[Waverley ARS] FW: [FT817] New Amateur Radio Award for 2007.

[Eric van de Weyer]

This looks like a fun award and one we can participate in from both sides. 

73....Eric.

-----Original Message-----

The Scouting 100 Radio Award is awarded for contacting Scout stations
during 2007, the Centenary year of Scouting.
This is an International award, available to any operator - it is also
available on a listener basis, with the same requirements as the
operator award.

Objective:
To help celebrate the centenary of Scouting through the medium of radio.
To help publicise the
Centenary, and to provide radio amateurs the opportunity of gaining
another Award. Although not
intended for profit, any surplus made will go to support Radio Scouting
in developing countries.
Duration:
The Award will begin at 00:00:01 on January 1st 2007 and finish at
23:59:59 December 31st 2007.
Bands and Modes:
The Award is available through all bands and all modes, within the terms
of the individual's radio
licence. The Award is also available through Echolink and IRLP modes.
The Award can be
endorsed for any special modes or bands ie `All satellite
contacts'; `all QRP contacts' etc.
Activity for the Award should be focused around the Scout frequencies.
Requirements:
Stations are required to contact Scout and Guide stations to count for
points as follows:
Each ordinary Scout station counts one point. Special Event Scout
stations count 2 points. The
World Jamboree, Gilwell Park and Brownsea Island stations count 5
points.
Your logs should be verified as accurate by 2 other local radio
amateurs. Normal log information
is required with the following additional information: Name, Scout
details and age of the
operator of the station you contact. Your age should also be submitted
when applying for
Awards. Female operators send `YL' as their age!
Website:
The Award is supported online by a website - full details of the award
are available there.
An Honour Roll of Award holders will also be published on the website.

Web Address: www.scouting100award.org
Contact: info at scouting100award.org

For full details of the Award, please visit the website.

73's Frank M0AEU