A fine evening

Results, Ninth Annual (2004) Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge

Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT

15125 SE Bartell Road

Boring, OR 97009 k7rat@kkn.net

Ten years ago, a new contest was designed by committee. A handful of topband operators, who also were interested in contests, started working on the "perfect" topband contest. There were lots of ideas thrown around. Do you put the different power levels 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 during daylight hours. I think it took about 5 years to finally get that rule figured out -- although someone operating from northern Scandinavia might not agree.

The most provocative concept was no doubt the distance scoring method. No other HF 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.

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 and has 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 west coast. As conditions started to slide with the increasing sunspots, the increased activity helped keep the scores up. Now that the sunspots are gone, the contest has reached maturity with high activity and good conditions.

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.

If you are looking for more information about operating on 160 meters, there 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.

Log checking reports are available via e-mail to k7rat@kkn.net or SASE to the K7RAT callbook address.

The Tenth running of this great event will be on December 28^th and 29^th. The rules will be the same as last year. You can find complete information, including the rules and sponsored plaques at our website http://www.kkn.net/stew.

Thanks again for all of the participation. See you on the Top Band this winter.

Sponsor	Category	Winner
KL7RA	Top QSO Total	K5GO
WA2DFI	Top Score, Single-Op, Canada	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, Western Washington	W7TMT
K1PX	Top Score, Low Power, Europe	UA6LFQ
K5KA	Top Score, Low Power, US/VE	W0UO
K8ND	Top Score, Single-Op, Caribbean	KV4FZ
W7GG	Top Score, Single-Op, QRP	KS0T
KB5NJD	Top Score, Antenna < 40 feet tall	W0HW
KI7Y	W7BX Memorial - Top Score, Japan	JH4UYB
K9DX	Top Score, Single-Op, High-Power, Europe	UA2FF
N7JW	Top Score, Asia (not Japan)	JT1CO
K7CA	Top Score, Mainland South America	YV5MBX
W2GD Team	Top Score, Multi-Op, Europe	RL3A
WA9IRV	Calcutta Award, Top Score, Single-Op, Ohio, VE4, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota.	WA9IRV
Low Band Monitor	Top Score, Single-Op, North America	WB9Z/PJ2
W4SAA	Top Score, Single-Op, World	K7CA
N6TR	Best Whine / Excuse / Explanation for performance
W7AT	Top Score from All Water Grid	No Entries from New Orleans
N6ZFO	SPACE Award- Stew Perry Award for Chemical Elements. (Points for Chemical element symbols contained in callsigns worked) You can find a full explanation of the rules for this award at http://web.jzap.com/k7rat/elements.txt
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.	JA2ZJW

Multi operator - Low power

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/PJ2 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

UA3DPX S H KO86 204 0 8 196 1108 134 RX9AX 17637 3 34

W9IU S H EN60 353 0 17 336 1077 140 SN7Q 7563 22 82

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

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

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

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

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

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

N7BF S H CN87 34 0 2 32 84 22 WD5R 2958 2 10

WA6BOB S H DM04 28 0 1 27 55 18 K7RE 1763 0 7

RA3CO S H KO85 16 0 0 16 55 16 F6IRA 2940 0 1

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

K9OM S L EL98 85 0 4 81 634 58 SN7Q 8230 2 23

G3KNU S L IO93 103 2 0 101 634 69 JT1CO 6841 2 14

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

WC9C S L EM69 80 0 2 78 390 54 K7RAT 3007 3 21

OM4DN S L JN98 81 0 0 81 390 67 RW4PL 2323 1 13

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

W6OAT S L CM87 38 0 0 38 240 27 PJ2/WB9Z 6015 1 9

K1TN S L EM79 58 0 2 56 240 42 PJ2/WB9Z 3381 2 13

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

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

NS3T S L FM19 51 0 1 50 180 35 K0HA 1708 1 11

DJ4KW S L JO53 42 0 4 38 180 34 UA9CDC 3147 0 2

PA3AFF S L JO21 39 0 2 37 178 31 RL3A 2150 2 5

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

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

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

AD6ZJ S L DM13 28 0 6 22 104 18 K5GO 2211 1 5

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

DL1LAW S Q JN59 35 0 2 33 252 30 7S2E 1773 0 2

DJ3GE S Q JO30 28 0 0 28 252 27 RL3A 2072 0 1

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

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

The equator is not the place to compete in a 160m contest. All of the very few contacts were high point ones as everyone is so far from here in Singapore - 9V1GO

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 USA was very poor. Working JT1CO made up for it. - G3KNU

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 U.S.A. direction was also good. I could QSO with W9,W5 stations that was very long distance for me (barefoot). I could hear these all stations with EH antenna which built on my condominium's balcony. - JE1SPY

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 noon in England? The Subaru ground to a start but failed to roll away smoothly as it sometimes does perhaps because the left rear tire was flat and could not be changed due to the spare tire being flat as well or at least too low on air for safe motoring, my automobile club membership having been revoked for too many calls to them that never resulted in anything except my being routed around their phone system and maybe I said a bad word to their computer, and all the neighbors being gathered at a holiday party and way too inebriated even to answer the telephone much less drive up here on one of their tractors or other farm vehicles which didn't matter anyway because the phone company had disconnected me after I fried one of their connectors trying to load up the phone line on 160 Meters two weeks before in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest, which I lost, but it wasn't even close, and I didn't feel like changing a tire anyway and I'd even used a counterpoise on the phone line which just proves that RF engineers (which I am not) aren't always right. Then in a roaring white-hot blaze of neural activity I realized that what is phone cable but wire? So I yanked it down from the house to the pole being careful not to make any sudden twisting motions related to my lower back and scored several insulators in the process, then peeled away the jacket only to find that the tiny wires inside were massively corroded which may explain why it was taking about five minutes to load a single web page on my dial-up internet connection but I could always send my official N6TR plaque entry (for whining and excuses) from a computer at the library except that by now it was Sunday and the library was closed. The Challenge would be over in a couple of hours and it nearly daylight and I hardly worked anybody, so when for what turned out to be the last time I grasped the MFJ paddle which generates extraneous dits but I use it because my original FYO paddle is too valuable to use and a spring came loose from the mechanism and launched itself into my forehead and I didn?t even have a spare Guinness to apply to the wound, I quit. But it was fun. - K1TN

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 Atlanta industrial area. SGC SG-237 Smartuner. WriteLog 10.48f. - K4AQ

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 Europe produced lots of 11, 12, and 13 pointers. Local line noise from cold weather or Christmas decorations made it difficult to copy some weak stations. For a contest that rewards distance, why do people run low power?! - K5ZD

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 USA (previously from 4X4NJ) and the first time with QRP. Was using the station of K7CA. - K7NJ

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 Colorado. Of course I heard a bunch of the east coast guys working Europe very easy. Ah, the pleasures of Topband operation in Southern Colorado. Antenna = Inverted "L" with vert section at 38' Radio = FT-1000MP 100 watts. CU all in the next one. Joe - K8FC

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 Midwest a go. Antenna used was a 9 element vertical array and various beverages. John - K9DX

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 K2 (4.9W) to shunt-fed tower for RX/TX. I thank the operators who took the time to dig out my QRP signals. There were many interruptions due to holiday visitors, but I had fun this year and hope to give it a full-time effort next year. - KB0YH

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 Alaska and Hawaii. Heard no JA's. Always a fun contest. - KI6IV

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 Europe so well,but missed SN7Q, S57M, SO2R, and the RK1. - KJ9C

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 starts 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 suppose 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 Ohio worked this year stateside. Farthest grid contacted in the states was EN71 (K9NW in NW Ohio). Now I'm looking forward to the NAQP, and then CQ WW 160 cw. Maybe conditions will have improved in a month. See you all in the contests. 73, Bob - N6WG

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 Seattle. Anchor is a saltwater fishing rod, Penn saltwater reel, 70lb braided dacron line, hose-clamped to a metal T fence post driven about 3/4 into the ground. Four semi-elevated radials, each 135' or so. Simply fed from 190' of 50 ohm coax, tuned with MFJ-259b to 1.2:1 at 1830. I used a Halibut spreader to keep the antenna wire separated from the anchor line. The Scoop: 160m must be beloved because of the operant conditioning. Sometimes it's SO GOOD. Other times SO FRUSTRATING. Sort of like the weather in Seattle, I guess ("Oh, but the summers are so nice!" - it feels good when I stop beating my head against the wall, too). Couldn't hear Europe at all. Not sure if I should have been able to from the Pacific Northwest. Couldn't work JAs on Saturday AM despite them being really strong. Enjoyed running up and down the dial working folks, digging out the stations from underneath some of the loud guys calling CQ. Kudos to PJ2/WB9Z; his ears must be better than Horton's. Thought I'd have time to come back to KV4FZ, but was gone by the time I had propagation (or couldn't find him again). On Sunday AM, with abt 3 hours left in the contest, was expecting a big finish -- The band was starting to sizzle. Was having a little trouble with a sticky relay inside the FT1000 since about midnight off and on (wasn't switching correctly back from receive antenna to xmit - sort of like a 60dB attenuator in line - Yaesu shop couldn't find it last year, wish it would just break already). I was becoming adept at switching between listening on the beverage and picking stations out of the noise on the vertical. The JA's were booming (were since 0300 local on the beverage), but getting even louder, and thought I almost had a good path so they could hear me (I must have tortured JH4UYB at least 10 times). THEN Murphy decided to have the wind come up, and the Halibut spreader and the antenna wire parted ways as the balloon was blown around wildly (my shack is in a windowless closet, usually safe from small fingers, and suits my wife's description of what a good shack should be; I can't see the outside weather conditions). SO, outside I go around 4am. The wind is gusting, gusts are getting stronger. The balloon is drifting to the NE, and over the tree line. I reel in some line, the drag takes out some line. It dips behind the tree lines (mental note to self- bigger clearing or better way to keep balloon from over the trees). I hear funny noises, and hope it's not a tree eating a balloon. Let out more line, the balloon rises up again. A gust, and the reel screams as if I've hooked a maniacal sport fish. I reach the end of all the line on the reel (80+ yards), and hear the twang of a really tight line. I reel in some just to get some line on the spool . I continue to reel in between gusts (other mental note to self - don't touch the line when it's making that whining noise coming off the reel). Did I mention it's dark and slightly drizzly? 0430 local and I guess I am fishing. I land my "fish" -- it takes me about 25 minutes of cranking. My choices are to repair the wire (think I have enough copperweld), or hanger the balloon for the next contest. Probably made the smart choice -- Our youngest child woke up at 0520 local, about the time I get everything put away. I manage to tell my wife what has happened, mentioned I'm going to try to load up the usual G5RV on 160... but it's just not the same. Made an offer to my wife to stay up with our #3 (was going to be awake in the test anyway), but my wife says "Uh, you look like you *need* some sleep.". Christmas came early I guess. Pulled the plug at 0530 or so. Didn't attain my goal of 300q's by a LARGE margin, but it seems condx were more noisy, or perhaps fewer domestic stations on, or I was just too tuckered out from the week. For the future, thinking about something less fragile, but just as effective for 160. AND LOTS MORE RADIALS. I especially tortured JH4UYB, and still didn't get a QSO -- also simultaneously irritated the heck out of K5UN who was within a few hundred hertz of him; K5UN could hear me, but couldn't hear JH4UYB. Heard but didn't work W4NTI, PY2FUS (really wanted that one!), K8LV, N2BJ, W3GH, N9RV, K0RF (running JAs); I maybe had some brain malfunction in hitting "enter" before changing frequency after a successful contact. Wonder how many I lost to THAT (Sorry to at least W7QC, I think). My policy is to work anyone as many times as they like, just in case they "operate" (to use the term loosely) like I do. Well, there are a couple of more 160 events coming up in the next few months. Challenges remain to simultaneously charm my wife into letting me keep up the elevated radials for the balloon ("Just temporary dear") while working on a better solution for a good 160 antenna. Would like to use my garage stall for my car instead of the dirigible, too. Best regards to all that took part, Happy Holidays - Brian - N9ADG

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 USA STATIONS SUNDAY 0600Z TO 0730Z. THIS IS PROBABLY NORMAL WITH A VERY SMALL PITOL HI HI HI. BEST 73 TO ALL Jean. - ON6TJ

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. USA stations were a lot weaker than last time, none worked. - PG4I

Terrible QRN !!! - PY2FUS

Thanks for nice contest! KV4FZ was 579 really on sunrise, K9DX was 339 on peak, but no QSO with USA :-( Antenna dipole 157m long TRX Yaesu FT-900, power 400watts - RA4SD

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 08:08 local in full sunshine. FT1000MP barefoot to inv "L" - Score 72 x 2 = 144 - VO1HP

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 1:30AM local and got on for an hour with the best Eu condx I can recall.Glad I crawled out of bed! - W1WEF

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 WEST COAST WAS WEAK AND WATERY ALL NIGHT. - WA9IRV

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

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