Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests:
1. EA RTTY Contest
K9MUG/4 540 200 346,200 SOABHP 17 AL ACG
W4UK 289 109 73,248 SOABHP 12 SC SECC
AA4YL 133 96 29,376 M/O LP 13 AL ACG At W4HOD Ops:
AA4YL, KA4PKB
K4JTT 78 23 8,658 SOABBQRP 4:20 GA SECC
2. Missouri QSO Party
Call CW Q Ph Q Mul Score Class Time St Club
N4PN 96 50 63 15,283 SOABHP 9 GA SECC
K4BAI 50 11 36 4,096 SOABHP 3:45 GA SECC
K4PIC 9 0 7 126 SOABHP _ GA SECC
3. NS Practice, 4/2/10
N4OGW 62 15 930 SOLP 0.5 MS ACG
K4BAI 47 17 699 SOLP 0.5 GA SECC
K0EJ 46 14 644 SOLP 0.5 TN TCG
W4NZ 49 11 539 SOLP 0.5 TN TCG
4. QRP Fox Extravaganza
K4BAI 49 49 SOQRP5W Fox 1:52 GA SECC
WA4ILO ~22 ~22 SOQRP5W Hound _ GA SECC
5. QRP ARCI Spring Contest
K4BAI 68 46 96,600 SOQRP5W __ SECC
6. SP DX Contest
Call CW Q Ph Q Mul Score Category Time St Club
K4ZGB 61 14 27 6,075 SOABMixHP 5 AL ACG
K4BAI 46 13 31 5,487 SOABMixHP 5:16 GA SECC
7. April Adventure Radio Society Spartan Sprint
K4BAI 41 41 SOQRP5W (Tubby) 2 GA SECC
8. LZ Open 40M Sprint
K4BAI 66 66 SOHP 3:36 GA SECC
This Week's Contests:
The temptation here is to mention only the GA QSO Party, but there are
other contests going on at the same time and before GQP and during the
off-time in the middle of GQP. So, I will summarize them all. There
may be some advantage in having the summary handy during GQP so that if
a station in one of the other contests calls you, you can give them the
info they need while requesting the info that you need for GQP.
1. Thursday night NCCC NA Sprint Practices: This week, these practices
will be only on 40M (approx 7040-7050) and dupes will be permitted after
one intervening QSO. Slow speed NS is 0200-0220+ Friday UTC. 100W
maximum. Exchange: Both calls, #, name, SPC. One kHz QSY rule. Limit
your sending speed to 18 WPM for at least the first 10 minutes and to 26
WPM overall. Regular NS is from 0230 to 0259Z with the same rules.
2. Montana QSO Party. 48 hours of weekend UTC. 160M - 70 cm, CW,
Digital, Phone. Exchange: RS(T) + SPC or MT county. There are some
strange bonus point rules.
3. Japan International DX Contest, CW. 07Z Sat to 13Z Sun. 160-10M
CW. Exchange: RST + CQ Zone or JA prefecture #.
4. PODXC 070 Club PSK31 Flavors Contest. 20M only. BPSK31, QPSK31,
BPSK63, QPSK63, BPSK125. Maximum power 100W. Exchange: SPC + member #
or name. Saturday 1200-1800 local time. (This is an ill-advised way of
determining the time for a contest as it practically guarantees that no
DX contacts can be made that would count for both stations. Anyone who
is more than 6 time zones from anyone else cannot work the other for
credit. If any of you (N4JIK?) is a member, you might pass this
observation on to the sponsor.)
5. Radio Maritime Day. 12Z Sat to 12Z Sun. 160-10M CW. Maximum power
100W except for coast stations. Exchange: for former radio officers
QSA + call of last ship or aircraft. for others QSA + serial #. (I
think QSA means that you give a two digit report with the first being
readability and the second strength on a one to five scale so that the
maximum report on a QSA system would be 55.)
6. Europe Spring Sprint, CW. 16-1959Z. 80, 40, 20 CW. Exchange:
both calls, serial #, name. 2 kHz QSY rule before a new CQ. If you are
interested in this, which can be fun, best to get on at the first as the
Eu stations will soon go to 40 and then 80 and we will have no
propagation to Eu on those bands. Work only Eu stations.
7. QCWA Sprint QSO Party. 18Z Sat to 18Z Sun. CW/Digital, Phone.
160M - UHF. Exchange: last two digits of year first licensed, Name,
QCWA Chapter # or State. The QCWA Chapter in Atlanta is #49.
8. GEORGIA QSO PARTY. 18Z Sat to 0359Z Sun; 14Z to 2359Z. 160-6M,
CW/Digital, Phone. Exchange: RS(T) + GA county or S/P or "DX."
9. Yuri Gargarin International DX Contest. 21Z Sat to 21Z Sun.
160-10M + satellites, CW only. Exchange: RST + ITU Zone.
10. Straight Key Century Club Weekend Sprint (WES). 24 hours of Sunday
UTC. 160-6M CW. Exchange: RST + Name + SPC + SKCC# or "none." Use a
mechanical key only, such as a hand key or a bug.
11. UBA (Belgium) Spring Contest, SSB. 06-10Z Sun. 80M SSB.
Exchange: RS + Serial # or UBA section for Belgian stations. If you
are a night owl, you could have 90 minutes or so of propagation to
Belgium on 75M.
12. International Vintage Contest. 08-12Z, 14-18Z Sun. 40 and 20M CW,
SSB, AM. Exchange: RS(T) + 4 character grid square. Use equipment
manufactured or homebrewed in or before 1982.
13. 144 mHz Spring Sprint. 19-2300 Local Time Monday, April 12.
Exchange: 4 character grid square. Appears than any mode is OK. A
local time contest makes more sense at VHF and UHF frequencies. GA and
SC stations can start one hour before AL and MS stations and must QRT
one hour before the CDT stations.
For the GA QSO Party, remember that on Saturday only the M/M station
NQ4I will be QRV as W4AN, the SECC club call. QSL via K4BAI. Many SECC
members in GA will be QRV as mobile, portables, and home station. Many
clubs will have multi op participation. K4ZGB/M from AL, W4NZ/M from
TN, W3DYA/M from TX, KN4Y/M from FL will be QRV (and possibly other
out-of-state visitors). There are special Georgia product prizes for
the high scorers in the states surrounding GA. 40M will be usable for
all 20 hours of the contest. 80M will be good on Saturday evening. 20
and 40 M will allow a lot of DX contacts. We are hoping that there will
be substantial 15M activity this year. GA stations should give any open
contest band a call. Don't just listen. Call CQ and have the fun of
"running" the stations who call. All 159 GA counties have been
committed to operate by one or more station during the GQP this year.
Who will be the first to work all 159 GA counties in one GQP? Counties
do not count as multipliers for GA stations, but each mobile and rover
is a different station in each county, so you can work them over and
over in different counties and on different bands and modes even though
they only count as GA for multiplier purposes. Please talk it up among
your friends, by e-mail, and on the air and let's have the best GQP
ever! The more contacts, the more fun. Remember that there are awards
at the three power levels, QRP, LP, and HP. I recommend that you run
the highest power you can legally and easily run so that there will be
more QSOs possible. However, if you run QRP or LP, there will be awards
at those levels. Fixed stations should try to help the weaker mobiles
by allowing them some room to make QSOs above or below and between the
stronger fixed stations. This QSO party is jointly sponsored by SECC
and SEDXC, so we hope all members of both clubs will support the
activity by making as many QSOs as possible during the contest period.
Let's show how active GA hams can be this weekend!
Be safe and have fun! 73, John, K4BAI.
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