North Coast Contesters
2015 CQWW Phone Claimed Scores
NCC’s multi-op powerhouses – K3LR, K8AZ and W2FU – once again produced some amazing scores in this year’s CQWW Phone contest.
The top US M/M station of K3LR produced what will surely be their 11th straight USA win in this contest with 12,593 contacts and a claimed score of 32.5 million points. Handicapped by poorer 10 meter conditions that resulted in a decrease of 900 contacts from 2014, the ‘LR ops nearly made up for this deficit by large increases in 20, 40 and 160 totals to come up only 96 QSOs behind their 2014 claimed QSO total of 12,689. Their score of 32.5 million was just a hair below last year’s claimed score of 32.8 million. Log checking will determine whether this year’s score will edge out last year’s score of 32.0 million.
Over at K8AZ’s M/S operation, the summer antenna work paid off with over 4,000 Q’s and a claimed score of 8.8 million points. This was 0.5 million points short of the 9.3 million score produced by the team at K6ND, located about 500 miles closer to Europe. The ops at W2FU with a claimed score of 7.1 million and 3,231 contacts, were close behind the amazing K8AZ totals.
Congratulations to all. We’re looking forward to seeing what these stations do in the CW weekend.
We Place Third in September CW Sprint!
According to preliminary scores announced by the NCJ, the NCC + MRRC East team, consisting of N2NT, K3LR, N2NC, KW8N, KU8E, W1NN, NW2K, K3UA, and K1AR, came in third among 12 registered teams. Our other team, NCC + MRRC West, had scores from only four stations, and placed 11th. Scores may be seen at http://ncjweb.com/sprint-scores/preliminary/sprintcwsep2015prelim.txt
NCC/MRRC Team Places Fifth
August NAQP scores were published in the November/December issue of NCJ and the combined NCC/MRRC team came in fifth in a field of 81 teams. Congratulations to NP2X, NO3M, NA8V, KU8E and K8ND for a fine finish competing against very strong ops at some of the best stations in the country. In all NCC/MRRC fielded five teams which placed fifth, 346th, 42nd, 53rd and 70th.
NCC Meeting January 16, 2016
Mark your calendar for Saturday, January 16, 2016 when the next NCC meeting will be held. Details will be announced on the club email reflector. In the past the meetings have usually been held in the evening but with this meeting the time has been moved up to 3 PM in the afternoon. Stay tuned for details.
NCC/MRRC Teams Place High in February CW Sprint
The July/August issue of NCJ carries the results of the February 2015 Sprint showing that the two NCC teams organized by K3LR placed fourth and fifth out of 17 teams. The NCC/MRRC East team, consisting of NO3M, K3LR, K1AR, NW2K, KU8E, K3UA, ND8L, W8WTS and NP4G, ended up with 95,4530 points, behind third-place DFW #1 with 121,401 points. Just behind the East team was NCC/MRRC West with 88,121 points. The West team was made up of KW8N, K9NW, K8MM, W1NN (operating remote from Japan), W8CAR, NA8V, N8SS, KL8RA and N8XX. It is worth noting that the East team only had nine members. NO3M achieved the top score for the East team with 16,200 points, while KW8N with 13,717 points headed up the West team. NO3M placed fourth in the country in this event! Well done Eric.
The next CW Sprint is scheduled for September 13 UTC (Saturday night September 12). Mark your calendars!
NCC Shines in 2014 CQ WW DX Contests
It seems like the final results for the CQ WW DX contests are announced earlier and earlier each year. For the 2014 contests, NCC again showed its multi-op prowess with a number of top and near-top finishes. Here is a brief summary of the final results for our club:
SSB
Fantastic high band conditions and near-record participation (8,283 logs submitted) combined to produce another year of great SSB scores in 2014. In the MM competition, for the 10th consecutive year, K3LR placed first in the USA, achieving the second highest score in the world behind only HK1NA. In the multi-single category, K8AZ’s crew achieved another good score from Ohio while the VE3EJ team produced the top Canadian MS score.
CW
Great conditions and record activity helped NCC multi-operator stations K3LR, W2FU and K8AZ produce some fantastic scores. K3LR bested its winning 2013 score to set a new USA record in the MM category. The K3LR gang’s score was not only the top US score but fourth in the world and not far from second place in the world. Close behind was the W2FU team at third place in the US and seventh in the world. Jeff’s ops are doing better each year and no doubt are gearing up to give K3LR some real competition. The guys at K8AZ again triumphed in the MS category.
In the combined CW + SSB USA club competition, NCC, with only 26 scores, came in sixth, competing against the likes of YCCC whose score included logs from 270 stations. Well done!
NCC President K3LR Recognized
Tim Duffy, K3LR, president of NCC, has been honored as the 2015 Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year. The award was presented at the Dayton Hamvention in May. This award has been given to individuals that have made great contributions to our hobby and Tim joins a list of award winners that goes back over half a century. Here is what the Hamvention press release said about Tim:
Tim Duffy, K3LR, of West Middlesex, PA, has a long history of giving back to Amateur Radio. He is founder, promoter and chairman of the successful Contest University (CTU) which has helped to teach radio sport contest operating with excellent volunteer professors. The first CTU was held in Dayton in 2007. Since then more 3,700 radio radio sport enthusiasts have attended 25 CTU’s held in eight different countries under his watchful guidance.
Since 1984 K3LR has moderated the Dayton Hamvention antenna forum, coordinating the presentation of more than 100 papers about antennas. He is also involved in scheduling many contesting activities during Hamvention including the Contest Super Suite, the Contest Dinner and recently the annual Top Band Dinner.
Duffy serves as an officer of several radio clubs and was recently elected to the position of ARRL Section Manager for Western Pennsylvania. He became a ham at age 12 in 1972 and lives in Pennsylvania on 11 acres with over 50 antennas.
Congratulations, Tim! We’re very proud of you!
NCC Summer Picnic at K3LR
NCC members are invited to attend another summer picnic at the QTH of our president, Tim Duffy, K3LR. Those who have attended previous picnics at Tim’s know that these events are great fun with good companionship, good food and most likely a station tour. This one will be held in Tim’s new barn! The picnic starts at 6 PM on Friday, July 31. Mwembers need to RSVP direct to Tim via email.
Ohio QSO Party Coming Up
August 22 is the date for the 2015 running of the OHQP. Quite a few NCC members are regular participants in this annual event held on the fourth Saturday of August, so be sure to mark your calendars and get on the air for this fun event. Beginning this year, the serial number has been replaced with a signal report, which will make life easier for mobiles. See www.ohqp.org for details.
NCC Announces 23rd Annual Dayton Contest Dinner
The North Coast Contesters are proud to announce: The 23rd Annual Dayton Contest Dinner 2015 Contest Dinner tickets are on sale now exclusively via our web site. Thanks to Scott, KA9FOX and QTH.com for designing, building and running the Contest Dinner web site. http://contestdinner.com Master of Ceremonies for the Dayton Contest Dinner is Contest Hall of Fame member and World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) Chairman, John Dorr, K1AR. Our featured speaker will be announced later. The 2015 Contest Hall of Fame inductees will be announced. The Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night, May 16, 2015 at 6:30 PM Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM. Located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contester Hotel) 5th and Jefferson Streets (Next to the Dayton Convention Center) Dayton (Downtown), Ohio in the PRESIDENTIAL BALLROOM on the second floor. Seating is random. Tables are set in rounds of 10. You can purchase an entire table for your group (purchased group tables are set for 8). Tickets are only available on http://contestdinner.com There are no tickets for sale at the door. The 27th annual Contest Super Suite (all FOUR nights during Dayton) details are here: http://contestsupersuite.com And Contest University seats are filling up fast http://contestuniversity.com We expect another sold out event for the Dayton Contest dinner. Get your tickets early! 73! Tim K3LR Dayton Contest Dinner Chairman President, North Coast Contesters