The shack at North Carolina State U. W4ATC, 1997 We have a new winner this year, Caltech W6UE, the fourth different school to with the Collegiate Championship in the four years it has been run. Caltech very narrowly missed a first place finish last year, in the closest finish ever in the history of the contest. This year, though, Caltech not only won the combined category, but dominated each of the CW and Phone categories, and won the combined title by the second largest margin in the Collegiate Championship's history. Second place went to the University of Texas N5XU, up from third place last year, and using a new callsign chosen to honor the first known Amateur Radio station at the university, 5XU of 1921. Penn State K3CR, last year's winner, was a very close third place, scoring ahead of Texas in phone, but behind Texas in CW. "Well...a suitable title for this (phone) weekend would have been 'Want some antennas with that ice???' At the start of the contest there was at least an inch of ice on EVERYTHING... causing the SWR on every antenna to go crazy over the course of Saturday night... the antenna tuner in the MP really got a work out. Fortunately by Sunday afternoon the ice had melted away and the antennas were back to normal." - K3CR "Conditions seemed great for the little bit I was on. Some amazing scores!" - K0RX "I was depressed over missing the CW weekend but I had such a good time that the cups are on me this year!" - WB9JBF

Operators

W6UE:    N6VI, W6EJJ, KA6SAR, W4EF, N6ET
K0RX:    K0RX, others
WO9S:    AB4RL, WO9S
N5XU:    AA5BT, KA5WSS
W6YL:    AD6E
W1AF:    KO1O
W4ATC:   KO4PY, KF4ARS, N3QYE
K3CR:    KB3AFT
W8EDU:   AF8A
WA5BU:   K5LH
W3EAX:   NF3I, KF4UNA, KD3FG, N3UBM
W6BHZ:   KD6YNG, KN6WV, N6DE, N6NL
WB9JBF:  WB9UAI
W8GVU:   N8PPQ
W0EEE:   N0ZSE, KI5LT, KB0SXS, KB0SXW
K4KDJ:   WA4DOX, KU4AG, KF4JFG
K3TU:    K0SO, Len Farrell
W8UPD:   KZ3E, KB8NBR
W8YY:    N8TYP, KI8DL
W7UNR:   K7VY, WA2FDK, KJ7YT
WA0KHF:  AD0H, AA9RK, KB4SBY

Operators

W6UE:    N7UE, N6LL, KA6SAR, N9YS
W5YM:    N5UWY, KC5TTQ, KJ5YD, KB5YMO, KB5ZYC, K5GOE, KC5LDC, Heather Bradford, Mark Filipkowski
WB9JBF:  KA9WXN, N9FH, WB9UAI
K3CR:    KB3AFT
N5XU:    KM5FA, KA5WSS
K4UCF:   KU4HZ
W1YK:    W1NT, KA1WIG, N2YHK, N1PFC, KA1YTR, N1PKO, N3VUN, N1LSH
W2SZ:    KA1PRT, KD3NC
W6BHZ:   KD6CVS, KE6SYA, KK6DJ, KF6NJO, N6DE, N6NL
W4ATC:   N3QYE, KF4ARS, KF4MOK
WO9S:    AB4RL, WB9JNZ, WO9S
K4KDJ:   KF4JFG, KC4KLX, N8RDR, KD4RHP, 5B4AFM, KF4NLM, KF4UIW, N4BTO
W8SH:    W8QS, KB8LUV, KB8WFV, KC8IJR, KB8ZQZ
W3EAX:   NF3I, K1RA, KD3FG, AA3QE, KF4UNA, WB3GXW, N3UBM
W1MX:    NJ3C, W1GSL
W6YL:    AD6E
W0EEE:   KB0QQF, KI5LT, N0ZSE, KB0LYI, KB0VLG, KB0SXS, KB0SXW, N0RRS, KB0ZLL
WA5BU:   KC5AMA, KK5KN, KC5KNJ, KD5ANZ, KD5CAA, KB5LNR, N5VHO, John McAnally
K0RX:    K0RX
W5AC:    KC5SYS, W5DZ, W5CA, KC5HHN, AB5HO, KC5VHE
W8YY:    N8TYP, KI8DL, KB9RIR, KG9IF, KC8GYS, N8OUZ, KG9LF, KI8EI
W1AF:    KB1XQ, N1QZY, K1CN
W7UNR:   W7PW, KJ7YT, W7VI, K7VY, KB7IWT, WA2FDK, KC7VVA, KC7TKC, KC7THH
W2KGY:   KJ5HY, KJ6RL, N0WQF, Timothy Schmoyer, Thomas Richardson
K4USF:   KR4YL
W9UIH:   W0TPO
W3VC:    KE3IG, KC8IFJ, N3WFI
WA0KHF:  AA9RK
W8UPD:   KZ3E

Other colleges heard: W4AQL

Participation by Conference

Conference    CW   Phone   Total
----------    --   -----   -----
Big 12         3     4       7
Big 10         2     3       5
ACC            2     2       4
Big West       2     2       4
Big East       2     1       3
Ivy            1     1       2
MIAA           1     1       2
MCC            1     1       2
SCIAC          1     1       2
WAC            1     1       2
SEC            0     1       1
Other          4    11      15
---------     --   -----   -----
Total         20    29      49

The Won column lists the ARRL award the station won. (S=Section, D=Division, T=Top Ten)