Special SKCC member: Jan - SKCC# 2765.

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: June 14, 2009
Theme: Boat Anchors
Club call: PA3CLQ
Information: WES Homepage
Number of participants: 107

Results by Final Score

Rank	CAT	Call	Name	SKCC	QTH	QSO's	Mult	Bonus	Score
-	*3	PA3CLQ	Jan	2765	Netherlands	18	14	80	332
1	3	W5ZR	Bert	2931T	LA	210	50	655	11155
2	3	KG4W	Ed	2416 T	VA	155	50	770	8520
3	3	AD5WI	Mark	866T	AR	131	37	805	5652
4	3	W4CU	Tom	2733C	FL	115	39	455	4940
5	4	K4BAI	John	3280	GA	101	44	425	4869
6	3	WA1AR	Alan	4079T	MA	115	34	720	4630
7	3	KØLUW	Russ	1702T	NE	112	31	450	3922
8	4	KX9DX	Rick	5166	IL	89	33	390	3327
9	3	W7GVE	Ed	729T	AZ	93	31	420	3303
10	3	N9FC	John	3893T	IN	71	31	820	3021
11	3	K9DTH	Ron	3698T	IL	76	32	445	2877
12	3	WA1LWS	Hans	1933T	MD	77	29	390	2623
13	3	NT9K	Bill	1926T	FL	66	28	465	2313
14	3	N3MVX	Jim	3273C	PA	65	29	395	2280
15	3	AF2Z	Drew	2082T	NJ	64	23	255	1727
16	3	NG7Z	Paul	802T	WA	54	25	250	1600
17	3	AB1BW	George	2468T	CT	42	30	305	1565
18	3	K8QI	Barry	2795T	FL	43	25	280	1355
19	3	KC2KY	Neil	3245T	NY	41	25	220	1245
20	4	UU1CC	Andy	3072C	Ukraine	35	26	260	1170
21	3	N5LUL	Brad	3779	TX	36	24	230	1094
22	3	LW3EX	Walt	3804T	Argentina	36	22	265	1057
23	2	KØKEX	Rick	5220T	M	33	22	225	951
24	3	KB9MLE	Dave	4685	IN	37	21	155	932
25	3	W4FOA	Tony	0641T	GA	32	21	240	912
26	3	W6UT	Dennis	2417T	CA	31	22	225	907
27	2	N2JNZ	George	2836T	NY	35	19	225	890
28	3	WD4AXA	Ted	5175T	AL	33	21	190	883
29	3	VE3HNE	Walt	4893	On	37	18	190	856
30	3	KK7YJ	Jim	2728T	MT	32	17	250	794
31	3	K4ZGB	Tom	796T	AL	30	20	155	755
32	3	KI6BHB	Dave	4186C	CA	30	19	175	745
33	3	K5ENA	John	3045T	OK	30	18	180	720
34	3	N9OL	John	4014T	Indiana	28	19	185	717
35	3	N4RE	Rick	942T	NC	28	19	170	702
36	3	AC7T	Doug	5368	WA	33	16	160	688
37	3	NV9X	Jim	1358	IL	28	18	180	684
38	3	K2RFP	Dick	2099T	NY	26	19	175	669
39	3	K4DMU	Joe	5036T	KY	33	16	140	668
40	3	K3YP	Ray	5105T	OH	30	17	145	655
41	3	K6JF	Jim	4261T	CA	28	16	165	613
42	3	KC4GIA	Mark	4666	VA	27	16	165	597
43	3	K4NVJ	Joe	393	AL	23	17	170	561
44	3	WA2JSG	Curt	3018T	NJ	27	14	180	558
45	2	N9GGE	John	2886	IL	24	16	160	544
46	3	KB4QQJ	Randy	3508T	NC	18	14	285	537
47	3	W3RT	Red	3237T	PA	22	16	130	482
48	3	KL7GLL	Gene	1098T	VA	20	15	125	425
49	3	KD8JHJ	Mike	4877	OH	19	14	130	396
50	3	WA1VIL	Greg	443C	MA	23	13	95	394
51	3	K4CNW	Jack	2961T	SC	19	14	115	381
52	3	G4LMW	Rob	4454C	England	15	14	115	325
53	3	WA9VEE	Wayne	4844	WI	17	12	120	324
54	2	W7YSB	Eldon	4792	AZ	16	12	120	312
55	3	W4KRN	Karen	4495T	VA	17	11	120	307
56	2	NØLT	John	2964	IA	16	12	105	297
57	3	VA3NU	Larry	5215	On	15	13	100	295
58	3	NE5DL	Dave	5081T	TX	18	11	85	283
59	3	KJ4WD	Carl	4084C	NC	15	12	100	280
60	3	WR5RR	Ron	5154	OK	14	11	105	259
61	3	VE3CWU	Bob	5133	On	13	11	85	228
62	3	KCØEEP	Tori	4894T	MO	13	12	55	211
63	3	N4KGL	Greg	5123C	AL	12	9	90	198
64	2	N2UM	Gary	3041T	NY	10	10	80	180
65	3	KG4WNA	John	4984	KY	10	9	75	165
66	3	N7EF	Don	1829T	WA	11	9	65	164
67	1	WIØS	Kieth	2048T	MN	9	9	65	146
67	3	N9WAY	Anton	3911	WI	9	9	65	146
69	4	W7DRA	Mike	1891	WA	10	6	85	145
70	3	K6CSL	Bert	4486	CA	12	8	45	141
71	3	W1EJ	Ed	1594T	CA	10	9	50	140
72	3	VA3TSK	Greg	4521	On	9	8	65	137
73	4	WR4C	Rod	5574	GA	11	10	25	135
74	3	W9CC/4	Larry	469T	KY	10	7	55	125
74	3	W9CC	Larry	469T	IN	10	7	55	125
76	3	KC1JB	Pete	4853	MA	11	8	35	123
77	3	N9QU	Leo	3464T	WI	11	7	45	122
78	3	KEØZ	Will	5613	SD	9	6	55	109
79	3	KA5TJS	Allen	5172	TX	8	7	50	106
80	3	K6FFY	Nick	1221T	WA	8	7	45	101
81	3	KKØI	Jack	2370T	WI	8	8	35	99
82	3	KA1SAW	Neal	2824	MA	7	6	55	97
83	3	KA2FIR	Mike	3377	NJ	7	7	45	94
84	2	KC2EGL	Michael	553T	PA	6	6	45	81
85	2	WØEA	Tom	4593	IA	6	6	40	76
86	3	WB5JWI	Les	5013	TX	6	6	35	71
87	3	KK9U	Mark	3818	IN	5	5	45	70
88	3	IK2RMZ	Martin	5278	Italy	7	5	30	65
89	3	EA8BVP	Bal	645	Esp	5	5	35	60
90	3	W1LIC	Wes	1142	ME	5	5	30	55
91	2	W6GMT	Brock	4774	MN	4	4	35	51
92	3	KC4FLT	Carl	3625	AL	4	3	35	47
93	2	WB2SGS	John	4868	NY	4	4	30	46
94	2	KG4BYN	Ben	4519	TN	3	3	30	39
94	2	KH6OZ	George	3975T	MT	3	3	30	39
96	3	AA9KH	Jay	219C	IL	4	4	20	36
96	3	VE5CUL	Brian	1672	Sk	1	1	35	36
98	2	N3JJT/P	Scott	255T	OH	3	3	25	34
99	3	WØSZV	Eldon	4999	MO	2	2	25	29
100	3	W9DLN	Dan	3635T	WI	3	3	15	24
101	2	KCØRSX	Len	14	MN	2	2	10	14
101	3	GØRDO	John	2133T	England	2	2	10	14
101	3	K4UFT	Ted	4289C	SC	2	2	10	14
104	2	KQ1P	John	5068	ME	1	1	10	11
104	2	W1VER	Frank	5511	MA	1	1	10	11
106	3	KC2ROF	Jim	5524	NJ	2	2	0	4

Results by Category and Final Score

Rank	CAT	Call	Name	SKCC	QTH	QSO's	Mult	Bonus	Score
1	*3	PA3CLQ	Jan	2765	Netherlands	18	14	80	332
1	1	WIØS	Kieth	2048T	MN	9	9	65	146
1	2	KØKEX	Rick	5220T	M	33	22	225	951
2	2	N2JNZ	George	2836T	NY	35	19	225	890
3	2	N9GGE	John	2886	IL	24	16	160	544
4	2	W7YSB	Eldon	4792	AZ	16	12	120	312
5	2	NØLT	John	2964	IA	16	12	105	297
6	2	N2UM	Gary	3041T	NY	10	10	80	180
7	2	KC2EGL	Michael	553T	PA	6	6	45	81
8	2	WØEA	Tom	4593	IA	6	6	40	76
9	2	W6GMT	Brock	4774	MN	4	4	35	51
10	2	WB2SGS	John	4868	NY	4	4	30	46
11	2	KG4BYN	Ben	4519	TN	3	3	30	39
11	2	KH6OZ	George	3975T	MT	3	3	30	39
12	2	N3JJT/P	Scott	255T	OH	3	3	25	34
13	2	KCØRSX	Len	14	MN	2	2	10	14
14	2	KQ1P	John	5068	ME	1	1	10	11
14	2	W1VER	Frank	5511	MA	1	1	10	11
1	3	W5ZR	Bert	2931T	LA	210	50	655	11155
2	3	KG4W	Ed	2416 T	VA	155	50	770	8520
3	3	AD5WI	Mark	866T	AR	131	37	805	5652
4	3	W4CU	Tom	2733C	FL	115	39	455	4940
5	3	WA1AR	Alan	4079T	MA	115	34	720	4630
6	3	KØLUW	Russ	1702T	NE	112	31	450	3922
7	3	W7GVE	Ed	729T	AZ	93	31	420	3303
8	3	N9FC	John	3893T	IN	71	31	820	3021
9	3	K9DTH	Ron	3698T	IL	76	32	445	2877
10	3	WA1LWS	Hans	1933T	MD	77	29	390	2623
11	3	NT9K	Bill	1926T	FL	66	28	465	2313
12	3	N3MVX	Jim	3273C	PA	65	29	395	2280
13	3	AF2Z	Drew	2082T	NJ	64	23	255	1727
14	3	NG7Z	Paul	802T	WA	54	25	250	1600
15	3	AB1BW	George	2468T	CT	42	30	305	1565
16	3	K8QI	Barry	2795T	FL	43	25	280	1355
17	3	KC2KY	Neil	3245T	NY	41	25	220	1245
18	3	N5LUL	Brad	3779	TX	36	24	230	1094
19	3	LW3EX	Walt	3804T	Argentina	36	22	265	1057
20	3	KB9MLE	Dave	4685	IN	37	21	155	932
21	3	W4FOA	Tony	0641T	GA	32	21	240	912
22	3	W6UT	Dennis	2417T	CA	31	22	225	907
23	3	WD4AXA	Ted	5175T	AL	33	21	190	883
24	3	VE3HNE	Walt	4893	On	37	18	190	856
25	3	KK7YJ	Jim	2728T	MT	32	17	250	794
26	3	K4ZGB	Tom	796T	AL	30	20	155	755
27	3	KI6BHB	Dave	4186C	CA	30	19	175	745
28	3	K5ENA	John	3045T	OK	30	18	180	720
29	3	N9OL	John	4014T	Indiana	28	19	185	717
30	3	N4RE	Rick	942T	NC	28	19	170	702
31	3	AC7T	Doug	5368	WA	33	16	160	688
32	3	NV9X	Jim	1358	IL	28	18	180	684
33	3	K2RFP	Dick	2099T	NY	26	19	175	669
34	3	K4DMU	Joe	5036T	KY	33	16	140	668
35	3	K3YP	Ray	5105T	OH	30	17	145	655
36	3	K6JF	Jim	4261T	CA	28	16	165	613
37	3	KC4GIA	Mark	4666	VA	27	16	165	597
38	3	K4NVJ	Joe	393	AL	23	17	170	561
39	3	WA2JSG	Curt	3018T	NJ	27	14	180	558
40	3	KB4QQJ	Randy	3508T	NC	18	14	285	537
41	3	W3RT	Red	3237T	PA	22	16	130	482
42	3	KL7GLL	Gene	1098T	VA	20	15	125	425
43	3	KD8JHJ	Mike	4877	OH	19	14	130	396
44	3	WA1VIL	Greg	443C	MA	23	13	95	394
45	3	K4CNW	Jack	2961T	SC	19	14	115	381
46	3	G4LMW	Rob	4454C	England	15	14	115	325
47	3	WA9VEE	Wayne	4844	WI	17	12	120	324
48	3	W4KRN	Karen	4495T	VA	17	11	120	307
49	3	VA3NU	Larry	5215	On	15	13	100	295
50	3	NE5DL	Dave	5081T	TX	18	11	85	283
51	3	KJ4WD	Carl	4084C	NC	15	12	100	280
52	3	WR5RR	Ron	5154	OK	14	11	105	259
53	3	VE3CWU	Bob	5133	On	13	11	85	228
54	3	KCØEEP	Tori	4894T	MO	13	12	55	211
55	3	N4KGL	Greg	5123C	AL	12	9	90	198
56	3	KG4WNA	John	4984	KY	10	9	75	165
57	3	N7EF	Don	1829T	WA	11	9	65	164
58	3	N9WAY	Anton	3911	WI	9	9	65	146
59	3	K6CSL	Bert	4486	CA	12	8	45	141
60	3	W1EJ	Ed	1594T	CA	10	9	50	140
61	3	VA3TSK	Greg	4521	On	9	8	65	137
62	3	W9CC/4	Larry	469T	KY	10	7	55	125
62	3	W9CC	Larry	469T	IN	10	7	55	125
63	3	KC1JB	Pete	4853	MA	11	8	35	123
64	3	N9QU	Leo	3464T	WI	11	7	45	122
65	3	KEØZ	Will	5613	SD	9	6	55	109
66	3	KA5TJS	Allen	5172	TX	8	7	50	106
67	3	K6FFY	Nick	1221T	WA	8	7	45	101
68	3	KKØI	Jack	2370T	WI	8	8	35	99
69	3	KA1SAW	Neal	2824	MA	7	6	55	97
70	3	KA2FIR	Mike	3377	NJ	7	7	45	94
71	3	WB5JWI	Les	5013	TX	6	6	35	71
72	3	KK9U	Mark	3818	IN	5	5	45	70
73	3	IK2RMZ	Martin	5278	Italy	7	5	30	65
74	3	EA8BVP	Bal	645	Esp	5	5	35	60
75	3	W1LIC	Wes	1142	ME	5	5	30	55
76	3	KC4FLT	Carl	3625	AL	4	3	35	47
77	3	AA9KH	Jay	219C	IL	4	4	20	36
77	3	VE5CUL	Brian	1672	Sk	1	1	35	36
78	3	WØSZV	Eldon	4999	MO	2	2	25	29
79	3	W9DLN	Dan	3635T	WI	3	3	15	24
80	3	GØRDO	John	2133T	England	2	2	10	14
80	3	K4UFT	Ted	4289C	SC	2	2	10	14
81	3	KC2ROF	Jim	5524	NJ	2	2	0	4
1	4	K4BAI	John	3280	GA	101	44	425	4869
2	4	KX9DX	Rick	5166	IL	89	33	390	3327
3	4	UU1CC	Andy	3072C	Ukraine	35	26	260	1170
4	4	W7DRA	Mike	1891	WA	10	6	85	145
5	4	WR4C	Rod	5574	GA	11	10	25	135

Sprint Stats

Number of participants by state..

AK 0	AL 5	AR 1	AZ 2	CA 5	CO 0	CT 1	DE 0	FL 3	GA 3
HI 0	IA 2	ID 0	IL 5	IN 4	KS 0	KY 3	LA 1	MA 5	MD 1
ME 2	MI 0	MN 3	MO 2	MS 0	MT 2	NC 3	ND 0	NE 1	NH 0
NJ 4	NM 1	NV 0	NY 5	OH 3	OK 2	OR 0	PA 3	RI 0	SC 2
SD 1	TX 4	TN 1	UT 0	VA 4	VT 0	WA 5	WI 5	WV 0	WY 0

Total USA participants: 94
Total non-USA participants: 13

Number of QSOs by state..

AK 0	AL 102	AR 131	AZ 109	CA 111	CO 0	CT 42	DE 0	FL 224	GA 144
HI 0	IA 22	ID 0	IL 221	IN 123	KS 0	KY 53	LA 210	MA 157	MD 77
ME 6	MI 0	MN 15	MO 15	MS 0	MT 35	NC 61	ND 0	NE 112	NH 0
NJ 100	NM 33	NV 0	NY 116	OH 52	OK 44	OR 0	PA 93	RI 0	SC 21
SD 9	TX 68	TN 3	UT 0	VA 219	VT 0	WA 116	WI 48	WV 0	WY 0

Total QSOs with one or more USA operators: 2892
Total QSOs with one or more non-USA operators: 221

Soapbox

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N9QU Operated by: Leo

Lots of fun as always. Bert W5ZR and Mark AD5WI were more than 50f my contacts. Worked each of them on 15m, 20m &40m. Thanks to all. Hpe c u all next month. 73

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W4FOA Operated by: Tony

Nice to work quite a few relatively new SKCC members and of course always nice to run into old friends. I was using the venerable Drake 2B/2BQ receiver and an Eico 720 transmitter with a Heathkit HG-10B VFO. Found 20 and 40 to be full of SKCC activity.

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NE5DL Operated by: Dave

Fun to work UU1CC....down in the noise. No boat anchor here just a K3

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KX9DX Operated by: Rick

My First SKCC Sprint , This was loads of fun ,I'll be back for more. Both 40 Meters and 20 Meters were poor here in the midwest.
Thanks to everyone
Rick KX9DX --

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W7YSB Operated by: Eldon

QRP on 20m Sunday afternoon was pathetic in AZ. Thanks to all who copied my QRP signal.
73 Eldon

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K5ENA Operated by: John

Made contacts on 15, 20, and 40. Always enjoy our Sprints.

73, John, K5ENA

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KØLUW Operated by: Russ

Lots of activity this sprint - that's great. Could not operate as much as I would have liked..The boss has a lot of family activities planned this weekend. Always a lot of fun.

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WA1AR Operated by: Alan

With rain most of the day I had time to play a lot of radio. Used a mix of radios. On 80M I used a home brew transmitter made about 4 years ago. Basic xtal oscillator and buffer to a pair of 807s. Running about 600VDC plate voltage. On 40M I use a HW16 and HG10. FT450 the rest of the way. The HW16 has the most annoying sidetone, a neon lamp oscillator, sounds like choking a chipmonk. Bands in general were good. Had 40 Qs before I retired for the evening. Changed bugs a few times as the Blue Racer kept getting the scratchies. I got enough CW to last me for at least a week.

Alan WA1AR

Home brew pair 807s used on 80M.

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AB1BW Operated by: George

WOW, what a great sprint. Had contacts on 15 through 80 meters and worked most of the DX stations. The bands were good to us this time and I hope they continue to be. Long live CW. 73, George

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N5LUL Operated by: Brad

Had a great time once again! Rig for 20M was a Yaesu FT-920 and Mosley TA33 at 40'. Rig for 40M was a Yaesu FT-857D and dipole at 35'. Keys used were a Vibroplex "Know-Code" and also the trusty old Winslow. Sure ready to try things again next month.

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NØLT Operated by: John

Was a lot of fun. QRP so appreciate those who came back to me which was 100%
TU, hope to cu agn.
John

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W4KRN Operated by: Karen

Was hoping to work a lot more stations, but band condx poor on my end. 20m seemed fairly good, but my A4S yagi is down for tower maintenance. Used my Begali Spark key, easy on the wrist. Highlight was working Damon W4HDM mobile in the middle of IL on 7.114. His signal was 579 to 599. Really didn't hear that many stations calling WES on the bands. Thanks to all I worked...73

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W5ZR Operated by: Bert

Great sprint - Condx sometimes good - Members always fun to work - Some of the QRP guys down at ESP level - Some great bug fists - Few straight key fists with a real banana boat swing - My straight key almost wore me out - Got to learn to use my Cootie - 73 Bert -

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K4NVJ Operated by: Joe

I had fun!

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WD4AXA Operated by: Ted

Wow 33 QSO,s with my new Annie. Last one my buddy Pete W5PEH. Thanks to all
involved, specially the guys that run the show. This is more fun than........
well its a lot of fun. Ted WD4AXA

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KC2ROF Operated by: Jim

I'll make sure I give myself more time, next time.
Real exciting to find another member on the air.

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KC2EGL Operated by: Michael

This was mu first SKCC event in over two months due to having to move twice in six weeks. I forgot how much fun these events are. Now that I am settled in (only have to put up my 6M dipole) I will have more time to work some radio fun.
Thanks to all who worked me. CU in the next SKCC event.
73
Michael
KC2EGL
553T

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KI6BHB Operated by: Dave

Running a Kenwood hybrid, TS-520. Managed a coupld of DX qsos. Special thanks to John, VK4TJ, for a great job getting his info across a noisy band.

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KL7GLL Operated by: Gene

Another fun WES; nice to hear a lot of new members participating.

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NT9K Operated by: Bill

This was the best sprint in a long time as far as propagation and participation goes. Thanks to all the DX. In 24 hours, I made it to DX15. I put in beau coup hours this time. I only stopped to sleep for 4 hours and a few breaks during the day Sunday.

I was a bit disappointed. I heard 3 different members start calling cq on top of dx stations without once calling QRL? Makes it frustrating when you've been digging out a dx station for half an hour and then someone does that. I did hear some great signals and excellent fists. I enjoyed meeting some new members too! Nice to have 10 and 15 meters open. I had lots of contacts on the high bands.

Until next time, 73. Bill NT9K - SKCC 1926T..


June Lineup of keys

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KB9MLE Operated by: Dave

Bands were a lot better this month. Actually got caught in a couple of pile ups. Surprised to get a 15 meter QSO with K5ENA. See everyone next month; good luck on Field Day.
73,
Dave

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N2JNZ Operated by: George

Had a great time !! 1st test since the accident and felt good !!! Used the 100th Annie bug and the J-36 bug , Ten Tec Argosy , 5 watts to the ZeroFive vertical. Thanks all !!!

Vibroplex J-36

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KG4BYN Operated by: Ben

thanks to the ops who were patient with me this time around. my "bell got rung" with a concussion (a few days ago), as well as busting up my right arm. i couldn't concentrate OR even adjust the bug right for damaged wrist. all-in-all, it was perseverance that won out (even a scrambled brain over body), hi! had fun, last evening. today. i just laid out on the couch and didn't move. however, looks like a good time was had by all. anyway, thanks for the great time on this end!

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WR4C Operated by: Rod

My first SKCC WES! i've only had my SKCC # for about 2 weeks! I had a blast, can't wait until next month!

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WA2JSG Operated by: Curt

75 watts to a vertical from an IC7000.... all bands.
Very enjoyable WES.

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UU1CC Operated by: Andy

As for me, it was a best WES ever - good band condx, a lot of DX's, interesting theme..
I've started at 40m using my 6E5 rock-bound exciter, three-tube amplifier (150w) and quarter-wave vertical, got 7 QSO's at 7034kc and a lot of pleasure - it was very close to pre-WWII transatlantic contesting, thought.
When 40m become short, I switched magic-eye tube off so all of 20m contacts has been made using ic-735 and V-beam antenna, my usual set.
George N2JNZ and Rick K0KEX called me using QRP and it was very interesting to heard such low power from the other side of Atlantic ocean.
See you all in di extravaganza!

Magic Eye Exciter

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KH6OZ Operated by: George

2 QSO's in 5 hours. Not a good QRP day. I came back the last half hour for the 3rd
QSO. I hope conditions are better next time.
73s
George

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VE3CWU Operated by: Bob

Good fun, good experience for a new time ham (6 months), and low time cw op. All S&P and spotting on K3UK, lots of listening!!! Can't hear much with a "sloping" dipole at 15ft on 40m and a makeshift vertical on 20m. 73, Bob VE3CWU

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W6UT Operated by: Dennis

Had another enjoyable evening and early morning. Was very pleased to work PA3CLQ on 40M early this morning. I finally gave up as chest was hurting. Worked more then I had planned. Did pickup 4 New C towards X6. Hope to do better next WES.

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AF2Z Operated by: Drew

The bands didn't seem especially active but I had a lot of free time for this contest (and no thunderstorms for a change!) so, got more contacts than usual. Worked 10m through 80m. 20m was busiest this time. 15m had some strong signals but there was not much action there. Had one DX QSO, tnx to Jose XE1YJL. Made a lot of multi-band contacts, including Bill NT9K, who I've not worked for awhile. Thanks Curt WA2JSG for the 10m QSO-- short distance AND weak signals. My rig: Elecraft K3 @ 12 watts; 90' endfed wire antenna; Junker straight key.

Sorry, no bonus for this guy... Crystal radios are solid state!

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VA3NU Operated by: Larry

40 meters was great on Saturday night, couldn't get on the radio on Sunday.

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VA3TSK Operated by: Greg

This is my Kenwood TS520. It was my first and is still my main HF XCVR, and I like it a lot. This sprint brings me up to 93 CW QSO's, yay!

My TS520 with Vectronics Tuner feeding ladder line sloping dipole.

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NG7Z Operated by: Paul

I couldn't spend nearly as much time this weekend on the radio as I would have liked. The weather was too inviting to be inside. Lots to do on the property. Great to hear so many new calls this time though. Thanks for the q's and 73. Paul NG7Z

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KC4GIA Operated by: Mark

I finally used my Drake 4B Twins on the air! It's been a while coming, but it's a real blast playing in these sprints. Thanks to all who worked me! I'm really looking forward to the next one. This one was a real learning experience.

Drake Twins

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W7DRA Operated by: Mike

first weekend spring. i loved it!!! working 10 contacts is a great achievement to me. i will be back next month for sure. lots of good ops sending with hand keys!

rig on 40 meters, super pro 400, globe chief 90 with an arc5 vfo,
rig on 20 meters, hro60 with pair of 805s, with an arc5 vfo
key was a J38 bought in 1954

73

mike w7dra, rig used is in picture on QRZ

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KB4QQJ Operated by: Randy

Another fun WES. It's was great to see the bands in good shape. Looks like the DX awards are off to a good start too. I'm looking forward to next weekends DX-Travaganza!! I'll be looking for some fine DX then. Ran this entire WES with my HW-16 and the few remaining crystals I have. Strongest signal was Joe, K4NVJ at full scale on the HW-16 meter!! Great signal. A hearty "Welcome Back" to George, N2JNZ. It was great to hear you on the air again om. I didn't get to work Dennis, W6UT, but it was fantastic to hear his signal back on the air as well.
73 and see you all in the "DXT".

Randy _ KB4QQJ

HW-16 with 8 Remaining Crystals. Pardon my chirps hi hi

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G4LMW Operated by: Rob

Only managed to get on for the last hour - but what a buzz! Had a pile-up going on 20m. My thanks to all who called me. Had quite a few new SKCC numbers in there. Hope I managed to work all who called. Especially good to QSO with Ron (KM4VX) who was running just 10 watts. Nice to hear from Milt (K4OSO) and Bill (NT9K).

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K6CSL Operated by: Bert

This was lots of fun. Conditions were not very good here in SJV. I worked these in between work in the GACW WWSA CW Contest and the ARRL VHF QSO Party(Operating 6M only)

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PA3CLQ Operated by: Jan

Only a few non USA staions were on the sked page.
During day time here in the Netherland we have had very bad conditions to the USA and other DX on 15 and 20 meter band.
Working with a HF6-V antenna in my backyard between buildings and trees and 8 wires as counterpoise on grondlevel, a poor ant situation. My home brew hacksaw blade sideswiper key works great.
See eventual http://sideswipernet.googlepages.com/home.
It was a nice frendly WES, not like other contests with high speed and no space for a few nice words, I like the WES very much and thank to be the special WES station for june 2009. 73, Jan Pieter Oelp 'JaPiO' PA3CLQ #2765. BTW only 72 to go for C

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KKØI Operated by: Jack

Busy with a wedding on Saturday and then golf Sunday, so only a handful to pound brass with. Finally worked a DX (on 20...thanks G4LMW, Rob). As always, a fun event.

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WIØS Operated by: Kieth

Wish the HW 8 had ten meters, I may have gotten four bands then!! Fun WES for the short amount of time I was on. 72 de Kieth

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K4BAI Operated by: John

I put down "all solid state" assuming you are asking for the transceiver only.
The amp has final tubes in it. FT1000MP, Titan, 1.5 KW output, TH6DXX, zepp, dipole. Very enjoyable SKS with stations contacted on 40 through 10M. More DX than I have ever worked in a SKCC activity, though many did not have SKCC numbers. Band conditions must have been pretty good. Didn't work 80 this sprint due to QRN and the fact that the calls kept coming on 40M. See you all next month. 73, John, K4BAI.

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KQ1P Operated by: John

Oh my, one contact and several sorry just can't copy you replies! Is it QRP or just life at the bottom of the sunspot cycle? Still it was a fun contest and we will try again next time. 73 to all.

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KD8JHJ Operated by: Mike

This was my first WES and submitted score. Operated mostly hunt and pounce but did try some calling too with success. Positive experience overall and I got more skcc numbers towards my Centurion than in the past two months- Hi Hi. Pea-shooter station: Icom 718/ Vertical dipole and made beeps with a Nye speed-X. Thanks for the contacts!

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GØRDO Operated by: John

Only had an hour or so and bands didn't seem very good from here + QRN. Had fun though, and used a German Junker key from U-1102 wartime U Boat.Worked just two: EA8BVP Bal #645 and LW3EX Walt #3804T.
Rig: Yaesu FT-897 / 100w / MA6V vertical.


German U-Boat Key. Taken from U-1102 1945. Great key to use.

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W4CU Operated by: Tom


3 Watts - 40 Meters (6CL6 xtal controlled and two voltage regulator tubes)

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W7GVE Operated by: Ed

Wow--- 3 contacts on 15 glad I checked that band

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KØKEX Operated by: Rick

Off to a late start I was pleased to find 20 meters open in the mid west. Stan ZL2BLQ, Andy UU1CC, and John VK2TJ had good signals on 20/40 Saturday evening. Sunday was about the same with good conditions, worked 20 with a few Q's on 15, Walt LW3EX was strong in Missouri on 15 meters. Around 2200 UTC, Jan PA3CLQ was heard in Missouri. My 5 watts was heard but not strong enough for a QSO. Thanks to Jan for being the "Special Member" for the event, it was good to hear Jan. Towards the end of the WES, 20 meters went long, I found Russ K0LUW with a big signal on 80 meters. Thanks to all for listening up for QRP signals. The only vintage gear used here was the WWII bug and it's operator....Great event...!!!

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LW3EX Operated by: Walt

Weird and rough band conditions with very weak signals but great sounding fists!
I spent a nice time doing the WES, fun event as always
Looking forward to the next "DXT"
Thank´s everyone 73, Walt - ..-

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W1EJ Operated by: Ed

Not enough time but fun while it lasted. Almost worked somebody on 15,the first one I've heard there for a while, but he was gone before I could snag him.

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VE5CUL Operated by: Brian

On Friday evening I "warmed up" my old Heathkit HW-100 and made one contact on
20m. I thought - this is great. I was away Sunday morning and hoped to make
some more contacts in the afternoon. Unfortunately all I heard on 20 and 40
was mostly static. We had lots of lightning and some rain in the area. The
sprint was a great chance to get the HW-100 on the air again but I would have
been happier with a few more contacts. 73 - Brian

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AC7T Operated by: Doug

I had a lot of fun again this month. Conditions here were pretty good, especially Saturday evening and late Sunday afternoon. The QSB sometimes made for rough copy (Thanks for your patience, K6JF.) Thanks, all. 73.

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W3RT Operated by: Red

Great idea, and great Sprint! Couldn't sit in front of the rig for the whole time, but sure enjoyed the time that I did spend there! The antenna rotor decided to have a mind of its own, so I don't know where the beam was pointing half the time. Had to use 'ear-reconing'!

Looking forward to hearing more of Bert, W5ZR- he was soooo hard to pick out!

OK. Enuff of the kidding! 73 all. Glad to work the ones I did.

Red, W3RT in PA, SKCC #3237T

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K6JF Operated by: Jim

Poor conditions poor on 40/20 once again, nothing heard on 15m. Thanks to Jack K4CNW for the repeats to complete our QSO, gave me a new SKCC state (SC). Picked up 2 C/Ts towards my Tx2, geting very close.

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EA8BVP Operated by: Bal

This is my first SKCC event. I enjoyed it very much, but I had very poor propagation. I only QSOed on 15 and 20m with very weak signals.
Working Condx: TS-480SAT@50W, MiniG5RV@5m and Himound HK-707.
I look forward to next weekend SKCC DX Contest.
saludos.

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WØEA Operated by: Tom

I was busy the entire sprint but the last 2 hours. Got on 40m as it had the most action and had absolutely no luck for the first 40 minutes or so. It was very sad, but I finally had some luck and made 6 total in 2 hours. I matched my NAQCC rate but I used 20w this time around. Rig was TT516 and keys were: Soviet TK, CLT 26001-B, and Vibroplex Blue Racer(1941 vintage). Antenna was the 3 story gutter downspout.

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K4DMU Operated by: Joe

Sorry for the poor fist. Had to send right handed and I'm a lefty. Medications from my recent heart attack are affecting my leg and arm muscles. Left arm strength and co-ordination are very poor, thus the lousy right-hand sending.
My apologies to all who had to try to copy me.

73, Joe, K4DMU

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N4KGL Operated by: Greg

I was on for about 5 hours on Sunday running 10 watts portable from Dothan, AL. I used a Par 10/20/40 End Fed antenna. All but one contact was on 20 meters. Thanks to all!

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N4RE Operated by: Rick

QRN at the beginning of the WES made for a dismal start. Fortunately, it died down Sunday, yielding pretty good band condx. It still kept me off 80 meters but Sunday afternoon on 20 meters was a blast. I did hear PA3CLQ but QSB took him out before I could even call him.

TKS & 73, Rick

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K4UFT Operated by: Ted

Didn't get on 'til late Sunday. Condx poor in Upstate SC. Only 2 contacts one on 15M and one on 20M. Heard a couple calling on 10M, but No Joy. Good to hear 10M and 15M openings. 10 Watts from Icom 703+ with ChiCom Army K5 key and home brew vertical.

Made seven CW contacts in the VHF contest ... five on 6M and two on 2M. Unfortunately, none were SKCC.

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W9CC Operated by: Larry

I worked portable from near Burkesville, KY using a portable Marconi with 8 radials. My power ranged from 5 to 30 watts. I used the straight key that I took my Novice exam with over 51 years ago. I was sitting out on a ridge looking mostly East. The bugs tried to take over but I won out! My marine battery weighs about 65 pounds and is not easy to lug around so put it on a small cart and saved my back. It was lots of fun.

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WØSZV Operated by: Eldon

used oldest (working) rig i have. ts520s with a home built sideswiper key. only got 2 contacts, but had fun. static was bad and my hearing and cw do not get along with static very well. will be there next month.

Kenwood RS520S with home built side swiper

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WB5JWI Operated by: Les

Band was horrible - no sunspots and low Solar Wind Speed. I worked 3 times as long on this sprint as in my first sprint last month and made 1 fewer contacts. QRN was really bad as well. Still, it was fun to try and I picked up some more numbers. 38 to go for my "C". Hoping to have a Hallicrafters HT-40/SX140 by SKS.

Rig for WES - used TS520 as Tempo 1 replaced by Century 21

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KC4FLT Operated by: Carl

thanks again!! enjoyed it even though i had very little time for operating.

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W9CC/4 Operated by: Larry

I worked portable from near Burkesville, Ky, using a very portable Marconi antenna with 8 radials, and from 5 to 30 Watts on 20 meters. The key I used was by MESCO, the one I took my Novice test with over 51 years ago. The marine battery I used weighed about 65 pounds so I lugged it around on a small cart. It was lots of fun and since I managed to work G4LMN on 30 watts, it was a DXpedition!

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W9DLN Operated by: Dan

On vacation and only worked three SKCC members from portable operation. Looking forward to next month to give'er again!

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WA1VIL Operated by: Greg

If the photo comes out you'll see I tried and tried with the 6L6 and the 2B but 3 watts rockbound on 7150 just didn't cut it! In any case I think I got the contacts I needed for Tribune so that makes it a successful sprint! Thanks to all for a good time as always!

3W on 7150 just didn't cut it

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KC2KY Operated by: Neil

I needed that Danforth boat anchor shown in the picture to keep the HW-101 from flying off the table with all the great signals I was hearing on 20 meters Saturday night. It was a pleasure copying PA3CLQ's glowbug on 20 meters.
The HW-101 has 20 tubes but, alas, there is one transistor in the VFO so I can't claim the full 25 point bonus for using an all tube rig!
I was really surprised a how well the HW-101 receiver played. I A-B'ed the HW-101 along with my K3 receiver with a few of the weaker signals and the HW-101 heard just about every CW signal that the K3 could hear.
I only got to put in s few hours but I had a great time. Thank you to all who participated and made it such a fun experience. Can't wait for the next boat anchor sprint.
-Neil, KC2KY


HW-101, built by me in 1973; the Ungar 777 soldering iron I built it with; and a real boat anchor!

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N9OL Operated by: John

I didnt get much time to participate but I was impressed with the number of ops that did participate. The bands were hoppin!

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N3JJT/P Operated by: Scott

I was camping over the weekend, and realized there was a sprint. So, I thought I would work a few stations while sitting near the fire! I operated a Yaesu FT817, with a Hamstick Dipole up 15 feet. The rig is a blast to take camping! Only worked 3 for the sprint, but I had been on and off the radio throughout the day!

72s..Scott

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K2RFP Operated by: Dick

Thanks to Jan for operating as the Special SKCC Member and to all participants.

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KK9U Operated by: Mark

Not enough time to fire up the old iron this weekend. My pride and joy is the Drake 2-NT on the bottom...it is NOS...brand new! Thanks SKCC!

HW-16...HG-10B...Drake 2-NT...Drake 2-C...Kenwood TS-570DG

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Poll Question-1: Which best describes the rig you used for this sprint?

Choice-1 = All tubes.

Choice-2 = Some tubes and some solid state.

Choice-3 = All solid state.

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An independant judge read through the soapbox comments and viewed the photos submitted and from that determined that the following participants deserve special recognition for their effort in putting their boat anchor equipment on the air. Certificates in .pdf format suitable for framing will go out to the following:

W4FOA, KC4GIA, W7DRA, UU1CC and KC2KY. Well done!

Here is an example of the certificate being sent out.

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Programmed by K2RFP.
Updated: June 28, 2009 1551 UTC
Sprint Manager: Dick - K2RFP