[SECC] Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests; This Week's Contests
John Laney
k4bai at worldnet.att.net
Wed Sep 9 13:22:25 PDT 2009
Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:
1. Tennessee QSO Party
Call CW Q Ph Q Mul Score Category Time St Club Team etc.
W4NZ/M 1113 0 115 383,985 MobMOLPCW 9 TN TCG Ops: W4NZ,
K0EJ, N4DRV.
K4BAI 139 44 113 57,565 FixSOHPMix 8:26 GA SECC SECC#1
W4IX 118 32 94 39,593 FixSOLPMix 8 SC SECC SECC#1
W4BQF 133 0 97 38,703 FixSOHPCW 3:42 GA SECC SECC#3
K2SX 117 0 90 32,190 FixSOHPCW 2 SC SECC SECC#3
W4SVO 56 72 88 28,156 FixSOHPMix 7 FL SECC SECC#1
K1ZZI 92 10 82 24,772 FixSOHPMix _ GA SECC SECC#1
N4GG 61 1 50 9,550 FixSOHPMix 3 GA SECC SECC#3 SO2R
W4UCZ 51 0 40 6,120 FixSOLPCW _ GA SECC SECC#2
W4DD 14 9 16 1,560 FixSOLPMix 2 GA SECC SECC#2
NM2L 24 0 20 1,440 FixSOLPCW 3 GA SECC SECC#3
W4GFA 5 0 4 20 FixSOLPCW .5 SC SECC
N3FY 2 0 2 12 FixSOLPCW 2 GA SECC SECC#3
Teams:
SECC#1 150,085
SECC#2 7,680 + KT4ZB, NE4S/WY & NE4S/MT
SECC#3 81,895
SECC turned out at least 12 team members. Several scores not reported
yet. N4UC and W4BXI were heard QRV from AL, but no reports yet.
K4ZGB/M from AL was QRV in a number of TN counties, but hasn't figured
out his claimed score yet. No one from our clubs reported any digital
QSOs, but I believe N2WN reported 10.
2. Russian RTTY Contest
AA4U 397 105 334,950 SOABLP 14 AL ACG
K9MUG 379 105 316,575 SOABHP 12 AL ACG
W4BQF 94 30 31,600 SOSB/20HP 3:08 GA SECC
KG4CUY 62 31 15,035 SOABHP 4 AL ACG
3. All Asia DX Contest, SSB
KY5R 81 45 3,600 SOSB/20HP 6 AL ACG
K4BAI 39 28 1,092 SOSB/20HP 2:03 GA SECC
AA4LR 24 24 576 SOABHP 7 GA SECC
K4JRB ~8 _ ___ SOSB/20LP 0:25 GA SECC
4. Colorado QSO Party
Call CW Q Ph Q CW M Ph M Score Category Time St Club
K4BAI 66 32 27 25 8,528 SOMixHP 6:32 GA SECC
K2SX 31 0 17 0 2,040 SOCW HP 2 SC SECC
N3FY 18 5 12 5 1,394 SOMixLP 3 GA SECC
There was a Digital feature to this contest, but I didn't notice any
reports of digital QSOs. It is particularly difficult to have Digital
QSOs in a state QSO party when there is a conflict with an international
RTTY contest, which was the case for most of the Co QSO Party period.
5. NCCC NS NA Sprint CW Practice, 9/4/09
K4BAI 45 29 1,305 SOLP 0.5 GA SECC
K1ZZI 40 27 1,080 SOLP 0.5 GA SECC
W4NZ/M 22 16 352 SOLP 0.5 TN TCG
6. Michigan QRP Club Labor Day Sprint
K4BAI 90 46 10,212 SOQRP5W 3:37 GA SECC
7. Adventure Radio Society September Spartan Sprint
K4BAI 54 54 SOQRP5W(Tubby) 2.0 GA SECC
I also worked a total of 50 European Field Day SSB stations, some in the
UK and some in the rest of Region One. All but two were on 20M and two
were on 40M.
This Week's Contests:
1. FISTS CW Club Get Your Feet Wet Weekend. 72 hours of Friday-Sunday
UTC. (So it starts Thursday night local.) CW. 80-10M. Suggested
frequencies: 3558, 7110, 14110 (yes that's right), 21110, and 28110.
Exchange: RST + Name + SPC + FISTS Member # or Power + last two digits
of year first licensed. Sign your call /E for experienced or /N for
newcomer. This means to CW contesting. You decide which category you
fit in. Forms may be downloaded from the website. This is the FISTS
Club's current day equivalent to the old ARRL Novice Round Up. I have
enjoyed working newcomers in past years, some of whom have become
regulars in other contests.
2. SNS Slow Speed NA Sprint Practice. Thursday night local, 0200-0215Z
Friday. 20, 40, 80 CW. Dupes OK after band change or one intervening
QSO. One kHz QSY rule. 100W maximum. 18 WPM maximum. Exchange: Both
calls, #, name, SPC.
3. NCCC NA Sprint CW Practices. Both Thursday and Friday nights local,
0230-0259Z Friday and Saturday. 20, 40, 80 CW. No same band dupes
permitted. Choice of HP, LP, QRP. Mults count once per session, not
per band. One kHz and five kHz QSY rules. Exchange: both calls, #,
name, SPC. I believe I will not be able to operate Thursday night, but
hope for Friday night. Good idea to get everything checked out before
the real NA Sprint on Saturday night.
4. Worked All Europe DX Contest, SSB. 48 hours of Sat and Sun UTC.
80-10M SSB. 36 hours maximum for single ops. Exchange: RS + QSO #.
There is also a QTC feature, maximum of 10 QTCs may be sent to any one
op. If conditions are as good to Europe as they were last weekend, this
one could be a lot of fun.
5. Arkansas QSO Party. 14Z Sat to 06Z Sun. 15-24Z Sun. CW, Phone,
Digital. 80-10M + 2M. Exchange: RS(T) + SPC or AR county. A list of
county abbreviations is contained in the rules. There is an
out-of-state club aggegate score competition, so be sure to include your
club in your entry. There is a reference to a "bonus station" in the
rules, but no points are assigned and the bonus station isn't
identified. Possibly this information appears on another web site.
6. September VHF QSO Party. 18Z Sat to 03Z Mon. 50 mHz and up.
Exchange: four chararcter grid square.
7. Second Class Operator Marathon Sprint. 18-24Z Sat. 160-10M CW.
Exchange: RST + SPC + SOC number or power. Usually only find N4BP QRV
signing W1SOC or W0SOC. I think W4BQF is a member.
8. National Contest Journal North American Sprint CW. 00-04Z Sunday
(Saturday night local). 20, 40, 80 CW. 5 and 1 kHz QSY rules.
Exchange: both calls, #, name, SPC. This one brings out top operators.
It should be fun to work some of these. If the speeds intimidate you,
call CQ at your own speed around the edges and work those who come back
to you. You must then QSY at least one kHz to call someone else or 5
kHz to call CQ again. At last report, the Southeast Sprint Coalition
still needed five members for its team. Please e-mail Jeff, KU8E, at
ku8e at bellsouth.net ASAP to be a part of a pre-registered team.
9. Straight Key Century Club Week End Sprint. (SKS or WES) 24 hours
of Sunday UTC. 160-6M CW. Exchange: RST, SPC, Name, SKCC# or power.
Use a hand key or a bug or other mechanical key.
Hope everyone has a nice week and weekend and a lot of QSOs. I will be
out of state Sunday through Wednesday evening, but should be monitoring
e-mail and I hope to post a weekly summary by Wednesday, but it could
possibly be Thursday.
Remember that the California QSO Party is coming up the first full
weekend in October and SECC has been very competitive in the
out-of-state club competition in the past. I think we have been second
to TCG once and maybe CCO (Ontario) twice.
Also, we will hope to have a team for the NCJ NA Sprint SSB contest.
Look for FO/G3BJ who is QRV from the Austral Islands through Sept. 16.
He seems to like 002 kHz up from the bottom of the CW bands. Also, the
French Military expedition to the Gloriosos, one of the top ten needed
DXCC countries, should be QRV about Monday. The call will be FT5GA.
73, John, K4BAI.
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