About 24 years ago - a small group of topband operators designed a new type of radio contest which we all now know as the Stew Perry. It is time to start making plans for the next fun evening of topband CW operating. While it is becoming harder and harder to find guys using the old CW mode - there is no shortage of them during the 24 hours of this event.
One of the fun things about this event is the plaque program. The plaques for last year are about to be created and mailed to their rightful new owners. You can review the list of plaques and winners at https://www.kkn.net/stew/stew_plaques.html. I know many of you enjoy the missives posted by our Plaque-meister, W7EW, but he is on sabbatical this year and you will have to read these boring posts instead. Gone are the flowery words and obscure references to things I never understood - but what remains is the intent and the list of plaques that will be sponsored. I know a few of you sponsor plaques annually and perhaps even paid some $$$ towards a plaque that hasn't be awarded yet. We will get that figured out - although if you could take a moment and let me know about it, that will assure that I look for it. So - use your imagination (not too much of it however) and come up with your choice of plaque to sponsor for this year's running. Please send your emails to me instead of Lew this year. The cost per plaque was $65 last year. We might have to make a small adjustment to this due to our costs - but we are offering this price FOR A LIMITED TIME only - so shop early and often. 73 Tree N6TR Vice Plaque Chairmen PS: There is no fine print. _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
