Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:
1. CWOps Club Mini Test, 1/9/13 1300Z
K4BAI 44 36 1,584 SO HP 0:39 GA SECC
2. CWOps Club Mini Test, 1/10/13 0300Z
K4BAI 90 68 6,120 SO HP 0:50 GA SECC
3. NCCC NS Ladder, 1/11/13
W4OC 54 42 2,268 SO LP .5 SC SECC SO2R
K4BAI 46 30 1,380 SO LP .5 GA SECC
4. Michigan QRP Club January Contest
K4BAI 3 3 24 SO QRP 0:17 GA SECC
5. SKCC January Weekend Sprintathon (WES)
K3Y/4 120 37 5,020 SO HP 5:48 GA SECC By K4BAI
NN4K 16 14 373 SO LP _ GA SECC
7. NCJ North American QSO Party CW
W4OC 947 250 236,750 SO LP 9:51 SC SECC
K4BAI 922 238 219,436 SO LP 10 GA SECC SECC#1
N4XL 632 192 121,344 SO LP 9.7 SC SECC SECC#1
AA4LR 551 165 90,915 SO LP 10 GA SECC SECC#1
K2SX 374 145 54,230 SO LP 5.25 SC SECC SECC#2
W5JR 325 119 38,675 SO LP 8 GA SECC SECC#1 SO2R
K4AMA 234 106 24,804 SO LP 8 SC SECC
AA4GA 200 90 18,000 SO QRP 7 GA SECC KX3
W4DD 126 61 7,686 SO LP 4 GA SECC SECC#2
K4EOR 95 65 6,175 SO LP 10 GA SECC SECC#2
AD4J 106 55 5,830 SO LP 2.5 GA SECC SECC#2
W4MJA 101 57 5,757 SO LP 2:10 GA SECC SECC#1
NM2L 90 39 3,510 SO LP 1.5 GA SECC SECC#2
AE4O 50 36 1,800 SO LP 1.5 GA SECC
N4TOL 52 32 1,664 SO LP 2 GA SECC
This Week's Contests:
1. NAQCC SK/Bug Sprint. Thurs 0130-0330Z (Wed night local). 80-20M
CW. 5W maximum power. Exchange: RST + SPC + NAQCC# or power. Multiply
score by 2 for SK and by 1 1/2 for bug. K4BAI will be QRV using K3Y/4,
the SKCC anniversary call.
2. Locust QSO Party. 0200-0259Z Thurs (Wed night local). First half
hour on 40 and second half hour on 80. Maximum power depends on
antenna. See rules. Exchange: Name + QTH Abbreviation for NA stations
and "DX: for stations outside NA. Bonus points for QSOs with K6VVA and
two secret swarmers who will be giving the name "Locust" in their
exchange. Nice prizes for several categories. Look around 7040 and 3540
kHz.
3. 80M QRP Fox Hunt. Friday 0100-0230Z (Thurs night local). 3550-3570
kHz. 2 QRP Foxes to be worked. Exchange: RST, SPC, Name, Power.
4. NCCC NS Ladder. Friday 0230-0259Z (Thurs night local). 160-20M CW.
100W maximum power. One kHz QSY rule. Exchange: both calls, #, name,
SPC. Look around 1815 kHz and up 040 kHz on the other bands.
5. LZ Open Contest. 0000-0400Z Sat (Friday night local). 80-40M CW.
Exchange: 3 digit serial # plus 3 digit serial # received from previous
QSO. So you send "001000" for to your first contact. Duplicate QSOs
with the same station on the same band may be made after 30 minutes has
elapsed. Work everyone. But the only QSOs counted for credit are where
both logs have been received, so be sure to send in a log if you work
anyone.
6. YL ISSB QSO Party, SSB. 48 hours of weekend UTC. All contest
bands, SSB. Exchange: RS + Name + SPC + YLISSB# if you have one.
7. Hungarian DX Contest. 12Z Sat to 1159Z Sun. 160-10M CW, SSB.
Exchange: RS(T) + Serial # or HA 2 letter county abbreviation. Work
everyone. Use of PKT cluster is OK. There is usually a lot of activity
in this one, particularly on CW.
8. NCJ North American QSO Party, SSB. 18Z Sat to 06Z Sun (10 maximum
for single ops). 160-10M SSB. Exchange: Name + SPC for NA stations
and Name only for stations outside NA. (Except HI counts as a state for
a mult even though it is outside NA.) There will be a M/2 team at WW4LL
for this one. Team competition. Contact K4BAI for a SECC team, WW4LL
for a GCG team, and WA1FCN for an ACG team.
9. ARRL January VHF Contest. 19Z Sat to 0359Z Mon. 50 mHz and up.
Exchange: 4 character grid square. There have been a lot of good spots
on 6M recently and there will be a lot of 6M activity in this one if the
band opens again.
10. Flying Pigs QRP Club January Run for the Bacon. 0200-0400Z Mon
(Sun night local). 160-10M CW. 5W maximum power. Exchange: RST + SPC
+ FP# or power.
11. Straight Key Century Club January Sprint. 0000-0200Z Wed (Tuesday
night local). 160-10M CW. Use a mechanical key. Exchange: RST + Name
+ SPC + SKCC# or "none." Look around 050 kHz on bands above 160M.
12. 40M QRP Fox Hunt. Tuesday night local, Wed 0200-0330Z. Same rules
as for 80M Fox Hunt on Thursday except 7030-7050 kHz two and different
foxes.
13. CWOps Club, CWT Mini Tests. Wednesday, 1300Z, 1900Z and 0300Z
(Thursday UTC) for one hour each. 160-10M CW. Exchange: Name + CWOps#
or SPC. Look around 028 kHz.
Hope everyone has a good week and weekend and a lot of fun QSOs. Band
conditions (with the possible exception of 10 meters) have been
excellent the past few days.
73, John, K4BAI.
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