Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: N4NW
Operator(s): N4NW
Station: N4NW
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FM18
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 357 Total Score = 1,029
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
This was my first Stew Perry 160m contest. My biggest grip was US stations
calling CQ and working non-DX in the DX window. The proliferation of lids was
on display by this lack of perception to DX.
I used a recently re-installed (to stay within the KE3X plaque requirement -
this removed less than six feet from the original vertical length!) 70'
vertical with tee-top base loaded with a Collins 180T coupler enclosed in a
RubberMaid 20gal tote. The antenna worked well on transmit and if I could hear
a station I worked them. The main issue is the the IF.
Although I had installed two 600+ft beverages facing NE & SE last month, I was
disappointed in their performance. Strong signals came in fine on the beverages
- the NE one seemed better. However at times, it was like the antenna was
shorted and I could hear no stations on it, other times it performed as I would
expect a beverage to perform. Noise, would go from bad to really bad to worse
when receiving with the vertical but this was the only antenna that I could
consistently hear stations on.
Best DX Grid from FM-18 was JN-82
Hope some deserving k-12 educator qualified for the Sandy Hook Elementary
School memorial plaque that I sponsored.
In spite of all lids in the DX window, it was fun contest.
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