FINAL RESULTS -- SEVENTH INTERNET SPRINT by N6TR and K2MM The seventh running of the Internet Sprint contest was held at 00Z on April 10th. Participation was good, but conditions hampered most parts of the country. The starting time seemed to work out as we had well balanced QSO totals between the two bands (the second best showing so far in this category). Date 9504 9501 9407 9404 9401 9310 9305 Logs Sub'd 32 29 45 29 30 26 29 Calls Found 50 64 88 54 55 47 74 Reported: 20m QSOs 967 0 3258 1457 2170 1552 2471 40m QSOs 1629 2115 247 1081 758 574 2 80m QSOs 0 619 0 0 0 0 0 QSOs NoMatch 328 348 461 144 156 214 391 QSOs Matched 2268 2386 3044 2394 2772 1912 2082 Total QSOs 2596 2734 3505 2538 2928 2126 2473 Pct. Matched 87.4 87.3 86.8 94.3 94.7 89.9 84.2 Congrats to Gene Walsh, N2AA, who turned in a perfect score that was not reduced during the checking process. This is not an easy task since if someone mis-copies your information, both of you lose the contact. However, it was made somewhat easier by the size of the log (6 contacts). Behind him was K8MR at 98.7 percent and 78 QSOs. Good work, Jim! The next two cleanest logs were more competitive. They are Rick, K7GM, checking in at 98.5 percent with 128 QSOs (fourth place score) and Dave, K6LL, just below him at 98.4 percent with 124 QSOs (fifth place score). The winner in this, and the previous 5 SprINTS is N6TR (QTW 6). This time, the victory was only by one QSO over Ray, WQ5L. It is also quite possible that the Sprint Victory Company in Dallas, Texas would have actually won this contest, but the timing of dealing with taxes and family matters inhibited them from submitting their log. One question I have been asked many times in the log checking business is "What is a good error rate?" This does vary depending on the type of contest, the information that is exchanged, the familarity of the calls, and finally on how well the contest is policed. For this contest, at least half of the information is not "static". The QSO number keeps changing as does the name you receive. This adds a lot of complexity compared to a contest like the CQ WW where the exchange is pretty standard based upon the QTH of a station. We are all pretty familar with the calls, so we don't see many callsign errors, but it is very well policed and you can lose QSOs because someone else made a mistake. If you look at the statistics, anyone above 95 percent should feel pretty good. If you are below 90 percent, you might look for ways to improve your accuracy. One hint is to see if you errors are caused by other people, or by you. If most of your errors are TXNG, you might make sure you are sending the correct information. Also, we have seen high TXNG error rates from stations that are speed demons. If your RXNG error rate is too high, then you probably need to take more care getting the information correct. If you aren't sure that was a 7 or an 8, ask for a fill. Also, if you are typing your log in by hand after the contest, you might be generating some errors during that process. Finally, if you didn't work a lot of stations (ie: less than 40), then the numbers are probably not too valid since a small number of errors can really affect the percentages. John Zapisek continues to improve his LogZap software used to generate the numbers and name traces. This time he was challenged by three big missing logs, but he has risen to the challenge and we are able to present the same quality of information we have come to expect. John is also making the annotated logs available by FTP. If you don't want your log included, there's still time to ask that it be kept private. The FTP site is maspar.maspar.com (192.84.231.1). Look in directory /pub/k2mm/int for file YYMM-log.zip (YYMM=9504). Also look for past results write-ups in files YYMM-res.zip. The next North American Internet Sprint will be held on July 23nd at 0100Z on 20 and 40 meters. This is the same time and weekend that we used last year to generate the biggest SprINT we have had yet. We might have enough time to get it in the July QST which will really make it a big event. Now, over to John K2MM for the numbers. 73 Tree N6TR/7 tree@cmicro.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCORE LISTINGS #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 CALL #OK #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE ACCURACY (each * is 2% above 50%) n6tr 137 5 0 5 0 96.5 *********************** wq5l 136 3 0 3 0 97.8 *********************** wa2srq 132 8 5 3 1 94.3 ********************** k7gm 128 2 2 0 0 98.5 ************************ k6ll 124 2 1 1 0 98.4 ************************ aa5bt 119 3 1 2 0 97.5 *********************** k8jlf 113 3 1 2 0 97.4 *********************** n4ogw 111 9 4 5 0 92.5 ********************* xe1/aa6rx 108 4 1 3 0 96.4 *********************** k4pql 108 14 5 10 0 88.5 ******************* nv6o 99 4 3 0 1 96.1 *********************** k8hvt 97 7 3 5 1 93.3 ********************* n7lox 86 2 2 0 0 97.7 *********************** ab1t 85 5 3 2 0 94.4 ********************** k8mr 78 1 0 1 0 98.7 ************************ k2mm 76 8 3 5 1 90.5 ******************** k6tz 73 2 0 2 0 97.3 *********************** n0at 70 4 4 0 0 94.6 ********************** wn3k 65 9 5 0 4 87.8 ****************** wu3m 61 7 4 3 0 89.7 ******************* w9wi 60 6 5 2 0 90.9 ******************** n0bsh 59 4 2 2 0 93.7 ********************* k5zd 58 3 0 2 1 95.1 ********************** ae0m 51 6 4 1 1 89.5 ******************* ki6fe 38 1 1 0 0 97.4 *********************** k5gn 38 1 1 0 0 97.4 *********************** aa9d 32 3 1 2 0 91.4 ******************** we9v 30 3 1 2 1 90.9 ******************** ab6fo 27 5 3 2 0 84.4 ***************** k7lr 11 1 0 1 0 91.7 ******************** n2aa 6 0 0 0 0 100.0 ************************* w5xd 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Check log only na4k -26 26 0 0 0 0.0 No log wd0t -110 110 0 0 0 0.0 No log kr0y -1000 1000 0 0 0 0.0 No log, QRQ penalty #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 RXNG + TXNG + DUPE may be greater than #NG. Stations making more than 20 QSOs that did not submit a log were penalized one point per unreported QSO! A HORSE RACE OF A DIFFERENT (40-METER) COLOR Rocker Ray/WQ5L missed rocking long-time champion Tree/N6TR this time by just one Q. Ray changed bands only once, switching to 40m at 0054Z. Tree usually runs two radios throughout the contest, but this time worked nil on 40m until 0052 and nil on 20m after 0113. Ray used *his* good 20m band conditions (see soapbox) to great advantage, piling up a 12-Q lead by 0052. Tree cut 10 Qs from that lead during the next 20 minutes -- during the time he was actually making Qs on both bands. But once it reverted to a single-band (40m) contest, he and Ray battled neck-and-neck to the end! The following graph shows the race between N6TR and WQ5L minute by minute. The x-axis for THIS graph is a constant rate of 140 QSOs per two hours. Each line above/below the x-axis is one valid QSO more/less than that rate. Call: N6TR WQ5L (tie) Sign: t q # 0000 0010 0020 0030 0040 0050 0100 | | | | | | | | | | | | qqq qqqq | | | | qqqqq |q qqqq | qq | | | | qq q| qqqq q | q | | qq qqqqq qqq qqq q | q| | q | | q q q| qqqq | q | | | | t#tqq q | | | | | qqqq 72 q t t | | | | | | +---tt--t-+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 70 | t | | | | | t | | ttt t ttt t | | tt | | | t t|tttt t| t tt | t | t tt 67 | | tttttt | tt t | tttttt t tt tt | | | | t | | tt t |tt | | | | | | t | | | | | | | | | First 40m QSO: t q 0100 0110 0120 0130 0140 0150 0200 | | | | | | | |q | | | | | | q q | | | | | | | qqqqqq | | | q | | t | +---------+---------+---q-----+----qqq-qqqqqt-----t--tq##---+ 140 | q| qq qqqqqqqq q |qq q | qttt tqttq t | | qqq q | q | q tttttttt qqq#q|qq qtt| tttt tt | | q### tt | | qqt 137 | ttt tttttt | tttttt |ttt | | q 136 | | t ttt | | | | | | tt t | | | | | | | | | | | | Last 20m QSO: t SOAPBOX > [Hal/K8HVT] My first SprINT. What fun! Forgot how much fun it is to > send CW. See you all next time. > [Riew/KI6FE] This is my first sprint type contest. It was fun but need > more practice and improvement of my antenna. Can't wait for next one. > [Tree/N6TR] Missed Vermont in the February NCJ Sprint, but AB1T was my > first QSO this time! > [Jim/K8MR] Another first-time entrant here. I liked the Sunday night > time. I don't think my wife even realized I was operating a contest. Also, everybody had 12 whole hours to recover from the GridLoc contest! > [David/XE1/AA6RX] Once again the importance of a short call was proven. > Many a time I lost out to someone with a call half as long. Thanks to > those of you who waited for me to finish sending my call. For those of > you who didn't, well, I understand! I know what you mean. With K2MM, I can get beaten out in twice as many pile-ups as you can in the same amount of time! > [Chad/WE9V] Sent my QTH as Wisconsin; forgot I was home in Illinois!!! So, what exotic stuff do you Sultans smoke in your pipes, anyway, Chad? > [Doug/W9WI] Total score [66] would have been much higher if I'd kept an > eye on the clock & not had to cook/eat dinner during the contest! > [Eric/NV6O] I wanted to make sure I participated in this one because the > results are presented in Visalia via Tree and John, and I can get laughed > at in person. This year it's Dayton instead of Visalia. But it was nice laughing at you in person at Visalia anyway, Eric! > [Tree/N6TR] Jeff gets revenge!! Now to see if he sends in his log! Gee, Mr. Tree, just what did you do to KR0Y in the Big Sprint to make him want revenge? > [David/XE1/AA6RX] In general accuracy was quite high, although Senor > SPEEDY GONSALEZ (KR0Y) did seem to be going faster than his fist could > handle at times. In the first running, Trey/WN4KKN (another ultra-fast sender) had a 21-QSO lead over Bob/N6TV in the claimed scores. But after crunching logs, Trey's margin of victory was cut to a single Q. Could Jeff be worried about that kind of embarrassment? Maybe someday we'll get more log than Naught from Zero, and we'll find out! > [Jeff/KR0Y] ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz BAND CONDITIONS DID WHAT? > [Tor/N4OGW] 20 really sucked... Heard the TX guys working east coast. > In the first half hour, made 9 qso's. > [Jeff/KR0Y] 20M SUCKED! Only 64 QSO's in 53 minutes, 29 of which were > with AB1T, K8JLF, K8HVT and K5ZD. Heard N6TR once but he was puny. > [Chip/K7LR] 0000Z Conditions suck. 0020 Wiped out kid's Garfield cartoon > on VCR. 0021 Divorce demand from XYL. 0025 TS-940/antennas for sale. You did us all a service, Chip. Garfield really sucks :-) > [Steve/N4TQO/K6TZ] My first SprINT after moving back to Santa Barbara. > The views and weather are great, but conditions sure stink -- [still] more > fun than a root canal. > [Dave/K8JLF] Conditions seemed uneven, but that's hardly a surprise. > Some signals were LOUD, and others were whisper soft. I moved from 20 to > 40 at 0103 and wound up getting exactly half of my 116 QSOs on each band. > [Ed/WA2SRQ] Conditions were terrible on both bands. 20 was almost dead, > nobody was very strong, and very few backscatter qsos. . . . Signals were > stronger on 40, but a thunderstorm came through around 0100 causing high > qrn for the last hour. > [Dave/K5GN] Found 20M hopeless, and 40M covered with local noises and XE > SSB. 20M was a big disappointment, since I had spent a large portion of > my Sunday afternoon nap time in the full-strength sun just to put up a 20M > antenna for the INT. > [Ray/WQ5L] I guess I was the only one to have good propagation on 20! > Was able to work all over the West Coast and the Northeast just fine from > southeast MS. 68 QSOs in 53 minutes, while it seemed everyone else was > struggling. BEST SIGNAL AWARDS > [Todd/WD0T] Best sigs go to K5ZD, K7GM and K4PQL. > [Dave/AA9D] My "loud" awards go to WA2SRQ and K4PQL. > [Dave/K5GN] Big sigs: WA2SRQ, W9WI, NA4K. > [Ed/WA2SRQ] Best signals by wide margin were N4OGW and W9WI. > [Bob/WN3K] Big Sig honors go to N4OGW and AA5BT. > [Steve/N4TQO/K6TZ] AA5BT wins the *LOUD* award. Must be Derek's Awesome Amplifier with 5 Big Tubes again. > [Derek/AA5BT] Nobody ever tells me [I'm loud] when I have the amp on but > I often hear this from people in the SprINT... Next time I'll use the amp > to cut down the signal a bit... > [Gene/N2AA] Heard N6TR, K6LL, AA5BT who did not hear me. Amazed by > NV6O's hearing, even though it did require a few takes to get through. > [Rick/K7GM] WD0T and I had a pipeline for most of the contest (14 Qs, > I think). First Q with K2MM was by ESP. ESP must have worked, Rick. That Q survived checking OK! LOG FOIBLES > [Wayne/W5XD] I intend to NOT submit my log. I know I busted a number of > QSOs and didn't bother to ask for fills. Submitting a log costs the other > op that QSO. If I bust enough QSOs, folks will avoid working me because > they remember the number of times they didn't count. Thanks anyway for the "no-check" log. It helped sort out quite a few name traces, and it helped you dodge a negative score! > [Todd/WD0T] I should get 2 STUPID awards for this effort. When I was > preparing the log to send to Tree, I did a COPY of LOG.TMP to LOG.DAT > instead of a MERGE and I basically destroyed my log. Ouch! That must have hurt! > [Bob/WN3K] Having spent a good part of the weekend with this infamous > software [TR-Log] in the Grid Loco contest, I was semi partially slightly > more prepared for this wonderful goofy test. . . . I have no idea how > well I could do in this CW contest without the uncertainty of what might > happen with the next keystroke. So, Bob, are you saying that TR-Log is like a box of chocolates? > [Dave/K6LL] I tried to emphasize two radio training rather than a big > score. Sure got into some strange loops, with guys asking for fills on > one band, and me sending the fills on the other radio! Still having > trouble with QRM from guys calling me in my right ear, when I'm still > working somebody with my left ear. I think younger people in general, and > particularly certain "brain disconnected" individuals have a definite > advantage in two radio operating. It is very true that disconnecting your brain will help you operate with two radios. I understand Tree spends 8 hours watching MTV with the sound in the left ear and Beethoven in his right ear before each sprint. QRA MOI? > [Dave/AA9D] What's a "NIMNO"? And who the heck changed "SULTAN" into > "SUDAN"? I gave "WORF" to K5ZD and never heard it again. Looks like WORF stuck around for quite a while. It was clobbered near the end by semi-clueless Mal/W5XX who sent his own name for his first few Qs: aa9d 1 worf =====-======-=-=========-========== . . . worf =-==-?-====-======-==we9v-w5xx# n0at 68 mal -?-=======k6ll-wd0t? > [Derek/AA5BT] So who or what is Nimno??? Steve/N4TQO will explain. Just be careful not to ask, "Who's Joe Walsh?" > [Randy/K5ZD] Note on QSO #51: I was frustrated and mad that I had not > worked my name again. And I hated NIMNO. So decided to "re-introduce" > myself into the game. I see what you mean: k5zd 1 randall ===k4pql-wd9ggy? > [Steve/N4TQO/K6TZ] Nimno: a derisive appellation uttered by the character > Mork (played by Robin Williams) in the TV sitcom "Mork and Mindy". I'm > still trying to get back at Tree for Ninzer. k6tz 1 nimno =====-=====-=-====n4ogw= k8hvt 41 nimo =aa9d= n4ogw 29 nimno =========k5zd k5zd 51 randall =k6tz-kr0y= n4ogw 42 randal =-=====n4ogw= k4pql 73 randall ==wu3m= n4ogw 59 randal ====k2mm= k6ll 74 randall =====-?-==-=====-=============wn3k-w5xx# Randy's resurrected RANDALL even captured a spurious SULTAN-turned-SUDAN: w9wi 1 doug ===-=====ab6fo= k4pql 12 dick ====k7lr= wn3k 11 indy ==k8jlf-wd0t= k6ll 21 sultan ===-==-=-===-===-?-=============-== . . . sultan =====k8hvt-wd0t= we9v 5 sudan =====k4pql= n0bsh 26 randall ===w5xd= k2mm 79 randal = w9wi 62 randall ====k2mm. Looks like there were at least a couple of Shwingers: n0bsh 1 sultan ======-====wa2srq-kr0y= ab1t 47 bill ===-?-=-===-==-============-======= . . . bill =========-===-==k6tz. we9v 1 sultan ===-=======-====-?-===-==-?-========-==k8hvt= n4ogw 60 able =========-====-=-?-=====-====-===== . . . able ==========k8mr. n7lox 1 brian ===-?-=======-========k4pql= nv6o 31 sultan ==============-===xe1/aa6rx-k0fpm? > [David/XE1/AA6RX] I kept waiting for my name [Billy the Kid] to appear > again after giving it to K4PQL, who asked for a repeat. I never heard it > again. I guess it got shortened to BILLY! K4PQL's log showed just BILLY, but he must have copied BILLY THE KID because it showed up in AA5BT's log. Sure is a shame to have to bust those Qs! xe1/aa6rx 1 billy_the_kid = k4pql 2 billy = aa5bt 3 billy_the_kid = w5xd 4 billy ===================-===k8hvt= k4pql 29 bill ==-===========-======-====-==-===== . . . bill ========-?-======-========-======-= . . . bill ==-========-===-======k8jlf. > [Dave/K8JLF] I got RIEW from KI6FE in his #1 at 0002 and again from him > in his #15 at 0045, so that unusual name seemed to be holding up. HAYZOO > seemed to be holding up very well, also. I'm sure there were quite a few CFM RIEW? queries generated! ki6fe 1 riew ============-=============-=-?-===- . . . riew ====-?-==n6tr= k7gm 69 rew =n0bsh= nv6o 58 riew =-=====nv6o-k6rp# ki6fe 30 wen -======n4ogw= wa2srq 126 riew = n0at 64 wen -?-===-?-========wq5l. Derek/AA5BT must have been *sure* he heard Jeff/KR0Y send an extra dot. But you put HAYZOO back on track right away, Dave! wn3k 1 hayzoo ===-=================k8hvt-kr0y= aa5bt 54 5ayzoo = k8jlf 58 hayzoo =========-?-==-==========-=nv6o-wd0t= k4pql 81 hazoo = n4ogw 73 hayzoo ======-?-=============k8mr-wd0t? > [Derek/AA5BT] I started with Bev (my wife's name) and it oscillated > between Bev and Bevo throughout. Bevo is the university longhorn steer > mascot. It must have been in someone's computer from when I did a Sprint > using that name under the campus club's call. . . . Congratulations to > the usual people - you know who you are and we hate you! BEVO got started well on its own before it captured BEV. If it's any consolation, BEV seems to have done some capturing of her own (DAVE). n0at 1 ron -?-=wa2srq-wd0t= k5zd 7 bevo ====-=========-=====-?-===-======== . . . bevo ============-========we9v= k4pql 86 devo = k2mm 60 bevo ============-==-==-===========aa9d. aa5bt 1 bev =======-?-==========-===-========== . . . bev ================-=======-?-=======- . . . bev ===-====-===-======wu3m= nv6o 82 bevo ======-=======n0bsh. k6ll 1 dave =======-==-======-?-=-====-=====wa2srq= n7lox 37 bev ===========================-===-=== . . . bev ===-========-?-=================-== . . . bev =================wu3m-kr0y? > [Eric/NV6O] I originally thought about using the name DAVEAZ, but decided > to stick with BO. BO suffered Death By Cloning when N6TR thought he worked N7LOX but didn't: nv6o 1 bo ==-=-?-======-=-==n6tr+n7lox > [Tree/N6TR] Starting name = Sarah (future name of daughter). Rick/K7GM, Jeff/KR0Y, and Dave/AA6RX all conspired to do SARAH in: n6tr 1 sarah ==-==============k7gm-kr0y= xe1/aa6rx 18 john =======n2aa. So, Tree, are you going to apply for N7TRS (Nancy-7-Theresa-Rebecca-Sarah)? > [John/K2MM] Last time, Tree/N6TR sent RAFIKI to Bruce/AA6KX for his #1. > Bruce was on autopilot and wrote down TREE. This time it happened to me. > I sent BUSTER to Tony/AE0M for my #1. He auto-logged JOHN. I suspected > as much. So, when a JOHN came by, I grabbed it and changed it to KROY! k2mm 1 buster = ae0m 2 john =================================-= . . . john ================-================== . . . john =-===-=ki6fe. w5xd 13 john *===-===========-=-==================k2mm k2mm 43 kroy ===-=-====-=====-======-======-==== . . . kroy =-==ae0m-w5xx# wa2srq 132 mal =-==w5xd. kr0y 156 kroy ==-==ab1t-w5xx# Finally, here's the record for the highest QSO number sent so far in a SprINT. Wayne/W5XD copied "599 MO" from N0LZA but didn't get a QTH :-) n0lza 599 mo =-?-===============-===-=========-= . . . mo ==ab1t-k5mat# wn3k 57 bill =====-?-==-===-===-=-=-====wn3k. CLUELESS REPORT K5MAT sent BILL to everyone he worked. Only three Qs with Bill were reported, but he must have had several unreported Qs as well. Traces that start with BILL from someone other than K5MAT are likely lineages from these unreported Qs. Also, W5XX started out sending MAL to everyone, but got with the program after four or five Qs. k5mat MANY bill nm w5xx 4-5 mal ms aa0ei 2 scott ne k6rp 2 wen ca REMAINING NAME TRACES For an explanation of the symbols, see the Reader's Guide to SprINT Name Traces at the end of this report. Enjoy. na4k 6 bill ====-=-==-==wu3m+wq5l w5xx 6 bill ======xe1/aa6rx. k5mat 22 bill ======-=============-===-========-=-===-==k7gm. k5mat 24 bill =-?-===-====-===-==k6tz-na4k= xe1/aa6rx 105 sill = aa9d 34 bill -?-==n6tr. kr0y 109 billy =====-==========-===-============k5gn. k7lr 1 chip =============-====k6tz+wn3k wd9ggy 1 chumly ==============-===k4pql= w5xd 18 al =========-===-===========-========= . . . al =======-==-=======-=========-==wa2srq. n6tr 28 chumly *========-=====k2mm= n0bsh 2 chump =====wu3m= w5xd 35 wayne ==========-==-================-==== . . . wayne ==========aa5bt-wd0t? k5gn 1 dave ===ki6fe-k6rp# ab1t 1 doug ==k7gm-wd0t? wa2srq 1 ed -==-==-================-===k6ll-n4zr? n2aa 1 gene -kr0y= k8hvt 25 adel ======ae0m= w5xd 21 abel ==-=======================n6tr= k7gm 62 able ==-======-?-==-================-?-= . . . able ====wa2srq-w5xx# k8hvt 1 hal -==-==================-==========w5xd-n0lza? k7gm 3 hal *=============-=====-=wu3m= w5xd 17 al ======-=========-=-======-==-?-==== . . . al ===========-?-============ab1t= k5gn 6 tl ==wn3k-k5mat# k8jlf 1 hoag ======ab6fo= w9wi 3 doug =======-==k7lr. k4pql 1 howie =======-=k5zd. wu3m 1 indy -==============-===-=====k4pql= ab6fo 19 hal ========-=========-==-=======-=-=== . . . hal ====-==-=-=-==-====wq5l-aa0ei# k8mr 76 scott -==n7lox. kr0y 1 ito ========n6tr= wu3m 3 into =w5xd+k4pql k0fpm 2 jerry =======n6tr-py2oo? k8mr 1 jim ===-==-?-=======n6tr= wn3k 19 ray -=-========-==========-====aa5bt-k5mat# ab6fo 1 ken ============================-?-===- . . . ken ======-===========-===============- . . . ken ===========================-======= . . . ken =-=====n4ogw= w9wi 61 ren = k2mm 80 ken ==nv6o. wd0t 109 ken ===-?-=====-=k6ll. w5xx 1 mal =====-==-=wu3m. k4pql 121 mal *=n0at-na4k? n4ogw 1 oyster ====-=========-======-=======-===-= . . . oyster ===================-==-?-===-?-==-= . . . oyster ==-===========-=-?-=======aa5bt. n4zr 1 pete ====wn3k= w5xd 15 peter =====-?-==========-=======-======== . . . peter ============-===-====-========-==-= . . . peter ==========n0at-w5xx# ae0m 51 mal ======n4ogw. wq5l 1 ray ========-========================== . . . ray ======-?-====-==-===-============== . . . ray -===========-?-=======-===-===========ab1t. k8hvt 9 ray *-?-======-===-=-=-=====-===-====-= . . . ray ============-==========-?-===-====- . . . ray ?-=====k6ll-k5mat# ab1t 74 bill ==-?-=======-==-?-================= . . . bill -=========k4pql. wu3m 60 ray *-=-=====k4pql+wa2srq k7gm 1 rick =======-=k8hvt+wn3k aa0ei 1 scott =====-==========k8hvt. w5xx 12 scott ==ae0m. na4k 1 steve ==-==-========================-==k8mr-aa0ei# wd0t 1 todd ==wq5l wq5l 2 ray ==============-========-=========== . . . ray =====-=====================n0bsh-kr0y? py2oo 1 tom =====-============-============-=== . . . tom ================-=n0at. ae0m 1 tony =================================== . . . tony ==========-====-======-============ . . . tony ==============-=====-==w9wi. w5xd 1 wayne =========================-=-===-=== . . . wayne ==-=============-=========-======== . . . wayne ================-======-?-====-===========we9v. k6tz 17 wayne *====================k7gm-wd0t= ab6fo 29 jayne ===ab6fo. k6rp 2 wen =-======k8hvt-wd0t? READER'S GUIDE TO SPRINT NAME TRACES wa1mug 1 john ==w1ua= kz4h 8 jon ===-===w6go. WA1MUG started with the name John. The first station he worked got the name OK, then passed it to W1UA. The name John showed up OK in all three logs. W1UA then worked KZ4H who recorded Jon in his log. Either W1UA mis-sent the name or KZ4H mis-copied or mis-logged the name on his QSO #7. KZ4H then passed Jon along to the next station he worked with his QSO #8. Jon survived until W6GO copied it on his last QSO. It showed up in the logs of all stations in between, except for one station who did not send one in. wb2oeu 1 fred =====-=====-=====wb2rkk-wb2woi= wa2uwa 17 stinky -===-========-?-=========wa2eah-wa2ccf? WB2OEU started with Fred which showed up OK in WB2RKK's log. RKK then worked WB2WOI who did not send in a log. But WOI's next QSO# was found in WA2UWA's log, and UWA recorded Stinky. The error may have occurred anywhere between RKK sending and UWA receiving. UWA then passed Stinky with his QSO #17, and Stinky eventually made it into WA2EAH's enormous log. EAH then worked WA2CCF, who did not send in a log, and the trace was lost. Along the way, the name passed through at least two consecutive stations who did not send in logs. This made manual suturing of the traces necessary. k2kir 1 howie =========wa2spl= w2mta sowie w2mta 20 bill =========w2fr w2fr 30 dill =========wb2drw. K2KIR started with Howie. WA2SPL said he copied and sent Howie, but W2MTA said he copied Sowie. MTA's log also said he found Sowie offensive, so he changed it to Bill before sending it with his QSO #20. W2FR copied Bill OK, but his log said he's always had trouble sending Bill, so he changed it to Dill before passing it on with his #30. k1znd 12 dave *========wa1hco-wa1iqj# wa1pid 73 don ==========================wb2fzo+k2eiu/5 K1ZND worked someone on his QSO #11 who sent him Dave -- or so he thought. The other station didn't think the QSO complete, and so continued by sending Dave on his next QSO without putting ZND in his log. Meanwhile, ZND blissfully passed on the freshly cloned Dave with his #12. Dave made it OK to WA1HCO who passed it to WA1IQJ. But IQJ was cluelessly sending Don to everybody, including the next station he worked, WA1PID. This Don survived until he got to WB2FZO. FZO thought he passed Don to K2EIU/5, but EIU was really working someone else, so Don fell on the floor. ######## END