[Mldxcc] 2009 Sweepstakes: Curtain Comes Down With A Bang!!

[John Miller]

The deadlines have passed, the logs are in, and the flogging has  
stopped.  Now it's up to the Log Checkers.  But what a great effort!

100% of NCCC SS-Phone Logs Submitted On Time.  Total = 181
AA6K    AA6XV    AA6YX    AC6YY    AD6E    AD6Z    AE6C    AE6RF     
AE6RR    AE6YB    AF6EV    AK6M    K2RD    K3FIV    K5RC    K6AO     
K6AUC    K6BJ    K6CSL    K6CTA    K6DBG    K6DF    K6DGW    K6EP     
K6EU    K6GT    K6IF    K6III    K6JAT    K6JEB    K6JJ    K6JS     
K6KQV    K6KYJ    K6LE    K6LRG    K6LRN    K6MI    K6MLF    K6MM     
K6MMG    K6NV    K6RB    K6RFM    K6RIM    K6RJP    K6RM    K6ST     
K6SU    K6SV    K6TD    K6TT    K6VAR    K6VVA    K6WV    K6XN     
K6XV    K6XX    K6YT    K6YV/6    K7DX    K7MS    K7XC    K7XE     
K9JM    K9YC    KA3L    KA6MAL    KD6KVL    KD6WKY    KD6UO     
KD6WW    KE6QR    KF0G    KF6T    KG6YPH    KI6CG    KI6GVM     
KI6NUL    KI6ORO    KI6WOX    KI6T    KI7GN    KJ6RA    KL1WE/6     
KM6I    KT6YL    N2NS    N3RC    N5KO    N6AJR    N6BCT    N6BU     
N6BV    N6BY    N6CK    N6DE    N6DW    N6EE    N6EF    N6IV     
N6KJ    N6MEF    N6ML    N6NF    N6PN    N6RC    N6RK    N6RO     
N6RXA    N6TU    N6TV    N6WG    N6XG    N6XI    N6YEU    N6ZFO     
N7ON    N7TR    NA6G    NC6PT    ND6S    NI6P    NI6T    NM6E     
NM6G    NO6X    NS6T    NU6S    NU6T    NW6P    W1RH    W1SRD     
W4NJK    W4UAT    W5PO    W6ATV    W6BO    W6BX    W6CS    W6DPD     
W6DR    W6DSG    W6DTW    W6FB    W6GS    W6HFM    W6ISO    W6IXP     
W6JTI    W6LD    W6MY    W6NEV    W6NF    W6NL    W6OAT    W6ONV     
W6PZ    W6RFF    W6RGG    W6RK    W6RKC    W6SC    W6SR    W6SX     
W6XB    W6XU    W6YX    W7RN    W7UA    WA6ZTY    WB6CZG    WB6JJJ     
WC6H    WD6AHV    WE6Z    WK6I    WT6G    WT6K    WX6V    WZ6Z

The Big Picture -- NCCC Projection

# CW Logs Submitted To ARRL = 147
# CW Logs On NCCC Website = 143 = 11,386,384 points
4 logs were submitted to ARRL but not reported to NCCC reflector  (not  
so bad)
Assume each unreported log is worth 4,000 points x 4 logs = additional  
16,000 points
Total Projected CW Score = 11,386,384 + 16,000 = 11.4 Million

# Phone Logs Submitted To ARRL = 181
# Phone Logs On NCCC Website = 156 = 11,399,856 points
25 logs were submitted to ARRL but not reported to NCCC reflector   
(that's right - 25 - not so cool.  Believe me, I tried to get the #s !!)
Assume each unreported log is worth 4,000 points x 25 logs =  
additional 100,000 points
Total Projected Phone Score = 11,399,856 + 100,000 = 11.5 Million

NCCC Total Projected Claimed Score (CW+Phone) = 11.4 + 11.5 = 22.9  
Million points from 328 logs.
(As a reference, for the 2008 Sweepstakes, NCCC was credited with 20.4  
Million points from a total of 278 logs).

+++  Looking at past history, I think we just submitted the largest #  
of combined logs and the highest claimed score ever in this contest  
from our club !! +++

What about our friendly nemesis, PVRC?

# CW Logs Submitted To ARRL this year = 137 (from ARRL website)
Using an average score per log of 73,000 (6% increase over last year):
Projected PVRC CW score: 137 x 73,000 = 10.0 Million

# Phone Logs Submitted To ARRL this year = 168  (from ARRL website)
Using an average score per log of 75,000 (6% increase over last year):
Projected PVRC Phone score: 168 x 75,000 = 12.6 Million

PVRC Total Projected Claimed Score (CW+Phone) = 10.0 M + 12.6 = 22.6  
Million points from 305 logs.

Unknowns:
1.  # of PVRC mailed-in logs (shouldn't be many or high scores)
2.  Assumption of 4,000 points per each submitted but unreported NCCC  
log (safe bet -- hope it's higher)
3.  Average score per log for PVRC this year.
4.  Final log checking results.

You can draw your own conclusions here, but Win or Lose -- we gave  
this Gavel Race our best shot.  We recruited more than 20 new NCCC  
members during this contest.  We had some great Shared Station  
scores.  We had a lot of committed butts in the chair.  And most of  
all, we had fun.

My thanks to everyone (NCCC + MLDXCC) for your contribution to one of  
the most difficult contests of the year.

You should be proud to be a KBer tonight -- I sure am !

73,
John, K6MM