[SCCC] Fw: Topband: The 12th Running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge

[Michael Tope]

FYI - this contest offers some rather interesting awards (see
below). I don't see them anymore, but one year plaques were
awarded for the best soapbox excuse/whine and  most number
of chemical element symbols contained in callsigns worked :-)

73, Mike W4EF............................


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lew Sayre" <w7ew at arrl.net>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: Topband: The 12th Running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge


> Yo TopBanders,
>      The time is growing short. A few short days until the 12th running of
> The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge sponsored by those fun loving RF
> creatures of The Boring Amateur Radio Club.  This contest is a fun one.
> Work
> people 14 out of the 24 hours and your Holiday blues will evaporate as
> fast
> as your Holiday savings did. The rules and other cool information live on
> at:   http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
>     The Boring Amateur Radio Club has the foresight to ask the contesters
> to sponsor meaningful plaques for the other contesters to joust for. The
> list below honors this idea with the Contesting Giants who have sent in
> their $50 along with an acceptable idea to spur on the nocturnal
> endeavors.
> You can sponsor a plaque also. Just fire in your idea to me within the
> next
> few days and I'll get your eternal idea into the next notice to the masses
> just before the contest commences.  When you see any of these donors
> please
> offer to buy them a liquid refreshment to celebrate their excellent
> judgment
> in radio, cars and life in general!
>
> Call                                Class
> KL7RA               Highest number of QSO's
> KR2Q                Golden log (highest # of Q's with no busts)
> W7TMT              Top Score, Low Power, First time Entry
> TF3KX                Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score from QTH north of 60
> degrees geomagnetic latitude (within 3,333 km from grid square FQ49)
> KB7Q                Top Score QRP
> VK6VZ               Top Score with antenna in space < 20mX10m(wins Royal
> Flying Doctors of Australia cap rather than plaque)
> K7FL                  Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
> N7KQ                 Top Score Central/South America
> N7UA                 Top Score High Power
> AE6RF               "You've got heart, Rookie" third lowest score for
> first
> time entry
> N9ADG               Top Score World
> AC6DD               Top Score by Portable Station within own country
> K1EP                 Top Score, Low Power from a Condominium
> KB5NJD              Top # grids with vertical < 10 m tall
> NA0Y                  Top Score USA
> W2GD/Team        Top Score High Power Europe
> W7GG                 To be determined by BARC's BOD (tnx Bob!)
> N5IA                    Most Grid Squares worked
> KI7Y                   Top Score, S/O, Japan (Sandy Lynch
> Memorial-W7BX/7J1ABV)
> GMCC                 Top Scoring Station > 4000' elevation
> GMCC                 Top Score Hi-Power N. America (VE, W or XE) west of
> 100
> deg long
> GMCC                 Top Score Low Power N America (VE, W or XE) west of
> 100
> deg long   W9GE                 Top Score  100% Run
> CE1/K7CA           Top Score Asia
> BARC                   Top Score M/M West Coast (VE7, WA, OR, CA,)
>
>       Not much more to say other than get your Rx antennae propped while
> the propagation readies itself for a real clash of the 160M flavor.  We
> especially invite Operators who have lived mostly on the VHF region to
> enter
> into the fray.  TopBanders are known for the gentlemanly demeanor and will
> slow promptly if anyone should send QRS. There will be one more epistle to
> the groups listing the plaque donor Stalwarts along with a few final
> exhortations.  Please let me know if you're plaquing for The Stew.
>     73 and I remain,
>     Lew   W7EW/W7AT
>     W7EW at arrl.net
>     The Boring Amateur Radio Club Long Drive Champion
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