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WAVE Simple Wire Antenna Award

Comments:

This award is one suggested by Gary K1YAN. All questions about it go to him at pix_email_k1yan (1K).

It's just the classic WAS type award but focused on working the Canadian Provinces with QRP/CW.


Time Frame For Qualifying QSO's:

March 1, 2011 0000Z through the present


Basic Award Premise:

Work All VE Provinces within the time frame using QRP, CW, and simple wire antennas.


Categories:

A - 8 Canadian Provinces
B - 8 Canadian Provinces 2X QRP


Equipment:

YOU:
Power:
A,B - QRP
Antenna:
A,B - Simple Wire Antennas by NAQCC standards

HAM YOU WORK:
Power:
A - Any
B - QRP
Antenna:
A,B - Any


QSOs:

Any type of QSO is permissible - rag chew, DX, contest, net, etc.


Other:

List of Provinces for this award:

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Maritimes (New Brunswick or Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island)
Newfoundland
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan


Certificate:

Issued for each category. A certificate sent to you via email is FREE. You may make a monetary donation, only if you wish to do so. There is no obligation to do so. If you want us to print your certificate and send it via regular mail, the fee is $3.00 per certificate.


Web Site Listing:

All categories will receive a listing on the web site.


Endorsements:

For any category completed using a single band for all QSO's.
For a QSO with Northwest Territories or Yukon or Nunavut. (one time, single endorsement)
For using QRPp power levels for all QSO's.

Endorsements are FREE if applied for at the time of issuing the original certificate and will be added to the certificate and listed on the web site.
If applied for later, you have the following choices which are FREE:
1. A web site listing only
2. A new certificate with the endorsement added sent via email
If you want us to print and mail a certificate with the endorsement, there is a $2.00 fee.


Logs:

Send a list with one QSO per line containing at least the following, sorted in alphabetical order by province:
Date, Time, Call, Band, Province, (Your power for QRPp endorsement).


See General Award Rules for information applying to this and all other awards.