Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: N5IA
Operator(s): N5IA
Station: NI5T
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: DM52
Operating Time (hrs): 12.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 213 Total Score = 2,418
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
This report is for my core operating in the SPDC. The conditions were not good,
and the band was a continuous roller coaster.
There were short periods of great propagation, and much longer periods of very
poor prop from this locations. In all my years of operating this contest at
QRP level, I don't recall more poor propagation to the US east coast.
>From the stats in N1MM I can see that I worked only 13 stations in the FM and
FN Grids. That is pathetic. Those 21, 24 and 27 point Q's are the bread and
butter for a high score in QRP from this QTH.
I called perhaps 100 stations with good signals from that area than never even
acknowledged with a "?".
By contrast, a short, very good propagation window occurred from 1010 to 1150
when I was called by JA3BYK, JA4DND and JA5DQH as well as contacting N1BUG,
N2KW, and K3WW.
I operate the two K-3's in full duplex, with one of them CQing in one ear and
the other being tuned, listening in the other ear. As a result of the poor
response to the CQ I was able to move up and down the band and try calling many
other stations with the 2nd radio. I wound up with 147 Q's on the CQ radio and
66 Q's on the S&P radio.
The Q's per points shook out like this:
3 pointers = 25
6 pointers = 51
9 pointers = 57
12 pointers = 19
15 pointers = 32
18 pointers = 10
21 pointers = 7
24 pointers = 2
27 pointers = 1
30 pointers = 4
45 pointers = 1
60 pointers = 1
63 pointers = 3
The 4-30 pointers are the KH6 stations. All of them were much easier to work
than anything east of the Mississippi.
I worked 119 Grid Squares. The most Q's with a single grid, DM13, was 11.
CM87 yielded 10.
I struggled for more than 7 minutes to get FO8RZ in the log. Thank goodness
there was not a single other station trying to contact Phil during that time.
And so it goes on Top Band. You never know what to expect. But we will do it
all over again next year.
Thanks for all the Q's. 73, Merry Christmas and a Happy + Prosperous New Year
to everyone everywhere.
Milt, N5IA
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