I totally agree with Mike. VE7CA Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 31, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Mike Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Four Stew Perry events is *not* going too far. > > Here's why I say that. > > The Stew Perry Topband Challenge --compared to other 160 CW contests-- is > by far the fairest of all 160m CW contests. It was simply a stroke of > genius, the way it is set up. Period. > > It is also shorter! If it were as long as the others, four events might be > a different story. But it's only 24 hours long. > > In the Northern hemisphere, the two Stews in the warmer months are --for > most of us-- almost always guaranteed to be marred by very strong lightning > QRN. On top of all that racket in our ears, some of us will simply be > unable to operate without risking a damaging lightning strike. > *However*, those two Stews are more optimal for our Topband friends in the > Southern hemisphere. Eliminating those two would simply be discriminating > against them. There's just no other way to say it. (And now that I think > about it, perhaps adding this new winter event now evens things out a > little for the entire world to at least some extent. :-) > > During the Stew last week, conditions in North America were terrible. > (That's happened before, and it'll absolutely happen again.) This new > wintertime date gives us a second chance to experience the magic and > challenge of the Top Band; and I for one, embrace it wholeheartedly! It > gave me a new enthusiasm for operating 160 CW. > > The only thing I might change is to move the March 12/13 event to an > earlier date. If (for example) it was in February, the chances of QRN would > be less. But since I don't know what the QRN season is in the Southern > hemisphere, perhaps that's not the case. > > What the exact dates should be, and whether a separate category for the sum > of all four Stews in a year should be created, others can vote on. But > leave it at four! Please. :-) > > 73, Mike > http://www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
