Results, Seventh Annual (2002) Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge
Boring Amateur
Radio Club – K7RAT
15125 SE Bartell Road
Boring, OR 97009 k7rat@kkn.net
The seventh running of the Stew Perry Topband
Distance Challenge was held on December 28th and 29th. Conditions were still in
the doldrums, but activity continues to grow. Looking over the logs, you can
see that there are pretty much 3 different contests going on - one in Europe,
one in the USA, and one everywhere else. There were very few QSOs crossing
either pond. Would you believe only 28 of GM3POI's 390 QSOs were with stations
in North America? I can remember hearing Clive's signal an hour before sunset
here in Oregon during the sunspot minimum.
VY2ZM (K1ZM operator) was head and shoulders above all
other scores. Not only was he one of the few stations to be able to cross the
pond for any significant number of QSOs, but he was doing it with QRP.
The top three high power scores are from different
continents. Mike, KH6ND took advantage of his high average point per QSO figure
to make the most of his 201 QSOs. Mike's best DX was with Laurent, FM5BH, the second place score. It seems that Laurent has made some
significant improvements in his station over the past few years and has an
excellent signal. His best DX was with ZS6UT - who didn't submit a log, but
only appeared in one other log - K9DX. The third place high power score went to
GM3POI, who edged out the guy who wrote the book on Top Band - ON4UN.
In the Low power category, Bob, GU4YOX handed out rare
Guernsey QSOs to the deserving and took first place. Second place went to W0AIH
with more QSOs, but a lower point count. G4VGO, another Bob from the UK, had
the third place low power score.
As already mentioned, VY2ZM, dominated the QRP category.
Milt, N5IA had the second place score - taking advantage of his distance from
the main activity. Milt also had one of the more spectacular QSOs in the
contest - working VK3IO at a distance of 13,422 kilometers. Third place went to
N0TT. Both N5IA and N0TT had fewer QSOs than Pat, N8VW who finished 4th, but
the distance scoring overcame Pat's advantage.
In the multi-operator category, top score honors went to
K7CA running the QRP category.
John, K9DX received the plaque for the most QSOs, and
VK3IO and G0IVZ both get the best DX plaque, working each other.
We received 326 logs, which is up about 10 percent from
last year. About 300 of these were submitted electronically. My eyes thank you
very much. 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 Eighth running of this great event will be on
December 27th and 28th. You can find complete
information, including the rules and sponsored plaques at our website
http://www.kkn.net/stew. The sunspots are starting to go away, and we really
expect a big explosion in the scores when all of this activity can hear each
other.
Don't miss the soapbox section of this write-up after the
scores.
Thanks again for all of the participation. See you
on the Top Band this winter.
Plaque Winners
The following 18 plaques will be awarded as shown in the
following table. We did not have an entry for the VK5AX memorial
"plaque" - for top score with pre-1960's valve technology. This award
(sponsored by VK6VZ) was an original Official Flying Doctors Service of VK
baseball hat. If you qualify for this award for the 2002 running, please let
the BARC know and we will correct this list. Otherwise, this award will be
available for the next running of the contest.
Hats off to Lew, W7EW, who administers
the plaque program. Your plaques should be in the mail before XMAS.
Sponsor
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Category
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Winner
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N5UL
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Top Score - Single Op - High Power
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KH6ND
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K7CA
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Top Score - Single Op - North America - High Power
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FM5BH
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KI7Y
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Top Score - Single Op - Europe - High Power
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GM3POI
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N5IA
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Top Grid Total
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ON4UN
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N7JW
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Top Score - Single Op - Rest of World - High Power
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4X3A
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W7GG
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Best DX Distance
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G0IVZ and VK3IO
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K7CA
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Top Score - South America
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PY2FUS
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N6TR
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Top Score - Single Op - Low Power
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GU4YOX
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K1PX
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Top Score - Single Op - Europe - Low Power
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G4VGO
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W7AT
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Top Score - Single Op - North America - Low Power
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W0AIH
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WA9IRV
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Calcutta Award - Top Score in VE3, VE4, Mn, Wi or NDak
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N0XB
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Horned Toad Wireless
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Top Score - Single Op - ROW - Low Power
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A92ZE
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W7EW
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Top Score - Single Op - QRP
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VY2ZM
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Low Band Monitor
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Top Score - Single Op - North America - QRP
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N5IA
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KJ9C
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Top Score from Blackhole
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N0TT
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Boring Amateur Radio Club
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Top Score - Single Op - Europe - QRP
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UA2FZ
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K7RAT
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Top score - Multi-op - World
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K7CA
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QSLs by N0TT
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Greater than 50 QSOs - Less than 21 years Old
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EU1TA
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KL7RA
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Top QSO Total
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K9DX
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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 1300 points or more who have not won a plaque. In addition,
all two letter grid fields without winners in the 1300 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.
Single-Operator - High Power Scores
Callsign Category Power Grid Raw Dupe Busted Net Score Grids Best DX call - km # QRP # Low
KH6ND S H BL01 209 5 3 201 2362 118 FM5BH 10237 6 34
FM5BH S H FK94 213 0 13 200 1815 125 ZS6UT 10697 2 34
GM3POI S H IO88 390 0 10 380 1755 192 VK3IO 16732 7 57
ON4UN S H JO11 373 5 19 349 1576 188 HP2CWB 8636 7 57
RA1ACJ S H KO59 327 6 16 305 1513 182 VK3IO 14831 6 54
4X3A S H KM71 189 2 4 183 1467 117 VK3IO 13708 1 18
K9DX S H EN52 452 12 28 412 1349 176 ZS6UT 14132 19 90
NB1B S H FN41 311 1 4 306 1357 153 RN6BN 8137 12 67
K4JA S H FM17 366 12 5 349 1322 165 KH6ND 7908 17 83
N2WW S H DM79 356 10 9 337 1318 163 JH4UYB 9884 15 78
RN6BN S H KN95 232 0 8 224 1284 145 HP2CWB 11350 3 34
HG3M S H JN96 378 0 55 323 1278 172 JT1CO 15310 4 44
RW4PL S H LO56 206 1 6 199 1248 129 VK3IO 13611 2 35
JT1CO S H ON38 120 0 3 117 1233 82 VK6HD 9247 1 11
N5RG S H EM12 304 2 7 295 1221 154 JA3YBK 10698 18 75
UA2FF S H KO04 341 0 4 337 1196 173 JA1CGM 8512 7 55
S50A S H JN75 314 0 29 285 1153 155 VK5GN 15189 4 50
S50U S H JN66 308 12 11 285 1127 169 VK3IO 15986 7 47
WD5R S H EM45 359 4 13 342 1106 160 KH6ND 6709 19 78
N1EU S H FN32 298 3 4 291 1062 142 KH6ND 8112 18 69
7S2E S H KP04 256 0 15 241 994 139 VK6HD 13688 3 43
JH4UYB S H PM64 90 0 6 84 984 64 W8JI 11506 0 8
G4OBK S H IO94 264 2 5 257 971 145 N5RG 7501 4 48
LY7Z S H KO15 306 1 11 294 959 148 JH4UYB 8041 7 48
N8EA S H EN82 318 4 1 313 935 150 HG3M 7516 21 76
VE3QAA S H FN15 250 2 8 240 884 126 RN6BN 8137 17 65
EA6ACC S H JM08 221 0 13 208 869 116 W9UCW 8872 0 28
OK1DX S H JN69 233 0 3 230 861 136 N5UL 8953 7 49
WE3C S H FN20 273 3 13 257 831 127 KH6ND 8001 15 59
LY3UM S H KO24 246 1 4 241 808 143 FM5GU 8453 3 50
VE3ZI S H EN96 163 1 5 157 795 107 PY2FUS 8475 11 43
KC7V S H DM43 195 2 7 186 794 105 JA6LCJ 10245 8 37
YL2PQ S H KO16 262 0 7 255 793 140 VK6HD 13357 3 47
G0CKP S H JO01 246 9 5 232 777 139 W8JI 6922 5 46
NH7O S H BK29 76 1 5 70 771 48 PY2FUS 12635 6 6
HA8BE S H KN06 239 0 7 232 767 138 JA3YBK 8994 4 47
N5UL S H DM82 184 4 1 179 741 114 OK1DX 8953 10 44
AE9B S H EM28 239 0 14 225 714 120 KH6ND 6328 14 63
VE3PN S H FN25 221 5 15 201 703 115 ON6AA 5527 14 56
W8MJ S H EN82 253 2 10 241 702 130 KH6ND 7304 13 59
N6RK S H CM98 158 0 3 155 692 90 JA6LCJ 9196 5 24
K5KG S H EL87 169 1 5 163 679 103 UA2FF 8409 8 51
KI7Y S H CN85 165 1 5 159 672 89 JA5DQH 8274 9 38
DL6RAI S H JN58 263 0 10 253 671 138 PY2FUS 9838 5 44
LY7A S H KO14 233 0 13 220 662 131 JA3YBK 8313 3 44
8S5X S H JO99 218 6 13 199 655 115 KL7RA 6204 5 40
N9RV S H EN70 227 0 2 225 649 123 S58A 7669 14 68
DK2OY S H JO44 245 0 5 240 641 136 FM5GU 7418 5 48
RV1CC S H KO59 180 0 3 177 623 117 JH4UYB 7399 2 37
G3PQA S H IO91 154 0 5 149 622 104 JH4UYB 9480 4 30
K1GU S H FN42 191 5 0 186 614 100 NH7O 8093 10 56
AA6TT S H FN34 162 0 0 162 612 95 KH6ND 8060 12 47
PA5KT S H JO11 192 2 13 177 585 113 K9DX 6599 2 33
G0IVZ S H IO70 147 1 4 142 582 97 VK3IO 17240 4 31
N4AF S H FM15 174 0 2 172 564 97 KH6ND 7959 10 54
K4SV S H EM85 213 0 2 211 562 106 ON6AA 6765 13 56
N4IR S H EM86 249 4 7 238 561 102 N6RK 3345 13 59
K4BAI S H EM72 199 0 0 199 561 105 N6RK 3312 13 56
KU1CW S H EM29 179 0 5 174 548 107 KH6ND 6324 10 53
W2VJN S H CN82 131 2 7 122 541 72 7M3HLQ 8029 8 31
VK3IO S H QF22 26 0 3 23 531 20 G0IVZ 17240 1 0
OK1DRU S H JO70 237 0 9 228 518 124 VE3ZI 6591 6 45
SP5DRH S H KO12 183 1 18 164 516 111 JA5DQH 8436 5 29
G3XGC S H IO91 130 1 5 124 514 91 W9UCW 8145 3 21
DL6LAU S H JO53 209 1 9 199 504 119 JT1CO 6315 6 41
N2WK S H FN03 222 3 7 212 495 99 FM5BH 3644 14 56
OH2KI S H KP20 130 0 1 129 492 94 JH4UYB 7631 1 28
UA9SP S H LO91 94 0 5 89 490 73 JA3YBK 6315 1 9
K3WW S H FN20 218 2 9 207 481 93 G4VGO 5706 12 52
AA3B S H FN20 152 0 2 150 481 91 9A5Y 7093 12 44
RK6BZ S H KN95 115 0 4 111 458 77 JH4UYB 7657 2 16
W3BP S H FM17 162 1 6 155 439 93 ON4UN 6222 13 42
N4GG S H FM19 159 1 0 158 415 90 K6SE 3537 11 52
VO1HP S H GN37 70 0 1 69 406 51 RN6BN 6624 1 14
SM3X S H JP73 116 0 3 113 400 75 JT1CO 5436 2 23
NL7Z S H BP51 50 0 3 47 395 35 VK3IO 12473 3 9
NI6T S H CM97 127 0 3 124 375 67 AJ6T 4101 6 26
W3SO S H FN00 158 0 3 155 373 90 W6BH 3443 13 47
G3LZQ S H IO93 90 0 5 85 366 76 A45XR 5969 2 21
N6ZZ S H DM73 87 0 4 83 353 68 JA5DQH 10306 4 29
N6RO S H CM98 91 0 3 88 350 61 7M3HLQ 8414 6 22
JH2FXK S H PM84 32 0 4 28 342 28 S50U 9436 0 0
W6EU S H CM99 106 1 0 105 325 55 KH6ND 4116 7 22
W6VIO S H DM04 67 0 0 67 322 53 FM5BH 6192 6 17
JY9QJ S H KM71 50 0 5 45 321 41 JA1CGM 9314 0 0
W0UY S H EM18 112 1 4 107 304 74 K7MI 2409 9 37
UV5U S H KO50 102 0 4 98 301 73 EA6ACC 2707 1 15
RA3XO S H KO85 86 0 7 79 289 67 JH4UYB 7280 1 9
SM5D S H JO89 98 0 2 96 285 75 JT1CO 5559 1 20
OK1FCJ S H JO70 135 0 5 130 282 85 JT1CO 6218 5 27
OK1AYY S H JO70 134 1 1 132 281 88 4X3A 2681 4 28
N4UH S H EM95 101 0 6 95 280 63 DF2PY 7114 6 31
N2BJ S H EN61 121 0 2 119 278 70 N7IR 2291 7 40
UA9KM S H MP65 40 0 2 38 278 33 VK3IO 12974 0 4
SM6WQB S H JO68 111 1 3 107 276 78 4X3A 3431 2 21
N4GN S H EM78 101 0 2 99 271 69 FM5BH 3554 5 22
DK7ZT S H JO40 100 0 3 97 259 73 W9UCW 8827 3 21
G3TXF S H IO91 82 0 1 81 253 60 JT1CO 7080 3 13
W0GJ S H EN27 91 0 14 77 244 56 W5VX 2357 5 26
VO1NA S H GN37 35 0 3 32 225 28 RN6BN 6624 1 9
SM7DLK S H JO65 103 0 14 89 224 66 UA9QFF 3210 0 17
N1KWF S H FN32 80 0 6 74 223 51 S58A 6766 7 22
VR2BG S H OL72 32 1 0 31 214 20 GM3POI 9391 0 1
K2AF S H FN20 89 0 6 83 206 57 W6BH 3782 9 28
K4IU S H EN33 84 0 5 79 191 49 WA1Z 1793 1 26
SM7BHM S H JO76 81 1 10 70 178 55 VY2ZM 5228 1 15
WA6BOB S H DM04 39 0 0 39 170 30 JH4UYB 9322 5 9
K6CTA S H CM87 55 0 1 54 156 33 KH6ND 3883 7 5
KG9N S H EN50 52 0 0 52 156 47 FM5BH 3961 3 16
N1MD S H FN41 60 0 2 58 137 39 FM5BH 3145 2 17
WF3J S H FM18 66 0 0 66 136 48 KV4FZ 2604 2 23
G4BUO S H JO01 32 0 1 31 136 28 NO2R 5742 1 7
N0NM S H PJ27 16 0 1 15 105 10 VK6HD 4724 0 0
PY2FUS S H GG66 10 0 4 6 102 6 DL6RAI 9838 1 0
K8GG S H EN72 58 1 6 51 100 38 N6RK 3061 0 16
W3GN S H FM19 43 0 1 42 97 36 KV4FZ 2701 1 12
SP6AEG S H JO81 16 0 0 16 76 14 JT1CO 6039 0 3
N8KM S H EM99 35 0 0 35 69 26 VY2ZM 1656 1 14
RA9ST S H LO91 16 0 3 13 58 13 ON6AA 3793 0 0
VY1JA S H CP20 13 0 2 11 56 11 KH6ND 4721 0 2
OE1TKW S H JN88 27 0 3 24 43 23 GM3POI 1721 0 3
W4EF S H DM04 6 0 0 6 12 5 K7RAT 1268 0 2
Single-Operator - Low Power Scores
Callsign Category Power Grid Raw Dupe Busted Net Score Grids Best DX call - km # QRP # Low
GU4YOX S L IN89 284 1 6 277 2188 153 W9UCW 8093 3 40
W0AIH S L EN44 312 4 3 305 1924 145 KH6ND 6642 16 77
G4VGO S L JO02 234 0 11 223 1728 136 K5KG 7242 2 46
W1BB S L FN51 260 0 6 254 1686 114 KH6ND 8461 11 61
N0XB S L EN34 282 3 7 272 1676 133 KH6ND 6483 14 71
W3GH S L FN00 251 0 4 247 1666 134 9A5Y 7356 13 64
K4OAQ S L EM97 284 2 3 279 1534 132 KH6ND 7562 14 69
K4OGG S L EM73 270 1 2 267 1470 123 KI7Y 3491 14 65
WA9IRV S L EN54 257 9 0 248 1432 129 KH6ND 6801 16 68
K9MMS S L EN51 252 2 1 249 1424 132 KH6ND 6821 17 67
K1HTV S L FM18 294 4 7 283 1396 123 ON4UN 6148 18 68
K0EJ S L EM66 255 3 4 248 1334 127 KH6ND 7053 15 66
K1NT S L EM13 206 2 9 195 1326 116 KH6ND 6181 13 56
K9WJU S L EN71 271 8 4 259 1280 127 KH6ND 7154 16 72
N7IR S L DM43 153 0 0 153 1246 90 JH4UYB 9959 7 26
W0HW S L EN35 213 5 14 194 1218 114 KH6ND 6484 8 57
G3WPH S L IO91 212 4 4 204 1216 120 JT1CO 7080 4 36
K7SV S L FM18 236 1 5 230 1184 111 K7MI 4021 16 57
N9UC S L EN52 225 0 5 220 1178 121 FM5BH 4102 16 61
WE9V S L EN52 237 6 5 226 1176 113 FM5BH 4102 14 65
K9FO S L EN61 227 0 4 223 1166 110 KH6ND 6988 15 66
A92ZE S L LL56 60 0 0 60 1122 51 EA8AK 8839 0 1
G4ERP S L IO81 196 4 14 178 1058 107 W4AN 6658 4 36
VE3OSZ S L FN25 191 0 0 191 1046 93 FM5BH 3680 10 51
N8PR S L EL96 94 0 3 91 1040 70 RN6BN 10001 3 27
WA1Z S L FN42 185 0 1 184 1038 86 DF2PY 5952 12 48
WW3S S L EN91 231 1 1 229 1026 106 FM5BH 3561 15 58
N1LN S L EM20 143 0 5 138 1018 98 ON4UN 7935 10 39
K8GU S L EN90 232 1 3 228 1016 102 FM5BH 3475 17 62
K0IR S L EN25 155 1 2 152 998 92 KH6ND 6328 11 50
PA3AAV S L JO22 180 1 3 176 944 108 JT1CO 6619 1 37
VE3KP S L FN04 205 0 5 200 930 91 N6RO 3531 12 56
K4SB S L EM74 168 0 13 155 892 94 S58A 8136 13 45
W2TX S L FN13 201 0 1 200 868 90 W6BH 3623 12 55
KB5NJD S L EM12 140 0 2 138 850 86 KH6ND 6191 8 38
W0YK S L FN21 206 0 6 200 838 90 K7CA 3273 12 48
N8AA S L EN91 180 1 2 177 838 95 K7MI 3582 16 51
W7GG S L CN94 127 0 1 126 838 68 FM5BH 6523 8 24
K6SE S L DM15 114 0 1 113 792 66 KH6ND 4357 7 21
K8ND S L EN80 165 2 2 161 790 93 W6IXP 3223 13 53
WT9U S L EN71 193 4 3 186 784 98 K7CA 2439 13 60
EU1TA S L KO33 133 0 1 132 764 90 A92ZE 3594 1 29
W4SAA S L EL95 110 2 5 103 764 69 K7RAT 4342 3 28
K7RE S L DN84 116 0 1 115 758 78 N1EU 2424 9 28
K7BG S L DN47 97 1 0 96 740 63 KH6ND 5154 7 23
AD8P S L EN80 160 0 3 157 724 91 W6BH 3104 9 48
G3TJE S L IO81 114 1 3 110 724 77 RU9TC 4048 1 22
N7RT S L EM32 118 0 3 115 716 78 KV4FZ 3263 5 40
K6NR S L DM14 76 0 0 76 710 53 JA6LCJ 9750 5 13
OK1MCW S L JO70 146 0 5 141 690 96 N2WPN 6316 3 24
ON6AB S L JO21 157 1 8 148 678 92 VE1ZZ 4950 3 32
PA0INA S L JO22 152 2 9 141 668 91 KI1G 5634 3 29
SM5BFJ S L JO79 100 0 1 99 648 72 JA3YBK 8314 2 19
G0VQR S L IO91 124 0 3 121 638 76 VE1ZZ 4552 3 28
HB9CZF S L JN47 138 2 1 135 626 89 UA9SP 3579 1 29
K2YWE S L FM19 152 1 6 145 618 77 FM5GU 3182 11 47
K0RI S L DM78 101 0 3 98 610 73 KH6ND 5456 5 29
RW9QA S L MO25 53 0 3 50 606 42 G0IVZ 4533 1 5
N2ED S L FN20 127 0 6 121 604 70 KH6ND 8001 7 37
VE7SL S L CN88 75 0 3 72 590 51 KH6ND 4377 4 16
K9CW S L EN50 120 0 0 120 586 75 N6RO 2747 5 38
OM4DN S L JN98 127 0 0 127 584 82 UA9SP 2852 2 22
NA4K S L EM75 116 0 2 114 560 71 W6BH 2935 6 39
N0AX S L CN87 77 0 1 76 554 48 FM5BH 6738 8 14
N9NE S L EN54 126 2 2 122 542 70 K5KG 1961 8 36
K9RB S L EM90 84 0 5 79 536 56 DF2PY 7502 2 23
KN4Y S L EM70 107 0 6 101 528 75 FM5BH 3028 2 31
WQ5L S L EM50 92 0 0 92 524 69 KI7Y 3384 6 34
NY4N S L EM66 124 0 8 116 520 73 K7CA 2310 8 38
KI7WO S L EM28 98 1 0 97 518 67 K7RAT 2433 5 27
F8BPN S L JN05 101 0 7 94 512 55 RW4PL 3625 0 21
LY3BA S L KO26 100 0 2 98 512 73 UA9AX 2261 2 14
OK2BOB S L JN89 135 0 5 130 504 84 RU9TC 2812 1 24
KJ5WX S L EM46 94 0 1 93 478 62 K7RAT 2850 4 34
W4NZ S L EM75 101 0 2 99 472 67 N2WW 1820 6 37
VE3CR S L FN03 117 0 0 117 462 63 N2WW 2207 7 35
N2NC S L FN20 90 0 1 89 458 58 ON4UN 5873 7 31
W7AT S L CN84 60 0 4 56 454 41 KV4FZ 6140 4 14
N4ZR S L FM19 103 0 0 103 450 58 N2WW 2399 8 32
DK1IS S L JN59 118 0 7 111 444 80 VE1ZZ 5427 1 23
UA9WZ S L LO74 42 0 0 42 434 36 JA3YBK 6483 1 2
PA0MIR S L JO22 102 0 7 95 432 71 RU9TC 3496 1 17
HA8LNA S L KN06 104 2 6 96 428 63 G4ERP 1833 0 17
HB9ARF S L JN36 88 0 0 88 414 64 VE1ZZ 5292 0 18
K8IR S L EN65 95 1 2 92 408 56 N5RG 1680 3 30
8S0W S L JO99 73 0 1 72 404 53 JT1CO 5460 1 14
PA3GVI S L JO22 96 0 7 89 396 63 NB1B 5634 1 19
AA8TC S L EN72 89 2 4 83 392 59 KV4FZ 3358 7 28
N8BJQ S L EN80 99 0 3 96 390 60 FM5BH 3587 5 34
KN5H S L DM43 52 0 0 52 388 41 KH6ND 4881 5 13
S56A S L JN76 86 0 3 83 386 60 RU9TC 3080 1 12
OM7VF S L JN98 88 0 3 85 376 62 RU9TC 2715 0 14
SM6IQD S L JP93 66 0 5 61 372 49 S50A 2019 1 10
N9CK S L EN53 72 0 0 72 368 55 K7RAT 2694 4 29
NI5F S L EM42 70 0 6 64 366 49 KI7Y 3097 3 23
W8RU S L EN82 82 0 0 82 362 56 KV4FZ 3255 5 29
N4VV S L EM86 81 0 2 79 352 58 FM5BH 3274 4 28
K0INT S L DM04 70 0 4 66 352 36 JH4UYB 9322 5 8
K0UK S L DM59 56 0 7 49 340 42 KH6ND 5123 2 14
JM3CRK S L QM05 31 1 1 29 338 23 S58A 9345 0 3
N0EO S L EN36 65 0 2 63 334 48 N4PN 2011 3 22
DJ3RA S L JO72 72 0 0 72 332 53 VY2ZM 5412 1 15
HA3LI S L JN96 64 0 2 62 328 48 UA9SP 2942 2 12
UA4FER S L LO23 54 0 4 50 328 43 GM3POI 2981 0 1
SQ9FMU S L JO90 81 1 3 77 320 56 RW4PL 2204 0 13
N7WA S L CN87 66 0 1 65 318 33 KE9I 2913 5 11
SM7ATL S L JO86 76 0 3 73 312 55 GU4YOX 1545 0 11
F6HHR S L JO10 69 0 0 69 310 53 UY5ZZ 2347 0 12
W4NTI S L EM73 65 0 3 62 306 45 N2WW 1907 2 23
OK1DKO S L JO60 79 0 2 77 304 60 RN6BN 2007 0 15
W3CP S L FM19 76 0 3 73 300 47 FM5BH 3182 4 21
OK1VBA S L JO70 75 0 2 73 300 55 RU9TC 2911 1 15
LY2MM S L KO14 71 0 9 62 300 51 UA9AX 2433 1 8
DL5SVB S L JO63 97 6 18 73 286 52 EI0CZ 1476 1 15
N7LOX S L CN87 52 0 1 51 284 30 KH6ND 4322 4 9
PA3BFH S L JO22 59 0 0 59 280 48 UA3AB 2107 1 10
K1EP S L FN42 75 0 1 74 278 42 N5RG 2540 2 22
SM7EH S L JO77 57 0 1 56 274 41 RN6BN 2116 1 10
ON6TJ S L JO20 64 0 0 64 268 50 RA1ACJ 1924 0 12
WA3AAN S L FN20 78 1 4 73 258 42 K0HA 1861 2 20
N9TF S L EN52 57 0 1 56 258 46 KI7Y 2728 3 19
N4MM S L FM09 55 0 4 51 258 45 ON4UN 6204 3 18
UA9QFF S L MO25 32 0 2 30 242 26 G4VGO 4062 0 2
W0ZQ S L EN34 52 1 0 51 240 38 N1EU 1629 1 21
PA0JED S L JO31 61 0 2 59 238 46 RA1ACJ 1745 0 9
DL1JFM S L JO60 60 0 6 54 226 41 RU9TC 3045 0 13
DL3KWR S L JO64 52 0 0 52 222 42 RN6BN 2099 1 11
VK6VZ S L OF75 7 0 0 7 214 7 GM3POI 14806 0 0
K6DGW S L CM98 59 0 3 56 208 27 K5TR 2200 6 7
JE1TSD S L PM95 24 0 1 23 198 18 4X3A 9163 0 3
F6FJE S L JN27 45 0 0 45 194 37 RA1ACJ 2159 0 9
W5ODD S L EL09 32 0 1 31 188 27 K4JA 2222 3 13
G0MTN S L IO92 36 0 1 35 176 31 RA1ACJ 2119 0 5
W7ZR S L DM24 41 0 2 39 174 27 K0HA 1722 5 7
W8PN S L EN91 50 0 2 48 172 35 W5TM 1544 1 15
VE7IN S L CN89 28 0 1 27 172 21 KE9I 2920 2 7
W8XY S L EN90 50 0 2 48 162 31 N2WW 2047 3 16
SP3CQP S L JO82 39 0 0 39 154 33 G0IVZ 1538 0 4
PA3AFF S L JO21 34 0 3 31 154 29 UW2ZM 1884 0 4
N2CG S L FN20 33 0 0 33 150 32 N5RG 2154 1 13
KI6IV S L CM99 60 1 23 36 134 24 K9DX 2698 0 8
VA3IX S L EN93 44 1 4 39 130 28 NA4W 1329 1 14
AD6WL S L DM14 19 0 0 19 126 17 KH6ND 4340 3 3
RA1AR S L KO59 28 0 1 27 124 23 G4OBK 2002 1 1
K7UIR S L CN85 44 0 5 39 116 19 KE9I 2921 2 9
DJ9AO S L JO50 37 0 1 36 112 27 GM3POI 1267 0 6
W8HCS S L EN75 30 0 3 27 112 19 VY2ZM 1703 1 15
SM7BJW S L JO65 25 0 0 25 110 24 HA3MQ 1190 0 0
W0TY S L EM48 25 0 1 24 96 19 K1GU 1748 0 10
ON4CAS S L JO21 25 0 1 24 84 22 UA2FF 1123 0 4
UR4III S L KN87 16 0 0 16 82 14 7S2E 2126 0 0
JE1SPY S L PM95 16 0 0 16 74 12 KH6ND 6166 0 3
EA3ALV S L JN11 17 0 4 13 70 12 RN6BN 2921 0 2
K0MPH S L EN35 15 0 1 14 68 12 N7JW 1885 0 8
WB2ART S L FN30 22 1 1 20 54 15 K9MMS 1349 0 6
JK2VOC S L PM84 15 0 0 15 36 9 8N1OGA 964 0 3
F5RAB S L JN08 9 0 0 9 36 9 LA0CX 1386 0 0
Single-Operator - QRP Scores
Callsign Category Power Grid Raw Dupe Busted Net Score Grids Best DX call - km # QRP # Low
VY2ZM S Q FN86 288 2 3 283 6072 139 RN6BN 7290 11 58
N5IA S Q DM52 185 0 3 182 2752 108 VK3IO 13422 7 33
N0TT S Q EM29 192 1 0 191 2240 105 KH6ND 6324 9 55
N8VW S Q EN80 231 9 5 217 2080 109 NH7O 7129 13 66
NC7J S Q DN41 116 0 0 116 1444 70 KH6ND 4992 5 24
UA2FZ S Q KO04 124 0 0 124 1308 85 JT1CO 5631 1 21
WJ9B S Q FM06 115 0 3 112 924 61 KV4FZ 2516 5 34
WA4PGM S Q FM07 103 0 0 103 900 66 K7CA 2991 8 36
K5NZ S Q EM20 79 0 0 79 896 58 AA6TT 2476 3 31
RN1AO S Q KP50 66 0 0 66 820 54 G0IVZ 2492 1 9
K0KX S Q EN35 65 0 1 64 788 45 W6UM 2603 6 21
N2CU S Q FN02 101 0 0 101 748 59 K5RX 1865 8 31
K8FH S Q EN91 90 0 0 90 740 58 K7RE 1819 2 35
N0IJ S Q EN36 62 1 0 61 696 47 W2VJN 2413 4 24
N6WG S Q CM87 72 1 4 67 656 35 KH6ND 3883 4 11
K8CV S Q EN82 75 0 3 72 536 47 N5RG 1659 4 27
KR2Q S Q FN20 83 0 1 82 532 45 N0XB 1542 4 23
W8PT S Q FM09 81 0 8 73 512 48 N5RG 1795 6 27
K6EI S Q CM97 53 0 2 51 492 32 KH6ND 4053 4 9
W4FMS S Q EN72 67 0 3 64 464 43 N5RG 1533 3 28
DL1LAW S Q JN59 48 0 1 47 352 38 RA1ACJ 1697 0 7
W1CSM S Q FN42 40 0 0 40 340 26 N0XB 1788 4 13
G3YMC S Q IO91 36 0 0 36 292 30 RA1ACJ 2183 0 8
OK1FCA S Q JO70 45 0 1 44 272 31 7S2E 1598 0 3
WB6BWZ S Q EM73 39 0 2 37 272 30 VE3QAA 1498 0 9
K6MI S Q DM06 30 0 4 26 220 16 NH7O 3978 1 6
OM6AJO S Q JN99 26 0 0 26 172 23 GM3POI 1744 0 1
VY2MGY S Q FN04 28 0 2 26 168 24 NA4W 1502 0 9
VA7MM S Q CN89 24 0 1 23 156 12 NL7Z 2094 0 8
GW0VSW S Q IO81 12 1 1 10 84 9 RA1ACJ 2295 0 2
KX7L S Q CN87 13 0 0 13 72 10 K6CTA 1111 0 3
Multi-Operator - High Power Scores
Callsign Category Power Grid Raw Dupe Busted Net Score Grids Best DX call - km # QRP # Low
9A5Y M H JN85 329 1 9 319 1320 174 W9UCW 9627 7 54
KE9I M H EN61 425 3 15 407 1268 179 9A5Y 7783 21 89
JA3YBK M H PM84 82 2 1 79 1111 64 W9UCW 11189 0 11
OH2BO M H KP20 269 1 10 258 1075 155 VK3IO 15165 5 44
K7SCX M H EM15 278 0 6 272 922 142 KH6ND 6166 9 67
S50C M H JN76 301 2 8 291 848 156 JH0BDK 9163 5 50
NO2R M H FN20 269 0 20 249 783 122 RN6BN 8446 12 58
AJ6T M H FN31 248 1 8 239 725 114 KH6AT 7950 12 59
K7RAT M H CN85 189 0 6 183 715 98 FM5BH 6698 9 41
Multi-Operator - Low Power Scores
Callsign Category Power Grid Raw Dupe Busted Net Score Grids Best DX call - km # QRP # Low
W2GD M L FM29 308 1 13 294 1612 125 KH6ND 8027 14 69
W5TM M L EM15 210 6 1 203 1236 111 KH6ND 6166 11 57
YU1RA M L KN04 117 0 5 112 614 76 RU9TC 2767 0 20
AE9ZH M L EN54 70 0 5 65 248 41 W1BB 1661 1 26
Multi-Operator - QRP Scores
Callsign Category Power Grid Raw Dupe Busted Net Score Grids Best DX call - km # QRP # Low
K7CA M Q DM37 205 0 1 204 3692 116 KH6ND 4746 11 51
K5GO M Q EM36 169 1 9 159 1660 99 W7AT 2676 10 47
KR0B M Q EN36 109 3 4 102 1084 64 NB1B 1843 6 30
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Conditions appeared to be excellent, but many I called didn't hear me. There seemed to be much less activity than in past years. I took a break from 0205 to 0240 on 29 December. In order to get 1 point credit for stations that didn't give locator, I had to trick the software by entering my own grid square (KM71) as if it was received. This was done for 4 QSOs with: LZ8T, F5LQ, UA3YBB, EA8AK. Please recalculate my score. I'm sure the above (1468) is not correct. - 4X3A
First time out in the Stew Perry Challenge. I enjoyed it tremendously and was surprised to be called by VK6HD, S9SS, VR2BG and a few other nice ones. No USA or Canada in the log as usual on the lower bands. I heard NB1B rather well but only got 2E? from him. I guess being at 64 degrees north (KP04ke) has some drawback. But this was compensated with the nice points I got for working continental European stations - most were worth 4 or 5 pts per QSO. I will be back next year probably with a vertical antenna as well as the inverted dipole I used now. I might even ad a couple of beverages for listening. - 7S2E
VERY BAD CONDITION , SIGNAL WERE RATER WEAK EVEN FROM BIG GUNS , ALSO NIGHT WITH RAIN DIDN'T HELP AT ALL , TO MUCH QRN SO SOME SIGNALS COULD BE NEVER HEARD TO GET COMPLETE CALL THIS WAY WILL APOLOGIZE TO THOSE STATION WHO HAVE CALLED WITHOUT SUCCESS ! CU NEXT YEAR AGAIN , HOPE IN BETTER CONDITION ! - 9A5Y
Only worked for a couple of hours. Very fun though. I have never done any 160 contesting before. I will definitely have to work on my low band antenna - AD6WL
Just couldn't get fired up this time. - AE9B
AJ6T and K1VW multi-op at K1VW QTH in Connecticut FN31. KW with two element inverted L plus Beverages. Very disappointed at abysmal conditions-weak signals and high noise. Failed installation of new Bev in the marsh at the start of the contest got us off to a late start. - AJ6T
Vy gd to wrk in this contest with my little stn, abt.5W out - DL1LAW
Test for CQWW160. Using an old medium wave broadcast antenna, a 96 meter high vertical. TX worked very well, but RX difficult. Best QSO: At 0609 KL7RA called in to say HNY. - DL6RAI
EQUIPMENT, YAESU FT-847, POWER 100 W, ANTENNA, LINEAR LOADED SLOPER - EA3ALV
AGE: 19 YEARS OLD - EU1TA
My first entry to this contest (I never heard before) - F5RAB
IC706MKIIG 60W - LONG WIRE - F6FJE
FIRST TIME I TOOK PART IN THIS TEST HAD VY FUN , WILL JOIN AGN NEXT YEAR SURE! VY 73 AND HNY TO ALL ! DENIS - F6HHR
Could only spend a few hours this year however conditions seemed to be good early onl - G0IVZ
ONY 6 HRS OPERATION BUT ENJOYABLE. TKS - G3TJE
[Creating this Cabrillo file manually took almost as much time as I was on the air for the contest]. The TBDC is an excellent event. The simple exchange format is great. If only I had a decent top-band antenna/low noise QTH at home! - G3TXF
Rig Elecraft K2 5W Ant 30ft vertical. Not really a serious entry, but once started I realised I was duty bound to put in an entry! My top band set up is far from ideal, having a very small plot in an urban location. I also have a high local noise level which was very bad on Saturday which didn't help. By I had problems getting some stations to hear my QRP signals, and it is apparent some have far better receivers than others. - G3YMC
Condx Fair but the NA path was not very good. Why not make the exchange 6 letter grid square then the distance can be calculated accurately per Q - GM3POI
My first SP entry. Had loads of fun stringing out a beverage to 300 deg an hour before the contest. I nearly fell off my seat when KL7RA called me! Pleased to give GU to the deserving. Tks for your patience! 73 hope to see you next year. Bob - GU4YOX
I participate on LowPower SingleOp. The condition was very poor this year. My score was 1999year 466, 2000year 326, 2001year 660 and this year was
only 76 points.! I could not contact with U.S.A. stations. When the sunset time of JA1 area, I could hear a few U.S.A. station, and I called them but I could not get answer from them. When the sunrise time of U.S.A. west coast, I was looking forward to U.S.A. signal, but I could hear them. My 160m antenna is on my balcony of my small apartment in the urban area. My antenna is only 10m length fishing rod. But It has 40 radials in my small balcony which like many lat nets (hi). Almost of my ham friends who look at my small fishing red antenna say, "I can't believe why you can QSO with many DX stations with using such like small poor antenna & 100W from like this location (amount of buildings)." I attach a photo of my fishing rod antenna in my balcony of my small apartment. I took a photo with my antenna & my child. - JE1SPY
Condex for US was so bad. See you again next! - JE1TSD
Great Contest. Rest 22:10-10:10. E-mail;jh4uyb@jarl.com - JH4UYB
TERRIBLE FLU STRUCK...BAD ENOUGH WITH OUT IT. PTL IN 2003 - K0UK
Used a G5RV up a few feet with an IC756Pro Heard lots more than I could work, including ON4UN and FM5BH - K1EP
My first Stew-Perry. As a 160m relative newbie, a great way to get my feet wet (immersed!) on top band. - K2YWE
The Stew is always a fun event even if propagation was down from last year. Much better to be on the East coast (W4) versus Midwest (W9), hah! - K4JA
Had fun burning the cobwebs out of the 160 inverted L antenna. - K4SV
CONDX GOOD, NOISE LEVELS LOW, BUT I STILL HEAR MUCH MORE THAN I CAN WORK. I THINK TX ANT IS WARMING THE OVERHEAD CLOUDS! - K6DGW
How about including power level category in the exchange so that operators can tell which contacts are going to be worth the QRP bonus? - K6EI
4.5 watts out to sloper. Not a big signal! - K6M
I Didn't hear as many stations this year as last, perhaps conditions were poorer, or my noise level higher. Ran 100W to 40' tall Inverted L. - K6NR
During the day Saturday while I was setting up the trailer and the antenna at my dry salt lake bed QTH, winds were calm. The balloon flew with the antenna perfectly vertical. Just before sunset (0048Z), the mostly cloudy skies cleared and it looked like it would be a nice night. Less than two hours later, that all changed! I started the contest at 0100Z Saturday evening, intending to put in the 14 hours of allowed operating time by 1500Z which happens to be exactly at sunrise at my salt lake portable QTH. The contest started well, with condx appearing to be good with over 100 QSOs logged in the first 1-1/2 hours while running the FT-1000mp barefoot. One of the highlights was having KH6ND call me well before set. Another highlight was working friend K7BV in Newington, CT. Many other east coast stations were worked and had good signals, and I felt that condx might even improve as the night wore on. Then Murphy struck in the worst possible way. After about 1-1/2 hours into the contest, the SWR on the balloon-supported vertical went up to as high as 3:1 (it normally is about 1.2:1). I took off the headphones and the reason was obvious -- it was windy and the antenna was probably far from vertical! I logged a few more QSOs and then at 0243Z the receiver went dead. With a flashlight, I went out to the base of the vertical and found the cause -- the antenna was lying limply on the ground. No balloon was at its end. The 50-lb test fishline I used as a top insulator at the balloon had come loose in the strong winds. For all I know, the balloon may have gone up into the stratosphere before it burst and came down in Colorado (the winds were from the southwest). I tied the "top" of the antenna to a short post about 5 feet high and was only able to raise N7DD for my last QSO in the contest at 0357Z. I called many other stations, but couldn't even get a "QRZ?" out of them, so I gave up and went to bed. I had planned to inflate another balloon when the winds subsided, but they never did. In fact, it began to rain which made it even more unpleasant outside of the trailer. The wind continued to blow all night long with gusts of at least 40 mph that made me worried that the operating trailer would tip over (but it didn't). Windy and rainy weather was predicted for the night of the Stew Perry, and for a change the weatherman hit the nail on the head! - K6SE
Slim pickins at the end. Not one JA could hear us and we called many for hours. Conditions to east coast USA were OK as we made almost 20% of the contacts there. See you all next year but probably not as a QRP multi entry. - K7CA
Band conditions were poor for most of the contest. Still, it was great fun to participate in a Grid based event. - K7RE
FIRST outing for the new FT-817, it worked well :-) - K8CV
Just 3.5 hours of operation. RX antennas in disarray / fallen down. - K8ND
Last year I went to a cocktail party and started 5 hours late and had the highest busted call rate in the world. This year no cocktail party. Conditions were poor for DX, no JA signals heard. This is the first SP with my 9 element array, and it seemed to be doing the job hearing the weak signals. CU next year. John - K9DX
Conditions fair here, no EU worked. Rig: FT-100MP, Inv L Antenna, 3 one wave beverages. Had the Mayor Daily flu but carried on for the STEW-PERRY!! Thanks for holding the SP. Will, K9FO, age 72 - K9FO
Wow! I doubled my contacts from last year in about 45 minutes! I guess the new antenna worked... Best DX was KH6ND and it sounded like I was the only - KB5NJD
Tough conditions, noise level was S-9+ at times, heard no JA's or Eu's, nothing from the east coast came through. - KI6IV
Another year at W7RMs, this time used my own call. Band not as good as past few - KI7Y
Condx were just so-so. No DX heard and the edges of the continent were tough from here in the middle. In the age category, I’m 64. In the short - KJ5WX
Bazooka across the top of pine trees. - KN4Y ACTIVITY SEEMED MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME I WAS ON. - KR2Q
This was my first encounter with Stew. Recovering from a bad cold, I just wasn't up to pulling a late nighter, so I thought I'd hand out a few QRP contacts. Unfortunately my intermittent power line QRN made an appearance as well. Grid Squares are fun! - KX7L
I was operated from KO15 grid loc (56N 23O) and I was more than 800km away from Ocean. Cndx was not so good! CU NEXT YEAR - LY7Z
Conditions weren't as sharp as in years past, but I did manage a QSO with FM5BH. No EU heard and no JA on Saturday morning – slept through the Sunday morning sunrise by mistakenly setting the alarm clock too late. Duh. Worked on the RX capabilities and managed to get rid of some in-shack noises and made the RX antenna switching work a lot better. The additional temporary ("Honest, honey, they're just temporary!") radials did help the transmit efficiency, as well. Pretty much ready for CQ WW CW 160, I guess! - N0AX
The Topband gremlins were out in droves last night: slow, deep QSB; high absorption (unless everyone was QRP?); QRN developing later in the night; I was running 1.5KW to an inverted L with 580ft Beverages in 4 directions. - N1EU
Been in every one of these contests since the beginning. Has become a holiday tradition! Next year will plan for a more intense entry. - N1MD
GOT A LATE START AND QUICKLY NOTICED THAT PARTICIPATION WAS DOWN AND BAND CONDITIONS WERE NOT FAVORABLE - N2CG
Poor condx. The previous day, Eu was vy fb. Noise level started out low but built 73, Howie - N4AF
Condx so-so, operating very gentlemanly... a nice way to end the year. - N4GG
AT 83 I REALLY ENJOY THIS CONTEST ESPECIALLY SEEING HOW FAR EACH CONTACT IS AS i WORK IT. - N4UH
The highlight was working Ron, VK3IO, without any competition. It is amazing how the searchlight works. - N5IA
Woke up just before the end of the contest so I decided to fire up the home station (also operated from W6VIO) - W4EF
Band was very noisy here. One minute a station would be there and the next he was gone. QSB was very fast. Worked 3 EU, 3 KH6 and one JA along with FM. Will be interesting to see what other comment from other sections of the country. 73, Bob - N5RG
Good condx here, but insufficient activity. - N6RK
Had planned a full effort in STEW as well as RAC. During the last hour of RAC, power line noise 20 over 9 on 160m. Blanker knocked the noise down, but strong in the towel. Most QSOs were S&P on the loudest sigs. Looks like I didn't miss much. - N6RO
Condx not so hot here. Had much better antennas this year, and no DX contacts. Didn't seem as many stations on this year, maybe due propagation. Worked almost all I could hear. Only DX was KH6 and Lost my TX antenna when a mica cap in my matching network failed. So shut down and went to bed early for a change. - N6WG
Local line noise seemed worse than usual. The traditional fading on the band seemed more pronounced than previously noted. Big signals would become invisible very quickly, and then return to being big signals again.... - N6ZZ
Went low power this year to keep the frustration level down. - N7IR
I found conditions generally poor. Was hoping for some EU stations but nil. - N7RT
Yuck! Lousy Band conditions. Always next year - N7WA
With good conditions this may have proved to be an interesting contest. As it was, it was very difficult to find the motivation to continue past 0500z. I heard RN6BN peak up around 0330z, but then his signal went down sharply and I knew it would be a long night. Best DX was S58A. Only other EU was
ON4UN. - N9RV
FIRST TIME FOR ME IN CONTEST. HANDED OUT POINTS LAST YEAR, DECIDED TO TURN IN LOG THIS YEAR. I REALLY LIKE 160M EVEN THOUGH I HAVE LIMITED ANTENNA AND LOW POWER, 100WATTS. STATION EQUIPM: TS-2000 100 WATTS, DX-B SINGLE WIRE SLOPER 34' TO 8'EAST. 73 - N9TF
This was an experiment to see how a balloon antenna played. We set up the station from scratch on the grounds of Yerkes Observatory, Willams Bay, WI. Results were very encouraging, but even in our supposedly quiet location it was clear that Beverage antennas would have helped immensely. - N9UC
Condx down this year. No ZS, No 4X, No KH6. Overall, there did seem to be more activity stateside but less DX. - NB1B
Action kinda slow, fell asleep and missed Sunday morning. - NH7O
After some 125 QSO's and not a single DX station heard, and very few East Coast, it was clear that condx were not wonderful. I went off to do other things - NI6T
Very poor conditions here in North. A lot of Aurora. Managed to catch only a couple of JAs and NA stations. Nice surprise was KL7RA in the evening. Longest Q VK3IO. - OH2BO
Grids make this one interesting. - OH2KI
EVEN WITH QRPP TX OF 1 WATT INTO 30 MTRS LW IS POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A LOT OF NICE CONTACTS THANKS TO EXCELLENT - OK1FCA
Terrible conditions to the East. No VK6HD, and heard just 1 JA. JT1CO was great. USA: about 75 NA stations worked - lots of very deep QSB, mostly very weak signals. Good thing I had phased Beverages. Furthest west was K0HA, a few W5's in Texas and KL7RA. 45 minutes before my sunrise the HB amp decided to quit with a big bang: a decoupling C in the RF compartment exploded, with the surge (protecting) resistors. I repaired it the same day. Maybe I missed the sunrise peak. It is fun as always. 73 John - ON4UN
I PARTICIPATE FOR THE PLEASURE OF THE CW AND TO FIND ALL MY CONTEST FRIENDS. I UTILIZE ONLY THE S&P METHOD. MY SMALL PISTOL IS A OLD FT-757GX AND A QUAD LOOP 80M IN A BAD QTH. MY AGE IS 67 AND I HOPE COME BACK AGAIN IN 2003. HNY 2003 AND BEST 73 TO ALL! - ON6TJ
Finished the rx-antennas just in time for the contest, pity there was no noise to check them out...PA3AAV. - PA3AAV
Was just for the fun of it - so it's more of a check-log - Was not able to spend too much time on the air - Thanks for organizing and hope to find more time next year as I did enjoy myself!!!! 73/Herman - PA3BFH
Nice contest. More challenging exchange than with some other contests. Next year again! - PA5KT
Conditions were really poor here. Nearby thunderstorms pushed the QRN to S9+, giving no chance to those running QRP. - PY2FUS
I like USA robots! They are almost as smart as your current President. - S56A
Looks like all USA was using QRP! - SP5DRH
Highlight - JT1CO answered on second try!!! Just 5 watts here and 25 m high dipole. Amazing! - UA2FZ
I set a new record in this contest: the lowest score that I have made in all 7 SPTBDCs to date! Heard nothing from the west coast and worked no EU stations. Things can only improve next year. - VE3OSZ
Conditions odd, many Eu heard but no response! Several west coast worked on Eu beverages or better on south south west beverages rather than NW especially W7's in Wa - VE3PN
This is a checklog as I had packet cluster connected. I know I'm in a minority of about one, but it seems to me that packet should be permitted. I am firstly a DXer and secondly a contester. Therefore, I'm not prepared to take the chance of missing a 'new one'. Having packet makes not a ha'purth of difference to my score. Conditions pretty terrible - most of the few Europeans I could hear were coming from due South! 73 Roger - VE3ZI
My first Stew Perry, I hope I got the scoring and the distance calculations OK. - VK3IO
Operated from the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse at most extreme south-western point of Western Australia. Conditions were terrible, but the full-size vertical over seawater helped. Only 7 QSOs using LP (60 - 80W), but lots of fun getting them. CU NXT YR! - VK6VZ
HIGH SKY NOISE + WEAK SIGNALS = MAYBE NEXT YEAR - VY1JA
ONLY WORKED FOUR HOURS OF THE CONTEST SUNDAY MORNING AND FOUND CONDX TO BE POOR WITH QRN. NO DX OPENINGS AT ALL FROM HERE SUNDAY SUNRISE. MAYBE NEXT YEAR! - VY2MGY
HAD FUN DESPITE CONDX - NICE TO SEE OLD FRIENDS AGAIN 73 K1ZM - VY2ZM
VERY ENJOYABLE CONTEST. LOOK FORWARD TO THE ACTIVITY. - W0HW
Threw up an inverted-L with 2 elevated radials with the apex about 25' high on a city lot in a suburb of New York City where we were visiting relatives. A bit marginal, but I still really enjoyed my first SP. I could hear great, but many of the distant stations could never hear me. Did manage to work a few European and Caribbean stations. - W0YK
Oh well! My real grid square is CN83. Sorry about that. - W2VJN
Put up a 60 ft inverted-L for the occasion with 2 quarter wave radials. This worked better than the old inv-V, but sure did miss that salt water ground. Did hear some EU. DF2PY was a true s9, but he was unable to hear my 100 watts. Very few west coast signals were heard. And the QSB was rapid and deep all night long...seemed like the ionosphere was shifting changing and unstable. When I was not quick and snappy with exchanges I missed some QSO's to fading. It was great to be QRV from home on 160m for the TBDC again. Am looking forward to next year’s event already. - W4SAA
Sorry to those I couldn't pull out of the noise. QRN was very bad at my location. Hope to have better ears next year - 73 de Mike, W4EF @ W6VIO
Any band...as long as it has a "6" in it. - W7AT
Cndx sucked ..... Lost interest. - W7GG
The band was quiet but propagation seemed mixed at my end. Nonetheless, a very enjoyable way to spend some time on the radio. - W8RU
Low activity, lousy conditions. Omni 6+, 4-sq. - WA9IRV
Hi all. Enjoyed the contest, decided to participate at the last minute (Saturday), after I saw it listed on the ARRL website. Used my TS-570D(g) and DX-77 vertical, with CT logging. Next year maybe an antenna for 160! - WB2ART
First Stew Perry TBDC. Yaesu FT-817 QRP xcvr to 5-MHz OCF 28-ga insulated wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in trees next to I-75 in downtown Atlanta industrial area. SGC SG-237 autotuner. - WB6BWZ
This is my #5 TBDC contest - YU1RA
ITS MY FIRST ATTEMPT. SORRY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO COUNT SCORE... - LY7A
My second Stew Perry Contest with the Canadian Marconi BH30 amp. 73 Joe VO1NA - VO1NA
Just a few words for some comments about spots on the DX cluster during the Stew Perry last night. I was really sad, when I checked the Spots Data Base on the OH2AQ DX Cluster, and when I saw that someone did use my call spotting me several time, writing stupidities and when I read the comment of some of the guys! I NEVER used autospot, not before, not in the future and I always have been fair and honest on the bands and will always be. That's a pity that things like this can happen, I am really sorry. Anyway, I took a short part in the contest, not too good conditions this side, only 100 QSO in the log and not a single US station. See you soon on the band, and Happy 2003 to you all - 88 F8BPN
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