Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: K4LDR
Operator(s): K4LDR
Station:
Class: SO LP
Grid Square: EL88
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
QSOs: 170 Score: 1,408
Club:
Comments:
I love this 160 meter in-the-trenches Morse stuff! Thanks to all that helped
me with a contact. Congratulations to all on the gentlemanly patience extended
to the topband fellowship. My location is inland from Crystal River, FL on a
135 ft ASL sand dune (that is a mountain by Florida standards). Station is an
OMNI VI+ at 100W, and a low inverted "L" with only a 35 ft vertical segment and
10 radials. This is my 2nd SPDXC. In 1999, I did 118Q/750pts. I was shooting
to double the 1999 point score and I almost did it. It was bone-cold here in
West Central Florida, even inside. Our key lime and orange trees froze and
croaked. It was so cold that I didn't bother to drag the 200+ feet of feedline
out to the single Beverage towards Europe. Good news though, no snow! The AGC
in the OMNI radio broke and that was a troublesome hindrance. My biggest start
was hearing UA2FF really strong and then working him on the first call. I
saved personal injury when I fell off my chair! That was a 34 pointer! Got a
couple of 32 pointers too; SM6MCW and KH6ND. 28/30 pointers were G0IVZ, G4BWP,
KH7A. Regards to my PVRC comrades from the 1970s. As I said, I love this 160
meter in-the-trenches Morse stuff.
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