Results, Seventh Annual Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge

Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT
15125 SE Bartell Road
Boring, OR 97009 tbdc@contesting.com

The eighth running of the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge was held on December 27th and 28th. Conditions were improved for many of the stations in the contest over the past few years. This indicates that 160 meters will soon recover from the recent solar maximum and generate some of the exciting openings we all remember from the first few contests. The number of logs received continues to grow – with 368 logs received. This is yet another 10 percent jump from last year. This is almost too exciting for us here in Boring, Oregon. We would like to thank you all for making this a successful event, and for doing your part in recruiting more activity. Let’s see if we can break 400 logs next time.

Last year, we reported that only 28 of GM3POI’s 390 QSOs were with stations in North America.Clive wasn’t able to participate this year, but when we look at the log from G3BJ, we find 141 QSOs out of 423 with North America – and that was after running out of operating time before the band closed in the morning. This certainly is a strong indicator that good conditions are coming back.

VY2ZM (K1ZM operator) was once again head and shoulders above all other scores. In fact, Jeff leveraged his excellent QTH and antenna setup, multiplied by the QRP bonus to set a new score record with an amazing score of 9,548 points! Second place went to N5IA, who posted a very strong score from New Mexico.

Long time 160 meter addict Earl Cunningham, K6SE, posted the top low power score from his portable QTH in the Californian desert. Coming in second place in the low power category was another 160 meter legend, KV4FZ.

The tightest competition is once again found in the high power category. FM5GU used his extra distance from a population center to beat out RA1ACJ and G3BJ, who both had more than 60 more QSOs. Several North American stations made it into the top ten, including N6RO from the west coast. Once again, it appears that the scoring method in this contest goes a long way to set a level playing field. One exception were conditions in the southern hemisphere, which did not enable VK3IO, VK6VZ/6 or ZL3IX to make enough QSOs to be competitive this year.

In the multi-operator category, top score honors went to the team at W2GD who worked an amazing 588 stations, and had the highest grid total at 274. KH7X had the second highest score, followed by VE3OSZ who ran low power.

We received 362 logs, which is up about 10 percent from last year. About 330 of these were submitted electronically. Many thanks to K1PX who entered the paper logs into the computer. Most of you sent them in using the Cabrillo format, and let the robot respond. This is really helping improve the accuracy of these results.

The date for the next running was complicated by having Christmas fall on the same day as the contest. We ran a poll on the topband mailing list, and the consensus was strongly in favor of running the event on the weekend before Christmas. So, the ninth running of this great event will be on December 18^th and 19^th.You can find complete information, including the rules and sponsored plaques at our website http://web.jzap.com/stew.html.

Don't miss the soapbox section of this write-up after the scores – including KB5NJD who won the plaque for the “best whine”. N6KB also had a strong whine entry, but did not make the necessary 75 QSOs. The judges almost awarded him the plaque anyway, since he also whined about not making 75 QSOs, but in the end, they had to follow the rules.

If you would like to see a report on how your log was scored - including any busted calls or exchanges, send an e-mail to tree at kkn dot net and we will send you one. Make sure you indicate the callsign you used during the contest.

Hope to see you in the next one!

Plaque Winners

The following 23 plaques will be awarded as shown in the following table. Many thanks go to Lew, W7EW, who administers the plaque program. Your plaques should be in the mail before Guy Fawkes day. If you are interested in sponsoring a plaque for the 2004 event, please contact Lew directly at his new e-mail address lew at dsl dash only dot net. Each plaque sponsored costs $50. A big thank-you to each sponsor.

Score Listing

Callsigns shown in bold are certificate winners (plaque winners do not get certificates). Certificates are awarded to all participants with verified scores of 2000 points or more who have not won a plaque. In addition, all two letter grid fields without winners in the 2000 point plus category, world wide, with a minimum score of 500 points, and who have not won a plaque, will receive a certificate. Many thanks to K1PX for administrating and sponsoring our certificate program.

Scores show the callsign, catagory (single or multi), power level (H, L or Q), the grid of operation, the raw number of QSOs found in the log, the number of dupes, the number of QSOs busted, the final QSO total, the total points, the number of grids worked, the station that was the best DX, and their distance in kilometers, the number of QRP stations worked and the number of low power stations worked.

Single Operator - High Power Scores

CALL	C	P	GRID	RAW	DUPE	BUST	QSO	PTS	GRIDS	Best DX	DX KM	QRP	Low
FM5GU	S	H	FK94	349	3	34	312	2928	181	KH7X	10237	9	57
RA1ACJ	S	H	KO59	411	10	25	376	2890	226	VK3IO	14831	6	66
G3BJ	S	H	IO82	426	3	15	408	2579	226	VK6VZ/6	14806	9	71
NO2R	S	H	FN20	409	10	25	374	2544	214	4X3A	9280	16	75
G3PQA	S	H	IO91	340	4	8	328	2345	192	K8FC	7621	7	58
LY7Z	S	H	KO15	413	0	22	391	2180	220	K5TM	8915	6	65
W2FU	S	H	FN13	396	3	9	384	2154	205	5B4AGN	8843	17	85
N6RO	S	H	CM98	371	4	10	357	2154	192	VK6VZ/6	15065	12	78
GU4YOX	S	H	IN89	373	1	10	362	2152	203	W5OZI	7902	3	59
WE3C	S	H	FN20	381	4	22	355	2070	201	4X3A	9280	17	74
4X3A	S	H	KM71	218	4	7	207	2041	141	K4TEA	10459	1	21
PJ2/WB9Z S	H	FK52	253	0	12	241	1974	140	KH6AT	9149	6	44
K9DX	S	H	EN52	552	6	72	474	1954	207	VK6VZ/6	17759	23	95
VE3QAA	S	H	FN15	392	2	23	367	1943	198	4X3A	9079	14	78
W0YK	S	H	CM97	334	10	14	310	1815	167	VK6VZ	15039	11	79
K3SV	S	H	FN10	352	0	2	350	1694	191	RN6BN	8557	18	82
KE9I	S	H	EN61	461	6	11	444	1675	201	YZ7A	8021	24	97
UA2FF	S	H	KO04	372	2	6	364	1655	198	JA3YBK	8413	7	60
K9NW	S	H	EN71	387	9	12	366	1617	189	VK6VZ/6	18108	17	88
K7RAT	S	H	CN85	277	0	4	273	1605	157	VK3IO	12992	13	68
AE9B	S	H	EM28	450	6	34	410	1603	193	VK6VZ	17313	21	89
K1LT	S	H	EM89	365	1	18	346	1601	195	4X3A	9882	18	83
RA1AR	S	H	KO85	305	0	16	289	1584	182	VK3IO	14424	4	55
K4OAQ	S	H	EM97	384	11	12	361	1543	184	UX0UN	8219	19	86
WD5R	S	H	EM45	406	0	9	397	1518	186	ZL3IX	13050	22	87
KC7V	S	H	DM43	303	0	5	298	1499	153	VK6VZ	15812	9	75
EI6BT	S	H	IO51	198	0	11	187	1491	134	VK6HD	15355	3	35
LY3UM	S	H	KO24	335	2	11	322	1471	181	K5RX	8796	5	57
W3GH	S	H	FN00	355	0	12	343	1466	184	4X3A	9549	18	82
DL6RAI	S	H	JN58	360	1	13	346	1438	202	VK6VZ	13755	8	55
N5RG	S	H	EM12	327	7	2	318	1401	169	VK6VZ/6	17057	16	82
N5UM	S	H	EM13	380	1	13	366	1374	171	VK3IO	14483	17	81
LY9Y	S	H	KO16	320	0	12	308	1360	181	FM5GU	8310	6	62
N8EA	S	H	EN82	314	7	1	306	1321	170	UA6LV	8529	15	75
DL6FBL	S	H	JO40	347	4	3	340	1297	189	VK3IO	16273	8	55
W0UCE	S	H	FM05	330	0	8	322	1280	167	4X3A	9896	17	74
S50U	S	H	JN66	317	8	7	302	1278	171	VK6HD	13693	5	56
RW4PL	S	H	LO56	174	0	6	168	1278	116	VK3IO	13611	2	24
RN6BN	S	H	KN95	239	1	16	222	1274	144	FM5GU	9635	3	39
NI6T	S	H	CM97	232	0	6	226	1210	129	JA6GCE	9262	10	64
OH2PM	S	H	KP20	273	0	8	265	1200	168	VK6DXI	12998	5	53
VE3PN	S	H	FN25	256	3	31	222	1198	143	RN6BN	8032	16	53
N6SS	S	H	DM34	204	2	4	198	1183	129	VK6VZ	15660	10	54
OH2BO	S	H	KP20	223	2	8	213	1117	149	VK6VZ/6	13274	2	41
OM3TZQ	S	H	JN98	299	1	5	293	1112	171	K0HA	8321	7	55
YL2PQ	S	H	KO16	283	0	7	276	1104	168	FM5GU	8310	7	55
N6ZZ	S	H	DM73	254	0	5	249	1103	142	JA5DQH	10306	11	66
N4PN	S	H	EM82	288	5	7	276	1088	142	UT5UIA	8772	13	69
I7/9A3A	S	H	JN80	262	2	7	253	1066	147	K9DX	8195	2	48
DK2OY	S	H	JO44	261	0	1	260	1038	162	FM5GU	7418	8	53
AA3B	S	H	FN20	252	2	1	249	1029	140	RA1AR/3	7591	15	61
KT1V	S	H	FN43	167	0	3	164	1029	110	VE2XAA	16587	9	41
N5UL	S	H	DM82	253	1	9	243	1019	143	KH7X	5628	9	58
ON4WW	S	H	JO11	256	0	3	253	1002	156	FM5GU	6966	7	48
OK1DX	S	H	JN69	312	2	4	306	978	176	FM5GU	7644	6	53
JT1CO	S	H	ON38	102	0	2	100	976	70	VK3IO	10241	0	11
W6IXP	S	H	CM99	233	0	12	221	970	130	JA3YBK	8564	10	61
ES2DJ	S	H	KO29	216	0	4	212	928	138	VK3IO	15171	2	45
DJ0MDR	S	H	JN68	304	0	9	295	918	171	FM5GU	7640	6	61
W0HW	S	H	EN35	288	1	13	274	915	140	KH7X	6484	15	72
JA5DQH	S	H	PM73	63	1	3	59	903	49	N5RG	10904	1	10
S50C	S	H	JN76	289	8	4	277	876	162	JA3YBK	9329	5	56
DL9YX	S	H	JO43	212	3	10	199	875	136	VK6VZ/6	14019	5	37
K8ND	S	H	EN80	300	4	9	287	872	140	KH7X	7335	15	68
K9AY	S	H	EN52	208	0	5	203	869	131	JA5DQH	10477	13	57
OH4MFA	S	H	KP32	188	3	3	182	825	120	VK3IO	15043	2	37
YU7BW	S	H	JN95	262	0	7	255	824	148	VK3IO	15513	5	52
VK6VZ	S	H	OF75	37	1	4	32	821	31	W4ZV	18563	0	3
EA6BF	S	H	JM08	180	0	4	176	817	113	K0HA	7944	0	31
K5RX	S	H	EM13	171	0	0	171	799	120	ZL3IX	12476	11	52
G3LZQ	S	H	IO93	153	0	5	148	780	111	K5RX	7463	1	31
W9PL	S	H	CN87	178	0	20	158	764	101	JH4UYB	8203	5	47
K2VCO	S	H	DM06	187	2	6	179	758	106	JH4UYB	9186	7	42
N4IR	S	H	EM86	299	5	7	287	753	134	N6NF	3536	14	68
VE3NE	S	H	FN03	187	2	14	171	740	112	LZ9Y	7441	8	43
K4SV	S	H	EM85	201	0	5	196	716	119	UT5UIA	8504	12	51
JH4UYB	S	H	PM64	58	0	2	56	688	41	N5RG	10943	0	12
W6VIO	S	H	DM04	124	0	1	123	686	90	ZL3IX	11048	5	40
DF3CB	S	H	JN58	212	1	1	210	665	133	JS6DHZ	9156	3	46
N6ZFO	S	H	CM87	152	0	3	149	647	88	JH4UYB	8834	6	41
N2WK	S	H	FN03	148	0	7	141	627	101	RN6BN	8409	7	40
RV1CC	S	H	KO59	151	0	3	148	602	107	W2GD	7127	2	29
WF3J	S	H	FM18	204	0	1	203	597	117	LY7Z	7155	12	54
F5IN	S	H	JN18	158	0	10	148	585	105	N4DW	6818	3	35
DF1HF	S	H	JO43	151	0	13	138	580	103	FM5GU	7404	3	31
UY5ZZ	S	H	KN77	132	0	15	117	580	85	VK3IO	14357	0	16
AC1O	S	H	FN53	134	0	5	129	563	84	4X3A	8681	6	32
K4BAI	S	H	EM72	171	1	1	169	547	101	RA1ACJ	8253	7	42
UA6LV	S	H	KN97	74	0	4	70	545	62	W0UCE	8945	0	13
LY2BW	S	H	KO35	181	0	7	174	541	117	NO2R	7087	3	35
M0AJT	S	H	IO93	178	1	6	171	538	113	W3BP	5897	3	38
OK1FCJ	S	H	JN69	224	0	6	218	533	136	K4OAQ	7218	3	43
UR5IOK	S	H	KN87	126	1	3	122	512	95	KV4FZ	9464	2	21
N5KA	S	H	EM13	140	0	0	140	497	100	FM5GU	4193	7	39
W3TDF	S	H	FN20	154	0	10	144	478	80	RA1AR/3	7591	9	28
K0RI	S	H	DM78	126	0	1	125	477	91	KH7X	5456	7	35
WQ5L	S	H	EM50	144	0	5	139	465	93	FM5GU	3367	6	40
UT5UIA	S	H	KO50	95	0	15	80	460	67	NO5A	10033	0	14
K7UIR	S	H	CN85	120	0	6	114	450	74	JA5DQH	8274	5	32
SM1TDE	S	H	JO97	155	0	7	148	449	105	W2GD	6637	1	29
W3SO	S	H	FN00	144	0	5	139	448	86	LY3UM	7256	7	46
W1JR	S	H	FN42	82	0	0	82	447	65	4X3A	8879	3	17
ZL3IX	S	H	RE66	23	0	3	20	430	19	K9DX	13623	0	4
YL2LY	S	H	KO07	146	0	3	143	421	95	FM5GU	8184	1	34
W0TT	S	H	EM48	150	0	12	138	392	98	W9PL	2771	9	35
K5AM	S	H	DM62	100	0	6	94	376	64     PJ2/WB9Z 4458	4	24
RW1ZA	S	H	KP69	63	0	0	63	358	52	N5OT	7573	0	7
W6RKC	S	H	CM98	72	0	0	72	356	52	FM5GU	6420	2	22
WX9U	S	H	EN50	82	0	2	80	343	66	LY7Z	7591	3	26
KA1DWX	S	H	EM64	94	0	2	92	323	73	G3PQA	6843	4	23
PA5TT	S	H	JO11	110	0	1	109	311	76	W2GD	5944	2	21
WA1RAJ	S	H	FN42	101	0	7	94	306	65	4X3A	8879	6	21
N6KB	S	H	BK29	38	4	6	28	302	25	FM5GU	9896	1	4
N2BJ	S	H	EN61	122	0	3	119	294	82	NI6T	2940	6	30
SM6WQB	S	H	JO68	103	0	5	98	292	78	W2GD	6267	1	22
S57M	S	H	JN76	117	0	3	114	291	89	W4DR	7249	2	24
N4GG	S	H	EM73	109	0	2	107	291	69	FM5GU	3208	9	29
UR7EQ	S	H	KN68	144	46	2	96	280	74	UA9MC	2817	0	11
OK1AYY	S	H	JO70	121	0	1	120	280	80	W2GD	6760	2	28
N4UH	S	H	EM95	88	0	5	83	268	62	LY7Z	7635	4	23
N1CGP	S	H	FN54	60	0	0	60	261	48	4X3A	8622	3	18
K4IU	S	H	EN33	87	1	2	84	252	60	W6XX	2614	2	25
K2AF	S	H	FN20	72	0	5	67	242	53	9A5Y	7093	4	15
SM7E	S	H	JO76	73	0	2	71	233	56	W3BP	6748	0	10
VK6DXI	S	H	OF88	11	0	0	11	226	10	N7UA	14708	0	1
PA0LOU	S	H	JO21	77	0	4	73	210	66	FM5GU	7103	0	11
KE6QR	S	H	CM88	81	0	5	76	204	45	KH7X	3917	4	21
JE0VJV	S	H	PM96	15	0	2	13	204	13	4X3A	9102	0	3
WA6BOB	S	H	DM04	48	0	2	46	177	38     PJ2/WB9Z 5589	2	11
SM2LIY	S	H	KP03	51	0	0	51	166	40	UA9CDC	2320	0	3
OM3BA	S	H	JN88	82	0	0	82	148	59	EI6BT	1884	0	15
OK2SG	S	H	JN89	52	0	1	51	136	43	W2GD	6939	0	9
HA3PT	S	H	JN96	65	0	3	62	133	50	OH4MFA	1852	0	12
W4EF	S	H	DM04	33	0	0	33	121	28	FM5GU	6192	2	10
UY0ZG	S	H	KN56	43	0	2	41	118	38	ON4UN	2104	0	2
W8HCS	S	H	EN75	54	1	6	47	103	40	K5RX	1682	0	9
RK6BZ	S	H	KN95	27	0	0	27	94	24	DK2OY	2349	1	1
PA0DVM	S	H	JO21	37	0	0	37	86	32	RA1AR/3	2150	0	5
N1MD	S	H	FN41	25	0	1	24	72	21	G3PQA	5277	3	6
AI5T	S	H	EM10	29	0	1	28	64	22	KE9I	1515	2	7
F6GOX	S	H	JN18	28	0	5	23	41	22	I7/9A3A	1421	0	5
IV3TDM	S	H	JN65	5	0	2	3	7	3	FM5GU	7632	0	0

Single Operator - Low Power Scores

CALL	C	P	GRID	RAW	DUPE	BUST	QSO	PTS	GRIDS	Best DX	DX KM	QRP	Low
K6SE	S	L	DM15	361	2	9	350	3940	181	VK6VZ/6	15333	16	77
KV4FZ	S	L	FK77	229	3	20	206	3332	137	4X3A	9923	6	42
K1PX	S	L	FN31	330	0	2	328	2690	162	4X3A	9078	16	71
NT6K	S	L	CN91	286	7	18	261	2624	141	ZL3IX	11495	14	62
WA1Z	S	L	FN42	294	3	1	290	2482	149	4X3A	8879	14	60
K1HTV	S	L	FM18	322	1	11	310	2438	164	4X3A	9551	14	75
N0XB	S	L	EN34	346	0	12	334	2248	152	G3PQA	6447	17	78
K7RE	S	L	DN84	306	0	19	287	2240	152	KH7X	5690	16	77
N0FP	S	L	EN25	343	9	13	321	2238	160	G3PQA	6487	16	74
W0UO	S	L	EM12	307	2	11	294	2220	155	KH7X	6191	13	73
K8IA	S	L	DM43	237	1	2	234	2194	136	JH4UYB	9959	8	52
F8BPN	S	L	JN05	252	0	6	246	2190	143	K9DX	6825	2	41
WA9IRV	S	L	EN54	316	7	2	307	2118	156	KH7X	6801	19	79
G3XGC	S	L	IO91	182	1	8	173	2066	119	K0HA	6993	2	31
K8FC	S	L	DM78	260	0	16	244	2038	140	DL1DCY	8060	15	67
G4VGO	S	L	JO02	242	0	7	235	2012	147	WD5R	7101	4	44
N6RK	S	L	CM98	219	4	6	209	1988	128	ZL3IX	11251	8	50
K4OGG	S	L	EM73	299	3	2	294	1944	148	RA1ACJ	8156	16	70
K1NT	S	L	EM13	271	0	8	263	1894	149	KH7X	6181	13	68
K9WJU	S	L	EN71	322	8	6	308	1810	151	KH7X	7154	18	72
W5EKF	S	L	EM40	250	2	0	248	1800	135	KH7X	6784	10	58
W9RE	S	L	EM69	273	2	2	269	1764	143	LY3UM	7754	14	70
VK3IO	S	L	QF22	50	0	9	41	1742	34	DL6FBL	16273	0	3
AD8P	S	L	EN80	248	3	8	237	1458	136	RA1ACJ	7392	15	59
W5ODD	S	L	EL09	155	0	6	149	1348	102	JA3YBK	10812	6	40
K8GU	S	L	EN90	213	0	7	206	1274	114	KH7X	7503	17	49
VE3KP	S	L	FN04	238	0	9	229	1266	115	G3PQA	5594	10	56
DL1YD	S	L	JN48	196	0	8	188	1240	122	FM5GU	7345	2	35
W4SAA	S	L	EL95	151	1	5	145	1238	91	NT6K	4073	7	34
W7WKR	S	L	CN98	126	1	8	117	1236	85	FM5GU	6615	6	36
K7BG	S	L	DN47	161	3	4	154	1234	94	FM5GU	5869	8	49
K9OM	S	L	EL98	170	0	4	166	1216	92	ON4IA	7322	5	44
N8PR	S	L	EL96	148	2	5	141	1214	96	LY7Z	8449	4	37
N0AT	S	L	EN34	189	0	4	185	1208	108	KH7X	6483	12	46
N5DO	S	L	DM80	141	0	1	140	1190	99	KH7X	5640	5	36
K4IQJ	S	L	EM72	185	0	4	181	1154	118	KH7X	7307	9	52
K5NZ	S	L	EM20	153	0	1	152	1124	108	KH7X	6404	6	46
N6AA	S	L	DM04	131	0	0	131	1120	82	FM5GU	6192	7	36
PA3AAV	S	L	JO22	138	1	0	137	1060	98	N4PN	7094	2	30
N7LOX	S	L	CN87	118	0	6	112	1032	78	FM5GU	6738	6	28
N9ADG	S	L	CN97	129	1	13	115	1014	79	FM5GU	6590	6	30
PA3GVI	S	L	JO22	153	0	3	150	972	105	K1LT	6658	3	28
K8FH	S	L	EN91	210	0	3	207	968	98	G3BJ	5761	12	44
NI5F	S	L	EM42	134	0	4	130	968	91	KH7X	6751	7	37
W0PV	S	L	EL87	125	0	4	121	962	85	W7WA	4111	5	31
N8NA	S	L	FM29	116	0	3	113	940	81	9A5Y	7163	7	26
K9QVB	S	L	EN62	183	0	4	179	928	102	FM5GU	3980	12	47
VE5UF	S	L	DO61	109	0	5	104	910	68	FM5GU	5790	4	23
VE7SL	S	L	CN88	106	0	2	104	894	72	KH7X	4377	4	27
F6IRF	S	L	JN35	168	2	7	159	892	105	W2GD	6476	0	31
VE3DZ	S	L	FN03	192	1	4	187	890	89	FM5GU	3644	10	40
N8NM	S	L	EN82	159	0	8	151	862	95	FM5GU	3753	11	37
DJ3RA	S	L	JO72	135	0	0	135	860	93	KE9I	7192	1	27
N0AX	S	L	CN87	105	2	3	100	832	69	JH4UYB	8203	5	27
K8IR	S	L	EN65	143	0	0	143	830	85	KH7X	6953	7	36
K9CS	S	L	EN60	151	1	0	150	808	99	FM5GU	3830	11	43
W5JMW	S	L	DM95	120	0	6	114	800	77     PJ2/WB9Z 4101	4	23
W3CP	S	L	DN05	98	2	2	94	764	61     PJ2/WB9Z 5955	5	25
HB9ARF	S	L	JN36	134	0	0	134	744	84	W2GD	6428	1	26
K0JPL	S	L	EM48	106	0	5	101	734	77	SM5EDX	7313	7	28
PA3AFF	S	L	JO21	103	1	1	101	734	76	K9DX	6718	1	21
K4WX	S	L	EM66	136	0	0	136	726	87     PJ2/WB9Z 3211	8	39
WT9U	S	L	EN71	151	0	2	149	724	86	FM5GU	3784	13	37
WG1Z	S	L	FN42	121	1	0	120	714	65	4X3A	8879	5	27
DK3WE	S	L	JO61	117	1	4	112	704	81	K4OAQ	7112	1	28
N6NF	S	L	CM87	88	0	2	86	674	60     PJ2/WB9Z 6015	2	22
N3CO	S	L	EN72	135	0	7	128	672	88	RW1ZA	6609	8	29
K7SP	S	L	DM33	97	0	11	86	666	58	FM5GU	5628	2	17
N8BJQ	S	L	EN80	134	0	0	134	664	80	FM5GU	3587	9	39
K9CW	S	L	EN50	121	0	0	121	660	84	FM5GU	3961	7	30
DL7UCX	S	L	JO62	92	0	1	91	660	73	K9DX	7109	2	17
DK5XG	S	L	JO43	144	0	12	132	640	93	JT1CO	6341	4	30
K6KM	S	L	CM99	89	1	1	87	624	50	JA5DQH	8777	6	26
K0UK	S	L	DM59	93	0	16	77	622	56	FM5GU	5426	5	25
OM7AG	S	L	JN98	122	0	5	117	616	87	K4OAQ	7652	0	21
YO2RR	S	L	KN05	108	0	2	106	614	83	W0UCE	7987	0	21
UA4FER	S	L	LO23	77	1	0	76	610	64	JA4CUU	6892	0	6
W0RK	S	L	EN24	100	0	3	97	600	69	W6XX	2467	4	27
HA5PT	S	L	JN97	126	1	3	122	594	87	W2GD	7179	0	23
F5TNI	S	L	JN33	100	0	13	87	592	62	K9DX	7344	0	19
K9WX	S	L	EN60	119	2	6	111	582	82	FM5GU	3830	9	29
OM4DN	S	L	JN98	140	0	3	137	566	87	EI7BA	2023	1	29
W1JQ	S	L	FN31	113	2	5	106	564	70	ON4UN	5712	5	29
WA7VNI	S	L	CN88	96	2	3	91	560	58	K4OAQ	3585	2	24
K4BEV	S	L	EM55	100	0	3	97	548	72	KH7X	6889	3	24
K8AB	S	L	EN91	115	1	8	106	540	70	G3PQA	5930	6	29
F6HHR	S	L	JO10	128	0	12	116	536	80	W2GD	5982	0	24
W1TO	S	L	FN32	94	0	3	91	522	61	4X3A	9015	3	22
KB5NJD	S	L	EM12	79	0	1	78	518	60	FM5GU	4153	3	18
AA5AM	S	L	EM12	77	0	0	77	512	63	FM5GU	4153	3	19
JM3CRK	S	L	QM05	27	0	0	27	512	21	KC7V	9323	0	6
OK1HFP	S	L	JN69	134	0	2	132	502	88	VE1ZZ	5559	1	27
AD8J	S	L	FN00	109	0	4	105	500	67	W0YK	3620	8	29
DF8AA	S	L	JO60	139	0	6	133	498	95	RW4PL	2573	2	31
PA0INA	S	L	JO22	67	0	4	63	496	49	K1LT	6536	1	8
NS3T	S	L	FM19	95	0	2	93	484	60	G3BJ	5648	6	27
NA2M	S	L	FN31	70	0	5	65	456	53	4X3A	9078	3	19
KN4Y	S	L	EM70	100	0	7	93	450	62	VY2ZM	2599	5	24
HA4XG	S	L	JN96	78	0	3	75	450	61	K4OAQ	7774	0	16
RU6FA	S	L	LN05	45	0	1	44	450	39	N1EV	9119	2	3
OK1AY	S	L	JN69	126	0	1	125	442	83	RA1AR/3	1751	2	29
8S0W	S	L	JO99	79	0	3	76	436	59	JT1CO	5460	0	10
OH4RH	S	L	KP31	68	0	1	67	430	56	GU4YOX	2287	0	9
OK1DOY	S	L	JO60	109	0	3	106	408	78	RW4PL	2573	1	24
DL8MBS	S	L	JO51	94	0	4	90	400	71	VY2ZM	5211	1	20
LY2BBF	S	L	KO24	82	0	1	81	400	64	GU4YOX	1988	1	11
DL4JYT	S	L	JO60	113	0	2	111	382	71	UA6LV	1922	1	25
US2WU	S	L	KN29	84	0	10	74	358	62	4X3A	2167	1	11
PA3BFH	S	L	JO22	78	0	1	77	352	60	RN6BN	2580	0	14
OK2BOB	S	L	JN89	82	0	3	79	350	63	W2GD	6939	0	9
W8PN	S	L	EN91	84	0	3	81	346	51	FM5GU	3561	4	26
W4NZ	S	L	EM75	66	0	0	66	346	54	W7WA	3400	2	17
EA2AAZ	S	L	IN93	58	0	11	47	334	43	NO2R	5933	0	7
VA7MM	S	L	CN89	50	0	0	50	332	37	KH7X	4434	1	13
SM7EH	S	L	JO77	70	0	0	70	330	53	I7/9A3A	1896	0	15
RW9QA	S	L	MO25	31	0	2	29	328	23	JH2FXK	5834	1	3
N7ON	S	L	DM09	64	0	1	63	326	42	KH7X	4281	4	14
LZ2UZ	S	L	KN33	57	0	4	53	324	41	N1EU	7601	0	3
G0MTN	S	L	IO92	51	0	1	50	314	43	VY2ZM	4401	1	5
W5KI	S	L	FM29	65	0	0	65	310	42	G3PQA	5681	4	19
K6DGW	S	L	CM98	64	1	1	62	310	38	KH7X	4083	3	18
RU9CI	S	L	MO06	30	0	2	28	308	27	JH2FXK	6063	0	2
JE1TSD	S	L	PM95	18	0	3	15	308	11	W0YK	8476	0	3
AA0AW	S	L	EN36	55	0	1	54	302	40	NT6K	2301	2	9
N7WA	S	L	CN87	58	0	1	57	298	34	WD5R	2958	1	19
OL7HC	S	L	JN79	93	2	7	84	294	66	RW4PL	2507	0	19
W5USJ	S	L	EM22	51	0	3	48	292	43	W7AWA	2937	1	15
OK1VBA	S	L	JO70	84	0	0	84	290	63	RA1AR/3	1571	0	17
W1NN	S	L	FN21	53	0	0	53	278	41	W0YK	3936	3	16
PG4I	S	L	JO22	56	0	1	55	272	45	W2GD	6035	0	6
W0TY	S	L	EM48	54	0	2	52	268	40	K7BG	1905	2	14
OM7VF	S	L	JN98	66	0	0	66	258	52	G3BJ	1617	0	11
JE1SPY	S	L	PM95	52	26	9	17	258	14	K6SE	8897	0	4
W3KM	S	L	FN20	71	0	1	70	254	45	N5OT	1965	2	17
TF8GX	S	L	HP84	23	0	1	22	252	21	I7/9A3A	3697	0	1
W7SW	S	L	CM97	52	1	0	51	246	30	KE9I	2940	2	16
K2GN	S	L	FM29	46	0	1	45	240	34	GU4YOX	5612	2	10
K9LA	S	L	EN71	56	0	0	56	230	40	KV4FZ	3274	5	17
PA0JED	S	L	JO31	55	0	0	55	230	45	RN6BN	2436	0	6
K9FO	S	L	EN61	57	0	6	51	224	40	K7BG	2013	2	14
K7FL	S	L	CN85	42	0	0	42	220	26	KH7X	4217	2	14
OK1ARO	S	L	JO70	61	0	0	61	214	47	RA6LBS	2064	0	12
HB9DOT	S	L	JN46	60	0	2	58	214	43	RA1AR/3	2186	0	9
OK1DKO	S	L	JO60	60	0	3	57	210	49	RN6BN	2007	0	5
DL5SVB	S	L	JO63	58	0	5	53	206	44	RA1AR/3	1564	0	8
PA5WT	S	L	JO22	48	0	3	45	206	42	RA1AR/3	2107	0	7
WA4GLH	S	L	EM75	47	0	4	43	196	32	K7RAT	3372	4	11
SM4OY	S	L	JP70	35	0	0	35	192	31	T98T	1785	0	2
W8IDM	S	L	EN91	50	0	0	50	190	39	N5OT	1491	2	10
OH4SM	S	L	KP38	25	0	0	25	184	23	RN6BN	2652	0	1
OK1KAK	S	L	JN79	55	0	4	51	180	42	EA6BF	1655	0	6
AD6WL	S	L	DM14	27	0	0	27	180	22	KH7X	4340	2	7
VE3XAT	S	L	FN25	48	1	2	45	176	32	K9OM	1959	0	10
EU1SA	S	L	KO33	30	1	0	29	172	26	W2GD	7298	0	0
US7IB	S	L	KN88	27	0	0	27	160	27	S50U	1815	0	0
W7DRA	S	L	CN87	45	2	3	40	152	24	K8ND	3264	1	13
N0UU	S	L	EM18	28	0	1	27	144	26	N6RK	2088	0	14
K6VVA	S	L	CM97	36	0	2	34	138	24	AE9B	2279	1	10
N7RR	S	L	CN88	66	34	2	30	132	17	KH7X	4377	0	9
KI7Y	S	L	CN85	35	0	2	33	130	19	KH7X	4217	1	11
PA0LSK	S	L	JO21	25	0	1	24	112	24	RA1AR/3	2150	0	1
OK2DU	S	L	JN99	29	0	1	28	110	25	RN6BN	1566	0	2
VE2AWR	S	L	FN46	24	0	0	24	110	21	WD5R	2070	0	5
KU0KU	S	L	EM28	22	0	3	19	108	18	KV4FZ	3728	0	7
N6IV	S	L	CM98	32	0	9	23	106	18	K4OAQ	3488	2	6
IK3ORD	S	L	JN55	20	0	1	19	94	18	NO2R	6689	0	3
KD1IA	S	L	FN41	35	0	8	27	92	20	AE9B	2070	1	6
JI0VWL	S	L	PM96	10	0	0	10	84	8	W2VJN	7898	0	3
YO3III	S	L	KN34	14	0	3	11	62	11	DK5XG	1647	0	1
KO7X	S	L	DN71	13	0	0	13	62	13	N6RO	1404	0	4
W3GQJ	S	L	EN61	17	0	1	16	60	14	W2GD	1041	0	0
UA9OS	S	L	NO14	5	0	0	5	34	5	RW4PL	2017	0	1
WA6AWD	S	L	CN87	10	0	2	8	28	5	W0YK	1123	0	1
JK2VOC	S	L	PM84	11	0	0	11	24	8	JA6GCE	600	0	4
K0HW	S	L	EN12	6	0	1	5	20	5	K1LT	1223	0	1
W6ZZZ	S	L	CM97	7	0	0	7	18	6	W7RY	1158	0	2
UA9QFF	S	L	MO25	3	0	0	3	18	3	JT1CO	2939	0	1
KU6I	S	L	JO61	2	0	0	2	4	1	DL6RAI	363	0	0
W6FW	S	L	DM04	2	1	0	1	2	1	K6SE	214	0	1

Single Operator - QRP Scores

CALL	C	P	GRID	RAW	DUPE	BUST	QSO	PTS	GRIDS	Best DX	DX KM	QRP	Low
VY2ZM	S	Q	FN86	375	0	2	373	9548	194	4X3A	8105	11	69
N5IA	S	Q	DM52	252	1	0	251	4944	147	VK6VZ	15964	14	65
N8VW	S	Q	EN80	275	0	4	271	3088	135	KH7X	7335	14	72
W0AIH	S	Q	EN44	233	1	4	228	2824	121	KH7X	6642	14	60
N0TT	S	Q	EM29	213	1	3	209	2808	130	G3PQA	6953	14	51
WA4PGM	S	Q	FM07	208	0	1	207	2124	104	EI6BT	5554	10	55
N7IR	S	Q	DM43	95	0	0	95	1488	71	FM5GU	5445	3	25
N4ROA	S	Q	EM86	135	0	4	131	1248	76	K7RAT	3472	12	37
KS0T	S	Q	EN36	103	0	1	102	1208	64	W6XX	2660	7	28
N6WG	S	Q	CM87	107	2	3	102	1196	60	KH7X	3883	4	28
KB8U	S	Q	EN71	142	1	5	136	1160	77	N6SS	2567	9	37
KD0S	S	Q	DN94	76	0	5	71	1072	54	KH7X	5848	3	18
K0KX	S	Q	EN35	81	0	4	77	1040	64	KH7X	6484	4	27
N9NE	S	Q	EN54	105	0	4	101	932	62	VE1ZJ	2189	6	27
K8CV	S	Q	EN82	96	0	3	93	800	61	K6SE	3025	5	23
N0OCT	S	Q	EM48	60	0	2	58	532	41	K7BG	1905	4	18
KR2Q	S	Q	FN20	60	1	0	59	472	37	AE9B	1731	3	12
K6MI	S	Q	DM06	35	1	1	33	452	29	KH7X	4200	1	14
K6EI	S	Q	CM87	38	0	2	36	448	31	K4OAQ	3683	2	11
K7TQ	S	Q	DN16	49	0	4	45	432	30	VE3PN	3218	1	15
SP9MRQ	S	Q	JO90	53	0	2	51	396	42	RN6BN	1587	0	5
DL1LAW	S	Q	JN59	55	0	1	54	392	40	RA1AR/3	1875	0	7
K4ORD	S	Q	FM07	52	0	1	51	388	40	K5RX	1690	4	12
KD0CA	S	Q	EN41	36	0	2	34	368	30	K7RAT	2609	2	10
RW3AI	S	Q	KO85	32	0	2	30	348	26	G3BJ	2608	0	2
G3YMC	S	Q	IO91	36	1	0	35	316	28	VY2ZM	4435	1	7
KW4JS	S	Q	EM75	48	0	13	35	284	28	VE3PN	1395	3	9
K8ZT	S	Q	EN91	44	0	6	38	276	28	N5OT	1491	0	7
OM6JO	S	Q	JN99	40	0	0	40	248	31	RA1ACJ	1354	0	3
WB6BWZ	S	Q	EM73	28	0	0	28	232	22	N0AT	1403	2	6
KX7L	S	Q	CN87	16	0	0	16	192	14	WA9IRV	2634	1	5
W5NN	S	Q	EM20	13	0	2	11	180	11	KH7X	6404	2	2
LA3ZA	S	Q	JO59	13	0	1	12	120	12	G3BJ	1167	0	0
PA1W	S	Q	JO21	16	0	1	15	96	12	LY7Z	1271	0	1
W1CEK	S	Q	FN43	10	0	2	8	48	7	K9WJU	1171	0	2
PA0FAW	S	Q	JO21	5	0	1	4	20	4	G3BJ	561	0	0

Multi Operator - High Power Scores

CALL	C	P	GRID	RAW	DUPE	BUST	QSO	PTS	GRIDS	Best DX	DX KM	QRP	Low
W2GD	M	H	FM29	588	7	32	549	3539	274	4X3A	9345	18	99
KH7X	M	H	BL01	234	9	18	207	2633	139	VK6VZ/6	10987	7	45
9A5Y	M	H	JN85	326	0	8	318	1329	175	JA2PJC	9297	5	54
YZ7A	M	H	KN05	272	0	12	260	1058	164	VK3IO	15358	5	48
9A1P	M	H	JN65	291	2	16	273	972	159	FM5GU	7632	4	54
JA3YBK	M	H	PM84	65	0	1	64	915	55	W9UCW	11189	1	12

Multi Operator - Low Power Scores

CALL	C	P	GRID	RAW	DUPE	BUST	QSO	PTS	GRIDS	Best DX	DX KM	QRP	Low
VE3OSZ	M	L	FN25	273	0	2	271	2234	149	OM3TZQ	6681	13	67
YU1RA	M	L	KN04	104	0	5	99	498	73	G3BJ	1972	0	20
NW7O	M	L	DN47	45	0	6	39	254	29	WE3C	2962	2	11
4N25K	M	L	KN04	33	0	0	33	164	30	OH4MFA	2040	0	6

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There was extremely heavy QRN during the middle third of the night due to local storms.  Fortunately,things became quieter afterwards. The good openings to North America 
were a surprise. - 4X3A

Best score so far with a storm centered just west of 
Kansas City at 1 hour before dusk it took all night to 
move across the state. Felt like a big gun with the 1/4 
wave vertical this year and the new beverages (N0TT design) 
did great. Some stations not there then s9 plus when switching in the right one. 
Was very pleased to work several EU including
RA, G, LY, YZ, DJ, OZ, EI, GM, SM but conditions 
were tough and every DX QSO was a challenge. 
Was pleased to get a  call from ZL and especially 
my best DX VK6VZ who took probably 15 minutes 
to help me get the grid exchange right finally, 
Thanks STEVE. Writelog says 10,704 miles. 
I heard a couple JA but never got an exchange. 
After fixing my 1000mp rig of clicks this year, I was 
much more aware of other peoples.. Any cures for 
the IC775 out there?  Oh yea.. another peave.. why 
do stations post their GRID on the cluster and the 3830 Form?
Best wishes for a great new year and thanks to the 
Boring Group for the sponsorship. 
Tom - AE9B

Born 1939, Age 64 rig 4.5W out, windom-ant 83m long - DL1LAW

Had to be part time due to family holiday social scene. UK closes from 12/23 thro
01/05/2004 this year so lots of family visiting.
Highlight has to be hearing N6RO for 5-mins 0825z 1828 Khz clg CQ but not able to
raise him.Our S/R was 0821z, first West Coast for over 12-months. - G3LZQ

Like last year hard going on QRP, but pleased to work at
least one VE. Lots of activity, this contest is getting
very popular. - G3YMC

With force 9 gales here through the night I had to lower
the antenna to 75 feet. Wow was it moving ! I had
problems hearing US again even with beverage at 300 deg
Must try a loop. Great fun though, just fell asleep for
40 mins. Thanks to those that made it. 73 Bob - GU4YOX

TS-870 (100 Watts)
Short Dipole (not very high...)
Last year only one NA station in 2003 i was able to work 7 NA stations 
Thanks for this nice contest and Happy New Year to all.
See you next year.
Email    - hb9arf@uska.ch
Software - SD V9.86 and SDCHECK V9.86
Author   - paul@ei5di.com    http://www.ei5di.com - HB9ARF

Rig:  Yaesu FT-1000MP - 100 watts (or less).
Antenna:  R7000 Vertical on house roof - up about 10 metres.
QTH:  Arosa - JN46US - Elev 1825 metres. - HB9DOT

Great Contest. Rest;1700-2000,2230-0930 - JH4UYB

BAND SEEMED IN OK SHAPE NOISE WAS NOT AS BAD AS IT HAS BEEN..L.O.T. HERE. GMCC'ERS HEARD AND WORKED, N2IC,K8FC HAPPY HOLIDAYS HNY PTL BILL K0UK - K0UK

Conditions were quite good for this year's SPDXC. Almost didn't
enter because we had to put our 13 year old Chow-Chow dog, Basia,
to sleep earlier Saturday morning. Decided to dedicate this contest  
to this puppy who watched me working so many contests over the years.
It was a fun contest with 100 Watts working 23 countries. The best
DX was 4X3A (20 points) and KH7X (16 points). Managed to work 29
Europeans (11 to 15 point range) and 27 W6/W7/VE7 8 pointers. 
If this year's SPDXC is any indication, 2004 will be a great year
for 160 Meters. Wishing you many Topband QSOs in 2004.
73 de Rich - K1HTV (FM18) Maryland - K1HTV

Conditions were great, very low noise.  I wish the guys with
the Key Clicking radios would fix them. - K4SV

Sure is tough to listen to the right coasters working one 
European after another all night, when we sit here in the 
dummy load of the US and are happy when we can work
a station in another state.  Only Europe opening was 
30 min long at their sunrise.  
HNY to all. - K8FC

Conditions were not bad. Some nice signals from the west coast. - K8IR

Very part-time operation (7 hours, including a couple hours during
full daylight at the end)  with transmit inv-L only for receive.  
Pretty quiet, with plenty of Left Coast and some Europeans worked.
I have a very nice receive antenna collection,  all stored in boxes 
and partially assembled in the garage. I need to find some time to
put them up!
The rules still need to be changed to give the double and quadruple
points to the stations that **hear** and **work** the weak stations,
rather than to those who simple make themselves weak. It's the  
"Topband DX Challenge", not the "Topband QRP Challenge".
Would Stew Perry have operated QRP? I think not! - K8ND

All contacts were made at power level of 4 watts output. Rig Elecraft K2, Antenna Butternut HF-2-V - K8ZT

OK OK, so this wasnt the best Stew Perry that I have ever had.. but hey, 
look at what I had working against me!  Thunderstorms from start to finish,
lightning hitting the antenna, the crashing of the computer and me having 
to reconstruct my log, a holiday riot started by my neighbors because of 
the distortion on their TV screens while trying to watch Christmas DVD's 
and oh yeah, the dog ate my coax!  But hey, I am not complaining!  Just 
another day in paradise... Would I like some cheese with my whine?  no 
thanks.  Do I wish that Stew Perry happened twice a year?  you bet!  
Can't wait until next year! - KB5NJD

Very little QRN.  1st time I've tried this contest.
I worked more stations than I thought I would with my QRP entry.
141 Q's 78 grids.  Best distance 1600 miles/2600 km, no DX worked.
Thanks to all who dug out my weak sig and 73, KB8U  Russell Dwarshuis - KB8U

FT1000D, Delta loop       - KS0T

What a contrast in conditions with the ARRL contest a few
weeks prior. - KX7L

Didn't get on until 0230, the rig I was building for this contest wasn't done. - N0OCT

Thanks to everyone who participated in this great 
contest.  73 from Minnesota.  My best effort to 
date from the REAL Black Hole of DX (and 160m). - N0XB

Abbreviated session due to holiday obligations --but I was on the 
air to make it a Perfect Eight! - N1MD

QSO with W8VSK - he sent MI82. I asked for repeat several times and that was it. - N4IR

Not too bad -- a couple of JAs, a VK, and a ZL.   
Thanks to N5YA for the use of his FB station - N5UM

Shortly before the contest I heard a discouraging weather forecast
for thunderstorms. Then finally in W7EW's email announcement, some
hope, a plaque for "Best Excuse/whine from log with > 75 entries."
Finally I might come out on top in at least that catagory. I was
ready with complaints about the contest time constraints favoring
East Coast stations. But noooooo! The QRN Sunday morning was so
bad, I couldn't even make the requisite 75 QSOs! - N6KB

Results were a bit disappointing this time.  Fewer QSOs than last
year and the year before.  I never even heard JA or our east coast.
I did manage a QSO with KH7X though, so my record of working Hawaii
remains intact :-)
My motorized tuning capacitor on the big vertical worked well,
allowing me to peak the antenna in the sub-ranges above and below
the DX window.
I wonder if at least some of the midwest and eastern big gun ops
were working from home setups rather than club stations.  Signals
just didn't seem as robust as during the ARRL 160 CW.
Signals were thinning out at midnight, so I knocked off for a few
hours of sleep.  Didn't seem worth staying up for the returns
available.  Still had a fun time though, and made my goal of at
least 100 QSOs.  Finished with 106 after deducting two dupes.
Now for the CQ WW 160m CW to try again :-)
73 and a Happy New Year to all.
Bob N6WG - N6WG

What a great contest! Despite being "committed" to some family/friend activities at some of the best operating 
times, I was able to sock in 8.5 hours in this contest. 127 Q's, tons of S&P, lots of CQ's too.
Minuses:  Attempt at best complaint -- Shack is unheated; weather near freezing at night now. Was working on my 
CW-computer interface, and left it at work. I was using a straight key (yes, straight key) for the entire 
contest. Fingers were getting numb from cold. It's hard to log and send CW with straight key at same time. Sorry 
for the rotten CW sometimes, folks. Sometimes there was a shiver in there.    My wife doesn't like the "added 
radials" going over the lawn.  Strong signals reveal interesting artifacts in my rig's passband.
Pluses: K7RAT as first QSO, good low-noise conditions, great loud signals (N6RO -- s9+40dB all the time).  
Patient operators. Learning to type one-left-handed.  Daylight between opening and last part of contest is good 
time to resolve issues with a marginal antenna.  Got to work K9DX, twice. Precipitation may have improved my 
ground. Some interesting make-do for my antenna fixes. I'm so READY for Straight Key Night!
Worked almost everyone I could hear, with the exception of:
JH4UYB
JA3YBK (less sure about this call)
VE3OSZ
PJ2/WB9Z (tried a bunch for this one!)
ZF2NT? (heard sp'ing up the band, tried to get in front of his upward climb with a CQ a couple of times,
but missed!)
Don't think I heard Alaska. Seems like there were times when all the "new" stations to work were sp'ing; hard to 
get a run going from the east coast with 100w and my current antenna. 
Preparation: Have a G5RV up at about 60'. Turned it into a top-loaded Marconi by shorting the feed coax at the 
base, added four 124' radials over the ground, feed point a well casing sunk 250' deep into the hill.  Thought 
the tuner in the shack would be reasonable, but moved to an outside tuner during daylight --  Voltage fed at the 
base through a temporarily-housed-in-plastic-box MFJ949 tuner at the base. Got a good 1:1.1 match at a chosen 
spot of 1817MHz. 
Next time:
More-better ground system.  Maybe a trip to Boeing surplus for some radiating material. 
Use my computer-CW interface.
A Hat to keep warm.
Schedule more time with my wife for the contest. - N9ADG

My first Stew Perry contest. - NA2M

TRX TS-570D, ant inv. V - OK1VBA

TRX: ICOM IC-706  PWR: 100 WATTs  ANT: 41 m Long Wire - OM4DN

Rig:TS-450S PWR:100 Watts
Points=342x 2= 684 {SO LOW} - OM7AG

DUPE **  N O T  ** DELETED
SENT FROM PIET.H.SMITS@HETNET.NL TO TBDC@CONTESTING.COM - PA3AFF

Just for the fun... My antenna for top band is not
working miracles. Thanks/73 and see you next year.
Herman/PA3BFH - PA3BFH

My first contact with U.S.A on 160 meters during this contest using
100 Watts and 2x20m dipole just before sunrise. - PG4I

HAD A GREAT TIME!                                                        - VE3XAT

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Stew Perry Contest Dec 2003
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Equp...Tentec Omni6p with 256 ft. dipole and Tentec Tuner - W0TY

My first time in Stew Perry.  (Had planned to operate last
year, but was sick). Lots of fun--I really like the
grid-based scoring. - W1JQ

Fun event! - W1NN

Good conditions this year for my favorite HF contest.  Started with 5W for 5 Qs but
conditions changed and switched to 100W w/FT-847.  Ant is 88ft EDZ with coax shorted
and fed as a top-loaded wire.  Hope to have BIG loop next year. Thanks for FB 'test. - W5USJ

Good conditions for this one. Hope activity continues to improve.  Missed the la - W9RE

MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST 2 YEARS.  NEW 2-ELEMENT ARRAY WORKED FB.
ONLY A FEW EU'S HEARD HERE, BUT GOT ALL THAT I FOUND.  LOTS OF 6 POINT WEST COASTERS. - WA9IRV

My second TBDC. Score includes QRP x4 multiplier.
Yaesu FT-817 QRP transceiver. 5 watts into a 5-MHz OCF 28-gauge 
insulated wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in trees next to I-75 
in downtown Atlanta industrial area. SGC SG-237 autotuner. 
WriteLog 10.44b. - WB6BWZ

Fun Fun Fun Good European opening too. - AD8P

Basically testing new vertical antenna setup and nading out Contacts.
Had fun, spent more time listening than operating.
Antenna needs more work!! - K2GN

Need a better QTH/Ant + QRO!!! - K6VVA

Fun time with nice condx! - K9NW

VERY LIMITED TIME THIS YEAR.  SEEMED AS IF BAND WAS PRETTY GOOD; LOUD DX. - KR2Q

Hats off to the Boring club for a good way to add fun to the holidays! - K4OGG

Great contest.
Since stations get a 2x bonus for working QRP contacts, how about modifying the exchange in future years so that QRP stations are identified -- maybe e - K6EI

Four watts out to quarter wave sloper. - K6MI

Another fun challenge and nice change-of-pace from the holiday
events. The contest always brings back memories of a really good
guy and pioneer, Mr. 160. I have a QSL card from Stew, W1BB,
which I treasure. It's dated Jan 7, 1981.  His personal comments
are scrawled in red ink on the back side.  My contest comments:
might I suggest a slightly different scoring method.  The 4-2-1 
power category multiplier could apply in reverse, as well.
Therefore, a QRP-QRP contact would be a multiplier of 4 X 4,
or 16.  A QRP-HIGH or HIGH-QRP would be a multiplier of 1 X 4,  
or 4.  Likewise, a LOW-HIGH or HIGH-LOW contact 1 X 2, etc.
An additional identifier might be required in the exchange
though, such as H, L, or Q.
Ron, W9CG, at Club Station K9WJU - K9WJU

First time from home station. Almost all 1 point QSOs except for  - KI7Y

Would love to be able to find if I had any busted exchanges.  How can I do that? - KU0KU

Great fun with distance being the multiplier. - N4UH

JUST FOR FUN HAVE ONLY A FT817 UP TO 5WATTS AND AN
INDOOR LONGWIRE i LAID SOME EXTRA WIRE ON THE FLOOR TO
WORK A FEW ON 160M - PA0FAW

This was a family entry with Steve, VE3SMA (son) and Bob, VE3OSZ
(father). Propagation was much better than last year's. We had
good openings to Europe and to the west coast. Best DX worked were
OM3TZQ, LY3UM and RA1ACJ. - VE3OSZ

ON 2100z - 0900z, 1006z - 1206z = 14 HOURS ON
GREAT CONDX THIS YEAR!  EUROPE WAS GOOD COPY ALL NIGHT LONG
AND EVEN MANAGED TO WORK A FEW STATIONS ON THE WEST COAST.
STILL, SOME STATIONS DID NOT COPY MY QRP SIGS - TRIED HARD
TO WORK EA6BF AND W7WA.  NEVER HEARD AFRICA, KH6/VK/ZL.
CU NEXT TIME - THANKS TO ALL FOR A FUN CONTEST AS ALWAYS. - VY2ZM

MY FIRST STEW PERRY CONTEST. SURE WISH I HAD HEARD SOME EUROPEANS, SEEMS LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE DID...STILL REALLY ENJOYED THE CONTEST... - W5EKF

First Stew Perry ever. The booming US stations Sunday morning - EU1SA

Again, I took real pleasure to take part in this contest
many stations on the air saturday evening but very unfortunately
I was not able to be there on sunday morning! bext 73 and HNY  - F6HHR

First attempt at the contest. Got the strategy
wrong - should have started later. Ran out of time at
peak propagation ! But good fun despite snow static. - G3BJ

OPERATING PERIODS
1730 to 2000, 2030 to 2230, 2240 to 0805
(Total time 13 hours, 55 minutes)
Email    - johng3pqa@onetel.net.uk - G3PQA

Thank God for those who observe the DX window and those who do the
W8JI key click mod to their FT 1000MPs. - K5RX

Operated from the salt lake bed again and unlike last year when I lost
the balloon in high winds, the wind was calm.  I used an IC-756Pro2 in
the contest this year.  Noticed many chirps and birdies due to the
receiver's IMDDR3 not being as good as some other radios.  Using 6 dB
of attenuation resulted in an occasional chirp/birdie and with 12 dB
of attenuation no more chirps/birdies were heard during the contest.
The QTH is so far from any other ham that BDR was never a problem.
The QTH is worth at least 10 dB with the soil conductivity much better
than sea water, so I took advantage of the X2 multiplier and ran the
Pro2 barefoot.  Condx were much better that the ARRL 160 earlier in
the month.  Farthest DX was VK6VZ/6 (Steve had a really good signal).
About 15 JAs were worked - some of them were quite strong, but it was
obvious that not many JAs were active in the contest.  The guys from
the Caribbean area (KV4, PJ2, FM5, ZF2) were quite strong.  A big
surprise was having KH7X call me well before his sunset when he was
quite weak.  When I heard him later on, his signal was BIG!   My big
disappointment was to find out via e-mail from EI6BT when I arrived
back home after the contest that he heard/called me at around 0800Z.
It turns out that at 0800Z I powered down for 1/2 hour to refuel the
generator and have a bite to eat!  Jerry, I hope we can make it in the
CQ WW 160.  Other than fighting the sandman, the contest was great
fun.  The rules are just fine the way they are. 73, de Earl - K6SE

My first Stew Perry. Enjoyed it, even with crummy antenna. I'll be back! - K8IA

A great contest. Lets hope for better conditions next year,expecially to Japan   - K9DX

Antenna is a Bazooka with legs lying across top of pine trees. - KN4Y

A roller coaster ride as far as propagation changes.  Almost gave up early on.  
Having Steve, VK6VZ call in during the last hour was the icing on the cake.Thanks to the Boring ARC for sponsoring this superb contest. - N5IA

Just one QSO to give my friend Earl a point in the contest.
Just one QSO to give my friend Earl a point in the contest. - W6FW

14 hours:27.12.03 16.02 UTC to 28.12.03 06.02 UTC.
Tnx for nice contest!Diplome pse send to my home address.
E-mail:yl2pq@inbox.lv - YL2PQ

Condx better than last year, especially to US after 2300.  
Nice to work so many in the USA this time. - G3XGC

I paticipate on LowPower SingleOp. The condition was btter than last year. 
But it was not the best. I could here only wast coast stations.
This year I built my new balcony antenna. It was 3/8ramuda full size vertical.
I tested 2 type antenna, 1/4wave vertical and 3/8wave vertical, switched it. 
The 3/8wave vertical was better than abou 2 s-units 1/4wave vertical.
And I could not get answer with usig my 1/4wave vertical and I changed my antenna 
to 3/8wave vertical, I could get answer.
This yesr, the condition was better than last year, But not the best.     
Jpanease top gun said, that he could hear W0YK at 15:30 local time!!
But I could heard no east coast stations. - JE1SPY

Hope the ionosphere cooperates better next year! - N7IR

dipol 9m up, Beverage to West, 500W output, FT1000MP - OK1FCJ

i put forth a major effort for the homebrew award!
found out about it a week ago, what could i put together?
transmitter was easy, 6ag7 xtal osc, 6L6 driver and my standard
805 pa tuned to put out 100 watts.
a receiver was a bit more difficult: i had a 6sn7 pullen mixer
and 6c5 high freq oscillator with two rf stages (6sn7 cascades)
so the front end was ok, but usually i use bc453 tuneable IFs -
what did i have for a receiver back end? wait! i have for the AWA
party a regen rx for 80m, just pad down the throttle control and
add 60 turns to the regen coil and now i have a stable insensitive 
450 khz detector and bfo and audio - a 10 khz wide no filtering
160 meter receiver!
the rest is history................ - W7DRA

I just put up new Pennant Rx array to South before the contest.Didn't hear one South American during the entire contest!Thank goodness I did not aim it - NO2R

my default code is: JO70 - OK1ARO

Radio: ICOM IC-703, 4W
Antennas: LW 80M  - RW3AI

Operating for the 2.nd time. Nice contest, just no luck with power generator this year, so I finished just before my sunrise and missed some DX opening - S50C

Had to operate mobile from Bartlett, IL. Rig Icom IC 706MkIIG, 
Antenna a Valor-ProAM 160 whip. Thanks for having the Stew Perry!
it is fun under any circumstances! - K9FO

good contest - UR7EQ

Conditions were very poor with one way skip at both
sunrise and sunset periods.  For the first hour after
sunset only worked one station in North America but the
band improved in the second hour.  Lots of QSB and
signals I couldn't work but great fun as always. - VK6VZ

My first participation at this contest. Operated
occassionally while refurbishing an old Computer Power 
Supply for amateur use. Made it 11x across the pond 
with 2x57ft dipole @60ft with only 75 Watts out of a K2/100. 
Thanks for the good ears by the state side  operators. 
K9DX, K1HTV and 4X3A heard well, but could not grab their
attention. What a difference it makes 160m in Europe in 
comparison to my couple of years in W6-land. See everybody
next year. 73 de Pit, DK3WE - DK3WE

CLAIMED SCORE INCLUDES THE X2 LOW POWER MULTIPLIER
Rig IC735 barefoot - Timewave DSP
TX: Temporary Inverted 3/8 L (18m vertical + sloping part peaking @30m in an
hundred-year old chessnut-tree) 
RX: Magnetic loop // Pennant + HB preamp
Noise Generator: 380kV high-power line 200m away from TX antenna
My first 160m contest attempt and probably the last one from my home QTH ! 
Despite receiving antennas each QSO turned out as a fight against line noise...
The receiving antennas did help (the L provided a stable 9+20dB S-meter reading)
but in only one direction,  the only one where I could have some attenuation
on the line white noise - Despite my EME-training, the DSP, Spectran and all
efforts to find the best antenna combination, it quickly became obvious that I
was deaf like a stone ! 
No JA, JT, FM, VK and only 5 NA stations in the log. Feel sorry if you called
me... Gave-up at 3:50 UTC with lot of frustration hearing others working W's
that I could not even see on the Spectran monitoring!
Unfortunately,think that for me 160m will remain a quick "mult-booster" 
in 6 bands contests - F6IRF

RIG: TS-2000, PWR: 100 W, ANT: DIPOLE - HA3PT

Condex for US was NG.  - JE1TSD

A rare electical storm in the area made for tough copy this year, but we
had a lot of fun anyway. Thanks, Boring, for the great format. We love to
watch the points pile up from way out here. = KH6ND & K0EJ. - KH7X

Called 4X3A for about an hour.  However calling stations that   
far away really can help the total score.  - KV4FZ

I was operated from KO15 grid loc.
Propogation was much much better than last year to West.
Very bad East cndx. Manage to work only few JA's and no any VK.
Need to increse activity from Asia, Africa and South America... - LY7Z

Lots of fun and strong signals from Europe...GU4YOX, G3BJ, 
G3PQA and RA1ACJ were among the best here...        - N4PN

Nice to work EU this year.  Thanks to K8MK for the use of the antenna.  - N8VW

fb contest-tnx-hpe agn in 2004 year - OM3BA

Output : 100 Watts - OM7VF

It really was 'boring', activity too low, conditions not too bad.
See u next year. - ON4WW

This contest proved again I have to improve my antenna system for       
the topband.       - PA5WT

Bad conditions to JA and W. Just gave a points. - S57M

RIG-FT1000MP ANT-IV - UA4FER

Pwr - 50w
Ant - LW - US7IB

GREAT FUN AGAIN !!! THANKS TO ALL WHO HUNG IN TO MAKE A QSO. - VE3PN

GREAT SUSTAINED OPENING TO EU.  ALMOST HALF MY POINTS
WERE FROM EU QSO'S. - VE3QAA

Much better than last year, although still on the poor side,with nothing heard from Central or South America or Africa. - VK3IO

CONDITIONS WERE POOR FOR ME.
WITH ALL MY EFFORT I COULD NOT GET ANY REPLY TO MY CALLS
DURING SECOND NIGHT. BETTER NEXT TIME (I HOPE). - VK6DXI

Good to be back in the USA and contesting again after living in Asia the past four years. - W0UCE

VA3VMM JUST GAVE ME A SERIAL NUMBER FROM RAC, I ADDED GRID TO SEE WHAT 
SCORE WOULD BE, THIS MAY NOT BE A VALID CONTACT FOR TBDC - W1TO

Age 72.5 and still enjoying the rigors of contesting.  - W3GH

I used my 75ft linearloaded vertical with 2 elevated radial.  7 hours into the contest 
a 35 mph wind gust broke the top of the vertical.  The top 15 feet hung straight down.  
CA stations would no longer answer my calls tho I could still hear them.  Even so it was 
a fun outting.  No great DX.  Conditions seemed better for the guys up north.
I could hear New England working EU but never hear a signal from across the pond.
It was good to hear everyone.  Will try again next year.  
Rig 100w OMNI 6+,  75ft push up pole  wid linear loading & 2 elevated radials.
73  Joe  W4SAA - W4SAA

Great Contest - Really enjoy it - W6IXP

The 160m contest season is not working out this year - keep having to work!!! - WX9U

Happy New Year ! - YL2LY

Most enjoyable contest of the year. Hope to have better rx antennas and fewer
computer problems next time. - EI6BT