Awards
For
the top USA (non-New England) single operator winner:
The Framingham Amateur Radio Association will award a Lobster dinner for two to the USA single op (non-New England) winner. Dinner will be live lobsters shipped overnight from Legal Seafood of Boston. Includes two fresh, live Legal® lobsters, two pints of award-winning, New England clam chowder with oyster crackers, bibs, claw-crackers, wetnaps and cooking instructions.
For other top USA (non-New England)
scorers:
(based on the total number of QSOs)
- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
- Maple Syrup
Certificates will be awarded to the top scorers (25 QSO minimum) in each New England county, U.S. state, Canadian province, and DXCC country.
A number of special plaques will also be awarded to top scorers:
| Category | Donor |
| USA - single operator | Southborough Rod & Gun Club (W1SRG) |
| USA - single operator low power | Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, in memory of Laci Radnay, W1PL new |
| USA - single operator QRP | Vern Brownell, W1VB |
| USA - single opr(W5-W6-W7-W0) | Huckleberry Mountain Contest Club |
| USA - single opr (W2-W3-W8-W9) | Jim Monahan, K1PX |
| USA - any category (California/Nevada) | Calif QSO Party - Northern California Contest Club |
| USA - multi operator - single transmitter | Dave Robbins, K1TTT |
| USA - single operator - CW only | K1EL Keyers |
| Canada - single operator | Chris Terkla, N1XS |
| Canada - single operator - CW only | Bud Hippisley, W2RU |
| DX - single operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club |
| DX - single operator - low power new | Pete Chamalian, W1RM |
| DX - Russia - any category (min. 50 mult/200 QSOs) | Dmitri Y Jikharev, N2OW/RA9USU |
| Clean Sweep - Not First, but Farthest* | Dennis Egan, W1UE |
| Golden Log (non-W1 top score with no errors) | Jim Spears, N1NK |
| Top Club (outside New England) | Florida Contest Group |
| New England - single operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club |
| New England - single operator - low power | Dave Hoaglin, K1HT |
| New England - single operator - QRP | Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club |
| New England - mobile | Boston Amateur Radio Club |
| New England - mobile - single operator rookie new (min of 100 QSO/3 counties) | Bob Raymond, WA1Z |
| New England - mobile - County Expedition Award | Tom Frenaye, K1KI |
| New England - multi operator - mobile | Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, in memory of James Szewczyk, WB1EYM |
| New England - multi operator - single transmitter | Wellesley Amateur Radio Society |
| New England - school club | Chris Terkla, N1XS |
| New England - single operator - CW only | Andy Bodony, K2LE |
| Connecticut - single operator | Candlewood ARA |
| Maine - single operator |
Merrymeeting ARA, Androscoggin ARC,
Yankee ARC,
Portland Amateur Wireless Assn |
| Massachusetts - single operator | Framingham Amateur Radio Association |
| New Hampshire - single operator | Mark Pride, K1RX new |
| Rhode Island - single operator | CT/RI Contest Group |
| Vermont - single operator | Bob Raymond, WA1Z |
| Maine - single operator high power | Augusta Amateur Radio Association |
| Maine - single operator - Kennebec County | Kennebec Amateur Radio Society |
| Massachusetts - single operator - Hampden County | Hampden County Radio Association |
|
New England Club |
If you'd like to sponsor a plaque, please contact us at info@neqp.org