> WHO is there in March and June to be interfered with?
I don't see DX activity tapering off in March. Heard, Cocos (Keeling), Juan de
Nova and Iran show up on my calendar as potentials for March 2016. I worked my
first 160m Vietnam in March 2014. That same month Z81Z was worked. In March
2015 I worked E30FB on Topband. My log shows it's a good month for LP to places
like DU and 9M2. I see 3C0 and 9M0L worked in March 2012.... the list goes on.
It's actually a pretty good month for DXing here. One of the best months in
some respects.
Larry K5RK
From: guyk2av@gmail.com [mailto:guyk2av@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 7:34 PM
To: Michael St. Angelo
Cc: Joe Wilkowski; Larry Burke; TopBand List
Subject: Topband: Stew Beef
On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Michael St. Angelo <mstangelo@comcast.net
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mstangelo@comcast.net');> > wrote:
The Stew Perry contest is one of the better ones but I agree with Larry and
Joe. Contests tend to take over the band and interferes with other form of
operation such as DX'ing, QRP and probably Digital operators.
Does sound concerned, nice, fair, decent, honorable, etc. But...
We already have the winter Stew and a warm-up Stew. Have had winter Stew for a
long, long time. Those are there and established. Of the two, the winter Stew
is the one that is clearly in the hopefully quiet DX season. If your main
purpose in the contest is to pick a date to get out of other people's way,
discontinue the winter Stew. That will get most out of other people's way. Huh?
Oh yeah, that really sounds weird. :>)
So we would be complaining about the two Stews in March and June? WHO is there
in March and June to be interfered with? In the northern hemisphere the Summer
Stew by itself probably accounts for more CW activity in one night than for any
other reason for all June, July and August nights combined.
There ARE openings during the summer months, but almost NOBODY is listening in
the Northern Hemisphere. The only other competition is the few minutes of 160
at the end of the quickie mid-week CW contests as they all dash to 160 at the
very end for a few more Q's and mults. They'll be happy to get five six seven
Q's in four five six states in three minutes, and poof, they're gone. Are you
really sure you heard them? Better freeze the P3 screen for proof. Otherwise
you might be hallucinating. Was that a light-switch band opening?
In March some stations are rolling up the radials for the planting season, some
already did in February. What will we be interfering with in late March? In
this era QRN and tornados barely end by January, and start anew in February, so
those of delicate ears that cannot stand to hear anything except sweet DX will
have departed for quieter bands.
IF the four seasons approach to Stew Perry runs for a while, AND the non-winter
scores actually count in a year's end annual summary score, we will see folks
in the non-winter runs for something other than practice or run-up to the
perceived real Stew Perry in December. Maybe DXing to down under will increase
if more of us actually show up on 160 in the months of long southern nights.
As to the timing, IMHO we should keep to the seasonal Solstices and Equinoxes.
Easy way to remember four Stews.
73, and a great new year to all
Guy K2AV
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