Banaba Award


INTRODUCING THE BANABA AWARD

The object of the Banaba Award is to encourage stations Worldwide to make as many contacts as possible with the T33C Expedition between 4 and 16 April 2004.
We would like to encourage all amateurs no matter how simple their station to make contact with us. We shall be operating on all bands from 160m through to 6m on all the main modes, CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, and SSTV.

It has been decided that “The Banaba Trophy” will be awarded to the station who makes the highest number of band / mode contacts with us during our stay.
To try to level the playing field it has been decided that only the following band / modes will apply. Contacts outwith these slots will not count for the Trophy.

CW: 160m – 6m (10 bands)
SSB: 160m – 6m excluding 30m (9 bands)
RTTY: 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m (4 bands)
PSK: 20m, 15m and 10m (3 bands)

The winner of the Banaba Trophy is:

Toshi, JA2VPO

with a total of 26 QSOs and 23 band / mode slots.

THERE ARE 26 BAND SLOTS AVAILABLE IN TOTAL FOR THE TROPHY.

Should two or more stations have the same number of band slots, then the Trophy will be awarded to the station who made that total first. A Certificate of Excellence will be awarded to the other stations who share the highest total. The Trophy and Certificates of Excellence will be awarded FREE!

  • “BANABA CERTIFICATES OF MERIT”

In parallel, we intend to operate an Awards Scheme, where a very colourful Certificate can be obtained. The rules are very simple – again try to make contact with us on as many of the above band slots as possible:

  • THE BANABA BRONZE AWARD
    Is available to stations who make contact with us on a minimum of 5 band / slots
  • THE BANABA SILVER AWARD
    Is available to stations who make contact with us on a minimum of 10 band / slots
  • THE BANABA GOLD AWARD
    Is available to stations who make contact with us on a minimum of 15 band / slots

It is intended that any one person can only qualify for one Certificate, i.e. if you make it on 12 band / slots, you would qualify for the Silver Award only and not both Bronze and Silver.
Certificates will cost $5 each plus $2 post and package. Proceeds of the Certificates will go into the Expedition Fund.

Don't send any cheques, only cash.

Applications for the Certificates should be made to:

GM4FDM, Tom Wylie,
3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie,
Renfrewshire, Scotland
PA5 9AD

and include the fee and post and package. Applications should also include a QSO list for the specific Award applied for. Should any QSOs be found to be "not in the log”, these QSOs will NOT count for either a Certificate or indeed the Trophy. We will not enter into any correspondence regarding the Certificates and the decision of the Expedition members shall be final. E-mailed applications shall not be permitted.

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