FIRST TIME TO DO THE STEW PERRY. OPERATED IN A BUSY BEACH PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF HONOLULU, QRP WITH A VERY COMPROMISED ANTENNA. GOT MY SIGNAL OFF THE ISLAND, ALL THE WAY TO ANOTHER ISLAND IN HAWAII! - ah7rf JUMPED IN BY ACCIDENT. ANT DIPOLE FOR 80M, TUNED FOR 160M - dj3ce TS 890 - 2X 19,5M - DOPPELZEPP - HUEHNERLEITUNG - dl2za BEST QRB IS 7392KM FOR KP2M AT FK77 - dl5axx BEST QRB IS 8433KM FOR K5GN AT EL19 - dr5x BEST QRB IS 8896KM FOR PJ2T AT FK52 - e71a BEST QRB IS 8192KM FOR K5GN AT EL19 - f6fya BEST QRB IS 6739KM FOR N2QV AT FN21 - iv3fpx WKD TWO JAS AND ONE UA0. SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ONE. BENT-INV.V@12MTRS 73'S AKIRA, JA8RWU - ja8rwu I ENJOYED THE CONTEST. - ja9fhb FT-817ND EH - jh7uju BEST QRB IS 8350KM FOR KH6AQ AT BK29 - k1lz "MY OPERATING TIME WAS LIMITED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING, BUT STILL GREAT FUN!" - k3tw 5W TO END-FED WIRE - kn1h BEST QRB IS 6064KM FOR OZ0B AT JO45 - n2nt FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE...SO JOINED LATE. EARLY MORNING CONDITIONS WERE VERY QUIET WITH SOME STATIC CRASHES, AND A FEW SUPER OPS GOT ME! KH6AQ GETS KUDOS--I ONLY HAD TO CALL A FEW TIMES. ARRAYS AT N3IQ WORKED GREAT WITH QRP. - n3iq BEST QRB IS 8450KM FOR JA9FHB AT PM86 - n9rv VERY NOISY BAND CONDITIONS DUE TO NEARBY SPRING THUNDERSTORMS. NOT A BAD SCORE THOUGH CONSIDERING LP AND SHORTY INVERTED L. 5 DX MADE THE LOG. BEST DX WAS OM2VL FOR A 26 POINTER. HOPING I DIDN'T BUST TO MANY CALLS/EXCHANGES DUE TO THE PROLIFIC LIGHTNING CRASHES! ALWAYS FUN TO PLAY IN THE STEW PERRY CONTESTS. 73 GENE, N9TF 100 WATTS TO PARALLEL WIRE INVERTED L, FED AT 6BTV FEED POINT, 25' VERTICAL. - n9tf BEST QRB IS 3169KM FOR PJ2T AT FK52 - ne2v MY FIRST STEW PERRY. OTHER THAN USING THE WRONG HALF OF THE CLOCK, I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE. I STARTED SATURDAY EVENING AND THE BAND SLOWLY CAME ALIVE BUT FADING WAS A PROBLEM THE ENTIRE CONTEST.I TOOK A BREAK ABOUT 7:30 WHEN NEW STATIONS WENT DRY. AN HOUR LATER THINGS PICKED UP. I ALTERNATED BETWEEN RUNNING AND S&P. WHEN RUNNINING STATIONS CALLING WERE ALWAYS IN BUNCHES RATHER THAN A LONG STRING. WHEN I SAW MY PHONE CHANGE TO DST THINGS HAD DRIED UP AND I WENT TO BED. - ni0k MY SOAP WAS THE COLD WEATHER, NO NEW ANTENNAS UP. DIPOLE - oh2ki TNX, 73! - om7at FIRST TIME WORKING IN THIS CONTEST. NEED TO UPGRADE MY ANTENNA USED SD FOR POST-CONTEST LOGGING - pa2chm IC756PROIII, DELTA LOOP 160 73! - ra3xcz BEST QRB IS 10372KM FOR K5GN AT EL29 - rw7k BEST QRB IS 8483KM FOR K5GN AT EL19 - sc7dx RIG-IC746 ; PWR-100W ; ANT-LONGWIRE56M - sq9fmu ICOM-718 - uw3wf THIS WAS MY 2ND STEW PERRY. NOISE LEVEL AT MY QTH WAS DONE THIS TIME COMPARED TO DECEMBER'S STEW. MAYBE THE SOURCE OF MY RFI ISSUES DECIDED TO GO ON MARCH BREAK?. ANYWAY, I WAS ABLE TO TURN UP MY RF GAIN USING THE RECEIVE ANTENNA AND HEARD STATIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS, NEVADA, AND ONE PJ STATION CALLING CQ. UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULD NOT HEAR ME. I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS A LARGE STORM FRONT FROM NORTH FLORIDA ALL THE WAY UP TO NEW YORK CITY. THIS PROBABLY KEPT A LOT OF STATIONS FROM GETTING ON THE AIR. BUT UP HERE I DIDN'T HEAR TOO MANY STORM CRASHES. I WAS LUCKY THIS TIME. I OPERATED UNASSISTED AT LOW POWER (100W) AND ALL EQUIPMENT AT MY HOME QTH IN THE CITY. I USED 100% SEARCH & POUNCE TO PICK MY QSO'S. RADIO: ICOM IC-7300 AT 100W. ON 160M I USED THE ANTENNA CONFIGURATION AS DESCRIBED BELOW. RX ANTENNA: 21.5 FT VERTICAL WHIP, FED BY 4:1 UNUN, 73 FT FROM HOUSE. THE BASE IS ABOUT 3 FEET AGL AND USES TWO 14 FT HORIZONTAL RADIALS ALSO 3 FEET AGL. MY 160M TX ANTENNA IS A REPURPOSED MULTIBAND CLASSIC WINDOM FOR 40M-10M. TX ANTENNA: 66 FT HORIZONTAL WINDOM UP 25 FT WITH SINGLE WIRE FEED. THE SINGLE-WIRE FEED IS AT THE 45'/21' POINT (32% FROM ONE END). TX ANTENNA IS FED WITH 9:1 UNUN AND 20 SHORT RADIALS BETWEEN 14'-39' AND TUNED AT THE RIG WITH THE AT2K ATU ON 160M. TX/RX ANTENNA SELECTOR: MFJ-1708B WHICH I REPURPOSED TO OPERATE AS A SINGLE RIG USING TWO SEPARATE ANTENNAS (ONE TX AND THE OTHER RX). COAX CABLE FEED IS ABOUT 50' RG-8X FROM ANTENNA TO RIG. THIS WAS A FUN CONTEST AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN IT. '73, RICHARD VA3RSA. - va3rsa THIS WAS FUN USING A SEPARATE SDR RX, WITH A SIDETONE LASH UP DUE TO SDR LATENCY - ve3pn VERY POOR PROPAGATION TO STATESIDE FROM VK6 ONCE AGAIN FOR A STEW EVENT, WITH ONLY ONE STATION WORKED WITH DIFFICULTY. OTHER STATIONS HEARD DURING THE FINAL 5 HOURS WERE:- K1KI, W6UB, AA1K, K3UL, W0UO, RU0LL, N0TT, K9NW, JA9FHB & N7US. I GOT THE - vk6gx SLEPT IN BUT GOT AA1K AT 8:20 LOCAL - vo1na THANKS FOR THE CONTACTS. 73, DAN - W1QK - w1qk BEST QRB IS 7998KM FOR RW7K AT KN85 - w1ue REMOTELY OPERATED THE GLOUCESTER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB (GCARC) HF STATION, W2MMD, WITH A SINGLE WAVELENGTH 160M HORIZONTAL LOOP. - w2huv STATIC CRASHES! - w4jfa BEST QRB IS 5868KM FOR PJ2T AT FK52 - w6rkc CONDITONS NOT TOO BAD. AT LP I WORKED A COUPLE OF EUROPEANS AND A COUPLE COULD THANKS AS ALWAYS TO THE BORING GROUP. - w9re AS ALWAYS, I HAD FUN USING THE 160 MTR BAND. I WAS HAPPY TO QSO WITH IOWA (DX) ONCE AGAIN. THANKS FOR THE GOOD 160 METER CW OPPORTUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD PARTICIPATING HERE AGAIN DURING THE NEXT SUMMER-TIME - JUNE STEW PERRY TBC CONTEST EVENT, 73. - wb8wua THIS IS ANOTHER WQ6X SP-160 GIG RUNNING QRP FROM ANZA. THIS WAS A FRUSTRATING GIG FROM THE BEGINNING. SPACE-WX HAD TORN THINGS UP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAKING FOR RELATIVELY PATHETIC ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. WHILE MOST STATIONS COULD HEAR MY QRP SIGNAL, THE PROBLEM WAS THE DEARTH OF BAND ACTIVITY AFTER 04:00Z (WHICH IS WHEN THE RTTY SPRINT ENDED). BOTTOM-LINE: I CAN SAY I WUZ THERE. LOOK FOR A WRITE-UP ON THIS AND OTHER CONTESTS AT: HTTP://WQ6X.BLOGSPOT.COM - wq6x ICOM IC 7300, 75W, 41M SLOPING WIRE, 73 SZIGY, - yo2is