Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

[Steve London]

I'll throw out a related suggestion. Why not use the IARU HF contest as the 
"summertime" 160 contest ? It's 24 hours long and has excellent worldwide 
activity on all bands except 160 meters.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 03/17/2012 05:12 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote:
> Dear OMs and Yls
>
>       A July Stew Perry is an excellent idea!!!    We need something to temp
> more onto the band during the noisy season.   One tunes the band a number of
> times and hears nothing and so resorts to HF.    A good effort in high
> summer for the northern latitudes might clear our ears.   Even if our
> receive antennas were largely down, a contest might bring some of us out.
> A summer contest could also make the K9AY and magnetic loop antennas have
> more justification for their existence.    A July Stew Perry would be a fair
> handshake to the southern hemisphere and their efforts during the warm
> months.   Please bring it on!!!!
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>                                  73 Doug EI2CN
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> PS Yes a summer contest, well Top Band Operators like pain.
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