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The NAQCC March 2012 Challenge Final Results: K9OSC: CW KD2JC-W4HV MARITIME NB4M-KA0JVX-KF4GUI-K9UIY-KB8TL-K1IEE-NB4M-N1ESZ SOS VE3GNS-W5ZO-VE3GNS COAST GUARD KD2JC-W5ZO-KA0VJX-KC9SNC-KB8TL KB4GXD-K9UIY-KB3AAY-W9RNY-KB5GXD NAVY N1ESZ-KB3AAY-W4HV-K9UIY MERCHANT MARINE WD8MHT-N1ESZ-W9RNY-W9VC-W4HV-KB3AAY-N1ESZ-W2TKG WD8MHT-KB3AAY-W4UOR-K9UIY-NB4M-VE3GNS CQD WB9DLC-KN4ZQ-KB5GXD SHIP TO SHIP N1ESZ-W4HV-K1IEE-N5PHT N1ESZ-WA5GFO N2ESE-N5PHT-ND1I-N5PHT SHIP TO SHORE N2ESE-N5PHT-ND1I-WA9PUE WD8MHT-WA5GFO KC9SNC-WD8MDT-K8OMO-W4UOR-VE3GNS STRAIGHT KEY W8AJS-N5PHT-W9SR-VA3AJB-W9SR-WA5GFO-WD8MDT-N5PHT KB8TL-K1IEE-K9UIY WCC W4HV-WB9DLC-W9VC WNU WB8DLC-NB4M-K9UIY KPH KB8TL-WA9PUE-KC8ZH W9UX: CW IT9KCD N5HCW MARITIME VP2MSN EA6UN K3RLL IT9KCD IT9KCD IT9KCD VP2MSN EA6UN SOS VP2MSN W7WHO VP2MSN COAST GUARD IT9KCD W7WHO EA6UN NP2/N1SNB IT9KCD KG4TUY EA6UN J38A K3RLL IT9KCD NAVY N5HCW J38A VP2MSN KG4TUY MERCHANT MARINE KJ4ZM EA6UN K5RUP N5HCW N5HCW EA8CN N5HCW PJ7PT KJ4ZM EA8CN K5RUP IK3VUT EA6UN K4EQ CQD N5HCW K4EQ IT9KCD SHIP TO SHIP NP2/N1SNB N5HCW IK3VUT N4PIK PJ7PT KO5Q WS0TA W7WHO K9EEI N4PLK SHIP TO SHORE WS0TA W7WHO K9EEI VP2MSN KG4TUY KO5Q AE0SI K5HZ KO1U WA1AR K4EQ STRAIGHT KEY AE0SL KG4TUY WA1AR 6Y0A K5JBZ KG4TUY K5HZ KT4TN IT9KCD EA8CN KG4TUY WCC N5HCW W4UCZ W4UCZ WNU W7WHO EA6UN EA6UN KPH IT9KCD VP2MSN KA2MLH K1YAN: CW KC4KNN W2PNE MARITIME K1MLP WA3PTY N4SR KI4ZXZ WA3PTY KI4ZXZ K1MLP W2PNE SOS N4SR CO3IT N4SR COAST GUARD KC4KNN CO3IT E77AW NP2/N1SNB WA3PTY FG5FR N2UU E77AW N4SR KW7D NAVY N2UU WA3PTY N1PVP WA3PTY MERCHANT MARINE VE3MPQ W2PNE FG5FR CO3IT ZF2AH ZF2AH N2UU CO3IT VE3MPQ ZF2AH FG5FR CO3IT W2PNE E77AW CQD CO3IT VE3MPQ KW7D SHIP TO SHIP NP2/N1SNB W2SH NI4F W2PNE CO3IT NA4O K1ESE W2SH NI4F W4PKU SHIP TO SHORE W2SH WA2QHA CO3IT W4PKU HA9RT NA4O W2SH HA9RT W0UFO W4PRS E77AW STRAIGHT KEY K1ESE K2GTC W4PRS NA4O W8BI FG5FR WA2QHA K2GTC KC4KNN K1ESE WA3PTY WCC W2PNE KB1CL KB1CL WNU W4PKU W2PNE N2UU KPH KC4KNN W2PNE ZF2AH VE3FUJ: CW WB9CTP, WB9CTP MARITIME WM4X, AA8OZ, K3PR, NI8N, WB9CTP, NI8N, WM4X, VE3VY SOS K1YS, AA8OZ, K1YS COAST GUARD K9UCX, K9OSC, AA8OZ, K9OSC, WB9CTP, N9FGC, K9UCX, AA8OZ K3PR, WB8RDN NAVY N4NQ, W2ZRA, VE3VY, VE3VY CQD K9UCX, N4NQ, WB8RDN WCC WB9CTP, WB9CTP, N9FGC MERCHANT MARINE W5EHM VE3VY, WB8RDN, N9FGC, N2BHA, N2BHA, N4NQ, K9TJL, W5EHM, N2BHA, W2ZRA, K0IEO, N4NQ, WU0E SHIP TO SHIP K9OSC, N2BHA, K0IEO, WB9CTP, WA4THR, AA80Z, K1ESE, WA4THR, W2BPI, WB9CTP SHIP TO SHORE W9OES, K9KHJ, W3DWI, K3PR, WA3PTY, K9OSC, W9OES, K9KHJ, K0IEO, WB8RDN, W5EHM WNU N1WPU, N4NQ, K9UCX STRAIGHT KEY K1ESE, WA4THR, W2ZRA, W2ZRA, W3WDI, N9FGC, KB1NHV, K9TJL K9UCX, WU0E, VE3VY KPH K9UCX, N1WPU, KB1NHV KD0V: CW: K5FC, W4LDA MARITIME: KC8MFF, W4LDA, KA0RJY, KI0T, KI0T, KI0T, KC8MFF, K9HE SOS: AJ4SB, WA8KOQ, AJ4SB COAST GUARD: K5FC, WA8KOQ, W4LDA, AJ4SB, KIOT, K5GCW, KE5YUM, W4LDA, KA0RJY, N5DY NAVY: N5DY, W4LDA, W7VVW, N5DY MERCHANT MARINE KC8MFF K7NEW KA0RJY K5FC K9HE W4LDA K7NEW KI0T KC8MFF W4LDA KA0RJY KI0T, N4PLK, K9HE CQD: K5FC, N4LQ, W4LDA SHIP TO SHIP: AJ4SB, K9HE, KI0T, N4PLK, KI0T, WA8KOQ, AJ4SB, K9HE, KI0T, N4PLK, SHIP TO SHORE: AJ4SB, K9HE, KI0T, N4PLK, KI0T, WA8KOQ, AJ4SB, K9HE, WA8KOQ, KA0RJY, K9HE STRAIGHT KEY: AJ4SB, KI0T, KA0RJY, W4LDA, KI0T, K5GCW, K9HE, KI0T, K9HE, K9HE, N5DY WCC: W7VVW, K5FC, K5FC WNU: W7VVW, N4PLK, KE5YUM KPH: K7NEW, N4PLK, K9HE PA5LR: CW TA1C/2 OE1JEW MARITIME OK5JM UA3IAH IV3RAZ OK1IF SQ5STS OK1IF OK5JM OE1JEW SOS DL6NBS OE1JEW DL6NBS COAST GUARD TA1C/2 OE1JEW UA3IAH SQ5STS SQ5STS, G3ZJJ UA3IAH UA3IAH IV3RAZ DL6NBS NAVY DL6NBS UA3IAH IV3RAZ UY7QN MERCHANT MARINE M0PNN OE1JEW DF5RE II3ICZ OZ/DK6HW OK1HAS DL6NBS YL2TW M0PNN OK1HAS DF5RE UA3IAH UY7QN OE1JEW CQD II3ICZ SQ5STS DL6NBS SHIP TO SHIP SQ5STS OZ/DK6HW UA3IAH M0PNN, YL2TW OK1IF, SQ5STS UA3IAH N1IYH M0PNN SHIP TO SHORE SQ5STS UA3IAH N1IYH LY2PX, TA1C/2 OK1IF, SQ5STS OK1HAS OZ/DK6HW II0IDR OE1JEW STRAIGHT KEY SQ5STS TA1C/2 II0IDR IV3RAZ IV3RAZ G3ZJJ OK1HAS IZ6TGS, OK1IF DL8BEF UY7QN WCC OE1JEW DL0CUX DL0CUX WNU OZ/DK6HW UY7QN UA3IAH KPH OK1IF LY2PX N1IYH K3WWP: CW KP4/N7CW W1EYB MARITIME VP2MSN KA2KGP WB8RDN NV4I PJ7PT NV4I VP2MSN KE4QZB SOS VP2MSN KE8OD VP2MSN COAST GUARD KP4/N7CW KE8OD KA2KGP N1ESZ PJ7PT KA2KGP KC2JKU K4AP WB8RDN KE8OD NAVY VP2MSN K4AP VP2MSN W1EYB MERCHANT MARINE FM5WD KE4QZB WA8REI KC2JKU KA0ZHL KA0ZHL VP2MSN HA9RT FM5WD KA0ZHL WA8REI K9EEI N0JP KE8OD CQD KC2JKU KE4QZB KE8OD SHIP TO SHIP N1ESZ KA0ZHL K9EEI VP2MSN HA9RT W4ONC N2ESE KK4HEF W1IMA VP2MSN SHIP TO SHORE N2ESE KK4HEF W1IMA N0JP NO9T W4ONC S55N HR5/F2JD EA8OM HR5/F2JD KE8OD STRAIGHT KEY S55N NO9T HR5/F2JD W1IMA KF4IZE KK0G HR5/F2JD N5PHT KE4QZB W1EYB W1EYB WCC W1EYB KN2CZZ KN2CZZ WNU KP4/N7CW N0JP KC2JKU KPH KE4QZB N0JP HA9RT K1IEE: CW.. TM6C WC7S MARTIME.. W2TOM AA7VW WQ1RP EA6OI TM6C 3Z10ITA W2TOM SQ5EF SOS.. S57KW UT5EO SV1CQN COAST GUARD.. TM6C UT5EO AA7VW SQ5EF UT5EO LZ134GO UT5EO AA7VW WQ1RP DJ1KJ NAVY.. N8UPZ AA7VW W1VW WD7Y MERCHANT MARINE TM6C SQ5EF RN7F WC7S F6HKA EA6OI N8UPZ TM6C TM6C KC9AWL CO6RD EA6OI RN7F UT5EO CQD.. WC7S SQ5EF DJ1KJ SHIP TO SHIP.. SQ5EF 9A3IH 3Z10ITA N8UPZ UT5EO K9OSC WC7S 9A3IH W7FNI N8UPZ SHIP TO SHORE.. K9OSC HC2SL 9A3IH WQ1RP XL3T K9OSC SV1CQN HC2SL EA6OI RN7F UT5EO STRAIGHT KEY.. K9OSC 3Z10ITA CO6RD EA6OI 9A3IH LZ134GO K4AHO W2TOM DJ1KJ EA6OI WD7Y WCC.. WC7S K9OSC K9OSC WNU.. W1VW RN7F UT5EO KPH.. DJ1KJ WQ1RP K4AHO W2JEK: CW- EA5CSN, HR5/W9GL MARITIME- VP2MSN, J38A, OX3XR, CT1IUA, XL3T, CT9/DJ0IF, NG7M/HI8, EA3DD SOS- HC2SL, HA6OA, YN9SU COAST GUARD- YS3CW, OK6DJ, C6AEA, KP4MS, CT9/DJ0IF HR5/W9GL, YN9SU, 6Y0A, PR7AB, J88DR NAVY- VP2MSN, HI8A, 6V7Z, 6Y0A, MERCHANT MARINE VP2MOM XE2X J88DR HB9CVQ HC1HW EA5CSN YN9SU CT1IUA HK1MW PR7AB OX3XR NG7M/HI8 EA5CSN C6AEA CQD- HC2SL, HB9CVQ, OK6DJ SHIP TO SHIP- EA5CSN, HC1HW, HI8A, PJ7PT, CT9/DJ0IF, OX3XR, YS3CW, HR5/W9GL, CT9/DJ0IF, VP2MXO SHIP TO SHORE- VP2MSN, HA6OA, NG7M/HI8, KP4MS, PJ7PT, VP2MOM, HC2SL, HC2SL, OK6DJ, J88DR, EA5CSN STRAIGHT KEY- VP2MSN, XL3T, PR7AB, 9A20BM, HI8A, NG7M/HI8, HK1MW, PJ7PT, OK6DJ, XE2X, CO8LY WCC- HC1HW, CO8LY, CT1IUA WNU- YS3CW, NG7M/HI8, CT1IUA KPH- HK1MW, VP2MOM, HA6OAAbove get a certificate and participation point. Below get a participation point. N8XMS (8 of 13 words): CW = WC1W, WC1W MARITIME = K1MLP, WA2JJX, K1YRW, IS0GQX, W9TFC, IS0GQX, K1MLP, N0OE SOS = KE5SBZ, CO8LY, KE5SBZ COAST GUARD = W9TFC, CO8LY, WA2JJX, IS0GQX, W9TFC, IS0GQX, KF0UR, AA0YY, K1YRW, W2DEB NAVY = N0OE, AA0YY, WB2NVS, CO8LY CQD = CO8LY, IS0GQX, W2DEB WCC = WC1W, WC1W, CO8LY WNU = WC1W, N0OE, KF0UR NU7T (10 of 13 words): CW - W0CCA W0CCA MARITIME - WB5JMD W0CCA WD8KRV N6KIX K0DTJ W6SIY WA2WMJ W6DQE SOS - VP2MSN WI60 VP2MSN COAST GUARD - W0CCA WI6O WA2WMJ W6SXX K0DTJ K6MGO WU1E WA3JPG KF6RMK WD7Y NAVY - N6KIX WA3JPG VP2MSN WD7Y CQD - W0CCA W6DQE WD7Y SHIP TO SHORE - W6SIY JH0INP WI6O WA3JPG ND6T K6MGO W6SIY JH0INP K6MGO WD8KRV KE7LKW STRAIGHT KEY - W6SXX ND6T WD8KRV KA6JLT WI6O K6MGO W6JHQ VK4TJ KA9UDA W6DQE WD7Y WNU - WB5JMD N6KIX WU1E KPH - KE7LKW K7ZNP W6JHQ PA7PYR (12 of 13 words): CW YR1C-UW5U MARITIME RM5A-CR2AA-R7HF-LZ1784SIB-RT5G-LZ1784SIB-RM5A-E72U SOS LZ1784SIB-RN1ON-ES5EC COAST GUARD ES5EC-RN1ON-CR2AA-LZ1784SIB-RT5G-RT5G-E72U-CR2AA-R7HF-DL3HQN/P NAVY DL3HQN/P-CR2AA-RV3F-YR1C MERCHANT MARINE EM0UBC-E72U-YR1C-ES5EC-DL3HQN/P-RT5G-EM0UBC-RM5A-YR1C-II0IDR-RN1ON-E79D CQD YR1C- DL3HQN/P-DL3HQN/P SHIP TO SHIP ES5EC-DL3HQN/P-II0IDR-PA0PDO-IK8TEO-PA0PDO-RA9SN-R7HF-II0IDR-PA0PDO SHIP TO SHORE 4U1GSC-R7HF-PA0PDO-IK8TEO-PA0PDO-RA9SN-HF8W-OK1HCG/P-RV3F-ES5EC STRAIGHTKEY 4U1GSC-PA3ERT-RV3F-RK3BA-II0IDR-RT5G-HF8W-PA3ERT-RK3BA-E79D-YR1C WCC UW5U-RN1ON-E72U KPH RK3BA - PA0PDO- OK1HCG/PSoapbox: K9OSC - Another stellar Challenge with a very appropriate theme. My toughest challenge was finding stations with the letter "R." Great time and another excellent exercise. VE3FUJ - This was an interesting Challenge, and I really enjoyed it. I was getting a bit frantic near the end, but then Lady Luck seemed to be smiling at me and I made it with time to spare. So I'm at loose ends as they say. I'll find something to do. Thanks to all who contacted me and also those I tail ended to get my needed letters. All in all I made 49 Qso's for March, for an average of 22,3 min /QSO and they ranged from a short of 8 mins to 54 mins for a long. I spent a total of 18.2 hrs QSO'ing, plus numerous hrs sending CQ. See you agn next month. Brion K3WWP - For a long time it looked like with the great March weather, March Madness basketball, fishing, walking, etc. I wasn't going to complete the challenge. I think that would have been only the second challenge ever that I didn't complete. Well, fortune smiled on the 31st. Needing 4 Ss and 1 T to wrap it up, N2ESE answered my CQ in the 00Z hour, then I got on in the 16Z hour with no luck. At 2120Z I got on again and after looking around quite a bit I found S55N and worked him to narrow it down to the final T. It took a lot of time in which I found a lot of stations, but only 1 with a T in the call, and he was very weak and faded out before I even got a chance to try him. Finally I went to 30 meters and heard N5PHT N5PHT K. Not being sure if he was working someone or calling CQ, I just listened and waited. About 15 seconds later, he called CQ again and I worked him to wrap up the challenge with only about 1 hour and 50 minutes to go. Kind of like the finish of some of the basketball games this month. HI. N8XMS - Little time this month for radio and no time for a soapbox! K1IEE - Another great challenge. Was not sure if I would make this one. Just had to get on the air more. That's getting harder to do with longer days and more outdoor activities. So how many birds can I identify at the bird feeder that are on the next challenge? Thanks to all 73 Dick W2JEK - This was a good challenge. My father W2ND [SK] in 1926 worked at WCC and also at WRG and WSO which were Alexanderson Alternators in Marion, MA. 72 and 73 Don Younger W2JEK #1135 PREMISE: Make words associated with the end of the use of CW in the maritime services. We'll be adding a little more historical info here a little later. NOTE: Tom WY3H is now managing our challenges. Contact him at with your questions, suggestions, etc. Logs still go to the address at the bottom of the page. TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z RULES: Simply make all the words in the list below from the calls of stations you work to master the challenge. NO contest or sprint QSO's allowed. CW MARITIME SOS COAST GUARD NAVY MERCHANT MARINE CQD (The distress call before SOS) SHIP TO SHIP SHIP TO SHORE STRAIGHT KEY (A lot of maritime traffic was sent with a SK) WCC (Chatham Radio at Chatham, Cape Cod, MA) WNU (Slidell Radio in Pearl River, LA) KPH (Rcv at Point Reyes, CA - Xmt at Bolinas, CA) If you had a favorite Coast Station or worked at one, you can make its call letters as an addition to your list and tell about it BRIEFLY in your soapbox comments. For reference the following 19 letters are contained in the challenge: A C D E G H I K M N O P Q R S T U V W Y AWARDS: A certificate and participation point go to everyone who masters the challenge. PARTICIPATION AWARD: If you only partially mastered the challenge by making at least 2 words and a total of at least 10 letters, you get only a participation point. PRIZES: Some challenges involve a prize. Check the Prize page in the main section of the web site for more info. LOGS: For your report, list the words you made and the station used for each letter in the word. The number of stations listed must be the same as the number of letters in each word, even though you use the same station for more than one letter as in: WORD - K3WWP, N2OD, WA8REI, N2OD Note how N2OD is listed for both the O and D. You may also include details about the challenge in your soapbox comments. Please preface any comments you want posted with "SOAPBOX:" so we will know what you want posted and what is private. Send your results to: E-mail: You must type that address into your email program. Subject must read: (your call) NAQCC (month) Challenge For example: K3WWP NAQCC May Challenge Postal mail: John Shannon, K3WWP 478 E. High St. Kittanning, PA 16201 All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. |