Radio Professionals, Radio Amateurs and Radio Doofuses, The Boring Amateur Radio Club has recently learned, from impeccable sources, that the world will not be ending Dec. 21, 2012 as some Mayan calendar enthusiasts have suggested. This means that The Stew Perry TopBand Distance Challenge will happen for the 17th consecutive time Dec. 29/30, 2012 as scheduled. This is a unique contest held on 160M utilizing CW, wit and wire whose rules live on at: www.kkn.net/stew Drive your browser there and appreciate the difference from standard issue contests. Then set aside the time to come out and play in the static with a few thousand of your closest friends. Some of the 160M friends have decided to sponsor plaques celebrating certain operating categories. These people have a fine appreciation for this contest and are stimulating the contesting juices by sponsoring these wooden works of art. You can join this illustrious group by contacting me at the email address below with your non-prurient category. The cost is $60 for an immortal plaque. Below are listed the Stalwarts:
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 *** Please see below*** WX7G Top Score utilizing lamest antenna. 50 QSO minimum EI4HQ You might be Irish and not know it- "Top # of calls in log with letters E & I side by side TF3KX Aurora Borealis Award- "Top score N of 60deg N geomagnetic latitude" N0TT Top Score <21 years & > 200 QSOs N2KW "Speed Demon" Highest 1 hour rate without a bust W1FMR & K9JWV Top number of contacts by a QRP Station N4NW Sandy Hook Elementary School Memorial- Top Score by K-12 Educator or Staff ***** VK6VZ N. Hemisphere station that works the most S. Hemisphere stations- (Winner gets Flying Docs of VK hat) ***- KE3X conditions- Best effort from a city lot with all Tx and Rx located within 200' of Transmitter. Long Bevs excluded. Top Score using single element Tx antenna in a "L" or "T" configuration which is < 70' vertically *****N4NW- Operator must be an employee or full time volunteer in a public or private accredited school for the purpose of educating K- 12th grade. Proof necessary. It is not too late to think up a stunning category for The Stew Perry TopBand Distance Challenge and submit it. Don't dally. Don't delay. The 160M radio combatants are eagerly perusing the list in an effort to decide which category to apply their efforts toward. It is also not to late to amend your 160M antennas or radio sets. It is probably getting a little late to learn CW for this contest but you won't know until you try, right? The web site also has an up to date plaque list also showing who has achieved payment for the plaques. There will be further Bulletins before the starting bell. 73 and I remain, Lew W7EW The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Mayan Affairs w...@arrl.net _______________________________________________ It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. — Bertrand Russell