Ladies, Gentlemen and Children of the TopBand,
In a few hours the 15th running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge
will commence. We hope that you
will take up paddle and key and join in the game. The purpose of this
contest sponsored by The Boring Amateur
Radio Club is to have fun with the radio on a very special band. If your
idea of fun is 5 watts into your house gutters
with a straight key then that is great! If your idea of fun is using all
available forms of technology with a dash of radio
thrown in then that is also great! We just ask that you be honest in
describing your contest functioning in the soapbox
section when you submit a log. The rules and peer pressure help to keep the
majority of contesters playing the game
fairly. All members of The Boring Amateur Radio Club believe that the
operator and the operating skills displayed by the
operator are paramount. This is reflected by the rules for the contest for
which we sponsor.
The rules live at http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
The Stew Perry Test has a group of contesters who understand the value
of sponsoring a plaque for certain radio
accomplishments. These smart and handsome individuals volunteer the category
and then pay $55 for the production
and shipping of a beautiful plaque to the winner of that particular
category. You can join this august group of forward
thinking operators by thinking up a category you'd like to see emphasized,
emailing me and then following the directions.
The 2010 Plaque Sponsors for The Stew Perry Contest
Donor Category
KL7RA Highest number of QSOs
KL7RA A heroic Act to be determined
W2GD Contest Team Top Score Multi-Multi- World
TF3KX Aurora Borealis (Top Score > 60deg N.
geomagnetic latitude
W7KF Oldest Operator making > 50 QSOs
KB7Q Top Score QRP- World
SP4K Top Score somewhere/somehow
N5IA Most Grids Worked
KH6LC "VK-ZL Challenge" Top Score VK-ZL
KR2Q Golden Log Award
AE6RF Top Score Portable Location (Field
Day type of Operation)
N0TT Youngest USA Op > 50 QSOs
K7FL Top Score 100% S & P
K1EP Top Score by YL or XYL Op
K6ND "K6SE Award" Top Score World
N7UA Top Score High Power
N9ADG Top Score Asia
NA0Y Top Score USA
N7JW Top Score JA
K7CA Top Score Zones 17,18,22,23
F8BPN Top Score Low Power Europe
WA5VGI Top Score from W6
W7RH World longest QSO Low Power
W0UCE Top Score USA/SO/Low Power/Single wire
for Tx-Rx
K9DX Top Score Europe
Horned Toad Acres Top Score Central/South America
Wireless Assoc.
VK6VZ Highest no. of S. Hemisphere stations
contacted by station in N. hemisphere. Wins a
Royal Flying Doctors of Australia cap rather than a plaque.
Review this list and consider if you may qualify for one of these
beauties. If so, be sure to mention that fact in the soapbox part
of your log submittal. We appreciate the feedback and suggestions and
criticisms that go with sponsoring a unique radio contest.
Just remember we're not trying to attain world peace or solve hunger or
defeat all disease here. We're just trying to produce a fun radio
contest during our "spare time" called The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge
where a lot of radio operators can meet on TopBand,
compete fairly.....and have a little fun.
See you in The Stew in a few hours!
73 and I remain,
Lew W7EW
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Word Czar
w7ew@arrl.net
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