Results, Tenth Annual (2005) Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge

Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT

15125 SE Bartell Road

Boring, OR  97009   k7rat@kkn.net

 

The tenth Stew Perry TBDC contest was the biggest of them all.  We received 479 logs - which is a big jump in activity - and the scores keep going up and up.  The improved conditions from the sunspot minimum were evident, although they still were not up to the excellent conditions we saw during the first couple of events. 

 

It would seem the stage is set for the eleventh one to smash all records - as this season's conditions seem to be getting off to a good start.  Clive, GM3POI, who ran away with the first couple of Stews, seems to be warming up with four QSOs in the N6TR log already this season. 

 

There were some soapbox comments about the minimum off time.  We used to have a rule that tried to make you take your off time in one or two big chunks - so you did not have to operate during the daytime in order to feel like you were competitive.  After trying to make the rule easy to understand, we finally gave up and removed it.  However, not having a rule seems to create just as much confusion - so we have decided to make a simple rule that should clear it up:

 
Operate for a maximum of 14 hours.  Off times are 30 minutes minimum and a maximum of four off periods are permitted.

 

Hopefully that will be the last time we have to tweak the off time rule.

 

We were pleased with how the 2X and 4X multipliers worked out for LP and QRP stations that you worked in your log.  This seemed to close most of the gap between the power levels.  This will become a permanent rule change. 

 

Don't miss the soapbox comments at the end of this write-up.  While we didn't have a plaque for the best whine this time, there were some worthy entries submitted. 

 

One of the most talked about aspects of this contest is the plaque program, administered by Lew Sayre, W7EW and enabled by the generosity of the plaque sponsors themselves.  We typically have some off beat categories that enable those without the "best signal on the band" to get some hardwood.  This year was no exception with awards for search and pounce only, sending less than 18 WPM and the best DX within 30 minutes of local noon.

 

Here are the plaque winners.  Most of these have already been sent out, but a few of them had some problems with the engraver, and will be sent out in November.  If you are aware of any errors, please contact tree@kkn.net.  We do not give out more than one plaque per station.  Many thanks to all of the sponsors.

 

SPONSOR                           CATEGORY                                                                     WINNER

KL7RA                                 Highest Number of QSO's  (K9DX award)                       K9DX

N5IA                                     Most Grid Squares worked                                                K3NA

K1PX                                    Top Score, Low Power, Europe                                         CU2JU

K9DX                                   Top Score Europe                                                              SN7Q

N9ADG                                Top Score, Multi-op, World                                              ON4UN

N5ECT                                 Longest QSO measuring DX                                             VK6DXI

WD5R                                   Top Score by contester age < 25 years old                       UU4JMG

W7TMT                               Top Score, Low Power, first time entry                            G4BYG

KI7Y                                     Sandy Lynch, W7BX/7J1ABV Memorial                         JH4UYB

K8ND                                   Top Score, Single Op, Caribbean                                      PJ2/WB9Z

N7KQ                                   Top Score Central/South America                                    P40TA

KB5NJD                               Top Score, Vertical < 40' tall                                            AC6DD

W0OU/5                               Top Score US/VE QRP                                                      N5IA

W2GD Team                        Top Score Multi-Op Europe                                              RK1AM

KS0T                                    Top Score from grid field EN                                            N8VW

W5WMU                              Top Score USA High Power                                              K7CA

K7CA                                   Top Score South of Equator                                              VK6VZ/6

N7JW                                    Top Score first time entrant from any Country                W0ETT

K7RAT                                 Highest number of QRP Stations Worked                        N5DX

NA0Y                                   Top Score USA - Low Power                                            K9CS

N6TR                                    Best DX completed within 30 min of local noon               K7RAT

N0TT                                    Top Score USA < 21 years old and > 100 qso                   No entry

WA2DFI                               Top Score Canada                                                              VE3KZ

W5WMU                              Top Score S/O World                                                        K7NJ

Cajun CC                              Top Number of QSOs Stew Perry + RAC                         W9RE

K7FL                                    Top Score 100% Search and Pounce                                 WS6X

KK9K                                   Calcutta Award                                                                                 KS0T

AB7E                                    Single Op, Highest Average Raw Points per QSO (> 50 Qs)               N6KB/KH6

W7EW                                  Top Score <= 18 wpm during test                                                    N5OT

VK6VZ                                 Flying Doctors Service of VK Hat - Antenna < 20m by 10m               K1EP

W7AT                                   Top Score - Multi-Op - USA/VE                                                      W2GD

 

And now for the scores.  Each line item indicates the category (S or M for single/multi-op), Power (H, L or Q), the grid operated from.  The RAW QSO total is the number of QSOs found in the log.  Dupes and busts are removed for the QSO total.  The total QSO points is in the PTS column and the number of grids worked in GRD.  The best DX callsign and distance is shown.  Finally, the number of QRP and Low power stations worked is shown.  The QRP stations you work get a X4 multiplier and the low power stations get a X2 multiplier.  QRP and low power stations are determined by the logs we received - so you won't get this bonus just by putting /QRP in a callsign.

 

Line scores that are in bold will receive a certificate.  Stations that received a plaque are not eligible for certificates.  Our thanks go out to Jim, K1PX, for generating the list of certificate winners, printing and mailing the certificates.

 

Single operator - High power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

P40TA        S H FK52  454    2   12  440  5741  250  UA9AYA      11158   13   74

PJ2/WB9Z         S H FK52  411    5   21  385  5059  229  ZL2BSJ      13082   15   68

SN7Q         S H JO91  482    4   26  452  4525  249  VK3ZL       15289   11   55

K7CA         S H DM37  614    9    5  600  4388  233  VK6DXI      15439   36  136

OK1RI        S H JN79  419    7   15  397  4234  233  VK3IO       15848    4   55

KV4FZ        S H FK77  404    5   40  359  4013  216  RX4HZ       10069    9   71

K3NA         S H FN41  539   11   16  512  3742  269  S9SS         8977   21  106

UA2FF        S H KO04  448    4    9  435  3686  242  VK6VZ/6     13287    8   44

K9DX         S H EN52  703    7   24  672  3645  273  VK3ZL       15779   37  144

K7RAT        S H CN85  500    5    7  488  3598  202  OK1RI        8727   26  123

WE3C         S H FN20  558   15   21  522  3312  252  S9SS         9300   27  116

W4ZV         S H EM95  637   13   11  613  3285  245  JH2FXK      11316   35  143

N5DX         S H EM36  606    3    5  598  3205  241  HA8BE        8708   37  146

K5ZD         S H FN42  487    3   11  473  3179  232  KH6/N6KB     8093   27  111

K9GY         S H FM19  531   15    5  511  3173  249  S9SS         9462   25  117

LY2IJ        S H KO24  384    3   10  371  3025  227  VK3IO       15174    7   34

F6IRA        S H IN94  355    0   25  330  2989  212  VQ9LA        9343    4   45

K3WW         S H FN20  546   12   18  516  2773  238  UA3ECJ      10822   27  116

K9NW         S H EN71  541   16   10  515  2754  228  UU4JMG       8788   31  134

WD5R         S H EM45  539    0   13  526  2736  216  9A7V         8434   34  135

KE9I         S H EN61  577    0   15  562  2676  231  UU4JMG       8887   36  130

S57M         S H JN76  323    0    8  315  2675  199  VK6VZ/6     13401    8   43

N2IC         S H DM52  404    4    3  397  2654  179  VK6DXI      15713   30  108

AC6DD        S H CM95  396    1   14  381  2613  181  VK6DXI      14695   19   86

LY3UM        S H KO24  340    3   13  324  2531  196  VK6VZ/6     13044    9   42

OM5ZW        S H JN98  350    0   13  337  2526  206  JA1AUD       9897    7   34

N2NT         S H FN20  414    0    8  406  2456  211  UU4JMG       8333   23  105

VE6JY        S H DO33  373    2    8  363  2442  160  P40TA        5971   19   92

K1LT         S H EM89  497    3   11  483  2439  225  UU4JMG       8859   25  113

K5BG         S H EM12  419    9    7  403  2367  182  HL3IUA      11110   26  110

N5TW         S H EM10  411    0   16  395  2338  185  HL3IUA      11292   21  110

KX7M         S H CM97  369   11    7  351  2326  162  JH2FXK       8689   21   92

VE7CC        S H CN89  353    3   11  339  2287  157  VK6DXI      14715   18   83

N8EA         S H EN82  456    6    5  445  2166  204  YZ7A         7707   26  121

N4OGW        S H EM53  411    1    9  401  2152  191  UU4JMG       9714   24  112

N2NL         S H CM88  342    3    6  333  2117  152  JH4UYB       8769   19   79

JH4UYB       S H PM64  128    0    1  127  2079  101  9G5OO       13475    1   16

KC7V         S H DM43  324    3    1  320  2047  153  JH4UYB       9959   24   85

N4PN         S H EM82  445    3   13  429  1989  188  HA8BE        8424   22  112

DJ0MDR       S H JN68  294    0   15  279  1975  194  VK6VZ/6     13613    5   38

N5UL         S H DM82  348    8   13  327  1939  158  DJ0MDR       9024   20   95

VE3NZ        S H FN03  427    8    9  410  1892  189  YZ7A         7390   24  111

K6SE         S H DM04  316    0   12  304  1842  155  VK6DXI      14849   19   66

F5IN         S H JN18  288    0   10  278  1799  177  VK6VZ/6     14331    8   34

W3GH         S H FN00  376    1   11  364  1736  176  HA8BE        7546   24   95

W1FJ         S H FN42  303    1   14  288  1731  161  UA6LFQ       7905   16   63

W8CAR        S H EN81  370    0   11  359  1731  169  UU4JMG       8685   30   95

N6KB         S H BK29  136    2   11  123  1725   91  VK6DXI      10939    3   22

ES5QX        S H KO37  271    4    2  265  1724  180  VK6VZ/6     13051    6   32

K1GU         S H EM75  356    1    1  354  1689  175  OM5ZW        8060   22   92

RW4PL        S H LO56  215    0    7  208  1686  149  VK6HD       11840    4   21

UU4JMG       S H KN85  236    4   24  208  1682  160  VK3ZL       13850    3   18

N5YA         S H EM13  350    0   17  333  1673  160  OK1RI        8639   20   93

OH2BO        S H KP20  247    5    6  236  1669  165  VK3IO       15165    5   25

DL6RAI       S H JN58  303    1    4  298  1663  190  VK6VZ/6     13755    7   33

W9IU         S H EN60  422    0   30  392  1661  179  HA8BE        8028   22  103

AF4OX        S H FM02  303    0    8  295  1614  148  RK1AM        7977   20   87

N6SS         S H DM34  240    1    5  234  1538  129  JH4UYB       9747   16   65

UW2M         S H KN99  229    0   10  219  1501  146  VK3IO       14135    2   22

AD4EB        S H EM65  331    2    3  326  1488  159  DJ0MDR       7811   20   97

N4AF         S H FM15  313    2    7  304  1468  156  YZ7A         7854   18   79

N2CU         S H FN02  293    1    0  292  1438  160  KH6/N6KB     7442   18   88

W0YK         S H CM97  290    6   12  272  1374  130  JH4UYB       8977   17   67

W5WMU        S H EM40  255    2    7  246  1373  127  F6IRA        7709   12   76

YL2PQ        S H KO16  260    0    4  256  1363  162  VK6VZ       13240    7   29

K7TJR        S H CN94  234    2   15  217  1331  122  JH4UYB       8519    9   61

JT1CO        S H ON38  134    0    3  131  1326   97  VK3IO       10241    0   12

GM4AFF       S H IO86  195    0    5  190  1302  132  P40TA        7391    4   27

W6EU         S H CM99  250    2    1  247  1291  121  JH4UYB       8845   18   59

AB7E         S H DM41  201    0    5  196  1276  115  KV4FZ        4874   12   59

WA4TT        S H EM82  211    0    2  209  1251  133  UU4JMG       9473    8   59

K6KM         S H CM99  243    6    7  230  1223  111  PJ2/WB9Z     5899   15   57

W7AT         S H CN84  175    0   11  164  1218  104  VK6DXI      14684    8   45

W5TM         S H EM15  251    0    5  246  1207  137  OK1RI        8464   14   75

N6AA         S H DM04  222    0    7  215  1197  119  P40TA        5589   11   59

AB9H         S H EN62  345    1    8  336  1196  146  K7MI         3075   15  105

RW1ZA        S H KP69  181    0    4  177  1145  122  W4ZV         7211    3   21

GM3POI       S H IO88  154    0    5  149  1144  120  N5UL         7533    0   18

K5NA         S H EM10  187    1    1  185  1130  120  HA8BE        9459    9   57

G3XGC        S H IO91  198    1   14  183  1129  137  N5TY         7643    4   17

UA9CLB       S H MO06  175    4    3  168  1129  122  JA1FNA       6220    1   12

W8MJ         S H EN82  304    1   18  285  1107  148  F6IRA        6342   16   93

K0EJ         S H EM75  268    2    3  263  1087  138  OM5ZW        8060   17   79

AE8M         S H EM79  265    0    5  260  1076  142  S57M         7621   19   69

RV1CC        S H KO59  201    0    4  197  1062  137  VK6VZ/6     12921    4   21

K6ANP        S H CM88  204    0   14  190  1047  112  JH4UYB       8769   10   47

W4AU         S H FM19  261    1    0  260  1032  125  OM5ZW        7247   18   80

W3SO         S H FN00  262    0    5  257  1019  137  SN7Q         7110   12   73

WA8WV        S H EM98  267    0    4  263  1002  128  S57M         7441   24   76

JH2FXK       S H PM84   72    0   11   61   987   55  W4ZV        11316    1    6

RU3DX        S H KO86  188    1   15  172   972  129  P40TA        9816    4   22

N4IR         S H EM86  288    1    7  280   953  126  OM5ZW        7855   16   85

HB9DDO       S H JN47  254    2   10  242   927  158  VK6VZ/6     13870    6   24

N2ED         S H FN20  200    0   17  183   909  108  DJ0MDR       6663   18   57

S57DX        S H JN75  222    0    4  218   896  142  JA2JW        9517    6   21

OH1MA        S H KP10  122    1    8  113   892   91  PJ2/WB9Z     8918    0   17

K1KO         S H FM26  254    5    9  240   872  112  LY2IJ        7385   13   73

F8BPN        S H JN05  186    2    7  177   865  126  N5TX         8449    2   20

W7ZR         S H DM24  203    0    5  198   865  101  KH6/N6KB     4270   14   46

K9WWT        S H EN61  212    0    3  209   858  113  N6XG         3106   11   70

AA1K         S H FM29  160    0    2  158   850  102  UU4JMG       8415   15   43

W0HW         S H EN35  190    1    3  186   845  105  P40TA        4306   10   57

K8JQ         S H EM98  252    0    5  247   820  113  N2NL         3632   18   74

N3AM         S H FM19  230    2    3  225   820  117  SN7Q         7073   17   63

KM4M         S H FM17  219    1    9  209   811  112  LY3UM        7409   13   61

KJ9C         S H EM69  201    0    1  200   810  111  OK1RI        7551   15   57

VK6VZ        S H OF75   36    0    2   34   802   32  W7AWA       15064    0    0

K3SV         S H FN10  158    0    1  157   786  101  HA8BE        7420    8   44

EA6BF        S H JM08  144    0    2  142   765   98  VQ9LA        8990    1   10

UA3TCJ       S H LO16  115    0    1  114   762   94  PJ2/WB9Z    10157    1   18

OH4MFA       S H KP32  141    0    2  139   757  103  DU9/N0NM     9682    0   13

K0RI         S H DM78  146    0    2  144   753   98  KH6/N6KB     5233    8   42

K9OM         S H EL98  137    0    4  133   746   82  HA8BE        8613    6   41

W6UB         S H EM75  157    0    3  154   719  102  OM5ZW        8060   13   50

VK6DXI       S H OF88   38    1    4   33   707   33  K9DX        17421    0    2

N6RO         S H CM98  153    0    8  145   700   88  P40TA        5870    7   36

UT3UA        S H KO50  156    2    5  149   698  115  VK6VZ       12489    3   15

K4BAI        S H EM72  148    0    1  147   678   95  VE7CC        3658    9   49

K1KI         S H FN32   95    0    1   94   673   75  UU4JMG       8057    6   23

DK2PH        S H JO41  172    0    7  165   664  116  PJ2/WB9Z     8102    3   19

UA9AM        S H MO04  104    0    4  100   645   86  P40TA       11231    1    5

NL7Z         S H BP51   75    0    5   70   644   40  VK6DXI      13236    4   17

W4EF         S H DM04  122    0    2  120   633   74  KV4FZ        5654    5   37

N0NM         S H PJ27   53    0    1   52   625   36  K7CA        12216    0    2

5B4AGM       S H KM64  124    3    9  112   621   88  KV4FZ        9636    0    3

NI6T         S H CM97  116    0    3  113   604   76  KV4FZ        5866    7   33

IV3PRK       S H JN66  170    1   10  159   592  112  VK6VZ/6     13546    3   14

KU8E         S H EM72  119    0    6  113   575   83  SN7Q         8132    8   32

WA2VYA       S H FN20  127    1    3  123   559   83  RK1AM        7034   10   34

N8BJQ        S H EN80  131    0    5  126   557   77  S50A         7484   12   38

G3SVL        S H JO00   89    0    5   84   522   73  P40TA        7534    1    6

AC1O         S H FN53  113    0    6  107   513   71  OM5ZW        6452    4   27

DJ3RA        S H JO72  116    0    2  114   511   94  N0AC         7619    3   16

RK9CWW       S H MO06   82    0    1   81   501   64  JK1GKG       6100    1    6

VE6WQ        S H DO33   97    1   10   86   482   63  N4AF         3436    2   22

K0UK         S H DM59  103    1    8   94   476   73  P40TA        4934    9   27

K7UIR        S H CN85  120    0    5  115   460   58  JH4UYB       8326    9   32

DL1MGB       S H JN58  154    2    2  150   451   98  VK6VZ/6     13755    5   19

N7BF         S H CN87  116    0    6  110   447   62  P40TA        6320    6   23

K8OQL        S H FM09  162    2    7  153   444   83  K7RAT        3632   10   48

RN4AK        S H LO20  105    1    3  101   433   79  JK1GKG       7323    1    9

VO1HP        S H GN37   53    0    2   51   428   46  UW2M         6355    0    5

UA4RZ        S H LO45  102    2   13   87   423   74  P40TA       10541    0    5

RA0BA        S H NP49   53    0    1   52   401   46  DU9/N0NM     7357    0    2

KI6IV        S H CM99  163    4   35  124   396   71  KH7S         4116    5   29

ZC4LI        S H KM64   86    0    7   79   387   63  G3HLM        4574    0    4

W4ATL        S H EM73  105    0    7   98   377   63  OK1RI        7916    7   28

NI5F         S H EM42  100    0    9   91   375   69  ON4UN        7517    1   29

KG9N         S H EN50   73    0    1   72   363   65  OK1RI        7586    6   20

W6HG         S H DM14  100    0    4   96   354   54  W8FJ         3738    4   25

RK9AX        S H MO04   73    0    2   71   352   61  JH4UYB       5851    0    5

DL1AMQ       S H JO50   93    0    5   88   349   80  JH4UYB       9014    2   10

ON4ATW       S H JO20  116    0    2  114   347   78  KE9I         6732    5   13

G4BJM        S H IO92   55    0    0   55   326   49  PJ2/WB9Z     7429    2    5

PA0LOU       S H JO21  104    0    1  103   325   81  W2GD         6074    4   11

K7UT         S H DN40   83    0   11   72   324   55  K8PO         3444    1   20

XE1KK        S H EK09   60    0    4   56   324   45  KH6/N6KB     5851    0    5

K6RB         S H CM97   76    0    0   76   323   46  WX3B         3807    4   23

K9LA         S H EN71   67    0    0   67   313   57  HA8BE        7831    2   18

UA0ACG       S H NO76   48    0    3   45   311   42  ON4IA        5499    0    2

BA4DW        S H PM01   40    0    1   39   310   30  K7CA        10540    0    4

W2LK         S H FN21   73    0    0   73   303   54  RK1AM        6941    2   22

RW0BG        S H NP49   45    0    1   44   296   40  JA5DQH       4895    0    3

W2OO         S H EM85   80    0    2   78   282   62  K7MI         3680    4   19

VO1MP        S H GN37   35    0    1   34   279   31  UU4JMG       6501    0    1

W9OL         S H EN61  102    2    8   92   276   56  ON4UN        6555    2   30

RZ3DX        S H KO85   79    0    3   76   270   65  JA7NI        7280    0    5

W6XI         S H DM42   60    0    3   57   269   46  KV4FZ        4890    1   14

N8PR         S H EL96   59    1    3   55   265   45  UA2FF        8382    0   10

SM2YIZ       S H KP03   69    0    2   67   252   57  N2NT         6350    0    3

WA4GLH       S H EM75   74    1    3   70   237   46  K7CA         2510    4   25

W8PN         S H EN91   87    0    4   83   236   58  P40TA        3419    2   28

K4SV         S H EM85   67    0    1   66   224   43  W7AT         3521    4   20

PA5TT        S H JO11   70    0    1   69   216   60  RK9CWW       3730    0    3

VE6LB        S H DO20   50    0    6   44   203   37  AD4EN        3506    1   12

WO1N         S H FN42   62    0    0   62   199   40  P40TA        3330    0   19

K0WB         S H EM37   59    0    5   54   197   47  K7MI         2775    1   16

SP4Z         S H KO12   16    0    0   16   196   11  PJ2/WB9Z     9052    0    0

DL7WB        S H IR11   27    0    1   26   194   23  F6IRA        4167    0    0

SP6AEG       S H JO81   36    0    2   34   194   32  P40TA        8657    0    1

OE1TKW       S H JN88   33    0    1   32   189   30  K9DX         7608    0    2

W6RKC        S H CM98   52    0    0   52   189   37  P40TA        5870    3   10

UA0SC        S H OO06   25    0    1   24   188   23  5B4AGM       5574    0    0

N1MD         S H FN41   53    0    3   50   181   36  N0AC         1998    3   16

K7FL         S H CN85   45    0    2   43   180   34  JH4UYB       8326    2   13

UY5ZZ        S H KN77   56    0    6   50   177   41  GW3KDB       2884    0    5

PA0INA       S H JO22   56    0    4   52   172   46  W2GD         6035    0    2

UA9YAB       S H NO23   22    0    3   19   165   16  JE1BMJ       4734    0    4

K0COP        S H EM93   56    0    0   56   150   39  P40TA        2626    0   15

KL7HBK       S H BQ50   14    0    0   14   146   14  ON4UN        6291    0    1

WA7LNW       S H DM37   36    0    1   35   134   26  VE7CC        1556    2   13

WA6BOB       S H DM04   33    0    1   32   114   25  KE9I         2898    2    7

N0XM         S H EM17   42    0    6   36   106   29  AC6DD        2156    1   10

OH5PT        S H KP41   20    0    2   18   106   18  KV4FZ        8524    0    4

RX9TX        S H LO71   16    0    1   15    90   14  P40TA       11116    0    1

UA0AZ        S H NO66   17    0    4   13    65   13  OK1RI        5009    0    1

W4OGG        S H EM55   33    1   11   21    53   19  W5UL         1438    0    6

W6ISO        S H CM87   16    0    1   15    51   15  K1LT         3469    0    3

K5GO         S H EM36   10    0    0   10    31   10  VE3DO        1348    0    5

W6ZZZ        S H CM97   17    0    1   16    23   12  K7RAT         904    0    2

DL8VL        S H JO70    1    0    0    1    22    1  DU9/N0NM    10754    0    0

K1AR         S H FN42   10    0    0   10    22    9  N5DX         2000    0    1

W4RK         S H EM66    7    0    0    7    13    7  W2GD         1105    0    1

 

Single operator - Low power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

K9CS         S L EN60  531   16    7  508  4702  214  YZ7A         8101   35  133

KB7Q         S L DN45  435   19    7  409  4662  176  JA8ISU       7631   25  103

N0AC         S L EN21  468   14   49  405  4412  190  YZ7A         8473   29  107

W9RE         S L EM69  549    4    5  540  4378  208  OM5ZW        7852   30  135

W0AIH        S L EN44  468    8    6  454  4306  200  YZ7A         8007   31  114

KK9K         S L EN54  413    5    5  403  3950  186  9A2AJ        7671   28  114

K7RE         S L DN84  364    1   10  353  3854  158  JH2FXK       9375   28   94

K1PX         S L FN31  395    1    3  391  3652  162  KH6/N6KB     7950   27  106

N0XB         S L EN34  408    0   14  394  3534  170  OK1RI        7481   22  111

NT6K         S L CN91  324    4   10  310  3238  147  UA0LCZ       8169   19   75

W0UO         S L EM12  353    5   15  333  3128  163  KH6AT        5912   14   92

K8FH         S L EN91  390    1   11  378  3096  166  OM5ZW        7338   22  102

VE7SL        S L CN88  212    0    1  211  3072  124  PJ2/WB9Z     6357   11   58

K0RC         S L EN35  321    0    6  315  3064  148  P40TA        4306   24   93

N5OT         S L EM16  326    2    1  323  3040  162  OK1RI        8378   21   87

K1HTV        S L FM18  356    0   11  345  2928  160  LY3UM        7322   23   95

W4SAA        S L EL97  268    1   12  255  2872  128  RK1AM        8554   16   68

N5OE         S L EM02  302    1   20  281  2870  139  KV4FZ        3791   21   76

K9WJU        S L EN71  358    6    3  349  2800  164  F6IRA        6541   21  113

K8FC         S L DM78  272    0    8  264  2796  134  ON4UN        7844   22   78

N6RK         S L CM98  250    1    2  247  2746  127  JH4UYB       8911   11   67

K8PO         S L FN54  211    1    5  205  2742  122  UA3TCJ       7151   15   63

VE3DZ        S L FN03  343    4    3  336  2738  153  UU4JMG       8304   20   88

K8IA         S L DM43  262    4    6  252  2712  123  KV4FZ        4907   15   66

VE3OSZ       S L FN25  271    1    1  269  2644  140  OM5ZW        6681   14   73

K9MMS        S L EN51  281    0    1  280  2458  138  F6IRA        6816   17   86

N2WN         S L EM86  301    3    5  293  2428  152  S57M         7721   20   83

W0ETT        S L DM79  232    1   11  220  2308  119  PJ2/WB9Z     4630   16   62

K1EP         S L FN42  265    4    4  257  2298  117  RK1AM        6662   18   73

N9CK         S L EN53  265    1    0  264  2242  131  S57M         7558   17   80

K7SV         S L FM18  278    0    7  271  2238  138  OM5ZW        7324   19   73

N4XD         S L FM05  279    3   12  264  2208  128  LY3UM        7694   20   81

N8AA         S L EN91  250    0    3  247  2150  139  S57M         7221   16   75

K8IR         S L EN65  250    3    1  246  2056  123  OK1RI        7074   17   77

KB5NJD       S L EM12  236    0    9  227  2038  132  VE7CC        2864   14   70

W7TMT        S L CN87  194    1    7  186  2008  104  PJ2/WB9Z     6320    9   43

N0AX         S L CN87  184    1    6  177  1950   96  JH4UYB       8203    8   46

N0AT         S L EN34  226    3    9  214  1926  119  N6WG         2625   14   72

K2ZR         S L FN03  277    0    3  274  1914  128  OK1RI        6763   18   75

KO7X         S L DN71  182    0    4  178  1886  100  KV4FZ        4641   13   55

N2NC         S L FN20  196    1    1  194  1878  111  OM5ZW        7046   12   55

K9QVB        S L EN62  270    0    5  265  1840  122  KV4FZ        3468   13   80

W9WI         S L EM66  235    1    7  227  1776  120  K7MI         3307   18   67

N8NA         S L FM29  202    1    3  198  1756  107  LY3UM        7127   12   61

K9OT         S L EN42  181    0   10  171  1648  104  DJ0MDR       7494   15   58

K8MR         S L EN91  182    0    7  175  1632  107  LY2IJ        7273   12   58

CU2JU        S L HM77   91    0    6   85  1624   65  W7IUV        7327    0   10

WW3S         S L EN91  228    2    3  223  1616  108  SN7Q         7145   18   68

NN9K         S L EN41  214    2   12  200  1568  109  P40TA        3860   14   61

UA6LFQ       S L KN97  143    0    2  141  1562  108  PJ2/WB9Z    10304    1   14

N6MA         S L DM45  178    0   11  167  1476   97  KV4FZ        4947    9   47

K4OGG        S L EM73  212    0    4  208  1466  108  W7AWA        3556    8   63

WB2ABD       S L FN02  174    0    3  171  1464  106  RK1AM        7028    9   54

G4BYG        S L IO93  145    0    3  142  1450  105  PJ2/WB9Z     7449    4   15

WS6X         S L DM06  133    0    4  129  1426   88  JH4UYB       9186    7   31

K5KA         S L EM26  150    0    2  148  1420   96  S57M         8473    8   45

W7WKR        S L CN98  122    6    8  108  1406   71  K3NA         3947   10   37

W3CP         S L DN05  164    0    8  156  1392   85  P40TA        5955    9   40

N4ZZ         S L EM66  213    3    4  206  1384  108  FM5BH        3551   11   63

AI7H         S L DN17  137    0    8  129  1376   81  P40TA        5900    9   36

WA1UJU       S L EN56  164    0    3  161  1374   88  N2NL         2908   14   50

WQ5L         S L EM50  170    0    6  164  1358   99  K7RAT        3384    9   49

N1IW         S L FN42  143    0    3  140  1312   81  RK1AM        6662    8   34

N3CO         S L EN72  194    0    6  188  1298   98  S57M         7395   10   61

VE6TN        S L DO30  116    0    2  114  1286   69  P40TA        5796    6   29

K7CMZ        S L FM18  211    0    4  207  1272   99  ON4UN        6148   13   59

K7XC         S L DM09  138    0    0  138  1258   77  K8PO         4116    9   38

W5OV         S L EM13  154    2    5  147  1250  100  PJ2/WB9Z     3672    7   43

K4IQJ        S L EM72  120    0    1  119  1248   77  ON4UN        7132   11   39

W1TO         S L FN32  145    1    0  144  1248   87  OM5ZW        6774    9   36

K5KG         S L EL87  130    0    3  127  1242   84  K7MI         4149    3   30

W1JQ         S L FN31  148    2    4  142  1240   84  RK1AM        6848   11   47

VE5UF        S L DO61  100    0    2   98  1226   70  P40TA        5510    4   28

W4OWY        S L EM84  150    0    4  146  1222   93  SN7Q         7842    6   47

AD8J         S L FN00  189    0    6  183  1210   96  ON4UN        6130   12   57

K5QQ         S L EM37  201    0   27  174  1210  102  K7MI         2775   10   52

WT9U         S L EN71  164    2    3  159  1168   96  KV4FZ        3274   13   45

K0KP         S L EN36  128    1    4  123  1158   83  N2NL         2603    6   47

N1DG         S L FN42  102    0    1  101  1122   71  UU4JMG       7942    2   25

UX5NQ        S L KN28  159    0    6  153  1122  112  P40TA        9272    4   19

VA7ST        S L DO00  126    2    3  121  1118   64  JH4UYB       8255    7   30

W1QK         S L FN31  163    0    3  160  1104   86  RK1AM        6848   14   45

K3SWZ        S L FN10  135    0    3  132   998   85  SN7Q         6993    8   42

W6OSP        S L CM88  101    0    2   99   998   65  KV4FZ        6052    5   25

K1DAN        S L FN34  101    0    1  100   988   69  HA8BE        6882    4   25

K3MD         S L FN10  135    1    9  125   970   77  OM5ZW        7171    6   35

N3JB         S L FM08  133    0    5  128   966   79  SN7Q         7272    7   39

WJ9B         S L EL89  115    0    3  112   864   74  K7RAT        3905    6   28

KB1H         S L FN41  105    0   13   92   860   61  RK1AM        6753    7   28

K0PYK        S L EN24  111    1    9  101   856   73  P40TA        4326    3   28

K9OZ         S L EN51  133    0   10  123   844   75  N2NL         2904    8   38

W0EB         S L EM17  110    0    0  110   832   80  K7MI         2453    5   33

SM2M         S L KP03  102    1    2   99   812   80  JH4UYB       7620    1    8

K5TT         S L EM15  100    0    7   93   802   67  KV4FZ        3736    8   28

AC6WY        S L DM12  104    0    8   96   792   55  P40TA        5358    5   26

NA2M         S L FN31  105    0    7   98   788   67  OK1RI        6538    3   36

K4JLD        S L FM19  111    0   14   97   786   73  OM5ZW        7247    2   26

K1IB         S L FN33  116    3    2  111   784   60  RK1AM        6665    4   35

KE6QR        S L CM88  122    5    4  113   784   54  NL7Z         3121    9   24

W5THT        S L EM50  100    0    8   92   770   70  W7AWA        3498    3   26

AD6FR        S L DM13  100    0    5   95   768   53  KV4FZ        5460    4   26

W8IDM        S L EN91  135    0    1  134   768   71  K7RAT        3388    8   42

TF3KX        S L HP94   67    0    2   65   766   55  P40TA        6840    0    2

K8AB         S L EN91  125    1    8  116   752   76  ON4UN        6184    6   38

K9OR         S L EN62  115    0    1  114   726   73  KV4FZ        3468    6   33

UA0LCZ       S L PN53   46    1    2   43   726   32  AC6DD        8636    0    4

N9TF         S L EN52  100    0    1   99   700   68  KV4FZ        3585    4   29

W2EV         S L FN03  110    0    2  108   676   61  N2NL         3701    4   38

K6AX         S L CM87   86    1    6   79   664   52  K5ZD         4407    5   23

N6ZZ         S L DM73   70    1    0   69   664   53  N8II         2584    5   25

WA2MCR       S L FN31  108    0    8  100   656   61  K7RAT        4004    3   28

N4ZR         S L FM19  109    0    3  106   640   68  KX7M         3807    6   32

VE3XD        S L FN03  100    0    4   96   626   64  OK1RI        6763    3   26

WB7FJG       S L CN87   75    0    2   73   618   49  W4ZV         3699    3   18

K4KO         S L EM66   91    0    1   90   616   68  P40TA        3211    3   30

N2ES         S L FN31  100    0    1   99   606   57  N7DD         3125    3   31

KN4Y         S L EM70  100    0   11   89   598   64  AE7H         2477    3   24

N0BUI        S L EN44   86    0    2   84   586   57  K7RAT        2510    2   24

W1MX         S L FN42   87    0    0   87   572   53  UA2FF        6432    2   24

DL8MBS       S L JO50  101    0    2   99   556   73  K3NA         6104    1    8

K4WW         S L EM78   80    0    4   76   556   57  K7MI         3379    7   27

K8VUS        S L EN91   90    0    2   88   550   59  N2NL         3568    2   25

K0MPH        S L EN35   77    0    6   71   548   47  W7WA         2300    7   16

OK1NE        S L JO70  111    0    3  108   546   80  K3NA         6359    3   11

UA1OMS       S L LP31   71    0    3   68   532   58  JH4UYB       6502    0    2

KC4WQ        S L EM78   75    0    4   71   522   53  K7MI         3379    7   19

NQ7R         S L DM42   62    0    3   59   520   44  PJ2/WB9Z     4813    1   13

N1LN         S L EM20   50    0    3   47   510   40  KV4FZ        3361    4   15

W5GZ         S L DM52   74    0    3   71   500   50  W2GD         3143    3   14

N4MM         S L FM09   86    0    4   82   482   55  AC6DD        3708    4   28

K5ZG         S L EN70   80    0    2   78   478   53  ON4UN        6508    6   19

UA1CBM       S L KO59   87    0    8   79   470   68  9A2AJ        4123    0    3

VA7MM        S L CN89   66    0    6   60   464   34  JH4UYB       8081    3   16

LY2OO        S L KO14   83    0    4   79   462   62  P40TA        9017    1    6

K7IA         S L DM62   54    0    1   53   448   39  VE3PN        3097    1   14

OM6AL        S L JN99  114    0   13  101   436   65  UA4RZ        2125    2   10

VE3VMP       S L FN14   56    0    1   55   430   43  P40TA        3628    1   13

W9LYA        S L EN62   87    0    6   81   430   51  K7RAT        2883    2   25

DL8DWW       S L JO70   88    0    2   86   428   72  UA9CLB       3065    1    8

YB5AQB       S L OJ21   20    0    2   18   414   17  OK1RI        9885    0    0

WA7NCL       S L CN87   61    1    3   57   412   38  K9NW         3063    2   18

OM3BA        S L JN88   82    1    1   80   400   62  RW1ZA        2495    0    8

W4NTI        S L EM73   56    0    3   53   398   41  K7CA         2570    3   18

F8DBF        S L IN78   62    0    2   60   396   48  RL3A         2939    1    3

I3VWK        S L JN55   71    0    3   68   384   58  RW4PL        3010    0    3

KI7Y         S L CN85   62    0    0   62   380   35  KH6/N6KB     4116    2   15

DL3BRA       S L JO73   85    1    7   77   370   66  UA9CLB       2908    0    6

K9CW         S L EN50   51    0    0   51   358   42  P40TA        3668    0   19

N6NF         S L CM87   55    0    0   55   348   32  K9DX         2936    4   10

K6DGW        S L CM98   54    0    2   52   342   33  K9NW         3071    3   15

VO1HE        S L GN37   27    1    0   26   340   23  RK1AM        5340    0    3

W4NZ         S L EM75   50    0    0   50   338   44  K7RAT        3372    2   17

KQ6ES        S L DM14   53    0    1   52   336   34  K9CS         2721    5   14

RA9UN        S L NO35   32    0    2   30   336   27  OK1RI        4714    0    1

K4GM         S L FM18   67    0    0   67   330   49  K7CA         3145    1   19

N6ZFO        S L CM87   29    0    2   27   322   26  KV4FZ        6042    0    7

N0JL         S L EN31   54    0    3   51   314   37  K7CA         1773    1   14

NF8M         S L EN82   55    0    3   52   306   41  K7RAT        3193    2   11

K6OWL        S L CM87   52    0    0   52   298   33  W5WMU        3041    2   10

JH1GVY       S L PM95   20    0    1   19   296   18  K7CA         9046    0    5

K0RY         S L EM18   55    0    4   51   292   42  N2NL         2261    1   14

N4AU         S L EM62   50    0    2   48   292   39  K3RW         2135    1   11

DL3YM        S L JN49   56    0    0   56   282   51  RA4LW        2765    1    5

OK1DST       S L JN79   60    0    0   60   280   54  RW4PL        2507    0    1

N0RU         S L FM17   47    0    5   42   276   35  K7CA         3164    1   11

PA3AFF       S L JO21   48    0    2   46   276   42  RW1ZA        2481    1   10

JE1SPY       S L PM95   25    0    3   22   270   17  AC6DD        8602    0    5

W0TY         S L EM48   56    0    6   50   262   42  K7RAT        2743    1   15

YO3APJ       S L KN34   43    0    1   42   258   39  F6IRA        2217    0    4

K9IJ         S L EN52   51    0    3   48   252   37  PJ2/WB9Z     3846    1   12

SQ9FMU       S L JO90   56    0    1   55   248   45  RW1ZA        2243    0    3

W4DLZ        S L EL49   36    0    2   34   246   31  W8FJ         1898    1   12

N6EM         S L CM87   50    0    6   44   238   30  KO7X         1608    2   12

W2JU         S L FN31   46    0    3   43   228   30  ON4UN        5672    0   11

WA4OSD       S L EM66   40    0    2   38   222   32  K7MI         3307    2    8

AA1QD        S L FN43   10    0    0   10   216   10  LY3UM        6573    0    0

WW9R         S L EN52   58    0   15   43   216   36  K7CA         2116    0   13

EA7NW        S L IM77   25    0    7   18   214   18  W2GD         5951    0    1

NS3T         S L FM19   50    0    2   48   210   32  N5DX         1442    2   14

OK1KZ        S L JO70   43    0    0   43   210   37  RA4LW        2329    1    2

UA9MQR       S L MO64   17    0    0   17   210   16  S57DX        4152    0    0

W3DQ         S L FM18   32    0    2   30   202   26  K7CA         3145    1    9

N9ADG        S L CN97   38    1    0   37   192   23  JH4UYB       8327    2    9

JE1TSD       S L PM95   15    0    0   15   182   12  K7CA         9046    0    5

KN3A         S L EN90   51    0   10   41   182   33  K7CA         2777    2    9

DJ6TK        S L JO53   37    0    2   35   178   32  RK9CWW       3147    0    1

N3PXF        S L EM17   44    2    7   35   170   30  N6SS         1479    0   10

SM6Y         S L JO57   13    0    0   13   166   12  PJ2/WB9Z     8248    0    0

RA4SD        S L LO36   30    0    6   24   148   20  UA0SC        3240    0    1

K4RO         S L EM66   22    0    1   21   140   21  NP4Z         2796    1    9

KN7T         S L CN87   32    0    1   31   132   17  W7ZR         1591    2    7

DK4WF        S L JO71   29    0    2   27   128   25  UA9CLB       3010    0    1

NJ7I         S L DM43   20    0    1   19   122   16  K7RAT        1682    2    4

RA3GFG       S L KO92   24    0    1   23   108   23  DJ0MDR       1887    0    1

K1AA         S L EL98   21    0    2   19   102   18  KV4FZ        2040    0    4

W9LYN        S L EM59   24    0    5   19    94   18  K7RAT        2851    0    4

RU6FA        S L LN05   12    0    0   12    84   11  YL2PQ        1749    0    0

K7AWB        S L DN17   21    0    3   18    82   17  K9GY         3316    0    3

JG7PSJ       S L QM08    8    0    0    8    80    6  VQ9LA        8659    0    4

KB1CJ        S L FN42   24    0    3   21    74   14  W4ZV         1162    1    3

G0MTN        S L IO92   10    0    0   10    56    9  LY2PX        1730    0    0

WV2ZOW       S L FN20   13    0    1   12    46   11  KK9K         1232    0    2

DL7JOM       S L JO62   14    0    2   12    44    9  RK1AM        1361    0    0

N7VS         S L CN85   22    0    6   16    40   11  VE6JY        1145    1    2

JK2VOC       S L PM84   10    0    0   10    38    6  JT1CO        2920    0    3

KB3KYZ       S L FM29    6    0    1    5    24    5  AE8M          860    1    0 

 

Single operator - QRP power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

K7NJ         S Q DM37  281    4    6  271  6216  138  JH2FXK       9257   19   77

N5IA         S Q DM52  266   10    7  249  5768  128  KV4FZ        4704   20   66

KS0T         S Q EN36  287    3    3  281  5428  136  PJ2/WB9Z     4392   18   87

N8VW         S Q EN80  369   13    5  351  5312  151  S57M         7420   20  101

N0TT         S Q EM29  248    1    5  242  3988  133  PJ2/WB9Z     3935   12   74

N7IR         S Q DM43  168    0    1  167  3296  102  KV4FZ        4907    7   46

K5NZ         S Q EM20  165    0    4  161  3276  104  KV4FZ        3361   10   49

VE3KZ        S Q FN03  240    4    6  230  3180  106  N2NL         3701   20   66

K9FO         S Q EN61  190    0    7  183  2916  100  ON4UN        6555   11   55

WA4PGM       S Q FM07  196    1    0  195  2352   94  K7RAT        3731   15   61

KB8U         S Q EN71  177    0    9  168  2268   93  KV4FZ        3274   10   55

VE7NH        S Q CN89  123    0    1  122  2032   64  JH4UYB       8081    6   31

K9ZO         S Q EN50  139    0    3  136  1980   71  W7WA         2812   11   44

KT0R         S Q EN35  125    0    2  123  1960   82  W6XX         2640    4   41

K0KX         S Q EN35  101    0    3   98  1952   68  OK1RI        7399    7   26

KR2Q         S Q FN20  162    1    0  161  1852   74  K7CA         3284   10   52

K7TQ         S Q DN16  110    0    4  106  1652   65  W4ZV         3232    5   29

W3TS         S Q FN10  127    0    7  120  1448   70  PJ2/WB9Z     3200    7   38

VE7VV        S Q CN88   82    0    2   80  1392   52  PJ2/WB9Z     6357    2   24

KF7MD        S Q DM79   82    0    4   78  1388   60  K1DG         2861    5   26

WE9V         S Q EN52  102    0    1  101  1384   66  PJ2/WB9Z     3846    5   39

G3WPH        S Q IO91   93    0    1   92  1140   75  RW4PL        3372    0    9

K4QO         S Q EM92   95    0    8   87  1084   57  P40TA        2531    2   25

KM4CH        S Q EM72   88    0   20   68   972   45  K7CA         2606    7   20

VE3EJ        S Q FN03   62    1    1   60   972   51  OM5ZW        7066    3   17

VE3MGY       S Q FN03   80    0    4   76   964   46  PJ2/WB9Z     3568    7   27

K3ATO        S Q FN20   92    1    8   83   920   57  K7CA         3284    6   20

N6CMF        S Q DM14   64    1    4   59   900   44  PJ2/WB9Z     5411    4   11

KD2MX        S Q FN21   92    0   10   82   824   52  K7CA         3273    3   25

N9GH         S Q EN51   66    0    0   66   776   54  VE6JY        2230    2   20

N6TR         S Q CN85   46    0    0   46   672   32  KV4FZ        6160    2   12

W3AG         S Q FN00   65    0    1   64   628   47  K7CA         2947    1   20

K2LNS        S Q FN21   58    0    4   54   556   34  K7CA         3273    3   11

AA5TB        S Q EM12   41    0    3   38   532   34  VE3PN        2378    2   10

KX7L         S Q CN87   37    0    0   37   504   25  VE3PN        3634    1   10

AA5CK        S Q EM05   37    0    2   35   484   31  PJ2/WB9Z     3946    2   10

RW3AI        S Q KO85   43    2    0   41   476   36  UN6P         2452    0    2

NU7T         S Q DM09   40    0    3   37   460   27  VE6JY        1622    4   10

K0OK         S Q DM13   42    0    3   39   436   25  K9DX         2640    1    8

K5WX         S Q EM10   36    0    0   36   432   28  K7RE         1641    2    9

DL7BA        S Q JO64   50    0    4   46   428   40  RW1ZA        1953    0    2

W4TDB        S Q EM65   41    0    5   36   364   31  VE3PN        1503    2   13

WC7S         S Q DN72   30    1    4   25   360   25  W6XX         1631    0    9

RU2FM        S Q KO04   40    0    2   38   356   34  RW4PL        1894    0    3

OK1JOC       S Q JN69   48    1    1   46   352   37  RA4LW        2506    0    2

KN1H         S Q FN33   39    0    5   34   348   25  N0AC         1817    0   10

DJ3GE        S Q JO30   42    0    4   38   296   32  RL3A         2072    0    2

W2JEK        S Q FN20   37    0    2   35   288   21  VE1ZJ        1311    2   11

YL3DX        S Q KO26   27    0    0   27   196   22  RW4PL        1592    0    0

DF1DX        S Q JO40   28    0    1   27   176   22  LY2IJ        1171    0    1

N6DZ         S Q CM97   13    0    0   13   140   12  W0AIH        2625    0    3

W3ZMN        S Q FN20   19    0    0   19   120   13  K9DX         1189    0    4

G3YMC        S Q IO91   15    0    0   15   116   15  LY3UM        1767    0    1

WZ2T         S Q FN24   12    0    1   11   108   11  W0AIH        1271    0    2

KI0G         S Q DM69   10    0    3    7    88    6  N5IA          797    2    3

K6BW         S Q CM88    8    0    0    8    80    8  W4ZV         3722    0    0

RV3QX        S Q LO00    7    0    1    6    68    6  SO2R         1674    0    0 

     

Multi operator - High power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

ON4UN        M H JO11  501    7   38  456  4489  253  VK6VZ/6     14385   11   64

RK1AM        M H KO59  401    6   19  376  3601  232  VK7GN       15360    8   53

W2GD         M H FM29  603   12   48  543  3171  247  S9SS         9291   29  118

RL3A         M H KO85  273    6    7  260  1632  186  VK3IO       14424    6   27

YZ7A         M H KN05  268    0   15  253  1461  169  VK6VZ/6     12927    4   25

N2BJ         M H EN61  237    0    6  231   818  121  K6ANP        3071   15   73

LY7A         M H KO24  202    2   14  186   678  123  P40TA        9145    6   22

KL7FH        M H BP51   17    0    0   17   125   16  JH4UYB       6085    0    2

 

Multi operator - Low power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

NE3MD        M L FM19  325    0   10  315  1982  129  K7MI         3978   26   81

W6YX         M L CM87   70    0    1   69   546   48  KV4FZ        6042    3   16

YT2W         M L KN04   40    0    1   39   238   37  OH4MFA       2040    0    5

DK9TN        M L JN58   21    0    1   20    70   18  OH2BO        1608    0    0

 

Multi operator - QRP Power

CALL         C P GRID  RAW  DUPE BUST QSO   PTS  GRD  CALL -BEST DX- KM  QRP  LOW

W8FT         M Q EN81  135    0    4  131  1748   78  P40TA        3490    6   45

 

Soapbox Comments

I had a lot of fun operating QRP from a city lot.  Thanks to all that took the effort to receive my puny signal. - AA5TB

 

First time for me in the TBDC.  Had lots of fun but only was able to operate for about 8 hours.  I heard ON4UN and F6IRA really well here in Arizona. - AB7E

 

FN53 Ten Tec Omni VI+ 1/4 wave slooper at 40ft - AC1O

 

FIRST TIME ENTRY, VERTICAL LESS THAN 40 FEET HIGH - AC6DD

 

1ST TIME THIS TEST. CU NEXT TIME 73 - AC6WY

 

Best ever 160 meter DX when I worked ON4UN. - AD8J

 

TS-850 @ 5 Watt, Wattmeter OHR WM-1, Tribander, Trap-Dipole - DF1DX

 

Sorry, I do not have much time to work in the Contest - DJ6TK

 

Tnx for organizing this nice 160m-contest - a lot of fun, - Jo DK2PH

 

Encouraged by good conditions into JA one day before, I decided to take part in the SP_2005. - DL1AMQ

 

Condx not extraordinary, but quite OK. JH4UYB was heard very loud before sunset but station was not ready at that time.  Caught him later quite easily. Also another four JAs made it into the log. Nice surprise was being called by DU9/N0NM and later by VK6VZ/6 at his sunrise.  Found DU9 later calling CQ in vain for a while. I hope he got a few callers as he was loud. Heard VQ9LA very nicely too but he only called a few stations (and I was not among them). North America opened early and by 00z the band was in full swing. Most western station  worked was N0AC in IA. K0HA was heard pretty well around 0630z but could not raise his attention. Win-Test lets you see a map to grids worked.  This way I found that SN2N initially sent wrong grid JO68 (which was in Sweden), but later he corrected it to JO94. 9A contest activity merged into the Stew Perry challenge. Many stations have both QSO number and grid locator. TF4M refused to give a locator and sent only 599 so I did not work him. CU in 2006! - DL6RAI worked with 30Watt and 23m longwire - DL7BA

 

Heared not many US stations in my SR, and expected more because last night here  - EA6BF

 

160 Ft wire vertical antenna + XX lambdas beverages to NO and NE + 63 Ft loop receiving system K6SE's modeling

 Yaesu FT100 MK-V + 8877 output VE and East USA open early evening but noisy Sunday morning. As promise come back with better conditions for the second time SP test - F6IRA

 

Very small part time entry - G0MTN

 

Liked the earlier date - avoided the usual Christmas family events. Great to remember the 'Grand Old Man' of 160m in this way - G3SVL

 

Good conditions to USA after 000z: some US stations sounded like a locals! - G3XGC

 

Only a token entry this year. I had intended to do a serious entry but the band was not very inspiring and I soon lost interest. But am happy to allow those I did work to gain the extra points from a QRP station. 73 Dave - G3YMC

 

First time entry and had nice relaxing few hours. Band conditions no great shakes considering the state of Sunspot Cycle. Used my 40m corner fed delta loop as rx ant and it certainly helped pull a few  weak ones out of the mud. Antenna is top fed (loaded whip)ontop of 60ft vertical. Radio is an Icom 746Pro. Pity this contest is held during the hectic holiday shopping/events period of the year and I'm sure doing so restricts the number of potential entries. I suppose you can't please all the folks all the time.  Used N1MMLogger software and found the bandmaps very useful for going back to  busy stations and picking them up at a later time. I will be back for next years event and hope to do an improved score then. HNY to all de Vic G4BYG   - G4BYG

 

My first time in the SPTC and great fun. The nicest surprise was VK6VZ/6 calling me. This contest reminded my a lot to the VHF contest I used to participate in my early ham-days: not too much activity, interesting exchanges and propagation surprised. But then many fields didn't sound familiar at all :-) 73, Stephan HB9DDO

 

I have been participated on this contest since the first time. I participated on LowPower SingleOp. The condition was very poor in this year. I could QSO with only 3 U.S.A. stations. But I could QSO with Africa VQ9LA! His signal was very strong 599+! This season, in east Asia area, we had a very heavy jamming (OTH radar?) from BY (military use?) in November. But it stopped until middle of November. I used M.V. (micro vert) antenna by DF7PE which built on my condominium's balcony. It was only 3.6m length! - JE1SPY

 

Disappointed about the poor conditions for US, while feel so nice to be picked up by VQ9LA. - JE1TSD

 

Output power 50watts - JH1GVY

 

Great Contest - JH4UYB

 

My first SPC. What fun!!! I finished constructing the 160 board for my K2 Saturday afternoon. I was running 5 watts to a 75' wire ten feet off the ground - K0OK

 

AA1K is in the log twice, once as mobile and once fixed.  Two different stations, not a dupe. My station consists of a stealth wire run up a pine tree and over to another pine tree.  I live in a condo, so technically, my lot is 0 sq ft.  However, my antenna certainly fits into a 20M by 10M space, as my radials are barely 50' long. I also made 135 QSO's in RAC if that counts for anything. - K1EP

 

It was great to work so many of my 160 Meter friends again in this year's Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge. Conditions were pretty good at my FM18 (Maryland) QTH. Had planned to put up a separate receive antenna but too many family related chores got in the way. The trusty vertical transmit antenna once again did double duty. Fortunately the QRN level was reasonably low during most of the Challenge. Running 100W I managed to work 22 DX stations in 17 countries: S5, ON, P4, LY, FM, F(2), SP(2), OK, DL, UA, KP4(2), OH, PJ2, SM(2), GM(2), UA2 & CU. DX Conditions in the 2003 SPDXC (missed the 2004...was recuperating from a fall from roof) seemed a bit better than this year's Challenge. Only a relatively few NA stations were heard calling CQ in the DX Window. Although the rules didn't prohibit this practice, most of the Topbanders adhered to the gentleman's agreement and only answered DX stations in the window. Unfortunately those that insisted on CQing there QRMed the weak DX, making it difficult, if not impossible for many from working some of the DX. Maybe in the next SPDXC rules there should be a reference to the Window. Overall it was a great competition and continues to be one of my favorites. - K1HTV

 

FT-1000, AL-1500 and 160M dipole at 90.  Conditions were good early (2000Z) from Virginia.  Noted very strong roaring noise all over the band beginning - K1KO

 

On the 3830 list, a number of stations reported that conditions to Europe were good from 2300-0100, then faded until around 0500.  I, too, observed these conditions.  However, I've always assumed that this was the normal pattern, based on about 30 consecutive ARRL 160 tests.  I don't do much casual operating. There were two mystery signals around 1200.  First, while CQing, I got called by a station that had "VK" and "DX" in the call.  But, at the time, the signal was very weak and I could not find the right antenna on which to listen.  It was not until around 1300 when I heard VK6DXI working N2IC (I hope I'm not mis-remembering which N2) that I realized who "VK" and "DX" was.  Naturally, at 1300, VK6DXI was plainly audible.  Oh well, what's 37 points? The second mystery signal was "VV" and "7".  I'm presuming that was VE7VV calling me, and again, I could not find the right antenna.  Now that VE7VV is burned into my memory, I shouldn't have that problem again.  Since he was QRP, that's another 28 points missed.  Oops. While in contests it's great to get into a top ten box, I'm really competing with my self.  This year, I had more points that any previous year, so I must declare success, even though I had fewer QSOs. How does one qualify for the "antenna less than 40 feet" plaque?  My transmitting antenna is a 40 foot wire with a "T" top.  The "T" top is about 180 feet long.  Since the antenna wire is taped to a piece of rope strung between trees 500 feet apart, its a bit difficult to get the center of the T aligned perfectly with the middle of the radial system (60 radials before I mowed the area the last time).  So, the 40 foot wire slants about 15 degrees, which means the overall height is somewhat less than 40 feet.  I'm crossing my fingers. See everyone in the CQ 160. - K1LT

 

I had great fun for 8 hours. 160 was in decent shape. Icom IC-765 @ 100 watts using 160M Inverted Vee & 450' "L" - K2ZR

 

A more conventional certificate system (highest 10 percent in each U.S. call area for high and low power) would increase participation.  My antenna is 41 feet high. - K3MD

 

CO2JD did not send his grid number I deleted the QSO better conditions to Europe than I recall in this event. No Pacific for me. - K3WW

 

S & P Only - K4IQJ

 

QRP Entry - Orion @ 4 watts/500 foot loop at 45 feet. - K4QO

 

Wish I could have operated more this year. Activity sounded pretty good the short time I was on. Thanks to Tree, Lew, and the crew who make this happen. - K4RO

 

First time entry. Most likely not the last! - K4WW

 

100% S&P with 100 watts.  Great fun. - K5KA

 

Entered the Search and Pounce Category only. - K5NA

 

Interesting contest as always.  Activity seemed a bit better than last year. Conditions to Europe were good - wish there was more activity! Mostly worked Northern Eu.  The Southern Eu stations all had some kind of hollow flutter sound and were not as strong. Some stations peaked right at their sunrise, but most were loudest 1-2 hours before SR. My best DX was N6KB/KH6 at 10 mins after my sunrise (at least I hope he is my best DX as the QSO was a bit dodgy with all the QSB and weak signals). Will be back again next year! I still don't understand why a contest focused on distance provides so much incentive for stations to run low power or QRP!! - K5ZD

 

VK6VZ Entry Small Space ("Isotron") Antenna - 1' X 1' X 8' felt in the running until antenna blew down in storm.  Ugh. - K6OWL

 

160m condx were what I would call perhaps a bit below normal.  As usual, I enjoyed the contest a lot. - K6SE

 

My first Stew-Perry Top Band DX Challenge. I found the Contest Rules confusing ... RST + Grid or just the Grid? My Contest Moment occurred when ON4UN told Europe to Standby while he dug me out of the noise ... my first ON on 160 Meters. - K7CMZ

 

Great fun operating from QTH of K7CA with fantastic vertical antenna array.  - K7NJ

 

Spent about 10.5 hours in this one. Conditons were good, with AK and JA stations worked, but no EU.  I was able to double my QSO's from last year, but not the score.  Thanks to Tree and the gang for this one.   - K7RE

 

First Stew contest.. Lots of fun. - K7TJR

 

IC746, 70W, 35' Tall INV L (only 5 RADIALS + ground rod) Improvements to ant Worked well. Heard a lot more than I was able to work with 70W from an ailing IC-746. - K7XC

 

Propagation was a little worse than usual at this southern Colorado location.  I actually did a little worse this year than last.  Even with 5 Beverages (antennas) I only heard France and Belgium in Europe (maybe I should have had the other beverages!).  By 3am local the band had totally dried out and I went to bed.  I had good intentions to try to catch some JA's but alas the sandman had a good grip on me and I missed the opening. As usual, this is a great operating event, really enjoy the format.  See you all next year, happy holidays.  - Joe K8FC

 

Band Conditions Good from Eastern West Virginia and Enjoyed Using EI5DI SD Logging Program for the first time--easy straight-forward usage. - K8OQL

 

I was going to run QRO and work all the DX but then thought I would try a few QRP contacts first just to see how the band was and got hooked! - K9FO

 

Great to be back in the Stew!  - K9GY

 

Activity seemed light this year.  - K9WWT

 

My first 160M contest.  Only had a couple of hours to operate, and ant is only a shorted feedline to a small inverted vee, but still fun. - KB1CJ

 

I was going to start out complaining about how there was no "Whine award" sponsored this year, but I figured there was no point since it wasn't sponsored. I was also going to go on a rant about how my wife got a new puppy on the day of the Stew and how the distraction made things very difficult to effectively operate the contest. Again, no point of pontificating about things that no longer really matter.  The Stew:  What can I say, my fellow operators? The Stew was a fantastic experience for me this year.  With the sponsoring of the S&P award, it made for a lot more stations look for me while I lazily sat on freq running weak ones.  Speaking of weak ones, there were a lot more this year. Either people are using the QRP mult or they are trying to win that category from that awesome guy who is sponsoring the award for short verticals under 40 feet tall. He sure was a smart guy for sponsoring that award!  As for me, I don't happen to qualify because my antenna is 40 feet, 1 inch tall. But all of the radials and antenna fit into a space 20m X 10m so maybe I have a shot of that spiffy Flying Doctors of Australia hat that VK6VZ offers every year!  I wish someone would sponsor an award for a replacement of an RX antenna switch because I wore mine out last night.  I guess that is a good sign that everything is hearing in the direction that it is supposed to.  I gave up early because I was extremely tired but I did improve my score and QSO totals from previous years by just a little bit so it was worth it.  Listening on topband, even with quiet conditions and rx antennas is still a little fatiguing, especailly when you are having to really dig.  I always enjoy this contest and hope it continues for a long, long time.  See you in the Stew 2006.. I'll be sure to bring a little extra meat!  Special thanks to all the organizers and sponsors! - KB5NJD

 

Came within a gnat's whisker of working Europe QRP, but it wasn't to be this time around.  I had lots of fun anyway. Hope to work you all in next year's Stew. - KB8U

 

My first Stew Perry contest.  Very enjoyable.  I very much like the scoring/grid exchange.  It's a challenge running qrp with just a wire antenna but I'm amazed at how well it works. Thanks to all for digging out my signal. Some of you really earned the bonus points. 160 is a great band.  I wish it always had such activity.  I think conditions weren't quite as good to the south as during the 160M contest earlier in the month.  My best DX was SM5EDX although I wasn't able to work him.   - KD2MX

 

TOO MUCH NOISE TO MAKE A SERIOUS EFFORT.  THE STEW IS ALWAYS FUN ANYWAY - KI7Y

 

Had family Xmas at our place, so got a late start. Made a few QSOs just to show up. - KJ9C

 

NICE EU OPENING - WORKED MORE EU WITH LP THAN IN ARRL WITH HP - NEW BEVERAGE ON ICE HELPED A LOT WITH THE QRN FROM THE SNOWSTORM TO THE SE - BEST ACTIVITY LEVEL EVER - TNX TO ALL THE BORING GUYS - KK9K

 

LOTS OF FUN.  FT817 TO 1/2 WAVE WIRE WITH CENTER AT 45 FEET AND ENDS AT SIX FEET.  CLEARS THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE BY ABOUT FOUR FEET.  HEARD LOTS OF DX BUT NOBODY HEARD ME.  GOES WITH THE TERRITORY.  ABOUT 8 HOURS OF ON TIME. SAME AS LAST YEAR, BEST DX = K7CA WHILE K7RAT CQ'ED IN MY FACE EVERY TIME (AS DID KC7V).  :-) MX ES HNY AND TNX FOR THE FUN ACTIVITY! - KR2Q

 

FT1000D AT 5 WATTS TO FULL WAVE DELTA LOOP APEX 150 FT. (@KR0B) - KS0T

 

GREAT FUN, THANKS FOR PULL OUT MY QRP SIGNAL. - KT0R

 

Unfortunately, pre-holiday activities kept me from putting in the late night hours, but conditions seemed great here: loud signals, low QRN.  Lots of fun! - KX7L*

 

Nice contest! 73! - LY2OO

 

Conditions seemed to be pretty good with my low-power CQs getting calls from as far away as New England.  High winds caused a nearby power pole to act up intermittently all night though, so the noise blanker and DSP got a workout.  Nice to see the band full of signals from regulars and casual entrants. - N0AX

 

Eighty meter dipole worked well.  Heard ON4UN. - N0JL

 

Always a great contest - N0XB

 

All S & P. - N1DG

 

Sat out last year's session due to family duties. Only one I missed since the beginning. Good to be back this year though without Beverages and with an inverted L that is in the most bizarre configuration one could imagine. - N1MD

 

I enjoyed my first Stew Perry contest! My thanks to all organizers. - N2ES

 

FUN! Beat my last years score by 57 points. Seventy-three more Q's but less DX. 26 Europeans last year and only 19 total DX contacts this year. Strange didn't work a G or DL. Lots of QRN all night here in the South. Sounded like it was summertime again. - N4PN

 

During the 2005 Stew Perry Top Band Distance Challenge N5OT never transmitted at a speed greater than 18 wpm. - N5OT

 

All QSOs made using a single inverted L antenna, for both transmit and receive, supported only by palm trees on a 1/3rd acre house lot. The antenna is inside an area of less than 20m x 10m. - N6KB

 

S&P Only - 18WPM - N6TR

 

First contest using N1MM Logger.  Lost some Q's due to operator error! - N7IR

 

Operating from K8MK for this one.  Jim has a great antenna. - N8VW

 

I 'Reserved' the 2005 SPTBDC weekend with my wife months ahead of time -- and in November our plans 'changed' so that we'd be away that weekend skiing in Whistler, BC, with her father. We'd be leaving during the contest day on Saturday, arriving at the ski area about dusk. A week before the Stew, I scrambled to find a station that would allow me to operate in BC, and was able to do so -- thanks Bob Eldridge VE7BS, only about 45 mins from the ski area.  Three days before the contest an inspiration hits me that perhaps I can just run my home station remotely through the internet; I make sure the firewall is set up, get a dynamic DNS entry, install some software to manage the dynamic address, and set up a RealVNC server on the laptop controlling the computer. I set up two free VOIP accounts, and use VOIP Soft-phones on my laptop at home, and the one I'm taking with me.  I spend Wednesday night testing. I use a USB relay control interface (Ontrak ADU-200) to control an Ameritron RCS-10 switch to allow changing the receive antennas under computer control. THE ADU 200 even has a watchdog timer function! I modify the nice Windows application to control the antenna switches, watchdog, and PTT. I test it... a lot. I call the Hotel on Thursday to verify that they have high speed internet, and they do.  I use the setup on Friday night, testing to make sure there are no RF problems with the internet connections etc. On Saturday morning, I work the first 1.5 hours of the contest until the band shuts down (last station heard (but not worked) KH6ZM, hearing him work NL7?). I test my remote setup again after the band closes. My son has a birthday party to attend, until 1pm. We get on the road at 1:15. I stop at work to get a keyboard and 'real mouse' so I don't have to work the contest with a laptop touchpad. We drive from Seattle through Vancouver, where 'we' get a little lost as we try to get from 91 to Route 1 (our map is from 1988). As the sun sets in the distance across Vancouver Island, I think "the band has been open for at least an hour". We arrive at our hotel at 6:20pm, which isn't bad. With three kids, unloading the car takes about 30 minutes. Oh, I need to go to the ski rental place for skis for our youngest who is going into ski school the next day. That takes 25 minutes. Back to the room. I unpack the laptop, verify that the internet connection works, and I actually log into home, enable VNC and call myself on the VOIP phone. I hear that the band is open. I hear a K9 calling CQ about the time my wife says dinner is ready. I resist the urge to work the K9, but, satisfied everything is going to turn out, I disconnect, and have a leisurely dinner. While my wife is helping the kids brush their teeth, I explain to my father in law what I was planning on doing, and catch him up to the story to this point. He's known me for a number of years, so has considerable skill in expressing interest in this 'hobby' while remembering the other potential suitors for his daughter.   My wife sits down, and joins the conversation. I am able to get the laptop to the table, where I expect I'll be spending the next few hours. I click on the connection to home, which worked 30 minutes before -- nothing. I try another method to see if the machine is reachable -- nothing. I am puzzled -- everything worked just a short while before. I try a few more times; I traceroute. I call our answering machine at home -- works ok.  What could it be? It's 9:20pm. I am reluctant to do so, but I call a neighbor to enquire if they might go over to check on why nothings working. I envision a freak failure mode where the watchdog timer has failed, I'm transmitting, which despite my testing has killed the internet connection. I have to explain (condensed version) to this neighbor where I am, why I'm calling; His wife answers. Explaining my call, she cackles with laughter, since she already thinks I'm an incredible nerd, and this just confirmed it again.  She also laughs because she'd be glad to go over and do that, but the power to our entire neighborhood is out due to high winds... The double whammy is that my wife was listening to my side of the conversation, and knew exactly what had happened. Turns out the power was off for a number of hours -- enough to deplete the laptop batteries, and cause it not to come on again. My wife mentions that if I had been home, I may have just been sitting in the dark anyway.  I wisely didn't point out I would have likely got the generator out of the shed.  Lessons learned: Test all failure modes; know what you're dependent on; if Murphy really wants you, he's going to get you. I did get to meet Bob VE7BS in person on Monday, and had a great time chatting about 160m and a bunch of other topics. See you next year. I've already reserved the weekend with my wife, whatever weekend it happens to be. She's likely already planning something else for us to do. - N9ADG

 

Went for the underdog routine and ran QRP with only a 20 meter dipole fed with open wire shorted at the feed point and used as a random wire, TNX to all - N9GH

 

Great contest!  We were unclear if off times should be > 15 min or > 1/2 hour.  If 1/2 hour is required, our total operating time was greater than 14 hours and the last few QSOs should be removed. Please clarify the "off time" rule for next year. - NE3MD

 

No EU in the log this year, but did hear UN6P, SM5EDX, ON4UN and a few others. Conditions were generally poor here in Alaska. - NL7Z

 

Conditions just weren't good for me and my little signal. My antenna is a vertical and less than 40 feet tall. But I probably don't have a big enough score to win that plaque!  Thanks as always to the BARC. - NS3T

 

rig: 400W, ant: Vert @25m  - OE1TKW

 

Ten hours 100% Search & Pounce. - OH4MFA

 

THANKS FOR THE NICE CONTEST. TRX FT 847 100W - ANT G5RV - OK1KZ

 

Output power 100W Ant 2x33 m, 15 m up - OK1NE

 

IC756PROII, Alpha87A, InvVee, TR6.78 - P40TA

 

A very nice contest, I wish I could do better, but with a US stamp size garden it is difficult!! - PA0INA

 

BEST DX: RW1ZA RIG: KENWOOD TS680S, TX ONLY WRKG ON GRID 10 KHZ PWR: 75W, ANT: HALFWAVE DIPOLE, 8M - PA3AFF

 

rig: TS 570-d 70 wtts ant: delta L = 171 m up = 33 m - RA9UN

 

rig hm  5w  ant sloper - RU2FM

 

Icom 7800 power 5 watts, Ant: LW 120m  - RW3AI

 

40W/KW + inv L with short vertical part. 73, tu to all, Kurt sm2yiz - SM2YIZ

 

Tnx very much for a fun Tnx Paul for good software - SP4Z

 

Nice to meet lot of TP friends. Thanks for patient for my small sigs (KV4FZ P40TA K9NW) - SP6AEG

 

Its my first STEW PERRY TOPBAND DISTANCE CHALLENEGT CONTEST. My Working condition in this contest - QRP home made transceiver, home made PA with 100 w output. Antenna is LW with MU in the feedpoint I hope, that I'll have better equipments in next contest, and I'll receive better results! CU in 2006! 73! - UA1CBM

 

This was my tenth Stew Perry contest and, as usual, it was an interesting challenge. On Saturday night the Boring people served up the SPTBDC and then on Sunday night, very appropriately, my wife served up stew for dinner. I found conditions quite variable. It seemed as if the ionosphere was like a patchwork quilt with good patches and bad ones. Some signals were very strong (K7RAT was "boring" in here), but others were surprisingly weak. I worked quite a lot of west coast stations and a dozen or so Europeans. But conditions were not up to the standard set in the 1997 event. Thanks to the Boring club for making this contest possible. - VE3OSZ

 

Scott N3NJP provided a vy nice log fer this contest.  Most operators were too fast; but, all slowed do for me, many tnx fer that.  Can't wait fer the next time - VE3VMP

 

P40TA and PJ2/WB9Z had great ears to hear my 5W! - VE7VV

 

I just managed to put up a new Inv Vee at 60ft, hours before the contest. First few QSO's at the sun set, proved antenna and coonditions to be good. K1GUN worked long before his sunrise. Then a great pile up of JA's. As soon as the contest started, things have changed. Very few answers to my CQ's so S & P for most of the contest. Band was rather noisy for most of the time. Signals were rather week. Very few NA stations heard and they came with week signals. Same with Eu. As for the JA pile up ... it never came back. As most of the QSO's from this part of the world have to be a DX, with a poor propagation it was a difficult, hard work, all the way throughout the contest. I have put 100% effort and I have improved my 2003 score by 3.5 times, but still there were only 37 QSO's in the log. A bit embarrassing, but ... I had 80% of them as a DX's, 20-30 pointers. Best DX was K9DX at 17502km, but many worked, were above 14,000 km. New countries: NL7Z and KH6/N6KB.  Stations from the neighborhood: There were 4 other VK's heard/worked: VK3IO (2653 km), VK6HD (335km), VK6VZ/6 (384km), VK6ABL (10 km). There were 2 ZL's worked: ZL2BSJ (5229) and ZL3IX (5043). Other Oceania stations worked were: YB5AQB (3901) and KH6/N6KB (11361 km away). Missed out on VQ9LA for a new country, though called him several times and he had quite a good signal. Other missed New Ones:  HL3IUA and XE2KK.  At the end of the day... I was happy to be in the test and work several old friends. Thanks to organizers for this interesting, challenging contest and see you next time.... Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 2006. Now...back to the pre-Christmas chores.... - VK6DXI

 

Never try to put up a 160m delta loop in one hour - it is a stupid idea... Switched to inverted vee and life got better.  Fair conditions to Europe at VK6 sunrise but conditions to NA were so stinko on 1st evening that didn't stay for second one.  Despite this, great fun! - VK6VZ

 

Background noise was pretty high, plus a lot of precip static here. It was snowing pretty heavy on and off all through the night.  Didn't hear any DX but did hear several people working EU.  Also several US stations weren't respecting the 30-35 DX window and were calling CQ in that area.  All-in-all, not too bad though, considering my meager antenna system. - W0EB

 

First Stew Perry effort for me... Contest seemed somewhat lively at beginning but slowed down after a few hours.  Good s9 signals from WB9Z/PJ2, KV4FZ, and P40TA.  Did hear a JH0 but too weak to work. - W0ETT

 

S&P Only - W0HW

 

My first Stew Perry.  What a hoot! - W2EV

 

This was the second event in our winter 160M trilogy at our FD style NJ shore station.  Two weeks earlier during the ARRL 160 we had our share of visits from Murphy (only natural, the station is located at the end of Murphy Drive).  We used the Stew as another shakedown cruise, finding out what works, what doesn't, and adapting the station configuration on the fly. Station:  Run Position - IC756ProII, Alpha 99, IC746. Mult Position - IC781, AL 1200. Antennas: 3 ele Vertical Wire Array NE/SW/Omni at 185' over a salt marsh "T" Vertical with 4 elevated radials, 935' beverage to EU, 560' beverages NW, W, SW, S, E, K9AY loop. During setup we continued to observe some disruptive line noise and have doubts about the performance of our 2 el phased NE beverage array and the 2 ele staggered West beverage system.   As it turned out our concerns were justified. The NE array in phased configuration was not hearing particularly well and the West beverage was exhibiting what amounted to an omni pattern.  After listening for half an hour, we decided to step back and reconfigure these two antennas to single element arrays.  The quick changes made all the difference.  Two hours of line noise 'sniffing' earlier in the afternoon identified another 4 new hot spots for the local power company to investigate. We had a few decent run hours at the beginning, averaging just over 80 qsos/hour for the first 3 hours.  Europeans would call in with regularity too, but the propagation was almost exclusively northern EU, very limited exposure to the south.  Many loud OK, UA, UR, and G signals.  But everything else just seemed average at best.  We are still waiting to hear 160 sound like 20M as it did back in 1996/97. Best DX was S9SS ... probably one of just two stations we used our East beverage for all night.   Conditions to the US west coast were not as good as the ARRL 160 two weeks ago, and this time no KH6, VK, ZL, or JA.  Where was South America this weekend?  No YV, PY, HK, or LU.  As observed by others, the expected peaks at local sunrise/sunset just didn't happen for the most part. Things got very slow after EU sunrise too.....we had many periods in the 'deep night' where no QSOs were occurred for 15 to 20 minutes.  We chose to spend nearly the entire contest on or near 1812.  Not sure if this was the best decision but early on the rates were very good there for us.  Our second station was used to scan the rest of the band and that seemed to work fairly well. Overall we had 8 more QSOs than our previous best two years ago but the number of DX stations worked was down about 10 percent.  Hoping we managed to pull a sufficient number of QRP and LP out of the mud to make our score competitive. Thanks again to all that called and looking forward to a great CQ160 CW in January. John, W2GD (for the Team) - W2GD

 

First time in this one.  Hope to be better prepared and have more time next year!  - W3DQ

 

I would like to enter the "Top Score, Antenna < 40 feet tall" category. I used my 40-meter double-extended Zepp antenna at approximately 35 feet in this contest. I would like to have a better antenna for 160, but this is all that I have right now! Conditions must have been excellent for the top band this year. I worked a number of new European countries and seemed to have no trouble getting running stations on the west coast even, which is a first for me with my modest setup. Thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fun and innovative contest for 160. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year, with a better antenna! - W4AU

 

Operation was 100% Search and Pounce - W4EF

 

Need better antenna. - W4RK

 

It was a lot of fun but QRN a little rough for QRP! - W4TDB

 

I thought conditions were very strange since it seemed my Beverages were working OK but my vertical TX array was not getting out at all toward EU.  Very few called me and I often had to switch to my inverted-V to call those I heard.  I just thought it was some sort of weird high angle propagation, which we've had a lot of recently. Later I discovered what was really happening!  My 3-el parasitic

 vertical TX antenna can be beamed in 4 directions but is not electrically switch able.  I normally set it NE and then go outside to switch it NW after EU has faded out. My inverted-V is usually sufficient to work stations in other directions so manually changing array directions once a night is not a problem.  When I went out to switch it NW at 0745z, I was startled to discover it was already beamed to the NW! No wonder so few EU were calling me and I was getting so many calls from the West.  I switched it and promptly had about 10 EU call before the band went out in that direction.  Oh well...I won't make that mistake again!  :-) Thanks for the rule change regarding QRP.  I've not entered this contest for several years in protest over the points inequality in QRP exchanges. By the same logic, why not 2X points for completing Low Power QSO's?  I like QRP and LP too, but if everyone gravitates to it, we'll discourage DX activity...which would cause Stew Perry to roll over in his grave! - W4ZV [We implemented the 2X bonus for low power this time around - Ed.]

 

ALL S&P - W5GZ

 

I decided to participate on Thursday and I managed to squeeze a 1/4 wave vertical antenna - more horizontal and sloping up and down, & winding around one end of my house it is fed against my pool's grounding system in my tiny urban sprawl lot.  It worked remarkably well.  Great to hear many friends on.  My antenna qualifies for the "Flying Doctors Service of Australia Hat" award and also for the "Top Score, Vertical < 40' tall" award.  I am also a first-time entrant - W5OV

 

Hurricane Katrina spared the house but took antennas. I was able to improvise for these 100 contacts. - W5THT

 

1/4 wave vertical for transmit and receive (read deaf) - W5TM

 

Great contest but conditions could have been a while lot better. - W6XI

 

Could only manage 200 watts with the amp versus 50 watts barefoot. Point-wise I probably would have been better off not using the amp and taking fewer Qs. Got furthest out to Portland, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas areas. - W6ZZZ

 

The Stew is Cool! - W7AT

 

 

 

This contest is really picking up activity wise.  Keep up the PR. - W9RE

 

1st time in Stew Perry.  My second 160m contest. I'll be back! - WA7NCL

 

Dismayed to see award for Best Wine not given anymore. I spent a lot of time working on rhubarb wine and not the other Beverages. All contacts were S&P. - WB2ABD [Please send your wine to the BARC for testing - Ed.]

 

First time entrant, 100% Search and Pounce. It so nice to be able so see how distance of the QSOs increase as night evolves. Didn´t hear any Europe - XE1KK

 

Much more difficult this year that last year getting the attention of the Big Guns in Europe.  High QRN levels and very rapid and deep QSB didn't help - YB5AQB

 

Tnx for nice contest! God bless you. - YL2PQ

 

IC-746PRO WITH MINIMUN PWR ABOUT 3 WATTS; ANT DIPOLE - YL3DX

 

Thanks to all concerned in running the contest. Software used was SD which worked perfectly - ZC4LI