Results - First Stew Perry Top Band Challenge This is an exciting time for TopBand (160 meter) operators. The low sunspot numbers have provided two consectutive years of good propagation and a very active internet mail reflector has been establised bringing TopBand operators together world wide to dicuss this fascinating band. Some highlights of this past "season" included 4X4NJ working his 50th state for 160 meter WAS. Other highlights include WAC being made from the WEST coast with only 100 watts and simple wire antennas. Another highlight was the first running of the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge. Stew, W1BB, is the founding father of DXing on TopBand. After coming up with a new concept in 160 meter DX contesting, it only seemed natural to name the contest after him in his honor. The contest was held on December 28th and 29th and was blessed with better than average conditions. Europe was workable from the USA west coast for several hours. GM3POI had a fantastic signal for several hours and provided many the chance to work their first European during a contest. In an attempt to equalize scores around the world, a formula was established which awarded QSO points based upon the distance between the two stations making the QSO. For each QSO, you received one extra point for every 500 kilometers spanned. This meant working a station down the street gave you one point, working someone on the other coast gave you 8 to 10 points, and working someone in a different part of the world gave you 15 to 25 points. Another experiment with the scoring concerned power multipliers. Stations running less that 100 watts were given a multiplier of 2, and stations with less than 5 watts multiplied by 4 instead. The goal here was to allow low power stations the ability to compete in the same score listing with the high power stations. It appears that both of these scoring formulas meet their objectives. The top score went to GM3POI - which is no surprise. However, the second place score came from W7GG in Oregon!! The third place score is a low power score from New Mexico, and the number seven score came from a QRP station on the east coast. The contest lasted for 24 hours starting at 1500 UTC. However, only 14 hours on time could be used. The rules indicated that only one off time could be taken between your first and last QSO. The intent here was to allow people to take their daylight hours off. The wording of this rule was the most difficult part of writing up the rules! It appears this paid off and everyone was able to be on the band when it made sense. The second running of this contest is scheduled for December 27th. Hope you can join the fun. Multi WW2Y 1770 N1BB 1566 K2OWE 1164 N5DX 801 HIGH POWER SO GM3POI 3485 W7GG 2258 SM4HCM 2064 K8MK 2043 N7EX 1639 K8CC 1611 op W8MJ N3OC 1560 K5NA 1296 N4AR 1269 K3WW 1103 4X4NJ 1069 NI6T 1060 VY1JA 991 W5WMU 851 K7OX 849 N5UL 819 N0IJ 791 N8EA 766 K7RAT 764 op N6TR KH2D 763 KG4W 748 KB4GID 719 K4RO 711 VE3EJ 706 JA5BJC 700 KL7Y 690 K5ZD 678 W0OY 655 op N6ZZ AJ6T 647 N6LL 646 op WA6CDR WC4E 644 VE7FPT 614 AA8U 580 KC6VW 566 W0UY 563 VE3RM 560 N4BP 556 OK1FJD 532 OH8LAE 526 K1PX 515 W9RE 473 K2XA 450 W1WEF 447 N4AF 405 G0IVZ 397 VE6LB 370 WI0R 362 K8JP 354 K5TT 353 K0EJ 346 WA7VNI 284 W2KA 262 W8PT 252 N8YYS 249 N1MD 237 N4XR 206 K8MR 200 KO7V 160 VS96BG 156 K2BM 155 KB0IHM 149 K2PS 141 SM5BFJ 61 LOW POWER SO N5IA 2122 W0AIH 2094 op KM0O W3GH 1748 OM3TZQ 1726 K1HTV 1638 K7FR 1612 N2EE 1396 op K3BU N4OGW 1386 N9IG 1174 VE3OSZ 946 WA2DFI 942 WA7LNW 920 W9RM 808 W0VU 764 KJ9C 758 VE3KP 748 W9WI 746 N7CKD 742 K3CT 708 N0AX 706 N8II 662 K5NZ 654 LY1DS 580 KS4S 579 NS0B 576 K3SV 560 PA0RCT 558 W4EF 550 W8RU 546 W3TMZ 528 WO1N 524 SP2EWQ 462 WA8ZDT 458 KK7A 450 W4/VE7CPN 446 N9CIQ 434 K2JL 420 W3CP 412 N2NL 396 K4BAI 380 WA8YRS 376 W8KTQ 362 K8CV 336 N2BIM 334 N6AA 332 DL9FBS 318 UR5IBG 296 KK1L 278 N0HF 264 K4FU 206 DJ5NN 198 W7GNP 150 DL7ANQ 112 KB3AFT 102 JM1LPN/1 52 OH1NOA 42 K5TR 6 QRP ND3F 1944 K1ZM 1720 NN9K 1220 DJ8WL 708 K3WWP 616 KI0G 616 N3BNA 520 SP2HPD 280