[PVRC] CQWW SSB VP5M 2025 Farewell Tour

[James Jordan]

Thanks Steve,
Yes, I get it and fortunately have been retarded along the way so far. May
it continue...
Very 73,
Jim

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM Stephen Johnson <
stephenpjohnsonsr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad to work you guys over the years again, and again, …  and again.
>
> God bless, and retard you on the way. Will old guys like me get that?
>
> N2FT
>
> Stephen P. Johnson, D.Sc.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM James Jordan <k4qpl2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Call: VP5M
>> Operator(s): K4QPL KU4V NR4O WT3K
>> Station: VP5/K4QPL
>>
>> Class: M/S HP
>> QTH: VP5
>> Operating Time (hrs): 48
>>
>> Summary:
>>  Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
>> ------------------------------
>>   160:    0     0        0
>>    80:  194    12       32
>>    40:  651    23       82
>>    20: 1112    27       97
>>    15: 1497    29       99
>>    10: 3197    31      117
>> ------------------------------
>> Total: 6651   122      427  Total Score = 8,765,883
>>
>> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>> This was the last event in the VP5M 2025 Farewell Tour! It's been a great
>> run here at Harbour Rock in the Turks & Caicos Islands for almost ten years.
>> We've had great fun with a lot of different ops and guests here but all
>> things end sometime. I had hoped we could also squeeze in the 2025 CQWW CW test,
>> but it's not to be.
>> Because we were already handicapped with the SteppIR and 160M antennas being out
>> of action leaving only the A3S and a couple wires, we chose high power as the
>> class although it HP only meant having 500W on the run station and 100 for
>> mults. But the objective was fun for the last roundup and fun it was!
>> How about Ten Meters, guys and gals? The band that just kept on giving and
>> giving and giving right to the very end. We couldn't resist the great run
>> rates which held up throughout and made it hard to choose to move to other bands
>> to fight QRM and other issues. Hard to believe we had an estimated run rate of
>> over 200/hour for many hours on 10M.  With no 160M antenna and having nothing
>> but a 40M OCF at about 20' (7M) and 100 watts, we were still proud of the
>> final mults and zones achieved by persistence to surprisingly work some
>> difficult ones like A44A and AH2R back to back in about ten minutes.  Difficulty
>> definitely builds character for the team getting through the massive pileups
>> that had not been such a problem before LP with gain antennas.
>> The endless supply of Brits was also welcome to keep our spirits up.
>> Thanks to all for joining us in this final effort and especially to the great
>> ops at the rare mults who were able to hear our limited mult station.
>> No plaque this year, but it has been a wonderful experience for our various
>> teams who helped build an amazing record of wins in our traditional M/S LP
>> class.
>> While it may be a while before you hear VP5M again as a contest call, the gang
>> is already scheming on what will be our next challenge.
>> 73,
>> Jim, K4QPL
>> Wayne, KU4V
>> Eric, NR4O
>> Daryl, WT3k
>>
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