Greetings Greyline Jousters, Jesters, Gridsters and Grouches, The Boring Amateur Radio Club has fired the starting cannon this morning. The 20th Edition of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge is on the air. This contest is the perfect antidote for the Holiday Frazzles which is endemic upon the world currently. You are invited to come play in this unique contest. To learn the rules and grasp the subtleties of this unique contest, motor to: www.kkn.net/stew/ An amazing group of Donors have constituted an amazing group of plaques which could be won by any participant if they are the top in the category. These Donors are intelligent, philanthropic people who have developed a thesis for a competition with certain prerequisites within the contest. When you meet or interact with these Donors be sure to buy them a beverage and congratulate them on their sagacity, wit and charm. The list below displays their calls and the categories that they have developed for the various subplots for The Stew Perry.
KL7RA Top # of QSOs North Pole Contest Group To be decided K7FL/5H2DA Top Score 100% Search & Pounce KR2Q Golden Log Award N0TT Top Score < 21y/o, >200 QSOs K7CA Top Score China TF3KX Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score North of 60 deg N geomagnetic Latitude Dr. Beldar-L1AR Top Score,S/O, Temp Antenna erected after Dec.14 VK6VZ- Flying Doctors of Top Score- N. Hemisphere station working VK Baseball hat S. Hemisphere stations UX1UA Top # NA + SA Qs by Zone 16 station UX1UA USA station with top # Qs with Zone 16 K6ND K6SE Memorial- Top Score World S/O K1EP Top LP score between 30deg N & 40deg N lat (any station located in xM## gridsquare) KH6LC VK/ZL Challenge- Top Score S/O, VK/ZL N6TQ/A25TQ California Dreaming- Top # Qs with Calif stations by a non California station. W2GD Team Top # Qs, NA/SA by European Station W7RH Top Score, Low Power, Asia K7CA Top Score from Zone 24, 27 or 28 K7CA Top Score from either Zone 19 or 25 FWDXA KL7RA Memorial- Top Score, LP, Central Division NA0Y Top Score North America N9TF Top Score, North America, S/O, QRP Rochester DX Assoc. Top Score,Low Power,S/O, Outside N. America N7UA Top Score High Power Niagara Frontier Radiosport Top Score,S/O,Low Power,Single Antenna TF4M Longest High Power QSO N6TR KL7RA Memorial- Top Score, Hi Power, CQ Zone1 AA6VB Top Score,Big City > 50K, Little Pistol < 100W AA6VB Top Score Base Loaded Vertical < 60' tall N1LI- Long Island DX Top Score from IOTA recognized Island Society W0RI/W0CKC Top # QSOs by station in CQ Zone 14 or 15 N5IA Top # of Grids worked N5IA Top Score Daylight Operation only VE9AA "Real Live Wire 9's with up to 9 Live Wires" Top Score Worldwide, 9 heard in callsign, using up to and including 9 wires VK6GX "Top Score, Equatorial QRN Fighters- station located between Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer As you have noticed there are several plaques for certain DX areas. We hope that fierce competition will combust worldwide during this 24 hour period. If you see a clear category that you feel needs to be emphasized, it is not too late to sponsor a plaque. Just email me at the address below. An up to date list of the plaques is kept at the above mentioned web site. The Boring Amateur Radio Club's many members and committees wish to thank the contesting community for its support and participation. See you in the Stew today and tonight! 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Starter Cannons w...@arrl.net _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband