Topband: The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge IX

[Ron Feutz]

Lew and all,

The Calcutta award is limited to operators using their own stations (no 
guest ops).

73,

Ron - WA9IRV

At 04:35 AM 12/17/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>       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
>
>
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Ron Feutz, WA9IRV
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