Topband: Stew_Perry & CQ_callers

[Charles W. Shaw]

Hi All,

         Tree said:
>The Stew has been blessed with enough activity to make it fun,
>but not so much to make it impossible to find a hole in the band to use - most
>of the time.

         I certainly agree and will add that in the recent session, it was 
plain to me here in southeastern New Mexico that the number of participants 
in the eastern half of the U.S. was down--depleted by the bad weather, I 
suppose.
         Also noticed was that the 1830-35 window always had room for a few 
more stations to be heard here, and only rarely did I hear someone misusing 
that window.  Those were probably accidental rather than blatant 
disregard.  I also noticed that most of the time most stations close to the 
North American mainland chose NOT to use the window.  My congratulations to 
all you gentlemen, and thanks to everyone for the enjoyable evening of 
contacts.

73,
Charles - N5UL
Hobbs, NM