This is the last contest of the calendar year for the CTRI Champions competition. Please post your results here so that I can enter them into the leaderboard. I will update and post the leaderboard in the next 10 days or so.
Wishing every one a very happy holiday season and good health and prosperity in the coming year.
73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Champions Leaderboard
Call: W1XX
Class: SO HP CW only non-assisted
263 Qs 83 mults
score = 87,316
Comments: Not much of an effort. Mostly run.
But I am having an N1MM issue that perhaps someone can help me with. It’s the Multipliers Window…only this window. It was fine during the SS,. but a problem since. It runs off the bottom of the screen. I can’t move it to the top of the screen so that I can see the selections at the bottom of the window. I can drag the edge of the window left, right, down…no problem, and up ONLY to within 3 inches from the top of the screen or about 80% of the way up. It won’t go up any further. The bottom edge of the window never leaves the bottom edge of the screen. I.e., I never see the bottom edge of the window. Why? Help. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TNX! 73! MX! — John, W1XX
Call: K3IU
Category: SO HP CW U
59 Qs 30 mults
Score = 7,080
Obviously not a big effort. BIC time calculated to be just shy of 1 hour.
I have communicated with W1XX re his Logger issue.
73, Ken K3IU
Logger issue fixed.
I managed to make a few QSOs for this one. It seemed like I could have worked many more stations with more time in front of the rig.
CW only : 151 QSO’s : 604 points : 57 multipliers = 34,428 points
Time ON (N1MM_Logger) = 4.45 hrs
All was S&P.
73, Mike, K1DM
Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to the CTRI CG gang!
Another QRP effort de W1WBB…
Very good condx esp. to Eu…not enough time avail for full-on effort this yr. RI was rare on SSB…even I missed it! W1AN worked/heard often making many Q’s. Will we get 1 more decent yr on 10m from old Sol this solar cycle?
A new WinKeyer USB unit from Hamcrafters (ex-K1EL systems) has just been assembled/tested (Dec 24) and should resolve my CW/rig/computer interface issues. Excited to try it out for 1st time in 2015 contests!! 73, Bill W1WBB
ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: W1WBB
Operator(s): W1WBB
Station: W1WBB
Class: SO Mixed QRP
QTH: W1
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 315 96
SSB: 106 75
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Total: 421 171 Total Score = 251,712
Club: CT RI Contest Group
Comments:
QRP/No assistance…Icom 706mkIIG @ 5 watts to Hexbeam at 33′ (only 115′ ASL).
Almost entirely S and P except handful of SSB Q’s late Sunday.
This is certainly one of my fave operating events. Tried Mixed Mode QRP to keep things moving if QSO count slowed (no problem with these nice band condx) and to improve on the very low ARRL section record score. But missed most of EU opening Sat morn due to other commitments as well as some prime mid-afternoon op time. Able to operate quite a bit Sunday. Band opened nicely both days by 1200z.
Stronger sigs Sunday for sure; felt louder too with many first call answers.
Saturday’s elevated K-index made for worse condx on Day 1. Still, fortunate to have such overall fine band openings for another year in ARRL 10m ‘test at tail end of this solar cycle peak.
The nighttime Es was -very- good here Saturday for 2+ hrs after 0100z with some sigs 20dB over S9! Had 45 mins of decent Es Fri night between 0330z-0415z into GA, TN, KY, FL. Got 16 total close-in mults (CW/SSB) and 40 Q’s by way of nighttime skip incl OH, WV, MD, VA, NC, SC, AR, MS, MO. Just not enough folks active at that time though.
Overall, log shows I worked 41 of 50 states//VE3,4,5,6,7//4 Mex mults//58 unique DXCCs (36 EU, 8 NA, 9 SA, 2 AF, 2 AS [4X,C4], 1 OC).
Many thanks to all who worked my modest QRP sigs — “This ain’t no Super Station here!”. And, congrats to K1WHS for a great M/M QRP score, appearing to establish a new high score here in New Engl.
Add’l equipt: 88′ doublet ant. up @ 45’ used occasionally on SSB (unable to tune in CW segment); N1MM+ Logger; Vibroplex Deluxe iambic paddle
Sorry for late post. Not much to report, however. Minimal BIC time. Other activities kept me occupied. Worked K1DM, W1XX.
73, John, W1AN