Hello to All 160 Meter Radio People, Contesters, DXers and others, It is but a few days until the starting bell is gonged at the Club Headquarters at 15:00Z Dec 27. Please avail yourselves of the pertinent rules and fascinating writings at the web site below. http://www.kkn.net/stew/ <http://www.kkn.net/stew/> Read the words carefully and you'll see that The Stew Perry Contest, sponsored by The Boring Amateur Radio Club, is a groundbreaking contest where scores are related to a distance scoring mnemonic along with getting extra points by you working a low power or qrp station. Imagine that! The station sweating and straining the cochleas to do the heavy lifting will receive extra points for making the Q. If everyone who plays sends in a log, no matter how short or seemingly unimportant, then the final results will be even more accurate and true. The actual contesters decide which heroic radio feats should be awarded a plaque. These Radio Stalwarts have suggested a category and sent in either $60 or $63 to spur on the competition in selected categories. You can do the same. There is enough time! Just contact me below at the address listed way below. The list of Stalwarts and the Categories:
Donor Category KL7RA Top # of QSOs North Pole Contest We are cogitating TF4M Top Score 160M mobile (must actually be able to move) N0TT Top Score < 21 years old > 200 QSOs TF4M Longest Distance QSO- 2 plaques AA6VB Top Score,base loaded Vert <60' tall AA6VB Top Score big city >50K, little pistol <100W KH6LC VK-ZL Challenge: Top Score VK-ZL N5IA Most Grids worked N5IA Highest score daylight operation only K7FL Top Score 100% Search/Pounce NA0Y Top Score USA K6ND K6SE Memorial-Top Score World K1EP Top Score by First time Entrant K2PO Top Score,S/O,Low Power, Zone 3 TF3KX Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score N of 60 deg N geomagnetic latitude K7CA Top Score China K7CA Top Score Southern Hemisphere W2GD Team Top # NA+SA Qs by EU Station KR2Q Golden Log- Top # of Qs with no busts W7RH Top Score Low Power Asia W5GN Closest Score to overall average of Entrants W0RI Top Score Canada AA0RS Top # of Prefixes worked AA0RS S. Hemisphere Station working most USA States VK6VZ VK6HD Memorial- Top Score by N hemisphere station working S hemisphere stations. Winner gets Flying Doctors of VK baseball cap. Dr. Beldar-L1AR Top score utilizing temporary antenna. (All parts of temporary antenna including radials must be installed after Dec. 14, 2014. This antenna must be the only antenna for TopBand at the station, and may be left up, because as we all know, "temporary" means "until I die".) Time remains to get a wire airborne and get on to play this weekend. Volunteer your time carefully this week before the contest so that your loved ones will cheerfully suggest that you go to your radio for The Stew instead of making small talk about Great-Aunt Edith's predilection for small creatures and the value of cleanliness. Those sponsors who haven't yet remembered to send in the check please remind yourself to do so as we do not wish to activate The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Collections. The members of this committee all have funny looking noses and work a code that is different than the Morse or American that we are used to using. There will be another epistle similar to this very close to the starting time of The Stew listing the available plaques. 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Communications w...@arrl.net _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband