Remember the dates December 17-18 and be sure to attend the tenth
running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge
sponsored by The Boring Amateur Radio Club. The nitty-gritty and the
fine print about this contesting feast is webbed at:
http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
Just as The Boring Amateur Radio Club is no ordinary club, The Stew
Perry TopBand Extravaganza is no ordinary radio
contest. The contest combatants determine what categories are worthy of
plaques and then donate $50 to The Club to create
these plaque works of art. Tomorrow the plaques for the 9th running of
The Stew will go out around the world first class to the
First Class Ops who won them. The results of who got these treasured
plaques are on the web site above and recently written
up in The National Contest Journal, Nov/Dec 2005 page 24.
Also importantly, the far sighted donors for these plaques are
listed, as they understand the grass roots ideas that make
radio contesting what it is today. Listed below are this year's heroes
and the classes that they feel are important enough to sponsor.
Call Category
KL7RA Highest Number of QSO's
N5IA Most Grid Squares worked
K1PX Top Score, Low Power, Europe
K9DX Top Score Europe
N9ADG Top Score , Multi Op, World
N5ECT Longest QSO measuring DX
WD5R Top Score by contester age < 25 years old
W7TMT Top Score, Low Power, first time entry
KI7Y Sandy Lynch, W7BX/7J1ABV Memorial-Top Score Japan
K8ND Top Score, Single Op, Caribbean
N7KQ Top Score Central/South America
KB5JND Top Score, Vertical < 40' tall
VK6VZ Top Score, Antenna in space < 20mX10m- prize a
Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia hat
So you're sitting there thinking about what category would be
really cool to get up in action.....so go ahead and let us know.
You have a bit less than 3 weeks before the opening kickoff to develop
your idea, e-mail us and revitalize a forgotten or non-
emphasized area of 160M CW Contesting action. You don't know the Morse
Code? Hey..You have 3 weeks to pick it up and
then try it out. Generally TopBanders are the most civilized creatures
populating the bands so give it a try.
This past weekend the world enjoyed an all-band radio contest and
this weekend will see more chances to get your 160M
house in order. Get on and participate as it's all good and all good
fun. There will be more updates as to The Stew Perry TopBand
DX Challenge produced by The Boring Amateur Radio Club and smart plaque
donors everywhere as we approach Dec. 17.
73 and I remain,
Lew W7EW/W7AT
Boring Amateur Radio Club Plaquerer
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