Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: VE9AA
Operator(s): VE9AA
Station: VE9AA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FN66
Operating Time (hrs): 9:25
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 414 Total Score = 2,213
Club:
Comments:
Lost all my wire antennas a week or so ago due to a wicked ice storm , so son
and I installed a temp inverted L in a tree at high noon on Christmas day.
Judging by it's performance, I think it might a keeper !
The weather here has been crazy. One week it's snowing with 6-8" of snow
, then freezing rain knocking out power far and wide; the next it's Xmas day
with 10* and sunshine. We wore hoodies & sunglasses and worked outside
with no hats, gloves or even Canadian toques !
Well, I shopped around pretty hard on 3830 for a category to steal after I saw
a lot of the scores, but seems like all the good ones were taken, so I am doing
what I always do and just post in the category I was REALLY in. (readers of
CQ-CONTEST will know what that T-I-C comment is about, hi )
Well, with my live wire installed I got on for our sunset. Did manage to
squeak out 3 EU q's with very understanding QSO partners, but then it all went
south from there. Took a few hours (too many hours!) off to have supper and
watch TV with the family when I should've been making contacts but got back on
around 10pm local. Band was only so-so, but noise wasn't too bad. Felt I left
very very few hanging.
A cursory visual scan of the log looks like I worked about 104 EU's and several
Caribbean DX. At one point it seemed like I was working 2 EU's for every W8.
Not many W5, 6 or 7's in the log and no VE6/7 or Hawaii strangely enough,
though I did go to bed @ 4am local and when I awoke an hour and a bit before
SR, the ground was covered with this thick white stuff and the low noise level
I had enjoyed for many hours 'the nite before' was gone and there was a nasty
snow static that made copying even W3's a big chore. Many CQ's and trips up
and down this group of Stew Perry frequencies netted about 7 Q's in an hour, so
with some darkness remaining, the knife switch was open and it was over.
Thanks to all for listening to my wee signal on the wire and my strange stories
over the years.
73 from the 'Ridge,
Mike VE9AA FN66.....IC7410, ~600w, single inverted L brought into this world on
xmas day.
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