I applaud K7FL for sponsoring the Top Score 100% Search/Pounce plaque. Such an award should be available in EVERY major contest.
73, Barry N1EU On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Lew Sayre <w...@arrl.net> wrote: > Greetings to All 160M Denizens present and future, > The Boring Amateur Radio Club reminds all Top Band and > potential Top Band inhabitants of the upcoming Stew Perry Top Band > Distance Challenge happening Dec. 27 and 28 of this year. This is a > unique radio contest with unique rules. Please browse on over to the noted > website below and inhale the rules. > http://www.kkn.net/stew/ > This contest requests that far thinking contesters develop the > categories > for which the participants strive toward. These stalwarts advance $60-63 > for a plaque that they feel will spur on the competitive work by Top Band > contesters. You can join this cutting edge group by notifying me of what > category you'd like to sponsor. > This list will grow as your imagination and contributions proliferate. > > Donor Category > KL7RA Top # of QSOs > North Pole Contest We are cogitating > TF4M Top Score 160M mobile (must actually be able to > move) > N0TT Top Score < 21 years old > 200 QSOs > TF4M Longest Distance QSO- 2 plaques > AA6VB Top Score,base loaded Vert <60' tall > AA6VB Top Score big city >50K, little pistol <100W > KH6LC VK-ZL Challenge: Top Score VK-ZL > N5IA Most Grids worked > N5IA Highest score daylight operation only > K7FL Top Score 100% Search/Pounce > NA0Y Top Score USA > K6ND K6SE Memorial-Top Score World > K1EP Top Score by First time Entrant > K2PO Top Score,S/O,Low Power, Zone 3 > TF3KX Aurora Borealis Award- Top Score N of 60 deg N > geomagnetic latitude > VK6VZ VK6HD Memorial- Top Score by N hemisphere > station working S hemisphere stations. Winner > gets Flying Doctors of VK baseball cap. > Dr. Beldaur-L1AR Top score utilizing temporary antenna. (All parts > of temporary antenna including radials must be installed after > Dec. 14, 2014. This antenna must be the only antenna for > TopBand at the station, and may be left up, because as we > all know, "temporary" means "until I die".) > > For newly minted radio people this contest is a serious but low key > contest utilizing Morse code only on the 160M band. It uses grid squares > as multipliers rather than a host of many other silly things. Start now > with > bargaining time during the Holidays with your loved ones for a stretch of > time > you can devote on the evening of Dec. 27 to exchange RF greetings on > one of the best bands available. > All categories have been approved by the Plaqueing Committee of The > Boring Amateur Radio Club. Some of the donors wish to remain > semi-anonymous. This is fine with us as the categories are not prurient and > the plaque fees have been received. Let me know if you'd like to sponsor a > plaque, anonymous or not. > Further Stew Perry TopBand Extravaganza notices will be promulgated > as the starting bell gets closer. Plan on participating in one of the best > contests > ever designed, that among other things utilizes layers of our atmosphere > on Dec. 27-28. > 73 and I remain, > Lew w7ew > The Boring Amateur Radio Club Exhortation Committee > w...@arrl.net > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband