Order of Boiled Owls
50th Anniversary Award
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The Order of Boiled Owls of New York

50th Anniversary Award

 

The Order of Boiled Owls of New York, established in 1954 and dedicated to Amateur Radio HF contesting and DX'ing, invites Radio Amateurs worldwide to join the celebration of our Golden Anniversary in 2004 by "Working The Owls" to obtain a handsome certificate for the "OBO 50 Award".

 Eligibility:       All government-licensed Radio Amateurs worldwide

Bands:            All amateur frequencies below 54 MHz.

Modes:           Any Mode - No band or mode categories or endorsements

 To qualify:      Accumulate a total of five "contact credits" by working members of the     OBO and/or the OBO's club stations during calendar year 2004 through September 30, 2005 as follows:

 Two "contact credits" for QSO's with club stations:

                                     KW2O       W2OWL

 One "contact credit" for QSO's with club members (listed below).

 Each callsign may be worked only once.

 DX portable operations by these stations count as separate callsigns.

  An endorsement is offered for accumulating ten "contact credits"

 Award Period:      All contacts must be made between 0000Z, 1 January 2004
                                    and 2359Z, 30 September 2005

  To receive an award certificate - Mail contact logs (no QSL's required) to:

                   Dennis McAlpine - K2SX
                 
Secretary, Order of Boiled Owls of New York
                 
12 Ridgecrest East
                 
Scarsdale, NY 10583 USA

            Enclose $3.00 (U.S.) or 4 IRCs to cover certificate and mailing costs.

Award applications must be received by December 31, 2005

 Questions?  E-mail: K2SX@arrl.net

 Current Members (1 point each):

  N2GA        K2AW       W2AX      P40LE
       N2FF         K2DO        W2LK      PJ2/K2LE
      
N2QW       K2LE         W2YK      NU1AW (July '04 IARU only)
      
N2UN        K2SX         WM2V      
      
NA2M        KS2G         
       NY2L