Letos bo Stew Perry 30-tega dec. od 15z do 31 dec. 15z z maksimalno 14h klofarije, dela se samo 160m CW. Izmenjuje se veliki GRID (JN66) vsak QSO šteje 1 točko ter dodatno točko za narejenih vsakih 500 kilometrov kjer se računa center lokatorja. Za delano postajo v razdalji 1750 km tako dobiš 4 QSO točke. Dodaten bonus je še za delano low-power postajo x2 in delano QRP postajo x4. Več na spletni strani za pravila.
CUL Danilo, S50U
Calling all 160M Contesting Creatures
The Boring Amateur Radio Club is producing the 11th edition of The Stew Perry TopBand DX Challenge and you should be there! All you really need is a radio, a hunk of wire, vital signs and the time period off from 1500Z December 30 until 1500Z December 31 or at least 14 hours of this time period preferably when it's dark.
The rules and information are straightforward and can be found at:
http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html
This contesting extravaganza is unique in several areas: score per Q based on distance, score enhancements for being low power or QRP or even working the peanut whistle types and of course the ability of the contesting combatants themselves to honor heroic achievements by sponsoring plaques produced by The Boring Amateur Radio Club. The famous, smart and good looking Hams listed below have picked a particular category for this year's edition of the Test. All it cost them for this immortality is $50 and an e-mail to me advising me of your desired sponsored category. The Boring Amateur Radio Club reserves the right to suggest an alternative category if the one you've picked seems risqué or perverse. Silly or stupid or clever is fine so the realm of possibilities for your contesting brain is very large. You can join these Stalwarts by thinking up a category and e-mailing me and then sending the $50
pittance. This year's plaques and Sponsors are:
KL7RA Highest Number of QSO's
W7TMT Top Score, Low Power, First time entry
KB7Q Top Score in Grid Field "DM"
N5IA Most Grid Squares worked
N7JW Top Score South of the Equator
K7CA Top Score Asiatic Russia
N0TT Top Score USA Op < 21 y/o & > 100 QSO
VK6VZ Top Score with antenna in a space < 20m X 10m
winner receives an official Royal Flying Doctors of Australia cap
NA0Y Top Score USA
K1PX Top Score, Low Power, Europe
K7FL Top Score 100% Search and Pounce
K8ND Top Score, Single Op, Caribbean
W7GNP/N7KQ Top Score Central/South America
K0UK Top Score by Station >4000' above sea level
KR2Q Top Score with Golden Log (no busts)
N9ADG We're considering several possibilities with this grant
You may have noticed that this is a CW only contest. If your code speed is nonexistent or the equivalent of not old enough to drive yet....don't despair! Practice the magical phrase "QRS", slide up the band a bit and have at it. When a di-dah jockey goes too fast for you, just whip out the QRS on him/her/it and they'll do it again slower. The propagation gurus from The Kenai, Oklahoma, New Yurp, Singapore, Canada, California and Texas all agree that the possibility for tremendous conditions exist for this year's edition of The Stew Perry TopBand Challenge. So go put up a wire and set aside some personal respite time from all the Holiday blather and hub-bub so you can come out and play with us on Radio's almost toughest stage. 73 and I remain, Lew W7EW/W7AT
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Vice President in charge of plaques, pizza and propagation w7ew(at)arrl(dot)net