Gary and all,
DXing on the Edge, The Thrill of 160 Meters which was wrote by Jeff K1ZM
is a very good book to know the history about 160m.
It describes Stew W1BB very in detail.
And you can read about Stew by his Web site.
http://www.k1zm.com/w1bb
Also you can see 160Meter News issued by W1BB on Tom W8JI 's site.
http://www.w8ji.com/160_history.htm
Low-Band DXing by John ON4UN introduces the history of 160M and
old timers, too.
I visited Stew W1BB on April in 1981 and stayed for a few days.
Stew welcomed me, a young man from far east and treated me well.
He talked about the history of 160m and DX passionately, show me a shack and
antennas at his main house as well as a shack and antennas at the water tower
which located in a little far.
Although he and I had made a lot of schedules, we never successed to QSO of
W1BB - JA on 160M. That is a shame.
The pictures of Stew I took were used in Jeff's book and site, and the book of
John that make me feel proud of.
I took a lot of pictures during my stay. I would like to organize
them and up onto
my web site after my retirement.
Time really goes fast. 35 years have passed since then.
73, Aki JA5DQH
At 12:28 16/01/06, Anthony Scandurra wrote:
>Gary,
>
>If you want to read more about Stew W1BB and expand your knowledge on the
>history of 160, you would be hard pressed to beat this book by Jeff, K1ZM.
>
>http://www.amazon.com/DXing-Edge-The-Thrill-Meters/dp/0872596354
>
>73, Tony K4QE
>
>On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Gary Smith <Gary@ka1j.com> wrote:
>
>> So much has been said about the Stew Perry contests and I really
>> don't know much about him except him being an avid 160M OP and having
>> the 1st DXCC on 160. I went to QRZ and read a bit more about him,
>> more regarding his memorial station. Looking at my logs, I've never
>> worked Stew in person (Never could work 160 till 1992 thanks to
>> apartment living) , nor have I worked his memorial station. My guess
>> is they are not that active on the air or I would have them in my
>> log.
>>
>> Is there a link where I can learn more about why he is so revered? He
>> must of been one heck of a DXer on 160 to be so well appreciated.
>>
>> Call me an ignorant Luddite
>>
>> Gary
>> KA1J
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