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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 23, No. 50
December 24, 2004
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* CQ to celebrate 60th anniversary with "CQ Gang" on-air event: CQ Amateur
Radio magazine invites Amateur Radio operators around the world to join in
celebrating its 60th anniversary by taking part in an on-air event during
the first 60 days of 2005. CQ's first issue was published in January,
1945. During the "CQ Gang" activity--January 1 until March 1, 2005--all
hams ever associated with CQ as staff members, contributing editors or
authors--as well as current subscribers to CQ, CQ VHF and Popular
Communications may sign "/60" after their call signs. Certificates will be
issued for contacts with enough /60 stations to garner a minimum of 60
contact points, based on number of contacts times the number of different
position multipliers (eg, editor, columnist etc) worked. Shortwave
listeners also are eligible to earn contact points and certificates.
Endorsements will be issued up to 600 points. CQ club station WW2CQ will
be active from various parts of the US during the event. Separate
certificates will be available for working WW2CQ in all call sign
districts from which it is active. Complete rules for the CQ Gang 60th
Anniversary activity appear in the December 2004 issue of CQ and on the CQ
Web site <http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/CQ60 Award Dec04.pdf>.
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