Best 160m DX last night on Stew Perry Contest: CT9ABO Bearing 45.1° NE (from K4QET) Distance 4574.1 mi (7361.3 km) Madeira Island in N. Atlantic off of Morocco!
73 Mike On Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 12:01 PM <topband-requ...@contesting.com> wrote: > Send Topband mailing list submissions to > topband@contesting.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > topband-requ...@contesting.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > topband-ow...@contesting.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Topband digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Stew Perry - first time entry (w3...@roadrunner.com) > 2. Big Stew - A Wipe-out Down-Under (Phil Hartwell) > 3. 2023 DECEMBER STEW (uy0zg) > 4. Re: 2023 DECEMBER STEW (uy0zg) > 5. Big Stew Perry 2023 (uy0zg) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 21:13:50 +0000 > From: w3...@roadrunner.com > To: "'topband@contesting.com'" <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Perry - first time entry > Message-ID: <3ff8c113d489a241d32b471675246af260a91fac@webmail> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > XYL has been in a moving furniture mood for several months. Fri she > had the visiting son in law move the home entertainment > center/TV/furniture. So Ive been trying to find the right wires for > the right speakers/devices ever since. A couple HDMI cables are too > short due to the chosen furniture relocation spots. Had to cobble > together 25 ft of tv cable to get the TV working in time for the Peach > Bowl. > > I missed the most active SP evening hours, but somewhere around 2 am I > remembered the SP so came into the shack. Nice quiet cndx. Good sigs > from VE7- W6, W7 land and a handful of Carrib dx + KH6. No euros or SA > heard. Band was moderately active so I stayed up til 4am local, caught > 2 hrs of sleep and operated til around 7:30am Ohio time. > > 164 Q's, > 110 GS > c. 4 hrs ota. > > Noticed as SR approached the QRN really began to pick up, so I pulled > the plug and slept into the afternoon. > > Nice casual operating. > > Will submit the log next year ( tomorrow.) > > **************************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 18:20:27 +0800 > From: Phil Hartwell <vk...@yahoo.com> > To: topband@contesting.com > Subject: Topband: Big Stew - A Wipe-out Down-Under > Message-ID: <8d9d1297-898e-41a7-ba45-ed82a81f9...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Greetings Topbanders, > > I'm sorry to say the Stew was just about a non-event in this part of the > world. The only stateside station I heard/worked was Tree, K7RAT, within > the 1st hour, when he peaked up at his SR. The following evening (VK6 > time), I was set and ready to go, about 1/2 hour before my SS at 1123z, > hoping to snare a good few east coast W's, but it was a complete > wipe-out. The only station I heard was Ron, VK3IO, who was much weaker > than normal, when he worked Steve VK6VZ, with difficulty. I think the VK > contingent threw in the towel not long after that. I didn't hear or see > any trace of anyone from anywhere after that. > > It looks like things were much better in the northern hemisphere and I > hope you all enjoyed the event, with hopefully some new ones. > > Oh well, here's hoping for better next time, surely it couldn't be any > worse for us down-under. > > Happy New Year All, 73, Phil VK6GX. > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:14:49 +0200 > From: uy0zg <uy...@mksat.net> > To: Topband <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Topband: 2023 DECEMBER STEW > Message-ID: <dcff3849b642ced5ab3a8452676f7...@mksat.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi > > Probably the best result in Europe is SK3W: > > https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tof2rGSpyHg > > https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT > > In my log, the best ones from the US are MA operators. > > Five stations! > > > The conditions are weak, but very interesting. > > > Many from the US have excellent RX. > > > Couldn't get through to three people - W3DXX, K5KG, K3CCR. > > But it was still nice to listen to them. > -- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:27:07 +0200 > From: uy0zg <uy...@mksat.net> > To: Topband <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Re: Topband: 2023 DECEMBER STEW > Message-ID: <1d0df45e3c0871f8928f00766354c...@mksat.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > Sorry, correction > > Couldn't get through to three people - N3DXX, K5KG, K3CCR. > > > > But it was still nice to listen to them. > --- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > uy0zg via Topband ?????(?) 2024-01-01 13:14: > > Hi > > > > Probably the best result in Europe is SK3W: > > > > https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tof2rGSpyHg > > > > https://www.kkn.net/stew/STEWSCR.TXT > > > > In my log, the best ones from the US are MA operators. > > > > Five stations! > > > > > > The conditions are weak, but very interesting. > > > > > > Many from the US have excellent RX. > > > > > > Couldn't get through to three people - W3DXX, K5KG, K3CCR. > > > > But it was still nice to listen to them. > > -- > > Nick, UY0ZG > > http://www.topband.in.ua > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:09:36 +0200 > From: uy0zg <uy...@mksat.net> > To: Topband <topband@contesting.com> > Subject: Topband: Big Stew Perry 2023 > Message-ID: <3c884c6a9f7c3d90487498b460005...@mksat.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > I posted two audio recordings on the site: > > > > http://www.topband.in.ua/2024/01/01/big-stew-perry-2023-uy0zg-qsos-w2xl-k9om/ > > Listening to DX on 160 is comparable to listening to good music. > > > FT lovers are depriving themselves of such pleasure. They look at the > computer monitor and instead of music they see only notes..... > > -- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Topband mailing list > Topband@contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Topband Digest, Vol 253, Issue 1 > *************************************** > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector