Congratulations
to our 2022 Maine
QSO Party Winners!
This year's Overall Winner is:
The Multi-Op Team of Stefania Watson (K1GJY),
Tim Watson (KB1HNZ) and Rick Fickett (K1OT), who operated as
WS1SM, from Windham, ME. The team scored a total of 334,915 points,
making 1352
QSO's! This is the first time a Multi-Op team won the contest overall.
For 2022, we received 309 logs from 6
different countries, 31 U.S. States, 4 Canadian Provinces, and 9 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 4,335 points. Jose
Douglas KB1TCD, from Round Pond, ME,
won the Single Operator Low Power (SOLP) category with 10,840 points. Kevin Thomas W1DED, who operated
portable from Van Buren, ME, won the Single
Operator High Power (SOHP) category with 254,277 points. N1TN won the Multi-Operator Low
Power Category with 6,265 points. This year's overall winner, WS1SM, won the Multi-Operator High
Power (MOHP) category
with 334,915 points.
Single Op
QRP
(SOQRP)
W7LG
|
4,335
|
KR4AE
|
4,320
|
N1AIA
|
1,320
|
|
Single Op
Low Power (SOLP)
KB1TCD
|
10,840
|
WB9HFK
|
10,579
|
N9NM
|
9,017
|
|
Single Op
High Power (SOHP)
W1DED
|
254,277
|
K1JB
|
196,350
|
KV0I
|
134,912
|
|
Multi-Op
Low Power (MOLP)
|
Multi-Op
High Power (MOHP)
|
State
and Province Winners:
AR
|
WA5SOG
|
1,632
|
AZ
|
KE6GFI
|
21,846
|
| CA |
KF6NCX
|
594
|
| CT |
W1QK
|
126
|
| FL |
KN4JN
|
532
|
| GA |
K4BAI
|
8,174
|
IN
|
WA9YI
|
336
|
| IL |
WB9HFK
|
10,579
|
LA
|
WW5L
|
39,100
|
| MA |
N1SON
|
195
|
| ME |
WS1SM
|
334,915
|
| MD |
KW2A
|
330
|
| MI |
N8FYL
|
281
|
| MN |
KE0TT
|
648
|
| MO |
K2HT
|
18
|
| NC |
KO4YJA
|
414
|
| NE |
KV0I
|
134,912
|
NH
|
AC1GF
|
3,266
|
| NJ |
W2CN
|
725
|
| NY |
WA2JQK
|
15,600
|
| OH |
NO8C
|
7,076
|
| OK |
W5TM
|
74,437
|
| PA |
W7LG
|
4,335
|
| SC |
K4QQG
|
41,657
|
TN
|
W4WWV
|
748
|
| TX |
N9NM
|
9,017 |
| VA |
KB4CG
|
408
|
| VT |
AB1XQ
|
4
|
| WA |
N7EPD
|
660
|
| WI |
W9AEM
|
306
|
WY
|
WC7S
|
300
|
|
|
|
| NB |
VE9ML
|
266
|
| ON |
VE3HZ
|
4,455
|
QC
|
VE2GT
|
345
|
SK
|
VE5GC
|
40
|
National
winners:
| Canada |
VE3HZ
|
4,455
|
| Portugal |
CT1ELZ
|
81
|
| Poland |
SP5SA
|
154
|
Hungary
|
HA3FHH
|
4
|
| Sweden |
SM1TDE
|
4
|
| United
States |
WS1SM
|
334,915
|
Maine County Winners:
ARO
|
W1DED
|
254,277
|
| CBL |
WS1SM
|
334,915
|
| FRA |
N1DFD
|
27,378
|
| HAN |
WW1ME
|
4,845
|
LIN
|
KB1TCD
|
10,840
|
| OXF |
K1ESE
|
57,900
|
WAL
|
N1TN
|
6,264
|
WAS
|
W1FWS
|
1,221
|
| YOR |
N7DH
|
2,562
|
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 Updatethat:
"Sunspot activity rose this reporting week, September 22-28, with
average daily sunspot numbers increasing from 68 to 105.1. But solar
flux? Not so much."
Predicted solar flux was 130 on September 24-27. Average daily solar flux rose from 134.3
to 138.4.
Predicted planetary A index was 15 on September 24-25.
F.K.
Janda, OK1HH reported that: "An unexpected and unpredicted surprise was
the rise of geomagnetic activity during the night of September 24-25.
Further developments did not take place according to assumptions.
Which, by the way, is a precursor to the next increase in solar
activity."
Club
Competition
In the club competition, the Wireless
Society of Southern Maine took the
top spot, with 1 log entry totaling 334,915 points. The Yankee Clipper Contest Club came in
second with 5 logs totaling 224,989 points, and the Heartland DX Association came in
third with 1 log totaling 134,912 points. Congratulations!
Below is a rundown of the top clubs:
| Club |
Score |
Number
of Logs |
Wireless
Society of Southern Maine
|
334,915 |
1 |
Yankee
Clipper Contest Club
|
224,989
|
5
|
Heartland
DX Association
|
134,912
|
1
|
Deep
Dixie Contest Club
|
74,437
|
1
|
Swamp
Fox Contest Club
|
46,751
|
3
|
Hudson
Valley Contesters and Dxers
|
16,685
|
4
|
Society
of Midwest Contesters
|
10,709
|
3
|
Southeast
Contest Club
|
9,275
|
4
|
Central
Texas DX and Contest Club
|
9,017
|
1
|
Waldo
County Amateur Radio Association
|
6,264
|
1
|
Congratulations to all
the winners, and we look forward to hearing from
you again in 2023!
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