[3830] Stew Perry K4LDR SO LP

[k4ldr at hitter.net]

                     Stew Perry Topband Challenge
                    
Call: K4LDR
Operator(s): K4LDR
Station: 

Class: SO LP
Grid Square: EL88
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
 

QSOs:  170  Score: 1,408

Club: 

Comments:

I love this 160 meter in-the-trenches Morse stuff!  Thanks to all that helped 
me with a contact.  Congratulations to all on the gentlemanly patience extended 
to the topband fellowship.  My location is inland from Crystal River, FL on a 
135 ft ASL sand dune (that is a mountain by Florida standards). Station is an 
OMNI VI+ at 100W, and a low inverted "L" with only a 35 ft vertical segment and 
10 radials. This is my 2nd SPDXC. In 1999, I did 118Q/750pts.  I was shooting 
to double the 1999 point score and I almost did it. It was bone-cold here in 
West Central Florida, even inside. Our key lime and orange trees froze and 
croaked.  It was so cold that I didn't bother to drag the 200+ feet of feedline 
out to the single Beverage towards Europe.  Good news though, no snow!  The AGC 
in the OMNI radio broke and that was a troublesome hindrance.  My biggest start 
was hearing UA2FF really strong and then working him on the first call.  I 
saved personal injury when I fell off my chair!  That was a 34 pointer!  Got a 
couple of 32 pointers too; SM6MCW and KH6ND. 28/30 pointers were G0IVZ, G4BWP, 
KH7A.  Regards to my PVRC comrades from the 1970s.  As I said, I love this 160 
meter in-the-trenches Morse stuff.  

  


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