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 |
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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 <