[Elecraft] NJQRP Homebrewer Sprint Results
Ken Newman
Ken Newman" <[email protected]
Fri Oct 25 20:47:01 2002
Hi All,
Here is the results for the 2002 Fall QRP Homebrewer Sprint.
Awards and prizes will come later.
I hope all enjoyed the sprint.
72 de Ken [email protected]
2002 Spring QRP Homebrewer Sprint Results
Call Mode QSOs Points X SPCs X PWR = Score
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N4BP CW 106 424 53 7 157,304
K5ZTY CW 87 348 47 7 114,492
AK7Y CW 79 316 44 7 97,328
K1EV Mixed 58 233 33 7 53,823
K0ZK CW 53 212 36 7 53,424
N2APB CW 40 160 27 10 43,200
N0RC Mixed 45 185 31 7 40,145
N0JRN CW 42 168 27 7 31,736
W2JEK CW 36 144 25 7 25,200
W5TA CW 21 84 16 7 9,408
N4UY CW 15 60 14 10 8,400
KF4FHS CW 23 46 14 7 4,508
K8CV CW 20 40 13 7 3,640
K0UE CW 11 44 10 7 3,080
K8KFJ CW 11 22 11 7 1,694
AE4EC CW 6 24 6 7 1,008
K4GT CW 6 24 4 10 960
W0UFO CW 5 20 4 7 560
W2TAG PSK 4 20 3 7 420
AB1AV CW 2 8 2 10 160
K5QLF CW 1 4 1 7 28
Checklogs:
WQ2RP CW 67 268 36 7 67,536
(NJQRP Club Station, N2CQ Opr)
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N4BP:
Elecraft K2 @ 5W, TH7-DXX @ 65ft, 40M Dipole @ 35ft, NA v10.57.
Condx very good on 20M, even the MW stations were loud.
de Bob - Plantation, FL
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K5ZTY:
Elecraft K2 - Force 12 C4S and G5RV
Never did hear anything on 10 or 15 but 20 meters started off
with a bang. Good signals until a little after 9pm local.
Moved to 40 and had another pretty good run. Good to hear N4BP
in the hunt and good to work the contest manager on 20 and 40.
Thanks for putting on another good one Ken.
de Bill - HOUSTON, TX
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AK7Y:
K-1 5 Watts. End fed 40m halfwave up 15'.
Since I was visiting my 86 year old Mother during the contest period,
I thought I would just give out a few contacts. My joke of an antenna
worked better than expected so I worked the entire contest. Fun as usual
but I miss my ole KLM Tribander on 20 meters. I plan to be home for
the Spring HB Sprint.
73 & TNX, Greg - Portable in Grand Rapids, MI.
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K1EV:
Elecraft K2 @ 5W, 40/80 Inv Vee at 35 feet, Wilson System 33 at 50 feet
(Tribander with 40 meter driven element).
Enjoyed my first NJ QRP Club Sprint - thanks for a great contest.
It was nice to hear all the QRPers, but I might as well have gone
to bed after the third hour when things slowed way down and the noise
levels
came way up. I kept checking 10 & 15 meters all evening, but didn't hear a
peep; heard only 1 peep on 80; worked 1 station on PSK and he wasn't even
in
the contest.
73, Bill K1EV - Gales Ferry, CT
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K0ZK:
K-2 at 5 watts, Attic dipole
A surprise to work Montana on 40m with the attic dipole.
72/73 de Arn - North Lebanon, ME
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N2APB:
Conditions were good and had great time meeting up with the
familiar calls from QRP-L. Did lots of work on the bench while listening to
the frequencies from across the room. Just slid over to catch a Q, then
slid back to the bench for more prototype homebrewing. Sort of a modified
S&P approach (solder & pounce, or "slide and pounce")!
Sierra, GAP Titan vertical, 1W.
de George - Forest Hill, MD
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N0RC:
RIG: K2, PSK-20, Attic Dipole
Fun time and good band conditions.
Things a little slow on PSK but still bagged a few.
de Rod - Fort Collins, CO
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N0JRN:
K-1 at 4w.
I had a great time!
de Jerry
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W2JEK:
OHR 500 at 5 w. Groundplane on 20, Dipole on 40 and End fed hertx on 80.
This was a great contest - really enjoyed it.
Thanks & 72/73, Don - River Edge, NJ
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W5TA:
NorCal "Red Hot 20" Transciever built as Kit, 5 watts out.
Home Brew 5/8 wave vertical; ground mounted 8 radials.
This contest turned into to be a learning experience on my new logging
program.
Next time will work at making Q's. Did get my first QRP DX.
I really enjoy these QRP Sprints.
de Dick - Round Rock, TX
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N4UY:
Elecraft K-1, 40m and 20m dipoles. Minimum K-1 power -- 300 Milliwatts.
Enjoyed the sprint. I turned my K-1 down to minimum power -- read .1 watt
on the K-1 display -- 300 mw on OHR QRP wattmeter.
Antennas were dipoles at about 25 feet.
73 de Jake - Vienna, VA
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K0UE:
Elecraft K1, St. Louis Vertical, LDG Z-11 antenna tuner.
Bands went dead right after last QSO - would have kept going otherwise!
Thanks for a great contest!
72 de Skip,K0UE/QRP
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K8KFJ:
Had company over for the 49er/Redskin game so could
only run into the shack occasionally and make a contact
or two. Some breaks from the Sprint were over an hour
in duration but I still wanted to make some Qs and
show my participation & support for this FB operating
event. Even though I was only able to manage a handful
of contacts due to this rowdy football bunch, I did have
fun and condx sounded good. Next time I hope to be one
of the "afield" guys with a homebrewed rig.
Equipment was an Icom706MKIIG @ 5w and a very old 14AVQ
ground mounted vertical.
de Garie - St. Albans, WV
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AE4EC:
K2 USING HB PADDLE - 4 WATTS. INVERTED VEE DIPOLE
Only had time for about � hous of operating as I had to get up early
To go to work on Monday.
de Ed - Carrboro, NC
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K4GT:
K2 at 900mW. Force 12 C3S @ 38'
de Jim - Atlanta, GA
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W0UFO:
I was intending to work a serious session in the HB Test but found that
the noise level in my neighborhood was so bad that I only worked a few loud
ones before giving up. I think there is some new noise problem in my
neighborhood that I need to get fixed because It wasn't like this when
I was fox hunting. Of course, I just came home from QRP AFIELD where
conditions were superb.
72, de Mert - Saint Paul, MN
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W2TAG:
I was hoping more Warblers would show but only talked to one.
The band conditions were not very good but the contacts I did
make were solid. I cut the time short because of work the next
day and it didn't seem that it was going to make any
difference in my score anyway.
Equipment: NJQRP Warbler @ 3W output, 80 Meter Doublet
de Ted - Moorestown, NJ
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AB1AV:
Equipment: Homebrew transceiver, 600 milliwatts
Transceiver still on breadboard, powered by one
9v battery. Antenna is 140 ft end-fed wire via
modified Rainbow Tuner.
My second contest in my third day of operating!
The xcvr can actually be heard! Thanks to both
ops for tolerating my clumsy fist and slow ears.
Only managed to squeeze in an hour between kids'
bedtime and my own, but had a good time and nice
chats. Still need to work on T/R headphone thumps
(MPF102 has too big a cutoff voltage to use for
muting, I guess) and receiver noise.
de Bill
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K5QLF:
Equipment: K2 into a doublet fed with 450-ohm
twinlead via a ZM-2 tuner.
73, Fred, K5QLF..
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WQ2RP:
Thanks to all for your interest and activity in the sprint.
RIG: Elecraft K1 (40, 20 & 15m).
Ant: Mosley TA33jr & doublet.
Look for the Spring QHB Sprint on March 24, 2003, 0000z.
72 de Ken N2CQ Opr - Woodbury, NJ
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Ken Newman - N2CQ
Woodbury, NJ 08096
[email protected]
Ken Newman - N2CQ
Woodbury, NJ 08096
[email protected]