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.                 5 = Shortwave Listener.

Date: September 13, 2009
Theme: Back To School Bingo - See WES homepage for details.
Club call: VE3HNE
Special SKCC member: Walt - VE3HNE
Information: WES Homepage
Number of participants: 90

Results by Final Score

Rank	CAT	Call	Name	SKCC	QTH	QSO's	Mult	Bonus	Score
-	*3	VE3HNE	Walt	4893C	On	23	15	150	495
1	4	W4CU	Tom	2733T	FL	130	47	535	6645
2	3	KØLUW	Russ	1702T	NE	123	37	574	5125
3	3	W5ALT	Walt	103T	TX	107	39	491	4664
4	3	NE5DL	Dave	5081T	TX	100	37	470	4170
5	3	N6CMF	Phil	2740	CA	65	31	362	2377
6	3	W9IL	Lou	4532	IL	68	29	370	2342
7	3	KC1JB	Pete	4853	MA	61	27	384	2031
8	3	K9ZMD/6	Gary	891T	CA	56	27	369	1881
9	2	KB4QQJ	Randy	3508T	NC	51	29	287	1766
10	4	KG4W	Ed	2416T	VA	48	26	298	1546
11	3	WA1AR	Alan	4079T	MA	47	25	240	1415
12	3	N3MVX	Jim	3273T	PA	50	20	361	1361
13	3	AF2Z	Drew	2082T	NJ	44	21	298	1222
14	3	KB9MLE	Dave	4685C	IN	34	26	205	1089
15	3	AC7T	Doug	5368	WA	44	18	289	1081
16	3	KB3HBD	Sandy	5540	MD	42	20	216	1056
17	3	NG7Z	Paul	802T	WA	34	22	202	950
18	3	K2RFP	Dick	2099T	NY	30	20	220	820
19	3	KJ4WD	Carl	4084C	NC	30	20	185	785
20	3	K1PUB	Chas	4101T	MA	32	16	213	725
21	3	WØSZV	Eldon	4999	MO	28	17	237	713
22	3	N8CEI	Jeff	4757	OH	28	20	129	689
23	3	KA5TJS	Allen	5172	TX	25	19	200	675
24	3	KI6BHB	Dave	4186C	CA	30	16	179	659
25	3	LW3EX	Walt	3804T	Argentina	26	18	155	623
26	3	WA1LWS	Hans	1933T	MD	27	16	186	618
27	3	VE3CWU	Bob	5133	On	25	19	127	602
28	3	K5ENA	John	3045T	OK	23	17	197	588
29	3	K8BBM	Dave	2882T	SD	32	13	161	577
30	3	N9FC	John	3893T	IN	24	16	185	569
31	3	AD7JY	Gordon	3060T	WA	23	18	150	564
32	4	UU1CC	Andy	3072C	Ukraine	24	17	140	548
33	3	K6JF	Jim	4261T	CA	21	17	157	514
34	3	AA9KH	Jay	219	IL	21	16	163	499
35	3	KKØI	Jack	2370T	WI	23	17	101	492
36	3	K8NB	Noel	3112T	MI	22	16	138	490
37	3	K8JD	John	1395T	MI	18	16	168	456
38	3	KØKEX	Rick	5220T	MO	20	16	113	433
39	3	AD5VC	Dana	1555T	LA	18	16	144	432
40	3	N9QU	Leo	3464T	WI	18	15	131	401
41	2	VE3FUJ	Brion	4936	On	19	14	117	383
42	3	WA9ZES	Walt	5746	IN	20	11	138	358
43	3	AC2C	Ron	2748T	MD	18	11	159	357
44	3	N2UM	Gary	3041T	NY	14	12	138	306
45	3	AE4LD	Larry	3090	NC	14	11	133	287
46	1	N2JNZ	George	2836T	NY	15	11	121	286
47	3	AB1BW	George	2468T	CT	15	12	100	280
48	3	W6UT	Dennis	2417T	CA	14	11	114	268
49	3	W7GVE	Ed	729T	AZ	14	11	95	249
50	2	KA3LOC	Ric	660T	KS	14	9	113	239
51	3	KCØEEP	Tori	4894	MO	13	9	114	231
52	2	KK5NA	Joe	1923C	TX	13	10	90	220
53	3	NT9K	Bill	1926T	FL	11	9	117	216
54	3	KC2KY	Neil	3245T	NY	11	8	117	205
55	3	KD5RSS	Butch	1910	OK	12	8	102	198
56	3	VE5DP	Don	5762	Sk	13	7	84	175
56	3	W9DLN	Dan	3635T	WI	12	10	55	175
58	3	NV9X	Jim	1358	IL	10	8	90	170
59	3	G4LMW	Rob	4454C	England	10	8	75	155
60	2	N9GGE	John	2886	IL	9	8	80	152
61	3	WA4AN	Wayne	4283	TN	8	8	87	151
62	3	W3RT	Red	3237T	PA	9	7	85	148
63	3	W4HDM	Damon	3729T	GA	9	7	82	145
64	3	KG4WNA	John	4984	KY	8	6	88	136
65	3	KK7YJ	Jim	2728T	MT	9	6	76	130
66	3	K4NVJ	Joe	393	AL	8	8	65	129
67	2	KC4GIA	Mark	4666	VA	7	7	70	119
67	3	K6FFY	Nick	1221T	WA	8	6	71	119
69	3	W1EJ	Ed	1594T	CA	7	6	67	109
70	2	AB8FJ	Ted	62C	OH	7	6	60	102
71	3	K4ZGB	Tom	796T	AL	6	6	55	91
72	2	WA5TCZ	Darron	206	LA	6	5	49	79
73	2	WB2SGS	John	4868	NY	5	5	48	73
74	1	K9JP	Jeff	3008T	MI	6	5	37	67
75	2	KQ1P	John	5068	ME	6	6	30	66
76	2	W5ESE	Scott	688	TX	7	5	29	64
77	2	KH6OZ	George	3975T	MT	7	5	25	60
78	4	IØQM	Bob	4954	Italy	5	5	32	57
79	3	K9QH	Mike	1573	WI	5	5	30	55
80	3	KD5MMM	Phil	4209	TX	4	4	38	54
81	2	KW4JS	John	4800	TN	5	4	32	52
81	3	KL7GLL	Gene	1098T	VA	4	3	40	52
83	3	W6SQQ	Al	1283C	CA	4	4	20	36
84	3	KA5EXI	Michael	4579	AL	5	5	10	35
84	3	W4KRN	Karen	4495T	VA	3	2	29	35
86	3	KD6HTN	Kate	5405	CA	1	1	10	11
86	3	WA1VIL	Greg	443T	MA	1	1	10	11
88	3	KDØEPN	Lori	5535	MO	2	2	2	6
89	3	K2PAY	Jerry	4304T	NY	2	2	1	5

Results by Category and Final Score

Rank	CAT	Call	Name	SKCC	QTH	QSO's	Mult	Bonus	Score
1	*3	VE3HNE	Walt	4893C	On	23	15	150	495
1	1	N2JNZ	George	2836T	NY	15	11	121	286
2	1	K9JP	Jeff	3008T	MI	6	5	37	67
1	2	KB4QQJ	Randy	3508T	NC	51	29	287	1766
2	2	VE3FUJ	Brion	4936	On	19	14	117	383
3	2	KA3LOC	Ric	660T	KS	14	9	113	239
4	2	KK5NA	Joe	1923C	TX	13	10	90	220
5	2	N9GGE	John	2886	IL	9	8	80	152
6	2	KC4GIA	Mark	4666	VA	7	7	70	119
7	2	AB8FJ	Ted	62C	OH	7	6	60	102
8	2	WA5TCZ	Darron	206	LA	6	5	49	79
9	2	WB2SGS	John	4868	NY	5	5	48	73
10	2	KQ1P	John	5068	ME	6	6	30	66
11	2	W5ESE	Scott	688	TX	7	5	29	64
12	2	KH6OZ	George	3975T	MT	7	5	25	60
13	2	KW4JS	John	4800	TN	5	4	32	52
1	3	KØLUW	Russ	1702T	NE	123	37	574	5125
2	3	W5ALT	Walt	103T	TX	107	39	491	4664
3	3	NE5DL	Dave	5081T	TX	100	37	470	4170
4	3	N6CMF	Phil	2740	CA	65	31	362	2377
5	3	W9IL	Lou	4532	IL	68	29	370	2342
6	3	KC1JB	Pete	4853	MA	61	27	384	2031
7	3	K9ZMD/6	Gary	891T	CA	56	27	369	1881
8	3	WA1AR	Alan	4079T	MA	47	25	240	1415
9	3	N3MVX	Jim	3273T	PA	50	20	361	1361
10	3	AF2Z	Drew	2082T	NJ	44	21	298	1222
11	3	KB9MLE	Dave	4685C	IN	34	26	205	1089
12	3	AC7T	Doug	5368	WA	44	18	289	1081
13	3	KB3HBD	Sandy	5540	MD	42	20	216	1056
14	3	NG7Z	Paul	802T	WA	34	22	202	950
15	3	K2RFP	Dick	2099T	NY	30	20	220	820
16	3	KJ4WD	Carl	4084C	NC	30	20	185	785
17	3	K1PUB	Chas	4101T	MA	32	16	213	725
18	3	WØSZV	Eldon	4999	MO	28	17	237	713
19	3	N8CEI	Jeff	4757	OH	28	20	129	689
20	3	KA5TJS	Allen	5172	TX	25	19	200	675
21	3	KI6BHB	Dave	4186C	CA	30	16	179	659
22	3	LW3EX	Walt	3804T	Argentina	26	18	155	623
23	3	WA1LWS	Hans	1933T	MD	27	16	186	618
24	3	VE3CWU	Bob	5133	On	25	19	127	602
25	3	K5ENA	John	3045T	OK	23	17	197	588
26	3	K8BBM	Dave	2882T	SD	32	13	161	577
27	3	N9FC	John	3893T	IN	24	16	185	569
28	3	AD7JY	Gordon	3060T	WA	23	18	150	564
29	3	K6JF	Jim	4261T	CA	21	17	157	514
30	3	AA9KH	Jay	219	IL	21	16	163	499
31	3	KKØI	Jack	2370T	WI	23	17	101	492
32	3	K8NB	Noel	3112T	MI	22	16	138	490
33	3	K8JD	John	1395T	MI	18	16	168	456
34	3	KØKEX	Rick	5220T	MO	20	16	113	433
35	3	AD5VC	Dana	1555T	LA	18	16	144	432
36	3	N9QU	Leo	3464T	WI	18	15	131	401
37	3	WA9ZES	Walt	5746	IN	20	11	138	358
38	3	AC2C	Ron	2748T	MD	18	11	159	357
39	3	N2UM	Gary	3041T	NY	14	12	138	306
40	3	AE4LD	Larry	3090	NC	14	11	133	287
41	3	AB1BW	George	2468T	CT	15	12	100	280
42	3	W6UT	Dennis	2417T	CA	14	11	114	268
43	3	W7GVE	Ed	729T	AZ	14	11	95	249
44	3	KCØEEP	Tori	4894	MO	13	9	114	231
45	3	NT9K	Bill	1926T	FL	11	9	117	216
46	3	KC2KY	Neil	3245T	NY	11	8	117	205
47	3	KD5RSS	Butch	1910	OK	12	8	102	198
48	3	VE5DP	Don	5762	Sk	13	7	84	175
48	3	W9DLN	Dan	3635T	WI	12	10	55	175
49	3	NV9X	Jim	1358	IL	10	8	90	170
50	3	G4LMW	Rob	4454C	England	10	8	75	155
51	3	WA4AN	Wayne	4283	TN	8	8	87	151
52	3	W3RT	Red	3237T	PA	9	7	85	148
53	3	W4HDM	Damon	3729T	GA	9	7	82	145
54	3	KG4WNA	John	4984	KY	8	6	88	136
55	3	KK7YJ	Jim	2728T	MT	9	6	76	130
56	3	K4NVJ	Joe	393	AL	8	8	65	129
57	3	K6FFY	Nick	1221T	WA	8	6	71	119
58	3	W1EJ	Ed	1594T	CA	7	6	67	109
59	3	K4ZGB	Tom	796T	AL	6	6	55	91
60	3	K9QH	Mike	1573	WI	5	5	30	55
61	3	KD5MMM	Phil	4209	TX	4	4	38	54
62	3	KL7GLL	Gene	1098T	VA	4	3	40	52
63	3	W6SQQ	Al	1283C	CA	4	4	20	36
64	3	KA5EXI	Michael	4579	AL	5	5	10	35
64	3	W4KRN	Karen	4495T	VA	3	2	29	35
65	3	KD6HTN	Kate	5405	CA	1	1	10	11
65	3	WA1VIL	Greg	443T	MA	1	1	10	11
66	3	KDØEPN	Lori	5535	MO	2	2	2	6
67	3	K2PAY	Jerry	4304T	NY	2	2	1	5
1	4	W4CU	Tom	2733T	FL	130	47	535	6645
2	4	KG4W	Ed	2416T	VA	48	26	298	1546
3	4	UU1CC	Andy	3072C	Ukraine	24	17	140	548
4	4	IØQM	Bob	4954	Italy	5	5	32	57

Sprint Stats

Number of participants by state..

AK 0	AL 3	AR 0	AZ 1	CA 8	CO 0	CT 1	DE 0	FL 2	GA 1
HI 0	IA 0	ID 0	IL 4	IN 3	KS 1	KY 1	LA 2	MA 4	MD 3
ME 1	MI 3	MN 0	MO 4	MS 0	MT 2	NC 3	ND 0	NE 1	NH 0
NJ 1	NM 0	NV 0	NY 6	OH 2	OK 2	OR 0	PA 2	RI 0	SC 0
SD 1	TX 6	TN 2	UT 0	VA 4	VT 0	WA 4	WI 4	WV 0	WY 0

State with most participants: CA 8
Total USA participants: 82
Total non-USA participants: 8

Number of QSOs by state..

AK 0	AL 19	AR 0	AZ 14	CA 198	CO 0	CT 15	DE 0	FL 141	GA 9
HI 0	IA 0	ID 0	IL 108	IN 78	KS 14	KY 8	LA 24	MA 141	MD 87
ME 6	MI 46	MN 0	MO 63	MS 0	MT 16	NC 95	ND 0	NE 123	NH 0
NJ 44	NM 0	NV 0	NY 77	OH 35	OK 35	OR 0	PA 59	RI 0	SC 0
SD 32	TX 256	TN 13	UT 0	VA 62	VT 0	WA 109	WI 58	WV 0	WY 0

State with most QSOs: TX 256
Total QSOs with one or more USA operators: 1985
Total QSOs with one or more non-USA operators: 145

Countries Represented in This Sprint
Argentina, Canada, England, Italy, Ukraine, USA

Soapbox

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KA5TJS Operated by: Allen

Rainy weekend and band was good. Worked mostly 40 mtrs. 20 was kind of slow. Had a lot of fun. This is my most QSO's ever. Still don't have the magic 100 yet.

73's Allen

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N9FC Operated by: John

Very bad condx.
trying bug out,still sound mushy to me.

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KW4JS Operated by: John

Rig: K2
Antenna: Multiband Windom

Thanks for all the qso. Hope to see everyone next sprint.
72 John KW4JS

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WA9ZES Operated by: Walt

The bands didn't seem to be all that great but still managed some good contacts and new numbers for the log. Thanks to all who added to my points total, it was my pleasure to have worked you.

My most memorable school experience was graduating from college after my high school teacher told me I would never accomplish anything in life. I hated high school, but LOVED college - degree in history, BTW. 73, Walt

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KB9MLE Operated by: Dave

Really liked allied health sciences in college. Anatomy & physiology was my favorite, followed by microbiology and physical assessment in nursing. Also enjoyed psychological statictics and health and wellness. Lots of hard work, but enjoy every minute of it. Catch everyone next month.
73,
Dave

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N9QU Operated by: Leo

Great fun as always. Thanks to all. Favorite subject in school was recess until 8th grade and then girls. However my best academic results were in math.

73 es c u next month.

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KI6BHB Operated by: Dave

Was great to get Walt, LW3EX, on 15 meters once again. Thanks for another fun WES!

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KC4GIA Operated by: Mark

First time on air with a bug. Thanks to the first couple OM's - had a bit of an adjustment issue. (The bug fell apart! Bottom screw had backed off.) I wondered why it was getting a bit sloppy on the dits. Go ahead and laugh - I did. Not much op time but still had fun. Thanks SKCC for a fun event!

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N2JNZ Operated by: George

Had fun with limited time !! Using 700 mw here !! Thanks to Tom , W4CU and Dave , NE5DL and of course Randy , KB4QQJ and Walt , W5ALT for some nice long distace contacts on 40 meters !!! As far as school goes I graduated in 1976 went to work at the same school in 1980 and still there !!! Thanks for a the wonderful ears out there !!!

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AB8FJ Operated by: Ted

Very enjoyable WES. Ten-Tec Argonaut V at 5W to the end fed random wire antenna. Key used was my Bencher RJ-2. All QSOs in the old Novice sub-band on 40 meters.

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WA1AR Operated by: Alan

Got to try out a new old bug. Early 1930s. Lots of tweeking but eventually got it going smooth. Dirty contacts and screws made some scratchy sending for a while. Lots of family activity and guest took out a big chunk of time during the day. I did OK at the beginning and the end.

Alan WA1AR 4079T

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KØLUW Operated by: Russ

A tough sprint at my QTH. The AC line noise was terrible. Most of the time it was at S7-S9. I could not hear many of the qrp guys. But still a lot of fun.

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W4CU Operated by: Tom

Had a lot of fun as always. From here, it looks like Science Rules. Thanks to all for the QSOs. vy 73 - Tom

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K5ENA Operated by: John

Really enjoyed the Sprint. Worked old friends and made new ones.

73,
K5ENA

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KDØEPN Operated by: Lori

My first sprint, and everyone was very nice, and patient with my novice CW.

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WØSZV Operated by: Eldon

first time i got to spend some time on wes. had a ball. my best score ever. looking forward to the next one w0szv

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K6FFY Operated by: Nick

Around 1956 I transferred to a new High school that was just built, Gardena High School in California.
The new electric shop class I attended had not had any supplies delivered as yet.
To keep the class going for a month or so until the supplies arrived, my teacher had us all copy Morse code paper tapes from an Instructograph code sender.
Almost everyone hated it except me. I eventually became a radioman for my four-year tour in the Navy. And, a friend recently gave me an original Instructograph.

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KCØEEP Operated by: Tori

Very good back-to-school idea! Thanks!

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KD6HTN Operated by: Kate

Well, this was my first CW contest & my first contest at all other than Field Day. Not easy for me to "get a word in edgewise", but it's a start. Looking forward to next month already.

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K8JD Operated by: John

Squeezed in a few hours for WES, Sunday mid day in a very busy weekend, between two birthdays and installing a stacked washer/dryer combo.
80 was dead so I actually managed to get about half my QSOs on 20M, where my antenna sitution is minimal to get out of the township..There sure is a different crowd to work on 20 ! :)

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W5ALT Operated by: Walt

Well this was a fun WES. In defiance of the weather forecast, the rain stayed away and it was no too bad, other than some high QRN levels.

My most memorable high school experiences were cutting classes. I guess I ought not to say too much about that. I'm not sure if there's a statute of limitations or not!

73,
Walt, W5ALT

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W1EJ Operated by: Ed

While math was my favorite especially trigonometry, so logical, but what stuck with me most was English Lit. I still can quote Shakespeare stuff from Macbeth and Merchant of Venice.

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K9ZMD/6 Operated by: Gary

Hey, that was fun! The bands weren't perfect, but were sure better here than in recent months. I couldn't find a SOC on 40 meters to save my life, and only 2 of them on 20 meters. That could mean SOC was not so popular . . . or else a bunch of us added up character weight before choosing a subject.

Here's a good example of why MAT was not a good fit for me: There I was, Junior year of HS and the first pop quiz in Advanced Algebra, just 33 questions. Once we all finished, Teach told us to hand our papers one row left and two seats back for scoring (no honor system in that classroom). After Teach called out the correct answers, she told us to multiply the number correct by three. Brief pause, then she called for the scores by name, "Allen?" (That's me, always first for the bad stuff, but never the good.)

From behind me to the left, I hear a bemused feminine voice, "Twenty seven?" Short pause, then Teach sez, "No Joan, please understand that I want Allen's correct answers multiplied by three. Now calculate it and give me Allen's test score." Long pause, then Joan sez with great finality, "Twenty seven."

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WA1VIL Operated by: Greg

Was out of town all weekend and just got back in time for 1 QSO-Thanks Tom W4CU!

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KB4QQJ Operated by: Randy

Great googly moogly!! Bands were great, WX was great and I had a new rig and antenna to play with!!! How much better could it get?? LOL I put both cheeks into it this time. With the exceptions of a 3 hour detour to hang an antenna for Kevin, K4GEK, I played the whole WES. Took the HB-1A, 703+ and Eagle One vertical to a 750 foot hill with clear horizon in all directions. The HB-1A is a keeper. Took the NT9K cootie, and TAC 510 bug to the field. Most fun contact was with Walt, W5ALT. I was mobile going back to my portable site!!
Strongest signal was Bill, NR9B at 40 over! Never found the Walt, VE3HFE. No sked page out portable and I sure missed it. A special thanks to Andy UU1CC, ( a real surprise) Walt, LW3EX and Rob, G4LMW for my DX contacts! It was like I could do no wrong. I love it when the bands come together. New personal best score for me, so thanks to all that made it happen!! 73 and see you in SKS.

Randy _ KB4QQJ
Rig---> HB-1A, 703+
Antenna----> Eagle One Vertical and doublet at 85 feet.

IT'S A KEEPER !! HB-1A

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KJ4WD Operated by: Carl

Enjoyed this WES as ever. It's always fun to get back into the groove with a hand key. Used a new one that I picked up at a hamfest recently. I call it my "Harley" key cuz it's "black 'n' chrome". Sharp looking key but there are no manufacturing or other markings on it of any kind. I included a picture. Anyone know where it originated? Email me at KJ4WD@ARRL.NET. I entered this WES needing 10 more Centurion/Tribune QSO's to earn my Tribune. Rick, K0KEX, put me over the top. THANK YOU, RICK! Thanks to all for a fun time no matter the poor band condx in the southeast. 73 Carl KJ4WD

"Harley" Key

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W6SQQ Operated by: Al

Been planning for a week to work the WES. So much for plans. Afer completing Mrs.SQQ's Honey Doo list, I thought I had 30 minutes to work the sprint. Wrong again. Actual operating time; about 12 minutes. 4 contacts in a 24 hour event. I am embarassed to put up my numbers, but what the heck, it's all in good fun. Maybe next month. Thanks to all who participated.

I was a voracious reader in High School, with a particular interest in history and biographies. In my senior year, I was reading a book a day, speed over 1000 wpm. At 72 years, I have slowed down some.

73,

Al

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NG7Z Operated by: Paul

Only had an hour and a half to play. Other stuff going on this weekend. Got up early this morning at 4AM and worked three members on 80M. The new 80M loop I put up this summer seems to play much better than the old OCF dipole. And it's a lot quieter too. I didn't need the DX Engineering 4 square receiving antenna and will probably sell it. The rest of the time spent on 20M but had to go just as things were heating up. See you in the SKS soon. Paul NG7Z

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WA5TCZ Operated by: Darron

this is my first SKCC sprint and wont be the last.
I have had my number almost from the begening of SKCC NR 206.
I made a total of 6 great contacts and had a good cw fix with the WES.
I want to expecially thank Randy KB4QQT for taking the time to explain the subject designation to me thanks Randy next time I will read the rules a little better.
Im looking foreward to great fun and more contest.
Darron WA5TCZ #206

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G4LMW Operated by: Rob

The photo is of my old School Master, John, G4DXI in the school physics laboratory.

John was my Physics Master and one morning he brought in his Heathkit line-up to show us at school.

That was it, I was hooked. I was 14 at the time but a few years later I had the "Full" licence.

I still have a monthly Sked with John but he has been unable to make them recently as he is concentrating on his brave fight against cancer.

Good Luck John

My Inspiration - John, G4DXI

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VE3HNE Operated by: Walt

Spent most of my time on 40m but band was very noisy here, made a few contacts on 80M. Worked a few on 20m. I also went out for a short drive with the xyl and a bit of shopping. Late in the day spent some time on 40m again.
The bands were not the best but the WES in always a lot of fun, worked K0LUW Russ always has a big signal.
Walt - VE3HNE

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KKØI Operated by: Jack

Bands were fair at best here, busy weekend, but was able to be a few hours in. Liked the subject idea. Thanks for the contacts folks!

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KG4W Operated by: Ed

Didn't put much effort in this one, sorta reminds me of school. One more year in high school & I would have had to pay tuition. When on, I was searching for Cs that I cud help to T and I found 3 but see I missed 2 more. Was also looking for new skcc dx & snagged YU7AE & M0GGK. Nice fun, enjoyed Andys sked page & enjoyed seeing the school subjects. cul

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KQ1P Operated by: John

I was selected as teacher for a day in my high school physics class and I did a lesson on satellite communications. I recorded an OSCAR pass and plotted the locations for each end of the QSO's. It was great fun for me, maybe not the class!

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UU1CC Operated by: Andy

It's been nice working with many new stations during the sprint.

ICOM ic-735, HM amplifier 3 x GU-50 (250W), Vertical on 40m, V-beam on 20m, MT50 key (DDR Junker)

SCI TEAM RULEZZ!

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AC2C Operated by: Ron

I did not have too much time for the WES - just a few short periods. In the early hours, I found a few who did not know about the additional exchange.

My most memorable High School experience was my 25th reunion.

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W5ESE Operated by: Scott

Had good fun in the Weekend Sprint. Worked 40m, mostly above 7100 KHz.

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AB1BW Operated by: George

I only had a short time on Sunday to operate but had a lot of fun never the less. I’ll miss the October and November sprints because it’s time to go surf fishing for blues and strippers along the coast of Rhode Island. I need to put a rig into my truck. See you after the fall run…..73, George

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AE4LD Operated by: Larry

Fantastic WES, had fun and getting better every time. Thanks to all.

Larry

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KØKEX Operated by: Rick

Another great WES, It was a busy weekend here so activity was limited.
School memories, I went to a vocational school where I took a 3 year Electrical
training program. We had a Tesla coil machine, Van De Graff generators, and
all sorts of good stuff to learn about. As electrical students we were also part of the stage crew (sound & lighting) for all the school programs during the year. Whatgreat fun it was while learning the trade. Central Technical in KC was higher education in electronics. Color TV & Studio lab was great, I still have contact with school mates.
Some are hams that I hope join the SKCC group soon….73’s from Platte County, Mo.

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NE5DL Operated by: Dave

In school my best friend and I in London would play havoc with our classroom experiments at the teachers expense. My friend became an atomic physicist and is now in Canada and I became an electronics engineer now in Texas.

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K4ZGB Operated by: Tom

Busy weekend and no time to participate. I had to stop and read the rules to see what was going on with SCI, Lit, and etc. Then I gave out 3 or 4 Lit's before I had to qrt. I plan not to miss the next WES bingo. Looks like it would be fun.

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K2RFP Operated by: Dick

When I started high school I was on track for a general diploma
and aspired to be like the singing Texaco guys of the late forties
and early fifties. Although I could not sing, I knew I could check
dipsticks and wash windshields as good as the next guy.

Some time during my tenth year my math teacher saw something and
convinced me to double up and take all the advanced math coures
the school offered. Wow, that was something!

At graduation I felt ten feet tall taking the school's math award
as the ivy league college bound kids looked on. I bet that math
teacher felt good. My payback was to become a teacher myself in
hopes of inspiring others as my math teacher did for me.

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W4HDM Operated by: Damon

Fun Sprint, lots of great signals.

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AF2Z Operated by: Drew

There was a fairly steady stream of contacts here on 80m Saturday evening but not much on 20 or 40. Sunday morning was catch as catch can, 80/40/20. Nil heard on 10/15. Couldn't stick around for the grand finale... The only surprise was Phil N6CMF in CA who had a pretty good sig on 80m till past 07:15 EDT... Got seven C's this time, a lot more than usual; good to hear 'em... As for school- never was big on it; always had to hit the books to learn anything. Sure were a lot of SCI people out there; guess that's to be expected for ham radio ops... My rig: Elecraft K3 running 12 watts; 100' wire up 30'; Junker straight key.

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KL7GLL Operated by: Gene

Token effort as weekend consumed by other activities.

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K8BBM Operated by: Dave

had a few qsos where they didn't name a favorite topic...managed about 2 1/2 hours, was great fun. Found a few non math, non science.. I liked math and science, but flunked out of engineering school. Can't pledge a fraternity and not do homework!

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AC7T Operated by: Doug

Thanks to all for making this another fun event. A special thanks to KK5NA, K7IE, and WB6UBK for giving me the last 3 contacts I needed to complete my SKCC Centurion application.

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W9IL Operated by: Lou

Science was the number one subject I worked, followed by Math, which is what I expected from a bunch of hams. Very few of the other subjects were worked. I would venture to say that a survey of today's high school students would not be this top heavy in Science and Math, which does not speak well for the state of our school system.

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KC2KY Operated by: Neil

Only got to operate the last hour but had fun.

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KK5NA Operated by: Joe

Fun event, I picked up some more Ts toward my "Tribune". Rig was Elecraft K3 at 5 watts and antenna an EDZ at 55'.

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W9DLN Operated by: Dan

Spent most of the weekend putting up a pole building. Spent a couple of hours operating Saturday night. Maybe next month I can giv'er again.

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AA9KH Operated by: Jay

Great to hear so many "T"s participating this time out. Confusing but amusing with the "bogus" (hee) situation. No worries ... the FUN is the thing! CU next time. GL & 73 de AA9KH

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NT9K Operated by: Bill

Even though I didn't have many contacts and didn't get to work Walt VE3HNE, I still had fun. Tom W4CU had the biggest signal at 40 over S9 and the loudest that I have ever heard him. I didn't get to work any new members this time, just old friends. I used all of my keys for at least 1 QSO. Rig was Kenwood TS-870 @ 100 watts into 40 meter full wave delta loop and Cushcraft MA5B mini beam.

I liked this theme, nice change of pace. It was tough picking my subject as I didn't like school and skipped more than I attended. I ended up choosing SOC, because they always had detention in the social studies teachers classroom. I made terrible grades. I ended up going to college and graduated Magna Cum Laude. I guess paying for it made the difference?

I can't wait until the October WES, Craftsman Special/SPAR homebrew key sprint.
Until then, 73. Bill NT9K..


I didn't like school very much until I went to college.

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K9QH Operated by: Mike

Need to devote more time on the next event.

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W3RT Operated by: Red

Favorite subject was Science, but got better marks in Typing! (Had something to do with the teacher, I think...)
Not enough time to work the entire WES, but happy to be able to work the stations that I did work.

Many thanks to the folks that provide us with good operating activities like this.

Looking forward to the next one!

73 all. Red, W3RT; SKCC #3237T in PA.

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K1PUB Operated by: Chas

Limited time to operate this month, things seemed really slow during the day on Sunday. Lots of local QRN too. But as usual I enjoyed it.

Favorite classes in High School were science (physics, chemistry) followed closely by music classes and activities. No surprise that I went on to become an EE and am still, 45 years later, active in music.

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K4NVJ Operated by: Joe

Limited time but the WES is a fun event.

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Poll Question-1: What was your favorite subject in school?

1) Math

2) Science

3) Literature

4) Social Studies

5) Other

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Programmed by K2RFP. VID: 1.01.347
Updated: September 19, 2009 0131 UTC
WES Manager: Dick - K2RFP