2016 Sprint Results
Thanks to the turkeys this month: Cliff - AE5ZA, Dave - K0JRS, Juan - EC1DBO, University of Alabama ARC - W4UAL
We had 6 entries for the FDoH Sprint (conditions were absolutely terrible).
We had 19 entries for the Spooky Sprint (conditions were not that great).
2016 Feld Hell Software Survey:
Fldigi - 13 / 43.3%
HRD/DM780 - 8 / 26.7%
MixW - 6 / 20%
MultiPSK - 2 / 6.7%
WinHell - 1 / 3.3%
It seems like Fldigi has pulled ahead in terms of the number of users, which is a change from our previous survey in December 2013.
Back then, the numbers were:
HRD/DM780 - 35%
Fldigi - 27%
MixW - 19%
MultiPSK - 14%
IZ8BLY - 5%
The goal of the Hell on Wheels Sprint is to encourage our members to get out and operate mobile or portable,
thus we award extra points for each QSO with those members. Based upon the submitted logs,
participants made 11 QSOs with participants operating either mobile or portable, out of a total of
137 QSOs reported. Each of those QSOs was worth 5 points instead of the normal 3, so I’m sure
that the /M and /P operators were highly sought-after. Due to the nature of this event, we have a few
extra “winners” when compared to normal as we have extra categories.
We had 30 submissions this month in all categories and the tops scores were very tightly grouped.
This is one of the things that makes this contest quite popular, and we always have a great turnout for this one.
This month we had a decent turnout with 38 log submissions in all 5 competition categories.
Notably, W4UAL also operated mobile for part of the event as W4UAL/M, earning 15 of their QSOs while operating using a 30w mobile rig.
One scoring note for this event. In order to avoid scores of 0 points due to no multipliers (54 QSOs but 0 multipliers would equal 0 points),
all participants are given a base multiplier of 1 for participating. Therefore, even if a station was unable to work any stations in Africa,
Europe, Asia or Oceania, they still received credit for the QSOs they did make. This is the same approach as we use in the
Worked All Americas Full Day of Hell when DX stations do not manage to work any stations in the Americas, and we do so to
encourage participation regardless of location or propagation conditions.
The Round Robin Sprint was a four-hour event with apparently a decent amount of participation,
but only 16 logs submitted. Reviewing those logs, I see a lot of stations in multiple logs who failed to submit
their own logs for the Sprint. Particularly in the QRP categories, even a single QSO is often enough
to win the category, as would've been the case this month. Therefore, it pays to turn in your log, no
matter the QSO total.
Please take a moment to recognize the participants and winners of this month’s Feld Hell Field Day Sprint.
This event is a bit different than most as our categories are based upon power source. The four
nominal categories were Home Commercial Power, Home Emergency Power, Portable, and Mobile.
W4UAL operated on a Honda EU2000i generator throughout the Sprint.
Let me start out by thanking the crew who worked at the Feld Hell Club’s pavilion at the Dayton Hamvention.
Operating as Special Event Statio W8H, the team was there to share their interest in the Feld Hell mode and to advertise the Feld Hell Club.
That outreach is the most important thing, while operating as W8H is of secondary importance, even during the Sprint.
However, despite rather poor propagation, the crew at W8H were able to get QSOs made and undoubtedly attracted much more interest in Feld Hell and the Club.
Now for a bit of administration; this Sprint was divided into two separate events, each two hours long. The rules ask that you submit only your best two-hour period as your score.
Nevertheless, I had many participants that submitted logs for the entire event (all four hours). As such, I reviewed each of the logs and chose the highest-scoring period for your score.
Thus, you may see your scores are lower than you submitted, but that is because your QSO total was limited to your best two-hour period.
Let me also take a moment to thank Jozef (SP3AU) and Albert (SWL F-17468) who submitted check logs and SWL logs respectively.
April "Something Old - Something New" Sprint
This month we had 25 participants submitting logs in every category except for DX QRP.
Please allow me a moment to thank our Leprechauns:Ole (EA2BF, Pete (KZ1Z), Bob (K3QIA),
Lou (W8LEW), and the Suwannee Valley Radio Club (N4SVC).
Thank you to all of the Leprechauns for sharing the bonus points with all who participated.
This month we had 26 logs submitted in the Club, NA QRO, NA QRP and DX QRO category. Despite the not-so-great conditions due to the
ARRL DX CW contest, the QSO totals were pretty good overall, with QSOs reported on most bands, but with 40m being the most popular.
This year’s event had 36 logs submitted in all categories with entries coming from 10 countries.
As a note, this is the last time you will see the call sign EA2BER receiving an award as Ole’s call sign is now EA2BF. Congratulations on the new call, Ole.
The overall winner was the University Amateur Radio Club (W4UAL/#5133) who finished with an outstanding 85 QSOs for a total of 699 points.
Please allow me a moment of time to recognize the winners and participants in this year’s Low Down Sprint.
As you know, the Low Down Sprint is focused on using the 40m, 80m, and 160m bands with more points awarded per QSO on 80m and 160m.
This month, we had 27 submissions in all categories with close scores for the top spot.
The overall Sprint winner was Lou, W8LEW, whose 4646 points was the high score for the event.
For previous years' sprint results, please visit the archive pages.