2014 New England QSO Party

by Tom Frenaye, K1KI – frenaye@pcnet.com

Writeup | New England Scores | Scores from Outside New England | Breakdowns of Top Stations | Soapbox Comments

Introduction

Activity was down slightly in 2014 from the previous year. A lot of New England hams were engaged as volunteers planning and supporting the large effort needed for the World Radiosport Team Championships in the Boston area.

We received 437 logs with 43 from DX stations, 14 from Canada, 224 from the USA and 156 from New England. The logs combined to show 68,471 valid QSOs. There were 622 different New England stations reported from all counties. Paul/N4PN worked all 67 counties and Bob/WN1GIV found all but one. Jim/K9YC from California and Vic/K9UIY who was QRP from IL found 61 counties to work.

After considerable deliberation, some changes have been made in how scores are listed this time. Rather than placing all of the stations using assistance into the multi-operator category, they have been included in the single operator scores but are shown with a “-A” suffix (SOLP-A is single operator low power with assistance).

Over the years assistance has grown from a few people using packet or the Internet for help in finding stations to work, to a significant percentage of all competitors using assistance. On CW and digital modes this is even more pronounced with the implementation of VE3NEA”s CW Skimmer software and the use of the Reverse Beacon Network. Everyone operating CW and digital modes is now automatically spotted.

Rather than adding new categories for single operator assisted, we’ll list them together in 2015, so the use of assistance will not place you in the multi-op category..

Propagation

The sun provided some extra spin during the overnight hours as the K-index hit 4. This dampened propagation and activity on Sunday morning so totals on 15 and 10 meters was down compared to 2013. On the other hand, 40 and 80 meters produced more QSOs in the early evening hours.

Valid QSOs 80m 40m 20m 15m10m
QSOs made by W1s2,87416,68723,1817,031409
Different stations worked 6392,289 4,691 1,489 240
QSOs made by non-W1s1,3055,3859,7341,86546
Different stations worked10419144313522

Mobiles

Bob/WA1Z/m and his driver Kurt/W6PH decided to test the roads of northern New Hampshire and all of Vermont this year, hitting all 14 counties in VT and 7 in NH. Bob’s 1,246 QSOs was the top mobile score, while he set individual records in two NH and 4 VT counties.

WA1Z/m – with pilot extraordinaire: Kurt W6PH

Elecraft K3 running off car battery. Two Hustler MO-2 Masts (braced by homemade harness attached to car roof rack) on Comet antenna mounts. Monoband Hustler RM-series coil/whips on top. Although I discovered a problem with my car’s AUX stereo jack in the center console a day before the event, between what we could get out of one of the speakers and the K3’s own speaker we were still able to pump enough audio into the car for Kurt to listen in to the action.

There was a lot of ignition noise (or fuel injectors) on 40m. Kurt would keep the accelerator down while I was transmitting and let up if there was a weak signal calling so I could get the call and report! Twenty and 15 were completely quiet.

Kurt and I were moaning and groaning most of the day Sunday “it felt like a nearly unbearable slog most of the day.” After a record-breaking 2013 effort in the NEQP, the score contracted a bit this year. I kept trying to keep in mind that the NEQP is notoriously a slow starter on both days. Aside from 15 Meters being seemingly open without activity Saturday afternoon at the start, we were still on a record pace after the first operating period with 637 QSOs and 67 Multipliers, so we felt really good Sunday morning.

We headed up to Orleans VT immediately Sunday morning before turning west to Lake Champlain. I had visions of a massive pileup for a county in high demand when we got there. We spent 33 minutes and got 21 QSOs out of it. Same thing happened in Grand Isle. Nothing seemed to be working and our only hope was that we’d have the normal Sunday afternoon “crescendo” to the end of the contest when activity/rate tend to steadily increase (at least this is my experience as a 9-year mobile veteran).

We started to sense the rates improving around 2000z, but we were still grousing how week signals were and that we couldn’t get a really good rate going. I kept giving Kurt an update on QSO totals about every 50 or so and before we knew it I was saying a fairly big number. We started to grouse less.

In the last 1.5 hours, the 60-minute rate finally broke 100/hr. It stayed above 100 until the end of the contest, peaking at 117 and settling back to 115 for the last hour. Now we were in a good mood. Originally the plan was to finish at the border of CHEshire and HILlsborough county with no activity in HILNH. But Kurt cut SULNH short and raced through CHENH so we could spend the last 20 minutes in HILNH which proved to be a good idea as the rate on 40m was phenomenal (compared to all day on Sunday).

Our 77 multipliers break down as 52 St/Prov and 25 DX. Down from 1472/88 from last year. There were a lot valleys with high terrain right next to the road. Kurt and I both think that roving in Vermont is more difficult than Maine for this reason. Besides propagation and activity the terrain was definitely a factor in a lower QSO total. Very happy with our totals. For st/prov mults, we missed DE, MS, NM and NV (yeah, W1AW/7 was active all day Saturday from NV – I know), KH6, KL7. Missed NF, LB, PEI, and the territories in VE-land. I was reminded by folks far smarter than I am that signing /M in a CQ transmission is a BAD idea in these QSO parties. RBN/Skimmer doesn’t help “alert” CW operators who use that god-forsaken, um, Thing (tongue-in-cheek folks that I changed counties; I should’ve sent the county designation after / instead. Lesson learned….

It’s nice having a buddy along for the ride in these things. I couldn’t imagine doing mobile contesting alone again ” Now if I could just get Kurt to operate. Thanks to everyone for all the QSOs!

Jay/W1UJ, Kim/N1WK and Derek/KB1SBC, used the Barnstormers Contest Group’s NZ1U/m callsign on a free-range trip through all 16 counties in Maine, plus another five in MA, and one each in NH and their home base in CT. They set a New England record score for a multi-single mobile operation, and set records in 13 of the 23 counties they passed through.

NZ1U/m – A fantastic time with good friends. KB1SBC Drove most of the way, N1WK navigated, W1UJ operated. Was in northern ME where we have never gone before. K3/100 with a motorized High Sierra antenna and a Hy-Gain mast with changeable resonators. 2003 Caddy SLS turned 38k miles on the trip. Used N1MM for logging and CQ/x for county warnings. Two networked laptops with N1MM and navigation software/streets and trips 2010. Wireless LAN in the car to network the PC’s and connect the ‘operating’ laptop to the Rig for CAT, keying and GPS with a Comtrol serial-Ethernet appliance on the LAN.

Headed off-track to give out SUFMA after a couple of requests. 2 lucky QSOs in NORMA with a short corner of that county. We did this in 2012 with good results and a better score. The conditions seemed to be poor but steady, thanks for the ‘regulars’ chasing us through the counties. Some Photos; http://w1uj.net/NEQP-2014/

Notes for next rover effort– Pass counties! Advertising to the guys that constantly call from each county change deserve to know when that is! Pass QSOs to other bands. But fun “shooting the breeze” with nav and driver too!-Have better notifications to the navigator on county changes.-Missed the last 2 hours where WA1Z stated good rates….

Congrats to WA1Z and W6PH! We will see what future Barnstormer efforts bring!

Brian/NJ1F and Saul/K2XA used the YCCC club call W2PV/m while touring through Vermont and western MA covering 15 counties along the way.

Tim/K9WX/m (with Andy/K9ELF) in the Indiana QSO Party worked 67 New England stations while in the Indiana QSO Party. Ted/W8UE/m made 73 New England QSOs from Indiana the first day and another 49 from Michigan the next day.

USA/VE/DX Results

Check here for detailed results –> Score detail
and for band-by-band info for the leaders –> Band-byband

USA outside New England

Paul/N4PN said hello to 262 CW and 268 SSB friends in New England from Georgia for another top single operator high power score, this time with 53,064 points and working all 67 counties. Hal/N4GG, also from Georgia, took the second spot with 248 CW QSOs and 60 counties for a 29,760 point score, while Pat/W5WMU found a mixture of 308 stations to work for 26, 448 points from Louisiana. Bob/K2DSW was close behind from Iowa and Gary/W2CS was fourth with 25,368, just ahead of Jim/K9YC from California.

Bob/N4BP operated low power as WN1GIV from Florida and took first place with 243 CW and 133 SSB QSOs. He only missed one county and had a total of 40,854 points, setting a new SOLP record. Bob/WA1FCN earned second place with 60 counties and about the same number of QSOs for 35,040, leading the Alabama Contest Group’s entries. Craig/K9CT, Paul/W8TM and Joel/NA4K rounded out the top five, with KI0I posting the best score west of the Mississippi River. Joel/NA4K earned the Golden Log plaque with his entry – we couldn’t find even one error in it.

The QRP category was led by Vic/K9UIY with a big 25,010 points, making 205 CW QSOs in 61 counties. Only a couple of stations have ever had a bigger QRP score.

The San Diego Contest Club team at NX6T led the multi-single entries with 193 QSOS in 47 counties.

Canada

Claude/VE2FK had 4,270 points and the top single operator high power score (and a new Quebec record), while Ed/VE4VThad 69 CW and 52 SSB QSOs in 48 counties to come in first among the low power entries with 9,120 points. The big story is that Alan/VA1MM had the top Canadian score with 110 CW and 7 SSB contacts in 50 counties for 11,350 points. Alan also earned a new Canadian QRP record, while Barry/VE6UM set the Alberta record with 3,672 points.

Alan, VA1MM, from an earlier portable operation

DX

There were logs from 43 DX stations received, the largest number ever, and up 25% from 2013. Russian stations led several categories.
Dmitry/UA2FB and Vlad/UA2FF operated Multi-single from UA2F and piled up 182 CW and 91 SSB QSOs in 60 counties for a big score of 27,300, a new record. Not far behind was Zlatko/9A2EU with 12, 006. George/UA6LCN topped the single operator high power group with 157 QSOs, while Dima/UA3AGW led the low power category with just under 20k points. Alone in the QRP category Fulvio/IV3AOL beat his own record with 108 QSOs and 8,740 points from Italy.

A number of new records were set, and some logs came in from countires not heard from before. Congratulations to the following DX stations for new records – High power: RZ0AF, JA9CWJ and TA5FA from Asia, OH2BN, I1EIS and SP9LJD from Europe; .Low Power: ON3ND, LZ2FM, LY5W, CT7AIX, OM3DX, EA5IIK, HB9ARF from Europe, and YV5OIE from South America.

For a full list of current records –> Records

New England Results

The single operator high power category resulted in a close finish with Dave/K1ZZ compiling 208,512 points with just under a thousand CW QSOs (996) and 180 on SSB, edging out Mark/K1RO from NH who had 851 on CW and 445 on SSB. Dale/AF1T was third with 1,435 on SSB and a 101 for the best multiplier total. The top five were rounded out by Tom/K1KI and Bob/AC1Z. The next few were very close with Ed/W1MA, Chuck/W1HIS, John/K1ESE and Joe/K1JB only separated by a small amount.

The W1HIS fan dipole

Bruce/K1BG ran away with the low power title again, with his 673 CW and 380 SSB QSOs and 167, 422 points from MA. Brian/K1LI grabbed the second spot with 115,584 points from rare Orleans County VT and Matt/W1MSW came in third with a 107,325 total from Hampshire County MA. Bob/W1EQ was back this year finishing forth, followed by Sandor/NB1N in fifth place.

Steve/AA4AK made it two in a row with his 254 CW QSOs using QRP from southern Maine. Close behind was Bill/W1WBB from RI.

The Multi-single category had a lot of competition this time. Dave/NN1N and Sean/KX9X teamed up for the top score and a New England record with 354,590 points. They had 920 CW and 1,165 SSB QSOs and 118 multipliers from CT. John/W1XX and Bob/K1XA finished second with 820 CW and 1,027 SSB QSOs and the top multiplier of 119 states/provinces and countries and 317,373 points, for a Rhode Island record. The team of Mike/K1MK, Brian/NJ1F and Tom/W1TO put the NE1QP callsign on the air from K1TTT’s western MA station and finished third with 278,080 points.

Charlie/N1RR, Mike/WM1K and Will/K6ND were fourth with 165,676 points.

Charlie/N1RR, Mike/WM1K and Will/K6ND

Members of the Candlewood ARA travelled to Newington to operate as W100AW. They posted some pictures of their visit at: https://picasaweb.google.com/103841307499256112753/NEQSO2014

Operators were W1QK W1QH W1QJ NG1R K2ZZ N1NRP N1SUZ and KJ4WKD,

Check here for detailed results –> Score detail
and for band-by-band leaders –> Band-by-band

Twenty-six New England records were set from home stations in various categories during the NEQP in 2014, plus another 25 by mobiles. Check out the NEQP records page for details –> Records

How’d you do hunting multipliers?

Paul/N4PN, led the pack with all 67 counties in the log, followed by Bob/N4BP at WN1GIV with 66. Jim/K9YC tracked down 61 from California, and QRPer Vic/K9UIY matched his total from Illinois.

Some New England stations worked a lot of New England counties, with K1GQ’s checklog showing 53 of them, followed by K1RO at 50, and NE1QP and K1BG at 48

Club Competition

This was the year for the Alabama Contest Group – they edged out the Society of Midwest Contesters by a small margin. Bob/WA1FCN led the way for the ACG, with Charlie/NF4A second. The SMC’s big total was led by Craig/K9CT, closely followed by Vic/K9UIY and Barry/N2BJ.

The CTRI Contest Group led New England clubs, helped by a big score from John/W1XX‘s multi-op effort and Ken, K3IU, both from Rhode Island. (Yankee Clipper Contest Club members submitted 52 scores for just under 3.1 million points.)

Non-New England Club Scores

ClubEntriesScore
Alabama Contest Group695,794
Society of Midwest Contesters889,246
Georgia Contest Group274,988
Tennessee Contest Group770,491
Mad River Radio Club969,134
South East Contest Club964,605
Florida Contest Group357,626
Northern California Contest Club642,601
Minnesota Wireless Assn433,130
Frankford Radio Club529,578
UA2 Contest Club127,300
Rochester (NY) DX Assn218,432
Potomac Valley Radio Club517,937
Maritime Contest Club416,948
DFW Contest Group315,205
Heart of Texas DX Society114,798
San Diego Contest Club114,758
Contest Club California Peninsula114,382
Russian Contest Club113,725
Bavarian Contest Club312,013
Croatian Contest Club112,006
Metro DX Club211,832
Bozinga DX and Contest Club110,800
Texas DX Society19,996
Radiosport Manitoba19,120
ARI Trieste18,736
Niagara Frontier Radiosport38,444
Kokomo Amateur Radio Club16,468
Arizona Outlaws Contest Club55,681
SP Contest Club15,478
Carolina DX Association15,472
Vasterbergslagens Sandar Amatorer, SK4DM25,188
Allegheny Valley Radio Association24,994
Czech Contest Club14,680
Saskatchewan Contest Club14,680
Vytautas Magnus University Radio Club14,560
Orca DX and Contest Club14,514
Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club14,409
West SM HF Society, SK6TY14,392
Contest Group du Quebec24,286
Florida East Coast DX Club14,180
Kansas City Contest Club14,158
Kansas City DX Club14,025
Ft Smith Area Amateur Radio Club13,993
Radio Club of Redmond23,714
Purdue Amateur Radio Club13,696
Willamette Valley DX Club13,420
Southern California Contest Club23,276
Colorado DX Club33,241
South Texas DX and Contest Club32,552
USS Wisconsin Radio Club12,352
Willamette Valley DX Club32,150
North Coast Contesters11,824
Northeast Maryland Amateur Radio Contest Society11,334
Western Washington DX Club31,058
Mid-State Amateur Radio Club1782
CWOPS1756
Colorado QRP Club1704
Madison County Amateur Radio Club1555
L’Anse Creuse Amateur Radio Club1432
Clark County Amateur Radio Club1272
Louisiana Contest Club1240
Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club1234
Twin City DX Association1200
NORTEX QRP Club190
Anne Arundel Radio Club150
Radio Club Venezolano150
Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association, Inc.19
Wilderness Road Amateur Radio Club19

New England Club Scores

ClubEntriesScore
Yankee Clipper Contest Club523,091,863
CTRI Contest Group7527,696
Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club2357,854
Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club1167,422
The Barnstormers Contest Group1131,692
Hampden County Radio Association372,336
Bristol County Repeater Association167,932
Meriden Amateur Radio Club463,739
Merrymeeting Amateur Radio Association250,797
Framingham Amateur Radio Association136,830
Green Mountain Wireless Society117,864
Northeastern University Wireless Club117,168
Contoocook Valley Radio Club212,702
Waterbury Amateur Radio Club19,537
Merrymeeting Amateur Radio Association13,996
Green Mountain Wireless13,450
Cheshire County DX Amateur Radio Club12,555
Candlewood Amateur Radio Association12,449
YO DX Club11,690
Central New Hampshire Amateur Radio Club21,396
Granite State Amateur Radio Association11,007
Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club1912
Westerly Amateur Radio Team1416
Falmouth Amateur Radio Association1130
Port City Amateur Radio Club132
Boston Amateur Radio Club130

Activity by County

CountyQSOsStations Active
Connecticut
Fairfield69722
Hartford111932
Litchfield 17314
Middlesex29913
New Haven71123
New London41813
Tolland82213
Windham 9156
Massachusetts
Barnstable35517
Berkshire9239
Bristol58822
Dukes1273
Essex58927
Franklin1155
Hampden45721
Hampshire59211
Middlesex162850
Nantucket293
Norfolk96621
Plymouth66012
Suffolk355
Worcester167225
Maine
Androscoggin916
Aroostook1734
Cumberland70012
Franklin1025
Hancock3163
Kennebec 1758
Knox213
Lincoln375
Oxford3206
Penobscot3786
Piscataquis442
Sagadahoc194
Somerset403
Waldo486
Washington3657
York15014
New Hampshire
Belknap5099
Carroll6007
Cheshire2568
Coos502
Grafton3304
Hillsborough49823
Merrimack46011
Rochingham96526
Strafford43811
Sullivan7388
Rhode Island
Bristol1502
Kent2807
Newport59810
Providence54730
Washington4594
Vermont
Addison495
Bennington4395
Caledonia793
Chittenden16512
Essex1442
Franklin525
Grand Isle443
Lamoille1354
Orange664
Orleans3053
Rutland2337
Washington795
Windsor944
Windham3096

Certificates!

Digital (Adobe PDF) certificates will be mailed to everyone who made at least 25 QSOs. If you want a paper certificate, please let us know. We hope you’ll be back again in 2015 to earn another one!

Plaques and Special Awards

Special plaques have been awarded to these top scorers:

CategoryDonorWinner
USA – single operatorYankee Clipper Contest ClubPaul Newberry, N4PN
USA – single operator low powerDave Sumner, K1ZZ, in memory of Laci Radnay, W1PLBob Patten, N4BP(WN1GIV)
USA – single operator QRPVern Brownell, W1VBVic Shields, K9UIY
USA – single opr (W5-W7-W0)Huckleberry Mountain Contest ClubPat Sonnier, W5WMU
USA – single op (W2-W3-W8-W9)Jim Monahan, K1PXCraig Thompson, K9CT
USA – single opr low power (W2-W3-W8-W9)Whit Carter, K1EOPaul Kirley, W8TM
USA – W4 – any categoryGerry Hull, W1VE ex AK4LBob Beaudoin, WA1FCN
USA – California/NevadaCalif QSO PartyNorthern California Contest ClubJim Brown, K9YC
USA – multi operator – single transmitterWill and Pam Angenent, K6ND/K6NDVSan Diego Contest Club – NX6T (9 operators)
USA – single operator – CW onlyK1EL KeyersHal Kennedy, N4GG
USA – single operator QRP (AR-LA-MS-TN)Steve Kercel, AA4AKRon Duncan, W4UT
Canada – single operator high powerChris Terkla, N1XSClaude Duberger, VE2FK
Canada – single operator low powerGerry Hull, W1VE/VE1RMEd Richardson, VE4VT
Canada – single operator – CW onlyBud Hippisley, W2RUBud Mortenson, VA7ST
DX – single operatorYankee Clipper Contest ClubGeorge Tursky, UA6LCN
DX – single operator low powerPete Chamalian, W1RM, in memory of John Thompson, W1BIH/PJ9JTDima Zaslavsky, UA3AGW
DX – Russia – any category
(min 50 multipliers/200 QSOs)
Dmitri Y Jikharev, N2OW/RA9USUUA2F (Dmitri Gorshkov, UA2FB and Vlad Gumennikov, UA2FF)
Clean Sweep – Not First, but FurthestDennis Egan, W1UEPaul Newberry, N4PN
Golden Log – no errorsJim Spears, N1NKSteve Woods, NA4K
Top ClubFlorida Contest GroupAlabama Contest Group
New England – single operatorYankee Clipper Contest ClubDave Sumner, K1ZZ
New England – single operator – low powerDave Hoaglin, K1HTBruce Blain, K1BG
New England – single operator – QRPBlackstone Valley Amateur Radio ClubSteve Kercel, AA4AK
New England – mobileBoston Amateur Radio ClubBob Raymond, WA1Z/m
New England – mobile – multi-singleBrian Szewczyk, NJ1F, in memory of James Szewczyk, WB1EYMThe Barnstormers Contest Group – NZ1U (W1UJ, N1WK, KB1SBC, oprs)
New England – County Expedition AwardHuckleberry Mountain Contest ClubFall River ARC – W1ACT (7 ops)
New England – multi-singleWellesley Amateur Radio SocietyDave Patton, NN1N (+Sean Kutzo, KX9X, oprs)
New England – single operator – CW onlyAndy Bodony, K2LETom Frenaye, K1KI
New England – single operator – SSB onlyFred Reed, KK1KW, and Woody Beckford, WW1WWDale Clement, AF1T
Connecticut – single operator high powerCandlewood ARADave Sumner, K1ZZ
Connecticut – single operator low powerMikey Mavor, W1MKM, memorial sponsored by the Barnstormers (NZ1U)Bob Garceau, W1EQ
Maine – single operatorMerrymeeting ARA, Androscoggin ARC, Yankee ARC, Portland Amateur Wireless AssnJohn Huffman, K1ESE
Maine – single operator low powerAugusta Amateur Radio AssnRick Lindquist, WW1ME
Maine – single operator – CW onlyLarry Banks, W1DYJJohn Huffman, K1ESE
Massachusetts – single operatorFramingham Amateur Radio AssociationEd Lajoie, W1MA
Massachusetts – single operator low powerChuck Counselman, W1HISBruce Blain, K1BG
Massachusetts – Hampden County – single operatorHampden County Radio AssnChris Scibelli, NU1O
New Hampshire – single operator Mark Pride, K1RXMark Wilson, K1RO
New Hampshire – multi-singleSILENT Solutions EMC ConsultingNat Lee, N1BNC (+ Dan Norman, N0HF, Tad Church, KT1NG)
Rhode Island – single operator CTRI Contest GroupKen Wagner, K3IU
Vermont – single operatorBob Raymond, WA1ZBrian Machesney, K1LI
Vermont – single operator low powerWest River Radio ClubSteve Roberts, W1SFR
New England ClubYankee Clipper Contest ClubCTRI Contest Group

If you’d like to sponsor a new plaque for 2015, please contact us at info@neqp.org

Special Awards
The top USA (non-New England) single operator winner: The Framingham Amateur Radio Association has donated a Lobster dinner for two from Legal Seafood of Boston to the USA single operator (non-New England) winner.

For 2014 the winner is Paul Newberry, N4PN!

Log checking

The log checking process found some missed dits and dahs. There were 437 logs overall, a 9% decrease over 2013, with 423 in electronic format (97%) and only 14 on paper.

For non-New England stations, cross checking was possible on 16,176 of the 19,300 QSOs reported (83.8%). Of the QSOs not allowed (5.0%), the breakdown was as follows:

QSOsReason not Allowed
183Callsign incorrect
467QTH incorrect * (most from 7QP stations who didn’t copy the county)
71Not in log
211Duplicate
3Bad mode
19Bad band
10Time was outside of contest period
964Total of QSOs disallowed

For New England stations, cross checking was possible on 23,076 of the 51,878 QSOs reported (44.5%). Of the 1,743 QSOs not allowed (3.6%), the breakdown was as follows:

QSOsReason not Allowed
441Callsign incorrect
555QTH incorrect
112Not in log
590Duplicate
0Bad mode
26Bad band
18Time was outside of contest period
1,743Total of QSOs disallowed

Logging Software

Use of N1MM software continues to grow, with a very large margin over N3FJP and Writelog software. The logs show a wide variety of software versions – you should update your software periodically to get new features and bug fixes. Quite a number of people used the N1MM module that lets people work the NEQP, 7QP and INQP at the same time.

Logging software usedEntriesQSOs
N1MM22737,648
N3FJP’s NEQP 719,036
WriteLog216,060
CT 22,094
Win-Test 31,347
SkookumLogger31,334
NA Version61,069
GenLog 15895
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo5591
CabConverter4588
Logger1511
DXKeeper3446
TR Log POST2439
JL 1299
SD7286
TR4W5265
(17 others)221,311

Soapbox

You can get a real feel for the contest by going through the various “Soapbox” comments from the big guns, the little guns and everyone in between.

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who made QSOs and to those who sent in logs in 2014. A lot of people had a good time finding counties and meeting new friends – hope to see you all again in the 2015 contest – May 2nd and 3rd!