Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: KV4FZ
Operator(s): KV4FZ
Station: KV4FZ
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: U.S. Virgin Islands
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 429 Total Score = 6,169
Club:
Comments:
It was very difficult to get any attention from the US mainland after my sundown
start time. So the NE Beverages where selected and all I can say is "awesome".
Normally I wait a bit later to concentrate on Europe after I have a few hundred
NA stations in the log. Few were calling me from NA but Europe was a different
story. There were layers of stations yielding between 20 and 30 points. This
more than made up for the lack of any NA run. Another unintended consequence
of this was a low Q rate....but so much more fun working new European stations
for the first time including some Asiatic Russians and A62ER. My NE and East
Beverages have a great null to NA so my switching was almost continuous. The
Europeans kept call well into their local daylight. In fact the last EU to work
me was TF4M at 08:29Z only 2 hours before I was into daylight and decided to
call it a day. I have uploaded all the contacts to LOTW for those in Europeans
who may need another country for DXCC submission before the end of the month.
Whoever was responsible for the structure of this contest Lew or Tree please
take a bow...let me tell you they know how to put an exciting Top Band event
together. The Stew Perry puts participants in a more equal fair footing
compared to the obvious unfairness of the ARRL 160 meter affair. The Stew is
truly my favorite. I have written to every member of the ARRL CAC about the
unfairness of the ARRL 160 meter contest which would be easy to repair, thus
giving DX a better interest in participation. None have even given me the
courtesy of a reply.
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