Yo TopBander,
The gong was gonged this morning atop the skyscraper housing The
Boring Amateur
Radio Club at 1500Z signalling the start of the 16th running of The Stew
Perry TopBand
Challenge. Exchanges were made, smoke was let out, equipment was cursed-
in short
a very good start.
If you want to read the information and rules about this contest then
drive your browser to:
http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
Late last evening after returning from toiling in the mines I found
several more TopBanders had
been stricken with excellent ideas for plaques for the Stew Perry Radio
Combatants. Their
cerebral and financial exercises have been added to the list of Stalwarts
below. Peruse the list
and pick out your category to work toward.
Call Category
KL7RA "Top Number of QSOs"
North Pole Contest Club "To be determined by Club"
TF4M "Longest DX" (2 stations, each gets 1
plaque)
W0UCE " Top Score USA/S-O/LP/single wire for Tx &
Rx"
KR2Q "Golden Log" (Top # of QSOs w/o a bust)
K7FL "Top Score 100% Search & Pounce"
N7UA "Top Score High Power"
N2KW "Highest rate X 1 hour w/o bust" (Speed
Demon)
K6ND "K6SE Memorial-Top Score World"
NA0Y "Top Score USA"
F8BPN "Top Score EU- Low Power"
EI4HQ "Perhaps you were Irish and didn't know
it"
(Top # of calls with sequential "EI" in them)
N9ADG "Top Score Asia"
AA6VB "Top Score base loaded vertical < 60' tall"
AA6VB "Top Score Big City/Little Pistol-City>50K
runniing <100W"
KH6LC "VK-ZL Challenge- Top Score VK-ZL"
W2GD Team "Top # NA + SA QSOs by EU station
W0RI "Top Score West of Mississippi River"
K7CA "Top Score Southern Hemisphere"
K7CA "Top Score Japan"
TF3KX "Aurora Borealis Award"- Top Score N of
60 deg North geomagnetic latitude
GMCC (1) "Top Score S/O, Hi-Power Colorado or
Wyoming"
GMCC (1) "Top Score S/O, Low Power Colorado or
Wyoming"
N5IA "Most Grid Squares Worked"
N0TT "Youngest USA Op > 100 QSOs"
AC8AP "Top Score QRP"
AC8AP "Longest DX QRP"
KI7Y " Top Score World- 2X1 Call"
K1EP "Top Score YL Operator
VE9AA (2) "Eastern VE Op and a wire"
TF4M "Top Score Mobile" (vehicle must be
able to move)
K9JWV/WC7S "Top Score USA QRP West of Mississippi"
W7RH "Top Score SO/LP CQ Zone 3"
N7MAL "To be determined by Club"- Tnx Mal!
VK6VZ "Top Score N. Hemisphere
station working S. Hemisphere stations"
(Winner gets official Flying Doctors of VK Baseball hat rather than
plaque)
1)GMCC is the Grand Mesa Contest Club
2) Top Score Atlantic Canada at legal CW power level in Canada (750W
CW in Canada), but must be a single wire,
shunt fed tower or dipole/ inverted V. (No 4 squares, loops, phased arrays,
curtains or yagis). No gain antennas in other words.
(Dipoles accepted however). Also no RX Beverages, K9AY arrays or RX
antennas of any kind. Just a man and his wire.
This area would include VE1, VE9, VY2, VO1, VO2, CY0 and CY9
When you send in your log to our staff of highly trained expert log
checkers,
who have had all of their vaccinations, please indicate in the comments
what plaque
or plaques you are competing for. A few are obvious but some are not. The
Boring
Amateur Radio Club does not possess clairvoyance or mind reading abilities,
so
specify what plaque you have been striving toward.
I know you are not on the TopBand because it is still light outside but
when you
fire up your RF box today remember to have fun and listen for the weak ones.
Thank you for your participation and time!
73 and I remain,
Lew W7EW
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Wrapper
w7ew(at)arrl(dot)net
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