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SKCC Weekend Sprint Results

Date: April 13, 2008
Theme: Samuel Morse Birthday & 50/50
Description: Can You Spell Samuel Finley Breese Morse?
Total Entries Received: 67

QSOs x S/P/C + Bonus = Score

Results by Final Score
Rank CAT Call Name SKCC QTH QSO's S/P/C Bonus Score
1 4 W5ZR Bert 2931T LA 170 47 765 8755
2 3 K0LUW Russ Halbert 1702T NE 118 39 390 4992
3 4 WR5U Michael Pitre 3241T LA 101 42 275 4517
4 3 W9DLN Dan 3635T WI 102 35 575 4145
5 3 KE4KY T. Glenn Petri 2622 KY 93 35 500 3755
6 3 K1NV Jon 2609-C NV 79 37 400 3323
7 3 NT9K Bill 1926T FL 74 32 420 2788
8 3 WA1LWS Hans 1933C MD 58 30 385 2125
9 3 K9MMS Gary 4291 IL 58 30 325 2065
10 3 (Club) K9SKC/W6UT Dennis 00T/2417T CA 56 28 435 2003
11 3 N1AFV Gordon 3367T ME 55 27 430 1915
12 3 AF2Z Drew 2082T NJ 52 28 365 1821
13 4 K0IVK Joe 1436T MO 52 25 380 1680
14 3 N6EV Paul 3358 CA 49 26 300 1574
15 3 KD8CGH Bob 4203 OH 55 23 230 1495
16 3 W9TFC John 1391T WI 42 26 345 1437
17 4 WA1AR Alan 4079C MA 44 23 230 1242
18 3 K4CNW Jack 2961T SC 36 24 290 1154
19 3 AA2XB Frank 1681 T NY 35 22 355 1125
20 3 N3JJT Scott 255 OH 42 23 155 1121
21 3 LW3EX Walt 3804C LU 40 20 285 1085
22 3 AB1BW George 2468C CT 32 24 240 1008
23 3 AC2C Ron 2748T MD 32 18 360 936
24 3 W9CC Larry 469T IN 39 20 155 935
25 4 KL8DX Phil 3800 AK 33 17 225 786
26 3 AD5VC Dana 1555T LA 29 21 145 754
27 3 KI6BHB Dave 4186 CA 27 16 275 707
28 4 WA6L John 4210 CA 28 20 125 685
29 3 NG7Z Paul 802C WA 28 19 145 677
30 3 K5GQ Mark Tyler 1550 TX 29 18 115 637
31 3 AA4HT "Rip" 3352C FL 24 17 175 583
32 3 KL7GLL Gene 1098T VA 22 16 205 557
33 3 K1NNJ Tom 2937T MA 22 13 210 496
34 4 N6WK Gordon 3T CA 20 19 85 465
35 3 NJ1W Dave 1945 NJ 24 13 140 452
36 2 N1LU Don 2252T NH 25 12 120 420
37 2 KB4QQJ Randy 3508T NC 20 16 90 410
38 3 K8NB Noel 3112C MI 19 15 110 395
39 3 KU9RK Tom 4071 IN 16 15 105 345
40 2 KX3H Tim 2300 PA 19 12 105 333
41 2 N9QU Leo 3464 WI 16 13 120 328
42 3 KA2BSK Eric 3875C NJ 18 11 120 318
43 1 N2JNZ/QRPP George 2836T NY 18 12 95 311
44 3 NY6P Lee 292C CA 17 14 50 288
45 3 K7QHU Stephen 1183 ID 16 10 55 215
46 3 N1VWD Brad 2143 VT 12 11 65 197
47 3 KD5RSS Butch Perryman 1910C OK 12 11 55 187
48 2 KH6OZ George 3975 MT 15 9 45 180
49 3 K2RFP Dick 2099T NY 11 7 90 167
50 3 WA1VIL Greg 443 MA 11 9 65 164
51 2 N8XMS Paul 957T MI 9 8 80 152
52 3 K6FFY Nick 1221 WA 12 6 70 142
53 2 N9GGE John 2886 IL 10 7 45 115
54 3 W3RT Red 3237C PA 8 6 55 103
55 3 K6BFA Pete 4164 VA 8 7 40 96
56 2 K2EKM Bill 904 VA 7 7 45 94
57 3 AC7FA Don Hatlestad 4299 WA 9 6 30 84
58 3 K8QI Barry 2795T FL 7 6 40 82
59 3 KK9U Mark 3818 IN 5 5 45 70
60 3 KJ4TQ Chartles 2128 FL 6 6 20 56
61 3 KC0RSX Len 14 MN 3 2 35 41
62 3 NI7R Phil 3360 AZ 5 5 15 40
62 4 N0ZRF Robert 3363 MN 5 4 20 40
64 3 WD5ABC Kerry 12 TX 3 3 15 24
65 3 K6JF Jim 4261 CA 3 3 10 19
66 3 WB1EDI Barry 164T NH 3 1 10 13
67 2 KC0IEM John 3758 IA 1 1 0 1

Results by Category and Final Score
Rank CAT Call Name SKCC QTH QSO's S/P/C Bonus Score
1 3 (Club) K9SKC/W6UT Dennis 00T/2417T CA 56 28 435 2003
1 1 N2JNZ/QRPP George 2836T NY 18 12 95 311
1 2 N1LU Don 2252T NH 25 12 120 420
2 2 KB4QQJ Randy 3508T NC 20 16 90 410
3 2 KX3H Tim 2300 PA 19 12 105 333
4 2 N9QU Leo 3464 WI 16 13 120 328
5 2 KH6OZ George 3975 MT 15 9 45 180
6 2 N8XMS Paul 957T MI 9 8 80 152
7 2 N9GGE John 2886 IL 10 7 45 115
8 2 K2EKM Bill 904 VA 7 7 45 94
9 2 KC0IEM John 3758 IA 1 1 0 1
1 3 K0LUW Russ Halbert 1702T NE 118 39 390 4992
2 3 W9DLN Dan 3635T WI 102 35 575 4145
3 3 KE4KY T. Glenn Petri 2622 KY 93 35 500 3755
4 3 K1NV Jon 2609-C NV 79 37 400 3323
5 3 NT9K Bill 1926T FL 74 32 420 2788
6 3 WA1LWS Hans 1933C MD 58 30 385 2125
7 3 K9MMS Gary 4291 IL 58 30 325 2065
8 3 N1AFV Gordon 3367T ME 55 27 430 1915
9 3 AF2Z Drew 2082T NJ 52 28 365 1821
10 3 N6EV Paul 3358 CA 49 26 300 1574
11 3 KD8CGH Bob 4203 OH 55 23 230 1495
12 3 W9TFC John 1391T WI 42 26 345 1437
13 3 K4CNW Jack 2961T SC 36 24 290 1154
14 3 AA2XB Frank 1681 T NY 35 22 355 1125
15 3 N3JJT Scott 255 OH 42 23 155 1121
16 3 LW3EX Walt 3804C LU 40 20 285 1085
17 3 AB1BW George 2468C CT 32 24 240 1008
18 3 AC2C Ron 2748T MD 32 18 360 936
19 3 W9CC Larry 469T IN 39 20 155 935
20 3 AD5VC Dana 1555T LA 29 21 145 754
21 3 KI6BHB Dave 4186 CA 27 16 275 707
22 3 NG7Z Paul 802C WA 28 19 145 677
23 3 K5GQ Mark Tyler 1550 TX 29 18 115 637
24 3 AA4HT "Rip" 3352C FL 24 17 175 583
25 3 KL7GLL Gene 1098T VA 22 16 205 557
26 3 K1NNJ Tom 2937T MA 22 13 210 496
27 3 NJ1W Dave 1945 NJ 24 13 140 452
28 3 K8NB Noel 3112C MI 19 15 110 395
29 3 KU9RK Tom 4071 IN 16 15 105 345
30 3 KA2BSK Eric 3875C NJ 18 11 120 318
31 3 NY6P Lee 292C CA 17 14 50 288
32 3 K7QHU Stephen 1183 ID 16 10 55 215
33 3 N1VWD Brad 2143 VT 12 11 65 197
34 3 KD5RSS Butch Perryman 1910C OK 12 11 55 187
35 3 K2RFP Dick 2099T NY 11 7 90 167
36 3 WA1VIL Greg 443 MA 11 9 65 164
37 3 K6FFY Nick 1221 WA 12 6 70 142
38 3 W3RT Red 3237C PA 8 6 55 103
39 3 K6BFA Pete 4164 VA 8 7 40 96
40 3 AC7FA Don Hatlestad 4299 WA 9 6 30 84
41 3 K8QI Barry 2795T FL 7 6 40 82
42 3 KK9U Mark 3818 IN 5 5 45 70
43 3 KJ4TQ Chartles 2128 FL 6 6 20 56
44 3 KC0RSX Len 14 MN 3 2 35 41
45 3 NI7R Phil 3360 AZ 5 5 15 40
46 3 WD5ABC Kerry 12 TX 3 3 15 24
47 3 K6JF Jim 4261 CA 3 3 10 19
48 3 WB1EDI Barry 164T NH 3 1 10 13
1 4 W5ZR Bert 2931T LA 170 47 765 8755
2 4 WR5U Michael Pitre 3241T LA 101 42 275 4517
3 4 K0IVK Joe 1436T MO 52 25 380 1680
4 4 WA1AR Alan 4079C MA 44 23 230 1242
5 4 KL8DX Phil 3800 AK 33 17 225 786
6 4 WA6L John 4210 CA 28 20 125 685
7 4 N6WK Gordon 3T CA 20 19 85 465
8 4 N0ZRF Robert 3363 MN 5 4 20 40


Soapbox
WA6L Operated by: John
This was my first SKCC contest and I had a great time. All the operators were friendly, the pace was relaxed, and there was no pressure. It was all about fun!

I was only able to work about 5 hours total. I got a couple of hours in the evening on 40M, then the rest was on Sunday afternoon on 20M. I made one contact each on 80M and 15M.

I got to work LW3EX twice, which was a nice surprise. Also worked Gordon, N1AFV in Maine, which is a rare one for me.

This was a super way to make contacts and practice sending on the bug, Thanks to everyone who I worked, and I hope to hear you all next time.

73,

John, WA6L


K6JF Operated by: Jim
Poor conditions once again!
KH6OZ Operated by: George
I couldn't get the "O" and "Y".
KE4KY Operated by: T. Glenn Petri
Another nice Weekend Sprint. Finally got the SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE...took longer than I thought!

73
Glenn
KE4KY
N9QU Operated by: Leo
First WES qrp. Several BIG signals on the bands: W5ZR, WR5U, WA1AR, K0LUW and K8QI all over s9. I never could get K9SKC to hear my 5 watt signal. Had a great time and looking forward to next month. 73 all and many thanks to those who dug me out of the mud.
W9DLN Operated by: Dan
Was hoping to work some T's and C's on 80 and 20. Didn't have much luck on 20 but 80 was pretty good. Most of the QSO's were on 40. Had a great time as always. Can't wait for next month's WES!
NY6P Operated by: Lee
First contest for me in many moons. I enjoyed meeting a lot of members I hadn't QSO'd with before.
K5GQ Operated by: Mark Tyler
Worked about five hours.
K1NNJ Operated by: Tom
Good fun - thanks to all
KK9U Operated by: Mark
Heard lots of people and getting the hang of it a bit more. 73 all!
N6EV Operated by: Paul
Bands not the greatest.. but was fun none-the-less! I got a lot closer to my Centurian mark!

Used an antique Bunnell telegraph key (cir 1896-1906)
K9SKC/W6UT Operated by: Dennis
Poor conditions out here today. Only 15 Qs btw 1646 & 2400. One contact ONLY on 15M with LW3EX. 20M was tough today. Conditions were better the first 4 hours of the sprint. Had some that I couldn't copy enough to work. Still enjoyed using club call.
K4CNW Operated by: Jack
Again, only had limited time but had lots of fun. Strange propogation on 20 meters Saturday evening - lots of good signals but no one could hear me. Sunday evening signals on 20 meters were weak but worked everyone I called - go figure!
N9GGE Operated by: JOHN
Rig: MFJ Cub-2 watts Ant: Inv Vee@20ft Key: Ameco K4 Cheap fun
N2JNZ/QRPp Operated by: George
Ran 700 mw here !!! Thanks to all with good ears !! Got some results from CQ ing but mostly search and pounce. Had a great time !!!!
KD5RSS Operated by: Butch Perryman
Lots of activity on the bands, great time.
WA1VIL Operated by: Greg
I made a mistake and submitted this data in the weekday sprint form-so please discard that one.

Great event-you can bounce in an out whenever there is time and find somebody to work. I was on 80, 40 and 20 meters and found activity on all three bands.

73,
Greg
K6FFY Operated by: Nick
I started off ok on Saturday night, but when I came back to it on Sunday I thought my antenna may have fallen down. Propagation is an amazing phenomenon.
KD8CGH Operated by: Bob
Tnx for scoring these.
KL8DX Operated by: Phil
My first attempt at the SKCC Sprint and as fate would have it, the bands were very poor. I worked several new SKCC members and lots of great fists encountered. Not only was the space weather making things rough, a winter storm moved into the area on Sunday afternoon. Winds made it rough to copy some of the weaker stations. Sorry to those I missed. 50 mph wind gusts forecasted and 6 inches of fresh snow by Monday night is the prediction. I'm so ready for spring!

Best DX from here was N1AFV at the "other corner" and LW3EX way down south. Thanks again for the QSO's! I hope to catch a few more of the Sprints as time allows.

Equipment:
Rig: Icom756PRO
Amp: Ameritron AL-1500
Antenna: Mosley TA-34-XL on 20 and Inverted V on 40
Keyer: Bencher SK, serial #630057

W5ZR Operated by: Bert
Good Participation this weekend. The increasing number of Centurions and Tribunes is very noticable. One qso on 15M and one qso on 10M; both were with LW3EX, Walt in Argentina.
K1NV Operated by: Jon
20 meters seemed to be the hot band this month. Some QSO's were made on 40M, a few on 80M, and only one (LW3EX) on 15M. KL8DX had a great signal on 40M and 20M. Doug, KH6U, was worked on 20M off the back of the beam.
Several QRP stations were worked that had amazing signals. There should be enough C/T QSO's in the log to apply for the Tribune Award. I still need a couple of states for SKCC WAS.
KA2BSK Operated by: Eric
It was a pleasant suprise to have good band conditions on 80M and 40M and to see 20M usable. Only disappointment was that I could only operate a few hours. Looking forward to the next WES. 73's Eric.
AC7FA Operated by: Don Hatlestad
I made my first straight key contacts during the sprint. Thanks all and I'll see you again during a future event.
AA2XB Operated by: Frank
Rain and snow all day was a good excuse to stay indoors and play radio. Had a blast switching between my vibroplex original 100th anniversary bug and homebrew cootie key made with an old hacksaw blade. Had to take a few breaks to watch the masters.
KL7GLL Operated by: Gene
Condx not particularly good fm VA; 3Qs on 80, 14 on 40, 4 on 20, and 1 on 15. I learned that not much is happening after 0600 UTC --- only 2 Qs in the wee hours. Finally got the "O" for Morse in my last Q with N7BO. Nice to wrk Walt, LW3EX, on 15 mtrs. Sure do enjoy these WES!!
KC0IEM Operated by: John
My First ever CW contest and first contest QSO!I will try and get over the jitters and make more than one contact next time Hi Hi.
K9MMS Operated by: GARY
This was my first weekend SKS. I only spent about 3.8 hours operating in this one. All the QSOs were on 40 meters. That seemed to be the only band with good conditions here.
It was good to work quite a few centurions, tribunes, and new states for SKCC. Thanks for the SKCC QSOs.

I really am glad I found and joined this group. I like the format of having several operating events every month. Participating in SKCC is a lot of fun. The SKCC is great for ham radio.

73, Gary . K9MMS
KB4QQJ Operated by: Randy
Well I didn't score the most points I've ever had but I sure had the most fun I've had yet! Operating from the Caboose was a blast. I was really surprised. It was great. Strongest signal was W7VVW Dean. Wasn't in the WES but got Art in the ST Marks Lighthouse too. Walt LW3EX was there again on two bands this time. Worked Thirteen different clubs from the Caboose and several 2xQRP contacts. A Huge Thanks to all for making my Caboose Portable QRP Party and the WES the best yet. And Look at all the new members and first time entries! Bands are playing nicer each week. Can't wait till next month. 73 de KB4QQJ

Where's The Key?
NT9K Operated by: Bill
Very strange propagation this time, but still lots of fun. I put in more of an effort this month and was able to claim the bonus. I worked 10,15,20 and 40 meters. Thanks to Walt LW3EX for 3 bands, Dennis for being there as K9SKC for 2 bands.

Lots of new calls in my log. Heard some excellent fists going slow too. I got some of everything this time, fast and slow. It was nice to be able to let it rip a few times. Even had a 2xQRP with Randy in the Caboose to top it off.

My equipment this time. Kenwood TS-870, inverted vee for 40 and my Cushcraft MA5B mini-beam. I used 8 different keys, but mostly a new Norwegian Marine Key and my G3YUH Amplidan clone. Until next time 73, Bill NT9K..

Some of the keys I used in this event.
K2EKM Operated by: Bill
Used Argonaut V (5w - 6 qso's) and SW80+ (2.5w - 1 qso). Conditions were pretty rough, but it is always fun to have contacts with other straight-key users
N6WK Operated by: Gordon
First Weekend Sprint for me a a while. i played only sunday afternoon on 20 meters. What a great time.
AF2Z Operated by: Drew
40m was the active band this time-- about 60f my QSOs. The rest were on 80m, and five or six on 20m. Tried the novice band on 40 a few times but heard nil there. Lots of action on 40m at the close-- SKCC ops really lit up the band! My station: Elecraft K2 @ 15 watts; 100' endfed wire up 30'; Junker straight key.
WA1AR Operated by: Alan
Not as many QSOs as last time. The bands were noisy. A lot of calling CQ with no answers. A lot of hard to copy signals on 40M. Started out fast Saturday evening, but Sunday afternoon was quite lonely. I did pick up a few T&Cs and have only 12 more to go for the "T". I blew the audio driver chip in my TS 440 late Saturday night and just went to bed. I had to move to Studio B with a Ten Tec. If that blew the Ranger was next. K2RFP thanks for the software log program. First time I tried it.

73 Alan


Studio B after the kenwood blew up.
W9CC Operated by: Larry
I was finally able to get on with less than 3 hours to go. Lots of fun, but I never did hear OR or UT which is what I was looking for. Maybe next time. Seemed like a good turn out. Thanks everyone, 73.
N8XMS Operated by: Paul
With a family activity on Saturday night and a promise to my wife to drive her to a wedding shower on Sunday 2.5 hours away, I had no plans for operating the sprint. But while I waited for her to get ready on Sunday morning I made 8 contacts. Then after dropping her off at the wedding shower I drove to a nearby county park, tossed a wire up into a tree and used my KX1 for one more sprint contact! (I also had a non-sprint QSO from the park as well.)

W9TFC Operated by: John
Another great weekend sprint. I enjoyed the Can You Spell "Samuel Finley Breese Morse"? theme. It kept me busy trying to figure what call to use for what letter. I am already thinking about key designs for the OCT HB key sprint theme. Hope to see you on the bands for a QSO longer than Name, QTH, and SKCC#.

73 es CU on CW

John W9TFC

AA4HT Operated by: "RIP"
Band Conditions were not very good and I had too many family
interruptions but still enjoyed the contest and look forward
to next month.
N3JJT Operated by: Scott
I had a real good time doing the sprint. Sorry to a couple of stations I could not pull out! I actually did not have anything get in the way this time. Worked all but 3 on 40! Hope to participate again! Thanks to those who monitor the sprints! 73...de Scott #255.
N1VWD Operated by: Brad
Icom-736 @ 100w
Windom @ abt 35'
Bencher RJ-1 key
Had a great time with a lot of other members to be found on the bands, in between family duties I still got to work 12
members. Only need two more fer my "C"
Tnx es 73 to all
Brad N1VWD
LW3EX Operated by: Walt
Sunspots didn't cooperate again :( Rough cndx...
15 hs SKSng, most of the time pulling sigs out of the noise (or nada), but spent a great time, always enjoyable ;)
My aim was to make a 1K score, a new record for me, hi.
Missed the "Y" (when I realize was too late...)
Some stats: on 20m > 14Q, 15m > 23Q, 10m > 3Q - 29 QSO C/T
Tribanders Q's W5ZR Bert & NT9K Bill - Dualbanders K1NV Jon, WA6L John, WR5U Mike and KB4QQJ/P Randy "The Caboose Op"
The "DX" KL8DX Phil, my "New State" N1AFV Gordon, better sig KP4DX blast on 15m, "Patience Prize" for KL7GLL tnx Gene and congrats W6UT Dennis running Club call on all bands
Many tnx to all for the contacts ! Looking forward for the next one, 73 Walt - ..-
Mosley TA33 - TS 690 - Nye Viking Speed X
K7QHU Operated by: Stephen
My first contest. Had a lot of fun! Now need to work on improving my new contesting skills!
N0ZRF Operated by: Robert
Thanks to all for their patience. My first try. Lots of fun!!
KJ4TQ Operated by: Chartles
Didn't have much time to work the sprint. 40 mtrs was in beautiful shape here in west central Florida
AC2C Operated by: Ron
I thought this was a pretty good Sprint and conditions were fairly good.

WD5ABC Operated by: Kerry
I didn't really spend any time on the contest but wanted to add to the final count of entries again even if I only made 3 contacts.

73,
Kerry, WD5ABC

KX3H Operated by: Tim
My first SKS! As a new ham (9 mos. on the air) I was a little hesitant to try the Sprint. It proved to be a good decision: I had a lot of fun and learned a few things as well. My thanks to the ops who made the effort to copy my weak signal. Also thanks to Drew AF2Z for his Youtube SKS videos showing how it's done.


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