QRP Honor Roll
Since I have now been elected to the QRP ARCI Hall of Fame, I feel to avoid any possible confusion, I must explain that this page is NOT about that award, but it is here to honor those who have copied my minimal QRP signals as follows.
I'm sure it's not easy copying my minimal QRP signal on the bands, especially when the sunspots are absent and conditions are poor. However there are many courteous operators who will go the last mile in an effort to work the QRP station. I'd like to "honor" those operators by listing those with whom I have made at least 50 QSOs with my CW/QRP signals and thank them for doing so. Many of the QSOs involved are from contests since contest operators are among the best in the world at picking weak signals out of the QRM, QRN, QSB, etc. to make those few extra points that may help them to win a prize.
To make my 'Honor Roll', a station must have worked me at least 50 times combined contest and regular QSOs. I've also worked some of the stations back in the 60's when I ran more than 5 watts. Also when I used other calls like N3AQC, N3A, NY3EC and others. The listing here only includes contacts when I ran 5 watts or less and used my K3WWP call.
Some of the stations listed are contest club stations. I didn't make the effort to find out who the operators were. I've worked some of the stations under different callsigns as they changed with the vanity callsign program. I made no effort to combine totals in that case. The list is compiled simply from call letter listings in my master computer log. I did count /P or /M stations since my log contains a 'base' field which strips the portable designation from the call. For example the 'call' field may be K4BAI/4 and the base field is just K4BAI.
I will update this page occasionally, but not regularly. It was last updated on April 7, 2023.
Tied stations are listed alphanumerically.
CALL QSOs Notes
KB3BFQ 363 My former next door neighbor
W1AW 323 Most QSOs from the 2014 Anniversary WAS Event
K4BAI 232 Mostly contest QSOs, but some rag chews as well
N2ESE 216 Rag chews and some NAQCC Sprint QSOs
WY3H 207 Former "neighbor" and Founder/First President of the NAQCC
N4BP 175 All contest QSOs, I believe
W9MSE 154 Mostly mobile QSOs
W2JEK 137 Following stations are mostly contest QSOs unless otherwise noted
KA2KGP 133 Mix of rag chews and contest QSOs, also a few meetings at hamfests
W2SH 132 Some rag chews and an eyeball QSO
K4LTA 124
PJ2T 118 Top DX station
W9CC 110
AA3B 109
N4FI 103 A few rag chews
KB3LFC 102 Former call of WY3H making 309 total QSOs
N4ZZ 92
VA3RJ 87 Mostly rag chews - Top VE station
K4RO 84
K4UK 82 SK - Some rag chews
ZF1A 82
K3WW 81
VE3EJ 81
9A1A 80 Top EU station
K0EJ 78
KP2M 76
W1PID 76 Some rag chews
W9WI 76
K1IEE 75 Some rag chews
N0NI 75
W3DYA 74
W5WMU 74
WA8REI 74 SK - mix of rag chews and contest QSOs
KD2MX 73
NA4K 73
P40W 73
WB8LZG 72 Now W8GG - not included
HG1S 71
KN4Y 71
N9CK 71
NP4Z 71
VE5SF 67
WG8Y 67
F5IN 66
N7US 66
KF9D 65
OM7M 65
W4DUK 65
K4AMC 64
K9OM 64
N9NE 64
NF8M 63
W2LJ 63
W9RE 63
CO8LY 62
N4AF 62
N0AV 62
W5NN 62
HG6N 61
K4ORD 61
WO4O 61
WA1UJU 60
WK2G 60
HC8N 59
W4NZ 59
N4IR 58
WJ9B 57
WP2Z 57
DK3GI 56
W4AN 56
9A7A 55
WE9V 55
K6LL 54
N0AT 54
K2YGM 53
WT9U 53
F6HKA 52
K1BV 52
K5KA 52 SK
KT3Y 52
N4ROA 52 SK
TM6M 52
K0AD 51
RU1A 51
DL1IAO 50
K1VUT 50
K5YAA 50
KN1H 50
KU8E 50
WA1LNP 50
I hope you find this interesting. If you're a QRPer, you can count on these stations to hear and work you. I'm fairly certain of that. These stations have great receiving antennas and/or great 'ears'.
