From the Adventure Radio Society's March Spartan Sprint, March 6:

From Ken Wezeman, N9QIL:
I couldn't operate the whole time, but I sure had fun!

From John Harper, AA5YX:
A really good time - lots of stations, mostly good conditions and not too much RTTY/SSB QRM this time! Used my Norcal 40A fed by 10 AA batteries. I'm surprised at how long they have lasted so far & am monitoring their discharge on my page at: http://home.att.net/~j..harper

From Ben Pfeiffer, KA8LLE:
Wow, my best score so far I think, 40 was a mess, but still my best band with 11 Q's, 20 close second with 9, and only 1 on 80. 80 was in good shape here in OH, just no one there when I was.

From Dee Hester, K7UD:
Each SP I enter, I manage to rack up just a couple more stations. Thanks to all you folks who are so patient with my fist. I REALLY appreciate it. This is always fun and I look forward to it every month. See you in April!

From Bob Helms, AF5Z
Hey! Hey! This was a fun one. Managed QSOs on all five bands including N9AW and WE6W on three. Good conditions and low noise along with strong participation produced an enjoyable evening. Thanks to all.

From Charlie Mason, W4NJK:
Great contest and even better conditions and participation than last month. Here in Northern California the 15 m band was hot but not much on.20 was booming for the entire 2 hours. When I switched to 40 it was
better than expected, wished I had checked earlier. Worked 12 states rig was IC 781, 5W, 40 mtr wire beam. 72/73, Many tnx ARS!!

From Gary Slagel, N0SXX
Really nice condx on 20 meters tonight. Felt like a big gun just for a minute there while I held the freq for 10 or 15 minutes with my sw20. Didn't have my AAA nicads charged up so I was using a 2 ah gelcell. With all the extra battery power I wasn't afraid to send up a few CQ's.
Fine time was had by all.

From Mark Hogan, N5OBC
Wow K0EVZ was fast...tubby me on the RM35. Thanks to the other two for qrs'ing. I finished the RH-20 yesterday and needed to make some
contacts before sending it back the the ARRL. I had the BFO set wrong, reset it and poof the test was over, (ok so I started late). At least Igot to use it some in a test. Now that I've junped in I hope to make more contests. It was cool to zero them to the tic and make the akk and get an answer. See ya next time, es I'll run a lighter
power supply (battery.

From Dave Cary, W9SUL
GREAT fun... 20m and 40m bands were my big producers... snagged 1 contact on 15m... couldn't raise anyone on 10m or 80m the 3 times I tried on each of these bands. Tried something different tonight... only
called CQ. Ususally, I work a lot of "search and pounce" also. Hope to see you all again next month.

From Bob Armstrong, N7XJ
I was astonished to hear KH6B in there again this month becasue the bands were so noisy here in Utah. I used the K2 again this month, but will soon be dusting off my little monobanders in anticipation of the summer hiking season. Thanks for the fun, guys!

From Mike Boatright, KO4WX
20's still not quite there yet...maybe after the equinox...by then I'll have my SMK-1 ready to tear up 10!

From Bill Beitel, N8NRG:
Band kinda noisy tonight, but did ok in michigan. tried a new dipole, 266' fed with 450 ladder line. also used my 3 el yagi. Yagi performed better on 20m. had a good time in contest. See you all next month. rig-sierra @ 1.5 watts.

From David E. Hassell, N5IW:
Another great sprint! Bad QRN on 10,15,40, and 80 meter bands; but thats what makes this contest interesting. See you all again next month!

From Joel Malman, K1QM:
Too bad 15 died... and 40 had Mr. Buzz-saw going for a hour. 20 was good. Vy nice SP this month.

From Bart Lawson, N5WL:
Condx were pretty good here in NW OK! Only my second Sprint but I can tell they are very addictive:-) Coast to Coast, but Doc gets the award for signal, man he was booming in here!! CU next SP!!

From Jerry Scherkenbach, N9AW
Lots of fun, as always. Band condx didn't seem to be very good. It was nice to work AF5Z on three bands (80/40/20). K0EVZ really LOUD here on 40, about 20 over 9. Looking forward to getting rotor fixed for beam, makes it tough on 20. Thanks ARS for sponsoring the contest.

From Francisco Hernandez, CO2HA:
I am sending to you my new log. Last month my log was send via my friend Sergio CO2VV and that I was listed like CO2VV instead CO2HA, my
correct call. This month, I listen much more stations like KI4FB, K2QO, KN3UD, N9AW, KD3FG, AA5YB, AA5MY and KK6MC/5. QRM was terrific from non-contesters(digital modes stations), but was nice listen those QRP contesters.

From Dick Schneider, AB0CD:
Testing out the newly constructed OHR-500. Worked well at 5 Watts out. Also, was able to pull some signals out of the mud quite easily.

From Sam Smith, N4MAP:
First contest ever. Only one contact - on 80M with a DSW-80 - but I had fun!

From Rich Flowers, AA8IV:
Nice 20M band conditions. Nice to hear Canada stations on as well.

From Mike Newbold, K0YO:
One cool 'SP' my last Q was with UA3DX on 14.062 Andrew in Moscow! i never got his power so i didn't count him for sprint. wonder what he though of every body calling CQ SP (Poland). Several have asked; antenna hr is a used sommer xp 405 which only has an 8 foot boom and suppedly works 5 bands. rig SST, te ne ke, ravovac renuals, ear buds.
nice work everybody.

From Ed Loranger, WE6W:
Setup here was:Gelcell, Argo 509, Vibroplex bug, ZM-2.
Haven't used the argo in awhile and had trouble finding
zerobeat since the rit tuning is off. Got 39 QSO's anyway
and lots of fun. Sorry if I missed some stations. I did
land one east coaster who was running 250 mW. Wow-za!

From Lenny Wintfeld, W2BVH:
18 1/4 pounds of my 20 pound station is the Hallicrafters SX-117 boatanchor receiver. Another pound is the Speed-X mounted to a slab of copper. The Tx? A TT-2 at 330 mW connected to an 80 mtr center fed zepp! Made it from central Jersey to SC on one Q.

From Ron Zoerb, KI0II:
Wow! what a beehive on 20 meters for the first hour, then the Dinner Bell rang with authority, so back for only the last 10 minutes on 40 meters. Another great SP.

From Dean Manley, KH6B:
Some comments on QRP-L says that band conditions were good and many contacts were made. Well, I must have been in a different Sprint. Conditions on 20 was very spotty and alot of QSB. A couple of signals were very loud: Ben NW7DX and John K6PZB. I lasted about 45 minutes of the first hour testing a half wave vertical. I set up my K2 at 5 watts, with internal battery, on the back porch. This allowed a short lead in to my ZM-2 tuner. The weather turned cold
(below 70F), windy and then rain so noisy on the roof, I had quite a time to hear signals! So, 5 contacts were made on the porch, with the last one with Bob AF5Z, RST 599,in the shack using my trusty 14AVQ trap vertical. I called Bill K5LN many times, but the best I could get was a
QRZ? Thanks to those I worked: NW7DX, N7XJ, N9AW, K6PZB, WB0WQS and AF5Z. Aloha!

From Seab Lyon, AA1MY:
22 Q's, 16 S/P/C at 900mW on my trusty SW-40+ (adj. for QRPp) and a 84'dipole up 45'. Chilly 26 deg. F. Lots of killer sigs... esp. Doc, K0EVZ. Had good reports from WA, CA, TX, so the 900mW and "Zepp" are doing the job.

From Paul Stroud, AA4XX:
Conditions on 20M were fair, allowing me to operate most of the Sprint at the 250mW level. Our fellow Spartans sure have good ears! The rig on this end was a modified SW-20+ powered by eight AAA's, feeding a 20M ladderline-fed dipole at 60'. As always, this was a FUN event.

From Jon Mitchell, KD3FG:
Another fun time with the Sprint! Heard/worked the familiar suspects but had a real thrill when I worked Ed, WE6W, in CA (I'm in MD) on 40m! The higher bands didn't pan out too well this time so I spent most of my time on 40m. Glad to work 19 Q's -- the phone kept ringing and the
digital guys wiped us all out periodically. Setup was the K2 with wire antennas.

From Chris Freshwater, KB9LCK:
20 meters on the way back! Spring is coming in, with all night 20 and 30 meter contacts on the way!! Worked Czech republic Sun night on 30! An enjoyable sprint, only abt 11 q's with 1 hours work Doc, K0EVZ pounding through the midwest as usual, didn't hear Russ--hats off to AA8PJ on 80 meters wid 500mw! QRPp is a neat thing!!

From Mert Nellis, W0UFO:
Enjoyed using my NC-20 and RH NC-40 But operated from home with line power and home antennas--3 el yagi on 20 and 120ft wire on 40. 12 spc's on 20 and 7 on 40. Looking forward to field operation next month as weather is getting warmer already.

From Terry Young, K4KJP:
Ran 20 meters only until band folded in NW Fl with Argo 509, gel cell and Mosley Mini-33 beam. For a veyy small antenna, this thing really smokes on qrp. Great time again as usual. 40 m too noisy here to bother but 20 was great!