1999 222 MHz Sprint results
1999 222 MHz SPRINT
Top Five
WA8WZG OH EN81 1976
VE3AX ON FN02 1798
N2CEI SNJ FN20 1610
K1TEO CT FN31 1364
K1UHF CT FN31 1080
Each line below lists call sign, ARRL section,
grid square, stations worked, number of
grids worked, and score. Call areas; e.g. W3/,
have been prefixed to station calls outside
their call area to aid in sorting. National
leaders are indicated in (). Rovers are listed
as a separate station for each grid they
activated, and also at the end. There was
no official rover category for this contest.
1
Connecticut
K1TEO CT FN31 62 22 1364 (4)
K1UHF CT FN31 54 20 1080 (5)
WZ1V CT FN31 36 17 612
K1ZE CT FN31 27 10 270
W1QK CT FN31 25 9 225
W1COT CT FN31 18 8 144
N1QVE CT FN31 13 4 52
Eastern Massachusetts
W1PM EMA FN41 27 10 270
WA1ECF EMA FN41 11 6 66
KA1EKR EMA FN42 13 5 65
Maine
NY1E ME FN43 24 10 240
New Hampshire
AF1T NH FN43 37 14 518
K1TR NH FN42 27 13 351
Vermont
W1AIM VT FN34 11 5 55
2
NYC-Long Island
WA2ZFH NYC/LI FN30 27 9 243
W2/N3EMF NYC/LI FN31 21 8 168
Northern New Jersey
N2MH NNJ FN20 4 3 12
Northern New York
W2FCA NNY FN22 28 14 392
Southern New Jersey
N2CEI SNJ FN20 70 23 1610 (3)
W2PED SNJ FN20 42 15 630
WA2ONK SNJ FN20 38 14 532
Western New York
KA2RDO WNY FN12 37 21 777
WA2BPE WNY FN12 33 19 627
K2AN WNY FN02 24 14 336
KB2SGX WNY FN12 9 8 72
3
Eastern Pennsylvania
W3/K1DS EPA FN20 40 18 720
W3/WA2FGK EPA FN21 38 18 684 K2LNS op.
N3NGE EPA FN20 42 16 672
N3RN EPA FN11 25 12 300
K3GNC EPA FN20 22 8 176
N3XEM EPA FN20 19 6 114
AA3GN EPA FN20 20 4 80
W3/NK8Q EPA FN20 16 4 64
Maryland-DC
W3/K8GP MDC FM18 52 13 676 W4XP op.
W3EKT MDC FM19 27 12 324
N3KNI MDC FM19 12 7 84
4
Georgia
K4RF GA EM84 6 6 36
KD4K GA EM74 6 5 30
K4SZ GA EM84 5 5 25
North Carolina
NC4DX NC EM96 35 9 315
Tennessee
NS4W TN EM76 7 6 42
Virginia
W4EUH VA FM18 19 8 152
K4RTS VA FM08 15 9 135
5
New Mexico
K5RHR NM DM65 12 8 96
South Texas
W5UWB STX EL17 9 4 36
W5/K0MHC STX EM10 7 4 28
KM5FA STX EM10 5 4 20
6
East Bay
KF6GYM EB CM87 11 6 66
Los Angeles
W6TOI LAX DM03 24 7 188
W6/W3SE LAX DM04 23 8 184
N6TEB LAX DM03 18 5 90
W6IST LAX DM04 13 5 65
Orange
K6TSK ORG DM03 20 6 120
Santa Clara Valley
WA6QDP SCV CM97 8 3 24
K6FV SCV CM87 5 3 15
San Diego
KF6JBB SDGO DM12 14 6 84
San Joaquin Valley
NI6G SJV DM06 7 1 7
Sacramento Valley
KC6ZWT SACTO CM98 9 3 27
7
Eastern Washington
K7XW EWA CN96 9 5 45
N7AU EWA DN07 9 3 27
KC7VNA EWA DN06 8 3 24
Western Washington
N7EPD WWA CN87 11 6 66
KE7SW WWA CN87 11 6 66
K7ND WWA CN87 11 6 66
WB7DHC WWA CN97 6 2 12
8
Michigan
K8MD MI EN82 11 10 110
W8/N4SC MI EN72 10 9 90
NE8I MI EN82 6 4 24
Ohio
WA8WZG OH EN81 76 26 1976 (1)
WA8RJF OH EN91 21 14 294
KB8ZW OH EN91 16 12 192
W8PAT OH EN81 18 10 180
K8WW/R OH EN81 15 11 165
K8WW/R OH EN80 14 11 154
K8WW/R OH EN91 13 9 117
K8WW/R OH EN90 10 8 80
N8XA OH EM79 10 6 60
W8/K9DTB OH EM89 6 2 12
9
Illinois
W9UD IL EN41 13 11 143
Indiana
W9/WA1MKE IN EN70 6 6 36
Wisconsin
W9GA WI EN52 15 14 210
0
Colorado
W0/W6OAL CO DM79 11 7 77
N0VSB CO DM79 10 7 70
K0GU CO DN70 9 5 45
N0KE CO DM69 6 4 24
Kansas
N0LL KS EM09 3 2 6
Minnesota
KB0VUK MN EN34 29 12 348
W0ZQ MN EN34 25 11 275
KB0TZA MN EN35 22 7 154
WA2VOI/R MN EN45 18 8 144
KC0P MN EN34 13 6 78
N0UK MN EN34 14 5 70
KF0UK/R MN EN33 8 4 32
KF0UK/R MN EN34 6 3 18
KF0UK/R MN EN43 5 3 15
WA2VOI/R MN EN34 5 2 10
WA2VOI/R MN EN35 4 2 8
KF0UK/R MN EN44 4 1 4
WA2VOI/R MN EN44 1 1 1
Nebraska
WD0BQM NE DN81 4 3 12
N0YNP NE DN81 4 3 12
Canada
Quebec
VE2JWH QU FN35 8 6 48
VE2PIJ QU FN35 2 1 2
Ontario
VE3AX ON FN02 58 31 1798 (2)
VE3BFM ON FN04 33 17 561
VE3IEY ON FN14 24 13 312
VE3OIL ON FN14 8 7 56
VE3CWJ ON EN96 2 2 4
Rovers (total QSOs x different grids worked)
K8WW/R OH EN80+ 52 16 832
WA2VOI/R MN EN45+ 28 13 364
KF0UK/R MN EN33+ 23 5 115
Incomplete (no log received)
K2SPO NNY FN13 11 6 66
K5LLL STX EL29 8 5 40
N0HJZ MN EN34 11 4 44
KA0PQW MN EN33 6 3 18
Soapbox
Good activity early in the evening though it
dropped off quite a bit after 9 or so. Best
DX was VE3BFM in FN04 (he had a good signal all
evening) and VE3TFU in EN93 (K1TEO)... Lots of
stations heard and called, also called hundreds
of CQs. Disappointing from this "hole". Went QRT
after 9 PM after 45 minutes with no QSOs. (K2SPO)
Worked all I heard, 8 QSOs and 5 grids. Most
stations in the 175-275 mile range. (K5LLL) ... {who
would have been section leader had he included a log}.
First time 220 MHz, furthest contact EN81. Now for
June! (KB2SGX)... Really had to work for the 23
QSOs (KF0UK)... Highlight of the evening was working
W4JMA in EL86 on 144 MHz tropo. Never heard anything
on 222 MHz tropo (KM5FA)... {no entries from FL}...
Nothing like leaving the microphone at home for the
FT-736R, and the FM rig is Kenwood! I ALWAYS TAKE
A KEY!!! (W3SE/6)... Won't win anything with this
score! Highlight was VE3AX - FN02 (W4EUH)... Gale
force winds kept windmilling my antennas! Plus terrific
powerline QRN. Slight lift noted--W5LUA@383 mi was
easily worked (W5UWB)... Spent 30 minutes on test.
Rest of evening was giving a local a microwave demo.
47 GHz (NE8I)... Poor Condx. Poor Activity. Where
was everyone? But--still--FUN (N8XA)... Some grids
easily workable were conspicuously missing (FN03, FN30,
FN32--maybe somebody was on, but I sure didn't hear them!)
Some grids (FN21 & FN13) where there is known activity
were poorly represented. I am disturbed that some of the
known "big guns" who are high-profile ops were nowhere to
be found! They must understand that we use it or we lose
it! CW accounted for ~36% of my QSOs, a must for weak
signal V/UHF (WA2BPE)... Not a great score, but not so bad
either. Any score is better than not participating! DM12
is not the best grid for great scores because there are
usually no grids south and no grids west, only Mexico and
water (KF6IBB)... 110W brick amp. died @ the top of the
SPRINT...had to finish contest with CW only as amp was
outputing distorted SSB (KA1EKR)... Wow, 8 QSOs in 15
minutes! And thereafter it pretty much ended (W1AIM)...
Conditions were so so all night, but that makes it more fun
(VE2JWH)... Conditions were good, but several close grids
were missing! (AF1T)...
de Sponsor
Never dreamed there was this much 222 activity! The three
rovers each activated 4 adjoining grid squares. I would like
to see a rover category added to future SPRINTs; at least for
222 MHz and up.
Thanks to those of you who submitted your logs by the Internet
and put up with my nagging to get those logs in ASCII format when
they were not readable. Some of you will note your scores cut
in half--there's only one point per QSO instead of two as in the
other contests. Apologies if any of you have been placed in a
wrong ARRL section--many of you didn't indicate yours and I'm
not familiar with MA, PA, & NY ARRL section boundaries.
Victor R. Frank, K6FV
Email: frank@horizon.sri.com