Greetings TopBand Tenants, Renters and Occasional Campers, The Boring Amateur Radio Club wants you to know that you should reserve December 29 and 30 so that you may participate in the most unique 160M contest available, namely The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge. Yes, we understand this is between Christmas and New Years, but 160M propagation is what it is. Nothing like contesting to recharge the soul to better navigate the Holidays! Please read the unique rules regarding The Stew at http://www.kkn.net/stew/ You don't need to send a signal report plus your score is determined, among other things, by how far away each contact is. Imagine-...a DX contest that allows further away DX contacts to count more than closer DX contacts. Another feature of The Stew Perry DX Challenge is that the contesters who participate decide what heroic feats of 160M radio magic should be rewarded by beautiful plaques. You can join the below listed Radio Stalwarts also by suggesting an appropriate category you'd like to see honored and remitting $65 to the club for each plaque. Just email me and The Boring Amateur Radio Club will make the plaque happen.
KL7RA Top # QSOs, S/O EI2CN W/K/N/VE/XE station with most QSOs with EI/British Isles N9TF Top Score QRP, from RF deprived Grids EN00 through EN79 N9TF Top # Grids NA,S/O,QRP non-resonant antenna <40' above ground N9TF Top Score USA,S/O,L/P-multi trap vertical, non-resonant on 160M no matching device for 160 on or at antenna, tuner in shack OK. VK6VZ A Flying Doctors of VK Baseball cap for Top Score- Northern Hemisphere Station working Southern Hemisphere Stations. An important reminder to all radio combatants is that when you submit your log you should prominently mention in your comments what plaques you are competing for. We here at The Boring Amateur Radio Club are experts in turning dits and dahs and peculiar static into numbers and letters but we can not read your mind about what plaque you would like to be considered for...so please be quite explicit in your plaque pursuits. This is a CW (Morse Code) contest. If you are shakey or slow or both then start now to practice The Code. If you are totally bewildered by a string of jabbery sounds simply send QRS and usually the courteous contesters of TopBand will slow their speed down so that you may understand and write down the exchange as seen by your sweat filled eyes. If your ears are also filled with sweat impairing your hearing, then perhaps a bit more practice may be in order. So get all your chores done early so that you may come out and play in the 2018 Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge. We had around 1000 logs for last year's contest so we would like to have yours also for this year. The final listing, scores and write-up for the 2017 Stew will be appearing very soon on our web site cited above. The 2017 plaques are being proofed currently. 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on Incitement w...@arrl.net . _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector