Topband: The Stew Perry Classic

[Lew Sayre]

Dear 160M Enthusiasts,
       The Boring Amateur Radio Club gently reminds you that the 13th
Edition of
the running of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge will be open from 1500Z
Dec 27 until 1500Z Dec 28. You can spend 14 hours during that time working
as many of the other TopBand elite while competing for beautiful plaques,
fame,
glory and other intangibles.  You really should read the few rules which
live at:


 http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html

       The Boring Amateur Radio Club also encourages the participants to sponsor
plaques to honor categories that have real meaning in this 160M epic struggle.
The donors listed below recognize the value of these plaques and have emailed me
with their category and followed that up with $50 for a plaque. Both
the donor and
winner's call are engraved on the plaque. The plaques are beautiful.
    The plaques for the 2007 Stew Perry have recently been sent out first class
postage, of course, and are beautiful.  The Boring Amatuer Radio Club is pleased
to be the vehicle for such contester to contester awards. You or your club could
be like the Stalwarts listed below and sponsor a meaningful plaque. Send me that
email now to inquire if your chosen category might be avaulable.

 Call             Category
KL7RA       Highest # of QSO's
KB7Q        Top Score QRP
K1EP        Top Score, Low Power using Elecraft K3 radio
TF3KX       Aurora Borealis Award (Top score > 60 deg North geomagnetic
                 latitude QTH)
AE6RF     Top Score Low Power in W6
NA0Y      Top Score USA
VK6VZ     Top Score with antenna in space < 20m X 10m- (winner gets Royal
                 Flying Doctors of Australia cap rather than plaque)
W7TMT     Top Score Low Power First Time Entry
N7UA      Top Score High Power
K6DBG    Top Score First Time QRP (no qrp entry X past 3 years)
KI7Y     Top Score High Power Oregon-(W7GG/Ai7B Memorial)
N7KQ     Top Score Central/South America
K7FL     Top Score 100% Search & Pounce
KR2Q     Golden Log Award (highest # of Q's with no errors)
N7JW     Top Score South of The Equator
K7CA     Top Score from Zones 17, 18, 22 or 23
F8BPN    Top Score Low Power Europe
N5IA     Most Grid Squares Worked

   The Boring Amateur Radio Club will sponsor a few more plaques but send in
your idea before we decide to do the one you're thinking about.
   Work on your schedule now to free up the evening of Dec 27/28 so that you
can have good old fashioned CW fun in a contest with an exchange that matters.
See you in The Stew!
73 and I remain,
  Lew Sayre  W7EW/W7AT
  w7ew at arrl.net
  The Boring Amateur Radio Club Sub-committee on Engraved Wood

ps  The plaques really are beautiful