Thanks to Dave, K1TTT, for the use of his First Class station! Memorial #2, Single op, DAYTIME ONLY (sunrise-sunset. - aa2a Only operated a few hours - was a test of an experimental antenna for 160m. Submitting a log to see where I stood (and if any were dupes or mistakes), and as a courtesy to other contesters. - ag4ep If there is any truth to the old belief that antennas put up in adverse weather work the best, my setup experience ahead of the 2025 Big Stew should have given me many dB of gain...I had planned to deploy the 18 elevated radials below my base loaded 160 meter 1/8 wave inverted L vertical antenna setup early in the day before the start of the contest. Non radio committments prevented me from starting until early evening after sunset Friday with a snowstorm on the way. I got about half of them up in about half an hour, it typically takes about an hour to get them all up. Then it started to snow and snow hard. Took another hour to finish deployment, and then another hour or so to sort out unexpected high SWR resulting from omne of the radials not being properly connected at the feed point collector ring. By that time I looked like an the Abominable Snowman! I would like to be considered for the N9TF sponsored plaque for Top Score USA/VE LP Single Element Antenna < 50' TX/RX if a nominal 66 foot total (33 ft vertical/33 foot horizontial) inverted L with a total height of less than 50 feet, with 14 35 foot and 4 70 foot elevated radials nominally 6-8 feet above ground, meets the antenna requirements for the award. - aj1g Best QRB is 7193km for RW7K at KO85 - ak1md Best QRB is 9234km for TI5CDA at EK70 - da1dx Best QRB is 440km for DA1DX at JO31 - dd1mat Many dubs which I worked as some stations may have wrongly noted call or loc when we had contact before. Was fun again. Unfortunately no opening to the far east but some NA stations came through with gud sigs. Thanks for the organization. Michael, DF2RQ - df2rq Best QRB is 8085km for N8OO at EM31 - dj2xy Best QRB is 2198km for RN3QO at KO91 - dj5kw Best QRB is 5887km for W1UE at FN42 - dl5axx Best QRB is 8234km for PJ2T at FK52 - dl6mhw Best QRB is 5876km for K1LZ at FN42 - dl7at much fun with a 5/8 Lambda vertical supported by a helium ballon. A lot of work and not very cosistent or stable dur weather contitions under icy fog. But I learned a lot. - dl7cx Vielen Dank - dm4ax Tried to do only daylight qsos. Local sunset was 1531 UTC and sunrise 0711 UTC. Got a few at the end of the contest. - dq2a Best QRB is 10520km for DU7ET at PJ19 - dr5x Antennas: - dr6t Best QRB is 3377km for RG2A at KO75 - ea1x Antennas: - ea5o Best QRB is 5684km for N1LN at FM05 Really enjoy the Stew. Second half tough this year as NA didn't really open. - ei4hq Best QRB is 9161km for ZF9CW at FK09 - eu4e After a TV evening, I took a look at my FT8 on 160m to discover an enormous amount of CW signals... - 200 W - inverted L (~20 m x ~20 m). - Alas, no dedicated RX antenna. My DX: K5UZ, 7400 km or 15 pts, Thanks David! 73's to all, Frank - f5myk Completely forget this SP .... Arrrgh. So I was not very very QRV. My west BOG was out of work, so, no QSO with NA station :-(( - f5phw 1 hour 40 minutes on the air - f6bee Best QRB is 1499km for OM2VL at JN87 - f6dzd Best QRB is 7285km for N8OO at EM31 - g3ww Best QRB is 869km for DR5X at JO54 Just a little dabble, my antenna very inefficent on 160m. FT710 at 5W plus loop antenna - g3ymc 50 Watts to an indoor trap dipole! - g4eht Best QRB is 4934km for K1LZ at FN64 - g4erw Best QRB is 8169km for NA7TB at DM52 - g4irn A great contest again - conditions mediocre, but nice to see some reasonable DX: DU and ZS were my best The US path came good in the middle of the night for a while. Band noise was low here, no static and generally good standard of signals (very few clicks around) - g5w Best QRB is 7491km for ZF9CW at FK09 - g6xx Best QRB is 7063km for WF2W at FN12 - ha5ua Best QRB is 9181km for ZF9CW at FK09 - ha8be Best QRB is 9014km for N5RZ at EM00 - ik2clb Best QRB is 2831km for SM2M at KP03 - it9rgy Best QRB is 2583km for RM4F at LO23 - iw3ifj 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 tried this contest with the FT-710, a new transceiver I bought this year. The basic receiving performance of the FT-710 is almost the same as the higher-end FT-101DX in terms of multi-signal intermodulation, sensitivity suppression, dynamic range, noise floor level, and purity, except for the 100KHz blocking performance, which is about 10dB lower. And the price is less than 1/5 price! The operability is very poor, so it is not suitable for multi-band contests. However, it demonstrated the best cost performance in this single-band contest, especially in the harsh receiving conditions of 160m. Because it is direct sampling and there is no RF mixer, the receiving sound is quiet and the CW signal stands out from the noise. 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 the less than the 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 Thank you all stations! - jf2fiu FT-817ND IC-905XG EH DP Yagi LW - jh7uju I enjoyed the contest. - jk1bvn Rig: Elecraft K4D, KPA1500 radials. - k0gd Best QRB is 17240km for VK3IO at QF22 - k1lz K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. As the only CW Op I (N3UM) did SOHP in the Dec. 2025 Stew Perry. I hoped to beat the poor results I got in 12/24 Stew P. Yes! I got 1.23 X the Qs and 1.37 X the raw score than I got last year. And, I got 1.1 X the Qs & 1.2 X the score than in 12/23 Stew P. The 2 bad years had storm QRN, X-ray flares, & high SFI which likely made D- layer loss worse. At start 2200-0041Z I ran for 175 Qs at 65/hr. All Qs were 1-4 pts except ZF for 5 at 0012Z. Then 0042-0058Z I tuned for 15 Qs in 16 min. At 01Z I had 190 Qs, vs 140 in 2024 SP. Then 01Z to 0505Z QRT, rates were 21-33 Qs/hr, partly offset by 71 pts from 6 6-pt Qs & 5 7-pt Qs. First was 7-pt DM37, at 0104Z. I did 2 runs with better rates, 39 & 52 Qs/hr, but both were short, 16 Qs. Tune or run, after 04Z I got just 1 Q with >4 pts. And, I heard no EUs. So, a lot more pts were unlikely. Happy with a 623 raw score to beat both 2023 and 2024, I quit with 300 Qs at 0505Z. - k3ccr "It's great to paticipate in another Stew Perry Top Band Challenge." - k3tw Best QRB is 8952km for K5RM at RM36 - k4fr Was able to get Inverted L up at the last moment. Enjoyed the contest. - k4kz CHECKLOG ONLY - k5bg K5JR/5 at WA2MCT/5 - k5jr Best QRB is 1904km for K1VMT at FN34 - k5rm NICE ACTIVITY LEVEL THIS TIME. - k5xu Plaque-Golden Log; Top Score Single Op Low Power; Most QSO in C and D grids - k7cw OP AGE 20 - k8lg Some rig and antenna issues limited my participation, but still had fun. Happy New Year to my Low Band friends! Gary K9AY - k9ay The $29 top band antenna made of Rural King aluminum electric fence wire worked great. Thanks for the Q's. - k9ur Best QRB is 8506km for RW7K at KN85 - ka3jnn Checklog since I must use assistive devices to work CW, and have a non-competitive station for 160, I'm just here to give out points for others, and maybe work a new state for 160-WAS. 73. - kb2uri Another run at QRP plaque this year. Having good height to my inverted L really helps. Unfortunately, with the noisy city lot leaves no room for a decent receive antenna system. The DX Window yeilded a couple good DX stations. Thanks for the Qs! - ke0l Eagle running 40 to 50 watts to a 45' T-top vertical. Band seemed noisier and signals were weak for much of the time from here. Best condx were in the last couple of hours before sunrise. C U 73, Dan ke0tt - ke0tt Not sure if the old DX-100 can survive another Winter Stew ! - km1r Best QRB is 8855km for JA3YBK at PM84 - km7w I strung up a long wire for 160 (>600') Saturday afternoon as it was getting dark as my existing EFLW wasn't doing very well for me, and so I wanted to improve on its performance. (Most of the new antenna was just a few feet off the ground, as th - kn2d I cracked over 100 qs in this contest for the first time ever but I don't know how because of 2 big obstacles. I never heard so much fast qsb in my life. I mean guys were s9 one second and literally gone the next. Apologies to KG9X who totally disappeared while calling me. The other thing was Murphy put a curse on my keyer lever. It couldn't take the pounding and kept getting out of adjustment. Wasn't all bad, ZF9CW and KH6AQ were strong often. - ks7t Flex-8400 Antennas: Vertical - la0ge Best QRB is 2202km for P3X at KM65 - ly2k Best QRB is 9115km for PJ2T at FK52 - ly2xw Best QRB is 9142km for JA3YBK at PM84 Top Score, 100% Search-and-Pounce Plaque - lz1uq Best QRB is 2592km for EA5C at IO99 - lz2df Best QRB is 9183km for JF1AMX at QM05 - lz5r This is my first-ever Stew Perry contest. - n0dl This is for check log only: I want the operators I contacted to get credit, although I only worked 2 stations, (plus one dup). I had not signed up for this contest in advance, but stumbled upon it. I operated qrp (5 watts) only and had a modified w3edp antenna up at 28 feet. My Grid sqare is DM79. - n0fih 9TH STEW PERRY CONTEST - n1nn Thamks to Dave, K1TTT, for the use of his First Class station! Simgle-op QRP" (N0NI) - n2kw Best QRB is 8309km for RW7K at KN85 - n2nc Best QRB is 8564km for OM3GI at KN09 - n2nl Best QRB is 8309km for RW7K at KN85 - n2nt Fun. - n3iq 2025 Aug NAQP CW - n4fcg Best QRB is 6085km for G6XX at IO93 - n4ydu QRP - 5W to a 20-Foot End-Fed Wire. Local noise level was S9+ ... so, if I worked you, you were STRONG here! Tnx for your patience and the QSOs. Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI - n6hi Antennas: - n8hrz Best QRB is 8652km for JG3VWI at PM75 - n9rv Not my best outing. I had much higher hopes. Heard lots of EU in between U.S. CQing, but no luck working any. Band was very quiet here with barely an S1 noise floor, so I heard good. Goal was 200 Qs 100 grids min and at least 1,000 points. missed em all! Went to bed with 163 Qs, got back on at 12:00utc hoping to add 37 more to the tally, and missed that mark. 5 DX, ZF,KP4,KP2,PJ2, and XE made into the log as well as 95 grids. KH6AQ was loud here here at SR grey line, but this little pistol had no chance waiting out a few big guns calling. Lots of antenna work to be done before next years 160 season. 73 es HNY! Gene N9TF K3S 100 watts to short inverted L. 22' vertical to knee, 110' horizontal traveling west over TN clay and part of the 6BTV radial field, anchored to spider beam pole at 22' high. - n9tf Almost 100% S&P. I missed Saturday afternoon for closer stations, but the band was good, but got better until the middle of the night. I worked everything I heard with my vertical and went to bed. Morning gray line wasn't productive. - ni0k Fun as always. Conditions here were generally quiet, but signal strengths were down. Deep rapid QSB required many repeats. I added an ESE beverage to my other two - NW and NE. These worked very well, sometimes too well - causing me to miss first calls on the wrong RX antenna. Thanks all for your patience! Not too many DX stations in the log this year - no EU, a few Caribbean and JAs (down from previous). Not sure how I missed FM5BH, but I did. See you next time... - nj6d Best QRB is 9682km for RW7K at KN85 - nn7cw I really enjoy this contest! - no8c Operation from vacation home with pier on St George Isl, FL KX3 + Expert 1.3k-fa. Antenna was inv L on with 10m poles, with 20m horizontal and single 20m radial over salt water. Matchbox with coil and transformer. The antenna would not take power. It turned out that an insulated wire was touching the pole, which is conductive. Later, a polyester string holding the wire melted. N1MM was sending messages to KX3 via a text. Somehow The antenna was very narrow, 20 KHz for SWR < 2:1. Very good transmit signal but compromised copy because of RFI. - no9e Sunset at my QTH: 2153z. Sunrise at 1226z. - ns3t Best QRB is 1952km for P3X at KM65 - oe1tkw Best QRB is 8592km for KP4AA at FK68 - oh7ma Best QRB is 8434km for N8OO at EM31 - ok1ay I STOPPED DOING CONTESTS SERIOUSLY SOME TIME AGO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WORK DOZENS OR HUNDREDS OF EU STATIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I'M INTERESTED ONLY IN DX QSOS. I TAKE PART PURELY FOR ENJOYMENT, WITHOUT ANY AMBITION FOR A TOP CONTEST RESULT. I WORK ON - ok1cf Best QRB is 2515km for R4DI at LO42 FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom1500 - 1kW, dipol, b\beverages - ok1dol Best QRB is 6816km for N2MF at FN12 - ok2bfn Rig[s]IC-756PROIII-100W,Antena[s]LW82m - ok2mbp Best QRB is 1963km for EB5A at IM97 - ok2zv Best QRB is 5801km for K1LZ at FN64 - ok3rm TS590S ANT LW 20m 7m UP - ok5et Best QRB is 8653km for ZF9CW at FK09 - ol0w Best QRB is 3234km for RW9DX at MO06 - ol5w TNX, 73! - om7at Stew Perry 160m CW december - on6fc Best QRB is 2066km for RL3A at KO75 - oq0q I need skimmers to find my stations, I need internet to feed spots, I need QRZ.com to look up grids. I will be glad when all this contesting will be done by my robot. - oq5m Best QRB is 2017km for RL3A at KO75 - pa2dk TNX 73! - r0rg Just 100 QSOs for fun in low power, to test antenna and new QTH. - r1cp Best QRB is 2592km for G6XX at IO93 - r3zp TNX 73! - rm4f Best QRB is 10858km for XE2X at EL06 - rw7k Antennas: - s53k Best QRB is 3325km for P3X at KM65 - sa2clc Rookie - licensed 10 February 2025. - sa6zgm Best QRB is 8469km for VE3JM at FK25 - sc7dx Best QRB is 8701km for PJ2T at FK52 - se0x Best QRB is 1623km for RW7K at KN85 - sn2w Flex 6600M Antennas: Dipole - so3o IC7100, 100W, Vertical 16m long, 12 x 10m radials, CG3000 ATU - so5cw Best QRB is 2100km for P3X at KM65 - so7na Best QRB is 2272km for P3X at KM65 - sp3vt Best QRB is 9221km for N5RZ at EM00 First time entry - would try to win the dedicated LP plaque :) - sp4t rig-IC746 ; pwr-100W ; ant-LongWire56M - sq9fmu Best QRB is 8059km for JA3YBK at PM84 - uw2u ICOM-718 - uw3wf power 400 wats - uz5zv Best QRB is 7094km for OM3GI at KN09 - va3ar QSO Count=34 - va3tnm Best QRB is 7902km for RW7K at KN85 - ve3jm Cold after midnight - ve3pn It was fun trying my first Stew Perry Contest. - ve7bgp Local conditions here in South East Australia were suprisingly good, but once again this year the DX propagation was very patchy, with very little heard from Europe and North America and nothing heard from Central/South America and nothing heard from Africa or even New Zealand. Once again this year there were NO DX signals heard at my sunrise, which traditionally is suposed to have a signal peak, It was never the less enjoyable to participate. Hopefully we will do it again, next year in 2026.. - vk3io Not a peep from Europe on the first morning. Up 1 hour before Sunrise, but I suspect some Xmas lights creating significant noise here. Heard HL5IVL weakly and DS3EXX strongly but no reply. KH6AQ also heard weakly but no reply, JF1AMX super strong most of the night. Looked for Ken KP4AA as he is a new one, but no joy. Sigs from USA were not all that great. ZL1AX also heard but didn't CQ and did not call me. It is slow going out in the pacific. Both VK6LW and GX strong. I had fun, VK9DX also strong. Always nice to catch Ron VK3IO during the Stew. - vk3tz At the contest start time of 2300 local time, the usual southern summertime QRN was almost non-existant, unfortunately, so was any propagation! I only heard 12 overseas stations all contest, all except two JA's and a DU, extremely weak. The only - vk6gx Strong QRN again. Thanks for pulling me through! - vo1na Quiet band condx, with some QSB. Moderate strength Carribean, however weak EU sigs. Good early activity. Worked the usual TBDC and CWops stations and many others new to me. Thanks for the contacts. My 12 invered L raised radials need some maintenance due to falling tree limbs. Thanks to the sponsors and those who process the logs and create the contest results. 73 - Dan, W1QK - w1qk Best QRB is 9273km for RW7K at KN85 - w4ix FlexRadio 6600M Antennas: 160M Loop - w4uef OPERATED WHILE VISITING MY PARENTS IN NC. ANT: 80M ZEPP @ 35' THRU TUNER HAND-KEYING ONLY - w4wf fun,but tough conditions,100% s and p. - w5jmw Running 100W into a double extended zepp approximately 25' at center. - w6dl Best QRB is 5868km for PJ2T at FK52 - w6rkc Great activty starting out but later on really slowed down. Only EU was G5W. Best DX was KH6AQ. Tnx as usual for adjudication and sponsoring. - w9re just a few contacts with low dummy load wire and S9 noise floor - wa6cdr I had fun contacting Tenn, the opposite end of Kentucky, and Minn. I was overall fairly successful, but some people could not hear me with my short dipole ant. Thanks for this (these) good 160 meter band QSO opportunities. I plan to participate in the approaching two CQ WW 160 Mtr contests and also the next March 160 Meter Stew Perry TBC Event. - wb8wua This is a unique remote run of the SP-160 Contest from Anza. This was a completely ad-HOC operation from a K3/0-Mini remote operation cobbled together on a dinning room table in South San Jose. After the celebrations here died out (06:30z) time was found to remote into WA6TQT's STN-1 and make the "crippled" TRI-Square produce seemingly random QSOs - thank you PJ2 & ZF9 !! DEEP QSB made grid copying QUITE a challenge. Many Thanks for y'alls patience. LooK for a write-up on this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com - wq6x Skookumlogger, Flex 6600M, 40M EDZ fed with ladder k - wu4g Best QRB is 8839km for PJ2T at FK52 - yl7x Best QRB is 2229km for R4DI at LO42 - yu7kw