TBDC Soapbox built 1-13-2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4LR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 274 Antenna: Shunt-fed 15m tower with 30 radials Equipment: Elecraft K2/100 w/ KAT100 running 90 watts Comments: Only could get on and operate for a bit more than an hour. Lots of fun, though. Best DX was KV4FZ. Good to work the guys at W8JI signing W4AN. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AC6DD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 100 Operated on and off for most of the evening by remote transmitter and local receiver, using about 65W, and doing only S&P. The band between 1830 and 1850 is completely wiped out here by KVEC 920's second harmonic splatter. This station has been an ongoing problem for many years. They cleaned up for a while after complaints to the FCC, but the station has been resold several times since, and the problem appears to be back. I asked their new engineer to look into it several weeks back, but did never heard back from him. They are only running 500W at night, and wiping out most of the band. Conditions appeared poor, but can't really tell with the broadcast garbage and a high noise floor. DX worked: UA0, JA, KP2, CE, heard ZL3IX working others, but never found him calling CQ. Don't have the total score figured out. Niko - AC6DD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CE1/K7CA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 5,952 Great contest. This year I added a RX beverage to the States and 800 watt amp. It made for non stop pile ups which is great fun but very difficult for simplex operation, especially on the other end of the qso. Summer QRN was out in full force too so I used the USA beverage for Europe and JA also since I couldn't hear anything but S9 +20 qrn on the vertical. It's amazing that sometimes all I can hear on the vertical is qrn and then hear a pileup of stations calling in the clear on the beverage (or they would be in the clear if there weren't so many calling, Hi Hi). Also this year I brought down an Elecraft K2 which made a big difference, although a K3 would have been much preferred if the waiting list wasn't so long. My fingers are a bit sore from operating all the little knobs but the K2 is a great performing little pocket radio. The antenna is a 42' top loaded vertical with 45 radials made from #28 copper wire. You have to step lightly around those little wires but they are very light in the suitcase. The vertical is made from a telescoping fiberglass Jackite mast and fits in a case 4' long and weighs only 7 lbs, including 2 each 4' sections of 2" aluminum tubing for the base. Hope to see you all next year with better RX antennas to EU and JA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL3YM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 427 What a night to remember! 8 Qs across the big pond with low power and a very, very simple antenna. After spontaneously deciding to participate in the Stew Perry I had to convert the inverted L I built up for this year’s DARX XMAS Contest into an inverted L for 160. As we don’t have many high supports at my Mom’s home where me and the family went for Christmas this year I ended up with a bizarre construction: a vertical section of 10 meters, followed by 10 meters of wire sloping eastward from 10 to 8 meters height, another 18 meters sloping west south west from 8 to 6 meters height and a final section of about 3 meters sloping north from 6 to 3 meters height. Spread out 5 radials of different lengths on the lawn and found the thing to be resonant at about 1830. I strongly believe that working low power takes more much skill on the receiving end so my hat’s off to all DX OPs who could pull me through (in chronological order): C4M, ZC4LI, W1UE, W4ZV, W4AN, K9NW, N0AC, WB9Z, VE3DZ and K5ZD (who was worked 8 minutes past my sunrise). Tnx a lot guys, looking forward to seeing you all again next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL7ZZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,250 Contest : Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge Callsign : DL7ZZ Mode : CW Category : Single Operator (SO) Overlay : --- Band(s) : Single band (SB) 160 Class : High Power (HP) Zone/State/... : Locator : JO42WI Operating time : 14h00 BAND QSO DUP POINTS AVG PTS -------------------------------- 160 300 5 1250 4.2 ================================ TOTAL SCORE : 1 250 Operators : Soapbox : Had a lot of fun! HNY es gddx!! Powered by Win-Test 3.15.0 http://www.win-test.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA6BF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,908 Signals were all very weak for most part of the Contest, with few stations loud here. Best K6GXO (20pts, also in signal, and N7DD with real 589. Sorry but I missed some calls due to QSB+QRN. HNY, Josep EA6BF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EI6IZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,877 New Elecraft k3 played very well indeed on receive and overall conditions seemed quite good. Antenna Inverted L with a collection of radials. 2x reversible beverages Amp Acom1000 Logging N1MM This was my first time to enter this contest. I found the run rates a bit slow, as a result ended up falling asleep and missing the morning greyline. Next year I'll plan things a bit better ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G4EHT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 90 Delighted to work my first ever W on Top Band, he must have had a brilliant RX. RIG: TS-570D PWR: 70 Watts ANT: 100 feet end-fed, 20 feet up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HA8BE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,718 RIG: IC-756 (100W) ANT: VERTICAL (28m) Rx ant: 2x50m LW, dipole (80m) ODX: W4AN, 8481Km Nice Contest! Next year agn! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HG0A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,232 USA : 130 VE : 7 KL7 : 1 JA : 11 Longest distance : OA4/N6XQ 11501 Km Radio : IC756PRO III + ACOM 2000 Antennas: K9AY,Beverage for JA TX ant : Full wave deltaloop 25 meter apex erected over frozen lake Balaton at the edge of my cottage lot. A big thanks to my good friends Peti, HA5MK and Miki, HA5OM for helping me building the deltaloop in the cold weather. I had lots of fun in the contest. See you again next year. 73, Gyuri/ HA5JI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0OU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 384 Running an IC-775 to and inv L (up 65' out 65') All S& P to work some friends and say HNY. No DX worked although I heard a couple. Tnx for Q's and CU all in the 2008 contests. 73 de K0OU Steve in MO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0PK Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 3,140 Didn't have time for a full 14 hr. effort, but I enjoyed every minute! Did better in this one with QRP than I did in the Oct. warm-up with QRO. Beat last year's QRP effort (which somehow got listed as high-power in the results) by a good margin. Clive, GM3POI, did a great job pulling my 4.75 watt signal out of the noise. Also nice to work KH6LC & KV4FZ. Heard CE1/K7CA well for a long time, but couldn't break thru. Same for KL7 and a few EU & JA's. QRP does have its limitations, especially from the auroral rim of the black hole! QRN was fairly heavy between 0500 and 0900Z. Setup: FT-2000, TS-940S, OHR WM-2 monitoring 4.75 watts, N1MM. Antennas: TX - 95' tribander-loaded, shunt-fed R25 vertical. RX - 80m CFZ, 290'E/W Beverage. Thanks for digging my QRP signal out of the noise & CU in CQWW 160! 73 & HNY Paul, K0PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,700 Worked 45 Europeans, but didn't work too many JAs. Also, didn't CQ enough to make a big Q total. First time in this one for me. 73 and HNY to All, Chuck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 667 Had fun but didnt stay up all night..Getting too old. Went over time at the end so score will come down abit.. GMCCers and friends worked, K0RF, W0ETT,K0FX,N0KE,N0KM,AC0DS,KX0R,N0TK,KI0J. No real dx from here..thanks to all. God Bless, HNY PTL bill UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1EP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,656 Conditions were noisy here last night, but I thought propagation was good. A lot of activity, but I must admit, I took a break to watch the end of the Patriots game. I do have a pet peeve with this contest. It's not really with the contest, but with some of the exchanges that some of the mid-westerners have, those in the EN field. A very common and long standing way to acknowledge a Q is to send R. Many (and I do many times) send the R as EN, putting a slight space between the first dit and dah. And, as you guess, it sounds like EN. So, in this contest, when you have to send grids, I get totally out of sync and confused when someone comes back immediately with EN. Is that an R and the grid will follow, or should I type in EN in the field and await two numbers? Of course, there was the station who sent me, EN EN EN##, when he meant to sent R R EN##. All this would not be a problem if people would use some sort of "spacer" like TU or GM or even 5NN. Okay, enough of that. I had some decent dx for this contest. Of course, there was one time when two stations called and I decided to pick the WA1 call out. Turns out the other call was a KH6. I still worked him! Thanks to all for copying my weak LP-stealth antenna signal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1HTV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,242 Interesting conditions: Worked 21 countries including GM, KV4, CE, VE, LY, OM (3), 9A, S5 (2), UW, G (2), RL3, DL (2), CT, UA2, OK, GW, HB9, F, PA & TF. Heard and called TF3KX a number of times, but he couldn't hear my 100 Watts. Thor, TF3M gets the golden ears award for being 160M country #198 with 100 Watts. The inverted 'V' dipole at 80' performed better to Europe than the shunt fed tower, which worked better to the far western States and to the south in this contest. I was great to work so many of my Top Band friends in this year's Stew Perry TBDC. 73 de Rich - K1HTV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1JT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,312 Atmospheric noise levels were high in the evening and even worse in the early morning. Nevertheless it was great fun, as always, with superb operators and interesting propagation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1KI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,090 Didn't plan to operate full time but after a few hours stopping seemed out of the question... Having some f/b directionality problems with my 4-square that I haven't resolved but it seems to work pretty well. What I really need is a salt water marsh nearby - congrats to W1UE and others for big scores. I had 108 Eu QSOs and worked 265 grids overall. Didn't hear many DX stations I couldn't work - C4M obviously had lots of Eu QRM, and got a couple of ??? out of JA3YBK at sunrise but no QSO. Also heard VK6VZ well but no QSO. Did anyone else hear the "woodpecker"-sounding noise? Sounded a lot like the Russian radar that used to plague 20m. This one had repetitive clicks about 300/minute but only lasts 75 seconds - came off and on every five minutes are so almost all night. I know it's been heard elsewhere in W1. -- Tom/K1KI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,711 Combine some of the best propagation that I've ever heard with some of the worst (but not *the* worst) QRN I've ever heard, and you get the 2007 Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge. Before the contest began, my S-meter was reading S0 in the wide AM position on *all* of the Beverages, which I think is a first for this location. The nasty noise that plagued the 330 and 360 degree Beverages during the CQ WW CW and ARRL 160 tests had gone away. There were several signals on the air by local noon. Around 1820Z I heard VE3MGY CQing, and I assumed he was looking for Canada Day contacts. I call him and he gave me a grid square. So I said "oops" and I started the Stew Perry test early. In 30 minutes I worked 15 stations, which seems like a reasonable rate for the daytime. Starting around 0500Z I had a nice run of Russian stations, with several contacts worth 16 or more points. This was also the first time I've worked a grid square starting with "L". Is there a Worked-All-Grids award? During the Russian run, the QRN started to get quite obnoxious. By 0600Z, only the stronger European stations were workable. Note that the typically strong Europeans were literally S9. I had a nice JA run, if you can call two JAs in a row a "run". Heard CE1/K7CA work ZL3IX, but I didn't hear any ZLs CQing. Heard VK6VZ after sunrise, but he was too weak to work. For some reason, I just don't hear VK/ZL from this location very well. Maybe the 100 foot rise south and west of my property attenuates VK/ZL signals. I used the Electronic Steerable Phased Array and computer again as a second receiver. The array definitely works, but the long Beverages and ICOM radio still have a slight edge on copy of the very weakest signals. On the other hand, the phased array does not have a high angle side lobe which is frequently am advantage. Unfortunately, in this contest, the QRN seemed to be coming from the same direction as the desire signals. I added "point and click" so that I don't have to touch the keyboard on the phased array computer to "turn" the antenna. I still need to build an audio routing box to simplify two receiver operation. DX worked: (2) 9A, CE, CT, CU, (25) DL, (3) EI, ES, (6) F, (15) G, (5) GM, (2) GW, (4) HA, HB , (2) HP, (5) I, (3) JA, (3) KH, KL, KP, KV, LA, (3) LY, OE, (2) OH, (10) OK, (3) OM, (2) ON, (2) OZ, P4, (5) PA, (5) S5, (6) SM, SP, SV, (3) TF, UA2, (8) UA, (8) UR for a total of 147 DX QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 19 No idea what my score might be; 19 is a placeholder. Rotten QRN! Rotten, rotten, rotten! A few weeks ago during the ARRL 160 Contest I didn't realize how lucky I was to have such a low noise level on 160 (at the time). I don't know if the noise this weekend is in the neighborhood, storms, or a combination, but it never dropped below S7 (on a 66-foot end-fed wire). I tried every combination of remedies on the super-duper radio some kind person has lent me, which has two noise blankers and one DSP noise reduction, to no avail. A few weeks ago I procured am MFJ noise cancelling unit but in an apartment I can't get any kind of "noise antenna" to work. This isn't MFJ's fault; the unit has had good reviews. After the ARRL 160, some idiot neighbor strung several strings of holiday lights around the shrubs under my aerial; cords lying right on the ground. During a big rain storm on Friday night I kept waiting for fireworks, which didn't happen. The new noise might be coming from these. It also might be coming from the new sodium lamp fixture that the condo association installed last week, which is about 20 feet from my aerial. But I haven't been able to tie the noise to either of these sources. Maybe one of my neighbors got an xmas present, like a plasma TV. Sorry I couldn't work more of you. Time to move! Jim Cain Atlantic City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2ZJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,001 Conditions were pretty good here in Central NY. Spent the previous week putting up a bunch of RX antennas (EWE, K9AY, Phased Flags, and a Beverage). Would have been a miserable contest without these antennas. Spent a lot of time watching the Giants almost(!) beat the Patriots on Saturday night...what a let down! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 630 Inverted L 30'H x 75'L Nice to work W4AN, very nice of SECC to activate the call. Bill convinced me to try 160 from Atlanta in the first Stew with a low Windom fed as a T with 5 watts. I worked him, W4WA and a couple of others. Did a little better this time with my stealth Inverted L. Tad, K3TD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3WW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,836 Pretty good to Europe and our West Coast. Couldn't find any VK/ZL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 492 A busy weekend including music gigs prevented a full-time effort. The propagation conditions seemed very fine, but the atmospheric conditions were pretty tough here. I was able to copy several EU stations clearly, but only when the static crashes would subside for a moment. Many many repeats were required, and I just didn't have the energy or interest to stay up all night fighting the QRN. Congrats to the big scorers and those who toughed out the static. It's been a fine year of contesting at K4RO. Over 26,000 contest QSOs were made from this QTH in 2007 -- not bad for the very bottom of the sunspot cycle. I operated about 55 contests using CW, RTTY and SSB, and had a real blast. I also know how to use my contesting software successfully on all modes. I wish our world-wide contesting family all the best in 2008. HNY & 73 -Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4TD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 661 I like the format and exchange associated with this contest; my compliments to the designers. I had planned to spend at least 12 hours in this one, but that was not to be. Right off the bat, I ran into problems with my Win-Test logging software not wanting to properly execute the macros that I had in the message buffers... Not sure what the problem could be as I wasn't trying to do anything fancy at all... I also had a feeling that the QRN was going to be a problem, which was confirmed after I had to ask for repeats on each of the first 10 QSOs of the contest... There seemed to be plenty of interest from the DX side in this one as I was called by P43JB, OM5ZW, HP3XUG, S57M, 9A5Y, OL0W, CU2/G7VJR, YV1NX, and DL1MGB. It is truely a testimony to the excellent capability of their 160M stations for me to be able to hear them through the noise I was experiencing. It was very disappointing to realize there was other very nice EU DX calling me but be unable to pull anything but a prefix through the atmospherics. To those who called but didn't get through, I wanted to let you know it wasn't a problem on your side. The signals I heard between crashes would have been EASILY workable on anything resembling a normal winter night... At the 1.75 hour mark, I had had enough of the misbehaving S/W and QRN thus deciding to take a break. I called KY5R to see how he was coming along in the contest. Tim wasn't feeling well and had decided to watch the Patriots vs. Giants. He mentioned that he thought the Penn State vs. Texas A&M game was also on TV. Being a Penn State alum, I thought I should at least investigate that possibility. It turns out that ESPN was broadcasting that game in HD -AND- that Penn State was ahead 17 to 14 at that point. Well that was the straw that broke my Stew Perry back, and I settled in to watch the game. The Aggies gave us everything we were looking for in a football game, but we were able to hang on and win. It was good to see JoePa collect his 500th career victory. In any case, I plan to be back for the 2008 running of this fun event. 73, Rick K4TD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5BG Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,796 Conditions were good but this was a painful contest to me. The weather system in the South East made big time QRN. The band sounded more like mid spring here in NTX even on the beverages. Signals from EU were loud but hardly worth the trouble of all the repeats. When it became more work than fun I went QRT at midnight local time. I apologize to those I could not hear and also for all the didi dumdum didis I gave. Hopefully we will get some winter conditions on the band here in NTX soon. 73 / HNY Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5GO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,046 Didn't have an antenna up and decided to give N5DX a little competition. Spent the day of the contest shunt feeding the 70 foot 20M tower with about 30 radials and getting set up. Conditions seemed to be really good except the QRN was very high (crashes to S8 on the Beverage receiving antenna. I'm sorry for all the question marks and requests for repeat and thank those who stayed with me. It would have paid to spend a little time on the band to know when to take the off time. Was in the unusual process of running JA (22 pointers) and had to quit while they were still calling. :-( 73 & Happy New Year to all...Stan, K5GO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5NZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 845 S&P Only Entry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5ZD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,244 Started at 5:20pm local time. Found 1828 clear so started calling CQ and stayed there for next 6.5 hours. Had the TV on watching the Patriots-Giants game. Europe signals were best before 00z. They went away for awhile, and then came back at their sunrise. I think the band was open the whole night, but everyone had gone to bed. Took extra care to copy the grids. Meant a lot of extra repeats, but errors are costly in the scoring of this contest. Went to bed at 0830z because rate was so low. Back on for a little around sunrise and was rewarded with KH6LC as my best DX. Distance scoring is cool, but tough on those of us in the center of the population areas. Too many 1 pointers! QSO/ by hour and band Hour 160 Total Cumm OffTime D1-2200Z 66/0 66/0 66/0 D1-2300Z 74/0 74/0 140/0 D2-0000Z 75/0 75/0 215/0 D2-0100Z 74/0 74/0 289/0 D2-0200Z 59/0 59/0 348/0 D2-0300Z 55/0 55/0 403/0 D2-0400Z 49/0 49/0 452/0 D2-0500Z 35/0 35/0 487/0 D2-0600Z 35/0 35/0 522/0 D2-0700Z 29/0 29/0 551/0 D2-0800Z 21/0 21/0 572/0 33 D2-0900Z - 0/0 572/0 60 D2-1000Z - 0/0 572/0 60 D2-1100Z 9/0 9/0 581/0 38 D2-1200Z 22/0 22/0 603/0 D2-1300Z 3/0 3/0 606/0 Total: 606/0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GEP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 218 My operating time was limited, and it was a fun introduction to this contest. I put up a very reclined inverted vee that is 50 feet at the apex. Most surely a cloud warmer, but it was as good as I could do. Managed to work KH6LC and South Dakota (tnx K7RE) for a new state. I will unfurl the inverted vee for the CQ 160 contest later this month. Hopefully, condix will be even better. Software: N3FJP Stew Perry Logger. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6NV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 430 Good contest as usual, it must be me, but in the past it seemed many more participants. Had several good runs Sat evening, that felt good. Had to keep taking breaks because I felt i had worked everyone I could at that time, then would come back and work the band out again, using S&P and setting up on a run freq. Our Thur night NS practices really do pay off on technique and digging the weak ones out. I can do better on the antenna, since I retire in 4 days I should have some time to put into it. Usual setup: FT-1000MP AL-80b 900w Ant: 130' sloper off a 60' tower, ending at 15' above ground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6VVA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 405 Tnx for the Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7BG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,872 I'm either too old or too young to stay up this late. Can't decide which. Heard CT1JLZ for a long time, but couldn't get through with the 100w. Best ears go to GM3POI who I was thrilled to work using just the barefoot 765. Also snagged CE1/K7CA for a big pointer. CU in the New Year, Matt--K7BG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7RAT Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 2,566 No Europeans in the log - although OZ1CTK sure tried but we couldn't ever pull him through. Missed an hour or so in the wee hours of the morning as the Boring sleeping sickness infected both operators. Good to see the activity on the topband. Thanks to all for the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7TJR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,001 I really do not know what I was thinking when I missed the opening bell we have in the morning here in the NW. Started at abt 0130Z with Al at CE1. I always start in the window first with s/p then go to the bottom and start up. Also found Herb KV4 and HQ9. From then it was nice signals into the East coast until the QRN started. Finally KH6 and KL7's started to show up and then the big surprise. Kazu at V63 answered my CQ. I did not understand the cat calls when I was trying to work VK6VZ. He kept asking for repeats on my call when I sent it and several stns complained about my sending too much? Finally made it and all settled down TNX Stephen. My friend Greg ZL3IX and then ZM1K plus VK3IO showed up. Last call in the log was another friend W7LR. I strolled through the band and there was Tree K7RAT making q's right up to the last bell, I could not find any more and was really tired from a 13 hour run. QRT 1430Z. Score posted is just a guess, logger did not score contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8FC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 988 100 % S&P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8IA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,758 Ten-Tec Orion II (100w); 78' Vertical (shunt fed tower) w/54 radials; K9AY Rx Loops Lots of activity this year and QSB wasnt nearly as bad as last. Tnx to all those who called in. Best DX was ZL3IX. CU in CQWW 160 CW next month! 73, Bob K8IA Arizona USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 966 Only ran low power, but was pleasantly surprised to work several zone 15 Europeans, plus UW2M in Z16. Was even called by OM5ZW! Happy New Year to all, Jim K8MR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9AM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39 Found that my 160 meter vertical had an SWR of over 10:1 at the beginning of the contest. Pressed my 80 meter inverted vee into service, with an estimated 9 watts of radiated power (straight up). There are a lot of gents with good ears out there and hey, I did work DX -- Canada! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9AY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 730 Score includes 2x LP mult. Antennas still broken from Dec. 1 storm. TX antenna is basically a random 1/4-wave wire with a maximum height about 10 m. European Beverage is broken at the termination and buried under a half-meter of ice and snow -- but was usable with extra preamp gain. East short Bev. is broken but the SE, NW and W Beverages are intact. With this crippled antenna farm and low power, I managed to work 6 EU and KH6LC during my short time on the air. Heard several strong JAs around sunrise, but got no more than "?" from any of them. 73, Gary K9AY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,478 Family committments only allowed starting at 0400Z. S&P for a while and found a clear frequency. Called CQ and had good runs until SR in EU. Wow...lots of good dx but the QRN from storms S and SE really made copy difficult. In fact, it got to be so loud that it was not fun or fair to try to copy some of the US stations. Thank you to all of the stations that were patient as I asked for repeats. It always seemed like the crashes waited until you repeated the same letters or numbers I was missing! After a short sleep, I got on at 1200Z and found several JA stations through and after my SR. Good 20+ point qsos! I really enjoy the format of this contest. This was my first try at this contest and I wish I oould have had more time. Thanks to the sponsors!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9FO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,500 Had local QRN most of the test so DX was linited. Also the RX antennas were in bad shape due to a windstorm the day before. So much for excuses. Had a great time qsoing old and new calls. Also liked the SP warm-up. A good idea. 73, Will ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,731 Good propagation with a lot of QRN. Lots of DX DX worked: DJ 14 S5 3 ON 2 SV 1 OM 1 CU 1 G 9 PA 4 LA 1 SM 3 F 2 9A 1 EI 1 GM 2 UA2 2 OZ 1 I 3 HG 1 RL3 2 OK 8 UT1 1 UA3 2 ES 1 LY 3 GW 1 HB9 1 KH6 2 SP 1 OH 3 P4 1 NP4 1 79 DX in 32 countries. That was fun. Unfortunately, at about 12 hours into the contest, my transmit antenna match went to 20:1 Game over Thanks to everyone for all the Q's Happy New Year 73...Don, K9NR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,000 Lots of DX = lots of fun! 109 EU 5 JA 4 Other DX. Happy New Year! 73, Mike K9NW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9OM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,700 A GREAT CW CONTEST! THIS YEAR, SIGNALS WERE GREAT BUT THE QRN FROM A NEARBY STORM WAS HORRIBLE! (QRN OFTEN PEAKED S-9 ON BEVERAGE) THANKS TO ALL WHO DID REPEATS FOR ME! HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA9FOX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,794 My first time semi-serious in the Stew. Since I set off the Carbon Monoxide detectors in the house when I operate at length on 160m, with the amplifier on, I decided to go Low Power. My family thanked me. Due to family obligations, I was not able to be on for the full 14 hours, and the time I was on, was less than ideal. Still, a lot of fun and I'm glad I was able to do this contest. The band was VERY quiet at the beginning of the night, but by the time I went QRT, was very noisy. I wound up listening on my 80m dipole for the latter half of the contest. With only an inverted vee and 95 watts, I did not expect to work any DX, but was surprised to put a few in the log: Best DX was UA2FF (30 points), who heard me in one call, near his sunrise. Other DX that was easily worked included CT1JLZ (28 pts), F5IN (28 pts), GM3POI (24 pts), KV4FZ (16 pts), NP4A (16 pts). I'm not a Stew scoring expert, but it seems to me that it is better/faster to work a couple W6's for 12 points each, than to spend a lot of time trying to work a GM for 24 pts, so I did not spend much time being a DXer. Of the 6 DX, 2 of them called me when I was CQing (F5IN and NP4A). But it sure was a thrill to work any DX at all with my antenna and at low power!!!!!! You guys have good ears !!! Was nice to hear so many friends, and to send and receive a lot of HNY's. Station: FT-1000MP @ 95 watts 160m Inverted VEE @ 90 ft 80m Dipole @ 100ft (used for RX) 73 & Happy New Year! - Scott KA9FOX ka9fox@qth.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC5R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,620 First time in SP. Grid squares made it very interesting seeing where the contacts were. Conditions here were a bust, because a front stalled right near me and starting around 11 PM local, thunderstorms started training right along the front giving me 20 over static crashes and a greater general noise level. This made many routine QSOs and digging out the weak ones difficult. By 12:30 AM local I had to shut down as the crashes were almost continuous and the storms were too close. I laid down and only slept off-and-on, as the thunder kepts roaring until around 5:30 AM. I got back on for an hour around 6:30 AM, and heard a JA, VK, and KH6, but couldn't work them. So much for an all-nighter on 160. Furthest QSO: 9A5Y in JN85 8900 km (18 pts) Closest QSO: KZ5D in EL49 111 km (1 pt) Best US/VE: K7RAT in CN85 3200 km (7 pts) Score includes x2 for LP. -Al ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC7V Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,511 Good runs early, but sparse late. Worked a few EU's but not near the number of JA's I was hoping for...good fun though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2MX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 740 Enjoyed the Challenge, as always. Nothing too exciting. Conditions didn't seem as good as during CQ160 and the noise level here was pretty high in the early morning. Went out this morning and noticed part of my loop lying on the roof, that certainly didn't help me any but I beat my last qso total and was trying for fewer busted calls. We'll see about that one...Thanks for the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE4REM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 194 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 00:47 KE4REM EL88 W5MX EM77 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 01:15 KE4REM EL88 W3GH FN00 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 01:18 KE4REM EL88 N2WN EM86 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 01:23 KE4REM EL88 W4SAA EL97 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 01:25 KE4REM EL88 N1LN FM05 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 01:27 KE4REM EL88 NA4K EM75 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 01:30 KE4REM EL88 N4IR EM86 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:05 KE4REM EL88 K1ZZI EM74 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:07 KE4REM EL88 N4OX EM60 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:14 KE4REM EL88 K4ZGB EM63 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:21 KE4REM EL88 KU1CW EM29 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:24 KE4REM EL88 W5TM EM15 QSO: 1800 CW 007-12-30 02:26 KE4REM EL88 AB5MM EM13 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:34 KE4REM EL88 W8MJ EN82 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:38 KE4REM EL88 K3WW FN20 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:43 KE4REM EL88 N8VW EN80 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:49 KE4REM EL88 N3IQ FM19 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 02:55 KE4REM EL88 K8JQ EM98 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 03:00 KE4REM EL88 K5GO EM36 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 03:02 KE4REM EL88 K9NW EN71 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 03:07 KE4REM EL88 WQ5L EM50 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:01 KE4REM EL88 W4ZV EM95 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:06 KE4REM EL88 W1UE FN42 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:08 KE4REM EL88 AA3B FN20 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:22 KE4REM EL88 N4PN EM82 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:25 KE4REM EL88 K1LT EM89 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:30 KE4REM EL88 K9NR EN61 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 04:33 KE4REM EL88 N4OGW EM53 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:01 KE4REM EL88 W5UN EM23 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:09 KE4REM EL88 N4DD EM86 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:15 KE4REM EL88 W4OC EM85 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:34 KE4REM EL88 W3EF FM19 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:43 KE4REM EL88 K9CT EN50 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:51 KE4REM EL88 K5BG EM12 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 05:56 KE4REM EL88 K4CZ FM05 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 06:09 KE4REM EL88 W4PW FM17 QSO: 1800 CW 2007-12-30 06:13 KE4REM EL88 N1BAA FN32 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH6LC Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 3,598 Conditions did not seem as good as in the warm-up in October. Added a couple of short Beverages, but had difficulties with switching relay contacts. Beverages may have help a bit, not as much as hoped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7DX Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 1 Ran the contest from Willow at our new station. Trying out the new 125' gamma fed tower and 1kw. Band was poor, no EU. Had a computer failure in the midst of a JA pileup! RATS! lost 3 hours on the last morning. Thanks everyone for your patience. Next year the 2 towers will be endfire/broadside. Kudos to Randy KL7Z the second Op. 73 all es HNY! Frank KL7FH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 840 Antenna: Cushcraft MA160V over 60 X 100' radials Rig: Omni VI 100W I managed to find 110 stations that strayed into my 16 khz of SWR < 2:1 bandwidth. I was too lazy to use the tuner..... Best QSO: KH6LC for 20 points Lots of loud local Tucson stations on for this one.... 73, Bill KO7AA in Tucson, AZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 29 An ice storm took down my 160M sloper so I entered the "antenna shorter than 10M" and "all S&P" classes. I loaded up my 40M vertical with a coil like the Gotham vertical (remember those?). It was like operating with a piece of wet string for an antenna. Most stations CQed in my face or sent lots of ? before pulling out my weak signal. Congrats to all those with good ears who eventually got me in their logs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR4F Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,288 Thought I'd try low power to see if it was a better match to my shabby receiving capability. Mixed results - Couldn't hold a CQ freq very well, but managed to finally work most of the few DX stations I could hear through the terrible QRN. Thanks for sticking with me! Orion II plus 60-ft shunt-fed tower with 26 radials. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU5B Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,254 Big thanks to Bob and family for their generous hospitality as usual. I'm now wishing I'd stated on longer than I did but a couple factors came into play in this one. 1) I'd been recording Schumann Konzertstuck (awesome piece if you haven't heard it) on Wed and Fri until 2am so I was a little tired come Saturday. 2) Didn't really feel motivated. I arrived around noon on Saturday thinking I'd get on around 5pm and go straight thru with just a couple of breaks. Well, Bob and I got started on a beverage project and by the time we'd finished for the day, I was extremely wiped out. While out hunting dove around 5ish, his daughter came out and said there was a problem with the computer. Upon arriving at the house, we discovered that it was a virus in the C: drive...great. We tried to fix it for an hour or so and finally gave up around 6 to eat dinner. So...I started at 7pm or so. Everything was going great and I took a break at 10:30 thinking I'd go back at 11 and take another break at 1:30. Well, as luck would have it, I started to feel extremely tired around 12:30 and finally just fell asleep at the radio around 1am; and didn't wake up until 9:30am. We had breakfast shortly thereafter and I stayed most of the day helping him work on the new East beverage of which we got 600ft or so done. Thanks for all the q's. It was fun while I was on! Colin KU5B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV8Q Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 876 First time at this event. Started out decent but QRN and lack of new activity made for a very slow contest. A 'real' 160 meter antenna might help a bit also. Thanks to all who pulled my signal out of the noise. Rig - Ten Tec Jupiter @ 100 Watts Antenna - 102' G5RV @ 45' Software - N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KX7L Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 432 The intermittent power line QRN that plagued me during the ARRL 160 thankfully left me alone for Stew. As a consequence, was able to work some patient folks east of the Mississippi. Those 20 & 24 point QSO's are sweet with QRP! Just wish I could have hauled my tired butt out of bed before the contest ended Sunday morning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LY2IJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,278 36 JAs + HL3IUA + JD1BMH -tnx for answering, no VK/ZL/OC, only AF - ZS1REC, 96 USA + 13 VE - all not very strong, + OA4/N6XQ + furterhmost CE1/K7CA. 65% - 1..5 pointers, (EU, W UA9, mid AS) 1.5% - 7..12 pointers (mid AS, AF, mid Atlantic) << minimum caused not by antenna pattern 32% - 13..18 pointers (JA + NA) 1.5% - >18 pts Tnx for QSO's! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ9R Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,162 TS850SAT + 2 X Inv.vees Score includes bonus mult. for LP Tnx to JA3YBK for being top distance QSO and to TF4M for new one ( 80 DXCC worked total for now ).Heard several NA's but couldn't rise any attention. Best NA signal - WE3C pure 579 for abt 1 hour.Others heard with big signals were: VE2TZT,W4AN,W4ZV,K9OM. 73 ,Merry Xmas and HNY es CU in ARRL Round-up de Nasko,LZ9R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0AC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,876 Thanks to Toni for the use of his station. It ran very well and is always a pleasure to operate. Conditions seemed very good. This is the most DX I have worked in the TBDC, 40 DX excluding VEs. RL2FT, G3JMJ, S53R, and OK1DRU were so loud they sounded like locals. N1MM score is as reported above. Bill, N0AC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 190 ICOM ProIII, Inverted V up 50ft. First time entry in this contest. Like the Gridsquare exchange, maybe some other HF contests will adopt it. Planned to operate longer, but being sleepy and band condx meant I missed most of the late evening and early morning activity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1BAA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,468 10 hours... (4 hours with one eye on TV and one on rig...) GO PATS! 241 Grids 34 DXCC Countries 5 Beers! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Great activity, and very good conditions for most of the late evening...Single radio in this contest is oh so slow.... Plenty of DX around....UA0 and UA9 heard but no joy.... DX included: 9A-CE-CT-DL-EA6-ES-F-G-GM-GW-HA-HR-I-KP2-KP4 -LY-OE-OH-OK-OM-ON-P4-PA-S5-SM-TF-UA-UA2-UR-VE-YO-ZC4... RIG: ICOM 756 PRO 2 AL-1200 AMP SHUNT FED VERTICAL (100 Radials) 5 Bevs/loops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1EU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 885 Just a few hours of operating. A bit noisy here (static crashes), but condx to europe and west coast seemed good. Activity was lower than I expected. Equipment: inv L, elevated radials Beverage rx ants NE, SE, SW, NW Ten-Tec Orion Acom 2000A N1MM Logger 73 & Happy New Years, Barry N1EU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1LN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,030 After listening on my 80 mtr inverted-V during the ARRL DX 160 CQ test I got the 160mtr itch and decided to put up a temporary antenna (still need to complete the rest of the yagis befor the final 75/80/160 antennas go up) and give the upcoming CQWW-160 a try. Well, I put up an inverted-V a couple of weekends ago. Much to my surprise my first QSO was with RZ1AW. After that - more EU - "without any beverages". The next step was to put up a couple of temporary beverages. I now have one 600' @ 48 deg and one 450' @ 310 deg. The Stu Perry Challenge was to be the test befor the CQWW weekend. I didn't intend on putting in a big effort and the high noise levels, especially on Sunday morning, convinced me that my plan was correct. I was also decided to use station 2 with the small amp at about 600watts. When I worked my first EU (UA6) @ 00:41 UTC I knew that I was no longer at my Texas QTH. There was one negative, however. In Texas my NE/NW beverages would cover the entire US. Well, not here. I need to switch to my I-V to hear anything from LA to FL and most of NC/SC. The increased noise on the I-V really impacted the rate. Sorry to all for asking for repeats while searching for the correct RX antenna. But, not complaining, the beverages worked very well. Hope to get a second Op over here for CQWW-160 CW and put in a major effort as a M/S entry. 73, Bruce - N1LN (aka: NC4KW) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,372 Departed from the norm and did 100% S&P. It was actually more fun not having to call endless CQ's for once! Best DX was VK6VZ for 37 points. With conditions the way they've been the past several weeks, he was a pleasant addition to the log. Also, it was nice to work a bunch of EU. "Worked" one JA but couldn't get his complete grid. I kept asking for repeats with "GRID?" and "NR?" and he would send back "GRID?" or "NR?" instead ;^) Although he acknowledged my exchange he's NIL - Sorry ;^( Funniest moment (for me anyway) was when I was working my way up the band and came across a station CQ'ing. I called and called, but got no response. Several other stations were calling him also. Finally I gave up and continued to tune. About 1 kHz higher I hear the same station calling CQ. Huh? Switch back and forth between the two frequencies and he's on both! Made the QSO on the higher frequency and told him about his XMTR problem. Still some bad clicks out there by several well known ops, but overall much better. 73, Tom N2CU <>< FT1000MP, Drake L7, 46' Inverted L with 97 radials, K9AY loops, N1MM logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CW Class: Multi-Op QRP Total Score = 1,031 Murphy was kind to us this trip, things went well. QRP is tough on this band, Thanks to all who heard our signal and hung in there . Best dx was RL3FT. See you in CQ160. From the W2GD/N2CW contest Team, 73. de W2NO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2NT Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 2,438 WW2Y visiting from Nebraska for a fun 160 reunion. Wish there was more activity, conditions seemed fairly good. 73, Andy N2NT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,552 The band seemed decent, but the QRN was too rough. I appreciate what those folks on the Equator go through a bit more now... Thanks to all the patient folks! Happy New Year and see you in CQ160 CW. Julius n2wn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3OX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,448 One part better conditions, one part improvements for my flag and one part confidence in my ability to work DX at 100W made for a much better showing this year than last. I did 100% search and pounce, think I spent more time in the chair than last year since it was more fun. Last year I didn't work any Europeans and barely anything that qualified as DX, this year I worked most of the EU I heard and CE1/K7CA and KH6LC made it in the log for new DXCC. I don't know if it was noise I had to the west or that I waited until the sun was up in western EU to turn the flag toward the west, but wished I could have worked more 12 and 16 pointers in the U.S. Thanks to all the DX who can hear my 100W into an 1/8th wave vertical over a forty foot square of radials... 73, Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4GG Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 669 Got a late start (after RAC finished), but the band sounded just great from 0000Z to around 0400. Low noise, EU stations nice and loud - usual courtesy typical of top band. The K9AY here seemed to be working better than ever also. By 0500Z however a major line of thunderstorms rolled in just South of here and the QRN got nearly impossible. It was fun while it lasted! I guess that's it for 2007 - 33 contests entered this year not counting the Thursday night sprints. HNY everyone! N4GG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4JF/QRP Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 444 QRP-ALL S&P. WHAT A BEATING. FIRST TIME ENTRY. TX FOR PULLING MY PEANUT WHISTLE OUT OF THE NOISE. 73s JERRY N4JF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4OGW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,204 QRN was very bad here, sorry for the repeats and if I couldn't copy you! Best dx distance were JA3YBK and JH4UYB (23 points from here). Running 1500W to 100 ft shunt-fed tower, 2 (short) bi-directional Beverages. 73, Tor N4OGW/5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,678 Got a late start as was operating in the RAC Winter Contest....made first contact in SPDC at 0008 UTC and condx seemed pretty good. Then the QRN got bad and went from bad to worse....Lightning and thunder sounded like Summer time not the end of December. Managed 41 Europeans, couple of strong KH6's, CE1/K7CA, HP3XUG. No JA's/VK's as noise was 25db over this morning...best dx according to NA program was RL3FT and UY5ZZ... Several wires running around the yard and neighbors yard provided some relief from the QRN or I would probably have shut down sooner. 73, Paul, N4PN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PSE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 948 Fun- nice EU opening that allowed me to work a number of very good ops with great ears! They needed them for my low power and very modest 40 ft inverted L. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5AW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 764 Operated a couple of hours late Saturday evening. Propagation to Eastern Europe was as good as I have ever seen it. Unfortunately static was also pretty bad but managed to work 13 Europeans plus CE and KH6. No Carribean stations heard. Two new band countries (UA2FF and ES5QX) made it a great way to end 2007 contesting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,200 A big thank you to Doug and Marlene for the use of their amazing station. They have both worked very hard to develop a first class 160 meter station. Marlene even sacrificed her garden this summer in order to add additional radials to the 160 transmit system. Coonditions here were very good. Unfortunately we had terrible noise due to local storms that caused me to ask for many repeats. However, a great amount of Europeans still made it into the log. It made me sick to have a loud JA8ISU call in with one minute remaining during my operating time at 7:30 local time. Then I felt even worse to listen for the next 15 minutes to K5GO running Japan while I could only sit back and listen. I potentially lost 10 JA contacts or more by mismanaging my off times. Oh well, I'll know the next time. Thanks again to Doug and Marlene they were great hosts. 73, Kevin/N5DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5IA Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 2,212 The primary N5IA, QRP, operation is posted above. The secondary N7GP, High Power, operation had 213 Q's in 6 hours of operation with a score of 921. Topband is up to it's reputation this time. I notice from many of the other posts that the operators consider this SP go-around had better conditions than the ARRL 160 4 weeks ago. Not here. In ARRL 160 I was able to make the most Q's and highest score ever for me. In this one both Q's and points are down considerably from all previous efforts. I experienced LOTS of band noise. I know that the storm generated QRN along the eastern seaboard caused many stations to not be able to hear the weaker signals. My QRP signal was among those. As an example, I never have a problem working Herbie and last night it was a No Go all night long. I have followed for the 2nd year the Boring ARC suggestion that the "other" hours of the contest period be used for operating using another callsign and also another power level. The sun is already 30 minutes in the sky at this location when the contest begins. I put in one hour at N7GP, High Power. I started again at 2200 Z and worked two more hours before sunset as N7GP, High Power. The highlight of this period provides the incentive to award the "Best Ears Award" to Tom, K1KI, who answered on my first call to him at 2155. A no repeats exchange was quickly completed. This is a full 2 hours+ before sunset at this location. Normally the folks on the east coast are all listening towards EU and even though we are hearing lots of great signals from the east, it is difficult to get their attention. So, Tom, you get my version of the BEA! Thanks. At 0000 Z I started operation as N5IA, QRP. What followed was eleven hours of VERY slow operation. 25 Q's per hour was the peak, with the 0800 to 1100 hours in the single digits. At 1100 there were no stations answering my CQs and no one on the band who I had not worked already. My plan was to work the full 14 hours, until 1400 Z in the QRP mode. There was no need to prolong the misery so I warmed up the amp and changed the logging program file back to N7GP, High Power. Between the high power and the "new call" on the band, the last three hours were quite active. Still, there were no more stations to work by the time sunrise came around. As always, propagation and atmospheric conditions weigh heavily on the results obtained in any Topband contest. This one just wasn't meant to be for me. It has been a great 12 years. Thanks again to the BARC for organizing and supporting this unique and enjoyable contest. 73, and Happy New Year to everyone everywhere. Milt, N5IA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5OE Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,288 I decided to operate QRP at the last minute, and the goal was to work 100 q's or at least 1k points for the little time I had to spend this weekend on the contest. It was all S&P to the strong stations at first, then when I had swept the band twice, I would call CQ for about 10 minutes, then back to S&P. It is always fascinating to run QRP on 160m. After working 10 over S9 signals and struggling to get the exchange to them, you hear a S-0 station calling CQ, you think there is no way they will ever hear you but you give them a call anyway,,, BOOM they copy you the first call and the exchange is only sent once, TU DE...... You never know on this band! I ran 5watts into a 57' shunt fed tower from an Omni6+, had 2 beverages out but primarily used the TX antenna this time thanks to a very quiet band this year. Thanks for the contacts, N5OE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5UL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 231 F6 at 4:25PM local time! TNX for all QSO's! SRI this OP so thick headed & slow this year. HNY & 73, Chas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6IG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,162 Operated contest 100% remote controlled via internet link. It worked quite well. I had everything set up for a HP entry, but there was an intermittant arc on my antenna due to rainy WX, and it shut down my amp's protection circuit. I don't have that fully remoted yet, so I couldn't reset it, and was limited to 50 watt output from exciter. I was quite impressed at what I worked, including CE1/K7CA, best US "DX" was K5ZD who pulled me right out first call. Antenna started acting up later Saturday evening and even was shutting down the exciter, so I had to QRT, but it was fun while it lasted. I used RX at my home with 40 meter vertical and remote site for TX. Of course, SP is one of the few contests that allows that legally within the rules. My home is about 60 km from the TX site. It allows for full-duplex operation, even better than QSK when people are calling you! Rig FT1000MP, antenna 1/2 wave sloper from tall tower. WinTest running on station computer, remoted via PCAnywhere. See you in the CQWW 160 test, locally controlled, high powered, with arcing problem repaired. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,158 I considerably exceeded my previous best effort: Best DX: ZL3IX, other DX: JA, CE, UA0 Conditions were excellent. Both DX and east coast were easy to work. Two new station improvements worked well: 1. Changed SO2R receive antenna to a 4 ft diameter RX loop, 900 feet east of TX ant, 200 feet south of the shack. This was VERY carefully oriented broadside to the TX vertical. This gave me at least 60 dB of nulling of the run radio, enabling me to listen while transmitting up to within a few kHz of the CQ frequency. This loop turned out to be a surprisingly good receive antenna, even though it was near power lines. It compared favorably with the dipole and was almost as good as the beverages in some cases. CE/K7CA was easy copy on the loop, although better on the bev. You could do just fine using nothing but this loop for receive, and I didn't even have a preamp on it. SO2R radio is TS-570D. S02R switches are homebrew. 2. Set up the FT1000D/BPF-1 (run radio) for diversity reception. Both main and sub receiver tuned to same frequency. Right ear hears omni antenna (60 ft high full size dipole). Left ear hears 1 of 6 beverages controlled by a selector switch. Diversity implemented by the processor between my ears :-) This worked extremely well and will be used from now on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,747 Good activity and band condx to east coast for five hours Sat. night, then QRN came up, activity went down. Got one EU (CT1), heard traces of GM3POI, but not enough for QSO. 19 JAs. Loudest DX station - CE1/K7CA. Fun to work many stations three nights in a row in NS, RAC, and Stew. I'm tired! CU in NS Thursday. FT1000mp, Alpha 76, Wire 4 Square, three beverages, TRLog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 326 As always, this was a fun contest, but I seem to run out of stations to work a little sooner each year. The station and operator keep improving, but the scores are slowly running down. Can't figure it out. I know my ambient rf noise level here has gradually crept up over the years. It may just be that I can't hear some of the stations I used to work. Didn't hear anything from the east coast this time, although I heard a few midwest stations calling Europeans. No copy on them, of course :-) Knocked off for a few hours sleep at 1AM, as I had worked everything I could hear. Figured early morning would bring a few new ones, and it did. Picked up 15 new Qs for a grand(?) total of 131 Qs. At least, nearly everyone I called could hear me, even if I only got a ?? at first. We almost always completed the Q, so there are some good ears and persistent contesters out there. I enjoyed this outing, as it is a more laid back contest, and I worked a number of old familiar calls. It was good to see them still in action. Took a moment to chat with a few, then moved on. Thanks for the Qs and Happy New Year to all. 73, Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7GP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 921 The secondary N7GP, HP, operation is posted above. The primary N5IA, QRP, operation had 159 Q's in 11 hours of operation with a score of 2,212. Topband is up to it's reputation this time. I notice from many of the other posts that the operators consider this SP go-around had better conditions than the ARRL 160 4 weeks ago. Not here. In ARRL 160 I was able to make the most Q's and highest score ever for me. In this one both Q's and points are down considerably from all previous efforts. I experienced LOTS of band noise. I know that the storm generated QRN along the eastern seaboard caused many stations to not be able to hear the weaker signals. My QRP signal was among those. As an example, I never have a problem working Herbie and last night it was a No Go all night long. I have followed for the 2nd year the Boring ARC suggestion that the "other" hours of the contest period be used for operating using another callsign and also another power level. The sun is already 30 minutes in the sky at this location when the contest begins. I put in one hour at N7GP, High Power. I started again at 2200 Z and worked two more hours before sunset as N7GP, High Power. The highlight of this period provides the incentive to award the "Best Ears Award" to Tom, K1KI, who answered on my first call to him at 2155. A no repeats exchange was quickly completed. This is a full 2 hours+ before sunset at this location. Normally the folks on the east coast are all listening towards EU and even though we are hearing lots of great signals from the east, it is difficult to get their attention. So, Tom, you get my version of the BEA! Thanks. At 0000 Z I started operation as N5IA, QRP. What followed was eleven hours of VERY slow operation. 25 Q's per hour was the peak, with the 0800 to 1100 hours in the single digits. At 1100 there were no stations answering my CQs and no one on the band who I had not worked already. My plan was to work the full 14 hours, until 1400 Z in the QRP mode. There was no need to prolong the misery so I warmed up the amp and changed the logging program file back to N7GP, High Power. Between the high power and the "new call" on the band, the last three hours were quite active. Still, there were no more stations to work by the time sunrise came around. As always, propagation and atmospheric conditions weigh heavily on the results obtained in any Topband contest. This one just wasn't meant to be for me. It has been a great 12 years. Thanks again to the BARC for organizing and supporting this unique and enjoyable contest. 73, and Happy New Year to everyone everywhere. Milt, N5IA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7IR Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 2,824 Ran out of stations to work S&P so tried running. Ran out of stations to work running so went back to S&P. Call DX and have them CQ in your face. Iterate for 14 hours. Crash at 1500Z. Fun! Best DX was CE1/K7CA. Closest was neighbor K7BHM at 1.2km. Highest raw score in this contest for me, according to N1MM logger, which doesn't include the bonus points for working QRP and LP stations. See you all in the CQ WW 160 contest. 73 and Happy New Year Gary, N7IR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8BJQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 848 Some good ears on the DX side - spent too much prime time watching the Giants Pats game. Always fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8EA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,070 very enjoyable as usual 73 joe n8ea , http://n8ea.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8MR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,420 This was my first serious effort in this contest. There was far more QRN than in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest, which made digging out those weaker signals much more difficult. I was surprised at how many Europeans heard me despite the QRN. Top DX were UU4JMG for 36 points and UW2M for 34 points. It was great fun. This may became another of my mandatory contests. Yaesu FT920 (100W), 165-foot inverted L (65 feet vertical), rotatable receiving loop Mike, N8MR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8VW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,200 Tried qrp to see if conditions were worth it for the point advantage, but after calling several people without response, upped the power to 100w. With no rx antennas felt like an alligator. Sorry to all I couldn't pull through the qrn and qsb. Heard but didn't work, vk6vz, zl3ix, ja8isu, ea8ak, tf3kx and many more. Nice to find tf4m cqing after I woke from a nap, sorry that more people weren't listening for you. Score is close to what I remember n1mm said, but I don't trust it. The shack computer hasn't had the n1mm version upgraded since I built it last year and I know that when I logged w4ef, it didn't score correctly (to few points). So, how about a SP near the spring equinox and summer solstice? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9ADG Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,956 In the Pacific timezone, we have the benefit of a brief 'teaser' period of about 1.5 hours at the beginning of this contest, then a whole day of 'thinking about' when and how to attack the rest of the TBDC as the grey line marches across the continent. The morning contest start brought a lot of familiar calls, and some nice DX from UA0, JA, KH6, and AK. Thoughts of "wasn't that nice?" and "hmm, maybe should have a listening antenna for JA after all" persisted at the edge of all other normal Saturday activities, along with furtive glances at the clock, calculations of how much of the 14 hours have been used, and how to split remaining time against the surplus of 'clock' hours. Splitting wood was a good afternoon activity to encourage the mind not think about the contest, and the body to expend calories and get a little exercise; aren't these rounds from that tree that took out a beverage last winter? Then my wife appeared posing the question of "Shouldn't you be on the radio now? It's getting dark" ... - - - Conditions from here around 0030 until after 0800 were challenging with a lot of static (wind?), atmospheric noise from snow squalls, and something (branch? raccoon?) hitting the ENE beverage at frequent but non-uniform intervals. The wind was gusty most of the night. Signals on the N/S line were better, it's a shorter antenna. Sorry for the request for repeats -- QRN and QSB were seemingly more challenging than normal. The N/S antenna didn't seem to be working until about 0300, which was weird. Pre-test, It's usually rewarding to try to improve matters with antenna work -- the 160m TX antenna was changed pre-TBDC to a ground-feed point with 8 buried radials, about 20 on-the-surface radials. It's a definite improvement over the previous slightly elevated feedpoint with a dozen radials. There's plenty of room on the ground for even more radials as the grass starts growing in the spring. Last spring I rebuilt an amp that's capable of 1.5KW on 160m; tried that too this year. Details are on my web page of the AL1200 converted to use a GS35b. Thanks to all who worked me, sticking it out as I asked for (lots of) repeats, and who survived my ham-handed manual sending for fills. W8VSK was perhaps the most difficult completed (hopefully !) contact -- teasing bits and pieces out of the ether seemed to take a while. Worked DX* included JA, UA0, V63(!definitely a surprise, thanks!), ZL3 (thanks for not turning in early!), USVI, HR, CE, KH6 and KL7. Other DX**: VY1 (and because it's just great to hear from NT and that should be encouraged). DX* - "Traditional" in the 'far away' sense (maybe just the KL7's north of Icy Bay, AK :-)). DX** - "Uncommon or rare" DX - not necessarily far away, but notable nonetheless. VE9 would fit in the 'distance' category from Seattle on most days, except that VE9DX is really on the ball and has things covered really well-- so well in fact causing New Brunswick to be "closer" to Seattle, or New York City, than say somewhere in 'NNY' like Potsdam, at least in the last 160m section-oriented contest or two. TODO for the future: More Radials. Work on rate; try multi; be DX; Happy New Year to all, 'see' you in the usual places on the air / chat / reflectors! If you're in Seattle, do tell! -Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4BW Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 164 5 W INTO A 80M DIPOLE. YOU GUESS THE SWR & ERP. AMAZING EARS - ESPECIALLY VE3DZ AND VE3TA. W0AIH BIGGEST SIGNAL. HNY BRIAN NA4BW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG7Z Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 85 It was surprising that I could work as many as I did. With the QRN at S-9 at all times, I could only hear the strongest stations. I did very little CQing because I knew I wouldn't be able to hear weaker stations calling. So mostly an S&P effort here. Congrats to Brian N9ADG for a great score. Gotta do something about an RX antenna. Maybe a small loop with a preamp. 73 Paul NG7Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NJ1F Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 180 Nice to not have to deal with packet pileups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS3T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 470 Had fun calling CQ while also watching the Patriots-Giants game on the small TV that I hauled into the shack. I didn't worry about any slow times that way! Propagation seemed up and down. I had a decent number of 5-8 pointers answer me from out West, so that was good. But then there were a couple West Coasters who couldn't hear me at all. Best QSO was an 11-pointer with GM3POI. I was able to keep my points per QSO average above 2 this year. Not bad for the suburban backyard inverted L. Happy New Year to all and please send along details of more of your contest exploits in 2008. 73 Jamie NS3T http://www.radio-sport.net Your home for ham radio contest news ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NZ1U Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,132 Thanks to KB1H- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OF4MFA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,348 A small contest pedition to Kustavi, IOTA EU-096, for Stew Perry. Very good conditions on the radio. Weather was very bad, high winds and lots of rain. We install antenna after sunset and it got dark very soon. Started contest half hour late. No time to put up coaxial loop, but there was not any problems with noise. I have never ever heard so many US/NA stations on the topband! Only few contacts with low power though. Location counts, 400 km (250 mi) southwest from my normal topband contest QTH, and surrounded by sea water. Most of contacts to Europe. Handful of DX 5B, UA9, ZC4 and W, 39 DXCC total. Heard JA, UN, KP2, VE. Operated only saturday-sunday night. Start to take antenna down after sunrise and breakfast. Had to have two hours break during night to be sure not to go over 14 hours, but no sleep. I was very tired, but happy, while driving back home to Turku. Maybe next year I will be there with high power. Rig: Elecraft K2/100 Antenna: 15 m high T with 25 m topwire and two elevated radials. 73 and HNY 2008! Jukka OF4MFA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH4JT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 800 Nice contest agn.Propagation on hr loc kp32ng was difficult.Heard many US stations but get only one,also JA stations were difficult only 2.Longest qso was ce1/k7ca.Better luck on CQ160cw.tnx fer qsos to all.73 cuang on 160m. DE Jouni OH4KZM/OH4JT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OL0W Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,052 Great contest. Conditions seemed to be better than last year - especially towards NA. Almost doubled last year score. Many midwest US stations were worked quite easily. I really appreciate the fact the cluster spotting is not allowed in this contest. It was nice to tune the band and many times find a tiny DX signal not ruined by packet pileup. Highligh of the event was CE1/K7CA, who was logged as the last QSO some 15 minutes after my SR with great signal. Rig FT1000MP+PA, Inv L 20m vertical + 25m sloping wire, K9AY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM5ZW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,120 Amazing contest. I've been called by JD1BMH so it was very pleasent adventure. Conditions changed during the all night and signals comes from s0-s9. Congrats to UA2FF & K7CA for their great result. Best DX was CE1/K7CA for 25 points and 11.981km USA:186 JA:18 Equipment:FT1000MP with OM-POWER 2xHALF SLOPER 2xBeverages Thanks to all who called me and wishing all the best to 2008!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OP5T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 756 ONLY SPENT A FEW HOURS ON THE RADIO. SUNDAYMORNING I FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BE HEARD IN THE STATES OR CANADA . PROPAGATION MAYBE. ACTUALLY I DID NOT SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONE HAVING A HARD TIME . RECEIVING HERE WAS VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO MY VERY HIGH NOISE LEVEL . ENJOYED IT ANYWAY . STATION : FT1000 MK V - TL 922 @ 400 W INVERTED L TNX FOR THE QSO's and Happy New Year Jim - ON5UM-OP5T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S54O Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 135 IC756 dipol fer 80m ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57UN Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 2,027 Kenwood TS950SDX,PA,Vertical 20m(omega match),Beverages 200m USA,160m JA USA 71 qso,VE 8 qso,Asia 12 qso,JA 6 qso.First signal from east is JH4UYB,from west is KV4FZ,from USA is K1GUN. Thanks for all in this contest.See you in CQWW160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SM5MX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,372 I used the TR4W logging software for the first time and I am quite happy with it. Not only that, The Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge is a very nice contest! Please keep the rules as they are. 73, Rolf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF3KX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,211 Rig: IC 746 Amp: Acom 1000, running 900W output Ant: Inv-V (9m tall, 31m horizontal/sloping down) Log: N1MM Logger Condx seemed OK, but I did not find any rare or new DX this time. All QSOs were with Europe, into Russia and N-America. Other TF ops heard and worked were TF3CW, TF3DX (QRP) and TF4M. Longest distance QSO was with N4IS in Florida (5900km, 3700mi). I managed to put up a temporary inv-V, in between the winter storms that have been frequent here this season. This replaced my top-loaded vertical which blew down a month ago. The received noise was unusually strong and tiring in this contest. Lots of station responded to my call, which I could barely copy. After fixing a more permanent TX antenna I need to come up with a more quiet RX antenna. Took a nap by 04z, to wake up at 06z and finish the remaining four hours until daylight with the opening to North America. Woke up at 14z - well past noon! Guess the antenna work the nights before had taken its toll. This was a fun event, as always, and I hope there have been several contenders for the Aurora Borealis Award, which I sponsored now, for the first time (see the extravagant Stew Perry TBDC Award Program). 73 de TF3KX http://radio.tf3kx.googlepages.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF4M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 987 I decided to get on the air day before the contest in the hope that increased activity might result. I easily made more than 100 QSOs in about two hours, and at times the band sounded like 20 meters. I heard stations all over the US and a couple of stations in JA and one HL3 with reasonable signals. When the contest started I had high hopes of a good score, but 2 hours into the contest with only a single contact - TF3KX I realized that this wasn´t going to happen. I really liked the meaningful exchange, with WinTest providing a map display of locators worked. It was also refreshing not to have to send the more or less meaningless 5nn with each QSO but the rates were abysmal... At 2330 I was up to around 140 QSOs and was bored stiff with the lack of activity. I could hear signals everywhere, mostly weak almost none of them lifting the S meter, and it was tough to make myself heard when I called them. I started again 0930 on Sunday morning and made only 24 QSOs more until the end of the contest at 1500. My furthest QSO was with NP4A - 6,000km, I heard N6RO with a 519 signal and I spent an hour calling JA3YBK who did not hear me or GM4POI and a few OH stations who were also calling him. I believe that a TF to JA QSO has never taken place yet, so hearing JA3YBK was quite exciting. My strategy of getting on the day before the contest in the hope that those stations and their friends would show up in the contest failed miserably and will not be repeated. During the contest we had a severe storm which caused the open feeders to constantly short out, this caused my amplifier to trip for two seconds every time this happened. I became quite adept at resending my call each time the amplifier came back on line. This is something I must try to fix during maintenance. After the contest finished, I continued on 160M in the hopes of snagging a JA, I easily made another 100 QSOs all over Europe, again none of those made any effort while the contest was on. I spent weeks and weeks of hard work over a period of two years to build my Double L antenna fed with 3,000 feet of open wire only to be beaten handsomely by TF3KX, who put up a wire from his window to the neighbors fence the night before the contest...oh well. Final score: 164 QSOs 987 points Lesson learned : My antennas are too small to be competitive. I will be back. 73 de Thor www.tf4m.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UA2FF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,209 Worked 48 - JA, 12 - VE, 150 - USA Best ODX - CE1/K7CA - 26points, OA4/N6XD - 24, YB5AQB, AA7A - 19 Happy New Year and cuagn in Stew Perry TBC 2008! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UW2M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,316 105 QSO with K/W 9 QSO with VE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,032 Gear: FT-2000 (100W max.) + N1MM Logger 1 x 160M inverted-L (80 vert. + 50 horiz.) That was 155 hard-won QSOs! Put in about 7 hours -- went to bed at 2 a.m. Pacific and got back on for the final hour (6-7 a.m.) which produced a few regional Qs to push the raw score over 1,000 (last year it was 133 raw, and my best-ever in 2005 was 858, so this is a nice improvement). Was fun to watch the grid field in N1MM Logger paint the shape of North America as I worked stations. Didn't have too much trouble copying grids through the noise this time. Some time into the test, I hooked up the MFJ 1026 box using a 40M vertical as a noise sense antenna and that helped cut down power line noise quite a bit, leaving mostly actual QRN (which I'll take any day vs. 60hz power line hash). The inverted-L played very nicely for me -- good SWR across the CW portion of the band allowed me to be more nimble than with previous incarnations of this antenna, though I stayed low where it was under 1.5:1 and power out was near 100W. Best and only DX was KH6LC for 20 points. No JAs or Caribbean stations heard this year. Some EN and FN stations had a tough time copying DO00 -- many, many overs with a kind'a unusual-looking grid -- while others out east copied first time easy. Just luck of the draw with conditions and call history files, I guess. Sure looking forward to seeing how log checking point multipliers pan out. Seemed I worked a lot of LP and QRP stations, judging by signal strengths (though many weak signals were still FB copy). Glad to have a few more days off before heading back to work. It's a real luxury to be able to recoup (i.e. take a long nap when needed, etc.) for a day or two after a weekend of intensive contesting. Thanks for the Qs, and special thanks to the Boring guys for putting this thing on each year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2TZT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,754 Very pleasant contest, with only 14 hours, where folks seem to be more relaxed than for other TB contests, do not matter to repeat as much as needed and where it is easy to find a free calling frequency. Never had such good EU openings on 160m during a contest for the nearly 2 years I am working on 160m. So bad that this big storm over south USA had been sending QRN during the second part of the night preventing me from receiving SA and South Pacific signals. Note : often, when you call me, I ask for a repeat, and I fell that some (lowering the speed, transmitting 3 times, ect...), especially USA stations, are surprised because at their end, they have a strong signal from me, it is not always because your signal is weak, it is because, with successive improvements, my rx antenna system becomes to have a good directivity and I need to find the right direction before copying you correctly. I can never listen on the omni-directional tx antenna, the noise is permanently S 9+. Rig : FT1000 MKV , 1000 W Tx ant : 21m high T vertical in trees and 32X20m radials. Rx ant : 4 double input beverages with relay for the terminal resistor, providing 8 directions (N/S : 2*85m broadside, E/W : 200 m, SE/NO 110m, SW/NE 160m). Happy new year, Gilles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 878 Great contest but certainly obvious a trap dipole ain't great for DX!! Score is that generated by WriteLog - maximum point QSO - 17 - with CE1/K7CA. Thanx to all for their patience in my copying thru very heavy QRN! 73 Eric, VE3CR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,123 Thanks to Paul VE3SY for letting me use the station again. Out of 617 Q's 110 were with EU (including 2 TF3's), 8 with S.A./C.A. and 2 KH6's. The rest is W/VE. No VL/ZL's here. Thought I got VK6VZ but he didn't CFM after I sent an exchange. Heavy static crashes made it impossible to listen in transmit ANT. Had to copy everybody on EU Beverage. Had some other issues, but mostly of personal matter. Could not operate the whole 14 hours. Happy New Year and best wishes to everyone! Yuri VE3DZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 334 A last minute change in plans meant that I couldn't work the contest in the evening hours so I decided to call CQ through the day to see if I could work a few stations a couple of hundred km out. Boy was I surprised!! I worked 50 stations - 30 of them were farther than 500 km, 5 were farther than 800 km and two were at 1152 km!! Those two sounded exactly like DX stations at night with deep QSB, just not as long between fades and peaks. They were worked at 1420 and 1520 local time. Boy was I impressed. But I would have never thought it could be done. It must be a combination of 0db noise [ at least on my end ], the absolute bottom of the sunspot cycle, and the dead of winter with the sun low on the horizion. Still with just 100 watts.... Maybe next year there should be an award for the longest daylight to daylight QSO or an award for the longest mid-day mid-path QSO. It would appear that 160 now offers us pleasant surprises even in the daytime. 73 Brian VE3MGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3NE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,602 Great CONDX but band was somewhat noisy at my place. Amazing what 100W can do...:-) Best DX CE1/K7CA (17 points). Did not hear any Carribeans at all. See you in the CQWWCW160m. 73 Lali VE3NE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3OSZ Class: Multi-Op LP Total Score = 2,382 Score includes the low power multiplier. Conditions here were better than during last year's SP, though not up to the standard set in the 1997 SP. We managed to increase our score by about 30% despite only having 20 more QSOs. The increased number of DX QSOs made the difference. Being called by G3PQA well after his sunrise was a nice surprise. Activity seemed up this year. Our station, as usual, is an old Drake TR7 running 100 watts, a homebrew autotuner, a low inverted L, a short Beverage and a pennant, plus TR Log. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3QAA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,622 Good opening to Europe well before sunset, lasting to their sunrise, or later. However, periods of bad QRN limited the number of QSO's. No Pacific openings to speak of, although I was pleasantly surprised to be called by ZL3IX for a 30-pointer! Seem to be getting too old to operate thru the night. Never was a night person. Rig is FT-1000D and Alpha 87 amp. Tx antenna is 6-direction parasitic array. Rx antennas are four two-wire reversible Bevs, for eight directions. Looking forward to next year. Bert, VE3QAA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3TA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,009 Thanks for the Contacts 73, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7SL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,136 Interesting conditions this year, often typical of mid-winter, as the band went long very early. Signals from the east coast states were often much stronger than the mid-west. My vote for 'best ears' goes to Clive, GM3POI, for managing to pull my 100W sigs out of the noise even though he was only S1 here. Also to Al, CE1/K7CA, who patiently waded through his all-night pileup to give me a rare '40' pointer. This year's score was better than last year and I was able to be in bed by 2300 local for a change! Steve / VE7SL Mayne Island, B.C. FT-1000 / half-sloper on 48' tower / 1000' buried radials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,076 Well SWR was a problem on this band as well. Did not fire up til after the RAC contest. Actually worked more on 160 in the RAC contest. Was hearing N9ADG one hour past our sunrise. Also heard but did not work CE1/K7CE (he was working JA's) KH6LC, ZL3IX all with good signals. Thanks again to all that called. Happy 2008. 73 Andy (VE9DX) BTW all contacts already on LOTW for the RAC and Stew Perry. Rig here running 30 watts and a Cushcraft MA160V with 15 very short radials on the ground ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1HP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 328 328 points but Score in N1MM says 0!.... 44 Grids total and 14 Countries outside US/VE. WPXPrefix Total <> 9A5 1 1 AA3 1 1 AF4 1 1 CT1 1 1 DL5 1 1 EI2 1 1 EI6 1 1 F5 2 2 G4 1 1 GM3 1 1 GM4 1 1 HG3 1 1 K1 2 2 K3 1 1 K5 2 2 K9 1 1 KU1 1 1 KU2 1 1 KV4 1 1 LY2 1 1 N1 3 3 N2 1 1 N3 1 1 N4 4 4 NZ1 1 1 OM3 1 1 S59 1 1 TF3 1 1 UA2 1 1 VE2 1 1 VE3 2 2 VE4 1 1 W1 1 1 W2 1 1 W3 1 1 W4 2 2 W5 2 2 W6 1 1 W9 1 1 WE3 1 1 WF2 1 1 Total 52 52 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1MP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 137 Band seemed to be in reasonable condition from here .... did a little S&P for about an hour.... 13 North America and 7 European stns. might have been fun to cq for a while. 73 es HNY C'y'all Next One GLWCDR Gus VO1MP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,251 Noise levels weren't too bad from Kansas this year, but very little DX. Longest was an OM5 for 17 points and also pleased to work KL7. With 30 minutes to go in the contest, a KH6 called me but then couldn't copy my report. The band died just after that. Grid count: 171. Happy New Year to all, and THANKS for all the Qs in 2007! 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0MU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,700 We came up to the Montana house to escape the Colorado snow! Having no 160 antenna I decided to try an Inverted L. The tower here is only about 55 ft tall. The vertical section is only about 50 ft and the rest of the L is run to a 25 ft tall flag pole across the yard. We have no trees on the property here. I threw out about 16 radials and it seemed to play. The first night I had the antenna up I heard an LA6 station very well. I never worked him. Called K9YC and he came back but my keyer refused to send dits.....Sorry about that! That was fixed later. I was hearing some W1's and east coast stations very early, about 1.5 hrs before sunset. I could not get their attention. I managed to work a few close in stations and even some in NM, OK, and TX before sunset which was interesting. My 4 sq rcv array was not working so all I had was the Inv V. The band seemed very quiet almost too quiet. I was beginning to wonder if I blew the front end out of the 1000MP. I heard KV4FZ 599 but was unable to get his attention. No other DX heard or worked. First time running low power and I it was difficult. It was great to work everyone and have contacts with so many long time contesters. I felt like was getting out pretty well. I would sure appreciate any feedback on my signal. Rig: FT1000MP Ant: Inverted L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PR Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,276 Band was very nice til late then got pretty noisy. First outting for my K9AY Loop antenna system and I have to say, that even after using beverages for some years, it's performance was very acceptable. Working low power is always a challenge, for sure. Some good dx around EU sunrise, surprised me to be able to make the jump across the pond with 100 watts. Fun. Thanks to all. My only minor complaint is, as always, guys not taking the time to try and zero beat the station they're calling. It only takes a second when S&Ping to make sure you're on the right freq. Saves a lot of repeats. Happpy new year, and one more TBDC in the books. Thanks to the Boring Radio Club guys a K7RAT for their continued sponsorship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0UO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,572 Tough conditions from this QTH. 5 S units extra line noise which was covered up wth another 5 units of static crashes from thunderstorms east of here. Sounded more like summer time!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1NN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,754 I wanted to put in a full effort but I was very jet-lagged and just couldn't find the energy to stay on the whole time. Started out with three hours from 4:20 to 7:20 local but got too sleepy and went to bed. I woke up at about midnight and got back on for another 2.5 hours. Turned out that this was a very good time to be on and this is when I worked all my EU and most of my West Coast. But by about 3:15 local (0815 zulu) I had worked everyone on the band and the rate fell off so I went back to bed. After waking up at 6 AM I put in another 80 minutes. QRN was not noticeable at the beginning of the contest but gradually increased so that it became quite annoying by the middle of the night. But it looks this part of the country (Ohio) had it easy compared to the folks in the southeast. My pseudo 205' G5RV with a 160' ladder line feedline wouldn't load as a dipole but I was able to load up half of the antenna as a long wire so that's what I used. Over half ot the feedline was about 4' off the ground and the vertical section was only about 60' but this antenna worked surprisingly well and I felt pretty loud for a low power station. To my surprise I managed to work G, GM, DL, CT1, HB9, OH, OM, OK, UA2 and a couple of others. Some of them even answered my CQ's. I think this was my first time to work this contest and the format is fun. It's nice to have something a little challenging to copy. A little more activity would be nice but it seems to be well established now so I expect it will just get better and better from now on. Thanks to the Boring folks for sponsoring a great event. Rig was an OMNI VI. HNY & 73 Hal W1NN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,623 Conditions seemed to be pretty good for this year's running, certainly better than the ARRL 160M test 4 weeks ago. The only drawback was a higher noise level, particularly when beaming west, due to the approaching storm. Biggest European signals all night long: GM3POI, UU4JMG, UW2M. Biggest West Coast signal: N6RO, easily. I worked Ken at 0138Z. Best DX based on points: KH6AT, KH6LC (17 points each) 279 Grids Worked 38 DXCC countries 171 Europeans 5 So Amer/Carib/Cent Amer 2 Oceania Many thanks to Greg W1KM for the use of his KB station. Thanks to all for the Q's and for sticking with me thru the fill requests. Dennis W1UE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2FU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,510 Usual lots of fun and seemingly lots of DX to work. The bit of QRN made things harder at times to complete with some, but EU was in all the time I was on! Because there's no "specific rule" for this contest, I think there are a few that think that the DX window (Stew's invention I believe) doesn't exist. I believe it would be too bad if this gains momentum as more and more US stations get on 160 and call CQ for 14 hours. - OR - did I not get the memo? Jeff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2TB Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 735 Inverted L @45' Pro III Emtron Amp 1KW N1MM First effort. HNY, Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3TS Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,408 TX Ant: 1/8 wave wire Tee - with 70 x 70foot long radials (My 60 foot high 80/40M fan dipole with the feeder shorted). RX Ant: 2 x 300 foot long NE/SW and SE/NW reversable short beverages. (The best I can do with the neighbors help on an "in town" 150 x 200 foot lot). Rig: Ten-Tec Orion at 5 watts output Logger: N1MM I spent most of Saturday working on a homebrew RX Four Square and threw my back into a muscle spasam. Didn't get the RX antenna finished in time and the muscle spasm caused me not to be able to stay in the op chair very long. So I only managed 5 hours. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4AN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,051 FT1000MP MK5, AL1200, 1.5 KW output, vertical, four-square. Activity seemed down, but I made a few more QSOs than last year. Europe was good early and then almost disappeared under QRN from local thunderstorms. European sunrise opening was disappointing this year. Did work five JA stations and one VK6. Last year, no JAs, but one ZL. Off-time was prolonged due to QRT because of a thunderstorm that passed directly overhead about 5 AM. I intended to operate two hours 5W QRP as K4BAI, but had to QRT after only 13 QSOs due to the thunderstorm. Congrats to those 13 sharp eared ops. Thanks for all the QSOs. 73, John, K4BAI Op and custodian, W4AN, South East Contest Club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 215 Decided that my goal would be to make 200 QSOs. Put in about 9 hours. DX worked: CE, KV4, JA(3), UA0, KH6(2), KL7, HR DX Heard but not worked: OK2ZU HB9CIP (good copy for about 30 minutes, but no cigar) RU0LL Used my general purpose logging program, so I can't score the log unless I can figure out how to convert an ADIF or Cabrillo file to a TRlog file. Rig: FT1000MP MKV Amp: Alpha 91B Antenna: 60ft Vertical with 50ft top-loading wire on 50 x 100 ft city lot. Thanks to everyone for the QSOs. 73&HNY, Mike W4EF....................... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4PM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 718 Rig: Ten Tec Omni VII, Ameritron ALS-600, 400W to inv L with poor ground system. I only had a few hours. Propagation started out good but as the rain increased and the front rolled through QRN increased. Good signals from the west coast and 9 Europeans and CE1/K7CA were able to slip in over my noise and better still, managed to pull me through at their end. Thanks for the Q's and I hope to have more time to play next year. This is a fun event. 73, Puck, W4PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4SAA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,438 First time running high power and Murphy struck. Crazed flying insect attacked finial amplifier and destroyed it after QSO at 0427 utc. Continued on at low power, but QRN became so loud and continous that I took a nap. Qrn was worse when I returned to fray. New pair of inverted L's feed in phase worked great. Felt loud before the bug died. DX include OM5ZW, DL5AXX, UU4JMG, OM3BH, IV3PRK, CT1JLZ, CE1/K7CA, GM3POI, DJ5MW, F6IRA/P, S59A, HG3DX,G3WPH, UA2FF, LY2IJ, UW2M, and HG0A, all HP. Also logged S57UN and OK1DX running LP at EU dawn. TNX! Hope I copied info ok, Qrn from storm was very bad. Enjoyed the new antennas and running HP. TNX QSO's, 73 & HNY Joe W4SAA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4SVO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 431 Band was very noisy with a lot of QSB. Only operated 3 hours as I was just too tired top stay up. Longest distance was 9,606 miles with UW2M. Happy New Year! Mark-W4SVO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4ZV Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,687 Conditions were strange to say the least. Two TF's called me (!) but many DX stations were a struggle to copy their grid in the QSB/QRN. My apologies to those whose calls I copied but was unable to complete because of never being able to get their grid. In some contests those would have been QSOs but not this one. First outing for my K3 but I was plagued with an RF feedback problem via my Beverage input, which caused amp problems and at least one report of spurious. I finally figured out a temporary workaround which was less than satisfactory but at least I was able to tame the feedback and finish. If anyone else heard spurious from me please forward your comments direct to me. I also hit some combination of keys which locked the CT screen in a "Make Schedule" window that I couldn't close...hard reset and reboot of course! Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! Topband conditions have to get better in 2008! 73, Bill W4ZV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5MX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,020 Would have had a much higher score except the static crashes and noise killed me during prime EU time here between 05:00 and 08:00(actually it continued on the rest of the night). Had many EU calling me but could hardly get info because the crashes were in rapid succession. Sorry about that to all you EU (and some stateside op's too)! Lost a lot of points there. I actually considered going QRT rather than put everyone else and myself through the pain. Friday night while playing in RAC, had a nice run of EU on 160. Band quiet and conditions reasonable. Wasn't meant to be Saturday night I guess. Still had a great time though, always do in a contest. This will be my first log entry for this contest. Played in it a couple of years ago but never sent in a log, only made around 30 q's. Will be back next year for sure! Had a great time anyways. For CQWW 160 I will be adding a Reflector to the full wave vertical loop (ENE/WSW)for 160, and possibly a director (to EU). See how that works out. 73's all and thanks for the Q's! Bryan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5TM Class: Multi-Op HP Total Score = 2,446 Excuses, QRN and line noise. 1/4 wave vertical 1 kw DXE receiving 4 square. Had a mini-run of JA's which was a nice change. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6NF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 314 Just a few minutes here and there in my first Stew Perry. No DX, not even a VE. Although I did actually hear a couple of EU signals but they were somewhere between S-1 and S-i (imaginary). I guess I need to reduce my frustration level by downgrading my receive antenna...with 100 watts and an Inverted-L my Beverage is too good ;>) Called many stations that were perfectly readable here but apparently could not hear me. BTW, the score posted assumes the N1MM logger is right...we'll see what the scoring program calculates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ZL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 764 Got on the air about 0200Z. Bad SWR on antenna, spent the next couple of hours getting that sorted. Used 20' diameter magnetic loop at ground level for first time for receive. Seemed to hear a little better than the inverted L, made listening on the band much more comfortable. The noise level at my small suburban location goes down quite a bit after midnight when all the neighbor's TV's, lights and appliances go to bed. Best DX was Randy, K5ZD, also worked KH6LC. Heard KV4FZ and waited till his sunrise, but no go. Also heard ZL3IZ a couple of times. Did not hear Japan. Same number of contacts as last year, but about twice the points. Thanks for all the contacts. Dave / W6ZL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7AT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,650 I understand we had EU the night before and the night after the Stew in the Pacific Northwest, but couldn't find any the evening of the contest. Thanks to everyone who participated in the 12th running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX CHallenge! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 332 Only participated for about 2.5 hours as I had to work Saturday and was kinda wiped when I got home. Then did about 4 hours in the RAC, so was ready for bed early :-) Good ears award goes to K1KI and K3WW on the east coast for opicking out my LP signal, and down south, W4AN got my call right the first time again. Lots of other loud signals that just CQ'd in my face. Not sure of the score as don't think it was calculated right. Hope the robot scores it for me. This is a fun contest and I like the grid exchange, you actually have to copy something. 73 and HNY to all!! Tom W7WHY TS-450SAT 100 watts Inverted 'L' 60' by 65' N1MM Logger 7.12.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8CAR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 807 807 was a good score to stop on! Thought condx would be great when I worked GM3POI and OM3BH shortly after my sunset but alas it was not to be. Signals seemed way down but the DX was there. 2 17 point QSOs in the log. Signals seemed so down I started checking the rcvr antennas plus lots of distant T-storm noise. (those are my excuses!) Nice to work everyone I did manage. 73 and HNY Dan W8CAR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9RE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,592 First time for a serious effort in the TBSP. Conditions were pretty good but activity was a little lower then hoped for. Worked 76-2nd radio Q's using an 80 meter sloping V-beam (500' on a leg) for rx and tx (called CQ 100% of the time of the 14 hours). Main antenna is a 1/4W vertical and 8 short vertical (W8JI) rx array. On tx the V-beam seemed about the same as the vertical. On rx used the short vertical array in one ear and a SE Beveridge in the other ear and mixed in the 2nd radio audio or dumped the Beveridge from the sub rx. Worked 54 DX stations in 25 countries, first European at 2235z and last at 0753z. Never heard any VK's JA's or other Pacific. Thanks for all the repeats and Q's. Happy New Year to all. Mike W9RE HOUR 160CW TOTAL ACCUM ---- ------ ----- ----- 22 86 86 86 23 70 70 156 0 69 69 225 1 59 59 284 2 59 59 343 3 61 61 404 4 52 52 456 5 36 36 492 6 37 37 529 7 25 25 554 8 0 0 554 9 0 0 554 10 11 11 565 11 18 18 583 12 16 16 599 13 16 16 615 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2MNO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,013 QSO with: CT1JLZ, KH6LC, KV4FZ. One of these days I will recognize your new call Dan/K0TI. 73 - Bob WA2MNO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA4DOU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,484 Despite heavy qrn that grew worse through the night, I made my best score in this event. Many Europeans were heard, a JA and many west coast stations that would normally have been workable. Still I managed to bag qso's with: CE1/K7CA, GM3POI, HQ9R, KV4FZ, OK1DX, P43JB and UA2FF. Rig: FT-897D Ant: 42 ft. top loaded vertical Logging program: NA 5 mins. into operating, my computer crashed due to battery failure. I hadn't powered it up on the ac supply yet. Thanks to DOS and NA, my 3 qso's logged were still there waiting for me after reboot! Thanks to all for the q's and looking forward to CQ 160 CW. 73 de Roy WA4DOU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2AA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 556 DXs: 5,162 km GM3POI 5,226 km G4AMT 6,287 km DL5AXX 6,690 km UA2FF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2ABD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 532 Rare out-of-state visitors took out Eastern EU SR. Best Q was 17 pts. Thought condx to EU were good. Didn't do well at my SR. Time for more efficient antenna. T-T O2 TL922@700w Inv V @ 60 ft. K9AY, NE, W beverages. N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8JUI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,828 Thanks to all for the QSOs. Happy New Year to all and CU again on 160 next month. 73 - Rick WB8JUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB9Z Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,742 Very good conditions.... maybe as good or better than the last ARRL 160? As per other comments the QRN got worse here as the night went on. Always one of my favorite contest from anywhere... This is one of my first SPTBDC from home since 1997... the last 5 from the PJ2T station and before that three from the WP2Z station. Quick breakdown: 55 EU stations... 3 JA... 2 KH6... 1 KL7... VY1JA... a few SA and the BEST DX... VK6VZ!!!! It took a while for Steve to hear my 100 watts and figure out my call... but we finally made it happen. It helps to have been at VK6VZ's QTH a couple times and he knows me.... THANKS STEVE! RIG: Orion 2 Transmit antenna: 160' tower on a base insulator, series fed with 30,000 feet of ground radials. Receive antennas: 11 beverages ranging from 880' to 1000' and a very low 240' dipole. For you folks that do all/most of the contest... CU next weekend in the ARRL RTTY RU. Otherwise CU all in the CQ WW 160. HNY Jerry WB9Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD0BGZ Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 68 First time in this contest had a great time running less than 5-watts into a pair of phased verticals spaced 66 feet apart. My goal was 12 contacts, I made 9, one was over 1000km so I was happy with that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ9B Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,039 73, Will, wj9b, dit dit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WS1L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 180 Only had a few hours to try my first Stew Perry. Logging program wouldn't work, had to use my general logger for the first few hours. Thanks to Joe, W4TV for the help getting that fixed. Woke up at 0430 local, heard thunder and went back to sleep. Woke up again at 0600 local, more thunder, more sleep. Finally got back in front of rig at 0800 local for another few QSO's before the end of the contest. See you in the CQ 160! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW2DX Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 1,188 This was my first time entering the BIG Stew and I really enjoyed it. I found the VHF exchange a really nice touch for topband. After entering QRP 4.73 Watts (LP-100) to a INV L in the swamp I was amazed at what I worked! Now I know why they chose the grid square exchange, it was just like a 6M contest without all the QRN :) My best DX was DM42 (TNX N7DD) and I could not believe it when I called and heard 2DX?? come back! I really appreciate all who stuck by those 3 minute Q's with me, I know they were trying! Some stations that I never thought would come back to my call did and some very strong stations never heard me. Thanks for a great time on top band! 73 and GL DX to all in 08, Lee WW2DX Index of Calls Call: AA3B Class: Single Op HP Call: AA4LR Class: Single Op LP Call: AA9DY Class: Single Op LP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op LP Call: AC0W Class: Single Op LP Call: AC6DD Class: Single Op LP Call: CE1/K7CA Class: Single Op HP Call: DL3YM Class: Single Op LP Call: DL5AXX Class: Single Op HP Call: DL7ZZ Class: Single Op HP Call: EA6BF Class: Single Op HP Call: EI6IZ Class: Single Op HP Call: G4EHT Class: Single Op LP Call: GM4AFF Class: Single Op HP Call: HA8BE Class: Single Op LP Call: HG0A Class: Single Op HP Call: K0KX Class: Single Op LP Call: K0OU Class: Single Op LP Call: K0PK Class: Single Op QRP Call: K0RF Class: Single Op HP Call: K0UK Class: Single Op LP Call: K0XP Class: Single Op LP Call: K1EP Class: Single Op LP Call: K1HTV Class: Single Op LP Call: K1JT Class: Single Op LP Call: K1KI Class: Single Op HP Call: K1LT Class: Single Op HP Call: K1TN Class: Single Op LP Call: K1ZZI Class: Single Op HP Call: K2ZJ Class: Single Op HP Call: K3TD Class: Single Op LP Call: K3WI Class: Single Op HP Call: K3WW Class: Single Op HP Call: K4BP Class: Single Op LP Call: K4HAL Class: Single Op LP Call: K4IU Class: Single Op LP Call: K4KO Class: Single Op HP Call: K4RO Class: Single Op HP Call: K4TD Class: Single Op HP Call: K4WW Class: Single Op HP Call: K4ZGB Class: Single Op HP Call: K5AM Class: Single Op HP Call: K5BG Class: Single Op HP Call: K5GO Class: Single Op HP Call: K5KA Class: Single Op LP Call: K5NZ Class: Single Op HP Call: K5ZD Class: Single Op HP Call: K6CSL Class: Single Op LP Call: K6GEP Class: Single Op LP Call: K6MM Class: Single Op HP Call: K6NV Class: Single Op HP Call: K6RB Class: Single Op HP Call: K6VVA Class: Single Op HP Call: K7BG Class: Single Op LP Call: K7RAT Class: Multi-Op HP Call: K7TJR Class: Single Op HP Call: K8FC Class: Single Op HP Call: K8FH Class: Single Op LP Call: K8GT Class: Single Op LP Call: K8IA Class: Single Op LP Call: K8MR Class: Single Op LP Call: K9AM Class: Single Op LP Call: K9AY Class: Single Op LP Call: K9CT Class: Single Op HP Call: K9FO Class: Single Op LP Call: K9NR Class: Single Op HP Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Call: K9OM Class: Single Op HP Call: KA9FOX Class: Single Op LP Call: KC5R Class: Single Op LP Call: KC7V Class: Single Op HP Call: KD2MX Class: Single Op QRP Call: KE4REM Class: Single Op LP Call: KH6LC Class: Multi-Op HP Call: KL7DX Class: Multi-Op HP Call: KM9M Class: Single Op LP Call: KN4Y Class: Single Op HP Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op LP Call: KO7X Class: Single Op LP Call: KR4F Class: Single Op LP Call: KS0T Class: Single Op LP Call: KU1CW Class: Single Op HP Call: KU5B Class: Single Op HP Call: KV8Q Class: Single Op LP Call: KX7L Class: Single Op QRP Call: LY2IJ Class: Single Op HP Call: LY6M Class: Single Op LP Call: LY9Y Class: Single Op HP Call: LZ9R Class: Single Op LP Call: N0AC Class: Single Op LP Call: N0KE Class: Multi-Op HP Call: N0KM Class: Single Op LP Call: N1BAA Class: Single Op HP Call: N1EU Class: Single Op HP Call: N1LN Class: Single Op HP Call: N2CU Class: Single Op HP Call: N2CW Class: Multi-Op QRP Call: N2NS Class: Single Op HP Call: N2NT Class: Multi-Op HP Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Call: N3OX Class: Single Op LP Call: N4DD Class: Single Op HP Call: N4GG Class: Single Op HP Call: N4JF/QRP Class: Single Op QRP Call: N4OGW Class: Single Op HP Call: N4PN Class: Single Op HP Call: N4PSE Class: Single Op LP Call: N4ZZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N5AW Class: Single Op LP Call: N5DX Class: Single Op HP Call: N5IA Class: Single Op QRP Call: N5OE Class: Single Op QRP Call: N5UL Class: Single Op HP Call: N6IG Class: Single Op LP Call: N6RK Class: Single Op LP Call: N6RO Class: Single Op HP Call: N6WG Class: Single Op QRP Call: N7BF Class: Single Op HP Call: N7DD Class: Single Op HP Call: N7GP Class: Single Op HP Call: N7IR Class: Single Op QRP Call: N8BJQ Class: Single Op LP Call: N8EA Class: Single Op HP Call: N8MR Class: Single Op LP Call: N8VW Class: Single Op LP Call: N9ADG Class: Single Op HP Call: N9FC Class: Single Op LP Call: NA4BW Class: Single Op QRP Call: NA4K Class: Single Op LP Call: NF8M Class: Single Op LP Call: NG7Z Class: Single Op LP Call: NJ1F Class: Single Op HP Call: NN7ZZ Class: Single Op HP Call: NS3T Class: Single Op LP Call: NZ1U Class: Single Op HP Call: OF4MFA Class: Single Op LP Call: OH4JT Class: Single Op HP Call: OL0W Class: Single Op HP Call: OM5ZW Class: Single Op HP Call: OP5T Class: Single Op HP Call: RU3VD Class: Single Op LP Call: S53M Class: Single Op HP Call: S54O Class: Single Op LP Call: S57UN Class: Multi-Op HP Call: SM5MX Class: Single Op LP Call: TF3KX Class: Single Op HP Call: TF4M Class: Single Op HP Call: UA2FF Class: Single Op HP Call: UA6LV Class: Single Op HP Call: UW2M Class: Single Op HP Call: UZ5UA Class: Single Op LP Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Call: VE2TZT Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3CR Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3DZ Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3MGY Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3NE Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3OSZ Class: Multi-Op LP Call: VE3QAA Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3TA Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3UTT Class: Single Op HP Call: VE5UF Class: Single Op HP Call: VE7SL Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Call: VO1HP Class: Single Op HP Call: VO1MP Class: Single Op HP Call: W0AIH Class: Single Op LP Call: W0BH Class: Single Op HP Call: W0MU Class: Single Op LP Call: W0PR Class: Single Op LP Call: W0UO Class: Single Op LP Call: W1EBI Class: Single Op HP Call: W1NN Class: Single Op LP Call: W1UE Class: Single Op HP Call: W2FU Class: Single Op HP Call: W2JU Class: Single Op LP Call: W2TB Class: Single Op HP Call: W3CP Class: Single Op LP Call: W3GH Class: Single Op HP Call: W3MF Class: Single Op HP Call: W3TS Class: Single Op QRP Call: W4AN Class: Single Op HP Call: W4EF Class: Single Op HP Call: W4PM Class: Single Op HP Call: W4SAA Class: Single Op HP Call: W4SVO Class: Single Op HP Call: W4ZV Class: Single Op HP Call: W5MX Class: Single Op HP Call: W5TM Class: Multi-Op HP Call: W6IZT Class: Single Op HP Call: W6NF Class: Single Op LP Call: W6ZL Class: Single Op LP Call: W7AT Class: Single Op HP Call: W7RN Class: Single Op HP Call: W7TMT Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Call: W7ZR Class: Single Op HP Call: W8CAR Class: Single Op HP Call: W9RE Class: Single Op LP Call: WA2MNO Class: Single Op HP Call: WA4DOU Class: Single Op LP Call: WA6BOB Class: Single Op HP Call: WB2AA Class: Single Op LP Call: WB2ABD Class: Single Op HP Call: WB8JUI Class: Single Op LP Call: WB9Z Class: Single Op LP Call: WD0BGZ Class: Single Op QRP Call: WJ9B Class: Single Op HP Call: WS1L Class: Single Op LP Call: WW2DX Class: Single Op QRP Call: WW9R Class: Single Op HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: Multi-Op HP Call: K7RAT Call: KH6LC Call: KL7DX Call: N0KE Call: N2NT Call: S57UN Call: W5TM Class: Multi-Op LP Call: VE3OSZ Class: Multi-Op QRP Call: N2CW Class: Single Op HP Call: AA3B Call: CE1/K7CA Call: DL5AXX Call: DL7ZZ Call: EA6BF Call: EI6IZ Call: GM4AFF Call: HG0A Call: K0RF Call: K1KI Call: K1LT Call: K1ZZI Call: K2ZJ Call: K3WI Call: K3WW Call: K4KO Call: K4RO Call: K4TD Call: K4WW Call: K4ZGB Call: K5AM Call: K5BG Call: K5GO Call: K5NZ Call: K5ZD Call: K6MM Call: K6NV Call: K6RB Call: K6VVA Call: K7TJR Call: K8FC Call: K9CT Call: K9NR Call: K9NW Call: K9OM Call: KC7V Call: KN4Y Call: KU1CW Call: KU5B Call: LY2IJ Call: LY9Y Call: N1BAA Call: N1EU Call: N1LN Call: N2CU Call: N2NS Call: N4DD Call: N4GG Call: N4OGW Call: N4PN Call: N5DX Call: N5UL Call: N6RO Call: N7BF Call: N7DD Call: N7GP Call: N8EA Call: N9ADG Call: NJ1F Call: NN7ZZ Call: NZ1U Call: OH4JT Call: OL0W Call: OM5ZW Call: OP5T Call: S53M Call: TF3KX Call: TF4M Call: UA2FF Call: UA6LV Call: UW2M Call: VE2TZT Call: VE3CR Call: VE3DZ Call: VE3QAA Call: VE3TA Call: VE3UTT Call: VE5UF Call: VO1HP Call: VO1MP Call: W0BH Call: W1EBI Call: W1UE Call: W2FU Call: W2TB Call: W3GH Call: W3MF Call: W4AN Call: W4EF Call: W4PM Call: W4SAA Call: W4SVO Call: W4ZV Call: W5MX Call: W6IZT Call: W7AT Call: W7RN Call: W7ZR Call: W8CAR Call: WA2MNO Call: WA6BOB Call: WB2ABD Call: WJ9B Call: WW9R Class: Single Op LP Call: AA4LR Call: AA9DY Call: AB4GG Call: AC0W Call: AC6DD Call: DL3YM Call: G4EHT Call: HA8BE Call: K0KX Call: K0OU Call: K0UK Call: K0XP Call: K1EP Call: K1HTV Call: K1JT Call: K1TN Call: K3TD Call: K4BP Call: K4HAL Call: K4IU Call: K5KA Call: K6CSL Call: K6GEP Call: K7BG Call: K8FH Call: K8GT Call: K8IA Call: K8MR Call: K9AM Call: K9AY Call: K9FO Call: KA9FOX Call: KC5R Call: KE4REM Call: KM9M Call: KO7AA Call: KO7X Call: KR4F Call: KS0T Call: KV8Q Call: LY6M Call: LZ9R Call: N0AC Call: N0KM Call: N2WN Call: N3OX Call: N4PSE Call: N4ZZ Call: N5AW Call: N6IG Call: N6RK Call: N8BJQ Call: N8MR Call: N8VW Call: N9FC Call: NA4K Call: NF8M Call: NG7Z Call: NS3T Call: OF4MFA Call: RU3VD Call: S54O Call: SM5MX Call: UZ5UA Call: VA7ST Call: VE3MGY Call: VE3NE Call: VE7SL Call: VE9DX Call: W0AIH Call: W0MU Call: W0PR Call: W0UO Call: W1NN Call: W2JU Call: W3CP Call: W6NF Call: W6ZL Call: W7TMT Call: W7WHY Call: W9RE Call: WA4DOU Call: WB2AA Call: WB8JUI Call: WB9Z Call: WS1L Class: Single Op QRP Call: K0PK Call: KD2MX Call: KX7L Call: N4JF/QRP Call: N5IA Call: N5OE Call: N6WG Call: N7IR Call: NA4BW Call: W3TS Call: WD0BGZ Call: WW2DX