Best 160m DX last night on Stew Perry Contest: CT9ABO
Bearing 45.1° NE (from K4QET)
Distance 4574.1 mi (7361.3 km)
Madeira Island in N. Atlantic off of Morocco!
73
Mike
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> 1. Re: Stew Perry - first time entry (W3HKK@roadrunner.com)
> 2. Big Stew - A Wipe-out Down-Under (Phil Hartwell)
> 3. 2023 DECEMBER STEW (uy0zg)
> 4. Re: 2023 DECEMBER STEW (uy0zg)
> 5. Big Stew Perry 2023 (uy0zg)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 21:13:50 +0000
> From: W3HKK@roadrunner.com
> To: "'topband@contesting.com'" <topband@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Perry - first time entry
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> XYL has been in a moving furniture mood for several months. Fri she
> had the visiting son in law move the home entertainment
> center/TV/furniture. So Ive been trying to find the right wires for
> the right speakers/devices ever since. A couple HDMI cables are too
> short due to the chosen furniture relocation spots. Had to cobble
> together 25 ft of tv cable to get the TV working in time for the Peach
> Bowl.
>
> I missed the most active SP evening hours, but somewhere around 2 am I
> remembered the SP so came into the shack. Nice quiet cndx. Good sigs
> from VE7- W6, W7 land and a handful of Carrib dx + KH6. No euros or SA
> heard. Band was moderately active so I stayed up til 4am local, caught
> 2 hrs of sleep and operated til around 7:30am Ohio time.
>
> 164 Q's,
> 110 GS
> c. 4 hrs ota.
>
> Noticed as SR approached the QRN really began to pick up, so I pulled
> the plug and slept into the afternoon.
>
> Nice casual operating.
>
> Will submit the log next year ( tomorrow.)
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 18:20:27 +0800
> From: Phil Hartwell <vk6gx@yahoo.com>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Big Stew - A Wipe-out Down-Under
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> Greetings Topbanders,
>
> I'm sorry to say the Stew was just about a non-event in this part of the
> world. The only stateside station I heard/worked was Tree, K7RAT, within
> the 1st hour, when he peaked up at his SR. The following evening (VK6
> time), I was set and ready to go, about 1/2 hour before my SS at 1123z,
> hoping to snare a good few east coast W's, but it was a complete
> wipe-out. The only station I heard was Ron, VK3IO, who was much weaker
> than normal, when he worked Steve VK6VZ, with difficulty. I think the VK
> contingent threw in the towel not long after that. I didn't hear or see
> any trace of anyone from anywhere after that.
>
> It looks like things were much better in the northern hemisphere and I
> hope you all enjoyed the event, with hopefully some new ones.
>
> Oh well, here's hoping for better next time, surely it couldn't be any
> worse for us down-under.
>
> Happy New Year All, 73, Phil VK6GX.
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:14:49 +0200
> From: uy0zg <uy0zg@mksat.net>
> To: Topband <topband@contesting.com>
> Subject: Topband: 2023 DECEMBER STEW
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> Hi
>
> Probably the best result in Europe is SK3W:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tof2rGSpyHg
>
> https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT
>
> In my log, the best ones from the US are MA operators.
>
> Five stations!
>
>
> The conditions are weak, but very interesting.
>
>
> Many from the US have excellent RX.
>
>
> Couldn't get through to three people - W3DXX, K5KG, K3CCR.
>
> But it was still nice to listen to them.
> --
> Nick, UY0ZG
> http://www.topband.in.ua
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:27:07 +0200
> From: uy0zg <uy0zg@mksat.net>
> To: Topband <topband@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: 2023 DECEMBER STEW
> Message-ID: <1d0df45e3c0871f8928f00766354cfa2@mksat.net>
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>
> Sorry, correction
>
> Couldn't get through to three people - N3DXX, K5KG, K3CCR.
> >
> > But it was still nice to listen to them.
> ---
> Nick, UY0ZG
> http://www.topband.in.ua
>
> uy0zg via Topband ?????(?) 2024-01-01 13:14:
> > Hi
> >
> > Probably the best result in Europe is SK3W:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tof2rGSpyHg
> >
> > https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT
> >
> > In my log, the best ones from the US are MA operators.
> >
> > Five stations!
> >
> >
> > The conditions are weak, but very interesting.
> >
> >
> > Many from the US have excellent RX.
> >
> >
> > Couldn't get through to three people - W3DXX, K5KG, K3CCR.
> >
> > But it was still nice to listen to them.
> > --
> > Nick, UY0ZG
> > http://www.topband.in.ua
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:09:36 +0200
> From: uy0zg <uy0zg@mksat.net>
> To: Topband <topband@contesting.com>
> Subject: Topband: Big Stew Perry 2023
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>
> I posted two audio recordings on the site:
>
>
>
> http://www.topband.in.ua/2024/01/01/big-stew-perry-2023-uy0zg-qsos-w2xl-k9om/
>
> Listening to DX on 160 is comparable to listening to good music.
>
>
> FT lovers are depriving themselves of such pleasure. They look at the
> computer monitor and instead of music they see only notes.....
>
> --
> Nick, UY0ZG
> http://www.topband.in.ua
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