Topband: The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge IX

[Lew]

       Holy Capacitor Smoke, Batman! It's almost time for the Ninth 
running of the Stew Perry TopBand Dx Challenge sponsored by The Boring 
Amateur Radio Club. Go directly to the web site below, do not pass go, 
do not collect $200, to understand the rules, times and glimpse the 
originality of this TopBand extravaganza.
            http://web.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
       A glimpse below reveals a plethora of pandered neat-o plaques 
that the Stalwarts of the Stew have sponsored for the serious and not so 
serious competitor that may be won if you have the gonadoradials for it. 
If you are stimulated by this list of categories that honor great 
performances and you see an area that needs recognition, then e-mail me 
with your idea, mail the Club $50 and you'll join this list of RF 
Luminaries.
Donor                                             Category
KL7RA                    Top QSO Total
WA2DFI                   Top Score Single Op VE
W7EW                     Best DX distance
K7RAT                    Top Score Multi-Op World
N5IA                     Most Grid Squares Worked
N7KQ                     Top Score-Low power, Rest of World
N9ADG                    Top Score West Washington- Low Power
K1PX                     Top Score EU- Low Power
K5KA                     Top Score US/VE Low Power
K8ND                     Top Score S/O Caribbean
W7GG                     Top Score S/O QRP
KB5NJD                   Top Score-Ant < 40' or 13m tall
KI7Y                     W7BX Memorial- Top Score JA
K9DX                     Top Score Hi-Power- Europe
N7JW                     Top Score Asia except JA
K7CA                     Top Score Mainland South America
W2GD Team                Top Score Multi-op Europe
WA9IRV                   Calcutta Award-Top Score VE3,VE4,MN,WI or ND
Low Band Monitor         Top Score S/O North America
W4SAA                    Top Score S/O World
N6TR                     Best Whine/Excuse/Explanation for performance
W7AT                     Top Score from All Water Grid
N6ZFO                    SPACE-Stew Perry Award for Chemical Elements
            (Points for chemical element symbols in calls in log)
VK6VZ                    The VK5AX Small Backyard Memorial- Top Score
            wid antenna in space < 20m x 10m or 66ft x 33ft.  Winner gets
coveted Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia hat

      As an added inducement there will be Official certificates
available to contesters who are turning in their first ever log while
scoring over 1000 points. We want to recognize the new players to the
Top Band and their efforts. So even if you're an old player who doesn't
send in logs...score > 1000 points + turn in your first log to us and
you'll get a really cool certificate that'll look great on the wall or
convince the spouse that you were really contesting  Saturday night.
       There are some other CW contests that are happening during the
running of The Stew Perry Experience. The Boring Amateur Radio Club
urges all Stew combatants to also interact with these other 
contesters, divining what the exchange might be and making more Q's and 
having fun which is what RF contesting is all about anyway.
       I'd advise brushing up on your Periodic table, laying a few more 
radials and sloshing that Beverage out a bit further in order to compete 
for one of these priceless Boring Amateur Radio Club plaques.
       See you in The Stew!!!!
       73 and I remain,
       Lew  W7EW/W7AT
       Boring Amateur Radio Club Chancellor of Propaganda, Propagation 
and Malapropisms