Results, Sixth Annual (2001) Stew Perry Topband
Distance Challenge
Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT
15125 SE Bartell Road
Boring, OR 97009
k7rat@kkn.net
It was
a cold winter evening near the end of the year.
You throw another log on the fire, go upstairs and slip on a comfortable
pair of headphones. Turning some knobs
result in familiar sounding radio waves being converted into dits and dahs that mean nothing
to most people.
Perhaps
you heard OQ4UN - a call you have never heard before. You know instantly who is
behind the key, and you flash back to your last meeting at Dayton. Maybe you are lucky to hear one of the two
VK6's - not many people were this year.
Almost certainly, you hear W8JI or W2GD, the two big beacons on the east
coast.
You
fire up the transmitter and start calling some of your friends. You have worked them all many times before,
but in these days of sunspots, you haven't heard many of them on the band as
much. They start coming back to you, and
you notice that the ones that are further away give you more QSO points. It reminds you of when you were a novice -
keeping track of your best DX. You start
trying to work as many of the west coast stations as you can - because you get
8 points for them, as opposed to 2 points for another east coast station.
After a
few hours, you turn off the radio and sneak into bed. You are asked: "Did you have fun?”. For many, it appears the answer was yes.
Like a
good wine, there are good years and better years. We are currently in the good years for 160
meters. The better ones are coming. However, even though we have had
disappointing propagation for the past few Stew Perry events, it continues to
grow in participation. This growth helps
to offset the decreasing propagation and scores have remained almost
constant. When the band improves during
the next few years, and everyone can hear most everyone else again, we should
see an explosion in the scores. We had
exactly 300 logs submitted, which is more than ever before.
The
Europe to USA path was once again almost non-existent. OQ4UN did manage 65 NA QSOs, but wore out his
Ouji board pulling out the callsigns. W8JI and
VE1ZZ
were very weak at John's QTH. The
Multi-Single at W2GD setup at a new QTH and managed 65 DX QSOs with 33
different countries. The stations in
Australia and Southeast Asia had a harder time this year. YC0LOW only managed to put 4 QSOs in the
log. However, K6SE did manage to work
Singapore – which is even more surprising when you consider Earl was running
low power.
There
were 35 brave souls who attempted this contest with 5 watts or less. With the new rule allowing a 2X multiplier
for stations working a QRP station – there was extra incentive to dig out the
weak signals. K4JA and KE9I put 23 QRP
stations into their log and K4OAQ, W2GD and K8ND had 22. The top QRP score was Jeff, K1ZM with Al,
K7CA right on his heels. Rich, K5NA came
in third with only 10 percent less of a score.
It is amazing how close these three scores are considering one came from
each coast and the third from the middle of the country. GM3POI tried the QRP category this time, and
had the overall top DX score. His QSO with
VK6VZ with only 5 watts is the longest QRP QSO made in the contest.
In the
popular low power category, W5TM made the best of being able to work both
coasts to win the category. Second place
went to our certificate awards manager K1PX from the east and third place went
to WA7LNW from the west coast. Again, we
have good dispersion across the country with the top three scores. G4VGO had the top low power DX score. K8ND worked 85 low power stations and KE9I
worked 84.
In the
shack warming high power category, K4JA edge out KH6ND for the top score. FM5BH was a welcome addition to this contest
and posted the third place high power score.
OQ4UN, who “wrote the book”, was the European high power winner.
In the
multi-single category, K6SE used the 2X power multiplier to beat W2GD. The W2GD team worked VK6VZ/6 for the longest
QSO made during the contest.
One of
the attractions of this contest is the plaque program sponsored by many of the
participants. Our Boring hats are off to
the 27 of you that sponsored this year’s awards. We do not award more than one plaque per
person, so if you win the Top Score in the world, someone else will win the
plaque for the top score in your geographical area.
It
would appear that the Boring Amateur Radio Club went off their rocker by
sponsoring a combined 160 and 6 meter plaque.
Something was mentioned about “bands with 6’s in them”. This plaque was won by K7RAT (raising
further suspicion), with a combined score of 3,262 points. This was a result of a great opening into
Japan that netted 117 QSOs with point values in the mid to upper teens. N8PR had a great run into Europe during the
last couple of hours of the contest and had 89 QSOs. However, when he noticed the contest ended
before the opening, he fell short of K7RAT’s point total.
NA0N
employed good planning to end up with the score closer to the numeric average
of the scores than anyone else. He just
nudged out W9YS. The numeric average was
723.1. Is this the first time a truly
average score has won a plaque?
Shortly
after the contest – a robot was programmed to process the electronic logs. This was not well planned – but a large
number of you did “dance with the robot” and submitted your score using the
Cabrillo format. This really saved a lot
of work for the log checking department.
We expect to have the robot QRV for all of the logs next time. Some of the logging programs had a few bugs
to work our concerning the Cabrillo format (including TR Log). Please make sure you have updated software
this year. All logs will be directed to
the robot and if your passes the test, you will receive a confirmation
number. If you have problems, please
e-mail k7rat@kkn.net for help.
Log
checking reports are available via e-mail to k7rat@kkn.net or SASE to the K7RAT
callbook address.
The
Seventh running of this great event will be on December 28th and 29th. The rules will be the same as last year. You can find complete information, including
the rules and sponsored plaques at our website http://www.kkn.net/stew.html.
Thanks
again for all of the participation. See
you on the Top Band this winter.
Sponsor
|
Category |
Winner
|
1. ND3A |
Top Score, Single-Op, World |
K5NA |
2. ND3A |
Top Score, Single-Op, High-Power, Oceania |
KH6ND |
3. N5OT |
Top Score, Single-Op, High-Power, World |
K4JA |
4. QSLs by N0TT |
Top Score, Single-Op, Age < 21, QSOs > 50 |
None |
5. AA8U |
Top Score, Single-Op, QRP, W8 Call Area |
N8XP |
6. K7CA |
Top Score, Single-Op, South America |
PY2FUS |
7. W7GG |
Top Score, Single-Op, > 60 years of age |
W7GG |
8. N5IA |
Top Grid Total, Single-Op |
K8ND |
9. WA9IRV |
Top Score, Single-Op, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. |
N1RJ |
10. K1FK |
Calcutta Award, Top Score, Single-Op, Ohio, VE4, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. |
WJ0M |
11. Low Band Monitor |
Top Score, Single-Op, North America |
K7CA |
12. K1PX |
Top Score, Single-Op, Low-Power, Europe |
G4VGO |
13. KJ9C |
Top Score, Single-Op, U.S.A. Black Hole (> 800 miles from Ocean) |
N0TT |
14. WA2DFI |
Top Score, Single-Op, Canada |
VE3KP |
15. AA4NN |
Top Score, Single-Op, High-Power, Europe |
OQ4UN |
16. Boring Amateur Radio Club |
Top Score, Single-Op, Combined 160 and 6 Meters, World |
K7RAT |
17. KI7Y |
Top Score, Single-Op, USA West Coast (California, Oregon and Washington). |
W7GG |
18. K7RAT |
Top Score, Multi-Op, World |
K6SE |
19. N6TR |
Top Score, Single-Op, Low-Power |
W5TM |
20. W7EW |
Top Score, Single-Op, QRP |
K5NZ |
21. KL7RA |
Top QSO Total |
KE9I |
22. Horned Toads Wireless |
Top Score, Single-Op, Mexico |
None |
23. W4SAA |
Top Score, Single-Op, USA |
K5NA |
24. N7JW |
Top Score, Single-Op, Japan |
JA2ZJW |
25. WA4TT |
Top Score, Single-Op, Asia (excluding Japan) |
4X3A |
26. W5GN |
Average Score Award: Score that comes closest to numerical average of all scores. |
NA0N |
27. K8ND |
Top Score, Single-Op, Caribbean |
FM5BH |
|
|
|
Multi
operator - Low power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL
-BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
K6SE M L DM15 296
1 13 282
3334 157 9V1PC
14040 17 50
VE3OSZ M L FN25
233 0 1
232 1466 115
G0IVZ 5059 11
56
JA9SSY M L PM86 28
0 0 28
568 20 N7DD
9612 0
4
Multi
operator - High power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD
CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
W2GD M H FM29 458
6 17 435
2054 213 VK6VZ/6
18974 22 74
K8ND M H EN80 445
5 11 429 1490 179
ZL3IX 13941 22
85
K6NDV M H DM04 242
0 2 240
1324 129 JH6OPP
9536 16 44
HA3KNA M H JN96 78
0 3 75
219 55 K4JA
7515 0 12
JA3YBK M H PM84 19
1 0 18
192 14 NI6T
8689 0 2
Single
operator - QRP power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD
CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
K1ZM S Q FN51 264
4 0 260
4172 132 KH6ND
8461 11 53
K7CA S Q DM37 222
0 0 222
4076 117 JA2ZJW
9257 15 41
K5NA S Q EM10 246
2 1 243
3624 129 KH6ND
6214 14 54
N0TT S Q EM29 240
1 6 233
2956 129 K7MI
2531 17 55
GM3POI S Q IO88
163 0 1
162 2512 103
VK6HD 14922 0
24
K5NZ S Q EM20 162
0 0 162
2352 105 KH6ND
6404 8 38
NO9Z S Q EN60 226
4 7 215
2320 117 K7MI
3139 13 53
KD7AEE S Q DN31
168 7 4
157 2124 88 KH6ND 4828
7 31
K5IUA S Q EL29 102
0 1 101
1476 74 FM5BH
3864 3 28
WJ9B S Q FM06 142
0 2 140
1452 85 G0IVZ
5925 8 36
N2IC S Q DN70 104
0 1 103
1448 72 K1AR
2829 7
27
N7IR S Q DM43 92
0 0 92
1404 62 JA2ZJW
9679 7 15
W7QC S Q CN87 105
0 2 103
1328 57 KH6ND
4322 4 14
N2WK S Q FN03 131
5 4 122
1196 73 N6RO
3540 6 38
N6WG S Q CM87 97
1 3 93
1052 49 KH7A
3616 7 17
N9NE S Q EN54 101
0 4 97
948 67 N5RZ
1890 7 31
N4ROA S Q EM86 82
0 1 81
892 62 K7QQ
3488 11 23
WS4S S Q EM76 189
95 6 88
824 63 W7GG
3151 6 25
N9IJ S Q EN52 92
1 4 87
772 65 N5RZ
1740 3 26
N0FP S Q EN25 51
0 2 49
696 39 K6NDV
2372 4 13
W1CSM S Q FN42 81
1 1 79
608 45 N9JF
1712 3 15
K6XX S Q CM97 51
0 1 50
504 28 KH6ND
4053 5 11
N0UR S Q EN35 35
0 1 34
320 27 K7CA
1885 2 9
VE3WZ S Q FN03 40
0 1 39
284 30 WD5R
1359 0 9
OM6AJO S Q JN99 44
0 2 42
276 30 G4BJM
1439 0 7
VE3OIL S Q EN93 37
1 5 31
240 24 K5RX
1778 1 5
N8XP S Q EM79 63
0 33 30
228 27 KR1DX
1406 1 7
K6III S Q CM87 28
0 0 28
200 17 N7DD
1227 2 4
DL1LAW S Q JN59 25
0 0 25
200 21 RZ9AYA
3429 0 3
SM1HPV S Q JO97 20
0 0 20 196 18
RZ9AYA 2649 0
5
W0ODS S Q EN32 19
0 0 19
168 18 K1KI
1641 1 5
KG6ECI S Q CM97 16
0 0 16
132 12 W7AWA
1233 4 3
N2NU S Q FN20 15
0 2 13
100 11 WD5R
1509 1 2
KD7CTF S Q CN85 10
0 0 10
48 6 W6EU
686 0 1
W3ZMN S Q FN20 11
0 2 9
36 7 K4OAQ
617 0 2
Single
operator - Low power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD
CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
W5TM S L EM15 346
1 2 343
2422 162 KH6ND
6166 21 69
K1PX S L FN31 306
0 1 305
2058 149 OQ4UN
5672 17 65
WA7LNW S L DM37
241 0 15
226 2042 121
JA4DEN 9528 13
47
W7GG S L CN94 231
3 11 217
2036 121 FM5BH
6523 17 47
WB9Z S L EN60 303
1 7 295
1992 145 VK6VZ/6
17974 18 70
K4RO S L EM66 335
8 3 324
1858 146 FM5BH
3551 19 71
WJ0M S L EN36 270
0 11 259
1816 132 FM5BH
4632 16 64
WA9IRV S L EN54
288 7 1
280 1766 144
KH6ND 6801 19
61
G4VGO S L JO02 194
1 9 184
1764 126 W8JI
6885 2
29
W0QE S L DM79 241
1 3 237
1758 128 KH6ND
5465 14 48
N9JF S L EM49 280
0 5 275
1604 140 KH7A
6387 17 66
KB1EAX S L FN32
270 0 8
262 1548 124
OQ4UN 5603 17
56
K7LFY S L EM15 262
1 20 241
1546 132 PY2FUS
8390 14 57
G3WPH S L IO91 190
6 3 181
1478 117 W8JI
6791 3 26
AI3M S L FM18 254
2 3 249
1436 122 EA6ACC
6580 12 51
K9MMS S L EN51 247
0 3 244
1426 125 K7MI
2945 17 57
K0EJ S L EM66 243
2 0 241
1362 125 FM5BH
3551 18 62
KJ9C S L EM69 262
1 2 259
1358 136 FM5BH
3758 14 60
F8BPN S L JN05 183
0 11 172
1340 106 F5MA
7284 2 22
K9WJU S L EN71 244
0 3 241
1328 128 FM5BH
3784 13 61
K4OGG S L EM73 229
1 2 226
1320 127 W7AWA
3556 9 52
W0HW S L EN35 201
2 5 194
1250 109 K6NDV
2518 11 48
W1TO S L FN32 190
0 1 189
1138 101 S50A
6693 11 44
W5ODD S L EL09 143
0 3 140
1136 99 KH6ND
6034 8 35
N4XD S L FM05 193
4 4 185
1090 104 OQ4UN
6504 15 48
W9WI S L EM66 203
0 2 201
1068 106 W7WA
3189 11 53
N8PR S L EL96 134
2 3 129
1038 83 OQ4UN
7350 4 27
KA0GGI S L EM48
187 1 8
178 1030 104
K7MI 2894 12
43
WW3S S L EN91 213
0 2 211
1022 108 OQ4UN
6184 11 51
WX9U S L EN50 185
0 6 179
1018 107 FM5BH
3961 15 47
KX9DX S L EN50 198
0 13 185
946 116 W7AWA
2820 14 51
N5DO S L DM80 125
0 0 125
946 83 KH6ND
5640 8 27
KK7UV S L DN36 119
0 5 114
858 71 JK1GKG
8434 8 26
AA8UP S L EN90 159
0 1 158
832 94 N6LF
3460 11
44
N0AT S L EN34 145
2 3 140
824 86 N6FF
2492 10 43
K6LL S L DM22 100
0 0 100
808 68 KH6ND
4501 8 19
VE3KP S L FN04 171
1 6 164
798 89 W6BH
3475 8 41
N4DU S L EM71 132
2 2 128
796 84 W7WA
3670 7 36
N7LOX S L CN87 110
0 0 110
788 65 KH6ND
4322 5 19
PA3AAV S L JO22
147 0 7
140 756 91
W8JI 7139 3
23
N8NA S L FM29 155
0 1 154
750 87 N7DD
3315 9 38
NA0N S L EN25 120
0 0 120
724 79 W7AWA
2144 13 35
W9YS S L EN52 131
1 7 123
722 80 FM5BH
4102 9 32
N0AX
S L CN87 100
0 6 94
716 55 KH6ND
4322 5 17
G4ERP S L IO81 150
0 22 128
712 88 KB1EAX
5210 2 23
W7DRA S L CN87 110
0 13 97
708 61 KH6ND
4322 3 18
K9CW S L EN50 126
0 0 126
704 82 FM5BH
3961 9 38
N8AA S L EN91 139
0 4 135
702 83 G0IVZ
5712 6 37
LY5W S L KO14 130
1 4 125
690 87 A61AR
4154 3 22
N8SM S L EM13 115
0 2 113
690 81 W7DRA
2677 6 37
KA7T S L DN13 82
0 2 80
660 57 JA2ZJW
8584 6 13
K9OT S L EN42 107
1 4 102
656 79 FM5BH
4229 10 28
W2RFC S L FN13 147
0 2 145
654 82 N6FF
3778 9 38
K8IR S L EN65 121
0 0 121
640 74 K7RAT
2791 4 33
UA2FZ S L KO04 123
1 3 119
626 81 4X3A
2787 2 22
AC0W S L EN33 123
2 7 114
622 74 N6LF
2414 4 32
N7WA S L CN87 93
1 2 90
586 47 KH6ND
4322 5 15
WA8WV S L EM98 134
0 0 134
584 82 ZF2NT
2106 9 38
VK6VZ S L OF75 12
0 1 11
580 11 W8JI 18178
0 1
AD8J S L EN90 130
0 4 126
578 76 FM5BH
3475 6 37
JE1SPY S L PM95 32
0 3 29
554 22 N7DD
9538 0 4
N5UM S L EM13 107
1 2 104
540 71 N6FF
2431 6 27
EU1AZ S L KO33 95
0 2 93
540 70 CT1CJJ
3052 0 15
KA2MGE S L FN02
134 0 4
130 520 77
N6RO 3552 6
30
W5JMW S L DM95 92
0 10 82
516 63 KH7A
5495 5 24
SM5BRG S L JO78
101 0 5
96 512 70
4X3A 3360 1
18
K9IJ S L EN52 112
0 10 102
490 70 N6LF
2756 4 26
SM5G S L JO78 85
0 1 84
468 66 RZ9AYA
2866 1 18
KN4Y
S L EM70 100
0 9 91
462 65 N6FF
3591 4 21
W3CP S L FM19 116
0 4 112
460 62 G0IVZ
5579 3 28
K0INT S L DM04 84
0 11 73
454 41 JA2PJC
9028 4 15
DJ3RA S L JO72 105
1 1 103
444 74 RZ9AYA
3038 3 18
WO4O S L EM66 81
0 2 79
440 59 FM5BH
3551 6 24
YU1RA S L KN04 76
0 3 73
402 58 CT1CJJ
2492 1 14
N8BJQ S L EN80 75 0 0 75 402
52 FM5BH 3587
3 26
G3SVL S L JO00 71
1 3 67
400 53 N4AF
6271 1 14
8S0W S L JO99 61
0 3 58
392 48 VK6HD
13673 1 10
AF5Z S L EM10 53
0 3 50
366 46 KH7A
5875 1 10
OM4DN S L JN98 80
0 0 80
358 58 RW4PL
2323 1 13
W8RU S L EN82 70
0 1 69
358 54 K7MI
3391 1 18
W9OL S L EN61 83
0 11 72
350 57
K7RAT 2921 2
17
K8CV S L EN82 80
0 6 74
328 56 N6RO
3225 3 23
WT9U S L EN71 54
0 1 53
320 43 KI7Y
3077 2 19
WG1Z S L FN42 80
0 0 80
314 47 N2WW 2861
1 17
ND9P S L EN34 57
1 2 54
298 38 K7RAT
2355 1 18
N2CG S L FN20 70
0 1 69
294 49 G0IVZ
5376 1 14
OK1FCJ S L JO70 67
0 1 66
292 52 4X3A
2681 3 12
OQ6TJ S L JO20 60
0 1 59
272 45 RA1ACJ
1924 1 14
W7OT S L CN85 42
0 5 37
268 27 KT3Y
3836 1 11
OH4MFA S L KP32 37
0 0 37
266 33 4X3A
3494 1 7
K5KA S L EM26 50
0 2 48
264 38 K7RAT
2543 3 17
M0BIN S L IO91 46
0 0 46
262 37 RZ9AYA
4083 1 10
VE7IN S L CN89 34
0 1 33
256 24 KH6ND
4434 3 5
K0UK
S L DM59 44
0 5 39
246 29 K8ND
2216 5 10
JE3UHV S L PM74 20
0 2 18
244 13 K6NR
9322 0 3
K6DGW S L CM98 65
0 7 58
236 32 N5RG
2270 3 8
K4IU S L EM78 57
0 1 56
230 43 N7UA
3220 2 20
W4NTI S L EM73 48
0 0 48
230 38 NA0N
1583 3 15
SM7EH S L JO77 45
0 2 43
230 35 4X3A
3270 1 13
NY4T S L EM65 65
1 7 57
224 42 N2WW
1650 0 15
PA0INA S L JO22 54
0 3 51
222 41 RV1CC
1785 1 14
7S4O S L JP70 40
0 1 39
220 30 RZ9AYA
2839 0 8
N3SD S L EN90 50
0 5
45 192 36
K7RAT 3431 2
14
NC4S S L FM19 51
0 5 46
178 39 N5RG
1958 1 15
SM4ANQ S L JP70 44
0 8 36
176 29 RZ9AYA
2839 1 8
HB9ARF S L JN36 45
0 0 45 174
38 GM3POI 1495
1 9
KB5NJD S L EM12 31
0 0 31
168 26 W2GD
2124 0 7
OK1DOL S L JN69 34
0 0 34
160 30 RZ9AYA
3300 0 9
GW3OIT S L IO72 32
0 1 31
154 28 OH2BO
2028 1 8
W9LYA S L EN62 40
0 2 38
142 33 N2WW
1548 1 9
KI5DR S L EM10 27
0 0 27
134 23 K8ND
1683 2 7
LY2FN S L KO14 34
0 3 31
132 25 RZ9AYA
2465 0
8
G0MTN S L IO92 21
0 0 21
110 20 RA1ACJ
2119 1 7
RW9QA S L MO25 13
0 0 13
102 12 S50A
3630 0 0
SM6IQD S L JO57 24
0 0 24
102 21 IV3PRK
1231 1 6
K6EP S L CM86 22
0 0 22
92 15 N5UL
1886 0 4
K4RFK S L EL96 14
0 1 13
90 12 K6TA
3952 0 3
VA3IX S L EN93 33
0 11 22
84 21 N2WW
2046 0 9
AD3Y S L FM29 22
0 0 22
78 19 N9JF
1375 1 2
K9PG S L EN62 19
0 2 17
72 15 K1ZM
1493 1 5
KA6BIM S L CM97 12
0 2 10
70 7 K8ND
3284 0 2
K4BP
S L EM75 10
0 0 10
38 10 K1GU
1438 0 1
WA6BOB S L DM04 5
0 1 4
14 4 N2WW
1362 0 1
KU0KU S L EM28 3
0 0 3
14 3 W8JI
1058 0 0
Single
operator - High power
CALL C P GRID RAW
DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD
CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
K4JA S H FM17 397
2 5 390
1857 197 4X3A
9618 23 71
KH6ND S H BL01 168
5 2 161
1806 92 K1ZM
8461 9 21
FM5BH S H FK94 218
0 14 204
1729 116 HA5JI
8088 3 30
N6RO S H CM98 335
4 11 320
1694 159 JA4CUU
8911 16 63
N2WW S H DM79 416
8 8 400
1690 178 JA2ZJW
9639 21 76
KE9I S H EN61 455
0 8 447
1576 192 VK6VZ
17948 23 84
K7RAT S H CN85 281
0 8 273
1408 136 JE3UHV
8196 18 52
OQ4UN S H JO11 327
8 19 300
1401 181 VK6HD
14523 2 36
K4OAQ
S H EM97 362
0 2 360
1326 169 KH6ND
7562 22 77
G0IVZ S H IO70 229
6 6 217
1268 145 VK6HD
15075 5 37
N5RG S H EM12 326
8 5 313
1253 153 PY2FUS
8162 21 76
WD5R S H EM45 377
2 10 365
1201 164 G0IVZ
6806 20 76
W3GH S H FN00 377
2 3 372
1196 172 PY2FUS
7822 19 75
NB1B S H FN41 262
0 10 252
1168 148 ZS6UT
12642 15 52
N1EU S H FN32 309 3
12 294 1149
156 PY2FUS 7780
19 66
KC7V S H DM43 232
0 12 220
1144 121 JA6GT
10170 13 42
K9DX S H EN52 324
0 29 295
1120 147 JA1CGM
10001 17 64
K6TA S H CM98 196
0 2 194
1118 110 JA7KYU
9395 12 37
W6EU S H CM99 231
1 2 228
1112 122 JA4DEN
8845 15 39
K2TOP S H FN20 306
2 9 295
1099 146 KH6ND
8001 19 60
KI7Y S H CN85 215
2 1 212
1078 118 JA2ZJW
8064 13 38
W7AWA S H CN88 224
7 12 205
1069 116 ZL3IX
11955 14 47
W8TOP S H EN72 320
0 10 310
1046 157 S59A
7395 18 70
K1KI S H FN32 210
1 1 208
988 127 HA0DU
6960 12 50
4X3A S H KM71 154
5 3 146
983 109 PY2FUS
10636 1 18
N8EA S H EN82 302
5 2 295
975 142 KH6ND
7304 19 66
K3WW S H FN20 312
4 6 302
969 149 S59A
6903 19 60
AE9B S H EM28 318
5 13 300
953 152 FM5BH
4266 19 64
WV7U S H DN70 251
0 5 246
927 131 EA8AK
8019 13 56
EA6ACC S H JM08
151 0 8
143 905 110
W8JI 7480 1 18
K5RX S H EM13 223
0 8 215
891 133 PY2FUS
8238 14 52
N6LF S H CN83 192
0 22 170
878 106 JA2ZJW
8181 10 37
K5MA S H FN41 208
0 1 207
859 121 HA5JI
6777 16 51
N5UL S H DM82 215
2 1 212
857 121 PY2FUS
8590 10 48
NR1DX S H FN42 244
2 10 232
827 124 S59A
6503 16 47
WT9Q S H EN53 275
0 8 267
810 139 OQ4UN
6523 17 64
W0GU S H DN70 198
0 0 198
803 115 FM5BH
5139 15 52
VE3QAA S H FN15
213 0 10
203 793 118
KH7A 7493 14
54
S50U S H JN66 201
0 0 201
791 122 W8JI
7950 4 25
K9AY S H EM83 221
0 6 215
780 130 KH6ND
7469 14 44
UA2FF S H KO04 233
0 6 227
773 144 VK6HD
13411 4 29
S50A S H JN75 237
0 11 226
765 143 FM5BH
7788 3 28
WA0I S H EM47 250
1 13 236
734 125 FM5BH
3907 17 61
HA5JI S H JN97 201
1 1 199
734 131 FM5BH
8088 4 25
RZ9AYA S H MO03
122 0 9
113 712 81
5H3RK 6964 2
15
N4IR S H EM86 303
8 14 281 710 130
W7AWA 3500 15
57
W5WMU S H EM40 211
2 8 201
706 122 FM5BH
3542 12 50
W4AN S H EM74 235
1 3 231
699 126 G0IVZ
6480 17 47
N4AF S H FM15 136
0 3 133
694 97 9A2AJ
7584 7 36
JA2ZJW S H PM84 49
0 4 45
689 28 N7DD
9750 2 7
OK1DX S H JN69 216
0 8 208
685 126 W8JI
7789 4 29
RA1ACJ S H KO59
189 2 12
175 670 113
VK6VZ/6 12921
2 25
7M3HLQ S H PM95 55
0 6 49
646 33 N7DD
9538 1 4
N1RJ S H FN43 146
0 4 142
636 94 ZS6UT
12692 7 33
K3SV S H FN10 157
0 0 157
634 102 KH7A
7568 12 44
RN6BN S H KN95 140
2 4 134
625 92 NB1B
8137 2 19
W1CX S H FN34 188
1 18 169
624 104 ZS6UT
12872 7 46
KR6C S H DM04 159
0 13 146
614 85 JA4DEN
9322 9 22
N6ZZ S H DM73 155
1 5 149
612 97 KH7A
5117 10 36
K5ZD S H FN42 100
0 3 97
611 75 T99T
6947 3 23
K6NR S H DM14 106
0 1 105
602 69 JK6SEW
9822 8 23
VK6HD
S H OF85 26
0 3 23
585 22 W8JI
17995 1 2
K2KW S H CM99 168
4 3 161
581 92 JA2ZJW
8564 14 25
W3GN S H FM19 231
0 5 226
576 107 EA4VY
6528 10 52
NV7A S H DM09 132
0 4 128
572 74 JA2ZJW
8705 9 21
K4XU S H CN94 149
1 6 142
549 81 KH6ND
4312 10 25
RW4PL S H LO56 110
1 3 106
549 77 VK6HD
11840 1 20
K4BAI S H EM72 174
0 0 174
544 103 W7AWA
3628 9 45
W2VJN S H CN83 117
1 5 111
534 68 JA4DEN
8451 7 20
N7RT S H DM43 110
0 2 108
521 69 JA6GT
10170 8 18
WA4TT S H EM82 157
0 4 153 507
91 KH7A 7172
8 44
OH2BO S H KP20 128
0 1 127
469 87 VK6HD
13378 3 26
WM4Q S H EM65 177
0 12 165
469 98 KI7Y
3216 10 36
W7EW S H CN84 80
0 0 80
467 64 JA2ZJW
8122 11 24
K2ONP S H FN32 146
0 2 144
457 87 OM5ZW
6774 9 34
N6ZFO S H CM87 121
0 5 116
447 68 JA3YBK
8542 6 19
AA3B S H FN20 170
1 2 167
444 88 OQ4UN
5873 10
41
IV3PRK S H JN66
123 0 8
115 435 85
FM5BH 7633 3
18
RV1CC S H KO59 121
0 1 120
420 88 A92ZE
3977 2 21
XJ1NA S H GN37 66
1 2 63
412 48 K6NDV
5564 4 13
KW4DA S H EM85 152
0 4 148
405 95 N7UA
3549 9 39
K1FK S H FN57 133
0 8 125
405 74 G4VGO
4852 2 28
K7ABC S H DM22 100
0 2 98
402 70 KH6ND
4501 7 15
SM2T S H KP05 101
0 2 99
390 71 4X3A
3899 2 19
KG9N S H EN50 131
0 2 129
377 83 FM5BH
3961 12 33
W4SAA S H EL95 99
1 5 93
374 67 W7AWA
4444 4 18
LY2HN
S H KO14 145
1 7 137
366 100 A92ZE
3859 1 21
WQ5L S H EM50 105
0 1 104
352 80 K7MI
3480 6 29
K3MD S H FN10 126
0 4 122
351 80 N6FF
3855 10 30
K1GU S H FN42 144
1 3 140
347 71 N5DO
3137 6 40
N4SL S H CN88 86
0 4 82
346 57 KH6ND
4377 4 17
NI6T S H CM97 85
0 0 85
340 56 JA3YBK
8689 6 19
PY2FUS S H GG66 23 0 4
19 326 19
4X3A 10636 0
2
OH2NN S H KP20 98
0 0 98
311 67 4X3A
3307 2 18
W6ISQ S H CM87 72
2 4 66
299 45 JA2ZJW
8542 3 9
OK1AYY S H JO70
109 0 3 106 288
76 K4JA 7039
3 20
ND5S S H EN72 103
0 1 102
280 73 FM5BH
3863 4 27
W0UY S H EM18 92
0 4 88
278 65 KH6ND
6154 4 29
OK1TP S H JO60 120
0 10 110
260 81 W2GD
6633 1 19
W7LNG S H CN82 84
0 7 77
260 46 KH6ND
4075 4 16
W4EF S H DM04 84
1 2 81
258 52 KH6ND
4159 4 15
JE1TSD S H PM95 23
0 1 22
251 19 N7DD 9538
0 5
N4ZR S H FM19 110
0 1 109
249 71 KI7Y
3788 4 37
W0TY S H EM48 105
2 5 98
233 64 N7UA
2771 4 21
G4DBN S H IO93 36
0 1 35
232 33 W8JI
6722 1 8
N2BJ S H EN61 94
0 4 90
224 62 W7EW
2931 5 27
N5TW S H EM10 58
0 1 57
207 47 W7WA
2914 5 15
W2FCA S H FN22 98
0 2 96
206 59 N7UA
3765 2 22
SM6WQB S H JO68 87
0 7 80
204 55 4X3A
3431 2 20
WO6M S H DM04 81
0 7 74
198 45 N8EA
3238 5 11
N1MD S H FN41 81
0 1 80
188 51 N5RZ
3053 2 17
F5YJ
S H JN18 79
0 2 77
186 54 AA1K
6063 1 16
KE6QR S H CM88 63
0 2 61
182 36 KH6ND
3917 4 10
W5GN S H EM12 79
1 13 65
179 48 N6LF
2575 3 16
UA4FER S H LO23 49
0 2 47
178 40 G0IVZ
3380 0 9
K6XC S H CM87 55
0 3 52
173 34 K2AXX
3920 3 8
JA7IC S H QM07 18
0 2 16
167 13 N7DD
9262 0 4
N6CM S H CM97 54
1 5 48
166 29 7M3HLQ
8476 3 7
K6KYJ S H CM99 59
0 3 56
158 36 K4JA
3807 4 10
UA4RC S H LO64 36
0 1 35
144 31 G4VGO
3380 0 4
W7GNP S H DM33 70
2 21
47 141 34
KH6ND 4696 4
10
K6CTA S H CM87 50
0 4 46
115 27 KH6ND
3883 0 8
SM7BHM S H JO76 46
0 4 42
110 33 RZ9AYA
2908 1 8
DK7ZT S H JO40 58
0 2 56 107
44 RN6BN 2291
2 13
W7LR S H DN45 11
0 0 11
107 10 JA2ZJW
8829 2 2
JH6OPP S H PM53 17
0 1 16
104 10 N7DD
10245 0 4
K2AF S H FN20 45
0 5 40
81 31 AE9B
1731 1 5
K1US S H FN43 42
0 2 40
71 28 W8JI
1646 2 7
S56A S H JN76 31
0 1 30
68 26 4X3A
2390 0 6
W4OGG S H EM55 34
0 4 30
62 27 ZF2NT
1939 2
9
KB9CRY S H EN51 29
0 2 27
48 25 K1GU
1493 0 6
DL2AL S H JO51 25
0 10 15
28 15 SM2T
1660 0 4
YC0LOW S H OI33 4
0 1 3
16 3 VK6HD
3266 0 1
As
always, I enjoyed the Stew this weekend, operating Multi-Single with long time
160 meter contesting cohort K1LT! The
QRP QSO Bonus was a move in the right direction, but only partially resolves
the problem of the skew in scoring in favor of the QRP operators. Why, if the QRP station gets 4x multiplier
for generating a weak signal, does the receiving station get only a 2x
multiplier for being able to do the heavy lifting in the QSO. The Bonus should be 4x for the station
*working* a QRP station. Even so, I
still maintain that there is no real reason to award a multiplier to a station
based on the amount of power used by that station to make QSOs. Allow the numeric scores to accurately
reflect the effects of the choice of power used by eliminating the Low and QRP
score multipliers, and listing the Divisions (QRP, Low, and High Power)
separately as done in 2000, emphasizing that QRP competes only with QRP, Low
only with Low, and High only with High. Twelve of the twenty listed plaques are
based simply on "High Score", without reference to power. The QRP
operator is given an unfair scoring advantage over both High and Low Power
entrants in winning a plaque, as they have the 4x score multiplier. Likewise,
low-power has an advantage over the High Power entrant with the 2x score
multiplier. There is nothing especially
noble about making one's signal closer to the noise level. If an extra reward
is to be given, give it only to those who *do the work* in making the QSO, and
let apples compete with apples. I guess this qualifies as my "pet
peeve". - K8ND
Conditions
were not so good from here this time around, then the eastern half of the USA
seemed to just go to sleep around 10z, even though the band was still open. -
KH6ND
Lousy
conditions! Not a single JA heard, and only just a couple of Asian stations
(just a few UA9's, 4X4, A61, A92). .
Best DX: VK6HD, who else! 5H3RK was a nice suprise.
He was very strong coming in off the back of one onf
my Beverages. To the US: poor, poor, poor. Never heard W8JI so weak! Even Jack,
VE1ZZ was weak! Nevertheles
I worked about 65 NA stations, the station furthest West was WB9Z. No sunrise peak either, signals slowly sunk
in the noise about 20 minutes before sunrise. The Boring radio club certainly organised a boring contest... just 319 QSO's in 14 hours,
barely 20 QSO's per hour. I think that
as long as we see things happening on 50 MHZ (as it has been happening lately),
we should not expect much better than this I think. One consoulation:
it must have been poor for everyone. It
was my first participation in the Stew Perry contest, and I hope to be able to
do it again. VY 73 - John, ON4UN
What a
great contest. The format is just right - the timing, the sections and the
hours restriction. As a VHF/UHF contester, I think more HF contests should be
scored this way. I can't get my head round the concept of spending 48 hours
sending 599! This is the only international HF contest that I have entered and
I really enjoyed it. Notes: 1) I must
remember to look out the fan heater for the overnight session next year! 2) No room for Beverages here, but I did use
a loop for receive and it certainly helped combat the local noise level. 3) Keyer threw a wobbly and lost all it's
memories. Might have been related to (1) above.
4) Realised I hadn't quite got the timimg right when LY7Z and I were the only signals on the
band - and I don't think he was working anyone either! 5) Must try harder next year. Many thanks - Richard G4ERP
Since I'm
away at school, I'm no longer allowed to keep a station and antennas up at
home. Every contest is a portable
effort. Lots of fun, even though I
didn't work any DX. I accidentally slept
through almost all of the EU sunrise.
From the sound of it, it didn't really matter that much, anyway. Does "under-21" include 21? Probably not...gotta
draw the line somewhere. Thanks go out
to N8ET and N8ICT for providing cores and a variable capacitor to get me on the
air. - AA8UP
First
of all - congratulations to K4JA for his outstanding signal! Bad conditions here. With good conditions, 14 hours is not long
enough for this contest, but now, it is more than enough! All in all, I love this contest - HA5JI
The
Sponsor really named the 160 contest-- Boring.
Best DX was OQ4UN for 30 points.
Who would have believed that 6 meters would have been so hot on
Sunday? Best DX on 6 was 38 Points and
had 55 QSO's 30+ points on 6 Meters. How
do you score the two bands? Hope this
will qualify me for the 160 + 6 Meter Plaque. - N8PR
Pleased
with what I could work using flea power, VK6HD was a good signal and I fell out
the chair when A61AR called me!! Congratulations to the guys that pulled me out
the noise, as N2NT said after it took ages to get the grid sq "you must be
qrp". I
had to wait until the US signals peaked before calling. Best NA signals W2GD,
NB1B and N2NT - GM3POI
Conditions
have been poor, with very weak signals and spotlight propagation. This year
there are even totally lacking JA's and VK6HD or VK6VZ! Best distance QSO's have been FM5BH and K9DX,
both 16 points. Interesting spotlight on FM5BH that I could not hear for hours
while other europeans were calling on 1.833, and
than
came up at once picking 599 for five minutes: I got through at first call! From States side, most consistent and lasting
signal by W2GD followed by N2NT. Most southern station was K4JA as I have been
unable to get even a whisper from W8JI on 1.843: was Tom QRP? Rig has been
always the same, running abt 600 W into a shunt-fed
vertical and receiving on a 4 elem. vertical mini-phased array and two
beverages (but this year, due to the weak signals, best receive was mainly on
the TX antenna). Anyway the Stew Perry
is always fun and the best event of the year! - Luis IV3PRK
No condx this year. Longest DX (km) - VK6HD and new one A92ZE
- LY7W
Nice
contest, but poor condx. I have worked no new country
for me (as expected..), but several good friends from 'old era' when I was more active on 160. I still remember my first QSO with W1BB in
1980 and direct QSL card I received several days later. BTW, another TOP band gentleman left us
several years ago, Peter DJ8WL. I met
him several times, visited his QTH. He was very good operator and technican (mostly homemade RIG), devoted to LF bands, with
top Eu score on 160, real HAM. I miss his signal.. -
OK1DX
Best
ears award from me is to W7GG for answering on the first call and second place
is to K6SE, who only needed one fill on my Grid Square. There were several good
signals from the west coast (K7RAT, W7WA, N6RO) that just didn't hear me
calling. N6RO was consistantly 20 over S9. I thought
you guys had an energy crisis out there?
I worked 98% of everyone I heard calling east of the Rockies. I don't
think going to 100 watts would have helped my score at all. - WS4S
Couldn't
hear any NA station during the contest. 73 - YC0LOW.
Conditions
could have been better but still enjoyed myself - M0BIN
FIRST
TIMER FOR THIS ONE - USED NEW TITANEX AND 100W.
WILL ENTER AGAIN NEXT TIME BUT TIME OF YEAR IS FOR FAMILY NOT CONTESTS!
- G3SVL
Storm
trashed my antennas the day before the contest so I heard a lot I couldn't
work. No VK, no PY, and no west coast.
Lots of sleep though! - G4DBN
I was
not able to make more qso due to transceiver
problem...maybe better next year I was using TS-440 (100 Watts) and Long Wire
antenna - HB9ARF
This
year, the condition between JA-U.S.A. was the best recent few years. My score
1999year 466, 2000year 326, 2001year 660.
I could QSO with many U.S.A. west coast stations. I call them (was not called). Their signals
were very strong, but they had not answer my CQ. I think this reason was QRMs in U.S.A.
frequency. So I called CQ on 1910KHz.
But no station answered my CQ too. It was very difficult problem. I would like to hear many opinion of U.S.A.
stations about this problem. And it is very difficult to get high score from
JAPAN on this contest. Because there is Pacific Ocean on east direction, and
the counties of west direction's activity on top band was very poor (BY etc.) -
JE1SPY
Friday
went snowshoeing with the xyl for her one of her
Christmas gifts...Had grand children..Saturday came home late in the day...
then went to the gym for more exercise until 1200GMT. Made a few contacts.
Thanks to all the great ops on in this contest. - K0UK
First
time in SP and it was fun. A lot of
people were confused by my California grid, as they were assuming an east coast
grid! - K2KW
In all
the holiday confusion I forgot the contest was this weekend until I tried 160m
at dawn on 12/30 when it was all but over!! - K4RFK
As you
will surmise this is an entry for 160M and not 50Mhz as the log shows. Put up
the 160M parasitic array this summer and still adjusting it. There were very
few that I heard and could not work. IMO if the other station was S9 and did
not hear the QRP signal I was using maybe they need a better receiving system.
It was fun let's do it again next weekend. – K5IUA
FIRST
TIME IN THE SP CHALLENGE ... NEAT CONTEST BUT I THINK I NEED A BETTER
ANTENNA. CURRENT ANT IS A SLOPING VEE
ABOUT 250' ON A SIDE. SEEMS TO FAVOR
THOSE PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE THERE AREN'T MANY HAMS. – K6DGW
Big
sigs from JA near end of contest, too bad not more of them. – KK7UV
Decided
to finally try a contest from my home station. The old TS-830 and MLA-2500 amp
(at 500W) seemed to work pretty good. The antenna is a 30 foot Shunt Fed Tower
(Total height is 40 feet!) I was able to work 159 Q's in 12 hours of operating
time (which included food, coffee and fuse replacement) Only DX worked was some
KL7's, KH6, VE's, ZF, XE2's, and some JA's. Not many stations operating, but
was enjoyable. Tnx for a fun Contest. – KR6C
Spent
Saturday afternoon rescuing the coax snake receive antenna with a machete -
"What is 160-meters, bwana?"
As a result, have sore arms and
hands, but a small sacrifice to the radio gods.
Then had to deal with a wideband buzzy,
growling noise that has cropped up in the last year. It disappeared after 11:30, so it must be a
local digital TV leaking weak signals - I'm not sure if
it's
worse than touch lamps, or not.
Obnoxious, regardless. Oh,
conditions? Not so hot - only heard a
couple of JA's near the sunrise end of the contest. Activity seemed off, but with everybody working 6m all day, that's to be
expected. Best DX was to the East Coast
- W2GD and KT3Y - although KH6ND was worked and FM5BH was heard. Nice to know that the antenna is working -
putting out the extra ground radials for the contest really helped. Nice to hear the regulars flexing their
radio muscles. – N0AX
CONDITIONS
WERE NOT AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR JUST BEFORE STEW PERRY CONTEST BEGAN,
WE HAD 2 FEET OF FRESHLY FALLEN=20
SNOW
WHICH I BELIEVE HELPED TOP BAND CONDITIONS.
THIS YEAR NO SNOW HAS FALLEN TO DATE AND THERE IS MUCH MORE SOLAR
ACTIVITY YIELDING ADVERSE TOP BAND CONDITIONS. – N2CG
Inconsistent
propagation and light activity made this contest a real challenge. High point
was working two Japanese stations. – N7IR
No
VK6's this year but nice to get a few JA's. – N7RT
A vy enjoyable op event; add club participation? building
better Beverage switch – N8EA
First
time and I will be back next year – NC4S
RENEWED
PLEASURE TO PARTICIPATE. JUST FOR THE FUN TO FIND ALL CONTEST FRIENDS. I WORK
ONLY THE S&P METHOD. THE STATION HERE IS KENWOOD TS-570D & 80M QUAD
LOOP.
MY AGE
IS 66 AND I HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS. I HOPE COME BACK AGAIN IN YEAR 2002! – ON6TJ
It
takes the mathematician to make such a standard format! – S56A
NICE
TEST THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF UNTIL I HEARD A CQ TEST – SM5BRG
An
interesting event, I like the use of four digit grid-squares for the exchange,
not as trivial as RST and province. If I get the opportunity I may try and run
a real effort next year. I had a longer than 3/8 wave random wire between eight
and 12 feet off the ground, no radials and I needed to use two tuners in series
to get a usable match. – VE3OIL
MY
FIRST STEW PERRY CONTEST BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT CONFLICTED WITH THE RAC WINTER
CONTEST. HOWEVER WANTED THE GUYS TO GET
THE EXTRA QRP POINTS SO HERE'S MY LOG.
WILL TRY TO SPEND MORE TIME NEXT YEAR. – VE3WZ
The
antenna used was an inverted L and the power was 50 W. The operator's age is 84 years - becoming 85
on 14 Jan. None of the plaque categories
seemed like a perfect fit for w3cp, but the Challenge was enjoyed. – W3CP
Headache
got the best of me after 4 hours.
Decided to pack it in and get a good night's sleep. Felt pretty good the next day. Using 1/4 wave
sloping elevated quarter wave vertical wire fed against 8 radials. Had single element beverages for SE, E, NE,
NW, and W. Band seemed pretty quiet for
a change. Managed to get G0IVZ to hear
me, but did not hear any other Europeans.
Did hear K4JA calling some, but not a whisper heard here. – W4AN
Couldn't
stay as long as I wanted. But had fun
with the contest and 100w/Inv L. – W4NTI
A
limited effort on my part, but lots of fun. – W8RU
First
time to play in this one. Part time fun!
– WO4O
Lots of
big sigs with no receivers! Lots of CQ, 2-second gap, CQ again. How will they ever work weak DX? RUNNING 100 WATTS (Probably a bit less!) –
GW3OIT
1st
participation in Stew-Perry with my brother. – JA9SSY
Much
more fun from the coast than the blackhole! – K4JA
Poor DX
conditions. Glad I had something interesting
to read. – K4RO
Limited
time to operate and even more limited DX to work. – K5RX
I got
bored with the slow rate, so decided to work 100 QSO's using the K6LL callsign on low power, then 100 QSO's on high power, using
my wife's K7ABC callsign. – K6LL
I have
always been too busy with family things to do much in the Stew Perry, but this
year I found more time to dabble (5 hours).
The participation seemed to be very good this year, and, WoW, the JA's were as strong as the locals on Sunday
morning. I had a blast. I used my remote station near Victorville Ca - a Kachina 505DSP and a SGC 500 watt solid state
amplifier. Always exciting to have the
modem drop temporarily during a QSO!
Calling CQ is quite a mouse-intensive activity, moving between the radio
control window, the CW send window, and the Writelog
QSO entry window. S&P was easier. Antenna is a 40' top loaded 80m vertical
with a trap and a 160m "L" wire, fed over 66 66' radials. Seemed to work well enough. Once again, a
great contest. – K6NR
Operated
from our dry salt lake bed QTH (which was wet) in southern California, grid
DM15. The antenna was a full-size
quarter-wave vertical supported by a helium-filled balloon. This worked so well in the ARRL 160 contest
that we decided to take advantage of the x2 multiplier and run in the low power
category with the FT-1000MP barefoot. The first QSO of the contest was QRP
station NO9Z for 24 (6x2x2) points. Was thrilled to work 9V1PC for our farthest
QSO, a distance of 14036.832 km. Peter
e-mailed us after the contest that we were his only USA QSO in the contest,
reaffirming the quietness of our QTH. We did not hear a trace of VK6VZ/6 or
VK6HD, however. Was surprised when co-operator KH6DX stepped outside to
"stretch his legs" and he called us from his mobile station just
outside the operating trailer. He was
the strongest station heard, even though he called me with no antenna
connected. We worked everyone we heard except PY2FUS. I guess our low power wasn't cutting through
his QRN. We heard a huge pile calling a station giving out grid IL28, but
couldn't get his callsign due to the heavy QRM and
the QSB. We thoroughly enjoyed the contest and hope to be back again for it
next year. – K6SE
Not
exactly a big effort... but fun. – K6XX
Did not
start until 10pm local time, so missed the first most active six hours. – K9DX
cool
contest! if I had only remembered to
register my logging program before the contest, I wouldn’t have to cut and past my data now.. bummer.. – KB5NJD
Operated
at W7RM again this year. Band not as
good as past years. – KI7Y
Relatively
quiet here in SW Indy for once. Too quiet. Not much activity heard. Finding
water in the beverage switching box may have had something to do with that. Or
a broken ewe to the west. But not hearing any KH6 for the first time was a
shocker. Did manage a few far west coast QSOs for 7 points and ZF, but not much
else. Got a few years before the sunspot null to fix the receive antennas, but
need them more now. – KJ9C
NOT
MANY SIGNALS. MOSTLY QRP. FIRST SHOT AT QRP FOR ME. – N0FP
A
part-time effort on my part and a marginal improvement over last year's
score. Activity seemed light.
Propagation path into europe was tough going. I suspect a lot of localized openings - I
could hear stations 100 miles east of me hearing & working stuff that
didn't make it to Albany NY. The
northeast direction sounded somewhat noisy and european
signals generally were not only weak, but had a "grundgey"
quality that made copy quite difficult. Signals from the west coast were not
that strong, but luckily free from the noise/grundge
effect. About 30 west coast stations
were logged. Thanks to everyone who gave me a call and apologies to all the
many stations I couldn't pull out. Copy
was really tough at times. – N1EU
73
& Best wishes for 2002 - Barry N1EU
Great
time! – N1MD
Condx
decent enuff to pick up some Eu.
– N4AF
Just
giving out points. – N5TW
Surprised
anyone heard me at all with my 102' G5RV at 40ft. 73 from the "TX Top Band Whisper"
– N5UM
Condx
not so hot here. Had much better
antennas this year, and fewer contacts.
Didn't seem as many stations on this year, maybe due to
propagation. Worked almost all I could
hear. Only DX was KH6, KL7 and XE. Heard one JA faintly. Had fun anyway and ready to go again. – N6WG
Less
activity than last year. Not a peep from
JA and NA.FB surprises A92ZE, VK6HD and VK6VZ/6. – OH2BO
I
looked for the Stew Perry contest for long time. I worked last time in 1998.
Then I cought nasty flu just after Christmas and I was
not in good condition for the contest. Only one hour of operating, and that was
already very hard. It was nice to hear many stations on the Topband,
and I would like to spend much more time, but... Anyway it was fun and
hopefully see You all next time. Good luck and lots of DX on the Topband in year 2002! - 73 de Jukka,
OH4MFA
condx
not too good...was fun anyway. – PA3AAV
Conditions
on TopBand were not good during the contest, although
I could hear the two US beacons (W2GD and W8JI) the whole night. FM5BH was also
strong, peaking s9+ here, but could not hear me. The good surprise was working
4X3A and some US West Coast stations, including N6FF, W6BH and N7DD. The only
station from EU heard was OQ4UN (not a conditions reference, too...). I
apologize for those I could not copy, as sometimes I knew people were calling
me, but the noise level did not allow me to complete the QSO - keep in mind is
summer time here, and sometimes the QRN is S9+. The good news is I rebuild my
US beverage and it now seems to be much better. See you all again next year! -
Ron PY2FUS
Funny
as always in SPTBC (with fighting snow here too), no extremely long DX's this
time, CUL SP 2002 – S50U
My
first Stew Perry, I like it. – SM2T
Did
multi/single with son, VE3SMA this year for a change. We found conditions
generally poor. QSB was deep and prevalent. Absorption seemed high and signals
were weak. Few Europeans were heard and only G0IVZ was worked. On the other
hand, we worked quite a lot of west coast stations. Thanks to the organizers
for another enjoyable contest. – VE3OSZ
POOR DX
CONDX BUT WEST COAST CAME THRU OK MISSED FIRST 1.5 HOURS AFTER SUNSET DUE TO
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. – VE3QAA
Operated
from the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse at most extreme
south-western point of Western Australia.
Conditions were terrible, but the inverted vee
up 132' over seawater helped. Only 12 QSOs using LP (60 - 80W), but lots of fun
getting them. CU NXT YR! - VK6VZ
100w
and antenna was a very twisty inverted L which could fit in the 46' box cube
(not counting the radials). – W0QE
I
enjoyed the contest. Best ever for me.
The West coast seemed to not hear as well as we were hearing them. – W1TO
Operated
from new home QTH this year using a low
40 ft apex inv vee and a receive loop. Started out LP but cud not get many answers,
so switched on Centurion amp whiched helped
some. Did not hear any EU and only a few
west coast stations. May go back to the
Keys again next year. Guess condx were not as good as last year. It was still great fun. – W4SAA
fun,condx
cud hve been better,hope to
next year – W5JMW
I THINK
MY SCORE IS 2X FOR LOW POWER, OR 798, NOT 399 AS ABOVE I HAVE SPENT MORE TIME
DOING THE .CBR FILE THAN OPERATING THE ARC5 AND 211S GLOWED NICELY AT 100W
OUTPUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT COMPUTER LOGGING SUPRISING
HOW THE 6AC7 CONVERTER AND BC453 COULD HEAR EVERYTHING – W7DRA
WHERE
WERE THE EARLY RISERS? GOT LESS THAN 40
QSO'S IN THE LAST 7 HOURS OF OPERATION.
NOISE WAS OK BUT PROPAGATION WAS AWFUL. BARELY WORKED KH6ND, AND ZERO DX
HEARD. – WA9IRV
My
first Stew Perry Contest. I was using a Marconi special prefix and a Canadian
Marconi BH30 amp. The temperature in the
shack went up by 5 deg C with the amp running.
Also participated in the RAC and MCC contests which were running at the
same time. Nice to see all these familiar callsigns in the log. The
never-ending patience of the Cabrillo Robot in assisting me getting my log in
the correct format is gratefully acknowledged. – XJ1NA
Topband
operation is always FUN! – JE1TSD
Lots of
fun, but I need a better antenna! – AD3Y
Conditions
just so-so. Ran out of stations to work
so I went to bed. – NB1B