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2026 ARRL DX SSB
Published March 10, 2026

Please help me congratulate our super skilled members who achieved high scores in this weekend’s phone contest!

Call: K3LR
Operator(s): DL1QQ K1AR K1DG K3LR K3UA N2LQH N2NC N2NL N2NT N3GJ N3SD N5UM NP4G W2RQ WM2H
Station: K3LR

Class: M/M HP
QTH: West Middlesex, PA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: USA

Summary:

Band    QSOs  Mults

160:     65          39

80:        399       78

40:        1173    110

20:        1574    126

15:        1993    124

10:        1423    118

Total:   6627    595       11,829,195

Call: K8AZ
Operator(s): K3LA W3YA W5WZ K8AZ K8BL K8CX W8WTS
Station: K8AZ

Class: M/S HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
——————-
  160:   14    14
   80:  114    45
   40:  243    75
   20:  750   101
   15:  972   104
   10:  520    91
——————-
Total: 2613   430  Total Score = 3,356,580

Call: K5ZD

Operator(s): K5ZD

Station: K5ZD

Class: SOUAB HP

QTH: W8

Operating Time (hrs): 20.2

OpMode: SO2R

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Mults

——————-

  160:   10    10

   80:   50    39

   40:  132    68

   20:  544   100

   15:  765    99

   10:  399    88

——————-

Total: 1900   404  Total Score = 2,302,800

 

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: SOAB LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 14
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
——————-
  160:         
  80:  32    25
  40:  60    36
  20:  87    50
  15:  108    53
  10:  161    53
——————-
Total:  448  217  Total Score = 291,648

 CallSign Used : K8LY

 Operator(s) : K8LY

 ARRL Section : OH

 Club/Team : north coast contesters

 Email : jonlk1040@gmail.com

  Software : N1MM Logger

              Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty  Pt/Q

               3.5      29      87   21  3.0

               7         72     216   41  3.0

               14       114    342  53  3.0

               21       113    339  55  3.0

               28      101    303  38  3.0

             429    1287  208  3.0   Total Score: 267,696

 

Posted in NCC News
2026 ARRL DX CW
Published February 23, 2026

Congratulations to the NCC members who shared their awesome scores from ARRL CW!

 

Call: K3LR
Operator(s): AD4EB K2UA K3LR K3UA K4RO N2NC N2NT N3GJ N3SD VE3EJ VE3RA W2RQ
Station: K3LR

Class: M/M HP
QTH: West Middlesex, PA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: USA

Summary: Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
160: 200 55
80: 751 85
40: 1625 116
20: 2082 126
15: 2054 128
10: 1408 119
Total: 8120 629 Total Score 15,320,553

Call: K5ZD

Operator(s): K5ZD

Class: SOAB HP

Operating Time (hrs): 42

OpMode: SO2R

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Mults

——————-

  160:   80    37

   80:  299    58

   40:  882    86

   20: 1305   100

   15: 1341   100

   10:  579    86

——————-

Total: 4486   467  Total Score = 6,284,886

Call: K8AZ
Operator(s): W3YQ K8AZ K8BL K8CX K8NZ W8WWV
Station: K8AZClass: M/S HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 48Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
——————-
  160:   49    39
   80:  206    66
   40:  729   100
   20:  914   105
   15: 1017   111
   10:  340    86
——————-
Total: 3255   507  Total Score = 4,947,813
 
 
Callsign: NJ3K Contest: ARRLDXCW
 Band     QSOs     Pts  Cty  Pt/Q
   1.8      15      45   13   3.0
   3.5      77     231   43   3.0
     7     193     579   60   3.0
    14     512    1536   87   3.0
    21     358    1074   88   3.0
    28     160     480   72   3.0
 Total    1315    3945  363   3.0
Score: 1,432,035

Call: W8CAR
Operator(s): W8CAR
Station: W8CAR

Class: SOUAB HP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Location: USA

Summary: Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
160: 4 4
80: 27 24
40: 215 70
20: 262 85
15: 310 89
10: 238 84
Total: 1056 356 Total Score 1,125,672

 

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: SOAB LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 27
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
——————-
  160:  12    9
  80:  105    45
  40:  250    61
  20:  274    66
  15:  250    74
  10:  216    64
——————-
Total: 1107  319  Total Score = 1,059,399
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
 
Class: SOAB LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Remote Operation
 
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
——————-
160:
80:       44    28
40:    254    70
20:    138    59
15:    159    57
10:      59    27
——————-
Total: 654 241 Total Score = 472,842
CallSign Used : K8LY
      Operator(s) : K8LY
 
        Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty  Pt/Q
        3.5      66    198  36  3.0
          7    103    309  53  3.0
          14    119    357  54  3.0
          21      95    285  50  3.0
          28      94    282  37  3.0
      Total    477    1431  230  3.0
            Score : 329,130
Posted in NCC News
NA Sprint CW 2026
Published February 8, 2026

Congratulations to the AMAZING NCC members’ performances below:

Call: K5ZD

Operator(s): K5ZD

Station: K5ZD

Class: Single Op HP

QTH: W8

Operating Time (hrs): 4

OpMode: SO2R

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Op Time

———————

   80:   93       

   40:  136       

   20:  119       

———————

Total:  348    Mults = 50  Total Score = 17,400

 
 Call: K3LR
 Operator(s): K3LR
 Station: K3LR
 
 Class: Single Op HP
 QTH: West Middlesex, PA
 Operating Time (hrs): 4.0
 
 Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
 ———————
  80:  112
  40:  111
  20:  112
 ———————
Total:  335    Mults = 49  Total Score = 16,415
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 4.0
Remote Operation
 
Summary:
 
Band QSOs Op Time
———————
80: 44
40: 88
20: 91
———————
Total: 223 Mults = 48 Total Score = 10,704
 

Call: K8NZ
Operator(s): K8NZ
Station: K8NZ

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
———————
   80:   66    1:00
   40:   90    1:30
   20:   52    1:30
———————
Total:  208    Mults = 47  Total Score = 9,776

Call: N3SD
Operator(s): N3SD
Station: N3SD
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 4
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Op Time
———————
  80:  69       
  40:  90       
  20:  61       
———————
Total:  220    Mults = 43  Total Score = 9,460
 
 
Posted in NCC News
2026 160-Meter Contest, CW
Published January 25, 2026

The following NCC members fought the 160m battle this weekend!! Great job Guys!!

Call: K3LR
Operator(s): K3LR N2NC N3GJ K3UA
Station: K3LR
 
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: WPA
Operating Time (hrs): 28
 
Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 922  State/Prov = 55  Countries = 45  Total Score = 269,500
Call: NJ3K
Operator(s): NJ3K
Station: NJ3K

Class: Single Op Assisted LP
QTH: wpa
Operating Time (hrs): 16:30

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 466  State/Prov = 48  Countries = 12  Total Score = 67,620

Call: N3SD 
Operator(s): N3SD 
Station: N3SD

Class: Single Op Assisted LP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 2:27
Location: USA

Summary:   
Total: QSOs 206 State/Prov 32 Countries 4 Total Score 17,172
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 3
 
Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 112  State/Prov = 28  Countries = 6  Total Score = 8,772
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 0.2
Remote Operation
 
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 10 State/Prov = 8 Countries = 0 Total Score = 160
Posted in NCC News
2026 NAQP CW 1.10-1.11.26
Published January 12, 2026

These NCC Members participated this weekend in heating up the bands for the NAQP CW Contest!

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 10
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
——————-
  160:  22    14
  80:  150    35
  40:  177    44
  20:  269    53
  15:  240    50
  10:  215    47
——————-
Total: 1073  243  Total Score = 260,739
 
Call: K3UAOperator(s): K3UA
Station: K3UAClass: Single Op LP
QTH: WPA
Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
Location: USA

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
160: 13 10
80: 355 45
40: 253 46
20: 112 36
15: 39 21
10: 30 16
Total: 802 174 Total Score 139,548
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
——————-
160:
80: 132 39
40: 203 44
20: 223 47
15: 108 36
10: 43 19
——————-
Total: 709 185 Total Score = 131,165
 

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: oh
Operating Time (hrs): 7
Location: USA
OpMode: SO2R  

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
160: 23 17
80: 74 27
40: 126 33
20: 226 46
15: 90 31
10: 67 22
Total: 606 176 Total Score 106,656

Team: MRRC/NCC Super Ops

Used John as tribute to John, N8AA. As Hal mentioned some ops questioned the change but most just ran with it so many busts or they copied well. Condx seemed really good  and 10-20 were great with some short skip to the east thrown in. ran out of steam but the 7 hours were fun and I left the bands with plenty still to work.

Call: N3SD
Operator(s): N3SD
Station: N3SD

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 5:32
Location: USA

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
160: 31 23
80: 254 43
40: 109 44
20: 66 35
15: 34 19
10: 13 7
Total: 507 171 Total Score 86,697

 

Callsign: NJ3K 
 Band     QSOs     Pts  Sec  Mt2  Pt/Q
   1.8      38      38   21    0   1.0
   3.5     123     123   38    4   1.0
     7      45      45   30    2   1.0
    14     110     110   40    0   1.0
    21     124     124   47    4   1.0
 Total     440     440  176   10   1.0
Score: 81,840

Call: K8NZ

Operator(s): K8NZ
Station: K8NZ

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 1HR 45M
Location: USA

Summary: 
Band QSOs Mults
160:    
80: 9 8
40: 28 20
20: 34 20
15: 22 13
10: 24 15
Total: 117 68 Total Score 8,592

SOAPBOX: Operated a bit in between Grandson’s two hockey games. Used “JOHN” in honor of my dear friend N8AA who became SK in September. Conditions and activity seemed very good. 

 

Posted in NCC News
ARRL 10-meter Contest 12/13-14/2025
Published December 15, 2025

These NCC Members competed in the Second full weekend of December, 10-meter contest! 

Call: K5ZD
> Operator(s): K5ZD
> Station: K5ZD
>
> Class: SO Mixed HP
> QTH: W8
> Operating Time (hrs): 16.5
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> ——————-
>  CW:  887  129
>  SSB:  706  124
> ——————-
> Total: 1593  253  Total Score = 1,254,880
>
> Club: North Coast Contesters
>
> Comments:> Elecraft K3 + PGXL amp C31xr @ 70′ Conditions better than expected.  When the band died – it died hard and fast. Most exciting QSO was having FR4QT call in on Sunday morning.  He was 59+20! Seemed like activity was down on SSB.  Was easy to find a frequency but no big runs.
 
 
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: SO Mixed LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 18
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
——————-
  CW:  650  115
  SSB:  254    87
——————-
Total:  904  202  Total Score = 627,816
 
Comments:
 
A limited antenna operation from the Florida condo, using an 80M OCF up 45 feet
or so in the trees along the condo property line.
 
Perhaps more time than I expected to spend, but a crazy good Es opening on
Friday night made things worth persisting. I was doing OK when we got a Facetime
call from our daughter and grandkids around 0030Z. Getting back on I then had a
119 QSO hour, including a 25 minute run at 201/hour, which also filled in most
of the close in states on both modes, though I did end up missing PA, VA, and MO
on SSB. Saturday evening the band was dead at the same time.
 
Not surprisingly CA was the most worked state (46 QSOs) followed by MN (38) and
MA (34). But from Florida one does not expect to work 17 people in Tennessee.
 
I also had a gentle 90 minutes at 50/hour run on CW late Sunday, while also
clearing out a thousand or so old junk email while pushing the CQ button and
working the occasional callers.
 
Definitely one to remember, given the likely downward side of the solar cycle.
 

Call: W8CAR
Class: SOA CW HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Location: USA

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
CW: 639 131
SSB: 0 0
Total: 639 131 Total Score 334,836

Had fun this weekend dabbling in 10 meter test. Fairly good condx and lots to work. Decided to do Assisted and run a bit and hunt mults a bit. One highlight during a run, I looked at the bandmap and saw 4 Ohio stations (one in FL nw) in a row on the band map. K8MFO, K1LT, W8CAR, K8MR. WE owned the band!

Did have a scare when trying to crank up the tower on Friday, the brake pawl was frozen and didn’t latch. Had to gently lower with no brake and apply some heat and good ole PB Blaster to free it up. All seems well.

Callsign: NJ3K
SO LP CW Only Assisted.
 Band     QSOs     Pts  S-P  Cty  Pt/Q
    28     551    2204   67   80   4.0
 Total     551    2204   67   80   4.0   Score: 323,988
1 Mult = 3.7 Q’s
 
I thought conditions were pretty good, maybe not the best but still I could work pretty much anywhere. 
When the sun went down so did the bands. Last weekend was a night time contest with 160, and this was a daylight contest. 
Thanks to all that heard me.
Oh, I did work all 50 states, I can’t recall doing that in the past. OK and AR were the last two. Seems like CA and TX were always there.
 
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
 
Class: SO CW LP
QTH: W8
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Remote Operation
 
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
——————-
CW: 60 30
SSB:
 ——————-
Total: 60 30 Total Score = 7,200
 
Club: North Coast Contesters
 
Comments: This was the first test of the remote after last year’s failure of my
router and Remote Rig box at the station end, putting me off the air for the
winter. The remote is working fine except that I can’t access my antenna
switch so I only have two antennas to use for now. I have a couple of
ideas to fix this so I might get back access to my other two antennas.
 
For me, this was a contest to see whether a 40M dipole or a 20M dipole is worst
on 10M. The K3 loads both of them, but neither performs well. I could work most
of the loud stations but not much else. 10M opens to EU around my bedtime here.
I’m just getting over jet-lag so it made sense to sleep rather than
staying up trying to work EU with an antenna designed for another band.
 
 
Posted in NCC News
CQWW DX CW 2025
Published December 1, 2025

Please see Final BIG CONTEST of 2025 scores for the heavy hitting NCC Members below:

Call: K3LR
Operator(s): AD4EB DL1QQ K3LR K3UA K4RO N2NC N3GJ N6TV VE3NE VE3RA W2RQ WF7T
Station: K3LR

Class: M/M HP
QTH: West Middlesex, PA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: USA

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Zones Countries
160: 211 20 70
80: 1054 29 112
40: 2382 40 149
20: 1979 40 153
15: 2175 40 155
10: 1750 36 146
Total: 9551 205 785 Total Score 26,081,550

Call: K5ZD

Operator(s): K5ZD

Station: K5ZD

Class: SO(A)AB HP

Operating Time (hrs): 41.5

OpMode: SO2R

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries

——————————

  160:   48    13       31

   80:  197    19       77

   40: 1128    37      125

   20:  845    39      139

   15:  975    38      139

   10:  856    32      122

——————————

Total: 4049   179      633  Total Score = 9,392,191

 
Callsign: NJ3K 
  Band    QSOs    Pts  ZN  Cty  Pt/Q
    1.8      15      31    7    8  2.1
    3.5      64    161  11  33  2.5
      7    169    457  17  70  2.7
    14    316    913  25  78  2.9
    21    295    855  25  83  2.9
    28    345    1012  24  95  2.9
  Total   1204    3429  109  367  2.8 = Score: 1,632,204
 
 
Call: N8TR
Operator(s): N8TR
Station: N8TRClass: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: NE Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 22Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
——————————
  160:  14       8       12
   80:   60     13       55
   40:  160    30       95
   20:  117    34      105
   15:  161    32      115
   10:  192    29      112
——————————
Total: 704   146     494  Total Score = 1,260,800
 
Call: WW3S
Operator(s): WW3S
Station: WW3S
 
Class: SO(A)SB15 HP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 27
 
Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
——————————
  160:
    80:
    40:
    20:
    15:  962    37      141
    10:
——————————
Total:  962    37      141  Total Score = 498,044
 
 
 CallSign Used : K8LY
      Operator(s) : K8LY
Band    QSOs    Pts  ZN  Cty  Pt/Q
        1.8      4      7    4    4  1.8
        3.5      33      88    9  25  2.7
          7    140    405  13  58  2.9
          14      65    174  17  35  2.7
          21      90    249  16  46  2.8
          28    129    364  14  57  2.8
      Total    461    1287  73  225  2.8 = Score : 383,526
 
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: SOAB LP
Class Overlay: Classic
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 1
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
——————————
  160:  4      3        3
  80:  6      4        6
  40:  23      6      15
  20:  16      4      10
  15:                   
  10:  11      4        8
——————————
Total:  60    21      42  Total Score = 10,733
Posted in NCC News
ARRL Sweepstakes CW 2025
Published November 3, 2025

Congratulations to our brave Sweepstakes Super Guys! Great job Randy K5ZD for leading the pack!

Call: K5ZD

Operator(s): K5ZD

Station: K5ZD

Class: Single Op HP

QTH: OH

Operating Time (hrs): 23.5

OpMode: SO2R

Summary:

Band  QSOs

————

  160:    0

   80:  190

   40:  450

   20:  247

   15:  171

   10:   50

————

Total: 1066  Sections = 85  Total Score = 181,220

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

First contest from the fully assembled new station. Everything seemed to work.

A great CQ WW SSB contest usually means less activity for SS CW. This year was

no exception.  Activity died around 0500z the first night and never returned.

I woke up an hour late due to confusion around the time change.  Spent the day

futilely chasing N2NT and AA3B.  We all moved through the day with the same

delta between us.

Happy to get the Sweep when I found VO2AC on 15m, dealing with a messy pileup.

I don’t understand why everyone seems to drop all sense of manners and

operating practices when a rare mult shows up in SS…

My 51st consecutive year of entering SS CW.  The 1000 QSO streak was broken last

year.  Thanks to everyone who was on and helped make the contest fun.

Station:

2 x K3, PGXL amp

80m: Inverted vee with top at 78′

40m: 2-el Moxon at 90′, 40-2CD at 45′, Inverted vee at 25′ (all 3

fed together most of the weekend)

20m: 5-el/5-el at 80’/50′

15m: 5-el/5-el at 50’/25′

10m: C31xr at 70′

Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL
 
Class: SO Unlimited LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 19
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs
————
  160:    0
  80:  165
  40:  319
  20:  117
  15:  22
  10:  24
————
Total:  647  Sections = 84  Total Score = 108,696
 
Club: North Coast Contesters
 
Comments:
 
At 8 AM local time on Sunday, my Internet DIED (including TV service)!!!
That is DISASTER for trying to contest as Unlimited. No stations in the Bandmap
and no spots for catching needed Sections!
Leaving the Family without Internet/TV while I contested was out of the
question, so I had to try to resolve the problem.
Tech Support found that the trouble was external to my QTH and was dispatching
a Repair Tech. They showed up 5 hours later which was impressive for a
weekend.
Meanwhile I operated as Limited even though I had started as Unlimited and had
been giving out Prec U. Couldn’t change once I started! Had to stay a U.
The Repair Tech determined the trouble was in the cable down the street and
a cable crew wouldn’t be out until Monday.
The Family would have to be content with using their phones or watching DVDs.
The crash left me well short of operating 24 hours and a Clean Sweep. But, I
felt I ended up with a decent result in spite of the handicap. Only missed NL.
 
P.S. I built a Double Bazooka for 10M since my EFLW doesn’t work very well
    on that Band and getting rare Mults there can be difficult. Pleased to say it
    performed very well and gave me 21 Mults out of 24 Q’s!! Included, were:
    KH6, KP4, KP2, KL and VY1, plus most of everything on the West Coast.

 

 

Callsign: NJ3K Contest: SSCW
 Band     QSOs     Pts  Sec  Pt/Q
   3.5      96     192    1   2.0
     7     229     458   16   2.0
    14     206     412   31   2.0
    21      54     108   25   2.0
    28      16      32   12   2.0
 Total     601    1202   85   2.0
Score: 102,170
1 Mult = 7.1 Q’s

14 hours of operations, in my defense I am still recovering form Surgery. I can’t use this excuse much longer though. 🙂 
Low power assisted. Wire antennas for 40 and 80. Tri bander at 40 feet for 20-15 and 10. I did finally get VO2AC for the clean sweep. That took over an hour to get him. I will echo what Randy K5DZ said about manners, they were indeed bad. I could hear him very well so I knew it was just a matter of time, but 1+ hours? Oh well I can purchase another coffee cup.
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 13
 
Summary:
Band QSOs
————
160: 0
80: 194
40: 213
20: 92
15: 52
10: 8
————
Total: 559 Sections = 82 Total Score = 91,676
 
Club: North Coast Contesters
 
Comments:
 
In the weeks before the contest, I was able to fix a couple of things
and put up
two temporary antennas. The station was ready to go. About two hours before
the contest, I took a tumble off of my deck and landed hard on my back. It
didn’t seem that anything was broken but I was in considerable pain. I
made it through the first night until the bands died and put in three
hours on
Sunday morning, but I was still in pretty bad pain. With a 14 hour flight
coming up in a few days, I decided that I should go back to bed and take
care of
myself. I pulled the swich.
 
Rates were very poor while I was on. I had only 5 hours over 50. Sunday
morning was really bad – it seemed that Sunday afternoon had come on Sunday
morning. The three mults I messed were ONN, NL and NB. Quite a few other
mults
were worked only once.
 
Fellow OH LP ops W8CAR, K8BL and W8WTS sounded good and were everywhere.
Congrats to K5ZD and W8WTS for sticking it out to the bitter end. I’m not
sure if I have it in me any more, even without an aching back.
 
 
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: Single Op LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 7
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs
————
  160:   
  80:  10
  40:  58
  20:  129
  15:  146
  10:  79
————
Total:  422  Sections = 74  Total Score = 62,456
 
Club: Florida Contest Group
 
Comments:
 
In Florida for the winter, using the condo superstation antenna of an 80M OCF up
50 feet or so. Kids in town so limited time, but not much to be gained by extra
operating time. Missed WV, MS, EWA, and LAX(!) Were they all watching and then
celebrating the World Series?
 
Call: N3GJ
Class: Single Op LP Unassisted
QTH: WPA
Operating Time (hrs): 13
 
Summary:  
Band    QSOs
160:     0
80:        131
40:        82
20:        87
15:        41
10:        34
Total:   375       Sections:  82  Total Score:  61,500
 
A totally relaxed effort for this one. I didn’t do too much CQing, spent most of the time tuning the bands looking for new mults and making Q’s along the way. Put in about 7 hours on Saturday but was limited on time Sunday, only getting on for a few hours later in the morning and then a few hours in the evening.
 
I needed NB and NL – like everyone else that missed the sweep by a few mults, and I also missed ONN. I ran across the VE9DX pile up on both 20 and 15 but couldn’t get his attention. Never heard a VO1/2, and I called every VE3 that I heard but wasn’t able to find the ONN station.. and no luck getting one to call in on my CQ’s.
 
Always lots of fun working a bunch of familiar calls and giving out WPA. I worked a lot of NCCers.
 
Yaesu FT-710 100w
TH3 at 55ft  (ex N8AA antenna I purchased from John years ago when he was downsizing)
Butternut HF9V
Inv vee’s for 40 & 80
 
 
Call: W3USA
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: W3USA
 
Class: Single Op LP
Class Overlay: Limited-Ant
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 2
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs
————
  160:   
  80:    2
  40:  124
  20:  34
  15:   
  10:   
————
Total:  160  Sections = 61  Total Score = 19,520
 
Club: Florida Contest Group
 
Comments:
Two hours at the end. I ignored the stupid ARRL rule about one callsign etc. I
hope nobody minded the extra QSO with me using a second call. I estimate 90% of
my QSOs were with people I had worked earlier as K8MR.
 
Posted in NCC News
CQWW SSB 2025
Published October 27, 2025

     The excellent condx made some AMAZING activity in the BIG CQWW SSB Contest this weekend! Congratulations to K3LR for a great big win!!!!! See our NCC Competitors’ SUPER SCORES below:     

 

K3LR

Class: M/M HP              QSOs                  Zones                  Countries

Band

160:                                     369                       18                          53

80:                                        762                       23                          93

40:                                        2380                    38                          130

20:                                        3031                    39                          158

15:                                        3658                    39                          157

10:                                        3810                    39                          160

Total:                                  14010                 196                       751       Total Score: 35,194,308

 

(If you see N3GJ, ask him about his 404 QSO hour on 10m) : )

 

Call: K8AZ
Operator(s): W3YQ W5WZ K8AZ K8BL K8CX K8MR K8NZ W8CAR W8WTS WB8K
Station: K8AZ

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
——————————
  160:   15     9       14
   80:  126    17       59
   40:  225    27       94
   20:  610    38      135
   15: 1050    36      138
   10: 1610    36      148
——————————
Total: 3636   163      588  Total Score = 7,844,195
 
Please note the dedication to Charter NCC Member N8AA (sk).  RIP John.

     

 Call : K8LY
     ARRL Section : OH
     Email : jonlk1040@gmail.com
     Software : N1MM 

    Band     QSOs     Pts   ZN  Cty  Pt/Q
         .5      12      31    5   12   2.6
          7      74     210    9   40   2.8
         14      77     215   17   43   2.8
         21     175     495   18   65   2.8
         28     194     558   21   70   2.9
      Total     532    1509   70  230   2.8
             Score : 452,700

Call: K8FF
Operator(s): K8FF
Station: K8FF

Class: SO(A)AB HP
Class Overlay: 2-Bands
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Band   QSOs  Zones Countries

20:        12         4            10

10:        706       34         130

Total:   718       38         140       Total Score:   372,376

Posted in NCC News
NA Sprint CW, 9/14/25
Published September 15, 2025

Several of our amazing NCC CW ops. took part in the NA Sprint contest this past Saturday 9/14/25. Please join me in recognition of these elite radio sportsmen!

Call: K5ZD

Operator(s): K5ZD

Station: K5ZD

Class: Single Op HP

QTH: W8

Operating Time (hrs): 4

OpMode: SO2R

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Op Time

———————

   80:   85       

   40:  105       

   20:   92       

———————

Total:  282           Mults = 50  Total Score = 14,100

Club: NCC

Team: YINZER

 

Call: K3LR

Operator(s): K3LR

Station: K3LR

 

Class: Single Op HP

QTH: PA

Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Op Time

———————

  80:  80       

  40:  94       

  20:  98       

———————

Total:  272    Mults = 50  Total Score = 13,600

Club: North Coast Contesters

Team: YINZER

 
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 4
 
Summary:
Band  QSOs  Op Time
———————
  80:  78       
  40:  101       
  20:  84       
———————
Total:  263    Mults = 50  Total Score = 13,150
 
Club: Mad River Radio Club
 
Team: NCC+MRRC
 
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
 
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 4.0
 
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
———————
80: 75
40: 91
20: 64
———————
Total: 230 Mults = 49 Total Score = 11,270
 
Club: North Coast Contesters
Team: NCC+MRRC

 

Call: W8WTS
Operator(s): W8WTS
Station: W8WTS

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 4
OpMode: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
———————
   80:   72        
   40:   90        
   20:   67        
———————
Total:  229    Mults = 47  Total Score = 10,763

Club: North Coast Contesters

Team: NCC+MRRC

————– Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ———————
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
——————————————————————–
0000       0      0     20     45      0      0     65     65   28.4
0100       0      0     39     20      0      0     59    124   54.1
0200       0     32     25      2      0      0     59    183   79.9
0300       0     40      6      0      0      0     46    229  100.0
——————————————————
Total      0     72     90     67      0      0    229

Gross QSOs=231        Dupes=2        Net QSOs=229

Unique callsigns worked = 119

The best 60 minute rate was 71/hour from 0042 to 0141
The best 30 minute rate was 82/hour from 0042 to 0111
The best 10 minute rate was 96/hour from 0046 to 0055

The best 1 minute rates were:
 3 QSOs/minute    3 times.
 2 QSOs/minute   53 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  114 times.

There were 88 bandchanges and 46 (20.1%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

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