Results, Ninth Annual Stew Perry Topband
Distance Challenge
Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT
Boring, OR 97009
Ten
years ago, a new contest was designed by committee. A handful of top band operators, who also were
interested in contests, started working on the "perfect" top band
contest. There were lots of ideas thrown
around – like what to do with the different power levels. Do you put the scores into different
categories -- or try to apply some kind of multiplier and let them compete
against each other.
A lot
of energy was spent on the time off rule.
The goal was to make it "simple" and make it unnecessary to CQ
forever during daylight hours. It took
about 5 years to finally get that rule figured out -- although someone
operating from northern
The
most provocative concept was no doubt the distance scoring method. No other top band contest had done this - and
it proved to be a popular concept. Introducing grid squares to the exchange
enabled the distance scoring and many people learned what their grid square was
as a result.
A
further refinement to the distance scoring method was to introduce the QRP
multiplier for QSOs with a QRP station. This recent addition has helped distribute
the points to where the “work” is done to make these QSOs.
It is
rather obvious the rather verbose name of the contest was designed by
committee. People still get confused
about what to call it.
After
the first running of the contest, it seemed that the founding fathers had
scattered to the winds. When the time
came to generate the results, the Boring Amateur Radio Club stepped in and
picked up the pieces. Lew, W7EW stepped in to administer the highly successful
plaque program. He has sent out over 200
plaques which have been sponsored solely by the participants. Also, Jim Monahan, K1PX, joined the team and
started up the certificate program for the top scores who didn't get a plaque,
but still deserved recognition. Jim has
also assisted with entering the paper logs we receive. Tree, N6TR, modified his log checking
software to automatically score the contest based upon a distance calculator
that was provided by Earl, K6SE.
The
first few instances of the contest were blessed with fantastic conditions. I can still remember sitting down with N5KO,
listening to Clive, GM3POI coming through loud and clear an hour before sunset
on the
The
Stew Perry Top Band Distance Challenge is a good example of what can be done
without the backing of a major contest sponsor.
It ranks right up there with the NCJ contests (sprint and NAQP) and some
of the more popular QSO parties in participation. It has made the sponsors of the major 160
meter contests take notice – and was even considered as a replacement for one
of them. However, the Boring Amateur
Radio Club knows a good thing when they see it, and have been reluctant to
merging with one of the major contests.
The
ninth running of the contest was held on December 18th and 19th. Conditions were not stellar, but better than
they were during the sunspot peak. We
are still waiting for the great openings to reappear that were enjoyed when the
contest was still in diapers.
The
high score in the contest was generated by K7CA, who took full advantage of the
5 watt QRP multiplier to hold off KV4FZ in the low power category (who had the
second highest score) and UA2FF in the high power category (with the third
highest score). W2GD led the
multi-operator teams, edging out KE9I in the states, RL3A in
Log submission
was strong with 359 logs submitted. This
is down slightly from last year’s record total of 368 logs, but continues to
show strong growth compared to the early years.
We are asking for one change moving forward, that all logs be submitted
electronically. If you had log, a simple
computer program is available that will allow you to enter your log and
generate the Cabrillo file. You can download this program from http://web.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html.
The
Tenth running of this great event will be on December 17th and 18th. The rules will be the same as last year. You can find complete information, including
the rules and sponsored plaques at our website http://web.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html.
Thanks
again for all of the participation. See
you on the Top Band this winter.
If you
are looking for general information about operating on 160 meters, here are several
resources you might be interested in.
|
Resource |
Comment |
|
ON4UN's Low-Band DXing |
Lots of information on all topics related to low-band operation. An absolute necessity. Written by John Devoldere, ON4UN. Available from the ARRL. The fourth edition was released in the spring of 2005. |
|
Vertical Phased Arrays |
A six-part series of articles written by Forrest Gehrke, K2BT, and appearing in Ham Radio magazine from May, 1983 through May, 1984. Complete treatment of both the mathematical and practical aspects of phased vertical arrays. Old issues of Ham Radio are now available from the ARRL on CD-ROM, although this series happens to cross a boundary, so you need to purchase two collections to get all six parts. |
|
The Beverage Antenna Handbook |
Beverage antenna theory, and a number of practical designs. Written by Victor Misek, W1WCR. Available from the Radioware and Radio Bookstore. A third edition is now available. |
|
DXing on the Edge |
History of 160 meters. Companion CD with audio clips. Practical antenna design. Written by Jeff Briggs, K1ZM. Available from the ARRL. |
|
The Low Band Monitor |
A monthly mailing with information on 160, 80, and 40 meters. More information at www.lowbandmonitor.com. |
|
Reflections II |
Transmission lines and antennas, by Walter Maxwell, W2DU. Organized as a set of chapters that each cover a topic. A focus on transmission lines and impedance transformations/matching. Available from ARRL. |
Plaque Winners
The following plaques will be awarded as shown in the following table. Many thanks go to Lew Sayre, 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 2005 event, please contact Lew directly at his new e-mail address lew@dsl-only.net. Each plaque sponsored costs $50. A big thank-you to each sponsor.
We had a hard time deciding who the winner of the “best whine” plaque should be. The entries are listed in the soapbox. We had to DQ K1TN’s entry, since it was not submitted with his log. Instead, it was posted to the internet, and while we choose to include it here, we felt it would be unfair to award Jim’s entry over the ones that followed the rules. Perhaps this will be something Jim can whine about next time…
Sponsor |
Category |
Winner |
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KL7RA |
Top QSO Total |
K5GO |
|
WA2DFI |
Top Score, |
VE3OSZ |
|
W7EW |
Best DX Distance |
K9DX |
|
K7RAT |
Top Score, Multi-Op, World |
W2GD |
|
N5IA |
Most Grid Squares Worked |
OH0R |
|
N7KQ |
Top Score, Low Power, Rest of World |
9V1GO |
|
N9ADG |
Top Score, Low Power, |
W7TMT |
|
K1PX |
Top Score, Low Power, |
UA6LFQ |
|
K5KA |
Top Score, Low |
W0UO |
|
K8ND |
Top Score, Single-Op, |
KV4FZ |
|
W7GG |
Top Score, Single-Op, QRP |
KS0T |
|
KB5NJD |
Top Score, Antenna < 40 feet tall |
W0HW |
|
KI7Y |
W7BX Memorial - Top |
JH4UYB |
|
K9DX |
Top Score, Single-Op, High-Power, |
UA2FF |
|
N7JW |
Top Score, |
JT1CO |
|
K7CA |
Top Score, Mainland |
YV5MBX |
|
W2GD Team |
Top Score, Multi-Op, |
RL3A |
|
WA9IRV |
|
WA9IRV |
|
Low Band Monitor |
Top Score, Single-Op, |
WB9Z/PJ2 |
|
W4SAA |
Top Score, Single-Op, World |
K7CA |
|
N6TR |
Best Whine / Excuse / Explanation for performance |
N0FP |
|
W7AT |
Top Score from All Water Grid |
No Entries |
|
N6ZFO |
SPACE Award- Stew Perry Award for Chemical Elements. (Points for Chemical element symbols contained in callsigns worked) An explanation of the rules for this award at http://web.jzap.com/k7rat/elements.txt |
KE9I |
|
VK6VZ |
The VK5AX Small Backyard Memorial- Top Score with antenna in space < 20m x 10m or 66ft x 33ft. Winner gets coveted Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia hat. |
G3XGC |
Scores (bold calls are certificate winners)
Single
operator - High power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUP BUST QSO Pts
Grid Best DX KM QRP LP
UA2FF S H KO04 470
2 15 453
4148 239 VK6HD
13411 9 61
WB9Z S H FK52 385
1 23 361
3794 188 ZL3IX
13208 13 63
LY7Z S H KO15 405
0 18 387
3033 222 VK6HD
13406 8 43
K9DX S H EN52 603
8 17 578
2889 248 VK3ZL
15779 29 106
OH0R S H KP00 426
6 20 400
2796 231 VK6HD
13590 7 45
K5GO S H EM36 508
7 4 497
2706 229 JF7DZA
11003 30 104
SN7Q S H JO91 360 9
19 332 2665
201 VK6HZ 13205
8 45
RK1AM S H KO59 356 6
16 334 2660
208 VK6VZ 12751
5 48
LY3UM S H KO24 346 1
16 329 2512
202 VK6HD 13248
8 47
KU1CW S H EM29 459 2
12 445 2394
203 JH8SRI 10941
27 101
N2IC S H DM52 434 4
5 425 2381
188 ZL3IX 11551
26 96
G3BJ S H IO82 357
7 10 340
2352 205 W9UCW
7977 7 47
K5ZD S H FN42 419 5
11 403 2116
197 5B4AGN 8514
20 84
K7RAT S H CN85 343
2 5 336
2059 168 ZL3IX
11711 20 76
AE9B S H EM28 449 3
33 413 2043
194 JH4UYB 10538
25 93
K5BG S H EM12 396 7
6 383 2002
181 ZL3IX 12407
28 95
OK1RF S H JN79 312
1 13 298
1925 182 9V1GO
9740 7 43
KC7V S H DM43 347
5 10 332
1890 164 JA6GCE
10245 15 76
JH4UYB S H PM64 125
0 7 118
1811 90 K5GO
10821 2 16
LY9Y S H KO16 295
2 15 278
1705 167 VK6VZ
13099 5 37
JA5DQH S H PM73 111
1 6 104
1602 83 K5GO
10801 2 16
ON4WW S H JO11 261
2 7 252
1558 170 9V1GO
10572 6 35
JT1CO S H ON38 154
0 6 148
1501 109 VK6HD
9247 0 19
K9NW S H EN71 408
13 8 387
1490 171 RW4PL
8391 25
95
N4PN S H EM82 372
2 20 350
1459 159 RL3A
8723 19 78
OK1DX S H JN69 275
2 11 262
1457 163 VK6VZ
13566 8 35
WE3C S H FN20 364
8 21 335
1434 154 SV3RF
7944 19 73
W3GH S H FN00 332
4 6 322
1374 158 SV3RF
8219 22 78
DJ0MDR S H JN68 246
0 8 238
1348 161 9V1GO
9887 9 35
K1KI S H FN32 204
0 4 200
1254 125 SV3RF
7681 14 47
N5UM S H EM13 327
0 7 320
1248 150 KH6AT
5911 19 77
N6RO S H CM98 256
1 7 248
1233 139 DU9/N0NO
11529 11 64
VE3QAA S H FN15 253
1 5 247
1169 136 S58A
6813 18 58
N5UL S H DM82 261
2 5 254
1164 139 JA5DQH
10517 12 72
N1EU S H FN32 286
5 5 276
1159 138 NH6KB
7931 17 66
N4XD S H FM05 304
7 13 284
1148 138 LY3UM
7694 23 69
NI6T S H CM97 251
0 8 243
1138 128 JH4UYB
8977 10 64
N0TT S H EM29 319
4 12 303
1137 157 PY2FUS
8574 20 76
VE3PN S H FN25 244
2 16 226
1123 126 RA6LBS
8069 16 51
K6SE S H DM04 233
0 8 225
1113 130 JA6GCE
9606 7 57
W9IU S H EN60 353
0 17 336
1077 140 SN7Q
7563 22 82
UA3DPX S H KO86 203
0 8 195
1072 133 VK6VZ
12294 3 34
UA9CDC S H MO06 160
2 1 157
1060 122 VK6HD
11381 3 18
DL9YX S H JO43 223
0 15 208
1046 138 9V1GO
10142 6 34
F5IN S H JN18 204
0 8 196
1033 132 JA6LCJ
9850 6 26
N8EA S H EN82 296
5 5 286
1022 151 RL3A
7769 22 68
K5UN S H EM13 261
0 7 254
1021 140 SN7Q
8720 14 65
K1GU S H EM75 282
1 1 280
1012 136 UA2FF
7803 20 70
S57M S H JN76 213
0 6 207
940 136 VK6VZ
13341 7 34
N5PO S H EM12 218
1 6 211
911 121 G3LZQ
7548 11 51
VE3NE S H FN03 271
0 23 248
911 131 RW4PL
7982 14 59
NO2R S H FN20 244
4 5 235 901
116 RW4PL 8127
16 52
N2ED S H FN20 200
0 19 181
897 112 KH6CD
7836 14 46
N9RV S H EN70 262
0 4 258
870 134 S58A
7669 18 60
W4EF S H DM14 174
1 3 170
857 119 JH4UYB
9466 8 47
W3SO S H FN00 223
0 3 220
825 122 KH6AT
7466 15 54
F6IRA S H IN94 142
1 11 130
809 97 N5TY
7995 3 18
S57DX S H JN75 201
0 8 193
712 123 JA3YBK
9408 6 29
K3WW S H FN20 208
0 13 195
702 104 IT9ZGY
7231 11 44
W0UCE S H FM05 190
0 6 184
694 104 UA2FR
8665 12 49
K8IR S H EN65 221
2 1 218
677 108 PJ2/WB9Z 4036
16 54
G3XGC S H IO91 141
1 9 131
618 101 PJ2/WB9Z
7411 2 20
W0HW S H EN35 177
4 7 166
585 97 KV4FZ
4047 11 47
VE3EJ S H FN03 150
0 2 148
582 94 RL3A
7500 7 37
RV1CC S H KO59 143
0 5 138
580 103 PJ2/WB9Z
9377 3 23
WX9U S H EN50 148
0 2 146
575 95 SN7Q
7672 10 36
G3LZQ S H IO93 93
0 1 92
562 74 K5BG 7548
1 14
K9YC S H EN61 216
1 6 209
537 110 PJ2/WB9Z
3660 15 58
K4BAI S H EM72 171
1 2 168
531 92 K7RAT
3553 10 39
K0UK S H DM59 124
0 24 100
516 75 JA5DQS
9672 7 23
W1WEF S H FN31 78
0 2 76
515 63 RK1AM 6848
5 11
UR5IOK S H KN87 126
2 5 119
504 92 PJ2/WB9Z
10164 2 16
N4XR S H FN31 171
0 10 161
498 95 S58A
6834 8 43
AA3B S H FN20 160
0 1 159
495 90 LY3UM
7041 11 44
K0CS S H DM79 117
0 16 101
482 73 JA3YBK
9639 8 26
K1DT S H FN41 103
5 1 97
481 74 9A3B
6892 6 19
N1CGP S H FN54 109
0 3 106
478 63 RK1AM
6387 8 26
XE2MX S H DM11 132
0 4 128
469 71 KV4FZ
5442 4 32
N2BJ S H EN61 150
0 5 145
460 86 KH6AT
6787 12 38
N3JT S H FM18 212
0 19 193
459 95 K7CA
3145 12 54
W1FJ S H FN42 107
1 7 99
458 71 RW4PL
7771 2 20
VK6VZ S H OF88 20
0 1 19
453 19 SM5Z 13629
0 0
KI7Y S H CN85 125
1 2
122 449 72 PJ2/WB9Z 6249
7 32
N4DW S H EM86 118
2 0 116
442 77 UA2FF
7606 7 32
WA8WV S H EM98 191
2 5 184
441 92 UA2FF
7322 11 50
K4XS S H EL88 130
1 1 128
425 82 KG6WXJ
3662 2 34
UY0ZG S H KN56 120
0 3 117
425 88 K9DX
8514 2 20
UA0ACG S H NO76 57
0 4 53
419 50 KH6AT 9384
0 7
K1JB S H FN43 112
1 1 110 412
69 LY3UM 6573
5 25
N4GG S H EM74 136
1 6 129
402 86 W7TMT
3465 5 31
LY2CU S H KO14 127
7 2 118
400 87 JH4UYB
8106 1 20
YV5MBX S H FK60 63
2 7 54
394 43 EM3W 9727
0 4
RA6LBS S H LN17 98
2 19 77
386 63 PJ2/WB9Z 10581
2 11
N0NM S H PJ27 32
0 0 32
383 26 N6RO 11529
0 1
K7UIR S H CN85 128
1 4 123
379 61 PJ2/WB9Z
6249 8 33
WT6G S H CM98 91
0 3 88
374 59 KV4FZ 5879
4 28
W4NTI S H EM73 99
0 2 97
369 68 K7RAT 3491
8 26
K3SV S H FN10 108
0 2 106
367 76 YZ7A
7484 5
29
IV3PRK S H JN66 120
0 15 105
361 82 JA6GCE
9284 1 15
WA7LNW S H DM37 103
0 5 98
355 60 JH4UYB
9528 4 29
K0SR S H EN34 133
1 5 127
352 74 PJ2/WB9Z
4220 4 36
W4VQ S H EL98 78
0 0 78
324 57 K7RAT 4127
4 22
W5KI S H FM29 100
0 1 99
323 66 LY7Z
6960 7 24
UA0SC S H OO06 43
0 1 42
305 36 RA9YLX 6730
0 6
K8JQ S H EM98 138
0 4 134
286 72 K8FC
2088 8 31
N4SL S H CN88 69
0 0 69
283 49 K5ZD 4040
4 18
N6XI S H CM99 90
0 1 89
282 52 JA5DQH 8777
6 23
KG9N S H EN50 105
0 11 94
265 63 KV4FZ
3436 6 28
OH2BO S H KP20 74
0 4 70
265 61 JH4UYB 7631
1 11
N3PXF S H EM17 109
1 16 92
259 72 N1BUG
2486 5 24
PY2FUS S
H GG66 17 0
3 14 249 13 OH0R 11128
0 1
KI6IV S H CM99 139
4 33 102
241 55 KH6AT
3936 5 29
NI5F S H EM42 64
0 1 63
239 45 RK1AM 8512
1 17
SA1A S H JO97 89
0 1 88
230 64 UA9AYA 2556
1 10
ZL3IX S H RE66 15
0 4 11
224 11 PJ2/WB9Z 13208
0 0
RX9TX S H LO71 45
0 4 41
209 36 JA2ZJW 6581
1 5
I3VWK S H JN55 94
1 11 82
208 65 JT1CO 6799
0 13
N3AM S H FM19 91
1 1 89
203 52 KC7V 3099
4 28
W2LK S H FN21 52
0 3 49
197 43 LY3UM 6957
2 14
WA4GLH S H EM75 76 3 5
68 172 51 K7RAT 3372
4 21
G4BJM S H IO92 50
0 0 50
169 44 K9DX 6305
1 8
N4ZR S H FM19 63
0 0 63
164 50 N6RO 3776
1 17
W8RU S H EN82 60
0 0 60
159 47 OH0R 6693
2 12
K5AM S H DM62 47
0 1 46
158 40 PJ2/WB9Z 4458
1 11
GU4YOX S H IN89 20
0 0 20
152 17 JT1CO 7255
0 2
RA4SD S H LO36 36
0 3 33 134 31 JT1CO 4035
0 2
PA5TT S H JO11 40
0 0 40
123 38 UA9AYA 3763
0 2
IK0HBN S H JN62 41
0 1 40
121 34 W2GD 7057
0 5
LY2LE S H KO24 56
0 7 49
119 45 UA9AYA 2282
0 5
KU7Z S H DN41 42
0 5 37
100 28 N2BJ 1998
1 8
OE1ZKC S H JN88 40
0 3 37
93 36 UA9CDC 3060
0 2
N7BF S H CN87 34
0 2 32
84 22 WD5R 2958
2 10
RA3CO S H KO85 16
0 0 16
55 16 F6IRA 2940
0 1
WA6BOB S H DM04 28
0 1 27
55 18 K7RE 1763
0 7
K1AR S H FN42 17
0 0 17
41 14 N2IC 3506
0 2
OK1AYY S H JO70 11
0 0 11
23 11 UU0JM 1726
0 0
Single
operator - Low power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUP BUST QSO Pts
Grid Best DX KM QRP LP
KV4FZ S L FK77 291
8 32 251
4612 157 UA9SP
10644 5 40
W0UO S L EM12 347
7 3 337
2666 155 G3LZQ
7548 15 81
WA9IRV S L EN54 348
3 3 342
2558 154 LY3UM
7396 24 83
K1PX S L FN31 329 0
5 324 2520
147 KH6AT 7950
20 74
K8FC S L DM78 300
1 22 277
2460 143 F0/F6GNZ
6402 19 68
N8VW S L EN70 333
2 9 322
2154 152 SN7Q
7453 24 83
N0FP S L EN25 311
12 13 286
2050 140 PJ2/WB9Z
4408 16 76
VE3OSZ S L FN25 256
1 0 255
2044 124 LY3UM
6621 15
61
W9XT S L EN53 326 4
3 319 2018
139 SN7Q 7416
24 69
K9WJU S L EN71 333
5 4 324
2004 138 SN7Q
7369 25 81
K5KA S L EM26 261
2 4 255
1996 137 LY3UM
8417 17 57
K8IA S L DM43 233
7 3 223
1984 126 JA6JPS
10245 9 62
N0XB S L EN34 286
0 11 275
1906 130 PJ2/WB9Z
4220 19 72
K1EP S L FN42 234
1 3 230
1712 111 RK1AM
6662 13 60
K9MMS S L EN51 260
0 5 255
1544 130 PJ2/WB9Z
3756 16 70
KJ9C S L EM69 236
1 0 235
1542 118 UA2FF
7552 20 61
K7RE S L DN84 169 1 1 167 1482
101 JH4UYB 9598
13 41
KJ7WY S L DM45 173
0 18 155
1430 103 JA6GCE
10097 12 40
W8AEF S L DM33 156
0 6 150
1418 98 JH4UYB
9820 6 44
NY1S S L FN54 183
0 6 177
1386 90 LY3UM
6382 12 41
W5BL S L EM23 207
0 10 197
1354 111 PJ2/WB9Z
3518 11 49
K9CS S L EN60 216
0 6 210
1334 114 PJ2/WB9Z
3568 22 56
AD4EB S L EM65 223
4 5 214
1326 112 W7AWA
3274 17 55
KB5NJD S L EM12 182
0 3 179
1314 107 PJ2/WB9Z
3613 13 48
WJ9B S L EL89 180
0 4 176
1292 92 W7AT
3882 12 44
W3EF S L FM19 229
1 3 225
1284 102 UA2FF
7016 15 57
N6RK S L CM98 157
0 2 155
1276 93 JH4UYB
8911 7 36
UA6LFQ S L KN97 139
0 4 135
1250 108 PJ2/WB9Z
10304 2 21
9V1GO S L OJ11 43
0 3 40 1214
37 N7UA 12993
0 2
K1JT S L FN20 216
0 11 205
1202 102 UA2FF
6821 13 47
WT9U S L EN71 234
2 5 227
1184 100 K6SE
3065 18 58
KB7Q S L DN45 175
4 8 163
1172 98 PJ2/WB9Z
5389 9 42
F8BPN S L JN05 162
0 2 160
1152 107 K5GO
7511 2 24
K5PTC S L EM20 160
0 7 153
1150 97 KV4FZ
3361 7 42
AA5WH S L EM13 160
4 4 152
1088 92 PJ2/WB9Z
3672 9 37
W7TMT S L CN87 144
0 4 140 1066 80
JH4UYB 8203 6
34
N9ADG S L CN97 141
1 9 131
1038 78 FO/F6COW
6510 9 36
VE5UF S L DO61 111
2 4 105
1028 67 PJ2/WB9Z
5510 9 28
N0AX S L CN87 134
0 2 132
1010 74 PJ2/WB9Z
6320 8 33
K6KM S L CM99 167
4 2 161
986 81 PJ2/WB9Z
5899 8 46
K8MR S L EN91 176
0 1 175
982 87 PJ2/WB9Z
3419 15 46
K3MD S L FN10 195
2 6 187
974 95 K7RAT
3741 14 50
JE1SPY S L PM95 49
1 7 41
936 38 AE9B 10116
0 4
K0CAT S L EN34 143
0 4 139
934 82 PJ2/WB9Z
4220 11 46
W0ZR S L EN34 146
0 4 142
932 80 JA3YBK
9912 11
39
N4IR S L EM86 193
2 1 190
922 89 PJ2/WB9Z
3005 10 53
W1TO S L FN32 139
0 1 138
922 81 LY3UM
6764 10 34
N6ZFO S L CM87 121
0 3 118
902 72 PJ2/WB9Z
6015 7 30
UA9SP S L LO91 81
1 2 78
878 71 KV4FZ 10644
1 10
AC0W S L EN33 139
2 6 131
872 80 PJ2/WB9Z
4136 10 34
N0AT S L EN34 139
2 3 134
868 78 N6NF
2625 9 43
RZ9IR S L NO26 59
0 5 54
856 47 9V1GO 6308
0 10
EU1AZ S L KO33 146
0 3 143
850 101 W1MK
6825 2 20
W1JQ S L FN31 111
0 5 106
848 68 RK1AM
6848 9 22
W4OWY S L EM84 129
0 3 126
830 82 K7RAT
3585 7 36
N3CO S L EN72 148
0 4 144
828 82 UA2FF
7185 12 36
N7IR S L DM43 105
0 0 105
826 69 JH4UYB
9959 5 30
N8AA S L EN91 150
0 3 147
822 80 RK1AM
7210 9 37
K8FH S L EN91 157
0 5 152
784 87 UA2FF
7064 7 44
K6XT S L DM67 106
0 2 104
776 68 K1EA
3101 6 29
K5NZ S L EM20 85
0 0 85
754 62 SM4Z 8229
4 20
WB2ABD S L FN02 148
1 1 146
750 78 SO2R
6714 12 40
KO7X S L DN71 100
0 4 96
742 61 JA3YBK
9487 8 25
W3CP S L DN05 105
2 4 99
730 61 PJ2/WB9Z
5955 6 26
SP4Z S L KO12 107
0 4 103
700 78 PJ2/WB9Z
9052 3 17
W7UT S L DM37 78
0 0 78
684 62 KV4FZ 5167
3 15
W7WKR S L CN98 79
3 4 72
670 54 K1PX 3800
4 23
K3SWZ S L FN10 138
0 2 136
662 70 UA2FF
6932 6 36
N9CK S L EN53 109
0 1 108
644 77 SN7Q
7416 6 25
K8GT S L EN82 134
0 3 131
640 75 N6RO
3225 8 33
G3KNU S L IO93 103
2 0 101
634 69 JT1CO
6841 2 14
K9OM S L EL98 85
0 4 81
634 58 SN7Q 8230
2 23
W9RE S L EM69 125
0 0 125 626 73
PJ2/WB9Z 3477 6
36
W9RM S L EN52 100
0 4 96
622 63 RK1AM
7446 6 28
K1IB S L FN33 107
0 1 106
616 61 LY3UM
6681 6 29
N8BJQ S L EN80 104
0 2 102
606 69 PJ2/WB9Z
3392 12 29
EV6M S L KO55 96
0 8 88
572 75 JA3YBK 7832
1 11
AI7H S L DN17 87
0 3 84
566 58 K1PX 3515
4 23
N6AA S L DM04 73
0 0 73
556 48 PJ2/WB9Z 5589
5 21
DL8DWW S L JO70 107
3 3 101
532 73 W2GD
6760 2 16
K8AB S L EN91 102
0 1 101
530 64 PJ2/WB9Z
3419 6 23
VE3NZ S L FN03 105
0 2 103
484 56 PJ2/WB9Z
3568 6
25
RK9CWW S L MO06 47
0 0 47
478 45 JA3YBK 6063
0 4
KN4Y S L EM70 100
0 12 88
468 61 N2IC
2286 1 24
N2CU S L FN02 65
0 1 64
468 52 LY7Z 6914
3 20
K6XX S L CM87 72
0 1 71
458 47 N8VW 3284
4 28
AD8J S L FN00 109
0 3 106
456 62 K5BG
1836 5 31
UA6BAE S L KN95 66
0 3 63
440 55 JT1CO 5011
2 7
W2GDJ S L FN32 51
0 2 49
432 41 LY3UM 6764
0 12
W9WI S L EM66 56
0 0 56
420 45 K7RAT 3160
9 15
NA2M S L FN31 70
0 3 67
412 50 N2IC 3330
5 16
N6NF S L CM87 88
0 15 73
410 50 W3TDF 4121
2 12
NY4N S L EM66 85
0 3 82
404 61 K7RAT 3160
4 21
VA3XRZ S L EN93 86
0 3 83
402 51 PJ2/WB9Z 3624
6 20
RW9QA S
L MO25 41 0
2 39 400 35 JA3YBK 5834
0 3
OM4DN S L JN98 81
0 0 81
390 67 RW4PL 2323
1 13
WC9C S L EM69 80
0 2 78
390 54 K7RAT 3007
3 21
KE6QR S L CM88 86
3 3 80
384 36 K9DX 2897
5 23
JH1GVY S L PM95 26
0 4 22
382 20 K5GO 10400
0 1
K9OR S L EN62 83
0 0 83
374 56 PJ2/WB9Z 3752
3 23
K6OWL S L CM87 73
0 2 71
370 40 K9DX 2936
3 19
W9OA S L EN61 74
0 2 72
370 53 W7AT 2931
6 20
K9CW S L EN50 71
0 0 71
342 51 KV4FZ 3436
1 22
OM1AW S L JN88 73
1 1 71
342 59 UA9AYA 3066
0 9
DL5SVB S L JO63 73
2 3 68
338 54 JT1CO 6130
1 10
K3HX S L FN00 98
3 12 83
336 53 K5BG 1836
3 21
W0TY S L EM48 63
0 0 63
312 45 N2IC 1760
4 15
DJ3RA S L JO72 49
0 0 49
306 39 WE3C 6580
0 7
RU6FA S L LN05 42
0 1 41
306 38 JT1CO 4874
1 4
N2ZU S L FN20 76
0 1 75
298 42 AE9B 1731
4 16
AD6FR S L DM13 55
0 4 51
294 34 VE3EJ 3462
2 16
W8PN S L EN91 76
0 1 75
294 46 K5BG 1735
1 17
OK1DKO S L JO60 68
0 2 66
292 54 UA9CDC 3187
0 12
OK1HX S L JO70 65
0 1 64
276 51 UA9AYA 3080
1 10
KA2BZS S L FN20 70
0 9 61
272 44 KC7V 3274
2 17
K6OQ S L CM97 46
0 4 42
268 31 K9DX
2772 3
10
SM6IQD S L JO57 43
0 4 39
266 35 W2GD 6198
0 5
KQ6ES S L DM14 60
0 1 59
264 33 K9DX 2585
3 17
VA7ST S L DO00 43
0 0 43
262 26 KE9I 2648
1 14
WA4OSD S L EM66 58
0 0 58
256 46 N2IC 2064
0 15
W8IDM S L EN91 56
0 1 55
248 40 N5UM 1667
6 13
HA5PT S L JN97 48
0 1 47
246 41 UA9CDC 3000
0 5
PG4I S L JO22 43
0 1 42
246 39 JT1CO 6619
1 5
UA4FER S L LO23 32
0 2 30
244 30 JT1CO 4250
2 3
K1TN S L EM79 58
0 2 56
240 42 PJ2/WB9Z 3381
2 13
W6OAT S L CM87 38
0 0 38
240 27 PJ2/WB9Z 6015
1 9
UA0LCZ S L PN53 23
1 4 18
234 15 N7UA 7600
0 2
ON6TJ S L JO20 52
1 1 50
230 44 UU0JM 2432
0 3
SQ9FMU S L JO90 55
0 1 54
230 46 RW4PL 2204
0 7
KD6WW S L CM98 30
0 0 30
226 23 W3SO 3586
0 6
W2JU S L FN31 56
0 0 56
222 36 KU1CW 1874
2 12
OM3BA S
L JN88 57 0
3 54 220 47 UA3TCJ 1962
0 8
K6DGW S L CM98 39
0 0 39
216 27 K9NW 3071
1 10
KJ6RA S L CN81 36
0 0 36
210 24 WD5R 2853
3 6
NQ7R S L DM42 36
0 1 35
210 25 K9DX 2230
2 7
W5GZ S L DM52 43
0 3 40
210 29 W2GD 3143
2 9
W4ATL S L EM73 38
0 1 37
208 29 KC7V 2410
2 10
VA3IX S L EN93 50
0 7 43
200 33 N5PO 1856
4 8
VA7MM S L CN89 42
0 3 39
192 21 N2IC 2217
1 9
DL5MO S L JO50 43
0 3 40
186 36 UU0JM 2007
0 5
DJ4KW S L JO53 42
0 4
38 180 34 UA9CDC 3147
0 2
NS3T S L FM19 51
0 1 50
180 35 K0HA 1708
1 11
PA3AFF S L JO21 39
0 2 37
178 31 RL3A 2150
2 5
RA1ACY S L KO59 31
0 2 29
178 27 JT1CO 4842
0 1
IK3ORD S L JN55 37
0 1 36
176 35 KT1V 6227
0 2
VE3TAZ S L FN03 50
0 1 49
174 33 AE9B 1454
1 10
PA3BFH S L JO22 31
0 0 31
154 28 RL3A 2107
0 2
G0MTN S L IO92 26
0 0 26
150 26 RA6LBS 3154
0 1
AA0AW S L EN36 25
0 0 25
146 24 PJ2/WB9Z 4392
0 2
VO1HP S L GN37 15
0 0 15
144 14 K5GO 3488
0 4
KZ1O S L FN42 40
0 3 37
136 26 N4PN 1533
2 7
WB7FJG S L CN87 29
0 1 28
136 18 K5BG 2754
1 6
K6TA S L CM98 30
0 0 30
128 18 VE5UF
1812 1
9
KM4FO S L EM67 36
0 2 34
126 27 K5ZD 1472
0 7
N7WA S L CN87 27
0 2 25
120 16 AE9B 2476
1 5
HA2MN S L JN97 28
0 3 25
118 24 7S2E 1897
0 2
W9LYA S L EN62 41
0 6 35
116 28 K5BG 1417
1 3
AA4VV S L EM95 31
0 1 30
114 27 K0HA 1509
0 2
LY2OO S L KO14 27
0 0 27
112 27 G3BJ 1730
0 1
AD6ZJ S L DM13 28
0 6 22
104 18 K5GO 2211
1 5
OK1KZ S L JO70 28
0 3 25
94 21 7S2E 1598
0 1
N7MAL S L DM25 19
0 1 18
82 15 K5BG 1694
0 5
LZ9R S L KN32 14
0 0 14
78 13 OH0R 2043
0 1
JF2SKV S L PM85 10
0 1 9
34 7 JT1CO 2848
0 1
K7AWB S L DN17 6
0 0 6
28 5 N2IC 1798
0 1
NJ7I S L DM43 3
0 0 3
6 2 N2IC 217
0 1
Single
operator - QRP power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUP BUST QSO Pts
Grid Best DX KM QRP LP
K7CA S Q DM37 250
0 3 247
5312 121 JA2ZJW
9257 20 61
KS0T S Q EN36 248
6 2
240 3512 125 PJ2/WB9Z 4392
15 61
N5IA S Q DM52 195 3
1 191 3224
114 JH4UYB 10171
9 49
K7NJ S Q DM37 188 0
3 185 3208
110 JH4UYB 9528
7 52
N2NT S Q FN20 184 0 2 182
2212 88 LY3UM
7041 11 44
N4ROA S Q EM86 201
0 6 195
2140 97 PJ2/WB9Z
3005 18 48
KB8U S Q EN71 196
0 9 187
1984 94 PJ2/WB9Z
3571 18 46
WA4PGM S Q FM07 180
0 0 180 1800
85 K7RAT 3731
13 48
K9FO S Q EN61 153
0 3 150
1644 86 PJ2/WB9Z
3660 11 38
KT0R S Q EN35 104
0 2 102
1320 63 KV4FZ
4047 6 32
N9UC S Q EN61 139
0 3 136
1248 81
PJ2/WB9Z 3660 7
34
N6WG S Q CM87 108
0 0 108
1220 53 PJ2/WB9Z
6015 4 30
KR2Q S Q FN20 121
0 0 121
1212 64 K7CA
3284 9 32
W5WMU S Q EM40 66
0 1 65 1088
51 N5TM 7213
5 19
W6UB S Q EM75 103
0 8 95
980 63 K7RAT
3372 3 25
VE3MGY S Q FN03 100
0 10 90
968 53 K7CA
2937 10 25
W8VE S Q EN90 111
0 3 108
916 58 K8FC
2070 7
34
N8ET S Q EN81 75
0 3 72
820 51 K7RAT 3233
7 18
W0CH S Q EM26 69
0 1 68
804 52 K7RAT 2543
4 25
N0UR S Q EN35 75
0 1 74
780 50 KC7V 2034
6 21
W3TS S Q FN10 82
0 4 78
708 59 N2IC 2983
5 21
K7TQ S Q DN16 65
0 3 62
668 33 K5BG 2307
4 18
KB0YH S Q DM79 51
0 3 48
656 38 N1EU 2698
3 13
RV3QX S Q LO00 61
0 2 59
652 51 F5IN 2732
0 8
OH4MFA S Q KP32
52 1 1 50
636 44 F6HKA 2513
0 2
US2IFH S Q KN98 50
0 4 46
596 38 RV3YR 5542
0 5
N0OCT S Q EM48 60
1 4 55
568 42 K7CA 1931
5 20
VE7VV S Q CN88 44
0 1 43
560 29 K5PTC 3099
3 11
W1CSM S Q FN42 65
0 0 65
512 36 K0HA 2174
2 18
GW4ALG S
Q IO81 50 1 1 48 492 40 RL3A 2654
1 5
N9NE S Q EN54 51
0 0 51
448 37 K7BG 1731
4 19
N4CW S Q FM05 50
0 1 49
408 35 K5UN 1666
2 12
K0KX S Q EN35 27
0 0 27
344 26 PJ2/WB9Z 4306
1 4
N6TR S Q CN85 31
0 0 31
332 24 PJ2/WB9Z 6249
0 6
G3YMC S Q IO91 36
0 1 35
320 32 7S2E 1927
1 1
DJ3GE S Q JO30 28
0 0 28
252 27 RL3A 2072
0 1
DL1LAW S Q JN59 35
0 2 33
252 30 7S2E 1773
0 2
KD0CA S Q EN41 14
0 0 14
224 12 K7NU 1915
3 2
N8XA S Q EM79 23 0 0 23 164 22 K0RF 1708
0 2
KM4CH S Q EM78 35
0 6 29
156 25 K5ZD 1266
0 4
K4AQ S Q EM73 17
0 0 17
104 16 K0HA 1319
0 3
K6MI S Q DM06 9
0 1 8
92 8 N0NI 2145
0 2
NU7T S Q DM09 15
0 2 13
80 11 K8FC 1217
0 5
OM6JO S Q JN99 7
0 0 7
44 7 DL9YX 824
0 0
K3HX/QRP S Q FN00
1 0 0 1 32 1 KB8U/QRP 517
1 0
KQ3V S Q FN20 2
0 1 1 4
1 WE3C 0
0 0
Multi
operator - Low power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUP BUST QSO Pts
Grid Best DX KM QRP LP
YU1RA M L KN04 45
0 2 43
226 39 7S2E 2226
0 6
Multi
operator - High power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUP BUST QSO Pts
Grid Best DX KM QRP LP
W2GD M H FM29 485
10 25 450
2267 211 5B4AGN
8983 22 91
KE9I M H EN61 489
7 7 475
1936 202 JA5DQH
10663 28 100
RL3A M H KO85 306
8 11 287
1840 180 VK6HD
12510 5 42
JA3YBK M H PM84 113
2 2 109
1720 90 K5BG
10698 2 16
WD5R M H EM45 453
0 30 423
1714 193 ZL3IX
13050 18 93
K1LT M H EM89 433
5 7 421
1634 180 SV3RF
8556 28 95
YZ7A M H KN05 271
0 17 254
1280 162 VK6VZ
12864 7 38
KG6WXJ M H CM97 250
1 5 244
1200 133 ZL3IX
11170 9 64
UU5A M H KN74 105
1 6 98
362 72 9V1GO
8163 3 17
Soapbox
The equator is not the place to compete in a 160m
contest. All of the very few contacts
were
Born 1939, Age 65, rig 4.5W out, windom-ant 83m long - DL1LAW
TS870, ANT-LW 42m - EV6M
FIRST TIME CONTEST WITH JUST FEW HOURS OF TRAFFIC. INTERESTING FOR TRY NEW SET UP OF ON THE TOP BAND ANTENNA FARM. HOPE TO BETTER IN 2005. - F6IRA
100 Watts - INVERTED L ANTENNA - F8BPN
This is actually part of my 9A CW contest log. On 160 I sent a serial number and my locator. Hope this is okay ! 73 - c u next time. - G0MTN
Conditions not as good as last year and many Europeans seemd to be out partying rather than operating. Several stations gave no Locator - shown as "oo" below. Hope I can claim 1 point for these! Rig: 400 watts to 90ft vertical + K9AY rx loop - G3BJ
This is my first entry in this contest. Pity conditions to
Band conditions were generally poor - but was glad to get JT1CO in my log. My QTH is very small and the antennas fit in a space of 18 x 60 ft. This entry may therefore qualify for consideration in the VK6VZ 'flying doctor' category !! - G3XGC
My third year in this contest and enjoyable, but slow going on QRP! The change in date resulted in a clash with the 9A contest... This is an excellent contest for encouraging QRP operation, but support from the QRP community is somewhat lacking in the UK 73 Dave - G3YMC
My first entry in the Stew Perry contest. Hard work on QRP, but good fun! - GW4ALG
A NICE CONTEST IT WAS. THANKS TO ORGANIZERS AND CONTESTANTS. RIG TS-530SP 100 W OUT LAMBDA/8 VERTICAL LW - HA2MN
Just to warm up my fingers after a 2 years stop -- hope better next year - IK0HBN
I have been participated on this contest since the first
time. I participated on LowPower SingleOp. The condition
was the best since the first time of this contest! I could QSO with many European stations OH,OH0,SM,LY with bear foot by not using gray line path. Especially OH2BH Marty had a
very good ears! These ware my new entities since 30 years! The conditions of the
Output power 50watts - JH1GVY
Great Activity. - JH4UYB
Worked EA9IE on SSB for a new one. No contest QSO but very happy! Steve - K0CS
THE CONDX WERE BETTER HERE. SORRY FOR BEING A ALLIGATOR..BUT ON A CITY LOT SORRY..UA0 AND JA THANKS FOR THE CALLS SOME I COULDNT GET..PTL MERRY CHRIST - K0UK
ThanKS for a great contest! - K1AR
I knew of three QRP stations, so I added in their bonus to my claimed score. - K1EP
First try at the Stew Perry test, but didn't have much time available. Conditions were good and the band was pretty quiet for a change. - K1JB
It was a dark and stormy Friday
night before the 2004 Stew Perry Topband Distance
Challenge when, despite a severe case of indisposition which is not so unusual
when you are so old you can remember when a DX-20 was an upgrade, I pulled
the back door closed and locked behind
me before realizing that I'd left the door key inside the house, to see if my
14-year-old Subaru Legacy L wagon with the original battery, air conditioning,
and some but not objectionable rust but it's paid for and for which I had the
key would deign to start, so I could drive to Home Depot for a 500-foot spool
of wire to erect a last-minute Beverage receiving antenna for the impending
"Stew" contest that inexplicably begins and ends in broad daylight at
this location nestled among the barren, dormant soybean fields of east central
Indiana and the Ninth Call Area which, despite being in Indiana, is on Eastern
Time, which suggests I should be able to work lots of European DX but I can't,
and which still does not explain why the Stew begins in broad daylight but as I
always say when I hoist a Guinness at 9 in the morning although I usually can't
afford Guinness? It's after
Yaesu FT-897 transceiver
operated at 5 watts into an 5-MHz OCF 28-gauge
insulated wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in trees next to I-75 in downtown
Goal was 2000 points so could get one of those Boring certificates but did not make it unless get lots of help from QRP 4X QSO's. Will be keeping toes crossed for the log checking. Tnx to the Boring group for a very good contest that keeps everyone on their toes with the grid square exchange. Tnx also to all for the QSO's. Hope to CU soon. 73 Bob - K5BG
I often miss the Stew due to Christmas vacations, so it
was a pleasure to operate this year.
Conditions sounded good, and activity was better than previous years,
but scores could be much higher with more participants! Very good conditions to the
West Coast but no one was on out there.
Better activity from
4 w out to sloper - K6MI
Wild and Wacky! First Timer - K6OWL
No salt lake bed this year! - K6SE
Great fun! Off center fed dipole at 55 ft not the best ant for sure but it did OK. - K6XT
GREAT CONTEST. MANY THANKS TO K7RAT AND CREW. IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY STATIONS CAN COPY A 5 WATT SIGNAL. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T EVEN GET A QRZ FROM JT1CO, PY2FUS, PZ5RA, AND YV5MBA. Having 4 different 8 element vertical arrays sure helps QRP. - K7CA
Most interesting - the first time I've entered this contest
from the
I look forward to the Stew each year. This year my longest distance was F6/F6GNZ in
the Marquesa's, that was a great contact.
The best QRP contact was with Doug, KR2Q (FM20) in NNJ. Doug was running 4 watts into a half wave
wire spread across his back porch. Fantastic ! This is
definitely a gentleman's contest, not too crowded, not too many clicks, plenty
of room to roam around and it seemed for the most part everyone observed the DX
window. Thanks to all the folks who gave
me a QSO. No Europeans were heard at
this location in
I enjoyed this one again, even thought cndx were punk this yr. It's my favorite 160 Test as it really requires you to copy something. The "scoring by distance" feature is tops! CU Next Yr - K8IA
Great contest...The scoring system gives even the Black
Hole of the
My first QRP Stew Perry and enjoyed it a lot. Heard some EU but no qso. Band up and down with more down. Station: FT-1000MP, Invt L with ground screen, 3 bi-directional beverages for RX. - K9FO
A few more QSOs but less condx. - K9NW
Used a
I had every intention of working all the DX and at least twice as many stations as I did with my 38-foot vertical and 100 watts, but it didnt happen. Why, you might ask? Brace yourself -- I am convinced that I was abducted by aliens during the 2004 SPTBDXC! I know it sounds crazy, but there are entire stretches of the contest where I have no recollection! My wife said that I was sitting here CQing but I think they got her too! By the way, I think I heard every Christmas light and microwave oven in the neighborhood -- or was it just the implant that "they" put in my head? You be the judge... - KB5NJD
My First Stew Perry. I had a blast! - KB7Q
Upgraded from an inverted-vee last year to a shunt-fed tower this year. The hard work sure paid off. Best regards, Russ - KB8U
Stated off great, good runs with locals
and west coasters. Could not hear much east of the Miss. Did manage to get
Family Christmas kept me off for the first 11 hours. Then
the eggnog hit, and went to bed for a few hours. Best I could do with 100 watts
and an inverted EL that really bends back down at the top. Good to hear
Just playing around as time permitted (3.7 hours). Always fun! K7CA must have great ears to hear my 4 watts and lousy wire. Called K7RAT many times, but he CQ'ed in my face every time. - KR2Q
TRIED QRP, WAS AMAZED WHAT I COULD WORK. - KT0R
Condition this year was much better to East than last year. Nice contest. Hope to join next year too. 73! Thanks for last year plaque - LY7Z
"Muddy track" conditions again this year, but one day the fog will lift! Shut out on JA this year, but thanks to PJ2/WB9Z there was one intercontinental DX in the log and mahalo to a couple of KH6 stations. The new Beverages worked well a noise-avoiders, but couldn't overcome the skywave absorption. Adding the extra radials did improve the transmit range some. A net improvement. See you in next year's Stew! - N0AX
What a night! It all started with a new roofing filter mod for the MKV that showed up on Friday. The contest starts at 1500Z and I don't start the mod until 2000Z! Big mistake. My rig is all over the shack and I'm supposed to be in a contest! Then the temps start to drop (eventually to -7F) and a relay in the beverage sticks on West. Brother! Now what? I finally get a work around by leaving current run through the relay for a while and then it would switch. Then the wood stove in the shack starts giving me fits. Where's the girl scout water when you need to light the stove? My bride decides that 22:00Z is a good time to start painting a bedroom. "Want to help honey?" Not really. It reminded me of the Geico ad on TV where the lady of the house walks in the door and asks "Honey, does this dress make me look fat?" The guy doesn't even look at her and responds "Yep!" The announcer says "In the time it take to make your bed on the sofa, you could have new car insurance." When I responded "No" to her request, I could see the pillows and blankets getting pulled from the closet before my breath had passed my lips! I wonder if she'll let me put up that second tower next spring? Bad time to ask huh? With the shack basically at 50 degrees F, the computer starts to whine. Obviously, it doesn't like the cold weather either. In desperation, I place the computer in my lap and start hugging the cabinet in an attempt to warm the innards to the point where it will actually start without a hitch. I don't know if it helped do anything other than make ME very cold. My hands were numb from clutching the cold steel of the cabinet. It finally did start. And Writelog booted just fine. Whew! Another bullet dodged. After the "No" remark, well, no candy bars or soda is anywhere to be found. Cold, hungry, and thirsty, I attempt to start the contest. After putzing with my new Keyer for about 20 minutes, I finally start the contest. Conditions are absolutely lousy! Even K9DX is light into MN. Great! Just what I need. Now the Sun is against me too! I've never had so many ESP QSOs in a contest. "Is everybody running QRP?" I don't even hear the left coast until mid-evening. And the right coast is faint for all but a few of the usual big guns. Early this AM, still cold, and even hungrier, I am chasing the illusive 300th QSO. "I've got to make 300!" I thought. So here is my log. All 299 QSOs. The 300th Q never did appear in the pass band. But Lord knows I tried. Thanks to everybody for the Qs. Another great running of the Stew... Ford - N0FP
My second Stew Perry but doubled my QSOs and tripled my last score. The QRN was fierce here and on occasion, the rain pounding on the tin roof was louder than the noise in the headphones! - N0NM
Tried to beat last year's score, but honey-do's beat me instead. Not bad considering I didn't operate as much as I wanted, and I only used 5W and a 40 meter dipole. Now, as far as the nitrogen, carbon and oxygen in my call sign. . . I hope *you* guys are scoring that! I'm a chemist, and I don't even want to try to think about scoring it. . . - N0OCT
Contest dates: December 18-19, 2004 Total QSOs: 76 Equipment: ICOM 746 Pro, Spi-Ro 70 ft all band antenna MY goal for next year is to have K7RAT hear me. - N2ZU
Worked 26 Europeans. Limited station at this QTH with only antenna being an inverted vee up in a pine tree. Best DX was RK1AM (18 points). Conditions getting better and looking forward to operating with Bill, K1ZM at VY2ZM next month..Brrrrr. - N4PN
Poor conditions early on. No EU heard. Much less score than last year. - N5IA
Didn't do nearly as well as last year. Condx definitely worse. Participation seemed to be down too. - N6RK
Wow, this was an ordeal.
I put in more hours than last year and wound up with the same number of QSOs. I pulled an
all-nighter to see if I could pick up a few more QSOs
and beat last year. No joy. During 0900 and 1200 hours had no QSOs at all. I heard lots of signals, but had worked them
all earlier. When S&P ran out of new
stations to work, I resorted to CQing. I've discovered that 57 of my 108 QSOs came from CQing. Must have been a lot of other S&P
stations out there. This is almost 53%
of my total QSOs from CQing,
a major change from the past. It seemed to me this year that the Stew Perry just
lacked enough critical mass to sustain interest. With conditions being in the dumper, I'm
working harder than ever just to stand still :-) If there really were as many stations as ever
out there, I sure couldn't find them. I've been working on my receiving gear,
and now have my full-size Flag loop plus a large rotatable
tuned loop. It is at least as sensitive
as the Flag, plus I can turn it to reduce some background noises. Not all, unfortunately. Each loop has strengths and weaknesses, but
they complement each other well. Both
loops have close to the same output level, so I can run them into the same
homebrew preamp with an antenna switch. My remotely-tuned TX vertical worked
well. I could either peak it in the
center of a 30 kHz window above or below the DX window, or for a prolonged
period of CQing, I could peak it on the frequency I
chose. For me the bright spot was working PJ2/WB9Z, for a new most-distant
contact. I also worked two KH6 for
backup. Nothing east of
Propagation seemed highly unstable with stations dropping into the noise and popping back out quite rapidly. Not a good year for QRP, so I gave the contestants a break and ran 100 watts. - N7IR
Ran QRP for the 90 minutes I was able to operate. Some guys can hear, and some guys can't! Had a great time - I'll be back next year! - N8ET
Thanks to everyone for the q's;
This was a great contest, thought I had many of the planets to align for this
one, however murphy decided to get chime in a bit...
my score was somewhere around 140+60i. The imaginary contacts were the ones I
might have had in the last two hours... Rig: FT1000mp, volume set to 100w. RX
Antenna: Unterminated beverage ~600 in the woods at
60 degrees magnetic along the property line. TX Antenna: 1/4 wave wire lifted
with a helium-filled advertising blimp (from The Blimpworks).
Anchored in a clearing on the side of a ridge 20 miles east
of
Quite a bit of fun this year. Better conditions sure helped. - N9RV
First QRP effort in the Stew Perry. Thanks to all for patiently pulling our weak signal out of the noise. - N9UC
This is the way the contest ends, This is the way the contest ends, This is the way the contest ends, Not with a bang but a whimper. - NI6T
Oops, the antenna was burned after only 6hrs operation... - OE1ZKC
My first Stew Perry contest from Aland. I was lucky, band was less noisy than ev - OH0R
TRX: ICOM IC-706 PWR: 100 WATTs ANT: 41 m Long Wire - OM4DN
Boring, as usual. Which makes it fun ! Keep it going ! - ON4WW
I WORK ONLY THE SEARCH AND POUNCING METHOD FOR THE LOVE
OF THE CW AND TO FIND ALL CONTEST FRIENDS. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IS LOWER (RAINY) . I HAVE JUST TO HEAR
SURPRISED TO GET SEVERAL REPORTS WID GRID ONLY - PA3AFF
Wish I had more time to participate - and of course a better antenna..... tks/hny/73 Herman - PA3BFH
Propagation in eastern direction much
better than last year, glad to work JT1CO for the very first time with only a
short dipole.
Terrible QRN !!! - PY2FUS
Thanks for nice contest! KV4FZ was 579 really on sunrise, K9DX was 339 on peak, but no QSO with
I DONT KNOW WHAT MY SCORE IS. ANYWAY IT WAS FUN! 73 - S57DX
Antenna destroyed by iceing during the Sundaymorning. PA damaged by SWR. QRT. - SA1A
Members of SP DX Club - SQ9FMU
Tnx all fer test, 73 de Vlad - UA0ACG
I like the contest very much, unfortunatly slept 5 hours for the first night, next time will do all night setup:ft1000d, wave dipole 40m high, 2 bv e-w I DO NOT KNOW WHY THE PROGRAM DID NOT COUNT THE POINTS SEE YOU NEXT YEAR - UA3DPX
IC-706 75W Inverted-L - VE3NZ
Conditions were not as good as in 2003. I only was able to work a dozen European stations and could not hear KH6. Even so, the contest was interesting and enjoyable. Thanks to the Boring people for organizing this contest. I have participated in all of them to date. Rig: Drake TR 7 running 100 watts Antennas: Inverted L, one Beverage and one pennant. - VE3OSZ
Fun again. Except fell asleep 2nd morning - VE3PN
CONDITIONS TO EU MUCH POORER THAN LAST YEAR. MY SCORE WAS ONE HALF OF LAST YEAR AS A RESULT - VE3QAA
In the hours after sunset b4 Stew 2004 started 160M was wide open to NA. An hour b4 it started the band shut like a trap. Prised it open for a few hours to central Eu and SM/OH but that was it. Roll on Stew 2005! - VK6VZ
Only had opportunity to operate during
early morning of Sunday. W2GD strong signals here until beyond
Power less than 100 watts - W0TY
My second attempt at the Stu Perry, still no RX antennas here, but hope to change that this year. Great contest, great ops, great fun! - W0UO
Only spent a short time but nice to see lots of old friends - W1FJ
High, presumably local, noise. But still beat last year's score, if I didn't bust too much. 3hours op time. Maybe next year I'll stay up all night... - W1JQ
Woke up at
My first time in the Stew. Had a blast. Installing a westward beverage the day of the contest made all the difference! - W3EF
Decent conditions, need more activity. - W4NTI
1st SP. Interesting! - W5GZ
Not much DX during the hour I was on, but lots of fun! - W8RU
THANKSGIVING I erected a 160 meter Inverted L. This is my 3rd 160 contest this winter! Thanks for sponsering it! - W8VE
Nice activity despite bad band conditions. Need more pub! - W9RE
THE NEW 4-SQUARE WORKED FB. HAD A REAL PIPELINE TO
EASTERN EU EARLY. LATER, SOME WESTERN EU CALLED IN WHILE BEAMING
NORTH. THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE BACK. THE
First time entry: small vertical amongst many large trees. Unfortunately, I will Got a number of "rises" from EU but was only able to work So2R (awas relatively Hopefully next year there will be a sponsored award to shoot for. - WB2ABD
First time in Challenge. Very good way to score a contest. Will make a bigger effort next year! Len - WT6G
What a great contest, instead QRM was a grateful experience. Thanks!!! - YV5MBX