[FARC] MD QSO Party Results

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Edited by Page Pyne  <mailto:wa3eop at verizon.net>wa3eop at verizon.net  October 24,2006

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2006 MDC QSO PARTY Results Edition

Last Sunday the 2006 MDC QSO Party committee met at their clandestine judging facility in nearby WV to certify the results from the Antietam Radio Association Sponsored 2006 MDC QSO Party.  Judges this year were:

KB3ISG  2006 Chairman
AB3BE  2006 Asst. Chairman
WA3EOP Periennial Committee member
KB3GFV  ARA Secretary
KB3MBU  Announced ARA Activity Manager
KB3HOO (A judge for the 3rd time)
W3SCC (A judge for the 2nd time)
KZ3AB  2007 Chairman

As a result of the committee toiling over logs for hours, the following results were obtained from the 91 entries:

MDC Standard Category

   K3TW  Tom Warren  201,323  Wins Plaque

   2. KE3VV David Splitt  76,526
   3. AD8J  John Getz  33,150
   4. WA3EOQ  Howard Reynolds  14,171
   5. WB3FTQ  Don Eisenhart  13,224
   6. KB3HOO  Dean Boggs  9,889
   7. N3EF  Erik Fairbank  2,941
   8. K3RGB  John Chitwood  1,920
   9. AB3BZ  William Smith  1,892
 10. WA2WDT  Ross Merlin  1,534

MDC QRP

WB8YYY  Curtis Milton Jr. 7,803 wins plaque

   2. N3III  Richard Mitchell  3,402
   3. K3NCO  Dr. Marc Ressler  1,092
   4. KF3BN  John Frombach Jr.  168
   5. N3KHK  John Clem  88

International Category (Stations outside MDC)

   K9EU  Erik Anderson  IL  19,025 wins plaque

   2. VE3JPJ  Steven Bamber  7,350
   3. W2WC  William Corp  5,760

MDC Clubs and Multi-Ops

   WY3P  Carroll County Contesters  129,500 wins plaque
   (note write-log miss-scored entry and total was adjusted down by the judging committee. We heartily recommend use of the N3FJP software which scores correctly and makes the judges work much easier.)

   2. KI3DS  AARC Jr  80,652
   3. W3FT  BARC  62,775
   4. K3CAL  Calvert Co ARC  25,300
   5. W3HAM  Cheese Hollow ARS  23,435
   6. W3LRC  Laurel ARC  20,962
   7. W3MTC  Mountain Top Contesters  10,906
   8. K3SMD  Charles County ARC  14,250
   9. K3ERM  Frederick ARC  14,080
  10. W3CWC  ARA  370

MDC Mobile
   KZ3AB  Al Brown  59,596 wins plaque

   2. WE5X  Steve Bratcher  24,063
   3. K4MUT  Bob McMeekin  18,258
   4. W3BNY  Rene Ramirez  12,096
   5. WA3EOP  Page Pyne  3,900

MDC VHF-UHF Only

   1. KB3NCV Dave Beaver    435
   2. K3FCC Gary Swales  380
   3. N3TDN John Smith  50
(No plaque awarded as less than 5 entries in this category)

High QRP International (outside MDC)

   N4JF  Jerome Fiore Sr. Alabama  13,050 wins plaque

   2. AK4GY  Russ Kegley  2,436
   3. N2CQ  Ken Newman  1,056

High Scoring ARA Member Plaque awarded to Don Eisenhart WB3FTQ

Stations qualifying this year for the Worked All Maryland Award having logged all 23 MDC Counties + DC + Baltimore City:

N4JF   K9EU   WY3P

And the State Winners (Certificates to all) :

Alabama  K4ZBG Standard 1,224
                  N4JF  QRP  13,050
Arkansas  AD5WI  Standard  1,210
Delaware  WA2VQV  Standard  12
Florida       KK3Q  Standard  1792
                   W5JBV  QRP  165
Georgia     K4BAI  Standard  2,944
                   NA4BW  QRP  880
Iowa           KC6SLA  Standard  228
Illinois        K9EU  Standard  19,025
Louisana    AD5VC  Stndard  72
Mass.          W1CRK  Standard  184
Maine         K1PAR  Standard  952
Michigan    K8VFR  Standard  630
N. Carolina AI4GR  Standard  516
                    AK4GY  QRP  2,436
Nebraska    AC0DQ  Standard  1,118
N. Jersey    W2CVW  Standard  4,012
                     N2CQ  QRP  1,056
Nevada       AC7SM  Standard  36
N. York        W2WC  Standard  5,760
                     K2TA  QRP  140
Ohio             W8KNO  Standard  504
Penn.           W3AG  Standard  891
                     WB0IWG  QRP  372
S. Dakota     K0HW  Standard  2,261
Tennessee  WA4OSD  Standard  66
Virginia        W2YE  Standard  2,880
Washington N7BF  Standard  42
Wyoming     WG7Y  QRP   16

DX
Canadian Winner  VE3JPJ   7,350
Italy Winner           IZ5DKF    10

Look for the results to eventually be posted at the ARA website <http://www.w3cwc.org>www.w3cwc.org .

Finally, a few comments from the entrants:

AD5WI - only 17 contacts but still better than last year.

KK3Q- Your website is right, this was a great QSO Party and I worked some great operators from MD.

KC6SLA- This was my first contest and although I didn't make but a handful of contacts, it was fun.

WB8YYY- Tnx for fun contest. Yes it was a challenge for mobile folk to hear my QRP signal but it added to he fun when they did make the qso. Lots of qrp stations for outside MD.

W3BNY/m -Had fun everyone! CYA all next year!

K4MUT-Great fun as always.

W3HAM- Our best score yet!

AK4GY-Best QSO Party I have been in. Thanks for a very fun Weekend. All Maryland OPS were Super!

And that really is the news! Next year's party is August 11 and 12,2007 and once again will be sponsored by the folks at the Antietam Radio Association, Inc.

               Page  WA3EOP

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