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Friday, February 18, 2022
SOAPBOX: February 2022 ARS Spartan Sprint
K3RLL
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showed very promising conditions but they must not be collecting data from my
little corner of Florida tonight. Signals
were weak here, and RBN said so was mine even with my wet string HOA antenna. Thanks
for those skilled and patient ops who heard me and the dedicated sponsor
(KI6SN) of this fun event. Best signal tonight was W5QLF. 72/73 ... Don
AB9CA/7
Used the IC 7200 at 5w and a 28 foot vertical.
If you heard me calling and answered, and I seemed to be deaf, you probably
have a point. I am staying in an RV park and all new RVs have an unfiltered
switch mode power supply to provide 12 V. There is lots of noise here. I
apologize if I couldn't pull you out, but just too much noise. Thanks to the 10
that I was able to hear. All on 40. Tried 20 but nothing there. I will probably
still be here next month, so do your best to be loud! 73 de dave, ab9ca/7
NØTA
10 on 40m, and 7 on 80m. Thanks
for the Qs. QCX+, 5w on 40m, and QCX Mini, 5w on 80m. Doublet antenna at 30 ft, GenLog. - 73, John, NØTA
WVØH
Well, this was a pretty fun
evening and seems the bands were in decent shape from Colorado this evening. I
worked 10 sprinters, 9 of them on 40 and 1 repeat (WB9HFK on 80). I was using
my MTR-4Bv2. I had a ragchew in the first hour with Dennis, KK6QON on 40
and that was enjoyable. My best DX was probably VA. Had a couple of locals. Thanks
again for putting this all together each month. I do appreciate it. 72, WVØH, Myron
K4BAI
40M was long, but in good
condition otherwise. 6 QSOs on 40. 80M was quite good and had 8 QSOs
there. Best DX on each band was John, N0TA, in CO. Also good
signals from NY (NQ2W), MN (NØAR), VA, AL, GA, IL, IN and
TX. Thanks for all QSOs and hope to work you all QRP next month.
Heard W1PID calling K4PQC on 80M but he didn't call me. 73/72, John, K4BAI
N8HWV
Unfortunately didn’t lose
weight over the month; Darn New Year’s Revolutions. 80 m was in great shape.
Heard everyone quite easily through the minor QSB. Happy with five QSOs given
my 25 minute operating time. Nate, N8HWV
NQ2W
Started out on
20m but heard no one and no one answered my CQs. I did get a few spots. 40m
provided for 8 QSOs from CO, TX (2), FL, GA, IL, IN, and MI. 80m provided for 9
QSOs from CO, TX, GA (2), VA, IL, IN, and WI (2). Two banders with NØTA, K4BAI, WB9HFK, and WA9TGT. W5QLF was
loud on 40m. WB9HFK took that honor on 80m. I have been snowshoeing through the
woods around the house shooting lines up in some trees for a new 40m antenna.
Hopefully, I'll have that done for next month and my 40m signal will be
improved. Thank you for the Qs and the opportunity to participate. Looking
forward to next month. 72, Will, NQ2W
NØAR
Only heard
sprint activity on 40 tonight. Ran the Kwd 590 and 43’ vertical with a couple
of Rx loops. Worked everyone I heard. Tuff conditions up here. Fun to log a few
familiar calls! 73 Scott,near St.Paul
AA9RK
40 meters
didn't work out, but 80 was surprisingly good from Wisconsin. My station isn't quite slimmed down for
minimum weight yet. Tonight I used a Ten
Tec Argo 556 and CW Morse travel paddles, along with my usual home antenna
tuner and power supply. I put 4 watts
into a short doublet up about 15 feet.
Thanks for the contacts, all.
WA9TGT
All my
contacts were made on 80 & 40 meters. Both bands seemed quieter this month
making the contest more pleasurable. I was using a KX2 at 5w, 135’ EFHW
Antenna. Kinda seemed like there were more participants in the Sprint this
month. – Donnie / WA9TGT
WB9HFK
Rig: Icom 7300
@ 5W. Antenna: 40M Hustler 6BTV Vertical with 60 Radials. 80M End Fed 150 Ft. Wire. Weight: 30 Lbs
K4PQC
Before the
Sprint I didn't hear many stations on 40 meters so I knew that I would just
operate 80 with less weight for the extra band filters. The weather here in N.
Georgia was cool and fairly clear and 80
meters was quiet with occasional static crashes. The loudest station I worked
was John - K4BAI a little over 125 miles away.
All the rest of the OSOs were almost DX:
MN, IL, VA, NY, TX, WI CO
surprising that I didn't hear anyone from the surrounding. A slow start for the
first half hour with only two contacts then the signals starting appearing when
calling CQ. There were 2 stations that called and I couldn't get their call
signs because of either static crashes or QRM or else my score would be higher.
My passband is only about 300 Hz and if I turn on the wide band it is about 3 KHz
of double side band which is fine if there aren't any adjacent signals. Using
the narrow passband, it is almost impossible to hear stations that are only a
few hundred Hz away. The rig is a lightened Steve Weber - KD1JV AT SPRINT
III. Homemade paddles and lightened ear
bud. I use a 300 mah LiPo battery. It weighs in at 57.5 grams. 72 to all and
thanks for the QSOs. Hope to work you on the SP next month, Phil
N9OHW
2 QSOs on
40m, NØTA and AB9CA/7, both strong here into the SF Bay Area. No other sprinters heard on 40m by the time I
got on. I further lightened my station to 8.2 Oz. by using the new N6ARA
TinyPaddle. MTR-3B with an old 9V battery for 1 Watt output. Antenna was a
Buddipole tuned to 1:1 with the loading coils, no tuner needed. Got a late
start, so many sprinters were probably on 80m. for most of my operating time. Looking
forward to the coming months when higher bands will be open during the
sprint. 73, Mike N9OHW
W9TCR
Only one
contact but a lot of fun with the $12, half watt S-Pixie, $12 worth of lipo
batteries, wire antenna and contact between FL and IN. Pixie xtals are 7.024 Mhz,
in the wrong part of the band for my 12 wpm. Got new xtals coming will be
better set for next month. Thanks for
putting this on. 73, Tim
W4NLT
That was ugly.
Noise levels made things difficult. Couple of QSOs on 40M then had to shift to
80M where I snagged some of the usual suspects. Higher bands dead. Got Mark
WB9HFK on both bands. K4PQC had good sig with 2W. 72. Chasing Foxes next.
KI6SN
Extremely high
noise level in SoCal doomed any chance for Spartan Sprint contacts. No other
Sprinters were heard, but it was great fun listening into the noise for the
slightest whisper of CW. Fingers crossed for better condx in March. Hope to see
everyone next then. 73, Richard, KI6SN
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