EQP 2009 Results

See you next year!   EQP 2010 Rules (3/13-14, 2010)

Many thanks to Roger, K7SJ, for compiling these results!

 

Call	Name	QTH	Score	Rig	Serial #
W1SOC	Bob/N4BP	FL	202,919	K3	65
AB9V	Mike	IN	154,336	K3	398
KB0YH	Gus	CO	96,348	K3	441
W1QK	Dan	CT	84,600	K3	683
W0UY	Tom	KS	63,945	K2	6615
NZ8J	Tim	OH	59,013	K3	1785
K9MMS	Gary	IL	55,926	K3	351
NS7P	Phil	OR	54,145	K3	1836
K9IL	Bob	TN	51,134	K3	2626
N1EU	Barry	NY	50,078	K3	300
N0EVH	John	MO	42,840	K3	1517
W7GB	Don	WA	30,590	K1	1648
W1UE	Dennis	MA	27,430	K3	2595
W7VXS	Don	WA	26,404	K3	95
AA9F	Pete	IL	26,180	K2	4047
WB5BKL	Nick	TX	24,360	K3	231
K5MQ	Windy	NM	20,720	K3	764
W9LHG	John	WI	19,396	K3	647
KN7T	Mark	WA	18,847	K3	1371
KL7IKV	Lynn	AK	17,136	K3	1968
F6EPO	Dom	France	16,940	K1	2589
WW2R	David	TX	15,750	K3	1536
W6RA	Randy	OR	15,510	K3	2171
W0PQ	Dave	NE	15,302	K1
W3TMZ	Jack	FL	14,246	K3	1169
N6TW	Larry	OR	12,464	K3
KS7D	Mike	FL	11,375	K2	4443
K4NVJ	Joe	AL	11,067	K3	241
K2HYD	Ray	NC	7,931	KX1	608
SP3VZY	Greg	Poland	6,552	K2	6451
WA1ABI	John	RI	5,718	K3	795
NK6A	Don	CA	5,208	K2	1217
NI0C	Chuck	MO	4,620	K2	5853
K1ESE	John	ME	4,550	K3
KJ4AOM	Ray	KY	4,240	K2	6297
K1EP	Ed	MA	3,922	K3	66
DJ8EW	Lothar	Germany	3,120	K3	1300
K6BBQ	Rem	CA	2,576	K3	581
K6XX	Bob	CA	2,475	K3	220
N6KR	Wayne	CA	2,340	K3	243
NX7F	Dave	NV	2,068	K3	2598
K6LA	Ken	CA	1,926	K3
W6ZH	Pete	CA	1,862	KX1	384
N7KRT	Jeff	TX	1,680	K2	54771
AI3G	Doug	MD	1,470	KX1	2024
PF5X	Enno	Nethrlnds	1,246	K3	1263
K7SJ	Roger	WA	1,206	K3	75
W1TF	Ralph	GA	1,190	K3	696
PA7F	Frank	Nethrlnds	1,053	K2	6019
VE7YU	Gordon	BC	852	K3	852
K0OK	Bob	CA	700	K3	2564
KF0F	Ken	MO	560	K3
PA0RBO	Rob	Nethrlnds	560	K2	2406
N4SAM	Sam	AL	456	K2	3158
WA8SAN	Mike	OH	455	K1	2290
WA1Z	Bob	NH	344	K3
LZ1VB	Val	Bulgaria	315	K3	516
W6HPK	Steve	CA	266	K3	365
N1NN	Roger	MA	175	Ten Tec Pegasus
WA3UCR	Bill	NC	140	K2	4716
JA1NLX	Aki	JA	48	K3	60
NN4X	Steve	FL	45	K3	458
KD0R	David	KS	40	FT-890
WP4CW/6	Ted	CA	25	K3	1803

Soapbox:

KN7T - Equipment:  K3 S/N 1371, Hexbeam @ 40 feet, double bazooka @ 40 feet

KB0YH - Gus  K3 compression at 20 gave good punch. Received many audio compliments.   Tried 15m and 10m several times, but no joy.  10 watts doesn't cut it on 80/160m, but did manage to make a few regional contacts.  The Elecraft name was only confused with Hallicrafters once this year!  Some of the suggested frequencies are problematic (Examples: broadcast on 40m, the "Radio Canada " mouth that roars on 20m), so we might want to make changes for future EQP events.  I hope you all had a fun EQP. 

KD0R - David   I was working on building my K2 so mostly I was listening on 160 and soldering. Rig FT-890 @ 5 W CW  Thanks guys for putting up with my lousy fist. See you all next time with my own Elecraft serial number.  73 de KD0R David

W3TMZ  - Jack   What fun, 40 meters was the money band.   Look forward to a future EQP. 73 Jack, W3TMZ

N1NN - Roger   Ten-Tec Pegasus with N4PY program software, Antenna: Barker & Williamson BWD-20 14-54mhz (continuous) wide band folded dipole, Tuner: MFJ-969 roller inductor, Elecraft stations worked: 7.

KL7IKV - Lynn Thank you for running this QSO party; I enjoyed it. Only had propagation here after about 1900z  - nothing before that hour. 20 meters died about 0015z and only heard/worked two people on 40 Saturday night. Nothing heard on Sunday. The patience of all was appreciated here.

NZ8J - Tim Had a great time, worked many more K3's than other Elecraft rigs.  Looking forward to the next one. 

KM5Q – Windy   I'm generally not a contester, but I felt this one would be special.  It was a delightful introduction to QRP, and a great operating exercise.  Suggestion: If part of the exchange would be "power output", it would be more interesting.  Thank you! Windy

AB9V – Mike   A pretty relaxed contest compared to others I've participated in the
past 3 months. I even got some sleep!

AI3G – Doug    Fun contest.  What a surprise to work west coast with only 3 or 4 watts.   Strongest
station heard was W1SOC in Florida .

N4SAM - Sam   Great fun!  Conditions were good.  High light was working AK=KL7IKV.  Thanks Elecraft.

K4VNJ – Joe   Operating time very limited. Fun! Thanks Elecraft.

K9IL - BOB My K3 #2626 confused a few but other wise great fun. My 1st Elecraft QSO Party.

SP3VZY –  Greg  Very poor open for  US - EU  in 20 m band  . Station in EU not working in 40 m band  and 80m band in night , but  very happy times.

W6HPK - Steve   Screwdriver antenna mounted on car port. Not much time on, which should be obvious by the score, but nevertheless, fun. 73

N7KRT – Jeff   Good fun!

K2HYD – Ray   EQP was just what I needed to make a bunch of contacts with my KX-1 - almost as good as having the sunspots back! 21 Q's and there were only 3 stations that I heard that didn't answer me.

WA3UCR – Bill   Well, not exactly a stellar performance on my part; but I had fun in the limited time I had to operate. Worked mostly 20 meters and a couple on 40. One DX, DJ8EW with a killer signal here from his K2 . Between working, and my XYL recovering from sinus surgery, sure put a damper on the festivities, but it was a blast for the short time I had to operate. Already looking forward to EQP 2010.

W7GB – Don   Hi Guys - I had a great time in the EQP. Many thanks for doing this. I'm running a K1 and it got a bit lonesome. Out of 40 contacts, only 3 were K1s. Lots of K3s out there. I'm planning on getting a K3 too but am hoping you guys will be at SeaPac (Seaside, Oregon) in June so I can save $$$ on sales tax (8% here in WA, 0% in Oregon). Here's the rundown on my scoring. Again, many thanks! 

KF0F - Ken   K3, 80m dipole w/ ladder line, and straight key. Thanks to the guys that QRS.

W0PQ - Dave   Worked Saturday evening on 40M , Sunday on 20M.  Conditions were good.  Few weak stations.  Started out by search and pounce, later called CQ EQP.

K1ESE -  That was a fun, low key QSO party.  Fair activity.  W1SOC Bob must have worked the whole 24 hours and always had a good signal, especially on 40M.  Worked N6KR, TNX WAYNE!!

WA1ABI - John    Very enjoyable event. The K3 is a superb contest radio.  Best DX:  S51TJ in Slovenia Thanks for both. 73

WA1Z – Bob    Just operated on 20 for a short time on Saturday afternoon using a full-wave Delta Loop with the apex at 50'

VE7YU – Gordon   Very little time to operate this weekend.  Set up Ham Radio Deluxe to scan all the QP freqs. and turned up the AF gain.  If I heard any CQs while passing by the shack, I took a few minutes to work them.  How about two EQPs per year ??

WA8ASN – Mike   First time contester and had fun meeting other Elecraft owners, Hope to do better next year.

WB5BKL – Nick   It was pleasant to work QRP in a contest where you had an excellent chance that you would be heard.  In other contests, I would swear that some hams must still be using Knight- Kit Ocean Hoppers...Had fun. 

KS7D – Mike  This was my first EQP and it was very enjoyable. I am not a contest guy just doing it for fun.  The rig used was my K2 serial number 4443. Unfortunately, my K3 is in transit to Aptos for repairs.

KJ4AOM – Ray   Great Fun.......got a late start. Trying to work a K3 into my 3/30 birthday!!!!

PA0RBO – Rob   Due to other commitments took part only for a few hours on Sunday afternoon on 20 m.  Worked only 3 USA stations. No European activity heard on this side.   Condx  moderate, 10/15 m closed over here, no signals heard.  73/72, Rob, PA0RBO

W1SOC - Bob   I was disappointed to see that the rules I wrote two years ago for Elecraft had been changed resulting in  neither NA nor N1MM Loggers being able to correctly score the contest.  This resulted in a lot of post-contest drudgery to determine the correct score.  Participation was excellent!  I hope Elecraft will continue to sponsor this sprint.

PF5X – Enno  There were many other contests this weekend making it hard to draw attention to the EQP. Conditions were not favourable at all. Nevertheless it was fun to engage with colleague Elecrafters. Let's hope that in the future solar activity will support this event to a better level. Thanks to those who responded to my many CQs.

JA1NLX – Aki   Worked 9 Ws and 1 KL7 in 20m/CW. They all used K3 !!!

NK6A – Don   K3's were out in force for the EQP.  I kept checking SSB but never heard anyone.  All CW.

W1QK – Dan   I enjoyed operating my first Elecraft QSO Party with my new K3. My serial number is 683 and I was pleased to work many other K3 owners... in fact the lowest K3 serial number I worked was K0FHG with number 52. Also worked W1SOC with 65 and WS2E with 77! Wow. Thanks for making and supporting an excellent product.

PA7F – Frank   Participation across the Atlantic was very low, but condx didn't help.

W1TF – Ty   Missed Eric and Wayne, but must have worked rigs that they had contacted.  At least the K3's Mojo must have been recharged.  Lets do this again next year.

N0EVH – John   Camped at Weston Bend State Park for the weekend with 135 foot doublet in the trees atop the highest spot in the campground.  Running gelcell battery maintained by 15-watt solar panel.  Had a great time on 80, 40 and 20 meters running into old and new friends.  Good bands, good friends ... hard to beat.  Thanks for the event and a marvelous radio design. 

NI0C – Chuck   Had limited time for operating as we were packing for a Spring Break vacation trip, leaving early Sunday morning.  All but one of the stations I worked was using a K3.

W0UY – Tom   My first EQP and it was a lot of fun.  Interesting to hear so many low serial number radios in the contest.  Looking forward to participating again. 

DJ8EW – Lothar  Its my first time I participated the EQP.

K9MMS – Gary  My first time in an EQP.  Family activities limited operating time to 5 hours – Saturday only.  It was a nice surprise to have Wayne / N6KR, KH7C, EA1SBU, and EA8TL answer my CQs on 20 meters.  I did not hear Eric.  Activity seemed almost nil later on Saturday night.  I was surprised to find no EQP activity on 160 meters when I checked Saturday night.

It was interesting to see the locations of some of the various Elecraft radios and the range of serial numbers.  I hope to have more time available for the next EQP.  It would be nice if more than one EQP would be held each year.  I checked several times last year, but I could never find information about an EQP for 2008.  Thanks for the QSOs.

F6EPO –  Dom  I took a great pleasure to attend my first EQP.  Many people heard us QRP, but here no directive antenna. Looking forward to another contact in 2010.

W6RA – Randy   Used K3 #2171 put together last fall, my first Elecraft rig.  Ran 100w into a 135' cf zepp at 75'.  Lots of FB ops so contest was fun.  Couldn't find anyone to work on SSB, oh shucks

NS7P – Phil  This was my first EQP.  I had a good time over the few hours that I worked.  SSB Elecrafters were nearly non-existent from here in Oregon.

N6KR – Wayne   Nice to hear so many new Elecraft customers in EQP this year. I even ventured up to 7277 kHz and had an SSB EQP contact -- a first.

K6XX – Bob   Tried to pick up somebody, anybody, on 15m, but no EQP participants heard or worked. "Swept" all rigs: KX1, K1, K2, K3 all logged.

K7SJ – Roger   I hope I got all your soapbox comments recorded fellows, it is quite the cut and paste exercise from all the various submittal formats!!  Ditto for the scoring, some were quite creative.  If I interpreted your data incorrectly, I apologize; I will try to do better next year!  I had quite a run of guys calling me towards the end of the contest time period, I felt like the DX station!!  Great fun…your EQP scoring guy.

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