Topband: Fwd: Announcing Edition #22- The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge

[Lew Sayre]

Greetings Nocturnal Raucous Radio Frequency Flingers,
      The Boring Amateur Radio Club urges you to set aside Dec. 30/31 for a
pleasant
get together with several hundred of your best 160M friends during The Stew
Perry
TopBand Challenge. So you won't embarrass yourself, go now and read the
rules
which live at:            http://www.kkn.net/stew/      That wasn't so
hard, was it?
     Tradition allows auspicious Radio Giants to conjure up categories for
the participants
to compete for, culminating in a highly sought after plaque. Plaques must
be in good taste
to be listed.  Listed below are the Stalwarts who have paid $65 to sponsor
a plaque
for this year's competition. You can join this group if you wish. All it
takes is an email to me.


KL7RA         Top # QSOs, S/O
EI2CN          W/K/N/VE/XE station with most Qs with EI/British Isles
W2GD Team- Top # Qs, NA/SA by a EU station
N9TF             Top # Grid Squares, QRP,S/O,NA with non-resonant antenna
                       < 40' above the ground
WQ4RP          Top Score Multi-Op, QRP, World

K2AV              "Master of the Small Lot" Top score from property
containing all
                        antennas < 1/3 acre or 1,350 Meters Sq, or 14,520
feet sq.
N9TF              Top Score US/SO/LP, multiband vertical-no trap/load or
resonator-
                        tuner at Rig only
W9XR              "W3GH Memorial"  Top Score FN Grid Block
VK6VZ             Top Score-Northern Hemisphere Station working Southern
                         Hemisphere Stations- Winner receives Flying
Doctors of
                         VK baseball hat.

K7FL               Top Score 100% Search & Pounce
K2PO               Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Zone 3

KH6LC             VK-ZL Challenge- Top Score, S/O, VK-ZL
KR2Q               Golden Log Plaque- Most QSOs without a bust
Dr. Beldar L1AR   Top Score, S/O, Using Temporary Antenna erected on or
                         after Dec. 3, 2017- because as we all know- Some
temporary
                         antennas will outlive their SK owners!


     All of the 2016 plaques have been sent out to their winners, except
for 2 plaques, due to
technical catastrophes of the plaque making process. Patience...as this
will be resolved.
Also if anyone even has an email address for R9HAG, please let me know of
it. Maybe he
is a virtual station as I can find no evidence of his physical address or
existence other than
submitted logs and QSOs here and there. . He has a valuable plaque awaiting
him.
     Please expeditiously execute your December chores early so you'll have
a better chance
for quality radio time in the Stew Perry. You phone Ops also have time to
resurrect your CW
skills before the starting Stew gong. A bonus of operating CW is you can
usually eat while
operating. You just can't chew or swallow while receiving if you value
accuracy.
     The ARRL is sponsoring a nice warm up for The Stew Perry this weekend
in its 160M CW
contest. Try to participate  in that competition also. It has a different
flavor and will help that small
club in its endeavors.
     There will be more missives from The Boring Amateur Radio Club as the
numbers of plaques
and 160M fervors increase.
73 and I remain,
   Lew     w7ew   The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Hyperbole
w7ew at arrl.net