2023 NEQP Operation Results

2023 New England QSO Party

Call: W1DX/M
Operator(s): K1XA W1XX W1AN
Station: W1DX/M

Class: M/S Mobile LP
QTH: CT MA RI MA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Club: CTRI Contest Group

Summary:
 Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs
------------------------
   80:               
   40:    374       1
   20:    328        
   15:               
   10:               
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Total:    703       1  Mults = 56  Total Score = 78,680

Club: CT RI Contest Group

The NEQP is a fun contest. We give thanks to Tom K1KI, Group members and the YCCC home team and all who participated and supported the operations this year. There are several score posts on 3830 supporting CTRI. It’s a little early but appears we have our net ready to catch the club plaque again this year. Thank you! If you are interested in extreme NEQP mobile operation check out Gerry W1VE’s post on 3830.

For W1DX/m below are the statistics for our 2 day, 12 county rover tour. Note that we did only 1 SSB contact. We sensed activity was down from last year. The first day particularly was a slow one. We wondered where was everybody? Watching the Kentucky Derby?
On a down side. Murphy did find us. A few computer lockups occured. He apparently is enjoying his welcoming home in Windows 10.

Ops: John W1XX, Bob K1XA, and John W1AN
Total QSOs: 703 which is down 47 from last year.

Rig: K3 100W on marine deep cycle battery
Logging software: N1MM+ Murphy V2023.88
Antenna: 40M, 20M pairs of hamsticks at 22 feet mounted on Ford van hitch.

Total on air time: 10 hrs 04 min
Max 60 minute rate: 103
Max 10 minute rate: 150
We worked OM2VL from all 12 counties
Other DX included DL, LA, HK, UA, SP

703 QSOs, 78,680 Raw score

Saturday
Total miles driven: 61
QSOs: 272
Counties:
NLNCT: 75
WINCT: 56
WASRI: 94
KENRI: 47

Sunday
Total miles driven: 205
QSOs: 431
BARMA: 87
BRIMA: 30
BRIRI: 55
NEWRI: 50
NORMA: 26
PLYMA: 94
PRORI: 30
SUFMA: 59

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2023 CQ WPX RTTY Score

                    CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2023

Call: KE1S
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
   80:  154
   40:  457
   20:  109
   15:  139
   10:  199
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Total: 1058  Prefixes = 587  Total Score = 2,023,389

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Got on just to try working 3Y0J on RTTY. No luck. Made a few Qs while looking and kept the club call in the mix. Remember, at least 3 log submissions needed to get the club listed in the contest results!
See in the CW DX coming up.
73, John W1AN

2023 CQ 160M CW Scores

 2023 CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: W1AN
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FN41
Operating Time (hrs): 12.5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 621  State/Prov = 50  Countries = 40 
Total Score = 211,140

Club: CT RI Contest Group

K3 and AL1200 to 80Ft T vertical made from 450 ohm line. One surviving 560′ beverage on EU. DX activity Friday evening was great. Good signals from EU. Not so much Saturday evening. Examples: 24-DL, 10-G, 8-OK, 40-VE, etc. Was a bit surprised I had a KH6 caller on first evening before midnight.
Worked W1XX, KO1H, W1IG, W1XX ..

73, John W1AN

2023 ARRL RTTY Roundup Score

2023 ARRL RTTY Roundup 

Call: W1AN
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): ~10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
   80:   62
   40:  272
   20:  204
   15:  217
   10:    0
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Total:  755  State/Prov = 60  Countries = 57  Total Score = 88,335

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Nice conditions. Seemed to be able to work any direction on upper bands with no need to turn the yagi. Great conditions for low power or QRP also as can be seen from KO1H and Bob’s W1IG score and all the posts on 3830. I worked all 50 states with no trouble and missed only NF, NT, NU. Never did get on 10M. Worked KO1H, W1IG, KS1J, KI1G, NG1M.

Now need to get ready for the big one in February! Any M2 interest?
73, John W1AN

2022 CQ WW CW

Contest: 2022 CQ WW CW
Call: W1DX
Operator(s): W1AN

Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs):
Location: USA

Summary:
Band	QSOs	Zones	Countries
----------------------------------------------------------------
160:	59	13	35
80:	104	20	65
40:	181	26	99
20:	89	26	78
15:	91	24	80
10:	19	10	19
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Totals:  Qs: 543	Zones: 119	Countries: 376	
Total Score	756,855
 
Club: CT RI Contest Group

Comments:
Played mostly S&P as there were unlimited workable stations from the packet cluster. Generally good band conditions. Not many hours in chair. Used RBN with filters for local spotters and CW.
73, John W1AN

CQWW SSB

Anybody else play in this one?

2022 CQWW SSB
Call: W1DX
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 9.7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    2     2        2
   80:   82    12       40
   40:   93    19       49
   20:   66    21       51
   15:  141    26       73
   10:  188    24       99
------------------------------
Total:  572   104      314  Total Score = 658,350

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Sunspots have awakened. Need to put more time in the chair! Getting ready took more time than expected. PC’s didn’t want to cooperate. Right click wouldn’t work on one and N1MM refused to update on the other with blue screen 5 minutes before start. Never have seen that before. At last minute all went OK and flawless for remaining time. I guess the mice finally left for quieter places and more wires to chew.
See you in the CQWW-CW.
73, John W1AN

2022 New England QSO Party Results

2022 New England QSO Party

Call: W1DX/M
Operator(s): W1XX W1AN K1XA
Station: W1DX

Class: M/S Mobile LP
QTH: CT RI MA
Operating Time (hrs): 8.0

Summary:
 Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs
---------------------------------
   80:               
   40:    350        
   20:    400        
   15:               
   10:               
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Total:    750       0  Mults = 55  Total Score = 82,500

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Planning included strategically picking locations on or very near state and
county lines for swift rover changes. This year we used a new antenna that could
be mounted in a few minutes on or off the rear ball hitch. One man could raise easily
to over 20 feet for 40 and 20M. Might try 80M next year.

In SUFMA we were not sent packing as we were last year by the BPD from the
streets of Boston. This year we set up adjacent to a quiet cemetery. We stayed
on CW with headsets so as not to disturb the neighbors and them not us.

Our K3 was powered off a marine type of battery with a solid state booster that
allowed us the many hours of run time independent of the vehicle. Sadly this was
limiting as near the end voltage dropped below the critical 9 volts losing us 45
minutes of operating time. The final planned stop in NEWRI then had to be
aborted without ability to plug direct to the vehicle. Lesson learned.

Good pizza and beverage at W1XX ended our long day Sunday.

Worked:
W1AJT from 10 Counties
OM2VL, K4PS, AA5JF from 8 Counties
DX   26
DXCC 10

BRIRI 65
BRIMA 47
KENRI 78
NLNCT 72
NORMA 80
PLYMA 107
PRORI 45
SUFMA 135
WASRI 41
WINCT 80

73, John W1AN

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2022 ARRL RTTY Results

                    ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2022

Call: W1AN
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: SO(A) RTTY HP
QTH: USA
Operating Time (hrs): 3.5

Summary:
 Band  RTTY Qs
---------------------
   80:    37        
   40:   115        
   20:    70        
   15:     8        
   10:              
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Total:   230       State/Prov = 41  Countries = 42  Total Score = 19,090

Club: CT RI Contest Group

A few intermittent hours of fun. Since its been a while and now on different PC it took a while to figure out all the settings with MMTTY, 2Tone in N1MM. Almost all there. but still some config issues.Did work NG1M Mike. Hope we get a few more posts.
73, John W1AN

Stew Perry Dec 18 2021

Stew Perry Topband Challenge - Dec 18

Call: W1AN
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 4.3

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 225  Total Score = 701

Club: CT RI Contest Group

A few hours of fun. Best dx is two 16 pointers. Thanks to W1WBB and the group for posting the special test. Only a few EU in the log.
73, John W1AN

2021 ARRL 10M Results

2021 ARRL 10-Meter Contest 

Call: W1AN
Operator(s): W1AN
Station: W1AN

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): ~6

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   CW:  341    45
  SSB:           
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Total:  341    45  Total Score = 61,380

Club: CT RI Contest Group

Very intermittent operation and having no internet spots I could have missed
some E openings. Had fair run 2200-2400Z on the 11th. Not much DX but did pick
up a ZL Saturday and before/between football games Sunday a strong FR with a few
SA.

It must be noted of the 341 Qs reported, 75 were FL. Wow.

Internet outage fixed here after 2 1/2 weeks. Apologies to users of the W1DX
packet cluster for that loss. Frontier Communications has in-house issues.
73, John W1AN