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The NAQCC February 2015 Challenge All challenge info such as rules are now in the hands of Gary K1YAN. Email him with any questions in that regard at . The results on this page are the responsibility of Hap K7HAP. Email him with any questions in that regard at . PREMISE: This is the month the little furry creatures we call groundhogs boldy come forth and make their prognostications for the final six weeks of winter. This challenge was first suggested by Don VE3HUR. 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. QSO's must be made using CW and QRP. The locations in parentheses are there just for information and are not part of the words to be made. PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL (PA) GENERAL BEAUREGARD LEE (GA) JIMMY THE GROUNDHOG (WI) SIR WALTER WALLY (NC) STATEN ISLAND CHUCK (NY) For reference, the 84 total letters contain the following (22) different letters: A B C D E G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W X Y You can use each letter in a call TWICE. For example you could use K3WWP for 2 K's, 4 W's, and 2 P's. Subsequent QSO's with the same station cannot be used for additional letters. For example, no matter how many times you work K3WWP, you can only use his call for 8 of the letters in the words. See General Rule #5 for more details on what callsign letters can be used. See the Alphabet Tutorial page for an excellent way to track any and all of our alphabet type challenges. AWARDS: A certificate goes to anyone making all the names. PRIZES: A choice of an item made by master woodworker Gregg WB8LZG as shown on our prizes page here goes to someone selected via a random drawing from all who participate and submit a report for this month's challenge. A person can only win once, then they become ineligible for future drawings. PARTICIPATION AWARD AND WEB LISTING: To get a Participation Point and to be listed on the web site you must make at least one name and report your results. 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 comments about the challenge. Please preface any comments you want posted with "SOAPBOX:" so we will know what you want posted and what is private. Send your results as text to: (Please be sure to use the horizontal layout as shown above.) E-mail: You must type that address into your email program. Subject must read: (your call) NAQCC (month) Challenge For example: K3WWP NAQCC February Challenge Postal mail: Hap - K7HAP 8532 Canterbury Dr. Annandale, VA 22003 All entries must be postmarked or email dated before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. Results: Call
Groundhog Name - Calls used
K9JWV: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - W8KJP W7KQU NS3C KT5X N9SWA W7KQU T32RL WA6OEF W7HWR NS3C KH6DE WA6UYO W8KJP KH6DE WI6O WH6LE GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - K8GTQ XE1CBB NW2K WH6LE W7HWR N9SWA WH6LE WB8AJR K7ZED WQ7A K5KU T32RL WA6OEF W0GXQ N9SWA WB8AJR K7FD T32RL K7ZED KH6DE JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - WB8AJR WB9ICH W3MWR JA8CMC W7OLY T32RL WH6LE K7ZED K8GTQ N4RS W6OUL W6OUL KC0VKN W7ZDQ/7 WB9ICH W6OUL W0GXQ SIRWALTERWALLY - NS3C WI6O W7HWR W7HWR WB8AJR W7OLY W0VTT XE1CBB WB8AJR W7HWR WA6OEF T32RL W7OLY W7OLY STATENISLANDCHUCK - N4RS KT5X WQ7A W0VTT WA6OEF KC0VKN WB9ICH N9SWA DL3LA WB8AJR NW2K K7FD WB9ICH WB9ICH K5KU KC0VKN K5KU KE7LKW: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - WB4SPB K7JUV W7ANM W7LXN W1SFR K7JUV K6TLL W7ANM W1SFR W7ANM N8ME KF7YHB WB4SPB KG9HV AA6GI K6TLL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KG9HV N8ME N8ME W7EKB W1SFR W7ANM K6TLL W7SWB W7EKB KF9JA N5URL W1SFR KE5AKL KG9HV KF9JA KC7SRL AD7BP K6TLL VE6ADM VE6ADM JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - KF9JA AA6GI W7ANM W7ANM KF7YHB K6TLL KG9HV KE5AKL AA6GI KC7SRL K7ROH N5URL N8ME AD7BP K7RPH K7ROH NK9G SIRWALTERWALLY - W1SWR AD5WI KJ6RMM W1SWR AD7BP K6TLL WG0AT KE6HL KG6RMM W7ANM AD7BP KC7SRL KC7SRL VA3YG STATENISLANDCHUCK - W7SWB WG0AT VE6ADM NZ0T KE5HL K7ZNP AD5WI W7SWB WS7L VE6ADM K7ZNP VE6ADM KC7SRL K7ROH W7PAU KC7SRL KG9HV K9OSC: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - KO4OP K0LUW N9ZXL N9ZXL N9SE K0LUW W9TFC K9AQM W8VFM N9ZXL N9SE WA0WY KO4OP WH6LE K4IBZ N9ZXL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - K0FCG N9SE N9SE N2ADE KA4RUR K9AQM N9ZXL K4IBZ N2ADE KA4RUR KA4RUR KA4RUR K3SEW K0FCG KA4RUR KA4RUR N2ADE K0LUW K3SEW N2ESE JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - K8TJ K4IBZ W8VFM W8VFM WA0WY W9TFC WH6LE N2ESE N1GKE KA4RUR KO4OP KA4RUR N9SE N2ADE KB3MHB KO4OP N1GKE SIRWALTERWALLY - N9SE WA7IIR WA7IIR K0LUW N2ADE K0LUW K8TJ N2ESE WA7IIR K0LUW N2ADE W9DLN W9DLN W9KY STATENISLANDCHUCK - K3SEW K8TJ AD4XX W3QT N2ESE N2ADE WA7IIR K3SEW WH6LE AD4XX N2ADE N8UD K0FCG KB3MHB N8UD K0FCG K0LUW NQ2W: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - KP2/AG2J EA9EU EA5DNO OX3LX S53A EA9EU J6/SP7TF S53A S01WS EA5DNO KH6/VE7AHA YV5IUA KP2/AG2J KH6/VE7AHA YV5IUA OX3LX GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KP2/AG2J KH6/VE7AHA S59N EA9EU FG/F6ARC S53A OX3LX DL1BUG EA9EU KH6/VE7AHA YV5IUA FG/F6ARC EA9EU KP2/AG2J KH6/VE7AHA HF90IARU EA5DNO CO8LY EA9EU CE2/CX1EK JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - KP2/AG2J YV5IUA UY2VM UY2VM YV5IUA J6/SP7TF KH6/VE7AHA EA5DNO FG/F6ARC HF90IARU OX3LX YV5IUA S59N EA5DNO KH6/VE7AHA OX3LX FG/F6ARC SIRWALTERWALLY - S53A HF90IARU G4RRA S01WS KH6/VE7AHA CO8LY TF3JB CE2/CX1EK G4RRA FW5JJ KH6/VE7AHA LZ550SI LZ550SI UY2VM STATENISLANDCHUCK - J6/SP7TF TF3JB KP2/AG2J EA6/CT7AKS CE2/CX1EK K1N HF90IARU J6/SP7TF DL1BUG KP2/AG2J K1N DL1BUG FG/F6ARC KH6/VE7AHA UY2VM FG/F6ARC KH6/VE7AHA K3WWP: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - J6/SP7TF EI150ITU C6ANM XE3WMA J6/SP7TF EI150ITU EA8TL EA8TL XE3WMA C6ANM EA8TL YT2ISM J6/SP7TF HG90IARU YT2ISM EA8TL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KP2/AG2J EA8TL VP2V/N2IE XE2WMA DL65DARC EA8TL EA8TL PQ70FEB XE2WMA C6ANM G3LPU DL65DARC VP2V/N2IE KP2/AG2J C6ANM HG90IARU DL65DARC DL65DARC VP2V/N2IE PQ70FEB JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - J6/SP7TF YT2ISM C6ANM C6ANM YT2ISM EA8TL HG90IARU PQ70FEB G3LPU HG90IARU VO2NS G3LPU VP2V/N2IE DL65DARC HB9LCW VO2NS G3LPU SIRWALTERWALLY - J6/SP7TF VP2V/N2IE HH2JR XE3WMA DL65DARC DL65DARC J6/SP7TF EI150ITU HH2JR GW3TMP DL65DARC LY5A LY5A LY5A STATENISLANDCHUCK - YT2ISM J6/SP7TF XE3WMA YT2ISM EI150ITU VO2NS VP2V/N2IE YT2ISM LY5A XE3WMA VO2NS DL65DARC C6ANM HB9LCW DL1BUG C6ANM KP2/AG2J PAOXAW: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - RA3RLP OZ90IARU DD0NP LA9XGA SM3IZB UE2MW G4TJC/P LA4XGA UR9QW DD0NP RK3ER G0GYY RA3RALP G3PDH SM3IZB UA1AML GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - LA9XGA/P RK3ER HA6NW PA3GEG DL65DARC LA9XGA/P LA9XGA/P F8BJK F6ESB LA9XGA/P UE2MW DL65DARC F6ESB LA9XGA/P LA9XGA/P RA3RLP DL65DARC LA9XGA/P UE2MW UE2MW JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - F8BJK SM3IZB MM0FMF/P MM0FMF/P G0GYY DK1RT G3PDH PA3GEG GM4OBK/P RA3RLP OK2BDF/P UA1AML HA6NW G3PDH HF2015MARI OK2BDF/P GM4OBK/P SIRWALTERWALLY - SM3IZB OZ90IARU RA3RLP UE2MW DL65DARC DL65DARC DK1RT DL1REM RA3RLP UE2MW DL65DARC RA3RLP RA3RLP G0GYY STATENISLANDCHUCK - SQ85PZK DC0LGST RA3RLP DC0LGST DL1REM GI4ONL/P OZ90IARU SQ85PZK DL65DARC RA3RLP GI4ONL/P G3PDH DL65DARC HF2015MARI UA1AML DL65DARC F8BJK KOFNR: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - PY3XX W7USA F5IN PY3XX WA2USA/4 WA2USA/4 N0TA N0TA JM7OLW F5IN XE1CCB PY3XX PY3XX HK1MK JQ2IQW OM2VL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KP2/AG2J CE2AWW N9ZXL CE3/KQ7W PP5KR PY1AA ZF2LC XE1CCB XE1CCB N0TA W7USA KX0R CE3/KQ7W KE7GKM PY1AA KX0R W3DF OM2VL XE3WMA XE3WMA JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - JQ2IQW JQ2IQW HK1MK HK1MK PY1AA N0TA HC2AO KE7GKM KE7GKM PP5KR OM2VL PU1TMU N0TA W3DF HC2AO HC2AO KP2/AG2J SIRWALTERWALLY - W7USA F5IN JF1IRW JF1IRW CE2AWW ZF2LC PU1TMU KE7GKM JF1IRW CE2AWW C6AUM JM7OLW JM7OLW PY1AA STATENISLANDCHUCK - W7USA PU1TMU C6AUM WA7TSD CE2AWW N0TA PJ2/WI9WI WA2USA/4 LW6DW XE3WMA HR5/AA4NC LW6DW C6AUM HK1MK PU1TMU C6AUM KX0R K4NE: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - N9EP K9UIY N9EP KA1FXK K4SUE K9UIY CO3ET FG/F6ARC W2QCY N9EP CO3ET K9UIY N9EP KG9HV K9UIY WD4LZC GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - FG/F6ARC CO3ET NZ0T N9EP FG/F6ARC FG/F6ARC WD4LZC AA4BQ N9EP AA4BQ K4SUE FG/F6ARC K4SUE FG/F6ARC AA4BQ K9RQ WD4LZC K1LEE K1LEE K1LEE JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - KP2/AG2J K9UIY K1NMF K1NMF K9UIY CO3ET KG9HV K1LEE AG4T K9RQ CO3ET K4SUE NZ0T WD4LZC N1IYH CO3ET AG4T SIRWALTERWALLY - K4SUE N4IYH N4LRA W2QCY AA4BQ K1LEE NZ0T K1LEE N4LRA WD4LZC AA4BQ N4LRA N4LRA W2QCY STATENISLANDCHUCK - KA5SGE NZ0T AG4T AG4T KA5SGE K1NMF N4IYH KA5SGE PJ2/K2PLF AG4T K1NMF K8JD FG/F6ARC N1IYH KB6NU FG/F6ARC K9UIY K1IEE: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - PA40FAW UF8T CN8KD DL7SX S01WS HG90IARU II1TLA HA8LNN S01WS DL9JON EW1BJ PA3GBY PA40FAW HG90IARU I1TLA II1TLA GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - HG90IARU EN1KM CN8KD EW1BJ OM8FR HA8LNN DL9JON PA1FB EN1KM II1TLA UF8T OM8FR EA3DD HG90IARU PA40FAW RN7K CN8KD HA8LNN EA3DD VE7DDG JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - DL9JON IK2SCD OM8FR EN1KM PA3GBY II1TLA HG90IARU EW1BJ PA3GBY HG90IARU DL9JON YO90IARU DL9JON CN8KD HA8LNN DL9JON GW4ZCM SIRWALTERWALLY - S01WS IK2SCD RN7K S01WS II1TLA HA8LNN UF8T US5HE HG90IARU PA40FAW PA40FAW DL7SX DL9JON I1YRL STATENISLANDCHUCK - S01WS PF1ANT PA40FAW UF8T US5HE HA8LNN HG90IARU S01WS II1TLA PA40FAW HA8LNN IK2SCD CN8KD HA8LNN HG90IARU CN8KD IK3SCD K1YAN: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - K9VPL DJ90IARU N1DN N1MX IS0HQJ DJ90IARU TI5/N3KS AC8RG WO9B N1DN VE9WW WB2YRL K9VPL 6Y5JH IS0HQJ WB2YRL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KC2GLL K3SEW N1DN K3SEW WB2YRL AC8RG WB2YRL WO9B VE9WW WB3AAI/4 KB3ENU WB2YRL K8EHE KC2GLL WB3AAI/4 NR8M N1DN KC2GLL K8EHE K8EHE JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - 6Y5JH IS0HQJ N1MX N1MX WB2YRL TI5/N3KS IS0HQJ K8EHE AC8RG NR8M WO9B KB3ENU N1DN N1DN 6Y5JH WO9B AC8RG SIRWALTERWALLY - IS0HQJ TI5/N3KS AC8RG WO9B WB3AAI/4 KC2GLL HA3FTA KB3ENU AC8RG VE9WW WB3AAI/4 KC2GLL KC2GLL 6Y5JH STATENISLANDCHUCK - K3SEW N3WT AA4BQ N3WT KB3ENU N1MX TI5/N3KS K3SEW K9VPL AA4BQ N1MX DJ90IARU KC2GLL IS0HQJ K4UX KC2GLL KC2GLL N1JI: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - PC2D YU1WN W3NP ES3AX ES3AX YU1WN 6Y2T WB8A WB8A W3NP ES3AX YU1WN PC2D HA5JI W1IMA IT9LWP GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KP2/AG2J ER1OO EA5NDO ER1OO DJ90IARU WB8A EA9/DL2RVL WB8A EA5DNO EA5DNO DJ90IARU DJ90IARU EA5DNO KP2/AG2J EA5DNO EA9/DL2RVL PC2D EA9/DL2RVL EW8W EW8W JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - KP2/AG2J DJ90IARU W1IMA W1IMA 6Y2T V31AT WQ9H PA3GEG PA3GEG KB4JR ER1OO C6AUM EA5DNO PC2D WQ9H ER1OO PA3GEG SIRWALTERWALLY - ES3AX W1IMA ER1OO WB8A ES3AX IT9LWP IT9LWP ES3AX ER1OO W3NP ES3AX EA9/DL2RVL EA9/DL2RVL YU1WN STATENISLANDCHUCK - K3WAS IT9LWP W1IMA 6Y2T PA3GEG YU1WN DJ90IARU K3WAS GS8VL W1IMA YU1WN EA5DNO PC2D HA5JI DJ90IARU C6AUM K3WAS WN0WWY: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - K6PWP W8BUD N8ZYA AH6AX WA7TSD W8BUD WA7TSD AH6AX WB0CJB N8ZYA KP4ED N8ZYA K6PWP AH6AX WB8BIL W6JL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KG9HV K4PED N9SE WD9DWE WQ5RP AH6AX WB8BIL WB0CJB WH6LE WA2QAJ N4EUQ AA0RQ K3SEW N5ZG WA2QAJ WB6EER K4PED KE7LEW KE7LEW KE7LEW JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - W6JL WB8BIL KE7GKM KE7GKM W4LYH WA7TSD AH6AX WH6LE N5ZG AA0RQ WD4DBO KF4GUI N9SE K4PED KG9HV WD4DBO KE7GKM SIRWALTERWALLY - WA7TSD K6KII AA0RQ WB0CJB WA2QAJ KE7LKW W0VTT WB6EER WB6EER WB8BIL WA2QAJ KE7LKW WH6LE W4LYH STATENISLANDCHUCK - K3SEW W0VTT AA0RQ W0VTT K3SEW N5ZG K6KII K3SEW WH6LE AA0RQ N5ZG WA7TSD WB0CJB KG9HV N4EUQ WB0CJB K6PWP PA7PYR: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHILL - PA70OV IK2UEX EG5ANT LY2CX EA6/CT7AKS UA3U EA6/CT7AKS DK65DARC DL0WRTC LA1ENA/P EA6/CT7AKS 3A/LY2KW PA70OV HB9TVK/P GW4ISJ 3A/LY2KW LA1ENA/P GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - G4OBK/P EA6/CT7AKS EG5ANT EG5ANT DK65DARC DK65DARC 3A/LY2KW G4OBK/P EG5ANT PA70OV UA3U RK3ER RK3ER G4OBK/P PA70OV DL0WRTC DK65DARC DL0WRTC LA1ENA/P LA1ENA/P JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - GW4ISJ GW4ISJ EA6/DF3MC/P EA6/DF3MC/P LY2CX EG5ANT HB9TVK/P EA6/DF3MC/P GW4ISJ DK65DARC PA70OV UA3U EA3NT DK65DARC PA3HCU PA70OV GW4ISJ SIRWALTERWALLY - EA6/CT7AKS IK2UEX DL0WRTC 3A/LY2KW 3A/LY2KW DL0WRTC EA6/CT7AKS RK3ER RK3ER 3A/LY2KW 3A/LY2KW LY2CX LY2CX 3A/LY2KW STATENISLANDCHUCK - SQ7FPD DL0WRTC EA6/CT7AKS DL0WRTC EA6/DF3MC/P LA1ENA/P IK2UEX SQ7FPD LA1ENA/P EA6/CT7AKS EA3NT DK65DARC DK65DARC PA3HCU PA3HCU DK65DARC DK65DARC KD0V: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - W6JMP WA7UQE N4HAVM N5XE NS3C WA6UQE WA7TSD N4HAY W6JMP N4HAY WA6UQE N4HAY W6JMP N4HAY WA8IWK KK4LPG GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - WA2JSG WA7UQE NS3C N5XE W2NRA N4HAY KK4LPG KB1WOD N5XE WA5ZKP AC6FU W2NRA WA3MEJ WA2JSG WA5ZKP N5URL KB1WOD WA1VIL WA3MEJ AE7CG JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - W6JMP WA8IWK W6JMP W6JMP N8ZYA WA7TSD N4HAY AE7CG K7MJG N5URL KB1WOD AC6FU NS3C KB1WOD WI5H KB1WOD K7MJG SIRWALTERWALLY - NS3C WI5H N5SR WA5ZKP WA7UQE WA1VIL KA5TJS VE4AEA N5SR W6JMP WA7UQE K1LGQ K1LGQ N4HAY STATENISLANDCHUCK - WA2JSG KA5TJS WA2JSG KC2TXJ VE4AEA N5XE WI5H WA2JSG WB2ELD WA2JSG N5XE WA7TSD NS3C WI5H VE3GUP NS3C WA5ZKP W2JEK: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - PV8ADI C6AUM K1N ES3AX SG30CW UA3DM CO8TW HC2AO S01WS K1N KP4ED F8DGY P4/W1UE HC2SL PA90IARU P40L GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - OE/OM7JG ES3AX VO2NS KP4ED FG/F6ARC C6AUM LA8OM KB5AE OE/OM7JG V31AT UA3DM PA90IARU ES3AX FG/F6ARC C6AKQ DM750FOR F8DGY HC2SL EA8TL EA8TL JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - LA5YJ HI3K LA8OM UA3DM LA5YJ CO8TW HI3K OE/OM7JG SG30CW FG/F6ARC HC2AO C6AUM VO2NS KP4ED HC2AO LA8OM SG30CW SIRWALTERWALLY - HC2SL PV8ADI DM750FOR S01WS UA3DM EA8TL V31AT KB5AE PA90IARU CO8TW LA5YJ P40L LA8OM LA5YJ STATENISLANDCHUCK - ES3AX EA8TL ES3AX V31AT KB5AE N4OW HI3K HC2SL HC2SL C6AKQ N4OW DM750FOR FG/F6ARC HC2AO PA90IARU SG30CW K1N N8ZYA: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - PPQ70FEB K1PUG KB8ANY CE2/CX1EK KE5SBZ EI150ITU EI150ITU KB8ANY WN3V KB8ANY WB8E KB8ANY PQ70FEB HK1MK EI150ITU LY5A GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KG4JOK WB8E WN3Y PQ70FEB FG/F6ARC KB8ANY LY5A KB8ANY PQ70FEB LY5A EI150ITU FG/F6ARC EA8CN KG4JOK LY5A EA8/DL6RO CN8KD CO8LY CE2/CX1EK CE2/CX1EK JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - KG4JOK EI150ITU K9CM K9CM KB8ANY EI150ITU HK1MK CE2/CX1EK FG/F6AEC EA8/DL6RO KG4JOK KA0ENU WN3V CN8KD HB9CVQ KG4JOK FG/F6ARC SIRWALTERWALLY - KE5SBE EI150ITU F6IRG WN3V N4ALF CO8LY W0VTT CE2/CX1EK F6IRG WB8E N4ALF EA8/DL6RO EA8/DL6RO LY5A STATENISLANDCHUCK - WA2KSM W0VTT FG/F6ARC W0VTT EA8CN N4ALF IZ0IEN WA2KSM N8LAG FG/F6ARC N4ALF EA8/DL6RO K9CM HB9CVQ KA0ENU K9CM KB8ANYAll the above get a certificate and participation point. All below get only a participation point. N8XMS: STATENISLANDCHUCK - S59N K2GTC DL4AC K2GTC EA6UN S59N IK4ALM S59N DL4AC DL4AC S59N DL4AC DL4AC UR3HL UR3HL DL4AC K2GTC KF7WNS: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - NQ7RP K5LSU N1IX N1IX AE0SL K5LSU K5TEB NK6A W6RO N1IX AE0SL WB0LWY NQ7RP WI5H N1IX AE0SL GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - KC0GP AE0SL NK6A K5TEB K4ARQ NK6A AE0SL K5TEB K5TEB AE0SL AIRUN K4ARQ W1EJ KC0GP AE0SL K7ROH W2SFD N4LMI W1EJ KE4KE JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - W1EJ N1IX N4LMI N4LMI WB0LWY K5TEB K7ROH KE4KE AA6GI W6RO K7ON AI4UN NK6A W2SFD WI5H K7ON AA6GI STATENISLANDCHUCK - W2SFD KC8TQP W0AAA WA7TSD KE4KE K7ON N4LMI W2SFD N9ZXL W0AAA K7ON AD7RA KC8TQP K7ROH WU7F KC8TQP NK6A DH0DK: GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - G4PSI EI5CA HB9BIN/P EA2CW/P DL65DARC DL65DARC DL65DARC HB9CBR/P EA2CW/P EI5CA PA5GU DL65DARC DM5GE G4PSI EI5CA HB9CBR/P DL65DARC ON7LB DM5GE PA3GEG STATENISLANDCHUCK - G3USA UR0ET EA2CW/P UR0ET IN3AFE ON7LB EI5CA G3USA SM5ELV EA2CW/P ON7LB DL65DARC W2WC HB9BIN/P UA1CEX W2WC ON3RSK WH7TT: STATENISLANDCHUCK - KF7WNS KE4TWI FO8AA KE4TWI K6ELQ NH6XK KE4TWI KF7WNS K6ELQ FO8AA NH6XK W3DF KG6MC NH6XK WB7EUX KG6MC NH6XK K0ALN: PUNXSUTAWNEYPHIL - KE5PRL K5LSU K7WNS K0KEX K5LSU K5LSU WB7TOK W6VAH W6VAH K7WNS WH6LE W5VYN KE5PRL W6VAH WB2WIK K5LSU GENERALBEAUREGARDLEE - K7DCG WH6LE W5VYN VE3JEV KE5PRL W6VAH K5LSU AB6OJ VE3JEV AB6OJ N3GUY KE5PRL VE3JEV K7DCG AB6OJ KG0RD KC0JKD WH6LE VE3JEV K3SEW JIMMYTHEGROUNDHOG - KC0JKD WB2WIK N4ZMP N4ZMP W5VYN WB7TOK W6VAH K3SEW KG0RD KG0RD AB6OJ N3GUY W5VYN KC0JKD WH6LE AB6OJ KG0RD STATENISLANDCHUCK - K7WNS K6HTN VE1BA K6HTN KE5PRL K7NDE KG4IKQ K7WNS KN5L VE1BA K7NDE K7DCG KC0JKD WH6LE KG4UPO KC0JKD K5LSUSoapbox: N8XMS: With some extensive travel plans for the month that would take me off the air I knew that completing this challenge would be impossible and even getting a single groundhog to earn a participation point would be difficult. My one major opportunity to get on the air was on the 5th and almost miraculously in the space of about 3 hours of on-and-off operating I managed to get all of the letters for Staten Island Chuck! Under the circumstances I'm pretty pleased with myself! My travels extend into March so next month is also going to be a tough one as well - it should be fun! K9OSC: Another fine Challenge this month. Found some old friends and had some great QSO's. See you next month. 72, Bob NQ2W: Another fun challenge...highlighted by using K1N for two of my final Ns. FW5JJ is also a new one for me. This QRP stuff really does work. I hope spring comes early! 72, Will K3WWP: When Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, I immediately decided I was going to finish this challenge as quickly as possible so as to not have to think of Phil and his prediction any longer than necessary. Thanks to the proliferation of portable ops and special event calls, I finished up at 0039Z on the 5th. I only used one non-DX station, and for those who do consider Canada DX, then it was all DX. VO2NS was the non-DX station. I probably could easily make it a true all DX challenge, but as I said I want it out of the way so I'm not going to try to replace the four letters I got from VO2NS. Now off to a harder challenge from the European Chapter. I analyzed that one in my web site diary (http://k3wwp.com/) and explained why it may be a bit tougher than usual. In fact because of my analysis, the rules have been modified slightly. I'll close now with thanks to all the stations who helped, and I'm sure didn't realize they did help. HI K4NE: My first crack at the monthly Challenge. What fun! All QSOs were on 30m except one. PAOXAW: Not so easy this month, so a nice challenge. K1IEE: This challenge with this many letters was a good operating event to deal with during the many snow storms we had in Maine. Thanks to all 73 Dick KF7WNS: I missed the challenge by one "Y". Heard several stations, but they didn't hear me. Looking forward to March. 72, Gary DHODK: No letters Y found! Next challenge sacrifice more time. PA7PYR: TRX:Yaesu FT 817; Ant : Hy Endfet home made A lot of Dogs; I missed the age of them .Hi Thanks All Rien NAQCC 4443 K0ALN: This was a tough one! Lesson learned: start early and relax! Looking forward to the March activities. W2JEK: THIS CHALLENGE WAS A LOT OF FUN. THE LAST TWO LETTERS NEEDED WERE T'S. 72 AND 73 DON YOUNGER #1135 N8ZYA: About 40 are DX this month. DX is by far the easiest solution I've found for the challenge. The European challenge is going to be really tough for me this month. The antenna here is going to be a big obstacle for me. |