Categories (CAT)                 * = Special SKCC member.                 1 = 1 watt or less.                 2 = Greater than 1 watt, up to 5 watts.                 3 = Greater than 5 watts, up to 100 watts.                 4 = Greater than 100 watts.

Date: January 11, 2009
Theme: A tribute to Walt - LW3EX
Club call: LW3EX
Special SKCC member: Walt
This sprint is dedicated to Walt in recognition of his
continued participation in SKCC events.
Number of participants: 50

Results by Final Score

Rank	CAT	Call	Name	SKCC	QTH	QSO's	Mult	Bonus	Score
-	*3	LW3EX	Walt	3804T	Lu	21	15	165	480
1	3	KØLUW	Russ	1702T	NE	73	33	255	2664
2	4	KL8DX	Phil	3800T	AK	69	33	245	2522
3	3	W6UT	Dennis	2417T	CA	54	27	320	1778
4	3	WA1LWS	Hans	1933T	MD	42	28	175	1351
5	3	KE5WIQ	Neil	4730T	TX	40	24	240	1200
6	4	KG4W	Ed	2416T	VA	42	24	105	1113
7	4	K4BAI	John	3280	GA	42	23	140	1106
8	3	NE5DL	Dave	5081	TX	38	22	135	971
9	3	WA1AR	Alan	4079T	MA	35	19	145	810
10	3	K9ZMD/9	Gary	891	WI	33	19	175	802
11	3	G4ELZ	Jeff	4910	Eng	32	19	145	753
12	3	KL7GLL	Gene	1098T	VA	24	19	140	596
13	3	K3Y/7	George	3975T	MT	27	16	130	562
14	3	N6DIT	Dennis	3283	CA	24	15	140	500
15	3	AF2Z	Drew	2082T	NJ	20	17	125	465
16	3	AD5VC	Dana	1555T	LA	20	15	155	455
17	3	KI6BHB	Dave	4186C	CA	22	14	135	443
18	2	N1LU	Don	2252T	NH	21	13	100	373
19	3	K2RFP	Dick	2099T	NY	13	13	140	309
20	3	K4CNW	2961T	2961T	SC	18	12	80	296
21	3	W4HDM	Damon	3729T	GA	16	12	100	292
22	3	W3RT	Red	3237T	PA	13	11	105	248
23	3	KKØI	Jack	2370T	WI	14	12	55	223
24	3	KB9MLE	Dave	4685	IN	14	10	80	220
25	3	KK9U	Mark	3818	IN	12	11	85	217
26	3	WA2JSG	Curt	3018	NJ	8	8	145	209
27	3	N4KGL	Greg	5123	FL	10	10	75	175
28	3	N8RVE	John	4811	OH	10	10	70	170
29	2	N9GGE	John	2886	IL	9	9	65	146
30	3	GØRDO	John	2133C	Uk	11	8	40	128
31	3	NØJL	Jim	2079T	IA	8	6	55	103
32	3	W1EJ	Ed	1594	CA	7	7	50	99
32	3	WA5VQM	Mark	58	TX	9	6	45	99
34	4	IØQM	Bob	4954	Italy	9	6	40	94
35	2	KW4JS	John	4800	TN	6	6	50	86
36	1	NS8A	Jeff	3292	MI	7	5	40	75
37	3	N6EV	Paul	3358T	CA	2	2	45	49
37	3	NT9K	Bill	1926T	FL	2	2	45	49
39	3	N9QU	Leo	3464T	WI	4	4	30	46
40	3	N2UM	Gary	3041T	NY	5	5	20	45
41	3	KB4QQJ	Randy	3508T	NC	2	2	35	39
41	3	KB7GL	Vic	3636	WA	3	3	30	39
41	3	W4KRN	Karen	4495T	VA	3	3	30	39
44	3	N7BVY	Steve	4189	WA	1	1	35	36
45	3	KD5MMM	Phil	4209	TX	3	3	20	29
46	3	WA1VIL	Greg	443	MA	4	4	10	26
47	3	ACØAC	Alan	4452	TX	2	2	0	4
48	3	K1TSW	Tom	869	NJ	1	1	0	1
48	3	KE1LG	Steve	4131	ME	1	1	0	1

Results by Category and Final Score

Rank	CAT	Call	Name	SKCC	QTH	QSO's	Mult	Bonus	Score
1	*3	LW3EX	Walt	3804T	Lu	21	15	165	480
1	1	NS8A	Jeff	3292	MI	7	5	40	75
1	2	N1LU	Don	2252T	NH	21	13	100	373
2	2	N9GGE	John	2886	IL	9	9	65	146
3	2	KW4JS	John	4800	TN	6	6	50	86
1	3	KØLUW	Russ	1702T	NE	73	33	255	2664
2	3	W6UT	Dennis	2417T	CA	54	27	320	1778
3	3	WA1LWS	Hans	1933T	MD	42	28	175	1351
4	3	KE5WIQ	Neil	4730T	TX	40	24	240	1200
5	3	NE5DL	Dave	5081	TX	38	22	135	971
6	3	WA1AR	Alan	4079T	MA	35	19	145	810
7	3	K9ZMD/9	Gary	891	WI	33	19	175	802
8	3	G4ELZ	Jeff	4910	Eng	32	19	145	753
9	3	KL7GLL	Gene	1098T	VA	24	19	140	596
10	3	K3Y/7	George	3975T	MT	27	16	130	562
11	3	N6DIT	Dennis	3283	CA	24	15	140	500
12	3	AF2Z	Drew	2082T	NJ	20	17	125	465
13	3	AD5VC	Dana	1555T	LA	20	15	155	455
14	3	KI6BHB	Dave	4186C	CA	22	14	135	443
15	3	K2RFP	Dick	2099T	NY	13	13	140	309
16	3	K4CNW	2961T	2961T	SC	18	12	80	296
17	3	W4HDM	Damon	3729T	GA	16	12	100	292
18	3	W3RT	Red	3237T	PA	13	11	105	248
19	3	KKØI	Jack	2370T	WI	14	12	55	223
20	3	KB9MLE	Dave	4685	IN	14	10	80	220
21	3	KK9U	Mark	3818	IN	12	11	85	217
22	3	WA2JSG	Curt	3018	NJ	8	8	145	209
23	3	N4KGL	Greg	5123	FL	10	10	75	175
24	3	N8RVE	John	4811	OH	10	10	70	170
25	3	GØRDO	John	2133C	Uk	11	8	40	128
26	3	NØJL	Jim	2079T	IA	8	6	55	103
27	3	W1EJ	Ed	1594	CA	7	7	50	99
27	3	WA5VQM	Mark	58	TX	9	6	45	99
28	3	N6EV	Paul	3358T	CA	2	2	45	49
28	3	NT9K	Bill	1926T	FL	2	2	45	49
29	3	N9QU	Leo	3464T	WI	4	4	30	46
30	3	N2UM	Gary	3041T	NY	5	5	20	45
31	3	KB4QQJ	Randy	3508T	NC	2	2	35	39
31	3	KB7GL	Vic	3636	WA	3	3	30	39
31	3	W4KRN	Karen	4495T	VA	3	3	30	39
32	3	N7BVY	Steve	4189	WA	1	1	35	36
33	3	KD5MMM	Phil	4209	TX	3	3	20	29
34	3	WA1VIL	Greg	443	MA	4	4	10	26
35	3	ACØAC	Alan	4452	TX	2	2	0	4
36	3	K1TSW	Tom	869	NJ	1	1	0	1
36	3	KE1LG	Steve	4131	ME	1	1	0	1
1	4	KL8DX	Phil	3800T	AK	69	33	245	2522
2	4	KG4W	Ed	2416T	VA	42	24	105	1113
3	4	K4BAI	John	3280	GA	42	23	140	1106
4	4	IØQM	Bob	4954	Italy	9	6	40	94

Sprint Stats

Number of participants by state..

AK 1	AL 0	AR 0	AZ 0	CA 5	CO 0	CT 0	DE 0	FL 2	GA 2
HI 0	IA 1	ID 0	IL 1	IN 2	KS 0	KY 0	LA 1	MA 2	MD 1
ME 1	MI 1	MN 0	MO 0	MS 0	MT 1	NC 1	ND 0	NE 1	NH 1
NJ 3	NM 0	NV 0	NY 2	OH 1	OK 0	OR 0	PA 1	RI 0	SC 1
SD 0	TX 5	TN 1	UT 0	VA 3	VT 0	WA 2	WI 3	WV 0	WY 0

Total USA participants: 46
Total non-USA participants: 4

Number of QSOs by state..

AK 69	AL 0	AR 0	AZ 0	CA 109	CO 0	CT 0	DE 0	FL 12	GA 58
HI 0	IA 8	ID 0	IL 9	IN 26	KS 0	KY 0	LA 20	MA 39	MD 42
ME 1	MI 7	MN 0	MO 0	MS 0	MT 27	NC 2	ND 0	NE 73	NH 21
NJ 29	NM 0	NV 0	NY 18	OH 10	OK 0	OR 0	PA 13	RI 0	SC 18
SD 0	TX 92	TN 6	UT 0	VA 69	VT 0	WA 4	WI 51	WV 0	WY 0

Total QSOs with one or more USA operators: 833
Total QSOs with one or more non-USA operators: 73

Soapbox

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KW4JS Operated by: John

Loads of fun and worked AK with three watts on 20 thanks Phil. Thanks to everyone who worked me.

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KKØI Operated by: Jack

Not much time to work WES this weekend...put in most of the QSOs during the last hour or so. Maybe next month. Still a good time and glad to be operating.
73s to all.

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KB9MLE Operated by: Dave

TNX for all the stations that contacted me within the last 45 minutes of the contest. Glad I'm not hearing CQ NA...made 1 contact Saturday night. See you all next month.
73,
Dave

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KØLUW Operated by: Russ

Noise levels here were very high. Had a family reunion which reduced my operating time. Looks like the guys had a lot of fun with the K3Y stations.

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WA1AR Operated by: Alan

Started WES as K3Y/1. With 2 hours in the evening and 2 hours in the early morning. I was able to work 35 stations. Most exciting was W6UT who sent me and email to SKED 80 M so he could finish a sweep. Well at 7 AM east coast time, that’s 3 AM in California, we did it quite nicely with a little QSB. He was a little late, but that’s somewhat expected. Now I have been thinking about what that means to want to get up at 3 AM to work CW for a good 60 seconds. Ill leave that for Dennis to explain. Later in the day while watching football, I tried to track down KH6 and KL7, only spent a lot of time listening to static on 20 M that gave me even more time to ponder. Maybe I will figure it out after I complete my 12 sweep. Hum! Do I need to get up at 3 AM, maybe?
Alan WA1AR

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N2UM Operated by: Gary

I wasn't too active this month but I did make a few QSOs with my new to me 1962 Vibroplex Presentation. It's fun!

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NØJL Operated by: Jim

Around 1300z I could hear several station, but none seemed to hear me!

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WA5VQM Operated by: Mark

Not much luck this time out. Lots of noise and poor band conditions. Who broke 20 meters? (LOL) Still, had some nice contacts. See ya' next time. 73

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W4HDM Operated by: Damon

Conditions varied. I mostly called CQ on the "unlikely" bands. Some S&P. I worked ops from all over.

UK, Argentina, Alaska, CA, RI, TX, LA, AL, NY, MA, MI, NJ, Bands were 10m,15m,17m,20m,40m,80m,& 160m. K3Y= 1, 2, 4, 5, 8. I really enjoyed the unexpected call from Jeff/G4ELZ on 20m after failing to contact K3Y/4.

Looking forward to the next one!


AR STATION W4HDM

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K4CNW Operated by: 2961T

Flu bug bit Saturday afternoon. Didn't feel much like playing radio this weekend. Hope to be back next WES.

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AD5VC Operated by: Dana

Worked my own call and K3Y/5. Lots of folks on the air, but the bands were not as cooperative as they should have, with fast QSB.

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K3Y/7 Operated by: George

I had a good time. Thanks for the QSOs
73s George KH6OZ

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WA2JSG Operated by: Curt

75 watts to a Butternut HF9V from an Icom IC7000.
Sorry I just couldn't snag Phil in AK from the pileup. :-(


Bencher... my key

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K1TSW Operated by: Tom

gLAD TO BE A PART OF THE
SKCC CLUB

THANKS
TOM

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K4BAI Operated by: John

FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 1 KW, Vibroplex Hand Key Deluxe. Thanks for the QSOs. Happy New Year to all. Exciting to work K3Y/KL7 on 20M and G4ELZ on 80M just before the end. CU next month. 73, John, K4BAI.

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KE5WIQ Operated by: Neil

Operated by CQ as K3Y/5, and S&P as KE5WIQ. The WES was fun as always, to the point where my arm got tired towards the final qso's (sorry Dave K3Y/2 W1DV) It's funny that after a long work week the fist is sluggish, gets warm then hot, then gets sluggish after too much CW. Can there be too much? I should switch to a bug.

Oh yeah! I will, with more CW practice.

Cookie is back, that's great news.

Preliminary tests on the new wire monstrosity in the back yard were good: 3-5 S-units over both the vertical and dipole. The neighbors are taking notice, yes they are.

Wired Again

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K9ZMD/9 Operated by: Gary

Got the antenna up just in time at my temporary station in Wisconsin. It was fund to discover it is a good location to work stations I've never even heard from my home in California.

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KB4QQJ Operated by: Randy

A big thanks to my friend Walt LW3EX and John K4BAI. I only got to operate for 10 minutes and made two contacts. I listened, all to briefly, to a lot of new calls. Heard a lot of activity. Had fun, important part.

Randy _ KB4QQJ

P.S. First QRO entry, 50w from my Ten Tec Argosy.

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GØRDO Operated by: John

Good fun but hard going, and after nightfall (1630z) pretty well nothing doing until two QSO's around 2330z on 80M - G4ELZ and KG4W !!.

Marconi PS No213A

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KL7GLL Operated by: Gene

Hard to operate SK with gloves on --- lost heat in the loft over my garage where shack and antennas are. Still had a fun time, and esp. enjoyed chasing the K3Y ops. Thanks to all who worked through the NA Test QRM Saturday evening.

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KL8DX Operated by: Phil

I started out as "me" making a few contacts on 40 meters. I was lucky enough to snag Walt during the start of the contest on 20 meters when there was nothing else on the band! Sunday, I hit 20 meters and as fate would have it, that is where I stayed up until the end of my assignment / WES. I switched to K3Y/KL7 around 1900z and once my signal was detected, it was pretty much non-stop until the end of the WES. Combining the WES with K3Y just made for some pure radio enjoyment especially being a triple multiplier for some. I know the other K3Y ops had just as much fun as I did. I apologize to a few that wanted to work me on other bands but there was too much activity on 20 to warrant the move. Hopefully between Bob (WL7WH) and I, we can get you those bands.

I had a small run of non-SKCC members and there is no doubt in my mind that K3Y has really helped in recruiting new members. Highlights were too many to list but I finally worked Tom, SKCC #1, while I was active as K3Y/KL7.

Thanks to all those who participated and for calling in. A big thanks to Mark, KJ7BS and Randy, KB4QQJ for their help in getting me on the schedule. A few times, close to last minute as K3Y/KL7. Now I'm looking personally for K3Y/1, K3Y/2, K3Y/KL7 (oddly enough), and K3Y/KH6. So, I will be joining you in the pile-ups! SKCC ROCKS!

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KG4W Operated by: Ed

Used 200 watts in this one. Started at 1930z Sunday evening & made all qsos on 40, with the last 3 being on 80. Had 3 UK stations call me ie G0TSM, G4ELZ & G0RDO two of which are SKCC'ers. Had bad line noise, so there were a few calls I could not pull out. CU nx time & tnx for the qsos,

Ed
KG4W
2416T

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NS8A Operated by: Jeff

Ran QRPp from the Old Mission Light House near Traverse City, MI.
Thanks to all that could hear me. Next WES I will check the battery
charge before I start operating! HI 73 and Good Health de Jeff NS8A
SKCC #3293

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K2RFP Operated by: Dick

I took time out for a nice walk with the XYL on a snow covered trail in the
wildlife preserve that was once RCA's Radio Central transmitter site. It was
a nice break from the dits and dahs.
73, Dick.

One of the multi-use trails at RCA, Rocky Point, NY

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G4ELZ Operated by: Jeff

Condx were poor at times. Enjoyed a small opening on 20m. Many thanks to all that called me. I managed to Work 5 K3Y/* stations for 50 Bonus points. Total claimed score =803.
73 Jeff G4ELZ #4910

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W3RT Operated by: Red

Limited time to operate, but when I got on, I was able to get two UK stations, one Argentina station (LW3EX), and K3Y/KL7, and Phil had to pull me up out of the mud to get me! (Thanks, Phil!) Split operations between the TS-940, and the TS-520S. Had a great time; lots of signals all over the bands.
Thanks to the promoters for another fine SKCC event.
73 to all. Red, W3RT in PA, SKCC #3237T

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NT9K Operated by: Bill

My worst showing in a WES ever.
I did get to work Walt on 15 meters.
Maybe next month will be better.
73, Bill NT9K..

Home brew wooden Amplidan

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N7BVY Operated by: Steve

Worked K3Y/KL7 from off the back-end of my 160M Inverted-L on 20 meters. The Inverted-L is pointing due South ..... nice signal report from AK !!!!!
The SK key that I use is a German Junker (surplus NATO key)

The "Junker" - it is the finest "feeling" SK that you will ever know !!!!!!

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LW3EX Operated by: Walt

VY Marginal condx.
Only one Q made on 14MHz Phil (The AK lander), the other 20 Q´s were on 21MHz, managed to work Johnny#0, Randy#4 & Dennis#6, congrats to all K3Y Op, FB guys!
Surprise call and best signal heard, Bill NT9K. Special thanks to Dick and all of you SKCC that keeps the CW flame glowing.
Happy 3rd Yr Anni!!!

73, Walt - ..-

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NE5DL Operated by: Dave

First WES - worked about 16 hours - had a lot of fun.
K3 at 100W and 5 band Hex Beam plus a Vertical for 80/40/30 and a loaded wire for 160.

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AF2Z Operated by: Drew

Conditions were generally pretty poor with high noise levels on all bands. In any case there were not many signals to be heard here in SNJ. Got tired of CQing, so put my rig on scanner mode and just tried to snag the ones it picked up. Maybe other ops were doing the same. I did manage to get Phil K3Y/KL8DX on 20m, sounding stronger than I have heard him lately. (He had me at 529.) Also got the AARC operating K3Y/8 on 160m and 40m. My rig: Elecraft K3 @ 12-watts; 100' endfed wire; Junker straight key.

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Programmed by K2RFP.
Updated: June 27, 2009 1951 UTC
Sprint Manager: Dick - K2RFP