[SCCC] W4EF Stew Perry

[Michael Tope]

Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: W4EF
Operator(s): W4EF
Station: W4EF/p

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: El Mirage, California DM14

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 175  Total Score = ??

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Rig: FT-847
Amplifier: Drake L-7 (throttle back to about 600 watts output)
                 powered by Honda EU2000i

Antenna: 45 ft Top Loaded Vertical (aluminum from a gutted Gap 
                Voyager) 16 radials (random lengths, ~500 ft total wire 
                 length)

Logging Software: Papermate Pen and  Grid Paper Notepad

I have been sick for the last two weeks with mild flu symptoms,
so the smart thing to do this weekend would have been to 
stay home, relax, and recuperate fully. Therefore, I decided 
at the last minute to load all of my equipment into my pickup 
truck and drive to the El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle Range 
just west of Victorville, California to mount a portable operation 
in the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge. You can draw 
your own conclusions about my sanity based on that decision 
making process :) 

Despite problems with generator ignition noise, a dead 
battery in the middle of the night, a flat tire, and having my 
truck stuck in 4 wheel drive for about 10 miles on the way 
home after I left the dirt road, I had a great time!! 

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 73 de Mike, W4EF.......................................................