Results, Eleventh Annual Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge

Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT

15125 SE Bartell Road

Boring, OR  97009   tree@kkn.net

 

The eleventh Stew Perry TBDC once again showed a quantum leap in activity.  We received a total of 575 logs, almost 100 more than last year’s record breaking total.  This puts the activity level of this contest on par with the ones run by the big magazines.  The Boring Amateur Radio Club feels that you all have a part of this success, as you have spread the good word about this contest to your friends and neighbors. 

 

Conditions were good – with most parts of the world able to work most of the other parts of the world.  However, we still have not seen some of the excellent conditions that we had during the last sunspot minimum back in 1996/1997.  It does appear that the new season is starting off with a bang however, with several USA west coast stations working Europe in August!! 

 

After the contest, there was lots of discussion about the possibility of moving the date of the contest to something closer to the equinox.  The Boring Directors have decided to sponsor a pre-Stew event on the weekend of October 20/21st as a way to both encourage activity earlier in the “season” and also as a way to see how the contest would play out at an earlier date.  During the past few years, the openings have been fantastic during this time period.  The normal Stew will run on the last weekend of the year. 

 

The rules for the October running are the same as the regular event, except that we are not running the plaque program, or accepting paper logs.  A simple write-up with the scores and soapboxes will be posted before the “real” Stew in December. 

 

We are sad to report the passing of Earl Cunningham, K6SE.  Earl was also very active on 160 with his previous callsign W5RTQ.  Earl had been very active on 160 meters for at least 40 years that I know of.  He was one of the first stations to use a directive phased array on the west coast.  Earl also made significant contributions to the software used to calculate distances between grids.  He did not rest until I was using the best possible method.  Earl was also the coordinator of the Topband dinner at the Visalia DX Convention, which sadly he missed this year as he became ill just before the event.  We will miss your signal on the band Earl. 

 

One of the most talked about aspects of this contest is the plaque program, administered by Lew Sayre, W7EW and enabled by the generosity of the plaque sponsors themselves.  The amazing amount of creativity in coming up with some of the categories is only matched by the fierce competition amongst the participants trying to get a piece of hardwood for their shack wall.  We do try to spread them around by not giving any single person more than one plaque.  If you find that you *really* just have to have one, you should take a tip from KK9K, and sponsor one that you have a good chance of winning. 

 

Here are the plaque winners for 2006:

 

SPONSOR            CATEGORY                                                                                     WINNER

KL7RA                  Highest Number of QSO's  (K9DX award)                                         K9DX

W7TMT                 Top Score, Low Power, First Time Entry                                             K9NR

KB7Q                    Top Score in Grid Field “DM”                                                             K7NJ

N5IA                      Most Grid Square Worked                                                                  W4AN

N7JW                    Top Score, South of the Equator                                                          K7CA/CE1

K7CA                    Top Score, Asiatic Russia                                                                    RX9AM

N0TT                     Top Score, USA, Op < 21 years old and > 100 QSOs                        KU5B

VK6VZ                  Top Score, Antenna < 20m x 10m*                                                     AC1O

NA0Y                    Top Score, USA                                                                                 W1BB

K1PX                     Top Score, Low Power, Europe                                                          HA8BE

K7FL                     Top Score, 100% Search and Pounce                                                 WS6X

K8ND                    Top Score, Single Operator, Caribbean                                               N0FW/KP2

N7KQ                    Top Score, Central/South America                                                      WB9Z/PJ2

GMCC                   Top Score, > 4000’ elevation, High Power                                          N2IC/5

GMCC                   Top Score, > 4000’ elevation, Low Power                                          NT6K

KR2Q                    Top Score, Golden Log (no score decuctions)                                     N7IR

N9ADG                 Top Score, World                                                                               K9FD/KH6

WA2DFI                Top Score, Canada                                                                             VE3DZ

W2GD team           Top Score, High Power, Europe                                                          GM3POI

AC6DD                  Top Score by Portable Station Within Own Country                            YB5AQB

KI7Y                      Top Score, Single Operator, Japan (Sandy Lynch Memorial)               JH4UYB

N2WN                   Top Score, Low or QRP Power, Self Constructed Radio                     KB7Q

VE3KZ                  Top Number of QSOs, Stew Perry and RAC Combined                     VE9DX

KB5NJD                Top Number of Grid Squares with Vertical < 10 meters tall                  JE1SPY

K8BB                     Top Score by Mad Radio River Club member                                     W3USA

KK9K                    Calcutta Award**                                                                               KK9K

N6TR                     Top Score, CW Transmitted Speed < 18 WPM                                  KB5NJD

W7EW                   Top Score, High Power, USA/VE West Coast                                    N7UA

W7AT                    Top Score, Single Operator, High power and QRP (2 calls)                 N6TR/K7RAT

K7RAT                  Top Score, Word, Multi Operator                                                       JA3YBK

 

* Instead of a plaque, this award will receive a Royal Flying Doctor’s Hat from VK6VZ
 
**Top Score, Single Operator, Low or High Power, operated by station located either in Ontario or Michigan west of 86 degrees, or Manitoba, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota or South Dakota.
 

And now for the scores.  Each line item indicates the category (S or M for single/multi-op), Power (H, L or Q), the grid operated from.  The RAW QSO total is the number of QSOs found in the log.  Dupes and busts are removed for the QSO total.  The total QSO points is in the PTS column and the number of grids worked in GRD.  The best DX callsign and distance is shown.  Finally, the number of QRP and Low power stations worked is shown.  The QRP stations you work get a X4 multiplier and the low power stations get a X2 multiplier.  QRP and low power stations are determined by the logs we received - so you won't get this bonus just by putting /QRP in a callsign.

 

Single operator - High power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

N7UA         S H CN87  539    9   14  516  4841  235  VK6HD       14906   16  124

WB9Z/PJ2     S H FK52  415    7   28  380  4463  209  ZL3IX       13208    9   69

N0FW/KP2     S H FK77  509    5  103  401  4160  221  VK6HD       18106    6   55

GM3POI       S H IO88  528    6   10  512  4132  280  VK6VZ       14661   11  102

W4AN         S H EM73  688    7   10  671  4113  261  ZL3IX       13374   31  147

N6TR         S H CN85  499    7   10  482  4039  206  VK6DXI      14693   17  109

KV4FZ        S H FK77  383    1   33  349  3764  193  ZL3IX       13898    6   59

N2IC         S H DM52  556    4    7  545  3753  217  VK6DXI      15713   22  128

K9DX         S H EN52  724    8   27  689  3645  261  VK6VZ       17421   33  139

P40W         S H FK52  360    5   34  321  3340  160  ZC4LI       10308    6   58

KU1CW        S H EM29  601    1    5  595  3101  224  ZL3IX       13018   33  150

N6RO         S H CM98  441    5   14  422  2920  187  ZL3IX       11251   15  103

KX7M         S H CM97  415    9   11  395  2782  186  ZL3IX       11170   15  105

GI0KOW       S H IO64  393   10   17  366  2765  219  JA5DQH       9603    6   64

JH4UYB       S H PM64  150    0    5  145  2627  112  CE1/K7CA    17659    1   20

WE3C         S H FN20  516    7   20  489  2590  209  ZL3IX       14536   25  107

NO2R         S H FN20  515   14   15  486  2575  208  ZL3IX       14536   21  106

VE7CC        S H CN89  309    4    8  297  2440  162  VK6HD       14926   11   83

G3BJ         S H IO82  361    4    5  352  2346  218  JA5DQH       9648    9   64

UU4JMG       S H KN85  316    2   16  298  2225  179  PJ2/WB9Z    10240    3   57

WD5R         S H EM45  501    0   17  484  2210  186  OH2BO        7890   28  134

KU5B         S H EM10  433    9   21  403  2167  169  ZL3IX       12268   20  109

LY2IJ        S H KO24  376   10    9  357  2124  217  VK1AA/4     14622    7   74

KI7Y         S H CN85  305    6    5  294  2033  156  VK6DXI      14693    9   86

KC7V         S H DM43  349    0    2  347  2026  163  ZL3IX       11491   13   86

UW2M         S H KN99  300    1   11  288  1977  175  ZL3IX       16482    3   60

N4PN         S H EM82  434    4   16  414  1942  169  S53O         8161   21  102

K3WW         S H FN20  498   16   19  463  1936  179  K9FD/KH6     7836   20  112

F5IN         S H JN18  334    0   12  322  1932  196  JA7FUJ      10039    7   58

W2VJN        S H CN83  226    1    6  219  1884  125  VK6HD       14843    6   54

W9IU         S H EN60  495    0   26  469  1877  182  CE1/K7CA     7816   24  115

K6NR         S H DM14  280    2   11  267  1833  150  ZL3IX       11175    9   74

DL6RAI       S H JN68  380    0    4  376  1831  218  JA2DPC       9375    5   73

W0UCE        S H FM05  430    1   15  414  1811  170  S53O         7664   22  103

ZL3IX        S H RE66   79    1    4   74  1791   51  UW2M        16482    0   11

N5UL         S H DM82  321    2    8  311  1768  157  ZL3IX       11972   14   82

W7AT         S H CN84  267    8   23  236  1758  133  ZL3IX       11629    8   71

JH2FXK       S H PM84  111    0   19   92  1745   74  CE1/K7CA    17295    0   19

K1GU         S H EM75  399    3    2  394  1735  163  LY2IJ        8015   21  106

OZ7YY        S H JO46  265    5   22  238  1720  174  CE1/K7CA    12023    5   51

N6FF         S H CN80  251    0   16  235  1708  137  ZL3IX       11300    7   70

GM4AFF       S H IO86  273    0    5  268  1686  178  PJ2/WB9Z     7391    5   55

W3GH         S H FN00  361    1   12  348  1683  163  CE1/K7CA     7684   15   89

W2FU         S H FN13  378    3    5  370  1682  163  HG3DX        7077   18   93

N4XD         S H FM05  387    4   16  367  1678  172  S50A         7584   20   95

S50U         S H JN66  331    1    4  326  1654  186  JH1CHA       9455    6   64

K9AY         S H EN53  311    1   13  297  1651  152  JH2FXK      10196   20   96

G0IVZ        S H IO70  269    2    7  260  1605  168  JA5DQH       9910    6   54

F6IRA        S H IN95  279    2   16  261  1601  164  JA3YBK      10196    6   49

VE6JY        S H DO33  269    2    5  262  1549  133  PJ2/WB9Z     5971    5   77

YL8M         S H KO07  331    6   16  309  1540  185  VK3IO       15418    5   67

HA5JI        S H JN97  313    0    4  309  1520  173  JN1JFC       9069    6   59

K9YC         S H CM87  248    4    4  240  1485  130  ZL3IX       11051    8   73

N0KE         S H DM69  295    2    9  284  1466  149  ZL3IX       12203   12   77

W4IX         S H EM86  367    3    9  355  1465  158  LY2IJ        7820   17   98

9A5W         S H JN75  303    3   15  285  1434  163  JA1HGY       9427    6   57

W0BH         S H EM18  351    0   22  329  1419  150  K9FD/KH6     5979   18   92

S50A         S H JN75  313    0   17  296  1416  173  JN1JFC       9440    4   60

OH1PS        S H KP10  275    2    5  268  1410  172  VK6DXI      13211    5   60

OH2BO        S H KP20  251    1    9  241  1400  164  PJ2/WB9Z     9026    2   53

AA3B         S H FN20  368    6    3  359  1377  133  LY2IJ        7041   19   86

K1KI         S H FN32  261    1    3  257  1372  135  CE1/K7CA     7864   15   62

K1ZZI        S H EM74  356    0    8  348  1372  145  SN2B         7728   18   77

K6SE         S H DM04  251    0    6  245  1366  125  ZL3IX       11048    8   62

S59A         S H JN76  290    0    9  281  1331  173  N7JW         9362    5   63

DL5AXX       S H JO50  244    0    9  235  1324  153  HP3XUG       9569    5   52

IV3PRK       S H JN66  274    0   12  262  1315  170  JA2DPC       9540    5   53

N4IR         S H EM86  396   11    9  376  1305  144  SN2B         7441   20   95

RL3FT        S H KO85  259    5    7  247  1269  159  PJ2/WB9Z     9855    3   59

W8MJ         S H EN82  353    0   14  339  1233  144  K9FD/KH6     7141   19   94

S57DX        S H JN75  239    4   10  225  1209  142  JA2DPC       9517    3   49

W0TT         S H EM48  323    0    8  315  1209  143  K9FD/KH6     6503   18   84

AC6DD        S H CM95  207    2    9  196  1201  114  VK6VZ       14695    6   59

N0TT         S H EM29  259    1    3  255  1184  139  CE1/K7CA     7929   11   71

N6KB         S H BK29  103    0    9   94  1182   66  VK6DXI      10939    1   18

W1FJ         S H FN42  280    0    8  272  1182  131  UA2FF        6432   15   63

OH4KZM       S H KP32  236    0   15  221  1155  149  VK3IO       15043    1   45

K0DEQ        S H EM47  311    3   15  293  1143  134  K9FD/KH6     6510   17   77

ZC4LI        S H KM64  195    3   12  180  1140  128  P40W        10308    3   29

DK2OY        S H JO44  278    1    7  270  1134  166  JA3YBK       8968    6   59

N4AF         S H FM15  270    0    3  267  1111  130  OH2BO        7252   14   72

RA4LW        S H LO44  169    1    3  165  1110  126  N0FW/KP2     9900    3   39

N3UM         S H FM18  329    0    2  327  1094  128  K9FD/KH6     7713   15   82

K7RL         S H CN88  185    1    7  177  1091  103  LY2IJ        8206    6   45

N0IJ         S H EN36  226    1    2  223  1090  114  G0IVZ        6126   13   60

RD3A         S H KO85  250    0    5  245  1089  156  KV4FZ        9156    3   53

LY7M         S H KO35  244    0    5  239  1065  150  VK3IO       15051    5   55

K0PY         S H EM17  296    0   16  280  1057  142  K9FD/KH6     5980    9   72

WJ9B         S H EL89  239    1   10  228  1050  121  SN2B         8046   11   60

RU1A         S H KO48  228    0    9  219  1045  142  YB5AQB       9929    3   58

OK1DX        S H JN69  269    2    5  262  1038  165  JA3YBK       9194    5   56

N1EU         S H FN32  178    1    0  177  1035  108  K9FD/KH6     7952   10   49

W7RN         S H DM09  176    0    4  172  1019  101  LY2IJ        9042    7   45

K5NZ         S H EM20  207    1    4  202  1010  112  KV4FZ        3361    6   58

AE8M         S H EM79  304    0    6  298  1001  128  YV5MBX       3675   17   77

OK7M         S H JO60  295    1    4  290   999  171  JA3YBK       9113    6   61

CG3XZ        S H FN03  275    4   28  243   993  114  K9FD/KH6     7450   19   66

OL0W         S H JN79  255    1    2  252   987  162  JA3YBK       9092    6   56

N4CW         S H FM05  289    0    2  287   985  125  VE7SL        3858   14   70

W3EF         S H FM19  298    2    6  290   981  123  LY2IJ        7236   15   71

N6ND         S H DM13  170    0   10  160   964  109  ZL3IX       11095    4   48

SV3RF        S H KM18  181    0    4  177   960  132  JH2FXK       9456    2   39

WT9Q         S H DN70  223    1    9  213   948  125  PJ2/WB9Z     4687    9   61

W2EN         S H FN20  309    2   12  295   947  115  S59A         6903   18   69

KU2M         S H FN21  291    0    2  289   946  107  OZ7YY        5961   16   72

K0UK         S H DM59  229    1   32  196   936  118  ZL4IX       16500    7   60

W1KM         S H FN41  150    0    5  145   931  102  UU4JMG       8021    6   39

F8BPN        S H JN05  200    1    5  194   929  128  JA5DQH      10113    5   43

YL2PQ        S H KO16  257    0    4  253   929  154  PJ2/WB9Z     8983    3   58

NS9I         S H EN54  237    1    1  235   921  116  PJ2/WB9Z     4027   15   74

AA9D         S H EN52  206    0    0  206   911  123  CE1/K7CA     8075    9   58

WA4TT        S H EM82  165    4    1  160   907  108  LY2IJ        8181    5   45

DL7ON        S H JO62  236    0    4  232   892  142  JA3YBK       8952    5   62

OH1RX        S H KP10  196    0   13  183   879  128  PJ2/WB9Z     8918    2   38

N8BJQ        S H EN80  200    0    3  197   841  111  CE1/K7CA     7739   16   50

WB2ABD       S H FN02  167    0    2  165   841  117  CE1/K7CA     7904    9   44

N2NC         S H FN20  189    1    2  186   840  108  CE1/K7CA     7650    8   51

K8RYU        S H EM99  245    0   19  226   825  126  LY2IJ        7448   16   56

K0PK         S H EN37  180    0    6  174   818  109  K9FD/KH6     6339    8   52

VE3KZ        S H FN03  206    0    8  198   805  104  N6XG         3745    9   62

EA6BF        S H JM08  160    3    5  152   803  108  KU1CW        7867    0   26

OR2T         S H JO20  217    0    7  210   798  138  K1LT         6633    5   47

KS1J         S H FN41  204    3    2  199   794  106  F6IRA        5498   11   41