Greetings to All Radio Jousters and Jesters,
      The various committees of The Boring  Amateur Radio Club
effusively thank the Operators who participated in the recently
concluded 2017 Stew Perry TopBand Distance Challenge.
You may visit the web site at  http://www.kkn.net/stew/   and
find the link to the 2017 current results. You may be amazed to
watch your score grow as received logs are entered and you are
credited for working certain stations with certain power levels. It
is in the rules, as I'm sure you've assimilated by now.
  Below are listed the Plaques and the Radio Stalwarts who
sponsor these plaques. When you meet one of these sponsors
in person be sure to buy them a beverage and tell them what a
Competitor they are...because it is true.

KL7RA         Top # QSOs, S/O
EI2CN          W/K/N/VE/XE station with most Qs with EI/British Isles
W2GD Team- Top # Qs, NA/SA by a EU station
N9TF             Top # Grid Squares, QRP,S/O,NA with non-resonant antenna
                       < 40' above the ground
WQ4RP          Top Score Multi-Op, QRP, World
K2AV              "Master of the Small Lot" Top score from property
                       containing  antennas < 1/3 acre or 1,350 Meters Sq,
                        or 14,520  feet sq.
N9TF              Top Score US/SO/LP, multi band vertical-no 160M trap/load
                        or resonator- tuner at Rig only
W9XR              "W3GH Memorial"  Top Score FN Grid Block
VK6VZ             Top Score-Northern Hemisphere Station working Southern
                         Hemisphere Stations- Winner receives Flying
                         Doctors of VK baseball hat.
K7FL                Top Score 100% Search & Pounce
K2PO               Top Score, S/O, Low Power, Zone 3
KH6LC             VK-ZL Challenge- Top Score, S/O, VK-ZL
KR2Q               Golden Log Plaque- Most QSOs without a bust
Dr. Beldar L1AR   Top Score, S/O, Using Temporary Antenna erected on or
                         after Dec. 3, 2017- because as we all know- Some
                         temporary  antennas will outlive their SK owners!
WA8WZG         Top Score, Low Power, 6 character call sign
W7RH               Top Score, Low Power Asia
N2KW               "Speed Demon"- Most QSOs during error free 1 hour period
VK6GX             "Heroic Tropical QRN Fighters"  Top Score +/- 15 deg
                           of the Equator
EI4HQ                Top Score, Low Power < 150W
UX1UA               Top # NA + SA QSOs by Zone 16 Station
Long Isl. DX        Top Score from an IOTA recognized Island
Society,N1LI
WA6CDR            N5IA Memorial- Top # Grids Worked
KU1CW/7           Top Score World, S/O, <21 year old, >200 QSOs
K1EP                   Top Score (>100 QSOs) by YL or XYL
K7CA                   Top Score Zone 22
K7CA                   Top Score Zone 24
N9TF                   Society of MidWest Contesters Black Hole Award-Top
                            Score
N7UA                   Top Score High Power
Joseph N. Welch   First Station to work the most Directors who voted
Radio Society        Against the N6AA Censure
KA4RRU               Top Score, High Power, 6 character callsign
KA4RRU                Top Score, QRP, 6 character callsign

     Be sure to participate in the next 160M CW contest sponsored by
CQ Magazine in about one month. I don't think they have the number
of committees that our Club has but they put on an excellent contest.
It uses a different scoring mnemonic but  different is good!  It would be
a very Boring world if all the ice cream in the available world  was
 the same flavor!
     73 and I remain,
     Lew     w7ew
The Boring Amateur Radio Club Committee on TopBand Maintenance