Yo Creatures of the Radio Ethers, Mark down Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17 & 18 2016, to operate in the 21st Edition of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge sponsored by The Boring Amateur Radio Club. If you haven't heard of this contest consider these 2 actions: 1) Welcome to 160M radio contesting and 2) Mouse your way over to the rule page http://www.kkn.net/stew/ Digest the rules intelligently and you'll understand that this contest uses a combination of distance between stations and station power to arrive at a score. The fairest rules in the solar system. We also emphasize the operator's skill rather than the newest technology as we prefer contestors to not use spotting systems but rather the big dial on their radio. We also have a plaque system whereby the combatants decide what categories should be rewarded by a plaque. Decide what heroic action you'd like to reward with a plaque, send $60 check or $63 Paypal to us and you can join the august group listed below. An email to me will elicit more details.
KL7RA Top # of QSOs by a S/O N0TT Top Score, S/O, <21Y/O, > 200 QSOs K7CA Top Score S/O China K7CA Top Score S/O CQ Zone 24,27 or 28 KH6LC VK/ZL Challenge- Top S/O VK-ZL The plaques for the 2015 Edition will be constructed soon as the Boring Amateur Radio Club Chief Log Checker is just about finished with his never ending job. Start now to get the 14 hours off during the goofiest, busiest time of the year so that you can contest with the World's best TopBanders and restore your vital brain vapors. If you don't know Morse Code then you have a month to learn it. Get the chores and shopping done early this year so that you can participate in this fun and fair contest. We were very pleased with the great turnout for the Fall PreStew held recently. We know for a fact that some of the antennas used resembled gutters, guy lines, wires in trees and orthodontic appliences. Go read about 160M antennas. Elevated radials do not mean wires on top of Michelins or Pirellis. Beverages do not mean beer, wine, cocoa or fermented spirits. Go figure. The Boring Amateur Radio Club thanks all the plaque donors for 2015 and if you'd like to sponsor the same plaque, just let me know by email. If you're unsure about a plaque sponsorship just run it by your spouse or Sunday School teacher and if they don't blush we would probably accept it as long as the criteria is reasonable. All decisions by The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Plaque Appropriateness are final. There will be intermittent missives to the reflectors updating the expanding plaque list so that you will have a category to try to win. Plus...It's just good clean fun radio! 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on News w...@arrl.net _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband