Stew Perry Topband Challenge - Dec 18
Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 91 Total Score = 258
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Low power, and a low "loaded and bent" dipole make for a
challenging Stew Perry, not to mention my meager CW skills
and poor typing, which is why it's a fun challenge!
(Obviously, this is S&P with much listening before calling.)
Saturday afternoon ~3pm local started slowly with 5 local Qs before
I had to stop @ 3:45 for an afternoon streaming concert. (My
wife's best friend from college was staying with us for a few days,
so I had to be "human..." She learned a lot about Ham Radio.)
Another half hour after the concert and before appetizers = +4Qs.
(My wife is a good cook!!!) The half hour between appetizers and
dinner garnered me another 10 Qs -- I'm now up to 19!
After a great dinner, I finally had some time to devote to the SP.
With a few breaks to watch the Patriots lose (not many breaks,
given how they were doing) and the 11pm NEWS, I finally shut down
at midnight local -- after breaking my 1st goal of beating my
Woburn, MA personal best, with 69 Qs and 193 pts.
BUT THERE IS MORE... Interested in the morning grey-line, I
started again at ~6am local. It was good: by 7:21 I had
increased my Qs by 32% and my projected score by 33%.
Assuming the same ratio of HP/LP/QRP, my final guess is ~320
I heard only one EU, and they didn't hear me. (This same
Hy-Power loaded dipole in Maine did better with EU stations.)
Rig: TS590SG
Antenna: Weird Dipole: Hy-Power [loaded] 75/160; Center at 35'h.
South leg runs straight, through a tree at 25'h, then
down to 15'h at end.
North leg runs ~30' to house corner at 30'h, turns east
for another ~30' to tree limb at 20'h, then turns SE
for another ~20' through trees, ending at 10'h.
Logger: N3FJP's Stew Perry Contest Log V3.6
Larry / W1DYJ
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