Your Board of Officers (BOO) wishes to recognize and encourage participation in Club activities, promotion of CQC, and promotion of QRP generally by club members. The Gold Star award consists of a really cool certificate and other forms of glory like being mentioned on the net and in Low Down. The CQC Gold Star is earned by amassing 500 points as described below, and
there is no time limit for completion.

To qualify for the award, the activity must have taken place (or begun) on or after July 13th, 1996. Just keep track of your award-related activities on the checklist. When you have amassed 500 points, send the form (and any documentation required) to the club's post office box as shown in the Low Down. There is no fee for the Gold Star Award.

Holders of the CQC Gold Star Award

The Board congratulates and thanks the following members who have earned the Gold Star Award:

KGØPP,  N1FN (aaØXI),  KØFRP,  ABØCD,  WØHEP,  KBØWQT,  NØCOT,  KBØROL,
KG5N,  K6LS,  KI0ND,  WJ1R,  KAØCW, and KØFEI.

CQC Gold Star Award Worksheet:
Points/Max, Activity, Claimed, Date, Notes

Where two numbers appear in the Points/Max column, the second number is the maximum number of points that can be claimed for that activity.

* Operating awards: submit log extract showing callsign, date, time and qualifier (state, county, etc). Don't send QSLs.

**Submit list of callsigns.

Bonus points can be awarded by the Board for activities not listed.

Name:_________________________ Callsign:_______ CQC#:_____

Total Points Claimed:_________

Date Submitted:___/___/___

Signature:___________________________

The CQC Work All Colorado Counties Award

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(Open to all Hams, membership not required)

When you think about it, Colorado is a state of surprising contrasts, from the Rocky Mountains to the eastern prairie, the "Four Corners"  country in the southwest to cosmopolitan metro Denver. Despite the relatively small population of Colorado, we have sixty-four counties, some of which are extremely difficult to "catch" on air.

The Colorado QRP Club offers the Colorado Counties Award for amateur radio stations making QRP contact with Colorado counties.  From time to time CQC will facilitate the earning of this award by putting counties on the air as designated County Stations.

1. The Basic Certificate is offered for working any five of the sixty-four counties in Colorado. Special colored seals are awarded for working all of the counties within one of the geographic sections described in the Counties List.

2. Only contacts made on or after January 1, 1995 UTC will qualify.

3. All contacts must be made using the amateur bands (HF, VHF, UHF) and the applicant must adhere to all FCC rules and regulations while working other stations. The applicant  for this award must make all contacts using 5 watts out or  less. Endorsements will be available for Single Mode, and for 100% - QRP to QRP.

4. The applicant for this award must make contact and then exchange call sign and report without relays or the use of terrestrial repeaters. Contacts must be initiated at 5 watts or less.

5. Contacts may be made to or from fixed, portable, or mobile stations. There is no restriction on the location of the applicant during the contacts; ie, the applicant is not limited to residing or making contacts from within a certain area, but "roving pairs" are not allowed. The expression "roving pairs" refers to two mobiles following each other around, and making contact while relatively close to each other.

6. QSL cards need not be sent with application for the award. However, the Awards Chairman reserves the right to request verification by photo-copy of original Logbook pages, by cross checking of official County Station logs, or by any other means available to him. Whether or not to accept any claimed contact is solely within the discretion of the Award Chairman.

7. County lines may be worked for credit for not more than two counties. No "wet" county lines will be accepted-- county lines that follow rivers, creeks or lakes, may not be worked as a county line.

8. You need not be a member of the Colorado QRP Club to apply for the award.

9. Each application for a certificate or "upgrade seals" must be accompanied by a check or money order in the amount of $3.00 to help defray the cost of the program.

10. To apply for your award, send a log summary showing details of each claimed QSO, a signed statement that you have complied with all of the requirements as listed above, and a check for the appropriate fee, to:

Click Here for our club's address and other contact information...

Be sure to include the address to which you want the award mailed, any requests for endorsement, and the degree of award you are seeking (e.g. Basic Award, Basic with Red and Blue Seals, Gold Seal only, etc).

64 Colorado Counties:
Northeastern Counties (14) - Blue Seal

1. Adams
2. Arapahoe
3. Boulder
4. Elbert
5. Kit Carson
6. Larimer
7. Lincoln
8. Logan
9. Morgan
10. Phillips
11. Sedgwick
12. Washington
13. Weld
14. Yuma

Southeastern Counties (12) - White Seal

1. Baca
2. Bent
3. Cheyenne
4. Crowley
5. Custer
6. El Paso
7. Huerfano
8. Kiowa
9. Las Animas
10. Otero
11. Prowers
12. Pueblo

Southwestern Counties (15) - Red Seal

1. Alamosa
2. Archuleta
3. Conejos
4. Costilla
5. Delta
6. Dolores
7. Hinsdale
8. La Plata
9. Mineral
10. Montezuma
11. Montrose
12. Ouray
13. Rio Grande
14. San Juan
15. San Miguel

Northwestern Counties (9) - Yellow Seal

1. Eagle
2. Garfield
3. Grand
4. Jackson
5. Mesa
6. Moffat
7. Pitkin
8. Rio Blanco
9. Routt

Central Counties (14) - Gold Seal

1. Broomfield
2. Chaffee
3. Clear Creek
4. Denver
5. Douglas
6. Fremont
7. Gilpin
8. Gunnison
9. Jefferson
10. Lake
11. Park
12. Saguache
13. Summit
14. Teller

The CQC Communicator Award certificate is earned by working 50 past or present members of the Colorado QRP Club, on or after December 1st 1996. Submit a signed log summary showing the date, time, frequency, mode, name, and CQC number of members worked, and a statement that all contacts were made using 5W or less. Enclose a check or money order in the amount of $3.00 to help defray the cost of the certificate.

The award is based on CQC member numbers, so each member may be worked only once for award purposes, regardless of band or mode. Individuals are regarded as members if they have a CQC member number, even if they are no longer financial members of the Club. There is no formal QSO exchange requirement; a valid QSO is one where information has been exchanged. Contacts using terrestrial repeaters do not count.

Endorsements are available as follows:

Each 50 members beyond the basic requirement of 50
QRPp
Two-way QRP or QRPp
Single Band
All Band
Single Mode
Mixed Modes

Other award endorsements will be considered-- it's your award so we will respect what is important to you. For example, if you qualify by working 100 members in a single contest, say so and we'll endorse the award that way.

Send your log summary and payment to our contact address at the bottom of this page:

Be sure to include the address to which you want the award mailed, and any requests for endorsement.

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