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Mar 2015 QRP/CW (#125) The scores below are now final. The time for appeals of any changes is over. FINAL RESULTS: SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KN1H 21 21 42 14 588 x2 1176 End Fed Wire @50' K1IEE 17 17 34 11 374 x2 748 OCF long wire @30' KB1UOH 10 10 20 6 120 x2 240 Vertical N1JI 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 88' doublet @25' K1IX 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 OCFD @38' W1ZU 7 7 14 5 70 x2 140 125' doublet - 30' at center WX1M 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 G5RV @35' KQ1P 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Dpl @30' W2 Division W2SH 33 33 66 17 1122 x2 2244 270' dpl @45' WA2NYY 24 23 47 16 752 x2 1504 80m OCF Dipole @35' K2YGM 25 25 50 14 700 x2 1400 80- EFHW, 20/40- G5RV mini KA2KGP 17 17 34 12 408 x2 816 Dpl @25' W2JEK 12 12 24 8 192 x2 384 110' end fed wire @15' WA2JSG 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 Vertical elevated @10' W3 Division AB3RU 34 31 65 19 1235 x2 2470 G7FEK @33' KD3CA 21 20 41 19 779 x2 1558 132' ocf Windom @33' WB3FAE 18 18 36 14 504 x2 1008 90' end fed @30' KQ3Z 13 13 26 10 260 x2 520 135' sloping doublet @30' WB3T 7 6 13 7 91 x2 182 40m Dpl @20' AK3X 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 40M inv vee @25' W4 Division N4SX 48 47 95 28 2660 x2 5320 W5GI Mystery Antenna @38' WG8Y 31 30 61 18 1098 x2 2196 40-80 homebrew coil loaded DP @5' K1RA 27 26 53 18 954 x2 1908 ZS6BKW @45' & Vertical loop WX4RM 23 23 46 16 736 x2 1472 6BTV gnd mtd vert K4JPN 15 14 29 13 377 x2 754 Zepp K2DEP 15 15 30 12 360 x2 720 G5RV @27' W4DUK 14 14 28 11 308 x2 616 End-fed Zepp @20' KK4BE 13 13 26 8 208 x2 416 Dpl @30' KA8VZB 10 10 20 10 200 x2 400 60' End Fed Wire @20' KB0ETU 10 10 20 8 160 x2 320 Dpl @35' K4NVJ 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 88' long dipole @30' NA4SO 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 50 Loop 65' KE4WKH 5 3 8 5 40 x2 80 OCF dpl @20' N4LCD 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 G5RV @50' W5 Division W5TVW 28 25 53 16 848 x2 1696 80 meter full wave loop @20' KA5TJS 11 10 21 8 168 x2 336 80m dpl @30' WA5SAT 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 Longwire @15' KE5YUM 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 Inverted v @30' W5WIL 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 240' doublet @35' W6 Division WK6L 24 22 46 12 552 x2 1104 Windom(Inverted Vee),@35', 40M/20M N6IET 17 17 34 11 374 x2 748 Hy-Gain AV-680 3/8 wave vertical w/base 38' AAT W6WW 8 8 16 7 112 x2 224 300' insulated wire loop WB0USI 7 7 14 7 98 x2 196 Vert @25' K6CSL 6 6 12 5 60 x2 120 Horiz, Vertical Loops, Dipole, Vertical K6MGO 6 6 12 4 64 x2 128 Indoor 50' doublet NS3C 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 Dpl @20' WA6OEF 3 3 6 2 12 x2 24 Vertical @10' W6FPS 2 2 4 2 8 x2 16 20M/40M trapped vertical WH7TT 1 0 1 1 1 x2 2 40M Dpl @30' W7 Division K9JWV 14 14 28 11 308 x2 616 36' vert with 12 elevated radials KF7WNS 17 17 34 9 306 x2 612 3 wave length 20M long wire @40' KF7TDF 12 12 24 7 168 x2 336 Dpl @23' N7QR 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials WU7F 2 2 4 1 4 x2 8 Inv-Vee @30' W8 Division N8BB 37 36 73 21 1533 x2 3066 Dpl @50' WA8AXF 29 28 57 19 1083 x2 2166 130' Doublet @40' W3HI 15 15 30 13 390 x2 780 ZS6BKW @25' N8XMS 17 15 32 12 384 x2 768 R7 Vertical WB8LZG 9 9 18 7 126 x2 252 Dpl @30' N8ZYA 9 9 18 7 126 x2 252 Indoor Isotron Antenna KB8FE 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 Dpl @15' Indoor WB8ENE 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 132' doublet @15' W9 Division W9CC 20 20 40 13 520 x2 1040 Gnd mtd vert NF8M 9 8 17 8 136 x2 272 80m OCF dpl/160m inv-L on 80 KC9UNL 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 Gnd mtd vertical KB9BVN 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 Attic dpl W0 Division WB0PYF 33 31 64 20 1280 x2 2560 Dpl @55' N8LA 21 21 42 16 672 x2 1344 Dpl @35' K0CW 23 22 45 14 630 x2 1260 Gnd Mtd Vert K0ALN 20 20 40 11 440 x2 880 Inv v @35' N0TA 17 17 34 11 374 x2 748 Doublet @30', 1/4 wave gnd mnt vertical AA0W 13 13 26 11 286 x2 572 Dpl AD0IV 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 Big loop, low to ground Canada Division VE3FUJ 13 13 26 12 312 x2 624 G5RV @50' VE3DVC 14 14 28 10 280 x2 560 Inv Vee @40' VE7KBN 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 3 BND VERT 8 FT OFF GROUND DX Division CO8CML 9 9 18 6 108 x2 216 Inverted "V" dpl @27' SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division W2 Division WB2LQF 10 10 20 8 160 x1.5 240 94' Attic CF Zepp W3 Division K3WWP 20 20 40 15 600 x1.5 900 ~110' attic rnd wire, attic 20M dpl W4 Division AK4NY 7 7 14 6 84 x1.5 126 G5RV cntr 30' ends @50' W5 Division WI5H 24 24 48 14 672 x1.5 1008 Loop @20' W6 Division W7 Division KE6K 12 11 23 9 207 x1.5 311 End fed wire laying on roof W8 Division AB8FJ 9 9 18 5 90 x1.5 135 Inverted L W9 Division AA9L 41 40 81 22 1782 x1.5 2673 Trap dpl @45' W0 Division KD0V 42 40 82 23 1886 x1.5 2829 CF zepp @50' WD0K 12 12 24 9 216 x1.5 324 Delta loop @30' K0KEX 3 3 6 3 24 x1.5 36 80m Sky loop @30' Canada Division VE5BCS 9 7 16 6 96 x1.5 144 20m dpl @30' DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division N1BBR 4 4 8 3 24 24 80 meter Doublet @60' W2 Division N2ESE 19 19 38 14 532 532 80m OCF @25' KF2P 5 5 10 5 50 50 End Fed Random Wire Sloper @30' W3 Division KB3AAG 51 49 100 28 2800 2800 Loop @30' N8XEE 15 14 29 9 261 261 G5RV Jr. @40' W3ZMN 4 4 8 4 32 32 Dpl @30' W4 Division N4MJ 43 42 85 22 1870 1870 Extended Dble Zepp 40' peak. Ends 10' KU4A 30 28 58 17 986 986 40m slp dipole, 80m 1/4-wave sloper K4RHG 25 25 50 16 800 800 Stealth long wire K4KRW 21 21 42 14 588 588 Dpl @25' N5ME 12 12 24 8 192 192 Endfed dpl in attic K3RLL 10 10 20 8 160 160 Nite-only Vertical N4OW 8 8 16 6 96 96 Loop @10' K9EYT 3 3 6 3 18 18 40' 24 ga. wire shoot over a tree WD4EXI 2 2 4 2 8 8 Dpl @45' W5 Division N5GW 36 35 71 21 1491 1491 CFZ @50' NC5G 17 17 34 14 476 476 40 & 20 dpl @25' AC5T 19 19 38 13 494 494 Homebrew 23' vertical K5BRY 8 8 16 8 128 128 G5RV jr. @22' imvv5 W6 Division KG6UBG 2 2 4 2 8 8 N/S OCFD @25' W7 Division W8 Division WA8SAN 18 18 36 14 504 504 G5RV @25' $N8TNA 49 48 97 26 2522 2522 End fed wire @25' W9 Division AB9YC 23 20 43 15 645 645 Dpl @20' K9IS 13 13 26 8 208 208 330' horz loop N9WAY 4 4 8 3 24 24 40m OCF dipole @30' W0 Division K9OSC 29 29 58 17 986 986 CF Zepp @30' NO2D 11 11 22 9 198 198 80 doublet @30' N0FN 5 4 9 4 36 36 InvV @35' NQ0N 3 3 6 3 18 18 OCFD @25' Canada Division VE2DDZ 2 2 4 2 8 8 Random wire @25' DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key K4BAI 54 52 106 26 2756 x2 5512 TH6DXX at 55'; 40M dip at 40'; 80M inv v NQ2W 12 12 24 10 240 x2 480 Mini beam @25', inv V @40', gnd mtd vert Bug Keyer/Keyboard XE2IF 13 13 26 11 286 286 Hexbeam @30' Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s): @ Non-member $ QRO power ! Late log ~ Submitted as check log
STATS: Logs submitted: 121 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 188 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 1,793 States represented: 41 + BC ON QC SK + CM XESOAPBOX: K3RLL - K3 to HOA-Vertical:) Well, for all the gloom and doom over the CME Sunday night and horrible solar propagation numbers, this was a great night on 20 meters! It was fun to make my 10 contacts within the first half-hour. Looks like the Mandolin will get a little practice tonight. Many thanks. 72 - Don AB9YC - Only had a short while, and it was in the opening half hour. It was a productive 30 minutes running, my first 10 were all multipliers. I got more non-members in that short time than have in the past year, welcome to those operators, I hope they return! K3WWP - I think that was my quickest to 20 since I started this 20 QSOs per sprint thing a few months ago. I got #20 at 0129, just 59 minutes into the sprint. I almost decided not to quit at 20, but I did. Conditions were good tonight, and as it was last month, my local noise was down. Tonight it stayed pretty much at S5 on 40 meters where I made all but two of the 20 QSOs. If it's quiet next month and the spring/summer static hasn't started maybe I'll see what I can do for the full 2 hours instead of quitting at 20 QSOs. Thanks to Rich for the compliment on my bug fist. I've been using the bug for just about all my non-DX QSOs lately and am getting very comfortable with it again. Nice to work some folks with numbers in the 7000+ range tonight. Welcome to the club and the sprints. Also nice to work some folks I haven't worked in a while. K5BRY - This was my first NAQCC sprint. Hopefully I got the scoring correct. Had a good time. KB8FE - Conditions not the best on 40 meters in northern Ohio. Wx was nice here. Need to get my antenna outside soon. XE2IF - First sprint with my new FT817, and gave me 2 new states for my WAS qrp and one DXCC also in qrp. thanks to all NO2D - Good Sprint. Shudda used my straight key! DST made 20 Meters a good band. Never got down to 80 meters. I think we need to spread out more. I am using my 200 Hz. filter much of the time. Also had a nice long QSO with Bill, NK6X, who was not in the contest, but a lot of fun to ragchew with! Thanks to all for sponsoring these fun sprints. Pete, NO2D. WA8AXF - I expected condx to be a lot worse given the solar wx. Overall a good sprint for me... seemed that when I had stations calling the came two at a time then silence... 73 til next time -Dave AD0IV - Thanks for the contacts! K1RA - Interesting conditions coming off the tail end of a big geomagnetic storm. Fairly good signals and lots of calls heard on the bands but couldn't work them all. K0KEX - Forgot the Sprint was happening, just happened to hear CQ NA, Thanks for the contacts...had fun...73 Rick WB3T - Good conditions on 40 tonight, despite yesterday's solar storm which had the band almost shut off. This month I used a brand new Ten Tec 1340 (my second) at 3 Watts and a temporary dipole. Despite being a laborious and very tedious kit to build due to an extremely poor manual, the resulting radio is very nice to operate so I enjoyed giving it a crack at the Sprint. I got mainly good reports, even a couple of 599's from stations I could barely hear. Were there a lot of QRPp stations on tonight? Anyway thanks to all I worked and it's great to see the Sprints and Club doing so well! 72 de WB3T. WH7TT - Was tough to get contacts today. I heard KB7KY and N6IET but no one else and they didn't hear me. Got one QSO with another Hawaii station. AA9L - Great sprint, strayed from 40 meters to make one contact on 80. I should know better. 80 is always noisy for me. Used the trusty Vibroplex so excuse the scratchy dots. I gotta work on that. 73 Rich AA9L AB3RU - Fun night as always. Started out on 40m this time and had lots of contacts, then moved to 80m for the last half hour. Bands seemed just fine tonight, with the southern part of the us coming in very clear on 40 here in Pittsburgh. Worked a few non members this time around and talked about the naqcc to an OP running 100w. See you all next month! KF7TDF - Condx started coming around after 2:00, I had bad fading before that. But it was a great sprint all in all, I tried running at around 2:15 and could just barely here a "se" but never could get his call, sorry for that, hopefully next time. Thanks to all that participated and see you next month. 72 Danny AB8FJ - K3/10 at 5 Watts to an Inverted L. Bug used was my Lafayette Radio Electronics bug purchased in 1971. Looks like a Hi-Mound BK-100. WB0PYF - Been in the hospital/skilled nursing since last Thangsgiving. A little rusty but good to be on the KX3 again. Thanks for the contacts, 72 Ray WA2JSG - Late start with interruptions, but we managed 7 contacts. 6 on 40m, then decided to check out 20m, and heard one lone station near end of sprint, Ron K4RHG from FL with a nice 20m signal. Also good to work my old buddy Werner N8BB (probably with only a watt - 599) on 40m. Rig here IC-703, 5 watts off a 12v battery into an all-band vertical. Big ole Kent Straight Key. See y'all next month. NQ0N - My first contest, sprint, and club event (other than checking into 4SQRP net). I didn't have the software installed, so I did the log manually. Hope it is OK. It was fun and I look forward to the next Sprint. KX3 into Buxcomm Windom @25'. W3HI - First NAQCC Sprint in ages. The QRN was terrible here in WV. My ears are still ringing. QSB was bothersome too and took N8BB from me in the middle of the exchange. Never did find him again. Couldn't find anyone on 80m the few times I checked and bounced between 40 es 20, mostly 40. Lots of good strong signals there. Tnx to all who copied my 5W and my 2-year out-of-shape fist -- especially K4RHG. Sorry, Ron, for the fire drill I caused. I couldn't quit laughing over my mistakes and couldn't control my fingers hi hi! See y'all next time! TU.. KB0ETU - Another great sprint! Looking forward to the next one already. Used K-2 with Begali Spark key and a G5RV up 35 feet. WA2NYY - Conditions werent too good tonight. Started out the first hour on 40 really fast and then slowed down quite a bit. Had a few good runs. A couple of Qs on 20 and my bud K2YGM on 80, which was really empty. It was still fun as always. 72 Mark K1IEE - Used 40M and 20M most of the time. Listened on 80M but heard very few signals. Bands have been quiet here in Maine Tuesday and Wednesday. Another great sprint thanks to all 73 Dick WG8Y - Hi all, Got in from Grandson's track meet.Sat down to relax & checked my e-mail.Saw the reminder for the Sprint & ran into the Shack. Thanks for the reminder.Started 45 minutes late. Since I started late I thought I'd call for a bit to make a few Q's. 40M was good here in NC. Missed a couple of my qrp bud's but had K3WWP call me. You had a gud signal here John. Had fun. hope everyone else did. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y K4KRW - What a fun night. I'm pretty sure this sprint was number 50 for me. It was great hearing so many strong signals on 40m tonight. I'm starting to use paddles now. This was my first sprint with them. Thankfully, I didn't embarrass myself too much. Thanks everyone for your patience. 73, Richard N0FN - First time in a while back on the Sprint. Tried it with the keyer this time! Great fun in 20 minutes of seat time. W2JEK - Got on late. Heard nothing on 20. Went to 40 next and then 80 at the end. Conditions not bad cosidering the effect of the solar flare. Had a good time. 72 and 73 Don Younger W2JEK # 1135 KU4A - We sure dodged a bullet - major solar storm just hours before this Sprint. 30 QSOs tied my all-time record of 30 back in August 2013. KN1H - Got a late start, found conditions pretty good considering the state of the ionosphere. Great to hear so many stations participating. N8YZA - Always fun and worked everything on the indoor 40 meter Istron antenna. I was surprised to work as many as I did considering the bad solar storm conditions. WD0K - Tonight I missed my Zepp antennae as it seems liked the propagation was horizontal here. My zepp is vertical. Like they say here in MN during the football season "wait till next game". 72's..Rich/wd0k #664 KQ3Z - 40 was the best band in Pittsburgh. Rough conditions at the beginning but got better toward the end. Really had to work to get the contacts that I made. Still lots of fun. Thanks to all for the contacts and thanks to those who make these Sprints happen. NC5G - First sprint in a while. Lots of fun. K2YGM - Condx were poor at this loc tonight.. Solar disturbance I believe. But I stayed with it utilizing S&P instead of the usual CQ. Had fun nevertheless. 72 Bob K2YGM N8XEE - Busy condx on 40. Lots of QRM, including some intentional around 7030... W5TVW - 20 meters was "hot" tonight, but people started falling off to 40 meters. Conditions still seemed to be good....BUT.....went to 40 and resumed collecting stations. 40 was very active and did fairly well considering what I heard. Ran out of new ones and plunged to 80. heard 3-4 very weak signals but couldn't nail them down. Some chap worked and he gave me a SKCC number! I asked him for his power and he gave it to me and did a "gud luk". After almost 20 minutes of "trying" abandoned 80 and back to 40. Tacked on a few more. Had fun with the IC-703 at 5 watts and a new 500 Hz filter....which helps a heap! Enjoyed the sprint tonight in spite of a sore butt from a boil like sore! N4SX - Hey Guys......I had a blast in this Sprint. Thanks to each of you who hung in there with me. I spent the first 40 minutes on 20 and then went to 40 where I stayed the rest of the time. I never even listened on 80 as 40 stayed so good all evening. Good conditions tonight and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. Hey......why don't we do this again next month?? Randy N4SX WB2LQF - The prop forecast was for poor conditions across the board and I almost decided to sit this one out. Glad I changed my mind and spent the evening with my bug instead of with the television set. I stayed on forty meters the whole time but it was a pretty short band. K6CSL - Sorry I was a 1/2 hour late. I took a look at the Solar Indices before I started and saw the A Index at 52 and K at 5, after yesterdays performance, now known as "The great St. Patricks Storm of 2015"(Credit Solar Ham.com) I figured the sprint would be toast. Not so, 20 was good, with only slight warbles of some signals, but not all. Lots of fun, though all contacts West of the Rockies. I did hear some more distant stations that were weak and watery, like last evening, when I came up empty in the QRP Fox Hunt. At 02:05Z I QSY'd to 40 and then the fun ended. 40 was crowded and noisy. I did some calling on vacant frequencies and got no replies. I searched and called several stations including N0TA in CO, who I had worked previously on 20m. No joy at all as I watched the hour glass run out of sand for the sprint. TNX for the Q's on 20m.73's to all and to all a good night from the Northern San Joaquin Valley, where we are still praying for rain. Bert, K6CSL KF7WNS - Prop on 20M was still a bit off from our big solar event. Seemed like a good turn out, just didn't get the openings like usual. A new long wire hooked onto my K1 helped some. 72, see you next month. N7QR - EFJohnson Speed-X key, IC706 dialed down. 80 and 40 too much noise and nothing heard. 20 - S7 noise (from Mr. Sun?) One broken contact: N7ADA, sorry, I couldn't pull you through the noise. Only did an hour as you guys schedule these on top of our water board meetings. At least they're more fun than water boarding! See ya next time! WI5H - The USPS delivered my new bug yesterday. I just had to use it in the Sprint. Now if I can master it... Had a blast! 73, Mike N5GW - K1 to hb tuner and CFZ. I stayed on 20M for over the first hour. The earlier starting time (CDST) plus longer days in Spring means 20M is usually open longer. 40M was in good shape considering the recent big geomagnetic storm. My LIPO battery tripped out in the middle of a QSO, and my cat lay down on my logbook, but otherwise it was a hassle-free sprint! KE5YUM - Thanks to all who worked me. The band conditions were noisy in southern Oklahoma, but I was able to work several with good copy. All the best, Terry CO8CML - The first half hour was funny. All the time working on 20m. The stronger signal was K4BAI. Nice to work XE2IF running only 5W. Thanks to all!!! See you next month... N8XMS - It was really great to work our newest member AA2EA, #7753. As of right now that?s the largest number that you can find! Philip I hope that you enjoyed yourself and will continue to participate in the months to come. KD0V - I was really surprised how good the conditions were here in Minnesota, considering the solar storm. Stayed on 40M the entire time. Used my K2 and trusty 1953 Blue Racer and had a great time. 72, Merlin AK4NY - Only had 30 minutes to play, 40 seemed to be very active in spite of poor conditions. Used bug for first time on the air - so to those that endured my errors, thank you for your kindness. WB8ENE - Stations seemed few and far between at first, but picked up some after 0100Z. Made all of my contacts on 40 this time. Thanks and 73, Art KB9BVN - Wow...I had all the intentions of sticking this one out but the QRN here (and possible local QRM) was pretty much unbearable. I was only on 40m...heard a few stations but couldn't make the connection. I'll be back next month. Glad to see so many participants! KC9UNL - First time to operate this sprint. Lots of fun. Too bad band was so noisy tonight. N8LA - Thanks to all who worked me, especially those answering my CQs. My psycho analyst, Dr. Sigmund Fraud, forbid my use of my Tricked Out Crappier Key (TOCK) in this sprint. Therefore, I used my McElroy Stream hand key, christened "Crick" by me (get it?) I used it with my KX-3 with Begali Adventure iambic paddles fastened to it but not plugged into it. I guess I was up to my Crick without the paddles! 72, Lou WX4RM - Conditions strange here in the mountains tonight, New England stations were not heard. But worked Cuba and Midwest and West Coast! Had a blast! WX4RM Ron N4OW - First sprint for me .. good to hear so many QRP Stations. N4MJ - Began slow but quickly became fast(er) paced. Thanks to all for the Qs. My best ever for the Sprint. KD0V - I was really surprised how good the conditions were here in Minnesota, considering the solar storm. Stayed on 40M the entire time. Used my K2 and trusty 1953 Blue Racer and had a great time. 72, Merlin WB8LZG - Hello Agn Sprinters! I only had an hour to play but bands were OK last nite. Interesting propagation though. I started out on 20m and the band sounded gud, but many stns I called didn't hear me. A couple I got he info OK but don't know if they got mine, as the sigs seemed to get absorbed by the noise. 40m was iffy fer me. Nice to work several new members wid #'s over 7000. Welcome to the Sprints Gents ! 73 Gregg KA2KGP - A nice sprint but 20 & 40 were weak here. 80 was the band with the best signals. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into dipole up 25 ft. K4JPN - Not much worked on 20M and only one on 80M, 40M was the band for me last night. 72, Steve K4JPN VE7KBN - Used HB1B and Bencher hand key- happy for the contacts I made considering condx. Thanks and CUL! WB3T - Good conditions on 40 tonight, despite yesterday's solar storm which had the band almost shut off. This month I used a brand new Ten Tec 1340 (my second) at 3 Watts and a temporary dipole. Despite being a laborious and very tedious kit to build due to an extremely poor manual, the resulting radio is very nice to operate so I enjoyed giving it a crack at the Sprint. I got mainly good reports, even a couple of 599's from stations I could barely hear. Were there a lot of QRPp stations on tonight? Anyway thanks to all I worked and it's great to see the Sprints and Club doing so well! 72 de WB3T. K4BAI - 20 and 40 in good shape and activity very good. Didn't get to 80. Relatively short skip zone on 20 and no skip zone noticed on 40. Nice to work CO8CML again and also VE2VTS for only "DX" QSOs. Got an 8- minute late start due to being busy catching up paying bills and answering QSLs after a brief trip out of town. Thanks for all QSOs. 73/72, John, K4BAI. K1IX - Had to qrt early. Activity seemd low, but still fun. 73 Frank K0ALN - Interesting evening. Strong QSB - maybe Geo-storm hang-over? Almost 1 Hr. each for me between 20 and 40 - just a little short on multipliers this month. Nice to hear a lot of new calls. looking forward to April. W5WIL - First time in over a year on the air; not very successful. Battery failed after 3 minutes. Will try again next month! VE3DVC - Another fun sprint. A special tnx to Jon, AB3RU for his patience in pulling me out of the noise. It was appreciated. Hpe to cu all next month. Good Health and Best 73, Doug KB3AAG - Horay,Yahoo, I finally got back out to my holler in my new ham shack! And back on my secret wepon, my home made "Hunkey Loop"! My first 22 contacts netted 20 states starting with Oklahoma my home QTH ! The loop loaded 1.0-1 on all three bands! Thanks to all and I hope to see youall next month. Frank K4NVJ - QRN/QRM! What else is new? Still a challenge. Joe K6MGO - Missed almost the first full hour, but still managed to have fun, running the K3 to the doublet up in the garage rafters. Tnx to all who heard me and answered, and my tnx to all who make this possible. N8BB - It was a very fun night at the key. More stations than I can remember and did a bit of cq'n and got many bites. Need more people to CQ and generate some more activity, seems we are a little light on that side of the key at times. Thanks to all and looking forward to seeing everyone on the air. K0CW - Always a pleasure working the Sprint and connecting with others running QRP. WX1M - This was my first NAQCC Sprint only had an hour to spend. Thanks to the members I got to work and everyone putting in the time to make it all happen. I look forward to next month. Best 73 to all. W2SH - With the severe solar disturbance that immediately preceded this event, I was prepared for really poor conditions. Fortunately it did not turn out as badly as feared. Yet this sprint had extraordinary levels of QSB on 20m and quite a bit on 40m. Coupled with the usual levels of contest QRM made for several weird times when I wasn't entirely sure to whom I was giving my exchange and other moments when it wasn't too clear who was giving me their stuff. (I expect some diminution in the number of silver logs awarded.) Activity seemed moderate and it was nice to make QSOs around 7.030 mHz in addition to 7.040 mHz with its greater number of sprint participants. No signals from New England were heard on 40m or 80m. AC5T - Tnx to everyone who worked me. NQ2W - Ten-Tec Jupiter @ 5 W to a mini-beam at 25' for 20, an inv V at 40' for 40 and a near bottom-loaded, ground mounted vertical for 80...and my Vibroplex Know Code straight key. Survivor was on - 2 hour special episode - so I spent more time in front of the TV than in front of the radio - unusual for me. Interesting conditions. No QSOs further west than Missouri. K3RLL was strong on 20 and WG8Y was strong on 40. Thanks for the contacts and thanks to everyone involved in making these sprints happen. Hope to hear you next month. 72, Will, NQ2W . WA5SAT - My first, had a great time 73 WA5SAT WB3FAE - Started on 20m then moved to 40m. S3-S4 noise level on 20m. The noise level on 40 m was very low at my qth. 80 meters was also running around and S3-S4. Thanks to everyone for the QSO's. 73's N6IET - I'm a Mac user. This was my first NAQCC Sprint. It was fun! NA4SO - Great time! thanks for admin AK3X - Got home late, time for 1 and only 1 contact. Was fun while it lasted HI. 72 Peter W6FPS - Only time for a couple of contacts before heading out to a Field Day planning meeting. Hope to make a better effort next time. 72, Ron KB1UOH - Good to hear so much activity. QRP is good. K4RHG - Really enjoyed Wednesday's sprint. Worked my first pile-ups which was a new experience for me as a fairly new ham. Five watts and a simple wire antenna can really get out when the propagation's right. Looking forward to next month... K2DEP - Had fun. Just did a hunt & peck. Finally got an accurate height on my G5RV @ 27ft. 72 Steve NF8M - Nice conditions tonight. Got an hour in. My local noise level is still high so I probably missed hearing a few though. 72 til next month! KQ1P - One contact, at least that is better than none. KA5TJS - Well I worked the sprint about 45 min. and did very well for me! 20 meters was kicking and I got some great ones. Did it with the FT-817 at 5 watts and the 80 meter dipole and the Bencher SK. Contacts were all over the place as well as one DX to VE5BCS. TNX and see you all next month. Allen KA5TJS VE5BCS - Trying my ft 817 with bug i find I need much more practice but enjoyed all.Trying my ft 817 with bug i find I need much more practice but enjoyed all. VE3FUJ - Tnx for the contacts all. I only did the first and last 1/2 hr as I wanted to catch the News at 9pm. The band seemed nicely populated in both instances, nice to hear. I had to scrap one entry, the number I was given didn't match any where, and yet is was within the range of #rs of the membership of NAQCC, so there were no reason to ask for Pwr out. I sent off an e-mail to perhaps clarify the situation first thing Thursday morning but as yet have no response, hence the omission. I wonder if anyone else had the same problem? This time I had a few new ones, also more than half were 4 character call 1x2's and 2x1's. 72 Brion 3011 Corey KF0U is responsible for the contents of this page - the results and soapbox. Any questions about that go to  .John K3WWP is still responsible for cross-checking of logs, so if after submitting your log, you discover any discrepancies that don't affect anything on this page, send the info to  .See General Sprint Rules for rules common to every NAQCC sprint. RULES specific to this month's sprint: Date and time: Thursday, March 19, 2015 0030-0230Z Entry Deadline: All entries must be RECEIVED before 2400Z on the Sunday following the sprint. So submit as soon as possible. Preferred method of submitting your log and report is our on-line autologger. KF0U Comments - Thanks everyone for another great month. See all of you a couple months. First timers reporting in Soapbox comments this month include K5BRY, WX1M, WA5SAT, N6IET, NQ0N, N4OW and KC9UNL. Welcome! 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