S50U napisal/-a:I will have the full writeup posted in a couple of weeks.
Tekmovanje kjer S5's ne zmagujemo zaradi geografske lege je pa zanimivo sprejemati LOC v TopBand QRN-u pri 10.000+ kilometrih. Letos se bo Stew Perry dogajal 30-tega decembra od 15Z do 31-tega decembra 15Z 2006 upajmo da ne bo preveč alkota v zraku med prazniki.
Uradni rezultati lanskega leta 2005 :
Results, Tenth Annual Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge
Boring Amateur Radio Club – K7RAT
15125 SE Bartell Road
Boring, OR 97009
k7rat@jzap.com
The tenth Stew Perry TBDC contest was the biggest of them all. We received 479 logs - which is a big jump in activity - and the scores keep going up and up. The improved conditions from the sunspot minimum were evident, although they still were not up to the excellent conditions we saw during the first couple of events. It would seem the stage is set for the eleventh one to smash all records - as this season's conditions seem to be getting off to a good start. Clive, GM3POI, who ran away with the first couple of Stews, seems to be warming up with four QSOs in the N6TR log already this season. There were some soapbox comments about the minimum off time. We used to have a rule that tried to make you take your off time in one or two big chunks - so you did not have to operate during the daytime in order to feel like you were competitive. After trying to make the rule easy to understand, we finally gave up and removed it. However, not having a rule seems to create just as much confusion - so we have decided to make a simple rule that should clear it up:
Operate for a maximum of 14 hours. Off times are 30 minutes minimum and a maximum of four off periods are permitted.Hopefully that will be the last time we have to tweak the off time rule. We were pleased with how the 2X and 4X multipliers worked out for LP and QRP stations that you worked in your log. This seemed to close most of the gap between the power levels. This will become a permanent rule change. Don't miss the soapbox comments at the end of this write-up. While we didn't have a plaque for the best whine this time, there were some worthy entries submitted. One of the most talked about aspects of this contest is the plaque program, administered by Lew Sayre, W7EW and enabled by the generosity of the plaque sponsors themselves. We typically have some off beat categories that enable those without the "best signal on the band" to get some hardwood. This year was no exception with awards for search and pounce only, sending less than 18 WPM and the best DX within 30 minutes of local noon. Here are the plaque winners. Most of these have already been sent out, but a few of them had some problems with the engraver, and will be sent out in November. If you are aware of any errors, please contact
tree@kkn.net. We do not give out more than one plaque per station. Many thanks to all of the sponsors.
SPONSOR CATEGORY WINNER
KL7RA Highest Number of QSO's (K9DX award) K9DX
N5IA Most Grid Squares worked K3NA
K1PX Top Score, Low Power, Europe CU2JU
K9DX Top Score Europe SN7Q
N9ADG Top Score, Multi-op, World ON4UN
N5ECT Longest QSO measuring DX VK6DXI
WD5R Top Score by contester age < 25 years old UU4JMG
W7TMT Top Score, Low Power, first time entry G4BYG
KI7Y Sandy Lynch, W7BX/7J1ABV Memorial JH4UYB
K8ND Top Score, Single Op, Caribbean PJ2/WB9Z
N7KQ Top Score Central/South America P40TA
KB5NJD Top Score, Vertical < 40' tall AC6DD
W0OU/5 Top Score US/VE QRP N5IA
W2GD Team Top Score Multi-Op Europe RK1AM
KS0T Top Score from grid field EN N8VW
W5WMU Top Score USA High Power K7CA
K7CA Top Score South of Equator VK6VZ/6
N7JW Top Score first time entrant from any Country W0ETT
K7RAT Highest number of QRP Stations Worked N5DX
NA0Y Top Score USA - Low Power K9CS
N6TR Best DX completed within 30 min of local noon K7RAT
N0TT Top Score USA < 21 years old and > 100 qso No entry
WA2DFI Top Score Canada VE3KZ
W5WMU Top Score S/O World K7NJ
Cajun CC Top Number of QSOs Stew Perry + RAC W9RE
K7FL Top Score 100% Search and Pounce WS6X
KK9K Calcutta Award KS0T
AB7E Single Op, Highest Average Raw Points per QSO (> 50 Qs) N6KB/KH6
W7EW Top Score <= 18 wpm during test N5OT
VK6VZ Flying Doctors Service of VK Hat - Antenna < 20m by 10m K1EP
W7AT Top Score - Multi-Op - USA/VE W2GD
And now for the scores. Each line item indicates the category (S or M for single/multi-op), Power (H, L or Q), the grid operated from. The RAW QSO total is the number of QSOs found in the log. Dupes and busts are removed for the QSO total. The total QSO points is in the PTS column and the number of grids worked in GRD. The best DX callsign and distance is shown. Finally, the number of QRP and Low power stations worked is shown. The QRP stations you work get a X4 multiplier and the low power stations get a X2 multiplier. QRP and low power stations are determined by the logs we received - so you won't get this bonus just by putting /QRP in a callsign. Line scores that are in bold will receive a certificate. Stations that received a plaque are not eligible for certificates. Our thanks go out to Jim, K1PX, for generating the list of certificate winners, printing and mailing the certificates.
Single operator - High power
CALL C P GRID RAW DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
P40TA S H FK52 454 2 12 440 5741 250 UA9AYA 11158 13 74
PJ2/WB9Z S H FK52 411 5 21 385 5059 229 ZL2BSJ 13082 15 68
SN7Q S H JO91 482 4 26 452 4525 249 VK3ZL 15289 11 55
K7CA S H DM37 614 9 5 600 4388 233 VK6DXI 15439 36 136
OK1RI S H JN79 419 7 15 397 4234 233 VK3IO 15848 4 55
KV4FZ S H FK77 404 5 40 359 4013 216 RX4HZ 10069 9 71
K3NA S H FN41 539 11 16 512 3742 269 S9SS 8977 21 106
UA2FF S H KO04 448 4 9 435 3686 242 VK6VZ/6 13287 8 44
K9DX S H EN52 703 7 24 672 3645 273 VK3ZL 15779 37 144
K7RAT S H CN85 500 5 7 488 3598 202 OK1RI 8727 26 123
WE3C S H FN20 558 15 21 522 3312 252 S9SS 9300 27 116
W4ZV S H EM95 637 13 11 613 3285 245 JH2FXK 11316 35 143
N5DX S H EM36 606 3 5 598 3205 241 HA8BE 8708 37 146
K5ZD S H FN42 487 3 11 473 3179 232 KH6/N6KB 8093 27 111
K9GY S H FM19 531 15 5 511 3173 249 S9SS 9462 25 117
LY2IJ S H KO24 384 3 10 371 3025 227 VK3IO 15174 7 34
F6IRA S H IN94 355 0 25 330 2989 212 VQ9LA 9343 4 45
K3WW S H FN20 546 12 18 516 2773 238 UA3ECJ 10822 27 116
K9NW S H EN71 541 16 10 515 2754 228 UU4JMG 8788 31 134
WD5R S H EM45 539 0 13 526 2736 216 9A7V 8434 34 135
KE9I S H EN61 577 0 15 562 2676 231 UU4JMG 8887 36 130
S57M S H JN76 323 0 8 315 2675 199 VK6VZ/6 13401 8 43
N2IC S H DM52 404 4 3 397 2654 179 VK6DXI 15713 30 108
AC6DD S H CM95 396 1 14 381 2613 181 VK6DXI 14695 19 86
LY3UM S H KO24 340 3 13 324 2531 196 VK6VZ/6 13044 9 42
OM5ZW S H JN98 350 0 13 337 2526 206 JA1AUD 9897 7 34
N2NT S H FN20 414 0 8 406 2456 211 UU4JMG 8333 23 105
VE6JY S H DO33 373 2 8 363 2442 160 P40TA 5971 19 92
K1LT S H EM89 497 3 11 483 2439 225 UU4JMG 8859 25 113
K5BG S H EM12 419 9 7 403 2367 182 HL3IUA 11110 26 110
N5TW S H EM10 411 0 16 395 2338 185 HL3IUA 11292 21 110
KX7M S H CM97 369 11 7 351 2326 162 JH2FXK 8689 21 92
VE7CC S H CN89 353 3 11 339 2287 157 VK6DXI 14715 18 83
N8EA S H EN82 456 6 5 445 2166 204 YZ7A 7707 26 121
N4OGW S H EM53 411 1 9 401 2152 191 UU4JMG 9714 24 112
N2NL S H CM88 342 3 6 333 2117 152 JH4UYB 8769 19 79
JH4UYB S H PM64 128 0 1 127 2079 101 9G5OO 13475 1 16
KC7V S H DM43 324 3 1 320 2047 153 JH4UYB 9959 24 85
N4PN S H EM82 445 3 13 429 1989 188 HA8BE 8424 22 112
DJ0MDR S H JN68 294 0 15 279 1975 194 VK6VZ/6 13613 5 38
N5UL S H DM82 348 8 13 327 1939 158 DJ0MDR 9024 20 95
VE3NZ S H FN03 427 8 9 410 1892 189 YZ7A 7390 24 111
K6SE S H DM04 316 0 12 304 1842 155 VK6DXI 14849 19 66
F5IN S H JN18 288 0 10 278 1799 177 VK6VZ/6 14331 8 34
W3GH S H FN00 376 1 11 364 1736 176 HA8BE 7546 24 95
W1FJ S H FN42 303 1 14 288 1731 161 UA6LFQ 7905 16 63
W8CAR S H EN81 370 0 11 359 1731 169 UU4JMG 8685 30 95
N6KB S H BK29 136 2 11 123 1725 91 VK6DXI 10939 3 22
ES5QX S H KO37 271 4 2 265 1724 180 VK6VZ/6 13051 6 32
K1GU S H EM75 356 1 1 354 1689 175 OM5ZW 8060 22 92
RW4PL S H LO56 215 0 7 208 1686 149 VK6HD 11840 4 21
UU4JMG S H KN85 236 4 24 208 1682 160 VK3ZL 13850 3 18
N5YA S H EM13 350 0 17 333 1673 160 OK1RI 8639 20 93
OH2BO S H KP20 247 5 6 236 1669 165 VK3IO 15165 5 25
DL6RAI S H JN58 303 1 4 298 1663 190 VK6VZ/6 13755 7 33
W9IU S H EN60 422 0 30 392 1661 179 HA8BE 8028 22 103
AF4OX S H FM02 303 0 8 295 1614 148 RK1AM 7977 20 87
N6SS S H DM34 240 1 5 234 1538 129 JH4UYB 9747 16 65
UW2M S H KN99 229 0 10 219 1501 146 VK3IO 14135 2 22
AD4EB S H EM65 331 2 3 326 1488 159 DJ0MDR 7811 20 97
N4AF S H FM15 313 2 7 304 1468 156 YZ7A 7854 18 79
N2CU S H FN02 293 1 0 292 1438 160 KH6/N6KB 7442 18 88
W0YK S H CM97 290 6 12 272 1374 130 JH4UYB 8977 17 67
W5WMU S H EM40 255 2 7 246 1373 127 F6IRA 7709 12 76
YL2PQ S H KO16 260 0 4 256 1363 162 VK6VZ 13240 7 29
K7TJR S H CN94 234 2 15 217 1331 122 JH4UYB 8519 9 61
JT1CO S H ON38 134 0 3 131 1326 97 VK3IO 10241 0 12
GM4AFF S H IO86 195 0 5 190 1302 132 P40TA 7391 4 27
W6EU S H CM99 250 2 1 247 1291 121 JH4UYB 8845 18 59
AB7E S H DM41 201 0 5 196 1276 115 KV4FZ 4874 12 59
WA4TT S H EM82 211 0 2 209 1251 133 UU4JMG 9473 8 59
K6KM S H CM99 243 6 7 230 1223 111 PJ2/WB9Z 5899 15 57
W7AT S H CN84 175 0 11 164 1218 104 VK6DXI 14684 8 45
W5TM S H EM15 251 0 5 246 1207 137 OK1RI 8464 14 75
N6AA S H DM04 222 0 7 215 1197 119 P40TA 5589 11 59
AB9H S H EN62 345 1 8 336 1196 146 K7MI 3075 15 105
RW1ZA S H KP69 181 0 4 177 1145 122 W4ZV 7211 3 21
GM3POI S H IO88 154 0 5 149 1144 120 N5UL 7533 0 18
K5NA S H EM10 187 1 1 185 1130 120 HA8BE 9459 9 57
G3XGC S H IO91 198 1 14 183 1129 137 N5TY 7643 4 17
UA9CLB S H MO06 175 4 3 168 1129 122 JA1FNA 6220 1 12
W8MJ S H EN82 304 1 18 285 1107 148 F6IRA 6342 16 93
K0EJ S H EM75 268 2 3 263 1087 138 OM5ZW 8060 17 79
AE8M S H EM79 265 0 5 260 1076 142 S57M 7621 19 69
RV1CC S H KO59 201 0 4 197 1062 137 VK6VZ/6 12921 4 21
K6ANP S H CM88 204 0 14 190 1047 112 JH4UYB 8769 10 47
W4AU S H FM19 261 1 0 260 1032 125 OM5ZW 7247 18 80
W3SO S H FN00 262 0 5 257 1019 137 SN7Q 7110 12 73
WA8WV S H EM98 267 0 4 263 1002 128 S57M 7441 24 76
JH2FXK S H PM84 72 0 11 61 987 55 W4ZV 11316 1 6
RU3DX S H KO86 188 1 15 172 972 129 P40TA 9816 4 22
N4IR S H EM86 288 1 7 280 953 126 OM5ZW 7855 16 85
HB9DDO S H JN47 254 2 10 242 927 158 VK6VZ/6 13870 6 24
N2ED S H FN20 200 0 17 183 909 108 DJ0MDR 6663 18 57
S57DX S H JN75 222 0 4 218 896 142 JA2JW 9517 6 21
OH1MA S H KP10 122 1 8 113 892 91 PJ2/WB9Z 8918 0 17
K1KO S H FM26 254 5 9 240 872 112 LY2IJ 7385 13 73
F8BPN S H JN05 186 2 7 177 865 126 N5TX 8449 2 20
W7ZR S H DM24 203 0 5 198 865 101 KH6/N6KB 4270 14 46
K9WWT S H EN61 212 0 3 209 858 113 N6XG 3106 11 70
AA1K S H FM29 160 0 2 158 850 102 UU4JMG 8415 15 43
W0HW S H EN35 190 1 3 186 845 105 P40TA 4306 10 57
K8JQ S H EM98 252 0 5 247 820 113 N2NL 3632 18 74
N3AM S H FM19 230 2 3 225 820 117 SN7Q 7073 17 63
KM4M S H FM17 219 1 9 209 811 112 LY3UM 7409 13 61
KJ9C S H EM69 201 0 1 200 810 111 OK1RI 7551 15 57
VK6VZ S H OF75 36 0 2 34 802 32 W7AWA 15064 0 0
K3SV S H FN10 158 0 1 157 786 101 HA8BE 7420 8 44
EA6BF S H JM08 144 0 2 142 765 98 VQ9LA 8990 1 10
UA3TCJ S H LO16 115 0 1 114 762 94 PJ2/WB9Z 10157 1 18
OH4MFA S H KP32 141 0 2 139 757 103 DU9/N0NM 9682 0 13
K0RI S H DM78 146 0 2 144 753 98 KH6/N6KB 5233 8 42
K9OM S H EL98 137 0 4 133 746 82 HA8BE 8613 6 41
W6UB S H EM75 157 0 3 154 719 102 OM5ZW 8060 13 50
VK6DXI S H OF88 38 1 4 33 707 33 K9DX 17421 0 2
N6RO S H CM98 153 0 8 145 700 88 P40TA 5870 7 36
UT3UA S H KO50 156 2 5 149 698 115 VK6VZ 12489 3 15
K4BAI S H EM72 148 0 1 147 678 95 VE7CC 3658 9 49
K1KI S H FN32 95 0 1 94 673 75 UU4JMG 8057 6 23
DK2PH S H JO41 172 0 7 165 664 116 PJ2/WB9Z 8102 3 19
UA9AM S H MO04 104 0 4 100 645 86 P40TA 11231 1 5
NL7Z S H BP51 75 0 5 70 644 40 VK6DXI 13236 4 17
W4EF S H DM04 122 0 2 120 633 74 KV4FZ 5654 5 37
N0NM S H PJ27 53 0 1 52 625 36 K7CA 12216 0 2
5B4AGM S H KM64 124 3 9 112 621 88 KV4FZ 9636 0 3
NI6T S H CM97 116 0 3 113 604 76 KV4FZ 5866 7 33
IV3PRK S H JN66 170 1 10 159 592 112 VK6VZ/6 13546 3 14
KU8E S H EM72 119 0 6 113 575 83 SN7Q 8132 8 32
WA2VYA S H FN20 127 1 3 123 559 83 RK1AM 7034 10 34
N8BJQ S H EN80 131 0 5 126 557 77 S50A 7484 12 38
G3SVL S H JO00 89 0 5 84 522 73 P40TA 7534 1 6
AC1O S H FN53 113 0 6 107 513 71 OM5ZW 6452 4 27
DJ3RA S H JO72 116 0 2 114 511 94 N0AC 7619 3 16
RK9CWW S H MO06 82 0 1 81 501 64 JK1GKG 6100 1 6
VE6WQ S H DO33 97 1 10 86 482 63 N4AF 3436 2 22
K0UK S H DM59 103 1 8 94 476 73 P40TA 4934 9 27
K7UIR S H CN85 120 0 5 115 460 58 JH4UYB 8326 9 32
DL1MGB S H JN58 154 2 2 150 451 98 VK6VZ/6 13755 5 19
N7BF S H CN87 116 0 6 110 447 62 P40TA 6320 6 23
K8OQL S H FM09 162 2 7 153 444 83 K7RAT 3632 10 48
RN4AK S H LO20 105 1 3 101 433 79 JK1GKG 7323 1 9
VO1HP S H GN37 53 0 2 51 428 46 UW2M 6355 0 5
UA4RZ S H LO45 102 2 13 87 423 74 P40TA 10541 0 5
RA0BA S H NP49 53 0 1 52 401 46 DU9/N0NM 7357 0 2
KI6IV S H CM99 163 4 35 124 396 71 KH7S 4116 5 29
ZC4LI S H KM64 86 0 7 79 387 63 G3HLM 4574 0 4
W4ATL S H EM73 105 0 7 98 377 63 OK1RI 7916 7 28
NI5F S H EM42 100 0 9 91 375 69 ON4UN 7517 1 29
KG9N S H EN50 73 0 1 72 363 65 OK1RI 7586 6 20
W6HG S H DM14 100 0 4 96 354 54 W8FJ 3738 4 25
RK9AX S H MO04 73 0 2 71 352 61 JH4UYB 5851 0 5
DL1AMQ S H JO50 93 0 5 88 349 80 JH4UYB 9014 2 10
ON4ATW S H JO20 116 0 2 114 347 78 KE9I 6732 5 13
G4BJM S H IO92 55 0 0 55 326 49 PJ2/WB9Z 7429 2 5
PA0LOU S H JO21 104 0 1 103 325 81 W2GD 6074 4 11
WO1N S H FN42 62 0 0 62 199 40 P40TA 3330 0 19
K0WB S H EM37 59 0 5 54 197 47 K7MI 2775 1 16
SP4Z S H KO12 16 0 0 16 196 11 PJ2/WB9Z 9052 0 0
DL7WB S H IR11 27 0 1 26 194 23 F6IRA 4167 0 0
SP6AEG S H JO81 36 0 2 34 194 32 P40TA 8657 0 1
OE1TKW S H JN88 33 0 1 32 189 30 K9DX 7608 0 2
W6RKC S H CM98 52 0 0 52 189 37 P40TA 5870 3 10
UA0SC S H OO06 25 0 1 24 188 23 5B4AGM 5574 0 0
N1MD S H FN41 53 0 3 50 181 36 N0AC 1998 3 16
K7FL S H CN85 45 0 2 43 180 34 JH4UYB 8326 2 13
UY5ZZ S H KN77 56 0 6 50 177 41 GW3KDB 2884 0 5
PA0INA S H JO22 56 0 4 52 172 46 W2GD 6035 0 2
UA9YAB S H NO23 22 0 3 19 165 16 JE1BMJ 4734 0 4
K0COP S H EM93 56 0 0 56 150 39 P40TA 2626 0 15
KL7HBK S H BQ50 14 0 0 14 146 14 ON4UN 6291 0 1
WA7LNW S H DM37 36 0 1 35 134 26 VE7CC 1556 2 13
WA6BOB S H DM04 33 0 1 32 114 25 KE9I 2898 2 7
N0XM S H EM17 42 0 6 36 106 29 AC6DD 2156 1 10
OH5PT S H KP41 20 0 2 18 106 18 KV4FZ 8524 0 4
RX9TX S H LO71 16 0 1 15 90 14 P40TA 11116 0 1
UA0AZ S H NO66 17 0 4 13 65 13 OK1RI 5009 0 1
W4OGG S H EM55 33 1 11 21 53 19 W5UL 1438 0 6
W6ISO S H CM87 16 0 1 15 51 15 K1LT 3469 0 3
K5GO S H EM36 10 0 0 10 31 10 VE3DO 1348 0 5
W6ZZZ S H CM97 17 0 1 16 23 12 K7RAT 904 0 2
DL8VL S H JO70 1 0 0 1 22 1 DU9/N0NM 10754 0 0
K1AR S H FN42 10 0 0 10 22 9 N5DX 2000 0 1
W4RK S H EM66 7 0 0 7 13 7 W2GD 1105 0 1
Single operator - Low power
CALL C P GRID RAW DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
K9CS S L EN60 531 16 7 508 4702 214 YZ7A 8101 35 133
KB7Q S L DN45 435 19 7 409 4662 176 JA8ISU 7631 25 103
N0AC S L EN21 468 14 49 405 4412 190 YZ7A 8473 29 107
W9RE S L EM69 549 4 5 540 4378 208 OM5ZW 7852 30 135
W0AIH S L EN44 468 8 6 454 4306 200 YZ7A 8007 31 114
KK9K S L EN54 413 5 5 403 3950 186 9A2AJ 7671 28 114
K7RE S L DN84 364 1 10 353 3854 158 JH2FXK 9375 28 94
K1PX S L FN31 395 1 3 391 3652 162 KH6/N6KB 7950 27 106
N0XB S L EN34 408 0 14 394 3534 170 OK1RI 7481 22 111
NT6K S L CN91 324 4 10 310 3238 147 UA0LCZ 8169 19 75
W0UO S L EM12 353 5 15 333 3128 163 KH6AT 5912 14 92
K8FH S L EN91 390 1 11 378 3096 166 OM5ZW 7338 22 102
VE7SL S L CN88 212 0 1 211 3072 124 PJ2/WB9Z 6357 11 58
K0RC S L EN35 321 0 6 315 3064 148 P40TA 4306 24 93
N5OT S L EM16 326 2 1 323 3040 162 OK1RI 8378 21 87
K1HTV S L FM18 356 0 11 345 2928 160 LY3UM 7322 23 95
W4SAA S L EL97 268 1 12 255 2872 128 RK1AM 8554 16 68
N5OE S L EM02 302 1 20 281 2870 139 KV4FZ 3791 21 76
K9WJU S L EN71 358 6 3 349 2800 164 F6IRA 6541 21 113
K8FC S L DM78 272 0 8 264 2796 134 ON4UN 7844 22 78
N6RK S L CM98 250 1 2 247 2746 127 JH4UYB 8911 11 67
K8PO S L FN54 211 1 5 205 2742 122 UA3TCJ 7151 15 63
VE3DZ S L FN03 343 4 3 336 2738 153 UU4JMG 8304 20 88
K8IA S L DM43 262 4 6 252 2712 123 KV4FZ 4907 15 66
VE3OSZ S L FN25 271 1 1 269 2644 140 OM5ZW 6681 14 73
K9MMS S L EN51 281 0 1 280 2458 138 F6IRA 6816 17 86
N2WN S L EM86 301 3 5 293 2428 152 S57M 7721 20 83
W0ETT S L DM79 232 1 11 220 2308 119 PJ2/WB9Z 4630 16 62
K1EP S L FN42 265 4 4 257 2298 117 RK1AM 6662 18 73
N9CK S L EN53 265 1 0 264 2242 131 S57M 7558 17 80
K7SV S L FM18 278 0 7 271 2238 138 OM5ZW 7324 19 73
N4XD S L FM05 279 3 12 264 2208 128 LY3UM 7694 20 81
N8AA S L EN91 250 0 3 247 2150 139 S57M 7221 16 75
K8IR S L EN65 250 3 1 246 2056 123 OK1RI 7074 17 77
KB5NJD S L EM12 236 0 9 227 2038 132 VE7CC 2864 14 70
W7TMT S L CN87 194 1 7 186 2008 104 PJ2/WB9Z 6320 9 43
N0AX S L CN87 184 1 6 177 1950 96 JH4UYB 8203 8 46
N0AT S L EN34 226 3 9 214 1926 119 N6WG 2625 14 72
K2ZR S L FN03 277 0 3 274 1914 128 OK1RI 6763 18 75
KO7X S L DN71 182 0 4 178 1886 100 KV4FZ 4641 13 55
N2NC S L FN20 196 1 1 194 1878 111 OM5ZW 7046 12 55
K9QVB S L EN62 270 0 5 265 1840 122 KV4FZ 3468 13 80
W9WI S L EM66 235 1 7 227 1776 120 K7MI 3307 18 67
N8NA S L FM29 202 1 3 198 1756 107 LY3UM 7127 12 61
K9OT S L EN42 181 0 10 171 1648 104 DJ0MDR 7494 15 58
K8MR S L EN91 182 0 7 175 1632 107 LY2IJ 7273 12 58
CU2JU S L HM77 91 0 6 85 1624 65 W7IUV 7327 0 10
WW3S S L EN91 228 2 3 223 1616 108 SN7Q 7145 18 68
NN9K S L EN41 214 2 12 200 1568 109 P40TA 3860 14 61
UA6LFQ S L KN97 143 0 2 141 1562 108 PJ2/WB9Z 10304 1 14
N6MA S L DM45 178 0 11 167 1476 97 KV4FZ 4947 9 47
K4OGG S L EM73 212 0 4 208 1466 108 W7AWA 3556 8 63
WB2ABD S L FN02 174 0 3 171 1464 106 RK1AM 7028 9 54
G4BYG S L IO93 145 0 3 142 1450 105 PJ2/WB9Z 7449 4 15
WS6X S L DM06 133 0 4 129 1426 88 JH4UYB 9186 7 31
K5KA S L EM26 150 0 2 148 1420 96 S57M 8473 8 45
W7WKR S L CN98 122 6 8 108 1406 71 K3NA 3947 10 37
W3CP S L DN05 164 0 8 156 1392 85 P40TA 5955 9 40
N4ZZ S L EM66 213 3 4 206 1384 108 FM5BH 3551 11 63
AI7H S L DN17 137 0 8 129 1376 81 P40TA 5900 9 36
WA1UJU S L EN56 164 0 3 161 1374 88 N2NL 2908 14 50
WQ5L S L EM50 170 0 6 164 1358 99 K7RAT 3384 9 49
N1IW S L FN42 143 0 3 140 1312 81 RK1AM 6662 8 34
N3CO S L EN72 194 0 6 188 1298 98 S57M 7395 10 61
VE6TN S L DO30 116 0 2 114 1286 69 P40TA 5796 6 29
K7CMZ S L FM18 211 0 4 207 1272 99 ON4UN 6148 13 59
K7XC S L DM09 138 0 0 138 1258 77 K8PO 4116 9 38
W5OV S L EM13 154 2 5 147 1250 100 PJ2/WB9Z 3672 7 43
K4IQJ S L EM72 120 0 1 119 1248 77 ON4UN 7132 11 39
W1TO S L FN32 145 1 0 144 1248 87 OM5ZW 6774 9 36
K5KG S L EL87 130 0 3 127 1242 84 K7MI 4149 3 30
W1JQ S L FN31 148 2 4 142 1240 84 RK1AM 6848 11 47
VE5UF S L DO61 100 0 2 98 1226 70 P40TA 5510 4 28
W4OWY S L EM84 150 0 4 146 1222 93 SN7Q 7842 6 47
AD8J S L FN00 189 0 6 183 1210 96 ON4UN 6130 12 57
K5QQ S L EM37 201 0 27 174 1210 102 K7MI 2775 10 52
WT9U S L EN71 164 2 3 159 1168 96 KV4FZ 3274 13 45
K0KP S L EN36 128 1 4 123 1158 83 N2NL 2603 6 47
N1DG S L FN42 102 0 1 101 1122 71 UU4JMG 7942 2 25
UX5NQ S L KN28 159 0 6 153 1122 112 P40TA 9272 4 19
VA7ST S L DO00 126 2 3 121 1118 64 JH4UYB 8255 7 30
W1QK S L FN31 163 0 3 160 1104 86 RK1AM 6848 14 45
K3SWZ S L FN10 135 0 3 132 998 85 SN7Q 6993 8 42
W6OSP S L CM88 101 0 2 99 998 65 KV4FZ 6052 5 25
K1DAN S L FN34 101 0 1 100 988 69 HA8BE 6882 4 25
K3MD S L FN10 135 1 9 125 970 77 OM5ZW 7171 6 35
N3JB S L FM08 133 0 5 128 966 79 SN7Q 7272 7 39
WJ9B S L EL89 115 0 3 112 864 74 K7RAT 3905 6 28
KB1H S L FN41 105 0 13 92 860 61 RK1AM 6753 7 28
K0PYK S L EN24 111 1 9 101 856 73 P40TA 4326 3 28
K9OZ S L EN51 133 0 10 123 844 75 N2NL 2904 8 38
W0EB S L EM17 110 0 0 110 832 80 K7MI 2453 5 33
SM2M S L KP03 102 1 2 99 812 80 JH4UYB 7620 1 8
K5TT S L EM15 100 0 7 93 802 67 KV4FZ 3736 8 28
AC6WY S L DM12 104 0 8 96 792 55 P40TA 5358 5 26
NA2M S L FN31 105 0 7 98 788 67 OK1RI 6538 3 36
K4JLD S L FM19 111 0 14 97 786 73 OM5ZW 7247 2 26
K1IB S L FN33 116 3 2 111 784 60 RK1AM 6665 4 35
KE6QR S L CM88 122 5 4 113 784 54 NL7Z 3121 9 24
W5THT S L EM50 100 0 8 92 770 70 W7AWA 3498 3 26
AD6FR S L DM13 100 0 5 95 768 53 KV4FZ 5460 4 26
W8IDM S L EN91 135 0 1 134 768 71 K7RAT 3388 8 42
TF3KX S L HP94 67 0 2 65 766 55 P40TA 6840 0 2
K8AB S L EN91 125 1 8 116 752 76 ON4UN 6184 6 38
K9OR S L EN62 115 0 1 114 726 73 KV4FZ 3468 6 33
UA0LCZ S L PN53 46 1 2 43 726 32 AC6DD 8636 0 4
N9TF S L EN52 100 0 1 99 700 68 KV4FZ 3585 4 29
W2EV S L FN03 110 0 2 108 676 61 N2NL 3701 4 38
K6AX S L CM87 86 1 6 79 664 52 K5ZD 4407 5 23
N6ZZ S L DM73 70 1 0 69 664 53 N8II 2584 5 25
WA2MCR S L FN31 108 0 8 100 656 61 K7RAT 4004 3 28
N4ZR S L FM19 109 0 3 106 640 68 KX7M 3807 6 32
VE3XD S L FN03 100 0 4 96 626 64 OK1RI 6763 3 26
WB7FJG S L CN87 75 0 2 73 618 49 W4ZV 3699 3 18
K4KO S L EM66 91 0 1 90 616 68 P40TA 3211 3 30
N2ES S L FN31 100 0 1 99 606 57 N7DD 3125 3 31
KN4Y S L EM70 100 0 11 89 598 64 AE7H 2477 3 24
N0BUI S L EN44 86 0 2 84 586 57 K7RAT 2510 2 24
W1MX S L FN42 87 0 0 87 572 53 UA2FF 6432 2 24
DL8MBS S L JO50 101 0 2 99 556 73 K3NA 6104 1 8
K4WW S L EM78 80 0 4 76 556 57 K7MI 3379 7 27
K8VUS S L EN91 90 0 2 88 550 59 N2NL 3568 2 25
K0MPH S L EN35 77 0 6 71 548 47 W7WA 2300 7 16
OK1NE S L JO70 111 0 3 108 546 80 K3NA 6359 3 11
UA1OMS S L LP31 71 0 3 68 532 58 JH4UYB 6502 0 2
KC4WQ S L EM78 75 0 4 71 522 53 K7MI 3379 7 19
NQ7R S L DM42 62 0 3 59 520 44 PJ2/WB9Z 4813 1 13
N1LN S L EM20 50 0 3 47 510 40 KV4FZ 3361 4 15
W5GZ S L DM52 74 0 3 71 500 50 W2GD 3143 3 14
N4MM S L FM09 86 0 4 82 482 55 AC6DD 3708 4 28
K5ZG S L EN70 80 0 2 78 478 53 ON4UN 6508 6 19
UA1CBM S L KO59 87 0 8 79 470 68 9A2AJ 4123 0 3
VA7MM S L CN89 66 0 6 60 464 34 JH4UYB 8081 3 16
LY2OO S L KO14 83 0 4 79 462 62 P40TA 9017 1 6
K7IA S L DM62 54 0 1 53 448 39 VE3PN 3097 1 14
OM6AL S L JN99 114 0 13 101 436 65 UA4RZ 2125 2 10
VE3VMP S L FN14 56 0 1 55 430 43 P40TA 3628 1 13
W9LYA S L EN62 87 0 6 81 430 51 K7RAT 2883 2 25
DL8DWW S L JO70 88 0 2 86 428 72 UA9CLB 3065 1 8
YB5AQB S L OJ21 20 0 2 18 414 17 OK1RI 9885 0 0
WA7NCL S L CN87 61 1 3 57 412 38 K9NW 3063 2 18
OM3BA S L JN88 82 1 1 80 400 62 RW1ZA 2495 0 8
W4NTI S L EM73 56 0 3 53 398 41 K7CA 2570 3 18
F8DBF S L IN78 62 0 2 60 396 48 RL3A 2939 1 3
I3VWK S L JN55 71 0 3 68 384 58 RW4PL 3010 0 3
KI7Y S L CN85 62 0 0 62 380 35 KH6/N6KB 4116 2 15
DL3BRA S L JO73 85 1 7 77 370 66 UA9CLB 2908 0 6
K9CW S L EN50 51 0 0 51 358 42 P40TA 3668 0 19
N6NF S L CM87 55 0 0 55 348 32 K9DX 2936 4 10
K6DGW S L CM98 54 0 2 52 342 33 K9NW 3071 3 15
VO1HE S L GN37 27 1 0 26 340 23 RK1AM 5340 0 3
W4NZ S L EM75 50 0 0 50 338 44 K7RAT 3372 2 17
KQ6ES S L DM14 53 0 1 52 336 34 K9CS 2721 5 14
RA9UN S L NO35 32 0 2 30 336 27 OK1RI 4714 0 1
K4GM S L FM18 67 0 0 67 330 49 K7CA 3145 1 19
N6ZFO S L CM87 29 0 2 27 322 26 KV4FZ 6042 0 7
N0JL S L EN31 54 0 3 51 314 37 K7CA 1773 1 14
NF8M S L EN82 55 0 3 52 306 41 K7RAT 3193 2 11
K6OWL S L CM87 52 0 0 52 298 33 W5WMU 3041 2 10
JH1GVY S L PM95 20 0 1 19 296 18 K7CA 9046 0 5
K0RY S L EM18 55 0 4 51 292 42 N2NL 2261 1 14
N4AU S L EM62 50 0 2 48 292 39 K3RW 2135 1 11
DL3YM S L JN49 56 0 0 56 282 51 RA4LW 2765 1 5
OK1DST S L JN79 60 0 0 60 280 54 RW4PL 2507 0 1
N0RU S L FM17 47 0 5 42 276 35 K7CA 3164 1 11
PA3AFF S L JO21 48 0 2 46 276 42 RW1ZA 2481 1 10
JE1SPY S L PM95 25 0 3 22 270 17 AC6DD 8602 0 5
W0TY S L EM48 56 0 6 50 262 42 K7RAT 2743 1 15
YO3APJ S L KN34 43 0 1 42 258 39 F6IRA 2217 0 4
K9IJ S L EN52 51 0 3 48 252 37 PJ2/WB9Z 3846 1 12
SQ9FMU S L JO90 56 0 1 55 248 45 RW1ZA 2243 0 3
W4DLZ S L EL49 36 0 2 34 246 31 W8FJ 1898 1 12
N6EM S L CM87 50 0 6 44 238 30 KO7X 1608 2 12
W2JU S L FN31 46 0 3 43 228 30 ON4UN 5672 0 11
WA4OSD S L EM66 40 0 2 38 222 32 K7MI 3307 2 8
AA1QD S L FN43 10 0 0 10 216 10 LY3UM 6573 0 0
WW9R S L EN52 58 0 15 43 216 36 K7CA 2116 0 13
EA7NW S L IM77 25 0 7 18 214 18 W2GD 5951 0 1
NS3T S L FM19 50 0 2 48 210 32 N5DX 1442 2 14
OK1KZ S L JO70 43 0 0 43 210 37 RA4LW 2329 1 2
UA9MQR S L MO64 17 0 0 17 210 16 S57DX 4152 0 0
W3DQ S L FM18 32 0 2 30 202 26 K7CA 3145 1 9
N9ADG S L CN97 38 1 0 37 192 23 JH4UYB 8327 2 9
JE1TSD S L PM95 15 0 0 15 182 12 K7CA 9046 0 5
KN3A S L EN90 51 0 10 41 182 33 K7CA 2777 2 9
DJ6TK S L JO53 37 0 2 35 178 32 RK9CWW 3147 0 1
N3PXF S L EM17 44 2 7 35 170 30 N6SS 1479 0 10
SM6Y S L JO57 13 0 0 13 166 12 PJ2/WB9Z 8248 0 0
RA4SD S L LO36 30 0 6 24 148 20 UA0SC 3240 0 1
K4RO S L EM66 22 0 1 21 140 21 NP4Z 2796 1 9
KN7T S L CN87 32 0 1 31 132 17 W7ZR 1591 2 7
DK4WF S L JO71 29 0 2 27 128 25 UA9CLB 3010 0 1
NJ7I S L DM43 20 0 1 19 122 16 K7RAT 1682 2 4
RA3GFG S L KO92 24 0 1 23 108 23 DJ0MDR 1887 0 1
K1AA S L EL98 21 0 2 19 102 18 KV4FZ 2040 0 4
W9LYN S L EM59 24 0 5 19 94 18 K7RAT 2851 0 4
RU6FA S L LN05 12 0 0 12 84 11 YL2PQ 1749 0 0
K7AWB S L DN17 21 0 3 18 82 17 K9GY 3316 0 3
JG7PSJ S L QM08 8 0 0 8 80 6 VQ9LA 8659 0 4
KB1CJ S L FN42 24 0 3 21 74 14 W4ZV 1162 1 3
G0MTN S L IO92 10 0 0 10 56 9 LY2PX 1730 0 0
WV2ZOW S L FN20 13 0 1 12 46 11 KK9K 1232 0 2
DL7JOM S L JO62 14 0 2 12 44 9 RK1AM 1361 0 0
N7VS S L CN85 22 0 6 16 40 11 VE6JY 1145 1 2
JK2VOC S L PM84 10 0 0 10 38 6 JT1CO 2920 0 3
KB3KYZ S L FM29 6 0 1 5 24 5 AE8M 860 1 0
Single operator - QRP power
CALL C P GRID RAW DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
K7NJ S Q DM37 281 4 6 271 6216 138 JH2FXK 9257 19 77
N5IA S Q DM52 266 10 7 249 5768 128 KV4FZ 4704 20 66
KS0T S Q EN36 287 3 3 281 5428 136 PJ2/WB9Z 4392 18 87
N8VW S Q EN80 369 13 5 351 5312 151 S57M 7420 20 101
N0TT S Q EM29 248 1 5 242 3988 133 PJ2/WB9Z 3935 12 74
N7IR S Q DM43 168 0 1 167 3296 102 KV4FZ 4907 7 46
K5NZ S Q EM20 165 0 4 161 3276 104 KV4FZ 3361 10 49
VE3KZ S Q FN03 240 4 6 230 3180 106 N2NL 3701 20 66
K9FO S Q EN61 190 0 7 183 2916 100 ON4UN 6555 11 55
WA4PGM S Q FM07 196 1 0 195 2352 94 K7RAT 3731 15 61
KB8U S Q EN71 177 0 9 168 2268 93 KV4FZ 3274 10 55
VE7NH S Q CN89 123 0 1 122 2032 64 JH4UYB 8081 6 31
K9ZO S Q EN50 139 0 3 136 1980 71 W7WA 2812 11 44
KT0R S Q EN35 125 0 2 123 1960 82 W6XX 2640 4 41
K0KX S Q EN35 101 0 3 98 1952 68 OK1RI 7399 7 26
KR2Q S Q FN20 162 1 0 161 1852 74 K7CA 3284 10 52
K7TQ S Q DN16 110 0 4 106 1652 65 W4ZV 3232 5 29
W3TS S Q FN10 127 0 7 120 1448 70 PJ2/WB9Z 3200 7 38
VE7VV S Q CN88 82 0 2 80 1392 52 PJ2/WB9Z 6357 2 24
KF7MD S Q DM79 82 0 4 78 1388 60 K1DG 2861 5 26
WE9V S Q EN52 102 0 1 101 1384 66 PJ2/WB9Z 3846 5 39
G3WPH S Q IO91 93 0 1 92 1140 75 RW4PL 3372 0 9
K4QO S Q EM92 95 0 8 87 1084 57 P40TA 2531 2 25
KM4CH S Q EM72 88 0 20 68 972 45 K7CA 2606 7 20
VE3EJ S Q FN03 62 1 1 60 972 51 OM5ZW 7066 3 17
VE3MGY S Q FN03 80 0 4 76 964 46 PJ2/WB9Z 3568 7 27
K3ATO S Q FN20 92 1 8 83 920 57 K7CA 3284 6 20
N6CMF S Q DM14 64 1 4 59 900 44 PJ2/WB9Z 5411 4 11
KD2MX S Q FN21 92 0 10 82 824 52 K7CA 3273 3 25
N9GH S Q EN51 66 0 0 66 776 54 VE6JY 2230 2 20
N6TR S Q CN85 46 0 0 46 672 32 KV4FZ 6160 2 12
W3AG S Q FN00 65 0 1 64 628 47 K7CA 2947 1 20
K2LNS S Q FN21 58 0 4 54 556 34 K7CA 3273 3 11
AA5TB S Q EM12 41 0 3 38 532 34 VE3PN 2378 2 10
KX7L S Q CN87 37 0 0 37 504 25 VE3PN 3634 1 10
AA5CK S Q EM05 37 0 2 35 484 31 PJ2/WB9Z 3946 2 10
RW3AI S Q KO85 43 2 0 41 476 36 UN6P 2452 0 2
NU7T S Q DM09 40 0 3 37 460 27 VE6JY 1622 4 10
K0OK S Q DM13 42 0 3 39 436 25 K9DX 2640 1 8
K5WX S Q EM10 36 0 0 36 432 28 K7RE 1641 2 9
DL7BA S Q JO64 50 0 4 46 428 40 RW1ZA 1953 0 2
W4TDB S Q EM65 41 0 5 36 364 31 VE3PN 1503 2 13
WC7S S Q DN72 30 1 4 25 360 25 W6XX 1631 0 9
RU2FM S Q KO04 40 0 2 38 356 34 RW4PL 1894 0 3
OK1JOC S Q JN69 48 1 1 46 352 37 RA4LW 2506 0 2
KN1H S Q FN33 39 0 5 34 348 25 N0AC 1817 0 10
DJ3GE S Q JO30 42 0 4 38 296 32 RL3A 2072 0 2
W2JEK S Q FN20 37 0 2 35 288 21 VE1ZJ 1311 2 11
YL3DX S Q KO26 27 0 0 27 196 22 RW4PL 1592 0 0
DF1DX S Q JO40 28 0 1 27 176 22 LY2IJ 1171 0 1
N6DZ S Q CM97 13 0 0 13 140 12 W0AIH 2625 0 3
W3ZMN S Q FN20 19 0 0 19 120 13 K9DX 1189 0 4
G3YMC S Q IO91 15 0 0 15 116 15 LY3UM 1767 0 1
WZ2T S Q FN24 12 0 1 11 108 11 W0AIH 1271 0 2
KI0G S Q DM69 10 0 3 7 88 6 N5IA 797 2 3
K6BW S Q CM88 8 0 0 8 80 8 W4ZV 3722 0 0
RV3QX S Q LO00 7 0 1 6 68 6 SO2R 1674 0 0
Multi operator - High power
CALL C P GRID RAW DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
ON4UN M H JO11 501 7 38 456 4489 253 VK6VZ/6 14385 11 64
RK1AM M H KO59 401 6 19 376 3601 232 VK7GN 15360 8 53
W2GD M H FM29 603 12 48 543 3171 247 S9SS 9291 29 118
RL3A M H KO85 273 6 7 260 1632 186 VK3IO 14424 6 27
YZ7A M H KN05 268 0 15 253 1461 169 VK6VZ/6 12927 4 25
N2BJ M H EN61 237 0 6 231 818 121 K6ANP 3071 15 73
LY7A M H KO24 202 2 14 186 678 123 P40TA 9145 6 22
KL7FH M H BP51 17 0 0 17 125 16 JH4UYB 6085 0 2
Multi operator - Low power
CALL C P GRID RAW DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
NE3MD M L FM19 325 0 10 315 1982 129 K7MI 3978 26 81
W6YX M L CM87 70 0 1 69 546 48 KV4FZ 6042 3 16
YT2W M L KN04 40 0 1 39 238 37 OH4MFA 2040 0 5
DK9TN M L JN58 21 0 1 20 70 18 OH2BO 1608 0 0
Multi operator - QRP Power
CALL C P GRID RAW DUPE BUST QSO PTS GRD CALL -BEST DX- KM QRP LOW
W8FT M Q EN81 135 0 4 131 1748 78 P40TA 3490 6 45
Soapbox Comments
I had a lot of fun operating QRP from a city lot. Thanks to all that took the effort to receive my puny signal. - AA5TB
First time for me in the TBDC. Had lots of fun but only was able to operate for about 8 hours. I heard ON4UN and F6IRA really well here in Arizona. - AB7E
FN53 Ten Tec Omni VI+ 1/4 wave slooper at 40ft - AC1O
FIRST TIME ENTRY, VERTICAL LESS THAN 40 FEET HIGH - AC6DD
1ST TIME THIS TEST. CU NEXT TIME 73 - AC6WY
Best ever 160 meter DX when I worked ON4UN. - AD8J
TS-850 @ 5 Watt, Wattmeter OHR WM-1, Tribander, Trap-Dipole - DF1DX
Sorry, I do not have much time to work in the Contest - DJ6TK
Tnx for organizing this nice 160m-contest - a lot of fun, - Jo DK2PH
Encouraged by good conditions into JA one day before, I decided to take part in the SP_2005. - DL1AMQ
Condx not extraordinary, but quite OK. JH4UYB was heard very loud before sunset but station was not ready at that time. Caught him later quite easily. Also another four JAs made it into the log. Nice surprise was being called by DU9/N0NM and later by VK6VZ/6 at his sunrise. Found DU9 later calling CQ in vain for a while. I hope he got a few callers as he was loud. Heard VQ9LA very nicely too but he only called a few stations (and I was not among them). North America opened early and by 00z the band was in full swing. Most western station worked was N0AC in IA. K0HA was heard pretty well around 0630z but could not raise his attention. Win-Test lets you see a map to grids worked. This way I found that SN2N initially sent wrong grid JO68 (which was in Sweden), but later he corrected it to JO94. 9A contest activity merged into the Stew Perry challenge. Many stations have both QSO number and grid locator. TF4M refused to give a locator and sent only 599 so I did not work him. CU in 2006! - DL6RAI worked with 30Watt and 23m longwire - DL7BA
Heared not many US stations in my SR, and expected more because last night here - EA6BF
160 Ft wire vertical antenna + XX lambdas beverages to NO and NE + 63 Ft loop receiving system K6SE's modeling
Yaesu FT100 MK-V + 8877 output VE and East USA open early evening but noisy Sunday morning. As promise come back with better conditions for the second time SP test - F6IRA
Very small part time entry - G0MTN
Liked the earlier date - avoided the usual Christmas family events. Great to remember the 'Grand Old Man' of 160m in this way - G3SVL
Good conditions to USA after 000z: some US stations sounded like a locals! - G3XGC
Only a token entry this year. I had intended to do a serious entry but the band was not very inspiring and I soon lost interest. But am happy to allow those I did work to gain the extra points from a QRP station. 73 Dave - G3YMC
First time entry and had nice relaxing few hours. Band conditions no great shakes considering the state of Sunspot Cycle. Used my 40m corner fed delta loop as rx ant and it certainly helped pull a few weak ones out of the mud. Antenna is top fed (loaded whip)ontop of 60ft vertical. Radio is an Icom 746Pro. Pity this contest is held during the hectic holiday shopping/events period of the year and I'm sure doing so restricts the number of potential entries. I suppose you can't please all the folks all the time. Used N1MMLogger software and found the bandmaps very useful for going back to busy stations and picking them up at a later time. I will be back for next years event and hope to do an improved score then. HNY to all de Vic G4BYG - G4BYG
My first time in the SPTC and great fun. The nicest surprise was VK6VZ/6 calling me. This contest reminded my a lot to the VHF contest I used to participate in my early ham-days: not too much activity, interesting exchanges and propagation surprised. But then many fields didn't sound familiar at all
73, Stephan HB9DDO
I have been participated on this contest since the first time. I participated on LowPower SingleOp. The condition was very poor in this year. I could QSO with only 3 U.S.A. stations. But I could QSO with Africa VQ9LA! His signal was very strong 599+! This season, in east Asia area, we had a very heavy jamming (OTH radar?) from BY (military use?) in November. But it stopped until middle of November. I used M.V. (micro vert) antenna by DF7PE which built on my condominium's balcony. It was only 3.6m length! - JE1SPY
Disappointed about the poor conditions for US, while feel so nice to be picked up by VQ9LA. - JE1TSD
Output power 50watts - JH1GVY
Great Contest - JH4UYB
My first SPC. What fun!!! I finished constructing the 160 board for my K2 Saturday afternoon. I was running 5 watts to a 75' wire ten feet off the ground - K0OK
AA1K is in the log twice, once as mobile and once fixed. Two different stations, not a dupe. My station consists of a stealth wire run up a pine tree and over to another pine tree. I live in a condo, so technically, my lot is 0 sq ft. However, my antenna certainly fits into a 20M by 10M space, as my radials are barely 50' long. I also made 135 QSO's in RAC if that counts for anything. - K1EP
It was great to work so many of my 160 Meter friends again in this year's Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge. Conditions were pretty good at my FM18 (Maryland) QTH. Had planned to put up a separate receive antenna but too many family related chores got in the way. The trusty vertical transmit antenna once again did double duty. Fortunately the QRN level was reasonably low during most of the Challenge. Running 100W I managed to work 22 DX stations in 17 countries: S5, ON, P4, LY, FM, F(2), SP(2), OK, DL, UA, KP4(2), OH, PJ2, SM(2), GM(2), UA2 & CU. DX Conditions in the 2003 SPDXC (missed the 2004...was recuperating from a fall from roof) seemed a bit better than this year's Challenge. Only a relatively few NA stations were heard calling CQ in the DX Window. Although the rules didn't prohibit this practice, most of the Topbanders adhered to the gentleman's agreement and only answered DX stations in the window. Unfortunately those that insisted on CQing there QRMed the weak DX, making it difficult, if not impossible for many from working some of the DX. Maybe in the next SPDXC rules there should be a reference to the Window. Overall it was a great competition and continues to be one of my favorites. - K1HTV
FT-1000, AL-1500 and 160M dipole at 90. Conditions were good early (2000Z) from Virginia. Noted very strong roaring noise all over the band beginning - K1KO
On the 3830 list, a number of stations reported that conditions to Europe were good from 2300-0100, then faded until around 0500. I, too, observed these conditions. However, I've always assumed that this was the normal pattern, based on about 30 consecutive ARRL 160 tests. I don't do much casual operating. There were two mystery signals around 1200. First, while CQing, I got called by a station that had "VK" and "DX" in the call. But, at the time, the signal was very weak and I could not find the right antenna on which to listen. It was not until around 1300 when I heard VK6DXI working N2IC (I hope I'm not mis-remembering which N2) that I realized who "VK" and "DX" was. Naturally, at 1300, VK6DXI was plainly audible. Oh well, what's 37 points? The second mystery signal was "VV" and "7". I'm presuming that was VE7VV calling me, and again, I could not find the right antenna. Now that VE7VV is burned into my memory, I shouldn't have that problem again. Since he was QRP, that's another 28 points missed. Oops. While in contests it's great to get into a top ten box, I'm really competing with my self. This year, I had more points that any previous year, so I must declare success, even though I had fewer QSOs. How does one qualify for the "antenna less than 40 feet" plaque? My transmitting antenna is a 40 foot wire with a "T" top. The "T" top is about 180 feet long. Since the antenna wire is taped to a piece of rope strung between trees 500 feet apart, its a bit difficult to get the center of the T aligned perfectly with the middle of the radial system (60 radials before I mowed the area the last time). So, the 40 foot wire slants about 15 degrees, which means the overall height is somewhat less than 40 feet. I'm crossing my fingers. See everyone in the CQ 160. - K1LT
I had great fun for 8 hours. 160 was in decent shape. Icom IC-765 @ 100 watts using 160M Inverted Vee & 450' "L" - K2ZR
A more conventional certificate system (highest 10 percent in each U.S. call area for high and low power) would increase participation. My antenna is 41 feet high. - K3MD
CO2JD did not send his grid number I deleted the QSO better conditions to Europe than I recall in this event. No Pacific for me. - K3WW
S & P Only - K4IQJ
QRP Entry - Orion @ 4 watts/500 foot loop at 45 feet. - K4QO
Wish I could have operated more this year. Activity sounded pretty good the short time I was on. Thanks to Tree, Lew, and the crew who make this happen. - K4RO
First time entry. Most likely not the last! - K4WW
100% S&P with 100 watts. Great fun. - K5KA
Entered the Search and Pounce Category only. - K5NA
Interesting contest as always. Activity seemed a bit better than last year. Conditions to Europe were good - wish there was more activity! Mostly worked Northern Eu. The Southern Eu stations all had some kind of hollow flutter sound and were not as strong. Some stations peaked right at their sunrise, but most were loudest 1-2 hours before SR. My best DX was N6KB/KH6 at 10 mins after my sunrise (at least I hope he is my best DX as the QSO was a bit dodgy with all the QSB and weak signals).
Will be back again next year! I still don't understand why a contest focused on distance provides so much incentive for stations to run low power or QRP!! - K5ZD
VK6VZ Entry Small Space ("Isotron") Antenna - 1' X 1' X 8' felt in the running until antenna blew down in storm. Ugh. - K6OWL
160m condx were what I would call perhaps a bit below normal. As usual, I enjoyed the contest a lot. - K6SE
My first Stew-Perry Top Band DX Challenge. I found the Contest Rules confusing ... RST + Grid or just the Grid? My Contest Moment occurred when ON4UN told Europe to Standby while he dug me out of the noise ... my first ON on 160 Meters. - K7CMZ
Great fun operating from QTH of K7CA with fantastic vertical antenna array. - K7NJ
Spent about 10.5 hours in this one. Conditons were good, with AK and JA stations worked, but no EU. I was able to double my QSO's from last year, but not the score. Thanks to Tree and the gang for this one. - K7RE
First Stew contest.. Lots of fun. - K7TJR
IC746, 70W, 35' Tall INV L (only 5 RADIALS + ground rod) Improvements to ant Worked well. Heard a lot more than I was able to work with 70W from an ailing IC-746. - K7XC
Propagation was a little worse than usual at this southern Colorado location. I actually did a little worse this year than last. Even with 5 Beverages (antennas) I only heard France and Belgium in Europe (maybe I should have had the other beverages!). By 3am local the band had totally dried out and I went to bed. I had good intentions to try to catch some JA's but alas the sandman had a good grip on me and I missed the opening. As usual, this is a great operating event, really enjoy the format. See you all next year, happy holidays. - Joe K8FC
Band Conditions Good from Eastern West Virginia and Enjoyed Using EI5DI SD Logging Program for the first time--easy straight-forward usage. - K8OQL
I was going to run QRO and work all the DX but then thought I would try a few QRP contacts first just to see how the band was and got hooked! - K9FO
Great to be back in the Stew! - K9GY
Activity seemed light this year. - K9WWT
My first 160M contest. Only had a couple of hours to operate, and ant is only a shorted feedline to a small inverted vee, but still fun. - KB1CJ
I was going to start out complaining about how there was no "Whine award" sponsored this year, but I figured there was no point since it wasn't sponsored. I was also going to go on a rant about how my wife got a new puppy on the day of the Stew and how the distraction made things very difficult to effectively operate the contest. Again, no point of pontificating about things that no longer really matter. The Stew: What can I say, my fellow operators? The Stew was a fantastic experience for me this year. With the sponsoring of the S&P award, it made for a lot more stations look for me while I lazily sat on freq running weak ones. Speaking of weak ones, there were a lot more this year. Either people are using the QRP mult or they are trying to win that category from that awesome guy who is sponsoring the award for short verticals under 40 feet tall. He sure was a smart guy for sponsoring that award! As for me, I don't happen to qualify because my antenna is 40 feet, 1 inch tall. But all of the radials and antenna fit into a space 20m X 10m so maybe I have a shot of that spiffy Flying Doctors of Australia hat that VK6VZ offers every year! I wish someone would sponsor an award for a replacement of an RX antenna switch because I wore mine out last night. I guess that is a good sign that everything is hearing in the direction that it is supposed to. I gave up early because I was extremely tired but I did improve my score and QSO totals from previous years by just a little bit so it was worth it. Listening on topband, even with quiet conditions and rx antennas is still a little fatiguing, especailly when you are having to really dig. I always enjoy this contest and hope it continues for a long, long time. See you in the Stew 2006.. I'll be sure to bring a little extra meat! Special thanks to all the organizers and sponsors! - KB5NJD
Came within a gnat's whisker of working Europe QRP, but it wasn't to be this time around. I had lots of fun anyway. Hope to work you all in next year's Stew. - KB8U
My first Stew Perry contest. Very enjoyable. I very much like the scoring/grid exchange. It's a challenge running qrp with just a wire antenna but I'm amazed at how well it works. Thanks to all for digging out my signal. Some of you really earned the bonus points. 160 is a great band. I wish it always had such activity. I think conditions weren't quite as good to the south as during the 160M contest earlier in the month. My best DX was SM5EDX although I wasn't able to work him. - KD2MX
TOO MUCH NOISE TO MAKE A SERIOUS EFFORT. THE STEW IS ALWAYS FUN ANYWAY - KI7Y
Had family Xmas at our place, so got a late start. Made a few QSOs just to show up. - KJ9C
NICE EU OPENING - WORKED MORE EU WITH LP THAN IN ARRL WITH HP - NEW BEVERAGE ON ICE HELPED A LOT WITH THE QRN FROM THE SNOWSTORM TO THE SE - BEST ACTIVITY LEVEL EVER - TNX TO ALL THE BORING GUYS - KK9K
LOTS OF FUN. FT817 TO 1/2 WAVE WIRE WITH CENTER AT 45 FEET AND ENDS AT SIX FEET. CLEARS THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE BY ABOUT FOUR FEET. HEARD LOTS OF DX BUT NOBODY HEARD ME. GOES WITH THE TERRITORY. ABOUT 8 HOURS OF ON TIME. SAME AS LAST YEAR, BEST DX = K7CA WHILE K7RAT CQ'ED IN MY FACE EVERY TIME (AS DID KC7V).
MX ES HNY AND TNX FOR THE FUN ACTIVITY! - KR2Q
FT1000D AT 5 WATTS TO FULL WAVE DELTA LOOP APEX 150 FT. (@KR0B) - KS0T
GREAT FUN, THANKS FOR PULL OUT MY QRP SIGNAL. - KT0R
Unfortunately, pre-holiday activities kept me from putting in the late night hours, but conditions seemed great here: loud signals, low QRN. Lots of fun! - KX7L*
Nice contest! 73! - LY2OO
Conditions seemed to be pretty good with my low-power CQs getting calls from as far away as New England. High winds caused a nearby power pole to act up intermittently all night though, so the noise blanker and DSP got a workout. Nice to see the band full of signals from regulars and casual entrants. - N0AX
Eighty meter dipole worked well. Heard ON4UN. - N0JL
Always a great contest - N0XB
All S & P. - N1DG
Sat out last year's session due to family duties. Only one I missed since the beginning. Good to be back this year though without Beverages and with an inverted L that is in the most bizarre configuration one could imagine. - N1MD
I enjoyed my first Stew Perry contest! My thanks to all organizers. - N2ES
FUN! Beat my last years score by 57 points. Seventy-three more Q's but less DX. 26 Europeans last year and only 19 total DX contacts this year. Strange didn't work a G or DL. Lots of QRN all night here in the South. Sounded like it was summertime again. - N4PN
During the 2005 Stew Perry Top Band Distance Challenge N5OT never transmitted at a speed greater than 18 wpm. - N5OT
All QSOs made using a single inverted L antenna, for both transmit and receive, supported only by palm trees on a 1/3rd acre house lot. The antenna is inside an area of less than 20m x 10m. - N6KB
S&P Only - 18WPM - N6TR
First contest using N1MM Logger. Lost some Q's due to operator error! - N7IR
Operating from K8MK for this one. Jim has a great antenna. - N8VW
I 'Reserved' the 2005 SPTBDC weekend with my wife months ahead of time -- and in November our plans 'changed' so that we'd be away that weekend skiing in Whistler, BC, with her father. We'd be leaving during the contest day on Saturday, arriving at the ski area about dusk. A week before the Stew, I scrambled to find a station that would allow me to operate in BC, and was able to do so -- thanks Bob Eldridge VE7BS, only about 45 mins from the ski area. Three days before the contest an inspiration hits me that perhaps I can just run my home station remotely through the internet; I make sure the firewall is set up, get a dynamic DNS entry, install some software to manage the dynamic address, and set up a RealVNC server on the laptop controlling the computer. I set up two free VOIP accounts, and use VOIP Soft-phones on my laptop at home, and the one I'm taking with me. I spend Wednesday night testing. I use a USB relay control interface (Ontrak ADU-200) to control an Ameritron RCS-10 switch to allow changing the receive antennas under computer control. THE ADU 200 even has a watchdog timer function! I modify the nice Windows application to control the antenna switches, watchdog, and PTT. I test it... a lot. I call the Hotel on Thursday to verify that they have high speed internet, and they do. I use the setup on Friday night, testing to make sure there are no RF problems with the internet connections etc. On Saturday morning, I work the first 1.5 hours of the contest until the band shuts down (last station heard (but not worked
CUL Danilo, S50U
