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The NAQCC June 2018 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  .BLACK TOM ISLAND PREMISE: We think of the USA as being far enough from the European World War I theater that no danger of physical confrontation or damage existed in the homeland. While this was true for the most part, there was an incident in New York Harbor that must have brought fear to many Americans. In 1915 the sale of American munitions to any but the Allied powers was forbidden. In response to this order German secret agents were deployed to obstruct the flow of US munitions. Black Tom Island was adjacent to Liberty Island and had been expanded and connected to the mainland for use as a storage depot. On the night of July 30, 1916, some 1000 tons of small arms and artillery ammunition and 50 tons of TNT, awaiting shipment to Russia, were stored on barges and in the depot on the island. After midnight guards discovered a series of small fires on the pier. Some guards fled, some fought the fires and eventually the fire department was called to the scene. At 2:08 a.m. the first and largest explosion occurred. Seven deaths and hundreds of injuries resulted. Fragments from the explosion impacted buildings and the Statue of Liberty. The explosion was the equivalent of a magnitude 5.5 earthquake. It broke thousands of windows, some as far as 25 miles away, and was felt in Philadelphia. Property damage was estimated at $ 20 million ( nearly $500 million in 2018 dollars ) which included $100,000 of damage to the Statue of Liberty. Smaller explosions occurred for hours after the initial blast. Years later, a Slovak immigrant was linked to the incident and stated that two of the guards had been German agents. Today the island has been connected to the mainland by landfill projects and is part of Liberty State Park. A plaque marks the site of the explosion. We salute and thank the many who gave their service and lives during WW I and also those who have served and are now serving in the various branches of the American military. Well look at this ... here is something new. This month we are going to try a different twist to our challenge. Chuck, KA5PVB, suggested a QRPp challenge with a reduced word list. Here it is with a little addition to the original idea. This month there are two options for our challenge. You may do all the challenge words with QRP or a mix of QRP and QRPp power levels. Nothing new there. Your other option is to use only QRPp power to complete three of the six words. It is your choice of which three you complete. Should you start out with QRPp and have a tough go of it, you can always use those contacts with some QRP ones to do the whole list. Nothing lost. Remember, QRPp at NAQCC is defined as one watt or less. TIME FRAME: The first day of the month 0000Z through the last day of the month 2400Z RULES: Just make ALL these words from calls of stations you work subject to the General Challenge Rules. (Any spaces in the phrases should be ignored. For example the challenge phrase "INVERTED V ANTENNA" should be treated as if it is the single word "INVERTEDVANTENNA.") BLACK TOM ISLAND NEW YORK HARBOR STATUE OF LIBERTY SMALL ARMS AMMO ARTILLERY AMMO LIBERTY STATE PARK The 84 total letters contain these 20 different letters: A B C D E F H I K L M N O P R S T U W 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. If you need some help with your alphabet challenge record keeping take a look at our Alphabet Tutorial page for everything from some great pencil & paper methods to fully computerized tools. AWARDS: A certificate and a participation point go to everyone making all the words with QRP or a mix of QRP and QRPp or making three of the words with only QRPp and submitting their report before the deadline. A Participation Point goes to everyone making at least 1, but not all the words and submitting their report before the deadline. 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. LOGS: For your report, list the words you made and the station used for each letter in the word. To avoid any confusion, in addition to your completed word list, please indicate whether you used QRP or only QRPp. 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 NEXT - NF8M W8REI N8XMS K9EYT (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 in the horizontal format shown above to: 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 All entries must be RECEIVED before the 10th of the following month at 2400Z. Final Results: PA9CW: BLACKTOMISLAND - HB9EWO/P OK1MLP/P AO18FWC AO18FWC OK1MLP/P TM24H HB9EWO/P DL7VMM/P HB9BIN/P SP9MA/P OK1MLP/P AO18FWC HB9BIN/P DL7VMM/P NEWYORKHARBOR - HB9BIN/P HB9EWO/P HB9EWO/P F5RGY/P HB9EWO/P F5RGY/P OK1MLP/P HB9EWO/P HB9AGO/P HB9CBR/P HB9EWO/P AO18FWC HB9CBR/P STATUEOFLIBERTY - SP9MA/P TM24H HB9AGO/P HB9TVK/P YU18FWC HB9EWO/P AO18FWC DF3MC/P DL7VMM/P HB9BIN/P HB9DST/P HB9JOE/P F5RGY/P HB9TVK/P F5RGY/P SMALLARMSAMMO - HB9DST/P OK1MLP/P SP9MA/P DL7VMM/P OK/DL3JJ/P SP9MA/P EA5URA OK1MLP/P HB9DST/P HB9CGA/P DL7VMM/P DL7VMM/P OH3OJ/P ARTILLERYAMMO - HB9CGA/P RC18EK HB9DST/P HG18FIFA OK/DL3JJ/P DL6FBK/P HB9JOE/P RC18EK YO/HA8BJ/P HG18FIFA DL7VMM/P SP9MA/P OH3OJ/P LIBERTYSTATEPARK - OE7LVI HG18FIFA HB9AGO/P RC18EK RC18BRO OE/OK2PDT/P YU18FWC ES0UG HB9DST/P HG18FIFA OE/OK2PDT/P RC18EK HB9EWO/P EA5URA R18JPN HB9TVK/P ZL1BQD: BLACKTOMISLAND - ZL1BIV ZL1FV 5W1SA FK8CE VK4PN TE6DX VK3EO HA8RM ZL1BIV 5W1SA ZL1FV 5W1SA VK4PN TE6DX NEWYORKHARBOR - VK4PN VK3EO 5W1SA BY4ARM VK3EO HA8RM VK4PN HA8RM HA8RM HA8RM ZL1BIV ZL1OT BY4ARM STATUEOFLIBERTY - 5W1SA TE6DX HA8RM ZL1OT ZL1UJU VK3EO ZL1OT ZL1FV ZL1UJU ZL1BIV BY4ARM FK8CE BY4ARM ZL1OT BY4ARM SMALLARMSAMMO - R18SEN HA8RM BY4ARM ZL1UJU ZL1BIV BY4ARM R18SEN BY4ARM R18SEN ZL2AGY BY4ARM RM0F UB5O ARTILLERYAMMO - ZL2AGY R18SEN ZL1ST ZL1IU ZL1BIV ZL1IU FK8CE RI1ANL ZL2AGY RI1ANL RM0F N7XM UB5O LIBERTYSTATEPARK - ZL1IU ZL1IU BY4ARM TE6DX RI1ANL ZL1ST ZL2AGY ZL1ST JF1IST RI1ANL JF1IST TE6DX VK4PN AB5EB RM0F VK3EO WU1V: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB8UPO WB2YRL F6HKA NC1WX F6HKA NZ0T WB8UPO K8MP WA0CIE KB1HQS N9OL F6HKA NZ0T 5D18FIFA NEWYORKHARBOR - NZ0T F5UQE WD5F N4RAY WB8UPO N4RAY F6HKA F6HKA N4RAY N4RAY WB8UPO N9OL N4QR STATUEOFLIBERTY - KB1HQS NZ0T 5D18FIFA LZ30STM WB8UPO F5UQE N9OL WD5F N9OL WA0CIE K0BJ WA0CIE N4QR LZ30STM N4RAY SMALLARMSAMMO - KA5TJS K8MP N4RAY LZ30STM LZ30STM 5D18FIFA WB2YRL AE4RM LZ30STM WA0CIE LZ30STM LZ30STM W8HOG ARTILLERYAMMO - WA0CIE K3DRJ KA5TJS N8XI WB2YRL LZ430PPW WA0CIE K3DRJ WB2YRL AB5AR AE4RM K7MOA W8HOG LIBERTYSTATEPARK - LZ430PPW N8XI K0BJ AE4RM WB2YRL KA5TJS WB2YRL LZ30STM YT4T KA5TJS YT4T AE4RM WB8UPO KA5TJS AB5AR K3DRJ N4OW: BLACKTOMISLAND - ZL2BLQ ZL2BLQ AK3X CO8RRM AK3X K5TSK CO8RRM CO8RRM N4API K5TSK ZL2BLQ AK3X W3NP WB4DBO NEWYORKHARBOR - W3NP K1ESE W3NP N4RAY CO8RRM CO8RRM AK3X K8MPH N4API CO8RRM ZL2BLQ WB4DBO CO8RRM STATUEOFLIBERTY - K5TSK K5TSK N4API K4JTP WB5UAA K1ESE WB4DBO KM4FO ZL2BLQ N4API K4IBZ K1ESE CO8RRM K4JTP N4RAY SMALLARMSAMMO - K3SAV CO8RRM WB5UAA ZL2BLQ K6ELQ WB5UAA N4RAY W5MSV K3SAV WB5UAA W5MSV K8MPH K2OO ARTILLERYAMMO - WB5UAA N4RAY KA5TJS K4IBZ K6ELQ EW7LO K1ESE K1RID WB8YYY K3SAV K8MPH KM4FO K2OO LIBERTYSTATEPARK - EW7LO K4IBZ K4IBZ KD2E K1RID KA5TJS WB8YYY K1ESE W1TAG K3SAV W1TAG KD2E W3NP N4RAY N5IR K4IBZ KJ4R: BLACKTOMISLAND - N8SUB CE2LR VE4KAI W2C K1USN TI2/KM4HI K2MO W5BM TI2/KM4HI N8SUB CE2LR VE4KAI N8SUB KA2DDX NEWYORKHARBOR - N8SUB VE4KAI W5BM KD2LYK K2MO KB4JR K1USN TI2/KM4HI VB18FIFA KB4JR N8SUB CO2AN W8RBF STATUEOFLIBERTY - N8SUB TI2/KM4HI VB18FIFA AG4T N8SUB VE4KAI CO2AN VB18FIFA KD2LYK TI2/KM4HI KB4JR CE2LR W8RBF AG4T KD2LYK SMALLARMSAMMO - K1USN W5BM AA4MB KD2LYK AA4LS AA4MB CE2LR TI2/KM4HI K1USN AA4MB TI2/KM4HI AA4MB WB2KAO ARTILLERYAMMO - AA4MB CE2LR IK3VUT TI2/KM4HI AA4LS F5PLC CE2LR KB5RCF AC4NY KA2DDX AA4MB N9MM WB2KAO LIBERTYSTATEPARK - F5PLC TI2/KM4HI KB4JR VE3IID KB5RCF IK3VUT AC4NY ES3AX IK2TKX KA2DDX IK2TKX VE3IID K1PUG CO2AN AE4RM KB4JR NR3Z: BLACKTOMISLAND - DL1BUG R4LC AY0FWC AY0FWC KP4TF KP4TF VE3QSO KD4VM TI5/NCKS TI5/NCKS R4LC AY0FWC TI5/NCKS UR3IDD NEWYORKHARBOR - TI5/NCKS KE8EAS AY0FWC AY0FWC VE3QSO RC18KA KP4TF HD18FIFA RC18KA RC18KA DL1BUG OG0C R4LC STATUEOFLIBERTY - TI5/NCKS KP4TF RC18KA TI5/NCKS KU8T KE8EAS OG0C KP4TF DL1BUG TI5/NCKS VB18FIFA KE8EAS R4LC TI5/NCKS AY0FWC SMALLARMSAMMO - K9VIS KD4VM KE8EAS DL1BUG DL1NKS KE8EAS UR3IDD NC1M K9VIS HD18FIFA NC1M CT3MD AO18FWC ARTILLERYAMMO - HD18FIFA UR3IDD KU8T K9VIS DL1NKS LZ3ZZ KE8EAS W7RN 6Y6N WA1JGA CT3MD I1MMR AO18FWC LIBERTYSTATEPARK - LZ3ZZ K9VIS VB18FIFA N3QE W7RN KU8T 6Y6N KE8EAS CP4BT WA1JGA CP4BT N3QE KP4TF WA1JGA I1MMR RC18KA AK3X: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB5UAA ZL2BLQ WAQWN CO8RRM KC9IL EA8TL N4OW CO8RRM KC9IL S57V ZL2BLQ WA4QWN WA4QWN WA1LFD NEWYORKHARBOR - WA4QWN XE2I WA4QWN 6Y6N N4OW CO8RRM KC9IL HD18FIFA HD18FIFA CO8RRM WB5UAA CO8RRM CO8RRM STATUEOFLIBERTY - S57V EA8TL AK4JA KP4TF WB5UAA XE2I CO8RRM WA1LFD KC9IL KC9IL W2BZ EA8TL CO8RRM KP4TF 6Y6N SMALLARMSAMMO - SN740BAR CO8RRM AK4JA EA8TL EA8TL AK4JA SN740BAR W4AMV SN740BAR WB5UAA W4AMV KG6MC OK4RQ ARTILLERYAMMO - WB5UAA OK4RQ TG9ADM XE2I K6ELQ K6ELQ K6ELQ WR5U DF2PY AK4JA KG6MC TG9ADM OK4RQ LIBERTYSTATEPARK - N4DL HD18FIFA W2BZ K6ELQ WR5U TG9ADM DF2PY KA2SJG R18TUN WB5UAA R18TUN N4EJF DF2PY WB5UAA OK4RQ OK4RQ KD0V: BLACKTOMISLAND - KB0FJU WA3EYL VA3SZ W6CCW K6ELQ NE6AT W8HOG K9CM K1RID VA3SZ K6ELQ VA3SZ NE6AT K1RID NEWYORKHARBOR - NE6AT K6ELQ W8HOG AA7YQ W8HOG K1RID KG6PHP W8HOG NE6AT K1RID KB0FJU KA3LOC W0RLY STATUEOFLIBERTY - VA3SZ N7HTS NE6AT NE6AT KB0FJU K6ELQ KA3LOC K0FTC K6ELQ K1RID KB1YJ NE6AT W0RLY K0FTC AA7YQ SMALLARMSAMMO - N7HTS K9CM NA7C WA3ELY KA3LOC NA7C KD5RSS N0MAP N7HTS AA7YQ N0MAP N3MVX W4QO ARTILLERYAMMO - AA7YQ KD5RSS K0FTC WR4I KA3LOC W0LRY NE7AT W2NRA WA3EYL AA7YQ N3MVX KD2OMV W4QO LIBERTYSTATEPARK - W0RLY WR4I KB1YJ WA3EYL W2NRA N7HTS WA3EYL W0ZWS NZ0T AA7YQ NZ7T WA3EYL KG6PHP WA3EYL WR4I K6EL K1YAN: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB5UAA WB2LQF VE3AIH OG0C KU3S K4RT OG0C NR8M VE3AIH KU3S WB2LQF VE3AIH K1SN VE2GDI NEWYORKHARBOR - K1SN VE3AIH WB5UAA KD2LY OG0C K4RT K4RT VE3AIH KA3SJK K4RT WB5UAA WA1UQO NR8M STATUEOFLIBERTY - KU3S K4RT KA3SJK OZ2TF KU3S VE3AIH WA1UQO KD8IFJ LZ430PPW VE3AIH WB2LQF VE2GDI NR8M OZ2TF KD2LY SMALLARMSAMMO - KA3SJK NR8M WB5UAA LZ430PPW KD2LY WB5UAA RD3ZA N9MM KA3SJK WB5UAA N9MM N9MM OZ2TF ARTILLERYAMMO - WB5UAA RD3ZA WA3PTY VE2GDI KD2LY K3VYL VE2GDI I1MMR K3VYL K9IA N9MM I1MMR OZ2TF LIBERTYSTATEPARK - K3VYL VE2GDI WB2LQF KB4PPE I1MMR WA3PTY K3VYL K1SN HI3T K9IA HI3T KB4PPE KB4PPE WA3I K7POR K4RT PA0XAW: BLACKTOMISLAND - HB9DND DL1QC/P PA4M DL1QC/P ON6CK G3LET F/ON6JUN/P PA4M F5IN DJ9SN DL1QC/P PA4M F/ON6JUN/P DL1QC/P NEWYORKHARBOR - F/ON6JUN/P GE3LET ON4WRC G4IIY F/ON6JUN/P ON4WRC ON6CK DK0LH PA2DK ON4WRC HB9DND G0OOQ DH2URF STATUEOFLIBERTY - DJ9SN G3LET PA2DK TM6GAL F/ON6JUN/P G3LET G0OOQ F/ON6JUN/P DK0NL/P F5IN EB4IC DJ9EG DH2URF TM6GAL G4IIY SMALLARMSAMMO - SA3CWW PA4M DL6AWJ DK0LH DK0LH DL6AWJ SN740BAR ON4MCL SA3CWW DL1ALF DK0MM DK0MM G0OOQ ARTILLERYAMMO - DL1ALF SN740BAR TM40SC G4IIY ON4MCL ON4MCL DJ9EG G3ZRJ LY2PX DJ5AZ TM6GAL TM6GAL G0OOQ LIBERTYSTATEPARK - G3LET G4IIY EB4IC EB4IC G3ZRJ TM40SC LY2PX SN740BAR DL3TA PA3GYK DL3TA EB4IC PA4M PA3GYK DL2RUF PA2DK NF1U: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB8UPO ZL2BLQ AD5A W1LIC K8MP KU8T WB8UPO K8MP KG5UIA W5MSV K6ELQ AD5A NJ0J AD5A NEWYORKHARBOR - NJ0J K6ELQ W5ZR N4RAY WB8UPO W5ZR K8MP W8HOG AD5A W5ZR WB8UPO W8HOG K1ARR STATUEOFLIBERTY - W5MSV KU8T AD5A KA5TJS KG5UIA K6ELQ W8HOG WD5F K6ELQ KG5UIA ZL2BLQ F5UQE K1ARR K4YTZ N4RAY SMALLARMSAMMO - AA1SQ K8MP KG5UIA ZL2BLQ ZL2BLQ KG5UIA K1ARR KB8KMH AA1SQ K1ARR W5MSV W5MSV K8PON ARTILLERYAMMO - K1ARR K1ARR K4YTZ W1LIC ZL2BLQ W1LIC F5UQE N4RAY K4YTZ KA0HVW KB8KMH KB3MOW K8PON LIBERTYSTATEPARK - W1LIC W1LIC ZL2BLQ WB9EAO N4RAY W1TAG K4YTZ KA5TJS KA5TJS KA0HVW W1TAG WB9EAO K8MP F6HKA W0RLY KG5UIA G3JFS: BLACKTOMISLAND - LZ2KSB LZ2KSB AO18FWC AO18FWC LZ2KSB II1ITR AO18FWC OM18FIFA HG18FIFA LZ2KSB LZ2KSB AO18FWC LZ3FN OV1CDX NEWYORKHARBOR - LZ3FN CT1ELZ AO18FWC YR100R AO18FWC II1ITR LZ2KSB HG18FIFA HG18FIFA II1ITR LZ2KSB OV1CDX YR100R STATUEOFLIBERTY - LZ2KSB II1ITR HG18FIFA CT1FWJ OZ4UN CT1ELZ OV1CDX AO18FWC LZ3FN HG18FIFA HB9AFI IS0ESG YR100R CT1FWJ YR100R SMALLARMSAMMO - 9A2DS OM18FIFA 9A2DS LZ3FN DL2SBA 9A2DS YR100R GM6XX 9A2DS HB9AFI GM6XX TM18FWC AO60FIFA ARTILLERYAMMO - HB9AFI YR100R CT1ELZ II1ITR DL2SBA CT1ELZ IS0ESG ER18FIFA PD7MYA DL2SBA TM18FWC PD7MYA AO60FIFA LIBERTYSTATEPARK - CT1ELZ II1ITR HB9AFI OE/DL1DVE ER18FIFA CT1ELZ PD7MYA DL2SBA TM18FWC DL2SBA TM18FWC OE/DL1DVE F/PA0SKP AO60FIFA RA1M F/PA0SKP KA5PVB: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB5UAA KE5AKL WB5UAA AC0PR KX0R W1XT KO5USA NA6MG WA9STI KO5USA ZL2BLQ WB5UAA NJ7V KD8DEU NEWYORKHARBOR - NJ7V KD8DEU W1XT WC0Y KO5USA KX0R KX0R K6HPX WB5UAA KX0R WB5UAA WB9EAO KR7RK STATUEOFLIBERTY - KO5USA W1XT WB5UAA WG0AT WB5UAA KD8DEU WB9EAO ZF2RM KE5AKL WB9STI AD0AB KE5AKL KR7RK WG0AT WC0Y SMALLARMSAMMO - NM5S NA6MG NA6MG ZL2BLQ ZL2BLQ NA6MG KR7RK K9PM NM5S KO5USA N9MM N9MM KB5JO ARTILLERYAMMO - KO5USA KR7RK WB9STI AE5II ZL2BLQ K6ELQ KE5AKL AC0PR K4UYQ AD0AB N9MM N9MM KB5JO LIBERTYSTATEPARK - K6ELQ AE5II AD0AB WB9EAO AC0PR WB9STI K4UYQ WA9STI KA5TJS AD0AB KA5TJS WB9EAO AC0PR AD0AB ZF2RM KD8DEU WI5H: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB9TFF KA3LOC N0TA KA3LOC K6III N0TA KZ5OM KZ5OM K6III KA5TJS KA3LOC N0TA N0TA ND9M/7 NEWYORKHARBOR - N0TA K6ELQ WB9TFF K4WNY KZ5OM KX0R K6III F6HKA AK4JA KX0R WB9TFF KA3LOC K4BXR STATUEOFLIBERTY - KA5TJS N0TA AK4JA WB9TFF AA5UZ K6ELQ KA3LOC WB9TFF K6ELQ K6III K4BXR AE4RM K4BXR WB9TFF K4WNY SMALLARMSAMMO - KD5RSS KZ5OM AK4JA K6ELQ KC9IL AK4JA KB4JR ND9M/7 KD5RSS KA3LOC ND9M/7 N9MM WB4DBO ARTILLERYAMMO - KA3LOC KB4JR KA5TJS K6III KC9IL AD0LI AE4RM AE4RM N4RAY NA7C N9MM N9MM WB4DBO LIBERTYSTATEPARK - AD0LI K6III K4BXR KA5VZE AE4RM KA5TJS N4RAY KD5RSS W1TAG NA7C W1TAG KA5VZE K2PI KA5TJS W5ZR KZ5OMAll the above get a certificate and participation point. All below get only a participation point. N8XMS: NEWYORKHARBOR - VE3DQN VE3DQN W1AW 6Y5WJ W1FOX UR3IDD KA3SJK VE1PVH KA3SJK UR3IDD KK4BNC W1FOX N4RSS WB4OMM: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB2LQF WB2LQF HD18FIFA W9CC K1WK KB0ETU WO2WS AA4MI HD18FIFA WO2WS WB2LQF HD18FIFA KN1H HD18FIFA NEWYORKHARBOR - KN1H K4EKD K1WK WG8Y WO2WS W2NRA K1WK HD18FIFA J32FIFA W2NRA WB2LQF K7MOA KJ4R NN0SS: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB8UPO W2LMT N0MAP W3OKC K1USN N6TQ W8HOG N0MAP N5IR K1USN W2LMT N0MAP N0MAP NJ8D NEWYORKHARBOR - N0MAP KE8Y W8HOG KE8Y W8HOG W0RLY K1USN W8HOG AA8WQ W0RLY WB8UPO WB8UPO N5IR STATUEOFLIBERTY - K1USN N6TQ AA8WQ W2LMT K1USN KE8Y WB8UPO K0FG KA3LOC N5IR KB6BU K7PE N5IR W2LMT KE8Y KB1M: BLACKTOMISLAND - N8SUB OL90ITALIA AY0FWC AY0FWC K1USN OL90ITALIA OL90ITALIA TI2/KM4HI F5IN N8SUB OL90ITALIA AY0FWC F5IN CN8KD NEWYORKHARBOR - F5IN XE1XR AY0FWC 6Y6N OL90ITALIA SN740BAR K1USN TI2/KM4HI OL90ITALIA SN740BAR N8SUB AO18FWC XE1XR STATUEOFLIBERTY - N8SUB OL90ITALIA OL90ITALIA TI2/KM4HI N8SUB XE1XR AO18FWC F5IN OL90ITALIA F5IN NJ2BB VE3R XE1XR TI2/KM4HI 6Y6N SMALLARMSAMMO - K1USN TI2/KM4HI OL90ITALIA OL90ITALIA LZ430PPW OL90ITALIA UR3IDD LZ30STM K1USN AO18FWC LZ30STM AA4GM CO5LB ARTILLERYAMMO - AO18FWC UR3IDD LZ30STM OL90ITALIA LZ430PPW CO5LB VE3R R18ARG AY0FWC SN740BAR AA4GM OM3VL CO5LB N9SE: BLACKTOMISLAND - KB4JR LZ30STM F6HKA W0CP KB4JR NZ4T K1TEO LZ30STM KE0UI LZ30STM LZ30STM F6HKA NZ4T VE3RDE NEWYORKHARBOR - NZ4T VE3RDE WA2WMJ KE4KY K1TEO KB4JR KB4JR F6HKA AH6V KB4JR KB4JR KA3LOC KJ4HRH STATUEOFLIBERTY - LZ30STM NZ4T AH6V K0TQ KE0UI VE3RDE KA3LOC F6HKA K9LA KE0UI NM3B VE3RDE KJ4HRH K0TQ KE4KY WB4DBO: BLACKTOMISLAND - KB3CVO KA3LOC N4RAY KB3CVO KB3CVO W9HT KB3CVO W5MSV K4IBZ W5MSV KA3LOC N4RAY N4RAY WD9DWE NEWYORKHARBOR - N4RAY KR4AE W5MSV N4RAY KB3CVO N4RAY KB3CVO W9HT KA3LOC N4RAY KB3CVO KA3LOC KR4AE STATUEOFLIBERTY - W5MSV W9HT KA3LOC KA5TJS NF1U KR4AE KA3LOC NF1U AA4LH K4IBZ K4IBZ WD9DWE KR4AE KA5TJS N4RAY K1IEE: BLACKTOMISLAND - KA2BKG LZ30STM AO18FWC AO18FWC 9K2NO LZ30STM AO18FWC F5MUX IK1UGX LZ30STM LZ30STM AO18FWC DL1NKR M0SDV NEWYORKHARBOR - 9K2NO VE3R LZ430PPW Z35Y AO18FWC LZ2HR WA3KCP LZ2HR R6AF LZ2HR KA2BKG 9K2NO R6AF SMALLARMSAMO - 7S18FWC LZ30STM HA3FTA LZ430PPW LZ2HR HA3FTA VE3R F5MUX 7S18FWC HA3FTA LZ30STM OZ3MC WA2FBN: BLACKTOMISLAND - KB4GWQ W4JL KA8TNK N2CX W4KRN KA8TNK W5ODS N4UM J32FIFA W5ODS W4JL J32FIFA W4KRN KD1RT KI4IO: BLACKTOMISLAND - WB2FQL WB2FQL WA8MTI W2C K1OPQ WA8MTI K1OPQ WA8MTI WA8MTI SV2/RW3AL WB2FQL WA8MTI AC4NY WD9DWE NEWYORKHARBOR - AC4NY WD9DWE W2C AC4NY K1OPQ AC8RG K0FG F6HKA AC4NY SV2/RW3AL WB2FQL K2OO AC8RG STATUEOFLIBERTY - SV2/RW3AL WA8MTI AC4NY NJ1T KA0ENU WD9DWE K2OO J32FIFA SV2/RW3AL WA8MTI WA0BAG AI3EE SV2/RW3AL NJ1T AC4NYNot eligible for a certificate or participation point for the following reason(s): @ = Non-member $ = QRO power Soapbox:
ZL1BQD: Thank goodness for the All Asia contest where i was able to get the required "T's".
Great Challenge again this month.
WU1V: This is my first challenge for some time, as I went QRO for chasing other
certificates/awards. Now I'm back in QRP-Land. Only took me 10 days to complete
this challenge, despite terrible conditions pretty much all over the bands I can
operate on. All contacts made on 20 and 40 meter bands. Did make one 30 meter QSO,
but not toward Challenge. Also made a few EU contacts across the pond, Serbia,
France, Bulgaria - also Ecuador down in SA, but mostly US stations worked. I'd
forgotten how much fun these challenges are! Back in the saddle again. 72 de Rick
N4OW: Luck was with me, not conditions :) Thanks for the fun.
KJ4R: Almost ran out of time due to multiple nights with storms in the area and
could not operate due to lightning danger. Thanks to IK2TKX and IK3VUT who gave
me the last T's that I needed. Another good month of QSO's with the PFR 3B. 73's
to everyone.
AK3X: Another fun challenge (aren't they all?) Band conditions were up and down
throughout the month. The highlight was finally working Stan, ZL2BLQ on 20 meters,
something that had eluded me for a long time. It never worked out on my "real"
antenna, but I had been playing with the configuration and trying to load the short
side of my OCF twinlead fed doublet on 20 meters as an endfed wire. The total length
of wire involved was 63 feet, sort of an inverted L. Right after I got it matched
up with my ZM-2 tuner, I heard Stan calling CQ.. very loud signal. Long story short
we made the contact. I later realized that I had turned down the power to 3 watts
while I was fooling with the end fed configuration, so even better. I told my wife
this tale and her eyes glazed over.... 72 to all, Peter
KD0V: The Challenge this month was easier than the one last month, because of better
band conditions. It is really interesting working QRP. The reactions by other hams
is amazing. Usually it is 73's CUL, but sometimes the op's on the other end are
amazed and stay around until the band goes out. Worked one ham that was running 400
watts. We gave each other 559 signal reports and manage a 20 minutes QSO both
conditions got bad. Also receive a very interesting signal report, 388, I am not
sure what it means. Lots of other QRP stations on the air, vacation season!
72, and CU next month. Merlin
NF1U: This month seemed more of a challenge due to HF Propagation. None the less,
still fun to work the challenges.
KA5PVB: I called CQ for many hours at QRPp levels with no joy here! {Possibly summer
is NOT the time for QRPp (of 26 stations worked for this event only 8 were at the
QRPp level). I did manage to work enough stations for completing the challenge at
the 5 watt level with my FT-817ND BUT had only one contact with my 40 meter version
of Lil' Joe (.65 watts)! Hope everyone else had more luck with QRPp than I did!
Looking forward to the July version of Challenge, thanks to the organizers for all
their work. 73, Chuck
N8XMS: This was a funny one for me. I never worked one single call with an "L" in
it but there was only one item in the list of words that didn't need an "L"!
So not a very good showing for me but a lot of fun anyway.
WB4OMM: Try as I might......just couldn't get 'em all! Will try agin in July!
73 to all - Safe and Happy 4th! Steve
N9SE: All QRPp (less than 1W) this month.
WB4DBO: My first NAQCC Word Challenge! New member #9497
K1IEE: My limited operating times and the poor band conditions made for an
interesting challenge. Its always great to get on the air and the challenges
are a good reason to do that,
Thanks to all Dick
WA2FBN: Poor condx this month, not much activity heard at my location. 72 Ken
KI4IO: R's and M's were not to be had this month
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