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June 2026 QRP/CW Sprint (#260)
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See General Sprint Rules for rules common to every NAQCC sprint.
RULES specific to this month's sprint: None
Date and time:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 0030-0230 Z
Entry Deadline:
All entries must be received before 2400Z on the Sunday following the sprint. So submit as soon as possible,
using our on-line autologger.
2026-06-15 00:00:00 GMT+00:00 left to submit your log
Page generated 2026-06-11 12:28:34 US/Eastern
N2CN Comments -
Results
SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
NX1K 29 29 58 18 1044 x2 2088 Doublet @ 30 feet.
KN1H 14 14 28 11 308 x2 616 400' end-fed wire
N2GDS 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 EFHW up 30'
KA1YZC 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 Inverted V G5RV
KQ1P 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 30M Dipole@ 20'
W1BRY 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 114 ft wire dipole 15' off ground
N1ZN 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Trap Dipole at 30'
KK4ITX 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 Shorty 20
W2 Division
KA2KGP 26 26 52 13 676 x2 1352 G5RV up 20'
K2OID 17 17 34 10 340 x2 680 80M OCF Dipole@40'
W2SH 8 8 16 6 96 x2 192 72' wire vertical
W3 Division
K3JZD 34 34 68 18 1224 x2 2448 40m @25', 20m@20'
W4 Division
KC5F 43 42 85 19 1615 x2 3230 80m EFHW up about 40'
K4PQC 16 15 31 12 372 x2 744 160 Meter horizontal loop at 35'
K4WY 14 14 28 10 280 x2 560 dipole
WX4RM 13 13 26 8 208 x2 416 4BTV gnd mtd vert
K4JPN 8 7 15 8 120 x2 240 80 M CF Zepp
NA4O 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 41' EF@25'
WG8Y 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 grd mntd butterbut HF6V
KE4QZB 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Indoor 40 meter dipole fed with 450 OHM Ladder Lin
W5 Division
KG5OWB 22 21 43 14 602 x2 1204 CHA-TDL up 15ft
W6 Division
W6UG 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 dipole @ 35'
W7 Division
KI7LW 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Inv Vee 20 ft
W8 Division
W8GG 18 17 35 10 350 x2 700 Phoenix vertical 16 radials on gnd
NF8M 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 6BTV
W9 Division
WB9HFK 31 30 61 18 1098 x2 2196 EFHW @ 30 Ft.
K9QEW 13 13 26 12 312 x2 624 4BTV
N9JFZ 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 Ground Mount 4BTV
KD9EBS 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Attic Dipole at 25 Feet
N8HWV 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 80m EFHW at 15 ft agl
W0 Division
KA8HDE 20 19 39 13 507 x2 1014 G5RV over house @ 30'
W1TM 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 Multiband EFLW
Canada Division
DX Division
SWA - BUG CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
W1 Division
W2 Division
W3 Division
NN3E 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 40-80 Trap Dipole inverted vee @ 50 '
W4 Division
W4NLT 24 24 48 12 576 x1.5 864 84ft end fed @ 30ft
K3RLL 8 8 16 7 112 x1.5 168 After-dark-only black HOA Stealth Vertical
W5 Division
W6 Division
W7 Division
N7QR 0 0 0 0 0 x1.5 0 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 19 18 37 12 444 444 40m dipole at 35 feet
KB1M 3 3 6 3 18 18 20 ,40 M Dipoles
W2 Division
N2ESE 13 13 26 10 260 260 ZS6BKW@25ft.
W3 Division
KM3D 18 18 36 11 396 396 40 meter loop apex @ 38' and a 20m vertical
W4 Division
N4MJ 20 20 40 13 520 520 EFHW 30 feet
K4KBL 18 18 36 12 432 432 EFHW @ 35'
NI4U 11 11 22 8 176 176 OCFD up about 35'
K4KRW 5 5 10 4 40 40 Iverted V @ 65'
W5 Division
AI5ZI 2 2 4 2 8 8 EFHW up 20 ft
W6 Division
W7 Division
KF7Z 6 5 11 6 66 66 Dipole at 25'
W8 Division
K8NGW 12 12 24 10 240 240 43' gnd mtd vert w/ base loading coil & 32 radials
WI8J 10 10 20 10 200 200 130 ft EFHW at 20 ft
WA8SAN 8 8 16 8 128 128 End fed wire @ 25ft
WB8ENE 7 7 14 6 84 84 41' end fed wire @ 10'
W9 Division
AB9BZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 EFHW @ 30'
W0 Division
Canada Division
VE3IIM 20 20 40 14 560 560 fan dipole...160-10 metres at 30 feet
DX Division
DK1VD 1 1 2 1 2 2 GND MTD VERT
GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY
Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna
Straight Key
Bug
Keyer/Keyboard
VE3DQN 18 18 36 12 432 432 40m dipole @40ft; 20m yagi @50ft
Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s):
@ Non-member
$ QRO power
STATS:
Logs submitted: 54
Total participants: 80
Total QSOs: 608
States + Provinces represented: 28 + ON + DX
SOAPBOX:
K4KRW - Thanks everyone!
KA8HDE - Only on 20M and most QSOs were tough. Sorry if I didn't get you. Good to get on after a while.
72 de chuck ka8hde
K4KBL - All 20 meters for an hour. Did manage to work W9UG in CA! Nice signal in GA tonight. As always, a great time to enjoy CW.
NI4U - Had a fun night S&P with crazy QSB. Band were quiet then 20m came alive in VA. 40m was strong, but I wasn't getting out all that great. No luck trying to find anyone on 80m. Also had a chance to try out a python based logger that I vibe-coded for my Mac using AI. Worked like a charm! 73 & GL everyone!
N8HWV - Found the one staple regular, WB9HFK, Mark. Didn't hear anyone else cut through the s8 static/noise.
NA4O - Not good band conditions here tonight! KX3@5W, Vibroplex Straight Key.
WG8Y - Hi All. 20m was sounding pretty gud here in NC.I split my time between working on an antenna project for Field Day in the garage and playing radio on the back patio. Had my QMX 80-20 set up on the patio table hooked into A Butternut HF6V that sits in the back corner of my lot.Worked 4 stations on 20m
then went back to my project. See everyone next week in the QRPp event. 72 all from N.C. Mark WG8Y
W1TM - Ontario was booming in on my old Small Wonders SW20 tonight. It was good to see how it does on a contest again. Pretty simple...pretty cool. Thanks for all others who participated.
KN1H - Had only a limited time to operate tonight, got a late start and had to finish early. Found 20M quiet and open, 40M quite short and couldn't raise anyone on 80M. As always had a fun time meeting up with everyone. 72, John, KN1H
K9QEW - All OPS on 20 meters. Band in fair sharp with some QSB.
Only operated about one hour. Will try to make the
QRPp event. 72 Daryl
N4MJ - Rough night...mostly 20m. Summer is here...so is the QRN.
73
NF8M - Op time 1/2 hour. Noisy here with t-storms in the area and QSB on 40.
NX1K - 20 meters was in great shape for 50 minutes.
40 meters did well even with all the static crashes.
KM3D - Only three QSOs on 20 meters; the rest on 40. Tried several times to make it go on 80 but could only just tell there were stations there. Way too much noise here. I really like using AC2C's SprintLogger - many thanks! I hope to make it back next week to find you guys again. QRPp is always a big challenge... and lots of fun! 72, Harry
KC5F - 20m was nice and quiet with lots of calls, but all eastern US except for W6UG in WA and KG5OWB in TX. After an hour I went to 40m, which was much noisier with more QSB, and less than half the QSOs as on 20m. I tried the last 20 minutes on 80m, even noisier, but no QSOs there. Let's hope the storms have passed for the mw Sprint next week! Thanks, all! - Steve
VE3DQN - Good cndx tonight. I commend especially new NAQCC member KA1YZC for his patient, clear, readable CW.
K2OID - Interesting night. Band seemed a bit dead but was able to make mani QSOs. SRI to the station that tried to contact me at 0138 UTC. Heavy QRN due to a passing storm and just couldn't pull you out of the noise. Another enjoyable sprint.
N2CN - 20m was very productive.
W4NLT - Another fun night. Half on 20M and half on 40M. Nothing heard on 80M. TNX for the QSOs. 72 Andy
K8NGW - 20m was gangbusters! Then I went to 40m and ... where did everybody go? Just a few signals. On 80m I saw a few signals on the waterfall but they were just above the noise level and not decodable. Hopefully there will be more operators for the upcoming milliwatt sprint.
KG5OWB - Been a while since participating in this event. It was a lot of fun and 20m was good here in STX. Tnx QSO's! de kg5owb
K4PQC - As you can see I got a very late start... the whole day has been this way starting with the first doctor's visit and ending with a late dinner... hi Unfortunately there is lots of noise here and I missed a couple of QSOs because the noise floors on all of the bands were above S-4 to 5. Lots of static crashes because of the number of nearby lightning storms raising the noise floors to above S-9.
K3RLL - All on 20m this evening which held up well. Couldn't get a contact on 40m. Nice short evening. 72, ... Don K3RLL
KF7Z - Hello fellow Sprinters, very noisy in Wyoming tonight, just had time for a few Qs but always fun to participate. Elecraft K3s to 20 meter dipole up 25 ft. 72 my friends. Danny
DK1VD - QSB on 40 and 20 meters. Thanks for your patience TERRY KG5OWB
N9JFZ - All contacts on 20 meters, tried 40 & 80 with no luck.
72 All
VE3IIM - T-storms made it tough! Worked a few new ones..always fun..
W8GG - Hello Fellow Sprinters! Good to be back in Michigan agn. I fired up the FTdx 1200 at 5W to gnd mnt vert wid 16 radials laid out. 20m was open swell fer about one es a half hrs here. Signals were not as strong as last month, and skip was on the short side.Yet lot's of activity es plenty of stns to work. I had a beeline into "dixieland" with several QSOs in GA,VA,NC,TN, but not a peep from west of the Mississippi?? Nada from TX or FL either?? So condx a bit strange to say the least. Went to 40 for a few more. Vy noisy es some QSB but plenty of sigs. checked 80 at 10pm but just noise. I ran outta gas after 10pm es yanked the plug. Always fun with old friends and new. Hope to hear u all next week in the mw sprint. 73 , Gregg W8GG
KE4QZB - Hello Everyone!
First Sprint for me in 7 years! Was long overdue! Had a ball, ran a Heathkit HW9, 5 watts, and an indoor 40 meter dipole fed with Ladder Line, was thrilled to get 3 QSOs, despite the noise. Will be back again soon, thanks for all the OPS that dug me out of the QRM/QRN! 72s till next time! Brian, KE4QZB
KA2KGP - Only 1 good band here was 40 m. 80 & 20 were dead here in WNY.
Rig: IC-7000 at 5w. into a G5RV up 25 ft. w/ straight key for QSO's & Memory Keyer for CQ's. 73 to all.
W1BRY - Someday MAYBE more contacts!
WB8ENE - I operated for about 45 minutes this time. Started off on 20M, switched to 40M, and back to 20M for one last contact. Rig used was an Elecraft K1. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art
AB9BZ - Tough time for me tonight, heard a few stations way down in the noise with QSB. Tried calling CQ, RBN didn't pick me up. May be time for some antenna maintenance/rebuild. 72
K3JZD - 20m for a while. Low Noise Level, Short Skip. Ideal. But not enough players to keep me there more than 30 minutes. 40m had a High Noise level, with enough static crashes to make me ask for call sign repeats. Toughed it out though. But later I was still hearing faint callsigns in the noise whenever I was trying to fall asleep !! K4 at 5 watts. 40m diplole. 107' EFRW on 20m. 72, Jody - K3JZD
KK4ITX - Lots of noise, may have found some of the problem today. Heard a few signals but couldn't make a contact. May have to go to the beach for the mW next week? Thanks for your Logs and comments, misery loves company!!
KQ1P - Plenty of S7 QRN and QSB but that is part of the fun. A treat to work some new stations as well as some that are in my log book many times.
K4JPN - Conditions were rough. 72 Steve K4JPN
WX4RM - Found plenty of signals on 20M and found plenty of noise on 40M, which is why I spent most of my time on 20M. Had fun as always, Ron.
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