Topband: Stew Perry at VE6WZ

[VE6WZ_Steve]

As Tree said the condx were pretty good this Saturday for the Lowband Jack version of the Stew contest.

The trans-polar EU path was very steady throughout the evening.

I managed to log 71 EU which I think is a one-night record for me on 160m.
Last week I worked 51 EU one evening, but I think the contest brought out some new calls.  There were a few “never worked before on 160” callsigns.
Unlike Tree I didn't notice the EU path at my morning, but perhaps thats because I was mostly RX to Asia and OC.  I did work Vlad RA4LW Saturday evening.
Worked 12 JA and one HL.
It sure was great to hear Kevin VK6LW call in this morning.  He needed some repeats for my grid and said he had bad QRN.
Thanks to all my friends in EU that gave me a call. It was nice to hear those familiar calls!

73, de steve ve6wz

Here is the EU country count from my log last night:
(lots of SM activity!)

SM-10
G-8
OH-7
UA-6
DL-6
LY-5
UR-4
ON-4
SP-3
PA-3
OK-3
YL-2
F-2
OZ-2
OM-1
I-1
S5-1
GD-1