Topband: The Stew Perry is Coming. Are You Ready?

[Jim Brown]

On Tue,12/22/2015 6:45 PM, Stephen Bloom wrote:
> I suspect Alaska is gonna be real rare on 160M for awhile.

Yes, but not impossible. I ran QRP for ARRL 160 and worked WL7E. It 
wasn't easy, but we made it. Rich always heard my QRP signal, usually on 
the first call. KL7KY was much tougher. Don't recall if we ever made it.

I'll be running 5W for the Stew, so everyone who works me gets the 4X 
bonus. We've been having good heavy rain this month (15 inches so far, 
more predicted before the weekend), so soil conductivity is creeping up, 
which should help my signal a bit. When propagation is good, I can work 
stations in W1/2/3/4 with good ears. VE1, VY2, PJ2, and KP4FZ are also 
in my log QRP. Nearly all of those Qs have been within an hour of 
sunrise on the east end of the QSO.

I still need VT, CT, SC, WV, MS, and KY for WAS.

73, Jim K9YC