Results of the 9th Internet SprINT by N6TR and K2MM The ninth one of these was held back on 28th of December (UTC) from 02Z to 04Z on 40 and 80 meters. This SprINT sounded like the NCJ's CW version of the NA Sprint more than ever before. Eight of the Dare-Ricks even showed up: KR0Y, KM9P, N6TR, N6ZZ, K6LL, N6TV, N5RZ and N2IC (only N6AA and K5ZD were missing). We saw a battle between KR0Y and N2IC (just like we have many times before), and Jeff came out on top (not much new here). A record number of logs, QSOs and winning scores combined with great participation will make this a hard act to follow. Here is the summary with the totals for previous SprINTs: Date 9512 9507 9504 9501 9407 9404 9401 9310 9305 Logs Sub'd 49 33 32 29 45 29 30 26 29 Calls Found 76 82 50 64 88 54 55 47 74 Reported: 20m QSOs 0 2871 967 0 3258 1457 2170 1552 2471 40m QSOs 2518 587 1629 2115 247 1081 758 574 2 80m QSOs 2080 0 0 619 0 0 0 0 0 QSOs NoMatch 368 488 328 348 461 144 156 214 391 QSOs Matched 4230 2970 2268 2386 3044 2394 2772 1912 2082 Total QSOs 4598 3458 2596 2734 3505 2538 2928 2126 2473 Pct. Matched 92.0 85.9 87.4 87.3 86.8 94.3 94.7 89.9 84.2 The percent match of 92 is very high when you consider the number of contacts that we had to work on. Congrats to K2MM to rising to the challenge of processing this big of a contest. Here are the 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 BCHG = total number of band changes CALL #OK #NG RXNG TXNG DUPE BCHG ACC'Y (each * is 1% over 80%) kr0y 185 9 0 9 0 35 95.4 *************** n2ic 173 15 4 11 0 1 92.0 ************ n4ogw 170 5 5 0 0 1 97.1 ***************** km9p 164 14 5 9 0 1 92.1 ************ k6ll 154 7 4 3 0 20 95.7 *************** k5go 148 11 9 2 0 3 93.1 ************* n6tr 147 11 7 4 0 33 93.0 ************* n6tv 139 4 1 3 0 15 97.2 ***************** ah3c 135 15 6 7 2 5 90.0 ********** k6xo 133 12 5 7 0 1 91.7 *********** w2up 127 8 4 3 1 1 94.1 ************** wb0o 127 9 3 6 0 1 93.4 ************* wq5l 120 6 1 5 0 1 95.2 *************** k2tw 115 3 1 2 0 1 97.5 ***************** wd0t 115 12 5 7 0 1 90.6 ********** n6pn 111 6 2 3 1 5 94.9 ************** n5rz 110 3 0 3 0 0 97.3 ***************** w6rgg 106 1 0 1 0 1 99.1 ******************* k8hvt 102 6 1 5 0 9 94.4 ************** k8jlf 97 4 0 4 0 1 96.0 **************** wx9e 97 18 3 15 0 3 84.3 **** k0ej 95 3 2 1 0 1 96.9 **************** k1iu 95 7 4 3 0 5 93.1 ************* kb0ihm 94 5 2 3 0 1 94.9 ************** nv6o 94 7 2 5 0 3 93.1 ************* k4xu 86 9 4 5 0 1 90.5 ********** aa9ax 81 6 4 2 0 1 93.1 ************* n2azs 79 7 4 2 2 3 91.9 *********** n2aa 79 7 3 4 0 7 91.9 *********** wn3k 74 20 17 2 1 5 78.7 kz8e 72 3 2 1 0 3 96.0 **************** aa7nx 64 5 3 2 0 9 92.8 ************ n7lox 61 2 1 0 1 5 96.8 **************** n1ee 61 2 1 1 0 1 96.8 **************** n4yos 54 2 1 1 0 1 96.4 **************** k8mr 46 0 0 0 0 1 100.0 ******************** n2nt 44 0 0 0 0 3 100.0 ******************** kz1o 43 3 1 2 0 2 93.5 ************* w3goi 43 10 8 2 0 0 81.1 * wa6kui 40 2 2 0 0 1 95.2 *************** ww3s 39 5 5 0 0 0 88.6 ******** wb0ola 35 14 11 3 0 2 71.4 wd9ggy 31 1 0 1 0 1 96.9 **************** kk7a 24 3 3 0 0 1 88.9 ******** np4z 22 9 1 8 0 0 71.0 k8nz 21 0 0 0 0 0 100.0 ******************** g4buo 18 5 3 2 0 2 78.3 ki4hn 6 4 3 1 0 0 60.0 n6zz 0 2 2 0 0 1 0.0 ai7b -12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log ai9x -30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log wb4iux -43 43 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log km0l -60 60 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log aa5wq -73 73 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log aa3b -99 99 0 0 0 0 0.0 No log #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 10 QSOs who did not submit a log were penalized one point per unreported QSO! K8MR had the highest QSO total with no errors (46, a new record) followed by N2NT, only two QSOs behind. K8NZ had the only other "Golden Log". KR0Y, N5RZ, W6RGG, and K8JLF all had big logs with perfect copy (RXNG=0), while N4OGW's careful sending was rewarded with a zero in the TXNG column. In fact, it was the TXNG difference (0 vs. 9) that allowed N4OGW to leapfrog into third place over KM9P who had a higher claimed score! All entrants' graded logs are being returned to them via e-mail. Further, all these logs are available via FTP. The FTP site is maspar.maspar.com [192.84.231.1]. Look in directory /pub/k2mm/int for file YYMM-log.zip (YYMM=9512). Also look for past results write-ups in files YYMM-res.zip. So, over to the people who made it all happen, the comments from you: > [Mark/KI7WX] I had 2 Q's: N6PN and K6XO. Sent # Mark UT to both as I > missed the name PN sent and Alan called me before I could slink away > gracefully :) Too bad. Well, I am sure nobody will ever find out about it... > [Dave/G4BUO] I must be mad to get up at 0230 *local* for this sprint! > [Gene/N2AA] G4BUO was the highlight. It really was 0200 to 0400 for > him!! That is my kind of contester! Only knew of 2 loony guys who would > do a thing like that, now I know 3!! Let's guess who the other two are... F/N6TR and CT1BOH? > [Dave/G4BUO] Called for about 10 minutes on 80 before I got K8HVT. > Depending on how you interpret the 3-QSO rule I may even lose that. > Surely you don't penalise the first QSO with someone on a new band? Yes, Dave, three intervening QSOs are required regardless of band changes. (Otherwise the two-radio guys would go nuts!) But you're OK on this because you had four intervening Qs -- one more than you needed! > [Dave/G4BUO] The only 80m QSO besides K8HVT was with an HA, and the only > number I could get him to give was 599. Still, it injected Sanyi into the > proceedings. > [Dave/G4BUO] When I went back from 80m to 40m conditions had got worse so > I went back to bed before the end. I should have got up early and tried > topband! The TopBand was sure HOT after this contest. Maybe we should run it more often!! Or maybe at the very least include 160 as one of the bands?? So, how were things on 40??? > [Jeff/K1IU] Had a good time but would have been better if more activity. > 40M was stinko here. > [Jim/KI4HN] I told the XYL that I would only operate the first 30 > minutes. As bad as conditions seemed, it was easy to stick to my plan. > [Ron/K8NZ] Boy do I hate this contest!!! I gave up on 40 after five > minutes and went back to watching Blockbuster's finest until about 0335z. > [Jim/K8MR] I had S9+ noise on both bands. AA9AX was the only guy on 40 > to be comfortably above the QRN, and only another half dozen could be > heard. It's quite a challenge to get the rhythm of this contest when you > can hear only one side of any qso. Sigs were a bit better on 80. > [Tree/N6TR] First hour was terrible (65) but after we all discovered that > 80 was in great shape, the second hour was a more respectable 93. My > loaded tower worked okay on 80, even with 200 XMAS lights hanging off it! > The high inverted vee is down because the top 20 feet of the tree holding > it up snapped off in our recent storm. > [Todd/WD0T] 40 meters was bad here in central SD, got beat out all the > time. 80 was much better, louder signals and easier getting through. > [Bill/WB0O] Had to leave 40M early -- the 4-square is too directional, > and I don't have an inv-V to co-feed like my 4-square/inv-V combo on 80. > [John/W3GOI] I don't know what happened to 40M during the last 15 > minutes. I only have a 40M antenna. At the end, I could only hear WB4IUX. > [Stan/K5GO] Lots of fun. Needed the practice. > [Jim/K8MR] I started with the name Mel, in honor of the last time when a > few beers and a few glasses of wine left me feeling very Mel - OH. > [Jim/K8MR] I never made so many North Dakota QSOs in CW contest. For 3 > QSOs in a row WB0O gave me the name of Mark; I was starting to wonder if > Bill had read the rules :) . And who was loud??? > [Eric/NV6O] Loud: N4OGW, K6XO. > [Ron/K8NZ] Only N4OGW and KR0Y moved the s-meter. > [Tree/N6TR] K5GO was very loud on 40. > [Tor/N4OGW] Loudest on both bands usually K5GO and KR0Y. > [Todd/WD0T] Best sigs, N2IC and WB0O. Most worked station was N2IC with > many others one Q behind. > [Paul/WX9E] LAWD ones: K5GO, N4OGW, N2IC, KM9P, KM0L, K0EJ, N5RZ, and > there was a KR-something-or-other that was in there occassionally also. > [Paul/KB8N] I must compliment WB0O on his signal strength here in South > Texas. His Omni-6 sounded great on 80M, while many others in the Great > White North were struggling to break the noise level. > [Mark/K0EJ] Some LOUD sigs out there. N2IC on 40 and almost everyone > east of W7/6-land on 80. Well, what kind of software did you use??? > [Steve/KM0L] Even if I cud figure out how to send my log, my old version > of NA didn't handle the format too well. So this post will have to do it > fer me. Don't use NA as an excuse -- we handle plenty of logs in NA's crazy format just fine! No need to worry about marking dupes and/or mults. But thanks for trying; maybe by next running you'll have tamed the file-upload beast! > [Zero/KR0Y] Still not comfortable with TR-Log, but getting better. Two > radios not great in SprINT. Whazzat you say, Jeff? You lead the pack with 35 band changes, two ahead of N6TR's 33. It sure seems to have worked for ya! > [Earl/KZ8E] First SprINT. Used NA logging and hand sending. Lots of fun > but as frustrating as the NCJ Sprints! > [Bob/W6RGG] This is an NA log. I hope you can read it. Is there a > better format I can use, if I'm crazy enough to do it again? > [Eric/WD9GGY] Tree: Thank you very much for the excellent support that > you provided! I would highly recommend TR-Log to other hams! > [Paul/WX9E] Everything was sent by hand and logged on paper. Lost about > 20 minutes due a bathroom break... the Pepto Bismol didn't work in time. > We need to do this more often! So, did you try logging on toilet paper? How did it work? > [Phil/NP4Z] Sorry about the late log, but paper logging makes it hard. > [Steve/AA9AX] This logging with a pencil is bad! Wish I had my new copy > of the N6TR contest logging software! > [Bill/KM9P] TR-Log worked like a champ in the sprINT. Man, did this make > it easy. I'll never use NA again for the Sprints. I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT!!! > [Steve/N2IC] My first successful use of TR Log. It worked very smoothly. > However, I found that entering "23 JIM OH 24" logs 23, not 24, as the QSO > number. I tried a similar trick to update a QTH and ended up sending CT > for the name on my next QSO! Took me 5 minutes to stop laughing! > [Phil/N6ZZ] I claim a score of 2 in the high-power non-robin cateogry. > Didn't use TR-log, couldn't record nombres or states received. I wern't > gonna sumbit a lawg but then I read that I could get a penalty, so hear it > is. Had a grate time. Please send certrificate to me by AOL. Well, Phil, that makes you oh-for-two, and K5GO and K4XU thank you very much for busting their Qs :-) > [Scott/N1EE] How do you set up logcfg.dat to reject dupes if you worked > them in the past 3 QSO's but permit them if you did not? Take a piece of black tape and cut it in half length wise. Put it over the first two QSOs on the editable log window. Now you know who you can't work. These people have a life outside of sprinting: > [Jim/KI4HN] First Internet SprINT! Always seemed to have some conflict > with the previous ones. > [Steve/KM0L] Just part time as I had other plans for the evening. Once > I got into swing of it, was good fun. > [Andy/N2NT] Lotsa fun for 36 mins. Great idea for weeknight. > [Gator/N5RZ] I've been to the shack so little this month due to work I > couldn't find the 40M ant. I think I stole the 40M feedline for 160M! But where did you hide your bug?? > [Mark/K0EJ] I was putting LEGOs together with my son so didn't start > until 0227Z. Started on 40 but kept getting beat out so went to 80 early > and just stayed there. It was fun! > [Paul/KB8N] I only got on for the last few minutes. My wife wanted to go > out for dinner, and of course I got the last word -- "Yes maam!" > [Gene/N2AA] Great fun, even with lousy antennas. This thing is really > catching on, lots of the big players in now. We should do this more > often. > [Tor/N4OGW] Operated from qth of N4AR in Kentucky... what a blast! Rate > was 92 1st hr, 83 2nd... 40 was cool, but lost steam on 80. > [Gator/N5RZ] Decided to go 80M single band. Things started to pick up at > 0245Z & ended with 23 QSO's in first hour. Then it got fun!! Some people didn't do better on 40!! More SprINT virgins bite the dust: > [Barry/W2UP] My first Sprint-style contest! Spent 0200-0213 just > listening to figure out how this contest worked. Was kinda confusing at > first (hey, you took my run freq!) but think I got the hang of it. Will > be back for more. > [John/W3GOI] My first ever sprint-type contest. It took me a while to > catch on to the best way to do things, but it was a lot of fun. > [Ric/WA6KUI] My first SPRint/sprINT. Felt like a one-armed paper hanger. > [Steve/N2IC] This was my first Internet SprINT. It was great fun! > [Dave/KZ1O] I'll see you next year, and I won't have a 2-digit score next > time. I had a ton of fun. > [Paul/WX9E] First time doing this one. I thought that you were supposed > to send the previously sent state along with the name, so I did just that > for the first 39 Qs. On my #39, Tree asked me several times what my state > was, and that's what made me look at the rules again. You sent bogus QTHs on QSOs 3-39. However, only nine of those Qs were busted because the station you worked mis-copied your QTH. In the other 28 Qs, the QTH logged was exactly what you sent! Of those nine QTH busts, six had you in IL, and one each in MD, CO, and RI. In the first CO bust, you sent NJ. It was your first QSO with that station, and he correctly copied the CO you sent him later. Hmmm, sounds to me like some post-contest log tweaking! > [Bob/W6RGG] After reading WX9E's posting, I understand why he sent me > different states for different contacts! > [Eric/WD9GGY] My log file got corrupted, so I only have the data after > QSO# 24. It was a lot of fun even through all the adversity. At least it > didn't happen during sweepstakes! Can't wait until the next one. > [Jamie/WW3S] I apologize to those that had trouble copying me: At times > I was sending with the pen in my hand which was very difficult. Let's do > it again soon. > [Barry/W2UP] Was very strange to have the antenna pointing west, use a > keyer and log on paper. Think my subconscious was gnawing at me to hit > the F1 key. Now to type the log into the computer - whatta pain! > [Bill/KM9P] Felt nice to stay close or beat some of the guys using bigger > hardware and more power. GREAT CONTEST. My XYL loved it too! More power???? I thought we were all barefoot. > [Steve/N2IC] Feel sorry for the little guys in this contest - seems that > they are constantly getting beat out by the big guys. Yup! I know an ex big gun in Oregon who was always getting beat out on 40. > [Bill/WB0O] This is a great format. No shortage of people to work! Dumping callsigns -- Be careful!! > [Dave/KZ1O] The callsign sequence should be part of the rules so that > next year people who, like me, who've never done a sprint, won't feel like > so much of an ass. Here is the origin of the phrase "ground rule" . . . Remember last September's NA Sprint when the Demented Derricks all played with hand-sent CW? Many of them had trouble remembering when to send their callsigns, too. A relevant corollary to the Golden Ground Rule would seem to be, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't play baseball inside." > [Bill/WB0O] If BUD answers my CQ and I don't copy BUD's info, it's tough > to get a fill with callsigns getting dumped in. In the regular sprints it > isn't a problem because I just listen to BUD's next QSO. > [Bill/KM9P] Why can't everyone understand the sprint exchange format? I > QRM'd a lot of guys because they sent their callsigns last in the exchange > when it wasn't their frequency. I learned who they were by hour #2. > it's a real pain, since the info changes with each QSO. Looking over my > handwritten sprINT logs, I crossed off 5 QSOs for this very reason. > [Ray/WQ5L] A big AMEN to KM9P's admonition about getting the callsign > sequence right. > [Paul/KB8N] I think this format is a lot of fun. This may be super for > weeknite contests throughout the year. We need some alternatives to the > weekend contests, and this may be the answer. > [Ray/WQ5L] With the increased participation, getting beat is the norm > rather than the exception. The sprINT is like a REAL contest now. Sigh. > [Ray/WQ5L] I was wondering how WX9E got from TX to GA to IL so fast. > Thought he had hijacked the Concorde or something! > [Eric/NV6O] Had a blast again. Sarted with name Blaze. That came from > Phil/KF6A's pot-bellied pig that has the run of the house and shack. > Nuzzle nuzzle, chew chew (my shoelace tips). One of these days I'll do a > contest without pigs and/or mariachi bands. And here are the world famous name traces. There are some real gems in there. Check out N2IC's name getting changed to Mark (per the comment in the soapbox) then sent through N6TR as QRK, and then getting corrected to MARK again. NV6O not only gets his call mangled by people, but the name he chose sure was mutated beyond recognition. For an explanation of the symbols, see the Reader's Guide to SprINT Name Traces at the end of this report. Enjoy. k8hvt 1 ace =======-=========================-=====-=== . . . ace -======================-====-======kz1o. k6xo 1 alan = k1iu 2 al =======================-=========k8hvt= ki4hn 7 ab =kz1o-nt1v? nt1v 1 alan =-=======-=k6xo-ki7wx# n2nt 1 andy ===========================-======km9p. km9p 1 bill ===================-=-=======-=-?-==-====== . . . bill =============-================-============ . . . bill =========================kz8e-aa5wq? wb0o 1 bill ========-==wb0ola-aa3b= k1iu 15 pat ===-==============-============-========-== . . . pat =====================-==-==============-=== . . . pat ========-=wd0t. nv6o 1 blaze ====-=========n6tr-km0l= n2ic 27 braze ===wd0t-ai7b= ah3c 32 breeze =n2aa= wb0ola 9 breez = wn3k 26 breeze -km0l= n2aa 23 braze =========k8jlf= ah3c 64 blaze = k6ll 67 blazer =k1iu= n2azs 18 lazer =====wq5l= wn3k 47 blazer =n2aa-aa5wq= km9p 98 freeze =========wb0o= wb0ola 32 freez = w2up 73 freeze ================-=========-===============n4yos. ai7b 1 bob =========-=====-?-=======-================= . . . bob ===========-=================-============= . . . bob ==-======-========aa7nx+k0ej n6tv 1 bob =========-===========-=============-======= . . . bob =============-============================= . . . bob ==============-===-?-========kz8e. w6rgg 1 bob ====k4xu= n2aa 19 dick ====================-==kb0ihm-w7why# wd9ggy 25 bob ============================-============== . . . bob ===-===============-======-========aa7nx+k0ej n7lox 1 brian =-=========-==========================-=-== . . . brian =aa7nx-w6hlx# n6pn 52 ted ====================================-====== . . . ted =================-===============ah3c-ai9x? n2aa 15 brian *===-==================-==-=======-==wd0t+n2aa aa3b 1 bud ===-=ki4hn ki4hn 2 pa ==wn3k= wb0ola 3 pat -km0l= k6ll 25 pa k6ll 26 mo ============-======-===============-======= . . . mo ===============-=-=================n2ic= wx9e 93 oj = wb0o 110 mo ===================-=====n6pn. g4buo 1 dave =====-================================k8mr. k2vx 1 dave =-===========-===n2aa+kb0ihm k8jlf 1 dave ==-?-==============-===-====-===-========== . . . dave =================================-========= . . . dave ======================-====================kr0y. kz1o 1 dave ===========-=============-?-==============- . . . dave =============k6xo+k8jlf wt3h 1 dave ==-=====-======-====-========-======np4z= g4buo 11 phil ===-==============wx9e= np4z 27 bill ==-==n2ic= n2azs 43 neill ========kr0y-wb4iux= wq5l 109 neil ==========-=n6tr= kk7a 26 teil =====kb0ihm. km0l 11 dave =-=======-?-======================-======== . . . dave =========================================== . . . dave =============n6pn-kb8n= k6ll 161 dale -wb4iux? wd9ggy 14 dave ==-======w6rgg-w6hzx# k6ll 50 ted =========k4xu= kb0ihm 26 ten = n4ogw 67 ted =====-=====================-=============== . . . ted =====================-================-====w6rgg. n5rz 36 dave *===-====-================-===-=====-====== . . . dave ==========nv6o. k4xu 1 dick =================n2azs= w3goi 8 nick ==kz1o= aa9ax 7 dave -wt3h? w2up 1 doc ========-===wd0t= k6xo 39 pat ===============-====-====================== . . . pat ========-================================== . . . pat ===================n5rz. kz8e 1 earl =================-=-==========k8hvt= k0ej 10 eric ========================================-== . . . eric =========-==n2aa= g4buo 24 ric =-=ww3s. wb4iux 2 elmer ==-===kr0y= nv6o 12 elmo -wb4iux= wq5l 10 elmer ====-========-====-===============-=======- . . . elmer ==============-=n2ic= wd0t 84 eram ========================================n6tr. n6zz 1 elmo ========-=======-=====g4buo-ha1zm? aa5wq 1 erik =kr0y= wd0t 7 eric ====-===-=====-=======n6pn-w6hzx# w6rgg 30 ted ======-==================================== . . . ted ============wb0o= wa6kui 18 tez ===n5rz= ah3c 120 ted =====-====-=========n5rz-kb8n? wn3k 1 frsee -aa3b= k2tw 3 fresee =====-===n2ic= k5go 14 freeze =======-=====-=======-=========-=======-=== . . . freeze =============-=================-=========k8jlf+k2tw ki4hn 1 fuquay -=====n4yos n4yos 2 john ======================-========km9p+n2aa n5rz 1 gator =========-========-=-====-================= . . . gator ======-==-============================n6tr-aa5wq= kz8e 73 geor =====n2nt. n2aa 1 gene =====================================-===== . . . gene =============-==-========k8nz. wd9ggy 10 geo ========-=====-====-?-================-==== . . . geo -========================-==============-==-=====wb0o. k6ll 1 hack = n2ic 2 jack ======-=====-==-=======wb0o-km0l= ww3s 12 wil ===============-==-======================== . . . wil =======-=======n6pn-ai9x? aa7nx 1 hotrod ==========wx9e= aa9ax 3 ron ===========-====ki4hn. k1iu 1 jeff ===-========-======-=-===============nv6o= wq5l 62 bob =====-=-============-========-===========-= . . . bob =-=================-=w3goi. k7xx 1 jerry ======-==kk7a. kk7a 1 jim ===================-=================-===== . . . jim =========================k8jlf= wn3k 94 wil . wb0ola 1 jim ==========-===============-================ . . . jim ======================-==================== . . . jim =====================-?-==wx9e. ww3s 1 jim =====================n2ic= k6xo 68 tom = n7lox 23 jim =======-=====-===========-=====-================wd9ggy= wa6kui 24 jeem -ai9x= ah3c 128 jim ==========================aa9ax. k1iu 8 jim *==-==n6tv-km0l? ai9x 10 jim ========wa6kui-aa1pb# wd0t 66 jim *=-=====================-==-==============k2tw. w3goi 1 john ===========-=-=========-==============-=-== . . . john ==============n2ic= k4xu 42 mark = n6tr 86 john =======-=n2nt-aa1pb# wa6kui 17 mill ==-===============================n6tv. n2azs 1 larry =====-=====-==========k6ll-w6hzx= aa7nx 10 ted ===-===-====-===-==-====-===========n6tv= kk7a 13 tex ===-====-==================n1ee. kb8n 3 marg =-=k4xu= wd0t 126 mark =n2ic-aa3b? k0ej 1 mark ==-======-=============-================-== . . . mark ===========-======-?-====k8jlf. ki7wx 1 mark ==========-?-=======-====np4z. n6pn 1 matt ==ah3c= wn3k 5 mat ===kr0y= ah3c 13 matt =========-=========k8hvt= n2ic 46 ct ========================n5rz+kb0ihm k8mr 1 mel ===================-===-===============-=== . . . mel ===========================-======-=======aa9ax= n6tr 152 mil =-====n6tv= k5go 159 mill . aa1pb 1 mill =====-===-============-====k0ej. wx9e 1 oj =========================-=========-======- . . . oj ============-======-?-========-=-========== . . . oj ===========-=======n2azs. kb0ihm 1 pat ==============-==-=============-=========== . . . pat =====-===-====-===============-============ . . . pat ============g4buo. k6xo 85 pat *========n4ogw-ai9x? km9p 86 pat *=============-==========-====-============ . . . pat ===============-?-====-==wq5l. k8jlf 91 pat *-=======-=-====n4ogw. kb8n 1 paul ==========-=n2ic. np4z 1 phil ====wd0t-w7why# k4xu 30 tom ========-================================== . . . tom =========-==-=k6ll. ah3c 1 radman =============-======wx9e-ai7b= wd0t 22 bagwon =================================n2azs-km0l= k1iu 60 tom =========-=-=======-==w6rgg-k7xx? wa6kui 1 ric ==================================n5rz= k8hvt 84 rick =======-==========-=k6xo. wq5l 1 rock ===-===========-=======-===kz8e-aa3b? k8nz 1 ron =======-==============n7lox. n6tr 1 sarah = aa7nx 2 sara ====k1iu+kz1o n1ee 1 scott ========-=========wb0ola. k5go 1 stan ======wq5l-wb4iux? aa3b 10 stan ===w2up-ai7b= k5go 22 bob =======-=========-========================= . . . bob ==-====-=============wd0t-aa5wq? aa9ax 1 steve ===-==============-============-====-=====- . . . steve ======-==n6pn= ah3c 89 pat =============-=====-====-=========k6xo= kk7a 22 ptt ==w2up= k1iu 95 pat ====-====ah3c. km0l 1 steve ====-=========-?-===============k4xu-w7why# kb0ihm 42 tom ============-============================-= . . . tom ======-==============================k6xo-ai7b? n2ic 1 steve =========-=============-============n6pn-ki7wx# k6xo 58 mark ===========================-=-=====-====-=-==-=kb0ihm= n6tr 126 qrk = k6xo 118 mark =====================-=n2aa. w6hzx 1 ted ==-================================-======= . . . ted -=============-==-===========================wa6kui. wd0t 1 todd =======n2aa=wd9ggy? wb4iux 7 todd ============n1ee= nv6o 32 bob ======-=================-===========n2azs= wb0o 70 - wb0o 71 bob =-===================-==-==========kr0y-n0ss? k2tw 1 tom ===========-===-====-?-===================- . . . tom ======-================================-?-= . . . tom =====-===========================-?-========-====km9p= wn3k 93 jim =n2azs-aa3b? n0ss 1 tom ====-===n6tr-ai9x? n4yos 1 tom ====-=======-==========================n6pn-w6hzx# w7why 1 tom =============-=k4xu= n6zz 2 - . n4ogw 1 tor ====kr0y-wb4iux? kr0y 1 zero =====k6xo= w3goi 3 geor =k6ll-aa3b? 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. 73, Tree and John.