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Dateline: The K8IA/N7RQ/N7AT Outlaw Hideout,
Somewhere in Arizona, March 11, 2013
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ARIZONA OUTLAWS AS W1AW/7 IN 2010 IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP
The special edition website of the Arizona Outlaws Contest Club's activity as W1AW/7, in the 2012 IARUHF Championship, ran for over 4 months. For those of you that still like to refer to those great WebPages, they have been archived at the following link. ENJOY!
Arizona Outlaws W1AW/7 - 2012 IARU HF
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The 2012-13 Contest Season Continues!
The last Outlaw Bob Sez left off at the last major contest of 2012, the CQWW CW Contest. We continue our reporting from there, with a close focus on ARRL DX CW and SSB Contests.
Our Contest Expeditioners for ARRL DX Contests
ARRL DX CW:
Outlaws Marco XE2S, Larry N7DD, and Tom W8TK (plus two non-Outlaw XE's) put the XE7S callsign on the air for 2013 ARRL DX CW. They worked hard and amassed 5477 QSOs and 333 multipliers for 5.6 Million points.
Marco XE2S & one of several towers at XE7S. This one has 5 el 10 and 2 el 40.
ARRL DX SSB:
Outlaw Larry KE2VB travelled to Tortolla, British Virgin Islands, and successfully operated as VP2V/KE2VB. He made 4666 QSOs and 259 mults for 3,625,482 claimed points. He holds the #2 world claimed score as of this posting.
His full story will appear in either the May/June or July/Aug 2013 issue of the National Contest Journal. To whet your appetite, the following is offered (blame K8IA for this);
"Arizona Outlaw Larry KE2VB, with six-guns a-blazing, stormed onto the island of Tortolla in the British Virgin Islands. The mission was to establish a temporary amateur radio contest facility and exchange some information with thousands of USA and Canadian radio amateurs. The Arizona Outlaws Contest Club authorities told him not to show his face back in the state unless he talked with at least 4000 of those hams.
Previous recon, by Outlaw Steve AA7V, showed that the Cooten House, 530 ft above the Caribbean on the north shore of Tortola, would be suitable to carry out the mission. Larry captured that place with ease and no hostages were taken.
After unloading his 150 lbs of equipment, including a triband yagi and a mess of wires, he then undertook some very sneaky maneuvers to set up the required antennas. He vowed he would not be deterred.
When the contest began, he was ready, and operated 41 of the next 48 hours. When the smoke cleared, mission accomplished! He had worked 4666 of those crazy US/VE hams and was allowed to return to Arizona once again."
Larry VP2V/KE2VB and the TH-3 Mk4 tribander used.
VP2V/KE2VB view to VE and North to Central USA
2013 ARRL DX CW Contest
The Arizona Outlaws Contest Club show 39 entries totaling 25,256,021 claimed points. Category winners are shown below. Complete results can be seen in the Club Scores area.
AOCC Category Winners - 2013 ARRL DX CW Contest |
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Call |
Category |
QSOs |
Countries |
Hrs |
Score |
| K6LL (+N6KI) | M/S HP |
2243 |
434 |
40 |
2,920,386 |
| KO7AA | SO Unlim HP |
2458 |
453 |
38 |
3,340,422 |
| K6WSC | SO Unlim LP |
630 |
329 |
27 |
621,810 |
| KE2VB | SOAB HP |
718 |
224 |
25 |
482,496 |
| W9CF | SOAB LP |
573 |
227 |
na |
390,213 |
| N7IR | SOAB QRP |
749 |
258 |
43 |
579,726 |
| W7ZR | SOSB10 |
202 |
60 |
13 |
36,360 |
| N7AT (K8IA) | SOSB15 |
1260 |
108 |
23 |
408,240 |
| N7CW | SOSB40 |
558 |
107 |
12 |
179,118 |
| N6VR | SOSB80 |
37 |
30 |
2 |
3,744 |
| N7GP (N5IA) | SOSB160 |
100 |
43 |
10 |
12,771 |
| Contest Expedition | |||||
| XE7S | M/S HP |
5477 |
333 |
48 |
5,600,000 |
| (N7DD W8TK XE2S XE2K XE2ST) | |||||
| Outside AZ Member | |||||
| W7CT | SO Unlim HP |
1621 |
350 |
na |
1,699,950 |
Here are a few pix of some of those AOCC Category Winners in ARRL DX CW:
Bill KO7AA won SO Unlim HP in ARRL DX CW, with a huge score (top West Coast and 10th USA, super from here).
Gary N7IR, the club's SOAB QRP winner. Over 579K points.
Note his efficient SO2R configuration with two K3’s.
Kevin W9CF, the club's SOAB LP winner with 390K points.
Bill K6WSC, SOAB Unlim LP winner with 621K pts.
2013 ARRL DX SSB Contest
The Arizona Outlaws Contest Club show 36 entries totaling 9,433,112 claimed points. Category winners are shown below. Complete results can be seen in the Club Scores area.
AOCC Category Winners - 2013 ARRL DX SSB Contest |
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Call |
Category |
QSOs |
Countries |
Hrs |
Score |
| AK7AZ (N3KCJ, AK7AR) | M/S HP |
647 |
248 |
na |
481,368 |
| KO7AA | SO Unlim HP |
1231 |
298 |
22 |
1,100,514 |
| K5RR | SOAB HP |
1192 |
279 |
na |
997,704 |
| N7IR | SOAB LP |
367 |
168 |
18 |
195,048 |
| N6HI | SOAB QRP |
58 |
52 |
17 |
9,048 |
| N7DD | SOSB15 |
1375 |
115 |
30 |
474,035 |
| K7WP | SOSB40 |
138 |
50 |
6 |
18,900 |
| Contest Expedition | |||||
| VP2V/KE2VB | SOAB LP |
4666 |
259 |
41 |
3,625,482 |
Here are a few pix of some of those AOCC Category Winners in ARRL DX SSB:
Owen AK7AR, station owner of the AK7AZ Multi-Multi. He and Foster
N3KCJ operated M/S this time to the tune of 481K points.
Look for big station expansion from Owen this Spring. He has a new 90' R-45 going up with at least one large tribander (and/or 10 thru 20 monobanders) along with a multi element 40m yagi! AK7AZ could become the "high points" station for AOCC in the near future.
Owen is always looking for ops. Contact either him or Foster N3KCJ for further info. Being the part of a competitive multiop effort is one of the real fun things in contesting. It is what spurred a lot of contest veterans in their contest careers. Be a part of AK7AZ!
We don't have a pic of Larry N7DD at his rig, but this one is most impressive in its own right. Larry, again, was the AOCC Category winner for SOSB15 and number 2 USA with 475K points.
AOCC Grand Total - 2013 ARRL DX CW Contests
With 75 entries and 34,689,133 claimed points, Arizona Outlaws Contest Club members helped outscore our best previous efforts by 7 Million points. Great job, Outlaws!
Here are some miscellaneous photos of other Arizona Outlaws that competed in 2013 ARRL DX Contests:
Bob K7JQ who scored over 1 Million points in SO Unlim HP CW with just a Screwdriver antenna.
Andy NY7N (at N7AT) digging deep during his SOSB15 SSB effort. He made 170K points.
Larry W0PAN who operates from this modest setup with very simple antennas.
It's not unusual for Larry to be in four (or more) contests every weekend. "Hi my name is Larry and I am a contest-a-holic." ;-)
IMPORTANT: CONTEST DATES thru end of June 2013 – AOCC Ladder Events
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AOCC NET
Our infinitely able Net-dude/Outlaw, Steve AA7V (ex-KN5H), worked hard to organize a 75m net for our members! Join us on 3733 (+/- QRM) each Wednesday night at 7pm MST (0200Z Thursday). Steve is the usual Net Control Station, but other Outlaws will be asked to take the helm as well. Hank K7HP is our regular NCS.
Non-members are always welcome.
The Net is mp3-recorded and posted to this website every week. Join in on the Net!
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NEW MEMBERS
A bunch of new Arizona Outlaws have joined since December 2012. We now have 156 members. What a ruckus we can make!
A wild western welcome to:
Chuck NJ6D of Tucson
Dave W7RTX of Colorado Springs, CO.
James N7ELL of Tempe AZ
Gary K9SG of Sedona AZ
Bob AC2FA of Getzville NY
73, Outlaw Bob K8IA
“There’s a ruckus brewing out there!”
Go saddle up and git on the air!
Contest Tips for Little Pistols & Cap Guns by Outlaw John K7WP
(click image above to read)
Simple Multi-op Contesting by Outlaw Bob K8IA
(click image above to read)
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