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

[Gary Smith]

I'm not going to be able to work the full contest but I'll be in 
there. I'll be keeping a special lookout for you, Jim. We'll get cha 
in the log, sooner or later.

73,

Gary
KA1J
CT

> 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
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