FIRST TIME ENTRY - 9a2ey THANKS TO DAVE, K1TTT, FOR THE USE OF HIS FINE STATION! WAS A DAYTIME ONLY OPERATION (N5IA MEMORIAL #2) COMPETITION.) - aa2a JUST SOME CODE PRACTICE AND ANTENNA CHECK-OUT ON A BUSY SATURDAY EVENING. - ab4sf OPERATED AGAIN AS A MOBILE FOR ALL CONTACTS FROM STONINGTON POINT, CT ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE SALT WATER USING MY OLD SCHOOL 12.5 FOOT 2 MHZ MARINE BAND BOAT WHIP AND MATCHING NETWORK FOR 160 METERS ON A 2012 TACOMA 4X4 PICKUP AND 100 WATTS FROM AN ICOM 7100. OPERATED FOR A LITTLE OVER 7 HOURS TOTAL ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THANKS TO ALL WHO DUG INTO THE NOISE TO PULL MY SIGNAL OUT, ESPECIALLY KH6AQ ON THE BIG ISLAND WHO REALLY TRIED BUT COULD JUST NOT COPY MY CALLSIGN COMPLETELY, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MY BEST DX SO FAR AS A MOBILE ON 160. WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME! AS IN THE OCTOBER STEW AND ARRL DX CONTEST, JUST USED THE TRUCK BODY AS THE COUNTERPOISE, NO EXTERNAL RADIALS WERE USED. NICE BAND CONDITIONS, WAS ABLE TO HOLD A FREQUENCY AND MAKE SOME VERY GOOD LONG CQ RUNS. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SEE YOU ALL AGAIN IN THE NEXT SP! - aj1g-m TS990 - dj2ax LOT IS 475 SQMETER, ANTENNA IS 17M VERTICAL WITH THREE TIMES 12M LONG TOPLOAD WIRES - dl1cw TS 850 S - 2X 19,5M - DOPPELZEPP - HUEHNERLEITUNG - dl2za BEST QRB IS 13879KM FOR VK6T AT OF88 - dl5axx IC 7610, 26MTRS ENDFED@15MTRS - dl5cl BEST QRB IS 6272KM FOR W2GD AT FM29 - dl6wt BEST QRB IS 2176KM FOR RK4FD AT LO22 - dm5gg PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AS A CHECKLOG ! - dp6a BEST QRB IS 8774KM FOR NA7TB AT DM52 - dr5x BEST QRB IS 5798KM FOR W2GD AT FM29 - ea4gyy EU7X@QRZ.RU - eu7x 300WT @ INV.-L ANT. - ew3ln VERT PLEASANT CONTEST - f5owl POOR PROPAGATION AND NOT A LOT OF FREE TIME. 73 - f5phw BEST QRB IS 3218KM FOR KM1R AT FN31 - fm5bh 1ST TIME, SINGLE TEMPORARY ANT - g4brk AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE VERY BAD QRM ACROSS 160M ONLY. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS LOCAL BUT HAVE NOW TRACKED IT TO AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION SEVEN MILES FROM ME. IT CANNOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO TRASH THE BAND OVER SUCH A WIDE RADIUS. I AM WORKING WITH RSGB AND WITH OTHER 160M DXERS TO TRY TO GET A RESOLUTION. THESE 51 CONTACTS WERE MADE WITH VERY GREAT DIFFICULTY THROUGH THE QRM. - g4buo BEST QRB IS 8169KM FOR NA7TB AT DM52 - g4irn IT'S 20 YEARS (2002) SINCE I TOOK PART IN THE STEW PERRY CONTEST - I WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE RSGB CONTEST CLUB MANAGER TO TAKE PART WITH THE G5AT RSGB TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE HISTORIC CALLSIGN TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST ACROSS THE POND RADIO AMATEUR QSO. I WAS PLEASED TO WORK SEVERAL USA AND VE/VO STATIONS. PHIL G4OBK - g5at POOR CONDITIONS THIS YEAR - g5ws BEST QRB IS 8157KM FOR K7NJ AT DM37 OPERATED AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CALLS CELEBRATING OF THE 100 YEARS SINCE SIGNALS CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ONLY DIPOLE @ 20M ON TRANSMIT - NOT A GOOD NIGHT FOR THAT - g6zz BEST QRB IS 7358KM FOR ZF9CW AT FK09 - gm4zuk I ENJOYED THE CONTEST. - ja6elv WKD SEVEN JAS & ONE HL. ALSO WKD SOME STATIONS IN 9ACW AND RAC THIS WEEKEND. FELT CONDX WAS NOT SO GOOD FROM HERE. SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ONE. HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND SEE YOU ALL IN 2023! BENT-INV.V@12MTRS 73'S AKIRA, JA8RWU - ja8rwu I ENJOYED THE CONTEST. - ja9fhb I HAVE BEEN PATICIPATED ON THIS CONTEST SINCE THE FIRST TIME. I PATICIPATED ON LOWPOWER SINGLEOP. THE CONDITION WAS NOT GOOD. I USED TRANCEIVER 'K2,K3,KX3 ON THIS CONTEST. I USE A K2 FOR WTACH A VERY WEAK SINGAL. I USE A K3 FOR A WEAK SIGNAL IN THE VERY HEAVY QRM. I USE A KX3 FOR A SPPED WATCH. I USE MY MICRO VERT ANTENNA WHICH LENGTH ONLY 3.6METERS. I BUILT IT ON MY BALCONY 2M*10M SPACE OF MY CONDMINIAM. I SET THE TRANSMITING SPEED OF MY ELECTRONICS KEYER UPPER 20 WPM. I LIKE MY MICRO VERET ANTENNA FOR MY TOP BAND EQUIPMENT! THE RESPONSE RATE FROM THE W STATION WAS VERY GOOD, PROBABLY BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS FOR NORTH AMERICA WERE VERY BAD THIS SEASON. IN ADDITION, THE CONDITIONS TOWARDS EU RUSSIA ARE UNPRECEDENTED, AND I HAVE HAD LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST TO BE ABLE TO QSO WITH EU RUSSIA FROM THE BEGINNING. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF QSOS WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS BUREAU WAS SO SMALL THAT I COULDN'T GET HALF THE SCORE LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, IN JAPAN, THE 160M BAND WAS EXPANDED, SO IT WAS ABLE TO OPERATE VERY SPACIOUSLY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE AMERICANS TO KNOW IS THAT EVEN DURING THE DX CONTEST IN JAPAN, DOMESTIC LAG CHEWS ARE ALWAYS HELD BETWEEN 1845 AND 1875KHZ, AND THE SIGNALS OF OVERSEAS STATIONS ARE ALMOST CRUSHED AND INAUDIBLE. THE SITUATION IS THE SAME FOR BOTH THE CW AND SSB CONTESTS. THE REASON IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF DOMESTIC LAG CHEWERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN DX AT ALL, AND UNLIKE EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES, JA DOES NOT ALLOW MORE THAN 1875KHZ, SO DOMESTIC COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS DONE IN DX WINDOW OF SSB. - je1spy FT-817ND EH - jh7uju VERY TOUGH FOR ME, 100W & LW, BUT ENJOYED MY CONTEST. - jk1hwu K3CCR IS THE CLUB STATION AT THE COLLINGTON CONTINUING-CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AT FM 18OW IN MD, JUST EAST OF DC. AS THE ONLY AVAILABLE CW OP, I (N3UM) DID SOHP IN THE DEC. 202 STEW PERRY. FROM MY 2016, 2018, AND 2021 SOHP RESULTS, I EXPECTED TO GET ~360 TO 420 QS AND ~1 TO 1.3K POINTS. NOPE; I GOT 376 QS BUT ONLY 824 POINTS. WHY? ONLY 1 EU Q, VS 26 TO 31 IN THE COMPARISON 3 YEARS. AND, JUST 0.4X THE 2.0K POINTS AND 85 EU QS IN 2019, MY BEST SO STEW P. MY 2105Z START WAS FAST AND FUN; 13 S&P QS ON BIG SIGS IN 10 MIN, THEN A RUN OF 178 QS AT 67/HR BY 2356Z. AND I GOT MY ONLY EU, A G, AT 2258Z FOR 12 PTS! AFTER A BREAK, RATE SLOWED, 30 QS IN 47 MIN. THE 21-01Z TOTAL WAS OK, 221 QS VS 225 TO 236 IN THOSE 4 HRS IN 4 PAST YEARS. BUT, RATES WERE WAY BELOW AVERAGE 01Z TO 0550Z QRT; JUST 22 TO 31 QS AND 54 TO 81 POINTS IN ALL BUT THE 02Z HR, IN WHICH I GOT 52 QS AND 121 POINTS. I GOT A TOTAL 10 QS TO THE FAR W AND S WORTH 7 OR 8 PTS, VS 16 TO 27 IN PAST YEARS. I RAN SOME, BUT RATES DIED AFTER 12 TO 66 QS. MOST CQS WERE FROM DUPES, SO S&P GOT FEW QS. AFTER 0545Z I COULD FIND NO ONE TO WORK, SO I QUIT TO SLEEP. I ENJOYED OPERATING, BUT EXPECTED A BETTER SCORE. TOP BAND CAN BE FEAST OR FAMINE. - k3ccr "THANKS FOR COPYING MY QRP (5 WATTS OUTPUT) SIGNAL AT YOUR END." - k3tw K5JR QRP @ W4AX - k5jr BAND SUCKED AND S8 QRN - k5zg NOT MUCH TIME FOR THIS, ENJOYED IT NONETHELESS. THANKS FOR THE QSOS. DANA - k6nr DECENT SIGNALS. STRONG QSB AT TIMES. TKS FOR THE QSOS. 73, K6TD - k6td BEST QRB IS 1801KM FOR K5AX AT EL29 - k7dr WHEN ONE HAS A NON-RESONANT WIRE ON A 50' X 100' CITY LOT, ONE DOES NOT EXPECT GREAT PERFORMANCE; BUT I HAVE A WARM SPOT IN MY HEART FOR THE HISTORY, MYSTERY, AND MAGIC OF THIS BAND. THANKS TO ALL WHO DUG MY SIGNALS OUT OF THE NOISE. 73, JERRY PS I LOVED GIVING OUT A FEW POINTS TO THOSE FOLKS. - k7vit NO REMOTES USED - TU 73 - kd8tnf 5 WATTS TO A 45' T-TOP VERTICAL WITH TWO 125' RADIALS. ALL SIGNALS WERE WEAK THIS TIME, SO EITHER BAD CONDX OR BAD ANTENNA. C U NEXT TIME, 73, DAN KE0TT - ke0tt HAD A LOT OF FUN. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HEARD MY WEAK SIGNALS. 5 WATTS TO A 1/4 WAVE WIRE AT 20'. KF0XV - kf0xv RX BOG UNDER 2 FEET OF SNOW, DEAF. LIKELY ELK DAMAGE. CABLE FROM PC TO K3 FAILED, ALL KEYING BY HAND. NO DX, 3 OTHER MT WORKED, VERY FEW QSOS EAST OF IOWA. SOME REALLY DEAF BIG SIGNALS OUT THERE - kj9c BEST QRB IS 3425KM FOR PJ2T AT FK52 - ko8sca CHALLENGE IS A GOOD NAME FOR THIS CONTEST. CONDX REALLY DOWN FROM ARRL 160 BUT THEY WEREN'T ALL THAT HOT THEN EITHER. STILL MADE MORE QSOS IN THIS SP THAN ANY OTHERS WAS IN. - ks7t LICENSED APRIL 2021 - THIS IS MY 1ST BIG STEW, SINCE I HAVE ONLY BEEN OTA WITH CW FOR 12.5 MONTHS. I PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNE AND OCTOBER EVENTS. WHILE I HAVE DONE A LOT OF CONTESTING IN THIS LAST YEAR, THIS IS AN EVENT LIKE NO OTHER. I WILL MENTION THAT I AM A YL USING A 66' EFHW UP 30' WITH A TUNER AND RADIO THAT (MOSTLY) COOPERATE WITH USING 100 WATTS (BUT SOMETIMES IT HAS TO BE 50 WATTS). ANYWAY, I HAD A GREAT TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING EVERYONE IN MARCH. HOPEFULLY, I WILL THEN HAVE A MORE SOPHISTOCATED SETUP AND CAN REACH MORE STATIONS (AND MAYBE OPERATE LONGER WITHOUT GETTING SLEEPY). THANKS FOR KEEPING THIS CW ACTIVITY ALIVE. IT WAS ONE REASON THAT I LEARNED MORSE CODE, SINCE A GUY IN MY LOCAL CLUB LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS SO MUCH (AND AT THAT TIME, I DID NOT YET UNDERSTAND THE MIRACLE IT IS THAT THE 1ST ANTENNA I PURCHASED CAN EVEN TUNE TO 160M). 73 DE AMANDA KY4GS - ky4gs BEST QRB IS 1840KM FOR F6FYA AT JN07 - ly2k BEST QRB IS 9115KM FOR PJ2T AT FK52 - ly2xw THANK YOU TO THE PATIENT LISTENERS WHO HEARD MY QRP/ 6 FOOT INDOOR WHIP ANTENNA SIGNAL AND STUCK WITH IT. - n0lmq HAD TO QUIT EARLY...WAY TOO MUCH QRN TO DEAL WITH! - n0tt THANKS TO DAVE, K1TTT, FOR THE USE OF HIS FINE STATION! OPERATION WAS 100% S/P,@99W./ I WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PLAQUE SPONSORED BY K7FL. - n2kw BEST QRB IS 8412KM FOR YL3FT AT KO26 - n2nl BEST QRB IS 7790KM FOR KH6AQ AT BK29 - n2nt 2022 STEW PERRY TOPBAND CHALLENGE - n4bp BEST QRB IS 3785KM FOR N6NT AT CM87 - n4uu N5FL (OP K5JR) DAYLIGHT HOURS 2022 STEW - n5fl QRP - 5 WATTS TO A 20 FOOT END-FED WIRE. JUST GOT ON FOR A BIT TO SEE WHAT I COULD WORK ON TOP BAND WITH MY SHORT WIRE. THANKS TO ALL FOR THE QSOS. NO IDEA OF MY ACTUAL SCORE, MY SPREADSHEET DOESN'T TAKE DISTANCE INTO ACCOUNT. GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS! -73- JOHN N6HI - n6hi I LOVE USING MY ROOFTOP BENT/LOADED/INVERTED-VEE DIPOLE 135 FEET LONG AND 90 FEET ABOVE STREET LEVEL AT APEX! - n6iet BEST QRB IS 4106KM FOR KL7KY AT BP42 CHECKLOG - n6ki CERTIFICATE:YES - n8dna GETTING BACK INTO CONTESTING AFTER FIGHTING SEIZURES. NOT A BIG SCORE, BUT A BIG STEP FOR ME! 73 DE DAN, N8IE - n8ie ALWAYS A SURPRISE, GOOD OR BAD, AS TO HOW 160 WILL PERFORM. DIFFICULT TO HEAR AND WORK STATIONS WEST TO THE DM/DN/CN/CM GRIDS. HEARD MANY, LOUD, ONLY A COUPPLE IN LOG THIS TIME AROUND. THANKS TO THE K7RAT STATION IN CN85 WITH GREAT EARS TO HEAR THIS PUNY STATION, AND THREE DM GRIDS THAT HEARD ME TO THE WEST. DID MANAGE A FEW FK GRIDS, BUT NO EU HEARD. PLAN TO RETIRE THIS TEMPORARY LOW, WIRE/GUTTER 160 DIPOLE THIS SUMMER, "FINALLY", WITH AN INVERTED L FOR NEXT 160 SEASON. THANKS FOR A FUN CONTEST, AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. 73 GENE N9TF, CLARKSVILLE TN 100 WATTS TO HOUSE GUTTER AND WIRE DIPOLE 17' ABOVE GROUND. - n9tf ICOM 7300, ALS-606. AT2K INTO A 43' VERT. - na5m BEST QRB IS 7692KM FOR KP2M AT FK77 - oe2lcm ONLY PART TIME ACTIVITY TO TEST NEW RX ANTENNA. WITH 3 IN LINE VETICALS RX SITUATION IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT WITH LP NO DX POSSIBLE. WITH RBN ASSISTANCE CHECKLOG ONLY. - oe8ted IC-756PRO2 160 M INV-L KP10FK - oh1mar ELECRAFT K2-5W, LW42M - ok1fkd FT817 5W LW42M - ol4w BEST QRB IS 9065KM FOR ZF9CW AT FK09 - om3gi TNX, 73! - om7at HELLO. AMATEUR VENTURING INTO THIS SENSATIONAL AND SPECTACULAR CONTEST. COMPLICATED FOR US FROM THE SOUTH TO MARK QSO WITH SO MANY STATIONS WITH THEIR DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS ALWAYS POINTED AWAY FROM HERE. BUT THIS ONLY SHARPENED THE VALUE OF EACH QSO EVEN MORE. 73 FOR EVERYONE! - py5xh 73! - ra0r RIG XIEGU G90 PWR 5W, ANT LW - rw3ai BEST QRB IS 8434KM FOR W1SJ AT FK34 - sc7dx BEST QRB IS 8589KM FOR ZF9CW AT FK09 - se0x BEST QRB IS 1124KM FOR GM5WS AT IO75 - sm6bga BEST QRB IS 1751KM FOR RK4FD AT LO22 - so3o ONLY CHECKLOG AS I DO NOT AGREE TO ALLOW TERRORIST FEDERATIONS TO PARTICIPATE - sp5nzf RIG-IC746 ; PWR-100W ; ANT-LONGWIRE 56M - sq9fmu FEW HOURS FOR SOME FUN!NO ACTIVITY! TOO MUCH CONTEST AT SAME TIME!NO DX PROPAGATION!MISSED GREW LINE.BETTER WAS TO BE IN BED!WAKE UP LATE SUPRISED ME TO WORK VE6WZ AS ONLY FAR WEST DX! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!TKS THE ONES WHO WERE QRV!OLI - tm6m ICOM-718,ANT-LW 85M - ua1cur IC-756PRO3, 100 WTTS LW 54 M - ua4haz FLEX6600, ZEROFIVE 43GP VERTICAL AND 135FT LONG WIRE - va6bge TRYING FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO PLAQUES: #1: ONE ANTENNA FOR BOTH RX/TX ( USED THE INVERTED L FOR BOTH TX/RX ) #2: TOP SCORE SINGLE OP LOW POWER ( PROBABLY NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO #1 HI! ) - ve3mgy 160M INVERTED L ANTENNA MADE FROM REMNANT WIRE OF PAST ANTENNA PROJECTS 18 QUARTER WAVE RADIALS LAID DOWN AROUND THE BASE. TESTED USING WSPR WITH GREAT DX RESULTS. ANTENNA SUPPORTED BY PINE TREES. - ve3taz TNX TO ALL OPS WHO STUCK WITH ME AND MY QRP SIGNAL THROUGH MANY REPEATS TO MAKE THE EXCHANGE. - ve7vxo DISASTER STRUCK ON SATURDAY, HOURS BEFORE THE START OF THE STEW, WHEN THE 160M TX ANTENNA BIT THE DUST. I MANAGED TO GET THE INV V UP AT 20M ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IN TIME FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS. THANKFULLY OUR SUMMERTIME QRN WAS LIGHT FOR THE TIME - vk6gx REALLY STRANGE CONDITIONS - STARTED AN HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE AND COULD HEAR EUROPEANS BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS AT A TIME, MAKING QSOS DIFFICULT! AFTER SUNSET, IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF FOR THE BAND TO OPEN TO USA AND THEN WAS GREAT FUN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR! - vk6vz QRP TOUGH FOR ALL BUT NEW L NET AT TOWER BASE HELPS. - vo1na OLD LYME, CT. - w1his THANKS FOR THE CONTACTS AND FUN ON THE RADIO. THANKS TO THE BORING AMATEUR RADIO CLUB FOR SPONSORING THE BIG STEW AND ALL THE STEW PERRY TOPBAND DISTANCE CHALLENGES TOO. 73 - DAN, W1QK. - w1qk BEST QRB IS 7998KM FOR RW7K AT KN85 - w1ue W3TB, FRANKLIN TN - w3tb POOR PROPAGATION AND QRN SEVERELY LIMITED MY SCORE. SO MANY STATIONS COULDN'T HEAR ME. - w6jti BEST QRB IS 4547KM FOR ZF9CW AT FK09 - w6rkc GREAT FUN! THANKS FOR THE QSOS AND 73, RON (W8RU). - w8ru THOSE WHO SEND WAY TOO FAST FOR CONDX SHOOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT. - w9jef USED ONLY ONE RADIO AND ONE TRANSMIT ANTENNA THIS TIME AS OPPOSED TO A S AND P R THANKS AS ALWAYS AND ALWAYS FUN. - w9re POWER LINE NOISE WAS STILL VERY HIGH SO JUST A FEW QSOS. - wb6jjj HAD MY CW FUN AS USUAL. THANKS FOR THIS GOOD 160 METER EVENT OPPORTUNITY. - wb8wua YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB - wk1j THIS WAS ANOTHER LAST MINUTE AD-HOC 9A CW CONTEST DURING A ANOTHER WQ6X MULTI-CONTEST WEEKEND FROM THE WA6TQT SUPER STATION. MOST OF MY TIME WAS SPENT IN THE CANADIAN RAC CONTEST AND SOME TIME IN THE 9A CW GIG. BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOING QRP TRIAL-RUNS IN RECENT WEEKS, I DECIDED TO GIVE QRP A GO FROM WA6TQT'S SUPER STATION, GIVING ME ACCESS TO A 2/3'S OF A TRI-SQUARE VERTICAL ARRAY. IF I SOUNDED LOUD FOR A QRP STATION, THE ANTENNA IS THE REASON WHY. ACCORDING TO THE CONTEST SCORE BOARD, WQ6X'S 69 QSOS TOOK A 3RD-PLACE. READ ALL ABOUT IT IN AN UPCOMING BLOG AT: HTTP://WQ6X.BLOGSPOT.COM - wq6x FLEX 6600, PGXL, INV-L - yu5r