Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:
1. Straight Key Century Club Weekday Sprint, 1/23/13
K4ZGB 45 22 1,295 SO LP AL ACG
W4LDA 13 11 339 SOQRP GA
W4FOA 15 11 285 SO LP GA
W4CJV 5 5 180 SO LP GA
NA4O 8 7 141 SOQRP GA
NU4M 3 3 54 SO LP GA
2. North American QRP CW Club 160M Sprint
K4BAI 6 6 144 SOQRP SWA 1.3 GA SECC
WA4ZOF 2 2 17 SOQRP SWA AL ACG
W5NZ 1 1 2 SOQRP SWA AL
3. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 1300Z, 1/23/13
W4BQF 66 54 3,564 SO HP 1.0 GA GCG
KY4F 47 43 2,021 SO LP 1.0 AL ACG
4. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 1900Z, 1/23/13
K1GU 46 37 1,702 SO LP 1.0 TN TCG
KY4F 26 23 598 SO LP 0.5 AL ACG
5. CWOps Club CWT Mini Test, 0300Z, 1/24/13
K1GU 63 49 3,087 SO LP 1.0 TN TCG
KY4F 63 43 2,898 SO LP 1.0 AL ACG
6. NCCC NS Sprint Ladder, 1/25/13
W4NZ 50 36 1,800 SO LP 0.5 TN TCG SO2R
W4OC 49 35 1,715 SO LP 0.5 SC SECC SO2R
K1GU 46 31 1,426 SO LP 0.5 TN TCG
KY4F 38 29 1,102 SO LP 0.5 AL ACG
K0EJ 32 23 736 SO LP 0.5 TN TCG
7. BARTG RTTY Sprint
Call QSO Mul Con Score Category Time St Club
W4GV 191 57 6 65,322 SO HP 10 FL ACG
W4UK 228 44 6 60,192 SO HP 6 SC SECC
K4HMB 129 57 6 44,118 SOExpHP 4 NC SECC
K4HAL 207 40 4 33,120 SO HP 4 AL ACG
W4DXX 105 30 4 12,600 SOExpHP 2 GA GCG
KM4JA 67 35 5 11,725 SO LP 4 AL ACG
WA8HSB 62 21 3 3,906 SOQRP(Check) PT AL SECC
8. REF (France) CW Contest
K2SX 72 51 10,914 SOSB/20 HP __ SC
KG4CUY 40 36 4,320 SOAB HP __ AL ACG
9. CQ World Wide 160 Meter Contest, CW
Call QSO S/P DX Score Category Time St Club Misc
NQ4I 1508 58 68 660,744 M/O HP 35 GA SECC Ops: VE7ZO,
W4IX, K4BAI
W6IZT 1221 57 60 460,278 M/O HP 33:43 GA SECC W6IZT, K4UEE
AA4V 1080 58 42 324,623 M/O HP 30 SC CDXA AA4V, N4SF
W4SVO 846 57 55 312,032 SO(A) HP 24.5 FL SECC
N4PN 766 56 48 254,176 SO(A) HP 12.5 GA GCG
N4OX 912 57 38 223,060 SO(A) HP __ FL ACG
AG4W 808 57 35 204,792 SO HP 21 AL ACG
N4DU 791 57 35 197,800 SO(A)HP 25 GA SECC
W5JR 740 56 33 179,691 SO(A)HP 19.3 GA SECC
KU8E 708 58 29 157,992 SO LP 21:25 GA SECC
K2SX 670 53 28 144,747 SO(A)HP __ SC CDXA
K4IQJ 412 53 45 132,986 SO(A)HP 12.5 AL ACG
WA1FCN 700 54 16 114,240 SO LP 20 AL ACG
KR4F 529 54 23 102,333 SO(A)HP 16 AL ACG
K1GU 423 47 13 60,960 SO LP 9.3 TN TCG
K0EJ 470 45 8 53,000 SO HP 5 TN TCG
K9AY 346 51 12 52,920 SO LP 5 WI SMC
K4ZGB 440 46 7 51,781 SO(A)LP 7:15 AL ACG
N4KG 250 42 19 43,127 SO(A)LP 7 AL ACG
KG4CUY 220 48 11 34,928 SO(A)HP 6 AL ACG
K1ZZI 304 40 10 34,200 SO(A)HP 4:41 GA GCG
K4HAL 204 45 7 25,324 SO HP 4 AL ACG
W4QO 235 45 2 23,355 SO QRP 7 GA SECC
AE4O 196 41 2 18,619 SO LP 7.6 GA SECC
W4NZ 203 37 0 16,021 SO HP 2 TN TCG
KS4L 155 41 2 14,835 SO LP 4.2 AL ACG
K8KI 129 37 5 12,768 SO(A)HP 4 AL ACG
WA4ZXV 81 26 1 4,833 SO HP 3 GA GCG
WA4ZOF 49 20 1 2,626 SO LP _ AL ACG
KT4TX 32 SO HP 3 AL ACG
This Week's Contests:
1. 80M QRP Fox Hunt. Thursday night local, 0200-0330Z Friday. Two QRP
foxes will be hiding between 3550 and 3570 kHz. 5W maximum power.
Exchange: RST, SPC, Name, Power. Work only the two foxes.
2. NCCC NS Ladder. 0230-0259Z Friday (Thursday night local). 20, 40,
80, 160M CW. 100W maximum power. One kHz QSY rule. Exchange: both
calls, #, name, SPC. Look around 040 kHz plus 1815 kHz. Good practice
for the NCJ NA Sprint on Saturday night. Slow speed SNS with same rules
except no 160M and keep speeds down from 0200 to 0220Z.
3. Vermont QSO Party. 00Z Sat to 24Z Sun. 160-UHF. CW, Phone,
Digital. Exchange: RS(T) + S/P or VT county.
4. Triathlon DX Contest. 00-0759Z Sat (RTTY); 08-1559Z Sat (SSB);
16-2359Z Sat (CW). 80-10M. Exchange: RS(T) + Serial #. Work everyone.
5. 10-10 International Contet, SSB. 0001Z Sat to 2359Z Sun. Sorry I
can't explain why you have to wait one minute until you make your first
QSO. 10M Phone. Exchange: Name + 10-10 # (or "0") + SPC.
6. Black Sea Cup International Contest. 12Z Sat to 12Z Sun. 160-10M
Cw, SSB. HQ stations send RS(T) + club/organization. Black Sea Country
stations send: RS(T) + "BS" + country abbreviation. BSCC Members sent:
RS(T) + "BS" + club #. Others: Send RS(T) + ITU Zone. Work
everyone. There is usually a lot of activity in this one.
7. FYBO Winter QRP Sprint. 14-24Z Sat. 80-10M CW, SSB, Digital. 5W
maximum power. Exchange: RS(T) + SPC + Name + temperature (F). A lot
of QRPers look forward to this one, but I don't usually hear much activity.
8. Minnesota QSO Party. 14-24Z Saturday. 160-VHF+ CW(including RTTY
and PSK), Phone. Exchange: Name and MN county or S/P or "DX."
9. British Columbia QSO Party. 16Z Sat to 04Z Sunday. 160-10M. CW,
SSB, Digital. Exchange: RS(T) + S/P/"DX" or BC District.
10. Delaware QSO Party. 17Z Sat to 2359Z Sun. 160-VHF. CW, Phone,
Digital/RTTY. Exchange: RS(T) + SPC or DE county.
11. Mexico International RTTY DX Contest. 18Z Sat to 1759Z Sun. 80-10M
RTTY. Exchange: RST + Serial # or XE State. Work everyone. There is
usually a lot of activity in this one.
12. NCJ North American Sprint, CW. 00-04Z Sun (Sat night local). 20,
40, 80M CW. Exchange: both calls, #, name, SPC. THERE IS A TEAM
COMPETITION. TEAMS ARE COMPOSED OF 2 TO 10 MEMBERS. I AM GETTING UP A
TEAM OR TEAMS UNDER THE BANNER SOUTH EAST SPRINT COALITION, a practice
started by the late W4AN to try to encourage activity in the Sprints in
our area of the country. We have a hard time getting up 10 members from
any one club. So far I have 8 signed up: K4BAI, N1LN, K4TD, KY4F,
NN4K, N4PN, N4AF and KU8E. I'd love to have two teams or more. Members
don't have to be in the South East. W9SN and K3WU at least have
participated in the past. I will register the teams on Saturday before
the Sprint starts. Please let me know ASAP if you can be on a team, if
you will be full or part time, and what power level you will use. Even
if you are not on a team, this can be a really fun and challenging CW
Contest. There is a 5/1 kHz QSY rule. That means if you solicit a call
and get one, you must relinquish the frequency and move 5 kHz before you
CQ again and one kHz before calling another station. So, the station
who called you inherits the frequency and can CQ on it. Some who like
to CQ will have two CQ frequencies at least 5 kHz apart and CQ a lot.
Others like to have "couplet" QSOs by answering someone else's CQ and
staying for someone to call them before moving frequency. As usual, the
best practice is a mix of both CQ and S&P. Most activity will start on
20M, which will likely close soon, and then move to 40, and on to 80.
You can stay 80 minutes on each band if they are all open and only
change bands twice. That would be one extreme and the other would be
SO2R stations who change bands between most QSOs. Therefore, there will
be some 40M operation by the SO2R guys at the beginning and toward the
end when most are on 80, some will still be on 40 with their second
rigs. If the pace seems too fast for you, go to the upper or lower
edges of activity and call "CQ NA" at whatever speed is comfortable for
you and you will make a lot of QSOs.
13. February Adventure Radio Society Spartan Sprint. Monday night
local. 02-04Z Tuesday. 5W maximum power. 80-10M CW. Exchange: RST +
SPC + power. Look around 14040, 7030, 7040, and 3560 kHz.
14. Tuesday night 40M QRP Fox Hunt. Same rules as for 80M on Thursday
nights except the frequency range is 7030-7050 kHz.
15. This weekend is the annual FOC Marathon weekend. This is a closed
contest for FOC members only. 21Z Friday to 21Z Sunday. 160-10M CW.
Rules say to avoid 1820-1832 kHz and 035 to 045 kHz on the other bands.
Activity is usually centered around 025 kHz on 80-10M and I guess 1820
kHz on 160m. Some member, myself included, will answer non-members in
the Marathon, but they don't count for points and some will try to avoid
answering non-members. There are bonus points for 5 banders and 6
banders, so there will be a lot of QSYing going on.
Hope everyone has a nice week and weekend and a lot of QSOs. Something
for everyone except the VHF/UHF ops this weekend.
73, John, K4BAI.
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