2016 VERMONT QSO PARTY RESULTS

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2016 Vermont QSO Party another success!

LOG ANALYSIS

In Vermont, 21 stations sumitted logs with a total of 7262 QSO's This compares with 17 stations who made 7834 QSO's last year. There were a few more major Vermont stations (over 100 QSOs) this year. The drop in total QSO's are primarily due to lack of conditions on 10 meters and K1VMT opting for CW and digital modes over the QSO heavy phone mode. In addition, some 33 other Vermont stations were seen in the logs we received but who did not submit a log themselves. For those who complain that Vermont is hard to find in this contest, the logs show that there were 671 QSO’s made with 53 different Vermont stations. The call signs who appeared the most: W1NVT 117, W1JXN 88, KB1FRW 73, K1VMT 56 and AB1NJ 49. Multipliers were challenging as we put 12 out of 14 counties on the air - nothing heard from Grand Isle or Orleans, and Orange and Windham were also quite rare. If you looked hard enough, Vermont stations could be found not only on phone, but on CW, RTTY and PSK-31.

Logs From VT

Year	Stations	QSOs
2016	21	7262
2015	17	7834
2014	24	7100
2013	17	5958
2012	18	4360

Awards

Vermont Single Op: Certificate to Top 5 Scorers
Certificate to each Vermont station making 100 QSO's

Outside Vermont Single Op: Maple Syrup to Top 3 SO Scorers
Outside Vermont Single Op: Certficate to Top 5 SO Scorers
Certificate to each station outside Vermont making 10 QSO's

AWARDS

In the Vermont competition, certificates will go out to the top 5 single op finishers. In addition, all Vermont stations making over 100 QSO’s will also get a certificate.

In the Outside Vermont competition, the “grand prize” for the 2016 Vermont QSO Party is a souvenir 3.4 oz jug of genuine Vermont Maple Syrup which goes to the top 3 Outside Vermont Single Op finishers who are within the U.S. You guys worked hard for those contacts and we recognize you with a product which is uniquely Vermont. If you’ve never had Maple Syrup before, it is very sweet and very concentrated, so a little goes a long way! Here in Vermont it is the breakfast topping of choice on pancakes, waffles or jacked deer steak (!?). Enjoy!

Certificates will also go out to the top 5 Single Op stations outside Vermont and stations outside Vermont working 10 or more QSO’s.

VERMONT COMPETITION

The Host Club (RANV), signing W1NVT was not in competition and was there to make Vermont easily available during the QSO Party. The station was active each day, 1300-0400 UTC, on phone and CW, on 80-15 meters. Seven operators (W1SJ, KB1IVE, KB1UAY, KC1APK, N5WVR and WL7CVD manned the controls and all did a bang up job. There were short DX runs on both days, on 15 meters. The absence of the last year's big DX runs on 10 meters was sorely missed. The stateside run was quite huge on 20 meters in the afternoon of both days and continued into the evening on 40 meters. The early jump down to 40 meters (around 2200) was fortuitous in that many close in stations could be worked who would not normally be heard on 20 meters. But the lack of the big 10 meter DX run hurt both the number QSO's and multipliers. This was made up in part by some limited operation on CW where many more multipliers were picked up.

In the Vermont competition, Rob AB1NJ moves to the top spot, after a third place finish last year. He used excellent runs on both phone and RTTY, coupled with low power to run up a score of 251,865. With good DX runs on both modes, he ran up a leading total of 145 multipliers.

Bob KB1FRW repeats his performance in second place with a phone-only score of 155,445. He had the highest QSO total of anyone and the highest number of phone multipliers as well.

Zach K1ZK once again piloted his W1JXN club station, but this time almost doubling his last year score. He was a triple threat on phone, CW and digital, running up a score of 131,931 while making an attempt to grab second. He logged a leading 9 Vermont counties on phone.

Joe K1VMT announced that he would forsake phone and only run CW and digital in this contest. With a score of 124,080, he almost grabbed 2nd place! He ran high power this time, which means a lower multiplier. If he made the same number of contacts and multpliers using low power, he would easily be in second place! His RTTY total of 360 QSO's and 72 multipliers was insane!

Rounding out the top five is Randy N1SP, who was also a triple threat on phone, CW and digital, running up a score of 85,278.

Steve W1SFR repeats his sixth place finish from last years with another all-QRP performance of 44,336. In fact he had the highest CW score of anyone.

Places 7-13 were all very tight - ranging from 7000-16000. A change in a few multipliers means a jump of several places. We had to check these scores several times because they were so tight!

Vermont QSO Party Results: Outside Vermont Scores

VERMONT SCORES

									MULTIPLIERS
				QSO					PH					CW					DIG
CALL	LOC	CLASS	PWR	PH	CW	DIG	TOT	PTS	ST	PR	DX	CO	CL	ST	PR	DX	CO	CL	ST	PR	DX	CO	CL	TOT	MULT	SCORE	AWARD
HOST CLUB
W1NVT	CHI	HOST	HIGH	1817	86		1903	1989	48	9	55	11	1	23	2	11	1							161	1.0	320229
SINGLE OP
AB1NJ	CAL	SO	LOW	842		158	1000	1158	41	6	34	4	2						28	2	26	2		145	1.5	251865	1st
KB1FRW	CHI	SO	LOW	1205			1205	1205	47	7	24	6	2											86	1.5	155445	2nd
W1JXN	CHI	SO	LOW	402	103	17	522	642	41	6	23	9	1	31	1	9	2		11	0	2	1		137	1.5	131931	3rd
K1VMT	LAM	SO	HIGH		161	309	470	940						36	1	21	2		38	2	30	2		132	1.0	124080	4th
N1SP	BEN	SO	LOW	214	47	79	340	466	37	7	3	4	2	25	2	3	2	0	31		5	1		122	1.5	85278	5th
W1SFR	RUT	SO	QRP		163		163	326						36	4	23	4	1						68	2.0	44336	100Q
W1ZU	CHI	SO	LOW	8	87	7	102	196	1	0	1	2	1	26	3	8	5	1	5		2	1		56	1.5	16464	100Q
W4YFJ	CHI	SO	HIGH	332			332	332	35	6	5	1	1											48	1.0	15936	100Q
N1BCL	ADD	SO	HIGH	257			257	257	37	2	0	2	1											42	1.0	10794	100Q
N1XSS	WNS	SO	HIGH	164		14	178	192	32	2	5	4	2						10					55	1.0	10560	100Q
N1GB	ESS	SO	LOW	1		107	108	215	1	0		1	1						25	1	2			31	1.5	9998	100Q
KB1WXM	CHI	SO	HIGH	212			212	212	34	3		1	1											39	1.0	8268	100Q
AA1SU	CHI	SO	HIGH	166	3		169	172	33	0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0						42	1.0	7224	100Q
KC1APK	CHI	SO	LOW	32	10	16	58	84	14	1	0	2	1	9	0	0	1	0	11					39	1.5	4914
KE1AZ	CHI	SO	LOW	111			111	111	24	2		1	1											28	1.5	4662	100Q
W1ECH	RUT	SO	LOW		35		35	70						17	1	1	1							20	1.5	2100
K1ARR	WAS	SO	LOW	6	20		26	46	5		1	1		7	2	2	1							19	1.5	1311
N1WGU	WNH	SO	LOW	33			33	33	19	1		1	1											22	1.5	1089
W1FP	CHI	SO	LOW	16			16	16	8	1	2	2	1											14	1.5	336
MULTI OP
W1KOO	CHI	MO	LOW	22			22	22	12				1											13	1.5	429
CALL	LOC	CLASS	PWR	PH	CW	DIG	TOT	PTS	ST	PR	DX	CO	CL	ST	PR	DX	CO	CL	ST	PR	DX	CO	CL	TOT	MULT	SCORE	AWARD
				5840	715	707	7262

How To Read The Score Table

CALL - Callsign Used in the Contest
LOC - Location (Vermont County)
CLASS - Classification:
- SO - Single Op
- MO - Multi op
- HOST - Host Club
PWR - QRP: Under 5w; LOW: 5-150w; HIGH: Over 150w
QSOs
- PH - Number of Phone QSOs
- CW - Number of CW QSOs
- DIG - Number of Digital (PSK, PKT, RTTY) QSOs
- TOT - Number number QSOs
- PTS - Point Total of QSOs (Phone-1; CW/Digital-2
Multipliers
- ST - Number of State Multipliers (VT Only); Total:50
- PR - Number of Canadian Multipliers (VT Only); Total:13
- DX - Number of DX Multipliers (VT Only)
- CO - Number of VT County Multipliers; Total:14
- CL - Number of VT Club Mulipliers; (W1NVT, W1JXN)
- TOT - Total Number of Multipliers
PWR - Power Multiplier: QRP-2.0; LOW-1.5; HIGH-1.0
SCORE
AWARD - Awards Qualified For

Other Vermont Stations Heard

 
AA1PR  RUT    KC1SS  WNS
AC1U   WAS    KR6FH  BEN
AF1N   CHI    KT1J   ADD
K1ARR  WAS    N1BBR  ADD
K1LJL  CHI    N1NRA  ADD
K1MZM  WAS    N1RZ   ADD
K1NKT  FRA    N1WDS  FRA
K1XV   WNS    W1AAT  WAS
K1YLD  CHI    W1ECH  RUT
K4TT   ESS    W1FNB  WNS
KB1IIZ WNS    W1RFP  WNS
KB1UKZ ADD    W1TAM  CHI
KB1WOD ORA    W1VE   BEN
KC1CZA CHI    WA1TEO CHI
KC1DGS CHI    WB2JIX ADD
KC1DGT CHI    WL7CVD CHI
KC1DPM ORA

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