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The 2004 Most Radio Active member of TCG is:

Don Binkley, N4ZZ

Congratulations Don on what I believe is your fourth year in a row to win this award. Outstanding!!! The title of Second Most Radio Active member goes to Kirk Pickering, K4RO for what is a three-peat in this category. And third place belongs to Joel Woods, NA4K. Congratulations Don, Kirk and Joel for another fantastic year of radio contesting. The three of you contributed just shy of 48,000 QSOs to the TCG effort, almost 20% of all QSOs tallied in 2004. Great job!

Special recognition goes to Jeff Yeager K4JNY for being the 2004 TCG Most Host. In addition to his individual contest efforts, Jeff contributed to eleven contests during 2004 by allowing a guest-op to operate his station or holding a multi-op effort at K4JNY. Thank you Jeff and thanks to everyone who invited guests into their home for contests during 2004.

Congratulations to all ten of our Rod Fitz-Randolph N5HV Memorial Award winners. You all give us something to shoot for in 2005.

Most Radio Active Member

1st Place Don Binkley, N4ZZ

2nd Place Kirk Pickering, K4RO

3rd Place Joel Woods, NA4K

Most Radio Active New Member

1st Place Jim Hall, AD4EB

2nd Place Ned Swartz, K1GU

3rd Place Don Jones, N4TN

Most Improved Operator

1st Place Joel Woods, NA4K

2nd Place Frank Wright, WA4OSD

3rd Place Dave Wilson, N4DW

Most Contests Worked

1st Place Frank Wright, WA4OSD

2nd Place Jim Emery, K4AMC

3rd Place Larry Lindblom, W0ETC

Tennessee Contest Group
2004 Radio Active Report
31 January 2005


	* =	award
		winner
			2004	2004	2003	2003	+ / (-)	+ / (-)
		Call	Logs	QSOs	Logs	QSOs	tests 04	QSOs 04
1	*	N4ZZ	27	18449	25	17741	2	708
2	*	K4RO	35	14883	32	15386	3	(503)
3	*	NA4K	37	14649	25	10078	12	4571
4		K4LTA	30	13097	19	12007	11	1090
5		W4PA	15	13051	15	13691	0	(640)
6		W4NZ	31	12916	35	10559	(4)	2357
7	*	K4AMC	54	11662	39	10297	15	1365
8	*	AD4EB	25	11064	0	0	25	11064
9		K0EJ	16	10026	22	13041	(6)	(3015)
10	*	W0ETC	40	8491	25	5602	15	2889
11		W9WI	22	8275	15	7452	7	823
12		WO4O	18	8038	33	10872	(15)	(2834)
13	*	K1GU	25	7063	0	0	25	7063
14		NY4N	23	7002	14	5276	9	1726
15	*	N4DW	16	6628	10	3486	6	3142
16		W4BCG	34	4756	39	4428	(5)	328
17	*	WA4OSD	78	4266	4	605	74	3661
18		K4CN	2	4114	1	4284	1	(170)
19		K4ISV	2	4113	2	6468	0	(2355)
20		W4GKM	8	4107	9	5002	(1)	(895)
21		N4IR	8	4041	7	3987	1	54
22		KE4OAR	35	3778	24	3864	11	(86)
23		K4BP	31	3618	15	2474	16	1144
24		K4BEV	14	3356	20	4663	(6)	(1307)
25	*	N4TN	8	3220	0	0	8	3220
26		K4JNY	7	3121	3	1483	4	1638
27		K4KO	24	2713	22	3048	2	(335)
28		K3CQ	12	2441	8	1603	4	838
29		N4VV	4	2309	1	855	3	1454
30		W5CW	1	2086	0	0	1	2086
31		WA4JA	23	2084	26	2399	(3)	(315)
32		N1WI	20	2021	2	340	18	1681
33		W1KLM	17	1744	14	937	3	807
34		N4UW	6	1744	3	1395	3	349
35		W4HZD	6	1513	5	1957	1	(444)
36		W4TYU	16	1421	12	1644	4	(223)
37		K5CM	1	1376	0	0	1	1376
38		NN5A	7	1084	3	352	4	732
39		N4ZI	4	1065	2	1074	2	(9)
40		KD4HIK	4	1043	1	310	3	733
41		W4TDB	12	1034	8	883	4	151
42		AA0BA	6	899	3	412	3	487
43		W4RK	4	862	8	2113	(4)	(1251)
44		K4RFT	1	825	0	0	1	825
45		KM4H	8	749	14	1128	(6)	(379)
46		K4MA	1	680	0	0	1	680
47		W4NI	8	669	5	613	3	56
48		N4JN	7	668	4	445	3	223
49		N8UM	1	629	3	1844	(2)	(1215)
50		K4AL	2	624	1	26	1	598
51		NQ4U	4	619	4	1135	0	(516)
52		N4DD	1	534	4	2159	(3)	(1625)
53		AK4ST	2	515	2	167	0	348
54		NY4T	2	450	5	1919	(3)	(1469)
55		AF4QB	3	411	4	840	(1)	(429)
56		KE4DX	1	406	0	0	1	406
57		WB4YDL	2	394	0	0	2	394
58		KI4ES	1	388	0	0	1	388
59		W4LC	1	329	0	0	1	329
60		W4PV	1	297	0	0	1	297
61		KY4L	1	295	0	0	1	295
62		WB9BSH	3	290	9	440	(6)	(150)
63		KE4KMG	1	284	4	647	(3)	(363)
64		W4JH	4	282	11	661	(7)	(379)
65		KA4OTB	1	281	0	0	1	281
66		W5TM	1	271	0	0	1	271
67		K1KY	1	254	3	1733	(2)	(1479)
68		W1ARN	1	254	0	0	1	254
69		KG4ABM	2	231	1	15	1	216
70		KM4FO	1	225	0	0	1	225
71		W4DUI	1	202	1	300	0	(98)
72		KF4TJE	2	196	0	0	2	196
73		WA4PGM	1	136	0	0	1	136
74		W4SK	1	118	0	0	1	118
75		WM4Q	2	71	3	731	(1)	(660)
76		N5NW	2	70	3	430	(1)	(360)
77		KO4WT	1	37	0	0	1	36
78		KI4BZN	1	15	0	0	1	15
79		KI4FZT	1	8	0	0	1	8
		_______	____	_____	_____	______	_____	_____
		Total	882	247926	632	207298	250	40628

Great year gals and guys. In 2004 TCG racked up 247,926 QSOs, an additional 36,088 QSOs over the 2003 figure (211,838). Also, the 2004 QSO total exceeds the 2002 total of 237,400 by 10,526 Qs. Solar cycle, shmolar cycle. Fantastic!

In addition, TCG churned out 882 contest logs during 2004, an increase of 225 logs over the 2003 figure (657) and an increase of 255 logs over the 2002 figure (627).

Obviously, the additional QSOs logged during 2004 came about as a result of TCG operating in more events. Our overall QSO/Contest ratio for 2004 (281) dropped significantly from the previous two years. In 2003 we logged an average of 322 QSOs/contest and in 2002 we averaged 379 QSOs per contest. Damned solar-cycle.

Overall, TCG ops participated in 122 contests during 2004, an increase of 21 contests over the 2003 total.

TCG ops come and go, (well, about 20 or so per year seem to come and go) but our overall number remains consistent. In 2004, TCG fielded 79 ops for at least one contest during the year. In 2003 that figure was 76, in 2002 we had 77 ops submitting logs and in 2001, 75. Nothing scientific here, but it is interesting to note.

Finally, thanks to all who participated during 2004, both ops and hosts. Thank you Scott W4PA and Jeff K4JNY for your leadership during 2004. Great job guys. And a special thank you to Kirk K4RO for providing us with this wonderful email reflector and the equally wonderful TCG web site. Without Kirk's generous DAILY contribution to this group, TCG might not exist. Thank you Kirk! This group and consequently this hobby are a lot more fun because of you.

73 Greg K4KO