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The NAQCC January 2020 Challenge

All challenge info such as rules are now in the hands of Gary K1YAN. Email him with any questions in that regard at pix_email_k1yan (1K).

The results on this page are the responsibility of Hap K7HAP. Email him with any questions in that regard at pix_email_k7hap (1K).


READING A SHIPS HULL

PREMISE:
Have you ever looked at the hull of a large ship and wondered what all those markings are? They don’t mean much to the average land locked person but they do provide critical information to the nautically savy.

Starting at the stern or back of the ship we find the owner, ship name, port and IMO number. The owner, APL Co., and name, MEXICO CITY, are obvious. The port or flag, SINGAPORE, designates the country of registration and may differ from the country of ownership. This may be done in an effort to reduce costs, take advantage of lower taxes or to deal with less strict safety requirements. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) number is like your cars VIN number and stays with the ship for life.

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How much weight can the ship safely carry? You will find the “Plimsoll Line”, a circle with a horizontal line through it and a letter one each side indicating the ship’s registration authority. If the line is underwater the ship is overloaded. The name comes from Samuel Plimsoll who, in 1876, sponsored a bill in British parliament that made the line mandatory on both sides of a ship. There are also markings called load lines for specific climatic conditions such as tropical seawater (T), summer (S), winter (W), fresh water (F) and tropical fresh water (TF).

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Draft marks are a string of numbers, on both sides of the hull, arranged in a vertical line that tell how much of the ships hull is submerged. By comparing the readings on each side you can tell if the ship is riding level and how heavily it is loaded.

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A tugboat, looking to attach a tow line, will look for a “T” shaped symbol with an arrowhead on the bottom of the T. This indicates a “chock”, an opening that houses a post for connection of a tow line. Next to the chock is a marking like SWL 50t, which indicates the safe working load that may be applied, in this case, 50 tons. You will also find sets of black “brackets” painted on the hull which indicate the points where a tugboat is supposed to push the ship.

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So, welcome to the world of the seagoing insiders. On your next visit to the harbor take a look for some of these markings and make sure that ship is properly loaded and being correctly handled by those tugboat captains.


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.")

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
CHOCK
SAFE WORKING LOAD
LOAD LINES
DRAFT MARKS

The 86 total letters contain these 20 different letters: A C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Z

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 Participation Point go to everyone making all the words 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. 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: pix_email_k7hap (1K) (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:

 
AH6AX: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - N4API N4API W0VTT WA0CIE VA3RSA N4API N4API W0VTT N4API K2OO KN4IXU N4API W4LSV K5MP VA3RSA VA3RSA KN4IXU W0VTT KN4IXU K5MP WA0CIE K2OO KA2FIR KN4GR VA3RSA KN4IXU N0IP KZ5OM VA3RSA W0VTT N0IP K2OO KC1FFN 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - VA3RSA VA3RSA KZ5OM KN4IXU NN3E W4LSV N4API KA3LOC K6III KZ5OM VA3RSA K2OO KA3LOC W4KLY 
CHOCK - KC1FFN F6HKA KZ5OM KC1FFN K2OO 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - W4LSV F6HKA KC1FFN NN3E W4LSV KZ5OM KA2FIR K2OO K6III KC1FFN KN4GR W4KLY KA3LOC F6HKA KD9GDY 
LOADLINES - K6ELQ KA3LOC KA2FIR KD9GDY K6ELQ K6III N0IP KE4OH W4LSV 
DRAFTMARKS - KD9GDY KN4GR KA2FIR KC1FFN K9TM K9TM N4RAY KN4GR K5MP KC5SAM 

N4OW: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - W3IQ WA9BBN W8UTS W9EBE WB2NVR WA9BBN WA2YSJ W8UTS W3IQ N4OI WB2NVR WA2YSJ AA9LC K2ARM WA9BBN WB2NVR N4OI AG5AT N4OI K2ARM W9EBE N4OI K2ARM AG5AT WA9BBN WB2NVR N4API KC1LZX AA9LC AG5AT N4API KO8L NU1P 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - WA2YSJ AA9LC KB8KMH NU1P W9EBE AA9LC W8DPK KC1LZX W5MIG KB8KMH WA2YSJ KO8L KC1LZX KO8L 
CHOCK - AA9LC F6HKA K4O AA9LC W8DPK 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - W8UTS AA9LC W1FP W9EBE WA2YSJ K4O K2ARM W8DPK W5MIG NU1P AG5AT KO8L W5ODS AA9LC W8DPK 
LOADLINES - NE5DL W5ODS F6HKA W8DPK NE5DL WB9ICH W1ND AE6C W8UTS 
DRAFTMARKS - W1ND W1SFR F6HKA W1FP W1TEF K5HEM AE6C W1SFR KB4QQJ K4GHS 

WI8J: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - KI4SVM N4CD KI4TN W1TEF KN4RBN N4CD AD5A KI4TN KI4SVM KD0YOB KN4RBN AD5A K4LPG KI4SVM AD5A KN4RBN KI4TN W1TEF KI4TN KI4SVM W1TEF KD0YOB KX0R K4LPG AD5A KN4RBN K9IR AC1Z AC1Z W1TEF K9IR W5ODS KN4RBN 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - KI4SVM AC1Z WA6MM KU8T KE6MT K4LPG K4LPG W4JL N0OI WA6MM KI4SVM W5ODS W4JL KA3QLF 
CHOCK - N4CD K7AHR N0OI N4CD K2JB 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - W5ODS WA6MM W1TEF KE6MT W5ODS N0OI KX0R K2JB N0OI KN4RBN K4LPG KA3QLF K9OZ WA6MM N4CD 
LOADLINES - KE5AKL K9OZ NA6MG N4CD KE5AKL AA8PI KI4TN K5DEZ W5ODS 
DRAFTMARKS - AD5A W5RST NA6MG W1TEF W5RST WA6MM KA3QLF W5RST K4LPG W5RST 

PA9CW: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - F6HBI/P ON6ZQ/P G4TJC/P EA2GM/P OH3KRH ON6ZQ/P YU1CA/P OK2PDT/P F6HBI/P OK2BDF/P YL2GN YU1CA/P YO/HA8LLH/P M1EYP/P EA2GM/P S51RU/P HB9AFI/P OK2PDT/P HB9AFI/P EA2GM/P EA2GM/P OK2BDF/P OH3KRH EA2GM/P EA2GM/P YL2GN IK4VFD LZ1GJ/P YO/HA8LLH/P G4TJC/P IR9CWO YO/HA8LLH/P HB9BIN/P 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - S58R/P HB9AFI/P EA2GM/P YU1CA/P OE6FEG/P YO/HA8LLH/P OK2BDF/P YO/HA8LLH/P SP95IARU HB9DQM/P S58R/P YO/HA8LLH/P YO/HA8LLH/P LZ1GJ/P 
CHOCK - YU1CA/P F6HBI/P OE6FEG/P YU1CA/P OK2BDF/P 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - S51RU/P YO/HA8LLH/P F6HBI/P OE6FEG/P F5LKW/P OE6FEG/P S58R/P OK2PDT/P SP95IARU R1NA EA2GM/P LZ1GJ/P OK2PDT/P HB9AFI/P OK2BDF/P 
LOADLINES - DL6UHA/P OK2PDT/P EA7GZQ/P OK2BDF/P DL6UHA/P IR9CWO R1NA OE6FEG/P S51RU/P 
DRAFTMARKS - HB9DQM/P S51RU/P DL6UHA/P OK2BDF/P F5HTR/P HB9DQM/P DL6UHA/P S58R/P OK2BDF/P G4AZS/P 

NN9K: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - KL7IH KC4PGN TF/OJ0Y KC2EE K1ARR KC4PGN K4ABC TF/OJ0Y KL7IH TF/OJ0Y NG9D K4ABC KL7IH VE6CCM KB4WJA K1ARR W3IQ W1TEF W3IQ VE6CCM KC2EE TF/OJ0Y K1ARR W8RDG KB4WJA NG9D KI4I N6KZ K1ARR W1TEF KI4I KY4O PJ2ND 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - KS9KCC K1ARR KH6ZM HA3NU KC2EE KL7IH KC4PGN KO8L KI4I KH6ZM KS9KCC KY4O KO8L KC3LNB 
CHOCK - KS9KCC KL7IH KO8L KS9KCC KS9KCC 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - WS1L AF4QK TF/OJ0Y KC2EE KB4WJA KO8L K1ARR KS9KCC KI4I PJ2ND W8RDG KC3LNB AO8XMA AF4QK W8RDG 
LOADLINES - WS1L AO8XMA AF9W W8RDG WS1L K6III N6KZ W1TEF WS1L 
DRAFTMARKS - NG9D W8RDG AF9W TF/OJ0Y KC8TQP AO8XMA AO8XMA W8RDG KS9KCC VA3RSA 

W3IQ: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - W1ZIY N2GSL W1AST K1NIE K8PRG N2GSL KA3LOC W1AST W1ZIY KA3LOC NG9D KA3LOC KA3LOC KM4OZZ W1AST K8PRG K1NIE WB9TFF K1NIE KM4OZZ K1NIE KA3LOC I1YRL N2GSL W1AST NG9D AD0LI W1ZIY VA3KD WB9TFF AD0LI KM4OZZ K1NIE 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - W1AST VA3KD K9PMV W0UY K8EAB KA3LOC K8PRG W2WLD AA8PI K9PMV W1AST KM4OZZ W2WLD N2GSL 
CHOCK - KA3LOC F6HKA WB4DBO KA3LOC KA3LOC 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - N2GSL F6HKA F6HKA K8EAB W1ZIY WB4DBO I1YRL KA3LOC AA8PI K1NIE N2GSL N2GSL N4OW F6HKA W2WLD 
LOADLINES - K2LT N4OW KC5SAM W2WLD K2LT I1YRL ND1J KB0SNE N2GSL 
DRAFTMARKS - VA3KD N9EJR KC5SAM F6HKA K2LT KC5SAM K8EAB N9EJR KM4OZZ KC5SAM 

AK3X: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - AA8PI F6EJN WA2TLY VE1MAM K3KYR F6EJN AC1GF WA2TLY AA8PI KA3LOC NK9G AC1GF WA2TLY VE1MAM AH6AX K3KYR N4API KP4TF W4IFI WD8MHR VE1MAM KA3LOC KD8MHR AC1GF VE1MAM N4EDE W4IFI KM4ZZ WA2TLY KP4TF K4IFI NO8L N4EDE 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - WB8SCT WA2TLY VE1MAM KU8T F6EJN WA2TLY AA8PI KA3LOC W4IFI VE1MAM WB8SCT KO8L DF9LJ DF9LJ 
CHOCK - AC1GF F6HKA WB9EAO/VP9 AC1GF F6HKA 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - WD7JS F6HKA AC1GF F6EJN WA2TLY WB9EAO/VP9 KB4JR F6HKA K1NIE NK9G AC1GF KA3LOC W4FOA F6HKA DF9LJ 
LOADLINES - KO8L W4FOA VE1MAM DF9LJ KO8L K1NIE N9NE N4EDE WDJ7S 
DRAFTMARKS - N4EDE KB4JR AH6AX AC1GF WB8SCT VE1MAM AH6AX WD8MHR K3KYR WS1L 

PA0XAW: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - IZ2FME  DL3NAA  DL0RTA  EA7GZQ/P  DP70DARC  DL3NAA  DP70DARC  DL0RTA  IZ2FME  EG4CWO  LA1ENA/P  DP70DARC  DL3NAA  S589PMC  EA7GZQ/P  DP70DARC  IZ3SOI  F8ATE  IZ3SOI  S589PMC  EA7GZQ/P  EG4CWO  DL0RTA  EA7GZQ/P  EA7GZQ/P  LA1ENA/P  IZ3SOI  3Z50KP  DL3NAA  F8ATE  IZ3SOI  OZ8AE  IK8VSN  
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - S52R  DL3NAA  IZ2FME  LZ50GU  EG4CWO  DL3NAA  3Z50KP  DL0RTA  IQ1IV  IZ2FME  S589PMC  OZ8AE  LA9XGA  LA9XGA  
CHOCK - S589PMC  OH2NOS/P  IZ3SOI  S589PMC  3Z50KP  
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - S589PMC  DL3NAA  IZ2FME  EG4CWO  EG4CWO  IZ3SOI  DL0RTA  3Z50KP  IQ1IV  OH2NOS/P  EA7GZQ/P  DL0RTA  OH2NOS/P  DL3NAA  DP70DARC 
LOADLINES - LA1ENA/P  OH2NOS/P  DL0RTA  DP70DARC  LA1ENA/P  IQ1IV  OH2NOS/P  IZ2FME  IZ3SOI  
DRAFTMARKS - DP70DARC  G0MFR/P  OZ8AE  IZ2FME  TM70IPA  G0MFR/P  OZ8AE  G0MFR/P  OK1MLP/P  IZ3SOI 

AB9BZ: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - KK0I W7RN K2TW KE4OH W7RN W7RN AA3B K2TW KK0I W6CWO K5N AA3B W4LSV K3M AA3B W7RN N6WIN K6XT N6WIN K3M KE4OH W6CWO K4RO AC1GF AA3B K5N W0RIC AF2Z AC1GF K6XT W0RIC KK1CWO N4ZZ 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - KS8KCC AC1GF NR4M W1UJ K1ESE W4LSV K3QP KA3QLF N2IC NR4M KS8KCC KK1CWO KA3QLF W6LEN 
CHOCK - W6CWO KE4OH K3CWO W6CWO K5N 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - W4LSV AF2Z W4WF K1ESE W6CWO K3CWO K4RO K5N N2IC N4ZZ AC1GF W6LEN GW2CWO AF2Z AD1C 
LOADLINES - K6ELQ GW2CWO KA1FSX AD1C K6ELQ WB6IZG NR4M K1ESE W4LSV 
DRAFTMARKS - W9ADB NR4M KA1FSX W4WF K5TR NG7M KA3QLF NR4M K3M KA1FSX 

DH0DK: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - HB9AFI NE4TN NE4TN NE4TN RW3AI NE4TN HB9AFI NE4TN HB9AFI OM/OK2PDT NE4TN HB9AFI F5LKW OM/OK2PDT RW3AI RW3AI RW3AI HB9CLT RW3AI OM/OK2PDT NE4TN OM/OK2PDT EI6FR G4ZXN RW3AI NE4TN EA2EFI G4ZXN EA2EFI HB9CLT EA2EFI OM/OK2PDT G4ZXN 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - CT1DBS EA2EFI HA5MA S51RU EA2EFI F5LKW OM/OK2PDT HB9CLT EI9EW HA5MA CT1DBS OM/OK2PDT HB9CLT HA5LV 
CHOCK - HB9CLT HB9AFI EA4DON HB9CLT K4DY 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - EA4DOS HA5MA HB9AFI EA2EFI RW3AI EA4DON EI6FR K4DY EI9EW G4ZXN G4ZXN HA5LV EA4DOS HA5MA K4DY 
LOADLINES - RX3ALL EA4DOS HA5MA K4DY RX3ALL EI6FR EA4DON EA2EFI EA4DOS 
DRAFTMARKS - CT1DBS RX3ALL HA5MA HB9AFI CT1DBS N9MM HA5LV RX3ALL F5LKW S51RU 

K1IEE: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - DJ5IL ON4AHQ T6AA EG7CWO RC1Q ON4AHQ DL6KVA KP4TF DJ5IL GI4DOH LZ1ON DL6KVA DJ5IL DL5YM EA2AJB RC1Q GI4DOH KP4TF GI4DOH DL5YM EG7CWO GI4DOH IK2CKR EG7CWO EA2AJB RN3DA IZ1AWE IZ1AWE EA2AJB 4O4T IZ1AWE EG7CWO RN3DA 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - SO90PLK EA2AJB OM3CM UA3KW EA2AJB DJ5IL KP4TF DL6KVA IK2CKR OM3CM SO90PZK EG7CWO DL6KVA DL5YM 
CHOCK - EG7CWO GI4DOH OV1DX EG7CWO KP4TF 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - US8IB IZ1AWE KP4TF EA2AJB EG7CWO OV1DX IK2CKR KP4TF IK2CKR LZ1ND GI4DOH DL5YM SO90PZK IZ1AWE DJ5IL 
LOADLINES - LZ1QI SF10CWO UA1KW DJ5IL LZ1QI LZ1QI LZ1ND IZ1AWE US8IB 
DRAFTMARKS - GI4DOH LZ1WR UA1KW KP4TF 4O4T OM3CM 4O3A LZ1WR DL6KVA SF10CWO 

KA5PVB: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - AI3W NM5Z KA5TJS K6ELQ N8KR NM5Z F6HKA KA5TJS AI3W W5ODS N8KR F6HKA K6ELQ K7MK AI3W K9IR KK0I NZ0T KK0I K7MK K6ELQ W5ODS K9IR W6KGP AI3W N8KR N0IP NM5Z KA5TJS NZ0T N0IP WA6OEF N8KQ  
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - W5ODS KA5TJS NM5Z KA4UPI K5HEM K6ELQ W6KGP WS1L KA4UPI NM5Z W5ODS WA6OEF WS1L K9LI  
CHOCK - KC5HCH F6HKA WB9EAO KC4HCH K7MK  
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - KA5TJS WA6OEF F6HKA K5HEM W6ODS WB9EAO N8KR K7MK KA4UPI N8KQ W6KGP K9LI N2SO WA6OEF W5ODS  
LOADLINES - AL7RS N2SO AH6AX W5ODS AL7RS K9IR NZ0T WA6OEF KA5TJS  
DRAFTMARKS - WB5KSD KR7RK AH6AX F6HKA K7TKT K5HEM AH6AX KR7RK K8MK N2SO  

G3JFS: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - IU0LJD DH1NBE CT7/K9PM DH1NBE RX1AS DH1NBE RX1AS CT7/K9PM IU0LJD 4O4T DL50NFA RX1AS IU0LJD CT7/K9PM DL50NFA RX1AS IT9MUO 4O4T IT9MUO CT7/K9PM DH1NBE 4O4T DR10CWO LB6GG DL50NFA DL50NFA IK5ZWU IK5ZWU EA5BYP 4O4T IK5ZWU DR10CWO F5NLX 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - RX1AS EA5BYP EM10CWO IU0LJD EA5BYP IU0LJD CT7/K9PM DL50NFA IZ8EQF EM10CWO RX1AS DR10CWO DL50NFA LB6GG 
CHOCK - CT7/K9PM DH1NBE EM10CWO CT7/K9PM CT7/K9PM 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - S57V 9A2AJ DL50NFA EA5BYP DR10CWO EM10CWO DR10CWO CT7/K9PM IZ8EQF F5NLX LB6GG LB6GG IT9MUO 9A2AJ DH1NBE 
LOADLINES - DL6GCA IT9MUO 9A2AJ DH1NBE DL6GCA IK0FNH IK0FNH EM10CWO S57V 
DRAFTMARKS - IU0LJD DF70DARC 9A2AJ DL50NFA IT9MUO IT9MUO DL6GCA DF70DARC IK5ZWU SV2JAO 

WA8SAN: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - KI4TN N4EX T40DXXE T40DXXE AB8RL N4EX K0HAA T40DXXE KI4TN WB9EAO/VP9 KI4TN K0HAA HU1DL WA6MM K0HAA AB8RL NI6BB KI4TN NI6BB WA6MM T40DXXE WB9EAO/VP9 K9DRP NA6MG K0HAA KI4TN N1OIE ZF2WF AB8RL KI4TN N1OIE N1OIE NI6BB 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - WS0TA AB8RL WA6MM HU1DL N4EX HU1DL K9DRP AB8RL PI4DX WA6MM WS0TA N1OIE AB8RL K1LB 
CHOCK - N4CD HU1DL 4O4T N4CD K0HAA 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - WA2USA WB9EAO/VP9 W1TEF N4EX WB9EAO/VP9 4O4T K9DRP K0HAA PI4DX NI6BB NA6MG K1LB WF1OC WB9EAO/VP9 HU1DL 
LOADLINES - KE5AKL WF1OC WS0TA HU1DL KE5AKL KI7RS N1OIE WB9EAO/VP9 WA2USA 
DRAFTMARKS - T40DXXE KX0R WS0TA W1TEF WS0TA NA6MG WA2USA KX0R K9DRP KI7RS 

W2JEK: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - KI0EB N2ATB W4RFT KI0EB KB4JR K0NIA N2ATB KP4TF K9LI KO8L NA5G NA5G KO8L WAEFHM N2ATB KB4JR K0NIA N2ATB KI0EB KJ6MBW K4JEE W9O W4RFT NA5G K0NIA N2ATB W8IQ 9Z4Y NA5G DP4TF K9LI W4O VO2NS   
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - VO2NS WA3FHM WA3FHM W4USR K4JEE K9LI OL725PLZ OL725PLZ W8IQ KJ6MBW WB0SND WA5OBV KO8L K9LI  
CHOCK - W9VC WA3FHM N9NO W9VC K3Y/1  
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - WB0SND WA4NID WA3FHM K4JEE W9O N9NO W4RFT K3Y/1 K0NIA VO2NS NA5G OL725PLZ KO8L WA3FHM KW7D  
LOADLINES - OL725PLZ VO2NS WA4NID KW7D OL725PLZ WA4NID NA5G KI0EB W4USR   
DRAFTMARKS - WB4SND W4USR K0NIA W4RFT KP4TF KM4ZZ WA5OBV W3USR K4JEE VO2NS  

NF1U: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - NI4E ND1J WB8SCT NI4E K8PRG ND1J AA5XA WB8SCT NI4E KB1WOD ND9M AA5XA K6ELQ ND9M AA5XA K8PRG WA9EIC W1TAG WA9EIC ND9M NI4E KB1WOD K3DRJ KA5VZG AA5XA ND9M KA4UPI KA5VZG AA5XA W1TAG KA4UPI K0RO NI4E  
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - WB8SCT AA5XA K3MVX W6WU WA1HEW K6ELQ KA4UPI AL7RS KK0I K3MVX WB8SCT K0RO AL7RS W9DLN  
CHOCK - WB8SCT WA1HEW N4OW WB8SCT KA5VZG  
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - KE9SA KA5VZG F6EJN WA1HEW WB8SCT N4OW K3DRJ KA5VZG KK0I NI4E KA5VZG W9DLN W4QO KA5VZG ND1J  
LOADLINES - KC9IL W4QO WA1HEW ND1J KC9IL KC9IL F6EJN F6EJN KE9SA  
DRAFTMARKS - ND9M K1ARR WA1HEW F6EJN KA5TJS KM4ZZ W1TAG K1ARR KM4ZZ KP4SJ  

DK1VD: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - IK0VV SN10CWO 404T E79D DF70DARC SN10CWO DF70DARC 4O4T IK0VV OO9O RN6AT DF70DARC OL10CWO SM7MMK UA1AJ DF70DARC OG60IPA 4O4T OG60IPA RA3PMM E79D OO9O RN6AT OG60IPA UA1AJ RN6AT LZ1908IK DF2VZ/QRP UA1AJ ES2TT LZ1908IK OO9O N2GM  
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - SN10CWO RN6AT RA3PMM UA1AJ E77D LZ2PP LZ2PP OL10CWO IG9/S57DX RA3PMM SN10CWO SN10CWO LZ2PP UE77ML  
CHOCK - SN10CWO CS7AMH OO9O SN10CWO IK0VV  
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - SO1WS OG60IPA DF70DARC E77D SN10CWO OO9O RN6AT IK0VV IG9/S57DX EA4DON/P OG60IPA UE77ML OO9O OG60IPA DF70DARC  
LOADLINES - RA95FL SN10CWO CS7AMH DF70DARC RA95FL F6IWD EA4DON/P EA4DON/P SO1WS  
DRAFTMARKS - DF70DARC RA95FL CS7AMH DF70DARC ES2TT RA3PMM RN6AT RA95FL LZ1908IK SO1WS  

All the above get a certificate and participation point.

All below get only a participation point.

 
VE3DQN: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - C6AEI W8SUN KU8T KE2CWO LZ1WR W8SUN AA3B KU8T C6AEI KE2CWO LZ1ND AA3B W2LCW K3M AA3B LZ1WR HA8IB OT4A HA8IB K3M KE2CWO KE2CWO I1IRL J68GD AA3B LZ1ND N8JIW 9Z4Y OT4A OT4A N8JIW OT4A N8JIW 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - W8SUN OT4A SM5COP KU8T C6AEI W2LCW KP4TF LZ1WR KB2IOF SM5COP W8SUN OT4A LZ1WR DL/YU1CA 
CHOCK - W2LCW HA8IB 4O4T W2LCW KU8T 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - S51KD C6AEI W7F C6AEI W7F 4O4T I1IRL KU8T KB2IOF N8JIW J68GD DL/YU1CA DQ10CWO C6AEI J68GD 

KC4GIA: 
INTERNATIONALMARITIMEORGANIZATION - KC9IL N0CVW WB8SCT K1EDG N8KR N0CVW KA1FSX WB8SCT KC9IL F5OWL W6LEN KA1FSX KC9IL K1MDF VA3KD N8KR WI0WA W0VTT WI0WA K1MDF K1EDG F5OWL F6REF K1EDG VA3KD W6LEN K0NIA AF2Z AF2Z W0VTT K0NIA F6KLO K0NIA 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - KA1FSX AF2Z KM4ZZ F5MUX W6LEN KC9IL K3YP W6LEN K4BAI KM4ZZ KA1FSX F6KLO W6LEN F5KFL 
DRAFTMARKS - VA3KD K5RW K0NIA KA1FSX W0VTT AJ6MQ K4BAI K5RW KA1FSX KI4KZS 

WI5H: 
CHOCK - KA3LOC F6HKA KZ5OM KA3LOC KB5JO 

K1YAN: 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - VA3RSA WA9SWW VE6CCM N4UOH KC2GEP K6ELQ W3NP KF4CLO OG60IPA VE4MG VA3RSA K0RO K4LJB K4LJB 
CHOCK - KS8KCC N4UOH KO8L KS8KCC K0RO 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - KS8KCC WA9SWW AC1GF KC2GEP W1TAG KO8L K0RO K0RO DJ9IE N8KR W1TAG KO8L KF4CLO AC1GF DJ9IE 
LOADLINES - KO8L KF4CLO AC1GF DJ9IE KF4CLO DJ9IE N3MVX N4EDE KS8KCC 
DRAFTMARKS - KD8JDC N8KR WA4GQG AC1GF W0VTT N3MVX WA4GQG N8KR N8KR WA9SWW 

N8XMS: 
CHOCK - IK2CKR F6HKA K3SRO IK2CKR F6HKA 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - K3SRO WA4FAT WA4FAT F6EJN W1ND K3SRO IK2CKR K3TF F6FJI W1ND WA1GOV W3LWM WA1GOV F6HKA K2MD 
LOADLINES - N9ZXL WA1GOV WA4FAT W1ND N9ZXL F6FJI W1ND F6EJN S59AA 
DRAFTMARKS - W1ND K3SRO WA4FAT WA4FAT WA4FAT K2MD WA4FAT K3SRO K3TF S59AA 

VA7UNX: 
CHOCK - WB9ICH WB9ICH W0KO WB9ICH W2IQK 
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - WS0TA VA7HA W8FDV W4TJE/M WS0TA W0KO KR7RK W2IQK N6TI N2DXC VE3BXG KL0R K7ZOO VA7HA W8FDV 
DRAFTMARKS - W8FDV W0RT VA7HA W8FDV W4TJE/M KM3A VA7HA W0RT W0KO W0JSL 

ND9M: 
SAMUELPLIMSOLL - KC5SAM KA8HFN KG5CMS NF1U KD2E K6ELQ W3NP KC1LZX W8IJN KG5CMS KC5SAM WB9EAO KC1LZX KC9IL  
CHOCK - KC5SAM K3Y/KH6 CL3OR KC5SAM KC5SAM  
SAFEWORKINGLOAD - KS8KCC KA8HFN KA8HFN KD2E WA9BBN CL3OR K4RZR KC5SAM W8IJN KA8HFN KG5CMS KC9IL KK1CWO F6HKA KD2E  
LOADLINES - CL3OR KK1CWO F6HKA KD2E CL3OR WI5H K0NIA WD6TED KS8KCC  
DRAFTMARKS - WD6TED K4RZR K0NIA KA8HFN CT3MD N3MVX K0NIA K4RZR KC5CWO KG5CMS  

Not eligible for a certificate or participation point for the following reason(s):
@ = Non-member
$ = QRO power

Soapbox:


 
N4OW: Interesting tough challenge.   Happy New Year to all. 72 de AL

WI8J: My second challenge!  These are so much fun!  I finished this one too fast.  72  dd

PA9CW: Best wishes for 2020. Nice challenge this time. But a lot of N’s. 73 Tonnie

AK3X: I operate mostly at night on 40 and 80 meters and those bands seemed good most 
of the time this month. A fun challenge... got the last needed letter (S) on the 18th 
of January, so about average for me. 72 to all, Peter

PA0XAW:  Interesting read about the ships hull! Thank You!

AB9BZ: Thanks for another fun challenge, 72 de ab9bz

DH0DK: 26 days needed for the last 2 I. Very long time.
All QSO QRP-Tcvr "SKY-SDR" power 5W and ant 21m Longwire.
Thanks to all, vy 72 Ben #7576

K1IEE: Another great challenge. Always lots to learn with these wonderfull topics.
			Thanks to all 73 Dick

KA5PVB: There was a lot of activity this month from the SKCC Group during their 
K3Y/? event. This added a lot of the letters needed to complete the Challenge, 
and let me get it done early rather than last minute of the last day as is the 
norm!!! Hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2020 and see ya' all next month!
73, Chuck 

N8XMS: I didn't complete the challenge but I came close and it was a lot of fun.  
I even managed to work some nice DX.

W2JEK: A GOOD CHALLENGE WASN'T SURE IF I WOULD GET ALL THE LETTERS BUT LUCK WAS 
WITH ME. THE LETTERS R HAD ME WORRIED BUT GOT THEM NEAR THE END. 72/73  DON

NF1U: Still fun, but the current sun spot activity making it more difficult.

VA7UNX: This is the second challenge I've sent in, and it continutes
to be a huge amount of fun.  I found myself stalking anyone with an
"O" in their call sign, but I still couldn't get enough.  Oh well,
just wait 'til next time! 73, Hugh