Greetings to the LowBand RF Benders, The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge is happening Dec 29/30 2012. Please click on: www.kkn.net/stew for the exact times, rules, exchange, plaque info and a bunch of other cool stuff. Since you are an astute TopBander, you'll notice that The Stew Perry Challenge is a contest that uses distance in determining your score. It also utilizes your power to figure your score. Plus it even awards you more points when you work a low power or QRP station than a QRO one. Wow! It pays to scrounge up and dig out those QRP signals that are ignored in all other contests because it'll enhance your final number. The Boring Amateur Radio Club also requests that the contest combatants come up with what categories that they feel need to be honored. Listed below are the Radio Stalwarts who have already decided what categories need to be honored. They've communicated their ideas and sent in $60 to create a plaque that will be vigorously fought over by our audience. If you meet up with one of these radio giants personally, then shake their hand, buy them a beverage and thank them for their part in creating true peer recognition.
KL7RA Top # of QSOs North Pole Contest Group TBD W2GD Team Top # of NA+SA QSOs by EU station AA6VB Top Score base loaded vertical <60' tall AA6VB Top Score Big City (>50K pop), Little pistol (<100W) K7CA Top Score Southern Hemisphere K7CA Top Score JA TF4M Longest QSO-Hi Power (both ends get a plaque) TF4M Top Score 160 mobile (must be truly mobile, not portable) W7RH Top Score S/O Low Power Zone 3 K7FL Top Score 100% Search & Pounce N5IA Top # of Grids worked K6ND Top Score World- K6SE Memorial NA0Y Top Score USA KR2Q Golden Log- Top # of Qs without a bust KH6LC VK-ZL Challenge- Top Score VK/ZL KE3X Top Score single element inv. L or T config, <70' max height VK6VZ N. Hemisphere station that works the most S. Hemisphere stations (Winner gets Flying Doctors of VK Baseball hat) The ARRL 160M test has concluded so you now have time to improve what you thought was a killer 160M station. The secret is to be able to hear. Most anybody can erect a verticalish monopole, sprinkle the ground liberally with radials and run QRO. That will make you affectionately known as an alligator or deaf or stupid but you must be able to receive the weak dits and dahs to complete a QSO. So go do what you can! If you don't know the Morse Code, then go learn it. 15-20 minutes a day with any of the several code practice programs will double the amount of contests you can participate in. Yes, I know you're old but you can learn a new trick. If you'd like to sponsor a non-prurient plaque then email me with your suggestion. We can do PayPal also. Thank you for your rapt attention. There will be further Stew Perry TopBand Challenge bulletins sponsored by The Boring Amateur Radio Club in the near future. 73 and I remain, Lew W7EW The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Exhortation w...@arrl.net ps. The 2011 plaques have been created and will be sent out soon! _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - topband@contesting.com