Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 09:19:47 PST From: tree@cmicro.com (Larry Tyree) To: cq-contest@tgv.com Subject: SprINT results!! Here are the results of the second Internet Sprint contest. What follows are the comments prepared by John, K2MM who checked the logs with his software. The name tracings are very interesting. You will find out where all the Lindas and Curl(e)ys came from and how few injected names it takes to have a significant impact on the contest. Much like a virus!! The idea of one between XMAS and New Years seems to be well received. I will work on a good time. We will probably have to extend the log deadline past 72 hours since some people need to come into work to send their logs via E-Mail. See y'all in the CW SS from the legendary W7RM. Tree N6TR --------------------------------- Looks like activity was indeed down a bit from last May. Perhaps the World Serious kept away many casual participants; there were not nearly so many calls found of non-log-submitting stations. Date 9310 9305 Logs Submitted 26 29 Calls Worked 47 74 Reported 20m QSOs 1552 2471 Reported 40m QSOs 574 2 Reported Total QSOs 2126 2473 Reported Matched QSOs 1912 2082 Total QSOs 1170 1432 Percent Matched 81.7 72.7 Because each *pair* of Reported Matched QSOs represents one QSO reported from both ends, half of that number is deducted from Reported Total QSOs to get Total QSOs. #OK = your score #NG = contacts not credited RXNG = you busted the call/number/name/qth of the station you worked TXNG = the station you worked busted your call/number/name/qth DUPE = you worked the same station within 3 previous non-dupes #OK + #NG is the raw claimed score. #NG is the number of busted contacts. Some contacts may be busted for more than one reason, so #NG may equal but never exceed RXNG + TXNG + DUPE. Heavy-duty stations that did not submit a log were penalized 1 point per unreported QSO! YOUR ANNOTATED LOG IS AVAILABLE VIA E-MAIL. SEND YOUR REQUEST TO "k2mm@maspar.com". CALL #OK #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE ACCURACY (each * is 2% above 50%) n6tr 137 14 2 12 0 90.7 ******************** k2tw 120 6 2 3 1 95.2 ********************** ve4vv 118 6 1 5 0 95.2 ********************** aa5bt 116 11 7 4 0 91.3 ******************** n0ax 109 10 3 7 0 91.6 ******************** w9yh 108 10 5 5 0 91.5 ******************** wc4e 105 14 8 6 0 88.2 ******************* k8jlf 90 7 0 7 0 92.8 ********************* n4tqo 90 12 4 8 0 88.2 ******************* k6xo 85 6 3 2 1 93.4 ********************* nv6o 85 20 7 13 1 81.0 *************** n7lox 83 20 11 9 0 80.6 *************** k7gm 82 10 0 9 1 89.1 ******************* k2mm 66 3 1 2 0 95.7 ********************** ve4gv 64 10 4 2 4 86.5 ****************** n6nd 61 14 8 6 0 81.3 *************** wn3k 61 18 13 3 2 77.2 ************* kd5pj 53 20 13 6 3 72.6 *********** ab5eu 48 16 9 5 2 75.0 ************ ab6fo 43 7 4 3 0 86.0 ****************** wb5vzl 23 6 5 1 0 79.3 ************** aa5uo 20 2 0 2 0 90.9 ******************** kr2q 14 4 3 1 0 77.8 ************* ve5va 8 0 0 0 0 100.0 ************************* g4buo 2 1 1 0 0 66.7 ******** k1ar -4 4 2 4 0 0.0 No Log (John is always heavy-duty) wa2srq -85 85 3 85 0 0.0 No Log w9re -105 105 2 105 0 0.0 No Log aa6kx -971 1009 8 1000 1 89.8 BUTTHEAD Penalty NV6O must hate his call! He showed up as N4BO five times in KD5PJ's log and four times in WN3K's, but not once as NV6O! Also, AB5EU busted K8JLF twice as K8LJF. In return, both N6ND and N7LOX worked AB5EU as AA5EU! It seems that once your logging program thinks it knows a QTH, it's hard to shake the error. WN3K reported three QSOs with WA2SRQ in NY even though SRQ is in NJ. WB5VZL worked N4TQO (CA) in CO three times, and AB5EU worked K7GM (NC) in CA twice. Garbage in, garbage out! #define eRXNR 0x0 /* mis-copied rx'd number */ #define eRXCALL 0x1 /* mis-copied rx'd call */ #define eRXNAME 0x2 /* mis-copied rx'd name */ #define eRXQTH 0x3 /* mis-copied rx'd qth */ #define eTXNR 0x4 /* tx'd number mis-copied */ #define eTXCALL 0x5 /* tx'd call mis-copied */ #define eTXNAME 0x6 /* tx'd name mis-copied */ #define eTXQTH 0x7 /* tx'd qth mis-copied */ #define eTXNIL 0x8 /* tx'd qso not in other stn's log */ #define eDUPE 0x9 /* stn wkd in prev 3 non-dupe qsos */ #define eNGNAME 0xA /* tx'd wrong name */ #define eNGNR 0xB /* tx'd nr dupe or backward */ #define eDUPNR 0xC /* tx'd nr dupe, might be ok */ #define eNOLOG 0xD /* stn wkd did not submit log */ #define eUNIQUE 0xE /* stn wkd is unique */ #define eDCLBUST 0xF /* log declares rx'd call/nr/name/qth busted */ 0x0 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA 0xB 0xC 0xD 0xE 0xF n6tr 0 0 2 0 3 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 k2tw 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 ve4vv 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 aa5bt 4 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 n0ax 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 w9yh 2 0 2 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 wc4e 2 1 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 k8jlf 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 n4tqo 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 k6xo 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 1 nv6o 1 2 4 0 1 9 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 0 n7lox 2 1 9 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 k7gm 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 k2mm 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 ve4gv 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 n6nd 2 1 5 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 wn3k 3 6 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 kd5pj 1 5 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 ab5eu 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 ab6fo 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 wb5vzl 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 aa5uo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 kr2q 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 ve5va 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 g4buo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 aa6kx 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 TOTALS 27 22 67 17 27 20 65 10 6 16 2 0 0 206 4 2 1993 October Internet SprINT (Second Running) -- Soapbox and Name Traces > [Dave/K8JLF] I started the contest with the name Dave. It's curious that > I never got it back. I was surprised to receive BUTTHEAD on my very first > QSO! And then SPEW on the second. . . . Am I guilty of "injecting the > contest" with BUTTHEAD if I didn't originate it? No, Dave, you passed on whatever you got, which is the right thing to do. > [Pete/VE5VA] Hope I haven't managed a busted contact in just 8 QSOs! Yours is the only 100%-accurate entry, Pete! > [Rick/K7GM] Started with Rick (got it back a few times, but it got lost > about 50 minutes in). Next time will have a 20 meter and 40 meter beam. > [Rick/N6ND] Rick was the name for 1st QSO, never heard it agn. Hmmm. Must be something about Rick that likes to disappear. Maybe it's that long-lasting short-term memory loss! > [Eric/NV6O] What a gas! I believe I have asymptotically settled on a > Sprint or sprINT rate of 52/hr. Only 25/hr to go. Hint to West Coast > ops: Turn the lights on in the shack at the start of the contest. It's > tough to see the keyboard later on otherwise. > [Dave/G4BUO] Conditions very poor from here, but I found three of the > gang on 40m. Perhaps next time allow stations outside North America to > use more than 150W? > [Rob/VE4GV] Hi Tree. Tried my first internet sprINT on the weekend and > enjoyed it. Used your software for the first time tho I am not sure that > Sprints are the best way to learn how to use it, especially the first time > Very nice program and I see the difference it can make. A few more > contests and I think it will be a help to my score. > [Charlie/KD5PJ] Start name: MAX (borrowed from 1 of my 2 German Shepards) > Had some trouble with LOG. Lost some time bouncing back and forth between > LOG and text editor making LOGCFG changes. In S&P mode, I could NOT hit > the spacebar after typing callsign. Found it handy to disable visible > dupesheet. Most of my problems are probably from not playing with it > until the contest. Great contest, though. My wife even likes it! ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ Amen! I tried learning LOG 10 min before the contest, and ended up punting with pencil & paper. Unexpected battles with computer hardware all week chewed up the time I had hoped to use to practice with LOG. Sure glad this contest doesn't need a dupe sheet! --John > [Steve/N4TQO] No 40m antenna, so lost momentum around 0140Z when everyone > truly left 20 for 40m. Finally tried loading the tri-bander on 40 and > managed 3 Q's, including K2TW who must have VERY good ears to be able to > hear me in NJ. > [Ward/N0AX] Had a GREAT time and even heard my own name come back but > heard other's having trouble with it...hihi. Gonna change my name to BOB! > [Butthead/Bruce/AA6KX] . . . here is my log. All I ask in return is that > you find out who bifurcated Curley and Curly. We all did. It was Matt/AA7BG who injected all those CURLYs, but he had nothing to do with the sporadic (dis)appearance of CURL(E)Y's penultimate E. Here are the reported QSOs involving AA7BG: 20 17 w9yh ken il 1 aa7bg curly mt 20 19 aa5bt rich tx 2 aa7bg curly mt 20 19 nv6o burp ca 3 aa7bg curly mt 20 22 wc4e jeff fl 4 aa7bg curly mt 20 9 wb5vzl steve tx 6 aa7bg curly mt 20 27 k2tw dave nj 7 aa7bg curly mt 20 27 n4tqo rick ca 8 aa7bg curly mt Here are the resulting CURLY/EY name traces. The callsign at the end of the name trace shows the last person who received the proper name. They either sent it wrong to the next station, or the next station copied it wrong. The next line shows the call of the next station with the name they sent. TxCall Tx# TxName "=" means name sent to log-submitter, "-" to non-submitter aa7bg 1 curly ======n6nd-w9re? (CURLY#1) ab6fo 1 ken ==============w9yh-aa7bg= (CURLY#2) aa5bt 20 curly ====-==n4tqo= n6tr 44 curley -k1ar= k7gm 26 id ========nv6o= kd5pj 20 curley ===w9yh= n7lox 48 curly -================-===========-===============aa5bt-w9re= kd5pj 65 curley ==ve4gv. k7gm 1 rick ==============nv6o= aa5bt 19 rich -aa7bg= (CURLY#3) nv6o 20 curly ==========-===-==ve4gv= wc4e 44 curley =kd5pj= nv6o 41 curly ======-====ve4gv-w9re= k2mm 29 curley ========kd5pj-wa2srq? kr2q 1 burp =======nv6o-aa7bg= (CURLY#4) wc4e 23 curly ======ab6fo= aa5bt 36 ed ===k2mm= aa6kx 24 steve =====================================-====-=====-==-=== . . . steve ===============k8jlf=ve4gv? aa7bg 6 curly ==ve4vv-w9re? (CURLY#6) n4tqo 1 steve ===-==-=======wb5vzl-aa7bg= (CURLY#7) k2tw 28 curly = n6tr 36 curley ====wc4e= ve4vv 37 curly ========-===-==-=-====n6tr= w9yh 63 curley = n7lox 58 curly ============-====-==-==-====================n7lox. k8jlf 1 dave ===========-==========k2tw-aa7bg= (CURLY#8) n4tqo 28 curly =======-=-=-=====n0ax-w9re= kd5pj 25 curley =-==k7gm= k6xo 32 curly ===========nv6o-w9re= k6xo 50 curley ==n6tr= n7lox 75 crly = n6nd 42 curly -===-==================aa6kx. And an apparently spontaneous CURLY: kb2nwt 2 charlie =aa5uo= n6nd 26 kris =-=============w9yh= n4tqo 80 curly =ve4vv= nv6o 72 carly =aa5uo= n0ax 84 curly ====n4tqo= ve4gv 54 curley -=====-======k6xo-wa2srq? The most prolific CURLY/EY-Busters (RX and TX combined) were: 4 busts: n6tr(2rx+2tx) nv6o(2rx+2tx) kd5pj(3rx+1tx) w9re(?rx+4tx) 3 busts: n7lox(3rx+0tx) w9yh(1rx+2tx) ve4gv(1rx+2tx) n4tqo(1rx+2tx) 2 busts: k7gm wc4e ve4vv n0ax k6xo aa5bt To be fair, Matt/AA7BG is not the only op who might have not understood about sending the name from the previous QSO; viz. Linda/AA5NN: 20 5 wn3k tree de 1 aa5nn linda ok 20 14 n4tqo tree ca 2 aa5nn linda ok 20 18 ve4gv tom mb 3 aa5nn linda ok 20 80 n0ax mike wa 4 aa5nn linda ok 20 97 n4tqo jim ca 5 aa5nn linda ok > Isn't it amazing how two people got on, made a total of 13 QSOs, turned > off their radio, but their impact was felt by everyone!! de N6TR. Here are the remaining name traces. Logs from W9RE and WA2SRQ would have helped the accuracy of the traces a lot. See you next time! --John/K2MM k6xo 1 alan ======kd5pj= k6xo 9 max ====-========-==-=================k2tw-w9re? > The two lines above show that k6xo started the contest with Alan. There > were 6 Alan QSOs made and then KD5PJ got it. He sent it back to K6XO, It > appears that either KD5PJ decided not to have Alan hear his name come > back and sent Max, or Alan couldn't believe it was his name and mis > copied it. At any rate, Max lived on for many QSOs. > > It lived on for many QSOs. The QSOs shown with = are ones we had both > logs for. The ones with - we only had one log for. We know that the > name was sent to k2tw (the - after his call indicates we didn't have a > log from him). We also know that W9RE eventually showed up sending the > name MAX (look down the list under MAX, the starting names are in order). > Therefore, it is likely that W9RE worked K2TW, or maybe a mystery station > was in the middle? > > This shows why we need most of you to send in logs so we can make a > complete picture of what happens to the names. This information is not > really used for checking purposes, it is mostly just for fun. de N6TR. n7lox 1 brian ====================-========-===n4tqo-w9re? aa6kx 1 butthead =========nv6o= n7lox 11 erec = ab6fo 11 ed ============-====n0ax= k2tw 30 steve -===-=================-=========k2tw-w7wa? g4buo 1 dave ===n6nd= n7lox 99 steve ====ve4vv. aa5bt 1 derek ==n4tqo-wa2srq= kd5pj 4 berk ============kr2q= nv6o 23 bert =======-====-======aa5uo-kb2nwt? wa2srq 65 derek ==========k8jlf= ve4gv 63 derk ====aa5bt= n6nd 55 derek -=======n6nd= n7lox 103 derick = n4tqo derrick . ve4vv 1 derrick ======n0ax= n4tqo 7 derrik =n6tr= ab6fo 6 derrick -====-==========-====-===-============k2tw= ab5eu 38 derek ====ve4gv-wa2srq= ve4vv 61 ward =====-=====================-===============-=====-==== . . . ward =k2mm. wa2srq 1 edgar =wc4e= kd5pj 2 edward = n7lox 4 ed = wn3k 3 id ========-===-=====-===-==========aa5bt= kr2q 15 ind -================-=====================-=====-========= . . . ind ===n6nd-ki6zx? nv6o 1 eric =-=nv6o-kc2fd= ab6fo 8 rick =======-===-===========================n7lox-w7wa= wn3k 41 ward =========-==-===========aa5uo. w7wa 2 fred ==-===kd5pj= aa6kx 45 red -==============n6nd= kd5pj 42 ren ===-===-==nv6o= w9yh 99 red =====k7gm= kd5pj 58 len = k2mm 59 linda =============k6xo. wb5vzl 1 geo =============================aa5bt? wc4e 1 jeff -================wc4e-aa7bg? w9re 70 jim ======-=-==-========n4tqo-aa5nn? k1ar 1 john ===-==-===========================-=========-======n4tqo= kd5pj 47 wosn ===n6tr= wc4e 99 john ==================ab6fo. > Well, "Wosn" sure got itself corrected! I know I sent WOSN to you Jeff. > de N6TR kd5pj 1 max ==aa5bt-wa2srq? w9re 89 max ===========================n0ax. w9re 1 mike =========================-==========-=k8jlf= kd5pj 24 max -=====wn3k-w7wa= ve4vv 55 jim =-==-=======-====n6nd-wa2srq= n6nd 51 zaphod ==========================k2tw. ki6zx 1 pat ============nv6o= n6nd max . ve5va 1 pete ========-==ab6fo-w9re? n6nd 1 rick ====-==n4tqo-aa7bg? ve4gv 1 rob ==========-=====n6tr=kd5pj? w9re 18 scrumpy ==w9yh= n7lox 39 scrmpy = ab5eu 17 skrimpy ==n6tr= kr2q scrimpy . wn3k 1 spew -====-=ve4vv= ab5eu 5 steve ===============-============-==============nv6o-wa2srq= k2tw 57 mike =-==-=====-====-====n0ax-aa5nn= n4tqo 98 linda ======wc4e. k2tw 1 tom =====-======================-=====ve4gv-aa5nn= n0ax 81 linda =======================-==================ve5va. w9yh 1 tor ==kd5pj-wa2srq= aa5bt 6 max ====-====================================-=k6xo? n6tr 1 tree ======wn3k-aa5nn= n4tqo 15 linda =====-=====-=====-===-====================-==-==-=-==== . . . linda ==============k7gm-w9re? ab5eu 1 trev =n6tr= k2tw 4 tree =======-==n4tqo-aa5nn= ve4gv 19 linda -wa2srq? > I think it is interesting how Tree turned into Linda two separate times, > by the same station, who only made 5 QSOS. de N6TR n0ax 1 ward ====k2tw-w9re? k2mm 1 zaphod ===-============-==-==-====-=======-========-========== . . . zaphod =============wc4e-wa2srq?