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May 2026 QRP/CW Sprint (#259)


Andy N2CN is responsible for the contents of this page. Questions should go to him at .


See General Sprint Rules for rules common to every NAQCC sprint.

RULES specific to this month's sprint:
None

Date and time:
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 0030-0230 Z



N2CN Comments - Cross-checking is complete. Email me at the address above with any comments, questions, or corrections. Results are final at 2400Z, Sunday, May 31.

Results
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division
KN1H     36   36  72   16 1152  x2  2304  160M EFHW @ 75'                                   
K1MZM    30   29  59   15  885  x2  1770  160 meter full wave loop at 50 feet               
NA1L     11   11  22    9  198  x2   396  End fed @ 60 Ft high end                          
K1WOR    11   11  22    9  198  x2   396  inverted vee up 25'                               
WB1GYZ    8    8  16    4   64  x2   128  80' doublet                                       
W1BRY     4    4   8    4   32  x2    64  114 ft wire dipole 15' off ground                 
KA1YZC    1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  inverted v g5rv @30'                              

W2 Division
KA2KGP   41   41  82   17 1394  x2  2788  G5RV up 20'                                       
KC3MIO   30   30  60   15  900  x2  1800  135' OCF up 30'                                   
K2OID    21   21  42   13  546  x2  1092  80M OCF Dipole@40'                                
KN2G     23   23  46   11  506  x2  1012  fan dipole @ 55'                                  
W2SH     16   16  32   10  320  x2   640  72' wire vertical                                 

W3 Division
K3JZD    46   44  90   19 1710  x2  3420  40m @25'                                          
KC2EGL    2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  G5RV 6-80M Sloper                                 

W4 Division
KC5F     50   50 100   21 2100  x2  4200  80m EFHW up about 40'                             
K4BAI    42   39  81   17 1377  x2  2754  dipoles 20/40 up 25'  140; cf zepp up 30'         
WX4RM    16   16  32   11  352  x2   704  6BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
K4JPN    16   16  32   10  320  x2   640  80 M CF Zepp                                      
NA4O     10   10  20    7  140  x2   280  41 ft EF @ 25 ft                                  
KA8VZB    7    7  14    5   70  x2   140  60ft End Fed Wire @ 20ft                          
K4WY      2    2   4    2    8  x2    16  broken dipole                                     
KK4ITX    0    0   0    0    0  x2     0  13' Telescope on Alpha Match                      

W5 Division

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
NF8M     25   24  49   13  637  x2  1274  6btv, efhw@ 30 ft                                 
WG8Y      1    1   2    1    2  x2     4  40m hamstick                                      

W9 Division
WB9HFK   35   34  69   19 1311  x2  2622  EFHW @ 30 Ft.                                     
N8HWV    17   16  33   13  429  x2   858  80m EFHW at 15 ft agl                             
W9DWR    15   15  30    9  270  x2   540  Ground mounted vertical                           
N9JFZ    14   13  27    9  243  x2   486  Ground mount 4BTV & G5RV at about 25 ft.      
K9QEW    11   11  22    9  198  x2   396  4BTV                                              

W0 Division
NN0SS    11   11  22    8  176  x2   352  Inverted V @ 30 feet                              
AA0W      9    9  18    7  126  x2   252  80-40-20 Dipole @ 30 ft                           

Canada Division
VA3KRJ   31   31  62   13  806  x2  1612  EFHW 20'                                          

DX Division

SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division

W2 Division
N2DGQ    26   25  51   16  816 x1.5 1224  OCFD @ 20-Feet                                    
N2TNN    28   28  56   14  784 x1.5 1176  135ft wire up 35 ft NW to SE                      

W3 Division
NN3E      2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '             

W4 Division
W4NLT    24   24  48   13  624 x1.5  936  84ft end fed @ 30ft                               
K3RLL     9    9  18    8  144 x1.5  216  After-dark, black stealth HOA antenna             
KJ4R      7    7  14    5   70 x1.5  105  134' EFHW                                         

W5 Division
N5GW      5    5  10    5   50 x1.5   75  doublet @ 25'                                     
KI5FZV    2    2   4    2    8 x1.5   12  vertical MFJ 1622                                 

W6 Division

W7 Division
N7QR      2    1   3    2    6 x1.5    9  Butternut HF6V gnd mtd vert w/o radials           

W8 Division

W9 Division

W0 Division

Canada Division

DX Division

SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

W1 Division
N2CN     27   26  53   16  848       848  40m dipole up 35 ft                               
W1TER    22   22  44   11  484       484  40 mtr end fed                                    
KB1M     11   11  22    8  176       176  20 ,40 M Dipoles                                  
N1DN      5    5  10    4   40        40  80m EFHW at 20 feet                               

W2 Division
N2ESE    11   11  22    8  176       176  ZS6BKW at 25 Ft.                                  
WA1GWH    8    8  16    6   96        96  40m quarter wave inverted L over ground radials   
WA2FBN    8    8  16    6   96        96  EFHW  sloper at 15ft                              

W3 Division
KC3RN    30   28  58   17  986       986  EFHW @ 24'                                        
KQ3Z      6    6  12    5   60        60  Doublet @ 35'                                     

W4 Division
WB0CJB   28   28  56   16  896       896  6BTV gnd mtd vert                                 
N4MJ     23   23  46   15  690       690  EFHW at 30'                                       
W8GG     16   16  32   12  384       384  Phoenix vertical 10 radials                       
K4KBL    13   13  26    7  182       182  endfed @ 35'                                      

W5 Division
KA6J     12   12  24   10  240       240  ground mounted vertical                           

W6 Division

W7 Division

W8 Division
W8BOY    22   21  43   13  559       559  vertical up 50'                                   
K8NGW    18   18  36   12  432       432  43' gnd mtd vert w/ base loading coil & 32 radials
WI8J     15   15  30   10  300       300  130 ft EFHW at 20 ft                              
WB8ENE    7    7  14    6   84        84  41' end fed wire @ 10'                            

W9 Division
WD9EGW   13   13  26   12  312       312  MC-750 Vertical sitting on back deck              

W0 Division
WU0A      3    3   6    2   12        12  VERTICAL @ 18 FEET                                

Canada Division
VE3IIM   27   27  54   17  918       918  fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet             

DX Division
DK1VD     6    6  12    6   72        72  gnd mtd vert                                      

GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Call   QSOs Mbrs Pts  Mul  Sco Bon Final  80-40-20 Antenna

Straight Key
N8ZP      2    1   3    2    6  x2    12  qubical quad                                      

Bug

Keyer/Keyboard
VE3DQN   19   19  38   12  456       456  40m dipole @40ft; yagi @50ft                      


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STATS:
Logs submitted:                 65
Total participants:             97
Total QSOs:                     1049
States + Provinces represented: 29 + ON + DX

SOAPBOX:

K4WY - had an antenna fail in the first minutes of the sprint. Back next month with some copper up high 72 K4WY

K4KBL - All 20 meters tonight. 40 was its usual QRN beyond reason here in GA. Had fun !! see you next month.

KC2EGL - Very noisy night on the bands here in WPA. I need to do this more often. Thanks to the two who logged me. 73 Michael KC2EGL Rig IC-705 Key Begali Spark SK

NF8M - Op time about 1.5 hrs. GE sprinters! Gud to hr 20m open es 40 was in fb shape. Nice to work W8GG agn, es K4BAI on 2 bands with strong sigs. GL in WPX es CU next month!

VA3KRJ - Great conditions on 40m tonight. Thanks to everyone for making contact!

NA4O - 40M only. Pretty high noise here but still a successful night. Always so nice to hear some familiar calls and a few new ones! KX3@5W, Vibroplex straight key.

N8HWV - Thanks everyone. 40 m was the only band working for me. Nice to participate again; it's been a while.

K1MZM - Back after a long absence. Good to see lots of old friends and many new ops. Bands were relatively good tonight. Made contacts on all three bands although the noise on 20 covered over several stations. Thanks everyone.

KC3RN - Really enjoyed tonight's sprint. Decent conditions this time. 40m was the money band all night for me. Thanks to all the stations that answered my CQ. Looking forward to next month.

VE3DQN - Strong signals tonight. Got 10 Qs on 20m, unusual from this QTH. Got the remaining 10 on 40m. Pleased to catch two fellow VE3s.

WG8Y - Hi all, Tried setting up a short vertical in my motel run. Not Good. Signals weren't getting thru the walls either way. Hi Hi. Grabbed up my Xiegu 6100 and went out to the RAV4 and hooked into a 40m hamstick. Called on 7.047 and WB8CAC came back. Tnxs BOB. didn't get skunked. Still fun monkeying around trying. Hi Hi. 72 from OHIO Mark WG8Y

N2DGQ - Haven't worked a Sprint in a long time. Forgot how fun it was. Forty was my work horse tonight.

KN2G - Last month I was hemmed in between 2 T-storms. One only 8 miles to the west I found out the next morning. Tonight was very good for me. I made 23 contacts all s & p. I enjoy hearing the different fists and how atmospherics make each signal warble a little bit differently. It was fun to work KC5F on 3 bands again. Some really good ears and great fists gave me several on 2 bands. Milliwatt next month!! And FD! AND our regular sprint!! Gonna be a radioactive month... kn2g

KN1H - Very nice conditions tonight on all 3 bands. 3-Fers with Steve KC5F and Andy W4NLT were a special treat! 72, John, KN1H, IC7300, Nye Viking Master Key.

KC5F - Fun night, although 80m was rough with storm static. Worked both KN1H and KN2G on 20/40/80. Comfort level wasn't great, as my station is temporarily in the basement at a small desk I used 60 years ago. It fit me and my station much better back then, when computers weren't a thing! 73, Steve in NC.

K9QEW - Started on 20 with my IC 7330 then QSY to 40 using my HB rockbound "Funmitter". Band conditions fair with QSB. 72 to all. Daryl

K2OID - Great condition on 40 tonight. Had several equipment issues with bad key plug, dead battery, etc. but came out OK and still had fun.

N4MJ - Fair evening of propagation and fun. Tnx to all participants. 73 de n4mj//glenn

W9DWR - Had a great time! Used a new setup which puts my key in a little different position. Took me a bit to get used to it! Great to hear Paul and Mark tonight! 73!

KQ3Z - Got on late but still had fun.

N9JFZ - Started slow on 20, a little better on 40 and 80 meters. Another fun evening. 72 All!

WX4RM - Was able to make contacts on all 3 bands, with 40 meters the best band to make tonights contacts. There seemed to be a pipeline into Illinois, signals from there were all 599. Had fun as always and always look forward to these sprints.

NA1L - A few static crashes early, but conditions got better as the night wore on. 40 meters seems to work best. Thanks everyone!

W4NLT - Always fun to work the QRP faithful. Most activity on 40M. Worked KN1H on 3 bands-thanks John. Thanks for all the QSOs. 72 Andy

N7QR - 100th sprint 1.5 hours KX3 '58 Vibroplex Russ Portland OR

N2CN - Finally back on the air with a good antenna. 40m was hopping.

DK1VD - nice conditions tonight on 20m / 40m

W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters ! My last sprint from Fla fer the year. Back to Mich soon. I fired up the trusty K2 at 5w to vertical with 10 radials. Heavy T-storms in area but since this was my last sprint from the southland for the season, I threw caution to the wind and decided to operate anyway. 20m was the hot spot here. Even with the lightning crashes 20m signals were gud. Some were true 599. Seemed I had a beeline straight north and up the east coast. A couple QSOs out to TX es CO but not a peep from the west coast. Nice to work my buddy Frank, NF8M and a few other OT's tonight. Several new calls too. Tried 40m a couple times but noise was terrible. By 930pm 20m was closing so I went to 40 fer a last stab at it. Found N2TNN fer a 2fer. Several other stns there but the noise was just too much fer these old ears, so abt 945pm i went QRT. Tns to all fer a fun nite poundin da brass. See u all next next month. 73, Gregg W8GG

K3RLL - Fun evening with good signals on 20m which seemed much better than 40m. Nice to run into familiar long-time contacts and some new ones. ... 72, Don

KA6J - I had a high level of noise tonight, sorry to those I could not pull out. Used an FTX-1F and 4BTV tonight. Had to knock off early due to incoming storms. Stayed on 20. Could not hear any sigs on 40. Thanks all! Enjoyed the sprint!

N2TNN - 40 was wide open and nice to see the participation.

WB8ENE - Heard a couple weak signals on 20 and nothing on 80, so I spent all of my time making contacts on 40. I went back to the iambic keyer for this sprint. The signals got stronger near the end for me. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art

WB1GYZ - Fun as usual and looking forward to next Sprint.

K3JZD - 40m Only. Rough conditions here in WPA. QRN that would spike up to a S9 level made copy of callsigns and exchanges difficult. Glad it was not a Milliwatt Sprint. It was nice to see a lot of activity this month. Thanks for the contacts and the repeats. Early on I did have some intermittent issue whenever I was using my new small Putekeeg straight key. That small key has a solid frame and a good feel, but it may have poor quality contact points. Might try some kind of a silver coating on the contacts. It could also be a bad solder connection at it's 3.5mm jack - will check for that also. Flex 6600 - 40m Dipole 72, Jody - K3JZD

K4JPN - 20M closed down for me, I tried 40M and finally got one on 80M. As usual a lot of fun.72 Steve K4JPN

WB0CJB - 20M started out good then moved to 40M. 80M was good for one QSO even with the static crashes. Nice to see new participants as well as familiar calls (WB9HFK, KC5F, W9DWR). 72 de Paul WB0CJB K2 and 6BTV vertical.

K4BAI - Thanks for all QSOs. QSOs by Band: 20: 20. 40: 19. 80: 3. All three bands pretty good tonight. 80M was pretty noisy from storms and didn't go there early enough I suspect. 73/72, John, K4BAI.

KA2KGP - Wow, the propagation Gods were awake this NA Sprint. 20m. was open for the 1st half hr., 40m. was the best band & 80 was good with no QRN. A nice sprint night. Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 20 ft. w/ a straight key & a memory Keyer to call CQ. 73 to all.

WD9EGW - Thanks to the NAQCC crew for all you do keeping activities like this going. Great evening. Lots of stations. Good CW fun. 73, Chuck WD9EGW

N8ZP - TEN-TEC Argonaut VI 539 at Sun City TX K5SCT club shack. QRM QSB

W2SH - 20m stayed open for nearly 90 minutes but my skip zone didn't exceed 800 miles, and that was pretty much the same story on 40mm, although I faintly heard but did not work a station in Washington state. I never tried 80m.

KK4ITX - Had thunderstorms from just before Sprint Time and they seemed to stall just above our community. Next month we'll be in Maine. Hope to see you from there!

AA0W - 20M closed early 40M Storms in the area. Thanks to all for the fun sprint.

W1BRY - Not too bad this time, but still room for improvement

W8BOY - First NAQCC Sprint! Many friendly hams, including poor W2SH which had to repeat a ton due to bad QSB. Thank you all.

K1WOR - Trying out a new rig, the Xiegu G90, which I plan to use for pota and sota. Worked pretty well, but found it more difficult to quickly scan around than on my home station FTdx10.

K8NGW - Best conditions yet this year. Spent time on all 3 bands. New Hamshire in the East to Washington in the West. Ontario in the North to Florida in the South. Thanks everybody! See you all next month.

VE3IIM - Good condx this month! Some new calls for me..good fun..

KC3MIO - We moved to Succasunna, NJ and this was my first sprint at the new QTH. It was tough to get an antenna up in the trees with leaves, but the OCF seems to work ok. Used Icom 705 at 5 watts. Nice to work some old friends and some new members. 73/72 and have a good Memorial Day weekend, remembering those who served and those fallen, Rich

WA2FBN - Fun sprint; 40m was the band for me! Worked picnic table portable using headlamp after dark. Penntek TR35 @ 5w into EFHW sloper.

N5GW - I was using my home brew left handed bug. Bands were a bit noisy due to local rain storms.