Re: Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-23 Thread Jim Brown
On Tue,12/22/2015 6:45 PM, Stephen Bloom wrote: I suspect Alaska is gonna be real rare on 160M for awhile. Yes, but not impossible. I ran QRP for ARRL 160 and worked WL7E. It wasn't easy, but we made it. Rich always heard my QRP signal, usually on the first call. KL7KY was much tougher.

Re: Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-23 Thread Jim F. via Topband
W1FMR will be QRP from this condo (double handicap) which gets 4X bonus points (but really should be worth x8, or more  :-) Good Luck all, Jim / W1FMR   NH From: Mike - W5JR To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 2:54 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-23 Thread Gary Smith
I'm not going to be able to work the full contest but I'll be in there. I'll be keeping a special lookout for you, Jim. We'll get cha in the log, sooner or later. 73, Gary KA1J CT > On Tue,12/22/2015 6:45 PM, Stephen Bloom wrote: > > I suspect Alaska is gonna be real rare on 160M for awhile.

Re: Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-23 Thread Mike - W5JR
I plan to also be QRP from the K4PI 160 farm. tnx Mike / W5JR Alpharetta GA > On Dec 23, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > >> .snip, > > I'll be running 5W for the Stew, so everyone who works me gets the 4X bonus. .snip. _

Re: Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-23 Thread w7dra
after working defiantly on my hallicrafters S40 roofing filter and reducing my 807 power supply down to 230 volts, instead of being home in the noted pacific northwest 160 meter contest super station, i will be portable in Aberdeen WA while doing Christmas with my daughter's family. but never

Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

2015-12-21 Thread Lew Sayre
Greetings to Top Band Men, Women and undecided, The starting gong for the 20th Edition of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge will go off at 1500Z, Dec 26 and the ending gong will happen at 1500Z Dec. 27. In between these times grid square gladiators will utilize cunning, wit, resolve, Morse