1. Locust QSO Party
K4BAI 67 82,000 SOLP 0:54 GA SECC
KB4KBS 10 15,000 SOLP 0:54 GA SECC
At last report, it seemed that 82,000 was the high score for the contest.
2. North American QRP CW Club January SK/Bug Sprint
K4BAI 29 18 2,088 Gain 0:57 GA SECC
AA4GA 23 14 1,288 SWA GA SECC
Gain means that I used my beam for a few QSOs on 20M. In spite of
spending less that half time in the 2 hour contest, I won the GAIN
category award. The time out was spent in the Locust QSO Party.
3. NCCC NS Ladder, 1/20/12
K4BAI 41 32 1,312 SOLP .5 GA SECC
4. North American QSO Party, SSB
WW4LL 2152 277 596,104 M/2 LP 12 GA SECC
Ops: K4BAI, K4NV, KU8E, NA4BW, WW4LL
N4PN 1264 226 285,664 SO LP 10 GA SECC SECC#1
W4SVO 1017 202 205,434 SO LP 10 FL SECC SECC#1
N4XL 709 181 131,874 SO LP 9 SC SECC SECC#1
KT4ZB 537 140 75,715 SO LP 6:45 GA SECC SECC#1
WA4TII 209 105 21,945 SO LP 5.5 GA SECC SECC#1
K4OGG 148 80 11,988 SO LP 4 GA SECC SECC#2
AD8J 139 70 9,730 SO LP 6 NC SECC
N4VDL 133 68 9,044 SO LP 2:45 GA SECC SECC#2
NM2L 17 13 221 SO LP 0:19 GA SECC SECC#2
Team Scores:
SECC#1 720,634
SECC#2 21,252
5. January Straight Key Century Club, SKS Sprint
K4BAI 54 25 1,710 SO HP 1:39 GA SECC
6. ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes
K4BAI 89 14 1,246 SO LP 0:44 GA SECC
WB4SQ __ 21 __ SO _P 2 GA SECC
7. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 1/25/12, 1300Z
K4BAI SO HP 1.0 GA SECC
This Week's Contests:
1. CWOps Club CWT Mini Sprint, Wednesday night local, 0300Z Thursday.
160-10M CW. Exchange: Name + CWOps# or SPC.
2. NAQCC SK/Bug Sprint (160M). 0130-0330z Friday (Thursday night
local). 160M CW. 5W maximum power. Exchange: RST + SPC + NAQCC# or
power. Multiply score x 2 for hand key and x 1 1/2 for bug. A
challenging warm up for CQ 160 CW on the weekend.
3. Thursday night 40M QRP Fox Hunt. 0200-0330Z Friday UTC. 7030-7050
kHz. 5W maximum power. Exchange: RST + SPC + name + power. Work only
the two foxes: KT5E, Jay, CO and AB7R, Greg, WA.
4. NCCC NS Ladder. 0230-0259Z Friday (Thursday night local time). 100W
maximum power. One kHz QSY rule. 20, 40, 80, 160M CW. Exchange: both
calls, #, name, SPC. There will probably be a slow speed practice
0200-0220Z on 20, 40, and 80 with the same rules except speeds are
limited to 26 WPM or less.
5. CQ 160 M CW Contest: 2200Z Fri to 2200Z Sun. Maximum time for
single ops: 30 hours. 160M CW only. Exchange: RST + SPC for W/VE and
RST + CQ zone for other DX. There is a club aggregate score competition.
6. REF (France) CW Contest. 06Z Sat to 18Z Sun. 80-10M CW. Maximum
28 hours for single ops. Exchange: RST + French Dpt # or overseas
French Prefix and for non French stations: RST + serial #. Work only
French/Corsica and French possession stations.
7. BARTG RTTY Sprint: 12Z Sat to 12Z Sunday. 80-10M RTTY. Exchange:
Serial #.
8. UBA (Belgium) DX Contest, SSB. 13Z Sat to 13Z Sun. 80-10M SSB.
Exchange: RS + Serial # plus ON province abbreviation for Belgian
stations. Work everyone.
9. SPAR Winter Field Day. 17Z Sat to 17Z Sun. All modes and all bands
except WARC. Exchange: RST + Category + Temperature (C or F).
10. Classic Radio Exchange (CX). 14Z Sun to 08Z Mon. 160-2M CW.
Exchange: Name + RST + rcvr/xmtr manf/model. You can still operate
this with modern equipment, but classic gear makes more points.
11. QRPARCI Fireside SSB Sprint. 2000-2359Z Sunday. 80-10M SSB.
Exchange: RS + SPC + QRPARCI # or power.
12. 80M Tuesday night QRP Fox Hunt. Same rules as 40M hunt on Thurs
except frequencies are 3550-3570 and the foxes will be different stations.
Time to get sign ups for 10-person teams for NA Sprint contests in
February. These run Saturday nights local, 0000 to 0400Z, CW on Feb 5
and SSB on Feb 12. I have K4BAI and K4FXN down for SECC team for CW.
And K4BAI for SSB. Again, you do not need to be a member of a club or
within a club circle to be on a club team. So, tell your friends, and
let me know if you will be on one of our teams.
Hope everyone has a nice week and a nice weekend. 73, John, K4BAI.
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