Attention 160M Spectrum Selectors, Spankers and Celebrities,
The Boring Amateur Radio Club is reminding you to reserve Dec. 29/30
to operate in the 23rd Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge. That is just a shade
over 2 weeks from now. There is no other CW contest quite like The Big
Stew.
So you should browse on over to http://www.kkn.net/stew/ and see
what
makes it so unique.
One of the unique features of The Stew is that the contesters decide
what
amazing feats of RF manipulation is deserving of immortality by way of a
spiffy
plaque. The Boring Amateur Radio Club does not decide upon the categories
to be honored- you do. Listed below are the Radio Stalwarts who have
devined
a specific category and backed that up with a paltry $65 for plaque
production.
You can join this auspicious group. Send your category to my email address
at the bottom of this email along with the particulars.
KL7RA Top # QSOs, S/O
EI2CN W/K/N/VE/XE station with most QSOs with EI/British Isles
N9TF Top Score QRP, from RF deprived Grids EN00 through EN79
N9TF Top # Grids NA,S/O,QRP non-resonant antenna <40' above
ground
N9TF Top Score USA,S/O,L/P-multi trap vertical, non-resonant on
160M no matching device for 160 on or at antenna, tuner in shack
OK.
UX1UA Top # SA + NA QSOs by Zone 16 Station
UX1UA Top # QSOs with Zone 16 by NA Station
K7CA Top Score Zone 22
K7CA Top Score Zone 24
W2GD Team Top # QSOs wid NA/SA by EU Station
KH6LC Top Score From VK or ZL
K1EP Top Score by Op 21 y/o or less
K2PO Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Zone 3
K5WA Top # Grids using minimally directional antennas-
(random wire, inverted V or Loop, etc.)
K5WA Top # Grids 100 watts or less
N7GP Top # NA Grids worked from Zone 25
VE9AA Top Score 100w Mobile- (vehicle,radio, antenna all
capable of actual highway travel. No need to sign /M)
WA6CDR N5IA Memorial- Top # Grids Worked
NQ6N Highest score by Station working other Stations
who are running 100 watts or less
EI4HQ Top Score, S/O, QRP
VK6VZ A Flying Doctors of VK Baseball cap for Top Score- Northern
Hemisphere Station working Southern Hemisphere Stations.
This year we ask the Stew combatants to please send in their log
promptly. even if you eked out only 3 QSOs. Stations would have won
plaques if they had participated in not only the contest, but also the
log submission process. You know the computer does all the hard stuff,
right?
The 2017 plaques will go out tomorrow barring natural or unnatural
disasters. Congratulations to the winners! Remember to thank the sponsors
like the gentlemen/gentlewoman/unspecified beings of 160M you are. If you
have sponsored a plaque please remember to remit the funds if you haven't
done so already for 2018.
So plan on putting away the FT8 for a night and brush up on your CW
language skills during Dec. 29/30. This is good, clean RF fun.
73 and I remain,
Lew w7ew
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Alerting
w7ew@arrl.net
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