Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread Steve London
On 03/17/2012 08:12 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 3/17/2012 6:34 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: Four 24 hour Stew's a year is a good deal, at the equinoxes and the soltices. While I LOVE the concept of the Stew, it seriously lacks critical mass, even in the main event in December. As a result, I

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
On 3/18/2012 9:55 AM, Steve London wrote: On 03/17/2012 08:12 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 3/17/2012 6:34 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: Four 24 hour Stew's a year is a good deal, at the equinoxes and the soltices. While I LOVE the concept of the Stew, it seriously lacks critical mass, even in the

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread Steve London
IARU HF contest isn't Field Day. They are two weeks apart. On 03/18/2012 10:31 AM, DAVID CUTHBERT wrote: I beleive there is the issue holding the June Stew on Field Day; there will not be many serious efforts on top band. Do we need four hour top band contests or an occasional QSO party?

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread Tree
A couple of comments. The June Stew is the weekend before field day. There is activity from the IARU on 160 meters as multipliers count once per band. I remember having some fun there for the first 5 or 10 minutes of the contest back when there was a bit more activity from the South Pacific.

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread Sam Morgan
I know I tried very hard to participate last year, mother nature had it in for us here in WTX DM91sk if you check that list there were only two '5's listed one was in MS the other in KY but I'll for sure give it another try this year any Stew Perry test, any time, QRPers will be there if

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread James Rodenkirch
You can count me in as a QRP entry, Sam - yep, LUV the Stew...we QRPers are worth more 'bout that time than others. Hi Hi Jim R. K9JWV Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:28:17 -0500 From: k5oai@gmail.com To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please I

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread DAVID CUTHBERT
Perhaps during the summer months we should forgo QRP. Dave WX7G On Mar 18, 2012 11:29 AM, Sam Morgan k5oai@gmail.com wrote: I know I tried very hard to participate last year, mother nature had it in for us here in WTX DM91sk if you check that list there were only two '5's listed one was

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread James Rodenkirch
Hi Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:06:54 -0600 From: telegraph...@gmail.com To: k5oai@gmail.com CC: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please Perhaps during the summer months we should forgo QRP. Dave WX7G On Mar 18, 2012 11:29 AM, Sam Morgan k5oai

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread James Rodenkirch
, 18 Mar 2012 13:14:21 -0700 From: j...@audiosystemsgroup.com To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please On 3/18/2012 12:06 PM, James Rodenkirch wrote: disallow QRP operations The point was not to disallow QRP, but to observe that when noise levels

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-18 Thread James Rodenkirch
and the affects Top Band have on 'em all - appreciate the various views and discussions. 72 to all, Jim R. K9JWV Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:14:26 -0700 From: j...@audiosystemsgroup.com To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please On 3/18/2012 2:01 PM, James

Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-17 Thread Doug Turnbull
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.

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-17 Thread 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

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-17 Thread Herb Schoenbohm
Please no! Let the Stew be the Stew. It is the best and fairest TB contest ever devised by mankind. I wouldn't mind if we had one every month especially at the summer solstice, vernal and autumnal equinox when those in the southern hemisphere could have even more kick. Plus the IARU has

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-17 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/17/2012 6:34 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: Four 24 hour Stew's a year is a good deal, at the equinoxes and the soltices. While I LOVE the concept of the Stew, it seriously lacks critical mass, even in the main event in December. As a result, I always finding myself taking frequent breaks

Re: Topband: July Stew Perry Please!!!!

2012-03-17 Thread W5JR - Mike
I like the Stew, however, it typically falls at a time when I've traveled away from home for the holidays and don't have access to a station or am actually traveling during the Stew weekend. Bummer. This year, the timing was different enough to operate the event and condx turned out to be