NAQP CW - January Soapbox built 1-27-2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4GA Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 19,400 Yaesu FT817ND - 5w to 80m doublet up 45' and Par End-Fedz 10/20/40 sloper. 10 and 15 started out much slower than I'd hoped...if I'd known how good 40 and 80 were going to be I might would have operated more! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4LR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 20,370 Antennas: Cushcraft R-7000 (10-40m) at 4m high 80/40m trap dipole at 3m high (80m) Equipment: Kenwood TS-430S running 100 watts Kenwood AT-250 auto-tuner Comments: Another modest contest effort from the Micro-Shack. Got up early on Saturday to address a problem with the R-7000. Removed the MN-7000 and pulled the board out to replace the 27 pF capacitor. I had temporarily used a chain of four 100 pF caps in series, but these caps did not have the required voltage rating, nor were they working correctly. Reassembled the MN-7000 and put it back on the antenna brought initial disappointment -- the antenna analyzer showed no resonance anywhere. Once I hit the antenna with a few watts of RF, this disappeared, and the R-7000 showed correct resonances. Must be a slightly intermittent connection somewhere. While setting up for this contest, I realized I had a problem. The keyer I use with the TS-430S has been broken and on the workbench 100 miles away. No problem, I'll just use computer keying. However, the cable that connects the serial port from the computer to the rig was also 100 miles away. My only option was to use a straight key. So, that's how I started. About seven contacts into the contest, I had enough of that. What I needed was to build a keying cable. Easy enough, just a connector, resistor, transistor, wire and jack. Of course, all the parts to build such a cable were (you guessed it) 100 miles away. A trip to the local Radio Shack procured the required parts for about $20. (Have you noticed lately that Radio Shack has almost ZERO parts?) Built it up and it worked like a champ. Unfortunately, it burned some valuable contest time. 10m had closed, and 15m was waning when I got back on. Worked a lot of good stuff on 20m. 40m was excellent, and I even got to run for about a half hour on that band. Then came the situation that generally happens -- 40m goes long, but 80m still isn't really open. At this point, I was really tired, so I decided to pack it in rather than tough it out with the low 80m dipole. It really needs to be about 20m higher to be effective. The venerable TS-430S comported itself well through the contest. However, the 400 Hz filter and front-end is nothing like the Elecraft K2/100 I'm used to using. It was very hard to separate signals on a few bands even using the narrow filter. It was also a pain to type in a frequency to change bands. The good news is that the R-7000 is working like it should, better than it ever did at the old QTH. Being about 2m higher helps. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4NC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 229,156 It's been a long time since I did a NAQP single op. Lots of fun and good rates... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA5B Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 369,776 Casual m/2 with some of the Field Day gang -- we even used our Field Day antennas. Dipoles on 10-40, inverted L on 80 and 160. If you made it into our log on 80 and 160, you were loud ;-) A very strong local AC noise source turned on at about 0200Z and made it very tough to copy anything on those two bands. Apologies to those who we seemed to ignore. (The noise is present only below 6.6 MHz. If that means anything to any of you, please let me know.) 73, Bruce AA5B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6PW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 178,296 Personal best. Been a while since participating in a NAQP. Enjoyed the amount of activity and the good conditions. Thanks for the Q's and hope to see you in NAQP phone next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8IA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 900 I really shined in this one! Actually, I'm still enjoying my winter sebbatical and figured I'd jump on for an hour just because. Only a 10-20m wire hanging at about 15 feet. During the winter, I make a conscious decision to try and avoid the radio. For all the enjoyment it provides, I really can't stand having to swap out antennas, feedlines every weekend. This is especially true in winter. Last thing I wanted to do in single digit wind chills was to get my main dipole raised up in the air, or have to take it back down after the contest. Dragging the coax in through the basement sliding glass door and then dealing with the draft isn't pleasant either. Definitely not worth it for a stateside contest. Hey, I like most of you guys and gals, but not that much. Highlight was working two other IAs (Dan, K7IA and Bob K8IA) on 15m, one after the other, separated by a kilohertz. They made a nice tag team effort. Thanks for the Qs, folks. I only S&P'd this time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1OD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 53,802 Who would have thought of 80 meters as being the money band? I'm very glad that the band was quieter tonight than it has been most of the previous week. Project of the morning was to repair my inverted L, which celebrated Friday the 13th by experiencing more damage from big Halloween snowstorm. (Yet another branch fell...) I was frustrated because it took longer than I planned (leading to a late start in the test), and I can't get it to load up on 160 with an auto tuner any more. However, perhaps it isn't as "broke" as I feared. I forgot to switch back to my main antenna, and didn't realize my lapse until about half-way through the contest. Prior to this last bout of storm damage, I had considered my L to be rather poor for anything above 30m. Between the delay and the wrong antenna, I probably lost out on a few mults from 10m...but I'm surprised that the L worked as well as it apparently did for 15 and 20. It almost makes up for having to fuss with a manual tuner to go mult-hunting on top band. Still, lots of fun. I like the format -- the 10-hour operating limit means that a serious effort is possible without sacrificing the entire weekend, and the 100 watt limit means that modest stations like mine have more of a fighting chance in the pileups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB7R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 203,175 I just gotta get something done with my 160 antenna. Time to put the loop back up! Rest of the bands were great and started the first few hours with some great rates (for me anyway). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD0DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,208 15 was open but not much activity. 40 is my best band, I've got to build a better antenna for 80 and one day 160. Thanks for the q's - Ron, AD0DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD4EB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 170,138 Murphy got me about 10 minutes in to the contest. 3 element SteppIR jumped to over 3:1 SWR on all bands, so resorted to using my GAP vertical antenna for 10 - 20m. My SteppIR, or perhaps the coax feedline, acted up very briefly during the last contest, guess it was trying to tell me that it deserves a little PMing after 10 years of heavy service. Fortunately for me, 40 - 160m were in great shape, so worked hard to try and get a halfway decent score for my TCG team. 73 - Jim - AD4EB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD5VJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 24,396 Great contest really enjoyed it and would cant wait till next time. Had many great contacts and appreciate all those who gave me a contact. I worked run for very little time as there was so much activity on all the bands running as a S&P kept me plenty busy HIHI. 73 to all and thanks for the opportunity, Bob AD5VJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD8J Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,052 Installed a Windom antenna in the condo attic and it actually worked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE1T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 72,048 Personal best in NAQP. Even made a few Q's on 160 without a proper 160M antenna. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE4O Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,650 Ten-Tec Eagle @ 85W to horizontal loop at 50 feet. N1MM. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE6Y Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 92,925 I always enjoy NAQP, but various commitments caused me to miss half of the 12-hour operating period, including the first 3 hours. But the rest was lots of fun, with generally good conditions and lots of fine operators. 73, andy ae6y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AF4OX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 120,184 A great time with QSO possibilities on all 6 bands. I did the best ever for thies contest. 40M was disappointing because of a high noise level despite pennant antennas. I suspect that a power line problem has developed somewhere nearby. Thanks to all for the QSO's and especially for being patient with my fill my requests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK4I Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,296 Struggled with equipment problems for the first 2 hours. Then spent too much time on 10 meters. Family duties also took their toll. When I got the the end of the event I looked at my totals and realized that I'd completely forgotten 20 meters! Clearly more planning is required. However, had a great time. I need to add that 160 meters was very open. Around 11 PM I tuned to this band with the intention of working the 3 or 5 that I could hear and that could hear me and then go to bed. When I looked up it was 1 AM and I still hadn't made it through the band one time there was so much activity. Great fun. I surely need to practice my CW more. Multiple listens were needed to get the basic information. I guess the building program on our property last year which kept me off the air for most of the time had its affect. I resolve to do better this year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0AD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 228,438 Good conditions on all bands except 10 from Minnesota. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0DU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,268 For the Club . Sorry I didn't have more time . Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0EJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 221,388 tnx es 73, Mark K0EJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0EU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 311,443 Goal was to get 1200 Q's and 250 mults. Came darned close! Bands in great shape except 10M still spotty. Low bands were quiet enough to make SO2R very productive. Thanks much to the dozen or so hams that QSY'd, including XE2MX Loco, N0SXX Gary, and others for some nice mults. This is a great contest because its short enough that it doesn't kill you physically, the rate stays up because you can work people once per band, there's lots of activity, and everyone is running 100W at most. Oh...and did I mention it is a CW contest? Can't ask for much more than that! Got lots of GMCC'ers in the log. Guess the "Tebow" thing didn't help the Bronco's a whole lot. Would have been nice to see one more miracle but it wasn't in the cards. No North Dakota, KH6, VE5, VO2, or VE8 in my log. I would bet that at least one KH6 was on, but I didn't hear one. Only worked one KL7. C U in the sprints. 73 Randy K0EU (aka Ken) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0LUZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 116,232 I have a question that ranks right up there with "why does only one half of a matched pair of socks always appear from the dryer?" I stand by from calling cq and there are two stations coming back. I am fortunate enough to pull through one of the complete calls and work him/her with probably a total of 15 seconds taken to complete the qso. I stand by for the other call AND THEY ARE GONE!!!!!! How does that make sense? They can find another station and make a qso within that 15 seconds? This happened more than once especially near the beginning of the test. Will someone please explain the psychology of this to me? Overall, excellent conditions although a bit thin on the east coast. Less than full time effort since my wife wanted to watch the Broncos/Patriots game with me. This is the first game she has watched on TV in over 44 years of marriage, so this was BIG! My chance to score a convert. I'll give her credit that she stayed all the way to the end of the game despite it not being a competitive game. Good to hear so many of the familiar calls, but will K0VBU and K0VXU quit following each other around and calling in at the same time? 73 Red K0LUZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0OU Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 87,550 Had fun running the Icom radios at QRP level (5w). Took my time off in the middle of the afternoon so the high band totals suffered - however 80 meters took up the slack. Tnx to everyone for pulling out my puny signal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0PK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 144,921 Ten meters didn't offer much for propagation. All the other bands were OK here. Got to spend more time with this than originally anticipated. Great fun! Thanks for the Q's! 73 - Paul, K0PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0SR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 273,948 Sunspots? What sunspots? 15 meters was marginal and 10 meters was worthless from up here. When the sun sewt 40 meters went sour as well, forcing me to 80 meters before most people had moved down there. It's pretty discouraging trying to compete when you have 1 1/2 fewer bands available. Lots of good activity and some fun rates at times. This is really a fun contest and as I get older I appreciate having Sunday to recover. Congrats to K0EU on his great score. 73 Steve K0SR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,980 I was hoping that I could get on a couple times but ended up with only 50 minutes total. Swung thru 40 and that was all I was able to get in. :( 73, John K0TG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 60,885 HAD TO WATCH THE END OF 49ERS GAME AND MOST OF BRONCOS. WELL TIM DID HIS BEST! ON BOTH SIDES..PTL BILL UK GOD BLESS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0VBU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 129,930 Always a great contest! Unfortunately had to take an early break to attend my 6 year old grandson's first basketball game of the season...and somehow he was the leading scorer with 6 points. I'm glad the baskets are at 8 feet, because these kindergarteners are QRP! Not much on 10m here, but 40 and 80 were great. My best rates ever on those bands. I even got a few mults on 160 by loading up the coax center conductor and one leg of my 40m dipole. Conditions seemed pretty good (although LOTS of local QRN needs my attention) and there seemed to be great participation. 80 and 40 were jammed! Thanks for the Q's, and thanks for distinguishing between K0VXU and me..The entire difference in the calls is one dit or dah - B vs. X! (We're also in the same section, KS, and have the same 59 check in SS. We only live about 5 miles apart and have lunch together almost every week..) Equipment: I brought the old "Boy Scout Camp '746" out of mothballs to use while the new '7600 is in for "repairs" (That's a whole 'nother story!) Antennas are a TH6DXX up 50' and dipoles for 80 and 40. See you all in the next one! 73, Bill, K0VBU k0vbu.com kcdxclub.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0VXU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 61,470 Only a part-time effort but, still, great fun. Band conditions (when I could be on) were terrific. Only 10 meters had poor propagation. Most of the time it was S&P except for brief stints at short runs on 160 and 80 meters late in the contest. For some reason NE has been a real problem for us here in KS. The last several tests have been without a NE QSO. Other mults that seemed elusive were WV, ID and HI but that may just have been due to my limited op time. Thanks to all who provided a QSO. It was really great to see so many familiar callsigns. Speaking of callsigns, I am sorry for all the confusion between me and Bill, K0VBU. Bill and I have been good friends for over 50 years and we have been confounding contesters for many of those years. Many times I had to correct the other station and slowly send my callsign emphasizing the 'X'. It is about the same as what used to happen with W7WA and K7WA. I look forward to next NAQP and I hope to see many of you there again, too. 73, Russ, K0VXU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,776 K3, wires in trees. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 122,244 Conditions and the activity level seemed good. Time-shared this one with chores and the Patriots game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,075 This was my first CW contest. Very nerve racking, hope I did not screw anyone up as the code was really going pretty fast for me. Thanks for the QSO's everyone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 221,672 Fun time, in my first full-time effort. I expect NK7U and others will break records, now that 10m is finally in play. 73, Bill, K2PO Newberg, Oregon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2RP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,400 My wire antenna is an even greater handicap in this contest due to low power restriction, but had a great time and enjoyed the sunspots. Hope my few points help! Thanks for all the Qs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2ZC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,874 I operated using my Flex 1500 into a HF Packer Amp with a total of 30 watts out. My antennas were all down from the October snow storm and I was just able to get them up again this week. The 40 meter dipole is horizontal on one leg and sloping on the other, but it performed ok. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3AU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 20,916 Great fun even though family obligations delayed my start until almost 15:30Z. Cheers to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3MD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 138,777 Personal best by a wide margin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3STX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 28,449 Just got on for a few hours on a GIANT football Saturday. Time after the Patriot's blowout to get a few Qs and have some fun. By 0300Z the bands were REALLY long; where was everybody on 160? paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 30,935 I got a chuckle out of working W0Echo Tim Tebow, but the eventual score of the Patriots/Bronco game made me think: my score was to a real score as Tim Tebow was to Tom Brady. Just got on as time allowed and mostly did SO2V power S&P to keep working on the different signals in each ear skills. Conditions on 10-20 not very exciting, if I had been able to add time it would have been late, as 80 was in phenomenal shape here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 181,551 FT1000MP, 100W, TH6DXX, dipole, inverted vee, t vertical. What a fun contest this year. Very low atmospheric noise. Power line noise wasn't bad below 15M, but was worrisome on 15 and 10. Couldn't get the QSO rates I wanted by calling CQ a lot, so most was S&P resulting in missing some of the stations who were only doing S&P, but activity was high enough that very good rates were possible on all bands while doing S&P. Still miss the SO2R setup, which would have helped the score a lot. Last year, we were M/2 at WW4LL, but this year's score is about 35% higher than in 2010. Very little but west coast worked on 10 and 15. 20M had good short and long skip. 40M went long late, but was able to get the close in states in the late afternoon. 80 and 160M were good even to the west coast. Heard every state except NE. Missed working a few S&P stations in HI and ND. Good activity from most regions of Canada except the far north. Nice to work VI, Cuba, Jamaica, and Mexico. PY2NY was very QRV as DX as was LU1FAM. Thanks to N4KG, K4IQJ, KU8E, and W9RE for QSYs and mults. SECC and ACG team members were very active. Thanks for all QSOs and Happy New Year to all. Next week hope to work you all from the WW4LL station M/2. 73, John, K4BAI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FXN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 157,384 Conditions and activity were both great! Plenty of KY activity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4NO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 22,927 Lots of other stuff going on to do this full time. Looks like I missed a good one. Maybe next year 73 Greg K4NO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 277,873 What a blast. Great contest. Everything worked OK, and the rate never let up. What more could you ask for? How about six full TCG teams to keep your logs full of TN stations? Good showing, folks. I may have blew off the high bands a little too much this time, but those low bands are so hot here in the winter. I think this is my personal best for January NAQP. Thanks for all of the QSOs, and thanks for supporting the NAQP contests! 73, Kirk K4RO Log submitted. Confirmation No.: d1d9560c2bc53063 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5GO Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 608,020 I think this was our best score yet in this contest. Great crew of operators who all did a good job. Station details at K5GO.COM 73...Stan, K5GO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5IID Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 35,400 What a mess...not the contest station...my station. I use N1MM logger and I love it! It is powerful yet easy enough for an old adlepated man can use it. I have had RF problems in the shack affecting the program. I have tried all kinds of cable configurations and nothing has really helped. I thought it was probably my old worn out homebrew computer that was screwin with me. So I bought a brand spanking new one. The first few hours were pretty good. Until I went to 20 meters(my nemisis). The previous problem would rear it's head if I transmitte between 14028 and 14049. Would you believe that everything was good for a while. Then the problem started again. What happens is that the Function keys will not work. Pressing the key or using the mouse to click on the screen won't work. The only way out so that it will work again is to totally shut down the computer and power back up. Today, however, it seems every band was affected once it started. So to finish the contest, from 0000Z on I was running only 10 watts. At least there wasn't enough RF in the shack to kill that. Got to get bust and find this problem!SOON! I have an amplifier on the way next week. I may have to go back to NA! HI! hope everyone had fun...actually I did but it did get frustrating! Tom K5IID If you worked me on 80 THANKS... I was running 10 watts to a dipole 30 feet high in the center! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ND Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,876 Running K3 into MA6V on 20 to 10 meters and HF2V on 40 and 80 meters. Using RUMped logging software and Winkeyer. Operated just over 6 hours, all search and pounce. Was very surprised by the good results on 80 meters --- expected so much more on 10 and 15 meters. Great fun and thanks everyone for the Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5TR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 245,946 Some terrific scores out there! Thanks to K5TR for letting me play 'GEO' in another NAQP at his fine station. 73, Larry K5OT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5WA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 301,824 Wow, incredible conditions in south Texas. This was a personal best but it sure started very slow on 10M. I had a couple of function key corrections I had to make in the first 10Qs but after that things clicked along great. My last hour was spent on 160 and it was amazing. Very quiet and great rate. Thanks for the Qs! Bob K5WA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ZD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 99,932 Activity and conditions seemed good. Amazed at the rates! Spent most of my operating time SO2R+TV watching football. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6AM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 188,384 Been off the air for over a year from the home station. The neighbors finally turned off the grow lights that were wiping out all bands and now I can hear again. Of course the dry air has the power lines buzzing away so much that the 2 meter S meter is up to 8 bars! Fortunately the conditions were pretty good and signals were mostly strong. 20 closed early so the totals were down, but low bands were pretty good. Tried WinTest for the first time at home. It works great! Thanks for the Q's and moves. CU all next week John, K6AM/ZF2AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CSL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,875 This is a station best for NAQP CW. The conditions were good, but not great. There were clearly a great number of mults I wasn't finding, like KH6, KP4. I missed both Dakotas, ID, WY, OK, FL and MD or DC. I worked AK, but never found BC. I was hearing and working, I guess, the most populous areas and just not finding any of the rarer ones. However this event is always great fun. TNX for the KB'ers I found on 80. I was also surprized by KS on 80. My stealth End-Fed Wire greatly improved my fortune on 80. Bert, K6CSL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GEP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 792 I was at an antenna raising party all day, and didn't get on until the final couple of hours. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to try out my tri-bander at 25 feet with rotor. 100W FT-990 40 Meter Inverted Vee at 40' 80 Meter sloping dipole at 40' Tim K6GEP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 266,020 First time over 1100 QSOs in this one. Next year I might go back to a balloon vertical for 160m. I can't help but save time for 80/160m and then I can't run on 160m at all, can't work east of the Mississippi and can't get the rate on 80m I get on the higher bands. My big mistake was I took 1/2 hour off when 40m was hot and when I came back it had died out. 40m was incredibly crowded down to under 7010. The VE2s gave the VE3s a run for their money in this one. Never worked so many QC. 73, Ken, K6LA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 239,478 Low bands were great. I should have left more time for there. Two half-hour breaks and the final hour off. It's nice to see the regulars. I haven't operated this contest in two years, due to being away for the summer, and conflict with RTTY Roundup last year. Thanks for all the QSO's. 73 Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LRN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 30,740 Decided late to get on before 49er game to make a few Qs. Then a few later on 80. Thanks to all for the Qs...73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6NR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 163,296 Great to hear all of the bands open. Other than fighting a large amount of local QRN, it was a great contest. 73, and thanks for the QSOs. Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6NV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,336 Low key operation here. Did not even get on until 2300Z, had much to do during the day. Both 15m & 10m were done when I got on, 20m was in the process of going away also. Did mostly S&P at the start going for the loud ones. Got into the swing after dinner and all felt good. Got my PTT delay problem fixed, all interfaces worked great. I missed the Stew Perry in December, this was the first time I was able to really test out the reconstructed "L" and ground system on 160m. I am happy with the way it performed. Low nosie level here really helped also. Rig: FT-1000MP W/L Software 80' high 40m dipole funky 80m inverted vee 160m L up 75' 3 el yagi up 60' for 20m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6SRZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 200,725 Nice to have all the bands in play! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6ST Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 510 Just a little S & P fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6UFO Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 84,392 Well, that could have gone better. Problems with my second radio killed my 10m start, and I only got radio remedied for the late evening low bands, when infinite numbers of radios still wouldn't help when QRP... Not enough operators from the W6YX Stanford group for a Multi-2, and N7MH was going to W7RN, so I setup for Single-op. I decided to use my own K6UFO call for some fun (Thanks for the Nanu-Nanu's!), and to get refreshed in the Super Check Partial database, as I'm usually in disguise at NN7SS or W6YX. I setup two radios for SO2R operation, but at Stanford that means two radios on two computers - and jumping back and forth between the two keyboards. It was good to try it again, but I think I prefer two radios on ONE computer where I just jump around on one display. But the failure of my second radio ruined my SO2R attempt. Superficially the Yaesu MarkV appeared OK, but signals were weak and wandered in frequency, I had to run with attenuators OFF and preamp ON, which added way more intermod and noise than usual. I struggled to make a few QSOs, but I was running five times faster on the other radio on 15m, so something was clearly wrong - 10m was hot and I wasn't making hay! After being distracted by this for a couple hours, I finally just ran single radio until late afternoon when 20m started to lag. During my off-time I pulled the problem radio out, did a complete CPU reset, redid all the menu settings, checked all the knob settings, and checked all the cables as I plugged it back in. In the evening, this radio seemed to perform OK on 80m. Oh yeah, on my break I also had to walk up the hill to switch the "shared" feedline from 10m to 160m, and eat some dinner! Thank goodness we get to take 2 hours off. When I got back on at 02:30z, I had missed some good 40m time, but I grabbed what I could. 80m gradually came into workable condition (for QRP), and I spent the whole last hour searching and CQing on 160m with good rewards for QRP! So, although I increased my "personal best" QSO count, I feel like I missed most of 10 meters, and suffered a lot of distraction. I'll do better next time... K6UFO Mork! W6YX Stanford University: 10m: 6 el yagi at 70 ft, 5-el at 30 ft 15m: 6 el yagi at 70 ft, 5 el yagi at 25 ft 20m: 6 el yagi at 60 ft, 5 el yagi at 36 ft 40m: 4 el at 60 ft 80m: inverted vee at 50 ft 160m: "C" antenna off tower Beverage receiving antennas Yaesu FT-1000MkV(trouble) and Yaesu FT-1000MP(perfect) Writelog software QSO by hour and band. 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off 18Z - - - - 51 11 62 62 19Z - - - - 41 13 54 116 20Z - - - - 24 31 55 171 21Z - - - 15 23 15 53 224 22Z - - - 47 8 - 55 279 23Z - - - 68 3 - 71 350 00Z ---+- ---+- ---+- 35 ---+- ---+- 35 385 25 01Z - - - - - - 0 385 60 02Z - - 23 - - - 23 408 38 03Z - 21 25 - - - 46 454 04Z - 23 24 - - - 47 501 05Z 40 7 - - - - 47 548 Total: 40 51 72 165 150 70 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6VVA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 191,259 I did not sign up for an NCCC team as wasn't sure if my failing batteries at the remote site would hold up. They were due to be replaced last week but Murphy got in the way. So I decided to just operate as long as I could. But at 1800 UTC I was still trying to get the remote confuzer (with the logger) to turn on and was frustrated as heck. My suspicions were that maybe my special remote solenoid to push the ON button had slipped, or worse yet, that the confuzer took a final QRT. I was about ready to get in the ranch pickup and make the trek up to the remote site when 'one more for the gipper' attempt made things come alive at 1810 UTC. After 30 minutes of failure after failure, I considered that a 'Miracle' !!! 20/15/10m were kinda disappointing, but 40m & 80m were quiet and productive. My low 160m inverted vee does not play very well. There were some good ears out there on the low bands. The last couple hours of operating I expected everything to go belly up at any moment, but I guess the sunny days lately yielded enough solar juice to the batteries in spite of the low sun angle. I did reduce my power output to 80 watts about 0200 UTC which may have helped. 73 & Tnx for the Q's & Mults... Rick, K6VVA * The Locust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6WSC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 72,063 80M was very nice. Go Arizona Outlaws Desperados! 73, Bill K6WSC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7BG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 278,196 Somehow 40 meters fell in the cracks as far as my operating time. I never knew where I was supposed to be running. I gave up on moving folks as the rate was just too much fun to fool around with it. I tried a couple moves early on, but never found them. I was asked to move a couple times, but never could hear the movers. This is a really tough gig to figure out when to take off times. I think I lost 40 somewhere with bad offtime choices. Crawled out of the dungeon for one offtime just in time to see Brady throw his 6th touchdown pass of the game. Glad I missed the rest of the game. oooogg Thanks all for the fun time and to the DFW boys at the other end of the cattle drive, Matt--K7BG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 172,216 Best outing yet! Improving antennas improves score... Many thanks for the QSOs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7KU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 231,734 The January edition of NAQP CW features an abundance of operators of exemplary skill. I have great admiration for the amazing feats of the sprint-meisters. To me, though, Jan. NAQP CW has grown to be the premier annual test of sheer CW contesting prowess. I thank all of you wonderful guys and gals for being who you are, and for doing what you do. And thanks for each and every Q! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7NV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 214,137 Enjoyed getting back on for this contest after missing it for several years. Beat my previous best claimed score from this station(2003)by a little bit. This was my first real attempt to run this station SO2R with the new computer and N1MM Logger, but it was really only SO1.5R. I don't have all the interface equipment yet to key both radios with the computer, so R1 was keyed by N1MM & an external electronic keyer and lefthand key, and R2 was only keyed by an separate external memory keyer and righthand key. I used R1 for all the running, and R2 was only used for S&P Q's while running, which made bandchanges more complicated. Making R2 q's was pretty entertaining! When I found a new station to work on R2 I used the normal N1MM feature to swap focus to the R2 logging window and enter the call. Then to call the guy I had to reach over and press the button on the memory keyer to send my call, then press another button to send the exchange. So, my right hand was always moving back and forth to operate the keyer and keyboard to complete the Qso. It got easier after a while. R2 made 125 Q's, so I guess it was worth the effort. It'll be a lot more fun when I get things working like they are supposed to ;-) In the first 15 min, I started hearing the R2 keyer going spastic and sending weird stuff, while running on R1. I gess RF got into it....anyway I ended up not having any R2 capability until after my first break, when I put a bunch of ferrites on it and reprogrammed the keyer, this required opening up the manual on my laptop to get the instructions about what to do (It was my Dads old Logikey K-1, which I've never used before. Then it worked fine. Now, I had tested everything for several days before the contest and didn't have the problem, but...after all it IS a contest! My lefthand Vibroplex key started going wonky and getting all loose and there were times when I couldn't send anything with it. I got out the magic screwdriver that adjusts the top pivot pin and had it right next to the key, then I could keep it adjusted when it got loose. I'll have work on that one some more..... This was my second contest with N1MM, so I'm still learning how to set it up and use it. Should get better with time.....I think I like it. I stayed too late on 15M and ended up running out of propagation on 20M, the band closed about an hour earlier than my past logs showed. The same happened on 40M. I hate it when that happens! All in all, it was a real entertaining outing and I'm looking forward to the next advenure. Thanks for all the fun! 73, Kurt TH7 @45' Run Antenna C3 @25' S&P Antenna 402CD @ 55' 80M Inv Vee @ 35' 160M deranged dipole @ 50'-20' R1 FT100MP MarkV, R2 FT1000MP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7QO Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,653 4W with Corsair II and mobile mounted whips in new QTH with restrictions. First NAQP contest and first contest in 10 years. Changing name and getting contest xcvr with computer control. :-) Thanks to all who pulled me out of the noise level. Sorry for post without going through the interface. Won't happen again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 287,097 Nice to finally get 10m back for NAQP. It's been a long wait. My raw score only increased 30K over last year despite the great activity on 10m. I can't tell if 160m was worse this year or something is wrong with my antenna. Maybe both? Seemed like a big struggle this time around. Thanks to all for the Qs! 73 de Mitch, K7RL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RSM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,112 NAQPCW Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2012-01-14 CallSign Used : K7RSM Operator(s) : K7RSM Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Band : ALL Power : LOW Mode : CW Default Exchange : BOBBY, TX Gridsquare : EM12US Name : Bobby McDonald Address : 15693 Nike Drive City/State/Zip : Terrell TX 75160 Country : USA ARRL Section : NTX Club/Team : Arizona Outlaws Contest Club Software : N1MM Logger V11.2.4 Band QSOs Pts Sec NA 3.5 7 7 7 0 7 38 38 24 0 14 38 38 22 1 21 35 35 19 0 28 10 10 5 1 Total 128 128 77 2 Score : 10,112 Rig : Antennas : Soapbox : I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations established for amateur radio in my country. My report is correct and true to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions of the Contest Committee. Date : 2012-01-16 Signature : Bobby K7RSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7SV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 192,348 For some reason flet kind of sluggish at the start, but didn't take long to get with it! Great activity and great ops as always. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7WP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 154,980 FT1000MP/ Force 12 6BA @ 70'/ 160/80m Sloper/ N1MM Great time...aways have the "should haves" (in this case different rest periods)...thanks for the Q's! 73, John K7WP .. Go Outlaws! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8IA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 246,514 Uh oh. I really made some bad decisions on this one. I fully expect top dog Arizona Outlaw NAQP organizer Dave K6LL to kick me right off this Team! Summarizing...ugh: 1.After 70 q's on 10, in the first 30 minutes, I decide to go for a big rate hour (for me anyway) and switch to 15. 148 q's later I come back to 10...nothing left but crums and the band is terrible to boot. Uh oh. 2.I spend way too much time on 20 and by the time I am ready for 40 I need to scrub off some time. By the time I actually get on 40m it's good for less than 1:40 hours before it goes south. It never really came back. 3 el at 70' meant vy little. Uh oh. 3. On the plus side, 80 was good. Anytime here I can rival my 40m score on 80, with these simple 80m antennas, you know 40 was screwed up! ;-) 4. 160 was about where I figured it would be. Fairly decent. I decided to scrub the last hour and have my 10 hrs in by 0500Z. The only good decision I made all day. I really love this contest!! I always have. 73, Bob K8IA Arizona Outlaws Contest Club (soon to be kicked off the top NAQP AOCC Team) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,154 This week was taken up playing in a bridge tournament here in Cleveland. After two sessions on Saturday, I made it home in time for the final 75 minutes of the NAQP. As always when first getting on so late in the contest, a fine rate fest. 73 - Jim K8MR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 233,704 Lots of fun! Great rates and fun to work SO2R with condx. 73, Craig K9CT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 82,992 Portable operation sans grid power and heat (although, my feet were freezing!). N1MM, K3, 10-40m rotary dipole at 45' mounted on a homebrew tower trailer built by AB8VS. I just got the tower trailer and k3 within the last two weeks. It was very exciting using new gear and playing with (figuring out) certain features! I was surprised to not feel weak on 80m, even using the built in tuner and 40m loaded dipole. Tripped the panel mounted gfci when I tried to tune on 160, oops, wishful thinking. Worked w6yi and np2x on 5 bands. Thought I'd have a lot more q's on 10/15... not sure what happened there. This is by far the most cw q's I've ever made in any contest. Last cycle, SSB was my mode of choice... the cw contest bug never bit me hard until this last year, it's a lot less work vs yelling all day! 73, Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MMS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 28,551 K3 at 100 W ; 40-2CD and wires ; Win-Test logging Was out of town for most of the contest. Started at 0212Z on 15 January and operated the last 3.8 hours of the contest. Split nearly even for CQ runs (53% of QSOs) and S&P. Started on 80, and the rates were very good. Went to 40 at 0305Z to try for more mults, but activity was low by that time with many stations already having moved to 80. Later returned to 80 for a while, and then spent the last 1.4 hours on 160. The rates were good on 160 until about 0535Z, then the Q-rate dropped way down. Nice to have DF2PY and PA3FQA call in (with strong signals after 0535Z) during my 160m CQ run. Thanks for the Qs, Ms, and fun. 73, Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 199,368 Best ever score. Good action on 10 & 15...40 was very noisy but 80 & 160 rocked! Some outstanding runs & rates on the two bottom bands. Thanks for all the contacts. FTdx5000D Bencher Skyhawk at 100ft KLM KT-34A at 45ft 40M Moxon at 90ft 80M Inverted Vee at 70ft 160M Shunt fed 120ft vertical 3 two wire Beverages 73 Don K9NR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 113,864 A few short op sessions during the daytime. A few longer op sessions after dark. 73, Mike K9NW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9OM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 198,016 Tons of fun! New 160-meter "Slant Fed" Vertical worked really well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 44,478 Dedicated to the memory of Larry Amodeo W2AX SK FT-1000MP 100W Multi-band Yagi @ 20 meters 20-15-10 meters Rotatable dipole @ 23 meters 40 meters Ground mounted wire vertical 80 meters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA3DRR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 41,846 Each event adds experience through practice and I enjoyed each NAQP CW minute logging stations as Cycle 24 ascends. We are currently working on several tower maintenance actions at SL's QTH from tower replacement to re-wiring rotor controls to antenna refurbishment. I'm learning more than ever before and our team effort continues to fire my passion for RadioSport in addition ham radio, overall. Saturday was all about the game within the game that is what can be accomplished with the resources at hand? Surprisingly, the 80m dipole played on 15m with its harvest of 100 Qs to include 64 Qs on twenty meters. Currently, the 5L 10m and 3L 40m monobanders are locked in a southwesterly position toward HK0 however; one can log Qs off the side of a beam antenna system and accumulate multipliers for the overall effort, as well. I focused on my numbers pushing as much as possible to achieve above 50s on most bands likewise logging as many multipliers. I was amazed that 80m came in second place in terms of best band for logged Qs to include highest multiplier count. The band went long for an hour or so after dark then went short skip until I crossed the finish line. On the other hand, 15m was a big hoot as I operated between hunt/log and calling CQ eventually looking at the Q count with its triple digit number. Also, I focused on propagation paying close attention to N1MM gray line map to ensure I followed band openings to the best of my ability. Overall, I learned, gained additional experience, and tested my current RadioSport skill set against the competition. Many thanks to all those FB/KB operators who went into the NAQP CW log and to John, W6SL for letting me operate in the pilot's seat. 73, Scot KA3DRR Icom 756PROiii N1MM Contest Logger 80m Dipole @ 45ft 40m 3L @ 50ft 20m Matched 80m Dipole 15m Matched 80m Dipole 10m 5L @ 55ft 100 Watts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB4KBS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 91 I didn't plan to operate full time but found out on Thursday that my son and DIL were coming in for the weekend so even my short window got really compressed. I found thirty minutes while everyone was otherwise occupied to get on the radio and do some S&P. I will proudly say that these QSOs were decoded by ear and sent by hand - my N1MM program wasn't sending CW and I didn't have time to try and fix it. I was disappointed that N5RZ, "Gator", was in TX, not LA, but all in all I enjoyed the challenge of going "primitive" for this contest. I hope my 13 Qs help. Scott, KB4KBS Kenwood TS-450SAT MFJ 407B Bencher BY-2 RigBlaster Plus MFJ 949B G5RV at 30' N1MM 100W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB7Q Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 203,775 David, W7WW kindly lent me his station for this contest. Propagation from AZ sure is different (and better) then from snowy Montana. K3, SO1V, and N1MM Logger 73, Gene ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB9OWD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,089 Very part time effort of about 2 hours from 19Z - 21Z. Had a retirement party in the evening and anticipated being home to do the last 2 hours. We ended up getting home after the end so wasn't able to get back on. So, I anticipated about 4 hours and made only 2. My apologies to my teammates! Should be on FT in phone. Conditions seemed poor the little bit I was on. Thanks for the QSO's! 73, Ryan KB9OWD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC0W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1 Operated for only a short amount of time. Made exactly 125 Q's on 40 & then called it quits.............It's always nice to be able to help the boys out who need the ND mult. I contest for the FUN if it from North Dakota & not to collect any wallpaper or awards. I log the total number of QSO's made & stop there. This is why my final score & Mults are always unknown. Tom KC0W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC7V Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,756 Limited time but still fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD7MSC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,208 Part time effort. Got called away for a few hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD8GOX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,512 Only a few hours for the contest. Time spent with 100+ 8th graders getting ready for algebra mid term exams. 73 Karl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE0G Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 24,057 K3/10 at 5 watts to two switchable dipoles, 74' long and 50' high. Use ladder line and Matchboxes. On 80M, used one of the feedlines as a 50' high top-loaded vertical for part of the time. Had a great time averaging 52 Q's per hour for the 4:40 hours I operated, nearly all search & pounce. 40 M the rate was 74 per hour, pretty good for this op. Thanks for your great copy out there ! 73, and C U next time. Oh! The Minnesota QSO Party is coming up on Feb 4th, hope to QSO there. Dan, ke0g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE3X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 76,779 Had 6 hours available this time with only one working radio - too bad, as the low bands were in great shape and ideal SO2R conditions! Missed the first 3 hours, so the mults on 10 and 15 were way down. This was 75% S&P effort but around 11PM local time I started CQing on 80 and 160 and found rates of 80-100/hr. We had excellent turnout from the PVRC gang with 4 teams entered this time. Special thanks to NO3M, KN3A and N2JNZ who live outside our 'normal' PVRC circle but rallied to joined us for this event. See you in August! Ken KE3X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE7DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,400 Spent a couple hours playing with the straight key. IC-7200, 160m Full Wave Horizontal Loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF0UR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 90,147 Had a great time. Not sure how to describe the band condx. They weren't bad, but weren't stellar either. I was expecting (hoping?) for a few more mults. Took a break to watch a silly football game, but then came to my senses and got back on the air :-) Tnx to all for the QSO's. See ya next time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF6T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 239,280 Lots of fun with good conditions. So close to 1K Qs - next time! Sorry Tebow!! 73, Jack - KF6T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KK7S Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 197,780 Wow. Unexpected condx. I thought 15m would be the workhorse and expected to do MUCH better on 10m than 80m. 10m was anemic here and 15m shut down a bit early. 40m was really amazing, though. I can't recall better stateside condx on that band. From 4:30 to 6:30 local time, 40m was just one long run for me. That was nice, because then I had to travel in the depths of hell, er, I mean the low bands. I can't get any rate down there, so I mostly spent my time looking for mults. I was trying to get over 200K points and 900 Q's, but I just missed on both counts! Oh well. There's always next year. Thanks for all the fun. Go Wire Nuts! -KK7S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KM3T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,250 Rig: Elecraft K3 Antenna: OCF 80m dipole up 50' Just messing around, giving out some Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KM6I Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 35,332 K3, dipole @ 60ft. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 44,118 This is always a contest I look forward to and this was no exception. I was a little disappointed in 10 meters, but maybe it will be better for the NAQP SSB. Look for everyone then. 73 Scott KN3A Kenwood TS 450SAT 75 Watts Dipole @ 35 ft. N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO1H Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 5,671 Short on Time, But had fun. Appears I left he coax off the main 160m vertical... oh well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,500 It's tough to sit in the radio room when it's 72F and sunny outside 73, Bill KO7AA in Tucson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,330 It is amazing that anyone heard me on 80 meters. Recent high winds took down half of the 80M inverted vee - it is still on the ground. I used the tuner in the FT1000 to force some RF down the coax on that band. Some other antennas were damaged but those have been repaired. I did not spend a lot of time on the bands but I did not hear another Wyoming station. Instead of AL I used ALEX - Alex Frye committed suicide a couple of weeks ago after a long string of attacks by bullies at his school. He was 13 years old... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ6ES Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 83,237 A new personal best. 80 and 160 very tough for me as usual. John kq6es FT-1000MP Cushcraft A3 at 20ft Butternut vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2E Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,320 IC-746 PRO 100W 15M - 40M: 14AVQ ground mounted, two 33 ft radials 15M: Dipole at 15 ft. 20M: Dipole at 15 ft. 80M - 160M: Inverted L 18ft Vertical, 48ft Horizontal. S&P - swept the bands when I had time. 73..........Paul.....KR2E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR4F Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 92,568 Very strong power line noise made CQing unpleasant and unproductive. Probably should have stuck to S&P for loud mults. 73 Johnny, KR4F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR7C Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 49,664 Pretty even band results. Wish I had an antenna for 160! 10 was dead for me. Thanks to all for the Qs!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS4L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 56,030 Elecraft K3/100, 80m Inverted Vee @ 45'. Had a good run on 80m for 1:45 near the end of the test, with an average rate during the run of 103 Q/hr, which for me is outstanding! Peaked at 117 Q/hr for one hour. Worked all states except AK, ND, and NV. Missed several Provinces. It was great fun! Thanks for all the contacts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU5B Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 269,280 This is very likely my best SO score ever. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to control my off-time as I started the contest feeling really poorly and hardly able to copy. I slugged it out for three hours and finally had to give up. Decided to just take a nap and ended up sleeping the entire two hours during 15/20m peak time. Woke up feeling much better and decided to really hit the low bands hard. Thankfully I didn't fall too terribly short on those bands. I set the station up as we would have it for the upcoming SSB part which means jumping from one radio to another to change bands so my mult total will suffer a bit. It would take a number of days to re-configure the station for SO2R and I'd probably break something in the process. The station got a good shakedown anyway. It's been a great month off from school; back to the grind on Tuesday. See you next weekend as NX5M M/2. Colin "Bob" KU5B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU7Y Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 36,110 I need a 80m antenna! 40m was almost empty by 1930 local time. Thanks to everyone for the fun time I had. Ron, KU7Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU8E Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 171,348 FT1000MP and wires ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV8Q Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 120,916 It was nice to meet lots of old friends. Also, nice to make a few Q's up on 15 and 10 meters. Moved lots of guys around for additional mults; but, never heard ND or NE. Decent conditions for the entire event. Look for you all in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KY4F Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 136,510 Lots of fun! Plenty of activity. High band antennas at this QTH not so good, but at least made a few Q's. Low bands were wall to wall action! Highlight was working MT on 6 bands. Low light was not hearing a peep from NE! I'm primarily a CW guy, but going to give SSB a try next weekend. Hope to see some of you there! 73, Doug KY4F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0AX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 43,625 A part time effort and a good way to spend some of a winter Saturday! Had a little line noise early until the arcs burned the salt away, I guess, and the PC crashed once on 80 meter - no doubt due to the awesome field strengths from the Doublet of Doom :-) 73, Ward N0AX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0BUI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 80,940 Thank you for all the qso's. It was fun. 73, Mike N0BUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KE Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 33,872 Used Tebow for name. Had one stn in MA say "go Pats" and several say "hi" and one "go Broncos '. Pats won easily. Late start and watched Bronco/Pats game for 1st half. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0SXX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 191,026 Condx seemed good. Had better luck on 160m then usual. Hoped for better luck on 10m.... just one short opening into New England was all I caught. Seemed like the 10M skip was just too long and the rf from SD was draining out into the ocean. Wonder if the guys on the coast were catching long openings coast to coast? My apologies to lots of guys for not qsying with you. The qsy's were brutal... had some guys trying move me when I was running! Toward the end when S&Ping I'll bet 1 out 3 wanted to move me. I had to restrict the qsy's to guys from my contest club and other friends. Great contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0TA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 84,588 Very enjoyable. Screwed up my off times - the first was 29 minutes, and the second one was 25 minutes! Thanks for the Q's. K3, vertical and doublet, N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2IC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 390,690 A really fun contest, as usual ! Spent too much time on 10 meters, hoping for some backscatter mults to call. Unfortunately, not much more than W1/2/3/NC/SC/FL . As a result, I was late to 15, which was in great shape. Then I was late to 20, which closed much earlier than I expected. 40 was excellent, but I only left myself 2 hours to cover both 80 and 160. Now that we have some sunspots, scheduling 2 hours of off time is a real challenge. Congrats to N9RV, NK7U, N5KO and W6YI for the great scores. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2JNZ Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,800 Norcal 40A , 1 watt to a ZeroFive 40 meter vertical ... had fun only operating between 7030 to 7050 khz ... K1EL keyboard keyer and DSP 9+ filter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2MM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 164,010 Lots of mistakes. 80m hi dipole developed a short, had to use 35ft high dipole. 160m ant played well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3AM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 36,285 Amazing activity. I'll have to make more time for the next one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,450 Just an hour of S&P. IC-756Pro3 Force 12 C-3SS Inverted L WriteLog v10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3QE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 145,542 First nearly-10-hour-effort in NAQP. 10M and 160M really came through for the mults I never had before. Maybe spent too much time on 80M, but it is the most fun, and the rates never ever dropped! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4AF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 295,906 When condx are really good, nothing beats NAQP: -Nothing beats NAQP. Great to work all my weekly NS buds. 73, Howie NAQP-CW SUMMARY SHEET CONTEST: NAQP-CW START DATE: 14-01-12 CALLSIGN USED: N4AF LOCATOR: FM15 CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED CATEGORY-BAND: ALL CATEGORY-MODE: CW CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-POWER: LOW CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE OPERATORS: Howie N4AF CLUB: Potomac Valley Radio Club LOCATION: NC NAME: Howard Hoyt ADDRESS: 549 Bluebird Trail ADDRESS-CITY: Blounts Creek ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: NC ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 27814 ADDRESS-COUNTRY: USA EMAIL: n4af@blountscreek.org OPERATING TIME: 10:00:00 UNIQUE CALLSIGNS: 673 SOFTWARE: TR4W v.4.244a http://www.tr4w.com BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Countries __________________________________________________________ 160CW 133 132 132 37 1 80CW 318 316 316 49 0 40CW 337 334 334 52 2 20CW 227 226 226 48 2 15CW 130 129 129 34 1 10CW 61 61 61 20 1 __________________________________________________________ Totals 1206 1198 1198 240 7 Final Score = 295906 points. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 60,600 tri-bander at 43 ft, wire for low bands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4KG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 142,200 OOPS! I ran past my 10 hour limit. Hope there are no penalties other than removing the extra Q's (and one mult). As everyone East of the Rockies knows, working backscatter contacts for multipliers on the High Bands with only 100 Watts can be Difficult and Challenging. This was brought quickly to mind as I struggled to work W9RE and VE3EJ on 15 meters. Little Pistols? Forget it. The NAQP evolved from the popular ARRL CD Parties in the 60's which were a Saturday / Sunday event allowing X hours out of Y. Sunday was typically a drag. QSO's were allowed on each band BUT Multipliers were only counted once as I recall. The NAQP sort of solved the time issue by reducing the event to 12 hours on Saturday. I still don't understand the reason or valve in having a 2 hours of required OFF time in a 12 hour contest, especially the conflict between East and West Stations where Eastern Stations can best maximize their score by cutting Daylight Hours and Western Stations can maximize their score by cutting hours in Darkness. WHY not just open this up to 12 hours for Everyone? The Multiplier and Power thing is another bone of contention. Counting multipliers by band increases the excitement and challenge of the contest but Limiting everyone to LOW Power is COUNTER PRODUCTIVE to this goal. Low Power is often barely adequate to make Back-Scatter Contacts on the high bands, even with Good Antennas, and makes transcontinental contacts more difficult on the Low Bands, especially in August! WHY not just allow everyone to use an amplifier? Alternatively, if you really want an 'even playing field' for Low Power Entrants, then just count multipliers ONCE, regardless of band. This is a GOOD Contest. I believe making the above changes would make it a GREAT (or GREATER Contest. As others have noted, this is the ULTIMATE SO2R contest. Those of us still playing with only one radio (and not enough antennas) just shake our heads in amazement at the difference in results. Tom N4KG (still recovering from the April Tornado Damage) in North Alabama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4KH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 54,934 Definately had fun but need better antennas including 160, and solution for interface issue between K3 and N1MM (flakey usb-seriel cable?). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4NW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 47,190 Operator fatigue set in about 02:00 along with lack of new stations, so the total time was less than the ten hours authorized ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4OGW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 250,745 Nice to have 10/15 propagation, but it was very hard to work anywhere except CA on those bands! I had a logging software failure in the last hour, so much of that time was logged on bits of paper. Otherwise a fun contest as usual. Tor N4OGW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 222,855 All bands in good shape...no noise on the low bands...80 and 40 were really good...40m went long early...hard to make any headway on 40m with a dipole...but other bands ok.. 160m was really good....had more contacts on Top Band than 40m until the last few hours, so spent end of contest on 40 trying to make it respectable... Thanks to all who showed up....it was a great ten hours.. 73, Paul, N4PN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4YDU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 181,860 What a great way to spend an afternoon and evening. Rates were great and conditions were good on all bands. There are a lot of impressive scores out there. This is one of my favorite events �" it keeps your mind busy the entire time. There were a few station issues, but they can be fixed easily (I hope). As always, it’s nice to work friends. See everyone next weekend from N1LN as a M/2 entry as NC4KW. Station: 2 ICOM 765 160M: Inverted L 80M: Dipole at 60 feet, Inverted V at 60 feet 40M: Dipole at 60 ft, dipole at 70 feet 20M: Rectangle loop at 55 feet, another at 80 feet 15M: W8JK at 65 feet, 3 element yagi at 22 feet, dipole at 55 feet 10M: W8JK at 65 feet, 3 element yagi at 22 feet, dipole at 80 feet Software: Wintest 73, Nate/N4YDU N4YDU All bands - All modes QSOs (with dupes) - By time | Hr | | ----------------- | 18 | 65 | | 19 | 64 | | 20 | 82 | | 21 | 58 | | 22 | 96 | | 23 | 105 | | 00 | 25 | | 01 | 90 | | 02 | 116 | | 03 | 97 | | 04 | 68 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4ZZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 256,296 Lots of fun. Hard to decide when to take breaks when conditions and activity are this good. C U in the next one! 73 Don-n4zz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5AW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 266,442 This was my best all time single op NAQP effort. Felt like I should have had more multipliers but no complaints on QSOs - had some great rates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 211,566 This contest is the perfect length and this year was more fun than ever. Some great scores out there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5QQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 166,056 Pretty slow first 3 hours for me - just NIL for 10m. Really struggled (operator error) with my N1MM Function Key MACROs for some reason, could not get S&P procedure on 2nd radio corrected. Apologize for out-of-sequence replies to your CQ's! 40/80/160 were lots of fun, very quiet in NTX! Had to kluge together last minute feedline repair for 160m - guess it worked. Condx otherwise great, so looks like lots of PERSONAL BESTS to be recorded out there. "TEBOW"?? really??? SO2R K3's, 10/15/20/40 stacks, X7, Moxon, 100ft 80m dipole, and some 'wire' for 160m.... Thanks K5-Oh-Tee for letting me on the team. de QQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5RZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 287,914 A fun time. 10M was a bust here, but other bands good. My 80M antenna stinks. 160M was pretty good. Ran out of time at 0530Z which was good because a front is moving in causing bad QRN on 160 & 80. Thanks to all for the QSOs! 2 x Elecraft K3's TH6DXX @ 50' - 10M & 20M 3 el 15M yagi @ 55' 40M Rotary Dipole @ 50' 80 Inverted Vee @ 47' 160M Inverted Vee @ 50' 580' Beverages NE NW SE SW N1MM Logger 73, Gator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5TM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 53,868 Another nice NAQP. Didn't notice any QRO stations this time... Very good bunch of cw ops... I only worked about 6hrs, and multitasked with the football games. Noticed several CO ops with TEBOW for their name... Lot's of fun again. Dan n5tm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5UL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 132,015 My favorite contest. But, we need to payhomage to the 10-meter guru! Thanks for the QSOs. 73, Chas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5UM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 139,568 A most excellent time. Some really good rates on 15, 20, and 40 at times. Lots of activity. Unfortunately, I have a very high QRN level now on 80 and 160 meters -- started about Christmas time -- wonder if one of the neighbors got a noise generator from Santa. A lump of coal would have been better. But, those bands still good for some nice mults. I moved between 80 and 160 as much as I could when stations asked. Sorry if I couldn't hear some of you. Got Tebowed by W0ZA on 80 and 160 :-) Rig: Icom IC756 classic 100W Antenna: Hustler 6BTV ground mounted, 28 radials 73 and thanks for the Q's, Al N5UM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6AN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 73,500 My two goals were to help out my SCCC team and work the last 4 states still needed for 6BWAS. I worked four MD on 10. Need NE on 80 and RI on 80/160. I worked three RI on 10 and 15. I never heard NE on any band. I spent lots of time on 80 hoping to get lucky. Thanks for the QSOs. 73, David "Rex" N6AN at W6UE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6AR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 57,660 Only a little over 3 hours of spare time, but lots of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6BM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 13,770 I didn't think I'd have time this weekend to work this contest until after the teams were setup. Since this was my first attempt at a CW contest, it will be interesting to see my score next year for this contest. 73 de Bill, N6BM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6HC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 114,399 Thanks for all the contacts. I missed the beginning of the contest so my 10 meter effort was quite "thin". But I more than made up for it on 80 meters at the end of the contest period. I managed to get almost nine hours in the chair. Operating at 100 watts wasn't as bad as I anticipated...and the neighbors appreciated the lack of RFI during the football playoffs. My transceiver's internal antenna tuner worked magic on all my antennas keeping the SWR below 1.5/1 on all bands. I put up a new 80 meter dipole last month and it seems to have lots of QSOs in the THHN wire. I hope I can participate in the NAQP-SSB next week. Transceiver: Kenwood TS-950SD Antennas: Mosley TA-34XL (10/15/20), KLM 2 element yagi (40), Inverted Vee dipole (80). N1MM logging program v. 10.10.0 73, Arnie N6HC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6NC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,576 Activity seemed light first hour or two, probably because of Patriots/Broncos playoff game, but picked up in the afternoon. I had to leave early, but it was fun to work guys 10m-40m. Thanks for the Qs. 73, Larry N6NC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,139 Sorry to have missed most of the great activity in this one. Woke up with a sore back, spent most of the day in bed on a heating pad. Watched football in real time instead of from the DVRs. The radios summoned me, and I managed a few short spurts of S&P in the last two hours, looking for NCCC stations. Also couldn't resist calling a few Thursday NS and Wednesday CW OPS buddies. Hope condx are similar in Jan. 2013! CU in the Locust QP on Wednesday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 240,036 Thanks to Tim N6WIN for allowing me to come over and op! 73 de Doug, N6RT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 222,528 Friends of David Rowley, N6RZ (SK). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6TV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 233,016 Was only SO2R for 90 minutes, then Rig 1 went "poof" and died. Attempted to use SO2V for the rest of the contest, but it was a struggle. Ended up with a few more QSOs than last year, thanks to improved conditions, but I think I could have done much better if I had had my usual SO2R setup working. Rig: Elecraft K3 (2) Ant: 5 EL 10, 5 EL 15, 5 EL, 20, 3 EL 40, 1 EL 80, Shunt-Fed Tower on 160 Software: Win-Test 4.9.1 SO2R Box: microHAM MK2R+ 73, Bob, N6TV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 36,600 When I saw sunspot number at 80 early Sat morning, I thought the contest would be running on fumes. But when I started, I found the bands hopping. 10m was really boiling. I really enjoy seeing a lot of activity, because it reminds me of the days when I was a young Novice in 1952. You could always find QSOs at any time of the day or night. This actually turned out to be one of my better CW NAQPs, if not the very best. I certainly beat the socks off my last two entries back in 2009. I heard few DX stations, and the ones I did were buried in pileups. I figured it would be better to ignore them and just work everything I could, go for the Qs and mults, rather than waste time in a pileup. It certainly produced a good result for me. I was even able to put in the full 10 hours, which surprised me. Usually family demands cut into my available time. I think the high point for me was at the end, where I was actually running a frequency on 160m. I managed to pull in 17 Qs in the last 22 minutes, just sitting there and CQing. I think everyone else was getting desparate for one last Q and jumped on my little signal. The antenna here is a 60 ft top loaded wire on a telescoping fiberglas mast, with an elevated counterpoise. All in all, I'm really pleased with my results. Not bad for 5w and a piece up wire up on a big plastic stick. Thanks to all for the Qs. Hope to see you in the ssb run. 73, Bob N6WG The Little station with Attitude ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WIN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 108,624 I operated from W2IJ's QTH one mile away from home as I was hosting N6RT at my QTH so that he could be familiarized with my SO2R setup for the upcoming February CW Sprint. I also wanted a top notch operator to post a heavy score from my QTH to add to our SCCC Team One. My operation was plagued with piss poor prior planning. My lack of setting up drivers, contest software, ensuring my Winkeyer 2 would properly key a TS950S, etc. really got me off to a poor start. All of this could have been avoided with a couple hours of work earlier in the week. I apologize to those of you who endured my poor fist while running early on. After a 48 minute late start and a couple of early operating hours, I decided to steal my father's Yaesu FT950 while he was away. Spare equipment is nearby as luckily W2IJ, my father N6EED, and myself all live within a mile of one another. The Yaesu FT950 allowed me to get back to computer control and computer keying. After the computer control/keying issue was fixed I had a lot of fun settling in and enjoying the contest. I have a new found level of respect for those who choose to operate with only a keyer and paddle. Operating equipment: Yaesu FT950 LM354HD 54' Tower Force 12 C31XR Cushcraft D40 rotatable dipole (also my 160m antenna) 80m double bazooka Writelog latest version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7IP Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 310,479 A great contest for testing out a new station. Lots of Murphy visits in the beginning, but watch out next time! Thanks to N7IP for sharing his shack. And the vittles were outstanding, too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7IR Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 71,968 That was fun! Met my club quota and then some. Lots of good ears out there; the best belonged to NP2X on 80 meters. Thanks for the contacts and your patience. 73 Gary, N7IR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7VS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 23,000 It is nice to have ten meters back. The amount of 160 meter activity was surprising. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7WA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 182,952 My mistake this year was not putting out the radials for the 160M antenna and stringing the beverage. With that came the loss of enough mults to probably put me over 200K this year. Despite that, it was still a personal best in points and Q's. Always a lot of fun, this test is one of my favorites. Expected more out of 10M (hence the false rationale that I could ignore 160M) but it was still nice to have something up there. Just can't get the hang of moving people. This year I put a BIG post-it in front of my face that said "MOVE PEOPLE!" and I tried. I would estimate that half the time I received no response. For those that did respond, over half said no - which is acceptable. Of those who tried, I only made a successful connection twice. Now, that's two more mults than I would have had otherwise but I also lost what were usually good run frequencies. Well, something to work on. Thanks to all for the great fun. cheers dink, n7wa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7XU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 237,495 I'll be a checklog cuz I mishandled my off time. Lotsa fun. Had 5 min rates of 300/hr several times on 15 and 20m -- no SO2R there. Best hour was 183. 10m wasn't so hot and it a waste of time to move mults up there. Second radio worked well but the Micro2R controller was whacky again -- would not do the same thing when the left radio was run and right was S&P. The only solution was altF5. I'm going to trash the microHam and go back to the old homebrew hard logic controller. I understand it and can fix it when it breaks. The last hour and half were spent on 160m across town at WS7N. He has 30 acres, RX 4- and 8-squares and Beverages. The new inverted L is at 72 feet with 50 radials. It felt strong. Some of the east coast stations like N4AF and NO3M have really good ears. Many stations trying to run on 160 were like us with quiet directional RX antennas that can hear well and an omni TX antenna with S9 noise or worse that can't. My apologies to the W6 stations that called while we were CQing and listening East. N7XU is not in everyone's database yet ...as judged by some significant pauses while hunt 'n peckers filled it in. Very few dupes this time, most caused by me. After the dupe sheet gets past 100Qs it is hard to search wearing bifocals. Anyway, thanks for letting us play. Next up is ww160cw. See y'all then. 73, Dick K4XU ...N7XU in contests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8BJQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 160,650 Low bands were very good. Lots of activity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8HM Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 35 Rig - Yaesu FT-817ND Antenna - AlexLoop Walkham Portable Magnetic Loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8II Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 191,590 I had a nasty respiratory infection; it felt like I was running a low grade fever around 21Z. I stopped for a half hour, medicated, and felt better. The first 4 hours or so of NAQP are contest torture from the East Coast, you can't run anywhere at a fast rate, can barely run at all on 10M and you get to listen to all the competition out west running madly trouncing you. Best defense is S&P most of the time which wears you down after a while. I went to 40 early after my break which was a good move. Rates were decent the rest of the contest, but nothing sustained fast for more than 45 minutes. 40, 80, and 160 in turn all sounded very good with no noise. I was able to work CA, OR, WA and MT on 160 all by 04Z. Just before 04Z, the bug took its toll, meds had all worn off and my throat was feeling pretty miserable, so although not totally spent, I called it a night. This was a personal best for me, could have easily broken 230K or more with a full time effort. The moves went well, moved XE2MX and AL1G to two additional bands each, Tnx! W4OC in SC moved to all bands around 21Z except 160. Almost all moves were successful. Mults worked on all six bands were: AL, CA, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MT, NC, NY, PA, VA, WA, VE3 = 17 total. I would have missed several local mults in DE, MD, and PA without moves, thanks KE3X, K3ONW, and N3DXX. Thanks for the Q's and moves and glad to help out with the WV mult. I worked only 2 WV stations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8XX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 28,500 Sn*w and ice on the feeders (as high as 1" or more on flat parts of the window line) and antenna wire (Guesstimate at more than ½" in diameter on a 14 gauge wire) MIGHT have caused some lack of performance, particularly on 14 thru 28 Mhz. The LDG auto tuner could find acceptable matching on all bands. Didn't think to deploy the end loading part of the antenna for 160, so couldn't make it there. Used "DUCK" in honor of K8DD (SK) and I'm sure there are some "busted contacts" because folks would say "DICK ?" and I'd try to correct them, but they'd proceed on. NAQP is fun for QRP operation because the "BIG GUNS" are only allowed 100 watts, which makes it much easier to bust through a pileup. S&P mainly, but was semi-successful "running" late in the contest on 80 metres. 80 and 40 were a bit noisy, perhaps from sn*w static - and was somewhat surprized in being able to work some stations who weren't S9 +++ on these bands. Thanx to the organizaers of this fine contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9AUG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 122,952 I had a great time. Started out as SO2R, made 1 contact and decided that was too much for me. Maybe some other time. Larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9CK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 280,825 Great contest with plenty of activity. Non-stop fun! 73 Steve N9CK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9CO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 137,870 What a great way to spend a cold Saturday in January in Illinois. The NAQP CW is one of my favorite contests. Lots of great operators, good rate, and just plain fun. The lack of a 160m antenna changed my operating plans. Decided to minimize off time and take it all at the end. Only used one 30m break to get a bite to eat mid-afternoon. I expected the high bands to be productive, but I wasn't expecting 80m to be so good. The band was very quiet here, and I could hear better than usual. FT-1000MP Bent wire vertical for 80m 2el 40m yagi (XM-240) at 95' 4el 20m yagi (homebrew) at 85' 5el 15m yagi (homebrew) at 74' on swinging gate sidemount No real 10m antenna... use the XM-240 and rigs auto-tuner N1MM Logger V12.1.1 73 es thanks for all the qsos! Charlie N9CO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9LJX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 33,522 I was pleased. Was able to actually get a few runs going for a couple of hours. Sorry for refusing to go to 80 but I didn't think the short low dipole would be worth a damn, and as usual I was right. I gave up when the fun-to-work ratio wasn't in my favor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9RV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 451,567 This contest just keeps getting better. Only weird thing is my 20m multiplier, which I just couldn't push up no matter what. Other bands were terrific, especially the low bands. This is the ultimate 2 radio contest. Nice to hear so much Montana on this time -- an easy 6 band mult for me for a change! Congrats to all the top scorers. - Pat N9RV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA0N Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 222,420 This was a personal best for me, but I suspect I left a lot out there on 10 and 40. The rates make this one really fun! 73, Pat NA0N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA3V Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 31,075 Long skip on low bands. On 40 & 80 I worked more stations west of the Mississippi than east. IC-756 Pro I into 80m ladder-line fed doublet 50 ft up at center. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4BW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 135,339 Couldn't get much going on 10 and 15 and spent way too much time there. Otherwise condx were very good. 73 Brian NA4BW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA8V Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 168,392 burned up too much time on 10 & 15 - also known as totally mismanaging my off time. great rates on the low bands. greg/na8v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NC4KW Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 399,288 For us, this was the contest that was not supposed to happen. Issue 1 came last Monday evening. My Station 1 computer got hit with Malware. As it was not cooperating with a removal and cleaning, Tuesday night the complete rebuild process started. Of course that four letter word WORK got in the way, but by Thursday night I had enough of the applications reloaded so it could be used for NAQP. Friday night I tested all antennas, networking was fine, N1MM was configured and we were ready to go. Saturday afternoon came around and when the clock on the wall said 1800 UTC off we went. Issue 2: This was a very minor issue due to our location. The bottom 20 meter beam in the stack decided to develop a high swr. It is locked on south, and we have 2 other triband antennas at the same height, so no big deal - yet aggravating, as it worked on Friday. Issue 3: This one was almost a show stopper. About 19:12 the K3 on station 2 decided to fault with a CHECK 12V in the VFO B display. To make a long story short, nothing would get around this. So, Alan AA4FU, volunteered to go get his. That is one short statement for a long 2 hour round trip. So, the M2 operation was M1 for almost 3 hours. In a 12 hour contest 3 hrs of downtime on one of the two stations is not a good thing. For those almost 3 hours we moved between 10, 15, and 20 to try to work as many mults as possible. The clock was ticking and we were dropping farther behind. None the less, when Alan returned, his K3 went on-line, and at about 2203 UTC we were back with 2 stations. At that time we were more than 200 Qs behind last January. Final summary: In the end both our Q total and Mult totals were ahead of last year. If we were able to do that, some big M2 scores are going to be turned in. An email is already off to Elecraft Tech Support. Can the K3 be fixed before NAQP-SSB this coming weekend? If any company will respond quickly, it is Elecraft. Unfortunately, this is only a 4 day work week that so that is adding in another challenge. Option B - already trying to borrow a K3. Hope to work you next weekend. 73 from the NC4KW team ! Jack - W0UCE Alan - AA4FU Jim - K4QPL Bruce - N1LN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE1RD Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 12,300 I combined the fun of NAQP with a little extra twist. A local radio club (www.n1nc.org) has a "Lantern Battery Challenge" where participants are given a single bundle of lantern batteries and we see who can get the most QSOs out of them. I did S&P on 10m and 15m with my Elecraft K2. Bands 20-80m were done on my Elecraft KX1. The KX1 drew only 10mA or so on receive. I ran 2 watts or less to my verticals for the entire contest and put 150 QSOs in the log. There is still plenty of juice left in the battery! Thanks to all the excellent operators out there who copied my modest signal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE9U Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 186,690 I usually don't get a chance to do this contest as its my busy time at work, and if I can sneak away from work for a weekend, we usually go snowmobiling or skiing. Well not much snow this year and was able to get away from work! Also had to be in town so we can go to Lambeau Field on Sunday to watch The Pack!!!! Being an SO2R rookie, this was a good chance to practice. Hey, by the end I was getting it down i think. HI Fun contest..nice to see everyone! 73 Scott NE9U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI0R Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 381,717 Condx were best on the lower bands for sure. Not as many on this time it seemed. Thanks to Toni for use of one very very fine station. Had fun for sure. Roger & Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI7R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 89,487 Almost all S&P. I couldn't get a run going with my little portable antennas. I desperately need a better antenna for 80 meters. It was tough going with only 80 meters open the last hours of the contest. However, KP2X did hear my little signal on 80, but a lot of others didn't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NK7U Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 432,509 Wow, what a rate fest! Hard to figure out the best times to take off when the rate is this good! The low bands did not really produce like they have in the past, and the last 2 hours were much less exciting than I had hoped. Congrats to everyone pushing it hard for 10 hours! The west coast battle this year was intense! Outstanding jobs by N9RV, N5KO, N6MJ and N2IC. Thanks to everyone who QSY'd, regardless if it worked or not. That extra effort adds to the fun of this contest. Thanks to Joe and Sharon for hosting, and Good Luck to the NK7U M/2 crew next weekend in NAQP SSB! -Chris KL9A Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: NK7U CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CONTEST: NAQP-CW OPERATORS: KL9A -------------- 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 0 42 154 196 196 13.0 1900 0 0 0 0 146 28 174 370 24.6 2000 0 0 0 15 115 8 138 508 33.7 2100 0 0 0 18 46 28 92 600 39.8 2200 0 0 2 89 47 0 138 738 49.0 2300 0 0 24 57 0 0 81 819 54.3 0000 0 0 65 90 0 0 155 974 64.6 0100 0 20 118 18 0 0 156 1130 75.0 0200 0 51 85 0 0 0 136 1266 84.0 0300 20 37 4 0 0 0 61 1327 88.1 0400 25 65 0 0 0 0 90 1417 94.0 0500 44 46 0 0 0 0 90 1507 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 89 219 298 287 396 218 1507 Gross QSOs=1519 Dupes=12 Net QSOs=1507 Unique callsigns worked = 768 The best 60 minute rate was 197/hour from 1801 to 1900 The best 30 minute rate was 204/hour from 1801 to 1830 The best 10 minute rate was 240/hour from 0156 to 0205 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSOs/minute 2 times. 5 QSOs/minute 20 times. 4 QSOs/minute 89 times. 3 QSOs/minute 196 times. 2 QSOs/minute 184 times. 1 QSOs/minute 83 times. There were 640 bandchanges and 351 (23.3%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 4 901 5 487 6 115 7 3 8 1 ------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- TX 6 14 24 30 34 10 118 7.8 CA 22 21 35 21 8 6 113 7.5 TN 0 8 15 13 28 22 86 5.7 MN 5 13 15 16 25 0 74 4.9 ON 0 7 12 12 23 16 70 4.6 OH 0 10 11 10 18 11 60 4.0 PA 1 10 11 6 14 18 60 4.0 IL 3 10 8 12 22 1 56 3.7 FL 1 2 11 13 16 12 55 3.6 GA 2 6 7 11 13 13 52 3.5 VA 1 7 10 4 10 13 45 3.0 AL 1 6 8 6 14 8 43 2.9 WI 2 9 10 6 14 1 42 2.8 NY 0 6 6 7 14 7 40 2.7 AZ 7 8 11 6 4 1 37 2.5 NC 2 3 5 9 7 8 34 2.3 IN 1 5 6 4 12 6 34 2.3 MA 0 5 5 5 9 6 30 2.0 MI 0 1 5 9 11 2 28 1.9 CO 2 10 3 7 3 1 26 1.7 MD 0 4 5 4 7 4 24 1.6 MO 0 3 4 6 9 0 22 1.5 NH 0 0 2 8 5 6 21 1.4 KY 1 2 4 4 5 4 20 1.3 WA 5 6 2 2 3 2 20 1.3 AR 1 2 4 4 5 3 19 1.3 OR 5 2 4 2 3 2 18 1.2 NM 2 3 6 3 3 1 18 1.2 NJ 1 2 3 3 3 5 17 1.1 OK 0 2 6 3 4 0 15 1.0 IA 1 2 4 2 5 1 15 1.0 LA 0 3 4 1 3 4 15 1.0 KS 1 2 4 4 4 0 15 1.0 CT 0 3 2 4 3 2 14 0.9 MS 1 2 1 1 2 5 12 0.8 QC 0 1 4 3 3 1 12 0.8 MT 3 2 3 1 1 1 11 0.7 NV 2 1 2 1 3 1 10 0.7 WV 1 1 0 2 3 2 9 0.6 SC 1 2 1 1 0 3 8 0.5 MB 1 2 1 2 1 0 7 0.5 DE 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.4 UT 1 0 0 2 2 1 6 0.4 BC 1 3 1 0 1 0 6 0.4 NB 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0.3 RI 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0.3 AB 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0.3 ME 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0.3 dx 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.3 SD 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.3 ID 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.3 WY 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0.3 DX 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.2 VT 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.2 HI 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.2 SK 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 MX 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 NE 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.2 PE 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 AK 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 ND 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 NS 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 VI 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 PR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 89 219 298 287 396 218 1507 ------------ E x c h a n g e S u m m a r y ------------------ Exchange 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- AL 0 3 4 3 5 1 16 1.1 ALAN 0 3 3 2 1 2 11 0.7 ANDY 2 4 2 3 3 2 16 1.1 ARNIE 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 ART 0 3 3 4 3 2 15 1.0 BARRY 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 BART 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 BEN 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.2 BERT 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.3 BILL 2 2 7 1 9 4 25 1.7 BOB 7 14 17 14 22 8 82 5.4 BOBBY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 BRAD 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.3 BRIAN 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.3 BRUCE 1 0 2 1 1 0 5 0.3 BUD 2 1 2 1 5 2 13 0.9 BUG 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0.3 CAM 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 CAP 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 CARL 1 0 1 2 2 1 7 0.5 CAROL 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.2 CAT 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 CHARLIE 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 0.4 CHAS 1 2 2 2 3 2 12 0.8 CHAZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 CHRIS 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 0.4 CHUCK 1 2 1 1 3 0 8 0.5 CJ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 CLAUDE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 CLINT 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 CLYDE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 CORD 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 CORK 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 CRAIG 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0.3 CURT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 DALE 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.2 DAN 1 2 4 4 8 3 22 1.5 DANA 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0.3 DAVE 2 4 13 6 10 8 43 2.9 DAVID 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 DEAN 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 DENNIS 0 1 0 2 2 1 6 0.4 DICK 0 7 6 5 6 3 27 1.8 DON 2 3 3 4 4 5 21 1.4 DOUG 1 3 5 3 4 3 19 1.3 DUKE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 DUNCAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ED 6 4 5 6 2 2 25 1.7 ELDON 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ELLEN 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 ERAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 ERIC 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0.4 EVAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 FRANK 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 0.3 FRED 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 GARY 2 7 10 7 7 3 36 2.4 GATOR 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.3 GENE 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 GEO 0 1 4 2 4 1 12 0.8 GEOFF 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 GEORGE 0 0 2 3 3 1 9 0.6 GERRY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 GLEN 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0.3 GORDON 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 GRAHAM 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 GREG 0 3 6 3 6 2 20 1.3 GUS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 GUY 1 1 2 0 0 1 5 0.3 HAL 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.2 HANK 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.3 HANS 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 HARRY 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 HERB 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 HOLLY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 HOOT 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.2 HUNT 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 IAN 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 IKE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 IRA 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0.2 IZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 JACK 0 1 3 3 3 5 15 1.0 JAMES 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 JANET 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 JANICE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 JAY 0 3 6 4 3 4 20 1.3 JEAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 JEFF 1 4 3 3 7 4 22 1.5 JERRY 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0.3 JIM 4 8 11 12 23 9 67 4.4 JOE 0 3 3 3 4 1 14 0.9 JOEL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 JOHN 4 13 15 20 26 11 89 5.9 JON 1 1 2 2 2 1 9 0.6 JOSE 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1 JULES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 KAREN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 KARL 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.2 KAZ 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.1 KEITH 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 KEN 0 2 4 5 11 5 27 1.8 KENNY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.2 KENT 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.2 KEVIN 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 KIRK 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0.4 KURT 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.3 LAR 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.3 LARRY 1 2 2 4 1 2 12 0.8 LARS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 LEE 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0.3 LEO 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.2 LES 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1 LEX 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 0.3 LLOYD 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 LOCO 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 LOU 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.3 LUC 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 LYNN 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 MAC 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 MAL 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.2 MARK 1 2 8 5 5 7 28 1.9 MARKO 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.1 MARSH 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 MARTIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 MARTY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 MARV 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.3 MATT 1 2 5 1 0 1 10 0.7 MAX 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1 MEL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 MICHAEL 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 MIKE 2 7 9 10 13 8 49 3.3 MITCH 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 MOE 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 MOREIRA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 MORK 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.1 NATE 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.3 NED 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.2 NICK 0 1 1 3 2 0 7 0.5 NORM 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0.3 PAT 4 4 3 3 7 2 23 1.5 PAUL 2 5 2 3 9 10 31 2.1 PAULO 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 PB 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 PETE 0 0 1 3 4 1 9 0.6 PETER 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.3 PHIL 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0.3 QC 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 RABE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 RALPH 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.2 RANDY 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 0.4 RAY 0 0 2 2 4 3 11 0.7 RED 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.3 REDD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 REED 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 RENE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 REX 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 0.3 RICH 0 2 3 3 2 2 12 0.8 RICK 2 1 2 1 2 2 10 0.7 RILEY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 ROB 2 0 1 1 1 2 7 0.5 ROD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 ROGER 1 2 2 2 2 1 10 0.7 ROLAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 RON 1 1 6 6 6 3 23 1.5 ROY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 RUSS 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0.3 RYAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 SAM 0 2 1 3 2 1 9 0.6 SCOT 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 SCOTT 0 2 4 2 2 3 13 0.9 SCOTTY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 SEJO 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1 SERGE 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.3 SHEL 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.1 SKIP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 STAN 1 3 3 1 2 2 12 0.8 STEVE 3 9 5 10 13 4 44 2.9 STU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 SYL 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1 TEBOW 1 4 0 1 1 0 7 0.5 TED 0 3 1 3 4 2 13 0.9 TERRY 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0.3 TIM 0 4 3 1 3 3 14 0.9 TODD 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.2 TOM 4 9 14 10 15 10 62 4.1 TONY 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0.4 TOR 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 0.3 TREY 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.2 TY 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.4 VAS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 VIC 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 0.5 VILLY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 VLAD 0 1 2 1 2 1 7 0.5 WALT 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.3 WARD 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 WAYNE 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0.3 WES 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 WILL 1 0 1 2 4 2 10 0.7 YURI 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Call Areas Worked Area QSOs Pct -------------------- 0 189 12.5 1 90 6.0 2 87 5.8 3 111 7.4 4 266 17.7 5 175 11.6 6 109 7.2 7 104 6.9 8 100 6.6 9 155 10.3 -------------------- Total 1386 92.0 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 359 2 bands 213 3 bands 97 4 bands 68 5 bands 27 6 bands 4 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: NI0R K5GO NO3M K9NW ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 13 46 76 59 108 57 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NM2L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 99,532 I LOVE THIS CONTEST !!! I started out intending to be part time, but I should have known better. This thing is just pure fun. A few PC gremlins slowed me down considerably for a while, but we worked our way through it after a reboot or two and some quick reconfiguration. Wires out behind the house and 100 Watts. What more could you need? 73 de Greg NM2L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN3W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 51,788 Part time team effort (certainly did better than last January)! Hoping to get back to full time in this event. Lots of fun and easy on the body. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO3M Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 275,562 Personal best in NAQP; first time over 1K QSOs. I decided to add a new 10M EDZ-Lazy-H NE/SW, but it ended up not getting used much over the E/W EDZ-Lazy-H. Finished mitigating a top-hat wire situation on the 160M vertical with 10 minutes to the start. One by one, the top loading wires (4) are electrically disconnecting from the top of the vertical (wire pigtails) from the constant wind movement; there's only one left connected. Each time one comes free, the loading coil tap at the base needs adjusted and the wire/guy rope twisted several times to make the pigtail stick up and away from the vertical (otherwise it's intermittent). At that point, the wire then just serves as nothing more than part of the guying, the wire is still tied to the vertical by a very short rope at the top. Eventually it will have to come down, but lowering and raising a "wet-noodle", 90ft aluminum tubing vertical is something I don't look forward to (time to start thinking about that base-insulated tower....) Lowbands dead quiet here, signals just "popped"; should have put a little more time in down there. TU Qs - 73 -Eric NO3M K3s + wire arrays (10-80M), top-loaded (sort-of) vertical (160M) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO5W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 94,526 K3/100, Dipoles at 25ft, CQ/X ver 1.7.9.7, Win7 This was a personal best for me in the January version of NAQP-CW. It was great to have 15m play a significant role in my score for a change. I had hoped from more production from 10m but maybe I went to 15m too soon. It's a rare year when 80m contributes more to the score than 40m but I just could not get much going on 40m. Maybe I should have stayed on 40m instead of taking time out to watch the fourth quarter of the Saints-49ers game. Glad I could come back to the radio and forget about how that game turned out:>( Got a chuckle out of the Tebows from CO. Also there seemed to be more than the usual number of Tims and Toms. Thanks for the QSOs and excellent operating by some outstanding CW ops. Hope to see everyone in the upcoming 160m contest from NX5M. 73/Chuck/NO5W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NP2X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 259,074 Fun contest! Score will be reduced a bit to correct for incorrectly logged QSOs caused by a CAT connection that failed on the mult radio. Thanks to KP2M (KT3Y) for use of station. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NQ2W Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 19,065 Ten-Tec Jupiter at 5W 10-20m 2-element mini-beam at 25 ft 40m Inverted Vee at 40 ft 80m Homebrew ground mounted, near bottom loaded vertical with too few radials! I'm figuring the conditions were pretty decent. Signals from all over NA and beyond were quite strong. Thanks to everyone that heard my QRP signal and put me in their log - I appreciate your good ears. Looking forward to August... 73, Will NQ2W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NW2K Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 75,192 90W, matchbox, inverted V and L at 50 feet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX5M Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,800 Out of town for a family gathering but did manage to get on from my little pistol station in town once we got back to hand out a few qsos. Noisy at this qth and only wires to use. Managed to make two qsos on 160m with my 20 foot high 80m dipole running QRP. I could not believe that station in Alabama actually heard me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2WA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 144,396 SO1R Thanks for the QSO's. Improved my last year result by almost 40%! There was a good activity from QC in this contest. 73! Victor VA2WA / VA2WDQ http://www.contestgroupduquebec.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3ATT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 85,738 It was a good propagation this time. FT1000MP Mark V, Vertical 7-28mHz, LW 3.5, 1.8mHz. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DF Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 73,008 More qsos than last year, more mults and also more fun! Was disappointed with 10 and 15 (but not really surprised) - not much to work other than West Coast stations. 20 wasn't great but once I hit 40 things got a lot better real fast! 80 was pretty much as expected, always difficult with qrp but I found 160 to be in great shape! Probably a combination of good condx and the new 160 antenna I installed last Summer. Hadn't had a chance to really give it a good work out in a contest until now, but was muchly(?) impressed with its performance. Thanks for all the qsos. As usual, it's a jungle out there when you run qrp! 73, Doug VA3DF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3EC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 116,235 Santa left me a Flex 3000 under the tree, this was my first contest using it. Very nice receiver, some challenges with window focus. I would start to enter a call after a band change and having forgot to return focus to N1MM, I did wierd thanks with the single key stroke commands in the Flex. The K6TD FlexControl knob avoided a lot of challenges. It was facinating to see the phase noise skirts on some of the signals but not on others. The receiver is important but it does'nt matter if there is nasty carries out there! Tim Tebow of the Denver Bronco's has fans in Amateur Radio, however his team was hammered yesterday. Thanks for the q's! Good fun! Harry VA3EC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3RKM Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 12,474 K2, 5w, verticals and wires. Always pleasant to work with QRP in a contest that has a 100w limit. Thanks for the fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3WR Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,020 only had a hour or so to get on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 153,000 Found 80M and 40M weaker than last year, and 15M and 10M weren't nearly as strong as I had expected. Taking my 2 hours off was like figuring out a jigsaw puzzle. Took half an hour in the mid-afternoon (2212z). I stayed on 20M longer than I intended, before heading to 40M at 0030z for half an hour then taking a 1.5 hour break. By the time I got back on at 0247z, 40M was toast and I only had 87 Qs and 34 mults there (vs. 157Qs and 42 mults last year). Ouch. 80M was in rough shape most of the night, but improved a bit in the final hour or so. Managed to just squeak past 100Qs there, but it was hard work. Last year, I had 171 Qs and 43 mults on 80, so that band just wasn't as strong tonight. I guess a lot of ops ran straight through and skipped the last couple of hours, as activity was much thinner after 0400z. 160M was slightly better, with 13 more contacts and one extra mult over last year. Didn't expect to get much at all there with just a few short radials for the 160M inverted-L. A fix is in the works, come springtime. Ended up pushing my best-ever 2011 score by 23,000 points, 14 mults and 63 QSOs. Had expected more, but the low bands were the difference, dragging me down :) Sure was fun during daylight from here. Happy to finally reach 200 mults in this event. Also happy with what the 3-element Steppir + 40 dipole managed at 27' -- makes me wonder what it would have done with the tower cranked up. Will have to try that next time if the wind doesn't blow. Now for some rest and some NFL action on Sunday. -- Bud VA7ST http://www.orcadxcc.org http://www.va7st.ca/home.html Year Qs Mults Score January NAQP CW ======================== 2012: 765 200 153,000 2011: 702 186 130,572 2010: 735 164 120,540 2009: 687 171 117,477 2008: 646 149 96,254 2007: 587 143 83,941 2006: 737 172 126,764 2005: -- -- -- 2004: 206 62 12,772 2003: 412 147 60,564 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 27,900 Very part time effort - still recovering from severe cold. City noises are killing this hobby... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GFN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 108,402 ALL 'PERSONAL BEST' EFFORTS IN THIS CONTEST HAVE BEEN ECLIPSED! FINISHED OFF THE CONTEST WITH A RUN THAT LASTED 2 HOURS ON 80M, AND TOOK ME WELL BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GTC Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 19,600 Bands were fair. 10 was disappointing, only Western US stations and not useable for very long. Nice to hear stations without the BIG s9+++ signals with amplifiers. QRP can sometimes be a struggle with many repeats. I had an inordinate number of repeats for my name. Perhaps I will use something a bit easier to copy through the noise and weak signal next time. cheers, Graham ve3gtc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3HG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 5,400 Still setting up the Flex 1500 station. New I7 PC running around 2% :) Noticed VA3EC's new Flex 3000 (He's 360 meters north of me) amazingly cleaner on xmit than previous well-known contest radio. Didn't know he was on unless he was within 5KHz and even then signal very clean. Used N1MM for first time in manual entree mode and worked fine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 14,104 Just had under 3 hours to participate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 175,112 Thanks for all the Qs. Tony ve3rz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7WO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,334 Part time effort here. Spent the first 2 hours training a newer cw op by letting him observe some search and pounce and trying to get him to copy down some of the calls and exchanges of the guys running. He's gone and ordered an interface for his radio..... maybe have another budding contester on the air soon. Thanks to all who called. 73 Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9AA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 104,650 Hit the ground running (late) as we had company. I don't think 10m was any better 23 minutes earlier @ the opening gun. What a difference 20 or 30 sunspots make, eh? 10m was flat...Even N4BP in FLA was barely 519....a month or two ago he would've been 30/9 in my car. Gah....sunspots 15m was "OK"-ish...had a number or requests to QSY to 10m and think I may have worked one of the many that requested. Sorry guys. 10m was flat up here and closes earlier than out west....after a while I just stopped taking QSY requests for 10m. Later on, I did accomodate requests for 40-80 & 160m Rest of the bands so-so....80m kinda came alive at one point, then went all hollow so I went to 160m where it was better, but fewer stns. (just can't win, hi) Quiet in the shack (no amp fans...heck, no amps!)_ Folks were generally well behaved and hardly heard an amplifier. Did hear one or two amps from stations running, so can either assume they: A) didn't read the rules B) Sending a check log C) well, you know....leave that one to your imagination. Participation good. I think this was my best score in this one. Had a laugh at some of the names being tossed around as it certainly keeps one on their toes. HI ! Wire Ground-Planes for all bands. 100w-IC-746 250Hz filter N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 153,000 No S&P - Received only a couple of requests for QSY which I did. Most worked state (by far) TN. Hope I was a mult for a few. May try a bit on SSB but prefer CW. If any of you need other bands, just ask... Thanks to all that called. Log already on LOTW and so far over 280 matches. 73 Andy (VE9DX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,974 All S & P to fly the flag from VY2-land.73,Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 207,900 Got an unavoidable late start, then had a half hour phone call early on so missed most of the 10m opening. The mult count is down a bit, but the 100+ rates the entire 10 hours were really fun. Overall I worked 616 unique stations. I worked 26 stations on 4 bands and 9 stations on 5 bands : K2TJ, K7NV, N3ZZ, N6RT, NC4KW, NK7U, NO3M, W9RE and N5KO. Mults missed on all bands included HI AK WY ND NT NU YT. I had one station whose call I didn't recognize who evidentally couldn't hear the first dah in my name and asked for a number of repeats. Finally, he sent TNX SOB. I hand-keyed it really slowly and he finally got it! Great to work you all in 2012. Here's to many more Qs ... 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0DLE Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 533,610 Thanks to Chuck, Geo, and Dave for coming up. We had a good time and it was a pleasure having these top notch contesters operate my station. Low bands were really great. Some interaction between 10/15 caused us to abandon 10 meters a little early, but 15 and 20 were hot for quite some time. 40 opened rather early. Both 80 and 160 were a pleasure to operate with the very low noise floor. Worked a number of other GMCCers. This was my first M/2 here and I think my computers may not be fast enough for the more animated and aggressive ops (you know who you are,BMD). The best part of having these guys up here was getting feedback and improvement ideas for the station and operations. See you next year. Chuck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ERP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 22,116 Team Mille Lacs well I packed up the IC-756 the mobile tuner 200 ft of coax and the g5rv and headed north up hwy 169 drove around lake Mille Lacs to the cabin in Aikin, MN. Got the antenna up between to trees about 25ft off the ground lit the wood stove and worked the contest. lots of fun. 10 meters was dead. All s&p cw skills not good enough to run. 80 meters is quiet up north away from the city. w0erp Patrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ETT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 78,822 Pretty good condx most bands! The name "Tebow" was kind of fun to use, but it was a bit hard hard to get across sometimes requiring several repeats. But, most folks figured out the name and either give me a "Hi", go "Pats", or more rarely said go "Broncos" - TNX to the Floridians from Tebow's home state!. Since the Broncos lost, I'll be glad to switch back to my own name for the SSB NAQP! - Pretty good band condx; nice to have all 6 bands operational thanks to the better solar cycle improved conditions. 73 Ken, W0ETT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PAN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,570 Fun but a stretch for still very rusty CW skills. Thanks to all the great ops who pulled me through the QRM - am amazed with the FT2000D and the results achieved with it. The G5RV on the house roof on 80 manages to trip the GFI on the electric panel when I tune up - time for some electrical upgrade! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,378 Band conditions varied, but improved as the contest continued. I didn't hear much on 10 meters and I didn't work 40 meters. I had put my 80 meter dipole back up on Saturday afternoon with the help of a couple friends. Twenty was the "money" band for me and I had some good runs. But, due to earlier plans, I was only able to operate a total of 5 hours. This is a fun contest and the length is ideal because you don't have to live in the chair for 48 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ZA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 135,976 This is always a fun contest. Using TEBOW for the name was fun, had a few comments, mostly good. 10 meters was not as good a month ago, but still a few qso's to be had. Thanks to all the GMCCer's who worked me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1AJT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 11,520 K3 to 43' Vertical / 160m "L" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1END Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,693 At first I thought most everyone was absent then things picked up and it turned out to be a very good contest. Great conditions and activity. Was hoping to work more nearby stations on 40M but it seemed to stay long the whole time. Nice to see 10M and 15M with us. Also hoping for a sweep of US states but missed a couple in midwest and RI, our neighbor. Went to bed around 0300 UT when there were not many new ones for my S & P activity. Some interesting names out there; I'm getting fewer requests for repeats of my name (Eldon). When I first tried this activity about 10 years ago my name was unfamiliar. I thought I would use El but that would probably be copied as Al and cause more confusion. Nuff said. Thanks to all, I had a great time. Eldon - W1END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1NN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 142,350 Operated remote from my Tokyo apartment. Had to get up before 3 AM to start on time. The connection was quite stable with only the occasional burp requiring a repeat. Unfortunately, the main antenna is something of a compromise and was especially poor on 20 where only the loud stations could hear me. I spent too much time there and had to play catch up during the last half of the contest. The west coast was real loud on 10 but not much else and my 10 meter mult total is really poor. 40 was great early in the evening and 80 was super for the last 5 hours of the contest. Total Q count is about 100 less than the last time I operated the January NAQP two years ago, but very happy to be able to operate at all thanks to Remote Rig. Thanks to the sponsors for one of the best contests of all and to all of you for the contacts. Planning to operate from Saipan NH0J in the CQWWDX 160 CW. 73, Hal W1NN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,840 Didn't expect to spend much time. I watched football. The Tebow's must be sad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,185 Got on for an hour before the football games. Excited to see both my teams- 49ers and Patriots- both win, now on to next week! K3 G5RV Jr up 50ft Thanks to all that heard me. A bigger thanks to those that answered my CQs on 20M. Dennis W1UE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 231,768 What a great time. Awesome. The TIC ring rotor on the HF beam doesnt work and it is not easy to tur so stayed pretty much stayed around 270 degrees. I used the ZEPP Dipole through the tuner a whole bunch. The Icom stopped producing 100w and was around 50 after I moved to 40m.... let the smoke out.... The high bands were the downfall with low rates when they were involved, and me figuring out to make a change earlier will get more QSOs next time. Interesting no Tebow names exchanged after ~0130z??? Thanks for the QSOs, and wonderful event! Jay Icom 756p2 K3 4el Steppir @75' fixed ~270 deg 2el 40m Moxon ~90' 40m Extended Double Zepp through tuner for all bands. 80m Inverted vee with 65' apex Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: W1UJ CONTEST: NAQP-CW CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL LOW CW OPERATORS: W1UJ -------------- 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 0 53 25 78 78 7.5 1900 0 0 0 59 20 14 93 171 16.4 2000 0 0 0 55 51 0 106 277 26.5 2100 0 0 12 40 23 0 75 352 33.7 2200 0 0 94 34 0 0 128 480 46.0 2300 0 0 52 49 0 0 101 581 55.7 0000 0 0 52 14 0 0 66 647 62.0 0100 0 98 27 1 0 0 126 773 74.0 0200 25 50 37 0 0 0 112 885 84.8 0300 54 41 18 0 0 0 113 998 95.6 0400 21 24 1 0 0 0 46 1044 100.0 0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1044 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 100 213 293 252 147 39 1044 Gross QSOs=1051 Dupes=7 Net QSOs=1044 Unique callsigns worked = 619 The best 60 minute rate was 139/hour from 0107 to 0206 The best 30 minute rate was 156/hour from 0109 to 0138 The best 10 minute rate was 192/hour from 0115 to 0124 The best 1 minute rates were: 5 QSOs/minute 1 times. 4 QSOs/minute 19 times. 3 QSOs/minute 104 times. 2 QSOs/minute 231 times. 1 QSOs/minute 189 times. There were 414 bandchanges and 209 (20.0%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 4 635 5 335 6 71 7 3 ------------ M u l t i p l i e r S u m m a r y ------------ Mult 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- CA 0 1 16 35 29 7 88 8.4 TX 2 8 16 21 24 7 78 7.5 TN 2 15 17 16 0 0 50 4.8 MN 3 12 15 11 5 0 46 4.4 ON 12 15 13 2 2 0 44 4.2 IL 1 9 17 15 0 0 42 4.0 FL 0 7 11 15 7 0 40 3.8 GA 6 10 11 12 1 0 40 3.8 PA 8 14 12 3 1 0 38 3.6 OH 6 11 15 6 0 0 38 3.6 CO 0 3 6 11 9 5 34 3.3 AL 3 8 8 11 0 0 30 2.9 NY 6 11 5 2 4 0 28 2.7 NC 6 8 10 3 0 0 27 2.6 WI 2 4 13 5 2 0 26 2.5 VA 5 8 12 1 0 0 26 2.5 AZ 0 0 5 10 7 3 25 2.4 WA 0 0 4 10 4 1 19 1.8 NJ 4 6 4 4 1 0 19 1.8 IA 1 2 6 5 3 1 18 1.7 MI 3 5 8 2 0 0 18 1.7 IN 1 4 7 6 0 0 18 1.7 MD 4 5 7 0 1 0 17 1.6 MO 1 2 4 5 4 0 16 1.5 KS 0 2 3 4 6 0 15 1.4 NM 0 1 2 5 2 3 13 1.2 OR 0 1 1 2 6 3 13 1.2 LA 0 3 1 3 6 0 13 1.2 MT 1 2 4 2 0 3 12 1.1 MA 3 4 3 2 0 0 12 1.1 AR 1 2 2 2 4 0 11 1.1 MS 2 2 2 2 3 0 11 1.1 QC 4 2 5 0 0 0 11 1.1 KY 1 3 6 1 0 0 11 1.1 NH 2 4 2 1 0 0 9 0.9 OK 0 1 3 1 3 0 8 0.8 UT 0 1 1 4 1 1 8 0.8 CT 1 4 0 0 1 1 7 0.7 DE 2 1 1 0 1 1 6 0.6 SC 1 3 0 2 0 0 6 0.6 RI 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 0.5 NV 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.5 ID 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 0.5 NB 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 0.5 WY 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0.4 KP2 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.4 WV 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.4 NS 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 SD 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.3 ME 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.3 BC 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2 DX 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.2 ND 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 MB 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.2 AB 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 SK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 NE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 VT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 100 213 293 252 147 39 1044 ------------ E x c h a n g e S u m m a r y ------------------ Exchange 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------------- AL 2 3 4 2 1 1 13 1.2 ALAN 2 1 2 1 0 1 7 0.7 ALEX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 ANDY 2 3 1 4 2 0 12 1.1 ANNA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 ART 2 5 4 2 3 1 17 1.6 BARRY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 BART 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 BEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 BERT 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 BILL 1 4 5 4 5 1 20 1.9 BOB 6 9 16 14 9 5 59 5.7 BRAD 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 BRIAN 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.4 BROCK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 BRUCE 0 1 1 2 2 1 7 0.7 BRYCE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 BUD 1 1 3 2 2 0 9 0.9 BULL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 CARL 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0.3 CARMEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 CAROL 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.4 CHARLIE 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 0.6 CHAS 1 2 3 2 1 1 10 1.0 CHAZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 CHRIS 0 1 2 0 2 0 5 0.5 CHUCK 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.5 CLAUDE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 CLINT 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 CORK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 CRAIG 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.3 DALE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 DAN 2 1 3 5 2 0 13 1.2 DANA 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.2 DAVE 2 9 7 10 5 1 34 3.3 DENNIS 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.3 DERN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 DICK 1 3 2 6 3 2 17 1.6 DOC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 DON 0 7 6 4 2 0 19 1.8 DOUG 1 0 3 1 1 0 6 0.6 DUANE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 DUCK 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 DUKE 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 ED 2 3 6 6 4 1 22 2.1 ERIC 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.3 ERNIE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 EVAN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 FRANK 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0.3 FRED 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 GARY 1 3 2 2 2 0 10 1.0 GATOR 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.5 GENE 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.4 GEO 0 1 4 3 2 1 11 1.1 GEOFF 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.2 GEORGE 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 GLEN 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.3 GORD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 GORDON 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.3 GREG 2 3 1 2 0 0 8 0.8 GUY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2 HAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.2 HANK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 HARRY 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.3 HUD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 HUNT 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.3 IAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 IRA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 IZ 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.2 J 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 JACK 1 2 5 3 1 1 13 1.2 JAMES 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 JANICE 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 JAY 1 2 2 3 2 0 10 1.0 JEAN 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.2 JEFF 3 2 2 1 0 0 8 0.8 JERRY 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0.3 JIM 2 7 17 13 5 0 44 4.2 JOE 2 3 5 2 3 1 16 1.5 JOEL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 JOHN 7 12 22 15 6 0 62 5.9 JON 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.3 JULES 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 JY 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 KAM 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 KARL 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 KAZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 KEITH 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 KEN 3 2 5 5 1 2 18 1.7 KENNY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 KENT 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.3 KERRY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 KIRK 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 KURT 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 LARRY 1 3 0 4 1 0 9 0.9 LARS 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.3 LEE 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.4 LEO 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0.6 LEX 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.3 LL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 LON 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 LOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 MAC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 MAL 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.2 MARK 2 4 8 4 2 1 21 2.0 MARKO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 MARSH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 MARTIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 MARV 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.3 MATT 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.4 MAX 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.2 MEL 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 MICHAEL 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 MIKE 6 10 9 5 1 0 31 3.0 MITCH 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 MORK 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2 NATE 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.2 NED 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 NICK 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 0.5 NN 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.2 NORM 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.2 PAT 2 7 3 5 2 1 20 1.9 PAUL 3 3 3 4 1 0 14 1.3 PAULA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 PETE 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 PETER 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.4 PHIL 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 0.5 RALPH 1 2 1 1 0 0 5 0.5 RANDY 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0.4 RAY 1 3 3 3 3 0 13 1.2 RED 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 REED 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 RENE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 REX 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 RICH 0 3 1 1 1 0 6 0.6 RICK 2 1 3 1 1 1 9 0.9 RILEY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 ROB 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 0.6 ROD 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 ROGER 1 2 3 1 2 1 10 1.0 ROLAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 ROLF 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 RON 0 5 5 6 4 0 20 1.9 ROSE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 ROY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 RUSS 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 0.5 SAM 1 2 1 0 2 0 6 0.6 SCOTT 0 1 4 2 1 0 8 0.8 SCOTTY 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.2 SEJO 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 SERGE 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 SHEL 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2 SKIP 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 STAN 1 1 3 1 0 0 6 0.6 STEVE 2 9 11 6 4 0 32 3.1 STU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 SYL 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 TEBOW 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 0.5 TED 1 4 2 1 0 0 8 0.8 TERRY 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.3 TIM 1 2 3 5 1 0 12 1.1 TODD 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 TOM 2 9 12 11 6 2 42 4.0 TONY 1 1 1 1 2 0 6 0.6 TOR 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.5 TREY 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.4 TY 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.4 TYE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 VAN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 VIC 1 2 2 3 3 1 12 1.1 VITOR 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.2 VLAD 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0.3 WALT 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 0.6 WARD 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 WAYNE 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0.4 WILL 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 0.6 ZIG 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Call Areas Worked Area QSOs Pct -------------------- 0 145 13.9 1 47 4.5 2 68 6.5 3 71 6.8 4 184 17.6 5 123 11.8 6 79 7.6 7 84 8.0 8 63 6.0 9 105 10.1 -------------------- Total 969 92.8 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 352 2 bands 151 3 bands 82 4 bands 27 5 bands 6 6 bands 1 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: NI0R ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 27 63 113 86 57 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1VE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 9,112 I was working around the house getting ready to go over to K1IR's and watch the Pats game later in the day, but thought I'd get on and give out a few QSOs. I was using my 756 Pro to wires with N1MM. A Dit Matters... I'm amazed at the number of experienced CW ops in this contest who did copy my call sign correctly, and who relied too heavily on the "friends" file to get an exchange. Both Dennis, W1UE, and myself, Gerry, W1VE were on for this contest. Probably 25 people (!) had my call as W1UE, even though I was loud to them (sigs > S9) and I sent my call sign from N1MM (And I even checked with a 2nd RX to make sure my CW was not clipping or something). When I corrected them on the call sign, it took them a long time to correct my name/state, etc. Have we forgotten our CW Skills?? 73, Gerry, W1VE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1WBB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 20,532 Very part-time...Just a few hours on between the out-of-town contest club meeting and NFL football. Too tired to return to the fray for last few hours. Got a chuckle when I heard/worked my first W-Zero named "Tebow"...believe us New Englanders got the last laugh though...Patriots 45, Broncos 10! Made quite a few QSYs on request ... only some successful with 15m and 10m having died out early here. DX worked: NP2 and XE2 for mults/points; PY2 for points only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2EG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 105,544 My goal was to beat 100K, which I did. 80 and 40 were in good shape; 10 was hardly worth the time; 20 1nd 15 were disappointing. Had some nice runs on 80 and 40. Enjoyed! Nice to hear the familiar calls. Thanks for the Q's! 73, -Rich, W2EG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2GB Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 70,980 The radio had issues talking with N1MM. Switched to a slower machine and all was well. Should have gotten on 10m a bit earlier than I did. Thanks to Jay W1UJ for setting up the teams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2OWL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 23,200 I had a "HOOT" with HOOT. An XE station found it quite amusing, but his name was LOCO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2TX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 127,269 The high bands were a disappointment, but the low bands were quiet here for a change! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4BQF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 134,268 Really neat contest - the participation was excellent and the bands were in very good shape. I had unexpected family visitors so could not do the full 10 hours but for 8 hours it sure was fun! Thanks for the Q's! 73, Tom - W4BQF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4KAZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 64,480 Conditions here seemed good. After about 3:00pm local, 20m started to go short and seemed to be open to everywhere in North America at once. Worked TX, CA, NY, SK and SC almost back to back right before I took a dinner break at 4:45pm local. Murphy showed his face in the form of a broken headphone jack on the homebrew SO2R headphone audio jack, which I broke at 1805z. Better to log Q's than pull the box from the patch cord rats nest, so that fix has to wait. So no S&P2R. :( Unable to get runs on 10m or 15m. 20m run was decent. Should have started on 20m and migrated to 40m much earlier. 40m was long by the time I got there, moved down to 80m after short 40m pass. 80m was pretty good, nice and quiet here in the KazShack. Nice 80m run, and the 80m S&P was a blast. 160m was also nice and quiet, with good signals. Too bad condx were not as good as that for Stew Perry. But still only half as many Q's as the Top Gunz......and it is certain THAT ain't because of Murphy. 73 es tnx fer q's and fills de w4kaz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4MJA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 46,224 2nd time operating this contest and I beat my previous score by a landslide. Still, after looking at other's numbers and scores, I have some things to work on in order to be competitive. I need to work on my CW! I must have asked 85 percent of my contacts for repeats - unacceptable. I'm excellent up to 25WPM, but somehow I can't seem to make my way to 30WPM. Guess some more casual op time is in order. I'll echo what others have said - I spent way to much time on 10 and 15. Spent the first two hours moving back and forth between 15 and 10. I called CQ about 99 percent of the contest and I never really got an above 40 rate run going until 2 hours into it when I went to 20M. SO2R would have been helpful in this one to produce a better score, but I think I still have to learn how to better work one radio. Any pointers would be appreciated! 40 noise was way down to the point where I thought something wasn't right with the antenna. 80 was FB after 00:30, and 160 seemed okay here, but the antenna still needs more radials. More time should have been spent on 20M, and I took my break exactly at the wrong times - 23:00 thru 00:30. Also took the last 30 minutes off which seems like not a bad way to end it. I wanted to do so much better in this one, but when I look back on it, I gave it my best effort. All I can say to the folks who are in the 750+ QSO range - How do you do that? See you all in the next contest I'm home for! FT-1000MP w/Inrad, Nye Viking MB-VA, N1MM (Think I like Wirtelog better!), and all wires. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4NF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 113,568 I guess I should have read the rules a little more closely. For some reason I had in my mind that this contest did not include 160, which I know was the case for the RTTY RU last weekend, so I never went to 160. So I misssed some easy Qs and Mults there. Lesson learned - read the rules. Anyways, I had some good runs and I think I'll run this contest in the future as it was quite fun and I like the 10 hour format. 73, Jack W4NF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4RK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 53,868 Part time effort ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4SVO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 6,318 I was hoping to operate full time, but as usual other things got in the way. I also have a plus 40 over S9 line noise which started about a month ago right before xmas. FPL came out and is suppose to fix one pole soon, hopefully. They said another pole had just been fixed. If I can not have this fixed it looks like no CQ WW 160 Contests. Will be first time in years I will not be able to operate. Mark W4SVO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4UCZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 52,626 People like me with low-power, low-skill, low-antenna stations really appreciate the NAQP. There's always someone to work on some band and you can always spend a low-pressure afternoon just rambling along S&P'ing from band to band without worrying about being barbecued by the high-power flamethrowers calling on top of you. Big fun for little stations. If you've ever wondered if your antenna system is doing you any good just take a look at my totals. I run a K3 into a 55' roll of Radio Shack hookup wire dropped out the window and tossed over a tree limb at 10' on all bands 160 to 6. If you're doing worse than my Denominator of Deficiency then you've *really* got antenna problems (hi). Thanks to all. See you next time. 73, Mark, W4UCZ Atlanta ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4VIC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 40,217 Thanks for the Qs. 73, Vic, W4VIC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZGR Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,218 K3 5 Watts Attic Dipole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5JR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 12,166 Great contest (for me) to practice CQ'ing. Some of the names were interesting, like a CO station - "TEBOW". I'm still caught off guard by the YL/XYL names. I noticed on the spectrum picture, the station count seemed to drop after 11pm as I expect many that started early got close to their 10 hr limit. Once again, my antennas showed I'm more competitive on 160 & 80 than 20 and above, although, the band was almost gone on 15 and really long on 20 when I got in the seat. 40m was packed and few answered my CQ. 80m folks came by to answer, including several long time friends I haven't worked in years, if ever, on CW. IC-756 ProII, OCF @ 50' (for stateside), 160m Inv L, N1MM and most important, conrbread and milk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5MX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 256,680 I believe this may have been a personal best. Didn't apply for any team effort with the club (TCG) as I was supposed to work most of the day. Finished up early and still had time for the contest! Thanks for all the Qs! Bryan W5MX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5PG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 51,205 All band 50 foot dipoles @ 27 feet are murder on 80M. However, I am lucky to have it. Nice quiet band conditions and I really enjoyed spending the time with such a great group of contesters. Very much more rewarding than the summer event for me. I would like to thank everyone for hosting this event. Please credit my score to DFW Contest Group, Team 3 Best, Chas W5PG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5WMU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 209,521 10 and 15 were only S@P from here..73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6KY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 89,420 All Search & Pounce except for about 1/2 hour of futile CQ'ing. My antenna farm (Ground mounted GAP Vertical) doesn't allow me to punch a hole or keep a frequency. Managed to get in about 8 hours or less between other scheduled events. Bands were in better than the past shape. Finally making 5 band Q's. Thanks W5MX, K9NR and of course W9RE. States: Missed ND, SD and Nebraska(?)...VE3's out in full force as usual. CU in the CW Sprint. Never learned the phone! RIG: ICOM IC-756PROII GAP Challenger (gnd mounted) N1MM (flawless) 73, Art W6KY www.w6ky.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6NF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 83,803 My best ever in a CW NAQP. Surprised at the lack of 1st call area stations and absence of AK...never even heard one! When 80 became deserted I knew I had to do something on 160, so I set up my antenna tuner on the 80-meter vertical. Good move! Some nice Qs and very important mults on a marginal antenna. Sorry about the stations I could not pull out of my horrendous line noise on TB. All in all that was fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ONV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 31,753 Thankfully I had the day off from work and committed to a full effort in the NAQP. While I didn’t draw up any goals, I did use the 2010 NAQP results as a benchmark of what I wanted to achieve. Early on I figure 400 QSOs would be possible, but as the day wore on I realized I was going to fall short. Unlike 2010, I was able to start the contest, which made the difference this year. When the clock struck 1800z I started off on 20M. Unfortunately CW is not my strongest mode, but one I thoroughly enjoy so my full effort was all S & P. While 20M was productive, it would be 15M that accounted for the bulk of my QSOs the first 2 hours. I also experienced a first for me and my station, as I was able to achieve 3 straight hours of a rate over 40/min, topping at at 50/min at 20z! I know this is small potatoes for those experienced CW operators who run a frequency. 10M seemed to be short lived as I made just 17 contacts during 19z and 21z, 13 of which were multipliers. At 21z, 15M seemed to slow down, but 20M picked up, which is where I remained until the sun set. I also took a few 30 minute breaks at 22z and 00z. In hindsight, I should have stuck around at 22z as another 40 rate might have been possible. 20M was also my “money band” with 135 QSO and 43 multipliers. During my second 30 minute break I had to get the manuals to the SteppIR BigIR out and make sure everything was connected correctly as I could not hear anything on the vertical. While I didn’t open the antenna, I did home the element in hopes of making sure the element was the correct length for the band selected. What I did realize was the PL-259 connector on the coax running to the SteppIR is bad. I had to wiggle the connector until I could get it to a point that allowed me to hear the band. Unfortunately that was only have the problem. While the propagation had improved slightly leading up to the weekend I had a solid S7-S8 noise on 40M when I made the move (probably too early) at 00z. After wiggling my connector, I decided to connect it directly to the transceiver, which made no difference. Frustrated I decided to take another break. After 30 minutes to collect myself I returned, but was frustrated at the pace of the S & P, which yielded approximately 35 QSOs over the next 90 minutes. I could see my goal of even 300 slipping away. Being more frustrated that enjoying my radio I made the decision to shut the shack down at 02z. Before I did, I was able to make only a single contact on 80m with Jack, KF6T. I thought 40M was bad, but I was either real early on 80M or had further antenna issues, as I could not hear anyone. Instead of riding out the struggling for the next 2.5 hours I thought it would be better for my sanity if I accepted my 281 QSOs and went to build Legos with my son. My final tally was 281 QSOs, 113 MULTS for 281 points and a final score of 31,753. This would be a 33% increase in contacts and multipliers from my 2010 effort and a scoring increase of 17,803 points or 56%. Anyway I look at it the contest was a success for me and my station. I still call into question my low band antenna, which is really beginning to cause frustration when the sun goes down. I might need to inquire with the brain trust of the NCCC. Being confined to a small backyard, even the 1500 feet of copper radials I have might not be enough to get the signal I desire. The inability to get wires in the air due to no trees also could be an issue. Single band efforts during daylight hours might be more worthwhile if the low bands continue to be an issue, it will depend on the contest. More at www.the6thfloor.com Steve W6ONV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 405,270 Thanks again to Jim, W6YI for the use of his station. Everything worked great. This is by far the most q's I have ever had in the CW version. Its nice to see the increase in participation. Congrats to N9RV, KL9A, N5KO and N2IC for some great scores. I will definately be back for more next year. Statistics below for those that are interested. 73, Dan N6MJ Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV http://bit.ly/cabstat CONTEST: NAQP-CW CALLSIGN: W6YI CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE OPERATORS: N6MJ -------------- 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 1 78 96 175 175 12.3 1900 0 0 0 6 113 51 170 345 24.3 2000 0 0 0 33 78 19 130 475 33.4 2100 1 1 1 65 40 17 125 600 42.2 2200 0 0 0 30 36 2 68 668 47.0 2300 0 0 44 81 16 0 141 809 56.9 0000 0 0 88 58 0 0 146 955 67.2 0100 0 33 82 8 0 0 123 1078 75.8 0200 11 66 69 0 0 0 146 1224 86.1 0300 8 24 21 0 0 0 53 1277 89.8 0400 51 45 0 0 0 0 96 1373 96.6 0500 24 25 0 0 0 0 49 1422 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 95 194 305 282 361 185 1422 Gross QSOs=1431 Dupes=9 Net QSOs=1422 Unique callsigns worked = 718 The best 60 minute rate was 176/hour from 1827 to 1926 The best 30 minute rate was 190/hour from 1800 to 1829 The best 10 minute rate was 210/hour from 1801 to 1810 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSOs/minute 2 times. 5 QSOs/minute 22 times. 4 QSOs/minute 71 times. 3 QSOs/minute 159 times. 2 QSOs/minute 208 times. 1 QSOs/minute 123 times. There were 731 bandchanges and 391 (27.5%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 4 857 5 475 6 86 7 3 8 1 ------------ 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 26 37 26 15 14 8 126 8.9 TX 6 14 24 27 28 0 99 7.0 TN 4 8 15 10 20 20 77 5.4 ON 1 2 13 13 18 16 63 4.4 MN 5 7 10 12 22 4 60 4.2 IL 3 7 14 11 14 8 57 4.0 OH 1 7 9 10 10 12 49 3.4 GA 3 7 9 6 13 10 48 3.4 PA 1 9 8 6 12 9 45 3.2 NY 0 3 8 9 15 7 42 3.0 AL 3 5 9 6 12 6 41 2.9 VA 0 3 9 10 11 8 41 2.9 WI 2 1 4 4 16 12 39 2.7 FL 1 1 10 9 8 10 39 2.7 OR 6 7 8 11 4 2 38 2.7 MA 0 4 8 7 11 4 34 2.4 CO 1 9 12 9 1 0 32 2.3 NC 1 3 6 6 7 5 28 2.0 IN 3 1 7 3 5 9 28 2.0 AZ 6 10 7 1 3 1 28 2.0 WA 3 4 8 10 2 1 28 2.0 MI 1 0 4 4 6 8 23 1.6 MD 0 2 5 6 5 4 22 1.5 IA 1 2 5 6 6 1 21 1.5 NJ 1 2 4 5 7 1 20 1.4 KY 1 3 4 2 5 2 17 1.2 LA 0 1 5 2 8 1 17 1.2 KS 2 4 3 2 5 0 16 1.1 CT 0 2 4 3 6 1 16 1.1 MO 1 2 2 4 7 0 16 1.1 MS 2 4 2 3 2 2 15 1.1 QC 0 1 3 3 6 2 15 1.1 NH 0 0 4 4 5 2 15 1.1 OK 0 2 4 5 3 0 14 1.0 NM 2 4 5 2 1 0 14 1.0 AR 1 2 3 2 5 0 13 0.9 MT 2 3 2 3 1 1 12 0.8 WV 0 2 3 2 3 0 10 0.7 SC 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 0.6 DX 0 0 2 4 2 1 9 0.6 BC 0 0 1 3 4 0 8 0.6 NV 2 1 1 1 2 1 8 0.6 NB 0 1 1 2 3 1 8 0.6 RI 0 1 1 1 3 1 7 0.5 ID 1 0 1 2 1 1 6 0.4 ME 0 1 1 2 2 0 6 0.4 SK 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0.4 NS 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.3 DE 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.3 SD 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.3 UT 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0.3 AB 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.3 WY 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0.3 NE 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.2 MB 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.2 VT 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.1 ND 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1 HI 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1 PEI 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 AK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 95 194 305 282 361 185 1422 U.S. Call Areas Worked Area QSOs Pct -------------------- 0 176 12.4 1 91 6.4 2 93 6.5 3 90 6.3 4 238 16.7 5 162 11.4 6 116 8.2 7 113 7.9 8 82 5.8 9 146 10.3 -------------------- Total 1307 91.9 Multi-band QSOs --------------- 1 bands 343 2 bands 175 3 bands 115 4 bands 52 5 bands 22 6 bands 11 The following stations were worked on 6 bands: K4RO K2RD AD4EB NA0N WQ5L N4OGW K6NR N2NC N9RV K7ZSD N6ND ------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------ Band 160 80 40 20 15 10 ---------------------------------------------- QSOs 10 40 74 75 113 31 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7RN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 289,978 K3 x 2, Microham u2R, Writelog 11 160 - 1/4 Wave Vert, 2 x DXE RX 4 Square 80 - Dipole @ 120', Phased Ground Planes 40 - 4el @ 70', 2el @120' 20 - 6el @ 140', 5el @85' 15 - 6el @ 40', 6el @ 40' 10 - 6el @ 30', 6el @ 30', 2 x Sterba Curtain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 31,414 Fun, but too much football. Thanks for the Q's and 73 Tom W7WHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8FN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 130,830 Given the antenna situation here, I'm mostly pleased with this running of the contest. I did fall short of my goal of 800 QSOs. I didn't get started until 1940Z and by then there was almost nothing on 10. 20 offered some good rate for a couple of hours. I probably went to 40 a bit late and 40 seemed to peter out very early, driving me to 80. 80 proved problematic. I could S&P OK, but when I tried to run I discovered something in the remote tuner for the tree-mounted Inverted L was getting hot and sending the VSWR through the roof. That one should be a **lot** of fun to find and fix! With this problem I had to content myself with S&P operation for the rest of the contest. I was surprised that anybody could hear me on 160, but most stations came right back when I called them. On to bigger and better results in the summer running. 73... Randy, W8FN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8WTS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 28,324 This was a small, part time, in and out, contest from my home station. It is always great fun to work old friends in NAQP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9ILY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 136,713 Great fun! The new antennas worked great. Thanks to all for the Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9RE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 294,060 Great activity, pretty good conditions and quite a few newbies! Since temperature has been in the teens, I've had a powerline noise of about 20 over 9 continuously on all bands. It warmed into the 20's yesterday and I didn't have any noise the whole contest-just can't figure that one out! Great top scores out there with super rates (that must have been a rush). Like people have said the NAQP CW is the best 2 radio contest going. Thanks to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 110,695 Sure was dissapointed in 10 and 15 this year. nice to see all the regulars still at it. Maybe SSB weekend will be better. 73 BoB WA1FCN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7LNW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 177,805 Go team...AOCC BUSHWHACKERS!!! Stayed in front of radio for full 10 hours. What a fun day! Antenna: HEX beam @ 82 ft.,40/80 meter inverted-v antennas at 70 ft. Radio: TS-480SAT @ 100 watts Software: N1MM, version 12.1.1 73's de Jack, WA7LNW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB6JJJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,000 Just a few hours after dark... Bill WB6JJJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC4J Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 4,416 got on for a few hours while waiting for a ride into town. Could of operated longer but got tired of high speed cw ops not slowing down so I could copy. And we wonder why new guys are not jumping in for cw contests?????? de WC4J Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC7Q Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 340 Operating from my RV in Yuma, Az. Only worked two WA station W7GKF and W6AEA. TS480sat, LDG Z11 PRO Tuner, Vertical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD0ECO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 45,934 I very much enjoyed my first NAQP. 73 de Mitch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD8RYC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,148 Had a great time. Thanks to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF7T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 110,252 Thanks to all for the Qs! Didn't think I would be able to prioritize a full effort but I shunned all my commitments to play in the contest. I am a bad man. As usual, my high band effort stunk except for 20M which was still pretty bad. 40M was great, going long about an hour past sunset here. 80 was also very productive. I was very pleased to have experienced several 240Q/hr peaks and had several hours averaging above 100 Qs. You may not think much of it but it was a blast considering my pipsqueak of a station. 160M was even pretty darned good even though I was lazy and only tuned up my doublet with the rig tuner. If I can tune it I will try it! I think I ended up with a personal best in this contest after all is said and done (at least before the log checkers check it.) Nice to hear many familiar calls near and far. Thanks for an enjoyable Saturday all! 73 Brad WF7T Nashville, TN --- IC7600@100W Doublets at 25-40ft N1MM v12.1.1, YCCC SO2R+ Broken second rig: SO1R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WI9WI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 68,101 Fifteen and especially 10 pretty much sucked here. The low bands were surprisingly good. K-3 C-3S at 30 ft 135 ft dipole at 25 ft Small rcv loop for low bands N1MM 73 Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ9B Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 171,666 First full contest in Idaho, on a small 40 foot tower, with Cushcraft A3 at 47 feet and a shorty forty at only 40 feet....one wire on 80 meters and 160 meters, apex only 35 feet. Still, what a blast! Thanks for the QSOs! 73, Will, wj9b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,666 With the help of K6NA - superconstructor, WB6BFG, Wild Bill - the innovator, KE6A, Steve and one of my son inlaws, Josh, we got the SteppIR DB18 up today just after it got dark here. I just called for the couple of hours on 40m just to see how she plays and so far it sounds pretty darned good. Everyone probably had went down in Freq so the action was fairly pedestrian and I thank those that found me and breaking in the new QSOs on the new antenna. It is fun to have 2 elements on 40m for the first time and I am sure that it will be tons of fun. We have some cleanup work to do (get the radio interface going with the antenna etc. and put up the wire antenna to get back in shape but now I can have a little fun on the WARC bands. See you in the next one. HAAC (Happy as a Clam!) WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO1N Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,257 Station: FT1000D, DX-LB@40', C3-SS@28', N1MM Tweaked the DX-LB one last time finally got the very narrow SWR minimum into the CW section of the 80M band. Loads of fun on 80! Otherwise hit or miss operating between chores, goofing off and the NE Patriots game. Ken WO1N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WQ5L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 137,180 Good conditions, and can't say enough about the great participation. Some of my best rates were in the final hour. Tnx six bands: W6YI and K7BG, and five bands: N5KO, K5ZD, N6RT, N9RV, and VE3JM. 73, -- Ray WQ5L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WQ6X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 10,488 This was a portable station setup in a tent behind the Monterey Center in Alameda. Client demands didn't allow station setup until 21:00z putting me on the air at 22:30z. I missed the 10-meter opening (if there was one) and caught the tail-end of 15. From there the MUF dropped rapidly, peaking 20 and then 40, with a pile of atmospheric noise 90 mins later on each. 160 wouldn't tune and 80 sported "one-way skip. Nevertheless, I managed 152 Q's (65% on 40) in about 6.5 hours of OP time. Where was the Solar Flux when wee needed it? Radio(s): ICOM 7000 & Kenwood TS-450(sat) for auxiliary chores. Butternut HF2-V on an umbrella stand with about 8 radials twisted about. Ron WQ6X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WS7L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 87,040 This was probably my best NAQP ever. Peak rates approached 200 per hour and several times I had sustained runs of 60 to 80 per hour. For 100 watts and a vertical that's pleasing. I continued to play with SO2V during slower periods and picked up a few extra Q's without causing too much confusion. I found that I sometimes need to look for somewhat weaker stations on the second VFO because the big guns are running SO2R and most of them will already have found me on my run frequency. The biggest surprise of the day was holding a run at 60+ per hour on 80 meters. I usually struggle for rate on 80. 73 and thanks for the calls. Station: K3 + R7 vertical for 10/15/20, HF2V vertical for 40/80. Carl WS7L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WT6K Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 2,220 5 WATTS OUT TO A LONGWIRE ANTENNA. FUN AND PAIN! 73, AL WT6K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WU6W Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,985 Had to work Saturday - 3 hour effort after work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW2DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 28,885 Wanted to test doing a CW contest 100% remote. http://youtu.be/X5xoLMNMkaQ 73! Lee WW2DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 93,366 Now that was a lot of fun. Nothing like 10 hours of cw to cure what ails ya- ha See you in the next one. Pat WW9R WI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX3B Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 9,114 Beautiful ride to K4VV...got there, had a nice visit with Jack, he had set everything up and all systems were working 100%. Band condtions were good, but I was dead tired from earlier in the week. Couldn't get a good run going, but had fun pouncing on skimmer spots. After a couple hours I deemed it a non-competitive effort and went home! Thanks as always to Jack and Sharon for their hospitality. 73, Jim WX3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WY3P Class: M/2 LP Total Score = 15,824 A couple hours of horsing around from home! First time Murphy has visited my antennas...80m vertical array seems broken, and one beverage was quiet. 73, Jim WX3B Index of Calls Call: AA3B Class: Single Op LP Call: AA4GA Class: Single Op QRP Call: AA4LR Class: Single Op LP Call: AA4NC Class: Single Op LP Call: AA5B Class: M/2 LP Call: AA6PW Class: Single Op LP Call: AA6YX Class: Single Op LP Call: AA7V Class: Single Op LP Call: AA8IA Class: Single Op LP Call: AB1OD Class: Single Op LP Call: AB3CX Class: Single Op LP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op LP Call: AB7R Class: Single Op LP Call: AC0W Class: Single Op LP Call: AD0DX Class: Single Op LP Call: AD4EB Class: Single Op LP Call: AD5VJ Class: Single Op LP Call: AD8J Class: Single Op LP Call: AE1T Class: Single Op LP Call: AE4O Class: Single Op LP Call: AE4Y Class: Single Op LP Call: AE6Y Class: Single Op LP Call: AF4OX Class: Single Op LP Call: AI2N Class: Single Op LP Call: AI9T Class: Single Op LP Call: AK4I Class: Single Op LP Call: AL1G Class: Single Op LP Call: F5IN Class: Single Op HP Call: K0AD Class: Single Op LP Call: K0AV Class: Single Op LP Call: K0DU Class: Single Op LP Call: K0EJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K0EU Class: Single Op LP Call: K0KX Class: Single Op LP Call: K0LUZ Class: Single Op LP Call: K0OU Class: Single Op QRP Call: K0PC Class: Single Op LP Call: K0PK Class: Single Op LP Call: K0SR Class: Single Op LP Call: K0TG Class: Single Op LP Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Call: K0VBU Class: Single Op LP Call: K0VXU Class: Single Op LP Call: K1ESE Class: Single Op LP Call: K1GU Class: Single Op LP Call: K1PQS Class: Single Op LP Call: K1TN Class: Single Op LP Call: K1TR Class: Single Op LP Call: K1ZZI Class: Single Op LP Call: K2DN Class: Single Op LP Call: K2LE Class: Single Op LP Call: K2PO Class: Single Op LP Call: K2QMF Class: Single Op LP Call: K2RD Class: Single Op LP Call: K2RP Class: Single Op LP Call: K2SI Class: Single Op LP Call: K2TJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K2ZC Class: Single Op LP Call: K3AU Class: Single Op LP Call: K3IE Class: Single Op LP Call: K3MD Class: Single Op LP Call: K3ONW Class: Single Op LP Call: K3OQ Class: Single Op QRP Call: K3RMB Class: Single Op HP Call: K3STX Class: Single Op LP Call: K3SV/4 Class: Single Op LP Call: K3TN Class: Single Op LP Call: K3WI Class: Single Op LP Call: K3WW Class: Single Op LP Call: K4BAI Class: Single Op LP Call: K4BP Class: Single Op LP Call: K4CX Class: Single Op LP Call: K4DXV Class: Single Op LP Call: K4EDI Class: Single Op LP Call: K4FJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K4FT Class: Single Op LP Call: K4FXN Class: Single Op LP Call: K4HAL Class: Single Op LP Call: K4IQJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K4NO Class: Single Op LP Call: K4RO Class: Single Op LP Call: K4ZGB Class: Single Op LP Call: K5GO Class: M/2 LP Call: K5IID Class: Single Op LP Call: K5JX Class: Single Op LP Call: K5ND Class: Single Op LP Call: K5TR Class: Single Op LP Call: K5WA Class: Single Op LP Call: K5XR Class: Single Op LP Call: K5ZD Class: Single Op LP Call: K6AM Class: Single Op LP Call: K6CSL Class: Single Op LP Call: K6DGW Class: Single Op LP Call: K6GEP Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LA Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LL Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LRN Class: Single Op LP Call: K6NR Class: Single Op LP Call: K6NV Class: Single Op LP Call: K6RB Class: Single Op LP Call: K6SRZ Class: Single Op LP Call: K6ST Class: Single Op LP Call: K6TIG Class: Single Op LP Call: K6UFO Class: Single Op QRP Call: K6VVA Class: Single Op LP Call: K6WSC Class: Single Op LP Call: K6XT Class: Single Op LP Call: K6ZZ Class: Single Op LP Call: K7BG Class: Single Op LP Call: K7HP Class: Single Op LP Call: K7IA Class: Single Op LP Call: K7KU Class: Single Op LP Call: K7NV Class: Single Op LP Call: K7QO Class: Single Op QRP Call: K7RF Class: Single Op LP Call: K7RL Class: Single Op LP Call: K7RSM Class: Single Op LP Call: K7SV Class: Single Op LP Call: K7WP Class: Single Op LP Call: K7ZD Class: Single Op LP Call: K8IA Class: Single Op LP Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Call: K9BGL Class: Single Op LP Call: K9CT Class: Single Op LP Call: K9CU Class: Single Op LP Call: K9MA Class: Single Op LP Call: K9MMS Class: Single Op LP Call: K9NR Class: Single Op LP Call: K9NW Class: Single Op LP Call: K9OM Class: Single Op LP Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Call: KA3DRR Class: Single Op LP Call: KA4OTB Class: Single Op LP Call: KB3LIX Class: Single Op LP Call: KB4KBS Class: Single Op LP Call: KB7Q Class: Single Op LP Call: KB9OWD Class: Single Op LP Call: KB9S Class: Single Op LP Call: KC0W Class: Single Op LP Call: KC7V Class: Single Op LP Call: KD5J Class: Single Op LP Call: KD7MSC Class: Single Op LP Call: KD8GOX Class: Single Op LP Call: KE0G Class: Single Op QRP Call: KE2VB Class: Single Op LP Call: KE3X Class: Single Op LP Call: KE7DX Class: Single Op LP Call: KF0UR Class: Single Op LP Call: KF6T Class: Single Op LP Call: KI7Y Class: Single Op LP Call: KK7S Class: Single Op LP Call: KM3T Class: Single Op LP Call: KM6I Class: Single Op LP Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Call: KO1H Class: Single Op QRP Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op LP Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Call: KQ6ES Class: Single Op LP Call: KR2E Class: Single Op LP Call: KR4F Class: Single Op LP Call: KR7C Class: Single Op LP Call: KS4L Class: Single Op LP Call: KS4X Class: Single Op QRP Call: KT7E Class: Single Op LP Call: KU5B Class: Single Op LP Call: KU7Y Class: Single Op LP Call: KU8E Class: Single Op LP Call: KV8Q Class: Single Op LP Call: KY4F Class: Single Op LP Call: KZ2V Class: Single Op LP Call: N0AX Class: Single Op LP Call: N0BUI Class: Single Op LP Call: N0KE Class: Single Op QRP Call: N0SXX Class: Single Op LP Call: N0TA Class: Single Op LP Call: N0XR Class: Single Op LP Call: N1SNB Class: Single Op LP Call: N2BJ Class: M/2 LP Call: N2EIK Class: Single Op QRP Call: N2IC Class: Single Op LP Call: N2JNZ Class: Single Op QRP Call: N2MM Class: Single Op LP Call: N2NC Class: Single Op LP Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Call: N2YBB Class: Single Op LP Call: N3AM Class: Single Op LP Call: N3BM Class: Single Op LP Call: N3QE Class: Single Op LP Call: N3SD Class: Single Op LP Call: N3UA Class: Single Op LP Call: N3XL Class: Single Op LP Call: N3ZZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N4AF Class: Single Op LP Call: N4AU Class: Single Op LP Call: N4DU Class: Single Op LP Call: N4GI Class: M/2 LP Call: N4KG Class: Single Op LP Call: N4KH Class: Single Op LP Call: N4LF Class: Single Op LP Call: N4LZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N4NM Class: Single Op LP Call: N4NW Class: Single Op LP Call: N4OGW Class: Single Op LP Call: N4OX Class: Single Op LP Call: N4PN Class: Single Op LP Call: N4UC Class: Single Op HP Call: N4UU Class: Single Op LP Call: N4YDU Class: Single Op LP Call: N4ZZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N5AW Class: Single Op LP Call: N5DO Class: Single Op LP Call: N5KO Class: Single Op LP Call: N5QQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N5RZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N5TM Class: Single Op LP Call: N5UI Class: Single Op LP Call: N5UL Class: Single Op LP Call: N5UM Class: Single Op LP Call: N6AN Class: Single Op LP Call: N6AR Class: Single Op HP Call: N6BM Class: Single Op LP Call: N6HC Class: Single Op LP Call: N6NC Class: Single Op LP Call: N6RO Class: Single Op LP Call: N6RT Class: Single Op LP Call: N6RZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N6TV Class: Single Op LP Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Call: N6WIN Class: Single Op LP Call: N7CW Class: Single Op LP Call: N7IP Class: M/2 LP Call: N7IR Class: Single Op QRP Call: N7MAL Class: Single Op LP Call: N7VS Class: Single Op LP Call: N7WA Class: Single Op LP Call: N7XU Class: Single Op LP Call: N8AA Class: Single Op LP Call: N8BJQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N8HM Class: Single Op QRP Call: N8II Class: Single Op LP Call: N8XX Class: Single Op QRP Call: N9AUG Class: Single Op LP Call: N9CK Class: Single Op LP Call: N9CO Class: Single Op LP Call: N9LJX Class: Single Op LP Call: N9NA Class: Single Op LP Call: N9NB Class: Single Op LP Call: N9RV Class: Single Op LP Call: NA0N Class: Single Op LP Call: NA3V Class: Single Op LP Call: NA4BW Class: Single Op LP Call: NA4K Class: Single Op LP Call: NA6E Class: Single Op LP Call: NA8V Class: Single Op LP Call: NB4M Class: Single Op LP Call: NC4KW Class: M/2 LP Call: ND3D Class: Single Op QRP Call: NE1RD Class: Single Op QRP Call: NE9U Class: Single Op LP Call: NF8M Class: Single Op LP Call: NI0R Class: M/2 LP Call: NI7R Class: Single Op LP Call: NK7U Class: Single Op LP Call: NM2L Class: Single Op LP Call: NM5M Class: Single Op LP Call: NN3RP Class: Single Op LP Call: NN3W Class: Single Op LP Call: NO3M Class: Single Op LP Call: NO5W Class: Single Op LP Call: NP2X Class: Single Op LP Call: NQ2W Class: Single Op QRP Call: NR5M Class: Single Op LP Call: NV8N Class: Single Op LP Call: NW2K Class: Single Op LP Call: NX5M Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA2WA Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3ATT Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3DF Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA3EC Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3NR Class: Single Op LP Call: VA3RKM Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA3WR Class: Single Op QRP Call: VA6AM Class: Single Op LP Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Call: VE1OP Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3CX Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3EJ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3EY Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3GFN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3GTC Class: Single Op QRP Call: VE3HG Class: Single Op QRP Call: VE3JM Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3KI Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3KZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3TA Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3TW Class: Single Op LP Call: VE4VT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE6BMX Class: Single Op LP Call: VE6EX Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7WO Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9AA Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op LP Call: VY2SS Class: Single Op LP Call: W0BH Class: Single Op LP Call: W0DLE Class: M/2 LP Call: W0EA Class: Single Op QRP Call: W0ERP Class: Single Op LP Call: W0ETT Class: Single Op LP Call: W0PAN Class: Single Op LP Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Call: W0UO Class: Single Op LP Call: W0YK Class: Single Op LP Call: W0ZA Class: Single Op LP Call: W1AJT Class: Single Op LP Call: W1BYH Class: Single Op LP Call: W1END Class: Single Op LP Call: W1NN Class: Single Op LP Call: W1RH Class: Single Op LP Call: W1SJ Class: Single Op LP Call: W1TO Class: Single Op LP Call: W1UE Class: Single Op LP Call: W1UJ Class: Single Op LP Call: W1VE Class: Single Op LP Call: W1WBB Class: Single Op LP Call: W2EG Class: Single Op LP Call: W2GB Class: Single Op LP Call: W2OWL Class: Single Op LP Call: W2TX Class: Single Op LP Call: W3KB Class: Single Op LP Call: W3PG Class: Single Op LP Call: W3WC Class: Single Op LP Call: W4AU Class: Single Op LP Call: W4BAB Class: Single Op LP Call: W4BCG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4BQF Class: Single Op LP Call: W4GDG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4KAZ Class: Single Op LP Call: W4MJA Class: Single Op LP Call: W4NBS Class: Single Op LP Call: W4NF Class: Single Op LP Call: W4NZ Class: Single Op LP Call: W4RK Class: Single Op LP Call: W4SVO Class: Single Op LP Call: W4UCZ Class: Single Op LP Call: W4UEF Class: Single Op LP Call: W4UT Class: Single Op QRP Call: W4VIC Class: Single Op LP Call: W4ZGR Class: Single Op QRP Call: W5JR Class: Single Op LP Call: W5KFT Class: Single Op LP Call: W5MX Class: Single Op LP Call: W5PG Class: Single Op LP Call: W5WMU Class: Single Op LP Call: W6KY Class: Single Op LP Call: W6NF Class: Single Op LP Call: W6ONV Class: Single Op LP Call: W6OPO Class: Single Op LP Call: W6RKC Class: Single Op LP Call: W6TK Class: Single Op LP Call: W6YI Class: Single Op LP Call: W7CT Class: Single Op LP Call: W7RN Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Call: W7ZR Class: Single Op LP Call: W8FJ Class: Single Op LP Call: W8FN Class: Single Op LP Call: W8TM Class: Single Op LP Call: W8WTS Class: Single Op LP Call: W9CF Class: Single Op LP Call: W9ILY Class: Single Op LP Call: W9RE Class: Single Op LP Call: WA1FCN Class: Single Op LP Call: WA2JQK Class: Single Op LP Call: WA4SM Class: Single Op LP Call: WA7LNW Class: Single Op LP Call: WB6JJJ Class: Single Op LP Call: WC4J Class: Single Op QRP Call: WC7Q Class: Single Op LP Call: WD0ECO Class: Single Op LP Call: WD4AHZ Class: Single Op LP Call: WD8RYC Class: Single Op LP Call: WF7T Class: Single Op LP Call: WI9WI Class: Single Op LP Call: WJ9B Class: Single Op LP Call: WL7BDO Class: Single Op LP Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Call: WO1N Class: Single Op LP Call: WQ5L Class: Single Op LP Call: WQ6X Class: Single Op LP Call: WS7L Class: Single Op LP Call: WT6K Class: Single Op QRP Call: WT9U Class: Single Op LP Call: WU6W Class: Single Op LP Call: WU9B Class: Single Op LP Call: WW2DX Class: Single Op LP Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Call: WX3B Class: M/2 LP Call: WY3P Class: M/2 LP Call: XE2MX Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/2 LP Call: AA5B Call: K5GO Call: N2BJ Call: N4GI Call: N7IP Call: NC4KW Call: NI0R Call: W0DLE Call: WX3B Call: WY3P Class: Single Op HP Call: F5IN Call: K3RMB Call: N4UC Call: N6AR Class: Single Op LP Call: AA3B Call: AA4LR Call: AA4NC Call: AA6PW Call: AA6YX Call: AA7V Call: AA8IA Call: AB1OD Call: AB3CX Call: AB4GG Call: AB7R Call: AC0W Call: AD0DX Call: AD4EB Call: AD5VJ Call: AD8J Call: AE1T Call: AE4O Call: AE4Y Call: AE6Y Call: AF4OX Call: AI2N Call: AI9T Call: AK4I Call: AL1G Call: K0AD Call: K0AV Call: K0DU Call: K0EJ Call: K0EU Call: K0KX Call: K0LUZ Call: K0PC Call: K0PK Call: K0SR Call: K0TG Call: K0UK Call: K0VBU Call: K0VXU Call: K1ESE Call: K1GU Call: K1PQS Call: K1TN Call: K1TR Call: K1ZZI Call: K2DN Call: K2LE Call: K2PO Call: K2QMF Call: K2RD Call: K2RP Call: K2SI Call: K2TJ Call: K2ZC Call: K3AU Call: K3IE Call: K3MD Call: K3ONW Call: K3STX Call: K3SV/4 Call: K3TN Call: K3WI Call: K3WW Call: K4BAI Call: K4BP Call: K4CX Call: K4DXV Call: K4EDI Call: K4FJ Call: K4FT Call: K4FXN Call: K4HAL Call: K4IQJ Call: K4NO Call: K4RO Call: K4ZGB Call: K5IID Call: K5JX Call: K5ND Call: K5TR Call: K5WA Call: K5XR Call: K5ZD Call: K6AM Call: K6CSL Call: K6DGW Call: K6GEP Call: K6LA Call: K6LL Call: K6LRN Call: K6NR Call: K6NV Call: K6RB Call: K6SRZ Call: K6ST Call: K6TIG Call: K6VVA Call: K6WSC Call: K6XT Call: K6ZZ Call: K7BG Call: K7HP Call: K7IA Call: K7KU Call: K7NV Call: K7RF Call: K7RL Call: K7RSM Call: K7SV Call: K7WP Call: K7ZD Call: K8IA Call: K8MR Call: K9BGL Call: K9CT Call: K9CU Call: K9MA Call: K9MMS Call: K9NR Call: K9NW Call: K9OM Call: KA2D Call: KA3DRR Call: KA4OTB Call: KB3LIX Call: KB4KBS Call: KB7Q Call: KB9OWD Call: KB9S Call: KC0W Call: KC7V Call: KD5J Call: KD7MSC Call: KD8GOX Call: KE2VB Call: KE3X Call: KE7DX Call: KF0UR Call: KF6T Call: KI7Y Call: KK7S Call: KM3T Call: KM6I Call: KN3A Call: KO7AA Call: KO7X Call: KQ6ES Call: KR2E Call: KR4F Call: KR7C Call: KS4L Call: KT7E Call: KU5B Call: KU7Y Call: KU8E Call: KV8Q Call: KY4F Call: KZ2V Call: N0AX Call: N0BUI Call: N0SXX Call: N0TA Call: N0XR Call: N1SNB Call: N2IC Call: N2MM Call: N2NC Call: N2WN Call: N2YBB Call: N3AM Call: N3BM Call: N3QE Call: N3SD Call: N3UA Call: N3XL Call: N3ZZ Call: N4AF Call: N4AU Call: N4DU Call: N4KG Call: N4KH Call: N4LF Call: N4LZ Call: N4NM Call: N4NW Call: N4OGW Call: N4OX Call: N4PN Call: N4UU Call: N4YDU Call: N4ZZ Call: N5AW Call: N5DO Call: N5KO Call: N5QQ Call: N5RZ Call: N5TM Call: N5UI Call: N5UL Call: N5UM Call: N6AN Call: N6BM Call: N6HC Call: N6NC Call: N6RO Call: N6RT Call: N6RZ Call: N6TV Call: N6WIN Call: N7CW Call: N7MAL Call: N7VS Call: N7WA Call: N7XU Call: N8AA Call: N8BJQ Call: N8II Call: N9AUG Call: N9CK Call: N9CO Call: N9LJX Call: N9NA Call: N9NB Call: N9RV Call: NA0N Call: NA3V Call: NA4BW Call: NA4K Call: NA6E Call: NA8V Call: NB4M Call: NE9U Call: NF8M Call: NI7R Call: NK7U Call: NM2L Call: NM5M Call: NN3RP Call: NN3W Call: NO3M Call: NO5W Call: NP2X Call: NR5M Call: NV8N Call: NW2K Call: VA2WA Call: VA3ATT Call: VA3EC Call: VA3NR Call: VA6AM Call: VA7ST Call: VE1OP Call: VE3CX Call: VE3DZ Call: VE3EJ Call: VE3EY Call: VE3GFN Call: VE3JM Call: VE3KI Call: VE3KZ Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3RZ Call: VE3TA Call: VE3TW Call: VE4VT Call: VE6BMX Call: VE6EX Call: VE7WO Call: VE9AA Call: VE9DX Call: VY2LI Call: VY2SS Call: W0BH Call: W0ERP Call: W0ETT Call: W0PAN Call: W0RAA Call: W0UO Call: W0YK Call: W0ZA Call: W1AJT Call: W1BYH Call: W1END Call: W1NN Call: W1RH Call: W1SJ Call: W1TO Call: W1UE Call: W1UJ Call: W1VE Call: W1WBB Call: W2EG Call: W2GB Call: W2OWL Call: W2TX Call: W3KB Call: W3PG Call: W3WC Call: W4AU Call: W4BAB Call: W4BCG Call: W4BQF Call: W4GDG Call: W4KAZ Call: W4MJA Call: W4NBS Call: W4NF Call: W4NZ Call: W4RK Call: W4SVO Call: W4UCZ Call: W4UEF Call: W4VIC Call: W5JR Call: W5KFT Call: W5MX Call: W5PG Call: W5WMU Call: W6KY Call: W6NF Call: W6ONV Call: W6OPO Call: W6RKC Call: W6TK Call: W6YI Call: W7CT Call: W7RN Call: W7WHY Call: W7ZR Call: W8FJ Call: W8FN Call: W8TM Call: W8WTS Call: W9CF Call: W9ILY Call: W9RE Call: WA1FCN Call: WA2JQK Call: WA4SM Call: WA7LNW Call: WB6JJJ Call: WC7Q Call: WD0ECO Call: WD4AHZ Call: WD8RYC Call: WF7T Call: WI9WI Call: WJ9B Call: WL7BDO Call: WN6K Call: WO1N Call: WQ5L Call: WQ6X Call: WS7L Call: WT9U Call: WU6W Call: WU9B Call: WW2DX Call: WW9R Call: XE2MX Class: Single Op QRP Call: AA4GA Call: K0OU Call: K3OQ Call: K6UFO Call: K7QO Call: KE0G Call: KO1H Call: KS4X Call: N0KE Call: N2EIK Call: N2JNZ Call: N6WG Call: N7IR Call: N8HM Call: N8XX Call: ND3D Call: NE1RD Call: NQ2W Call: NX5M Call: VA3DF Call: VA3RKM Call: VA3WR Call: VE3GTC Call: VE3HG Call: W0EA Call: W4UT Call: W4ZGR Call: WC4J Call: WT6K