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April 19, 2022 - Since my interest in contesting has changed over the past few years, I've decided to do a complete overhaul of this Contest Results page. At one time I entered nearly every contest that came along. That dwindled down to the point where I started recently to really enjoy and enter all the SST Sprints, but that interest ddwindled also. I still like and enter contests like the North American QSO Parties, the ARRL and CQWW DX Contests, the CQWW WPX Contest, Field Day (with Mike KC2EGL), Flight of the Bumblebees (with Mike), Skeeter Hunt (with Mike). Also sometimes a few other contests or sprints. I do try to enter all our NAQCC sprints to get at least one QSO for a participation point. There are a couple reasons for my decline in interest. In 2018 a very strong local noise developed which makes it difficult at times to hear signals, especially QRP level signals. Also the lack of sunspots has made conditions very rough, especially for working DX. Also other interests in life have contributed to the lack of contesting.

I'm keeping my table listing my best score ever from any contest I have entered over the years. I'll also try to list results from the contests listed above when I've made more than just a few QSOs. Also some of the award certificates I've won over the years. This will be kind of a work in progress and won't be completely updated all at once.

Hopefully these results should give newcomers to contesting some idea of what to expect when running minimal QRP and limited operating time as I do. Keep in mind that those QRPers with big antenna farms, better locations, and more operating time will have better results than those shown here.

First my personal best score for each different contest I've entered. I've divided the contests into categories roughly depicting the type of contest. An @ sign in the Award column means I have won an award in that contest, either for the listed score or in a different year.

MAJOR CONTESTS
YR CONTEST QSO'S MULTS POINTS HOURS RATE AWARD 01 ARRL 10 M 460 83 153052.00 18.75 24.5 @ 95 ARRL 160 M 251 37 18574.00 18.75 13.4 @ 02 ARRL DX 633 203 385497.00 22.75 27.8 @ 95 ARRL NR 86 29 10.75 8.0 96 CQ 160 208 38 16720.00 15.00 13.9 @ 99 CQ WPX 308 230 183310.00 20.00 15.4 @ 99 CQ WW DX 500 261 370620.00 24.75 20.2 @ 02 FD 277 1108.00 7.50 36.9 @ 99 IARU CHAMPS 213 55 35475.00 9.75 21.8 @ 97 NA PARTY AUG 281 126 35406.00 10.00 28.1 @ 02 NA PARTY JAN 514 162 83268.00 10.00 51.4 99 SS 537 74 79476.00 20.00 26.9 @
STATE/PROVINCE QSO PARTIES
YR CONTEST QSO'S MULTS POINTS HOURS RATE AWARD 08 7th Call Area 30 27 2430.00 6.00 5.0 13 AL 6 5 60.00 1.00 6.0 @ 98 CA 216 44 28512.00 14.00 15.4 @ 93 CT 6 3 60.00 1.00 6.0 @ 97 DE 6 12.00 1.00 6.0 @ 98 FL 133 57 75810.00 11.50 11.5 @ 14 GA 74 49 7252.00 7.50 9.9 @ 99 IL 148 50 14800.00 6.50 22.8 @ 08 IN 27 21 1134.00 6.00 4.5 94 KY 8 5 180.00 1.75 4.6 95 MA 10 8 160.00 1.75 5.7 @ 97 MD 18 8 664.00 2.00 9.0 @ 96 ME 8 7 336.00 1.25 6.4 @ 98 MI 46 23 3381.00 4.50 10.2 @ 02 MN 27 14 754.00 1.75 15.4 13 MO 6 6 172.00 1.00 6.0 04 NC 11 5 315.00 0.50 22.0 @ 13 ND 4 4 16.00 1.00 4.0 13 NE 3 2 36.00 1.00 3.0 08 New England 55 24 2640.00 6.00 9.2 96 NH 16 6 288.00 2.25 7.1 @ 96 NJ 11 5 165.00 1.25 8.8 @ 01 OH 23 20 920.00 1.00 23.0 13 ON 18 15 780.00 2.00 9.0 @ 99 PA 287 89 86018.00 12.00 23.9 @ 13 SD 6 6 144.00 1.00 6.0 07 TN 63 54 10406.00 3.25 19.4 @ 94 TX 31 28 5068.00 4.50 6.9 @ 94 VA 68 28 4228.00 9.25 7.4 @ 97 VT 4 3 48.00 1.00 4.0 @ 96 WA 22 9 1782.00 2.50 8.8 @ 04 WI 143 59 33748.00 5.25 27.2 @ 96 WV 5 2 45.00 0.75 6.7 @
DX CONTESTS
YR CONTEST QSO'S MULTS POINTS HOURS RATE AWARD 02 ALL ASIA 16 15 240.00 1.00 16.0 02 ARI 22 18 1574.00 1.00 22.0 96 BER 2 2 0.25 8.0 99 CQM 54 30 4770.00 6.00 9.0 @ 00 CROATIA 47 31 5487.00 2.25 20.9 @ 13 GAGARIN CUP 14 7 385.00 2.00 7.0 02 HA DX 68 40 13440.00 2.75 24.7 99 HB9 DX 5 5 75.00 0.50 10.0 99 IARU FD 15 6 360.00 1.25 12.0 00 JA 11 11 187.00 1.50 7.3 13 LZ 45 16 2720.00 2.00 22.5 13 MM 46 31 2170.00 4.00 11.5 01 OK/OM 82 73 17958.00 4.25 19.3 @ 99 OZ FD 1 0.25 4.0 01 PACC 10 6 60.00 0.75 13.3 01 REF 64 46 8556.00 4.50 14.2 01 RSGB 10/15 29 26 1326.00 1.50 19.3 98 RSGB 15 48 42 6048.00 3.25 14.8 95 RSGB 40 16 12 2880.00 1.75 9.1 02 RSGB JUBILEE 8 3 120.00 0.50 16.0 13 RUSSIAN 108 69 39744.00 10.25 10.5 @ 02 SAC 94 49 4606.00 4.75 19.8 13 SP 43 26 3354.00 6.50 6.6 02 UBA 62 23 4324.00 3.50 17.7 @ 00 UCWC MORSE 1 1 3.00 0.25 4.0 01 UKRAINE DX 7 6 252.00 0.50 14.0 01 WAE 136 47 13056.00 7.00 19.4 13 WAG 106 50 15900.00 4.00 26.5 @ 12 WW SA 11 17 595.00 0.75 14.7 13 YU 10 5 185.00 1.50 6.7
CLUB CONTESTS
YR CONTEST QSO'S MULTS POINTS HOURS RATE AWARD 99 10-X-FALL 7 19.00 0.75 9.3 96 10-X-SPRING 1 1 1.00 0.25 4.0 98 CRE 5 14 2660.00 0.50 10.0 96 FISTS FA SPR 12 9 459.00 1.25 9.6 99 FISTS NR 14 10 370.00 6.00 2.3 @ 98 FISTS SP SPR 28 14 1708.00 2.50 11.2 08 FISTS SU SPR 12 9 540.00 1.00 12.0 96 IOTA 33 13 3341.00 3.75 8.8 99 IPA 6 3 54.00 0.50 12.0 96 MARAC 66 59 35282.00 8.25 8.0 @ 97 QCWA 27 21 567.00 3.25 8.3 @ 99 ROYAL NAVY 1 1 0.25 4.0 97 TOEC WW GRID 1 1 1.00 0.25 4.0 94 YL/OM 9 4 54.00 1.50 6.0 95 YLISSB 1 1 0.25 4.0
QRP CONTESTS
YR CONTEST QSO'S MULTS POINTS HOURS RATE AWARD 97 ARMADILLO 10 7 4428.00 0.75 13.3 06 ARS SPRINT 55 - 55.00 2.00 27.5 99 BUBBA 4 3 12.00 0.25 16.0 97 BUMBLEBEE 23 5 375.00 2.00 11.5 97 CO QRP SPR 13 16 832.00 1.25 10.4 97 CO QRP SUM 14 10 5180.00 1.25 11.2 @ 98 CQC GCGR 15 12 1440.00 1.00 15.0 @ 97 DOGHOUSE 21 399.00 1.00 21.0 97 FYBO QRP 10 1.25 8.0 95 MI QRP 115 39 19548.75 9.00 12.8 95 MI QRP SPRINT 62 33 7012.50 3.50 17.7 10 NAQCC SPRINT 57 24 5376.00 2.00 28.5 @ 10 NAQCC 160M SPR 23 10 920.00 2.00 11.5 @ 13 NAQCC mW SPRINT 33 18 2340.00 2.00 16.5 @ 05 NJQRP HB SPRINT 32 24 10752.00 1.75 18.3 94 NE QRP 44 21 924.00 4.50 9.8 09 QRP ARCI 160M 15 8 3360.00 1.00 15.0 96 QRP AFIELD 35 19 665.00 3.00 11.7 96 QRP FALL 232 67 462434.00 16.75 13.9 @ 96 QRP NR 7 4 56.00 0.75 9.3 02 QRP SPRING 149 64 296576.00 8.25 18.1 @ 96 QRP SPRINT DEC 57 32 62416.00 3.75 15.2 @ 95 QRP SPRINT JUL 14 10 14060.00 0.75 18.7 05 QRP SPRINT MAY 40 20 28380.00 3.50 11.4 @ 99 QRP TAC 10 7 2385.00 0.50 20.0 96 QRP TO FIELD 19 17 570.00 1.75 10.9 22 SST SPRINT 42 29 1218.00 1.00 42.0 99 VQS FALL 54 21 33075.00 5.25 10.3
OTHER CONTESTS
YR CONTEST QSO'S MULTS POINTS HOURS RATE AWARD 95 GRID SQ 6 5 30.00 1.50 4.0 @ 95 NA SPRINT FEB 37 20 740.00 3.00 12.3 00 NA SPRINT SEP 37 21 777.00 1.50 24.7 03 RAC DEC 222 32 42880.00 11.25 19.7 @ 98 RAC JUL 58 16 8192.00 6.00 9.8 @ 22 SST SPRINT 42 29 1218.00 1.00 42.0 99 UFT 1 1 0.25 4.0 96 W1BB 160 M 101 616.00 6.75 15.0

First my SST Sprint results on the 3830 Scores web site from when I first started entering them for the full hour or so until my interest waned. The letter after the date indicates the weekday (UTC), a Fri (f) or Mon (m). Of course, all stats are from the QRP Category.

Date  QSOs Mults Score Finish Entries  Notes
 7/29f  25    19   475      1     12    
 7/25m  27    17   459      5      9    Worst finish (5th)
 7/22f                                  DNE
 7/18m  26    16   416      4      9
 7/15f                                  DNE
 7/11m  28    17   476      2      8    Beat 3rd place by a single point 476-475. Good conditions, but bad noise.
 7/ 8f  16    13   208      1      6    Horrible conditions - my lowest score ever
 7/ 4m  25    17   425      2      6    Good conditions, but bad noise
 7/ 1f                                  DNE
 6/27m  26    22   572      3      8    Good conditions, should have done better.
 6/24f  24    16   384      1      9    No bad noise, fair conditions, fair score.
 6/20m  31    21   651      2      9    Missed first place by 9 points. 1 more QSO but 1 less mult than the first place ham.
 6/17f  17    14   234      2      6    Reduced noise, but poor propagation
 6/13m  28    23   644      1     10    Good conditions on 40, not so good on 20. Noise intermittent
 6/10f  20    17   340      3      8
 6/ 6m  31    23   713      3      8
 6/ 3f  24    17   408      2     10
 5/30m  26    17   442      3      6
 5/27f  23    17   391      2      6    Noise and poor propagation
 5/23m  35    20   700      1      8    Noise, but good propagation allowed a good score.
 5/20f  22    17   374      4     10
 5/16m  30    19   570      4      6    Usual noise. Had second highest number of QSOs to KB4QQJ (40)
 5/ 9m  33    27   891      2      7
 5/ 6f  27    17   459      3      7
 5/ 2m  33    20   660      2      7
 4/29f  23    17   391      2     10    Very bad noise whole hour.
 4/25m  36    24   864      3     11
 4/22f  23    17   391      7     11    Noise very bad again.
 4/18m  36    29  1044      1     10
 4/15f  21    16   336      3      9    Plagued with my full force noise. Score corrected from 3830 score report (21 15 315).
 4/11m  37    22   814      4     12
 4/ 4m  42    29  1218      1     12    All time record QRP Category score among all participants. Since broken by 53 pts. 
 4/ 1f  18    13   234      3     11    Only put in 1/2 hour.
 3/28m  38    25   950      1     13
 3/25f  28    18   504      3      9
 3/21m  36    25   900      1     12
 3/14m  33    26   858      1     13
 3/ 7m  26    21   546      4     10
 2/28m  27    20   540      2      9
 2/21m  26    21   546      1     12
 2/14m  33    18   594      4      9

Now here are selected contest results since 2014. Through 2018, the results are more detailed. After that, it is basically just a listing of number of QSOs and multipliers, score if readilly availbable, and notes. Tag team with Mike means when we used our own calls in a contest and worked stations one after another from my shack. At first we used a single key and switched chairs to use the key after "tagging" each other. As Mike interjects here, "We stopped the tag part of tag team contests when we started to have collisions. It got too dangerous. HI HI". Then we used separate keys and headphones connected to my one rig through Y connectors. A little hard to explain, but I'm sure you get the picture. If not, there are a couple pictures in my diary archives. Look at the entry for December 9, 2012.

Date	Contest	QSO's	Mult's	Points	Hours	Rate	Notes
2023
May 27	CQWPX	55	50	8,200	4.5	12.2	164 QSO points. Just fooling around with no plan of attack
2022
Jul 10	IARU HF Champs	57	32	5,792	3	19.0	Impromptu entry when found condx great Sat. evening
Jun 25	Field Day	190	-	-	-	-	Using K3A with Mike KC2EGL (39 QSOs)
Feb 19	ARRL DX	106	65	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL
Jan 15	NA QSO Party	130	42	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL
2021
Nov 27	CQWW DX	102	78	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL (in the 90s QSOs)
Aug 15	Skeeter Hunt	28	16	-	-	-	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL (11 QSOs) as N3AQC (39 24 10564)
Aug 7	NA QSO Party	120	61	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL (~110 QSOs)
Jul 25	FOBB	19	-	-	-	-	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL (33 QSOs) as N3AQC (52 - 3276 5th place)
Jun 26	Field Day	203	-	3,280	-	-	Using N3A with Mike KC2EGL (100 QSOs)
May 29	CQ WPX	91	82	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL
Apr 17	CQMM	132	-	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL (126 QSOs)
2020
Nov 28	CQWW DX	107	91	-	-	-
Aug 16	Skeeter Hunt	31	12	-	-	-	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL (20 QSOs) as N3AQC (51 20 11700)
Jun 27	Field Day	181	-	2,530	-	-	Using N3A with Mike KC2EGL (47 QSOs)
May 30	CQ WPX	167	107	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL (~165 QSOs)
Feb 15	ARRL DX	113	75	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL (106 QSOs)
Jan 11	NA QSO Party	129	47	-	-	-	Tag team with Mike KC2EGL (~120 QSOs)
2019
Aug 18	Skeeter Hunt	34	17	-	-	-	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL (35 QSOs) as N3AQC (69 25 19200)
Jul 28	FOBB	61	-	-	-	-	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL as N3AQC
Jun 22	Field Day	158	-	2,700	12.8	12.3	Using N3A with Mike KC2EGL (107 QSOs)
2018
Aug 19	Skeeter Hunt	21	11	3,355	4.0	5.3	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL (34 QSOs) as N3AQC (55 19 11500)
Jun 23	Field Day	371	-	5,070	16.0	23.2	Using N3A with Mike KC2EGL (111 QSOs)
May 26	CQ WPX	76	71	15,691	4.0	19.0
Feb 17	ARRL DX	115	79	27,255	7.0	16.4
2017
Nov 25	CQWW DX	79	78	16,302	6.5	12.2
Aug 20	Skeeter Hunt	37	16	-	4.0	9.3	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL & WB3FAE - total 46 QSOs as N3AQC
Jul 31	FOBB	42	20	2,898	3.5	12.0	At Comm Park w/KC2EGL as N3AQC - Total score = 4,524
Jun 24	Field Day	381	55	5,160	16.0	23.8	Using N3AQC with Mike KC2EGL (110 QSOs)
Feb 18	ARRL DX	214	120	77,040	13.0	16.5
2016
Nov 26	CQWW DX	76	77	15,366	7.0	10.8
Aug 21	Skeeter Hunt	52	26	-	4.0	13.0	AS N3AQC 40M ONLY - W/WB3FAE N. COUNTRY TRAIL TR04 BUTLER
Jul 31	FOBB Sprint	34	17		4.0	8.5	As N3AQC with Mike KC2EGL (35 QSOs) - Won first place overall
Jun 25	ARRL FD	382	-	6,590	16.0	23.9	Using N3AQC at Chicora with KC2EGL & WB3FAE (my QSOs 40M only) Tot 614 QSOs
May 28	CQ WPX	161	140	56,560	8.75	18.4
Feb 20	ARRL DX	303	169	153,621	16.75	18.1
2015
Nov 28	CQWW DX	254	191	133,127	15.75	16.1
Aug 9	Skeeter Hunt	39	20	?	4.0	9.8	as N3AQC portable
Jun 27	ARRL FD	253	-	-	14.5	17.4	portable as N3AQC
May 30	CQWPX	151	131	58,426	7.0	21.6
Apr 18	Manchester Miniera	8	7	266	1.0	8.0
Feb 21	ARRL DX	449	208	280,176	18.25	24.6
2014
Dec 13	ARRL 10M	172	42	28,896	6.5	26.5
Nov 29	CQWW DX	381	212	233,836	20.0	19.1
Sep 20	SAC	27	20	540	1.25	21.6
Sep 3	NAQCC Nancy Sprint	28	15	N/A	2.5	11.2
Aug 10	Skeeter Hunt	30	20	-	3.5	8.6	as N3AQC w/KC2EGL (21 Qs) - 13,368 pts
Jul 12	IARU Champs	16	16	448	1.0	16.0
Jul 1	RAC Canada Day	37	10	2,220	2.0	18.5
Jun 28	ARRL FD	213	-	-	12.0	17.8	portable as N3AQC
May 24	CQ WPX	195	147	83,790	10.5	18.6
May 10	FISTS Sprint	4	4	80	0.5	8.0
Apr 12	GA QP	74	49	7,252	7.5	9.9	(1) w/Mike-KC2EGL
Feb 15	ARRL DX	480	191	275,040	20.0	24.0

Finally, the recent contest awards I have received.

SELECTED CONTEST AWARDS AND COMMENTS
2016 ARRL DX Contest - First place WPA Section SO QRP / Division Winner 2015 CQWW DX Contest - First place 3rd Call Area QRP SOAB (#13 NA, #10 USA) 2014 CQWW DX Contest - Ninth place QRP CW SO AB USA - #12 North America 2014 ARRL DX Contest - First place WPA Section SO QRP / Division Winner / Call Area Winner 2013 CQ WW DX Contest - First place QRP Single-Op All band USA 3rd call area (#14 NA, #11 USA) 2013 ARRL DX Contest - First place WPA Section Single-Op QRP 2013 SP DX Contest - First place NORTH AMERICA - SO AB MIXED QRP 2011 WI QSO Party - First place Pennsylvania all categories - (2nd overall QRP out-of-state to N0UR in MN) 2008 IARU Championships - First place SO CW Only QRP WPA section 2009 VA QSO Party - High Pennsylvania CW 2008 New England QSO Party - Third Place Pennsylvania - Single Operator QRP (I used a power out of 935 mW for the contest)

SELECTED CONTEST AWARDS AND COMMENTS

2016 ARRL DX Contest - First place WPA Section SO QRP / Division Winner

2015 CQWW DX Contest - First place 3rd Call Area QRP SOAB (#13 NA, #10 USA)

2014 CQWW DX Contest - Ninth place QRP CW SO AB USA - #12 North America

2014 ARRL DX Contest - First place WPA Section SO QRP / Division Winner / Call Area Winner

2013 CQ WW DX Contest - First place QRP Single-Op All band USA 3rd call area (#14 NA, #11 USA)

2013 ARRL DX Contest - First place WPA Section Single-Op QRP

2013 SP DX Contest - First place NORTH AMERICA - SO AB MIXED QRP

2011 WI QSO Party - First place Pennsylvania all categories - (2nd overall QRP out-of-state to N0UR in MN)

2008 IARU Championships - First place SO CW Only QRP WPA section

2009 VA QSO Party - High Pennsylvania CW

2008 New England QSO Party - Third Place Pennsylvania - Single Operator QRP (I used a power out of 935 mW for the contest)