[3830] Fw: MARAC 1999 CH CW CONTEST RESULTS: SCORES, SOAPBOX, HISTORY WINNERS
Norman E Beavers
w3dya at juno.com
Sun Jun 6 23:24:59 EDT 1999
1999 MARAC (33RD) COUNTY HUNTERS CW CONTEST RESULTS
STATE TOT QSO (MULT)
AWARD CALL CTYS (TOT) QSO'S POINTS COUNTIES TOTAL SCORE
MOBILE STATIONS
P W9MSE 69 TOT 1,320 4,406 227 1,000,162
W3DYA 44 TX 915 3,595 227 816,065
C W9MSE 29 SD 579 2143 155 332,165
P VE2EM 14 TOT 272 1,424 128 182,272
C VE2EM 13 ME 254 1,318 120 158,160
NG0T 27 TOT 203 1,201 116 139,316
W1NN 8 TOT 224 1,110 104 115,440
C W9MSE 22 IA 422 1048 86 90,128
C KF9D 11 IL 172 830 84 69,720
C W1NN 5 NY 122 560 75 45,450
C W1NN 3 CT 102 550 70 35,280
C W9MSE 6 WI 132 574 61 35,014
C NG0T 12 NE 132 454 58 26,332
W9MSE 5 IL 93 357 46 16,422
NG0T 7 SD 87 295 47 13,865
C NG0T 3 WY 45 245 34 8,330
C NG0T 5 CO 59 207 35 7,245
W9MSE 4 NE 57 163 29 4,727
C W9MSE 3 MN 37 121 21 2,541
C VE2EM 1 NH 18 106 15 1,590
Total 173
FIXED STATIONS STATE QSO's PTS MULT SCORE
P W0GXQ MN 274 2,466 229 564,714
P WC5D TX 225 1,784 178 317,552
C W2EZ NY 135 1,465 129 188,985
C WA3HAE PA 151 1,365 129 176,085
C N7JXS AZ 124 1,440 117 168,480
C KO4PY NC 158 1,136 140 159,040
C K9WA IL 135 1,253 116 145,348
W9MYY IL 139 1,183 121 143,143
C WB6IYS CA 128 1,120 120 134,400
C W4VQ FL 128 1,160 115 133,400
KA3MMM PA 107 1,211 101 122,311
C W8WVU MI 112 1,114 104 115,856
AB7RW AZ 100 948 96 91,008
C KC4UG AL 70 952 70 66,640
C KD8HB OH 68 908 68 61,744
C WA3GNW SC 75 835 68 56,780
W8YL MI 64 898 62 55,676
C K1BV NH 112 579 88 50,952
C K0OAL NE 80 612 78 47,736
WA2MUA NY 60 548 57 31,236
C WD3P MD 44 450 44 19,800
P VF2AWR QUE 48 448 40 17,920
C AA4KD VA 43 433 41 17,753
C K8KFJ WV 45 395 44 17,380
N3TG VA 58 352 48 16,896
W8PN OH 56 300 46 13,800
W3EYF MD 32 396 32 12,672
W3EFY PA 32 310 28 8,680
C N0WM MO 33 271 32 8,672
KR5C TX 27 157 27 4,239
W5NR TX 16 170 15 2,550
K6QWH AZ 13 97 12 1,261
DX STATIONS
P OK1KT CZECH 102 634 88 55,792
C DL3DD GERMANY 44 338 41 13,858
C JA9CWJ JAPAN 9 121 9 1,089
P = PLAQUE
C = CERTIFICATE
* = CONTEST MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DECLINES AWARDS
CONTEST MANAGER COMMENTS:
Another County Hunter Contest is history--it was lots of fun, as
usual! Although we missed the added counties and excitement usually
provided by Hal, W1NN, and Ed, KN4Y, we did get some unexpected (but
very welcome) mobile operation from NG0T, KF9D, and K3ONW. And some of
the regular mobiles showed up again to help with many counties around the
country. Sadly, we still only managed half as many mobile counties as
last year from submitted logs. Not all mobiles submitted logs, so it's
not as bad as it looks.
There was a good increase in fixed-station activity, which kept the
mobiles busy! Even DX activity was the highest in a long time, which
might be encouraging for conditions next year!
I would like to clarify a couple of rules: (1) A Mobile QSO for 15
points must be with a mobile in a USA County, such as W9MSE or VE2EM/M;
VA3XOV/M in Ontario is "just" a Fixed QSO.; (2) Portable stations, such
as WA2YSJ/2, are Fixed QSO's; and (3) contacts are valid only between
stations in USA counties and everyone else.
However, does anyone feel any mobile, anywhere in the world, should
be worth 15 points? How about including portables for 15 points?
Portables would have to sign /P and activate more than one county (or a
county line). They'd have to compete with mobiles for awards.
I'm not aware of any problem with the CW and SSB contest being on
the same weekend; however, there may have been some confusion about when
the real SSB contest was scheduled. If anyone has any reason to separate
them next year, please let me know.
I plan to announce the results and post them to the web pages and on
the "chcontest" reflector after I notify the MARAC Awards Custodian of
the winners. Results will be mailed (email or paper) to all who sent in
logs; plus other regulars who didn't. Thanks to all who participated,
especially those who sent logs; and I hope everyone (Hal?) is scheduling
their personal/business lives better next year: May 6/7 2000!
73, Norm, W3DYA
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1999 MARAC (33RD) COUNTY HUNTERS CW CONTEST RESULTS - SOAPBOX
WC5D(Van): One of these days...uh years, POW (paraphrase J. Gleason),
we're going to get the great propagation we deserve. Sunday afternoon
condx opened up briefly. Being able to work both coasts for more than an
hour or two would be nice. Did manage several QSOs on 15M. Number of
Fixed & Mobile QSOs exactly equal. Always great to work so many
different mobile stations. Thanks to all, FB job, as usual. Worked
Jeff, W9MSE, the most. Glad to hear so many fixed stations working the
mobiles as they entered every new county. That keeps the party lively
and pumps up the mobile guys, too. This year was my #32 entry out of 33
CW contests, with 23 in a row. Obviously I wouldn't miss it. One of
these days...
WA3HAE(Keith): First time at trying this one. Had a blast! I can only
hope to do much better next year. Need to find a logging program that
can handle this. Paper just doesn't do it!!!
KO4PY(Brent): I could only work one day, but it was fun. Working condx
were from my house on Lake Gaston in Warren Co., NC.
K9WA(James): Been a while since I entered this contest, but it was as
enjoyable as before. Was nice to hear some familiar calls. Managed to
work two new ones, which for me is not too bad needing only about 56 CW
only. Band condx very bad here so had to work for whatever I got, but
had a good time....
W9MYY(Walt): I had hoped to spend more time working the contest, but
Murphy's law kicked in and all sorts of problems developed here; such as,
plumbing problems, loss of phone service, etc. But I did enjoy the hours
I was able to spend working the contest.
WB6IYS(Bill): Didn't get much operating time in this year, but did get
three new ones thanks to W9MSE/M and NG0T/M.
KA3MMM(Elwood): I was selfish this year getting counties instaed of
giving them. But conditions to Texas were poor and couldn't hear W3DYA/M
most of the time.
KC4UG(Ken): I did not hear anyone on 20 phone or 40 CW or phone;
operating "Fixed" in Lamar County, AL.
WA3GNW(Bruce): I enjoyed working the mobiles. W3DYA and Jeff, W9MSE/M,
kept people busy!
K1BY(Ted): Amazingly poor condx - except for the devotion of a few great
mobile operations.
K0OAL(Tony): FB Contest! Good way to stay out of mischief!
WD3P(Larry): Still fun, but I can't seem to find the time to do it
mobile!
VE2AWR(Serge): Had planned to do the contest mobile, but XYL (VE2AZJ)
need the car, so... Had a lot of fun working counties anyway!
K8KFJ(Garie): This was my very first MARAC CH Contest, and I enjoyed it
very much. I'll definitely be back next year when, hopefully, I'll have
more time to spend on the air. This year, I just had no time for radio
on Saturday due to a prior commitment. I thought all the mobile ops did
a truly great job.... They constantly amaze me with their operating
skills. Someday I gotta try that HI!
W8PN(Hal): Keep up the good work with the contest. I know it's a lot of
work, but it sure is a fun contest. It would be nice if MARAC could
scare up more activity like the PA QSO Party (Guess we'll have to sell
T-shirts and coffee mugs? And I thought those nice plaques were gonna'
be enough!--Norm)
W3EYF(Don): Time was limited. I didn't hear W3EFY but I know he was in
there! Had a good time for the little time I could spend. Maybe better
next year.
W0GXQ(Jerry): Sure had fun in the contest. Made contact with you some
thirty times.
KR5C(George): Sure weren't many mobiles. Now much time to operate
either.
W5NR(Art): Good party, but 14 Mhz was only band open here. Hope to CU
all next party.
K6QWH(Howard): Was away all weekend at a family reunion; couldn't get
out of it. Got home for a fw minutes and worked a few and had an
appointment so had to leave. I wanted to beat Carl, W9OO/K9CS, this
year, but didn't even get started. Just thought I send this short log;
at least AZ got on the map.
OK1KT(Vrata): Thanks for the nice contest which brought me at least 20
new counties; mainly thanks to the mobile activity.
DL3DD(Leo): Find to meet you on 21 Mhz, worked only two stations there.
Condx better than last year, but not good. It's a long time ago that I
worked a new county in the CH Contest. Hope we meet again next year.
JA9CWJ(Yoshi): I am glad to be able to participate in the contest after
a long interval. See you next year!
W9MSE(Jeff): It was a great contest, but we really missed Hal (W1NN) and
Ed (KN4Y). We put on 1890 miles from when I left home Friday until I got
back Sunday night. It was good to hear a couple of additional mobiles,
although often I could not hear them on 20M. I made my first ever
contest contact on 15M (about three of them) but heard nothing on 80.
VE2EM(Andy): Condx were fair to good. There was also a good turnout
from both fixed and mobile stations. I did miss the participation of Ed,
KN4Y. (Probably not half as much as Ed missed participation!)
KF9D(Roger): Thanks for all the fun in the MARAC CH Contest. We
happened to be going on a family trip that weekend, so I decided to throw
the rig in the car and let my 17 year old drive the van while I operated.
It was a lot of fun and made the time go by really quickly. Plus I was
engrossed with the contest and didn't have time to keep telling my son to
slow down!
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FOR THE RECORD - 1999
Below are scores of the top ten stations in each category of operation
for the 33 years of this contest through 1999. Scores were adjusted
based on the pre-1996 scoring rules (3 points for mobiles and DX vs 15
and 5 points, respectively, beginning in 1996).
MOBILE PORTABLE(DISCONTINUED) FIXED
1,548,572 K5LZO 1986 486,780 WA4PGM 1984 1,528,065 K5ZD 1986
943,893 KB5FU 1986 318,080 N4BP 1979 1,270,332 AI9X 1986
788,840 N5JJ 1983 309,690 K4PUZ 1972 1,028,456 N7TT 1986
641,058 N5RM 1985 220,869 K3KX 1975 1,024,002 K9BG 1983
560,448 WC5D 1980 217,790 W7YS 1986 860,172 KC6CNV 1997
543,382 N5JJ 1982 199,789 K9YR 1974 726,642 W1GNR 1983
529,650 W9MSE 1997 197,580 AD9UKM 1976 671,590 KS7T 1986
516,266 KN4Y 1997 197,286 NX4C 1985 670,032 N7TT 1983
488,195 N5RP 1985 171,602 NU4O 1986 649,722 W7GHT 1983
478,080 W1NN 1997 164,772 K0MT 1979 628,575 W1GNR 1984
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