Sprint Manager's Notes . . . Quite a few more logs received this Sprint, conditions seemed pretty good, even had a few on 10 meters this time around. I am interested in hearing any and all comments that might increase the participation in the Sprints. You can e-mail your comments to me at; 73, Ed N2ED FISTS Sprint Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QRO Category Call Name State Fists # Mem Non-Mem Points Mults Score N2ED Ed NJ 2454 69 12 369 37 13653 K4BAI John GA 2158 67 6 347 32 11104 WB0B Larry IA 2916 41 10 225 27 6075 K4ORD Riley VA 4272 33 2 169 24 4056 WB0PYF Ray MO 7986 36 4 188 20 3760 N3RSD Frank DE 2411 34 2 174 20 3480 AA8MI Gene OH 914 26 0 130 22 2860 KO4OL Glenn KY 6583 22 2 114 17 1938 W8KYD Ron OH 10121 20 0 100 17 1700 W1SFR Steve VT 15712 17 4 93 16 1488 K8CI Rich OH 5270 15 0 75 15 1125 N5DY Jack OK 11105 17 0 85 12 1020 W0UY Tom KS 8632 16 1 82 12 984 VE5BCS Harold SK 3498 10 9 68 13 884 KG2LO Roland NJ 2980 12 0 60 11 660 K8VFR Rose MI 5602 11 0 55 10 550 N8KC Ken MI 1556 10 0 50 8 400 W9KMP Ken IL 4626 8 0 40 7 280 NZ1D Bill FL 6315 5 0 25 5 125 AB1BW George CT 10794 4 0 20 4 80 SP6JOE Joe DX 764 3 0 15 3 45 WF4O Foster VA 9353 3 0 15 3 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Club Category Call Name State Fists # Mem Non-Mem Points Mults Score W8NCK Chuck OH 8200 11 0 55 9 495 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QRP Category Call Name State Fists # Mem Non-Mem Points Mults Score K5YQF Cecil TX 8077 25 1 127 20 2540 K3HX Tim PA 5976 24 1 122 15 1830 KG4UPO Wiley VA 10035 16 1 82 15 1230 NK1N Glen NJ 13525 4 0 20 4 80 W5ODS Gary OK 12990 3 0 15 3 45 KC9EHQ Dave IL 12779 3 0 15 3 45 K2JF Phil NY 11096 2 0 10 2 20 KJ0P John MN 15622 2 0 10 2 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOAPBOX . . . Call Comments N8KC Not many Fists out there to work. K8CI Very little participation SP6JOE Conditions not good N2ED Pretty Good Conditions, even worked a few Fists on 10M! Hoping for a larger turn out of Fists! W5ODS Only had last 30 minutes to operate. Lots of QRN in OK WITH STORMS IN AREA. KC9EHQ This was my first Sprint for FISTS, I think. I haven't bearchives.phpctive on HF since we moved into our house seven years ago, but I am trying to remedy that. The last time I was on the air was September 2012. I am OK with CW, and can copy around 13 wpm. Most stations in today's sprint were going faster than I could copy, and the bandwidth around the calling frequency was crowded. Hopefully as time goes on, I will get better with this. I definitely plan on taking part in the Summer Sprint and GYFWW. My station today was an Elecraft K2/10 (ATU, AF, SSB, NB, 160M), Idiom Press CMOS-4 keyer and SCAF-1 audio filter, using Bencher paddles. Antenna was a G5RV Jr. in a V, up 22' at the apex. N3RSD Great Fun! Need More Sprints! K5YQF Heard some really loud stations but didn't seem to be much activity - maybe just bad propagation. But fun as always and I did get to try using my Vibroplex Delux some. Hope it wasn't too bad. WB0PYF Good to hear everyone and thanks. KJ0P Very OM here but very new to CW. Thanks to FISTS for the foundation and continuing inspiration. W8NCK (KB8KIK, operator), First Sprint worked in years. Bands were in good shape but crowded. I rarely hear any Fists Ops on the usual Fists Freqs, except during contests. WF4O Probably not a winning score- but by mailing in my paperwork- my first contest is official. The bands were poor, but I had a great (if nervous) time. Ed- tnx for your patience- also patience form Riley and Pat too. I am enjoying CW and the Spring Sprint is one more facet for me to explore and get involved in. KG4UPO This is my first log submission for a Fists Contest. I hope it is adequate and properly done. If not, please let me know. VE5BCS I hope there are too many mistakes. I should be getting better at this. Thanks. K8VFR Don't know where the all Fist guys hide out at? WB0B The Keynote arrived just in time to remind me the Spring Sprint was an approaching event. Have not participated in a couple of years. I am marking my calendar to make future Sprints if possible.