As always, we used the contest as a recruiting tool. On the one hand, we didn't recruit nearly as many people as we did in February. On the other, the two new members we did recruit are licensed hams -- which is getting more and more rare on college campuses as cell phones, the Internet, and other technology competes for young people's attention. Mark, who we recruited in February, joined us again but this time with his own license (KG7FOX)! We're encouraging him to upgrade to Extra class by February.
Propogation was so-so. DX stations were on all week getting ready for the WWDX contest and while we heard many, we spoke with few; would have probably been more successful with a beam rather than an R7 vertical. Happily, other schools reported DX was up for them and the kids were excited to work stations so far from home.
While our score is decent, it isn't good enough to take first place in the college/university category. Looks like that honor will go to W6YX at Stanford University, which had a higher score mid-day Friday than we had by the end of Friday. In all fairness, they seem to have a contest superstation (see here), so it isn't really a fair comparison. For the moment, we'll just hope they forget to submit their score and we'll work harder on beating them come the February School Club Roundup.
| KC7MOD (Nicholas) | 214 | 50.1% | 10:44 | 51.2% | 19 |
| KD7NZK (David) | 132 | 30.9% | 04:38 | 22.1% | 28 |
| KC7EFP (James) | 38 | 8.89% | 02:52 | 13.6% | 13 |
| W7OYA (Nathan) | 26 | 6.08% | 01:28 | 7.00% | 17 |
| KG7FOX (Mark) | 13 | 3.04% | 00:43 | 3.42% | 18 |
| KD7ZRK (Jason) | 4 | 0.93% | 00:32 | 2.54% | 7 |
| Individual Phone QSO's | 351 |
| Individual Digital QSO's | 31 |
| Club Phone QSO's | 7 |
| Club Digital QSO's | 3 |
| School Phone QSO's | 30 |
| School Digital QSO's | 5 |
| KA2NRR Phone QSO's | 0 |
| KA2NRR Digital QSO's | 0 |
| States Worked | 44 |
| Provinces Worked | 6 |
| Countries Worked | 15 |
| QSO Points | 466 |
| Multiplier | 260 |
| Final Score | 121,160 |
| Band | # of QSO's |
| 15m | 2 QSO |
| 20m | 407 QSO's |
| 40m | 18 QSO's |
| State | # of QSO's |
| Alabama | 3 |
| Alaska | 6 |
| Arizona | 15 |
| Arkansas | 8 |
| California | 5 |
| Colorado | 2 |
| Connecticut | 5 |
| Delaware | 2 |
| Florida | 10 |
| Georgia | 5 |
| Hawaii | 4 |
| Idaho | 5 |
| Illinois | 14 |
| Indiana | 9 |
| Iowa | 13 |
| Kansas | 11 |
| Kentucky | 0 |
| Louisiana | 12 |
| Maine | 1 |
| Maryland | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 5 |
| Michigan | 6 |
| Minnesota | 19 |
| Mississippi | 11 |
| Missouri | 13 |
| Montana | 6 |
| Nebraska | 6 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| New Hamshire | 2 |
| New Jersey | 5 |
| New Mexico | 0 |
| New York | 8 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| North Dakota | 2 |
| Ohio | 4 |
| Oklahoma | 10 |
| Oregon | 34 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 |
| Rhode Island | 3 |
| South Carolina | 0 |
| South Dakota | 4 |
| Tennessee | 10 |
| Texas | 32 |
| Utah | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 |
| Virginia | 9 |
| Washington | 44 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 14 |
| Wyoming | 0 |
| Total United States | 392 |
| Province | # of QSO's |
| Alberta | 7 |
| British Columbia | 9 |
| Manitoba | 2 |
| New Brunswick | 0 |
| Newfoundland | 0 |
| Nova Scotia | 0 |
| Ontario | 1 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0 |
| Quebec | 1 |
| Saskatchewan | 1 |
| Other Territories | 0 |
| Total Canada | 21 |
| DXCC | # of QSO's |
| Alaska | 6 |
| Belize | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Honduras | 1 |
| Hawaii | 4 |
| Martinique | 1 |
| Mexico | 3 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Senegal | 1 |
| Serbia & Montenegro | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Suriname | 1 |
| Total DXCC QSO's (Not including AK and HI) |
14 |
David, KD7NZK, takes a break from talking and logs for Nathan, W7OYA, instead.
Experience from last February meant the R7 went up smoother, safer, and even higher this time. The resulting installation ended up looking very professional.
Compared to the February School Club Roundup, the R7 is higher and straighter.
James, KC7EFP, working PSK31 during a slow time in the contest.
Hams say the darndest things! Nicholas, KC7MOD, and Nathan, W7OYA, chuckle at the remote operator's funny story.
Nathan, W7OYA, joined the club in February. Now he's an officer. Guess there really is a sucker born every minute!
James, KC7EFP, operates with the door open, hoping to attract new members. Notice the split "barn" door for the shack -- one of our shack's best features.
"Yes, it's a vanity." Mark, KG7FOX, did a forced-vanity callsign change after originally being assigned KE7SHT.
One of two new faces in this contest, Daniel, KD7ZRH, due to scheduling conflicts was only able to join us for the last few minutes of the contest. (KD7ZRH and KG7FOX)