[CQ-Contest] Internet Sprint Results
Tree N6TR
tree at kkn.net
Sat Jul 14 09:07:56 EDT 2001
RESULTS OF THE 15th INTERNET SPRINT
by Tree N6TR and John K2MM
The 15th running of the Internet Sprint was held back on 30 December
from 1800 - 2000Z on 15 meters. This was another success as the total
number QSOs reported broke the previous record established 5 years
earlier.
We are happy to report that the matched percentage for QSOs was once
again over 97 percent. Since QSOs that can't be matched up with the
other log are not counted in your score, this means scores were
reduced an average of 2.4 percent. As it turns out, no score was
reduced by more than 2 QSOs because of this rule.
The propagation on 15 meters was pretty good for most people, at
least for some part of the contest. Twenty-five stations made at
least 100 QSOs (after the log checking was completed) and two
stations ended up over 200 (a first in this contest). We even
had an entry from Europe with over 100 QSOs (G4BUO).
K7RAT took advantage of the slight advantage in propagation enjoyed
by the west coast stations to finish in first place with 214 QSOs
and set a new Internet Sprint record. Close on his heels was Steve,
N2IC, who also averaged over 100 QSOs / hour. Dave, N2NL, fought off
a big comeback by N2NT to send up with the bronze. N5RZ and N6ZZ
were also in the hunt for a medal. Check out the horse race graph.
N0AX, W4PA, AA3B and K6LA rounded out the top ten, all by averaging
at least 80 QSOs/hour!
Golden logs (no receive errors) were posted by W2UP, W4LZ and N4LF.
We are sorry for the delay in getting these results out. There were
a couple of logs that took a few weeks to obtain and this pushed the
log checking process out of the "window of opportunity". Please do
your part next time by promptly submitting your log so we don't have
to send Bert the Log Checker to track you down.
Once again, John, K2MM did the magic to produce the statistics,
scores and name traces. It is always very interesting to see how
the name you started with was morphed. There were eight "golden names"
which were not busted during the whole contest. They were Barry (W2UP),
Steve (DK8LV), Bob (N9GG), Tom (K3TW), Dave (WA8WV), Ern (VE3EGG),
Paul (K9PG) and Sarah (VE4VV).
We should also recognized Barry, W2UP, who has operated the first
"PERFECT" internet sprint. Not only did he not have any receive
errors, he ended the contest by getting his starting name back!
The next Internet Sprint will take place when it seems like it is
a good idea. Perhaps that will be near the end of the year once
again.
Now, over to John for the numbers.
73 Tree N6TR
Internet SprINT Participation Statistics
Run- Date Logs Calls ---------------QSOs-------------- ----Matched----
ning Sub'd Found 10m 15m 20m 40m 80m Total OK NG Pct
15 0012 42 62 0 4694 0 0 0 4694 4581 113 97.6
14 9912 34 56 0 0 3024 2 0 3026 2978 48 98.4
13 9809 39 56 26 3472 0 0 0 3498 3426 72 97.9
12 9612 48 98 0 0 0 3961 259 4220 3545 675 84.0
11 9608 39 63 0 0 1587 717 0 2302 2194 108 95.3
10 9604 37 62 0 0 1915 1772 0 3687 3452 235 93.6
9 9512 49 76 0 0 0 2518 2080 4598 4230 368 92.0
8 9507 33 82 0 0 2871 587 0 3458 2970 488 85.9
7 9504 32 50 0 0 967 1629 0 2596 2268 328 87.4
6 9501 29 64 0 0 0 2115 619 2734 2386 348 87.3
5 9407 45 88 0 0 3258 247 0 3505 3044 461 86.8
4 9404 29 54 0 0 1457 1081 0 2538 2394 144 94.3
3 9401 30 55 0 0 2170 758 0 2928 2772 156 94.7
2 9310 26 47 0 0 1552 574 0 2126 1912 214 89.9
1 9305 29 74 0 0 2471 2 0 2473 2082 391 84.2
#OK = your score
#NL = no log from other station
#NG = other contacts not credited
RXNG = you busted the call/number/name/qth of the station you worked
TXNG = the station you worked busted your call/number/name/qth
DUPE = you worked the same station within 3 previous non-dupes
BCHG = total number of band changes
ACCY = receiving accuracy = (#OK + #NG - RXNG) / (#OK + #NG)
CALL #OK #NL #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE BCHG ACC'Y (each * is 1% > 80%)
k7rat 214 2 12 4 8 0 0 98.2 ******************
n2ic 205 1 8 1 7 0 0 99.5 ********************
n2nl 181 1 12 5 7 0 0 97.4 *****************
n2nt 179 1 16 10 7 0 0 94.9 ***************
n5rz 176 0 6 2 4 1 0 98.9 *******************
n6zz 175 1 5 2 4 0 0 98.9 *******************
n0ax 163 1 18 5 13 0 0 97.2 *****************
w4pa 162 1 9 4 5 0 0 97.7 ******************
aa3b 161 1 2 1 1 0 0 99.4 *******************
k6la 160 2 17 10 7 0 0 94.4 **************
k6ll 157 1 7 4 3 0 0 97.6 ******************
n6rt 150 0 7 2 5 0 0 98.7 *******************
wt9u 144 0 7 5 3 0 0 96.7 *****************
n7lox 144 2 14 11 3 1 0 93.0 *************
ve4vv 140 2 14 4 11 0 0 97.4 *****************
k5nz 137 1 7 1 4 2 0 99.3 *******************
n2nc 136 0 10 4 6 0 0 97.3 *****************
w6rgg 123 2 7 1 4 2 0 99.2 *******************
w7rm 119 0 4 3 1 0 0 97.6 ******************
w9wi 111 1 4 2 2 0 0 98.3 ******************
k9pg 110 3 5 1 4 0 0 99.1 *******************
w4au 108 2 11 8 0 3 0 93.3 *************
g4buo 106 1 6 4 3 0 0 96.4 ****************
k1dg 106 2 6 3 3 0 0 97.3 *****************
n5tu 102 1 5 2 2 1 0 98.1 ******************
k5zd 95 0 5 1 4 0 0 99.0 *******************
w4ef 94 2 6 3 3 0 0 97.0 *****************
wa8wv 88 0 8 3 5 0 0 96.9 *****************
n7wa 74 0 8 6 2 0 0 92.7 *************
k0ou 61 1 10 6 3 1 0 91.5 ************
k5tr 53 0 9 6 3 0 0 90.3 **********
k2mm 47 1 2 2 1 0 0 95.9 ****************
no5w 46 0 8 5 4 0 0 90.7 ***********
w2up 44 1 1 0 1 0 0 100.0 ********************
na4k 34 1 2 1 0 1 0 97.2 *****************
wa5rat 33 2 4 2 2 0 0 94.6 ***************
dk8lv 26 0 5 4 2 0 0 87.1 *******
w5gn 21 0 6 4 2 0 0 85.2 *****
ww2y 18 0 3 2 1 0 0 90.5 **********
w4nz 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 ********************
n4lf 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 ********************
dl1efd 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 83.3 ***
k2top 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 66.7
w0zp -13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log
#OK + #NL + #NG is the raw claimed score. #NG is the number of busted QSOs.
Some contacts may be busted for more than one reason, so RXNG + TXNG + DUPE
may sometimes add up to more than #NG.
Starting with the 9809 running, the Internet SprINT adopted the QSO-credit
rules long used by the KCJ (Keymen's Club of Japan). These rules state that
QSO credit is allowed only for confirmed correct QSOs. This means that you
lose credit if the receiving station mis-copies your information (a TXNG
error), even if you copy his information perfectly. YOU ALSO LOSE CREDIT IF
THE STATION YOU WORK DOES NOT SEND IN A LOG.
The accuracy column now reflects only receiving accuracy. QSOs that were
busted only because of TXNG errors are still deducted from your score;
however, they no longer pull down your accuracy figure.
Stations making more than 10 QSOs who did not submit a log were penalized
one point per unreported QSO!
All entrants' graded logs are being returned to them via e-mail. Also, this
report and all the graded logs are available via FTP. Point your browser at
ftp://jzap.com/pub/int/
ftp://jzap.com/pub/int/0012/
Golden logs were submitted by W2UP (45), W4NZ (12*), and N4LF (8*). The
asterisk (*) denotes a log that also had no sending errors (TXNG=0), a
golden log even by the previous stricter criteria.
HORSERACE
This graph shows the race among N2NL, N2NT, N5RZ, and N6ZZ minute by
minute. The x-axis is a constant rate of 180 QSOs per two hours. Each
line above/below the x-axis is one valid QSO more/less than that rate.
Call: N2NL N2NT N5RZ N6ZZ (tie)
Sign: n t r z #
1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1900
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rr | # | | | nn |
# # zz n z# zz | znn | r nr |
t#-##n##z#n--nn#n-#nn-z-z-##n-+nn-------+---r--r#r+-r-------+ 90
|ttr rr | z# zzz zn# zz #rr n#nn |r rr |
| ttttr | |nnn |zznnn## nnr## z | zrzzz z 88
| #tt # r rrr r # |nz zz zzzzz zrrrzr 87
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1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 2000
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+----zz-zzz------zz#n#z---zzznnnn-nn--nnn--nn--n-nnnn-nn-nt-+ 180
| zz z |zzzzz | zzz zz zn nn |n n | n t tt 179
zzrrrrrrr r | |z z z | ttttttt |
r r| | | z zzz | t | z r|
|r |r | r r | zz z tt t| r #zr 176
| | r r r rr r r | t tzt #tz rrrr## z z 175
| | rrr r r| r rrr rrr t ttrt #rz z#r| zz r |
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SOAPBOX
> [Ward/N0AX] A very fine sprINT, indeed... best so far.
> [Dave/G4BUO] My 150w signals had an extra 3500 miles to travel and in all
> but a couple of cases, I always lost out to other callers. Maybe allow a
> higher power level for stations outside North America?
> [Stephan/DK8LV] First time I entered this contest. Read about it on
> cq-contest... Just a bit late for me here, not far away from OZ land.
> 2 hours earlier would be much better if you like to give it a more WW
> character.
SIGNALS
> [Dave/N2NL] Too bad the contest didn't run a little longer. K9PG went
> from barely audible to S9+20 in the last 10 minutes of the contest.
> [Phil/N6ZZ] Sure got beat out a lot, skip changed a lot during the course
> of the two hours.
> [Gator/N5RZ] This was fun, but frustrating. Sure got beat out alot,
> which hurt rate. There were 3 or 4 minute stretches where the band seemed
> to die, then it would spring back to life in a split second.
> [Stephan/DK8LV] Loudest was K1DG. Award for best RX should be given to
> VE4VV who picked me out of the noise... Award for poor RX should be given
> to N2NL whom I called several times without any reaction...
> [Dave/G4BUO] Heard N0AX K7RAT N7LOX but the only northwest station worked
> was N7WA.
> [John/W4AU] Felt like there was a lot of activity for the contest this
> year.
LOGGING
> [Dave/G4BUO] Logged on paper. There was no mention of software that
> supports the sprINT. Maybe TR does but I'm sorry to say I am not
> TR-literate.
> [Barry/W5GN] Unlike TR, I've never been able to get ANY response from the
> authors of WriteLog, and none of its report options work with the INT
> SPRINT contest choice. . . . I was able to get WR to print the log, which
> I then typed manually in the TR.DAT format.
> [Doug/K1DG] Did not read the rules, so there are no times in the log.
> Logged with MS-DOS Editor.
> [Doug/N6RT] Some of those long names screwed me up since NA only accepts
> so many letters for a received name.
NAMES
> [Ward/N0AX] Worst name was "BEAUREGARD".
> [Doug/N6RT] I went to a Joe Satriani concert this past week so I decided
> to use Satch for my name.
> [Phil/N6ZZ] Well, I heard that the famed "small person" Billy Barty died
> last week, so started out with the name "Barty" in his honor.
> [Woody/NO5W] Who would've thought that Sarah Brightman would show up in
> the internet sprint -- must be some CATS lovers out there.
> [Doug/K1DG] Started contest with LARRYBIRD. (I miss him...)
OPERATING
> [Mike/W4EF] Decided to take things at a leisurely pace, but I still
> managed my goal of 100 qsos even with the late start and a few trips to
> the kitchen. . . . For some reason I thought the name N2NC was sending
> was "dubey" instead of "dubya". (A few minutes later it occured to me
> that "dubey" is really spelled "doobie", like in Doobie Brothers).
Hmmm. Guess that explains all those trips to the kitchen!
> [John/W4AU] Just got back from 4 days of skiing in the frozen northland
> (New Hampshire) where it never got above 10 degrees the whole time, and
> now I'm fighting a cold...
> [Barry/W2UP] Used the 30 minutes of op time as a breather from shovelling
> snow!
> [Doug/W9WI] If I'd read the rules BEFORE the contest, I wouldn't have
> wasted time trying to work weak backscatter signals for the non-existent
> multipliers!
Been there. Done that.
> [Derrick/VE4VV] I confess to changing my name a few times, pretty much at
> random. I kept no records, I know you'll figure it out.
Can't be done. There's no way to distinguish between an unmarked name
change and a copying error on the RX end. But your note might help readers
understand some otherwise puzzling name traces like BYRON turning into COLE:
wa8lcz 56 byron ================n2nt=
n7lox 43 bryon =
n6zz 47 byron ==ve4vv=
n2nc 45 cole ===============k6la+w9wi
Maybe it would have been better if you had not submitted a log. The guys
you worked would have still lost credit for their Q's with you, but at least
their accuracy would not have been dinged. Better yet, just sent the
name of the guy you just worked!
> [Derrick/VE4VV] Thanks for running this. I really enjoy this one.
Hmmm. Curious.
> [Doug/K1DG] I sent the wrong number to NA4K... I am a lid.
You are in good company.
NAME TRACES
For an explanation of the name-trace symbols ( = - + * # . ) see the
Reader's Guide to SprINT Name Traces at the end of this report.
n2nt 1 andy =============================================n2nl=
k0ou 32 andye =
k2mm 4 andy ============================k7rat-ve3egg#
k6la 68 andy *=======================================
. . . andy ========k9pg=
w9wi 83 woody ========================================
. . . woody =====ve4vv-w0zp#
w2up 1 barry =================================w2up.
w5gn 1 barry +w5gn
w5gn 2 barry *=======================================
. . . barry ==================n2ic.
n6zz 1 barty ===============n6zz=
n7lox 44 barry =================n5tu-ve3egg#
aa3b 59 ern =================================n7wa
n7wa 57 dink ==============================n2nc=
dk8lv 31 dick .
ww2y 1 beauregard ============n0ax=
k5tr 9 beaureguard =
k6ll 69 beauregard ==w7rm=
wt9u 58 beauregaud =
k5tr 12 beauregaurd =
w4pa 85 beauregard ====n2ic=
w4ef 45 beaureguard =
w7rm 52 beauregard =n6rt=
wt9u 74 beaurgard =
no5w 28 beauregard =
k9pg 69 blanko =
k7rat 135 blanco ==n6rt=
n2nl 122 blanko =
n0ax 111 blanco =====n2nt=
w5gn 4 blanko ========wa8wv=
n2nt 125 blanco =k5zd.
n9gg 3 bert ============k7rat.
w6gkf 1 bill ======n6zz=
n0ax 143 barry ==============================n5rz.
k5tr 1 blanco ==============================n6zz=
na4k 33 blanko =========ve4vv=
k1dg 64 jane ===n7lox-w6gkf?
n6kp 1 bob ===================k0ou-n9gg?
n9gg 1 bob ======n4lf.
w6rgg 1 bob ========================================
. . . bob ===============ve4vv=
ww2y 10 brightman ======k2mm=
k0ou 43 brightma =
w4au 50 brightman ===n2ic=
n2nl 92 bighton ======wa8wv=
no5w 26 brighton ===n2nl=
n0ax 107 brightman ===k6ll=
n2nl 124 brighton =
no5w 32 brightman ===========wa5rat.
n7lox 1 brian =====k5nz=
k6la 15 brain =n0ax=
n7lox 13 brian ====================k6la=
wa5rat 27 6rian =
w4au 59 brian ========================================
. . . brian ====================k1dg.
aa3b 1 bud ================n2ic-ve6sv?
wa8lcz 56 byron ================n2nt=
n7lox 43 bryon =
n6zz 47 byron ==ve4vv=
n2nc 45 cole ===============k6la+w9wi
n2ic 1 cusi =============wa8wv=
n7lox 18 chas ========================================
. . . chas ======================================w6rgg=
k6ll 104 blanco ==n0ax=
no5w 35 blanko =========no5w=
n0ax 136 blanco =
n2nl 148 blanko =======w6rgg-n6kp?
g4buo 1 dave ====n5rz+wt9u
k6ll 1 dave ========================================
. . . dave ============================-=====na4k.
n2nl 1 dave ===n2nl+wt9u
wa8wv 1 dave ==========================w4nz.
n5rz 10 dave *=======================================
. . . dave ==============k6ll-n7rx=
wa5rat 31 barry ========================================
. . . barry ====k6la+n6rt
n2nl 6 dick *=====================================wa5rat=
aa3b 33 nick ========================================
. . . nick ========================================
. . . nick ====================================n7wa.
n7wa 1 dink =
wt9u 3 dick =====k6la=
n7lox 11 scott =============wa5rat-wa8lcz?
w9wi 1 doug ========================================
. . . doug ========================================
. . . doug ========================================
. . . doug ========w4au-w0zp#
w9wi 103 wayne ================n6zz.
n0ax 1 dubya =
n2nt 2 dubiya =====w6rgg=
w4pa 9 dubya ==========w6rgg=
n2nt 20 dubiya =
g4buo 14 dubya =========ve4vv=
k0ou 17 holly =======k0ou=
w4au 35 solly ====w2up=
ve4vv 50 sarah ========================================
. . . sarah ==========n0ax.
n5tu 1 earl =dk8lv
dk8lv 2 steve =====================================-==
. . . steve ==============k2top.
w4ef 1 elmer ==================-=====================
. . . elmer ==-=====================================
. . . elmer ============================w7rm.
ve3egg 1 ern ==========ww2y.
n5rz 1 gator ==wa8wv=
n5tu 4 gary =============-==========================
. . . gary ===========-======n0ax=
n7wa 53 mary ========================================
. . . mary ====k9pg-w0zp#
w4au 105 wayne ==================w4pa.
wa5rat 1 geez =====================n7wa=
k0ou 21 zed ===============na4k-n7rx=
w4ef 31 ded ==dk8lv=
ve4vv 70 ned ========================================
. . . ned ==========================n0ax=
n7wa 82 nick =no5w.
k5nz 1 goober ======================================k5zd=
n5rz 49 goobeen ===n0ax=
n7lox 57 goober =====k5zd=
k5tr 5 gooder =
n6rt 56 goober =====ve4vv=
k5zd 53 jane ======n2ic=
n7lox 72 sarah ========================================
. . . sarah ======================================n2nt=
n5tu 89 steve ================w4ef-w0zp=
ve4vv 156 wayne .
ve7ad 10 herb ========k5zd=
w6rgg 26 serb =
n2nc 39 herb ========================================
. . . herb ============================n0ax=
n7lox 131 sarah ======k1dg-n9gg?
vy1ja 1 jay ========================================
. . . jay ===================================n2nt=
k6la 103 joy ===========================================k7rat=
w7rm 111 john ======================w6rgg.
wt9u 1 jim ===============ve4vv=
w7rm 9 brightman =====dl1efd.
n2nc 1 john ========================================
. . . john ========================================
. . . john ============================k2mm-w0zp#
k6la 143 wayne ======-=====================k5tr.
w4au 1 john ===dk8lv
dk8lv 3 steve ========================================
. . . steve =========================================n5rz=
k6la 109 dave ===ve4vv=
k1dg 52 holly ===============n2nt-w0zp=
k2mm 32 wayne =======================w5gn=
n2nt 157 jayne ==w4pa=
n7wa 74 jay ====================================k9pg.
k6la 156 john *=============================k0ou.
dl1efd 1 kasi ========================================
. . . kasi =======================w4pa=
k6ll 90 casi =
n2nl 107 kasi ========================================
. . . kasi ======================================w4au.
k6la 1 ken =====dk8lv=
g4buo 4 steve ===========n2nc=
n5rz 21 john ===w2up-ve7ad?
k1dg 1 larrybird ==n5rz=
ve4vv 53 larrybid =
w9wi 42 larrybird ==k6la=
n2nc 61 larry =
n6zz 72 larrybird ===========n0ax=
n7lox 77 larry ===================================k5nz-w0zp#
k7rat 189 wayne ==-=========================k6la.
n4lf 1 lex =================n2ic=
w4au 108 liz ===============aa3b.
w6bsy 1 mac ==k7rat=
w4au 99 mary ======================k2mm.
w4pa 1 mary ========================================
. . . mary ========================================
. . . mary =========================ve4vv-ve3zt?
n7rx 1 neal ======ve4vv=
k7rat 72 nel =
wt9u 38 neal =========n0ax-ve3egg#
n5tu 42 ern ===================n2nt=
k5tr 19 erie =====n2nl=
n0ax 102 ernie ============================================w4pa=
n7lox 143 russ =
k6la 159 ernie ================w4ef.
k9pg 1 paul -=======================================
. . . paul ==============================n7lox.
ve3zt 1 paul ============k1dg-w0zp#
k9pg 109 wayne ===============k6ll.
ve6sv 1 paul ===n0ax=
n2nt 28 john ==========================-=======ve4vv=
w4pa 91 jewel ========================================
. . . jewel ========================================wt9u.
w7rm 1 rush ====k6la=
n7wa 4 russ =n6rt=
n2nt 6 rush ==============k5nz=
dk8lv 12 russ =======================n2ic=
k5nz 48 rush =
w4au 45 russ ===========================n0ax=
k6la 99 rush ==no5w=
wt9u 75 russ =========w4pa=
k6la 110 rush =======w9wi=
ve4vv 100 russ ======g4buo=
k6la 133 rush ==w4pa=
w4ef 71 russ ====================k9pg-w0zp#
w4ef 99 wayne ===n6rt.
ve4vv 1 sarah ========================================
. . . sarah ========================================
. . . sarah ========================================
. . . sarah ========================================wa8wv.
n6rt 1 satch ======n5tu=
dl1efd 2 hatch =
w4au 13 satch ====g4buo=
n2nt 21 stach =========w4ef=
n7lox 29 sarah ======================k9pg=
k1dg 2 sarath =
k6la 62 sarah ================n6rt=
wa8wv 35 sahah =
k7rat 102 sarah ====g4buo-k3tw?
dk8lv 1 steve ========================================
. . . steve ========================================
. . . steve ========================================
. . . steve ==================================n5tu.
k0ou 1 steve ========================================
. . . steve ===============================n2nc=
w4ef 54 barry ========================================
. . . barry =====================================n2nt.
na4k 1 steve ========================================
. . . steve ========================================
. . . steve =============k7rat-w0zp#
n2nl 164 wayne ====k2mm
k2mm 43 zap ==============k5nz.
w4nz 1 ted ==k7rat=
w4au 5 ned ================================n2nc=
n6rt 48 zed ==============================k7rat=
k6la 94 nick ========================================
. . . nick =========================n2nl.
k3tw 1 tom ========================================
. . . tom =======================g4buo.
k2top 1 toppy ===========================k1dg=
k5tr 39 tom ====================================w9wi.
k7rat 1 ugg ===========================g4buo=
k0ou 18 ug ===============k7rat=
no5w 14 ugg =========================wa5rat-n7rx?
w0zp 1 wayne ============w6rgg-w6bsy?
no5w 1 woody ========================================
. . . woody =======================================n2nc=
dk8lv 24 john ========================================
. . . john ==============================n2nc.
k2mm 1 zap -vy1ja?
k5zd 1 zed ==============n6rt=
wa5rat 19 chas ========================================
. . . chas ========================================
. . . chas ======================k6la-w0zp#
k5nz 114 wayne ================w5gn.
READER'S GUIDE TO SPRINT NAME TRACES
wa1mug 1 john ==w1ua=
kz4h 8 jon ===-===w6go.
WA1MUG started with the name John. The first station he worked got the name
OK, then passed it to W1UA. The name John showed up OK in all three logs.
W1UA then worked KZ4H who recorded Jon in his log. Either W1UA mis-sent the
name or KZ4H mis-copied or mis-logged the name on his QSO #7. KZ4H then
passed Jon along to the next station he worked with his QSO #8.
Jon survived until W6GO copied it on his last QSO. It showed up in the logs
of all stations in between, except for one station who did not send one in.
wb2oeu 1 fred =====-=====-=====wb2rkk-wb2woi=
wa2uwa 17 stinky -===-========-?-=========wa2eah-wa2ccf?
WB2OEU started with Fred which showed up OK in WB2RKK's log. RKK then
worked WB2WOI who did not send in a log. But WOI's next QSO# was found in
WA2UWA's log, and UWA recorded Stinky. The error may have occurred anywhere
between RKK sending and UWA receiving.
UWA then passed Stinky with his QSO #17, and Stinky eventually made it into
WA2EAH's enormous log. EAH then worked WA2CCF, who did not send in a log,
and the trace was lost. Along the way, the name passed through at least two
consecutive stations who did not send in logs. This made manual suturing of
the traces necessary.
k2kir 1 howie =========wa2spl=
w2mta sowie
w2mta 20 bill =========w2fr
w2fr 30 dill =========wb2drw.
K2KIR started with Howie. WA2SPL said he copied and sent Howie, but W2MTA
said he copied Sowie. MTA's log also said he found Sowie offensive, so he
changed it to Bill before sending it with his QSO #20. W2FR copied Bill OK,
but his log said he's always had trouble sending Bill, so he changed it to
Dill before passing it on with his #30.
k1znd 12 dave *========wa1hco-wa1iqj#
wa1pid 73 don ==========================wb2fzo+k2eiu
K1ZND worked someone on his QSO #11 who sent him Dave -- or so he thought.
The other station didn't think the QSO complete, and so continued by sending
Dave on his next QSO without putting ZND in his log. Meanwhile, ZND
blissfully passed on the freshly cloned Dave with his #12.
Dave made it OK to WA1HCO who passed it to WA1IQJ. But IQJ was cluelessly
sending Don to everybody, including the next station he worked, WA1PID.
This Don survived until he got to WB2FZO. FZO thought he passed Don to
K2EIU, but EIU was really working someone else, so Don fell on the floor.
..._._
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