Topband: The 11th Edition of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge

[lew]

  Hello Contesters, 160M addicts and Thrill Seekers everywhere,
        In a few short nights the starting bell for the 11th running of 
The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge will
be rung at the club station of The Boring Amateur Radio Club at 1500Z, 
Dec 30, initiating this years competition.
There are simple to understand rules and other cool information that can 
be reviewed about this tradition breaking
radio contest that can be found at:

http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
  This competition has a long history of having the contestants sponsor plaques to honor
certain achievements in this epic TopBand struggle.  The fearless and intelligent Hams
listed below have suggested these categories and have ponied up the paltry $50 to sponsor
these individual plaques. Review these stunning plaques and ask yourself if you could do
any better. If you think so, simply burn me an e-mail suggesting the category followed by
the $50 and you will join this august group of notorious all weather contesters and luminaries
in supporting the most innovative RF slinging contest available to mortals. 
     This year's plaques and Sponsors are:

KL7RA               Highest Number of QSO's
W7TMT               Top Score, Low Power, First time entry
KB7Q                Top Score in Grid Field "DM"
N5IA                Most Grid Squares worked
N7JW                Top Score South of the Equator
K7CA                Top Score Asiatic Russia
N0TT                Top Score USA Op < 21 y/o & > 100 QSO
VK6VZ               Top Score with antenna in a space < 20m X 10m 
        winner receives an official Royal Flying Doctors of Australia cap
NA0Y                Top Score USA
K1PX                Top Score, Low Power, Europe
K7FL                Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
K8ND                Top Score, Single Op, Caribbean
N7KQ                Top Score Central/South America
GMCC                Top Score by Station >4000' above sea level- High Power
GMCC                Top Score by Station >4000' above sea level- Low Power
    GMCC= Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado
KR2Q                Top Score with Golden Log (no busts)
N9ADG               We're considering several possibilities with this grant
WA2DFI              Top Score VE
W2GD Team           Top Score High Power Europe
AE6RF               Third Lowest score by a First Time Entrant(Ya Got Heart, Rookie)
AC6DD               Top Score by Portable Station within own Country
KI7Y                Top JA Score (Sandy Lynch W7BX/7J1ABV Memorial)
N2WN                Top Low Power or QRP Score by self constructed or modified Radio
VE3KZ               Top Number of QSOs Stew Perry and RAC Combined
KB5NJD              Top Number of Unique Grid Squares utilizing Vertical < 10m tall
 
     The time grows short. It's time to put on serious clothing and go put more wire up 
somewhere as it's well recognized that copious wire helps the RF into and out of your exciter
and receiver. The Boring Amateur Radio Club has a pictorial series that illustrates the symbiotic  
use of a very tall fir tree and wire. This won't help you right now because it takes a fairly long
time to grow a very tall fir tree, so go do what you can.
     Send in your Plaque sponsorship proposals and you can be included in the next list of 
distinguished and talented Hams, which will be spammed throughout our universe on Stew Perry Eve.
     We at The Boring Amateur Radio Club, believe that finding one's own oxygen and nutrition sources
to be fun and necessary endeavors. In the same artery, we feel that finding your own stations to work
during The Stew Perry TopBand Extravaganza is more fun than having somebody else do it- so packet use
is discouraged unless you have a medical waiver signed by 3 medical officers of The Club.
     Get ready for The Stew... It's ready for You!
     73 and I remain,
      Lew  W7EW/W7AT
      The Boring Amateur Radio Club Pitcher
      w7ew at arrl.net