Congratulations
to our 2024 Maine
2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge Winners!
This
year's Overall Winner is:
Dick Bean, K1HC, of
Harpswell, ME,
who made 127 QSOs,
in 51 different towns, for a total of 6,477 points!
Congratulations on a job well done! Dick operated as Fixed
Medium, using an Icom IC-9700 and a combination of Diamond X50 vertical
and horizontal yagi antennas on a 125 ft. tower.
Last year's winner, Stephen Jordan KD1OM, finished second overall. The
stations
listed
below in
blue are the 2024 category winners.
CATEGORY
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Fixed
Fixed
Mobile
Mobile
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POWER
LEVEL
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
High
QRP
QRP
QRP
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CALL
SIGN
K1HC
KD1OM
K1GUQ
KC1UCM
AI1O
N1SGL
KB1HNZ
K1GJY
AA1CX
K1WXY
KJ7DMI
KB1YYC
KC1LSO
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NAME
Dick Bean
Stephen
Jordan
Jerry
Burns, III
Wm-Brennen
Smith
Peter Bither
Richard
Smith
Tim Watson
Stefania Watson
Wesley Linscott
Robert Stessel
Jason Carley
Dakota Dumont
John
Horton
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QSOs
/ Bonus Points / MULTS
127 / 0 / 51
105 /
6 / 46
93 /
10 / 37
78 / 6
/ 38
76 / 20
/ 22
76 / 20 /
22
124 / 0 / 17
123 / 0 / 17
40 / 6 / 22
66 / 8 / 27
11 / 4 / 7
102 / 0 / 19
102
/ 0 / 19
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FINAL
SCORE
6,477
5,106
3,811
3,192
2,112
2,112
2,108
2,091
1,012
1,998
105
1,938
1,938
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The
2024 Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge took place Saturday, March
16th, from 12 PM to 4 PM. Similar to last year, we received logs from
across the state, with the contest continuing to grow in popularity.
John Horton KC1LSO, and Dakota
Dumont
KB1YYC, operated
as QRP mobiles, while Wesley Linscott WA1IOG, Rebecca Rowe W1LIC, Peter
Bither AI1O, Richard Smith N1SGL, Tim (KB1HNZ) and Stefania (K1GJY)
Watson,
and others, operated in the Medium Mobile
category. Dakota and John covered a route that stretched from the
greater
Portland to Augusta, while
Wesley, Peter, and Rebecca traveled around the Bangor area, ranging
from Corinth to Holden and as far North as Alton. Tim and Stefania
covered a route from coastal York County through the Mid Coast, and
then west toward Lewiston.
Similar to years past, the most popular and competitive categories
were the
medium-powered classes, followed by QRP, with QRP Mobile being a tie
for first place between Dakota Dumont KB1YYC and John Horton KC1LSO,
and Medium Mobile being a tie for first place between Peter Bither AI1O
and Richard Smith N1SGL, with Tim Watson KB1HNZ only 4 points behind in
seond.
Some
stations that
appeared in many logs, include KD1OM, W1GF, AI1O, AA1CX, N1SGL, KB1HNZ,
K1GJY, K1HC, N1RXR, KC1HBL, K1GUP, WA1RES, AC1FB, KB1YYC, KC1LSO, and
K1GUQ.
K1CMN, N1NEL, and WA1RES, who represented served agencies, also
appeared in many logs.
Other Medium
Class notables:
CATEGORY
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
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CALL
SIGN
K1JO
KC1AMQ
KB1ZLV
AC1FB
N1OQS
WD1F
N1DAE
WA1RES
N1NEL
K1CMN
K2KJ
KC1UIJ
KD1TD
K1VW
W1LIC
KB1WRZ
N1DWG
AA1FR
N1AVE
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NAME
John Owens
Annette Dumont
Bert Dumont
Ara Kemezys
Jimmy Mathews
Donnie Dauphin
David Estes
Penobscot County RACES/ARES
Thomas Barrows
Frederick Nickerson
Lloyd Frink
Cory Perry (now W1SFJ)
Patrick McConnell
Joseph Bouchard
Rebecca Rowe
David Ramsey
Dan Guilmette
Jim Hatch
Andrew Emery
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QSOs
/ MULTS
78 / 6 / 33
71 / 0 / 31
59 / 0 / 26
57 / 0 / 24
32 / 16 / 18
31 / 0 / 15
24 / 4 / 14
34 / 0 / 11
28 / 0 / 9
22 / 0 / 9
10 / 0 / 7
9 / 0 / 6
7 / 0 / 4
7 / 0 / 4
37 / 6 / 22
43 / 0 / 15
33 / 0 / 14
11 / 0 / 8
7 / 0 / 4
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FINAL
SCORE
2,772
2,201
1,534
1,368
684
465
392
374
252
198
70
54
28
28
814
645
462
88
28
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Club Scores:
1. Pine State Amateur
Radio Club: 25,582 (17 logs)
2. Wireless Society of Southern Maine: 11,810 (6 logs)
3. Merrymeeting Amateur Radio Association: 6,942 (2 logs)
Congratulations
to the Pine State Amateur Radio Club, who's members submitted 17 logs,
for a combined score of 25,582! Thanks for promoting the event and
embracing it the way you have!
Over the
past few years we've supported multiple groups around the country who
are looking to host a similar contest, and we're happy to share our
rules format and ideas
for
promoting these events. Dick Bean K1HC mentioned in a letter that he
included with his entry, that he was "talking the event up with a local
ham club south of Boston," and hoped to get a Massachusetts version
going some time in the future.
2024
2 Meter FM Simplex Visual Study
2024 Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge Point-to-Point study.
The purple lines show contacts by Dick Bean K1HC during the 2024 2
Meter FM Simplex Challenge.
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