Jim Stevens, K4MA
ssbsprint@ncjweb.com
Results, February 2006 Phone Sprint
There is one word for this Sprint: Ugh!
Conditions were probably the worst
since the last sunspot low.
Except for 3 stations, no one east of
the Mississippi River even made 50
QSOs on 20 meters before it closed.
Forty meters was definitely the money
band, but until the separation from foreign broadcast happens in a few more
years, it was tough sledding too. Eighty
meter conditions were OK, but not outstanding. And to think the actual sunspot cycle bottom is still about a year
away. The next few Sprints will be gutcheck affairs.
With that said, 113 logs were received,
which is about normal. One DX entry
was received from N6VR operating as
XF1K. Some of the rare NA multipliers
worked included: VE8, KL7, TI, KP2, and
CM. And maybe a first: an OX multiplier.
N6TR worked OX3WM on 20 meters.
QRP
There were a few brave souls who
turned the wick down to 5W or less.
Notching his first QRP victory was Brian,
NA4BW. The remaining QRP entries in
order of finish were: K4BP, NF2L,
KC9ECI and VA3RKM.
Low Power
Bill, KØUK, won his first LP SSB Sprint
rather easily with 14 more QSOs and 4
more multipliers than the second place
finisher Dave, N5DO. Paul, N4PN, took
third place with a good performance
from the East Coast. Rounding out the
LP Top Ten were WØETT, KE5OG, K7SV,
N6ZFO, NA4K, N6QQ, and NX9T. It was
N6QQ and NX9T’s first time in the LP
Top Ten.
High Power
The winner of the HP category was
Corrections
An error crept into the final printed results for the September 2005 SSB
Sprint. Here are the corrections:
Call
K9BGL
WT9U
Name
Karl
Jim
QTH
IL
IN
20
55
63
40
98
96
80
62
43
QSOs
215
202
MLTs
40
41
Score
8600
8282
Team
9 & 0 Lids
Team Scores
NCCC #1
NK7U
12848
N6DE
11508
N2NL
11298
N7TR
11234
AE6Y
10720
W6NL
10184
N6RO
10146
K7NV
7922
WX5S
6864
NI6T
6335
————
9059
SEAHAWKS
W7WA
12390
N6TR
11644
K7RI
11560
K7SS
9880
K5PTC 7227
N7LOX 6831
KI7Y
1932
K7WA
477
————
61941
#1 Southern
Sprint Coalition
K4XS
14355
KU8E
7000
N4PN
5940
W4NZ
5808
K4BAI
5600
K7SV
5024
NA4BW 2754
———
46481
#1 Lids from Nine &
Zero Land
W9RE
10920
KA9FOX 10783
KØOU
6666
K9ZO
5049
KTØR
3016
KK9K
2889
K9NW
2600
AA9RT 2160
WE9V
1520
————
45603
5. NCCC #2 (W6YX, K6LRN, N6ZFO, K6MM, W6OAT, AE7DX, W6EB,
NO6X, W6FB, KJ6RA) ............................................................................................... 32140
6. SCCC #1 (K6LA, W6TK, K6EY, K1USC, XF1K) ....................................................... 24072
7. GMC A-Team (KØUK, WØETT) ................................................................................... 14070
8. #2 Lids from 9&0 Land (N2BJ, WI9WI, KA9F, KJ9C, WGØM, WW9R, NØAT) ........ 13184
9. YCCC #1 (K1KI, K5ZD) ............................................................................................... 7131
10. #2 Southern Sprint Coalition (N4GI, K4BP, WA4VJC) .............................................. 3961
11. North Hills Amateur (W3WC, N3TXH, KA3ZIP) ........................................................ 2085
12. NCCC #3 (NU6T, W6ZZZ) ............................................................................................. 277
not a first time winner. Bill, K4XS, has
now officially taken over the February
SSB Sprint crown from K9PG with wins
in the last 2 February events. It was Bill’s
4th overall HP win, and he once again
did it easily as the only station over 300
QSOs and topping the multiplier list. It
was also Bill’s 20th time in the HP Top
Ten. Congrats to Bill on all the success.
Taking second place with his highest
finish ever in the HP category was Jon,
KL2A, operating at Joe Rudi’s fine NK7U
station. Jon only had the third highest
QSO total, but he was able to ferret out
the second most multipliers. Claiming
third was Dan, W7WA. Dan had 3 more
QSOs than NK7U but 2 less multipliers.
The rest of the Top Ten were: N6TR,
Top Ten
Call
K4XS
NK7U
(KL2A)
W7WA
N6TR
K7RI
(K7SS)
N6DE
(at W6XK)
N2NL
N7TR
KO7AA
K6LA
Scores
14310
12804
Band
Chges
58
66
QSOs ERROR RATES CLAIMED/FINAL
Lost
You
Them
+/4
0.9%
2.8%
0
7
1.7%
3.1%
0
12390
11603
11520
5
4
4
2
11
7
0.7%
3.4%
2.4%
4.4%
6.3%
3.5%
11466
2
6
1.4%
11298
11234
11094
11070
8
11
8
20
8
5
2
5
2.5%
1.8%
0.8%
1.8%
00Z
86
102
01Z
69
63
02Z
80
65
03Z
84
63
0
0
0
87
75
96
85
73
92
70
52
65
53
84
46
1.8%
+1
67
70
53
85
3.0%
4.7%
4.7%
1.5%
+1
-2
+2
-1
73
72
85
95
80
76
57
54
55
74
60
81
62
52
56
40
Reprinted from NCJ May/June 2006
Top 10 QSOS
Top 10 Low Power
Top 10 Golden Logs
K4XS
W7WA
NK7U
K7RI
N6TR
W9RE
N7TR
N6DE
K6LA
N2NL
KØUK
N5DO
N4PN
WØETT
KE5OG
K7SV
N6ZFO
NA4K
N6QQ
NX9T
KW8N
K5ZD
W6OAT
AE7DX
K4BP
W3WC
WT9U
WA7BNM
NØAC
NU6T
318
295
291
288
283
280
274
273
270
269
Top 10 Multipliers
K4XS
NK7U
KO7AA
W7WA
N6DE
N2NL
K6LA
N6TR
N7TR
KA9FOX
45
44
43
42
42
42
41
41
41
41
8460
7072
5940
5610
5310
5024
4672
4290
4125
4092
218
103
96
83
71
71
61
42
25
23
Top 10 QRP
Top 10 Band Changes
NA4BW 2754
K4BP
1775
NF2L
143
KC9ECI
120
VA3RKM
30
W9RE
NK7U
K4XS
NA4BW
AE6Y
N4ZZ
KØUK
N6RO
KW8N
N5DO
N6ZFO
K7RI (K7SS), N6DE (at W6XK), N2NL,
N7TR, KO7AA, and K6LA. It was N2NL
and KO7AA’s first time in the Top Ten.
After a hiatus in the September article,
I’ve added the ERROR RATES and
CLAIM / FINAL +/- columns to the Top
Ten box. Interestingly enough, even
scores in the Top Ten are bunched from
numbers 4 through 10 (only 550 points
separation), there was not a lot of movement up or down from claimed to final
scores. If you are wondering how N7TR
dropped 3 spots when he only lost 5
QSOs, well, unfortunately, one of the
QSOs he lost also cost him a multiplier.
Also notice KO7AA. He is +2 at number
9, which means he moved into the Top
Ten from number 11 due to good logging accuracy (W9RE dropped out). Finally, if you are comparing +/-s here to
the 3830 list, you will notice that while
N6TR and K7RI are flipped in the 3830
list, they are both listed as 0s here. As it
turns out, K7RI logs on paper initially
and as a result his claimed log had 5
dupes counted and an extra, non-existent, multiplier counted. His claimed
score after the dupes and multiplier were
removed was lower than N6TR’s score.
111
66
58
57
50
44
41
40
37
24
24
Golden Logs
The Top Ten Golden Logs were
KW8N, K5ZD, W6OAT, AE7DX, K4BP,
W3WC, WT9U, WA7BNM, N0AC and
NU6T. Congratulations to all on the accuracy! If you want a copy of your log
checking report, please send an e-mail
to ssbsprint@ncjweb.com.
Records
As you would expect with the conditions, there were no records broken.
There were 3 QRP area records initially
established by NF2L in New York, K4BP
in Tennessee, and KC9ECI in Wisconsin.
You can view the SSB Sprint records
at www.ncjweb.com/
ssbsprintrecords.php.
Teams
Starting to establish some dominance
of their own of late in SSB Sprints, the
Northern California Contest Club #1
Team took first place with 99,059 points
from 10 entries. Finishing in second
place—just like their namesakes would
in the Super Bowl later on Sunday—was
Team Seahawks with over 60K from 8
Reprinted from NCJ May/June 2006
entries. Making a good showing from the
East Coast with a third place team finish was Southern Sprint Coalition #1.
Rounding out the top 4 was another creative name from those SMC guys with a
team of Lids from Nine and Zero Land.
Notes
Station A calls CQ on frequency X and
works station B. Station A is now required to QSY and make a QSO on a
different frequency before returning to
frequency X. Sometimes (hopefully inadvertently and not intentionally) station
A will return to frequency X and work
station C before making a intervening
QSO on a frequency different than X.
This is a round robin QSO for station A
and it is prohibited by the rules. Please
be more careful to follow this rule. There
are observers listening (including yours
truly and others) from time to time. Stations that are noted repeatedly making
round robin QSOs will be disqualified.
The September 2006 Phone Sprint
will be held at 0000Z on September 17
(September 16 local time). Get on and
join us in the fun!
Soapbox
Long skip almost right from the start,
made this a tough one! – W9RE. This contest is the pits for us folks up in the NE.
20 was dead and not enough people were
on 40. The first hour was a disaster. –
WB1GQR (W1SJ). They said you should
try something new this year. Maybe this
one counts for me because this was my
first serious attempt in any SSB contest.
It was pretty brutal. – W6YX. Bands were
really screwy at the start of this Sprint. –
N4PN. Got on to give out the Iowa multiplier. It seems like Iowa is not very well
represented in the sprints so I try to get
on and hand out some points. – NØAC.
First serious effort from new QTH. Great
fun despite very poor conditions and lower
participation. – KA9FOX. Simply brutal.
Eight Qs on 20 with none being from CA.
Broadcast crud on 40 was loud and the
band was long. Even 80 seemed long. –
K7SV. My First NA Sprint. Fast paced! It’s
kind of like dealing with a multiple personality Schizophrenic. – K1USC. 20 died
early and 40 was long from the beginning.
My worst sprint in years. – KØOU.
Scores
* denotes Low Power
** denotes QRP
Call
Name
WB1GQR MITCH
QTH 20 40
VT
5 49
(W1SJ)
K1KI
K5ZD
W1CRK
TOM
RANDY
*CAL
CT
MA
MA
4 85 56
0 44 59
0 3
0
W2EQ
WA2RY
NF2L
*TOM
*RON
**ANDY
NJ
NJ
NY
W3WC
N3SD
N8NA
AJ3M
N3TXH
K3ASK
KA3ZIP
PETER
*GREG
*KARL
MASA
*ERNEST
*LINT
*LEN
PA
PA
DE
MD
PA
MD
PA
K4XS
BILL
FL 106 115
N4ZZ
N4OX
KU8E
N4PN
W4NZ
K4BAI
K4MA
K7SV
NA4K
NX9T
NA4BW
N4GI
K4BP
K4CZ
N4CW
(WA2JFK)
KG4YNM
W4IFI
WA4VJC
DON
JAY
JEFF
*PAUL
TED
JOHN
JIM
*LARRY
*STEVE
*JEFF
**BRIAN
BLAKE
**JEFF
*BARRY
*JIM
K5PTC
(N1LN)
N5DO
KE5OG
K5XR
(W5ASP)
WW5X
W2MN
KD5OWO
AD5OS
N6DE
(at W6XK)
N2NL
K6LA
AE6Y
W6NL
N6RO
W6TK
WX5S
(at K6XX)
NI6T
W6YX
(W6RK)
K6LRN
N6ZFO
N6QQ
80 QSO
95 149
MLT
34
Score
5066
145
103
3
30
27
3
4350
2781
9
2 41 37
0 38 32
0 4
9
80
70
13
22
21
11
1760
1470
143
0 10 61
0 0 57
2 16 15
11 3
0
0 5
0
0 2
2
1 0
0
71
57
33
14
5
4
1
29
24
16
11
5
4
1
2059
1368
528
154
25
16
1
97
318
45
14310
TN
FL
GA
GA
TN
GA
NC
VA
TN
NC
GA
FL
TN
NC
NC
43 104 83
10 110 103
17 97 86
20 92 53
43 76 57
25 88 62
18 75 75
8 71 78
13 61 69
16 66 50
3 43 56
37 45
0
20 21 30
2 28 34
4 32 23
230
223
200
165
176
175
168
157
143
132
102
82
71
64
59
38
39
35
36
33
32
33
32
30
31
27
26
25
23
21
8740
8697
7000
5940
5808
5600
5544
5024
4290
4092
2754
2132
1775
1472
1239
DORNEY NC
*RANDY VA
*BOB
GA
0 24 10
0 15 13
0 0
9
34
28
9
19
14
6
646
392
54
Team
YCCC #1
YCCC #1
N Hills
N Hills
N Hills
#1 S Sprint
#1 S Sprint
#1 S Sprint
#1 S Sprint
#1 S Sprint
#1 S Sprint
#1 S Sprint
#2 S Sprint
#2 S Sprint
#2 S Sprint
BOB
TX
43 96
80
219
33
7227
*DAVE
*BILL
JOE
TX
TX
TX
52 103
40 80
44 108
66
57
0
221
177
152
32
30
34
7072
5310
5168
SEAHAWKS
BILL
*TOM
*STEVE
*BRIAN
OK
TX
TX
TX
26 75 52
37 40 23
14 50
0
14 1
8
153
100
64
23
27
24
21
13
4131
2400
1344
299
BILL
CA
72 114
87
273
42
11466
NCCC #1
DAVE
KEN
ANDY
DAVE
KEN
DICK
MATT
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
74 118
62 123
75 107
62 108
72 105
58 61
68 80
77
85
86
98
90
83
60
269
270
268
268
267
202
208
42
41
40
38
38
34
33
11298
11070
10720
10184
10146
6868
6864
NCCC #1
SCCC #1
NCCC #1
NCCC #1
NCCC #1
SCCC #1
NCCC #1
AL
MIKE
CA
CA
30 78
52 70
73
61
181
183
35
34
6335
6222
NCCC #1
NCCC #2
DICK
*BILL
*JOHN
CA
CA
CA
33 63
32 67
47 68
69
47
10
165
146
125
31
32
33
5115
4672
4125
NCCC #2
NCCC #2
Call
K6EY
K6MM
W6OAT
N6AN
N6NF
W6EB
NO6X
K1USC
W6FB
KJ6RA
K6III
ND6S
WA7BNM
K6ST
NU6T
W6ZZZ
Name
*BECKY
JOHN
*RUSTY
REX
*TOM
JIM
KEN
*TONY
*JACK
*RICH
JERRY
*RAY
*BRUCE
*BARRY
*RICH
MARK
QTH
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
20
34
34
46
55
18
23
15
23
18
23
48
20
0
12
10
1
NK7U
(KL2A)
W7WA
N6TR
K7RI
(K7SS)
N7TR
KO7AA
K7SS
(K7RL)
K7NV
N7LOX
AE7DX
KI7Y
KE7YF
K7WA
WA7YUL
JOE
OR
DAN
TREE
DAN
80 QSO MLT
33 131
26
39 119
24
0
96
29
0 100
26
39 102
25
36
98
25
21
88
25
28
89
24
31
84
21
12
69
23
0
48
20
2
47
19
0
42
21
13
36
19
3
23
12
0
1
1
Score
3406
2856
2784
2600
2550
2450
2200
2136
1764
1587
960
893
882
684
276
1
Team
SCCC #1
NCCC #2
NCCC #2
64 130
97
291
44
12804
NCCC #1
WA
OR
WA
94 120
77 121
98 123
81
85
67
295
283
288
42
41
40
12390
11603
11520
SEAHAWKS
SEAHAWKS
SEAHAWKS
RICH
BILL
HAWK
NV
AZ
WA
77 119
60 125
68 104
78
73
88
274
258
260
41
43
38
11234
11094
9880
NCCC #1
KURT
BRIAN
*JACK
*JIM
*PAUL
*JIM
*BOB
NV
WA
NV
OR
AZ
WA
AZ
64
53
1
28
24
7
7
85
83
70
34
43
24
10
84
71
12
22
21
22
2
233
207
83
84
88
53
19
34
33
30
23
18
9
10
7922
6831
2490
1932
1584
477
190
KW8N
K8MR
K8BB
BOB
LEBRON
DON
OH
OH
MI
35 89
8 33
0 28
94
32
0
218
73
28
34
21
12
7412
1533
336
W9RE
KA9FOX
K9BGL
N2BJ
K9ZO
KK9K
K9NW
AA9RT
WI9WI
KA9F
WE9V
KJ9C
WT9U
WW9R
KC9ECI
MIKE
SCOTT
KARL
BARRY
RALPH
RON
MIKE
*LOU
JIM
JOHN
CHAD
MEL
JIM
*PAT
**TOM
IN
WI
IL
IL
IL
WI
IN
IL
WI
IN
WI
IN
IN
WI
WI
59 121
60 99
45 76
37 72
28 62
19 33
30 41
18 21
29 34
0 48
40 40
24 24
27 33
17 3
9 6
100
104
84
70
63
55
29
51
34
30
0
25
1
21
0
280
263
205
179
153
107
100
90
97
78
80
73
61
41
15
39
41
37
31
33
27
26
24
22
24
19
20
16
15
8
10920
10783
7585
5549
5049
2889
2600
2160
2134
1872
1520
1460
976
615
120
KØUK
WØBH
KØOU
WØETT
KØHW
KTØR
WGØM
NØAT
ACØW
NØAC
*BILL
BOB
STEVE
*KEN
JIM
DAVE
*MIKE
*RON
*BILL
*BILL
CO
KS
MO
CO
SD
MN
MN
MN
MN
IA
54 108
31 96
36 90
43 87
43 65
14 13
16 33
0 20
0 25
0 25
73
88
76
40
64
77
12
14
2
0
235
215
202
170
172
104
61
34
27
25
36
36
33
33
31
29
16
17
16
9
8460
7740
6666
5610
5332
3016
976
578
432
225
VE3WG
VA3RKM
*BOB
**BOB
vE3
vE3
0 32 19
0 5
1
51
6
19
5
969
30
XF1K
(N6VR)
*RAY
XE
28
10
280
Reprinted from NCJ May/June 2006
40
64
46
50
45
45
39
52
38
35
34
0
25
42
11
10
0
16 12
0
NCCC #2
NCCC #2
SCCC #1
NCCC #2
NCCC #2
NCCC #3
NCCC #3
SEAHAWKS
NCCC #1
SEAHAWKS
NCCC #2
SEAHAWKS
SEAHAWKS
#1 Lids
#1 Lids
#2 Lids
#1 Lids
#1 Lids
#1 Lids
#1 Lids
#2 Lids
#2 Lids
#1 Lids
#2 Lids
#2 Lids
GMC A-Team
#1 Lids
GMC A-Team
#1 Lids
#2 Lids
#2 Lids
SCCC #1