Stew Perry Topband Challenge - 2019
Call: G4PIQ
Operator(s): G4PIQ
Station: G4PIQ
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: JO02od
Operating Time (hrs): 4.75
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 311 Total Score = 1,881
Club:
Comments:
Not a competitive entry from me as we had visitors here this weekend, but I did
manage to sneak in about 4.75 hours operating time in a couple of main stints
– one 1630 – 1830, and the other 0030 – 0315, but with a few short breaks
interspersed in both. I had a new source of strong electrical interference
appear earlier in the year, but happily – whatever was arcing now seems to
have burnt itself out, so my noise level was back to normal!
Conditions seemed pretty good to North America, but I wasn’t hearing as far as
the West Coast while I was QRV – looks like that came later and I’d have
been toast if I’d disturbed the rest of the house to get up for dawn! No JA
heard here either – but again probably had to go QRT a bit early for that.
Best DX for me was only XE2X at 8340 km.
I only have an Inv-V dipole and in Inv-L in the same tree – both quite low at
about 60ft. Usually the dipole was best last night to North America, but I think
the antenna are so close there is a lot of coupling between them. Also had a
K9AY on receive which helped a lot and allowed me to do in-band SO2R quite
effectively.
Wish I'd had more time this weekend..
73
Andy, G4PIQ
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