Topband: 20th Stew Perry TopBand DX Challange

[Lew Sayre]

Greetings to the Static Quo Operators of our Solar System,
     The Boring Amateur Radio Club is pleased to invite you to participate
in
the Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge commencing 1500Z Dec. 26 and running
to 1500Z Dec. 27, 2015.  Our friendly contest is a 160M CW (Morse Code)
contest where
you can enjoy TopBand jousting for 14 hours out of the 24 hours available.
Our Club
suggests that you operate during your times of darkness because for various
reasons
contestors seem to make more and further away QSOs on 160M when the sun is
below
their horizon. Go figure.  Also this contest uses a distance mnemonic to
figure out the score
rather than the silly multipliers the old fashion contests utilize. You
actually get more points
for contacting another station way far away as compared to another closer
station. What a
concept!
      The rules for this stellar event live at  www.kkn.net/stew/      Read
them as there exists
even more innovations to make The Stew Perry the fairest contest in
civilization.
     One of the tenets of this contest is that the participants decide what
feats of radio
heroism deserves to be immortalized by a wooden plaque. Listed below are the
radio stalwarts who are sponsoring a plaque and the criteria for their
category.

KL7RA                            Top # of QSOs
North Pole Contest Group  To be decided
K7FL/5H2DA                    Top Score 100% Search & Pounce
KR2Q                              Golden Log Award
N0TT                                Top Score < 21y/o, >200 QSOs
K7CA                               Top Score China
TF3KX                              Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score North
of 60 deg N
                                        geomagnetic Latitude
Dr. Beldar-L1AR                Top Score,S/O, Temp Antenna erected after
Dec.14
VK6VZ- Flying Doctors of   Top Score- N. Hemisphere station working
VK Baseball hat                 S. Hemisphere stations

     You 160M thinkers can join this group by sending to me a category and
$60
($63 if PayPal) per plaque. The category should uphold the highest values of
morality and ethics while honoring an aspect of radio contesting. All
decisions
of appropriateness are final as determined by The Boring Amateur Radio Club
Committee on Honesty, Virtue and Beverages.
     We understand The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge is the day after
Christmas this year. What better way for you to escape the holiday
maelstrom
by joining the 160M believers for some friendly ditting and dawing?  Start
by doing
great acts of helpfulness to your loved ones now in order to have a bit of
dark time
off for The Stew.
     There will be further bulletins from The Boring Amateur Radio Club as
the plaque
list expands and to bring attention to The Stew Perry TopBand Extravaganza
  73 and I remain,
   Lew   w7ew
   The Boring Amateur Radio Club Announcer
   w7ew at arrl.net