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The GICWA Celebrotes its Sixtieth Anniversory!
The Gluorter Cenlury Wireless Associotion hos o
coke in the oven ond the ice creom churn is o-churnin' in
onticipotion of celebroting its 60th Diomond Anniversoryl
Time truly does flyl lt wos whot seems like only yesterdoy
thot on November 14, 1947, during o IO-Meter roundtoble
QSO, the suggestion wos mode to form on ossociotion
of hom rodio operotors thot hod been licensed for
twenty-five yeors or more. The very next month, with thot
thought in mind, o group of homs met on Fridoy evening,
December 5, 1947, in New York City. Thot evening, the
Quorter Century Wireless Associotion (ACWA) wos born.
ln order to celebrote our Sixtieth Anniversory in grond
style, the Quorter Century Wireless Associotion is pleosed
to onnounce o new, limited ovoilobiliry operoting Aword
to celebrote this momentous occosion known os the
QCWA Sixty-Sixty Aword.
This Aword is unique in thot it represents the first Aword of
its type offered by the OCWA. ln order to roise the owore-
ness of ond stimulote new Membership in the QCWA, the
Aword is ovoiloble to both Members ond non-Members
olike. The bosic requirements ore simple: Moke 60, twowoy
contocts with 60 different ACWA Members.
Presenh to:
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The 6l!60 Award for 60 OSOs with QCwA Members during
The QCWA Sixty-Sixty Aword become ovoiloble with its
onnouncement ot the 2007 Doylon Homvention on Moy
18,2007 by PresidentJohn Johnston, W3BE. The finol doy
for contocts is no loter thon 2400 UTC, June 30, 2008. All
opplicotions for the Aword should be post morked no loter
thon September l, 2008.
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The specific Eligibility Requirements qre os fo!-
Iows:
The opplicont must submit o list of 60 different two-woy
contocts with QCWA Members ond their ossocioied
Membership numbers.
Two-woy contocts moy be mode utilizing ony RF mode of
operotion on ony frequency outhorized for omoteur use to
include the use of VHF/UHF repeoters.
Submitted log informotion should include the time (UTCI,
dote of contoct, collsign, aCWA Member's nome ond the
Member's Membership number.
The opplicont should include with eoch opplicotion, o stotement
in his/her own words thot the contocts ore true ond
correct ond were mode in occordonce with both the omoteur
regulotory requirements for his country of residence
ond the ACWA requirements os set forth for the Aword.
There is o fee of $2.00 USD for oppliconts (check, cosh, or
money order only. No credit cords or stomps ore occepted.)
Aword certificotes will be grotis to stotions outside
North Americo but donotions to defroy postoge/hondling
will be grotefully occepted.
Appliconts ore requested to submit the requested items to:
W2OD/ Robert Buus / 8 Donner St. /Holmdel, NJ 07733-
2OO4 / U.S.A.
Specific Aword questions should be directed to the obove
oddress or E-moiled to: w2od@ool.com