VHF CENTURY CLUB (VHFCC) AWARD

This award requires VHF contact on SIMPLEX with ONE HUNDRED Amateur radio stations in the province of NOVA SCOTIA. Contacts must be logged on the forms provided, but no QSL cards are required.

                                                               

Rules for the VHF CENTURY CLUB Award

1.   The VHF CENTURY CLUB award will begin as of June 1, 1997 and only contacts made on       or after that date will be counted for award credit.

2.   The award will require logged two way contacts on the Amateur radio VHF (Simplex) bands       with ONE HUNDRED Nova Scotia stations. The award is open to any amateur, but the       contacts MUST be made with Nova Scotia stations only.

3.   The contacts for credit MUST be made on SIMPLEX (Transmit and receive on the same       frequency). Any Amateur radio mode may be used. NOTE: Communications may be       established initially on a repeater, but the actual logged contact MUST be on SIMPLEX.       Packet contacts, keyboard to keyboard only, no digipeters.

4.   The contacts will be logged on the forms provided, but no QSL cards will be required.

5.   A station can only be logged once,regardless of mode.

6.   Record booklets are available from the NSARA at hamfests, flea markets and other Amateur       events. The booklets are also posted on the NSARA home page on the Internet, or can be       ordered from the AWARDS CHAIRMAN.

7.   There is no fee for this award. The certificates will be returned postage paid by the NSARA.

8.   The official award application form, on the last page of the booklet, is to be completed when       the four log pages are filled. The whole booklet - cover, log pages, and the official application       form are then sent to: NSARA Awards Chairman, Mr Jim Hannon, VE1AFH RR # 5,       Amherst, NS, B4H 3Y3 .

9.   Certificates will be numbered in the order that the application forms are received by the       chairman.

10. The log sheets contain spaces for 104 contacts. It is recommended that you log the extra four       contacts to make up for accidental dupes or other such problems. 11. The stations logged for       the award MUST be from the Province of Nova Scotia. Stations from outside the province       operating mobile or portable will not count for credit (ie. K1XX/VE1). 12. The Awards       Chairman will make the final decision on all matters pertaining to this award.