Two days in Valdosta this week threw me behind, as usual. I confused
myself about the weekday sprints this week. Hope I didn't confuse any
of you too. As always, the best source of contest information is one of
the contest calendars, WA7BNM or SM3CER, and from one of them to the
official website for the contest.
Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:
1. 2011 Locust QSO Party
K4BAI 62 71,000 HP Secret Swarmer Check Log 0:54 GA SECC
2. January NAQCC Hand Key/Bug Sprint
N4NM 47 23 4,232 SOQRP SWA AL ACG
K1ZZI 57 28 3,080 SOQRP GAIN GA SECC
K4BAI 36 18 2,484 SOQRP5W SWA 0:58 GA SECC
AA4NN 40 18 2,052 SOQRP GAIN SC SECC
K4NVJ 17 9 612 SOQRP SWA AL
K4JPN 11 9 396 SOQRP SWA GA
NY4G 15 12 360 SOQRP SWA SC
N4SAM 9 9 162 SOQRP SWA AL
KB0ETU 3 3 36 SOQRP SWA AL
WB5NMZ 2 2 8 SOQRP SWA AL
3. NCCC NS Ladder, 1/21/11
W4OC 51 34 1,734 SOLP 0.5 SC SECC SO2R
W4NZ 42 28 1,176 SOLP 0.5 TN TCG SO2R
K4BAI 35 27 945 SOLP 0.5 GA SECC
KY4F 30 21 630 SOLP 0.5 AL ACG
4. ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes
N1LF 52 32 2,560 SOLP __ AL ACG
N4PN 6 4 24 SOLP 1 GA SECC
K4BAI 4 3 12 SOLP 0:07 GA SECC
KC4HW 3 2 6 SOHP 1 AL ACG
5. BARTG RTTY Contest
K9MUG/4 380 53 128,840 SOHP 12 AL ACG
W4BQF 371 300 111,300 SOHP 6.5 GA
W4UK 500 180 90,000 SOHP 12.8 SC SECC
KA4PKB 444 48 85,248 M/OHP 24 AL ACG KA4PKB/AA4YL at W4HOD
KE4KWE 338 50 76,050 SOLP 12 AL ACG
AA4U 233 44 51,260 SOLP 7.5 AL ACG
K4HAL 235 180 42,300 SOHP 4 AL ACG
KM4JA 100 3 13,800 SOLP _ AL ACG
KB4KBS 123 123 9,225 SOLP 6.5 GA SECC
N4VN 80 22 5,280 SOHP 4.5 AL
Obviously the multiplier column doesn't really make sense since the
reporters must not agree on what number needs to be reported as a
multiplier. I thnk KM4JA is an error and his multiplier total may be 46
or 49. It appears that W4BQF, W4UK, and K4HAL have some double
multiplier factor figured in. K9MUG, KA4PKB, KE4KWE, AA4U, and N4VN
apparently do not. I suspect KB4KBS is in error and maybe that is just
his number of QSO points rather than the multiplier. The last time I
tried to bring some sense to a widely diverse multiplier column (in a
WAE Contest), I got a lot of grief from those who reported it the
various different ways. So, here is just what I got from the 3830
reports with an asterisk that they cannot all be reconciled.
6. NAQCC 160M Hand Key/Bug Sprint
K1ZZI 26 17 867 SOQRP GA SECC
K4BAI 13 11 572 SOQRP GA SECC
N4SAM 14 12 504 SOQRP AL
W4JVY 6 4 96 SOQRP AL
WB5NMZ 4 3 24 SOQRP AL
K4EOR 3 3 24 SOQRP GA
This week's contests:
1. Tonight: 40 CW QRP Fox Hunt. 0200-0330Z Friday, Thursday night
local. 7030-7050 kHz. Two foxes (one is NK9G in WI) will be hiding.
Exchange: RST, SPC, Name, Power. Work only the two foxes. Same thing
next Tuesday night on 80M, 3550-3570 kHz. Maximum power: 5W.
2. Tonight: NCCC Practices. SNS 0200-0220Z Friday, Thursday night
local. 20, 40, 80M CW, 100W maximum. 18 wpm maximum speed. One kHz
QSY rule. Exchange: both calls, #, name, SPC. NS Ladder runs
0230-0259Z with the same rules except add 160M band and no speed limit.
3. CQ 160M CW Contest. 22Z Friday to 22Z Sunday. 160M CW. 30 hour
maximum time on air. Exchange: RST + S/P or CQ Zone. Club aggregate
score competition.
4. REF (France) Contest, CW. 06Z Sat to 18Z Sun. 80-10M CW. 28 hours
maximum time. Exchange: RST + Serial # or French Department # or
Prefix (for overseas French stations).
7. UBA (Belgium) DX Contest, SSB. 13Z Sat to 13Z Sun. 80-10M SSB.
Exchange: RST + Serial # plus Province for Belgian stations.
8. QRPARCI Fireside SSB Sprint. 2000Z - 2359Z Sun. 80-10M SSB.
Exchange: RS + SPC + QRPARCI # or power.
9. 80M QRP Fox Hunt. See item #1 above.
Hope everyone has a nice week and weekend and a lot of QSOs. The big
contest activity this weekend will be the CQ 160 CW contest, of course.
Probably best if US stations don't CQ between 1835 and 1840 at least.
The rules do not have a DX window in them, though. I understand our
Region bandplan shows a DX window from 1835 to 1845. Frequencies below
1810 are pretty good for US/VE QSOs, but many DX countries do not permit
operation below 1810. There will be a lot of CW activity way up in what
is usually the SSB band and some CW stations will likely be above 1900
kHz. Everyone with at least one wire antenna and an external antenna
tuner can probably make some contacts on 160M even without a dedicated
160M antenna. Look for VE7ZO to be using the W4AN SECC Club Call from
the QTH of Tom, W8JI. Let's all of us be QRV on 160 this weekend so
that the others are asking "where did all those AL, GA, and SC stations
come from?"
73, John, K4BAI.
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