Greetings to the RF Fighters and Top Band Operators Around the World, In less than one week the next Stew Perry 160M contest will be exercised. The time period on Dec. 26/27 contains the appointed times. You may operate up to 14 hours out of the 24 allotted hours. Operate more time than that and your log will spontaneously combust. Or not. You should freshen up your knowledge of this contest by clicking on over to https://www.kkn.net/stew/
The Stew Perry CW contest is designed for the contesters to use their own tuning abilities, their own knowledge of propagation, and their own skills to find and work the other combatants participating in The Stew. This contest is designed to NOT be a clickable run fest where spotting a station is ordained and clicking is the religion. This contest should test only your abilities to find and work other Top Band stations to exchange grid square digits. We don’t even like much the super check partial available in some loggers. People work other people in the Stew, while their computers simply sit quietly, are shut up and log only if so directed. What we do really enjoy is the satisfaction and sheer exuberance of utilizing Top Band while contacting the other stations without using embedded telenets and spotting lists and internet zero beat pileups and such- like the way contests were years ago. Yes, we are a throwback contest but it is darn good fun. The Boring Amateur Radio Club sponsors this CW Top Band Stew Perry Challenge and also supports people who want to recognize certain feats of radio accomplishments by making available the ability to sponsor a plaque. The Club only ascertains that the plaques are in reasonably good taste while the subject of the plaque is proposed by one of the Top Banders who then tenders $65 along with the plaque idea to us. You may see the current plaques available to be won during this upcoming event by clicking on the above link and then paying attention. Please let us know if you wish to become a plaque Stalwart. The email address below will work just fine. Usually the day after Christmas is a tough day to have a radio contest….until this goofed up year arrived. Socializing and visiting and talking and all that other holiday stuff is flat out discouraged this year due to the virus. There is no better way to get together with a few thousand of your best radio friends during these holiday times than to get on and operate during The Stew Perry Top Band Challenge. No meandering conversations, no embarrassing anecdotes, no boring re-telling of long ago tales here. Do your travelling on the Top Band which will give you a break, is fun and good for you all, by contesting in The Stew. See you in The Stew! 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew w...@arrl.net The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Enlightening Lexiconography _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector