Here is the soapbox for the Spartan Sprint held on March 3.
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Randy, WJ4P
Although 40 was active with stations I heard very few
Spartan Sprinters. All my activity was on 80. The
89er Plus really did a great job.
My hat's off to KQ4XX, running 50mW from TN and to
AA7QF, from OR with 2watts to hang in there with me
for another great QSO. Conditions at my QTH were
great with lots of QRM from using a DC rcvr.
Finally tally was 11 QSO's with 10 states. Even got
to work the Master Sprinter, W3TS. Thanks gang.
This is FUN!
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Mike, W3TS
> > I worked 7 stations on 80M and 6 on 40M, for a score of 20.
> >
> > I was using the same gear as last time:
> > 80-40 at 8oz
> > 40-40 at 8oz
> > keyer & earbuds at 1.5oz
> > 10xAAA ni-cads at 3.5oz
> >
> > for a total station weight of 21 oz.
> >
> > It seemed as if activity was down a bit this time. I lost about 45
> > minutes do to my monday night sked.
> > See you next sprint, I may have a different rig for 80 and 40, a band
> > imageing rig using a 2 Mhz I.F. filter.
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Jack, WA8GHZ
My ears hurt.....weird QSB - 1 minute nothing, next 10
stations making dx pile noises...I apologize if I stepped on any toes..I
moved when I heard 'em come back up...
Only 4 Q's and only 40 meters. But the good news is that ##@!$$% 7AH
heavy battery is history - got me a new super-stealth 2 AH job to cut
some weight. Bad news is I used my sub-notebook cpu as a keyer; great
practice for field day, but the box which 3.5 pounds:
Emtech NW40 = 1.3
Whiterook key=0.1
Battery =2.3
Notebook =3.5
TOTAL: 7.2
4. Q's AA7QU-az /K1OJ-tx /W3TU-pa /NQ7K-az
SCORE: 0.55 Qs/Lb
BTW the subnotebook is an ancient Gateway 80286 that eats AA batteries
which is nice for backup - I can always add batteries - can't always find
an outlet to recharge........
Good clean fun, and thanks to ARS for hosting event.
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Jim, KC1FB
Very strange band conditions.....and using an OHR QRP
Sprint d.c xcvr
didn't help much....even heard some DX.
This time, still not many contacts, but the station weight is coming
down a bit.
OHR QRP Sprint
Whiterook key
Kenwood Phones
4.5 A-h gel-cell.......this has to get smaller!
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Richard, KI6SN
What an interesting evening of "propagation roulette,"
and many thanks to the fine operators who pulled my 1-watt signal out of
the mud on 40 meters: N0IBT, AA7QU, W3TS, AA7HE, NJ7M and WB0Y. It was
fascinating to hear the band change characteristics throughout the Sprint
period. Loud east coast stations faded as the midwest and west began
pounding in. Soon the pendulum swung the other way. Great fun, and a real
tutorial in Mother Nature's kneading of the airwaves. See you all next
month.
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Bill, WD8RIF
Equipment:
Index Labs QRP+ 5 watts
AEA AT-3000 tuner
135' ladderline-fed dipole at 30'
CMOS Super Keyer II
Whiterook MK-44 iambic paddle
2.5 Ah gel cell battery
external speaker
My fully portable station contains an MFJ-901B and Heath HM-9. I used
the AEA tuner because this is the tuner already connected to the
ladderline.
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Mark, N2VPK
Conditions on 40M were as usual, awful. So I went down
to 80M to fight the noise. Low and behold I made 9 QSOs including W4DON,
WJ4P, VP2V/K1DW, K1OJ, WD8RIF, WA1QVM, WB1HBE, K7LFY, and K1CL.
I have a super light station for 40M but on 80 I have to use my TenTec
Argo 556, ZM-1 tuner, a biggish gel cell and Envirotronics key.
If the test were started while we ha some daylight left the 40M scores
sure would be better
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Owen, K1OJ
QRP RIG IS QRT FOR A RELAY SO BIG BERTHA IS
BACK.....WELL I HAD FUN ANYHOW....THE BANDS WERE NOT KIND TO US HERE IN
TEXAS....
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John, W6SU
80 was totally devoid of SS acivity here. However, even
with only 2 q's, I am confident that I have captured the high score
trophy for San Marino this month. Just goes to show that cream always
rises to the top!
Thanks to Russ for being there on 40--otherwise the cream might have
sunk!
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