Congratulations
to our 2020 Maine
QSO Party Winners!
This year's Overall Winner is:
Axel
Bruderer, KI6RRN,
of La Mesa, CA. Axel scored a total of 417,679 points, making 1920
QSO's! 2020 was a record year for entries. We received 197 logs from 7
different countries, 41 U.S. States, 2 Canadian Provinces, and 7 Maine
Counties. Thanks to everyone who participated!
The most popular
categories were the Single Operator Low Power (SOLP) class, with 125
entries, followed by Single Operator High Power (SOHP), with 55 entries.
This
year's Category winners:
Michael
Snook W7LG, from Lewiston, PA, captured the Single Operator QRP (SOQRP)
category with 2,508 points. 2019 Overall Winner, Stefania Watson K1GJY
won the Single Operator Low Power (SOLP) category with 60,241 points.
This year's overall winner, Axel Bruderer KI6RRN, won the Single
Operator High Power (SOHP) category with 417.679 points, and in Multi
Op, Richard (W4THI) and Debra (KN4NZH) Lucas, of Jupiter, FL won in
Multi Operator Low Power
(MOLP), while Ethan (N1SOH) and Jacob (W1FM) Handwerker, of Lexington,
MA, continued their winning ways in Multi Operator High Power (MOHP),
picking up their fourth win in the category.
State
and Province Winners:
CA |
KI6RRN |
417679 |
CO |
WA2JQZ |
36 |
CT |
W1ZFG |
36 |
DE |
AC3LZ |
5280 |
FL |
AA4TI |
46980 |
GA |
K4VBM |
7800 |
ID |
KA7T |
1428 |
IL |
WB9HFK |
10725 |
IN |
KJ9B |
304 |
IA |
WI0WA |
3212 |
KS |
AD0AB |
3402 |
KY |
KM4FO |
40 |
ME |
AB1EP |
134676 |
MD |
N3AM |
408 |
MA |
N1SOH |
1462 |
MI |
WB8WKQ |
20405 |
MN |
KA0PQW |
2200 |
MO |
AD0YM |
377 |
MS |
KB8VND |
9768 |
MT |
KJ9C |
2673 |
NE |
KV0I |
67624 |
NH |
AC1GF |
6804 |
NJ |
W2CVW |
1325 |
NM |
W5RES |
2 |
NY |
NO2C |
3036 |
NC |
W1AJT |
1470 |
ND |
ND0TS |
180 |
OH |
KD8W |
3082 |
OK |
K5CM |
249000 |
OR |
K4XU |
117696 |
PA |
K3PP |
21840 |
RI |
W1WBB |
20246 |
SC |
WN4AFP |
15246 |
TN |
W4SSF |
320 |
TX |
KE6C |
76502 |
VT |
AA1SU |
61490 |
VA |
W4PM |
7076 |
WA |
W6OAT |
16 |
WV |
N8II |
141493 |
WI |
K9GDF |
1782 |
WY |
WC7S |
864 |
|
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|
NB |
VE9OA |
3807 |
ON |
VE3MV |
3150 |
National
winners:
Canada |
VE9OA |
3807 |
Dominican
Republic |
HI8A |
300 |
Germany |
DL3DXX |
12 |
Netherlands |
PA3AAV |
6 |
Slovakia |
OM2VL |
117 |
Sweden |
SM2R |
12 |
United
States |
KI6RNN |
417679 |
Maine County Winners:
CBL |
K1JB |
112726 |
FRA |
N1DFD |
11730 |
HAN |
AB1EP |
134676 |
KEN |
W1AO |
48510 |
OXF |
K1ESE |
9700 |
WAL |
N1CGP |
3280 |
YOR |
K1GJY |
60241 |
Other
notes:
Two
logging programs were primarily used to submit logs this year. These
include N1MM and N3FJP. A handful of entrants used logs designed for
other QSO parties, or chose the wrong MEQP log (in-state log for out of
state ops or vice versa), so we had to calculate these by hand to
generate a score. Please use and submit the appropriate logs, or they
will be considered check logs in the future.
Tad Cook, K7RA reported in the K7RA Solar Update
that: "A new sunspot group AR2773 appeared, which has a
magnetic
signature indicating it’s part of new Solar Cycle 25," on September 23,
just prior to the contest period.
On Thursday, September 24, the solar flux was 73.6.
Predicted planetary A index was 15, 12, 25, and 15 on September 25 – 28
The geomagnetic activity forecast for September 25 – October 20, from
F.K. Janda, OK1HH:
- unsettled
to active September
25 – 26, 28 – 29, (October 11, 20)
- active
to disturbed (September
27)
- Solar
wind will intensify on
September (27 – 28,) 29 – 30, October 1, 13 – 14, (15, 21,) 22
The
OK1HH forecast saw active to disturbed conditions on September 27,
which matched the NOAA and USAF A index prediction of 25 on that date.
Club
Competition
In the club competition, the Southern California Contest Club took the
top spot, with 3 log entries totaling 439,558 points. Congratulations!
Below is a rundown of the top clubs:
Club |
Score |
Number
of Logs |
Southern
California Contest Club |
439558 |
3 |
Yankee
Clipper Contest Club |
174103 |
7 |
Potomac
Valley Radio Club |
146218 |
6 |
Willamet
Valley DX Club |
118036 |
2 |
Wireless
Society of Southern Maine |
90896 |
3 |
Radio
Amateurs of Northern Vermont |
61490 |
1 |
Southeast
Contest Club |
50688 |
1 |
Florida
Contest Group |
48006 |
4 |
Frankford
Radio Club |
27210 |
4 |
Congratulations to all
the winners, and we look forward to hearing from
you again in 2021!
Click
here to download the complete 2020 contest results.
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