RESULTS - 14th INTERNET SPRINT
by N6TR & K2MM
The 14th Internet Sprint (SprINT) contest was held during the last
hour of 1999 and the first hour of 2000. This was the ultimate test
for your computer and software during the Y2K changeover. We chose
40 and 20 meters for this event. Except for one QSO that was made
on 40 meters, it appears that band went unused.
Activity for the contest was down a little, but the good conditions
made up for it and the ratio of total QSOs made in the contest to
the number of logs received was higher than the previous three
runnings. We also set a new record for the percentage of the QSOs
with logs on both ends - 98.4 percent, up from 97.9 percent in the
previous running. It will be difficult to continue this trend, but
hopefully we can continue our progress towards the "perfect" contest
where we have 100 percent of the logs.
The winner this time around was Trey Garlough, N5KO. Second place
went to Dan Craig who was testing out his new callsgin N6MJ. You
will remember Dan's previous two callsigns, KC6CNV and AD6DO. Dan
gave Trey a run for his money and you can see the blow by blow in
the QSO graph.
Third place went to Sprint veteren K6LL followed by K7CPU who edged
out K1HT by one QSO for 4th place. K1HT had a very impressive log
with zero points removed for miscopying any information.
The winner for the most mutilated name goes to Steve Merchant, K6AW.
He came up with Krelman, which is "just one of those words". It is
an all purpose word that can be used to describe many things which
don't have a good name. For example: "Your krelman on the end of
the boom needs replacing". Steve also won the TXNG competition by
choosing the wrong callsign (more on that later on in the writeup).
Steve and Trey were actually sitting about six feet from each other
during the event. The K7RAT super-station was reconfigured for the
event and had both operators using a trap dipole for receiving. It
was about 300 feet from the transmitting antennas.
A number of you said you had a great time and looked forward to
the next running of this event. We are almost certain that there
will be another one, we just don't know when. It took us awhile to
figure out how to reconfigure the participation statistics table to
include this running. Now that this problem has been solved, perhaps
the next running won't be so long into the future.
If you enjoyed this event, I hope you will consider taking part in
the "real" sprint. The next NCJ CW Sprint is on the 12th of February
(13th UTC). Check out the Sprint Survival Web Page for rules and some
interesting stuff, including sound files of actual QSOs. The URL is
http://jzap.com/n6tr/sprint.html.
Finally, this report would not be possible without the work of
John Zapisek, K2MM, inventor of the LogZap software used to check
the logs and generate the interesting name tracings. John will be
sending you an annotated copy of your log showing you how it was
scored.
73 Tree N6TR
Internet SprINT Participation Statistics
Run- Date Logs Calls ---------------QSOs-------------- ----Matched----
ning Sub'd Found 10m 15m 20m 40m 80m Total OK NG Pct
14 9912 34 56 0 0 3024 2 0 3026 2978 48 98.4
13 9809 39 56 26 3472 0 0 0 3498 3426 72 97.9
12 9612 48 98 0 0 0 3961 259 4220 3545 675 84.0
11 9608 39 63 0 0 1587 717 0 2302 2194 108 95.3
10 9604 37 62 0 0 1915 1772 0 3687 3452 235 93.6
9 9512 49 76 0 0 0 2518 2080 4598 4230 368 92.0
8 9507 33 82 0 0 2871 587 0 3458 2970 488 85.9
7 9504 32 50 0 0 967 1629 0 2596 2268 328 87.4
6 9501 29 64 0 0 0 2115 619 2734 2386 348 87.3
5 9407 45 88 0 0 3258 247 0 3505 3044 461 86.8
4 9404 29 54 0 0 1457 1081 0 2538 2394 144 94.3
3 9401 30 55 0 0 2170 758 0 2928 2772 156 94.7
2 9310 26 47 0 0 1552 574 0 2126 1912 214 89.9
1 9305 29 74 0 0 2471 2 0 2473 2082 391 84.2
#OK = your score
#NL = no log from other station
#NG = other contacts not credited
RXNG = you busted the call/number/name/qth of the station you worked
TXNG = the station you worked busted your call/number/name/qth
DUPE = you worked the same station within 3 previous non-dupes
BCHG = total number of band changes
ACCY = (#OK + #NG - RXNG) / (#OK + #NG)
CALL #OK #NL #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE BCHG ACC'Y (each * is 1% > 80%)
n5ko 170 0 12 5 7 0 0 97.3 *****************
n6mj 163 4 7 5 4 0 2 97.1 *****************
k6ll 151 3 6 1 4 2 0 99.4 *******************
k7cpu (n6tr) 142 0 13 3 9 1 0 98.1 ******************
k1ht 141 1 4 0 4 0 0 100.0 ********************
ki7y 132 1 6 2 5 0 0 98.6 *******************
k6aw 132 1 22 5 16 2 0 96.8 *****************
w0rtt 130 2 7 3 3 1 0 97.8 ******************
k6xx 130 3 14 9 6 1 0 93.8 **************
ka9fox 115 1 9 2 7 0 0 98.4 ******************
k9aa (k9pg) 102 0 10 3 6 1 0 97.3 *****************
n5lz 102 0 11 7 3 3 0 93.8 **************
k6gv 99 0 8 5 3 0 0 95.3 ***************
wt9u 95 1 4 3 1 0 0 97.0 *****************
kg5u 94 1 10 2 8 1 0 98.1 ******************
n6ij (ae0m) 91 5 10 5 4 1 0 95.0 ***************
n9rv 86 0 1 0 1 0 2 100.0 ********************
n5tu 82 1 16 14 3 0 0 85.7 ******
w4oc 81 2 17 11 6 0 0 88.8 *********
ku6j 80 5 7 9 1 0 0 89.7 **********
k6iii 63 2 11 9 4 0 0 87.8 ********
k0ej 53 1 2 1 2 0 0 98.2 ******************
k5tr 53 0 9 6 3 0 0 90.3 **********
kz5d 50 0 9 4 4 1 0 93.2 *************
k5zd 39 1 8 2 4 2 0 95.7 ****************
na4k 33 0 5 2 3 0 0 94.7 ***************
w4pa 27 1 2 0 2 0 0 100.0 ********************
ws7l 21 0 5 4 1 0 0 84.6 *****
w7om 17 4 4 2 1 1 0 90.5 **********
w1nn 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 ********************
k9tm 13 1 2 2 0 0 0 86.7 *******
n8ea 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 100.0 ********************
w7nx 8 1 4 2 1 1 0 83.3 ***
aa5bt 007 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 ********************
ab7vi -20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log
#OK + #NL + #NG is the raw claimed score. #NG is the number of busted QSOs.
Some contacts may be busted for more than one reason, so RXNG + TXNG + DUPE
may be greater than #NG. Stations making more than 10 QSOs who did not
submit a log were penalized one point per unreported QSO!
All entrants' graded logs are being returned to them via e-mail. Also, this
report and all the graded logs are available via FTP. Point your browser at
ftp://jzap.com/pub/int/
ftp://jzap.com/pub/int/9912/
ACCURACY AND KCJ RULES
Starting with the last running (9809), the Internet SprINT adopted the
QSO-credit rules long used by the KCJ (Keymen's Club of Japan). These rules
state that QSO credit is allowed only for confirmed correct QSOs. This
means not only that you lose credit if the station you worked mis-copied
your information -- a long-time Internet SprINT rule -- but also that you
lose credit if the station you worked did not send in a log.
The KCJ rules were kept in place for this running. However, the accuracy
column was changed to reflect only copying accuracy. QSOs that were busted
only because the other station mis-copied your info are still deducted from
your score, however they no longer pull down your accuracy figure. With
these new accuracy criteria, there are many more golden logs, some of them
quite substantial: K1HT (145), N9RV (87), W4PA (29), W1NN (16*), N8EA (11),
AA5BT (7*). The asterisk (*) denotes a log that also had no sending errors
(TXNG=0), a golden log even by the previous stricter criteria.
NEW RECORD FOR LOG SUBMISIONS
Many sincere thanks go to Tree/N6TR for his yeoman efforts in the
log-wheedling department. His persistence and persuasiveness resulted in a
record 98.4 percent of reported QSOs being matched, up from last running's
97.9 percent. This makes name tracing not only possible, but almost easy!
It also allows excellent reconstruction of non-submitted logs. Some of
these reconstructed logs can be very entertaining. (See below!)
COME-FROM-BEHIND KNOCK-OUT
Top finisher Trey/N5KO (N-5-Knock-Out) overcame a slow start to catch
runner-up Dan/N6MJ by the contest mid-point at Universal Midnight. He then
established a 7-QSO lead in the next 15 minutes and held on to it for the
winning margin.
This graph shows the race between N5KO and N6MJ minute by minute.
The x-axis is a constant rate of 160 QSOs per two hours. Each line
above/below the x-axis is one valid QSO more/less than that rate.
Call: N5KO N6MJ (tie)
Sign: k m #
2300 2310 2320 2330 2340 2350 0000
| | | | | | |
| | | | | mmmm | m |
| mm | | | mm m mm|mmm m mm |
| mmm mmm mmmm| | m |m m m m k m 84
|mm |mmmmm m | mmmm m | k k | kkkk #k 83
m | |mm mmm | k kkkk|kkk |
k | | mmmm m | | k k |
+kkk------+---------+------m-m+--------kkk--------+---------+ 80
| k | | | k | | |
| | | | k | | |
| k k | | |k kk k | | |
| k kk| kk k k k k k | | |
| k k k k|k kk| | | |
| |k kk | kkkkkk | | | |
| | | | | | |
0000 0010 0020 0030 0040 0050 0100
| | | | | | |
| | | | | kk k k |
| | | | | k |k k k |
| | | |kk | kkk | kk k|
| | | kkkkk kk kkkkkk | k k 170
| | | k | kkkk | | |
| | k kk| k | | | |
| | k k kkkk | | | |
| kkk k | | | | |
| k| k | | | | |
m# kk | | | m | mmm mmmmmm|
k ###m#m m| | | m mm | mm m| m m 163
| k m mm | mmmmm |mm m mmm mm m | |
| | m mmmmm|mm mm m | m m | |
+---------+--m------m--m------+---------+---------+---------+ 160
| | m | | | | |
| | | | | | |
IT'S PARTY TIME (HIC!)
How nice it is that radios are not like cars. They can be safely operated
even when the operator is a bit tipsy -- an important feature on New Year's
Eve -- as long as the covers are kept closed!
Vince/AB7VI seemed to be very much in a party mood for this running. He did
not submit a log, but we've reconstructed all 20 of his QSOs from other
entrants' logs. He started out sending not only the name he received in the
preceding QSO, but the received section as well. (BTW, this HAS been done
once before!) After he spotted and fixed this problem, many stations
started mis-copying his callsign as AB7V. Maybe Vince pulled the plug on
some misbehaving software and switched to a hand key???
20 0003 n5tu 50 mark tx ab7vi 1 vince wa
20 0004 k6xx 80 mark ca ab7vi 2 mark tx
20 0007 ku6j 42 wart ca ab7vi 3 mark ca
20 0009 k6xx 86 rob ca ab7vi 4 warn ca
20 0016 ku6j 52 greg ca ab7vi 5 rob ca
20 0018 n6mj 112 mike ca ab7vi 6 greg ca
20 0021 k6ll 107 greg az ab7vi 7 mike ca
20 0039 wt9u 77 ron in ab7vi 8 greg wa
20 0040 ku6j 76 greg ca ab7vi 9 ron ca
20 0042 w4oc 100 paul sc ab7vi 10 greg wa
20 0043 n6ij 88 greg ca ab7v 111 paul wa
20 0046 n6mj 153 mitch ca ab7vi 12 greg wa
20 0048 w0rtt 127 mike co ab7vi 13 mitch wa
20 0050 w7om 25 joe wa ab7vi 14 mike wa
20 0051 n6ij 97 greg ca ab7v 15 joe wa
20 0053 kg5u 98 joe tx ab7vi 16 greg wa
20 0054 w0rtt 133 mike co ab7vi 17 joe wa
20 0056 n6ij 102 od ca ab7v 18 mike wa
20 0058 w4pa 27 mike tn ab7vi 19 od wa
20 0059 n6ij 106 ron ca ab7v 20 mike wa
OTOH, maybe Vince sent CA instead of WA so much because even though he lives
in Port Orchard, WA, he does live on California Avenue!
THE PRICE OF CELEBRITY
Everybody knows that Steve/K6AW is in California, right? Not this time.
Steve operated this running from the K7RAT clubhouse (Tree/N6TR's home in
Boring, OR). Instead of using the club call, however, he used his own call.
A big mistake. Even though he sent OR, he lost credit for nine QSOs with
stations who logged him as being in CA -- W4OC three times, and K5TR, N5LZ,
and N5TU twice each.
We were thinking of assessing Steve a 1000-point penalty for failing to use
the correct call, but we figured the several-place drop in the standings he
bought himself was punishment enough :-)
<< UPDATE - Steve has pleaded not-guilty. He simply sat down at the
computer and started operating the contest. The config file for
the contest had been setup ahead of time by N6TR and had the K6AW
call already programmed. Therefore, Steve thinks K7CPU should be
given the penalty. >>
<< FINAL UPDATE - N6TR claims that Steve would have had plenty of time
to make the change to K7RAT if N5KO wouldn't have been taking a nap.
Steve had to go wake Trey up 2 minutes before the contest. Therefore,
N5KO is the one who should be assessed the penalty. This might also
explain Trey's slow start in the contest. >>
SO FEW WITHOUT A CLUE
Clueless ops will always be a part of this contest. They hear a Sprint-like
contest on the air and jump right in. No problem -- they fail to send the
last-received name because they don't know the rules, but that means they
also don't know they can work dupes. Thank goodness!
20 0015 w4oc 76 dan sc w0if 1 ron mn
20 0020 w7om 8 andy wa w0if 2 ron mn
20 2318 n6mj 30 pete ca w9mik 2 mike il #1
20 2323 n6ij 7 pete ca w9mik 2 mike il
20 2324 k6xx 27 dave ca w9mik 3 mike il
20 2344 k6ll 57 perry az wa3gos 51 sterl md #1
20 0027 ku6j 62 warm ca wa3gos 51 sterl md #2
20 0040 w7om 18 greg wa wa3gos 51 hterl md #3
20 0057 k6aw 151 sterl or wa3gos 51 sterl md #4
20 2313 k5zd 2 emily ma wb5lxj 1 greg tx #?
20 2310 k6iii 10 tony ca wb5lxj 4 greg tx
20 2319 ka9fox 10 dan wi wb5lxj 5 greg tx
20 2320 ku6j 17 jim ca wb5lxj 6 greg tx
20 2323 k9tm 1 tim oh wb5lxj 7 greg tx
PLAYERS' SOAPBOX
> [Dave/K1HT] 146 QSOs is a personal best for me in an Internet SprINT.
Congrats Dave! You sounded great out here on the west coast.
> [Randy/K5ZD] Didn't even know the contest was on. . . . Heard KU6J
> calling CQ INT on 14026 and realized I was missing the fun.
Remember Randy - the CW Sprint is on the 19th of February (heh-heh).
> [Eric/KU6J] Very interesting contest, my first time in it.
Another sprint virgin bites the dust. Hope to hear you next time.
> [Carl/WS7L] This is only about the second time I've worked up enough
> fortitude to jump into a Sprint, but I think they're growing on me.
Nope - that's just moss. You guys in Orygun get a lot of that.
> [Derek/AA5BT] Equipment problem at 0008, I gave up. 7 QSOs in 8 mins so
> I claim a score of 105. Or maybe double it.
Your equipment probably sensed that your QSO total had reached 007 and
decided that's exactly where it should stay :-)
> [Scott/W4PA/m] I was scheduled to play a New Years' Eve gig. I knew I
> would have a lot of spare time to kill before everything started at 9 PM,
> so I brought my Omni-VI along and set up in the back of my van. Ah, the
> odor of burnt motor oil and dirty carpeting. Is it Field Day :-) Antenna
> was a 20 meter mobile whip. I turned the power down to about 30 watts.
> [Bo/K6GV] Operated from Pacific Bell's Sacramento Emergency Operations
> Center. We just had a new M2 7+ 10-30 MHz LPA put up and it doesn't seem
> to play right yet. We think it's the balun but nobody can jump to 60 feet
> to see.
PROPAGATION AND ACTIVITY
> [Scott/W4PA] I didn't hear anyone louder than S7, most were about S3-S4.
> K1HT was the loudest signal heard, must have been 1 hop from MA to TN.
> [Dave/K1HT] 20 meters held up well enough that I never felt a need to try
> 40. How many logs show QSOs on 40?
One QSO in two logs means four total band changes for the whole contest.
> [Pat/N9RV] 40 meters was a total bust. When you're allowed to work
> dupes, I guess the whole notion of QSYing is moot.
We have had runnings where activity has been reasonably split between two
bands. See the Participation Statistics at the top of the write-up.
> [Dan/N6MJ] This is a great contest. Too bad the activity was real low.
OPERATING FEATURES AND FOIBLES
> [Rod/W7OM] I think the first guy got my name wrong as OD was given back
> to me several times.
> [Tree/N6TR] As part of Intel's Y2K rollover team, my operation was
> technically a Y2K communications exercise. However, even using K7CPU
> didn't keep me from using the Millenium Bug (made by Vibroplex) for
> sending and I even paper logged to make sure no computer glitches
> could affect me.
> [Dan/N6MJ] What happened to the usual sending dit dit or TU to confirm
> that u got the info? It seemed like I was the only one doing it, and I
> could have made a lot more q's if I didnt.
This is important. Personally, I didn't notice it being a problem.
If anyone needs a refresher on this, please visit the Sprint Survivial
Web Page which discusses the proper way to end a sprint QSO. That
URL again is http://jzap.com/n6tr/sprint.html.
> [Pat/N9RV] I made two name changes to correct for what appeared to me to
> be obvious copying errors: copied DERT, resent as BERT; copied ELC,
> resent as ERIC.
Well, the rules DO allow you to change the name as long as you mark it in
your log. But as a traffic handler, you'd have been drummed out of NTS for
editorializing your messages :-)
> [Eric/KU6J] It really takes concentration/discipline to send the last
> name received rather than your own name, and to refrain from correcting
> what seems to be obvious mistakes in the names received.
Yep. Discipline.
> [Eric/KU6J] I'm curious to find out when KRELMAN got coerced into
> KREMLIN, unless there really were two different guys with these odd
> names. . . . I just logs 'em as I hears 'em, and I ask for a LOT of
> fills, so I hope it wasn't me!
See the name traces for the complete story.
LOGGING BY HOOK OR CROOK
> > [Paul/K9PG/K9AA] And when do I get to be put on the TR-Log update list?
> > I Still need 6.46.
>
> [Tree/N6TR] When I get your log ;-)
> [Mark/K0EJ] Great way to start the new year (and the old computer worked
> just FB).
> [Joe/N8EA] I went back into the shack after sending in my log and noticed
> my old computer indicated the date was Jan 4, 1980 -- a Y2K bug.
> [Scott/W4PA] Any potential Y2K computer problem was avoided very neatly;
> I paper logged and then typed in the log.
> [Dale/KG5U] My e-mailer (Outlook Express) hangs with the attachment OR
> with the complete log in the text field.
If the Linux bandwagon continues to roll, we all won't be stuck having to
use that MicroSquish crap very much longer!
RULES AND REGULATIONS
> [Bo/K6GV] I, with what virtue I have remaining, stayed awake for most of
> the sprINT and made some contacts. I hope I complied with some of the
> rules.
Not a chance. I'll bet your LPA was a Linear Power Amplifier instead of a
Log-Periodic Array. Prolly shoulda given you another 1000-point penalty!
> [Dave/K1HT] It looks as if I may lose four QSOs because the station that
> I worked had not made enough QSOs with other stations since the previous
> QSO with me.
Nope. Dupes are only the other station's problem. Only copying/logging
errors trigger the two-way bust rule.
> [Eric/KU6J] You might also want to put the rules on a web site for next
> time. I had the rules from your message to the contesting reflector, but
> I didn't see them linked to the normal contest calendar sites.
This is not a normal contest :-) The cq-contest list -- where the rules
were posted -- does have web archives. I also have an unofficial archive:
http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/
http://jzap.com/lists/cq-contest/
> [Rod/W7OM] My log is for CHECK PURPOSES ONLY.
OK, Rod. We checked your log and put your score in the standings. Thanks!
> [Tony/AE0M/N6IJ] I agree to be bound by the decisions of the Awards
> Committee.
Quick! Somebody get some rope! And PLEASE don't forget Tony's gag :-)
NAME TRACES
For an explanation of the name-trace symbols ( = - + * # . ) see the
Reader's Guide to SprINT Name Traces at the end of this report.
n5ko 124 albert *=============n5tu=
kz5d 52 greg ===-=w4oc.
k5tr 1 albin =k6gv=
wt9u 2 albert ============================================
. . . albert ===========w7nx-wq7l?
kz5d 1 art =================ki7y=
n5ko 27 bert =
n5tu 15 bret ==========k7cpu=
w0rtt 36 bert ====k5zd=
k5tr 5 dert ======n9rv
n9rv 59 bert ============================================
. . . bert ========================n5ko=
k9aa 110 dert ==k7cpu.
w4oc 2 bert *=======================n6mj
n6mj 40 mike =
n6ij 12 bert =
w4oc 27 fox ============================================
. . . fox ===========================================kz5d.
k6gv 1 bo ==================k6aw=
n5lz 14 pete ======n6ij-w9mik#
k6xx 28 mike ============================================
. . . mike ============================================
. . . mike ============-==-=n6ij.
ws7l 1 carl ============k7cpu=
n6mj 116 cal ==k1ht=
k6aw 110 carl =============================k5zd.
kg5u 1 dale ================k9aa=
n6ij 93 dave =============k9aa=
k6gv 103 dale ======k9aa.
n6mj 1 dan ============================================
. . . dan =====================================n6ij+k1ht
ve6ex 1 dan =======w4oc-w0if#
w7om 9 ron =============================k6iii-n1pvp?
k6ll 1 dave ===============================k6xx-w9mik#
n5lz 1 don =====w4pa=
k6gv 5 dan ===========ka9fox-wb5lxj#
ku6j 18 greg ==================k6xx
k6xx 58 grid ===kg5u=
k6iii 34 greg ======================k1ht-wa2cpp?
w4oc 1 don +kz5d
n5tu 1 earl =================aa5bt.
k6xx 1 emily =============k5zd-wb5lxj#
k6iii 11 greg =====================================kg5u=
w7nx 3 mark ============================================
. . . mark =========================k6ll.
ku6j 1 eric ================================w0rtt=
k5tr 10 elc ==n9rv
n9rv 62 eric ===================k1ht=
k5tr 21 elc =ka9fox=
kz5d 30 eric ===n5lz+k6gv
n5ko 1 fizzbin ==========n6ij=
k6xx 17 fizzbee ========n9rv=
n5tu 16 fuzz ============================================
. . . fuzz ===========================n5ko+kg5u
ka9fox 1 fox ============================================
. . . fox =======================================k6gv.
n5lz 71 fuzz *==========================================k0ej.
wb5lxj 1 greg =============k5zd=
n5tu 17 dale =========================================ka9fox=
k5tr 22 dave ===============================================kg5u.
ka9fox 23 greg *==============k6xx
k6xx 51 grid =k6aw=
ka9fox 36 greg ============n6mj=
k6iii 32 mark ================-=======w1nn.
w1nn 1 hal ============k6iii=
n6mj 76 mark ============-===============na4k.
k1ht 1 hoag =====k7cpu=
na4k 7 hog =======na4k=
k6iii 8 sog =
n6mj 21 hog =====k5zd=
w4oc 15 hop ================================k6ll=
n5tu 43 sop ===========k6xx=
n5lz 61 hop =n5ko=
k6gv 49 sop ============k6ll-ve6ex?
k6iii 1 jerry ===================k6xx=
k7cpu 29 perry ================k6ll-wa3gos#
ku6j 63 sterl ======================k6aw-wa3gos#
ki7y 1 jim ================ku6j-wb5lxj#
k9tm 2 greg ============================================
. . . greg ============================================
. . . greg ============wt9u.
wt9u 1 jim ======ki7y-wb8e?
wa2cpp 1 joe ============================================
. . . joe ==============ws7l.
n8ea 2 joe ========k1ht.
n6ij 55 joe *===========================================
. . . joe ==========-==-=======n5ko.
k6aw 1 krelman ===================n5ko=
w4oc 11 kremlin ===n5lz=
na4k 23 krelman ==n5ko=
w4oc 21 kremlin =
k6iii 17 kremlim =n5lz=
n5tu 22 kremlin ==k6aw=
ku6j 29 krelman =k7cpu=
k6xx 44 krelmin =
k9aa 24 kremlin =======ka9fox=
w4oc 65 kremlim =
n6ij 47 kremlen ===k7cpu=
n5ko 106 kremlin ===k0ej=
kg5u 62 kremlen =
k6aw 102 kremlin ======w7om-wb8uue?
n1pvp 1 marino ==========ki7y.
k0ej 1 mark -====================kz5d=
k6aw 119 mike =================================ka9fox.
na4k 1 matrix ====================n6mj=
n5tu 19 mark ==========================ka9fox=
n6ij 31 mike ============================================
. . . mike ==================n6mj.
wq7l 1 mike =w7nx.
w9mik 2 mike ============================================
. . . mike ======================-=====================
. . . mike ============-=w7om.
wb8uue 1 mitch ==================-===========n8ea=
ku6j 92 mike .
k7cpu 111 mitch *============================k5tr.
n9rv 1 pat ============================================
. . . pat =================n9rv.
k9aa 1 paul ============================================
. . . paul ============================================
. . . paul ========-====ka9fox=
n5tu 88 paula ==k1ht=
n5lz 107 paul ========k6aw.
k7cpu 1 pentium ==============k6xx=
n5tu 23 pete ===============================w7nx=
w0rtt 87 peter =======k7cpu+w7om
w0rtt 1 pete =====================n6mj-w9mik#
n6ij 8 mike =====k6xx
k6xx 31 grid ==w4oc=
n5tu 21 gred =
n5lz 26 greg ===================================w7om-wa3gos#
k6aw 152 sterl ==n5tu.
k5zd 1 randy ==================k6ll=
k6aw 41 andy ============================================
. . . andy ============-===========w7om-w0if#
w7nx 1 rob ==============-=============================
. . . rob =======================n8ea.
w7om 1 rod =====w0rtt=
ws7l 3 od ===========================k6aw=
w4oc 96 ob ==========ka9fox=
wt9u 87 od ===========-==w0rtt.
w0if 1 ron ==================-===============n6ij-ab7v?
wa3gos 51 sterl ====k6xx=
w4oc 46 stel ====k5tr=
k6xx 67 ster ===========n5ko=
kz5d 32 stan ============================w4oc=
w7om 13 od ==================k6iii.
k9tm 1 tim -wb5lxj#
n6ij 1 tony ====k6iii-wb5lxj#
ka9fox 11 greg ============================================
. . . greg =============================-===-=====-====
. . . greg ===-==========k6xx.
w4pa 1 tux =k1ht=
n5tu 3 tex =========================ka9fox+k1ht
ab7vi 1 vince ========================n5tu=
n6ij 70 fox ==========================================w4pa.
wb8e 12 walt =======================kg5u=
k6xx 77 wart ========ku6j-ab7vi=
k6xx 87 warn ================k6iii=
w4oc 83 warm =ku6j-wa3gos=
w7om 19 hterl =
w0rtt 118 sterl =k6aw=
n6mj 148 carl ====================n5lz.
aa5bt 1 why2k ========na4k=
k5zd 6 w5y2k =k1ht
k1ht 25 whytk ====k5zd=
k6xx 43 why2k ===========k5tr=
k9tm 16 - .
READER'S GUIDE TO SPRINT NAME TRACES
wa1mug 1 john ==w1ua=
kz4h 8 jon ===-===w6go.
WA1MUG started with the name John. The first station he worked got the name
OK, then passed it to W1UA. The name John showed up OK in all three logs.
W1UA then worked KZ4H who recorded Jon in his log. Either W1UA mis-sent the
name or KZ4H mis-copied or mis-logged the name on his QSO #7. KZ4H then
passed Jon along to the next station he worked with his QSO #8.
Jon survived until W6GO copied it on his last QSO. It showed up in the logs
of all stations in between, except for one station who did not send one in.
wb2oeu 1 fred =====-=====-=====wb2rkk-wb2woi=
wa2uwa 17 stinky -===-========-?-=========wa2eah-wa2ccf?
WB2OEU started with Fred which showed up OK in WB2RKK's log. RKK then
worked WB2WOI who did not send in a log. But WOI's next QSO# was found in
WA2UWA's log, and UWA recorded Stinky. The error may have occurred anywhere
between RKK sending and UWA receiving.
UWA then passed Stinky with his QSO #17, and Stinky eventually made it into
WA2EAH's enormous log. EAH then worked WA2CCF, who did not send in a log,
and the trace was lost. Along the way, the name passed through at least two
consecutive stations who did not send in logs. This made manual suturing of
the traces necessary.
k2kir 1 howie =========wa2spl=
w2mta sowie
w2mta 20 bill =========w2fr
w2fr 30 dill =========wb2drw.
K2KIR started with Howie. WA2SPL said he copied and sent Howie, but W2MTA
said he copied Sowie. MTA's log also said he found Sowie offensive, so he
changed it to Bill before sending it with his QSO #20. W2FR copied Bill OK,
but his log said he's always had trouble sending Bill, so he changed it to
Dill before passing it on with his #30.
k1znd 12 dave *========wa1hco-wa1iqj#
wa1pid 73 don ==========================wb2fzo+k2eiu
K1ZND worked someone on his QSO #11 who sent him Dave -- or so he thought.
The other station didn't think the QSO complete, and so continued by sending
Dave on his next QSO without putting ZND in his log. Meanwhile, ZND
blissfully passed on the freshly cloned Dave with his #12.
Dave made it OK to WA1HCO who passed it to WA1IQJ. But IQJ was cluelessly
sending Don to everybody, including the next station he worked, WA1PID.
This Don survived until he got to WB2FZO. FZO thought he passed Don to
K2EIU, but EIU was really working someone else, so Don fell on the floor.
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