Yes It's true. In a few short hours the starting bell will ring,
ringing off the start of the Tenth running of The Stew Perry
TopBand DX Challenge sponsored by The Boring Amateur Radio Club. For you
mildly confused TopBanders that means
this weekend! The times and exchanges and rules and such are webbed at
the site below. Go there, absorb and then enjoy
one of the best radio contests available in this solar system.
http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
Not only do we have a bunch of smart, supporting hams who donate $50 a
plaque to encourage
and recognize great radio feats as listed below, we also have K1PX who is the
Certificate-meister
for the Stew Perry TopBand Extravaganza. At no expense to the certificate
winners, they receive
beautiful papyrus notations attesting to similar accomplishments during The
Stew. Since starting
the certificate program Jim, K1PX, annually averages sending out 36
certificates to the deserving.
So if you are aced out by 1 grid square for one of the outstanding plaques you
may still receive a
very cool certificate for your efforts.
This years ever expanding list of plaque donors so far include:
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
W5WMU Top Score High Power
N7KQ Top Score Central/South America
KB5NJD Top Score, Vertical < 40' tall
W0OU/5 Top Score US/VE QRP
W2GD Team Top Score Multi-Op Europe
KS0T Top Score from Grid EN
W5WMU Top Score USA High Power
K7CA Top Score South of Equator
N7JW Top Score Top Score from country that has never had an
entry
K7RAT Highest number of QRP Stations Worked
NA0Y Top Score USA
N6TR Furthermost DX completed within 30 min of local noon
N0TT Top Score USA Operator < 21 years old and > 100 qso
WA2DFI Top Score Canada
W5WMU Top Score S/O World
Cajun Contest Club Top Number of QSOs Stew Perry and RAC Combined
K7FL Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
KK9K Calcutta Award- Top Score by Single-Op, operated by
station
owner located in Ontario & Upper peninsula of Michigan
west
of 86 deg West longitude, Manitoba, Wisconsin, Minnesota
North Dakota or South Dakota
AB7E Single Op, World, Highest Average Raw Points per QSO
(before power factor)
Minimum of 75 valid QSOs
W7EW Top Score by Op who never Transmitted > 18 wpm during
test.(include in comments
in submitted log to this effect)
VK6VZ Top Score, Antenna in space < 20mX10m- prize a Royal
Flying Doctors Service of Australia hat
This is quite a list, huh? Read it carefully for there are some ground
breaking categories that
have been promulgated. You, yes you, could actually win one of these plaques
and have it on the wall
to impress the locals when they visit. Another impressive feat is operating in
such a way as to turn
in a log with no broken information- a golden log. The Operator who turns in
the highest number of QSOs
with no busted calls or information will be awarded a brand new never before
worn Official Boring
Amateur Radio Club Tee Shirt that will make him/her the envy of all who see
him/her in it. Vigorishly
worn and never washed massively used Club Tee shirts will also be sent to
individuals or groups who
operate in ways that appear detrimental to the usual great operating found on
TopBand. We haven't sent
any of these out yet and bet we won't have to.
So go drink a beverage, straighten out your beverage, turn off your alarm
system and get a full
night's rest because the 10th running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge is
upon us.
73 and I remain,
Lew W7EW/W7AT
Boring Amateur Radio Club Touter Dude
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