Stew Perry is a Great CW Event

[Jim Brown-10]

Don't forget the Stew Perry Contest this weekend -- 160M, Saturday 1500Z to
Sunday 1500Z. This is a great CW contest, whose only shortcoming is not
enough activity. The exchange is your grid (like on 6M), and the score
for each QSO depends on the distance between your grid and the other
station's grid, as well as his power and your power. So you get more
points for running low power and QRP, and you get more points for
working low power and QRP stations.

This is a great opportunity to exercise you K2 or K3 at any power level
and have a good time. Even if you don't have a dedicated 160M antenna,
with a decent antenna tuner, you can load up almost any random wire
against whatever you can use for a ground or counterpoise.  And because
everyone gets points for working low power stations, all of those other
guys will be working hard to pull your peanut whistle out of the mud.  
So fire up whatever you can and go at it!  You'll be surprised at what
you can work, especially in the wee small hours of the morning.

Be there or be square!

73, Jim K9YC
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[Milt -- N5IA]

And another tidbit to remember, .....IF...... you really want to operate the
most time possible and spice things up.

The maximum operating time is 14 hours for a single entry.  In most locales
there is some good operating time outside of the 14 core hours.  Here in SW
NM near the Mexican border, sun-up is now at ~7:20 AM.  Sundown is a few
minutes before 5 PM.  The folks at the more northern latitudes have a lot
more good time in darkness.

My core operating is done in the 14 hours between 5 PM and 7 AM when I use
my personal station callsign at QRP levels.

>From 1500 Z (8 AM local) starting time Saturday morning I will operate for
an hour or so at QRO with a club callsign.  I will start again at 3 PM local
(2200 Z) and operate 2 more hours of QRO.  I will follow up on Sunday
morning at 1600 Z (when the QRP operation ceases) for a final hour of QRO.

This allows me to operate ~4 hours of QRO with the club callsign and the
full 14 hours at QRP with my callsign.  I make entries with both callsigns.
This is not only "legal" according to the Boring ARC club rules for the
contest, but is also highly encouraged by the Stew Perry organizers.

If you don't have a club callsign available, borrow one from a friend.  As
the old DoubleMint gum commercial said, "Double Your Pleasure, Double Your
Fun."  As long as you use two different callsigns you can operate with each
one as a QRP, LP or QRO entry.  You can also break up your time as you see
fit, so long as there is no more than 14 hours with either callsign.

CU all on THE BAND.

de Milt, N5IA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <[hidden email]>
To: "Reflector Elecraft" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 11:01 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Stew Perry is a Great CW Event

> Don't forget the Stew Perry Contest this weekend -- 160M, Saturday 1500Z
> to
> Sunday 1500Z. This is a great CW contest, whose only shortcoming is not
> enough activity. The exchange is your grid (like on 6M), and the score
> for each QSO depends on the distance between your grid and the other
> station's grid, as well as his power and your power. So you get more
> points for running low power and QRP, and you get more points for
> working low power and QRP stations.
>
> This is a great opportunity to exercise you K2 or K3 at any power level
> and have a good time. Even if you don't have a dedicated 160M antenna,
> with a decent antenna tuner, you can load up almost any random wire
> against whatever you can use for a ground or counterpoise.  And because
> everyone gets points for working low power stations, all of those other
> guys will be working hard to pull your peanut whistle out of the mud.
> So fire up whatever you can and go at it!  You'll be surprised at what
> you can work, especially in the wee small hours of the morning.
>
> Be there or be square!
>
> 73, Jim K9YC

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