Thanks to all that participated - the consensus was that it was fun and
there should be another honor sprint targeted at DX participation.
Imagine - a two-hour WW sprint! Stay tuned...
73, Ward N0AX
Honor Sprint #2 - 22 May 1999
Results
Q's Mult Score Name QTH Pwr Club
NE6N (op N6RT) 72 22 1672 Don CA HP SCCC
K6LL 64 20 1200 Dave AZ HP SCCC
K4RO 61 19 1159 Kirk TN HP TCG
W4PA 63 17 1071 Scott TN HP TCG
K4BAI 54 19 1026 John GA HP
N0AX 56 18 1008 Ed WA LP BARC
WD4AHZ 55 17 935 Ron FL LP FCG
W4OC 54 17 918 Don SC LP SECG
N2IC 53 16 848 Steve CO HP
N2MG 43 19 817 Mike NY HP
VA3UZ 51 16 816 Yuri ON LP
KK7GW 39 18 702 David WA LP
G4BUO 37 18 666 Dave G HP
K7RAT (op N6TR) 37 16 592 Bert OR HP BARC
W7GG 34 15 530 Bob OR HP
KU7Y 30 17 510 Ron UT LP
WT9U 29 14 406 Jim IN LP SMC
W9RE 17 9 163 Mike IN HP
I2WIJ 12 11 132 Roberto I LP
WC4E 12 10 120 Jeff FL HP FCG
W0EEE (op NØSS) 13 6 78 Tom MO LP
Comments: That was certainly different! 16 band changes - plus a few that
brought no replies. Nice to work a few DX stations as well. [WD4AHZ]
The highlight was working VQ9VK! First one I ever heard and there he was
calling CQ NA! He didn't seem to understand the QSY rule but I didn't
bother to try explaining. Heck, this is all just for fun anyway! [KU7Y]
Thrill of my (short) operation in the contest from the new club station of
the Univ. of MO - Rolla, with 100W to an 80M dipole on 15M was being
CALLED by VQ9VK [N0SS]
Just a little activity between family stuff. [N6TR]
It is simpler to keep the rules the same as the NA sprint, but I would
welcome you opening it out so it is more attractive to people outside NA.
I started late because I was watching the FA Cup Final (football) but got
the impression that activity levels were not very high. Could not hear any
NA on 10m so started on 15. I enjoyed the contest, I am a great fan of
sprint contesting. [G4BUO]
10 was dead as a doornail. 7 QSO's there. 15 and 20 were good and even
worked VQ9 and some Europeans as well. Maybe the next one use 15/20 or
15/20/40 and call it the worldwide Sprint, time adjusted for best DXing
both ways? August? October? [W4PA]
This was my first stab at playing with two radios, and it went very
smooth. I didn?t use any computer rig control, so my apologies to some
guys I accidentally called as a dupe at the start. It took me a little
bit to get in the swing of things with manually entering band changes for
both radios. It was nice to have a bunch of DX participating! It added a
some excitement and much needed extra QSOs. Thanks to Don W6EEN for
letting me do a little warmup before WPX. [N6RT]
Had to leave for a ball game. Seems like the test is gaining some
popularity! [W9RE]
Enjoyed the Honor Sprint. Sorry conditions were not better and that there
was not a lot more activity. [K4BAI]
Glad to offer (the only?) NY multiplier. 10 was a ghost land. Tnx to those
who pulled my signal out of the mud. Took a few Qs to get into the Sprint
"swing" - NA helped. Tried to operate without my real keyer and paddle,
BAD idea (for me). Hooked it back up 15 min into contest. [N2MG]
This was fun, and good practice. I seemed to run out of stations to work
before it was all over. Maybe more folks will give this a try in the
future. [K4RO]
Activity only on 15, unfortunately the only band not tuned yet on my
Vertical R7 antenna!!! [I2WIJ]
Only had a few minutes to operate. Look forward to the next one! [WC4E]
Might be fun to have a CW/Phone combo, maybe double points for CW? Just
enough time for a little workout. [W7GG]
Interesting to have a high-band sprint. It was also encouraging to have
several serious European entrants. I think next time we'll have to count
country multipliers outside North America. Nice to see VQ9VK show up
calling, "CQ NA"! [N0AX]
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