Congratulations
to our 2021 Maine
QSO Party Winners!
This year's Overall Winner is:
Joe Blinick K1JB,
of Portland, Maine, who won for the sixth time! Joe scored a total of
217,905 points, making 990
QSO's! For 2021, we received 207 logs from 6
different countries, 27 U.S. States, 2 Canadian Provinces, and 7 Maine
Counties. Thanks to everyone who participated!
This
year's Category winners:
Michael
Snook W7LG, from Lewiston, PA, captured the Single Operator QRP (SOQRP)
category with 3,915 points. Robert Coakley KX1E, from Portland, ME,
won the Single Operator Low Power (SOLP) category with 15,300 points.
This year's overall winner, Joe Blinick K1JB, won the Single
Operator High Power (SOHP) category with 217,905 points. In Multi
Op, Stefania (K1GJY) and Tim (KB1HNZ) Watson, who operated as YO/KB1HNZ
from Baicoi, Romania, won the Multi-Operator High Power (MOHP) category
with 127,428 points, also placing second overall.
State
and Province Winners:
AZ
|
KE6GFI |
23166 |
| CA |
K6KTS
|
35
|
| CT |
N1IBQ |
2660 |
| FL |
W2XYZ |
546 |
| GA |
K4BAI
|
22272 |
| IL |
KD9NHZ |
77 |
| KY |
KG3E |
143 |
| MA |
K1DJ |
1260 |
| ME |
K1JB |
217905 |
| MD |
KD3H
|
168 |
| MI |
N5MKY |
9 |
| MN |
W6GMT |
143 |
| MO |
AA0CL |
18 |
| NC |
N4NTO |
80 |
| NE |
KV0I |
61716 |
| NJ |
K2AL |
792 |
| NY |
WA2JQK |
9690 |
| OH |
W8KNO |
522 |
| OK |
K5CM |
4067 |
| OR |
W7VC |
8 |
| PA |
W7LG |
3915 |
| SC |
K4QQG |
23700 |
| TX |
N9NM |
7854 |
| VA |
NX3A |
15180 |
| VT |
AA1SU |
120396 |
| WA |
KB7PKC |
12 |
| WI |
K9GDF |
510 |
|
|
|
| NB |
VE9RLW |
42 |
| ON |
VE3HZ |
10608 |
National
winners:
| Canada |
VE3HZ |
10608 |
| Dominican
Republic |
HI8A |
32 |
| Portugal |
CT1BWW |
143 |
Hungary
|
HA3FHH |
16 |
| Romania |
YO/KB1HNZ |
127428 |
| United
States |
K1JB |
217905 |
Maine County Winners:
| CBL |
K1JB |
217905 |
| FRA |
N1DFD |
31185 |
| HAN |
W3AKD |
5564 |
LIN
|
KB1TCD |
3502 |
| OXF |
K1ESE |
10206 |
| SOM |
KO4GBD |
648 |
| YOR |
N7DH |
450 |
Other
notes:
Two
logging programs were primarily used to submit logs this year. These
include N1MM and N3FJP. We still had a handful of entrants who
submitted 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.
Tad Cook, K7RA reported in the K7RA Solar Update
that: "The sun was blank for several days, but sunspots returned on
September 19" - just a few days before the contest.
Solar Flux was between 90 and 92 on September 24-25.
Predicted planetary A index was 15, 8, and 20 on September 24-26.
Here’s the geomagnetic activity forecast for September 24 – October 19
from F.K. Janda, OK1HH. The geomagnetic field was:
- quiet
on September 29, October 13, 16 – 18
- quiet
to unsettled on September 24, 27 – 28, October 1, 3 – 4, 7, 9, 12
- quiet
to active on September 25 ( – 26), 30, October 2, 8, 10 – 11
Club
Competition
In the club competition, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club took the
top spot, with 3 log entries totaling 220,333 points. Congratulations!
Below is a rundown of the top clubs:
| Club |
Score |
Number
of Logs |
| Yankee
Clipper Contest Club |
220333 |
4 |
Wireless
Society of Southern Maine
|
127428 |
1 |
Radio
Amateurs of Northern Vermont
|
120396 |
1 |
South
EAst Contest Club
|
23853
|
2 |
Swamp
Fox Contest Group
|
23700 |
1 |
Hassayampa
Amateur Radio Club
|
23166 |
1 |
Frankford
Radio Club
|
16326 |
4 |
Kitchener-Waterloo
ARC
|
10608 |
1 |
Congratulations to all
the winners, and we look forward to hearing from
you again in 2022!
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