As you may recall, the Ultralight Awards Committee and
Gary DeBock previously announced four Founder's Awards to Paul Logan,
Robert Ross, Dennis Vroom and Allen Willie for their unique contributions
to the Ultralight DXing hobby. Following those special awards, on July
15th, the Awards Committee announced the general Awards Program for
Ultralight MW DXing.
In the first several weeks have conferred an even 100 awards on some of
the outstanding DXers in the hobby. These remarkable achievements
have been accomplished using entertainment grade shirt pocket portable
radios. You will note that there are two radio classes listed: Barefoot,
connoting DX achievements accomplished by a totally unmodified radio
unassisted by any external antenna or other device. The Unlimited Class
radios are Ultralight receivers that have been modified in some rather
limited ways or have been attached to larger, more complex antennas and,
possibly other peripheral devices. In either radio class, the
accomplishments recognized below are outstanding, and many would be
classed as "unbelievable" before the development of the
Ultralight segment of the Medium Wave DXing hobby. There are separate
groups of awards and separate serial number series for the two Ultralight
radio classes.
Congratulations to all those Ultralighters listed below:
DXer
Radio Class
Award
Serial Number
Allen Willie Barefoot Canadian Prov.
Heard: 4 0001
Canadian Prov. Heard: 6 0001
Continents Heard:
3
0001
Continents Heard:
4
0001
Continents Heard:
5
0001
Countries Heard:
05
0001
Countries Heard:
10
0001
Countries Heard:
15
0001
Countries Heard:
20
0001
Countries Heard:
25
0001
Countries Heard:
30
0001
Countries Heard:
35
0001
Countries Heard:
40
0001
Countries Heard:
45
0001
Countries Heard:
50
0001
Master Dxer: Canadian Prov 0001
Master DXer: International 0001
Master Dxer: Trans-Atlantic 0001
Ross Challenge: 07 Day 0003
Stations Heard:
100
0002
Stations Heard:
200
0002
Trans-Atlantic
DXer
0001
TA Stations Heard:
10 0001
TA Stations Heard:
20 0001
TA Stations Heard:
25 0001
TA Stations Heard:
30 0001
TA Stations Heard:
40 0001
TA Stations Heard:
45 0001
TA Stations Heard:
50 0001
TA Stations Heard:
60 0001
TA Stations Heard:
70 0001
TA Stations Heard:
80 0001
TA Stations Heard:
90 0001
TA Stations Heard: 100
0001
TA Stations Heard: 110
0001
TA Stations Heard: 120
0001
TA Stations Heard: 130
0001
US States Heard:
10
0002
US States Heard:
20
0002
Dennis Vroom Unlimited Countries Heard:
05 0002
Gary DeBock Barefoot Trans-Pacific
Dxer
0001
Gary DeBock Unlimited Trans-Pacific
Dxer
0001
Gil Stacy
Barefoot
Countries Heard:
05 0004
Latin AM DXer
05
0002
Gil Stacy Unlimited
Countries Heard:
10 0002
Latin Stations Heard: 10 0001
Guy Atkins Unlimited Continents Heard:
03 0002
Countries Heard:
05 0003
Trans-Pacific
Dxer
0003
TP Stations Heard: 10
0002
John Bryant Unlimited Continents Heard:
03 0001
Countries Heard:
05
0001
Countries Heard:
10
0001
Latin AM DXer
(05)
0001
Trans-Pacific
Dxer
0004
TP Stations Heard:
10 0001
TP Stations Heard:
20 0001
US States Heard:
10
0001
John Cereghin Unlimited Stations Heard:
100 0001
US States Heard:
10 0001
US States Heard:
20 0001
Lorne Harnum Barefoot Canadian Prov. Heard: 4
0003
Continents Heard:
3
0002
Continents Heard:
4
0002
Countries Heard:
05
0003
Countries Heard:
10
0002
Countries Heard:
15
0002
Countries Heard:
20
0002
Trans-Atlantic
Dxer
0002
TA Stations Heard:
10 0002
TA Stations Heard:
20 0002
TA Stations Heard:
30 0002
TA Stations Heard:
35 0002
TA Stations Heard:
40 0002
TA Stations Heard:
45 0002
Richard Allen Barefoot Latin AM DXer
05
0003
Latin Stations Heard 10 0002
Latin Stations Heard 20 0002
Stations Heard:
100
0003
Stations
Heard:200
0003
Canadian Prov. Heard: 4 0002
Canadian Prov. Heard: 6 0002
Countries Heard:
05
0002
Latin AM DXer
(05)
0001
Latin Stations Heard 10 0001
Latin Stations Heard 20 0001
Latin Stations Heard 25 0001
Latin Stations Heard 30 0001
Master Dxer: Canadian Prov. 0002
Ross Challenge: 07 Day 0001
Ross Challenge: 30 Day 0001
Stations Heard:
100
0001
Stations Heard:
200
0001
Stations Heard:
300
0001
Stations Heard:
400
0001
US States Heard:
10
0001
US States Heard:
20
0001
US States Heard:
25
0001
US States Heard:
30
0001
One of the reasons for the very large number of awards is that all DXers
making award submittals were conferred awards as if the awards program
was in effect from the beginning of the Ultralight movement. For
instance, Rob Ross, whose station count is nearing 500, received awards
for !00, 200, 300 and 400 Stations Heard. This retroactive policy will
continue in effect for DXers who have not yet submitted their loggings.
It should also be noted that several DXers in the list above have yet to
make submittals for the majority of awards that are their due.
Information on Ultralight DXing in general and the Awards Program in
particular is available from the Ultralight Files area of dxer.ca. Awards
submittals go to Rob Ross of the Committee at va3sw@...
Our hearty congratulations to all the Ultralighters listed above. Bravo
and Well Done!
John H. Bryant
for the
Ultralight Awards Committee
Gary DeBock, Rob Ross, John Bryant
