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November 2017 SSB Sprint Final Results

The November 2017 SSB Sprint had a variety of conditions and participants attempted to make the best use of these conditions from their various locations.  Bill, KH7XS, back in full operation with a great station on the big island in Hawaii used his 20 meter opening to the US at that time of day coupled with his semi-DX status to take first place in the High Power category.  Bill made 202 of his 285 QSOs on 20 meters.  Logically at that time of day, the rest were on 40 meters as he never went to 75 meters.  Conversely, KW8N finished in 2nd and had the second highest QSO total, but only was able to muster 13 QSOs on 20 meters.  He made most of his on 40 meters (166) and then dug 63 QSOs out of the static crashes on 75 meters while using SO2R and making 59 band changes.  Those were the highest QSO totals on those two bands.  Scott, KA9FOX, used his contest high 50 multipliers (tied with KH7XS) and 3rd highest QSO total to grab the 3rd spot.  Scott found a short-skip opening on 20 meters and used it to make 47 QSOs on that band while picking up a couple of rarer multipliers.   Mitch, K7RL, combined his 49 mults with 27 band changes and good productivity on 40 meters to finish 4th in the high power category.  W9RE took 5th place.

K9PG, for the 4th time in a row, was #1 in the low power category, squeaking past N4OX who finished closely behind for 2nd place low power.  Jay has consistently been right on Paul’s tail in the low power category.  WD9CIR, N8VW and K6GHA finished 3rd, 4th and 5th in low power.

K6MR continues his dominance in the QRP category with his 3rd consecutive first place QRP score.

In the Team Competition, the SMC #1 TEAM grabbed the top score due largely in part to all of their team members finishing in the overall Top Ten within their power categories.  The MRRC/NCC HI-LOW POWER Team finished in 2nd and the ARIZONA OUTLAWS CONTEST CLUB took 3rd.

Special recognition to the 100% accurate logging done by N1LN with 160 QSOs, W0BH with 142 QSOs and N6ZFO with 132 QSOs!

See all of the scores and more breakdown on the leaders scores below.

Next we will be drawing for the Door Prizes and the ICOM NA SSB Sprint T-Shirts and will distribute those to the recipients!

Top Ten Scores
Call Sign  Score          Bnd Chgs  Qs Lost    00Z    01Z    02Z    03Z
=========  =============  ========  =======  =====  =====  =====  =====
KH7XS             14,250      1         4       90     77     61     57
KW8N              11,616     59         5       71     61     60     50
KA9FOX            10,450     13         4       51     50     54     54
K7RL               9,359     27         2       72     47     38     34
W9RE               8,595      4         6       53     43     50     45
N1LN               6,880      4         0       46     33     48     33
W0BH               6,674      9         0       41     32     31     38
K9ZO               5,781      2         5       43     34     17     47
K4BAI              5,504      7         2       39     24     29     36
N6ZFO              5,412      4         0       57     32     19     24

Top Ten High Power
Call Sign  Score          Bnd Chgs  Qs Lost    00Z    01Z    02Z    03Z
=========  =============  ========  =======  =====  =====  =====  =====
KH7XS             14,250      1         4       90     77     61     57
KW8N              11,616     59         5       71     61     60     50
KA9FOX            10,450     13         4       51     50     54     54
K7RL               9,359     27         2       72     47     38     34
W9RE               8,595      4         6       53     43     50     45
N1LN               6,880      4         0       46     33     48     33
W0BH               6,674      9         0       41     32     31     38
K9ZO               5,781      2         5       43     34     17     47
K4BAI              5,504      7         2       39     24     29     36
N6ZFO              5,412      4         0       57     32     19     24

Top Ten Low Power
Call Sign  Score          Bnd Chgs  Qs Lost    00Z    01Z    02Z    03Z
=========  =============  ========  =======  =====  =====  =====  =====
K9PG               4,469      7         5       34     23     17     35
N4OX               4,400      5         2       45     17     25     23
WD9CIR             3,458      2         1       19     23     22     27
N8VW               3,276      3         4        0     18     44     29
K6GHA              3,268      5         4       45     18      9     14
VE3PJ              2,688      5        10       24     17     30     13
AC0W               2,660      1         3        0     23     29     24
WQ5L               2,624      2         5       31     11      8     32
W0ETT              2,380      5         7        8     22     29     10
N8NA               2,244      1         5       18     30     11      9

Top Six QRP
Call Sign  Score          Bnd Chgs  Qs Lost    00Z    01Z    02Z    03Z
=========  =============  ========  =======  =====  =====  =====  =====
K6MR               2,808      9         4       35     15     15     13
AC5D               1,196      4         2       18     13      9      6
ND0C                 630      5         0        6      6      8     15
W9ILF                176      2         0        1      5      1      9
N8XX                  63      1         4        2      3      4      0
WA5RR                  0      0         1        0      0      0      0

Top Ten QSO Totals
Call Sign  # QSOs       
=========  =============
KH7XS                285
KW8N                 242
KA9FOX               209
K7RL                 191
W9RE                 191
N1LN                 160
W0BH                 142
K9ZO                 141
N6ZFO                132
NA8V                 129

Top Eleven Multipliers
Call Sign  # Multipliers
=========  =============
KA9FOX                50
KH7XS                 50
K7RL                  49
KW8N                  48
W0BH                  47
W9RE                  45
K4BAI                 43
N1LN                  43
K9PG                  41
K9ZO                  41
N6ZFO                 41

Top Eleven States Worked
Call Sign  #States Worked
=========  =============
K7RL                  43
KH7XS                 43
KW8N                  42
W0BH                  42
KA9FOX                40
K9ZO                  38
N6ZFO                 38
W9RE                  38
K4BAI                 37
K9PG                  37
N1LN                  37


Golden Logs
Call Sign  Num QSOs     
=========  =============
N1LN                 160
W0BH                 142
N6ZFO                132
K9NW                  64
VE3VSM                55
WA0N                  43
W8UE                  36
ND0C                  35
KB1VUN                30
N1SER                 23
W4CMG                 23
WH7W                  20
W1UT                  17
W9ILF                 16
K4VDX                 15
K8MR                  13
K0FRD                 12
WU0B                  11
K0AE                   9
KN4EWI                 9
VE3RCN                 9
AI6IN                  6
KB8ABJ                 6
N5XTR                  6
W1PJE                  5
VO2AC                  1
W3RGA                  1



US Call Area 0
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
W0BH   BOB          H   KS    10   78   54   142     47     42    6,674      9     
N7WY   BOB          H   MO    10   43   48   101     38     36    3,838      2     
AC0W   BILL         L   MN     0   47   29    76     35     33    2,660      1     
W0ETT  KEN          L   CO     4   50   16    70     34     31    2,380      5     Grand Mesa
WD0T   TODD         L   SD     2   44   13    59     28     26    1,652      5     
K0AD   AL           H   MN    13   31   17    61     27     24    1,647      6     
WA0N   GEORGE       H   KS     0   30   13    43     25     23    1,075      6     
ND0C   RANDY        Q   MN     2   28    5    35     18     17      630      5     
W0YJT  JOHN         L   KS     3   16    0    19     14     13      266      1     
K0FRD  FRED         L   MO     2    5    5    12     10     10      120      4     

N0KTK  KYLE         L   MO     0   13    0    13      9      8      117      0     
K0AE   JOHN         H   CO     3    6    0     9      4      3       36      1     Grand Mesa
KD0CVZ STEVE        L   ND     0    3    1     4      4      4       16      1     

US Call Area 1
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
N1STN  MIKE         L   ME     0   41   14    55     23     20    1,265      5     
KB1VUN ERIC         L   NH     0   30    0    30     22     20      660      0     
W1CPS  CHARLIE      L   ME     0    7   15    22     14     13      308      1     
W1PJE  PHIL         L   MA     0    5    0     5      3      3       15      0     

US Call Area 2
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
NW2K   DEAN         H   NY    10   66    6    82     33     30    2,706     11     MRRC/NCC HI-LO
K2QO   MARK         L   NY     8   30    2    40     25     22    1,000      2     
WA3AFS BRUCE        H   NY     0   18   10    28     22     20      616      1     
K2SDS  SCOTT        L   NJ     0    7    0     7      5      4       35      0     
KD2NXM JERRY        C   NJ     0    1    0     1      1      1        1      1     

US Call Area 3
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
W2DLT  VAN          H   PA     0   66   13    79     30     26    2,370      1     
N8NA   KARL         L   DE     0   51   17    68     33     29    2,244      1     
K3KU   ART          L   MD     1   32   18    51     23     20    1,173      2     
W3UC   JAMIE        H   DE     2   26   13    41     21     18      861      5     
K3UA   HORNET       H   PA     0    0   26    26     20     20      520      0     
N3QE   TIM          H   MD     0   26    0    26     19     18      494      0     
K4VDX  TIM          L   MD     1   14    0    15     11     10      165      1     
W3TTT  JOE          L   MD     0    0    5     5      5      5       25      0     
W3RGA  PAT          C   PA     1    0    0     1      1      1        1      0     

US Call Area 4
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
N1LN   BRUCE        H   NC    11   99   50   160     43     37    6,880      4     
K4BAI  JOHN         H   GA     9   78   41   128     43     37    5,504      7     
N4IQ   BILL         H   SC     2   74   41   117     39     34    4,563     36     
N4OX   JAY          L   FL     5   71   34   110     40     36    4,400      5     
N4KS   KEN          H   FL     1   61    0    62     31     28    1,922      1     
KM4LKC DOUG         L   FL     0   44   13    57     25     24    1,425      1     
N4EEV  MICHAEL      L   GA     0   26   14    40     26     23    1,040      4     
N1RM   RICK         L   VA     0   27   14    41     23     20      943      3     
KK4BZ  DUANE        L   VA     0    0   31    31     20     20      620      0     
N1SER  SCOTT        L   FL     0   23    0    23     18     18      414      0     

K8LBQ  BAIN         L   GA     0   21    0    21     18     15      378      0     
W4CMG  CATHY        L   TN     0    7   16    23     16     15      368      1     
KK4RT  SCOTT        L   FL     6    7    2    15     14     13      210      4     
KJ4KKD STEVE        L   TN     0    5   10    15     11      9      165      1     
K4PZC  MOON         L   VA     0   15    0    15     10      9      150      0     
KM4OZH GIL          L   VA     0    7    7    14     10     10      140      1     
K8MR   JIM          L   FL     0    9    4    13      9      9      117      1     
WU0B   PETE         L   SC     0   11    0    11      8      7       88      0     
KN4EWI JOEL         L   NC     0    9    0     9      8      8       72      0     
KB8ABJ TRAP         L   VA     0    6    0     6      5      5       30      0     


US Call Area 5
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
WQ5L   RAY          L   MS     4   53   25    82     32     30    2,624      2     
AE5P   ARMY         L   TX     0   58    9    67     32     28    2,144      2     
N5TTI  TOM          L   AR     5   27   20    52     33     32    1,716      3     
KG5VK  STEVE        H   TX     0   31   22    53     30     27    1,590      1     
AC5D   DON          Q   OK     2   40    4    46     26     23    1,196      4     
N5HYP  TOM          L   TX     0   37    3    40     23     20      920      1     
W5QLF  JOE          L   TX     8   25    0    33     15     13      495      1     Hertz Chasing Five
W5GFI  JOHN         H   OK     0    8   14    22     16     15      352      1     
KD5J   CORD         L   AR     0    0   19    19     12     12      228      0     
N5ZY   MARCUS       L   OK     0   10    1    11      9      7       99      1     

KI5LR  GARY         L   TX     3    8    0    11      8      7       88      1     
N5XTR  JOEL         L   OK     0    6    0     6      6      6       36      0     
WA5RR  WAYNE        Q   TX     0    0    0     0      0      0        0      0     

US Call Area 6
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
N6ZFO  BILL         H   CA    34   67   31   132     41     38    5,412      4     
K6GHA  DON          L   CA    25   54    7    86     38     34    3,268      5     
K6MR   KEN          Q   CA    14   52   12    78     36     31    2,808      9     
K6LRN  DICK         H   CA    12   31   14    57     22     19    1,254      2     
N6RO   KEN          H   CA     0    0   23    23     16     15      368      0     
N6AJS  RIC          L   CA     0   14    4    18      8      8      144      1     
AI6IN  PAUL         L   CA     2    3    1     6      4      4       24      2     

US Call Area 7
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
K7RL   MITCH        H   WA    13  153   25   191     49     43    9,359     27     
K7SS   DAN          H   WA    15   79    0    94     39     35    3,666      1     
AE7VA  PAUL         H   AZ     1   74    9    84     35     31    2,940      6     Arizona Outlaws
NF7E   BOB          L   AZ    20   50    4    74     30     27    2,220      2     
NK7J   JACK         H   OR     3   53    1    57     33     30    1,881      3     
N7LOX  BRIAN        L   WA    22   32   11    65     27     24    1,755      4     
KF7U   CHUCK        H   AZ    11   34   20    65     26     24    1,690      2     Arizona Outlaws
WY7AA  RJ           L   WY     4   33   18    55     23     22    1,265      4     
W7WHY  TOM          H   OR     1   28   10    39     23     23      897      4     
N7VS   STEVE        L   OR     2   29    7    38     23     21      874      2     

WR8O   RON          L   WY     3   21   14    38     23     23      874      8     
N7FLT  DON          L   MT     2   34    0    36     23     21      828      1     
N9NA   JOHN         H   AZ     1   30    0    31     20     18      620      1     Arizona Outlaws
W0PAN  LARRY        L   AZ     9   18    7    34     18     17      612      6     Arizona Outlaws
KG7YJA STEVE        L   WA    11   18    0    29     16     14      464      1     
N7KN   CHARLIE      L   WA     2   21    2    25     16     16      400      2     
KM9R   MIKE         L   NV     1   11    4    16     11      9      176      4     
W1UT   LES          L   UT     2   15    0    17      9      8      153      1     
W7GFW  GREG         L   WA     0   -2    0    -2      0      0        0      1     

US Call Area 8
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
KW8N   BOB          H   OH    13  166   63   242     48     42   11,616     59     MRRC/NCC HI-LO
NA8V   GREG         H   MI     4   66   59   129     40     34    5,160      8     MRRC/NCC HI-LO
N8VW   PAT          L   OH     1   63   27    91     36     33    3,276      3     
K3ZJ   DAVID        H   WV     7   57    0    64     31     28    1,984      1     
W8PSP  DON          L   MI     0   35    0    35     22     21      770      0     
W8UE   TED          L   MI     0   36    0    36     21     20      756      0     
WD8JLD LENN         L   OH     4   26    1    31     15     13      465      3     
AB8OU  AL           L   OH     0   15   13    28     16     14      448      1     
N8PPF  ED           L   OH     0   17    6    23     15     14      345      2     Radiohio
AB8XU  TOM          L   MI     0   21    0    21     15     14      315      0     

N8XX   HANK         Q   MI     0    5    4     9      7      7       63      1     

US Call Area 9
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
KA9FOX SCOTT        H   WI    47  124   38   209     50     40   10,450     13     SMC #1
W9RE   MIKE         H   IN     8  123   60   191     45     38    8,595      4     SMC #1
K9ZO   RALPH        H   IL    16   97   28   141     41     38    5,781      2     SMC #1
K9PG   PAUL         L   IL     0   72   37   109     41     37    4,469      7     
W0ZP   WAYNE        H   IN     0   60   42   102     38     34    3,876      1     
WD9CIR STEVE        L   IL     0   67   24    91     38     32    3,458      2     SMC #1
K9NW   MIKE         H   IN     5   50    9    64     34     30    2,176      2     MRRC/NCC HI-LO
AB9XI  RICK         L   WI     0   46   17    63     33     30    2,079      1     
NG9M   BOB          L   IN     0   31   25    56     29     27    1,624      6     
K9DRP  DON          L   IL     0   34   19    53     24     23    1,272      1     

W9PA   DAVE         H   IN     4   36    0    40     22     18      880      1     SMC #2
WT2P   CJ           H   IL     0   23    3    26     19     16      494      1     SMC #2
KC9RGW JOHN         L   IL     0   21    5    26     18     16      468      1     
NQ6N   MATT         H   IL     0   16    0    16     14     13      224      0     
W9ILF  IVIN         Q   IN     0   10    6    16     11     10      176      2     
K9BBQ  MATT         L   IL     1   11    0    12      9      8      108      1     
N9VI   TIM          L   IN     0   10    0    10      9      7       90      0     

US Call Area KH6
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
KH7XS  BILL         H   HI   202   83    0   285     50     43   14,250      1     
WH7W   MARK         H   HI    20    0    0    20     15     15      300      0     

Canadian Call Area VE2
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
CF2CZ  PETER        L   QC     0   52    0    52     24     23    1,248      0     
VE2GT  PIERRE       H   QC     1    3    0     4      4      4       16      1     

Canadian Call Area VE3
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
VE3PJ  GREG         L   ON     2   68   14    84     32     30    2,688      5     
VE3VSM DAVE         L   ON     3   38   14    55     26     22    1,430      8     
VE3SCN ROB          L   ON     0   15    0    15     12     11      180      0     
VE3RCN KEVIN        L   ON     0    6    3     9      9      8       81      4     

Canadian Call Area VE4
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
VE4VT  ED           H   MB     5   87   11   103     35     33    3,605      4     
VE4VJR JOHN         L   MB     0    4    0     4      5      5       20      0     

Canadian Call Area VE5
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
VE5SF  SAM          L   SK     4   51    0    55     25     22    1,375      1     

Canadian Call Area VE7
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
VA7EGZ DAVID        L   BC     0   18   -1    17     12     11      204      2     

Canadian Call Area VO1
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
VO2AC  CHRIS        L   NF     0    1    0     1      1      1        1      0     

DX Entries NA Continent
CALL   NAME        CLS  LOC  20m  40m  80m #QSOs #Mults #State Score     BandChgs  Team
====== =========== ===  ===  ===  ===  === ===== ====== ====== ========= ========  ==================================================
XE2S   MARCO        L   DX     0   28    0    28     16     15      448      0


TEAM SCORES
============

SMC #1
  KA9FOX       10,450
  W9RE          8,595
  K9ZO          5,781
  WD9CIR        3,458
  -------------------
  TOTAL        28,284

MRRC/NCC HI-LO POWER
  KW8N         11,616
  NA8V          5,160
  NW2K          2,706
  K9NW          2,176
  -------------------
  TOTAL        21,658

Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
  AE7VA         2,940
  KF7U          1,690
  N9NA            620
  W0PAN           612
  -------------------
  TOTAL         5,862

Grand Mesa
  W0ETT         2,380
  K0AE             36
---------------------
                2,416 

SMC #2
  W9PA            880
  WT2P            494
---------------------
                1,374

Hertz Chasing Five
  W5QLF           495
---------------------
                  495

Radiohio
  N8PPF           345
---------------------
                  345


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