Topband: The Stew Perry TopBand DX CHallenge #14 v4

[Lew Sayre]

Dear Jousters and Jesters of the TopBand and Contesting Realm,
     There has been much exercising of the little grey cells concerning
contesting rules and fairness and relativity and such.   You should be aware
that
The Boring Amateur Radio Club is unleashing The Stew Perry TopBand DX
Challenge on Dec.26....a bit more than 2 weeks from now.  This contest, by
design, has the most fair rules of any contest in the galaxy.  Make a
distant Q and get more points than making a close Q.  Work a low power or
qrp
station and get 2 or 4 times the points for making that Q.  You'll get more
than frustrated or sweat when you work that nutty guy running 100mw to his
orthodontic appliance!  You owe it to yourself to participate in such a
balanced radio ruckus just to experience a new, more fair way of
adjudicating a
radio contest.
     Put down that Beverage and drive your computer to:
 http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html    and assimilate the simple rules living
there.  Many other concepts are cleverly ensconced therein. This could be
the
future for contesting...who knows?
     The Boring Amateur Radio Club has developed a simple plaque program for
The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge.  Caring, smart, sophisticated,
forward thinking giants of our Radio World sponsor any category they think
might spur on the combatants to greater levels of competition. The only
requirements are that the categories must pass the family hour decency test,
as determined by The Club, and also remit $55 each.  If you have questions
or proposals then please email me.
     The afore mentioned Radio Stalwarts are listed below along with the
categories.

Donor                           Category

KL7RA                         Highest number of QSO's
F8BPN                         Top Score Low Power Europe
N7UA                           Top Score High Power
K6ND                           K6SE Memorial- Top Score World
K7FL                            Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
N7KQ                           Top Score Central/South America
N0TT                            Top Score Low Power Minnesota
DX Engineering              Top Score USA
DX Engineering              Top Score Hi-Power Europe
KH6LC                          VK-ZL CHallenge- Top Score VK/ZL
W0UCE                         Antenna/Power Limited *
N5IA                             Most Grids Worked
KR2Q                           "Golden Log" Top # of Q's without a mistake
KB7Q                           High Score QRP
VK6VZ                          Max # of points made with stations in S.
                                    Hemisphere**
AE6RF                          Top Score Low Power W6
K6DBG                          Top Score QRP West of Mississippi River
W2GD Contest Team      Top Score Multi World
TF3KX                            Aurora Borealis-Top Score > 60deg N.
                                     geomagnetic latitude
K0PK                             Top Score QRP Minnesota
Hudson Valley Towers     Longest DX contact
WA5VGI                        Top Score W6
K7CA                             Top Score from Zone 17,18,22 or 23
N7JW                             Top Score Japan

            *-Must use single wire for Tx & Rx and <100W
           **-Winner gets Official Royal Flying Doctors Service of
Australia hat rather than plaque. The winner must
               operate from N. hemisphere


     The Boring Amateur Radio Club advises that contesters who aspire for a
particular plaque to write that plainly
in their soapbox comments when they electronically submit their log of
contacts. We do make near ESP contacts on the bands but need your direction
when
it comes to knowing what plaques you're vying for as ESP has been shown not
to work there.
     This contest is very close to a legal holiday. You may only operate no
more than 14 hours during the contest.  Discuss with your loved ones the
need for
serious stress reduction during this holiday time and I'm sure they'll agree
that operating in The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge would be fine as the
time
is short and nocturnal.
     There will most likely be more notices of this grand contest before the
starting gun so be sure to figure out what plaque/category you'd like to
sponsor for the realm.
     73 and I remain,
     Lew    W7EW/W7AT
     The Boring Amateur Radio Club Environmental Services Arranger
     w7ew at arrl.net