Hello Sam, The plaque is available to every operator in the SPDC, ANYWHERE in the WORLD. The only requirement is that all valid QSOs have to be made during ‘sun above the horizon’ at the operator’s location.
The Boring Amateur Radio Club, the sponsors of the SPDC, will do the log checking and will use their own method of determining the SUNRISE and SUNSET times at the operator’s location. All QSOs outside the SUNRISE and SUNSET times at the particular operator’s QTH will not count for the plaque I am sponsoring. Those QSOs will be valid for all other plaques for which the entry qualifies. I trust this will more clearly define the parameters. Everyone in the WORLD is eligible for this plaque, so long as the QSOs are made while the sun is above the horizon at the operator’s TX location. 73 de Milt, N5IA From: Saulius Zalnerauskas Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 1:46 PM To: Milt -- N5IA Subject: Re: Topband: Fwd: The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge #18 If I understand correct - we can apply for this nomination from EUROPE starting sunrise ending with sunset (first minutes?) Sam LY5W On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Milt -- N5IA <n...@zia-connection.com> wrote: To all who are gearing up to operate in the Stew Perry Distance Challenge this coming weekend. You will note that I am the sponsor of one of the unique plaque offerings in the upcoming SPDC contest. The following is my reply to a previous inquiry regarding the 'RULES' to be considered for the "Highest Score Daytime Operation Only" plaque. “The sponsored plaque will be winnable only by those stations that conform to a ‘Sun in the Sky’ parameter. It is actual sunrise for a morning start and actual sunset for an afternoon ending, at the operator’s TX site. At my latitude the sun rises at ~7:15 AM and sets at ~4:50 PM, local MST at 119 degrees west. So I have historically, from the beginning in 1996, operated the Stew from 5 PM to 7 AM. For a number of years I have done the following because the SPDC is a single night, 14 hours only contest. The 14 hours wasn’t enough operating time and I wanted to have some more fun and get some more signals on the air. I have encouraged others to do the same but perhaps I am the only one really doing this extended operation. Since the Stew begins at 8 AM local, 1500 Z on Saturday morning, nearly an hour after sunrise, I operate HIGH POWER with a club call sign (N7GP) until the band fades away. I come back at mid-afternoon, 3 PM local, and again operate at HIGH POWER with the club call sign for nearly two hours. At 5 PM local, 0000 Z, a few minutes after sunset, I start operating at QRP level with my own call sign, N5IA. I continue for 14 hours and finish the QRP operation at 7 AM local, 1400 Z, a few minutes before sunrise. At sunrise I again operate HIGH POWER with the N7GP call sign for another 45 minutes or so until the end of the contest at 1500 Z. I then submit TWO entries, one as a High Power operation with the N7GP call sign and one as a QRP operation with the N5IA call sign.” For those that are interested in my 3830 report of my 2012 ‘Daylight Only’ operation, you can go to http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2012-12/msg02391.html I encourage everyone to operate with a 2nd call sign outside the normal 14 hours with a primary call sign. And I highly recommend the operation be a ‘Sun in the Sky’ operation. Let’s see who has the advantage in this one. Perhaps one of our more southern latitude ops with more daylight can take advantage and win this first time offered plaque. Who knows. Just do it. Give it a try. In some places you will be like fresh meat to the hordes. Enjoy a run fest. CU all in the STEW. de Milt, N5IA, who will also operate a daylight operation as N7GP but will not be eligible to win the plaque. -----Original Message----- From: Lew Sayre Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:56 PM To: topband@contesting.com ; cq-cont...@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Fwd: The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge #18 Hello to Everybody in 160M Land, In a few very short days, the Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge will take place. People from around the globe will fling RF mostly into the air and try to catch the same stuff with a variety of wires and metal devices. The rules are different than most contests so please browse yourself over to: http://www.kkn.net/stew/ and read the major points and contemplate the subtleties. The plaque sponsorship program has blossomed as listed below. The sponsors are solid people of good upbringing who are quick on their feet and fast to come with good ideas to spur the competition during The Stew. You can join this august group by sending me the idea and $60. The final list of sponsors will be sent out just hours before the start of The Stew. When you meet any of these sponsors be sure to thank them for their support of radio contesting in general and The Stew Perry in particular. KL7RA Top # of QSOs KL7RA Top Score, S/O, North America W2GD Team Top # NA+SA QSOs by EU Station TF4M Longest Distance QSO- 2 plaques TF4M Top Score Mobile (has to be actually able to move) N0TT Top Score <21 years old, >200 QSOs N5IA Most Grids Worked N5IA Highest Score Daytime operation only KH6LC VK-ZL Challenge, Top Score VK-ZL K5WA Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Americas K5WA Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Europe NA0Y Top Score USA TF3KX Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score N of 60 deg N geomagnetic latitude CE1/K7CA Top Score Southern Hemisphere CE1/K7CA Top Score Japan K1EP Top Score by First Time Entrant K2PO Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Zone 3 K6ND K6SE Memorial- Top Score World W7RH Top Score, Low Power, Asia K7FL Top Score 100% Search and Pounce W0RI Top Score, S/O, Zone 4 AA6VB Top Score, base loaded Vert <60' tall AA6VB Top Score Big City >50K,little pistol<100W WA2DFI Top Score VE KR2Q Golden Log- Top # of Qs without a bust K1LT Top Score from QSOs with low power & QRP VK6VZ VK6HD Memorial-Top Score by N. hemisphere working S. hemisphere. Winner gets Flying Doctors of VK baseball hat. In preparation for the 2014 Stew there will be a category for the top score made utilizing 100W and an all-indoor antenna in the same structure that you live in. Advanced warning for those radio people who may compete for this plaque as it may well take a length of time to brew up such an antenna safely. During discussions with our VK/ZL contesting brethren, it is clear that they have a very difficult time in hearing the North hemisphere during their summer. This is made worse of course by using QRP. So, If you are on the fence about running QRP or low power, consider QRO in order to contact these stalwart S. hemispheric 160M operators. Stew was a QRO man. It is not to late to sponsor a plaque. Think it up. Email me and it can happen. Otherwise ensure that Mother Nature has not hurt your 160M abilities so that you will be ready for the Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge brought to you by The Boring Amateur Radio Club. 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Vitriol w...@arrl.net _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6947 - Release Date: 12/24/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6947 - Release Date: 12/24/13 _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6947 - Release Date: 12/24/13 ----- No virus found in this message. 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