I felt awful before the contest - stomach virus and persistent cough - felt awful during the contest, and felt even worse after the contest. At around 11:45pm I just couldnt take the coughing and shivering anymore. Things were compounded by the fact that I forgot my bandpass filters at home and did not have an effective SO2R system. The absense of the filters killed me on the low bands. Score was down....Had I remembered to bring stuff, and felt better it would have been much, much better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NQ4I Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 346,080 Words can not express how well both Bobby (KF4GTA) and Ashley (KI4MTU) performed in this contest. For their first showing at a M/2, they rocked every band they ran on...GREAT JOB!!! I'm sure they're aren't many stations out there that didn't work Ashley on either 20 or 40M or Bobby on 80M. We had a good showing, bands weren't the best, but we had fun, and that's what counts! Thanks to Rick (NQ4I) for loaning the station, to Dennis (K4NV) for searching countless mults, and for Jim (VE7ZO) for being a good housekeeper. 73 Adam WY4N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS3T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,178 Didn't have much time since Saturday was the XYL's birthday. Operated basically the first two plus hours, made maybe a dozen contacts over the next six hours (took care of the kids; went out to dinner with the XYL, family and friends) and then did the final two hours of the contest. As always, if you made a contact with me on phone, it was with my recorded wav files and Writelog. I had my two best hours ever using my recorded setup on phone, with a 68 and 57 hour, so it's good to know all that work is paying off. No real highlights to speak of, other than I went to 40 meters at 1900z - pretty early - but it paid off with my best hour...so that must have been the right choice. The best 60 minute rate was 73/hour from 1920 to 2019 The best 30 minute rate was 94/hour from 1919 to 1948 The best 10 minute rate was 114/hour from 1920 to 1929 The best 1 minute rates were: 3 QSO's/minute 10 times. 2 QSO's/minute 50 times. 1 QSO's/minute 124 times. There were 86 bandchanges and 43 (16.9%) probable 2nd radio QSO's. Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm OffTime D1-1800Z - - - 29/12 18/8 - 47/20 47/20 D1-1900Z - - 59/20 9/2 - - 68/22 115/42 D1-2000Z - - 8/3 24/8 3/1 - 35/12 150/54 2 D1-2100Z - - - - 1/1 1/1 2/2 152/56 60 D1-2200Z - - 1/0 - - - 1/0 153/56 57 D1-2300Z - - - - - - 0/0 153/56 60 D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 153/56 60 D2-0100Z - - 4/4 - - - 4/4 157/60 10 D2-0200Z 3/2 - - - - - 3/2 160/62 60 D2-0300Z 2/2 6/3 - - - - 8/5 168/67 53 D2-0400Z 11/8 46/21 - - - - 57/29 225/96 4 D2-0500Z 8/3 20/7 1/1 - - - 29/11 254/107 Total: 24/15 72/31 73/28 62/22 22/10 1/1 73 and see you in CQ 160 CW next weekend. NS3T pair of TS-2000 inverted L's on 160 and 80 W4OP end fed dipoles on 40-10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS4T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 105,576 Thanks everyone!! By far the best NAQP I've ever done. 1st time over 150 qso's on 80 mtrs. Put an automatic antenna tuner at the end of my 180' coax run going to the 80 mtr vertical and it made a world of difference. Put down more radials on the 160 inverted L and the first time I've had over 50 contacts on that band. Now I need to learn to run better. Have trouble when several stations call at the same time. I'd read the thread started by Pete N4ZR on the CQ-Contesting forum about concentration. That helped too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NT4XT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,600 Had fun, looks like mic still works, rig still modulates. Discovered the perfect distance from mic about 1/2 way through my short duration. Remembered manual band changes this time too! 20/40/handful found on 15, nothing heard on 10, long gone from radio when 80 should've been happening. 102'doublet Inv U and my just4fun only, trusty Corsair, Darin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX9T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 60,534 I had to "negotiate" w/the xyl to operate this contest, but am pleased that the "half contest" (5 hours) went as well as it did. For the time on, I was able to maintain a rate of approximately 100/hour. So while I will set no records and be in the middle of the listings, it was a great outing for me, all things considered. I missed out on a lot of low hanging fruit by exiting the contest around 7:30p and not being able to take in the multitudes on 75m and sacrificing needed mults there as well as on 160m. However, the family is happy (it was "movie night") and that will allow my participating in future contests to continue! It's always great fun to run in to so many old friends and familiar calls. That is one of the things I enjoy about SSB contests, for me, there is much more of an opportunity to be friendly and engage in a quick chat (with old friends and the obvious non-contesters who are just getting their feet wet a little in our world). Thanks to all. NAQP is a lot of fun....you all make it that way for each of us! See you in upcoming tests on 160m, etc... 73, Jeff NX9T www.qsl.net/nx9t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DF Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 16,878 Didn't get nearly as much out of 80 as I needed and expected! As usual, it's a jungle out there when you run qrp! Doug VA3DF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3NR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 55,936 Hadn't planned on entering this one but I got on to give out some points and got hooked for a few hours. Averaged about 60 QSO/hr which is good rate for me. I always feel weak on 20, but almost felt loud at times on 40 & 80. Found k5tr and n3bb with good sigs on 10m around 23z. Tnx QSOs. It was fun. 73, Chris VA3NR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 30,502 Really have to get a 160m antenna back on the air here. Tried to load the 80m dipole but no go! 73, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3RKM Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,850 FT817, 5w, vertical and dipoles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2HIT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 14,480 Propagation was extremely poor on all bands at my location. I did not hear a single station outside of Canada or Continental USA. It was a huge challenge to copy stations, particularly on 80 and 40 meters where the signals are usually a lot stronger when nothing else works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CRU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,461 Conditions weren't great, but the enthusiasm was still high. Only disappointment was on 160, comparing to the past cw contest. Thanks to the sponsors and to all who participated and displayed so much patience throughout. 73, Bill VE3CRU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 52,360 Was a fun contest - running low power pointed out areas where the antenna system needs some work, especially on 160. Ran an 80 sloper with the built-in tuner in the radio. Many thanks to the stations that were able to hear me, and things will get better :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 54,808 Part time. Station is partially disassembled - main radio is at SY's and all cables and interfaces are in Box, didn't want to open it before CQ WW 160. No antenna on 75 - tuned 80 m dipole. Pretty good rates on HF at times. S9+ noise on 160 an 75, S8 noise on 40, S7 noise on 20. Time to think about moving to country side. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3EY Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 22,016 A check log only ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 45,000 I had a sore throat to start with and then I lost my voice near the end of the contest. As well 80 and 160 were very noisey which didn't help matters either. Still lots of fun [ if you can talk ] 73 Brian VE3MGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,356 Fun contest. Missed most of the daylight propagation, was installing a new toilet and taps in the house. Then it was visiting with family. Nice to see that the 160m loop still worked only 12 feet off of the ground. It had a lot of noise. Also dabbled in the VHF test at the same time. Will classify myself as SO2C (single op 2 contests) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3SY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 101,925 Some strange yet brief propagation at times that seemed to have very focused state destinations. Very difficult to work VE3 stations with exception of 160m. Nice to see the US band edge moved done as now the CW vertical for 80 resonates in the lower phone band. I hereby confirm that VE3SY did not use any spotting assistance during this test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3XD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 90,147 Good activity and it was very productive working this winter version from my home base rather than the mobile in FL as I've done the past number of years. It's much easier with real antennas. That said the noise levels on 40, 80, 160 were very high and required many repeats. But at the end of the contest I had my personal best for any NA Phone contest...Go figure. 73, Don VE3XD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6CNU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 34,196 As my FT-1000MP is down for repairs (died in middle of NAQP CW last week), I had to do some last minute patch cable construction to tie my Kenwood TS-440S into my computer and mic system. Everything worked fine, except that when I rotated my yagi it would kill my USB connection to the PC and N1MM would freeze up. I therefore kept my TH6 pointed mostly east for 15m and 20m operation and didn't have to worry about it on 40m and 80m. The condx didn't seem that bad, but I didn't seem to hear as many ops doing the contest. I was especially disappointed in 40m and 80m, as last weekend there seemed to be a lot more action on CW. Still, it was fun and was glad to see Mike, VE6MRX doing his first bit of contesting! By next year I hope to have an antenna for 160m, so this should help the score too. Thanks to all who gave me a contact and CU in the next one. Jerry VE6CNU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6EX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,920 My Fellow NA'ers: Wow!! was that fun. I was supposed to go skiing with a fellow group of ski bums (our family) but they all moaned out cuz of lousy wx. Those ski hill web cams are bad for business!!!. Sooooo I got on for a few hours with my super MOJO rig, A Yaesu, all tubes and heat ****FTdx 401**** with ultra flat sucked in finals (100w if lucky/on a good day). This was a SK garage sale deal for 15 bux and cash and carry. Also of course, this was with my Hallicrafters super clear giant loud speaker (the prewar one with the big silver "H" on the front). Hand mike and frantic left hand/one handed logging. Don't worry, yer' all in the log...I did a bit of 160 on the regular rig near the end. All my usual city lot antennas. Well!!, You all heard it; this is one serious SSB radio!!! A good whack of MOJO goes a long ways goes to show. Thanks for the Q's (and of course the spots) I did my best. Dan, VE6EX.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,800 Rig died... forced to quit early. Never really got a chance to look for those that requested the mult on 160 and 80. Not likely I will be on next weekend now... Maybe next time... 73 Andy (VE9DX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1HE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,384 Not the best showing but propagation on 40 and 80 was terrible. 15 was open for a while and 20 was hopping but died at dusk. I was asked to QSY to 15 by a lot of stations from 20 but 15 had already been played out unfortunately. Better luck next year. Thanks for the Qs and CU in the next one. 73 -- Paul VO1HE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 162,750 When I left for the Saturday morning ham club meeting it had just started to snow. By the end of the meeting there was an inch on the ground and it just kept coming. A perfect day for inside fun like the NAQP SSB! 15 was open to Canada from Kansas again at the start but not many answering CQs, so once again I ran 20 and played S&P on 15. Solid 100+ hour average for the first three hours, then went to 40 even earlier than I did in the NAQP CW. I kept checking 15 and 10 on the second radio and heard K4JNY in TN on 15 around 2300Z, then W4NTI in AL on 10 about 20 minutes later. CQd 15 for awhile and picked up some mults, then found out the southeast stations could work me on 10, too, so moved about ten mults to 10. Lots of surprised voices when they heard me come back! The rate wasn't great that hour, but the 20 mults I wasn't expecting was a real bonus. Since I played too long on 15 and 10, I ended up taking my two hours during hours 8 and 9 after a 120+ hour 7 which only left 3 hours to work 80 and 160. I know .. strategy is everything and that wasn't too bright but it sure was fun! Should have CQd 20 or 40 instead of 15 and then moved southeast stations from there to 15 and 10. After a nap, 80 was good. I ended up spending most of my time around 3680. The new SSB bandwidth really helped but I'll have to rethink my antenna tuning for SO2R. 160 was a tough go this time around .. did better on CW. Overall, I missed NU, YT (heard one), NWT, LB, PEI and HI. Four stations worked on all six bands: K0WA (good to hear Lee on again from 10 miles away), K4JNY, NE9U, WB8JUI Three stations worked on five bands: N0LRA, N4PN, W5WMU Seven stations worked on four bands: K9NS, N4NM, NA4K, VE3CX, W0BR, W4NTI, WW4LL Thanks to all for the Qs! Until next time ... 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ETT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 93,920 Some great runs on 20 and 40m. Lots of activity on all bands. Good to work GMCCers N0KE and K0UK. 73 Ken, W0ETT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,710 I wasn't planning on getting into the contest, but Bill, W0ETT, forced me. Only operated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1NN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16 Sorry, I just can't find any enthusiasm for the non-CW modes. Hope to be on at least part time next weekend in CQ 160 CW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,806 Limited time to participate. I was hearing much better than I was heard on 40. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EE Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 16,400 TS-440S w/G5RV es R7000 Tnx for the Qs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4KAZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 55,965 What follows are the gratuitous and extraneous ravings of an NAQP and contesting novitiate: This NAQP turned out to be another 80 meter contest for me, although it didn't start out that way. I wasn't making any headway on 20 meters, so I ditched the high bands for a try at a run on 40 meters. That worked well as long as it lasted, but I needed to ditch my run in favor of a couple of household errands and a turn at burning various meats over an open flame, accompanied by a small glass of fermented hops-laden adult beverage. (Sam Adams Black Lager- very good stuff.) After a suitable period of discontinuity, I rejoined the fracas fortified and with distended belly. Sacrificing further 40 meter mults, I set up shop early on 80 meters, and enjoyed an unprecedented(for W4KAZ) string of QSO's over the next 2.5 hours. The ten minute rate meter got as high as 175/hour. After looking at my log, I had one sixty minute period that was at a 98/hr rate. Almost got to the 100.Q/hr goal, but not quite. Over the 8+ hours I operated the contest, it averaged out to 55 Qs/hr. Huh? Gotta be a mistake! Okay, that's not too notable to most serious contest folks, but its pretty good for this operator at this station-of-the-wet-noodle-antenna. I'm not really sure why 80 meters has been playing so well in the domestic contests, but I'm happy with the result. Moving to 80 so early boosted the total, but since my 160 meter antenna is relatively poor, the last couple of hours were spent begging for QSO's on all three low bands and soliciting band changes for mults from run stations on 40 and 80. The band change strategy gathered in a worthwhile few extra mults, but the Q totals were low in the last two hours. Woo hooo! NAQP will likely remain one of my favorite contest formats for a long time. It is just plain fun. 73 W4KAZ, Keith a.k.a. "Andy" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4NTI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 40,590 Quite surprised to hear both 10 and 15 open up for short skip. But was not many people on. Just shows that one needs to check the higher bands, even in the EVENINGS when this event happened. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4RK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,250 80M antenna still on the ground from the last ice storm. Not much time for this one, but good participation from others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4TMN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 36,600 If I had not been battling a bad head cold, I am sure that I could have done better. I was unsure if I was even going to be able to be in this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 392 Just managed to get on for the Club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5KFT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 231,633 A nice day out at the W5KFT ranch. It was a rainy, foggy day but a lot better than the ice and 'cold' weather of the previous week. I missed the action on 10M but enjoyed the quiet low bands. Thanks to Bryan W5KFT for another nice contest experience from the shores of Lake Buchanan. 73, Larry K5OT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5WZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,761 For me, the "real" story is told in the rate. The 2.5 hours was absolutely the fastest contesting that I've ever participated in. Specific rate highlights were: At QSO# 97 Last10:277¦Past10:146¦Last100: 0¦Mins/Mlt: 1.3 At QSO #106 Last10:137¦Past10:240¦Last100: 98¦Mins/Mlt: 2.7 At QSO# 151 Last10:144¦Past10:183¦Last100:160¦Mins/Mlt: 2.6 The best 60 minute rate was 152/hour from 1925 to 2024 The best 30 minute rate was 166/hour from 1925 to 1954 The best 10 minute rate was 204/hour from 1930 to 1939 The best 1 minute rates were: 5 QSO's/minute 4 times. 4 QSO's/minute 10 times. 3 QSO's/minute 20 times. 2 QSO's/minute 29 times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 320,726 Congrats to N6KT for a great showing from W6NL. Looks like W6NL's station won both modes of NAQP this year, quite an accomplishment! I had a great run on 40m. I found 7210 to be fairly clear, so I fired up and was able to keep the frequency for almost 3 hours. Ive never had a run like that before on 40, so that was a pleasant surprise. Thanks for all the QSO's and QSY's. 73, Dan N6MJ -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y -------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- 1800 0 0 0 35 134 1 170 11.4 1900 0 0 0 82 63 2 147 9.9 2000 0 0 0 70 70 0 140 9.4 2100 0 0 10 141 5 0 156 10.5 2200 0 0 16 38 2 0 56 3.8 2300 0 0 22 48 2 0 72 4.8 0000 0 2 233 4 0 0 239 16.0 0100 0 11 159 0 0 0 170 11.4 0200 0 54 86 0 0 0 140 9.4 0300 7 25 24 0 0 0 56 3.8 0400 17 52 15 0 0 0 84 5.6 0500 23 25 0 0 0 0 48 3.2 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 47 169 565 418 276 3 1478 Gross QSO's=1490 Dupes=12 Net QSO's=1478 Unique callsigns worked = 1011 The best 60 minute rate was 243/hour from 0003 to 0102 The best 30 minute rate was 262/hour from 0002 to 0031 The best 10 minute rate was 312/hour from 0009 to 0018 The best 1 minute rates were: 8 QSO's/minute 1 times. 7 QSO's/minute 2 times. 6 QSO's/minute 7 times. 5 QSO's/minute 33 times. 4 QSO's/minute 81 times. 3 QSO's/minute 160 times. 2 QSO's/minute 162 times. 1 QSO's/minute 121 times. There were 378 bandchanges and 176 probable 2nd radio QSO's. ------------ 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 18 31 42 7 6 3 107 7.2 Tx 3 7 29 38 5 0 82 5.5 Oh 0 3 20 28 27 0 78 5.2 vE3 0 9 17 24 15 0 65 4.4 Mi 0 3 25 16 18 0 62 4.2 Il 1 2 22 12 18 0 55 3.7 Mn 0 8 18 13 12 0 51 3.4 Fl 0 1 16 14 19 0 50 3.4 Tn 1 5 13 13 17 0 49 3.3 Ga 1 5 17 10 11 0 44 3.0 Al 0 3 15 10 14 0 42 2.8 Va 0 3 23 9 6 0 41 2.8 Az 5 11 24 1 0 0 41 2.8 In 1 3 13 7 16 0 40 2.7 Pa 0 2 18 9 10 0 39 2.6 Co 2 7 24 5 1 0 39 2.6 Nc 0 2 14 12 10 0 38 2.6 Ky 0 1 12 5 13 0 31 2.1 Wi 1 1 11 6 11 0 30 2.0 Wa 1 4 7 17 1 0 30 2.0 Or 1 8 6 13 2 0 30 2.0 Ny 0 1 16 11 1 0 29 1.9 Ok 1 5 9 12 1 0 28 1.9 Md 0 1 9 13 3 0 26 1.7 Ut 2 7 13 1 0 0 23 1.5 Mo 0 2 12 5 3 0 22 1.5 Ia 1 3 8 5 4 0 21 1.4 Ks 1 2 8 9 1 0 21 1.4 Ma 0 1 5 9 3 0 18 1.2 Sc 0 1 5 5 6 0 17 1.1 La 1 2 8 3 2 0 16 1.1 Wy 2 3 6 4 0 0 15 1.0 Nh 0 1 5 5 4 0 15 1.0 vE7 0 0 2 12 0 0 14 0.9 Nm 1 2 10 1 0 0 14 0.9 Nj 0 0 5 6 1 0 12 0.8 Wv 0 1 7 2 1 0 11 0.7 vE6 0 2 3 6 0 0 11 0.7 Nv 3 2 5 0 1 0 11 0.7 Ar 0 2 4 3 1 0 10 0.7 Ms 0 0 4 1 5 0 10 0.7 Mt 0 2 4 4 0 0 10 0.7 Ne 0 2 2 4 1 0 9 0.6 Ct 0 0 3 5 1 0 9 0.6 Id 0 4 3 2 0 0 9 0.6 Vt 0 0 6 2 0 0 8 0.5 Sd 0 2 4 1 0 0 7 0.5 De 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 0.4 Me 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 0.4 vE5 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0.4 Ak 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0.3 Nd 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.3 Ri 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 vE4 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 vE2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 vE8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 vE9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 XE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 47 169 565 418 276 3 1478 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 990 Just a few minutes here and there this evening. SSB is not my cuppa tea. Just like to get on and work a few of the regulars. 73 Tom W7WHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7ZRC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 43,127 Lots of fun. Could only stay for a short time. Using a HyTower vertical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8MJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 56,326 Part time effort. Antennas still iced up from storm the previous week. Ken W8MJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9RE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 265,642 Worked quite a few new stations and tried to give an extra thanks for the Q. 160 was very noisy here and signal strengths were not very high making that band kind of a headache. K5TR mentioned to me that 10 was open late and I did work his station on E skip but that was it (tried CQ's for about 5 minutes). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 115,213 I had no intention of going full time, due to commitments ro wifey. Then she said have fun in contest, we can cellebrate 17 th wedding tomorrow !! Now I know why I married her. is that a good woman or what ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2MNO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 48,360 NAQP contests are in my opinion absolutely the best. OK, SSCW sits at the top then the NAQP contests come next. The reason I like them so much is because the exhange is short, you can work everyone again on each band, multipliers are new on each band, the contest timeframe is short enough to allow you to do other things over the weekend, low power reduces QRM and probably the best thing to me is that you get a feeling of knowing the operators because you use their name in the short exchange. When I work someone on a new band it's like you want to have a quick chat to say hello. SSB contests are not my favorite but this particular SSB contest was the most fun for me. With just a vertical and dipole it's hard for me to keep good run rates going. On Saturday afternoon I had the best run I've ever, lasting the longest. I had a number of people in various directions tell me that I was very strong so I kept checking my power output to make sure I was still at 100W. My run rate on Saturday afternoon was 224 in a 15 minute period and 97 for 1.5 hours. I use .wav files for my SSB messages and always think about making them over again once I get into a new SSB contest. The reason is because I don't like to make them sound too fast as some contesters use very quick messages in hopes of making another 'x' amount of Q's. While this is true it is also very annoying to me and I think other people who might make a contact if the person sending the fast message weren't in such a rush. Come on, does it really make that much of a difference to a final score by machine gun firing out messages. Anyhow, when I get into a good run my messages aren't fast enough but instead of recording machine gun messages I just stop using the .wav files and change the way I make the exchange. So, here I go again, I'll keep the .wav files as they are and just change my exchange tactics during good runs until I get into the next SSB contest and re-think this again. Bob/K0RC was nice enough to move to 10M so I could get a new multiplier (the only one on 10M). We tried 15M too but no luck there. The funniest that happeneded during the contest was at the end when Jim/K9YC called me and asked me to tell my friend KT0R to get a better receiver. I said 'What!', knowing what Dave's setup is. Then he said, yeah, I tried calling him 5 times and he never heard me. So, I thought, oh, that must have been when Jim was operating 75M..... Only kidding Jim. Based on the noise issue Jim was referring to I assume that was the problem. SSB contests are a lot more stressful on the ear drums but they can be fun too if you are lucky enough to cut through the QRM. Lat but not least, I think the operators in NAQP contests are more polite and courteous which also makes the contest more pleasurable. See you in next weekend's CQ 160M CW contest. 73 - Bob WA2MNO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8JUI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 44,023 All QSOs S&P. I checked 10 meters quite often and finally found a bit of activity (Texas - S9+) there around 2310z. The band continued to be open into at least Texas until 0030z, but very little activity heard. When I worked Bob W0BH (Kansas) at 2335z on 15, he told me look for him on 28.496. Nothing heard at that time, but 2 minutes later, bingo! Thanks for 6 bands Bob! At 0559, my last QSO, I worked K5TR on 160 for 6 bands. That's cutting it pretty close. Thanks to all for the QSOs. Look forward to working everyone again next weekend during the CQWW 160 CW contest. 73 - Rick WB8JUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF3C Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 33,858 Not bad for a limited time effort with one radio. I missed the first 90 minutes with some household chores and traveling from Orlando to Melbourne. I had to wind up my participation in the contest at 0030 UTC to go back to Orlando. In my limited time, 20m and 40m seemed good, I think I could have put up decent numbers on 75m with more time. This was the first time I've operated with the new SSB allocations, and I'm impressed. I can hardly wait to operates Phone SS with plenty of room to spread out on 75m. Thanks for the QSOs from everyone. This made me want to clear my schedule for the Summer NAQP and set up SO2R as well. Rig: TS850 @ 100w S/W: Writelog 10.46 w/soundcard interfaced for DVK 10m: Moseley Pro67C @ 60' 15M: Moseley Pro67C @ 60' 20m: Moseley Pro67C @ 60' 40m: Moseley Pro67C @ 60' 80M: Inverted-Vee @ 58' 73, Chris WF3C/4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF4W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,140 I don't usually run much SSB, but this was a fun one and I got to try out my new FT-2000. Enjoyed it and I will be back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 77,935 No ME - No RI - No DX - No Good Enuf!!! All bands sounded 'hashy' here...hard to copy east coasties on most bands today... WN6K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WT9U Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 92,718 Nice to have the extra room on 75m. No run in's this year. 73...Jim, WT9U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 118,260 Wow, Greaqt fun as always. 40 was a blast tonight... Thanks to all the folks out there with patience. Pat WW9R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX5S Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 171,495 I didn't put out a full-bore effort this time. The main focus on Saturday was replacing rotators on the 15m tower and I only operated when it wouldn't interfere with that activity. I had fun, made some Q's and more importantly all the rotator work went very well. Many thanks to my host, Ken N6RO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WZ8P Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 71,820 MAD RIVER RADIO CLUB TEAM #2 Index of Calls Call: AA4FU Class: Single Op LP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op LP Call: AC0W Class: Single Op LP Call: AD4EB Class: Single Op LP Call: AD6ZJ Class: Single Op LP Call: AD8J Class: Single Op LP Call: AH0AH Class: Single Op LP Call: AI2N Class: Single Op LP Call: AI4ME Class: Single Op LP Call: AJ1M Class: Single Op LP Call: AL2F Class: Single Op LP Call: K0FVF Class: Single Op LP Call: K0GAS Class: Single Op LP Call: K0OU Class: Single Op LP Call: K0RC Class: Single Op LP Call: K0RH Class: Single Op LP Call: K0UH Class: Single Op LP Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Call: K0WA Class: Single Op LP Call: K0XI Class: M/2 LP Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Call: K1JN Class: Single Op LP Call: K1KD Class: Single Op LP Call: K1LAX Class: Single Op LP Call: K1VU Class: Single Op LP Call: K1ZW Class: Single Op LP Call: K1ZZI Class: Single Op LP Call: K2TTT Class: Single Op HP Call: K3MQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K3STX Class: Single Op LP Call: K3WI Class: Single Op LP Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op LP Call: K4BEV Class: Single Op LP Call: K4BP Class: Single Op LP Call: K4CZ Class: Single Op LP Call: K4EJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K4JNY Class: M/2 LP Call: K4NLX Class: M/2 LP Call: K4OD Class: Single Op LP Call: K4PK Class: Single Op LP Call: K4RO Class: Single Op LP Call: K4RY Class: Single Op LP Call: K4TD Class: Single Op LP Call: K4WI Class: Single Op LP Call: K4WW Class: Single Op LP Call: K4ZGB Class: Single Op LP Call: K5DDS Class: M/2 LP Call: K5ER Class: Single Op LP Call: K5NZ Class: Single Op LP Call: K5TR Class: M/2 LP Call: K5YAA Class: Single Op LP Call: K5YAC Class: Single Op LP Call: K6AM Class: Single Op LP Call: K6DEX Class: Single Op LP Call: K6GEP Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LA Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LL Class: Single Op LP Call: K6MM Class: Single Op LP Call: K6QK Class: Single Op LP Call: K6TD Class: Single Op LP Call: K6VVA Class: Single Op LP Call: K7LMM Class: Single Op LP Call: K7MZ Class: Single Op LP Call: K7RL Class: Single Op LP Call: K7XV Class: Single Op LP Call: K7ZSD Class: M/2 LP Call: K8BB Class: Single Op LP Call: K8FC Class: Single Op LP Call: K8GT Class: Single Op LP Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Call: K9CT Class: Single Op LP Call: K9GX Class: Single Op LP Call: K9MUG Class: Single Op LP Call: K9NS Class: M/2 LP Call: KA1VMG Class: Single Op LP Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Call: KA8Q Class: Single Op LP Call: KC4HW Class: Single Op LP Call: KC7V Class: Single Op LP Call: KD2MX Class: Single Op QRP Call: KD4YLR Class: M/2 LP Call: KE9S Class: Single Op LP Call: KG5U Class: Single Op QRP Call: KJ6RA Class: Single Op LP Call: KK1L Class: Single Op LP Call: KM0TO Class: M/2 LP Call: KM9M Class: Single Op LP Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Call: KN6RO Class: Single Op LP Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Call: KR2Q Class: Single Op QRP Call: KS2G Class: Single Op LP Call: KT0R Class: M/2 LP Call: KU8E Class: Single Op LP Call: KY5R Class: M/2 LP Call: N0BUI Class: Single Op LP Call: N0KE Class: Single Op LP Call: N0XB Class: Single Op LP Call: N1HRA Class: Single Op LP Call: N1KWF Class: M/2 LP Call: N1LN Class: Single Op LP Call: N2GA Class: Single Op LP Call: N2MUN Class: Single Op LP Call: N2SQW Class: Single Op LP Call: N2ZN Class: Single Op LP Call: N3BB Class: Single Op LP Call: N3KHK Class: Single Op LP Call: N3SD Class: Single Op LP Call: N3YW Class: Single Op LP Call: N4CBK Class: Single Op LP Call: N4GG Class: Single Op LP Call: N4NM Class: Single Op LP Call: N4NTO Class: Single Op LP Call: N4OX Class: Single Op LP Call: N4PN Class: Single Op LP Call: N4ZZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N5DO Class: Single Op LP Call: N5KF Class: Single Op LP Call: N5ZC Class: Single Op LP Call: N5ZK Class: Single Op LP Call: N6KI Class: Single Op LP Call: N6NF Class: Single Op LP Call: N6QQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Call: N6XT Class: Single Op LP Call: N7RQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N9CK Class: Single Op LP Call: NA3D Class: Single Op LP Call: NA4K Class: Single Op LP Call: NA5TR Class: Single Op LP Call: NA7RF Class: Single Op LP Call: NB1B Class: Single Op HP Call: NB7V Class: Single Op LP Call: ND8DX Class: M/2 LP Call: ND8L Class: Single Op LP Call: NE9U Class: Single Op LP Call: NG7Z Class: Single Op LP Call: NG9T Class: M/2 LP Call: NI7T Class: Single Op LP Call: NK7U Class: M/2 LP Call: NN3W Class: Single Op LP Call: NQ4I Class: M/2 LP Call: NS3T Class: Single Op LP Call: NS4T Class: Single Op LP Call: NS9I Class: Single Op LP Call: NT0F Class: Single Op LP Call: NT4XT Class: Single Op LP Call: NX9T Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3DF Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA3GGF Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3MAH Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3NR Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3RKM Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA3YP Class: Single Op LP Call: VE2HIT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3CRU Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3CX Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3EY Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3HG Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3SY Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3TPZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3TW Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3XD Class: Single Op LP Call: VE5CPU Class: Single Op LP Call: VE6CNU Class: Single Op LP Call: VE6EX Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Call: VO1HE Class: Single Op LP Call: VO1TA Class: Single Op LP Call: W0BH Class: Single Op LP Call: W0ETT Class: Single Op LP Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Call: W0YK Class: Single Op LP Call: W1AJT/VE3 Class: Single Op LP Call: W1NN Class: Single Op LP Call: W1TO Class: Single Op LP Call: W2LHL Class: Single Op LP Call: W2OO Class: Single Op LP Call: W4BCG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4EE Class: M/2 LP Call: W4KAZ Class: Single Op LP Call: W4MYA Class: M/2 LP Call: W4NTI Class: Single Op LP Call: W4RK Class: Single Op LP Call: W4TMN Class: Single Op LP Call: W4ZW Class: Single Op LP Call: W5GZ Class: Single Op QRP Call: W5KFT Class: Single Op LP Call: W5TM Class: Single Op LP Call: W5WMU Class: M/2 LP Call: W5WZ Class: Single Op LP Call: W6EB Class: Single Op LP Call: W6FRH Class: Single Op LP Call: W6IER Class: M/2 LP Call: W6NL Class: Single Op LP Call: W6NOW Class: Single Op LP Call: W6TK Class: Single Op LP Call: W6YI Class: Single Op LP Call: W7CT Class: Single Op LP Call: W7OM Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WW Class: Single Op LP Call: W7ZRC Class: Single Op LP Call: W8MJ Class: Single Op LP Call: W9RE Class: Single Op LP Call: WA1FCN Class: Single Op LP Call: WA2JQK Class: Single Op LP Call: WA2MNO Class: Single Op LP Call: WA4OSD Class: Single Op LP Call: WA6ST Class: Single Op LP Call: WA7BNM Class: Single Op LP Call: WA7U Class: M/2 LP Call: WB0N Class: Single Op LP Call: WB5AAA Class: Single Op LP Call: WB8JUI Class: Single Op LP Call: WE9N Class: Single Op LP Call: WF3C Class: Single Op LP Call: WF4W Class: Single Op LP Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Call: WT9U Class: Single Op LP Call: WW4LL Class: M/2 LP Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Call: WX5S Class: Single Op LP Call: WZ8P Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/2 LP Call: K0XI Call: K4JNY Call: K4NLX Call: K5DDS Call: K5TR Call: K7ZSD Call: K9NS Call: KD4YLR Call: KM0TO Call: KT0R Call: KY5R Call: N1KWF Call: ND8DX Call: NG9T Call: NK7U Call: NQ4I Call: W4EE Call: W4MYA Call: W5WMU Call: W6IER Call: WA7U Call: WW4LL Class: Single Op HP Call: K2TTT Call: NB1B Call: VE3EY Class: Single Op LP Call: AA4FU Call: AB4GG Call: AC0W Call: AD4EB Call: AD6ZJ Call: AD8J Call: AH0AH Call: AI2N Call: AI4ME Call: AJ1M Call: AL2F Call: K0FVF Call: K0GAS Call: K0OU Call: K0RC Call: K0RH Call: K0UH Call: K0UK Call: K0WA Call: K1GU Call: K1JN Call: K1KD Call: K1LAX Call: K1VU Call: K1ZW Call: K1ZZI Call: K3MQ Call: K3STX Call: K3WI Call: K4BAI Call: K4BEV Call: K4BP Call: K4CZ Call: K4EJ Call: K4OD Call: K4PK Call: K4RO Call: K4RY Call: K4TD Call: K4WI Call: K4WW Call: K4ZGB Call: K5ER Call: K5NZ Call: K5YAA Call: K5YAC Call: K6AM Call: K6DEX Call: K6GEP Call: K6LA Call: K6LL Call: K6MM Call: K6QK Call: K6TD Call: K6VVA Call: K7LMM Call: K7MZ Call: K7RL Call: K7XV Call: K8BB Call: K8FC Call: K8GT Call: K8MR Call: K9CT Call: K9GX Call: K9MUG Call: KA1VMG Call: KA2D Call: KA8Q Call: KC4HW Call: KC7V Call: KE9S Call: KJ6RA Call: KK1L Call: KM9M Call: KN3A Call: KN6RO Call: KO7X Call: KS2G Call: KU8E Call: N0BUI Call: N0KE Call: N0XB Call: N1HRA Call: N1LN Call: N2GA Call: N2MUN Call: N2SQW Call: N2ZN Call: N3BB Call: N3KHK Call: N3SD Call: N3YW Call: N4CBK Call: N4GG Call: N4NM Call: N4NTO Call: N4OX Call: N4PN Call: N4ZZ Call: N5DO Call: N5KF Call: N5ZC Call: N5ZK Call: N6KI Call: N6NF Call: N6QQ Call: N6XT Call: N7RQ Call: N9CK Call: NA3D Call: NA4K Call: NA5TR Call: NA7RF Call: NB7V Call: ND8L Call: NE9U Call: NG7Z Call: NI7T Call: NN3W Call: NS3T Call: NS4T Call: NS9I Call: NT0F Call: NT4XT Call: NX9T Call: VA3GGF Call: VA3MAH Call: VA3NR Call: VA3PC Call: VA3YP Call: VE2HIT Call: VE3CRU Call: VE3CX Call: VE3DZ Call: VE3HG Call: VE3MGY Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3SY Call: VE3TPZ Call: VE3TW Call: VE3XD Call: VE5CPU Call: VE6CNU Call: VE6EX Call: VE9DX Call: VO1HE Call: VO1TA Call: W0BH Call: W0ETT Call: W0RAA Call: W0YK Call: W1AJT/VE3 Call: W1NN Call: W1TO Call: W2LHL Call: W2OO Call: W4BCG Call: W4KAZ Call: W4NTI Call: W4RK Call: W4TMN Call: W4ZW Call: W5KFT Call: W5TM Call: W5WZ Call: W6EB Call: W6FRH Call: W6NL Call: W6NOW Call: W6TK Call: W6YI Call: W7CT Call: W7OM Call: W7WHY Call: W7WW Call: W7ZRC Call: W8MJ Call: W9RE Call: WA1FCN Call: WA2JQK Call: WA2MNO Call: WA4OSD Call: WA6ST Call: WA7BNM Call: WB0N Call: WB5AAA Call: WB8JUI Call: WE9N Call: WF3C Call: WF4W Call: WN6K Call: WT9U Call: WW9R Call: WX5S Call: WZ8P Class: Single Op QRP Call: KD2MX Call: KG5U Call: KR2Q Call: N6WG Call: VA3DF Call: VA3RKM Call: W5GZ