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- >From tbz@tbz Wed Jan 27 10:32:51 1993
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:16:38 EST
- Message-Id: <4653@tbz>
- From: tbz@tbz (Tammy-Beth Zimmerman KA1WWP)
- Reply-To: tbz@tbz
- To: efh@efh
- Subject: VUCC stuff
-
- Ed,
-
- Here are the vucc forms that I just sent to Don Short. Do you
- want them?
-
- ARRL VUCC AWARD APPLICATION
-
- 1. Please PRINT. 2. Use separate application for EACH band.
-
- Call:__________Name:__________________________________________
- (Print exactly as you want it on certificate)
-
- List any ex-calls used on any cards submitted:_______________
-
- Address:(number and street)__________________________________
- (city, state, ZIP)___________________________________________
-
- Membership control number (from your QST wrapper):___________
-
- (check one) ___Initial application ___Endorsement
-
- FOR RETURN POSTAGE: Money/Stamps enclosed $______________
- Include $1 for certificate or S.A.S.E. (with appropriate postage
- for the weight of your field sheets) for your endorsement.
-
- Return my cards via: __Registered __Certified/US only
- __United Parcel Service __First-class mail
-
- Band (check one only): _50MHz _144MHz _222MHz _432MHz
- _902MHz _1296MHz _2.3MHz _3.4MHz _5.7MHz _10GHz _24GHz
- _47GHz _Laser _Satellite
-
- INITIAL applicants:_____________Number of grid squares claimed.
-
- ENDORSEMENTS
-
- ______________ + ______________ = ______________
- Number Number additional NEW TOTAL
- previously in this application
- credited
-
- The undersigned affirms he/she has read, understood, and abided
- by the rules of the VUCC (MSD-261).
-
- Signature_______________________ Date___________________19_____
-
- *************VHF AWARDS MANAGER VERIFICATION****************
- Grid square credits claimed on this application have been
- verified as correct and true. TOTAL number of grid squares
- credited=__________________.
-
- ________________ _________ ____________ V-________
- (Signature) (call) (date) (Mgr. 4-digit code #)
-
- *************DIRECTIONS TO APPLICANT***************
-
- 1. Fill out this application and MSD-259. Read the VUCC Rules
- (MSD-261) carefully.
- 2. Enclose postage sufficient for return of cards (if mailed),
- and return address label.
- 3. For initial applicants, enclose $1 U.S. for mailing
- certificate (W/VEs only).
- 4. For endorsements, enclose S.A.S.E. with appropriate postage
- for the weight of your field sheets.
- 5. Sort QSLs alphabetically by field, and numerically within the
- field, from 00 to 99.
- 6. Forward cards to nearest VHF Awards Manager (see attached
- information). DO NOT SEND CARDS TO ARRL HQ.
-
- MSD-260(1192)
- and
- VHF/UHF CENTURY CLUB AWARD RULES
-
- 1. (a) The VHF/UHF Century Club Award (VUCC) is awarded for
- contact with a minimum number of "Maidenhead" 2 degree X 1 degree
- grid square locators per band as indicated below. Grid squares
- are designated by a combination of two letters and two numbers.
- More information on grid squares can be found in January 1983
- QST, pp. 49-51 (reprint available on request), The ARRL World
- Grid Locator Atlas and the ARRL Grid Locator for North America
- (see latest QST for prices and ordering information). The VUCC
- certificate and endorsements are available to ARRL members in
- Canada, the U.S. and possessions, and Puerto Rico, and other
- amateurs worldwide.
-
- (b) The minimum number of squares needed to initially
- qualify for each individual band award is as follows: 50 MHz --
- 100; 144 -- 100; Satellite -- 100; 220 MHz -- 50; 432 MHz -- 50;
- 902 MHz -- 25; 1296 MHz -- 25; 2.3 GHz -- 10; 3.4 GHz -- 5; 5.7
- GHz -- 5; 10 GHz -- 5; and Laser -- 5. Certificates for 220 and
- 432 MHz are designed as Half Century, 902 and 1296 MHz as Quarter
- Century, and those above SHF Awards.
-
- 2. Only those contacts dated January 1, 1983, and later are
- creditable for VUCC purposes.
-
- 3. Individual band awards are endorsable in the following
- increments:
- (a) 50 and 144 MHz and Satellite -- 25 credits; (b) 220 and
- 432 MHz -- 10 credits; (c) 902 MHz and above -- 5 credits.
-
- 4. (a) Separate bands are considered as separate awards. (b)
- No crossband contacts permitted except for Satellite award. (c)
- No contacts through active "repeater" or satellite devices, or
- any other power relay methods are permitted for nonsatellite
- awards. (d) Contacts with aeronautical mobiles (in the air) do
- NOT count. (e) Stations who claim to operate from more than one
- grid quare simultaneously (such as from the intersection of 4
- grid squares) must be physically present in more than one square
- to give multiple square credit with a single contact. This
- requires the operator to know precisely where the intersection
- lines are located and placing the station exactly on the boundary
- to meet this test. To achieve this precision work requires
- either current markers permanently in place, or the precision
- work of a professional surveyor. Operators of such stations
- should be prepared to provide some evidence of meeting this test
- if called upon to do so. Multiple QSL cards are not required.
-
- 5. There are no specialty endorsements such as "CW only" etc.
-
- 6. For VUCC awards on 50 through 1296 MHz and Satellite, all
- contacts must be made from a location or locations within the
- same grid square or locations in different grid squares no more
- than 50 miles apart. For SHF awards, contacts must be made from
- a single location, defined as within a 300-meter diameter circle.
- 7. APPLICATION PROCEDURE (please follow carefully):
-
- (a) Confirmations (QSLs) and application format (MSD-259 and
- MSD-260) must be submitted to an approved VHF Awards Manager for
- certification. ARRL Special Service Clubs appoint VHF Managers
- whose names are on file at Hq. If you do not know of an Awards
- Manger in your area, Hq. will give you the name of the closest
- manager. DO NOT SEND cards to Hq.
-
- (b) For the convenience of the Awards Manager in checking
- cards, applicants may indicate in pencil (pencil only) the grid
- square locator on the address side of the cards that DO NOT
- clearly indicate the grid locator. The applicant affirms that
- he/she has accurately determined the proper locator from the
- address information given on the card by signing the affirmation
- statement on the application.
-
- (c) Cards must be sorted by: (1) Alphabetical by field; (2)
- Numerical from 00 to 99 within that field.
- (d) Where it is necessary to mail cards for certification,
- postage equal to the amount needed to send them will be included
- for return of cards along with a separated self addressed mailing
- label. In addition, U.S. and Canadian applicants will enclose
- $1.00 U.S. for any initial application to cover postage and
- packaging of the certificate. For endorsements, enclose on an
- S.A.S.E with appropriate postage for the weight of your field
- sheets. When mailing cards, REGISTERED or CERTIFIED mail is
- recommended.
-
- (e) Enclosed with the initial VUCC certificate from Hq. will
- be a photocopy of the original list of grid squares for which the
- applicant has received credit (MSD-259). When applying for
- endorsement, the applicant will indicate in RED on that photocopy
- those new grid squares for which credit is sought, and submit
- cards for certification to an Awards Manager. A new updated
- photocopy listing will be returned with the endorsement sticker.
- Thus, a current list of grid squares worked is always in the
- hands of the VUCC award holder, available to the VHF manager
- during certification, and a permanent historical record always
- maintained at Hq. Reminder: for initial application, enclose
- $1.00, and for endorsements, enclose an S.A.S.E with appropriate
- postage for the weight of your field sheets. For endorsement
- applications, it is only necessary to submit those MSD-259s that
- indicate new grid squares worked since the previous submission
- (indicated in RED).
-
- 8. DISQUALIFICATION. Altered/forged confirmations or fraudulent
- applications submitted may result in disqualification of the
- applicant from VUCC participation by action of the ARRL Awards
- Committee. The applicant affirms he/she has abided by all the
- rules of membership in the VUCC and agrees to be bound by the
- decisions of the ARRL Awards Committee.
-
- 9. Decisions of the ARRL Awards Committee regarding
- interpretation of the rules here printed or later amended shall
- be final.
-
- 10. Operating Ethics: Fair play and good sportsmanship in
- operating are required of all VUCC members.
-
- MSD-261 (292)
- These are both on my \public directory and someday when my LAN
- is fixed you can get them there if you need to.
-
- CUL
- Tammy-Beth
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