Topband: Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge VIII

[Lew]

      The dust has settled from the recently completed CQWW-CW contest, 
meaning that it is about 1 month until The Boring Amateur Radio Club's 
8th running of the Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge. This year you may 
pick your 14 hours out of the time span of 1500Z on Dec. 27 through 
1500Z on Dec. 28, 2003. The rules and information for this competition 
are at:
       http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
      This contest is a CW test that utilizes distance via Grid squares 
as part of the scoring mnemonic. Newbies or rusty CW OPs are encouraged 
to get on for this contest as the Q's are more important than the speed 
of their dits and dahs. It also is unique in that the competitors decide 
which plaques are important enough to them to sponsor. The 2002 plaques 
have recently been entrusted to the US Postal service and are on their 
ways to the winners. The contesters that are ahead of the curve, have 
already spoken and sent in their $50.00 each reserving the beautiful 
2003 plaques as below:

Sponsor                     Category
KL7RA                     Top QSO Total
K1PX                      Top Score-Single-Op-Europe-Low Power
VK6VZ                     Top Score utilizing Home Brew gear (Alf
         Traeger, VK5AX Memorial RFDS Cap)

      There are other categories being stewed about, so don't be left 
out. E-mail me and then fire off the check to sponsor what you feel is 
important to emphasize about this 160M contest where men are men, 
Beverages have at least 2 meanings and double digit fluxes are 
fantasized about.
      Start now to lay the groundwork for a vigorous contesting respite 
among the hurly-burly of the Holiday/New Year time period. You will 
deserve it. Remember last year?
      73 and I remain,
       Lew    W7EW/W7AT
       The Boring Amateur Radio Club Plaquenmeister
       P.O.Box 3110
       Salem, OR.  97302

       lew at teleport.com