[SECC] Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests; This Week's Contests,

[John Laney]

Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:

1.  NCCC Ladder 8/13/10
W4NZ   45  34  1,530  SOLP  .5  TN  TCG   SO2R
N4OGW  42  35  1,470  SOLP  .5  MS  ACG   SO2R
K4BAI  40  32  1,280  SOLP  .5  GA  SECC
K1ZZI  38  29  1,102  SOLP  .5  GA  SECC
KY4F   19  15    285  SOLP  .3  AL  ACG

2.  August, Flying Pigs QRP Club Run for the Bacon
K2UFT  23  12  708  SOQRP  _    GA  SECC
W4QO   17  12  492  SOQRP  _    GA  SECC
K4BAI  16  11  440  SOQRP  :43  GA  SECC
K0NWT  14  11  396  SOQRP  _    GA  SECC
W3HZZ  12  11  352  SOQRP  1    GA  SECC
WS4P    2   2   12  SOQRP  _    SC
KD4UKW  1   1    3  SOQRP  _    GA

3.  Worked All Europe (WAE), CW
Call   QSO  QTC  Mul   Score   Category  Time   St  Club  Notes
N4PN  1012 1005  119   597,032  SOHP      28    GA  SECC
K1ZZI  800  800  291*  465,000  SOHP      13    GA  SECC
W4BQF  619  594  190   230,470  SOHP      13    GA  SECC
N4GG   136  130   40    23,055  SOHP       3:12 GA  SECC
WX4TM  100   94   42    17,266  SOHP       4    AL  ACG
NF4A    83   82  100*   16,500  SOHP       1.9  FL  ACG
N4DU   106    0   40     8,904  SOLP       4:23 GA  SECC
K4OD    79    0   42     7,268  SOLP       9.25 GA  SECC
K3LB    27    0   17       459  SOHP       1:07 GA  SECC

*These reported multipliers are inflated due to a band multiplier having 
been applied.  I didn't have time to try to back out the band mults this 
year.

This Week's Contests:

1.  NCCC Thursday night practices.  SNS Slow Speed 0200-0225+ UTC Friday 
(Thurs local).  Limit speed to 18 WPM for first 10 minutes and 26 WPM 
thereafter.  One kHz QSY rule.  20, 40, 80M CW.  100W maxiumum power. 
Exchange:  both calls, #, name, SPC.

0230-0259Z.  NS Ladder Series.  Same rules as SNS except no speed limit 
and add 160M band.

2.  SARTG WW RTTY Contest.  00-08Z Sat, 16-24Z Sat, 08-16Z Sun.  80-10M 
RTTY.  Exchange:  RST + Serial #.

3.  ARRL 10 gHz and Up Contest.  0600 local time Sat to 2400 local time 
Sun.  10 gHz and up.  Exchange:  6 character Maidenhead grid locator. 
(You can get this locator by looking up your call on QRZ.COM and 
clicking on "Details."  Maximum operating time:  24 hours.

4.  Russian District Award Contest.  08Z Sat to 08Z Sun.  160-10M CW, 
SSB.  Exchange:  RS(T) + QSO# or Russian RDA Code.  Work only Russian 
stations.  This is a pretty popular contest among Russians and others 
who are working for the RDA awards and can be a lot of fun.

5.  QRPARCI Silent Key Memorial Sprint.  15-18Z Sat.   160-10M CW. 
Exchange:  RST + SPC + QRPARCI# or power.  Look around 1810, 3560, 
7030/7040, 14060, 21060, 28060.

6.  NCJ North American QSO Party, SSB.  18Z Sat to 06Z Sun.  10 hour 
maximum for single ops.  160-10M SSB.  Mults count per band.  Exchange: 
  Name and SPC for NA stations or just Name for non-NA stations.  Work 
everyone.  100W maximum power.  ACG and SECC are entering teams. 
Contact WA1FCN for ACG and K1ZZI for SECC teams and do so right away 
since they must be registered before the contest starts.  There is a lot 
of activity in this one and it can be a lot of fun.

7.  New Jersey QSO Party.  10Z Sat to 07Z Sun; 13Z Sun to 02Z Mon. 
160-2M CW, Phone.  Exchange:  # + SPC or NJ county.  This one doesn't 
seem to bring much activity these days, but it starts before NAQP and 
runs after NAQP, so it will be fun if NJ stations participate.  Work 
only NJ stations, of course.

K1TO, KU8E, and K4ETY were at my house last weekend.  K1TO engineered 
lowering my tower.  The 31-year old guy wires were removed and new guys 
were cut.  Thanks to KU8E who had ordered a 6M beam, but didn't plan to 
put it up until next spring, a five element M2 six meter beam was 
mounted above the tribander.  It seems to work fine, but I haven't found 
any activity on that band yet.  The new lower guys were attached.  The 
old, non-functioning rotator was removed and replace with a new Ham-4. 
The tribander and 6M beam rotate fine at the 25' level.  K1TO will 
return soon and attach the upper guys and we will raise the tower to its 
full height and tighten up the upper guys.  This will put the tribander 
back at about 55' and the 6M yagi will be at about 60'.  I am already 
enjoying turning the beam again even at a low lever.  Of course, it 
outperforms the 88' CF at 55' zepp on 20, 15, and 10.  The 80M inverted 
vee is down until the tower is raised back to full height, but the zepp 
is doing OK on 80M.  I can't seem to run the amplifier on 80 with it 
though.  KU8E wired up a new Six Pak for me to use for switching 
antennas.  This is a major step toward getting my SO2R station going 
again.  Many thanks to K1TO, KU8E, and K4ETY.  73, John, K4BAI.