Topband: The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge #18

[Lew Sayre]

Greetings 160M Enthusiasts,
     The longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere is about upon
us.
This means that The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge sponsored by The
Boring Amateur Radio Club is just about here. Dec. 28/29 has the operating
time defined along with rules, past winners and fascinating information at:
   http://www.kkn.net/stew/
     If you are too lazy or a genuine sluggard to browse there, then perhaps
160M is not for you. However if you want to see what past scores were
obtained
by what stellar contesters along with a myriad of other facts..browse away!
     This 160M CW contest has plaques available to be won sponsored by
Radio Stalwarts. The categories have been created by the intelligent
sponsors
who have donated $60 each to create and send the plaques. Listed below
is this year's group of categories and their prescient sponsors.


KL7RA          Top # of QSOs
KL7RA          Top Score, S/O, North America
W2GD Team  Top # NA+SA QSOs by EU Station
TF4M            Longest Distance QSO- 2 plaques
TF4M            Top Score Mobile (has to be actually able to move)
N0TT             Top Score <21 years old, >200 QSOs
N5IA              Most Grids Worked
N5IA             Highest Score Daytime operation only
KH6LC           VK-ZL Challenge, Top Score VK-ZL
K5WA           Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Americas
K5WA           Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Europe
NA0Y            Top Score USA
TF3KX           Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score N of 60 deg N
                     geomagnetic latitude
CE1/K7JA      Top Score Southern Hemisphere
CE1/K7JA      Top Score Japan
K1EP             Top Score by First Time Entrant
K2PO             Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Zone 3
K6ND             K6SE Memorial- Top Score World
W7RH            Top Score, Low Power, Asia
K7FL              Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
W0RI              Top Score, S/O, Zone 4
AA6VB           Top Score, base loaded Vert <60' tall
AA6VB           Top Score Big City >50K,little pistol<100W
WA2DFI          Top Score VE
KR2Q              Golden Log- Top # of Qs without a bust
K1LT               Top Score from QSOs with low power & QRP
VK6VZ            Top Score by N. hemisphere working S. hemisphere
                        Winner gets Flying Doctors of VK baseball hat

     The plaques for the 2012 running of The Stew have all been dispatched
to
the winners and The Boring Amateur Radio Club expects the winners to thank
the sponsors for their largess, clear thinking and being such all around
good
people. You can become a plaque sponsor by submitting an acceptable
category,
parting with $60 and emailing me at the address below.
     Go polish that Beverage. Go apply elbow grease to your loop. Ensure
that
your verticals still are. Listen to that empty channel on the TV and try and
decode just what  the refrigerator is sending you when it kicks on.
     Do these things to get ready for The Stew Perry. You won't regret it.
     73 and I remain,
    Lew    w7ew
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Exhortations
w7ew at arrl.net