Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Yes, I'm quite sure Stan was joking! On a serious note though, I was very pleased to work Stan last night. I was just about to turn off the radio, as the widespread thunderstorms continued to smash my receiver, when I saw Stan's CQ. Tuning to that frequency, I quickly determined the callsign, and I called. It was nice to make the QSO with Stan. I also heard the JA and HL stations calling, but they were difficult copy here. ZF9CW is always a standout signal from the Caribbean. The other one was the late Herb KV4FZ. These two always seem to hear DX from this direction well. 73 es HNY, Luke VK3HJ On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote: I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the CQ 160 Contest trying to spray water on power line insulators! 73...Stan, ZF9CW _ This is extremely dangerous! Don't do it. The power company has special equipment for safely washing insulators. 73 Rick N6RK _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: Stew Perry audio files
Hi. My Stew Perry 5 minutes MP3 audio files are saved at: https://ulozto.cz/tamhle/sWl7RYQ4pzWA/name/Nahrano-28-12-2020-v-19-23-23 Time of files UTC+1 Hour. 73 es HNY Karel OK1CF _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Electric utilities used to use (ca 1980s) something called power-on nozzles or similar spelling to extinguish fires at energized substations. These nozzles were kept inside the stations hung on the chain link fence in specifically identified boxes for FD use. The nozzles broke up the water stream into individual droplets so there was never a continuous stream connecting the FD members and the possibly energized equipment. I presume Stan was only joking. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+ersmar=verizon@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard (Rick) Karlquist Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 11:50 AM To: wa5...@gmail.com; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote: > I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the > CQ > 160 Contest trying to spray water on power line insulators! > > > 73...Stan, ZF9CW > _ This is extremely dangerous! Don't do it. The power company has special equipment for safely washing insulators. 73 Rick N6RK _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
Stan - yes dangerous..take a whiz on it instead :-))) ZN On 2020-12-28 09:49, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote: > >> I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the CQ >> 160 Contest trying to spray water on power line insulators! >> >> 73...Stan, ZF9CW >> _ > > This is extremely dangerous! Don't do it. The power company > has special equipment for safely washing insulators. > > 73 > Rick N6RK > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.
Yes. On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:54 AM Richard (Rick) Karlquist < rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > > > On 12/28/2020 8:11 AM, Tree wrote: > > Okay - let's end this discussion now. > > > > US1Q has entered the Stew as a check log - he is not eligible for awards. > > > > It is unsportsmanlike to use a remove receiver to help stations get more > > points. > > > > Also - please note US1Q was disqualified in the 2020 CQ 160 CW contest. > > > > 73 Tree N6TR > > > > In this case, do QSO's with US1Q count for the stations on the other > end of the contact? Just curious. > > 73 > Rick N6RK > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: standoff for inv L
I'd likely continue to use the fiberglass but I might fit a hardwood dowel inside its length to stiffen it. PVC can work that way too but you MUST have something to make it rigid. I had a side arm made from wood stuffed grey PVC pipe that was out in the weather for over 20 years with no negative effects. Does it break where the clamps attach it? I always insert a plug of a non-crushable material where any holes are drilled for bolts or where clamps bear against fiberglass tube, otherwise that can be a sure failure point. 73 Phil, KB0NES On Saturday, December 26, 2020, 05:25:58 PM CST, WW3S wrote: I lost my fiberglass pole that I use for a standoff for my inv L off my 50' tower.second or third time in 12 years or so, victim of the recent ice/snow storm we just had.I've been using fiberglass to isolate it from the tower.but the wire for the antenna goes thru an insulator attached to a rope thru a pulley off the fiberglass arm.should I continue to go with fiberglass, or would metal be ok, since I have the rope and other insulator there _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.
On 12/28/2020 8:11 AM, Tree wrote: Okay - let's end this discussion now. US1Q has entered the Stew as a check log - he is not eligible for awards. It is unsportsmanlike to use a remove receiver to help stations get more points. Also - please note US1Q was disqualified in the 2020 CQ 160 CW contest. 73 Tree N6TR In this case, do QSO's with US1Q count for the stations on the other end of the contact? Just curious. 73 Rick N6RK _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: Stew Perry Contest
On 12/28/2020 6:49 AM, Stan Stockton wrote: I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the CQ 160 Contest trying to spray water on power line insulators! 73...Stan, ZF9CW _ This is extremely dangerous! Don't do it. The power company has special equipment for safely washing insulators. 73 Rick N6RK _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.
Okay - let's end this discussion now. US1Q has entered the Stew as a check log - he is not eligible for awards. It is unsportsmanlike to use a remove receiver to help stations get more points. Also - please note US1Q was disqualified in the 2020 CQ 160 CW contest. 73 Tree N6TR On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 4:33 AM uy0zg wrote: > > There is a start of scoring: > > https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT > > I saw a unique outstanding result - > > US1Q (it is located 400 km east of me) in poor conditions heard four > QRPs from the USA. > > The only one in zone 16 > > This is a record. It must be recorded in the Guinness book! > > The US1Q invisible magic receiving antenna is the best in the world. > -- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.
Category S Q KC3R, N9SE, N3CZ, WB8DC --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Stan Stockton писал 2020-12-28 17:00: Nick, Thanks for the QSO in the Stew Perry Contest. I am curious as to where you see the result you are reporting. I see that US1Q worked 10 QRP stations and you worked 7 QRP stations. I do not see any statistics as to where they were located. Where do you see that four of the ten QRP stations worked were in the USA? 73...Stan, ZF9CW On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 7:33 AM uy0zg wrote: There is a start of scoring: https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT I saw a unique outstanding result - US1Q (it is located 400 km east of me) in poor conditions heard four QRPs from the USA. The only one in zone 16 This is a record. It must be recorded in the Guinness book! The US1Q invisible magic receiving antenna is the best in the world. -- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Re: Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.
Nick, Thanks for the QSO in the Stew Perry Contest. I am curious as to where you see the result you are reporting. I see that US1Q worked 10 QRP stations and you worked 7 QRP stations. I do not see any statistics as to where they were located. Where do you see that four of the ten QRP stations worked were in the USA? 73...Stan, ZF9CW On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 7:33 AM uy0zg wrote: > > There is a start of scoring: > > https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT > > I saw a unique outstanding result - > > US1Q (it is located 400 km east of me) in poor conditions heard four > QRPs from the USA. > > The only one in zone 16 > > This is a record. It must be recorded in the Guinness book! > > The US1Q invisible magic receiving antenna is the best in the world. > -- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > _ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: Stew Perry Contest
The Stew Perry Contest should be the standard for log processing. Also, unlike every other contest I have never seen anyone complain about the scoring not being fair. I have not worked the contest every year and I had forgotten how the logs are processed. I just submitted my log and then looked at the preliminary results. Apparently, perhaps once a day or so the logs are checked against all the other logs that have been submitted and the results are shown as of that moment in time. In this particular contest you receive bonus points for working low power and QRP stations and so the scores change based on the logs that have been received since the last update. The station at the top of the list, NP2J, score is already a thousand points higher than what he claimed on 3830. Compare this process to every other contest where you submit your log and perhaps even forgot you worked the contest at all before the results are published many months later. Regarding the Stew, I have never had a low noise situation here before this weekend. A couple of days before the contest it rained hard and high wind blew in some really cold air. It was about 70 degrees and 30 MPH wind. The noise went down a lot - like it was only about S5 as compared to the normal S8-9. I was able to work over 200 Europeans, a couple of JAs, VK, ZL, etc. I can see myself with my thumb over the end of a water hose before the CQ 160 Contest trying to spray water on power line insulators! This morning I got on for a few minutes to try to work DS1JFY who thought he had worked me via long path at my start (sunset) of the SP Contest (not a chance of that from this location on the island). He wanted a schedule. I got on about 10 minutes before sunrise and worked VK3HJ, JA0MVW, HL5IVL, DS1JFY and JA5DQH. I had stopped about sunrise and was reading my email with the headphones still on and heard someone send "Stan". A couple of question marks and Aki identified himself. He had the best signal of all of them. Happy New Year to everyone and may you too have noise reducing rain in the new year. 73...Stan, ZF9CW _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: This report generated on Sunday, 27-Dec-20 at 20:29.
There is a start of scoring: https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT I saw a unique outstanding result - US1Q (it is located 400 km east of me) in poor conditions heard four QRPs from the USA. The only one in zone 16 This is a record. It must be recorded in the Guinness book! The US1Q invisible magic receiving antenna is the best in the world. -- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
Topband: Stew Perry conditions
Hi The situation in the south of zone 16 was very difficult. Already 23:20 utc - I can't hear radio stations from the USA . It's almost a disaster... But still the process has begun ! The first one in my magazine was W1UE. Many signals were very weak + QSB, QSB .. But I am very pleased - super contest. -- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
