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DX-TRAVAGANZA RESULTS |
Date: December 21, 2009
| Name | Call | SKCC# | QTH | TOTAL |
| Bert | F6HKA | 6069T | FRANCE | 933 |
| Cookie | K5EWJ | 4077T | TX | 333 |
| Bill | NT9K | 1926T | FL | 325 |
| Jim | N3MVX | 3273T | PA | 308 |
| Myrton | N1GKE | 5521 | RI | 272 |
| Bert | W5ZR | 2931T | LA | 249 |
| DENNIS | N6DIT | 3283 | CA | 231 |
| Walt | LW3EX | 3804T | Argentina | 220 |
| John | G0RDO | 2133T | England | 220 |
| Bob | I0QM | 4954C | Italy | 215 |
| Randy | KB4QQJ | 3508T | NC | 213 |
| Randy Whiting | KC9KHG | 3687T | IL | 193 |
| George | N2JNZ | 2836T | NY | 188 |
| Rob | G4LMW | 4454T | England | 159 |
| Ron | AC2C | 2748T | MD | 157 |
| Mike | W2LOS | 2729T | N.Y. | 143 |
| Bob | VE3CWU | 5133T | Canada | 139 |
| Fred | VE3FAL | 50 | Thunder Bay,Ont Canada | 134 |
| Rick | K0KEX | 5220T | MO | 121 |
| Alan | WA1AR | 4079T | MA | 117 |
| Wes | W1LIC | 1142 | ME | 101 |
| Tony | W4FOA | 0641T | GA | 94 |
| Curt | WA2JSG | 3018T | NJ | 90 |
| John | VK4TJ | 4474T | Australia | 81 |
| Jim | NV9X | 1358C | IL | 81 |
| Bob | VE3AKV | 5204T | ON | 74 |
| John | KQ1P | 5068 | ME | 62 |
| Dug | AC7T | 5368C | WA | 61 |
| John | KG4WNA | 4984 | KY | 46 |
| Vince | S52CC | 5011 | Slovenia | 44 |
| John | WB2SGS | 4868 | NY | 43 |
| Mike | KA2FIR | 3377 | NJ | 39 |
| John | N9GGE | 2886 | IL | 38 |
| Wayne | WA4AN | 4283 | TN | 33 |
| Andy | K3UK | 1325C | NY | 32 |
| Mike | KT4FJ | 6035 | VA | 30 |
| Larry | W9CC | 469T | IN | 30 |
| Dennis | N0UYN | 5753 | MO | 28 |
| Joe | KC6ZZT | 3647 | CA | 26 |
| Terry | KC4TM | 185 | FL | 25 |
| Bob | WL7WH | 2940T | AK | 19 |
| Larry | K0LWV | 3571 | MO | 17 |
| Karen | W4KRN | 4495T | VA | 9 |
| Jay | AA9KH | 219c | IL | 7 |
| J | AA9KH | 219c | IL | 7 |
| Jeff | NS8A | 3293 | MI | 6 |
| Jeff | K9JP | 3008T | MI | 6 |
| Fred | AB2BJ | 321 | NJ | 6 |
| Gene | KL7GLL | 1098T | VA | 5 |
| Drew | AF2Z | 2082T | NJ | 5 |
| Bruce | WA1WQG | 3427 | CT | 3 |
| K0LWV - Larry |
| My first SKCC. I enjoyed it but would have liked my activity. Lots of stations on but very few seemed to understand a contest was going on. Very good, clear, static free conditions here. |
| KC4TM - Terry |
| Got 25 featured points in the DX-T contest with K5EWJ (thanks for QSO Cookie). Only contact I made....didn't know about the contest. 73 |
| G0RDO - John |
| Had a lot of fun with this DXT, and used a great big monster of a GPO Double Current Key from around 1900's. Need to unwind now for a week or so - Merry Christmas ! |
| N1GKE - Myrton |
| Now that was fun. In spite of all the other activity on the bands, it was really nice to hear so many stations from the SKCC group. Many thanks to all for your patience. I'm glad to finally see some DX in this event too. It is also nice to meet the new folks in SKCC and at the same time say hello to yester-friends. A casual event to help promote SKCC and C.W. I'm looking forward to the next event. |
| VK4TJ - John |
| As usual, I had difficulty getting the attention of the few USA stations I could hear well enough to work. It seems we DX only get a chance when the well runs dry - ANY domestic station will be stronger than ANY DX station! Great QSO's with Bert, F6HKA on 4 bands. We'll try to extend that to 6 bands soon. |
| N2JNZ - George |
| had a great time !! Bill , NT9K and Bert , W5ZR on 3 bands and Bert F6HKA on 2 bands !! many thanks !!!Enjoying the Vizkey 90 Bug VERY much !! Should have at least my DX10 or new award very close. Thanks to all who worked me including Uncle Milt , K4OSO ..hehe. This once again shows the CW lives very well thank you !! The bands were buzzin with CW. May thanks to Bill , NT9K and Randy , KB4QQJ for their hard work in putting the whole thing together !! Now I will be swamped with DX applications ......... :( ......... hehehe |
| KC9KHG - Randy |
| Thanks to everyone for a fun weekend!I even climbed my 65' tower with it snowing to check the feed line on the beam so I could use it Sunday! Thanks to the behind the scene folks that put this on...you guys are the best! 73 & Merry Christmas to all! Randy,KC9KHG |
| WA1AR - Alan |
| Well I forgot the start time was Friday evening. Ended up watching some stupid TV show. Saturday morning I decided to check the bands and heard CQ DXT. Anyway I got some time in Saturday and Sunday morning, then I had to take care of 12 inches of snow and after that Sunday afternoon football. I like the 48 hour format but did not get to use it effectively. I worked 17 US stations. The DX stations are: G0RDO, F6HKA, G4LMW, EA1EVA, PC8E, FG8AR, KL8DX, LW3EX, VE6RAC, I0QM. One of these days Ill get to work Stan ZL2BLQ. And the special stations were G4LMW,KA3KHQ. I heard Cookie 5nn on 20M just as I got the dinner call when I came back he was gone. That comes to 17+50+50=117... I think. |
| AC2C - Ron |
| It was a real "fun fer all" event. |
| K5EWJ - Cookie |
| Conditions were pretty good except for 10 meters. I had hoped for more participation and had visions of 300 QSOs, but not to be. It was fun! Forty was pretty busy, as was twenty with the RAC Contest and a lot of RTTY, but there were enough holes for us. I worked 11 DXCC countries. It was great to have quite a few DX stations join us. I worked 14 different DX stations. I hope everybody had fun and that many of you were able to work some DX. I regret that MM5PSL was not able to participate because of some nasty weather on his Shetland Island. |
| KB4QQJ - Randy |
| First things first. A big thanks to all the featured operators! Great job guys. sorry to hear from Peter about weather damage, but there will be other times. I'm just glad he is warm and safe. Despite a heavy snow fall and ice where we rarely get more than a inch or three, I had a ball. It was great to see all the DX stations turn out. I'm already looking at some of you DX stations as "Featured Ops" in the Summer DXT!!! With all the bad weather that went through the south east, I'm pleased with the turn out. I want to see more scores entered though!! I worked a lot more people than there are scores!! Come on guys pony up! Strongest signal this time was Bert, F6HKA, who was peaking on 30 over on two bands!! Must be a "Bert" thing with all that RF. It was a lot of fun and I appreciate everybody's participation. 73 es see you in this weeks SKS! A Merry Christmas to All Randy_KB4QQJ |
| I0QM - Bob |
| I attended with the conviction of being completely out of the game and being able to give my QSO point only to a very few friends. I put every effort during the night, and try to beat the noise using a filter so tight that it certainly has cut off many useful signals. I did listen on other frequencies were absolutely impossible, except eighty meters where SKCC friends, as Myrton N1GKE, came much stronger than forty meters, but could not QSO because no antenna here. The noise floor always over a real 'S9+10', then I had to take advantage of the favorable instant, too short or fast vanish. Thus it was, and by day with the sunlight, I could not make even a single contact. That was impossible to put any frequency call on the K3UK sked page. Then a very lazy game from this side. Got 28 SKCC's. Nice the QSO with John N8ZYA from West Virginia with his QRP and indoor/internal antenna. Another gift came from John VK4TJ, with a much appreciated DX QSO. Thank you both. Listened Fred VE3FAL in QSO with stations that I did barely listen, I waited too long, and was gone. Thanks Rob G4LMW, Cookie K5EWJ and Randy KC9KHG, who have given me the final gift to have 75 bonus points. There is much to learn with weak signals and CW. Thanks to all the friends of the great SKCC club, had a great time. 73 Bob. |
| G4LMW - Rob |
| Thanks Randy for organising this event. Had a great time in the time that having a young family allowed. A pleasure to be one of the featured stations. Was pleased to have Bill NT9K as the first in the log and delighted he was so active for the weekend. Good on you Bill. Bert, F6HKA deserves special mention. He must have been QRV for the full 48 hrs !! Thanks for supporting SKCC so well from EU Bert. Watch for his score....... Seasons Greetings to all..... Rob |
| KT4FJ - Mike |
| Didn't hear many stations but did manage to chat with G4LMW. Thanks for the bonus points Rob! |
| AF2Z - Drew |
| Busy weekend, plus snowstorm, put a crimp in my participation. Just got one contact for the record: Bert F6HKA. But at least it was DX! Next time... |
| K5EWJ - Cookie |
| The scoring seems to be a question for some, including me. As I understant Bill's recent post, I resubmitted my score figured thus: Contacts 108= 108 DX contacts (included in the 108)= 15 X 5 = 75 Contacts G4LMW=1,VE3FAL=1,KC9KHG=4. 6X25= 150 Total Points = 333 My first score I did not count DX in the total, just USA DX JQ2GYU,20; G4LMW,40; F6HKA,40,20; VE3FAL,40; XE1GXG,20; G3ASG, 20; M0ETY,20; LW3EX,15; VK4TJ,20; I0QM,40; VE1BA,20; VE3CWU,20;KL8DX,20; 9A2VJ,40 |
| VE3CWU - Bob |
| Had lot's of fun on DXT. Spent the first 24 hours of DXT working the RAC Canada Day test with the Club (VE3MIS). Worked mostly phone on Canada Day, but my CW skills are slightly improving, and did manage to scoop a few CW mults for the club on the mult station. Had intentions of starting DXT at 00:00 Sunday (7pm local Saturday night) when RAC Canada Day finished, but was too bagged to do that. Went to the Club station Sunday morning to work DXT - much better antennae there than at home! Arrived early (11:00UTC - 07:00 local) to try and get a few (real) DX contacts before the bands went kapooy (is that a word?). It worked! I'm learning. Thanks again to the many SKCC volunteer co-ordinators, and thanks to the SKCC members for their numbers. Bob, VE3CWU |
| KQ1P - John |
| It was a busy weekend and I could only operate for short periods of time. Typically I can work work anyone I hear at >S4, but not this weekend. Thanks to those who were able to copy me and to the others who tried to pull me out of the noise. Now that the sunspot count has finally started to climb up again, next year's DXT should be a bit more exciting. Thanks SKCC for some good operating in 2009. |
| N6DIT - DENNIS |
| GREAT CONTEST... DX ET AL 56 TOTAL CONTACTS =56 20 COUNTRIES =100 K5EWJ 20 AND 80 MTRS =50 VE3AL 40 =25 GRAND TOTAL =231 TNX TO ALL AND MERRY CHRISTMAS N6DIT..73 |
| W5ZR - Bert |
| With family due here this weekend I did not expect to be able to enter; but weather delayed their arrival and I was able to get on Friday nite and a bit on Saturday morning. The activity level was good, and propagation was decent. 55 contacts and half of them were DX. Thanks for a great time. Season's Greetings to all. 73 Bert |
| F6HKA - Bert |
| Many thanks everyone for this very nice weekend. I have been active on a total of 24 hours. contacts 118 = 118 DX 118 = 590 Bonus 9 = 225 Merry Christmas and Happy New year all and see you in the next SKCC activity. Bert |
| NT9K - Bill |
| Thank you Randy KB4QQJ, for all the work you did on this event. Thank you to the Special Operators and especially to the DX for participating! Another thank you goes to the members who have donated funds for the DX Award Plaques. It takes lots of support for events like this and when we asked for support, we got it! It was nice to see all the DX working the event! Bert F6HKA seemed to be the star dx op and was loud everytime I heard him. I had a couple firsts for myself in this event. I got to work my very first ever DX on 80m with F6HKA and G4LMW. Guess it paid off getting up at 0245am to work them? I worked 17 dx countries, too many to list here, but I thank you all for your support and the QSO's too. I only slept about 8 hours during the 48 hours of this event. Towards the end it showed. The last hour, I was trying to work 160m/80m with my 40m loop. That just doesn't work very well. Figured it out in time and snagged a QSO with Cookie on 160 and then with Milt on 80m to close out the contest. Thanks everyone for all the fun. This was the most fun that I have had on the air in a long time! Contacts 40 = 40 DX Contacts 17 = 85 Special Op Bonus 8 = 200 Total Score = 325 73, Bill NT9K |
| K0KEX - Rick |
| As I look back to January this year when I joined the SKCC group and take stock in what I have accomplished to date...WOW!!!...here in Platte & Clay counties in Missouri there are several new members that have joined the group. They have listened to the fun that I have been having and decided to get on board. I want to thank all the stations that are involved on a regular basis and encourage the NEW members to take that first step. This DXT was my first, My thanks to F6HKA, G0RDO, G4LMW, LW3EX, & VE3CWU along with ALL stations I worked during the event. Even with limited time due to holiday activities I had a great time. One highlight was finding K5EWJ, Cookie on 160 Friday evening. Congratulations to all that participated, Thanks to all that make this possible....you know who you are..... To everyone a "Very Merry Christmas" from Missouri....73 |
| VE3FAL - Fred |
| Had a blast working this event. Wish I could have had more operating time and that the propagation Godz would have been kinder to all of us. Played till 4:00am friday night in the RAC Winter Contest from our EOC and then chores to do on Saturday with Christmas coming. I operated QRO at 50 watts for this event,so I hope to work you same folks QRP to try and finish off my C application QRP only from my end. Happy Holidays all. Fred VE3FAL SKCC# 50 SKCC QRP Awards Manager |
| W4FOA - Tony |
| Congratulations to all participants. I continue to be impressed with the progress club members are making with their CW skills. Keep up the excellent work. Wishing everyone a Blessed Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. If you are in a position to, it is still not too late to help a needy family...a neighbor or coworker or a child in need. You will be the one who really receives "the gift of helping others". As Nike says, "Just Do It".73 Tony, W4FOA SKCC 0641T |
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