W7ASU
2008 School Club Roundup Results

The School Club Roundup is W7ASU's major event each school year. This year's contest was a huge success in several ways.

The most important success was as a result of holding our first official event in our very own room! For those that aren't aware, MCENT 003 is the new ham-shack for W7ASU. We have yet to have any antennas installed (and that may end up being a HUGE obstacle); however, many thanks goes to Patricia Olson, of the Historic Preservation Coordinator Office, for allowing us to temporarily erect an antenna for the SCR week.

Another great part of the week was club member participation. We were thrilled to meet all of you that showed up, and even more so to those of you who operated. It is very promising to see the new faces, and know that this club has a healthy future.

Like last year, poor propagation was our biggest enemy. With zero sunspots for the whole week, it is still clear we are still in the midst of the bottom of the solar cycle. Tuesday was the pits: we were only able to log 19 QSOs using 1 hour 43 minutes of our on air time. Hopefully, Cycle 24 will be kind to us in the coming years.

Despite Tuesday's poor performance, and generally bad conditions, we managed to have a higher score this year than last. In fact, this year's score is higher than last year's overall winner. We feel confident that we will take back our title, and claim the overall high-score.

Since this was our first time operating out of our new room, we were concerned that we might have some problems, e.g., making too much noise and disturbing those in the surrounding space, causing interference to nearby electronic equipment, etc. During the week, we received zero complaints. In fact, many Student Media people dropped by, asked about what we were doing, and really made us feel right at home. While there may be some problems with our room (e.g., antenna difficulties), we are very happy to be among these people, as they really make us feel welcome. If you ever encounter any people from Student Media, be extra nice to them. They have been super kind to us, from giving us space for a ham-shack to accommodating us when we are operating.

Again, thanks to all who participated and made this event a success. We will continue to work with ASU on a solution for a permanent antenna installation so that, in the future, W7ASU can be more active.

Summary Sheet

Soapbox

Time Operated: 23:51

Operators

	# of QSOs	% of QSOs	Op time	% of time	Avg QSOs/hr
KD7NZK (David)	178	33.2%	06:05	25.5%	29
KC7EFP (James)	178	33.2%	08:09	34.1%	22
KC7MOD (Nicholas)	109	20.3%	06:00	25.1%	18
(Mark)	45	8.39%	01:58	8.24%	23
W7OYA (Nathan)	24	4.47%	01:33	6.49%	16
KC7LED (Bryson)	2	0.37%	00:06	0.41%	20

Loggers

KD7NZK (David)
KC7EFP (James)
KC7MOD (Nicholas)
(Mark)
W7OYA (Nathan)
KC7LED (Bryson)

Set up/Tear down

KC7MOD (Nicholas)
WA7ZPU (Michael)
KC7EFP (James)
KD7VPG (Jenny)
KC7LED (Bryson)
(Mark)

Score

Individual Phone QSOs	431
Individual Digital QSOs	53
Club Phone QSOs	7
Club Digital QSOs	3
School Phone QSOs	37
School Digital QSOs	5
KA2NRR Phone QSOs	0
KA2NRR Digital QSOs	0

States Worked	44
Provinces Worked	6
Countries Worked	19

QSO Points	597
Multiplier	299

Final Score	178,503

QSO Band Distribution

Band	# of QSOs
15m	1 QSO
20m	527 QSOs
40m	8 QSOs

Average Contest Rate

23 QSOs / Hour

State QSO Distribution

State	# of QSOs
Alabama	6
Alaska	5
Arizona	14
Arkansas	9
California	14
Colorado	0
Connecticut	3
Delaware	0
Florida	29
Georgia	11
Hawaii	4
Idaho	2
Illinois	17
Indiana	20
Iowa	10
Kansas	9
Kentucky	2
Louisiana	19
Maine	2
Maryland	4
Massachusetts	8
Michigan	6
Minnesota	21
Mississippi	8
Missouri	24
Montana	4
Nebraska	4
Nevada	1
New Hamshire	2
New Jersey	8
New Mexico	0
New York	12
North Carolina	6
North Dakota	2
Ohio	11
Oklahoma	12
Oregon	15
Pennsylvania	8
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	3
South Dakota	4
Tennessee	13
Texas	67
Utah	0
Vermont	2
Virginia	5
Washington	38
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	18
Wyoming	0

Total United States	483

Province QSO Distribution

Province	# of QSOs
Alberta	5
British Columbia	13
Manitoba	2
New Brunswick	1
Newfoundland	0
Nova Scotia	0
Ontario	3
Prince Edward Island	0
Quebec	0
Saskatchewan	2

Other Territories	0

Total Canada	26

DXCC QSO Distribution

DXCC	# of QSOs

Alaska	5
Anguilla	1
Argentina	2
Aruba	1
Asiatic Russia	3
Bahamas	1
Cayman Is.	1
Cocos I.	1
Dominica	1
Guantanamo Bay	3
Hawaii	4
Japan	5
Mexico	2
Netherlands	1
Pitcairn I.	2
Puerto Rico	2
Uruguay	1

Total DXCC QSOs	36