NAQP RTTY - February Soapbox built 2-26-2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA5AU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 115,924 Most contacts I've ever had in a NAQP RTTY contest. Too bad 15 meters really sucked or the score would have been MUCH better. Best contact was YU8DZ on 40 meters for a possible new entity on RTTY if and when it gets approved! Thanks to everyone for the contacts. 73, Don AA5AU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD0K Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,992 This was interesting. 20m was difficult from here and I never found any opening on 15 or 10. 40m and 80m opened up during the limited time I had on the air Saturday evening. VP6DX dropped in at 2300Z on Saturday to give me a RTTY QSO with them...thanks to Mar for helping out. Enjoyed "Goober" and "Bo". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD6ZJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 40 I thought I would be doing mostly 40M and 80M do to the busy family schedule. Popped in on 20M during the day for a few and planned on returning for the late shift. Between working the 160M contest Friday night and the kids on Saturday I was wiped out and I fell asleep early Saturday night. Never made it back to the contest. There will always be next time. 73 AD6ZJ, Loren ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE6RF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 19,669 "Slightly longer than 80m" ladder-line fed inverted-vee, 80m inverted-u, Icom IC-756ProII, microKeyer, MMTTY, N1MM. Had lots of fun. Thanks for the Q's. 73 de Donald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AF4Z Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 28,880 Good Contest as always. I worked about 9 hours total. I took time to go help someone having problems with his RTTY Setup. I used one radio and that kept me hopping most of the time. Still looking for AK, HI, MT and ND on 80 meters. My thanks to those who worked me during the contest. Don AF4Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI6YL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 51,604 I am really enjoying RTTY as my entry into contesting. Thanks for all the contacts. 88 Sue AI6YL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK0A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,372 Band was lousy on saturday afternoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK9F Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 12,848 Part time. NO Assist. Single Radio. Wire antenna. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL1G Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,348 Wow I heard one station on 15! :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0FX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,076 Just not enough time, family commitments. Had fun while it lasted. Go GMCC... IC-765, Writelog+MMTTY C U in the next one.... 73 Don K0FX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0HW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 57,784 Never heard a thing on 15 or 10, I called CQ for 5 min each band twice with no responses. Why don't they allow operation on 160 meters in this contest? Would sure help out the state count on 160 RTTY. 73 Jim K0HW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RFD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 58,786 Had nasty QRM come up here between 1:30 and 3:30, took out prime time on 20. My rate between 2:00 and 3:00 was only 26 Qs. I should have taken a break then instead of beating my head against the wall. Apologies to anyone I stepped on because I thought the frequency was clear, anyone who came back to my CQ and I didn't answer, anybody who had to give me fills, or anyone who generally thought I was deaf. I was. It stopped as quick as it started and I had some great runs on 40. It was fun as always. I love NAQP RTTY. Just wish I had those early afternoon hours back again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,796 Just had a short time and no 80 meters. Would have been more fun with 80, but it has been to cold to work on the antenna. I used Getscores.org and it looked like it did not post my scores toward the end. The balloon popped up and said it was sending it in, but it did not get posted on the web page. I wish they would get rid of that annoying balloon that pops up (at least on Writelog) to tell you that it sent the score in. I would rather check now and then rather than being bothered by that. Had fun while I was on. 40 seemed pretty long. Lots of West coast from here while I was on. Only caught a little of the 20 operating time. 73, John K0TG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0WA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 68,757 No activity heard on 15 meters in Kansas. Typical band conditions. Fun contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0YQ/7 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,028 Enjoyable contest, but MT and ND keep eluding me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 31,200 I wonder if all the Tennessee stations went QRT between 0200 and 0415. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PAL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 26,190 Thanks everyone. 73! Alex,K2PAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2QMF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,165 Very Part Time effort. Good Fun... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3GP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 37,389 I used the name JACK in memory of a good friend, W8WEN (SK) whom I sorely miss. The rotor for my 20 and 15 meter beams decided it would only rotate 180 degrees and would get stuck if I tried to rotate it beyond the new end points - I lost valuable time early in the contest troubleshooting this with no success. Great contest as usual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 41,610 Evening hours were limited by guests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4KO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 15,958 Tennessee QSO Party - 7 Sept 2008 - www.tnqp.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 64,328 I had planned on a full-time operation, but well, it just didn't work out that way this weekend. Conditions were pretty poor here, but activity was pretty decent.Thanks to NCJ and Icom for the terrific awards sponsorship program for this contest. 73 -Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4WW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,048 Family commitment kept me froma a full-time effort. Not sure if I can remember going to 40 meters so early,1955Z, and it being productive? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4XD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,072 Very limited time effort with guests over, and yes, I admit I wasted some time hanging around on 28002 hoping to get VP6DX on 10M for a 9 band sweep -- not a peep out of them unfortunately. This was my second SO2R effort, and it seemed to get both easier and harder. Easier just because I'm getting more used to it, and harder because I did more interleaving of transmissions on the two radios, using both actively. On my first outing, I tended to use the second radio when nothing was happening on the CQ radio. With the more active of the second radio, I found it was easy to miss a caller on the CQ radio, or find myself having to wait for one radio to stop transmitting to answer on the second. I had a run going most of the time on one radio -- either 20 or 40M. I never could get anything going on 15 -- I was a bit surprised to see the band so empty here. And 10M, "fuhgetabouddit." So far I'm still using AFSK on two sound boards, each connected with an inexpensive interface that provides CAT and two way audio. WriteLog does all the SO2R heavy lifting. I have the second radio connected to an all band antenna. So this is low budget SO2R, but I find it increases my enjoyment of the contest. I ordered an ICE bandpass filter this week, and I suspect just putting it on the second radio will give me some improvement in noise on the primary -- which is very isolated even without filters. Thanks to all for the fun and the Q's, and apologies to those I kept waiting! 73, Rowland K4XD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5AM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 115,216 Radio 1. Homebrew. www.zianet.com/k5am/radio.html Radio 2. FT-1000D, used temporarily until a second homebrew radio is built; 15% of total Qs. Tribander at 50 ft and wires. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 109,440 I left myself a little short of time for the low bands, but it was all fun. Thanks for the QSO's & moves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6TD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 33,456 10-40m antenna was cranked down, in expectation of forecast high winds that never came. Surprized I was heard. TNX for the QSOs. 73, K6TD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 70,479 I was able to do the entire 10 hours allowed. Activity was high enough to make it all worthwhile. Only 2 QSO's found on 15M though. This is a great contest for us low power types, with only 100 W maximum allowed. Thanks to NCJ for sponsoring this one too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8FC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 43,142 Due to unexpected circumstances, I did not start this contest until 4 hours after it officially began. I missed all of the 15 meter and the most important 20 meter time slots. The remaining bands I entered way to late so any competitive effort was a bust. Conditiions were great on 40 and 80 and the noise was low here. One of the very few contests that many repeats were not needed. Had a lot of fun and looking forward to the next one. Apologies to my team, Rocky Mountain RTTY Team #2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9SEX Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 175,612 Worked it as hard as we could, just couldn't get a break on 15 to give the W6YX team a run for their money... Congrats on another fine effort! Also, N0NI for a fine effort, sure they got screwed on 15 and probably 20 also.. Thanks for all the QSY's everyone! Ruff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB2VMG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,290 WISH I HAD ANOTHER HOUR TO SPEND ON THE CONTEST THIS WEEKEND...SOFTWARE/HARDWARE PROBLEMS COST ME AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. OH WELL... IT WAS GREAT FUN. TNX TO ALL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD4HXT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 18,954 Since this event does not have QRP, I cranked the power to 50 watts. What fun for a low loop. Had runs on 3 bands. This low power event keeps the amps off the air and the bands are cleaner to listen too. Never heard much on 15 or 10 but I did make a point to listen. Best score ever in this event for me. Thanks to the folks with good ears to pull me out of the QRM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE1FO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,870 Participated in this one pretty seriously. Even joined a team! I would not have stuck with this one anywhere near as long if I didn't have the SO2R setup. Most of the contest was spent CQing on 2 bands at once, which made my slow rates tolerable. Had fun, made some q's, and found some station issues that will hopefully be resolved this summer. I had not seriously worked a RTTY contest in some time. As I started, RTTYWrite from Writelog was doing a fine job of copying signals, but I was going crazy listening to all the noise. I use AFSK unfortunately, but found that adjusting the SSB Slope Tune on my 940s made a huge difference. What seemed to work was putting the low cut all the way clockwise, and then putting the high cut counterclockwise to about 1 or 2 o'clock. This would cut out everything below my frequency, and most stuff above my frequency. While RTTYWrite didn't care much, it made things easier for me. Started out the event on 15M and worked the two stations I heard, K7ON and WN6K. Then went to 20M and worked my way up the band until I hit a clear spot at 14094 and started a "run". Tried listening on 15, but had what sounded like phase noise from the radio on 20M - this was new. It was only about s1 noise, however the signals on 15M were covered up by it, making 15M useless as long as I was on the 2nd radio. I did some fiddling with the ICE bandpass filters, and in the process ended up unknowingly disconnecting the rig interface for the 2nd radio. When it was clear that this was not a filter issue, but rather a "yagi pointed right at the 15M dipole which also has a 20M element to pickup noise" issue, I gave up on 15 and went to 40. Well, for some reason WriteLog was telling me there was "no rig" connected for the 2nd radio. WHAT!?! This was working when I started the contest less than an hour ago! I had lost 14094 during this troubleshooting excursion, so I s&P'd up to 14098, then 099 and started running again. Had a decent run going, but slow, so I manually set the 2nd radio on 40M and started dueling CQ's. Started running on 14099 at 1922z, and then on 40 at 1945z and stayed put there until 2016z when I felt compelled to stop and figure out why my rig interface quit. I found the problem after several minutes of tracing cables through the rats nest. While fiddling with the bandpass filter, I had knocked the RS232 cable out of the back of the level converter. Plugged that back in and was in business. Checked 15M again, and found two more stations, surprisingly neither was a new mult (CA and AZ)! Back to running on 14100 and 7083, then 7094, then 7095. Kept working guys on 20 and 40 mainly running until 2239, when I intended to take my 2 hours off to do dinner with the family. I was fairly happy, 134 q's in the log. Not stellar, nothing earth shattering with the running, but I was happy that I was able to keep frequencies, and that I was able to generate calls. Returned to the radio at 0032z and quickly started working stations. See the problem? I only took 1 hour and 53 minutes off. DRAT! I'll need to take another 30 minutes off at some point, so I won't make exactly 10 hours. Oh well. Check of 80 shows it's workable, and I make a few q's there as I S&P my way to a run frequency. Meanwhile, I'm running on 7086 (or is it walking with a rate of .2q/min?). Settle in at 3573 (then 3568) and 7040 for another stint of dueling CQ's. I found it very interesting that a qso seemed to generate more response than a cq. 1/2 of the time when I would finish a qso, I'd get a 2nd caller immediately. I'd CQ for minutes on end with no response. The other interesting thing is how often both radios would go active at the same time. By this I mean I'd CQ for minutes on end with no response, and suddenly I'd have callers on both rigs at the same time. Stayed put until 0316z on 40 and 80 when I took my second break to stay under 10 hours. By this point I had 233 q's in the log. Came back to the radios at 0352z to find things had really slowed down. Between 0352z and 0448z I made another 23 q's, very slowly. Running was not working as well any longer, and somehow I had developed S9+20 noise on 80M. My neighbor must have turned something on! 80 was still workable, but it was painfully slow. I also have the disadvantage of having a nice DX antenna on 80, so as it got later into the evening, 80M went long for me. OL6X was booming, but NE3H in PA needed several fills to get me in his log. At 0448 I called it a night, even though I didn't have my full 10 hours in. Fatigue was getting the best of me, and I was no longer having that much fun. One note, my qso numbers are off in this writeup because I"m referencing the sequence number in Writelog, and frequently when moving between rigs it will "burn" a sequence number for one reason or another. I ended up with 243 q's and 90 mults. Notes for future: * Work out phase noise issue between 15/20 when beaming west. I had not noticed that before (Maybe a RTTY issue, had not done RTTY SO2R before this contest), however with the sunspots as they are I haven't often tried that combo with this current setup. This may get fixed by the summer plans to install a quad with independent feeds on each band so I can use it on 2 and the same time. * Writelog was allowing both rigs to TX at the same time. Don't know why - will have to ask on the Writelog reflector. * I think I need something different for the domestic contests on 80M (higher radiation angle), but converting my 40M dipole at 25 feet to cover 80M does not seem like the answer (too high angle). * Find some sunspots. Had fun, and I hope to see everyone in the summer NAQP events. 73 de Al, KE1FO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE4KWE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 47,310 Maybe I got this one right! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI5XP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 134,400 Great contest, but bad conditions! I was really worried that 15 never seemed to get off the ground. I spent the first few hours cq'ing there, and would only pick up a 6 or 7 every now and then. However it seemed they were working the mess out of the east coast. Don had mentioned that if the west coast caught on with 15, it would be a great benefit to them. I switched over to 40 early, way early! Like Shelby said, I dont recall switching to 40 at 20z, but my first one came at 20:39z, and when I got there, there were others already cq'ing. It turned out to be great, as 40 was my biggest qso band again. 20 died like a stuck pig, with my last q at 23:37z. I switched back and forth from 20 back to 15 to see, but once 20 was mainly dupes, it was time to start 80, at 5:30 local time! I didnt receive a single B4 message, which was great! I admit that I busted a few calls and called stations that when I realized I'd busted the call and it was a dupe, they went right on ahead and worked me. I kept them in the log, so I hope they did the same. Lots of people calling out of order which busts up the rythmn, with the strangest ones being 2 guys who sent 599, their state, their name, (all multiple times) and then their call once. So they get the ole' F2, F3 enter treatment each time. Some come back and qsl it, some just dont come back. I didnt remember as many people being as spread out on 40 as they were for this one. I recall that one time I'd mentioned that I totally forgot about working 40m at 7.030 and when I went down there, there were cq'ing stations! Of course, this angered all the CW stations, but there was RTTY from 7.035 all the way up to 7.100. Had a few CW stations QRL while they clearly heard RTTY, but I guess it doesnt count if its a different mode, because they went right on ahead and called CQ. Thanks to everyone for the q's, sorry for the ones that I busted or had to ask for repeats. See yall in the next one! Charlie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL8DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,945 Got a 1/2hr late start into the contest. I focused on 20 meters and once it fell out, threw in the towel with the exception of my two low band contacts with my neighbor whom I found operating. As far as 20 meters, the band started out great but by early afternoon, some heavy QSB started set in. A few stations called and by the time I sent my report, they had fallen out and were unreadable. With those band conditions, it was rough with those exchanges especially when the other station only sent their name & state once before turning it back to me. Obviously when the band is great, this is not a problem. I had a few stations send something other than the two letter designator for their state. N1MM logger grabbed it and made it right on all occassions which was nice. I only had one station return my CQ with their full report. I did honor one request for a PSK31 contact with WB2HTO, who needed Alaska on that mode. Some very nice signals from the NE today. Lots of great operators and I worked several new. RTTY is one of my favorite modes and it's great to see all the activity during these contests. Thanks for the contacts and sorry to those I missed. 73, Phil Icom 756PRO (100 watts) Mosley TA-34-XL at 43 feet N1MM Logger (MMTTY engine) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS7S Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,330 Just a part-time effort, but very much fun indeed! In that relatively short time managed to work 45 states (missed CT, HI, MS, ND, SC) and five provinces with just the 40M-10M vertical antenna. Even managed to load it up on 80M for a few contacts there. Did work the five states I was missing (ME, MT, VT, WV, WY) for an LoTW-only RTTY WAS with this "new" callsign (have had it a year now so not so new). Everyone seemed very polite, but still a lot of extraneous CR/LF senders and a few jumping the gun on the reports. No dupes, so that was a plus. Sure like this format and can't wait for the next one - need to get an 80M antenna up before then. Thanks to everyone for the Q's and to NCJ for sponsoring this contest! Log uploaded to LoTW. Icom IC-746PRO, R7000 Vertical, microKEYER, N1MM v7.12.13/MMTTY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0EOP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,394 Enjoyed the contest. Had a good run on 20 meters. Had a computer problem that cost me a lot of time. Thanks to all that worked me. 73, Dave N0EOP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1BAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 65,486 80M VERTICAL AND DIPOLE (8 BEVERAGES FOR RECEIVE) 40M 2L @ 80 FEET AND DIPOLES 20M 5L @ 70 FEET 15M 6L @ 33 FEET AND 4L @ 60 FEET ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1HRA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 55,924 Had a great time. Started out an hour late on 20M for about 45 mins and jumped to 15M where the band was open to the west coast but only put 14 Q's in the log before it went away. Spent the next couple of hours jumping from 40 to 20 meters. The rest of the contest was jumping between 40 & 80 Meters. I used a online score sever for the first time (www.radiosportonline.com) which kept me in the chair and added some fun to the contest watching one of my club members score and trying to keep up with him. It added a little more competition to the event. One thing I would have to mention is working dupes. We all need to just work the station again. The time it takes to send "hiscall QSO B4 yourcall" you could have just worked the station and moved on and now that QSO is good. I hate getting a QSO B4 report and the guy not working me again.(Got 3 this contest) All said and done I had a blast! 73 to all and thanks for working me. Bill N1HRA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1MGO Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 86,875 Bambi runs again!! just not from the hunting camp in VT, way too much snow and cold, did not want to lug all the equipment in on snowshoes! The operators, N1MGO, KT1I, KB1LRL and N1UZ were supported by KB1JXJ, Pauline, who kept us fed and watered, with plenty of home cooked meals and fresh coffee! Propagation was BAD and even worse on 40mtrs, which is usually one of my better bands. Lots of noise and fading. The equipment and software (Writelog 10.66a) worked great! We used an IC-756Pro2 and IC-7000 feeding a bunch of wire dipoles in the trees, about 30 to 45 feet up. ICE band filters worked great to keep interstation interference to a minimum. We chased a VT station all over the band on 80mtr, never did catch him, and never even heard HI, NV and ND on any band. This was lots of fun and we are looking forward to doing it all again from VT in July. Gordon - N1MGO, Charlie - KT1I, Ray - KB1LRL, Bill - N1UZ and Pauline - KB1JXJ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3XLS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 25,756 Teamed with the "PAQSO Contesters" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4CBK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 40,926 Kenwood TS-480SAT, 100W, 80M horizontal loop. Really enjoyed it. Stayed in the chair. Saw many familiar calls. Best part was working each of my team members. Thanks to all for the Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4LF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,552 Condx on 80m were weird. Sigs strong, but lots of qrn and rapid qsb. On a couple of qso's I experienced interference -- from MYSELF. LDE, I guess, but I actually saw the exchange I just sent show up on the WriteLog display. Really far out. Enjoyed a couple of pretty good runs on 40 and 20, though. Great fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5RN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,372 One of my first solo RTTY contests. I didn't even realize there was a RTTY contest until I came home from basketball closing ceremonies and heard the diddles! I really enjoyed my 7+ hour effort. Thanks to each of you that had to send and resend your information. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW later today. 73 es tnx for all the contacts! Will be doing this one again! glenn n5rn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6CK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 49,545 I enjoyed the 15M activity. Thanks to everyone for the QSO's. Predicted storm brought only rain today.... no wind. PG&E kept the power on, and the antennas stayed up! Great activity, and am looking forward to seeing the QSL's via LoTW. 73 Greg N6CK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ERD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,420 Today was my wife's birthday so I was on call all day until 5pm when we finally got back home and she was ready to take a nap. I hopped on just in time to get 4 Qs on 20M before it died and I moved to 40M. Mostly S&P as I was playing catchup looking for mults since I'd missed all of the upper bands. Only ran the bands with one person - should have grabbed AI6O but he was doing ok running and never got back to him. A lot of work for a few Qs but given my station (FT-857D into a 6M vertical and tuner for ALL bands 10-80 but does best obviously on the higher bands) I guess it was ok for a first attempt at an RTTY contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6PC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,270 Fun RTTY operation today. 73, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6XT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,572 I got late start do to family and remodeling. I hope to improve my score next year. But still had fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7MQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 70,006 Operated a few miles south of home, at N6LF [tnx Rudy for antennas and hospitality]. Used his big SteppIR Yagi and 80 meter dipole high up in the fir trees on the hilltop QTH. Used the new to me 756 Pro 2 and did so for first full time contest opportunity since got it. With Rudy's antennas and this radio, have my best claimed NAQP RTTY score. For the first time, ran hard on 40 and 80, and no problems with QRM. Radio was a rock. As Pro 2 and Pro 3 users know, the spectrum scope made band changes obvious [quick look and found a few Q's on 15, but zip on 10], and when looking for a CQ freq on 40 and 80, snap. Got very excited as approached 500 Q's, would be new territory for me in NAQP, but could not buy a Q on 40 or 80 in last 4-5 minutes. Log on LoTW - still looking for that last WAS confirmation of MT. Worked a covey of MT stations, so now waiting for their uploads Tnx to Rudy N6LF for the antennas and to all in the contest for the Q's. ICOM 756 Pro 2 [Inrad roofing filter] SteppIR Monster Yagi [15, 20, 40] Old Toshiba travel laptop/Win 98SE WriteLog/MMTTY plug-in 73, Mark N7MQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA5Q Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 90,240 Very good conditions on my end.. Mostly CQ'd. Lots of new calls! Icom 756PROIII 80m Delta Loop 2 el 40m Yagi 3 el 20m Yagi 3 el 15m Yagi 4 el 10m Yagi Two glasses of wine and a bowl of homemade soup! See you all in the next contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN7SS Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 37,524 I'm really pleased to make 318 QSOs in QRP! My previous high was 229 QSOs. 20m was key, and poor conditions on 15m and 10m packed the 20m band! I had 5 hrs of good operating on 20m, with no shortage of stations. As QRP, it was tough to keep a CQ run going, so I alternated with S&P. 40m wasn't really useful until after 00z, although I could hear the guys back east having fun... "QRP Fun" to work J39BS on three bands, and T32YA on 20m RTTY. Thanks for all the contacts! NN7SS Burt (op K6UFO) Antennas: 80-meter half-sloper, Beverage receiving antenna 40m: Cushcraft 40-2CD yagi at 50ft 20m: 3-el SteppIR at 50ft 15m: Force 12 C3 at 55ft 10m: CB whip Equipment: Two Yaesu FT-1000MPs turned down to 5w TopTen Band decoders, ICE-419 filters, coax stub filters Writelog software QSO by hour and band. 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off 1800Z - - 39 29 - 68 68 1900Z - - 24 15 2 41 109 2000Z - - 21 1 - 22 131 2100Z - - 23 3 - 26 157 31 2200Z - 7 26 - - 33 190 2300Z - 9 8 - - 17 207 30 0000Z ---+- 13 6 ---+- ---+- 19 226 30 0100Z - 21 2 - - 23 249 0200Z 7 12 1 - - 20 269 0300Z 9 9 - - - 18 287 0400Z 13 3 - - - 16 303 0500Z 7 8 - - - 15 318 30 Total: 36 82 150 48 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NP3D Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 65,532 Worked K2PAL on five bands. Log is uploaded into LoTW. 73's Andrei NP3D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL6X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 26,967 I took part in the contest for the 1st time, my expectations weren't high, especially when 20m propagation to NA died after the 1st hour. However the activity on 40 and 80m was high. Number of stations demanded my state, I've sent my name only again, after another request I've sent DX DX DX, hopefully caused no confusion ... Thanks for contacts to everybody, let's hope we will have some propagation on higher bands next year. 73's Daniel / OL6X ( OK1DIG ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 55,151 NA QSO RTTY - 2008-02-23 1800Z to 2008-02-24 0600Z - 423 QSOs Total Time Off 2.30 hours Total Time On 9.70 hours N1MM Logger + MMTTY FT-2000 (100w) -- SO1R 3 ele. CL33 @ 45' 1 x 40M half-square (aiming SE-NW) 1 x 80M delta loop This thing started out oddly for me. (Being an idiot) I thought the 1800z start time was 11 a.m. Pacific. So I did a walkabout, cranked up the tower at 10 a.m. thinking I had an hour to kill. Came into the shack to see if I could lash up the two rigs for SO2R -- had done this experimentally a few months ago, so I knew it works once I get the finicky combination of dual soundcards and MMTTY working together. Glanced at the clock at 10:36 a.m. It said: 1836z. Waidaminit. 1836z? Drop everything. Turn on the radio. Signals everywhere. SO1R will have to do. Gotta get in the game. Tune around low end of 20M RTTY. There's Phil, VE2FU. Hey, great mult to start out with, and he's in the bag at 1842z. Band is full. A few QSOs and just five minutes later, I flip over to 15M to see if there's any action at all there. Last year, 15M gave me 100 Qs and 27 mults. You die if you don't take every available 15M mult. OK. I was late starting, so maybe if I go SO2R on 15M and 20M I can catch some of what I've missed. Gotta get the SO2R going. Turn off the radios. I'll take a 30-minute break to get this set up. Check the cabling and switch-selectable (short or open ~21') coax stub filters on both radios. I'm set for 20M on the FT2000 and 40/15M on the FT920. I'll use the tribander for 20M, and the ground-mounted trapped vertical on 15M. Getting two identical soundcards sorted out is a nightmare. Cannot light up the second one, until discovering that its mic-in is turned off in some buried control panel setting. More than 1.5 hours later, I finally have N1MM and dual MMTTY running and talking to the rigs. I run duelling CQs on 20M and 15M for my first-ever SO2R venture. Pretty cool. 15M is kinda spindly by now. No takers on either band, which is just as well -- I feel too excited to respond, hi. Then the vertical antenna craps out on me. I knew the coax connector (under a foot of snow) was getting flakey. Sheesh. OK. A lot of time stupidly wasted. Try SO1R on 15M with the tribander, but... the coax stub on that radio is set for 20M. Stray RF sets the COM port FSK into some weird oscillation, and I have to restart the computer. Minutes pass. By the time I get back to 15M the band is dead. Everyone's gone to 20M. I make ZERO 15M Qs, and am furious with myself. That's 100 contacts and 27 mults I'll have to make up on 20, 40 and 80M. Not likely, but let's see what happens. I have used up 2.3 hours of off time now in two segments. I have a little over 9 hours of operating time left. Things smooth out after that. Managed many more 20M mults than ever before. 40M was great, and so was 80M. I've been using MMANA to model interaction between my two 40M halfsquares. Turns out the EU-OC antenna is actually blocking my US halfsquare (acts as a reflector, with main lobe to JA instead of US... and, conversely, the US-JA wire is a reflector on the EU side of the EU-OC antenna. Well, that explains my poor signals to US and EU, and great JA and W6/Oceania sigs on 40M since last fall). So, for NAQP, I lowered the offending wire, and had a proper half-square "peanut" firing nicely across the US. This is how it was last summer when I first installed the lone halfsquare and raved about it. I'm raving again! Wow, sure is a stellar bit of wire. Have plans to shift things around in March (when snow is gone) so the halfsquare for EU/OC is similarly unobstructed. Maybe the rise in RTTY popularity explains the higher multipliers on 20M -- worked 4 more than ever before, and 8 more than in the previous two years. Could have worked more Qs on 20M but wanted to hit 40M early so I made the jump at 3:30 p.m. Pacific 2330z. It was a very smart move as the band was strong and open to all of NA. Stayed there till 5:55 p.m. 0155z, and went to 80M for most of the night. 80M was quite good. Made 43 more Qs and 11 more mults there than last year. The 80M delta loop got me through to most stations, but not all I tried. Despite entirely missing out on 15M, I managed to come back to within 3 mults and 33 Qs of last year's tallies, thanks to solid bands and keeping my butt in the chair. Will be watching to see how our team, the Aurora Busters, fares. I know VA1CHP was hit with flu this weekend and was not able to play. I heard guys working VE6YR. I worked VE4EAR on 40M and 80M, and VY2SS on 20M. So four of us were able to make RF. Though I didn't hit my goal of beating previous scores, I did see more-than-incremental improvement on all bands I worked. Finished with a grin. Next NAQP RTTY will try SO2R again and I'll be ready before 10 a.m., hi. Score history (claimed) NAQP Qs Mults Score ============================== 2008 Feb 421 131 55,151 2007 Feb 454 134 60,836 2006 Feb 401 141 56,541 2005 Feb 420 142 59,640 2004 Feb 219 100 21,800 2003 Feb 191 87 16,616 20M Qs Mults 2008 173 46 2007 170 38 2006 135 38 2005 133 42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2FU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 49,610 Quiet bands with everyone else on 160 ! Missed 15M opening due to tech problem between the chair and the radio. Thanks for ALL QSOs RIG FT-1000MP MKV Field, 300W ANT A3S-G5RV Interface MicroKeyer II, WIN-Test 3.19 QSO uploaded on EQSL.CC soon 73' Phil VE2FU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GSI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 49,410 Just a big thanks to everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3JI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 36,015 Great fun as always the low bands were in great shape ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,404 Killed a couple hours while waiting for propagation to open for the CQ 160 SSB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,192 I thought I would do much better. Had a family activity from 4-8 pm. Just seems like nobody could hear me. Pretty well S&P...even then, I had to try mulitiple times. OH WELL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3SS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,575 Unforeseen circumstances allowed for only a partial effort, but it was fun nevertheless! Alot of stations to work right up to the end. Thanks to all who worked me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 22,533 Purely a part effort, only managed 5 hours between company and chores. I love this contest and wish I could have devoted the whole day to it. Got on right at the start and the first 2 hours already had 165 Q's by 2000z. My best start ever and conditions seem good. Took a couple breaks to grab VP6DX on 17m and 20m rtty. Even th elow bands sounded good. Thanks for the q's Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2SS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 42,896 First February in a while that I had all my antennas online and working well. All my station equipment worked great! The only problem was the operator. Apparantly he turned 65 on Thursday. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanks to the many who were patient. See you all again in the next one if I can remember. -Robby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,610 All S&P giving out KS and collecting band/states in between operating the CQ160. Look for me mobile 5 in the Oklahoma QSO Party in two weeks. Thanks for the Qs! 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 72,771 Fun. Little slow in the late afternoon, and 20 just kinda lay there...not much life in the ol' girl. A full SO2R effort for this contest, and I enjoyed that. Kept me on the edge of my chair all day calling on two bands all the time. Activity could have been higher, of course, but it was fun. Go MWA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 28,208 Another fun contest. Got a late start, but had a few good runs on 20 meters to make up for it. NIL on 15 & 10 meters, as usual. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks to all who gave me contacts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0YK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 86,445 Thanks for the QSOs, especially all the moves which were more than normal for me. I had to take 4+ hours off in the middle for a work event and rain static made copy difficult in the evening ... apologies to those I couldn't copy. 15 and 20 were weak here and there was a lot of one-way propagation. KI5XP and AA5AU appeared on my run frequencies CQing, yet I couldn't work them. I used a 30 meter inverted-V for 20 since my Yagi is still down for a redesign. I intended to skip 20 all together, but tried the mismatched dipole and even with forward power equal to reflected, I still picked up some Q's and mults. Would have been more fun with twice the rate, but still enjoyed it. 73, Ed - W0YK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ZQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 53,669 Lots of fun, great contest format. It will be even more fun when we have four or five bands instead of just three. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1CDX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,264 someone at ARRL HQ should have called Alaska and Vermont and ask at least 1 OM to stand by for Contest... other than that GREAT Test. I think I had more Q's than K1TTT ... hi hi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1SLF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 42,364 Doublet & G5RV from North side of Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. About 1500 ft looking at the USA via a 4300 ft mountain. (very high effective take off angle) Lots of fun since low power stops me from getting buried... Best to all Bob KB1JZU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,564 Couldn't spend more time because of commitment to ARRL contests on either side of this weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 52,794 Definitely tough bands. Only West Coast and locals on 15M, 20M was Midwest and west, 40 went long early, and 80 turned out to be the best band. For my station, that's trouble, as my dipole at 30ft just doesn't cut it. Still, it was great fun, Thanks for all the Qs. Dennis W1UE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3CQH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 352 First time RTTY contest. Caught FLU Friday morning while sitting in lab chair trying to receive 2 bags of packed O+ Red Blood Cells for my MDS, temp spiked to 202+. It was a hell of a day. Spent the rest of Friday and all day Saturday in sack, felt better Sat night so I got on for a couple of hours. Stealth antenna is 180ft loop laying on the roof under snow - pwr at 50w. Poor condx from this retirement community whose bod has anal/cranal disease about antennas, plus a lot of other stuff. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,310 I defected to the 160M contest after 3 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4GAC Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 91,770 Storm front moved through area at contest start. Heavy down pour for about 1 hour. Found 15M very spotty with QSB. 10M was nil. Went to 40M earlier then planned. The rain cleaned off the power lines insulators resulting in very low receive noise from 80M and up. New 80M vertical used for first time with better than expected results. All the crew got plenty of air time and the 12 hours flew by fast. Look for the SPARC crew in the next NAQP RTTY test. 73 Ron KP2N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4HOD Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 10,117 GREAT CONTEST! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4RK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 12,719 Limited time to spend but lots of fun. RTTY is alive and well! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,838 I only had 2 hours available for the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6KY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,790 Rig: ICOM IC-756PROII, GAP Challenger Gnd Mounted Vertical, RigBlaster Plus 40 opened to the East Coast about 4pm. Mostly S&P but CQ'ing on 40 had good results. Antenna impaired on all bands, especially 80, but after 9pm was able to work everything I could hear (which means I wasn't hearing enough). Thanks to all who 'AGN AGN'ed me and hung in there... I really enjoy RTTY with N1MM. It's all in the wrist! 73, Art W6KY www.w6ky.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 22,019 Omni VI+, AL-1200, 80 meter dipole at 46 feet with Matchbox, MMTTY & N1MM High power check log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YX Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 192,470 Word of the day in northern California, RAIN and WIND...this might have contributed to what seemed like a lower than previous years turn-out of 6th district stations. Many folks had secured their systems or had not gotten them working again from the series of storms in early January, who knows... Couple this with the annual Radiofest in Monterey county and one can guess there could have been more contact opportunities on some of the higher bands. We had the station setup from activities earlier in the week, most of the systems had been checked-out during the limited practice sessions on Thursday and Friday evenings, PST. We managed to put together a team of six operators, 4 full-time for the duration of the contest and 2 others to provide fills and support services. As mother nature would have it, the rain came along as predicted and provided us with plenty of rain QSB on the beam antennas. We utilized our beverages to their fullest extent during these challenging periods of the contest and managed to maintain transmit and receive with relatively few missed or busted Q's. Thanks to Dean, N6DE for his tireless efforts earlier in the week assisting N6CCH, Rebar with station prep and practice, we squeezed in a few Q's with VP6DX along the way...Mike, N7MH and Tom, ND2T were with us for the duration and provided excellent spotting and run radio support. John, W6LD and Curt, W6RQ brought in much need fill time and good company as well. We thank the Stanford Amateur Radio Club for setting aside time for us to represent W6YX in this event, all the spots and Q's from everyone. 73, de N6CCH aka Rebar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7LD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 45,632 I didn't get started until late afternoon to due to a antenna party and a promise. The antenna project went well. Then I came home and did the contest. I like it when everyone runs only 100 watts. It makes me feel equal for some reason. Missed VT and ND and VE5. Some ops still trying to do it all with one call which includes their exchange. It slows you down and breaks your rythm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7MRC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 70,720 Wow, what a hoot that was. I believe it's the first time I've managed to keep my butt in the chair for a contest. Put up a new 80M vertical and it played well. Nice addition to the 135ft dipole. I love the NAQP contests because it let's us little pistols feel like we're loud. Equipment IC-756P3 Force12 C3 CC 40-2CD Dipole and vertical for 80M N1MM-MMTTY AFSK Thanks for the q's 73 Paul NG7Z Log will be uploaded to LOTW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7NNN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 64,643 I had just a great time. The weather was nice all week so put up a lot of my FD antenna...Good preactice!!!!! Ran into a lot of new guys during this test. Wish some of the new guys wouldn't do 3 letter abbreviations for states. Yaesu FT-920 3 ele fixed quad between trrs for 20mtr 3 ele. wire beam for 40 mtr 2 ele. wire beam for 80 Now to pack all this stuff up before xyl gets home hihi 73-Eric W7NNN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 44,403 Boy, was that fun or what!!! Just wish I could have put in a full time effort. Had too many 'honey-do's' before I could get to the rig this morning. Band conditions seemed excellent here. I went to 40 early and it was already open to the east coast. And 80 meters was really quiet and open all over the states from here. Only missed ND, MS and KH6 for WAS. I can't believe there were no KH6's on. Don't know if they count for NA or not, but KH6 is in my mult list. Log is already uploaded to LOTW. Hope to fill in some states for my 5BWAS this weekend. The only one I'm lacking on 20 is KH6 and none on today. 73 and thanks for all the Q's. Tom W7WHY Radio 1 TS-450SAT + RASCAL RAdio 2 FT-840 + RASCAL 80 meter dipole, 40 meter vertical, 2 el 20 monobander and 15 meter dipole. N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9ILY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,911 After starting slowly, finished with a bang. A wire on 80M really does well! Thanks to the organizers for another fun contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9KB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 25,152 Another fine contest weekend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA0RSX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,670 Time limited. Had fun as always. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 58,086 Gosh but this has to be the very bottom of sunspot cycle ! Never felt comfortable of my operating during this contest. 73 BoB WA1FCN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2MNO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,788 Started at noon and there was not as many station on probably because a lot of people were waiting until 2 hours into the contest to take advantage of operating the final 10 hours using 80M, etc. Anyhow, I had to pack it up just before 3pm CST to get ready to take my wife to her surprise 60th bithday party. Believe me, keeping the party secret from her was harder than any contest I've worked. But, it all turned out wonderful as she was totally surprised and we all had a blast. It was worth it to give up contesting time for this one. 73 - Bob WA2MNO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB4YDL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,610 The conditions here were awful and resulted in a VERY slow start. I finally hit 100 Q's after 4 hours! Things picked up on the low bands and had very nice runs. Lots of TCG on the air even though there was a big MEM-UT B-ball game! A few DX stations made it in the mix, but not many. Thanks to Les KL7J for giving me the AK mult. I never heard HI. MS was also a no show for me, opting for their own QSO party. Thanks to NCJ for another great contest. 73, Jamie WB4YDL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 44,649 Disappointed that 15m was only 'there' for an hour. 20m was okay but stayed maybe too long collecting the faithful. 40m got there too late and could not draw on those that had all left for 80m. 80m was ok, but I did not seem to be able to pierce the NE barrier... Fun all the same. Better luck next time. WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO4O Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 29,886 Daniel/OL6X (OK1DIG) had a FB signal on 40 & 80-meters from the Czech Republic. TU to Bill/W4BCG for assembling 4 teams for the Tennessee Contest Group. log uploaded to: http://www.ncjweb.com/naqplogsubmit.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW4LL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 68,072 Told Dave, K6LL that I'd be part-time but turned out that I could run the entire 10 hours. Didn't have time however, to setup second radio so was SO1R. Didn't move anyone and just hit it straight up. Tried to move to 20 for Don, AA5AU and one other station but couldn't make the exchange. Had a lot of fun and thanks to everyone. 73'....Fred WW4LL Index of Calls Call: AA3B Class: Single Op LP Call: AA5AU Class: Single Op LP Call: AA9DY Class: Single Op LP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op LP Call: AD0K Class: Single Op LP Call: AD4EB Class: Single Op LP Call: AD6ZJ Class: Single Op LP Call: AE4Y Class: Single Op LP Call: AE6RF Class: Single Op LP Call: AF4Z Class: Single Op LP Call: AI6YL Class: Single Op LP Call: AI9T Class: Single Op LP Call: AJ1M Class: Single Op LP Call: AK0A Class: Single Op LP Call: AK9F Class: Single Op LP Call: AL1G Class: Single Op LP Call: K0AD Class: Single Op LP Call: K0FX Class: Single Op LP Call: K0HW Class: Single Op LP Call: K0RFD Class: Single Op LP Call: K0TG Class: Single Op LP Call: K0TI Class: Single Op LP Call: K0WA Class: Single Op LP Call: K0YQ/7 Class: Single Op LP Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Call: K1RY Class: Single Op LP Call: K1ZZI Class: Single Op LP Call: K2PAL Class: Single Op LP Call: K2QMF Class: Single Op LP Call: K3FH Class: Single Op LP Call: K3GP Class: Single Op LP Call: K3IU Class: Single Op LP Call: K3MQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K3RWN Class: Single Op LP Call: K4FJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K4GMMH Class: Single Op LP Call: K4HAL Class: Single Op LP Call: K4KO Class: Single Op HP Call: K4RO Class: Single Op LP Call: K4WW Class: Single Op LP Call: K4XD Class: Single Op LP Call: K5AM Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LL Class: Single Op LP Call: K6RB Class: Single Op LP Call: K6TD Class: Single Op LP Call: K6XT Class: Single Op LP Call: K7RE Class: Single Op LP Call: K8FC Class: Single Op LP Call: K8OSF Class: Single Op LP Call: K9SEX Class: M/2 LP Call: K9WX Class: Single Op LP Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Call: KA6SGT Class: Single Op QRP Call: KB2VMG Class: Single Op LP Call: KB3LIX Class: Single Op LP Call: KD4HXT Class: Single Op LP Call: KE1FO Class: Single Op LP Call: KE4KWE Class: Single Op LP Call: KE4UNA Class: Single Op LP Call: KE5OG Class: Single Op LP Call: KH6GMP Class: Single Op LP Call: KI5XP Class: Single Op LP Call: KJ6RA Class: Single Op LP Call: KJ7NO Class: Single Op LP Call: KL8DX Class: Single Op LP Call: KN4Q Class: Single Op LP Call: KO1H Class: Single Op QRP Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Call: KS7S Class: Single Op LP Call: KT0DX Class: Single Op LP Call: KW7N Class: Single Op LP Call: N0EOP Class: Single Op LP Call: N0NI Class: M/2 LP Call: N1BAA Class: Single Op LP Call: N1HRA Class: Single Op LP Call: N1MGO Class: M/2 LP Call: N1SXL Class: Single Op LP Call: N1UZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N2CU Class: Single Op LP Call: N2WK Class: Single Op LP Call: N3BM Class: Single Op HP Call: N3KAE Class: Single Op LP Call: N3ME Class: Single Op LP Call: N3XLS Class: Single Op LP Call: N4CBK Class: Single Op LP Call: N4LF Class: Single Op LP Call: N4VZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N4ZZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N5RN Class: Single Op LP Call: N6CK Class: Single Op LP Call: N6ERD Class: Single Op LP Call: N6PC Class: Single Op LP Call: N6QQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N6XT Class: Single Op LP Call: N7MQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N7UVH Class: Single Op LP Call: NA5Q Class: Single Op LP Call: NN7SS Class: Single Op QRP Call: NO9C Class: Single Op LP Call: NP3D Class: Single Op LP Call: OL6X Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3DX Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3HJ Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3WR Class: Single Op LP Call: VA7AM Class: Single Op LP Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Call: VE2FU Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3GSI Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3JI Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3KI Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3SS Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3UTT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op LP Call: VE6YR Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7CC Class: Single Op LP Call: VO1KVT Class: Single Op LP Call: VY2SS Class: Single Op LP Call: W0BH Class: Single Op LP Call: W0BR Class: Single Op LP Call: W0PR Class: Single Op LP Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Call: W0YK Class: Single Op LP Call: W0ZQ Class: Single Op LP Call: W1BYH Class: Single Op LP Call: W1CDX Class: Single Op LP Call: W1SLF Class: Single Op LP Call: W1TO Class: Single Op LP Call: W1UE Class: Single Op LP Call: W2RTY Class: M/2 LP Call: W3BUI Class: Single Op LP Call: W3CQH Class: Single Op LP Call: W3LL Class: Single Op LP Call: W4GAC Class: M/2 LP Call: W4HOD Class: M/2 LP Call: W4NZ Class: Single Op LP Call: W4RK Class: Single Op LP Call: W4UEF Class: Single Op LP Call: W4ZE Class: Single Op LP Call: W6KY Class: Single Op LP Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Call: W6YX Class: M/2 LP Call: W7CT Class: Single Op LP Call: W7LD Class: Single Op LP Call: W7MRC Class: Single Op LP Call: W7NNN Class: Single Op LP Call: W7OM Class: Single Op LP Call: W7TMT Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WW Class: Single Op LP Call: W9ILY Class: Single Op LP Call: W9KB Class: Single Op LP Call: WA0RSX Class: Single Op LP Call: WA1FCN Class: Single Op LP Call: WA2MNO Class: Single Op LP Call: WA5ZUP Class: Single Op LP Call: WB2RHM Class: Single Op LP Call: WB4YDL Class: Single Op LP Call: WC4V Class: Single Op LP Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Call: WO4O Class: Single Op LP Call: WS0Z Class: Single Op LP Call: WT9Q Class: Single Op LP Call: WW4LL Class: Single Op LP Call: WX4TM Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/2 LP Call: K9SEX Call: N0NI Call: N1MGO Call: W2RTY Call: W4GAC Call: W4HOD Call: W6YX Class: Single Op HP Call: K4KO Call: N3BM Call: VE2FU Call: W6SX Class: Single Op LP Call: AA3B Call: AA5AU Call: AA9DY Call: AB4GG Call: AD0K Call: AD4EB Call: AD6ZJ Call: AE4Y Call: AE6RF Call: AF4Z Call: AI6YL Call: AI9T Call: AJ1M Call: AK0A Call: AK9F Call: AL1G Call: K0AD Call: K0FX Call: K0HW Call: K0RFD Call: K0TG Call: K0TI Call: K0WA Call: K0YQ/7 Call: K1GU Call: K1RY Call: K1ZZI Call: K2PAL Call: K2QMF Call: K3FH Call: K3GP Call: K3IU Call: K3MQ Call: K3RWN Call: K4FJ Call: K4GMMH Call: K4HAL Call: K4RO Call: K4WW Call: K4XD Call: K5AM Call: K6LL Call: K6RB Call: K6TD Call: K6XT Call: K7RE Call: K8FC Call: K8OSF Call: K9WX Call: KA2D Call: KB2VMG Call: KB3LIX Call: KD4HXT Call: KE1FO Call: KE4KWE Call: KE4UNA Call: KE5OG Call: KH6GMP Call: KI5XP Call: KJ6RA Call: KJ7NO Call: KL8DX Call: KN4Q Call: KO7X Call: KS7S Call: KT0DX Call: KW7N Call: N0EOP Call: N1BAA Call: N1HRA Call: N1SXL Call: N1UZ Call: N2CU Call: N2WK Call: N3KAE Call: N3ME Call: N3XLS Call: N4CBK Call: N4LF Call: N4VZ Call: N4ZZ Call: N5RN Call: N6CK Call: N6ERD Call: N6PC Call: N6QQ Call: N6XT Call: N7MQ Call: N7UVH Call: NA5Q Call: NO9C Call: NP3D Call: OL6X Call: VA3DX Call: VA3HJ Call: VA3PC Call: VA3WR Call: VA7AM Call: VA7ST Call: VE3GSI Call: VE3JI Call: VE3KI Call: VE3MGY Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3SS Call: VE3UTT Call: VE4EAR Call: VE6YR Call: VE7CC Call: VO1KVT Call: VY2SS Call: W0BH Call: W0BR Call: W0PR Call: W0RAA Call: W0YK Call: W0ZQ Call: W1BYH Call: W1CDX Call: W1SLF Call: W1TO Call: W1UE Call: W3BUI Call: W3CQH Call: W3LL Call: W4NZ Call: W4RK Call: W4UEF Call: W4ZE Call: W6KY Call: W7CT Call: W7LD Call: W7MRC Call: W7NNN Call: W7OM Call: W7TMT Call: W7WHY Call: W7WW Call: W9ILY Call: W9KB Call: WA0RSX Call: WA1FCN Call: WA2MNO Call: WA5ZUP Call: WB2RHM Call: WB4YDL Call: WC4V Call: WN6K Call: WO4O Call: WS0Z Call: WT9Q Call: WW4LL Call: WX4TM Class: Single Op QRP Call: KA6SGT Call: KO1H Call: NN7SS