Greetings Contesters or Wannabes of Top Band,
The ARRL 160M contest is over and was pretty darn good. The
participants have in mind what needs to be done
for the final station systems preparation for The Stew Perry Top Band DX
Challenge. If you don't have a working system
you have until Dec 17, when the starting gong for The Stew is struck at
Club HQ to brew up one up. You can do it!
Where else can you sit for hours while it is dark outside listening to
static while picking the sound shrapnel out of the
cacophony while using physics in its finest form?
The rules are unique and pretty clear. Go memorize them here:
http://www.kkn.net/stew/ Read them critically and you'll see contesting
in a different light.
The Boring Amateur Radio Club sponsors The Stew Perry and the
contestants sponsor plaques to spur on and
reward the combatants for great radio feats performed during The Challenge.
The sponsors and categories listed
below are to be congratulated and thanked for their creativeness and
support. You can become a listed Stalwart
also by emailing me with your plaque idea and the $60 or $63 to make it
happen. You can do it now.
KL7RA Top # of QSOs by a S/O
N0TT Top Score, S/O, <21Y/O, > 200 QSOs
K7CA Top Score S/O China
K7CA Top Score S/O CQ Zone 24,27 or 28
KH6LC VK/ZL Challenge- Top S/O VK-ZL
AA6VB Top Score Big City >50K, Little Pistol <100W
AA6VB Top Score Base Loaded Vertical < 60' tall
N6TQ/A25TQ California Dreaming- Top # of QSOs with Cal
VK0EK Stations by a non-California station
Rochester DX Assoc Top Score,S/O, L-P, Outside N. America
UX1UA Top # NA + SA QSOs by Zone 16 station
K7FL Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
K9JWV/WC7S Top QRP Score,West of Mississippi,wire antennas
Dr. Beldar-L1AR Top Score,S/O, Temporary Antenna erected > Dec.3
(All parts of temporary antenna including radials
must be
installed after Dec. 3, 2016. This antenna must be
the only
antenna for TopBand at the station and may be left
erected
because as we all know "temporary" means "until I die"
KR2Q Golden Log Award
K2PO Top Score, S/O, Low Power Zone 3
N6TR Top Score, S/O, Hi-Power CN Grid Field
W2GD Team Top # QSOs, NA/SA by a European Station
VK6VZ VK6HD Memorial- Top Score by N. hemisphere station working S.
hemisphere stations.
Winner gets a new, fresh Flying Doctors of VK baseball
hat
This year the time until The Stew is very short so please get those
chores and promises done
soon so you can spend an unencumbered night flinging and catching grid
squares from anywhere
that the Laws of Physics allow 160M radio waves to propagate.
Don't see a category yet that quickens your pulse? Sponsor one and
perhaps make it personal
with your radio peers. Only the entire 160M radio Community will be
noticing and participating. Just
remember to include what plaques you are competing for in your comments
section of your log submission.
We're pretty good at putting on radio contests but not so hot at mind
reading.
73 and I remain,
Lew w7ew
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Stew Stuff
w7ew@arrl.net
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